One was chained in a golden cage beneath a certain star, another was in an unknown location, and the last one...was relaxing in a paradisiacal atmosphere deep in the Celestial Realm!
In this paradisiacal atmosphere where the mystical aurora of coagulating essence was abundant, a single man who looked to be in the prime of his life was lying back on the head of a mountainous creature that was a few hundred meters tall. This creature was one of fantasy, commonly heard about as a mythical beast with a shining white horn protruding from its head, and expansive white wings expanding on its back.
Being a mixture of a Pegasus and a Unicorn, this monstrous Celestial Behemoth called an Alicorn was blankly walking forward as this single being sat atop its head comfortably!
The being in question, one of the three Founders of the Celestials, had a wide smile appear on his calm face as his abilities showed the indication that the coming of a new Infernal Lord they were all expecting for had actually come to fruition faster than anticipated.
The Founder crossed his arms in thought as numerous bursts of information appeared on his mind, a few words leaving his mouth that only he would be privy to.
"Well, at least it is becoming slightly more exciting once more."
He used his palm to pat the head of the enormous Behemoth he stood on, a unique energy shooting from his hands and entering the thick skin of the Alicorn easily as he spoke with an enthusiastic tone, the significance of the event that had just occurred seemingly not bothering him one bit!
"Little horse, let's go find another one of your little brothers for lunch. It's been a few days since I've tasted a Supreme Behemoth."
OOOO!
A blank roar released from the Alicorn as it followed the given command, its enormous body turning into shades of scintillating golden lights as it moved forward at a speed even faster than light, trenching even deeper in the Celestial Realm!
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In the Letalis Expanse, a moving mass of a being that was the size of large planets had its red eyes staring in a certain direction. As it moved across the vastness of space, its dreadful power was expressed outwards as a swirling mass of destructive elements and Aether pulsed from it. One could distinctly observe the purple-blue color of Aether lighting up the large sections of this being's body, star-sized tentacles and feelers only seeming much more terrifying in this light. The bulging red eyes were the ones that would draw someone in the most, holding a unique charm and terror that very few could handle. These red eyes seemingly having a light of conflicting emotions as a thought passed through this being's mind.
'Was such a thing even necessary for you to do? What exactly do you hope to achieve with all of these events?'
The thoughts of the always slumbering being were awoken briefly as it sensed the rise of the last Infernal Lord, knowing that this indicated for a new era on the Novus Galaxy, where things would begin moving yet again towards a certain direction.
Last time, this being, this Terror, interfered and actually brought an end to an Era!
It ended the War of the Righteous as it hoped the direction of things could play out differently, but it seems like they were still set to head towards the same direction.
'Very well. Do what you must. There will be no interference from me this time around, even if all of these ignorant creatures kill themselves.'
Its thoughts came to a stop as its red eyes looked upwards, where even those that were knowledgeable would never be able to understand exactly what it was looking at.
RUMBLE!
A fearsome {{Authority}} that spanned tens of thousands of miles spread out as it returned to its task, moving across the Letalis Expanse as its red eyes gradually closed yet again!
In farther reaches of space elsewhere, a similarly huge planet sized creature that held a different physiology than the aforementioned one also had similar thoughts, its attention eventually going on to what it was previously doing.
This was just another one of the many truly powerful creatures that noticed the coronation of the last Infernal Lord and felt the beginning of a new Era, each of these powerful creatures having their own thoughts as they felt the changes and prepared or returned to what they were doing calmly!
In the First Infernal Realm, the Ancient Blood Clone continued to feel the changes that it and the main body's physiology was going through, a stellar red crown created from his own protrusions on his head lying grandly above him.
He held a devilish charm as he felt his main body stably entering the Soul Forging Realm, the clone's aura changing as well. He began to feel the laws of the Infernal Realm wrap around him as he experienced something that the advancing Aberration had tried to do months ago before its life was ended by Athena.
The clone was ascending from the first Infernal Realm and into the one above it where multiple Infernal Lords resided!
Chapter 406 - Shocking Knowledge
As the coronation of the last Infernal Lord neared its completion, a stern look came upon Grandmaster Vredral as he also finally perceived this overpowering rise in chaos!
Athena's face changed a few seconds later, her face also turning grim as she stared at the Grandmaster for confirmation.
ROAR!
The Dark Winged Chaos Tiger continued to be hit with multiple attacks as at this moment, Grandmaster Vredral's power began rising up wildly, raining down even more attacks as he utilized the golden hammers on his hands to release deadly Fate Essence.
"We have to wrap this up, something has happened."
His energy bubbled as enormous Blades of Liberation pierced through the skies, their deadly edges aiming towards the Chaos Behemoth rapidly changing positions as it continued to be swarmed from attacks of the members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team.
Noah's body also began rising in power as in the middle of all of this as his body stepped into the Soul Forging Realm, he used [Unique Origin] to portray a breakthrough occurring right at this moment as the essence his body gave off continued to rise and pierce through the wall of the Void Rank!
