Chapter 471 Fledgling Blood Ancien

In another location, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok had a frustrated expression as his communications with Elena, the one being who had access to the Crixus that shone brightly in the hands of the Celestials-was cut off.

He had sent numerous messages towards her and the forces in the Underworld that he controlled, only to get no replies as time passed!

His troubles seemed to only be compounding, as he knew his position in the Alliance would waver if he could not even maintain a handle on such a powerful spy that they placed into the ranks of Celestials.

He turned towards one of his subordinates as he asked irritatingly.

"The force towards the Verittas Fortress has set off?"

"Yes, Master. The Royal Vampyre Rokku and his forces should arrive within a few hours."

The Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok nodded as his red eyes shimmered. He knew this first battle against the Celestials was pivotal, and would even set the tone for the remaining battles that came after.

He had sent numerous Vampyres down to reinforce the defenses of the Mages there, their other forces moving to tighten their defenses in other important areas as they prepared.

He put the thoughts of Crixus aside for now as he focused on the current matters at hand, the vibrant power of this being at the Star Forging Realm moving forward.

In the Verittas Fortress, three days had passed as Noah's clone enjoyed the treatment of the Mages while he trained to max the proficiencies of his skill trees.

While only three days had passed in the outside world, he had spent more than 3 months in the Time Space! This was a truly ridiculous number to even imagine, but it made possible for the rapid advancements of raising proficiencies of skills and then combining them.

Two skill trees had already met the requirements and were taken into the Domain Expansion Realm as he worked double to combine solo skills he wasn't using into the Domain Rank and then sacrificed them into the skill trees. The other two Skill Trees were not far behind as they only waited for the required sacrificial skills at the moment!

The ones he worked to upgrade first were the [Kin of Ancients] and [Kin of Terror], their advanced skill trees actually taking on similar names as he chose the path where both of them were termed "Fledgling".

He advanced these ones first as they would be the ones he would most likely use the most in the coming days, the Arch Lich Ra'Zan and Fate's Guardian being left behind for now. After these, the next one of great importance that had taken even longer to raise up was the [Agent of Chaos] skill tree that directly opposed the Law of Fate!

But for now, the first one was the [Kin of Ancients] skill tree that had the abilities of the Blood Lord at their base. This skill tree was expanded to a pathway that was called [Fledgling Ancient]!

DOMAIN [Blood Lord] (45/45):: Abilities- Dawn of the Blood Lord(5/5), Blood World(5/5), Drain Life(5/5), and Nightmarish Descent(5/5). [Kin of the Ancients] (60/60) :: Ancient Blood Scion(5/5), Ancient Blood Clone(5/5), Summon the Ancients(5/5), Blood Rage(5/5) [Fledgling Blood Ancient] (75/75) :: A fledgling of a race of powerful creatures that occupy the Letalis Expanse, the skills of this particular fledgling leaning more towards the control of blood. Abilities Include Blood Summoner(5/5), Blood Clone Support (5/5), Drain Master Support (5/5), and Domination (5/5)

[Blood Summoner] (5/5) :: When the abilities Dawn of the Blood Lord and Ancient Blood Scion are simultaneously active, the user can summon 30 Blood Ancients to aid them.

[Blood Clone Support] (5/5) :: The Ancient Blood Clone is further strengthened, now being able to exhibit 100% of the main body's strength.

[Drain Life Support] (5/5) :: The Drain Life ability is enhanced, its effects not limited only to attacks dealt as an aura of blood will passively erupt to leech the life force of the targeted enemies around you. The Life Steal effect is increased from 5% to 10%.

[Domination] (5/5) :: The eyes of the Fledgling Blood Ancient release a dominating light that enthralls any with weak souls. The bodies of the dominated can then be controlled to either replenish the Blood Ancient with [Blood Bag], or deal damage to surrounding enemies by [Blood Bomb].

A set of shining new skills were displayed in front of him, his eyes going over them a few times as he largely understood them all without needing to go over them.

The Drain Life Support and Blood Clone Support were straightforward, with the latter being even more useful by granting his Ancient Blood Clone the power to exhibit the entire strength of the main body. This now meant that there were two of him that could effectively release his entire power at full capacity!

Although one would have to wonder, did the previous percentage cap of 60% even limit the clone's power in any significant way when one thought about the mana available to it?

Noah then moved on to the other two, the Blood Summoner being a fairly unique one as it allowed him to summon 30 new combatants as long as he had two specific skills active. If these Blood Ancients were anywhere close to the power of the Ancients that he could call upon with the [Summon the Ancients] ability, he would not have to worry at all about their fire power.

The last one was the most unique one, the ability called [Domination] that made him actually look forward to trying it out on the battlefield! Shockingly, this ability allowed him to bring to his command those with weak souls, and those dominated souls only had a single fate- the blood and body be used to replenish him or as explosions to damage those around them!

It seemed like a very flashy and destructive skill that he could not wait to put to use when imagining the Legions of Celestials nearing this location.

With this skill upgrade, he sadly did not come across any other Guider type jobs similar to the [Unruly Guider] ability that stemmed from [Fate's Guardian], and this stood the same as he glanced at the upgraded skill tree of the Kin of Terror, which had added 4 new abilities under the next advancement- [Fledgling Aether Terror]!

Chapter 472 Advancing Legion

On the 7th celestial star, Grandmaster Ramiel had just left a hidden underground prison where a certain individual lay with his body pierced with numerous golden spikes. He had gone down to this underground area to once again one sidedly monologue towards his teacher about the recent events, as well as the initiation of a war that he would be at the forefront of.

When he left the golden cage that continued to seep the strength of the powerful figure, Grandmaster Ramiel once more missed the hidden smile that had appeared on the bleeding and disfigured being's face.

This had been the last time that this Grandmaster was going down to ramble to his teacher, the last time that he would converse with one of the founders of Celestials.

Unbeknownst to grandmaster Ramiel, this was also the last time that he would see his master, because in the journey that this Grandmaster was about to undertake, he would not get the chance to return to this Celestial Star!

But this knowledge was not one that was privy to him at this moment as he left the Celestial Star with a strong demeanor. He looked at the celestials around him as they all boarded numerous prime warships, the single 7th Celestial Star forming one of the small squadrons that were going to combine with the large Legion that someone from the celestial realm would be leading towards the Dark Expanse.

RUMBLE!

Grandmaster Ramiel gazed at the numerous prime warships that littered the void of space, the procession of beings from the Celestial Realm passing near the 7th Celestial Star as his job was to only combine in their ranks and follow along in this venture.

All the Celestials were under the lead of Grandmaster Onillus, a being in the World Realm and someone that had more than three million fate lines thrumming strongly in his body!

If Grandmaster Ramiel could be considered just at the entrance of the World Realm, then Grandmaster Onillus was nearing its peak as the time that he spent in the Celestial Realm granted him versatile skills and abilities, as well as improving his techniques in the law of fate.

This was why the Founder had chosen this Grandmaster to be the one that led the forces in the first battle of this war. It was because this being was looked at with extreme confidence as it was someone that participated in the war more than a thousand years ago and knew the ins and outs of being a commander!

The many prime worships that would make any surrounding planets tremble continued on moving as Grand Master Ramiel entered the largest one at the forefront. This was the main vessel that contained many of the leading grandmasters. One could sense numerous powerhouses at the World Realm, with the majority being at the domain expansion realm and even more at this soul forging realm. But the largest percentages were of course those of the void rank.

A stark difference in the legion that was being led towards the Verittas Fortress in this war compared to the previous war was that the head count for the celestials was actually rather small when one compared to the numbers of individuals that came from numerous Prime Worlds that were also currently moving within the Celestial Legion!

The Celestial Legion had not yet reached the Verittas Fortress because they were passing through Specific regions in the Light Expanse collecting more and more powerful figures from chosen Prime Worlds that were selected to provide soldiers for this first conflict.

As they moved across the Light Expanse, in just a few days the number of celestials actually became the minority in this advancing force as hundreds of thousands of powerhouses at the void realm from numerous prime worlds came under their banner.

Those capable steered their own vessels towards the dark expanse with even more being taken into the prime warships of the Celestials. The forces from the World of Cultivation were even more vibrant as they were actually given special treatment from the Celestials. The reason was because the World of Cultivation was the place where the being with Noble Fate who would soon enter the ranks of experts, Crixus, came from!

Those especially proud were the cultivators from the Profound Astral Sect, especially the Elder that was Crixus's father who enjoyed a position as the leading figure that was overseeing the forces of the World of Cultivation. The power of the Profound Astral Sect had gradually expanded in the cultivation world because of the shining name of Crixus, and now they found themselves serving at the forefront as they actually saw this chance as an honor.

Their gazes were those of responsibility and slight fear, as all that they knew was that they were going to defend their home. They were going to defend their Light Expanse from the hands of the savages that had already made two prime worlds disappear. They had acted and somehow taken the lives and the entire world that was formerly known as the Magus world and even more recently they had entered the wondrous celestial realm and caused conflict while also erasing another powerful prime world that was known as the Underworld.

Many of the forces from the numerous prime worlds were acting under this assumption, as this was the only news and propaganda that the Celestials had spread, a propaganda that began the moment the Founder declared war after the Battle of Geniuses!

A majority of them knew that they were going in this war to defend their homes, but those even more knowledgeable and those that could see behind the scenes knew that they were only pieces being played on a chessboard. But could they refuse? Could they say no?

They had lesser power and they had no strength, so they could only go along as a grand procession passed through the Light Expanse as it looked like a large blade that pointed itself towards the Dark Expanse!

Chapter 473 Fledgling Aether Terror!

Back in the dwelling that Noah's Ancient Blood Clone was staying at in the Verittas Fortress, he was looking at the advancement of the skill tree that stemmed from [Lesser Cthulhu]. It was the skill tree that made many of the things he had at this moment possible, being the one that opened the doorway for him to become an Infernal Lord!

After Kin of Terror, the next name that came with 4 new abilities was termed [Fledgling Aether Terror]! The other skill tree that he could have chosen from was something called [Devouring Aether Beast], but he stuck to the names that continued to lead towards the terrifying being that he only knew from his memories. The abilities of [Fledgling Aether Terror] did not disappoint.

DOMAIN [Amorphous Space Beast] (15/15) :: Abilities- Spatial Cage(5/5), Destabilize(5/5), Shattered Star(5/5), and Miniature Space(5/5). [Lesser Cthulhu] (45/45) :: Additional Abilities- Morph(5/5), Child of Space(5/5), Portals of Terror(5/5), and Sever(5/5). [Kin of Terror] (60/60) :: Additional Abilities- Aether Reinforcement (5/5), Multiplicative Ray Support (5/5), Triple on Cast Support (5/5), Lunacy Inducement (5/5) [Fledgling Aether Terror] (75/75) :: Additional Abilities- Aether Emission (5/5), Aether Chain Support (5/5), Fatal Ailment Support (5/5), Size Distortion (5/5)

Aether Emission (5/5) :: The body of the Fledgling Aether Terror passively emits the baleful energies of Aether. This ability also allows the boosts of [Aether Reinforcement] to apply to any skills used by the Fledgling Aether Terror.

Aether Chain Support (5/5) :: The Aether Rays emitted by the Fledgling Aether Terror can chain between selected enemies. Supported ray-based abilities can chain +10 times

Fatal Ailment Support (5/5) :: The essence of Aether is destructive by nature, causing chaos in the body of those affected. All abilities preceding and following the Fledgling Aether Terror skill tree deal an additional 70% damage over time as Aether continues to cause chaos in their bodies.

Size Distortion (5/5) :: Striving for unmatched strength, the body of the Fledgling Aether Terror can be expanded up to 250 meters.

As soon as Noah finished placing all the required Infernal Skill Points into the newly opened Fledgling Aether Terror skill tree, he felt his already strong body rumble with power as the energy of Aether leaked freely from him!

WAA!

The baleful energy caused the air to scream as those within the grand castle he was situated in also felt an oppressive aura of energy coming from the location where an Infernal Lord was residing, their faces actually filling up with happiness as they sensed this fearsome power, as it actually brought them comfort when they thought about the coming enemies.

Noah reeled in the Aether to only stay within a meter around him as it seemed to just continue expanding, his gaze going towards the additional skills after this skill tree was brought up to the Domain Rank.

The [Aether Emission] was what explained what just occurred with his body, so he moved on directly to the skills that had 'Support' attached to them as he was coming to particularly love these types of skills more and more.

Those with the addition of 'Support' always enhanced his current abilities to even greater heights, not simply adding more and more skills for him to try and keep track of and maybe not even use as time passed.

The two support abilities this time were [Aether Chain Support] and [Fatal Ailment Support]! The former made it so that when he released the numerous rays of Aether through [Sever] that was already enhanced by [Multiplicative Ray Support], these Aether rays would actually chain between the bodies of up to 10 enemies!

This caused for a shocking lethality as the rays of Aether were already destructive enough, but were now made even more insane. The [Fatal Ailment Support] was another unique support skill that was equivalent to poisoning any being he hit with abilities from this skill tree as they would suffer damage over time. This damage over time would continue until their death or if they somehow had the means to purify the baleful energy of Aether from their bodies. Again, it simply made his abilities all the more terrifying!

This was the reason why he particularly loved skill trees, and would continue to pursue them to their peak until he saw just how crazy all of these abilities could become.

The last skill was a simple one, [Size Distortion] allowing him to expand his size to actually become 5 times the normal mountainous size of Behemoths. It granted him the ability to expand up to 250 meters! It was ridiculous to even imagine his size larger than the Behemoths he was fighting, so he was excited to try this ability in the coming battle when he faced hundreds of thousands of enemies.

As his thoughts were coming to a close, he received a message from the Spiritual World System.

[Master, the Hydromancer's Mantle Supreme Treasure has finished being forged.]

The sweet words of even more spectacular things occurring rang in his eyes as his figure disappeared into the miniaturized Spiritual World and went directly towards the Blacksmith's Forge.

Inside the expansive Forge that was now much bigger than when he first entered it, there were numerous shining armors and weapons that were beautifully placed on the walls of the Forge.

The Items forged from the materials of Infernals and Behemoths that were not yet distributed to his subordinates were all grandly displayed in the Forge, the workshop turning into a brilliant showcase of powerful armors as Noah went towards the one that shone with a luminescent blue brilliance.

The [Hydromancer's Mantle] looked like a blue battle robe that fully covered the wearer from head to toe, even having a fearsome looking helm with a design only veteran commanders would be adorned in. Blue runic sigils swam around the Mantle mystically as it gave off a feeling of power and strength!

Noah's eyes shone as he neared the [Hydromancer's Mantle] to take a look at exactly what abilities and boosts it provided. Would it be as crazy as the Trident of the Sea, or something even more wondrous?

Chapter 474 Hydromancer"s Mantle

Noah's Ancient Blood Clone thoughtfully stared at the description of the newly forged Supreme Treasure, [Hydromancer's Mantle], that was floating serenely in the Blacksmith's Forge.

