Empire

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Empire (帝国)
Alias(es)	Arcane Empire
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Leader	Lin An — founding Archon and later Arcane Emperor 114 219
Occupation / Role	Multi-racial magitech civilization pursuing interstellar and cross-planar expansion 218 547
Status	Active; its Age of Exploration includes organized invasions and expeditions into the Astral Realm 650
First Appearance	Chapter 114

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Founded Arcane Empire	114	Lin An establishes the Empire after global demands for stable leadership and assumes the title of Archon.
Early interstellar civilization — at most Level 2	219	Despite possessing exceptional weapons and the Floating City, most infrastructure and expansion remain limited to its home star system.
Eighth-Tier civilization	276	Possession of an Eighth-Tier weapon establishes the Empire among the Milky Way’s top civilizations.
Tenth-Tier civilization	444	The Empire is officially evaluated as Tenth Tier, supported by a supreme Floating City capable of resisting Cosmic Will and killing gods.

Background / History

Founding

Following the resignation of Earth's hero and the dissolution of the temporary governing body, public unrest and fear of extraterrestrial threats spread worldwide. After three months, Lin An answered the public demand for leadership, founded the Arcane Empire, and became its Archon. At the time described, the state had endured for thirty-five years. 114

Lin An later described the Empire's origin as the unification of the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. Its early rise depended on combining magic with technology, acquiring future technology through time-related methods and parallel dimensions, and using Time Acceleration facilities to compress decades of research into months outside. 247

Expansion Beyond Earth

The Empire’s first interstellar expedition departed from the Solar System aboard a fleet fitted with Void Engines. Its initial planned target was Alpha Centauri, whose developing civilization was intended as a live-fire test of Imperial reforms. 129 185

Its expansion subsequently broadened into conquest, diplomacy, trade, and cross-dimensional population acquisition. Lin An regarded population—particularly people with magical potential—as a strategic foundation for the Empire’s future growth. 198 234 247

By the time of its Tenth-Tier evaluation, the Empire had fewer than one hundred years of history but commanded hundreds of Seventh-Tier Arcanists and more than one million Sixth-Tier elites. 444

Government and Law

• The founding Ten Commandments Council consisted of nine elected members and a speaker appointed by Lin An. While the Archon retained absolute authority, he pledged not to intervene lightly in routine governance. 114
• Imperial law nominally permits citizens to challenge the Emperor for the throne once every hundred years; however, Fifth-Tier Arcanists regarded the Empire’s royal control of its Eighth-Tier weapon as making any successful challenger politically dependent on the Imperial Family. 276
• The Empire does not recognize hereditary sovereign houses within subordinate states. During the Star-Skin Tribe’s integration, Queen Katula could receive an honorary noble title and privileges, but no independent political authority or hereditary royal status. 399
• Amelia permits isolationist races to remain on protected home planets if they submit scheduled resources in exchange for Imperial protection. 371
• The Empire’s Astral-Realm policy encourages Equivalent Exchange over direct invasion when approaching weaker civilizations or civilizations up to Eighth Tier, though it retains conquest as an established method of expansion. 547

Society

Citizenship and Cultivation

The Empire promotes universal access to supernatural advancement. Battle Aura cultivation methods are publicly available without charge, while citizens can use the Gate of Truth to sense and control energy; some formerly non-magical citizens become Arcane Warlocks through this process. 267

The Arcane Emperor’s stated vision is “an era where everyone is like a dragon,” with widespread cultivation also ensuring that citizens can rapidly become soldiers if the homeland is invaded. 269

• Fifth-Tier Arcanists must undergo psychological treatment after promotion to reduce instability caused by sudden power growth. 267
• Time Acceleration Chambers and discounted advancement resources are made available to broaden the Empire’s Arcanist base. 279
• Conquered children are initially classified as prospective citizens and must receive Imperial education before gaining formal citizenship. 651
• Adults from conquered planes may improve their status by joining Knight Legions and earning Arcane Merit. 651

Racial Policy

The Empire is explicitly multi-racial and seeks to use the strengths of different species to compensate for one another’s weaknesses in magic, technology, warfare, and research. 218

Its legal framework includes Anti-Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia Protection Laws. 404

The Empire prohibits slavery in its Astral-Realm expansion policy. Races deemed inherently chaotic and impossible to integrate, such as Abyssal Demons, are designated for elimination rather than enslavement. 547

Social Control

• The Council votes to suppress anti-cloning protests and manage information surrounding cloning research. 120
• During a major mental-health crisis, citizen terminals monitored vital signs, household robotic servants were programmed for intervention, and a planet-wide Life Detection Barrier was activated to detect self-harm attempts. 394
• Following the betrayals of James and Wentworth, Lin An imposed tighter restrictions on private demiplanes held by high-ranking Arcanists. 485 486
• The Empire uses extensive propaganda during wartime; public resistance to Clone Legion deployment declined after media reframed clones as a means to reduce citizen casualties. 503

Infrastructure and Technology

Floating Cities

Floating Cities are central to Imperial survival and expansion. One was designed as a “civilization restarter,” containing research towers, golem factories, cloning facilities, training camps, fleet-production zones, residential districts, and the Grand Library; it could preserve and rebuild arcane civilization even if Earth fell. 201

The flagship Floating City was later renamed Netheril. 473

Arcane Library and Skynet

The Arcane Library preserves more than ninety percent of the Empire’s highest technological and magical knowledge and serves as a civilization seed capable of rebuilding the Empire elsewhere. 484

