Read Novel Full Chapter 665 -665-The Emperor’s Will — Submit or Go to War
Chapter 665: Chapter665-The Emperor’s Will — Submit or Go to War
The two Eternal Sage–rank existences of the Arcane Godsea joined forces with the Star River Lord and the Primordial Elder.
Their every strike was like heavenly punishment, reducing swath after swath of quasi-eternal Sages to ash.
They stepped into the Fate River, wielding fate itself as a blade and drawing upon the power of destiny to hunt down with perfect precision those Eternal Sages whose ranks had been forcibly elevated through conversion.
Unlike those holy devotees, these few had borne heavenly destiny through their own strength.
They were true Eternal Sages.
The taboo power they possessed was far beyond anything those devotees, who had ascended by relying on the heavenly kingdom’s fortune, could compare to.
After the angels fled, the five remaining Children of Commandment also quietly vanished into the depths of chaos.
Aurek did not pursue them.
His gaze fell upon the two Eternal Sages of the Arcane Godsea, the Star River Lord, and the Primordial Elder, his eyes deep and unreadable.
These people were the purest Eternal Sages in this entire Star Sea.
In terms of strength, they were not actually inferior to those Children of Commandment or the angels.
What they lacked was merely that mysterious sacred resonance.
That was a power beyond the source of laws, something almost akin to divine revelation.
Precisely because they were suppressed by that sacred resonance, they had not dared to act and had instead chosen to withdraw.
Now that his strength had surpassed the Eternal Sage rank, Aurek had gained a deeper understanding of that realm.
The greatest difference between an Eternal Sage and a Supreme Sage was this:
The former could descend into the Fate River, glimpse the threads of destiny, and even alter the course of their own fate.
That was what it meant to bear heavenly destiny.
Once one possessed the qualification to bear heavenly destiny, one also gained the highest authority over the origin of the Star Sea and over the Fate River.
Those Children of Commandment and angels only knew how to comprehend origin and borrow sacred resonance. In that respect, they were far inferior to true Eternal Sages.
And more importantly, those Children of Commandment could never cross the threshold of Divine Revelant.
Yet an Eternal Sage who bore heavenly destiny might be able to do so.
Perhaps so-called Divine Revelant referred to beings capable of walking upon the Fate River itself.
When he had sought guidance from the God of Temptation, she had in fact already explained these things.
It was simply that, at the time, Aurek had not even known that the rank called "Divine Revelant" existed.
Divine Revelants were true gods, utterly different from all the sacred ranks beneath them.
A Divine Revelant could cross the Fate River, walk into the past, and also move toward the future.
For example, if Aurek stepped into that rank, he could enter the Fate River and trace it back six or seven years—
to the node of fate on the Fasior Plains of the Endless Continent, and witness everything that had happened in that moment.
He could also follow the flow of fate and glimpse a future that had yet to come.
A sufficiently powerful Divine Revelant could even conceal their own destiny.
To those weaker than them, there would be no secrets at all.
That was Divine Revelant.
To pass through time and space, to survey past and future, and to rule over oneself.
The great war in the Star Sea still raged on.
Aurek flicked his sleeve.
The Thousand Sword Judgment Domain unfolded once more, erasing countless Eternal Sage–rank holy devotees in an instant.
With these formidable enemies gone, the pressure on the Primordial Elder and the others eased greatly.
The armies of the Crossbridge Divine Court joined forces with the experts of the surrounding starfields and launched an all-out extermination of the remaining holy devotees.
This massacre continued for two full days.
At last, the surviving holy devotees broke and retreated.
The war ended in a complete victory for the Crossbridge Divine Court.
The Divine Court’s armies had lost one to two hundred billion troops, and even the quasi-eternal Sage–rank void warlocks and Doomsday Warriors had suffered over a billion casualties.
As for the powerhouses of the various starfields, their dead and wounded were beyond count.
After all, the countless experts of the Primordial River Cosmos and the surrounding starfields—as well as those who had been driven by the Children of Commandment into taking refuge under the Divine Court—had all received the heavenly kingdom’s fortune and sacred arts, and had been forcibly raised by an entire rank.
The number of supreme Sages, quasi-eternal Sages, and Eternal Sages among them had been astonishing.