[Hydromancer's Mantle] :: A supreme treasure geared towards extreme defense, absorbing any attacks thrown at it as the wearer experiences extreme comfort. Abilities include Sea Domain, Hydromancer's Banner, Hydomancer's Pride, Seaborn

[Sea Domain] (Active) :: With the user at the center, the surrounding 1 mile can instantly be turned into a domain of the sea. Within this Domain, the wearer of Hydromancer's Mantle absorbs 50% of all damage and reflects 20% more, while the enemies are granted the Slow and Restrictive skill effect. The Defense of the user is tripled in the Sea Domain.

[Hydromancer's Banner] (Active) :: A banner of the one loved by water descends on the battlefield, granting the Aura of Water and Seafarer abilities to all those standing with the Hydromancer that allows them to move unhindered in the Sea Domain while enhancing their abilities.

[Hydromancer's Pride] (Passive) :: +500% Physical and Magic Defense, +300% Water Element Resistance, 5% Chance to block all damage.

[Seaborn] (Passive) :: The wearer of the Hydromancer's Mantle is loved by water, granting them 100% comprehension speed when trying to understand the Law of Water.

Noah's eyes stared carefully at the blue shining mantle as numerous ideas about the abilities shown passed through his mind.

[When forging, I tried to steer the resulting abilities towards things that you did not already have, the results being somewhat satisfactory.]

The voice of the Spiritual World System rang out as Noah smiled.

"This is more than enough."

Yes, this was more than enough! The abilities were stupendous, especially [Seaborn] that insanely doubled his comprehension in the Law of Water! He was currently working to refine Soul Jades from the Water Crystal materials he had obtained while traversing the southern area of the Celestial Realm in order to use them on the neglected [Lawful Nourishment] item that he received from the Karmic Sect Leader in order to increase the rate at which he comprehended the laws.

The future plan was to find the equivalent materials to enable him to collect numerous crystals of all the laws he was working on to further enhance his speed, so he never expected an item to actually just casually double his rate of progress in one law.

If the Hydromancer's Mantle gave just this, he would have been happy. But it did even more as grand abilities like Sea Domain, Hydromancer's Pride, and Hydromancer's Banner appeared to further protect him and reinforce his power.

Noah's clone wasted no time as his hands reached towards the Supreme Treasure, adorning it for the first time to see its spectacular descriptions in action!

As legions moved closer and closer towards each other, Noah's main body was moving alone in the celestial realm.

Grand Master Vredral had looked at this disciple with shining and proud eyes when he stepped into a realm that was even above his own and was even courteous enough to ask his teacher still for the permission to explore the Celestial Realm by himself. The Grandmaster had shaken his head proudly as he waved his hands telling Noah that he could do whatever he wished!

He was an expert at the World Realm now and that title came with a status. A status that would first award him the title of a Grandmaster even though his fate lines had yet to reach and exceed 100,000. Before he left the Golden Bastion, Noah had received the Golden Robe that was adorned by the many Grandmasters of this Celestial Realm.

In the span of a few months after Noah first stepped onto the seventh Celestial Star as a disciple, in this short period of time he had actually risen from that lowly rank and had gotten the name of a Celestial, and now held the proud name of a Grandmaster.

Of course, this meant nothing to him as he left the Golden Bastion adorned in the golden robe and went further south of the Celestial Realm to begin exploring and hunt down behemoths in full. Even as people neared war, he still had to strengthen himself and his forces, where now a majority of the Harbingers of Sin were in the Soul Forging Realm with not a single one in the Domain Expansion Realm.

The current plan was to of course explore the uniqueness of this Celestial Realm while obtaining the cores and skills of Behemoths that he could absorb himself and also pass down to his subordinates.

He had already been on this venture for the past three days, having actually come across more than 20 Fate Behemoths.

These celestial beasts that were proficient in the law of fate would have been particularly difficult for Elite Explorations Teams to take care of, as they were more than likely more proficient in the law of fate than the Celestials that were following the inheritance of the disciple of fate.

But for Noah, these beasts that were in the Domain Expansion Realm fell under his abilities very easily!

The ones he came across were the same mountainous beasts that towered over 50 or 60 meters, with their traits being very similar to the animals from his homeworld that he had always come across before with their major difference being in color, and of course power.

Among the ones he had seen was a golden Phoenix that he took down through using attacks that were layered with the power of chaos, making sure that he had [Unique Origin] active and other covert skills so that even if someone was watching, they would not be able to understand the true extent of his power. This was simply him being more careful, and he most likely did not have anything to worry about.

He met a variety of fate behemoths the past few days, each of them holding golden feathers or golden furs with their skills being resplendent as they utilized the law of fate.

As for the loot, these Behemoths did not just drop cores, but they also dropped fancy-looking skills related to the law of fate that were not contained under the [Fate's Guardian] skill tree. Many of these skills utilized mana to either form offensive abilities or defensive abilities in the forms of shields or weapons. An example of some of the skill books that he obtained were [Blades of Fate], [Fate Armor], [Golden Berserker], and a few more abilities that were unique to the type of celestial beasts themselves.

There were various abilities, but in his eyes none of them even came close to the abilities under the Fate's Guardian skill tree that continued to expand more and more, each of the abilities within them boosting the entire skill tree to unimaginable levels. The percentage of boosts from these skills already at the Domain Rank actually did not even match the compounded boosts he was receiving from just a single skill in the still Soul Rank Skill Tree.

If he were to pay attention to all of these skills that dropped as loot from the fate behemoths and even the many other beings they had taken down, he would have thousands of skills in his stat panel without even knowing which one to use or utilize. So, many of these skills would be used as sacrificial skills for [Skill Combination] and to bring up his powerful skill trees to even greater heights, with the rest being given to his subordinates for them to gain equivalent level skills for when he granted them cores of the Domain Expansion Realm as well.

RUMBLE!

Yet another fate behemoth fell as the brilliant light of loot erupted from it, cores and skill books erupting out as they quickly turned into lights and faded away, entering Noah's Expansive Space in the span of a millisecond.

All of the beasts that he had taken down could be considered Elite Behemoths and there were still all in the domain expansion realm. For him to meet the beasts above that, those that were titled Supreme Behemoths, he had to venture deep into the Celestial Realm to even come across these powerful celestial beasts that were at the World Rank or even more terrifyingly above that.

But this would all come later, as his focus now remained on hunting more Behemoths!

Chapter 475 A Sense of Pressure!

Noah's main body continued moving as the cores and the skill books that he placed in the Expansive Space were then quickly accessed by his clone and transferred into Spiritual World for his subordinates to use right away.

The ones prioritized were the Harbingers of Sin, as well as beings like Elena. The domain expansion rank cores and skill books would be even more useful to them as they didn't have the ability to very rapidly max proficiencies of their skill trees and upgrade them as quickly as Noah could. So even with the rapid power leveling that he continued to do with them, their skill trees almost always lacked behind their ranks because of how fast they rose.

He would keep a sufficient amount of Domain Expansion Realm skill books to use as sacrificial skills for his skill trees and give the rest to his people for them to be able to use powerful skills at the level that they enter. He planned to strengthen his subordinates well and have a few of them enter the Domain Expansion Realm and actually participate in the coming conflict of the Celestial Legions and the Legions of Mages, Wizards, Vampyres, and Infernals waiting for them at the Verittas Fortress.

He had also prepared numerous sets of armors from Flame Behemoths and from Infernals for them to equip, along with some completed Chaos Sets made from the many chaos behemoth materials that he had been collecting while hunting with Athena and the Righteous Fire Exploration Team before the tournament.

Only three of the Chaos Sets were able to be completed, and the three strongest combatants that entered into the Domain Expansion Realm before the war began would be given for them to wear.

His main body continued forward in this Celestial Realm as he hunted more behemoths and kept an eye out for any treasures. His gaze was bright as he waited for his clone that could now move with 100% of his strength to clash with the coming Celestials!

The first thing that was eye-catching was the scintillating colors that now surrounded his body, the passive emission of the purple Aether from the Fledgling Aether Terror abilities and the sparkling blue water elements constantly given off by the Hydromancer's Mantle giving off an eerily beautiful contrast when also putting into account his devilishly handsome looks.

The Hydromancer's Mantle had a particularly unique style as one could almost feel as if waves of clear blue water were constantly moving at the edges of the blue mantle.

His body shone with an aura of a boss monster that he would only find in late game content of the games he used to play in the past, this type of boss monster being able to drop the most valuable loot!

Noah found himself smiling as his thoughts briefly went back to times of extreme ignorance and bliss, times when he could just play games and read novels while he went on with his life.

Those were the times when his mind was free with no responsibilities whatsoever on his shoulders, his life simply going along with the flow as he enjoyed the things around him.

A slight look of reminiscence appeared on his face as he quickly shook himself out of it and breathed out, adopting a serious expression as he thought about the current him.

He was still going along with the flow of things, even moving himself to steer their flow and the flow of fate to the direction he wanted. And now, the things he would have considered to only be in his wildest dreams and as just fantasy were actually right in front of his eyes!

So he shook himself out as he stopped reminiscing and made himself focus on the task at hand, his heart set on continuing forward.

As expected, while wearing the Hydromancer's Mantle, the progression of the Law of Water had nearly doubled, with the water particles rushing towards him much faster than the fire particles.

Even though the Seaborn effect was only for the Law of Water, the faster progression also propelled the opposing fire elements to run slightly faster!

The clone nodded its head as he continued on for another few hours before the tests came to a stop, his figure disappearing as his main body had placed yet another bountiful loot in the Expansive Space.

He waved his hands to take it out as his figure reappeared next to powerful auras of numerous beings training in the Time Space of the Spiritual World.

The Harbingers of Sin and the powerful Spiritual World Beasts were all here training to break past the Soul Rank and step into the Domain Rank as this was the prerequisite that Noah had set for anyone that wanted to participate in the war at the Verittas Fortress!

He was unconsciously becoming more and more protective as he saw that anyone in the Soul Forging Realm only had a chance of surviving in the coming war, and he didn't want any deaths that could be easily prevented.

A particularly arrogant Emperor Penguin raised its beak towards its master as it swallowed a Domain Rank Core, its flippers sticking out with no shame as Noah waved his hands for another similarly ranked core to fly towards him.

He pulled out more and more Domain Rank Cores that his main body continued to place in the expansive space as he hunted down Behemoths, all of them going towards his subordinates as he could sense the auras of many of them about to spill over into the next realm soon.

The Spiritual World Beasts entering into the Domain Rank was an even better situation as it signified that one of the requirements for the next upgrade of the Spiritual World was complete, the only thing remaining being the obtainment of a Large World Core.

This was something Noah would worry about for later as he focused on the current events, continuing the preparations for the war as besides giving his subordinates numerous Cores and Skill Books, he put the task of designating the Item Sets to the Spiritual World System whenever one of them stepped into the next rank.

Among the subordinates currently training, a few others were not in the Time Space as they were busy stabilizing the newly connected Underworld and moving around the Spiritual World thereafter, with others still looking over the many new worlds that were now connected.

He was not the only one busily moving, the forces he was connected to all feeling a sense of pressure as they collectively moved towards a brighter future!

Chapter 476 Ahh! My Progenitor!

Elena was floating in the skies of the Spiritual World as her face was that of immense wonder and infatuation.

A few days ago, her Progenitor- nay, her Master, had brought her into this wondrous land once more after saving them from the clutches of the Celestial Founder.

Her Master had actually duplicated his body as he ingeniously still kept his identity as a Celestial while also working against them simultaneously to save her and many others from certain death!

It was something beautiful and resplendent, something that only her Progenitor would be able to do!

She had great worries about her little brother in the Underworld the moment the Celestial Founder called for its destruction, and her Master had somehow been able to do something as ridiculous as teleport the entire Prime World away while dominating its core at the same time.

It was at this moment that Elena realized that she really did not know her Progenitor as much as she thought she did!

What type of being could subjugate entities that were the centers of entire worlds? Who could then even teleport such an enormous entity to an entirely different quadrant in the Light Expanse?

What energy was required?! What grandeur! What magnificence!

'Ahh! My Progenitor!'

She found her hands clutching her chest as her thoughts went in this direction while she floated in the skies of the Spiritual World.

She had already stabilized the newly added Underworld as she gained the knowledge that her Progenitor already had numerous worlds like this connected, each of them with their own set of beings that were all being taken care of by him.

She flew along the paradisical worlds as her gaze traveled to the Central Continent of the Spiritual World and flew towards a certain location there.

Not to just mention the four floating Continents that were beautifully seen all around her, she actually found the Central Continent to be more wondrous as within it, she found the unbelievable land known as the Time Space, as well as the location where her Progenitor created fearsome armors and weapons that nobody else had ever seen.

But even more than this was the collection of portals that one could find at a particular area of the Spiritual World.

Her eyes gazed upon different colored portals that were ordered in a circular manner on a large snowy clearing.

There were names floating above these portals that would make one tremble when they realized exactly what their meaning was. She could see the titles above the portals as such- [Demon World Portal], [Ancient Blood World Portal], [Beast World Portal], [Underworld Portal]...

Her shining eyes saw many of such portals spectacularly laid out, figures of beings of different colors and races occasionally seeing coming in and out of these portals as they actually transferred from these many worlds and into the Spiritual World.

Almost all of the beings coming in and out of these portals had one singular thing on their faces- wonder and amazement as they came and went with their own assigned jobs.

Many of them did not even have jobs perse, as what they were doing was simply coming into the Spiritual World to be granted paradisiacal Medicinal Herbs and Fruits that were spread out all across the Spiritual World.

This was another thing that caused Elena's heart to beat even faster. In the Spiritual World, she found that across all the continents, the majority of their lands were covered by farming fields that had shimmering fruits and herbs filled with essence growing within!

Aside from the Spiritual World beasts that enjoyed these medicinal herbs and fruits the most, the beings entering and leaving the Spiritual World were coming and going mostly for these resources as they took them back to their own worlds.

She had seen her Master's figure travel through the fantastical floating landmasses of the Spiritual World as he went to each of these fields and waved his hands above them. Every time he did this, a green light would descend down and wrap around the medicinal herbs or trees, causing them to have rapid growth and achieve maturity in a matter of minutes compared to the days or months that were required.

He had such a wide array of abilities that Elena wondered, could she be able to find something that her Master could not do?

Even something as simple as cooking- the one time that she tasted it she nearly blacked out from pleasure! She even found herself wondering why he would even excel in something like cooking, but it just added to the charm that he had! But the wonder of him being a farmer on the side overtook her mind momentarily as her thoughts wandered even more.

Her Progenitor was so magnificent that he actually took the time to be a farmer and plant all of these wondrous things for them, things that were actually filled with so much essence that one could consider them prized treasure gardens of powerful sects.

Yet all of them could freely be seen spread out in the Spiritual World as the followers of her Master enjoyed them to the fullest while also using them to bolster the strength of the many worlds her Master was connected to.

The more she learned about her Master, the more reverence and infatuation Elena had as she found her fangs unintentionally coming out while she licked her lips.

She closed her eyes in the skies above the portals where many beings went in and out, ignoring their gazes as she recalled the sensation of her Progenitor sucking blood from her weeks ago. That amazing feeling she was able to feel then...she had not gotten the privilege to feel it again ever since!

