Arc 50The Astral Realm Under Siege

Gustavo and Lancelot reached Eternity while the Nightmare Hydra ravaged the Fantasy Dimension and the Mother of the Stars seized control of the Astral Realm. As she began taking the Adrian Federation, its defenders resisted her forces and Di’er confronted the Lord of Time.

  • Gustavo consumed the Heart of the Abyss and reached Half-Step Eternity, while the Lord of Time devoured the captive True Dragons but failed to forge an Eternity Dragon Body.
  • The Lord of Time joined forces with the Nightmare Hydra, whose Nightmares Mist spread through the Fantasy Dimension as travelers and plane guardians struggled to resist it.
  • Lancelot defeated the God of War of the Astral Realm, unified his three systems, and traveled with Gustavo to the Spirit Ruins, where both ultimately reached Eternity.
  • The Lord of Time helped the Nightmare Hydra destroy the Lord of No Void, and the Hydra devoured the Fantasy Dimension before the Mother of the Stars extracted its origin and destroyed its remaining consciousness.
  • The Mother of the Stars used the Fantasy Origin to restore damaged planes and persuaded the Astral Realm Will to let her absorb it and refine the Astral Realm into an Inner Universe.
  • The Ancestral Tree of Life broke through the Gate of Eternity and renewed life across the Astral Realm, while the Mother of the Stars moved to bring the Adrian Federation under her control.
  • Dale refused the Mother of the Stars’ demand to surrender the Federation, and its defenders fought the Titans she summoned as she attacked the Immortal Continent.
  • The Lord of Time attacked Mystra, but Angley shielded her and Di’er caught his sword, declaring that he would face the Lord of Time.
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Ch. 1228Devouring the Heart of the Abyss

Gustavo devoured the Heart of the Abyss and advanced to Half-Step Eternity, then set out to consume more of the Astral Realm to reach Eternity. Meanwhile, the Lord of Time sealed more than twenty Supreme God-level True Dragons in the Eternally Sealed Dragon Realm and began drawing their power into himself.

  • Gustavo destroyed civilizations across the Astral Realm, raising his Abyss Affinity and earning the Abyss Will's favor.
  • The Abyss Will gave Gustavo the remaining half of the Heart of the Abyss, and Gustavo swallowed it.
  • Gustavo broke through to Half-Step Eternity but remained short of reaching Eternity, so he launched himself toward more worlds to devour.
  • The Lord of Time held more than twenty Supreme God-level True Dragons captive in the Eternally Sealed Dragon Realm.
  • The Lord of Time shattered their time-crystal pillars and began absorbing the dragons, their souls, blood, and origins.

Ch. 1229Stars and Time

The Lord of Time devoured the Dragon Clan’s Supreme Gods and refined their remnant souls to fuel his transformation into an Eternity Dragon Body. His attempt to reach Second-Step Eternity stalled at eighty percent when the Fire of Eternity ran out, and the Mother of the Stars arrived to declare his failure.

  • The Lord of Time devoured the Platinum Dragon God, the Mother of Evil Dragons, Heavenly Heart Suli, and more than twenty Supreme God-level True Dragons.
  • He burned the dragons’ lingering souls in the Fire of Time, absorbing their laws and power until he believed he had enough strength to advance.
  • The Lord of Time ignited the Fire of Eternity and began forging an Eternity Dragon Body, but the flames suddenly extinguished when his bloodline power ran out.
  • He discovered that the Mother of the Stars had concealed the Dragon Emperor’s bloodline power inside Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur, leaving him unable to complete his transformation.
  • The Mother of the Stars descended as a projection into the Eternally Sealed Dragon Realm and told the stranded Lord of Time that he had failed.

Ch. 1230Plotting against Nightmares

The Mother of the Stars recruited the Lord of Time to help the Lord of Nightmares seize the Fantasy Dimension, promising him the Dragon Clan bloodline power he needed to reach Second-Step Eternity. After accepting, the Lord of Time left the ruined Eternally Sealed Dragon Realm and headed to Primogenitor Mountain, where he confronted the Lord of Nightmares.

