After thinking everything through, Lu Chen prepared to mobilize the Ming Realm Dimension's forces to attack the Dark Dimension.
After thousands of years of development, even the weakest beings in the Ming Realm Dimension were now Single-Universe-level, strong enough to take part in a dimensional war!
Lu Chen gave the order directly. "Fengji, spread the word. Prepare to attack the Dark Dimension!"
"Huh?"
Wu Fengji froze, thinking she had misheard.
"Get moving," Lu Chen said.
"Oh, right! Of course!"
Coming to her senses, Wu Fengji immediately entered the Ming Realm Dimension and relayed Lu Chen's orders without delay.
In an instant, the entire Ming Realm Dimension erupted with excitement!
The strongest figures of every faction in the Ming Realm immediately received the directive from Wu Fengji, the Heavenly Dao's representative!
Invade beyond the realm and expand its territory!
Boom!
Amid the sudden thunderous roar, beams of golden light descended from the sky, aimed squarely at the ancestral grounds of the Ming Realm's greatest factions!
The Ming Realm, the Shrouding the Heavens Universe, the Ji Family.
Ji Void, the Ji Family's Great Emperor, rose to his feet. Divine light blazed in his eyes, and his fighting spirit surged to the heavens!
"Father!"
Himeko cried out, her eyes filled with both reverence and worry.
Ji Void turned back and nodded to Himeko before stepping into the guiding pillar of light.
The Jiang Family.
Jiang Hengyu, the Jiang Family's Great Emperor, stood before the guiding pillar of light, his powerful body radiating towering fighting spirit!
A group of Jiang Family disciples stood behind him.
"Taixu, I shall obey the Heavenly Dao's command and take part in the war beyond our realm. You shall oversee the Jiang Family in my absence!"
A young man in white at the very front immediately knelt. "I will protect the Jiang Family and live up to your expectations, Ancestor!"
"Good. Then I shall depart!"
With that, Jiang Hengyu stepped into the guiding pillar of light.
Meanwhile, the strongest figures from all the Ming Realm Dimension's major civilizations, whether cultivating in seclusion or wandering abroad, obeyed the Heavenly Dao's command and entered the guiding pillars of light to join the war beyond their realm!
In an instant, all of them were transported to a palace at the very center of the Ming Realm!
This palace surpassed anything they could imagine!
The laws of order were laid bare, and majestic heavenly might suppressed everything!
The several Great Emperors from the Shrouding the Heavens Universe felt as though a divine mountain were crushing them. Before this magnificent palace, they were like ants, utterly powerless to resist!
And they were not alone. The mighty figures from the other systems felt the same!
"That's... the Heavenly Dao Palace!"
"They say it's where the Heavenly Dao resides!"
"It's been tens of thousands of years. At last, we can fight a great battle beyond our realm!"
Countless mighty figures rubbed their hands in anticipation, eager to charge beyond the realm that very moment and expand the Heavenly Dao's territory.
Boom!
Just then, an intensely blazing Phoenix Force surged into the sky, bathing the heavens of the entire Ming Realm in fiery red!
"It's Phoenix, one of the Heavenly Dao's representatives!"
"She's too powerful! Even with my demon saint great perfection cultivation, I feel like an ant before her!"
"Fellow cultivator from the fox spirit system, we feel exactly as you do!"
Ji Void watched Phoenix circling in the sky, his gaze blazing. "The Dao has no end. The Great Emperor realm is by no means the pinnacle. There are realms beyond it!"
Jiang Hengyu nodded, his expression grave. "Perhaps this war beyond our realm will give us the opportunity to glimpse what lies above the Great Emperor realm!"
Witnessing the terrifying might of the Phoenix Force, countless mighty figures were shaken and felt just how insignificant they were.
Yet their resolve to pursue the Dao did not waver. Having witnessed a higher realm, they became even more determined!
Indeed, everyone summoned by Phoenix possessed unwavering resolve. How could they be timid, cowardly wretches?
"I hereby declare the war beyond our realm begun!"
A majestic heavenly voice rang out across every corner of the world!
Lu Chen controlled the Ming Realm and sent it crashing into the Dark Dimension!
Rumble!
A terrifying storm of energy swept outward, tearing space apart. Countless galaxies and individual universes were instantly reduced to nothing!
In an instant, the gods of the hyper-multiverse were shaken!
"What happened?"
"Who started a dimensional war?"
"Holy shit! The Ming Realm is invading Dormammu's Dark Dimension???"
"This is the first time the Lord of the Ming Realm has launched a dimensional war!"
Soon, news that the Lord of the Ming Realm had launched a dimensional war spread throughout the entire hyper-multiverse!
"Lord of the Ming Realm, you deserve to die!"
Dormammu, the Lord of Darkness, flew into a rage. The entire Dark Dimension trembled violently, and countless Dark Apostles died in the collision!
Hum!
The spatial barrier rippled like water, and five powerful Dark Creatures appeared.
"My lord, the Lord of the Ming Realm is declaring war on you!" said a Dark Creature with vicious-looking horns.
At the sight of this Dark Creature, Dormammu felt slightly relieved.
Two thousand years earlier, a change had occurred in his Dark Dimension. In its deepest darkness, five Dark Creatures had been born. These five possessed Single-Universe-level power and had devoured quite a few unclaimed dimensions for him.
Dormammu had benefited in turn, his power increasing by more than ten percent!
If Dormammu could previously have been called the weakest dimension demon, he could now fight Serpent God Set to something close to a draw.
It was a terrifying leap in strength!
Even Dormammu had never imagined that his Dark Dimension could give birth to such terrifying beings!
Thus, Dormammu regarded them as his greatest trump card and had kept their existence hidden to this day. Even the Dimension Alliance he led knew nothing of them.
Dormammu snorted coldly. "Hmph! My Dark Dimension is no weakling either. If the Lord of the Ming Realm wants war, then war he shall have!"
With that, Dormammu soared into the sky, reaching the highest reaches of the Dark Dimension!
Watching Dormammu summon his dark army, the Dark Creature who had just delivered the report sneered. "Heh. Foolish Dormammu. Another piece of the plan has fallen into place."
Another Dark Creature spoke. "I just didn't expect the Emperor to react so quickly!"
"How else could he have become the Great Emperor's most powerful foe?"
"Fortunately, the Great Emperor is about to emerge. That Emperor fellow is still a step too late. Hehehe!"
These five Dark Creatures were none other than the Five Shadow Guardians of the Armor Universe!
Evil Metal, Evil Wood, Evil Water, Evil Fire, and Evil Earth!
Each Shadow Guardian was the opposing counterpart of an original suit of the Ming Realm's Five-Element Armor. Their strength, weapons, techniques, and even laws were all exactly the same!