She reminisced as she wondered.

'My Progenitor, just when will you feed on me again? My blood is quite good you know? Ahhh...'

The matter of feeding war paramount, especially to the Vampyre Progenitor. She felt like he had been suppressing his urges for far too long, and the day that he chose to get lost in them would be the day to remember.

Her eyes were closed as her body wiggled curvecously in the air, her mind filled with her Progenitor as her thoughts soon went towards those closest to him.

Her face instantly turned hard as she thought about the women around her Master. The closest ones she could see was the one called Barbatos- all she saw in her eyes was a small woman with somewhat decent looks, but she would never question the tastes of her Master. This Barbatos was simply too lazy in her eyes, only training and accompanying her Master when he had the time, but the way she referred to him was not the way one should address someone such as him!

The other was a fair little queen known as Adelaide who always came to her Master with a shy expression that just asked to be spoiled. Her royal countenance was always reserved around others, but one could see a much rosier appearance whenever she was around the Progenitor. This one seemed to at least fit Elena's requirements, but there were still many things to be worked on.

All of these women surrounding her Master seemed gorgeous and perfect to others, but to her- they weren't enough!

Does nobody not know the majesty of her Progenitor? Do they really think his desires would be satisfied by the presence of merely two women?!

Her Progenitor was someone grand that was already taking over numerous worlds, with a future that many of them could barely even imagine!

Soon enough, even these women would start to find themselves inadequate in the presence of her Master, and that was when she would go in to allow her Master to do whatever he wished with her. If it was high quality blood- she had it! Anything else- she had it!

She would accompany him to her death as she carefully chose the beings deserving to be around him and experience his grandeur with her.

This was the future she awaited for with her Master, her cloudy eyes clearing up as she thought of this, her figure disappearing from the area of the portals as she went on to join the others that continued to be spoiled with treasures from her Master.

She did not even have the patience to reply to the figure leading the Vampyres in the Dark Expanse, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok, as she focused on her own strength. His message was releasing commands that were filled with bloodline power to ask her to reply or return, but this Vladivostok did not know that someone way above him had already given separate commands to her. If a subject received the command of the King and then received another set of commands from another subject of the King, who would she listen to?

'Hmph!'

The powerful figure overseeing the Clans of Vampyres in the Dark Expanse at the Star Forging Realm was just like another subordinate of her Master. So what if he was a whole rank above the World Realm? What if he had lived for thousands of years?

As her Master was now playing the Dark Expanse, she knew that the entire faction of Vampyres that made up the Dark Expanse would soon fall into his hands. After all, who could deny their Progenitor? Who would be able to look at the being with the purest bloodline of Vampyres alive and say no to him?

She was one of the few permitted to feel this reverence, so she knew she had to work hard. She also had to increase her strength if she wanted to be around him!

In the skies above the portals that she just left, the beings moving below finally breathed out again as they went on with their tasks once more, whispering words only a few of them could hear.

"Who was that demoness wriggling her body in the skies?!"

"You...shut up and move faster. You don't want to offend any of the experts under the Spiritual World Master, do you? It doesn't matter how weird they are!"

"Stop gawking and hurry you fools!"

Hushed words passed between them as their bodies brimming with strength from Noah's all around buff caused by the Golden Guider coursed through them, their gazes bright as they moved across the Spiritual World while also seeing a bright future ahead of them!

Many of the beings from the numerous connected worlds that were granted permission to enter the Spiritual World only knew of Noah from those that stood at the upper echelons of their worlds, with very few of them actually coming in contact with him.

But they all knew of his grandeur and power as they worked diligently, grateful to be placed under such a person's wings!

As these numerous beings continued to have their lives changes affected, their fates steered towards directions entirely different than what was ordained, the one responsible would continue to benefit immensely as time passed.

The Founder was able to increase his power and Fate Lines by indirectly influencing and changing the lives of many worlds in the Light Expanse, and his power had risen to the peak of many in the Novus Galaxy in the past thousand years. What of someone like Noah who was directly and actively steering the fates of numerous planets and their inhabitants then? How long would it take him to scramble to the top as he continued to expand his scope of influence?!

Chapter 477 Dark Guider!

Another day passed in the outside world as Noah's Ancient Blood Clone was able to bring yet another skill tree to the next rank, this time being particularly exciting as yet another Guider Type job appeared in front of his eyes!

When the prerequisite sacrificial skills were given with the skill tree hitting maximum proficiency, the options of either [Chaos Guider] or [Chaos Relegator]. He naturally chose the one that had the name of Guider, seeing how the previous selection of [Unruly Guider] under the skill tree aligned with the Law of Fate granted him ridiculous abilities. He placed all the required skill points as he viewed the new additions at their peak.

DOMAIN [Agent of Chaos](60/60) :: The title of an Agent of anything is a rare one. This skill tree gives its user the ability to confidently call themselves an Agent of Chaos. Abilities include Essence Disruptor(5/5), Chaotic Mandate(5/5), Chaos Orbs(5/5), and Void of Impending Doom(5/5). [Chaos Guider] (75/75) :: A path of a being that revels in unpredictability and the comfort of chaos. Additional Abilities Include Dark Guider (5/5), Chaos Bearer (5/5), Aura of Chaos (5/5), Desecrate (5/5)

[Dark Guider] (5/5) :: All the beings that are following the rule of the Chaos Guider are blessed with his source of strength as a portion of the user's aura of chaos surrounds them. To those classified as Subordinates of the Chaos Guider: +120% Physical, Soul, and Elemental Damage, +120% Cast and Attack Speed, +120% All Element Resistance, +120% Defense.

[Chaos Bearer] (5/5) :: Any chaos that the Chaos Guider causes is amplified, granting them +50% increased comprehension in the Law of Chaos.

[Aura of Chaos] (5/5) :: The distinct aura of chaos wraps around the body of the Chaos Guider and allows for all cast abilities and skills to be layered with the chaos element. +100% Chaos Damage to all utilized abilities.

[Desecrate] (5/5) :: A wide area ability that creates a Desecrated Space where Chaos Elements are abundant as far as the eyes of the Chaos Guider can see. Within this Desecrated Space, the Fear, Slow Mana Regulation, Debilitated, and Blind debuff effects are applied to all enemies.

Abilities that satisfied his heart were shown in front of his eyes, once more granting him a wide array of extra abilities that he could utilize on the coming battlefield. His enemies were beings proficient in the law of fate this time around, and the opposing abilities of the law of chaos would be one of the best counters.

When he saw the [Aura of Chaos] and [Desecrate] abilities, a smile appeared on his lips as these abilities essentially allowed all of his attacks to be layered with the power of Chaos, as well as release a wide debuff domain that further lowered his enemy's defenses and even granted them horrible debilitating effects.

Then there was the [Chaos Bearer] ability that actually enhanced his rate of progression in the Law of Chaos! This was similar to the ability that the Hydromancer's Mantle provided, but cut by half. It was an unexpected surprise as the gathering of Chaos Particles always lagged behind the Fate Lines.

This was because he initially began with the law of fate, and he also had the [Fate Stealer] ability which allowed him to actually get 12% of the Fate Essence of the beings that he killed. In the upcoming battle, it was actually this single ability that excited him the most!

With the thousands of Celestials coming towards him, especially the big bosses like Grandmaster Onillus that had more than 3 million Fate Lines...he was actually going to increase his progression in the Law of Fate at a pace that would break any remaining common sense in the Novus Galaxy.

In his eyes, he foresaw himself easily passing the 1 million mark, and even going above it just with this single coming battle! That was how domineering this [Fate Stealer] ability was!

His progress in the Law of Chaos was bound to be left in the dust, but it would still increase even faster because of the newly gained [Chaos Bearer] ability.

The last ability that did not just give him joy, but granted even more happiness to his subordinates was the [Dark Guider] ability.

They were already boosted by the [Golden Guider] from the skill tree stemming from the Law of Fate, and now there was another Guider Type ability that essentially doubled the boosts they already had!

At the same time, they now had the auras of both Fate and Chaos coursing through their bodies. This was an aura of two Supreme Laws that were freely coursing through the bodies of billions of beings...at this point in time, even Noah himself would not fully know the effects of this until much later.

RUMBLE!

The instant the ability was activated, Noah felt the surging of Fate Lines and Chaos Particles once more as he greatly influenced billions of beings, some in more ways than he expected as huge changes occurred throughout the planets he was connected to once more!

In the quadrant of Light Expanse where numerous of the connected Worlds were hidden behind layers of a Veil, essence dispersed freely as the singular addition of another Guider Ability caused another Supreme Law to descend onto these worlds, their targets being the numerous inhabitants of these worlds that fell under the category of Noah's "Subordinates".

When the prior [Golden Guider] from the Law of Fate was activated, the multitude of beings had experienced a period of rapid advancement in their strength as with the backing of a Supreme Law, they were able to do things they never considered before. With the widespread project of creating dungeons not just in Noah's homeworld but in the many connected worlds, the phenomenon of beings diving in dungeons to enhance their strength only propagated further.

With the boost of [Golden Guider], those diving in dungeons saw firsthand how they could defeat monsters that were a rank above their own as they took advantage of the boon and became rapidly stronger. Yet at this moment, as if the first boon was not enough, [Dark Guider] arrived and brought with it another Supreme Law!

Dark auroras of pure chaos energy descended onto the numerous worlds and wrapped around their inhabitants, another point of widespread change occurring as it was not just the addition of another law to their bodies. It was the inclusion and utter synchronization of two opposing Supreme Laws in the bodies of billions of beings that could be considered relatively weak.

It was something that should have never have the chance of happening, but it did! And it brought with it too many changes and opportunities...

Noah was about to look into everything that was changing when he felt the presence of the Mages in the castle he was supposed to be in come closer, stopping his strengthening session as his body teleported away from the Spiritual World and into the room.

"Lord, our scouts have begun to see the Legions of the Celestials. Commanding Mage Turner has tasked us to ask to grace the other Commanders with your presence!"

The words of a strong mage rang in his ears as he waved his hands, the many fearsome and colorful skill effects of numerous elements that surrounded his body gradually fading and turning invisible as he opened the door and followed the inviting Mages.

He would let the worlds and beings he was connected to experience the changes as he enjoyed the boons from it himself as time passed, setting his gaze towards this coming battle for now.

His aura spread out from the location he was in as he sensed even more forces within the expansive Verittas Fortress, the auras of many new Vampyres from the Dark Expanse being apparent, as well as numerous more powerhouses he had yet to come across.

The unique attire of the Mages and Wizards along with the shimmering wands they carried beneath their robes gave Noah a mystical fantasy feel of this Dark Expanse, especially the wide and dark halls of the dreary castle he was walking in.

It reminded him of the imaginative stories he used to read in the past about the grand abodes of wizards with pointed hats that lived in the darkness of the world. The castles of these actual Mages and Wizards of the Dark Expanse had their own unique style, their halls lined up with small floating shining lights that added on to the air of magic and mystery.

There was a bustle of activities everywhere they went as Noah saw floating animals that he recalled to be Familiars of Wizards move along with them, his observation also seeing the unique way these beings used magic as he could see floating utensils cooking by themselves when he passed a dining hall, or things link ink brushes and pens moving on their own to write manuscripts in huge rooms where discussions were taking place. It truly was a place where the beings around it utilized magic fully in their daily lives, even to the smallest details!

Noah wanted to explore more of this culture and their techniques if the time came in the past, curious at the wand-shaped weapons that boosted the abilities they cast by a large degree as wondered of the wide array of techniques that the Wizards and Mages of the Dark Expanse used.

He already had so much on his plate in terms of skills and abilities that he felt the addition of even more was just him continuing to go overboard, where he might not even get a chance to utilize them all. But he would wait for the time to come when he could truly observe the culture and techniques of the beings within Dark Expanse, his figure currently going towards one of the command centers as it looked like the clash with the Celestials would soon begin, their Legion being close!

Chapter 478 Simultaneous Breakthroughs

In the Time Space of the Spiritual World, a particularly arrogant Emperor Penguin raised its beak high as it felt the course of a new Supreme energy travel through his body.

The aura of chaos that normally destabilized the essence of those it entered felt like a docile stream as it passed through his vessels and core, his breakthrough into the Domain Expansion Realm that was at the cusp of occurring actually happened right away with the addition of this new energy.

RAA! RAA! RAA!

He let out fearsome battle cries, but he wasn't the only one as many of the other Harbingers and beings that were receiving Domain Rank Cores from his Master the past few days were all experiencing breakthroughs into this realm simultaneously!

RUMBLE!

Essence rapidly converged around the numerous beings stepping into the Domain Rank as they all felt the newest boost from the addition of the new Guider Type Ability- Dark Guider.

Apart from the golden energy of fate coursing through them, a dark scintillating energy of chaos was now vibrantly coursing through them as well, their bodies feeling the boost in power once more.

They could be considered bonafide beings at the Domain Rank, but their power was unlike any others at this realm as they were receiving huge buffs from two Guider Type Abilities!

The Emperor Penguin rose to the skies as he felt this fearsome power, his fanaticism towards his master only growing as he sought to prove his strength in battle.

[Come to the Forge.]

His thoughts were cut short as he received a command from the Spiritual World itself, his arrogance being cut short as this was the only entity besides his Master that could push him around.

A silver light flashed as the figure of the Emperor Penguin appeared outside of the Blacksmith's Forge, entering it thereafter as he was met with a floating item set that shone with the luster of chaos!

[As the first beast of this Spiritual World, you represent all of your brothers and sisters whenever you move. Master gave me the right to choose who will be wearing the created Chaos Set Items, and I'm going to be biased and give you one of them! You must live up to your name as the Emperor Penguin.]

The voice of the Spiritual World that seemed more commanding when communicating with the arrogant penguin rang out, the beak of the penguin nodding up and down as it received the item set that nobody else had gotten their hands on yet.

[Baleful Chaos Bringer Set] :: An item set made from the materials of Chaos Behemoths. Contains a scimitar, breastplate, briefs, boots, arm guards, and helm. Varying levels of boosts are given when the set items are worn simultaneously. 2 Set Items- Reduces the cooldown and mana cost for all Chaos Abilities by half, as well as doubling their effects. 4 Set Items- Grants the wearer a Chaos Barrier that reflects 30% of all incoming damage back to the caster. 6 Set Items- A passive Chaos Storm is initiated by the resonance of all 6 Set Pieces. This Chaos Storm swirls around the wearer as it tears down the defenses of their enemies while boosting their own attacks. +250% Fate Element Resistance, +250% All Element Penetration, +250% All Element Resistance, +100% Chaos Damage applied to all abilities.

The set bonus of the spectacular [Baleful Chaos Bringer Set] became apparent in the eyes of the Emperor Penguin as he glanced at the smaller descriptions of the items themselves and all of their boosts. His eyes shone with brilliance as he adorned the Item Set, his fluffy body being covered by the dark chaos armor as it was soon fully hidden, only a fearsome shape of an armored penguin wielding a Scimitar that shone with a deadly edge becoming visible.

RUMBLE!