  • The Mother of the Stars told the Lord of Time that she had concealed the Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur's bloodline power and proposed that he help the Lord of Nightmares breach the Fantasy Dimension's defenses.
  • She promised the Lord of Time the Dragon Clan bloodline power and help reaching Second-Step Eternity if he struck the Lord of Nightmares the instant he succeeded.
  • The Lord of Time accepted her terms and received the Chaos Stele control token, then remained alone with regret over devouring the True Dragon Clan and despair at his failed breakthrough.
  • The Mother of the Stars withdrew, revealing that her true goal was Third-Step Eternity and control over the entire Astral Realm, while the Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur accepted his fate as a future sacrifice.
  • The Lord of Time left the Eternally Sealed Dragon Realm, saw that the Ancestral Tree of Life possessed his White Feather of Time, and decided not to retrieve it.
  • The Lord of Time arrived at Primogenitor Mountain and called out to the Lord of Nightmares.

Ch. 1231The Spreading Nightmares Mist

The Nightmare Hydra began spreading Nightmares Mist through the Fantasy Dimension after the Lord of Time agreed to help him seize it in exchange for aid hunting a Chaos Behemoth. In the Emerald Dream Plane, Aierwen Chengge and the Emerald Guards fought to protect the Emerald Falls as the mist and its Nightmares Beasts overwhelmed the plane.

  • The Nightmare Hydra questioned the Lord of Time about his failed breakthrough, and the Lord of Time blamed a weak foundation and backlash from the Nine-Faced Dragon God.
  • The Lord of Time asked the Nightmare Hydra to help him hunt a Chaos Behemoth after the Fantasy Dimension was taken, and the Nightmare Hydra agreed.
  • The Nightmare Hydra released the Nightmares Mist, which crossed the dimensional boundary and spread into the Fantasy Dimension.
  • In the Emerald Dream Plane, Aierwen Chengge warned of contamination as the mist appeared within the plane and Nightmares Beasts broke through its defenses.
  • Aierwen ordered the surviving Emerald Guards to defend the Emerald Falls, but the mist eroded their final barrier as it devoured the surrounding plane.

Ch. 1232Erosion and Tragedy

The Nightmare Hydra’s mist devoured the Emerald Dream Plane and overwhelmed the Thousand Swords Plane, while the Lord of Time watched without intervening. The chapter ends as the mist began replacing the Dream Conches’ consciousnesses in the Glazed Sea Plane.

  • Aierwen ordered the Emerald Guard to awaken the sleepers and detonate their dream crystals, destroying the Emerald Dream Plane in a rainbow shockwave that warned the Fantasy Hall.
  • The Lord of Time saw the Nightmare Hydra consume the plane and chose not to act, knowing the Mother of the Stars intended to swallow the Astral Realm.
  • The old Sword Lord and Lieyan led the Thousand Swords Plane’s swordsmen against the Nightmares Mist, but the mist gradually overcame their defenses.
  • Lieyan sacrificed himself to send a sword ray to the Fantasy Hall, and the old Sword Lord sealed the Thousand Swords Plane for three years before becoming a stone statue.
  • The Nightmares Mist spread across the Fantasy Dimension, and in the Glazed Sea Plane it began replacing the Dream Conches’ consciousnesses.

Ch. 1233Fantasy Hall's Response

The Nightmare Hydra’s Nightmares Mist devastated planes across the Fantasy Dimension, while the Lord of No Void explained that the threat had grown from dormant seeds planted within the dimension. He ordered fantasy travelers to return and prepare to save the remaining planes, as Dusk Star began briefing them on the crisis.

  • The Nightmares Mist turned the Eternal Night Theater’s plays into tragedies and corrupted the worlds painted in the Starry Sky Gallery until the plane fell.
  • Elariel, Dusk Star, reported to the Lord of No Void that more than thirteen thousand distress signals came from planes afflicted by the origin of nightmares.
  • The Lord of No Void revealed that the Nightmare Hydra had awakened seeds of power already planted inside the Fantasy Dimension and ordered all travelers to return.
  • The Lord of No Void dispatched the dimension’s origin power across the planes and resolved to save as many as possible while weakening the Nightmare Hydra.
  • Dusk Star, Balevi, Gelong, Elena, and the returned travelers gathered in the Fantasy Hall, where Dusk Star began explaining the unprecedented crisis.

