The Awakened Ascendancy-the Militant Isolationists of the Rixian Seed Empire. No, it should now be called the Resurgent Holy Authority-the Chauvinist Revanchists of the Rixi Reconquest Empire.
Frankly, Xi Yan had initially thought the Keepers of Knowledge of the Mor anokshiu Empire would awaken first. After all, they had always been deeply dissatisfied with the Human Empire's attempts to alter the universe.
Yet the first to awaken had instead been the Militant Isolationists, who had remained surrounded by the Empire's territory, holed up in their small stretch of space and shutting themselves away.
From that perspective, the Keepers of Knowledge actually had the potential to awaken as the Custodians of the Galaxy.
As for the Militant Isolationists' awakening... no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a coincidence brought about by several factors.
An increasingly tense international situation, ever-deepening racial hatred, and the chance emergence of an enlightened monarch had together brought about the Rixi's awakening.
So did he really have to wage war on this awakened empire and shove it into history's rubbish heap?
No. Not necessarily. Rolling straight over them with a fleet would feel great, but wouldn't that mean missing out on so much fun?
"Your Majesty."
Kai Sha approached the throne and reported to Xi Yan, "An assassination team composed of our five finest agents has reached Core. At your command, your warriors can eliminate every enemy for you."
Thanks to the properties of Nanite Ascension, the agents had slipped unnoticed onto [Core], the capital planet of the Rixi Reconquest Empire. If Xi Yan wished, his agents could storm the Imperial Palace and slaughter every Rixi inside.
The Rixi Reconquest Empire would then descend into internal turmoil and could only watch helplessly as the Empire's fleet drove deep into its territory and conquered it