A Chaos Storm erupted from him as he enjoyed the feeling of strength the Item Set provided, but this didn't last long as he felt an immense pressure descend down on him a second later as the Chaos Storm continued to spread out in the Blacksmith's Forge.

[Don't get conceited and damage the things in the Forge. Remember that all of this strength is made possible by the Master. Just try to be more useful now to him now.]

The cold voice and pressure of the Spiritual World descended on the Emperor Penguin as his beak pointed down in a docile manner, stopping the advancement of the ability given the 6 Item Set boost while also being reminded once more that beside his Master, the entity that was the Spiritual World was the only other one that could take him off his pedestal no matter his strength!

This was because he was a beast born from this unique World, his Origin being tied closely to it.

"I shall go acclimate to my new Realm and Items while waiting for Master to call us..."

The Emperor Penguin spoke out with a tone of someone bullied but it still held a tinge of arrogance as he flashed away from the Blacksmith's Forge, going on to test his new strength and abilities in the Time Space of the Spiritual World.

Besides him, numerous beings in the Spiritual World broke into the Domain Expansion Realm thereafter as they were also adorned with their own Set Items!

The remaining two [Baleful Chaos Bringer Set] went to Elena and Barbatos, their realms breaking through the fastest while also holding their own unique strengths.

Aside from the limited Chaos Sets, the Spiritual World System was working to rapidly produce Set Items from the Fate Behemoths that Noah's main body continued to take down in the Celestial Realm.

Even though standing against Celestials with the opposing Chaos Sets was ideal, having armors made from Fate Behemoths also provided a level protection from the element itself, thus other beings would be adorned with newly created Fate Item Sets that were being created right at this moment. They had to be lucky enough to first enter the Domain Expansion Realm, and for the war to not break out too soon before the creation of the Fate Set Items were finished!

But just on Noah's side, numerous beings were stepping into the Domain Rank as they were fitted with fearsome Items. All of them were waiting...waiting to participate in the first battle of many in a war that would later be known in history as...the Last War!

Chapter 479 Primed!

Commanding Mage Turner was glancing at the numerous powerhouses around the war room as his eyes carried a trace of seriousness.

In the war room, a majority of the beings were releasing unique auras of the World Realm, these figures being some of the revered powerhouses that were fairly well known in the Dark Expanse.

Besides the World Rank Mage Turner, there were three other beings that stood in this same realm as him who would be leading their own forces against the Legions of Celestials in the coming battle. One was the fearsome Royal Vampyre known as Rokku, one of the generals under the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok. The other was the Dark Wizard Shanora, a powerful being from the faction that preferred the mantle of Wizards instead of Mages.

Of course, the last being to join them was the 9th Infernal Lord whom they only knew by that title still!

Four World Rank Experts- Turner, Rokku, Shanora, and an Infernal Lord.

These were the beings standing against the coming Legions of Celestials, there being a tacit understanding between the two sides that they would not be releasing the peak powerhouses at the Star Forging Realm in this first clash. Those were the types of forces used near the end of the war as they represented the peak power of both sides, and this war...was just beginning.

"We expect their vessels to pierce into the Dark Expanse in a day or two, and we have our own ships and forces distributed in a defensive wall around the Verittas Fortress to stop their advances."

Commanding Mage Turner spoke out in a serious tone as the powerful figures looked at each other around the room. The Dark Wizard Shanora who was dressed in what Noah would describe a cliche witch costume was glancing in the direction of his clone with shimmering eyes that held great interest, the essence of darkness swirling around her being agitated as time passed.

"We can talk about strategies and defenses all day long if we want Turner, but why don't we get to know each other's...strengths some more? It's not as if we get to be in the presence of an Infernal Lord everyday."

Her gaze shone with luster as she stared at Noah, his own gaze remaining impassive as he didn't spare the wizard any look, turning towards the Commanding Mage Turner and speaking.

"Where do you want my legion?"

The Commanding Mage nodded as he pointed towards the table in front of them that had a projection of the wide Verittas Fortress and displayed some of the forces around it, his hands causing the appearance of a miniature legion of red figures that signified Noah's Infernal Legion to be right at the center- at the forefront of the battle!

"We will have to rely on your power to withstand the attacks of the Celestials head on...while we release our spells and magic from the sides to stop their advance and pick them off little by little until all of their strength is depleted."

Noah's eyes shone as he heard these words, the meaning of this strategy plainly being that they wanted him to be a tank that withstood the damage of a huge boss while they dished out damage to slowly bring it down!

"We excel in offensive tactics and destructive spells, but our defenses cannot compare to the power of Infernal Lords we have observed before. Is this strategy viable?"

The Royal Vampyre Rokku spoke out carefully as he sensed the bubbling strength stemming from Noah's body, the Dark Mage Shanora still having her gaze locked on him as Noah replied.

"It shouldn't be a problem!"

RUMBLE!

His words reverberated with power as relieved expressions appeared around the room, Commanding Mage Turner continuing.

"Alright, let's talk logistics..."

The meeting continued for another few hours as the powerful beings familiarized themselves with each other's forces and talked about possible plans in case things went wrong.

The Dark Mage Shanora who continued to glance towards Noah's vibrant aura of Chaos was the most peculiar, not exactly explaining why her gaze was locked on him for so long. At the end of the meeting as Noah was stepping out, he heard a telepathic message released from her enter his mind.

"I must apologize for the abrupt introduction and interest, but we don't usually have beings with such a thick aura of Chaos swirling around them such as you. If we are able to survive this little war that is coming up, I would love to discuss something with you. It somewhat pertains to the Dark Expanse, and someone with your advancements in Chaos would be most fitting for it!"

Words that seemed to have a tinge of fanaticism rang in his mind as he didn't even turn towards her, simply nodding as he left the room. The figures of the Dark Expanse really held Infernal Lords in much too different regards!

He would leave all other thoughts behind as he continued to look forward to the Legions of Celestials first, his heart expectant on all the treasures and loot they were planning on delivering to him.

As the legions of Celestials advanced forward and neared the Dark Expanse, the forces at the Verittas Fortress fortified their defenses as they prepared for the eventual clash.

It was a bustling scene of numerous forces that numbered in the hundreds of thousands preparing to participate in the war, the highest ranking powerhouses conducting the movements of their forces like a well-oiled machine as they worked together to ensure a chance of victory.

Noah was creating even more powerful forces in the Spiritual World as more and more of his subordinates entered the Domain Expansion Realm, his main body continuing to work efficiently in the Celestial Realm as he took down more and more Fate Behemoths at the Domain Rank, getting a taste of the ability of [Fate Stealer] early as he saw his Fate Lines continuing to jump higher every time a Fate Behemoths fell.

As he went further and further south of the Celestial Realm, he was gradually nearing the locations that would be considered largely unexplored, the wide areas where very few Celestials traversed and were filled with mysteries!

Chapter 480 Ready to Serve!

In the unexplored regions that Noah was currently nearing, the Behemoths would continue getting stronger and stronger, where after passing the area where the Domain Rank Fate Behemoths appeared, the danger level rose by a factor of 10!

The reason for this was that the unexplored regions of the Celestial Realm were extremely unpredictable, where one could come across a Behemoth at the World Rank, or they might just as well come across one at the Star Forging Realm!

There were no laws that said in this location you would find Behemoths at this realm or another, and it was completely wild and unexplored mystical lands holding their own secrets.

This was also the reason why even after 1000 years, the Celestials had only ever been confident to say they explored a bit over 10% of it, only their powerful peak figures like the Celestial Founder and the few at the Star Forging Realm being the ones to go even deeper into the Celestial Realm!

Celestials at the World Rank like Noah still had to be careful how deep they went, as the moment they came across even a single beast a realm higher than theirs, it was game over.

At this moment as his clone prepared to clash with Celestials, Noah's main body was standing in a vibrant golden shining forest filled with huge ancient trees as he glanced at the direction ahead of him.

If he continued any further, he would be entering the unexplored regions where even the Celestials had not fully documented.

Powerful figures like the Founder and other Celestials might have passed through these regions and found nothing of note, but as of now, no information existed for them!

His face was serious as his body began shimmering with essence, [Unique Origin] and other abilities being used as he chose to go in covertly, the possible levels of enemies varying by a large amount in these locations.

The beauty of the Celestial Realm he was seeing right now had already become the norm, the tall trees where one could visibly see golden essence flowing through its leaves like sand only making him appreciate the scene of serenity. It was a scene that only those confident and powerful could consider serene, as the deafening silence would make others trembled while they traversed through.

SHAA!

His figure silently disappeared among the thick foliage around him as he ventured further into the Celestial Realm, keen to know exactly what secrets it held!

In an advancing Prime Warship that was followed by many just like it, Grandmaster Onillus had a bright face as he felt the aura of the Dark Expanse, the Legion under his command successfully passing through the junction between it and the Light Expanse as he continued forward!

The boons from the Celestial Realm were many and filled with wonder, but they did not come close to the number of Fate Lines one could gather when they changed the course of history for trillions of lives.

He would be one of the forces at the forefront of this change in this coming war, and would gain much from the eventual results that would change the landscape of the entire Novus Galaxy!

His mood was jovial as he asked a Grandmaster below him.

"Have the vessels containing the citizens of those Prime Worlds lead as we near this so-called fortified fortress of the Alliance. We shall proceed with caution, I want no mistakes!"

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

RUMBLE!

Word software affirmation rang out as some ships veered forward while others went back, a shuffling of forces occurring as Onillus counted the beings under him.

He had 5 other World Realm Grandmasters under his banner spread out into their own vessels, with another World Realm Expert that actually stemmed from one of the more powerful Prime Worlds in the Light Expanse taking the lead of those forces.

One of the few beings not under Celestials and having power at the World Realm, an existence known as Master Brightstar, a being that was the first born of a Prime World on the cusp of becoming a Realm! His birth absorbed so much essence of his world that even now it still remained at the Prime World level, but it created for an astounding genius that had lived for many years, where he now gained a powerful level even without joining the ranks of Celestials.

This meant that for the Legion of Celestials heading for the Verittas Fortress, there were a total of 7 World Realm experts at the lead!

Grandmaster Onillus's face was bright as they neared the supposed fortress, his eyes not hiding the hunger for war as his heart felt like it was screaming.

'Throw the best you have at me! Let me inscribe my name as the first general to gain victory in this war...let the name Onillus ring out across the Novus Galaxy!'

His eyes shone with dangerous luster as his hungry gaze remained forward, the powerful Celestials around him showing similar lights as they looked forward to a grand battle.

Around the Verittas Fortress, four distinct forces could be seen surrounding the enormous planet as an aura of oppressive power leaked out.

One force was led by the Royal Vampyre Rokku, another by the Dark Wizard Shanora, the third by the Commanding Mage Turner.

Last but not least and standing at the very center of these forces like the sharpest point of a blade was an impassive Infernal Lord that floated above a 10,000 army of Infernals that were letting out fearsome battle cries that were setting the tone of the coming fight.

OOOOH!

"Ready to serve!"

OOOOH!

"Ready to destroy!"

OOOOH!

Even the faces of nearby wizards, vampyres, and mages were trembling as a fearsome tune gradually took the soon to be battle field.

Commanding Mage Turner was watching the boisterous forces with eyes of hope as he waited to see the fearsome power of an Infernal Lord, his eyes noticing the appearance of beings that were not there originally when the Infernal Lord first came, but their bodies were releasing bursts of strength that caused his belief for this battle to be raised even higher!

Around the Infernal Lord, numerous armored figures began to appear, varying in all shapes and sizes.

Commanding Mage Turner blinked his eyes at certain times to make sure that his eyes were not playing tricks on him, as he could clearly make out the shape of a penguin that was covered in a spectacular set of dark armor releasing an abundant aura of chaos.

There was also the figure of an armored Kraken with deep red eyes that seemed to hold great excitement and vengeance as they stared out in the void of space, as well as the small humanoid figure of an armored woman also clad in an armor wrapped in chaos, her hands beginning to move as the aura of numerous undead began to spread out from the already numerous Infernals!

The surrounding beings watched with agape expressions as around the Infernal Lord, numerous figures began to appear en masse, the army of 10,000 continuing to expand as vibrant War drums rang out.

"Ready to serve!"

OOOOOH!

Chapter 481 Ready to Destroy!

"Ready to destroy!"

OOOOH!

The drums of battle only became louder as the forces around the Infernal Lord continued to increase.

The auras of beings that were all in the Domain Expansion Realm appeared around the Infernal Lord continuously, with many of them fitted in matching armors and weapons that only added to their fearsome aura.

From those clad in items drenched in Chaos, some could be seen with armors that blazed with the element of fire, and most recently appearing beings caused the forces of Dark Expanse to rub their eyes in shock at the armor they adorned seemed to actually be releasing an aura of...fate!

Fate! Forces that came from an Infernal Lord actually released the blinding gold aura that Celestials were known by, giving a huge shock to the World Rank experts that were leading the forces of the Verittas Fortress as they spread out their auras to see if their eyes were deceiving them.

But it was genuine as around Noah, numerous Spiritual World Beasts, Calamities of the Sea, and even some of the humans and beasts from his homeworld and the Beast World that were power leveled to the Domain Rank stood around him powerfully!

An enormous Draconic Fire Behemoth appeared to steal the show as he towered over 50 meters in the void of space, Draco appearing with all of his glory as a golden armor actually wrapped around the entirety of his body, the Set Item from the Fate Behemoths actually fully adapting to whatever the form of the wearer was, causing a shimmering enormous golden dragon to appear magnificently near Noah.

Kazuhiko was also one of the few clad in a Fate Item Set, his hands dual wielding to beautifully inscribed long blades as his eyes could not contain their excitement. The Imperial Phoenix was next to him in her humanoid form as she adorned a similar set, those being lucky enough to receive the newly forged Item Set from Fate Behemoths being truly blessed as its boosts were nothing to scoff at!

Kazuhiko was still incredulously looking over every single description of the four items as his gaze went towards the description of the Set Item itself.

[Raiment of Fate's Guard] :: An Item Set made from the materials of Fate Behemoths. Contains dual swords, breastplate, briefs, boots, armguards, and helm. Varying levels of boosts are given when the set items are worn simultaneously. 2 Set Items- Every time an enemy falls from the hands of the one wearing the Raiment of Fate's Guard, a Fate Charge is gained. 1 Fate Charge grants +30% All Damage Increase, +30% Chaos Resistance, +30% All Element Penetration, and expires after 10 minutes. 4 Set Items- After collecting more than 10 Fate Charges, Blades of Liberation begin to descend for every Fate Charge thereafter. 6 Set Items- Each Fate Charge brings with it two Blades of Liberation that follow the will of the user for as long as the Fate Charge remains. The expiration time for Fate Charges increases to 20 minutes.

Kazuhiko's pupils were shaking as he read over the descriptions of the full set bonus again and again. In his mind, he was just imagining how everytime he defeated a being, the set bonus of this item set would allow him to gain a single Fate Charge that brought with it two Blades of Liberation and a huge boosts to his power.