Ch. 1234The Lord of No Void's Anger

Dusk Star’s mission to the Starlight Plane revealed that the Nightmare Hydra had an ally wielding the power of time, while the Lord of No Void discovered the Hydra feeding on the Fantasy Dimension’s heart and confronted him. The Lord of No Void raised a spear of fantasy power and demanded that the Nightmare Hydra leave, ending the chapter before his ultimatum was completed.

  • Dusk Star and the other travelers chose missions to defend invaded planes, and she led a squad to the besieged Starlight Plane.
  • Dusk Star found the Star Crown Tower in ruins and tried to save a wounded Starborn archmage, who warned that another being wielded the power of time before he was erased from the timeline.
  • Dusk Star ordered her deputy to warn the Lord of No Void that the Nightmare Hydra had a suspected Eternity-realm accomplice.
  • The Lord of No Void traced the Nightmare Hydra’s true body to the heart of the Fantasy Dimension and found him feeding on its dreams.
  • The Lord of No Void confronted the Nightmare Hydra and demanded that he leave the dimension, relinquish the invaded planes, and surrender his buried Nightmares seeds.

Ch. 1235Go and Seek the Lord of Endless

The Lord of No Void confronted the Nightmare Hydra in the Land of the Heart, while Fantasy Travelers fought to weaken the Hydra across the Fantasy Dimension. As the Astral Realm’s powers hesitated to intervene, the Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord named the Lord of Endless as the ally who might help stop Primogenitor Mountain.

  • The Nightmare Hydra threatened to destroy the Fantasy Dimension if the Lord of No Void fought at full strength, then revealed that its ally was using the power of time to target the Fantasy Hall.
  • The Lord of No Void declared that Fantasy Travelers were weakening the Hydra by clearing the Nightmares Mist, while travelers across several planes fought to preserve hope and resist the invasion.
  • The Lord of Time met with the Nightmare Hydra at Primogenitor Mountain, then secretly sent a wisp of consciousness to speak with the Mother of the Stars about the Hydra’s plans.
  • The Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord and Distant Song Orosa discussed how to oppose Primogenitor Mountain, and the Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord proposed seeking the Lord of Endless.

Ch. 1236The Star Crown

The Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord offered the Star Crown to strengthen the Lord of Endless against the God of War of the Astral Realm. As their battle began in the Void, Lancelot countered the God of War’s attacks, but the God of War unleashed a devastating assault from the Hall of Heroes.

  • The Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord removed the Star Crown and decided to lend it to the Lord of Endless, while Orosa agreed to help.
  • Lancelot faced the God of War of the Astral Realm in the Void, whose power had reached the Eternal level through the Northern Spirit Empire’s power of Civilization.
  • Lancelot erased the God of War’s first energy attack with the Spear of Destruction, but the God of War revived it and reshaped it into chains.
  • Lancelot used the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying to stop the chains before they could reach him.
  • The God of War sent a pillar of golden light from the Hall of Heroes toward Lancelot, threatening to destroy his body and absorb his soul.

Ch. 1237Trinity, Initial Balance

Lancelot fought the God of War of the Astral Realm while drawing on the Endless Continent, its gods, and its inhabitants, but his opponent’s strength and endurance kept him at a disadvantage. With the Star Crown’s support, Lancelot gained insights into countless stellar laws and touched the barrier between Supreme God and Eternal, advancing his Law System.

  • Lancelot summoned the power of the Endless Continent and its gods, then clashed with the God of War of the Astral Realm, who was empowered by the Northern Spirit Empire and the Hall of Heroes.
  • Lancelot used the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying to trap his opponent, but the God of War of the Astral Realm seized the Immortal-Execution Sword until Lancelot severed his hand with the Spear of Destruction.
  • As they fought across the Void, Lancelot adapted to the God of War of the Astral Realm’s attacks and grew stronger, while both sides suffered damage and the surrounding celestial bodies were destroyed.
  • The Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord offered Lancelot the Star Crown, and Distant Song Orosa and the Void Whale experts intervened to prevent the God of War of the Astral Realm from stopping him.
  • Lancelot put on the Star Crown and absorbed insights from the stars, touching the barrier between Supreme God and Eternal and advancing from borrowing laws toward becoming the laws.