• The Empire places hidden Libraries across the universe and other dimensions as contingency repositories for rebuilding civilization and restoring the Imperial Family. 534
• Skynet connects Imperial research and communications; Dumbledore receives a relay server that grants remote access to the Arcane Grand Library in exchange for Arcane Merit. 198
• Morgana, the Empire’s central intelligence, holds the highest authority over core systems and can override Solar System defenses. 369

Military Technology

• Void Engines — power interstellar fleets and allow the Floating City to force passage through dimensional barriers. 129 369
• Milky Way Mist Array — seals the galaxy’s space and blocks portal access to other planes, cutting enemies off from external reinforcements. 503
• Clone Legion — mass-deployed during the war against Guznader to counter the undead’s numerical superiority. 503
• Eighth-Tier Golems — short-lived artificial combatants sustained through Soulfire manipulation and Mana Network power. 503
• Law Resonance Spell — disrupts a plane’s laws or Authority to divert the Planar Will’s attention during invasions. 650
• Origin Runes — hypothesized supreme runes capable of manipulating underlying logic across the Void Sea; Imperial research into them builds on Ancient, Primordial, and High Elf magic. 436 664

Armed Forces

• Earth Defense Force — once controlled by one commander-in-chief; its authority was later reduced when the Auror Command and Space Marines became independent departments. 117
• Imperial Navy — commanded by Olivia after her appointment as commander-in-chief. 287
• Imperial Marine Corps — a force ranked above the Earth Defense Force in Imperial military strength. 275
• Royal Guards — elite force retained by the Imperial Family as a survival and regime-preservation asset. 275 425
• Ghost Squad / Shadow Legion — secret elite forces used against threats to Imperial order. 275 392
• Knight Legions — recruit inhabitants of conquered planes, allowing them to earn merit and improve their Imperial status. 651

Expansion and Integration Policy

Steel-Skin Folk

The Empire conquered the Steel-Skin Folk, a physically powerful and magic-resistant race. Their regenerative skin became useful for low-cost spacecraft manufacturing, while their natural defenses made them candidates for Imperial military service. 216

The planned integration process included:

• Temporarily restricting travel between the Steel-Skin Folk’s territory and the Solar System to prevent racial conflict. 218
• Controlling media and education while promoting the living standards of Imperial citizens. 218
• Rewriting historical narratives to emphasize the Steel-Skin Folk’s former atrocities and their attack on the Empire. 218
• Encouraging a gradual shift in identity from “Steel-Skin Folk” to “Empire people.” 217
• Rejecting proposals to use religion as a long-term tool of control, as Lin An believed faith would limit the conquered race’s future development. 218

Other Integrations

• Ironhelm Kingdom — surrendered to the Empire; its entire star system was spatially compressed and relocated inside the Grand Arcane Shield. The Empire then launched a Bloodline Enhancement Project to improve Dwarven lifespan and revive their forging potential. 386
• Star-Skin Tribe — negotiated surrender and integration, with its queen offered a non-hereditary honorary title rather than political autonomy. 399
• Clover Kingdom world — Lin An planned to merge its continents into his home universe, automatically granting its inhabitants Arcane Empire citizenship and access to Imperial education, healthcare, welfare, and interstellar travel. 353

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Chapters	Role
Founding of the Arcane Empire	114	Lin An creates a new state after the collapse of the temporary global government.
First interstellar expansion	128 129 185	The Empire launches its first Void Engine fleet and prepares to make Alpha Centauri its first conquest target.
Steel-Skin Folk War and integration	193 216 218 219	The Empire conquers the Steel-Skin Folk, begins their ideological integration, and defies the Galactic Federation’s sanctions.
Rise to galactic power	276 287	Eighth-Tier weapons establish the Empire as a major Milky Way power while Olivia leads the Navy’s territorial expansion.
World fusion and Milky Way war	353 368 503	The Empire absorbs worlds, fights Guznader’s undead forces, and deploys the Milky Way Mist Array, Clone Legion, and Eighth-Tier Golems.
Age of Exploration	547 650 655	Discovery of the Astral Realm leads to systematic planar expeditions, trade policy, conquest, and study of new magical civilizations.

Relationships

• Galactic Federation — sanctioned the Empire after the Steel-Skin Folk war with an embargo, asset freeze, and 100 million Galactic Credits fine; Lin An rejected its authority. 219
• Steel-Skin Folk — conquered species targeted for long-term social, military, and ideological integration. 216 218
• Ironhelm Kingdom — Dwarven kingdom integrated under Imperial protection and placed inside the Grand Arcane Shield. 386
• Star-Skin Tribe — subordinate race whose queen negotiated terms of surrender and honorary status. 398 399
• Undead Emperor Guznader — major galactic enemy whose undead forces fought the Empire for control of the Milky Way. 497 503
• Abyssal Plane — hostile source of invasions, demonic threats, and research material for Imperial studies of Abyssal Law. 484 547
• Astral-Realm civilizations — targets for trade, study, diplomacy, conquest, and recruitment during the Age of Exploration. 547 650

Notable Quotes

“Truth lies only within the range of cannons.” — Lin An, outlining the Empire’s interstellar commercial strategy 198

“Maintain extreme caution while maintaining extreme curiosity.” — increasingly popular Imperial motto during the Exploration Era 655