The more beings he defeated thereafter, the more charges and autonomous Blades of Liberations that would surround him! His mind was imagining a scene where tens of Blades of Liberation followed his every command as he descended into battle, his single figure surrounded by numerous golden swords!

OOOOOH!

"Ready to serve!" "Ready to Destroy!"

The yells of the Infernals only took him out of his stupor as his eyes looked forward, his expanded senses just being able to feel the rushing force and essence of many beings nearing them.

The Celestial Legion was here.

RUMBLE!

A wave of power spread out as the appearance of the enormous golden warships became visible, many more appearing thereafter as Noah's face finally showed more than just an impassive expression, his body rising higher in the void of space as a sparkling blue armor appeared around him.

He adorned Hydromancer's Mantle as a brilliant blue light pulsed from him, his thoughts then letting the ability from the Fledgling Aether Terror run free as [Aether Emission] was let loose, the purple energy of Aether beginning to leak out and swirl around him menacingly!

He also let loose the active ability of the Hydromancer's Mantle, the [Hydromancer's Banner] that gave an all around buff to those that could be considered to be moving with him.

RUMBLE!

This caused for a spectacular scene to occur throughout the Verittas Fortress, every single being that was standing against the Celestials gaining a unique blue runic symbol above their heads as an enormous rectangular blue transparent banner appeared above Noah's head.

Commanding Mage Turner and the other powerful World Realm experts felt this change and slight boost to their power as their attention was taken once more from the appearing Celestial Legion and to the Infernal Lord shining with brilliant colors in the void space, their thoughts collectively being the same as they stared at this unique being.

'Just what type of Infernal Lord are you?!'

No answers would arrive to them at this moment as Noah was not done, even more abilities being cast as this was one of the few times where he could actually go all out. It was a rare opportunity to let loose and farm an abundant amount of loot, Fate Lines, and Chaos Particles that he would not let it slip by his fingers so easily!

RUMBLE!

[Chaotic Mandate], the ability from the Agent of Chaos skill tree that allowed him to be adorned in an armor of chaos similar to the Empyrean Armament of the counterpart law of fate skill tree was initiated as above the worn Hydromancer's Mantle, the appearance of a dark armor erupted forward.

The blue and purple resplendence of colors was dyed dark as the aura of Chaos spread out fully, Noah also freely releasing the Chaos Particles swirling in his Chaos Field as his presence just continued to get brighter and brighter in front of the Verittas Fortress!

He was practically and arrogantly screaming to the now visible Celestial Legion- I am here!

But even at this point...he was not done as he now began to cast the transformation skills that came from the numerous skill trees under his command.

As the Celestial Legion appeared to kick off the start of a shocking battle, a single combatant was already causing widespread shock as the resplendence of abilities that caused the aura of this being to continue becoming more and more oppressive stole the spotlight of the whole battle!

OOOOOH!

Chapter 482 This isn"t even my final form!

Already adorned with the Hydromancer's Mantle and even the Chaos Armor from [Chaotic Mandate], Noah still went even further as he grandly used abilities freely, his abundant reserves of mana allowing it with no problems as he cast the transformation skills.

First, above the Verittas Fortress, a bloody moon appeared that released an oppressive red light, this light going on to wash around everyone, but causing a particular group to look up in immense shock.

"What the fuck?!"

The Royal Vampyre Rokku could not help but blurt out as he saw the appearance of the Blood Moon, recalling skills from the Ancient Vampyres of the past as he felt the red rays of this moon bolster his power rapidly, as well as the powers of all the Vampyres around him.

His shock came from the fact that this Infernal Lord also seemed to have access to the abilities of Ancient Vampyres that even he, a Royal Vampyre, did not have on top of every other spectacular abilities he had already cast!

It was just shock after shock as even though the Mages and Wizards spread out left and right of the Verittas Fortress were using their own magic as they veered Mana to go through their wands and cast terrible spells, they did not seem brighter than this singular being that just continued to cast one ability after another!

The Wizards were already summoning huge Golems and Beasts that floated grandly in the void of space, the Mages using magic circles as fearsome Elementals appeared with resplendent cries.

But all of this did not cause any eyes to open in shock as this Infernal Lord continued.

[Ancient Blood Scion] was cast first as below the layers of armor, Noah began to adopt the form of an Ancient Vampyre as his figure began to enlarge rapidly.

This enlargement only became more rapid as he wasted no time, casting [Arch Demon Lord Transformation] and then activated the form of the [Lesser Cthulhu] thereafter!

WAAA!

"Ready to serve!" "Ready to destroy!"

As his transformation took place, the Infernals below him continued their chants louder and louder, seemingly building up to a crescendo of noises that overtook the whole battle field!

The arriving Celestial Legion was looking on with serious eyes as Grandmaster Onillus had a deadly expression, his golden eyes locked onto this figure that was showing a terrible aura unlike anything he had ever seen before.

They had arrived and planned to make a grand entrance to instill fear into the hearts of their enemies with their numerous warships and forces, but this being stole the spotlight right away with a resplendent show of colors and abilities that allowed all eyes to be on him.

In the void of space, Noah's figure continued to expand further and further, his monstrous transformation of multiple skill trees hidden beneath the Hydromancer's Mantle and [Chaotic Mandate] armors, the many surrounding beings only seeing his figure enlarging more and more as his transformation completed at a towering 60 meters!

RIIP!

Luminous and glistening pairs or dark red wings were the only thing erupting out of the armored body as the monstrous overall shape continued to be hidden by the two sets of armor wrapping around him, with his size continuing to shoot up menacingly!

It was the height of commonly seen Behemoths in the Celestial Realm, a stature that took the breaths of many beings away as the void of space quaked and rumbled, the now gigantic figure waving his right hand as an enormous golden Trident of the Sea appeared in his hand.

DING!

The Trident of the Sea caused a ringing sound to reverberate as it resonated with the Hydromancer's Mantle hidden below the [Chaotic Mandate] armor, the oppressive air and splendor that this Infernal Lord released only getting larger and larger as his arms moved, the enormous three pronged weapon pointing towards the stationary Celestial Legion a few miles away from the Verittas Fortress.

"Ready to serve!" "Ready to destroy!"

OOOOOH!

"..."

Instantly and eerily, the crescendo of noises from the Infernals ceased at this exact moment as the hearts of many felt a strong pull.

As the show of resplendent skills and colors ceased, silence overtook the battlefield as many looked at the larger picture around this Infernal Lord.

An enormous Golden Dragon that was now slightly smaller than him, thousands of Infernals patiently standing by, numerous figures clad in different sets of armors with each of them at the Domain Expansion Realm.

The feeling of power this group gave off was immense as all the eyes on the battle field in the void of space was on them!

Noah stared at the stably stationed vessels of Celestials that now stood opposite the Verittas Fortress as he sensed the tremendous power in his body.

His Fire and Water Origin Cores were rotating rapidly, absorbing energy and releasing their unique essence which coursed through him and made him feel simply fantastic.

His Fate Lines were expertly hidden through [Unique Origin] as only the field of chaos was apparent, the swirling Chaos Particles breaking past 400,000 at this moment as every single type of essence he held seemed to be bubbling.

But even at this point...he wasn't done!

BRRRR!

Horrid vibrations released from his body as he activated yet another one of his recently gained skills. [Size Distortion] was activated from the newly gained Fledgling Aether Terror as his body vibrated rapidly, his power growing ever larger as his size began to shoot up to unimaginable heights!

Those around him watched with slack-jawed expressions as even before the war began, it seemed that this Infernal Lord was intent on baffling as many people as possible.

The forces of the Dark Expanse watched, but it wasn't only them as similar to the Battle of Geniuses, they had their people sending numerous feeds of what was occurring here to the upper echelons that were observing the progress of this first clash closely!

From the Prime Warships of the Celestials, similar to how Grandmaster Vredral had used the vessels to show what was happening in the Magus World when Noah and Athena were raining down destruction, all the events occurring here were currently being broadcasted to the upper echelons of the Celestials!

The grandeur of resplendent abilities that Noah continued to show...was witnessed by many as the name of this 9th Infernal Lord entered the minds of all watching.

WAA!

His size erupted up as it passed 100 meters, skyrocketed to 150 meters, and continued on until it stopped at 250 meters! More than 125 times larger than the height of an average man, and more than 5 times larger than the height of even the mountainous Elite Celestial Behemoths!

His sheer size was terrifying as every around him seemed miniscule in comparison, the wondrous colors being released from the Hydromancer's Mantle, [Aether Emission], and the [Chaotic Mandate] armor only extenuating his figure as he pointed the now enormous Trident of the Sea towards the Celestial Legion, his thunderous voice being the first thing to ring out before the first battle of the Last War was initiated.

"I wonder if in this battle...is that little Founder of yours watching?"

"..."

...!

Chapter 483 Imposing!

The words of the gigantic figure of the Infernal Lord caused shock and movements to spread throughout the battle field from their extreme arrogance, but they caused reverberations even further as many forces were ultimately watching to see the results of this first conflict!

The Grand Mage Edrusim was surrounded by numerous powerful Mages and the faction of Wizards that made up the Alliance as their eyes watched with unblinking eyes, they having already done their part of distributing their forces and now were simply waiting to see what the results of the battle would be.

In another location in the Dark Expanse, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok was watching the bloody moon appearing in the void of space above the army of Infernals as the sear he was on fell to the side, him being one of the more shocked beings as he recalled this skill from a long-forgotten past!

It came deep within the Letalis Expanse, with its source being from the revered Progenitor itself as it was an ability that had only shown itself in the War of the Righteous!

It had long since been lost in the dredges of time, along with the powerful beings that could use this skill.

Yet now, it was appearing once more, and in the hands of an Infernal Lord.

What exactly was happening?!

The gaze of Vladivostok shook as he recalled the only location that might have answered, waving his hands in front of him as he created a runic magic that was the prerequisite of a portal forming.

This was similar magic that the Vampyre King of the Underworld had used months ago to send a special someone into an Ancient Blood World, and Vladivostok was trying to do the same now as his thoughts led him to quickly check this Ancestral Ground that was all the Vampyres had left at this moment for answers.

Hid essence moved as he watched the runic circle complete with anticipation, but was shocked thereafter as when the red portal began to form while seeking a connection to the targeted ancestral world, it trembled and fizzled halfway through...not being able to form a connection!

"...!"

Vladivostok looked towards the failed connection of the Ancient Blood World he knew so clearly as his gaze turned ashen.

He tried again and again, but the magic that allowed him to form the portal with the Vampyres' own Ancestral World was actually not working anymore! This led Vladivostok to believe that something had happened with the Ancient Blood World, and this Infernal Lord being shown in front of his eyes should have some connections to it!

What exactly had happened? Why was he able to use the skills of their Ancestors? Vladivostok would get to the bottom of this, even if he had to offend the dignity of an Infernal Lord!

The scene moves from the questioning Vampyre Ruler and goes into the wondrous Celestial Realm where yet another figure was watching the arrogant words of the Infernal Lord, a pristine wine glass in his hands as his wild countenance had changed. The Founder was not in the wildness of the Celestial Realm as he sat in a paradisiacal expansive hall that was filled with the colors of gold everywhere one's eyes wandered to.

He sat in a pristine golden throne as he enjoyed food that very few could ever taste in their lives, the feed of the Verittas Fortress being displayed clearly from the Prime Warships of the Celestials in front of him.

This being was living the dream of all the big bosses- simply sending out his people to work hard and his behalf as he reaped most of the rewards. It was a truly rare position that very few could have the chance to enjoy.

There was an unnatural smile on his apathetic face as he heard the words of the Infernal Lord, curious words leaking out from his mouth.

"The 9th and weakest Infernal Lord actually entered the Celestial Realm and saved those little rats earlier? Now that's just not fair, don't you think?"

He was alone in the expansive golden hall, but seemed to be questioning something or someone as he continued!

He recalled the same red moon that had appeared when his palm was descending down towards the rats that had entered his cage, now confirming the identity of the being that saved them to be this Infernal Lord.

This was one of the more shocking thoughts that were spreading through the minds of many of the knowledge beings that could connect the dots- they found the identity of the being that actually stood against the Celestial Founder to save others not too long ago, and it was actually an Infernal Lord!

The question in many beings eyes was how this happened and why! How was he able to so quickly react, and why did he dave those particular beings? What history and connection were they missing?

Questions upon questions entered the minds of many as they watched the initial scene of the first battle of the Last War, the Founder himself continuing his monologue in the golden hall.

"A creature of chaos created to oppose me, you shouldn't have any driving emotions but destruction...hah, what exactly are you trying to do?"

His voice was as if it was directly questioning something, but he continued to be alone!

"You block me at every turn and stop my advancements for your own entertainment, but do you really think creating an anomaly of an Infernal Lord will help all that much? I'm very close you know. I can..."

The gaze of Founder was bright as he reached his hands out as if grasping something only he could see in front of his eyes.

"I can...almost touch that point now. I'm almost there. When I reach that point...I'll be breaking out of your influence fully!"

RUMBLE!

His strong voice reverberated out as only he knew the target of these words, his apathetic eyes turning to the feed of the Verittas Fortress as a smile curled on his lips.

"I'm watching, little Infernal Lord. Give me a show."

Chapter 484 Like Moths to a Flame

Grandmaster Onillus heard the impetuous words of the Infernal Lord as his eyes blazed red with anger, the disrespect directed towards the Founder being something he could not tolerate!

"Destroy them all."

His words were simple and filled with wrath, the command going out to all the Prime Warships as the vessels had their World Cannons meant to destroy stationary worlds aimed and loaded, destructive red rays of light beginning to shoot out of the many Warships!

RUMBLE!

The forces of the Dark expanse were prepared as the aura of World Rank being erupted out, shimmering shields of all sorts of colors being created as the rushing rays of destructive lights met resistance.

If one took a larger view of the battlefield, they would notice many of these beams of destructive red light aimed towards the mountainous 250 meters Infernal Lord that stood imposingly!

To defend against this first attack by the collection Celestial Legion, the Wizards had pulled out their powerful wands as rays of red lights released from them and converged together, fully defending against the rays of light through sheer numbers and power as they worked with the World Realm experts.

Noah himself looked at the destructive rays of light that he once saw descend on the Lost World, this time their power not feeling all that oppressive for him as these rays that could destroy a world...he raised his Trident of the Sea towards them as numerous beams of plasma were released from the weapon!

These beams of plasma were actually dark in color because of the abilities under the [Agent of Chaos] that layered his attacks with the power of Chaos.

This also proved to be useful when it came to the rays of Aether that his identity as Crixus had cast as a Celestial, his enormous eyes watching carefully as he cast [Sever] and saw the released rays being balefully dark in color, their aura of Aether enveloped and reinforced by the power of chaos as they looked like terrible dark rays of light!

WAA!

What followed thereafter after was a wondrous scene of red rays of light meeting chaos rays that shattered the void of space, Noah going the route of offense being the best defense as his own attacks thundered forward!

"HMPH!"

A snort rang out in the battlefield as from the numerous Prime Warships, golden figures began to fly out and rapidly fill the void of space.