Ch. 1238Spirit Ruins

Lancelot unified his three systems and defeated the God of War of the Astral Realm, leaving his opponent gravely wounded before he departed to pursue Eternity. The Mother of the Stars then warned Lancelot of an approaching Destruction Tide and began to offer him the Spirit Ruins as a place to advance.

  • Lancelot reached the threshold of Eternity, combined his three systems, and used their power to defeat the God of War of the Astral Realm.
  • The God of War of the Astral Realm accepted his defeat, promised to face Lancelot again, and withdrew with the Hall of Heroes and the Northern Spirit Empire's fleet.
  • Lancelot completed the unification of his three systems and declared that he would pursue Eternity.
  • The World Tree and the Ancestral Tree of Destruction observed Lancelot's breakthrough while the World Tree considered the other rising powers, including Logo and Gustavo.
  • The Mother of the Stars contacted Lancelot, warned that a Destruction Tide from the Chaos Sea threatened the Astral Realm and surrounding realms, and began to propose the Spirit Ruins as a place for his advancement.

Ch. 1239A Conversation with the Mother of the Stars

The Mother of the Stars sent Lancelot to the Spirit Ruins with the promise that the Chaos Ruin could help him reach Eternity, while secretly planning to take control of the Astral Realm in his absence. After returning the Star Crown, Lancelot refused to help defend the Fantasy Dimension and began to suspect that the Mother of the Stars was deliberately weakening the Astral Realm Will.

  • The Mother of the Stars gave Lancelot the Spirit Ruins’ coordinates and array instructions, urging him to go there because the Destruction Vortex was expanding rapidly.
  • Lancelot agreed to visit the Spirit Ruins and decided to bring Gustavo so they could use its resources to advance their laws.
  • The Mother of the Stars secretly expected Lancelot to spend centuries in the Spirit Ruins while she took control of the Astral Realm.
  • The Mother of the Stars explained that she could not leave the Chaos Tide and regarded the Astral Realm’s suffering as preparation for the coming destruction.
  • Lancelot returned the Star Crown to the ruler of the Astral Spirit Kingdom and refused Orosa and Nova’s request to lead resistance in the Fantasy Dimension.
  • After hearing the ruler warn that the Fantasy Dimension’s collapse would weaken the Astral Realm Will, Lancelot suspected the Mother of the Stars had deliberately allowed the invasions to weaken it.

Ch. 1240Devouring: The Ascension Begins

Lancelot realized that the Mother of the Stars was behind the Astral Realm’s turmoil and intended to subdue its World Will, then chose to advance to Eternity before dealing with the Fantasy Dimension. At the Spirit Ruins, Gustavo began devouring its Spirit Wisdoms in hopes of reaching the Eternal realm, sending them fleeing deeper inside.

  • Lancelot concluded that the Mother of the Stars was seeking control of the Astral Realm by subduing its World Will.
  • Lancelot left to pursue his breakthrough, while the Astral Spirit Kingdom Lord and the Void Whale clan headed to the Fantasy Dimension to delay the Nightmare Hydra.
  • Lancelot and Gustavo traveled to the Spirit Ruins, where Lancelot opened a breach during the Breath of Chaos.
  • Gustavo entered the Domain of Fragments and used the Law of Devouring to absorb vast numbers of Spirit Wisdoms.
  • The Spirit Wisdoms sensed Gustavo’s threat and fled toward the depths of the Domain of Fragments.

Ch. 1241Lost and Awakened

Gustavo devoured the Spirit Wisdom and the heart of the Spirit Ruins, using their power to break through the barrier of Eternity and become an eternal existence. After consuming the collapsing ruins, he sensed that he had forgotten something, just as a commanding voice called for him to wake up.

