Whoosh.
In the dark, icy Void Realm, a warship gleaming with flowing light sped forward.
Inside the Aurora Ship, Merlin had closed his eyes, his consciousness immersed in the Illusory World. Ever since he had split off a portion of the Illusory World, it had been affected and needed his full efforts to repair.
"It has finally recovered!"
Merlin let out a long breath of relief. He had not expected splitting off part of the Illusory World to have such a tremendous impact. It had taken him a long time to finally restore it completely.
At present, the Illusion Race Civilization within the Illusory World had already left its home planet and begun conquering numerous stars. As the Illusion Race Civilization advanced its conquests, the entire Illusory World would steadily become more complete. By then, apart from being formed from Mental Power, it would be no different from a real world.
However, that would require a long time—perhaps centuries, perhaps a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even longer...
Merlin glanced out at the Void Realm beyond the Aurora Ship. That infinitely vast Void Realm seemed to have no end. Even with the Aurora Ship, traveling through the Void Realm and reaching every corner of it was still far too difficult, perhaps simply impossible.
"Stop. Have we reached the Great Light Domain?"
Merlin suddenly halted the Aurora Ship. He looked outside into the Void Realm, where one Plane after another had begun to appear, each seemingly carrying traces of the aura of light.
This was entirely different from the aura of gods. It was like eternal light, radiating a brilliant glow that seemed as though it would never be extinguished.
"The Plane of Light where the Great Light Overlord resides has always radiated such a brilliant glow."
Merlin took out