Gathered Together

"Keisha?" Shen Jun looked at He Xi in surprise. Why did Keisha want to see him? And for something important? Could it be that she wanted an alliance by marriage with the Protoss?

Shen Jun's thoughts ran wild.

"Rohana, temporarily lift the dark signal blockade here."

No matter how wildly he speculated, the blockade still had to be lifted. Keisha could not possibly come here in person; it could only be through Dark Communication. Shen Jun had given He Xi every convenience. Aside from a few important buildings, the dark data blockade had been lifted throughout Aiur. Naturally, the Hierarch's residence was among those important buildings.

He Xi could not be bothered to explain and directly activated her Dark Communication. A wave of light emerged from her right hand and swept downward, its height roughly matching that of a person.

A woman's figure gradually appeared. Once the scan was complete, her form stabilized as well. Naturally, this woman was Keisha's projection, yet it looked no different from a real person.

Shen Jun estimated Keisha to be around 1.8 meters tall, slightly taller than He Xi. At 1.75 meters, Liang Bing was the shortest among the three kings.

Golden, beautiful long hair, an exquisite face, noble status, and an arrogant bearing—along with an indescribable leader's aura that radiated authority.

Taken together, her beauty even surpassed He Xi's.

However, Shen Jun had no particular interest in domineering women. He had no intention of taking another look at Keisha, nor did he have any interest in getting better acquainted with the Angel King. So he spoke bluntly. "Angel King Keisha, He Xi said you had something you wanted to discuss with the Protoss?"

Keisha's voice rang out. Like her bearing, her voice leaned toward the androgynous—deeper than a woman's, gentler than a man's, and carrying unmistakable authority. "Indeed. There is an important matter, but it does not concern only your Protoss."

The moment she said that, Shen Jun knew Keisha was planning something big. Sure enough, her next words stunned both Shen Jun and He Xi.

"I have decided to convene a conference. Its participants will be every known civilization that has entered or is about to enter the God-Making Era, including Lieyang, Deno, Kiran of the God River Civilization, and the Protoss. The subject of this conference will be establishing the Main Biological Universe!"

Shen Jun became even more certain that Keisha's intentions were far from simple. Wasn't this the Theocratic Conference?

Didn't Liang Bing, who would become the Demon Queen Morgana twenty thousand years later, hold this very conference?

What was Keisha trying to do? Establish the Main Biological Universe? Was the universe about to change?

"When does the conference begin?"

Shen Jun naturally would not miss such a grand gathering of the universe. It was time for the Protoss to make an appearance in the Known Universe.

"The timing is perfect. Right now."

"Right now?"

"That's right. The other civilizations are already in place. Only the Protoss are missing."

Keisha was in no rush as she said calmly, "He Xi will help you connect through Dark Communication. There is no need to attend in person just to hold a conference."

Shen Jun turned to He Xi, and she nodded.

He Xi raised her right hand. A brilliant flash burst forth, and the entire setting changed around her. The room's layout vanished from sight. The ceiling became a pitch-black starry sky, while the golden floor turned silver, with a red carpet spread across it.

At the end of the red carpet stood a not particularly high flight of steps. A throne sat at its top, and Keisha was seated upon it.

Once the virtual scene had been constructed, several more figures appeared on either side of the red carpet.

One of them resembled a Great Light Sphere, with a vaguely human silhouette visible within. Shen Jun shuddered. So Kiran had already begun trying to abandon his physical body? However, he apparently had not fully completed the transformation.

Standing beside Kiran were two middle-aged men. Both wore archaic armor, though its material clearly seemed extraordinary. Their colors differed greatly: one was a heavy earthy yellow, while the other was a deep dark gold.

There was no need to say it—they were the two leaders of the Deno Civilization.

Seeing how pleasantly they were chatting now, no one could have imagined that such a terrifying civil war would one day break out in Deno.

The Deno Civilization was a peculiar civilization. Why? Most civilizations had only one life-bearing planet within a star system. There might be more than one star, and systems with two or three stars were not uncommon. But for two planets in a system with only one star to both develop civilizations—that was unprecedented.

The Deno Star System happened to be such an anomalous system. De Star and Nuo Star shared the same sun.

Several thousand years ago, Kiran discovered this unusual star system. For some reason, he remained in the Deno Star System and helped the two planets develop their technology until they reached the pinnacle of Aerospace Civilization. The civilizations of De Star and Nuo Star then merged, becoming the present-day Deno Civilization.

Across from Kiran and the other two stood another pair.

Like the two Deno kings, these two were dressed in ancient attire, and their styles were almost identical to traditional Huaxia clothing. A young man wore garments resembling an Imperial Robe, while the other, a middle-aged man, wore a suit of armor.

They were none other than Lieyang's chief god, the Sun God, and his trusted general, Pan Zhen.

"Where is Di Hongkun?"

Seeing the representatives from Lieyang, Keisha's eyes turned cold as she asked in a lowered voice.

Although the Sun God was Lieyang's chief god and its public leader, the true king of the Lieyang Civilization was not the Sun God, but Di Hongkun.

He had already been the King of Lieyang back when the Lieyang Civilization was still in the aerospace age. In terms of age, he was likely even older than Kiran. Yet he had suddenly vanished several thousand years ago, and Lieyang's primary affairs had been handed over to one of Di Hongkun's unknown-numbered descendants, the Sun God.

Although this Sun God was also Lieyang's chief god, he was not yet the Sunlight of the future Three Great God-Making Projects. Rather, he was the product of the Sun God Project, Sunlight's predecessor.

The Sun God Project was an immense god-making project. Its initial purpose was to deal with natural disasters caused by the sun, regulate the sun's temperature and energy, and thereby safely and reliably harness solar energy for humanity's benefit.

This was because the stars in the Heavenly Dao Star System were extremely unstable, while Lieyang Star orbited far too close to its star. This made Lieyang Star's climate intensely hot, with constant natural disasters.

Although Di Hongkun had suddenly disappeared and Lieyang unilaterally declared that he had fallen, who in the Known Universe believed he could truly be dead? Keisha attached great importance to this conference. Even Kiran had shown himself, yet the King of Lieyang had not attended personally. How could that not anger her?

After all, Kiran, the God of Space-Time who was publicly acknowledged to control the Big Clock, was recognized as the strongest god in the Known Universe. Though Keisha believed that without the Big Clock, she alone could defeat ten Kirans in a fight, the problem was that he had it.

"Queen Keisha, the former king has passed away. Please do not make jokes about the dead. Though Lieyang seeks only peace and prosperity, we do not fear war!"

Before the Sun God could speak, Pan Zhen replied with a firm attitude. His eyes were resolute, and he did not appear to be lying.

"I see... then I was indeed presumptuous. Pan Zhen, I merely felt regret over the sudden loss of an old senior I had known for many years... that is all."

Keisha smiled faintly, unconcerned by Pan Zhen's attitude. As for whether she believed him, no one could tell.

At that moment, Keisha's gaze fell upon Shen Jun...