  • Gustavo sealed and devoured the Spirit Wisdom in the Domain of Fragments, gaining insights that strengthened his laws.
  • Gustavo entered the Domain of Laws and devoured its law crystals, advancing his understanding and nearing Eternity.
  • Gustavo discovered that the Spirit Ruins had collapsed from internal contradictions and used the Law of Devouring to dissolve the barrier protecting its heart.
  • Gustavo swallowed the heart of the Spirit Ruins, broke through the barrier of Eternity, and transformed his Laws of Devouring and Sealing.
  • Gustavo returned to the Chaos Sea and swallowed the collapsing Spirit Ruins, then sensed something was wrong and heard a voice order him to wake up.

Ch. 1242A Trap and a Windfall, Both Ascend to Eternity

Lancelot awakened Gustavo from an illusion cast by the Spirit Ruins, and the two joined forces to destroy the ruins and absorb their true core and accumulated power. They both ascended to Eternity and planned to return to the Astral Realm to summon and transcend the River of Space-Time.

  • Lancelot revealed that the Spirit Ruins had trapped Gustavo in an illusion, though the Spirit Wisdoms Gustavo devoured and the insights he gained were real.
  • Lancelot and Gustavo agreed to combine their laws to devour the Spirit Ruins and began sealing the ruins while Lancelot searched for their true core.
  • Lancelot found the core, and Gustavo devoured its source power, sharing half of the power with Lancelot and the Endless Continent.
  • Lancelot suppressed the Spirit Ruins' will with a Divine Authority Edict, while Gustavo devoured the core and the two absorbed the remaining Spirit Wisdoms and fragments.
  • After the Spirit Ruins vanished, Gustavo and Lancelot both ascended to Eternity and prepared to return to the Astral Realm to transcend the River of Space-Time.

Ch. 1243Breakthrough and Return, a Century in the Blink of an Eye

After becoming Eternals, Lancelot and Gustavo left the Chaos Ruins to return to the Astral Realm and contact Logo. In the Fantasy Dimension, the Lord of No Void turned the Land of the Heart against the Nightmare Hydra, which feared its long-laid plan would fail.

  • Lancelot and Gustavo discussed the time that had passed in the Astral Realm, wondered how Logo was faring, and agreed to return and contact him.
  • The Lord of No Void learned from Elariel that Fantasy Travelers had freed Dream Conches in the Glazed Sea Plane and begun restoring its origin.
  • The Nightmare Hydra attacked the Lord of No Void with a concentrated beam, but he dissolved into fantasy power and unleashed the Fantasy Dimension's power against it.
  • The Lord of No Void stopped attacking and awakened the heart, which began purifying nightmare mist and rejecting the Nightmare Hydra.
  • The Nightmare Hydra realized the heart would drain its power and feared that the Lord of No Void would drive it from the Fantasy Dimension.

Ch. 1244The Lord of Time Makes a Move

The Lord of No Void nearly destroyed the Nightmare Hydra by channeling the hopes of countless beings, but the Lord of Time intervened and severed their power link. The Lord of Time revealed his opposition to the Astral Realm Will and attacked the weakened Lord of No Void, though his true motives remained uncertain.

  • The Nightmare Hydra unleashed the Fire of Despair, and the Lord of No Void gathered hope and power from countless planes to overwhelm him.
  • The Lord of Time emerged through a golden rift and severed the energy link between the Lord of No Void and the planes, weakening the Lord of No Void and interrupting the attack.
  • The Lord of Time claimed the Astral Realm Will would devour the multiverse and said he wanted to destroy its ability to consume planes.
  • The Lord of Time told the Lord of No Void that the Nightmare Hydra was merely a tool he planned to reap, while secretly trying to undermine the guardian's resolve.
  • The Lord of Time struck the Lord of No Void, and the exhausted guardian's fantasy spear shattered under the dragon claw.

Ch. 1245The Fall of the Fantasy Dimension

The Nightmare Hydra and the Lord of Time defeated the Lord of No Void, who sacrificed himself to strengthen the Fantasy Dimension’s heart before the Lord of Time destroyed him. Over the next three years, the Nightmare Hydra corrupted and devoured the heart, leaving the Fantasy Dimension dying as its inhabitants lost their dreams.