A surprised expression appeared on the somber Grandmaster as he nodded.
"Good! Keep going!"
RUMBLE!
The fierce battle continued as more attacks rained down, Noah himself officially stepping into the Soul Forging Realm in the eyes of the Celestials as his clone ascended from one Infernal Realm to another.
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The 5 Infernals Realms were spread out over a wide area in the Novus Galaxy. The lowest tiered one, the First Infernal Realm, had its gate in the Light Expanse. The Second Infernal Realm was located in the Dark Expanse, the Fourth one being at the border of the Dark and Light Expanse.
The remaining two Infernal Realms where the most powerful Infernals and Infernal Lords resided were located in the Letalis Expanse that was filled with danger and mystery!
Noah's clone ascended into the Second Infernal Realm that was located in the Dark Expanse, his body opening its eyes and spreading its senses as he found himself in familiar skies that seemed to hold a tinge of difference.
The surrounding atmosphere was much more dense than the First Realm, and he could observe huge structures in the distance that looked like devilish towering cities. The number of Infernals was not as many as in the droves of weak ones in the First Hell, but he could sense the aura of many Void and Soul Rank Infernals in the nearby surroundings!
OOOM!
Before he even got his bearings, he sensed the rapid appearance of an aura of two powerful beings rushing towards his position, the power he sensed from them being something he had never actually come across before.
It was a level of power not at the Soul or Domain Expansion Realm, but the realm above that! These two Infernal Lords that were on the Second Infernal Realm and considered to be two of the weaker Infernal Lords were standing stably at the peak of the World Rank!
From the Void to Soul, from Soul to Domain, and finally from the Domain and into the World Rank. A rank where the beings at this sta
ge singularly had the power to destroy worlds.
These were the first two beings at this level that Noah had met, and they were the Infernal Lords ranked 7th and 8th!
WAA!
Their arrival was announced grandly as their bodies pulsed with a power that Noah now found familiar, this power being the unique essence of Infernals that he had only been absorbing, but had now also become a part of him! The bodies of the Infernal Lords release a unique atmosphere as he could barely perceive an oppressive field of power and chaos that was always surrounding them. Making any beings that neared feel a sense of suffocation!
"My oh my… the new lord is actually not fully an Infernal, and is especially weak..."
The curvaceous woman that held a pronounced crown similar to Noah and the other figure standing by her side spoke, her words sultry as her body curved magnificently while she spoke. Her words seemed sultry, but her power was surreal as Noah knew the identity of the two beings in front of him to be genuine Infernal Lords!
He nodded towards them as he paid respects, the woman smiling while the devilishly handsome figure of the male Infernal Lord looked gruff while glancing towards him up and down before he spoke.
"I care not of your power now, just whether you understand your role in the future. Do you know why you are here?"
A simple question that anyone would come across throughout their lifetimes was asked, Noah's Ancient Blood Clone nodding with an impassive face as he faced these beings of immense power.
He held no fear towards them as the many memories he obtained the moment he became an Infernal Lord told him of many shocking secrets, and he knew that these two beings in front of him would never harm him.
The question they asked was regarding the status he obtained the moment the title of Infernal Lord was fully his, and the unique existence he became because of it!
"Yes, I know my role extremely well, and I will be moving to rapidly enhance the level of my realm so that I can be ready to carry out what is expected of me."
The male Infernal Lord finally nodded with some goodwill at this, his body disappearing in particles of light as this was all he needed to hear!
The sultry Infernal Lord remained as she stared at Noah with shining eyes, and he returned her gaze as he thought about the true identity of the Infernal Lords, and exactly what his role would now be.
When comparing the identity of Infernals and the numerous other beings of numerous races he had come across over the months, they could be considered two opposing life forms.
He was a life form that stood opposite to Infernals a few minutes ago, but ever since he took the full title of Infernal Lord, he had become a hybrid of something else!
This identity came with many secrets that changed his view points and perceived notions entirely, especially so affecting how he would move from now on as among the many shocking pieces of information he had come across, one of them told him the main purpose for the creation of Infernals.
That purpose that he now had to carry out...was to destroy!
"Ahh, little lord, let's talk for a bit...tell me how a being like you reached a special existence such as us while being at this level. Come, oh and call me Azula. Big Sister Azula."
The powerful Infernal Lord at the World Rank smiled widely as she spread her arms out and pulled Noah's blood clone forward, heading towards one of the many grand castles spread across the ancient looking cities in this Infernal Realm!
Chapter 407 - Purpose
Along the dredges of history, the knowledgeable beings knew that the Infernals came to everyone's knowledge in the Battle of Righteous, standing against Celestials as in this battle, one of the weakest Infernal Lords fell.
Since the battle was ended by the monstrous Terror, things have been in a constant state of conflict as the Infernals stood against the forces of the Celestials alongside the beings of the Dark Expanse. One side apparently stood for order and balance, the other was created for chaos and destruction!
But...the many memories that Noah was granted told him a bigger story than just that!
