But they knew what this signified!
If...just if they had this sort of connection to the powerful force that was overseeing the Light Expanse, maybe this unwinnable war against a world that held multiple powerhouses stronger than them would actually not be so hopeless.
"Have you sent word to your disciple?"
The Sect Master of the Sword Sky Sect asked hurriedly, Sect Master Rudolf returning a smile as he spoke mysteriously.
"I have, and gentlemen...the path in front of us is bright and filled with the light of the Celestials."
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The forces of one world felt relief and ecstatic as they looked upon the force overseeing the Light Expanse as a force filled with righteousness and mercy as they hoped for those murdering their people to be brought to justice, while one world held slight worry for this same force as they called them hypocrites who would not dare move with everyone watching.
What they didn't know was that for the coming conflict...every single being would be made to watch something that would be etched onto the recesses of their memories for as long as they lived!
Chapter 343 - Setting Off!
In the expansive Inquiring Mountain that was under the control of Grandmaster Vredral, a golden ship that was much different than normally seen warsh.i.p.s was lifting off into the skies.
One could observe an array of dangerous cannons made out of unknown materials, the runic markings inlaid all around them contributing to an ancient feel that only showed a glimpse of their power.
The entire vessel was larger than 2 kilometers, its contrasting colors of red and gold plastered on its smooth rectangular appearance making it eye-catching as it passed through the protective layer of the 7th Celestial Star and shot off into the vastness of space.
On this specialized Interstellar Ship that was called a Prime Warship, Noah was standing beside a girl with a brilliant aura that was only enhanced by her bronze skin that did not seem to hold a single blemish. She held smooth dark hair that was tied up in a simple ponytail, adding to this simple look even more as she only adorned a red robe.
Behind them in the room that held the central command of the Prime Warship, Grandmaster Vredral could be seen using wisps of his expansive energy to propel the ship forward as it became a streak of light in the vastness of space.
His pondering gaze was on the back of the stupendous Genius that had turned the heads of many on the 7th Celestial Star, his potential quickly making those in the upper ranks compare him to Athena and the plans they had for her.
Similar to the War Princes, they had discerned that Crixus was a being that held a Noble Fate, a position that very few would hold in the centuries that pass. Those with a Noble Fate held very distinct positions as it was extremely hard to discern their future, making it critical to raise them well in the eyes of the Celestial.
Vredral had only given this young Celestial the chance to try his new method of reducing chaos in the upcoming conflict for this reason, as he knew of the unpredictability that those with a Noble Fate could bring. It would serve as a lesson should he fail, and on the off chance that his method reduced the level of chaos and deaths as much as what they originally planned with the complete destruction of the Magus World?
A smile appeared on the Grandmaster's face at this thought as he observed Crixus turning and talking towards Athena.
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Noah's now calm aura of a Celestial bounced off his body as the abundant Fate Lines brought forth a unique air, his face turning towards Athena as he fished for more information.
"Have you done a mission similar to what this one was originally supposed to be? Have you overseen the destruction of an entire world?"
An indiscernible light crossed Athena's eyes as she heard this, staring towards the constantly changing vastness of space as she replied calmly.
"Once before. On a Large World that went under the name of the Lost World."
"Oh? What did their forces do?"
An interested look appeared on Noah's face as he listened closely to finally get the history for the reason of the destruction of the Lost World.
"The world was first brought to our attention because of the beings of a few other Worlds that they held skirmishes with, coming to our knowledge that they were creating Cursed Items which directly went against the Universal Laws. Usually, this alone isn't enough to warrant the verdict of destruction, but when a Grandmaster used [Fate Discernement] on this world, they came to find a terrible fate that would arise from this world."
"They foresaw that a being would rise to usher in a new rule above this Lost World, going on to use the Cursed Items created from this world to usher in an era of chaos across the Light Expanse."
…!
Noah's mind shook briefly as he heard these words, many thoughts coursing through his mind as he continued to listen.
"The Verdict for the world's destruction was made soon after, the mission of overseeing it falling on my shoulders. We were successful in reducing chaos with its destruction, with no more information being able to be ascertained after its destruction."
Noah outwardly nodded outside while an array of thoughts rapidly came and went in his mind. Athena's words possibly held a shocking meaning as they repeated in his mind, a big question appearing as even though he didn't want to think too highly of himself, he was most likely the being that the Celestials foresaw to take the reigns of the Lost World after he defeated Baal, using their World Engines as he was already planning to right at this moment!
This thought felt ludicrous, but it was also the most straightforward one! Through [Fate Discernment], the Celestials had foreseen him coming to power, and they had almost succeeded in killing him in the Lost World...were it not for one particular Sect Master Inuit.
"..."
Noah adopted a thoughtful look as he stared out into the changing vastness of space as the Prime Warship they were on got ever closer to the Magus World, a variety of feelings coursing through his mind as he realized even though it was not his fault, the reason that the Celestials destroyed an entire World with billions of beings was because of him!