  • The Lord of Time shattered the Lord of No Void’s chest and restrained him while the Nightmare Hydra pierced him with the Sword of Despair.
  • The Lord of Time pulled the sword free and destroyed the Lord of No Void, whose scattered essence merged with the heart to strengthen the Fantasy Dimension’s resistance.
  • The Lord of Time calculated that devouring the heart would take three years, then left the Nightmare Hydra to finish the task alone.
  • The Nightmare Hydra corrupted the heart’s dream glands and blood vessels as scattered resistance across the planes failed.
  • The Nightmare Hydra drained the heart’s origin, recovering his strength as dreams vanished across the Fantasy Dimension and its inhabitants and civilizations began to collapse.

Ch. 1246The Mother of the Stars Appears

The Nightmare Hydra seized the Fantasy Dimension and crippled the Astral Realm’s expansion, but the Lord of Time revealed that he had used the Hydra as bait for a sacrifice. The Mother of the Stars appeared in the Land of the Heart as a Third-Step Eternity being, holding the Material Dimension in her hand.

  • The Nightmare Hydra devoured the Fantasy Dimension, paralyzing the Astral Realm’s digestive system and bringing its expansion to a halt.
  • The Astral Realm Will attacked the Nightmare Hydra with lightning and storms, but it could not expel the Hydra because it had become part of the Fantasy Dimension’s origin.
  • The Lord of Time appeared after the Hydra’s victory and revealed that he had waited for it to finish devouring the Fantasy Dimension so he could use it as a sacrifice.
  • The Lord of Time pierced the Hydra’s defenses with a golden spear and revealed that his confidence came from the Mother of the Stars.
  • The Mother of the Stars entered the Land of the Heart, and the Nightmare Hydra recognized her as a being who had touched the threshold of Third-Step Eternity.
  • The Mother of the Stars raised her hand and revealed the Material Dimension floating in her palm.

Ch. 1247Sacrifice and Choice

The Mother of the Stars and the Lord of Time defeated the Nightmare Hydra and recovered the fused origin of the Fantasy Dimension. She explained that she planned to devour the Astral Realm to reach Third-Step Eternity and protect it from the Destruction Tide, then began fulfilling her promise to the Lord of Time.

  • The Nightmare Hydra attacked the Mother of the Stars with nine swords of despair, but she stopped and shattered them effortlessly.
  • The Lord of Time wounded the Nightmare Hydra while the Mother of the Stars extracted the Fantasy Origin and destroyed his remaining consciousness, revealing that the Chaos Contract had become void when the Hydra attacked the Lord of Time.
  • The Mother of the Stars claimed the orb containing the Nightmare Hydra's power and the Fantasy Dimension's origin.
  • The Mother of the Stars recalled seeing the Destruction Tide erase planes and explained that she intended to devour the Astral Realm, ascend to Third-Step Eternity, and shield it from the coming calamity.
  • At the Lord of Time's request, the Mother of the Stars formed the immense outline of the Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur from a golden light.

Ch. 1248The Mother of the Stars Speaks with the Astral Realm Will

The Mother of the Stars handed the Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur to the Lord of Time in exchange for his submission, then restored the Astral Realm with the Fantasy Origin. She warned the Astral Realm Will that the Destruction Tide was approaching and explained that only Third-Step Eternity could protect it.

  • The Lord of Time claimed the bound Thirty-Eight Paradise Pterosaur, intending to extract his bloodline essence, while the Pterosaur warned that the Lord of Time would regret his choice.
  • The Mother of the Stars demanded that the Lord of Time fulfill his promise, and he submitted to her, vowing loyalty and obedience.
  • The Mother of the Stars warned the Lord of Time that disloyalty would leave him no better off than the Nightmare Hydra.
  • The Mother of the Stars entered the Astral Realm and used the Fantasy Origin to purify the Nightmares Mist, repair collapsing dimensions, and stabilize the planes.
  • The Mother of the Stars told the Astral Realm Will that the Destruction Tide would strike the Astral Realm head-on and that Third-Step Eternity could provide protection.
  • The Mother of the Stars explained that reaching Third-Step Eternity required refining the entire Astral Realm into an Inner Universe.

Ch. 1249Control and Destruction, the Ancestral Tree of Life at the Eternity Realm

The Mother of the Stars devoured the Astral Realm Will and began refining the Astral Realm into an inner universe to resist the Destruction Tide. As the realm’s upheaval shook the River of Space-Time, the Ancestral Tree of Life seized the chance to break through and became an Eternal.

