Somewhere in the dark Void.
The thundercloud vortex gradually dissipated.
The once valiant and sacred knight's armor was now tattered and broken, with residual lightning still crackling at the edges, carrying the intimidating aura of judgmental thunder.
Beneath the mostly shattered mask of Emperor Augustus was an extremely gloomy face; the physical pain paled in comparison to the throbbing in his mind.
Especially when he saw the Goddess of Fate break through and become Eternal, Emperor Augustus's feelings were incredibly complex and difficult to fathom.
How he wished that the one who laid out the Great Dao of Eternity above the Astral Realm was himself!
Lancelot!!
I will definitely kill you!
Roaring in his heart, Emperor Augustus forced himself to calm down.
Along the way, he did encounter setbacks, but he overcame them all and ultimately achieved victory, becoming the one who had the last laugh.
Although this setback was significant, Emperor Augustus firmly believed that he would still win.
Now that things have come to this, the most important thing is to heal my injuries first. Once I'm fully recovered, I can settle accounts with Lancelot later.
However, before that, it would be wise to form alliances and find some allies.
The Black Mage is one example, but there must be someone even more powerful behind him. Although he hasn't shown himself yet, Emperor Augustus has already guessed what's going on.
Secondly, the culprit who caused the fall of the Lord of Source Fire, though others may not know, Emperor Augustus, one of the two overlords of the Flame Frost Continent, certainly knew who killed the Lord of Source Fire.
The God of Death the Divine Realm!
He was Tier Four Supreme God a long time ago, but it's hard to say whether his strength has improved since then.
More importantly, God of Death and God of War are closely related; they are brothers.
The God of God of War's status is on par with the Goddess of Fate, who has not yet broken through to the next level. He is undoubtedly Peak Supreme God, with formidable strength. In the Divine Realm, his status is second only to the Sun God and the Mother of the Stars, and he possesses his own pantheon.
If we could form an alliance with the brothers God of Death and God of War to fight Lancelot together, that would be the best outcome.
A multitude of thoughts surged within him Emperor Augustus's figure slowly vanished, disappearing into the dark Void, his whereabouts unknown.
The Northern Spirit Empire.
mother universe.
As the mother universe of a super-civilization, its level naturally doesn't need to be much higher.
As a super-civilization, the Northern Spirit Empire has mastered various natural laws, natural principles, cosmic rules, universal laws, world principles, and the essence of Space-Time... The technological civilization it has created has become a temporalized, spatialized, conceptualized, and fundamental existence.
Ordinary universes are like toys in the face of civilizations at this level.
Destroying or creating universes is an easy task for the Northern Spirit Empire.
If the Northern Spirit Empire wished, it could easily reverse the time of the universe, causing the entire universe's time to flow backward continuously, eventually returning to the state before the singularity.
Its existence will bring together all spatial and temporal lines, causing the collapse of the singular. Civilization has already touched upon the almost absolute law of causality in terms of time and space.
Technological civilization itself has already converged at its origin, representing the essence of the universe—the path of material technology.
It has formed a unique Power of Civilization.
In terms of hard power, many of the Northern Spirit Empire's weapons of war can annihilate the universe into elementary particles or even turn it into nothingness with a single strike. They can strike across time and space, and their abilities involve causality and the fundamental rules of the universe. They can freely use dimensional attacks and modify the physical laws of the universe. Even for most Astral Realm civilizations, many of the Northern Spirit Empire's technologies are like mythical Legend.
For such a magnificent civilization, while Eternity military strength is important, it is not indispensable. What they truly value is the development of civilizational scale, striving to lead the entire civilization beyond the constraints of the River of Space-Time, to be Eternity, Immortal, and indestructible.
Such a grand ambition is undoubtedly unique in the Astral Realm.
Aside from the Northern Spirit Empire itself, probably no one believed they could actually succeed.
After all, that sounds like a fantasy.
However, the high command of the Northern Spirit Empire remained steadfast in their resolve.
The Northern Spirit Empire, Eternity Star.
This is the capital planet of the empire.
It has many names, but the most well-known is Eternity Star.
Whether by coincidence or otherwise, the capital planet of the superior magical civilization, the Adrian Federation, is also known as the Eternity Star.
I just don't know if the meaning behind the names of these two Eternity Star is the same.
Although it is called a planet, the Eternity Star of the Northern Spirit Empire is not a true sphere, but rather a flowing sea of stars.
Each drop of seawater is a technological building, with a variety of shapes and designs.
Some of the buildings were private residences, while others were weapons of war.
Inside the most magnificent and spectacular technological building, the head of the Northern Spirit Empire is holding Cabinet Council.
As an electoral imperial state, the head of the Northern Spirit Empire is elected by the people and possesses supreme authority, absolute rationality, and absolute ruthlessness.
Once he becomes the head of state, he is no longer treated as a living, breathing person, but as a cold, inanimate tool.
The tools that keep the empire running.
Anyone or anything that dares to infringe upon the interests of the Empire will be met with a thunderous strike from the Emperor.
The head of state commands the most elite imperial army, and the Great God — the God of Law, the God of Warfare, and the God of Culture —are all subject to the head of state. Therefore, no one dares to disobey the head of state's will.
This system, while ensuring fairness, also allowed for a high degree of centralization of imperial power, maintaining the rapid expansion of the Northern Spirit Empire for tens of thousands of years.
In fact, the Adrian Federation, which was once on par with the Northern Spirit Empire, has fallen behind in overall national strength and has bred too much corruption.
The Northern Spirit Empire continues to maintain its ambitious and enterprising spirit, and in terms of national strength alone, it can be considered the strongest in the Astral Realm.
"The God of Law has just returned to Eternity Star, ending the great battle in the Abyss. In the Divine Realm, the Sun God, upon his return, forcefully annihilated the Aggregate of Evil Karma with the power of the Eternal Blazing Sun. However, this fell right into the trap set by the Lord of Hell. With the help of the Goddess of Fate, the Lord of Hell, using the Gate of Myriad Worlds in conjunction with the Hand of Hell, successfully captured the Aggregate of Evil Karma and brought it back to the Nine Hells. The Sun God is furious and wants to wage war against the Devils of Hell, but he has temporarily restrained himself after being dissuaded by the other gods. But what will happen in the future is uncertain."
"At its peak, this Aggregate of Evil Karma was something even the Lord of Hell wouldn't dare to devour rashly, but now, there's no need for such hesitation."
"It is foreseeable that the Lord of Hell will race against time to devour the Aggregate of Evil Karma, thereby forming His Eternity Original Sin Body as soon as possible. In that case, the Lord of Hell will step into the Second-Step Eternity and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Mother of the Stars."
"Furthermore, the Lord of Time is also striving for the Second-Step Eternity. It is unknown whether the other Eternal are secretly plotting against us, but we must take action. Once the Second-Step Eternity appear one after another, they will inevitably squeeze the empire's living space. This is something that cannot be changed by human will."
"The turmoil at the top will inevitably affect the bottom. The chaos in the Astral Realm has fully arrived. With the end of the Abyss War, the Third Era has officially entered the Warring States period. This is the best of times and the worst of times. The strong will become strong, and the weak will perish. We must be extremely vigilant and not be careless."
The leader of the Northern Spirit Empire calmly analyzed the changing times in the Astral Realm, pointing out that the Third Era had already entered the Warring States period.