This thought lingered in his mind as he tried to get past it and look forward to the future. He could not change what occurred then, but he was trying to look at the possibilities of changing things now. There was another world in the near future that was marked for death, and this one also had a singular force that was the target for the Celestials.
For the sake of tying off all loose ends, permanently cutting off the cycle of chaos, and sending a message of fear to the surrounding powers to reduce any further disorder- the Celestials would accept the loss of a few billion lives. They justified this because were they not to act at all, the chaos that would unravel would cause tens of billions of lives.
Noah knew they weren't wrong, as he himself had confirmed this with [Fate Discernment]! But...he just didn't want those that were completely innocent finding their world placed under a spatial lock as they watched destruction close in. He did not want a repeat of the Lost World where he saved the Ocean Master and tens of thousands of others in Atlantis, but left behind billions more.
In this brief moment in time, his humanity pushed back the ever so expanding bloodline of the Vampyre Progenitor that gradually made him colder and more calculating as he was now focused on achieving the same goal as the Celestials, but through different means that did not require the destruction of an entire star and all those in it.
But this possible path...would be much bloodier, and much more cruel for the instigators who would have just faced quick deaths.
A gaze of determination overcame his face as he looked forward, the reality of the past and future much clearer in his mind.
Chapter 344 - A Show for All to See
The Prime Warship was much faster than the vessels Noah had been in before, where in just a few hours they were nearing the location of the Magus World.
The outline of this Prime World was slightly bigger than t
he World of Cultivation, a thin barrier enveloping it that looked ready to break at any time. It was less for protection and more of a message that they held the power and strength to erect any kind of barrier over their world.
The Prime Warship that was capable of laying waste to entire stars appeared near the Magus World silently, its enormous size of more than 2 kilometers paling in comparison to the grandness of an entire planet, but the weapons it held still as terrifying!
The instant it appeared, Grandmaster Vredral calmly tapped a few things on a red crystal connected to the Prime Warship, its many weapons locked and loaded as a few specialized ones released a film of golden light to rapidly begin wrapping around the entirety of the Magus World.
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The Snake Queen Caara who was overseeing the continuing operations in the Magus world was the first the feel the changes as her awareness was much more sensitive than others, realizing a second late that a spatial lock was rapidly spreading throughout the Magus World!
Her face turned ashen as her gaze shot to the skies, piercing through the layers as the snake eyes located an enormous ship with runic markings and weapons that would cause fear to creep into any knowledgeable being's soul.
The vessel that towered over the Magus World paled in comparison to the world's size, but its significance caused the Snake Queen to see an image as if this single ship was bigger than the entire Planet!
This was because this Prime Warship was known and feared among the knowledgeable powers of the Light Expanse. It was the only piece of technology that was unique to the Celestials, its power being unmatched as when piloted by the powerful Grandmasters that made up the ranks of Celestials, this vessel could lay waste to entire worlds!
This Prime Warship could only be piloted by a being in the Domain Expansion realm, the level of energy required being immense for anyone lower. Along with this requirement of energy, the unique essence of Celestials was required before one could ever get close to this spectacular weapon of mass destruction.
Its appearance above the Magus World only meant one thing, and the Snake Queen who stood at the top of the Order of the Black Serpent understood this as her ashen face became enraged.
"Hypocrites!"
She screamed out towards nothingness as the other powerhouses on the Magus World quickly noticed the situation, their gazes turning to those of despair as they understood what was about to happen.
"No!"
"They can't!"
Fearful feelings of terror began to creep into the hearts of many powerful beings all over the Magus World as they expected a horrendous scene to occur in the next moment, but minutes passed as nothing else but the solid spatial lock that covered the entire planet appeared thereafter.
Some breathed easier as they tried to send communications out to their allies to see if any would be capable of stopping the hands of the Celestials that had appeared above the Magus World, but no communications were coming in or out of this locked world as they watched on helplessly.
The horrendous activation of weapons they had come to fear over the years did not activate as the beating heart of the Snake Queen still held a furious expression as she looked towards the skies. Her expression remained one of rage as it didn't seem like she feared death one bit if it came for her!
Many of the powerhouses of the Magus World looked on to see what their fate would be among the despairing atmosphere as they observed an enormous illusory screen begin to materialize right above the Magus World.
This screen was humongous in size, even passing the size of the Prime Warship as any beings at the Void Rank or above would be able to observe things with clarity as long as they focused on the skies. The image in the huge illusory screen became clearer within a few seconds as they observed it to be the point of view of two red-robed figures.
One was a dark haired man who held a calm expression, the other was a dark-skinned woman that had a tight ponytail waving valiantly behind her as her eyes shimmer with light as they looked forward to what the screen was showing- which was simply the view of these two beings as they stared at the Magus World from the ship they were on!
