Fate

In the last two years, under the Incitement of Kronos, she became completely opposed to the Church of Steam and Machinery, let alone coming to the Cathedral of Machinery.

After standing at the entrance of the Cathedral of Machinery for a few seconds, a man emerged from inside. He was a tall, handsome man with long chestnut hair and azure eyes.

This man was none other than Bornova Gustav, the second son of Roselle and the younger brother of Bernadette.

Kronos specifically sent Bornova to pick up Bernadette.

Upon seeing Bernadette, Bornova smiled and said, "Welcome to our team, sister."

Looking at the man before her, Bernadette was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Since Bornova's birth, his relationships with others have been rather strained.

Because they were born as Sequence 5, their humanity and divinity were very unbalanced, and they did not have many obvious emotions.

For this reason, his relationship with both Bernadette and Ciel was rather ordinary.

Until one day, Roselle solemnly told his children that they had completely lost their brother, Bornova, who had been chosen by Stiano to become a Beloved.

That day, for the first time, they realized the importance of their emotionally detached younger brother in their hearts.

This is precisely why Bernadette has always been very hostile towards the Church of Steam and Machinery.

Now she can finally hear her younger brother call her "sister" again. Although the language barrier is still significant, she believes that one day she will be able to win him back.

This shouldn't be difficult in other churches.

However, things weren't so easy at the Church of Steam and Machinery.

Even if Kronos were willing to cooperate with her and try to erase the traces left by Stiano, it wouldn't be a short process.

Moreover, why should Kronos cooperate with her?

If he's kind-hearted, it's good enough if he doesn't cause trouble; don't expect him to cooperate.

As long as Bornova continues to "devoutly" believe in the God of Steam and Machinery, Bernadette will be indirectly controlled by Kronos.

And at that time, Emperor Roselle would naturally become a steadfast ally.

Moreover, Bernadette and Roselle can't blame him, since he wasn't the one who caused these things.

Bornova showed Bernadette around the entire Cathedral of Machinery before finally leading her to Kronos.

Looking at the City of Civilization she was in, Bernadette was also deeply impressed.

This magnificent Divine Kingdom is something Bernadette has never seen before.

After Bernadette regained her composure, Kronos spoke up, "Now that you're here, does that mean you've made your decision?"

Bernadette nodded and said, "Yes, I wish to stay by Bornova's side, and I hope you will grant my request."

Kronos replied, "No problem. Bornova is currently the Monastery Director of the Enlightenment Monastery, mainly responsible for cultivating future talents for the church. Otherwise, you could become the Pope of the church, which would also provide many opportunities for interaction."

Bernadette was stunned by these words.

She knew that there was a high probability that she had come to join the Church of Steam and Machinery.

She really hadn't expected that she would be given the position of Pope right from the start.

Kronos himself had his own thoughts on this matter.

If Bernadette cannot be the one in charge, how can Kronos legitimately Dawn of Elements?

Only by keeping Bernadette busy, so busy that she can no longer attend to both, will she be forced to make a decision.

Should they leave the Church of Steam and Machinery, or abandon the Dawn of Elements?

Bernadette founded the Dawn of Elements to fight against the Moses Ascetic Order, but now that the Moses Ascetic Order has become her indirect subordinate organization, the Dawn of Elements's existence has become largely meaningless.

With Bornova as a significant asset, Bernadette is sure to make the "right" decision.

If Bernadette really chooses to abandon the Dawn of Elements, she can't just disband like that, can she?

The chances of it merging into the Church of Steam and Machinery or the Moses Ascetic Order would be extremely high, since it would still be under their control.

But for Kronos, this was an expansion of his power.

After the initial shock, Bernadette accepted the appointment.

The Divine Oracle of the True God, once spoken, cannot be disobeyed unless you are stronger than him, and Bernadette clearly does not possess that power.

Bernadette succeeded as Pope, so what happened to Ivan?

To save his life, Ivan was prepared to enter the Divine Kingdom and serve the new God for the rest of his life.

However, because Kronos had quite a bit of contact with Ivan, he was aware of Ivan's management abilities.

The Church of Steam and Machinery was thriving under Ivan's leadership, but Stiano himself was not very capable, otherwise the Church of Steam and Machinery would not have fallen to its current state.

Therefore, Kronos did not want to waste Ivan's abilities.

Therefore, Ivan is now the President of the Moses Ascetic Order.

Although Kronos rescued the Moses Ascetic Order from the clutches of the Hidden Sage, the situation was indeed in dire need of rebuilding.

In this situation, a highly capable manager is indeed needed to help. It is simply impossible for the Angel Fletcher, whose condition has stabilized, to make Moses Ascetic Order better.

This place was also a great opportunity for Ivan to showcase his talents, so Ivan was very satisfied with the decision.

Just days after the name of the Divine Kingdom of the City of Civilization was announced, two more explosive news stories spread.

The first point is that the Pope of the Church of Steam and Machinery has changed, from Ivan to Bernadette Gustav, the eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle.

The second Message was that the Hidden Sage of the Moses Ascetic Order, after a thousand years of training, had finally broken free from his Loss of Control state, fully recovered, and was not far from achieving Divine Throne.

Both of these Message are big news, but compared to the second one, the first one is indeed much less significant.

The True God Churches has always maintained a suppressive attitude towards Message about such Secret Organizations.

But this time, none of the True God Churches reacted to this Message.

This state further presupposes the authenticity of the Message.

If the Hidden Sage is still such an uncontrollable evil god, how could the True God Churches remain indifferent?