  • The Astral Realm Will agreed to let the Mother of the Stars devour it so the Astral Realm could become part of her and be protected from the Destruction Tide.
  • The Mother of the Stars absorbed the Astral Realm Will’s origin and began refining the Astral Realm, while the Lord of Time watched and the Nightmare Hydra’s last consciousness witnessed the transformation.
  • The World Tree realized that one of its offspring was nearing Eternity and welcomed the possibility that Life had succeeded.
  • The Ancestral Tree of Life used the turmoil caused by the Mother of the Stars to challenge the Gate of Eternity, enduring temporal turbulence, causal backlash, and the strangling threads of fate.
  • The Ancestral Tree of Life broke free of the River of Space-Time, and the Astral Realm felt the birth of a new Eternal.

Ch. 1250Arrival

The Ancestral Tree of Life reached the Eternity realm, strengthening the Law of Life throughout the Astral Realm and restoring life across its planes. Meanwhile, the Mother of the Stars revealed her bid to control the Astral Realm, and the Magic Pioneer and other figures learned she had consumed the Astral Realm Will.

  • The Ancestral Tree of Life transformed upon reaching the Eternity realm, and her jade-gold light renewed life and restored damaged rules across the Astral Realm.
  • The Law of Life grew stronger, stabilizing ecosystems, restoring vitality, and helping quell wars and chaos.
  • The Mother of the Stars dismissed the Ancestral Tree of Life's breakthrough and declared that she would next bring the Adrian Federation under her control.
  • The Magic Pioneer sensed that the Astral Realm Will had vanished and realized the Mother of the Stars had consumed it as part of her plan to control the entire Astral Realm.
  • The Mother of the Stars and the Lord of Time appeared above the Immortal Continent, and the Magic Pioneer accused her of eating the Astral Realm Will.
  • The Elemental Grand Sage, the Goddess of the Weave, the God of Wisdom, and other powerful figures arrived, while Angley considered leaving the Adrian Federation to join the Mother of the Stars.

Ch. 1251The Final Battle Begins

The Mother of the Stars and the Lord of Time arrived at the Immortal Continent, and the Mother of the Stars demanded that Dale surrender the Federation so she could claim the Elemental Dimension. Dale refused, and as the Mother of the Stars attacked, the Grand Sages and Titan God Race began fighting across the Void.

  • The Immortal Continent’s highest-level alarm sounded when the Lord of Time and the Mother of the Stars approached.
  • The Mother of the Stars demanded that Dale surrender the Federation, but Dale refused to give up the spellcasters’ freedom.
  • The Mother of the Stars attacked the Immortal Continent, and Dale’s law torrent held back her palm briefly before collapsing under its absolute mass.
  • Angley redefined mass within a logic matrix, slowing the Mother of the Stars’ attack, but she summoned the Titan God Race from her hair’s starry spirals.
  • Kasin ordered the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Legions to meet the Titans, while Kalista attacked their vanguard and Selena and Oberon trapped Titans with spatial and temporal barriers.

Ch. 1252The Casters' Resistance

Dale and the casters struggled to withstand the Mother of the Stars’ relentless assault, combining their powers to reinforce his barrier. When the Lord of Time tried to destroy Mystra’s Weave, Di’er intercepted his sword and declared himself the Lord’s opponent.

  • The Lord of Time attacked Oberon, but Mystra trapped him in the Weave before he broke free and badly damaged it with a sword of time.
  • The Mother of the Stars unleashed waves of falling stars against Di’er’s barrier, and Angley reinforced it while Kalista added an elemental cycle to absorb the impacts.
  • The Mother of the Stars ground the barrier down with a ring of stellar fragments, so Di’er overloaded the Elemental Furnace and sent its energy through the Weave to strengthen the defense.
  • The Lord of Time tried to cut Mystra’s energy channel, but Selena and Oberon blocked him; he escaped their labyrinth through another timeline and attacked Mystra.
  • Angley shielded Mystra from the Lord of Time’s sword, but his formulas shattered, and Di’er caught the blade with his hand before claiming the Lord of Time as his opponent.
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