The Infernals and the Celestials, the Celestial Realm, or really its true name- the Central Realm that is closest to the true center of the Novus Galaxy, and the many creatures that are being cultivated within it. They were all connected!
The beings called the Founders simply named themselves Celestials, and also named the Realm they chanced upon as their own- simply calling it the Celestial Realm.
But the true identity of this realm was something much grander, something that the Celestials did not and could not actually lay claim to!
But it was because of this Realm that they were able to obtain the powerful techniques and treasures that placed them in the position of power that they were in today.
The way that they used this power though...went on to directly go against the universal laws, and thus the Infernals came to be! Their rise was a singular effect from the actions of the Celestials, the spawning of multiple Infernal Realms across the Novus Galaxy coming to be for the single purpose of balancing the flow of fate and chaos!
The Infernals stood for chaos and destruction, but their true purpose was actually something that the Celestials regularly spoke of as one of their main ideals.
The true purpose of the Infernals was to actually...bring back the original order and balance that was gradually being tipped by the Celestials!
This was just what some of the shocking knowledge that the privilege of the Title of Infernal Lord told him, the information overhauling his world view and numerous possibilities of how he would move in the future were already blooming in his mind.
For now, he followed and listened to the words of the 7th Infernal Lord Azula, as he looked for the description of the Infernal Lord title that was not incoherent symbols anymore.
[Infernal Lord] (Variant) :: A special existence born for destruction and chaos, all in order to bring back balance. A holder of this title is granted powerful knowledge about the true nature of the Novus Galaxy, but restrictions exist which prevent them from acting on this knowledge as they remain strictly in the bounds of their purpose. This Variant title makes the user a unique existence that bypasses this restriction. Among the abundant knowledge obtained, the user has obtained the cultivation and martial techniques for the Supreme Law of Chaos.
A long description of immense proportions laid out in front of his eyes as much of the things he knew were affirmed, all of the information flowing through his mind also going towards the Planetary Systems as they themselves had adopted a somber atmosphere.
The title of Infernal Lord brought with it knowledge and a special entity into existence, but it also brought Noah the gift of something that only Celestials have had the pleasure of enjoying these past thousands of years!
It also gave him something that was unique to the Celestial Realm, an Inheritance of the Disciple of Chaos!
This Inheritance would have been something that he had to search for and brave horrendous dangers from the region where powerful Chaos Behemoths moved, but the Infernal Lord title granted this Inheritance as a by product.
One must know that this was an Inheritance at the level of a Supreme Law, and was most likely at the same level as the Inheritance that the Celestial Founders had come across in the Celestial Realm, the same level of techniques that they had used to strengthen themselves for the last thousands of years!
Yet now, Noah had obtained a similar level of techniques, and his sword that was aimed towards them had become even sharper as he received a clearer directive as an Infernal Lord.
But...he also gained a better understanding of the powers of beings that he was playing with. He knew that the weakest Infernal Lords in this Second Infernal Realm were at the World Rank, the mid ranked Infernal Lord at the realm above that, and the strongest Infernal Lord that took the first seat was a whooping 2 realms higher than the World Rank.
This was just the side of the Infernals that he was now on, and the terrifying thought to
realize was that even with such a force, in the battle more than one thousand years ago, an Infernal Lord had still fallen as they faced their enemies- the Celestials.
This showed the horrendous power that the Celestials carried, especially so for the Founders that stood at the peak of this organization!
This made Noah realize no matter how fast he thought he was advancing, no matter how quickly he shot through the ranks, he was still utterly and completely outmatched by these powerful beings that had been alive and cultivating for thousands of years.
He did not even come close to matching the strength of a single Celestial Grandmaster that had more than 600,000 Fate Lines, his own lines of fate just amounting to twenty six thousand! This was not to even mention the creature...the being that stood at the top of the Celestials and the millions of Fate Lines that they held.
This realization made Noah shift his mentality on his rate of progress, throwing out any sort of pride or sense of accomplishment he had for getting so far in the span of a few months.
Yes, nobody had risen as fast as he had in power. Nobody had amassed the achievements he obtained, his latest one of obtaining the title of Infernal Lord being even more unique. But...in the grand scale of things as he looked at the many shocking memories this title brought...he was extremely weak!
So he continued perusing through the numerous shocking cl.u.s.ters of information as he planned for a plan of advancement in the future that would leave the speed he had been advancing so far in the dust.
He would occasionally think himself powerful or overpowered as he strolled around and even began threatening entities on the level of planets. He thought this was some great accomplishment, but there existed experts like these two Infernal Lords at the World Rank that had the capabilities to destroy planets!
No.
He was not powerful!
He was not overpowered!
Not yet, not by a long shot!
His eyes shone with a dangerous l.u.s.ter as he threw aside his old foolish thoughts and looked at things on a grander scale. Why feel a sense of achievement for being connected to a few worlds? Why feel happy for barely mastering .26% of the law of fate and amassing just 26,000 Fate Lines?
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