Though theirs was a kind of forced growth, their power was by no means negligible.
Aurek glanced at his information panel, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
He had gained 8 million mega-trillions of Emperor Points!
Coming back to himself, Aurek felt no small amount of delight rising in his heart.
It had been a very long time since he had felt this pleased.
After all, upgrading the Doomsday Warrior authority to level 27 required only 300,000 mega-trillions of Emperor Points.
And now, a single war had yielded a full 8 million mega-trillions!
This was something Aurek had never anticipated.
But after sweeping his eyes across the battlefield, he immediately understood why.
The holy devotees converted by the angels had all been forcibly elevated in rank through fortune. And in regions such as the Primordial River Cosmos, Sage Masters, quasi-supreme Sages, and supreme Sages were beyond number, while quasi-eternal Sages were also plentiful.
In this battle alone, even the Crossbridge Divine Court’s armies had lost hundreds of billions. That alone showed just how vast the number of holy devotees had been.
Of course, that accounted only for the portion killed by the Crossbridge armies.
The forces of Chaos Origin, the Primordial Age, the Primordial Era, and other powers had also taken part in the purge, slaughtering hundreds of billions—perhaps even over a trillion—of quasi-supreme, supreme, and quasi-eternal holy devotees.
As for the Eternal Sage–rank holy devotees, Aurek had personally killed the majority of them, while the Primordial Elder and the others had slain quite a few as well.
By that reckoning, if those angels had not interfered and used fortune to forcibly create so many powerhouses, Aurek would have needed to wipe out powers like the boundless Starlight Isle and all the other starfield factions just to barely extract this many Emperor Points.
This was truly a blessing in disguise.
At that thought, Aurek narrowed his eyes slightly and silently began planning his next move.
At the same time, his mind power entered that sealed universe.
Within it were the imprisoned angel and the two Children of Commandment.
...
The war was over.
Inside and outside the Standarin Universe, as well as across the surrounding starfields, everything had been blasted into fragments, turning the region into an absolute dead zone.
The chaos mist was utterly disordered, and not the slightest trace of life could be sensed in the void.
The Primordial Elder and the others stood within the storm of chaos, warily staring at the armies of the Crossbridge Divine Court, dread filling their hearts.
After all, even those terrifying beings from the Truth Universe had been driven back and suppressed.
It was easy to imagine that in this Star Sea universe, no one remained capable of standing against the Crossbridge Divine Court.
They feared that the Divine Court would take this opportunity to turn on them.
After hesitating for a while, the Primordial Elder, the Star River Lord, the two taboos of the Arcane Godsea, the Equilibrium Sage, and the others descended to the edge of the Standarin Universe.
The rest of the powerhouses remained where they were, standing guard and not daring to act rashly.
One Fate River after another manifested, their waves surging wildly.
Even after an apocalyptic war, the Fate River had not been shaken in the slightest.
At most, some unfortunate beings had been caught in the aftermath and utterly erased.
The Conqueror divine aspect stood motionless within the Fate River, radiating an incomparable aura.
"We pay our respects to Your Majesty Aurek!"
The two taboo existences of the Arcane Godsea bowed.
"We pay our respects to the Holy Emperor!"
The Primordial Elder and the Star River Lord also bowed.
Though they were pioneers of the Star Sea, the most ancient of existences, Aurek’s power had already far surpassed theirs.
Aurek’s eyes were like cold stars as he looked down upon them all.
Besides the Primordial Elder and the others, there were also Amethyst, Progenitor Amir, and many other ancient powerhouses who stood close to the Eternal Sage rank.
"You may rise."
Aurek’s voice rolled like thunder with imperial authority.
Then he looked toward the two taboos of the Arcane Godsea.
Having fought them before, Aurek naturally knew their auras well.
"The Crossbridge Divine Court will unify the Endless Star Sea."
Aurek went straight to the point.
"I will give you one choice. Submit to the Divine Court at once, and all past grievances will be written off."
"Of course, you may also leave now. I will not strike against you today. But from this day forward, you will remain enemies of my Crossbridge."
"..."
The Primordial Elder revealed a hesitant expression.
The powerhouses of Chaos Origin, the Primordial Age, and the other epochs fell silent.
Could they truly bear the price of standing against him?