The golden figures were quickly overshadowed as the even larger numbers of beings from the Prime Worlds of Light Expanse also made their appearance. At the forefront of all of these forces, Grandmaster Onillus had his eyes shining with a gold splendor as he stared at Noah.

"You all can have any of the other World Realm Commanders, but this childish Infernal Lord...is mine!"

Words of the Grandmaster with more than 3 million Fate Lines reverberated strongly as a gold aura began to permeate around him and fill everything in the surroundings!

His eyes were dead set on Noah as the other World Rank Grandmasters and the single World Rank Expert from the force of the Prime Worlds had the Royal Vampyre Rokku, Commanding Mage Turner, and the Dark Wizard Shanora on their sights.

Each side had forces that spilled over hundreds of thousands, the numbers of those standing on the side of Celestials being slightly more as it was packed with beings across the chosen Prime Worlds of the Light Expanse.

OOOOOH!

"Ready to Serve!" "Ready to Destroy!"

The Infernal Legion had begun chanting again as they saw the appearance of the many figures, feeling the smell of battle and blood lust as their weapons called for destruction!

Noah's eyes snaked across the void of space as he observed all the forces, everyone currently on a standstill as the staredown before everything turned into a scene of hell continued for another few seconds.

If things went according to plan, the forces would rush towards each other as the powerful World Rank figures from Celestials clashed with their respective matches on the side of the Verittas Fortress, and the moment these powerful figures began falling, the direction of the war would be decided!

Since the Celestials had more powerhouses at the World Rank, the side of the Verittas Fortress would soon be overrun as the Experts on the other side could simply group up to attack and destroy. Thus, the figures of the Dark Expanse were feeling some worry! When the two forces rushed towards each other, this scene of chaos would be one where the Celestials could take the most advantage of, and even possibly grant them a victory!

As Noah stared at the hundreds of thousands of beings, especially the golden shining Celestials that were placed at the very center of these forces- his eyes flashed a dangerous excited color.

To him, these many beings represented an expansive amount of loots and something even bigger- Fate Lines!

His heart was screaming out for him to take all of these Celestials out by himself if he could, and feeling his heart tell him this, he wanted to make it a possibility...and so he did!

"Haha, let's play!"

His words were the spark that caused the forces of the Celestial Legion to begin rushing towards them, those from the Dark Expanse staying tightly around the Verittas Fortress as they fortified their defenses.

The moment Noah's words finished though, his mountainous 250 meter figure disappeared from its position...and shockingly teleported right at the center of the Celestial Legion that was rushing forward!

Right at the very center where most Celestials were located!

Grandmaster Onillus at the forefront who was already rushing towards Noah felt this change as he turned back in shock, his wrathful face screaming out as he turned directions quickly. He wasn't the only one as two other World Rank Grandmasters saw this, their eyes quickly communicating with each other as they also turned and went towards the Infernal Lord!

"Vile creature!"

The Infernal Lord has shockingly teleported to the very center of the hundreds of thousands of enemy forces, at the heart of the Celestial Legion where most Celestials were clustered. 3 World Rank Experts were heading his way as he smiled and spoke out slowly, his mind curious of a few things.

[Domain of Chaos] [Domain of Water][Domain of Fire] [Sea Domain] [Desecrate] [Essence Disruptor] [Destabilize]...

He released numerous Domains from the Laws he had control of as well as the buffing and debilitating Sea Domain from the Hydromancer's Mantle as the mile around him became a terribly hellish place to be in for any of his enemies. The [Desecrate] and other abilities that affected enemies and surrounding space were going even more overboard as terrified looks began to appear on the faces of Celestials that were affected, their bodies feeling the horrendous effects!

At this junction when Noah stared at the thousands of Celestials trying desperately to put up their defensive abilities and the attacks from three rushing World Rank Grandmasters, his mind was actually curious to know how beautiful his next skill towards them would be.

He was naturally thinking of the extremely powerful and overly reinforced [Sever] that from a single ray of purple-blue Aether, it could now erupt with numerous rays of Aether that were drenched dark from the Chaos Element, and had even gained the quality of chaining between enemies from the [Aether Chain Support]!

He wondered just how spectacular the sight would be of this extremely destructive ability being constantly spammed amidst thousands of Celestials who would in no way have a result to defend themselves!

The result...would cause the three converging World Rank Grandmasters to have shivers run down their spine as Noah spammed the command of [Sever] in his mind, essence bubbling as blinding rays of dark aether overtook the battlefield!

Chapter 485 Too OP!

In a bold and shocking move, the 9th Infernal Lord had teleported in the direct center of the Celestial Legion as the surging momentum of the entire force was disrupted, three World Rank Celestials changing their directions as their bodies rushed towards him!

Even though Noah had abruptly teleported, his commands were relayed seconds before as the Infernal Legion moved forward orderly, their sharp weapons getting ready to clash with the coming army.

The Emperor Penguin, Draco, and all the others were also shooting forward with vigor as they finally got a chance to enter the same battlefield as their master!

The feelings they had currently were those of extreme happiness, the one wish that many of them longed for so long actually being achieved today.

OOOOOH!

Reverberations spread out across the void of space as essence converged in the bodies of hundreds of thousands, but all of this seemed minimal when one looked at the dark armored body of the 9th Infernal Lord that had begun releasing truly destructive dark rays of light from his hands.

RUMBLE!

The dark rays of light were rays of Aether that were drenched in the Law of Chaos, at their base having the terrible power of Aether that was backed by numerous support skills!

All of these support skills would make for a terrible sight as at first, 6 dark rays of light shot out and instantly neared 6 unlucky Celestials, their eyes filled with terror as because of already cast abilities like [Desecrate] and the numerous Domains that Noah had cast, they could not even move their energy to raise their defenses.

They watched with terror-filled eyes as the dark rays of light struck them, their bodies being hit with a violent energy that tore them all nearly in half as their lives were ended instantly from the combination of Aether and Chaos, those that were unlucky enough to not die being hit by the [Fatal Ailment Support] that caused the energy of Aether to ravage their bodies until they died!

But what was truly horrendous...was the scene that followed thereafter as from the bodies that looked like they had their strings cut, the dark rays that had hit them...actually snaked to nearby Celestials as if they had their own wills, as if they were somehow attracted to their bodies, swiftly connecting with the surrounding beings in a chain reaction!

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

The chain reaction looked like a dark line that zigzagged from one Celestial to another, each time it made a connection causing a being to face their death as a truly fear-inducing scene opened up in front of Noah's eyes.

From the 6 rays of Aether, more than 60 Celestials were hit and chained as they all died no matter if they were at the Void or Domain Realm, and Noah's body had already released more than 12 rays of Aether a second later as he constantly spammed the [Sever] ability!

WAA!

Grandmaster Onillus watched with a wrathful face as in the midst of Celestials, dark rays of chaotic essence that chained from one Celestial to another began to spread wildly, droves of Celestials dropping like flies thereafter as these rays seemed unstoppable.

"Vile Creature!"

He screamed put as his body glittered gold, in the space around him the appearance of ridiculously large golden spears came to life as they thundered towards the figure of the Infernal Lord.

The other two World Rank experts released their own attacks, space creaking as the energies of four World Rank experts were released in the surrounding space!

"Haha!"

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

Wild laughter was the only thing that met their attacks as Noah continued to release rays of Aether that chained from one Celestial to another, his happiness not just stemming from the beautiful ability, but because of the numbers of Fate Lines that had begun to shoot up rapidly!

The percentage under the Law of Fate constantly began to change in eyes as every moment a Celestial fell, it jumped higher and higher from the effect of [Fate Stealer].

RUMBLE!

The attacks of the three World Rank experts reached his heavily armored body as a majority of them were simply deflected off, only a few managing to even pierce the swirling armor of Chaos as they hit the Hydromancer's Mantle below that.

Onillus looked on with increasing fury as their attacks did not even reach the body of the Infernal, their bodies feeling pain in turn as they shockingly received Reflective damage from the abilities of Sea Domain! Onillus's body began shining even brighter as he healed himself and prepared to release an attack that could be considered an Ultimate one, his fury reaching insane levels as too many things he didn't understand occurred in this battle!

The defense of Noah that Onillus and the others were baffled by was actually something simple, as he was truly boosted by too many defensive abilities from his transformations, but especially the ones from Hydromancer's Mantle that tripled his defense in this area where he released [Sea Domain]. He was so reinforced that he would be shocked instead if the World Rank Celestials had managed to pierce his armor on the first try.

They had to put some time into it!

OOOOH!

"Ready to Serve!"

From the distance, the battle cries of the Infernals could be heard as Noah's hands continued to rain down dark rays of Aether that reaped the lives of Celestials every second, his body taking on numerous attacks from three World Rank experts as he was not bothered by it one bit.

It was a shocking scene in the battle field as one could observe a 250 meter tall figure reeling dark rays of light that wiped away hundreds of Celestials every few seconds, his body tanking the attacks of 3 other World Rank experts with ease as his chilling laugh of enjoyment rang out across the Void of space!

It was at this juncture that the bodies of the three Celestial Grandmasters shone the brightest, the varying number of Fate Lines in the millions rising from their bodies as behind the wild Infernal Lord, the palpating appearance of an enormous golden spear that was over one hundred meters materialized.

With Onillus at the center, the Celestial Grandmasters pooled in their essence to create a singular enormous spear from their combined powers, this single spear thundering down towards the Infernal Lord and finally tearing through his defenses as it rapidly rotated and drilled into his body with a splendor of gold, happy expression finally appearing in the eyes of the Grandmasters as they observed the spear to enter the chest of this Infernal Lord!

This was a spear that contained enormous amounts of the essence of Fate, something deadly to Infernal Lords that were drenched in the Law of Chaos. It pierced through the heavily armored chest of the Infernal Lord with its tip appearing drenched in blood clean through the opposite side.

With this attack, they had effectively heavily injured this monstrous figure, seeing a clear path ahead as he would be weakened to great degrees hereafter, right?

Right?!

"Haha!"

A wild laughter was all that met their happy expressions as even with an enormous spear piercing his chest, the mountainous Infernal Lord did not spit out blood or even stop the casting of his skills, the only thing changing being that his aura was becoming even more menacing, the Celestials not knowing they had pushed Noah to cast his next terrible skill.

He could be considered injured yes? So all he had to do was to heal himself. Now shockingly, there were a large number of beings running away from him that fit his requirements for healing very well, their minds already in disorder as he cast the wide area ability he had just gained for the first time.

It was an ability that would even cause the enthralled watching forces of the Dark Expanse feel shivers down their spine, an ability that would actually come to be commonly known in the future as one of the loved skills of the 9th Infernal Lord...it was [Domination]!

Chapter 486 Rivers of Blood in the Void of Space

The Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok was watching with squinting eyes at the live feed of the battle, his eyes honing in on the person that had taken a central position in this battle already, the being who could somehow cast abilities of Ancient Vampyres from a long forgotten era!

He watched with shocking eyes as an enormous golden spear pierced from the back and through the chest of the Infernal Lord, rising from his seat with worry for the battle as this was a lethal attack in his eyes.

The Infernal Lords were drenched in the law of chaos, and getting a spear filled with fate essence piercing their bodies like this meant they had taken heavy damage.

Yet under the eyes of many, the Infernal Lord actually laughed as his body was pierced through!

No scream of pain or wrath from taking heavy damage, but a laugh!

This was because his body was rapidly gaining more and more Fate Lines on top of the ones he already had, the law of fate having a home in his body- so how could it harm him in a lethal manner?

The injury was one he would consider light, but it was still an injury nonetheless so Noah chose a straightforward way to heal it. It was through...Domination!

[Domination] (5/5) :: The eyes of the Fledgling Blood Ancient release a dominating light that enthralls any with weak souls. The bodies of the dominated can then be controlled to either replenish the Blood Ancient with [Blood Bag], or deal damage to surrounding enemies by [Blood Bomb].

Under the watchful gazes of numerous beings, the appearance of red eyes beneath his armored head could be seen as a single word spread across the void of space with clarity!

[Domination].

RUMBLE!

On the 250 meter tall body, the dangerously bloody eyes were now particularly vibrant and visible, a red light releasing from them as it went on to sweep to the thousands of Celestials still remaining in the surroundings.

Vladivostok watched this light being released from this Infernal Lord as his body trembled, his heart having seen very few figures use such an ability in the past!

What Vladivostok didn't know was that this ability was not even passed down through Noah the normal way, but unlocked from his own methods through the unique Skill Points that made skill trees possible.

The trembling eyes of Vampyre Ruler watched on as anywhere the red light passed. The beings caught within began trembling as their eyes turned cloudy.

The three World Rank Celestials were also affected by this red light, but their bodies shone gold as they pushed it out and regained their clarity. The same could not be said for the numerous other Celestials though!

Anywhere the red light passed, the beings that could not fully defend their souls fell under the influence of [Domination] as their eyes turned glossy, their gazes turning blankly to the enormous Infernal Lord as he gave a single command in his mind to all those who had fallen under his control.

He could either choose Blood Bomb or Blood Bag, and he chose the latter as he found its effects did not defer too much from the former!

Numerous powerhouses watched on as the beings affected by the red light began ballooning up as something wriggled out of their bodies...each of them shockingly bursting into a shower of blood as a gory scene overtook the battlefield.

POP! POP! POP!

In the expansive void of space, one could hear a sound as if popcorn was popping loudly in a microwave, but the things popping were the powerful beings at the Void, Soul, and Domain Rank as regardless of their realm- if they fell under [Domination], their bodies ruptured in a shower of blood as it began flowing in a straight line towards a laughing Infernal Lord!

"Haha! Haha!"

The laugh reverberated throughout the void of space as many beings watched rivers of blood forming from the thousands of beings affected, the mouth of the Infernal Lord opened wide as these rivers of blood rushed in endlessly!

The ability of [Blood Gourmet] was amplified as Noah tested the blood of powerful beings in proportions he never before imagined, his mouth gulping down numerous times.

Among those watching, Vladivostok looked on in shock as he affirmed his thoughts about this Infernal Lord having traits of an Ancient Vampyre as he watched him devour rivers of blood, observing as his body began to shine a brilliant shade of red, the place where a golden spear had pierced beginning to wriggle and reform as the aura of tremendous life force leaked out.

It was life force from too many powerful beings that was absorbed by a single one, the sheer scope of it causing the entire battlefield to turn into a lul as the truly powerful beings pulled themselves back to observe the battlefield on a larger scale.

To their shock, they found that by the time that this Infernal Lord had teleported amidst the forces of the Celestials and the single minute that followed, he had gone off a reign of terror that had actually decimated more than half of all of the forces of Celestials that were on the battle field!

The eyes of Grandmaster Onillus turned crazy as he glanced around the battlefield and saw the empty void of space filled with bones, numerous Celestials that were not in the scope of influence of Domination still scrambling away fearfully.

Onillus realized that since the beginning of the battle, his forces and even himself had just been scrambling around the palm of this singular Infernal Lord, and more than half of all the Celestials brought to this War had already died in the span of less than a minute!

A minute!

RUMBLE!

The vibrant color of red shone luminously from the 250-meter mountainous body as a primal yell of enjoyment and destruction was released from Noah's mouth.

