WAA!
A shocking command reverberated in the ears of every Celestial Grandmaster of the 7th Celestial Star as many golden figures of Grandmasters moved without a second of delay, their bodies either teleporting onto huge Warsh.i.p.s that were powered up instantly and began shooting from the shimmering star, or others jumped onto established portals that connected to worlds near the Magus World that the Celestials held sway over.
From the 7th Celestial Star, numerous golden lights shot out as Prime Warsh.i.p.s of varying sizes erupted out with maximum speed, Grandmaster Ramiel being the first one to move the moment he finished his rallying call as he was shockingly moving through the void of space alone and without the use of a Warship, but his speed was multiple times faster as he shot through at speeds that seemed to be surpassing light! In the void of space, ruptures continued to spread out as he shot forward.
This monstrous Grandmaster was shooting through the void of space so speedily that in only 10 minutes, he had traversed from the far away 7th Celestial Star and at the exact location where the Magus World was...or where it used to be!
His face was colored black as he swept his energy all around, turning even darker when he found that where the Magus World used to be, fluctuations of spatial energies were freely flowing, but the world itself was missing. It was missing along with Grandmaster Luo who was stationed here a few days ago with a few disciples.
His gaze became sourer and sourer as golden waves of fate began spreading around the area, his essence utilizing <
He utilized the Absolute Skill to try and decipher exactly what had happened here and who was involved, but he shockingly found out that he could not get even a semblance of knowledge on the being involved, nor could he locate anything about their fate.
All that met his peering gaze was a void of darkness, where he also saw spurts of shining light!
His gaze continued to get more and more chilling as the time passed, soon enough sensing the arrival of numerous Prime Warsh.i.p.s and other Celestial Grandmasters as they all surrounded where the Magus World used to be, their eyes almost popping out of their eye sockets as the location where one of them had fallen...was actually missing.
They glanced towards the leading Grandmaster Ramiel as they did not know how to move, because simply, something like this had never happened before!
In the past 1000 years after the War of the Righteous, not a single Grandmaster had fallen to enemy forces, much less assassinated.
So who exactly was bold enough to kill a Grandmaster, and how powerful were they that this entire group of Celestials could not find out anything about them?!
Chapter 435 - A Declaration!
Grandmaster Ramiel floated in the void of space as he stared at the empty plot where the Magus World used to be, numerous thoughts floating in his mind as a few stood at the forefront.
As he looked at the situation in front of him, multiple things came to his mind, but the biggest one was a similar occurrence of such an event when it pertained to a Large World that was already destroyed in the past, and by their commands as well!
A Large World that had the capabilities to warp across space, holding a Cursed Item that defied the universal laws and increased Chaos! They had sent the order down for this world to be destroyed long ago, so this occurrence should not be connected to it, but the cursed treasures of that world might have just fallen into some else's hands.
He continued to think as his expression was that of wrath, but it wasn't for the reason that many were thinking of. The death of a Grandmaster was a big loss, yes. But the even bigger loss was the slap in the face as an enemy actually targeted the Celestials.
The eyes of Grandmaster Ramiel twinkled as he combined the many thoughts in his mind, thinking of ways to bring about the best results from this event. He looked towards the surrounding Celestials as he thought about the the recent state of affairs, a dangerous gleam appearing in his eyes that nobody could foresee as he spoke out with a rambling voice.
"This...is an affront to the honor of Celestials, as cowards actually think they can target and take the lives of our people!"
His gaze was cold as he stared at the Grandmasters on Prime Warsh.i.p.s and others that were floating angrily in the void of space.
"Those who did this are enemies of Celestials, and in this wide Novus Galaxy of ours, we only have a single enemy!"
Shock coursed through the minds of the listening Grandmasters as they soon caught wind of where the words of this leading Grandmaster on the 7th Celestial Star was saying.
"Our enemies are the cowards hiding in the Dark Expanse, and those slumbering in the Letalis Expanse!"
RUMBLE!
Fate Lines that crossed the 1 million point thrummed strongly on the body of the Grandmaster as his body adopted a holy aura. Outwardly, he had a wrathful holy expression while inwardly, he was smiling at having found the perfect way to bring about immense results in the form of increasing their power and influence, as well as be the one to earn the most influence and increase in Fate Lines at the end of it all.
"Today, from their cowardly actions here, they have effectively declared war!"
OOOM!
Essence of fate rumbled out a singular event that would propel a sequence of events towards a terrible future began, the surrounding Grandmasters watching the play that Ramiel was acting out as their eyes twinkled, getting on board of the train instantly.
"A declaration of war!"
"We must avenge Grandmaster Luo!"
"We must bring Order to all of this chaos!"
"War!"
"War!!!"
RUMBLE!