This mystical illusory screen did not just appear in front of the eyes of the powerful forces of the Magus World, another one just like it appeared above the World of Cultivation. Another one appeared on the Underworld, another one appeared on the Automaton World...the illusory screen showing the point of view of two Red Robed Celestials was being portrayed across many of the surrounding Prime Worlds that held connections in any way to the Magus World and the World of Cultivation, even adding along other Prime Worlds that simply held many powerhouses.
The Lone Moon, The Infantile Globe, The Storm Territories, The Burning Archipelago, The Flameborn World...numerous Prime Worlds were introduced to this humongous illusory screen that showed two beings looking at the expansive Magus World.
The knowledgeable powerhouses of these worlds felt an eerie atmosphere as they recognized what the red robes signified, their assumption confirmed the moment this ridiculous capability of allowing an illusory screen like this that portray an entirely different environment hundreds of miles away above their worlds confirming all of their thoughts as they wondered just who had earned the wrath of the Celestials!
What they didn't know was that to make this a possibility, Grandmaster Vredral had instructed numerous Celestials to direct Interstellar Warsh.i.p.s besides the Prime Warship he was in with Crixus and Athena to move out to the numerous Prime Worlds in the surrounding quadrant that the Magus World was in.
This amounted to tens of Interstellar Warsh.i.p.s being spread out to cover the distances of over a hundred Prime Worlds that either had connections to or knew of the Magus World and the World of Cultivation, as well as the war that was brewing with these two powers at the center.
These numerous sh.i.p.s held the technology similar to what Noah had observed them do outside the doors of the First Realm of Hell, the technology to portray an illusory screen for many to see. This same technology was being used now as numerous sh.i.p.s traversed near numerous Prime World to portray an illusory screen that showed a video with extreme clarity.
The Grandmaster held slight interest when Noah further explained how he wanted to enact his different path that wasn't the destruction of the entire planet, and that was to put on a show.
To prevent the destruction of an entire world while only taking down those responsible, and at the same time achieving the Celestial's goal of using fear to reduce the compounding chaos...Noah would put on a show for all to see!
Chapter 345 - Merciful Saints, Cruel Tyrants
Many of the beings seeing the screen above the skies of their worlds recognized the image of the War Princess that was already widely known, the one that became even more renowned recently as she took the number one spot in the recent Infernal Hunt.
A few recognized the image of Crixus, being mostly those in the World of Cultivation as they looked on with shining eyes as this disciple appeared grandly on the screen.
In the Underworld, the curvaceous Elena was surrounded by forces of Pureblood Vampyres as they looked on with faces of solemnity, her infatuated gaze landing on the dark haired male as intense lights shone from her eyes. There was a small miniaturized penguin sitting on her shoulders as its beak rose high, its beady eyes trying to focus on the screen above as its Saint Realm essence could not see the image as clearly.
The monstrous figures of the other Harbingers that held different transformations after absorbing the bloodlines of Vampyres were also observing the screen above them, with a few missing it as they were in the Infernal Realm along with the Abhorred Lich Emperor continuing to farm Skill Points!
Their eyes gazed at this stupendous illusory screen as something finally changed.
"The Magus World has sown an enormous amount of chaos and had received the Verdict of destruction long ago. But…"
A resounding voice began to echo from the illusory screen, spreading through the targe
ted worlds that Grandmaster Vredral wanted to spread the message across as he continued to speak.
"...my new disciple wanted to try things a different way, and bring justice using a brand new path. That is what you are about to watch- justice for those responsible for sowing chaos, and the return of Order and Balance from it."
His words finished as the faces of many powerful beings turned somber, their gazes fully locking onto the events that had begun on the screen as a sense of unease spread throughout.
"The disciples to enact this Verdict will be Athena and Crixus, disciples at the Void Realm who will descend into the Magus World to bring to justice the forces responsible for this chaos."
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The influential and powerful figures turned quizzical for the first time as they thought they had misheard something. They knew that the force that controlled the Magus World was the Order of the Black Serpent, a powerful organization that held numerous Void Realm powerhouses, and even a few beings at the Soul Forging Realm standing at the top.
To carry out this verdict of the Celestials, only two Void Realm disciples were being sent out to combat all of these forces?
Skeptical looks began to appear among the faces of many beings across the stars as they wondered exactly what type of message the Celestials were trying to send with this action.
In the humongous Prime Warship that Noah and Athena stood on, a small door opened in front of them as their bodies became enveloped in the aura of the Void Realm, their figures floating out serenely as they began flying towards the Magus World. This image caused the eyes of many to skip a beat as they realized the Celestials were truly serious about sending in two talented disciples at the Void Realm to stand against powerhouses that reached the Soul Forging Realm!
They watched on with rapt attention as the illusory screen closely followed the viewpoint of Noah and Athena, the features of the Magus World becoming more and more clear as their figures descended down and passed through the golden film of light that was now covering the entirety of the world.
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