The war between the Deities and the Arcanists had raged for a hundred years, and both sides had suffered staggering losses!
Countless lives had been dragged into the war and lost.
In the Astral Realm, Floating Cities fell one after another, while the cities rising from the Prime Material Plane grew slower and slower.
Every fallen Floating City was seized by the Churches of the Deities. The Deities coveted this powerful and terrifying force, too. If they couldn't build a Floating City from scratch, then repairing one would do.
In the Upper Planes, the stars dimmed. Countless Deities fell, and countless Divine Realms plunged into the Astral Realm. Fragments of Divine Godheads scattered everywhere, and Demigods fought desperately to seize them, sparking one battle after another.
Demons and Devils took advantage of the chaos to invade plane after plane, sending countless planes tumbling into the Abyss and Hell.
The mass deaths among the lower life forms finally provoked the fury of the entire World Will. Deities, Arcanists, and even the Abyss received warnings from the World Will.
To seize control of the world, the Deities and Arcanists began gathering their strength, preparing for one final battle. Their conflicting ideals left no room for compromise.
Having already reaped enough benefits from the war, the Abyss silently called back its minions. If it kept fishing in troubled waters, the Deities and Arcanists would make it their first target and drive it out!
Rumble!!!
With the World Will's warning, neither side could continue fighting on the Prime Material Plane.
That left the Astral Realm as the only place for their final showdown.
Or rather, the Deities could no longer sit still.
In terms of timing, terrain, and unity, the balance was shifting. As time passed, the Arcanists' ideals spread ever farther. The