A wide smile appeared over Grandmaster Ramiel's face as he watched this scene. He cared not whether the killer of this Grandmaster was a being that had obtained the Cursed Weapon from a world they destroyed long ago. He cared not whether the little mice in the Dark Expanse were involved or not. All he wanted was to use this event to increase his influence and the influence of Celestials the most, sparking the conflict they all knew was coming, but had not found the right spark for it just yet!
The assassination of a Grandmaster...was all he needed to use as an excuse to paint the beings of Dark Expanse as their enemies once more, and begin the gradual process of a war that would influence the lives of trillions.
The skies shimmered gold as Fate Lines had already begun descending onto Grandmaster Ramiel even before he moved to further propagate his own campaign. His face shone with the splendor of a holy aura as he spoke out towards the watching Celestials.
"For the Order and Balance of our Novus Galaxy, let the war against these savages begin!"
OOOOOOH!!!
Resounding roars of affirmation met him as in the location where a Prime World used to be, one of the initiators of a terrible war began.
In another location, a Prime World had seamlessly warped across vast distances and appeared near a blue panel, a splendor of essence still apparent around the world.
Noah, who was standing within the world, felt the descent of numerous Fate Lines and Chaos particles, his eyes shining as it seemed his actions had brought about something even bigger than he thought.
He held no worries though, as he planned to do what he did today multiple times over the span of the next few days.
He planned to expand the connected worlds from the low number that was still under 10 and multiply that as much as possible as he trained in two Supreme Laws, while his main body moved in the Celestial Realm to obtain even more treasures.
[When do we begin the process of Realm Creation?]
A question that would have scared any knowledgeable being was heard in Noah's mind, the Planetary System bringing the topic of something that it was very much looking towards to as Noah had a thoughtful look.
"As soon a
s we have the proper requirements to create something at least on par with the Infernal Realms. For now, we can steadily build up to it!"
Noah replied calmly as he himself was looking forward to this event, the information he gained from the Infernal Lord title letting him know exactly what he had to do in order to uniquely achieve the goal of making a Realm, something that rarely occurred, and especially rare for there to be a singular being that caused it!
But for now, he enjoyed the achievement of connecting to the Magus World, his gaze on the inhabitants in this wide world that would soon join his forces as he prepared to send some beings down to properly manage this world.
The one at the forefront that had been moving tirelessly the past weeks was the Guardian of Blood that continued to oversee the Ancient Blood World and monitor the progress of the Vampyres that Noah made, but this Guardian was versatile in its abilities and should have no problem looking over a few other worlds!
The clone's figure disappeared as he went off to repeat what he did just now to a few more worlds, staying true to his goals of simply attaching more worlds to retain his supremacy over mana!
Chapter 436 - Rapid Breakthrough
As his clone moved to increase the connected worlds, Noah's main body was currently in an expansive training room of the Celestial Watch Tower that stood between the border that left behind Fire Behemoths and had the Chaos Behemoths that were located further out.
The aura of fate was abundant in the room they were in as Grandmaster Vredral stood in front of them, his hands releasing warm essence of fate as he calmed the unstable aura around Noah and Athena.
That's right! The power leveling that the Grandmaster was putting Noah and Athena through was finally coming to fruition, as these two beings that continued to be given materials and cores from Chaos Behemoths were finally forcefully breaking through to the Domain Expansion Realm!
The resources and treasures that would have gone to multiple Elite Exploration Teams and Celestial Grandmasters were given to the two beings with Noble Fates, their strengths being raised at a rate rarely seen as they broke through ranks that would normally take even geniuses years to break through.
Grandmaster Vredral would not have proceeded to continue pushing their realms up forcefully if their bodies showed any instabilities from not being able to handle the rapid rise, but Noah showed no issues while Athena only showed slight instabilities! After putting through numerous battles against Chaos Behemoths, their rapid rise only became solidified as they were now breaking through into the next rank with ease.
In their hands, the last Domain Expansion Realm Cores faded away into dust as both of their bodies rumbled with power, the unique strength of a Domain that was only present in this realm beginning to wrap around their cores as touched upon a level that would have taken them a significant amount of time to achieve with normal means.
"Good, keep it steady and manifest the domain around your origins, this will allow you to stably step into the Domain Expansion Realm!"
The Grandmaster said gravely as his power continued to descend onto their bodies and aid them, another few minutes passing before a change began to occur on Athena first, a golden glow surrounding her as she turned into a being clad in golden light!
An ecstatic expression appeared on the Grandmaster, the smile becoming even wider when the exact same situation happened to his other student, the two successfully establishing domains in their origin as the powerful aura at the Domain Expansion Realm began to leak out from them.
"Haha!"
A prideful look was on Grandmaster Vredral as he stared at his terrific students, Noah returning an excited smile as he laughed in his mind, these Celestials not knowing exactly who they just helped advance the realm of!
He and Athena had been given so many Domain Cores that he could have reached the reached a few days back because of the smoothness that the Planetary System allowed him to absorb cores, but he waiting until the Senior Sister that had always been ahead of him to break through before he did it himself.
