Almost overnight, the entire Empire underwent an unprecedented transformation.
The power of the mind, rooted deep within thought, was fully unleashed. The great awakening awakened psionic power in every human.
Telepathic communication had largely replaced speech. Every citizen gained the traits of a Medium and could freely wield psionics.
The Empire completed its psionics ascension and changed its name from the Interstellar Human Military Junta to the Sea of Stars Most Holy Human Empire. Xi Yan was crowned the Most Holy Emperor.
He was not merely an emperor in the political sense, but a god in the spiritual sense as well.
Everyone in the Empire was a Psionics User, but their faith lay not in the Shroud, but in themselves.
His Majesty had protected humanity for eighty years, personally leading the Empire from humble beginnings into an immensely powerful super-empire spanning the northern Milky Way. That achievement alone cemented his position.
Xi Yan had created an ideal social system. No citizen of the Empire was born with any need to worry about survival. A powerful government always protected the people and arranged every aspect of their lives. All they needed to do was follow its arrangements to enjoy ample happiness.
Every success came from His Majesty's efforts. Xi Yan deserved all of this.
With psionics ascension fully complete, the entire Empire stood united as one.
Telepathic communication was more efficient than speech, and the conflicts and differences that had once existed in society vanished along with it.
The greatest beneficiary, surprisingly, was the Ashes Organization. Its Agents could monitor every citizen through psionics and maintain the Empire's stability.
Psionics ascension brought other changes as well.
Previously, the Empire had achieved synthetic ascension, converting its entire population into machines. After psionics ascension, however, [Machine spirits] emerged among the mechanical population-the souls