"OOOOOOHH!"

The roar echoed through out the void of space as the eardrums of weaker beings burst, the brilliantly red eyes of the Infernal Lord now turning to the wrathful expressions of three World Realm Celestial Grandmasters that could do nothing to stop him while he obliterated more than half of their forces.

As his cells screamed out from the enjoyment of devouring rivers of blood, his origin was screaming out joyfully as imperceptible wisps of gold light that signified the Fate Lines taken from all the Celestials he had defeated continued to enter his body!

When he observed the stat panel in the corner of his eyes, it shockingly showed constantly changing numbers that just continued to shoot higher and higher, the current total number of Fate Lines having already passed 1,582,295!

1,582,295!

Just from the massacre of thousands of Celestials from varying levels of Void to the Domain Expansion Realm, more than 1 million Fate Lines were added, his percentage in the Supreme Law of Fate quickly shooting past the 10% mark! In a matter of a single minute!

Ah!

Who could call themselves a genius in front of such a sight?!

Who could say they are talented in the Law of Fate if they knew what this single being had added more than a million Fate Lines in just a minute?!

Could the numerous exclamation points written even get across this point of grandiosity?!

It was ridiculous, improbable, and simply scary!

Noah's eyes that were filled with bloody fervor landed on the wrathful World Rank Celestial Grandmasters as his abilities finally moved towards them, his body rumbling with joy as he moved to singularly battle against three World Rank Experts!

Chapter 487 A Penguin Leads the Way!

As the shocking scenes around Noah continued to play out, with his mountainous figure now turning around to pay attention to the three World Rank Experts after he had erased more than half of all the Celestials on the battlefield, the battles between the other figures were also resuming or starting with intensity!

There were in total 7 World Rank Experts from the Celestial Legion, and as 3 of them had grouped up against the Infernal Lord, there were 4 freely running rampant as they collided with the forces of the Verittas Fortress.

Even though Noah had fully disrupted the battlefield, there were still hundreds of thousands of forces that moved forward under the command of those above them to clash with each other!

Among those moving, the single World Rank Expert that wasn't a Celestial, Master Brightstar, had a dark expression as his shining saber clashed against the magic of the Commanding Mage Turner.

The Commanding Mage had summoned a spectacular fire elemental that he stood on, blue and red flames equally covering this Elemental's body as Turner himself stood atop it releasing terrible spells of the Fire Element.

The tens of thousands of beings from the many Prime Worlds also came in contact with the opposing Mages that stood with Turner, beginning battles of their own as a chaotic battlefield fully bloomed in the void of space!

In another location, A World Rank Celestial Grandmaster clashed with the Dark Wizard Shanora, his cast of an enormous Blade of Liberation stopped by a floating Dark Golem that Shanora stood on with an enthralled gaze, her eyes occasionally going to the mountainous figure of the Infernal Lord as hidden thoughts coursed through her mind.

She waved her Wand towards the Celestial Grandmaster as spears of darkness bloomed in front of her, keeping this World Rank combatant busy as the Wizards around her also clashed with the forces of the Celestial Legion in the area.

Another World Rank Celestial was being kept busy by the shocked and buffed Royal Vampyre Rokku who was enjoying the boosts of the recently appearing blood moon in the void of space, his mind in disarray as he observed the abilities he had only heard about in history be utilized by an Infernal Lord!

The forces of Vampyres he had with him were actually holding the toughest and tightest defense against the Celestial Legion because of this unexpected boost that remained in the void of space, a blood world blooming from Rokku's hands as he prepared to trap the Celestial Grandmaster and finish him on his own turf.

Rooku, Shanora, and Turner were each able to match 3 World Rank Grandmasters, but this still left one Celestial Grandmaster running freely as no combatant of the same realm came to match him from the Verittas Fortress!

His eyes were cold as he carried with him two dual shining blades of light, cutting down lower ranked forces from the Dark Expanse like flies as he neared Verittas Fortress with tens of thousands of beings.

This gap in defense would be deadly if it wasn't quickly filled, and Commanding Mage Turner was about to send commands to distribute more forces to hold this rampant Grandmaster back which would cause more lives to be lost. But he did not get a chance to do so as in front of the advancing Grandmaster, the Infernal Legion appeared strongly, going towards the tens of thousands of beings as they released fearsome war cries!

"Ready to serve!"

OOOOH!

"Ready to destroy!"

OOOOH!

A clash instantly erupted as the Celestial Grandmaster raised his hands high and prepared to unleash deadly skills upon the Infernals that only had ten Domain Rank experts at their peak, but his gaze was filled with the appearance of new beings as he actually felt a threat appear in front of him.

His eyes squinted as he observed the figure of an armored penguin appear, his body reacting to the aura of chaos released from this penguin as even more figures with similar auras appeared around him.

The other two were women, one tall with long legs and the other with a shorter stature, but their bodies still released the dreadful aura of Chaos! The Grandmaster could actually observe particles of chaos rotating around the bodies of the three figures akin to that of a storm, and it was this that made his body feel a threat!

These three figures were further reinforced as Kazuhiko, the Imperial Phoenix, the Kraken, and numerous other Spiritual World beasts appeared and surrounded the World Rank expert.

The others were either adorned in armors that actually released an aura of fate or had an aura of Infernals, their eyes locking towards the singular Celestial Grandmaster as they boldly prepared to stand against a being an entire realm above theirs!

Such a feat was normally left to their Master, and it became even harder when one reached the peak levels where the gap between realms just seemed like an expansive gulf that could never be crossed.

But they were confident enough to do it, and it was because each of them was receiving incredible boosts from two Guider Type Abilities! They were given boosts to their attack and defenses in the hundreds of percentages with the [Golden Guider] and [Dark Guider] abilities, their bodies also carrying with them the stable aura of both Chaos and Fate as they raised their weapons towards the powerful expert with no fear!

RAA! RAA! RAA!

A battle cry was released from the Emperor Penguin as he used the 6 Piece Set Bonus to the fullest and let loose the Chaos Storm, Elena and Barbatos doing the same as they layered three terrible storms of chaos to descend onto the battlefield. These three would act as the close combat fighters, with the others releasing attacks from the distance as they all worked together for the goal of bringing down a being at the World Realm, a being holding the strength of an entire World!

But their confidence did not just come from their new boosts and Item Sets, it also came from the knowledge that a few of them held abilities from the Seven Deadly Sins.

The first ability that gave them all confidence was one held by the Emperor Penguin, the holder of the Sin of Pride. It was [Pride Embodiment]!

[Pride Embodiment]- When meeting foes holding a higher level of strength, the user gains the power of hubris itself. This power can be used to strengthen attacks or defenses. The level of enhancement is dependent on the true pride lying deep in the user's heart, which could be nurtured to grow so large that nothing is allowed to overshadow it!

RUMBLE!

This single ability caused the aura of the Emperor Penguin to continue to rise nonsensically, his body ballooning more and more as his beady eyes shining with gold splendor, [Aura of Pride] also being on full display.

With [Pride Embodiment] as well as his Item Set and boosts from the two spectacular Guider Abilities, he was confident of being able to withstand the power of this World Realm expert and act as a tank for the others!

RAA!

Chapter 488 So What?!

As the Emperor Penguin looked forth arrogantly, his body rushed towards the Celestial Grandmaster with no fear in his eyes as he chose the straightforward method of attacking.

But one should not forget that the holders of Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, and Greed that four Harbingers held were also present in this battle!

Kazuhiko's eyes flashed as he used [Emperor of Greed], the two golden swords in the hand of the Grandmaster that were going to meet the dark scimitar flashing towards him from the arrogant penguin actually disappearing, the two glowing blades appearing in Kazuhiko's hands as they changed ownership!

His body shone with the luminous gold splendor of the Item Set that released strong waves of Fate Essence as he struck forth with his newly gained weapons.

The Kraken felt the enormous amounts of wrath in the battlefield as it used [Wrath Absorption], [Rage Empowerment], [Anger Avatar], and [Fury Channeling] consecutively, its wriggling body expanding rapidly as visible rays of destructive red light shot forth from it. Its anger, its misgivings, all the unfairness it felt in the past- it released it all as a deadlier attack than any that had come before!

The Imperial Phoenix and Barbatos waited for a prime opportunity to utilize their own ultimate skills as they leashed out attacks of their own, these Harbingers actually taking and controlling the pace of the battle against a being an entire rank above them as they fought in a fashion never before seen.

Aside from the Harbingers and other beasts surrounding the World Rank Grandmaster, a particularly mountainous Draconic Fire Behemoth, the young dragon Draco, was breaking the sound barrier and swallowing the figures of celestials and any that came around him whole, his huge figure moving through the void of space with utter impunity!

ROAAR!

The eyes watching from the shadows looked on in shock at this sight as in a grand hall that Edrusim was in with many Mages who were monitoring the state of the battle, bustling discussions occurred as they observed the spectacular scenes playing throughout.

"Even if it is in groups...being able to withstand a being an entire realm higher is exemplary!"

"Exemplary? It shouldn't even be possible!"

"...just who are these armored beings the Infernal Lord released?"

Numerous questions and discussions took place as the pace of battle was analyzed, the appearance of beings with spectacular Item Sets that showed off improbable levels of strength for the realms they were in taking the attention of many.

But the singular figure that remained at the center of attention for everything was the Infernal Lord himself, the being that was standing against three World Rank Celestials!

BOOM!

His mountainous figure waved the dangerously shining Trident of the Sea to sweep down at Grandmaster Onillus, who in turn stood firm as he projected a transparent golden shield that was shattered at the moment of impact!

The other two Grandmasters rained down golden spears and Blades of Liberation as they also released pure Fate Essence in efforts to overwhelm the chaotic Infernal Lord, but they found that even when his body was bathed in the golden aura of fate, he didn't seem to be taking any injuries!

[Armageddon].

They heard a simple word that was followed by the shaking of space itself, the blue region filled with the [Sea Domain] around them turning a tinge of red as it turned hellishly hot in a matter of seconds.

Above them, the appearance of Flaming asteroids rushed towards the golden shining World Rank Celestials as their expressions hardened, using the profound power in their bodies to reinforce their defenses so they could withstand the hellish environment while surviving the attacks of the Infernal Lord.

It was a battle of three World Rank Celestials against a single World Rank Infernal Lord, and yet it was the three Grandmasters that were actually at a disadvantage as the Infernal Lord continued to senselessly release skill after skill as if his energy reserves had no limit!

So what if it was three World Rank Experts?!

So what if they each had Fate Lines in the millions?!

Against his own power that was boosted multiple times over by numerous skill trees and items, Noah could arrogantly ask- So What?!

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

Numerous rays of dark colored Aether were released from him as they smashed onto the body of Onillus, and then went on to chain to the two Grandmasters near him before they returned to chain to Onillus again, over and over!

They had a powerful golden aura of fate protecting their bodies, but every time an Aether ray chained between their bodies, this protective layer got thinner and thinner as their faces became more and more serious!

[Ice Age].

After using the [Armageddon] ability from the Herald of Fire, Noah vastly changed the surrounding environment once more as he brought in the polar opposite, using the ability from the Herald of Water that causes the temperature of the surrounding regions to go towards absolute zero, shimmering white frost spreading out with him at the center as the Grandmasters were hit with yet another debilitating attack.

"Wretched devil!"

Grandmaster Onillus howled forth while expanding more and more energy to protect himself, numerous attacks smashing into Noah's body as bursts of armor erupted out, any strike that actually landed on his body only drawing minor injuries.

Noah paid no attention to their attacks as whenever he became even remotely injured, he uttered a few words to cast yet another ability from the Herald of Flames, it was [Rejuvenating Flames] that caused gold-colored Flames to appear next to his injuries as they became rapidly healed thereafter, his dominance over the pace of the battle field continuing!

A wide array of resplendent abilities continued to release from his body as he continued to stand against and even overwhelm the World Rank Experts, throwing out Chaos Orbs or miniaturized Shattered Stars while continuing to chain chaos-filled Aether rays between them to constantly rip apart their defenses and wear down their energy.

From the wrathful eyes of the three Grandmasters, one could see a tinge of fear appearing as they fully realized the pace of the battle as the momentum of the Infernal Lord in front of them just continued to shoot higher, a single thought crossing their minds that began to only expedite the fear!

'Are we...are we actually going to lose?'

...!

Chapter 489 Overkill I

The watchers that were observing this first battle of a long war actually watched on in stunned silence at the scenes playing themselves out in front of their eyes.

Some portions of the battlefield could be considered what one should normally expect in a war, with beings of opposing but similar levels of power fighting against each other until the other side came out on top.

Yet on other portions of the battlefield, the things they were seeing were enough to shatter any known norms!

In one area, an Infernal Legion was cutting down any beings they came across as they sang a symphony of destruction with every swing of their weapons, their path paved wide open with nobody from the Celestial Legion to stop them as shockingly, the last World Rank Celestial Grandmaster was actually being held back in a tight battle against multiple Domain Rank armored beings!

RAA! RAA! RAA!

An Emperor Penguin valiantly took the strikes that held behind them the force of an entire World as he retaliated, his body shimmering with the dark aura of the Chaos Item Set while a Chaos Storm raged around him.

It was tinged with wisps of gold as the immense aura of Pride also leaked out, the abilities of the Sin of Pride being put in full display as his very being was amplified to greater heights because he stood against an enemy a level higher than him!

Kazuhiko and the other Harbingers used the gaps created by the Emperor Penguin to land terrible attacks as those who adorned the Fate Chaos Sets, in particular, were using the Set Boost to build up Fate Charges, and allowing for the appearance of numerous blades of liberation that should have been colored gold, but they held a mix of darkness as the abundant chaos essence they had from the Dark Guider ability freely flowed to their attacks.

The World Rank Expert had no chance to slack off as he withstood attacks left and right, but this wasn't the most shocking scene that was occurring across this battlefield!

The ongoing battle of an enormous Infernal Lord that towered over 250 meters, his body clad in an armor releasing wisps of chaos as well as the emission of baleful Aether- it was the battle with this single being at the center that took all the attention as he wildly fought against 3 beings at the same realm as him.

WAA!

The enormous trident he wielded smashed down towards the central figure of Onillus as the Grandmaster released Fate Essence to form into the shape of huge golden palms, his Fate Lines rumbling as the two palms grasped onto and stopped the descent of the vibrating weapon!

The other Grandmaster tried to use this chance to send out deadly attacks, but they seemed to simply be getting brushed off on the body of the mountainous figure as the numerous layers of armor he had on did almost all of the defending on his behalf.

The eyes of the Grandmasters held a tinge of unwilling fear as they knew what all of the far away watching forces knew as the battle continued- the three of them were actually on the path of a terrible defeat!

The Infernal Lord in front of them seemed to be jumping with boundless energy, his attacks relentless as he released one after another without any reservations. While on their side, their defenses were getting weaker and weaker as the abundant energy in their bodies was actually becoming depleted.

This meant that in the next few minutes, they would begin falling one by one if nothing changed!

Onillus knew this very well as his eyes battled the fear out to try and replace it with fury, his unwilling voice resounding out as his body began to burn a brilliant and even brighter gold color.