At this moment, he had to give heartfelt thanks to the Celestials that had granted him such a large amount of treasures and brought up his rank rapidly. For the first time in a while, his rank had advanced first before he upgraded his skills.
Much of his skill trees currently remained at the soul rank, which will need the clone to spend some time out of its planned schedule in the Time Space raising the proficiencies of the skills before they could advance forward. This would be for later though, his attention currently turning towards the joyful Grandmaster that he stood on the same Realm as. The only thing missing being a few hundred thousand Fate Lines that he saw himself reaching not too long from now.
"Hmm, terrific geniuses indeed. You'll work to stabilize your new realm the next few days before we can set off again. I wanted your power to be as high as possible before you began joining any skirmishes of the coming war, but…"
His gaze of joy turned difficult as he continued.
"...I just received word that Grandmaster Luo of our 7th Celestial Star has been assassinated, and the Dark Expanse is to blame. This...is a Declaration of War!"
Noah's eyes opened wide as he heard this, his clone that was already locating another world to form a collection to also pausing in surprise as it heard the shocking results of its actions. Noah had known that at most, the Celestials would connect the disappearance of the Magus World to the technology of the Lost World of Atlantis they destroyed long ago, but they would never be able to find out exactly who was involved, as he was expertly guarded by both Fate and Chaos techniques!
Yet somehow, the Grandmasters had attributed the death of their own to the Dark Expanse in an effort to use it as one of the excuses to start the war.
A war between such huge forces did not begin and end in a day, where even the campaign of war that the Celestials carried in the War of the Righteous more than a thousand years ago, the war had lasted tens of years as the Celestials gained more territory and power.
This war that was about to begin would not end in a few days or a few months, the beings involved being too many and too powerful, where even Noah knew after he gained his burst of knew knowledge that it could take years! But, this was all without him in the picture. If he actually had a hand to play in this war as he increased his power….
He kept his thoughts to himself as he looked towards Athena, the memories of Grandmaster Luo letting him know that there was a connection between them! Athena looked towards the Grandmaster with an angry expression before being the one to speak out.
"Grandmaster, I know our rise in strength has been going against the natural order, where the rate simply does not conform to the norm! But since our strength will allow us to bring forth even more order, I will gladly continue raising my power, and I know Junior Brother Crixus will do the same!"
She had a valiant look on her face as she continued speaking.
"In this large scale war, beings at the Domain Rank will be of great use, but those of higher levels will be the true decoders of the war! What can we do, Grandmaster, in order to attain such strength before the conflicts begin?"
Unexpectedly, Noah did not see the reaction he expected from Athena as she straightforwardly asked Grandmaster Vredral how to further increase their power, the old man looking towards them with shining eyes and replying.
"I was going to mention this to you after you had stabilized your realms and were ready to move forward, but…"
"...as there are numerous powerful Celestials that are special existences or those with Noble Fates, resources have been equally decided so far and are getting scarcer. This is even more so for resources that are useful to beings at the Domain Expansion Realm!"
The Grandmaster spoke seriously as Noah considered his words about resources that could help someone at the Domain Rank. One must know, the Grandmaster was at the peak of this same rank, and even he had not broken through. Whatever resources that would be useful to him and Athena, they
would also be useful to the Grandmaster! But this aged man did not even mention this as he seemed to focus his entire attention on the two of them.
"The resources to help a being in the Domain Expansion Realm are scarce, but it does not mean they do not exist. But because of their rarity and the fact that there are so many qualified beings in this realm that desperately need such treasures to increase their power...something has to be done to determine which Special Existences or being with Noble Fate is holding more potential and more deserving of such treasures!"
The words of the Grandmaster were explosive, Noah and Athena listening closely as they waited to hear exactly what the Celestials had in store. How would they be determining who is more deserving of treasures that were useful to even the most powerful of Grandmasters?!
The answer was in the form of battle!
Chapter 437 - To Be Matched Against Special Existences
"The deciders of the direction of the war are the strongest beings, with players at the World Rank or the ranks above being the ones that will ultimately decide which battles we win or lose "
Noah listened closely as the Grandmaster continued, his mind going towards the cultivation ranks the Grandmaster mentioned as he already knew what was above the rank of World.
After a being established a Domain to cover their origin, the next stage was the World Realm as they fused their Domain to their core, being able to bring out power that could destroy Small or Large Worlds!
After the world stage, one would embark on the path to strengthen their origin as if they were forming a world itself at their very center, the realm above this being called the Star Forging Realm!
Experts at this realm legitimately had the force of a star thrumming at the very center of their strength, Noah knowing that the middle ranked Infernal Lords occupied this level, as well as some of the more powerful Grandmasters.
Above the Star Forging Realm was the realm that the experts standing at the top of power in this expansive Novus Galaxy, it was the realm where one had to shatter the very Star they forged which stood at the center of their origin, allowing the explosion of the dying star to form what was the next stage after this- Nebula!
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