The True God naturally knew what was going on. Although they hadn't witnessed the battle between Kronos and the Hidden Sage, they knew that once Kronos ascended to the status of True God, the Hidden Sage would surely be gone.

Perhaps because Kronos was relatively low-key, or perhaps because he wanted to take this opportunity to integrate the Hermit, he concealed himself as the God of Steam and Machinery within the Church of Steam and Machinery, and he also concealed himself behind the Hidden Sage within the Moses Ascetic Order.

However, since Kronos wanted to expand a little, they were willing to give him face.

This is also because the expansion is being carried out by the Secret Organizations, the Moses Ascetic Order.

If they want to expand the Church of Steam and Machinery, they won't be so easily swayed.

Even if Secret Organizations expands further, it will always remain Secret Organizations. It cannot occupy a large amount of territory, nor can it develop a massive number of followers, which is why they feel relatively at ease.

With the endorsement of the True God Churches, the Moses Ascetic Order began its full-fledged development.

The Church of Steam and Machinery and the Moses Ascetic Order on track, Amon is still preparing for his next move, and Klein has only recently been promoted, so he needs some time to settle down.

With everything in the Real World now settled, Kronos naturally turned his attention more to the Astral World.

Because he's a newcomer, recently, the Outer Deity at the defense line have been trying to test him in various ways.

Mother Goddess of Depravity, Uncertain Mist, Mother Tree of Desire, Primordial Hunger, Circle of Inevitability, Supernova Dominator, Inextinguishable Ravings, Monarch of Decay, High-Dimensional Overseer, Fate Weaver.

He had come into contact with almost all of these named Outer Deity.

According to Amanises, this is also considered normal.

Now that newcomers have arrived at the defense line, these Outer Deity naturally need to be tested to determine who is best suited to deal with them.

Stiano went through the same thing back then, and was thoroughly humiliated.

If it weren't for the other True God trying their best to help, they might have all been injured.

As long as you get through this initial period, there won't be any problems.

Once everyone is familiar with each other, the probing won't be so frequent.

Faced with these tests, if the City of Civilization had not been so well-defended, Kronos would not have dared to say he could have accepted them all with dignity.

It was precisely because of the already strong defenses of the City of Civilization, coupled with the existence of the River of Civilization, that Kronos, protected by the Divine Kingdom, could be considered the True God with the most advanced defenses.

So after all the Outer Deity had tested the waters, things settled down for the time being in Kronos.

Since they couldn't break through and had sensed the new god's powerful defenses, there was no need to continue.

The sudden silence was a little unsettling for Kronos.

In fact, this is the normal state of the True God.

They all reside in the Astral World, protecting this world and confronting the Outer Deity.

Unlike the attacker's leisurely pace, the defender must constantly be alert to prevent carelessness from ruining things.

Therefore, the True God actually live this kind of life every day.

If it weren't for the ability to look down and see what's happening in the Real World, even a True God would find it incredibly boring.

When Kronos felt bored, he would go and visit his family.

Having this concern in his heart, and having the most solid anchor, allowed Kronos to maintain a more stable state.

Just as Kronos was enjoying this solitude, he suddenly felt a change within his body.

Just now, the friction between the Authority of Time and the Authority of Fate has come to a complete end.

The Authority of Time from another world has completely completed its transformation journey and is now able to merge with Fate.

Kronos had initially thought this would be a long process.

Unexpectedly, it was completed before the Hermit's Beyonder Characteristic could be fully utilized.

Because this Authority of Time belonged entirely to Kronos from beginning to end, he didn't need to spend any extra time digesting it and directly reached his peak state.

After completing the entire transformation, Kronos's Authority of Time transformed into a green river, which directly swallowed the mark on Kronos's arm.

Compared to the complete authority, Uniqueness, and Beyonder Characteristic of Sequence One, that mark had no chance to resist and was simply swallowed up.

Of course, even if he could resist, he might not actually do it.

After the mark disappeared from his arm, Kronos felt a new power of authority begin to flow into his Authority of Time, and his own strength continued to grow.

Time itself possesses immense power, but any action that affects time will be met with a backlash from the world.

Therefore, this powerful force cannot be used indiscriminately.

But things changed completely when he became intertwined with Fate; Fate could provide the most reasonable guidance for Kronos's own thoughts.

Guided by Fate, Kronos was able to achieve his goals while also mitigating or even completely avoiding the backlash.

This freed Kronos from further constraints.

Previously, it was only after the power of the Hermit Pathway was enhanced that the Power of Time could be broken through.

This time, however, it was the Power of Time that broke through to the level of Dual-Pathway True God.

If he had a better way to enter the Western Continent, he might be able to try to find the Key of Light now, and perhaps even become a powerful Great Old One, or even possess Pillar- level power.

Even as Kronos seized control of Fate, there were still those in the world who sensed it.

First up is Ouroboros.

He was sitting quietly in the Corpse Cathedral, praying.

He ultimately chose to continue following his master.

Having sensed the movement of the Authority of Fate, he paused only briefly in his prayer before continuing.

In Backlund, a little boy suddenly burst into tears, leaving his mother bewildered.

Although Will gave up voluntarily, he was still unwilling in his heart. It would be good for him to cry, as it would be a way to vent his feelings.

Besides the two of them, there was another being in the world that sensed the change in Fate.

That is the Circle of Inevitability, located outside of Earth.

Destiny and Fate are essentially the same thing, so when Fate undergoes tremendous changes, he still senses them.

However, due to various reasons, the sensation wasn't very clear, but one thing is certain.

This enormous change is related to that new god.

The Circle of Inevitability further confirms one thing: this new god is not Wheel of Fortune Pathway; there might truly be a great secret within it!