"Burn your Soul!"

"...!"

Unwilling looks appeared on the faces of the other two Grandmasters at these words, but they seemed to have no choice as they went to the only option that could provide them a possible victory- but at the cost of their burning their very Origins and heavily reducing their level of power permanently!

"Burn the Soul!"

"Ignite your Origin!"

RUMBLE!

They adopted valiant faces as the strong aura of fate descended towards them, their power beginning to rise rapidly as they prepared to release attacks more powerful than any they had been releasing in the past hour.

But would they really be given a chance?

For the first time ever, Noah had a cruel smile as he drenched himself in the aura of Chaos and baleful Aether, enjoying the all-around feeling of power as he went on to cast only 2 skills that would go on to figuratively cause the jaws of all those watching to drop to the floor.

The 2 skills were actually Unique Skills, ones that he had gained months ago when battling against the Demon Lords and Demon Kings of a now subjugated world.

He had not put them to much use in the past months as he had designated them to the constructed dungeons of his homeworld, their uses being further limited as they truly only worked best when he was battling enemies at the same realm as him. But any time in the past few months, he had always faced enemies that were a realm or two higher, the effectiveness of the two unique skills not being able to add much as he left them to continue their assigned tasks in his home world.

But now that he was at the World Rank, a rank that only true experts in the Novus Galaxy could enjoy, he saw himself putting these skills to use more and more in the future as he continued to test their effectiveness as well as their limitations!

RUMBLE!

Essence wildly erupted as his lips silently moved, the energy that the three Celestial Grandmasters were collecting being blown apart as around them, the figures of oppressively powerful beings were summoned with ease!

Two were large and fearsome, their bodies reeking of darkness as their eyes shone red, and three were actually fairly small and had curvaceous figures with their bodies palpating with wicked strength.

The jaws of many beings figuratively dropped to the floor with the appearance of these five figures as each of them...held the power of the World Realm!

What followed thereafter...was simply overkill!

Chapter 490 Overkill II

Overkill!

Overkill to an insane degree as with the appearance of 5 new World Rank Experts, all color drained from the faces of the Celestial Grandmasters.

The ones that were in their own battles against the Experts of the Verittas Fortress or the single World Rank Celestial that was actually in a sorry state while being matched against an arrogant Emperor Penguin and other armored beasts- none of them could provide any help and support as they watched on helplessly!

This was because the worlds were many, the Novus Galaxy being extremely wide. So many beings knew that many skills existed all around, but even they had not yet come across the abilities that this Infernal Lord portrayed, especially ones that allowed him to simply summon 5 combatants at the World Realm.

Many were first asking themselves, what kind of an ability was that? But the most important question to them was the natural universal law that required essence in exchange for abilities, so they knew that logically to somehow summon creatures at the level of the World Realm, the mana requirement was enormous! How could this being that was already releasing skills as freely as he could over the past hour still be able to do something as ridiculous as this?!

As the shock of those watching only increased, the beings in the actual predicament were trembling as the 5 summoned creatures at the World Rank released attacks towards them right away.

Noah himself did not relent as he went for a joined attack that would obliterate the three Grandmasters instantly, his eyes glistening as destructive Portals of Terror began to appear en masse in a circular fashion around their figures. This was on top of the rays of Dark Aether that were also thundering down, ready to chain between the bodies of the three Grandmasters as many times as they could!

Many beings watched the unfolding of all of these skills as if they were in slow motion, the other fighting Celestials trying to make their way over to the position of the Infernal Lord, but they were kept at bay by their enemies so they could only watch!

BOOOOM!

A space rending cry erupted out as the eardrums of any nearby beings burst, the weaker ones dying from the impact right away as their brains turned to mush.

"..."

Silence reigned in the battlefield as the surrounding miles around the Infernal Lord were eerily quiet. A mountainous Infernal Lord of over 250 meters floated in space, surrounded by two Abyss Phoenixes and 3 World Rank Witch Slaves. In the mile around them, only the bloodied and lifeless bodies of numerous beings floated in the void of space.

"..."

The silence continued as the destructive energies around them cleared, the scene of where the three World Grandmaster used to be opening itself to the eyes of many as a horrendous sight played out. Portions of dismembered body parts could be seen in a gory show of blood and bones, the only thing remotely recognizable remaining being the disfigured body of Grandmaster Onillus.

He had lost half of his body as one could notice distinct golden lines of fate trying to recreate the other half unsuccessfully, his bloody mouth where a few teeth remained moving in an incoherent fashion as only the nearest being, Noah, could hear what he was saying.

"...my name...was going to spread across the...Novus Galaxy."

Noah's eyes coldly glanced at the World Rank Grandmaster that had appeared in the skies of the Celestial Realm not even two weeks ago. He was a whole realm higher than him then, with his strength seeming oppressive and out of reach. Yet this same being was lying disfigured in the void of space just a few days later, the time of his death nearing, and by his hands at that!

"I- I read the flow of fate...it is not supposed to go this way..."

The words seemed to be coming from a being that had his soul taken away, seeming devoid of any feeling and emotion as they just felt like ramblings. Noah looked forth as his eyes turned bright red, casting the wondrous ability of [Domination] on this heavily injured being as he spoke out.

"Your name will not be remembered, and things rarely go the way we plan. You can die knowing you achieved nothing."

The light of Domination erupted out as it reflected on Onillus's dead eyes, his muscles spasming as they calmed down completely thereafter, his soul completely being dominated!

Noah's eyes then shone once more as he gave a command, the body of the World Rank Celestial Grandmaster exploding in a shower of blood that soon flowed towards him enticingly!

Celestials and those from the Dark Expanse alike watched in shock and horror as in a matter of minutes, three World Rank Experts were completely decimated, all that remained of them being bits of blood and bones.

...!

Chapter 491 A Grand Symphony of Chaos I

The death of three World Rank Experts all at once carried a heavy toll for the Celestial Legion, the eerie silence continuing for a few seconds before they all saw the body of the Infernal Lord...actually vibrating as it began to release an even more fearsome aura of power.

Incredulous looks appeared on Commanding Mage Turner and on the expressions of many of the beings of the battlefield, their faces simply carrying sheer disbelief and confusion at this point!

What they didn't know was that the burst of power from Noah was coming from the fact that he was at this moment gaining hundreds of thousands of Fate Lines all at once from the deaths of the three World Rank Celestial Grandmasters!

This immense flow of strength that was given as comprehension of a Supreme Law made his already fearsome power feel even more oppressive, as the number he was gaining all at once was simply too much.

From Onillus alone, he was a being that held 3,505,800 Fate Lines. 12% of this was 420,696.

420,696 Fate Lines from Onillus alone!

The other two Grandmasters had Fate Lines ranging slightly above 2 million, each of them giving Noah around 300,000 Fate Lines. This was an addition of more than 1 million Fate Lines instantly, increasing the percentage next to the Law of Fate by another 10% as it now stood at 28%!

And this was only mentioning the benefits in the Law of Fate. There were also the invisible streams of light that was the loot from the bodies of the three World Rank beings that shot forth into Noah's [Expansive Space] right away, granting him numerous World Rank Cores and techniques of the same realm. There was also the disorder caused by the death of these three beings bringing their own bursts of chaos as numerous Chaos Particles were converging towards Noah senselessly.

OOOOH!

The eerie silence everyone was enthralled in was broken as the Infernal Legion felt the grand movement of chaos energies, their bodies calling forth for more destruction as they resumed their slaughter!

"Ready to Serve!" "Ready to Destroy!"

RUMBLE!

Everyone was soon returned to the foray of the battlefield as the forces of the Celestial Legion were now fighting disorderly, the loss of three Grandmasters being horrendous.

RAA! RAA! RAA!

The Emperor Penguin moved with even more vigor when he saw his Master had taken down 3 World Rank Experts, his only thoughts at the moment being,

'Am I so weak that I cannot kill even one?!'

RAA!

His attacks became more relentless as the other Harbingers piled on with even more vigor, the four remaining Celestial Grandmasters finding themselves in tight battles as their hearts were now filled with terror!

This was because they knew that the single Infernal Lord who had taken down three of them was now free and alone on the battle field.

This meant...he would be moving to choose his next targets soon, and this act would hit the nail in the coffin for this battle!

It was even more horrendous as ridiculously, there were 5 figures at the World Rank standing protectively around the Infernal Lord who at this moment...raised his head as his eyes shone a splendor of deep red.

His body felt vigorous and coursing with strength, the feeling of nearing the 50% mark of a Supreme Law, even if 22% remained to get there, made him tremble with excitement as his eyes scanned the battlefield.

He saw the figures of fighting Harbingers, the Dark Wizard Shanora, Commanding Mage Turner, and even the Royal Vampyre Rokku. All of them were fighting their own battles as Noah had already finished his!

His eyes then turned to the scrambling remaining forces of Celestials that were near their Prime Warships, some of them already rushing towards them as fear had overcome them and they wanted to run.

His lips curled up in a smile as he did not want to let any loot escape his grasp, the cruel thought he had causing his body to teleport right away towards the Prime Warships that could destroy Worlds while sending commands to the Primal Spirits and Witch Slaves to go to different directions!

The fearfully scrambling figures of Celestials rushing to their Warships felt the descent of the overpowering aura as space instantly became destabilized, chaos beginning to rain down as a grand symphony of chaos continued!

The forces from the numerous Prime World watched on helplessly as even the beings that had taken them from their homes to fight were trying to flee, yet what could they do?

Defectors had already started to appear as they laid down their weapons when faced by the tens of thousands of forces from the Dark Expanse, with others being unlucky as those that were against the Infernal Legion or the terrible dragon Draco were cut down no matter if they were holding weapons or not!

This was a war, and war...War never changes!

It was a scene of carnage that one could call cruel, but it caused the battlefield to become even more bloody as in one region, another Grandmaster was about to fall.

The World Rank Expert surrounded by an arrogant Emperor Penguin and other armored figures had expended nearly all of his energy, his expression that of hopelessness as the battle was nearing its end the moment a World Rank Witch Slave began to head his way!

He began burning his Soul unwillingly for more strength, but this was the time when tens of Blades of Liberation from the Fate Item Sets that Kazuhiko and the others wore rushed down, as well as blinding suns from the Emperor Penguin, and numerous other final attacks raining down as the Harbingers wanted to finish the battle before the aid of their Master could even arrive.

BOOM!

The life of another World Rank Celestial Grandmaster was ended as the loot from him was distributed in rapid forms of light that shot into the bodies of those that had been attacking him, the ones dealing the most damage receiving Skill Books of the World Rank as well as Cores of the same level!

RAAA!

A victorious cry emerged from a particular Emperor Penguin as it spread across the void of space and acted like the sound of the horn of the end for the Celestial Legion!

Chapter 492 A Grand Symphony of Chaos II

The Founder was still calmly enjoying exquisite meats that came from the bodies of Supreme Behemoths while he sat alone in the expansive golden hall atop a regal chair.

As he saw the chaotic scenes of the battle where three World Rank Celestial Grandmasters had just lost their lives, all he did was pause briefly before bringing another piece of a glistening thigh towards his mouth, his mouth slowly moving in a soliloquy thereafter!

"I see. So that's what that feeling was all about."

His gaze was as apathetic as ever as he nodded, his eyes shining gold as they focused on the figure of the Infernal Lord that was now going around destroying the Prime Warships and any of those that wanted to board them, the eyes of the Founder also focusing on the figures of World Rank beings summoned by the Infernal Lord as the golden light only became brighter.

"The coming of this so-called 9th Infernal Lord was touted as such a big thing by Fate, that his appearance meant the beginning of the Last War and blah blah blah. But isn't this just subpar?"

Shocking words of extreme disdain released from him easily as his eyes observed the movements of the Infernal Lord and uncovered numerous secrets!

"Proficient in multiple laws, sure. Transformation abilities to boost his power output, and he's even dabbling in the law of fate as well. All made possible by your intrusion I'm sure, but the final attack he used to take out those three weaklings is just a failure, don't you think?"

It felt like he was talking to himself, yet he also wasn't at the same time as his eyes shone with splendor, analyzing things in a manner that very few would be able to in their entire lifetimes!

"A final skill that summons 5 beings at the same rank as himself. Seems scary enough, but if you peel through all the bravado and falsehoods...you can see that these beings are simply husks with no souls nor any accomplishments in the universal laws. If this creature you've made ever comes near me with such failure of abilities, he'll die right away you know? Although the abilities stemming from the law of Chaos seem proficient enough, but this really is a waste of my forces to test what exactly you would throw at me as I begin this Last War."

Words that would cause the sent Celestials to despair released from him, his thoughts revealing this initial Legion sent forth into the Dark Expanse being only a test to observe exactly what was in store for the coming war!

"I must say, it was thoroughly disappointing. At this point, I think your best bet would have been to strengthen the old Infernal Lords and bring a few more of them up to the Nebula Realm. Maybe then they could match me in a worthy final battle before I break out of this cage. But this little present you've prepared? Hah!"

Contempt was vibrant on his face as mysteries unknown to many unfolded from him, a slight smile appearing on his apathetic face as he enjoyed his sumptuous meal while watching a battle where thousands of beings from the Light Expanse and hundreds of his Celestials were dying every second!

Yet as all of this continued, indistinct Fate Line after Fate Lines were descending from the skies and coming to tightly wrap around him, his gaze not leaving the feed showing what was occurring at the Verittas Fortress as the decimation of his forces continued!

"Your earlier moves were very cunning. Using love to turn one of my brothers against me and making the other lose all hope as he senselessly wanders along the Letalis Expanse. But this 9th Infernal Lord that Fate is being all bubbly about...ah let's just watch and see, maybe there is still something I haven't seen hmm?"

The apathetic founder continued on with his monologues in the Celestial Realm as in a completely different location, in one of the most hellish Infernal Realms where the powerful Infernal Lords resided, a singular figure clad in a white robe was floating peacefully in the blazing red skies, their gaze happily watching a similar scene as the Founder as they observed with great interest!

The figure was dressed in a white robe that was an extremely stark contrast with the hellish and chaotic atmosphere of the Infernal Realm, but it seemed to be very fitting as it matched the flowing white hair and blue eyes of this being, the happy smile being one that would cause the hearts of many to flutter.

"Not too shabby, but still a long way to go."

A clear and sonorous voice rang out from her as she changed her position, waving her hands towards the illusory screen showing the ongoing battle as it faded. To her, this battle was already considered finished, all that was left thereafter being the unfortunate scene of Chaos that came from these wars, blood continuing to flow freely in the vast expanse of space.

For the truly powerful figures of the Novus Galaxy that bothered to watch the scenes at the Verittas Fortress, the first battle of the long coming war was effectively over, and they had discerned a few important things from it.

One was the appearance of the 9th Infernal Lord foretold by Fate, the other was naturally the directions of the winds of victory of this war actually going to the side nobody expected- the Dark Expanse!

In the first battle initiated by the Celestials, it actually looked like they would be taking a huge loss!

The Grand Mage Edrusim was watching the ongoing scenes of the battle with a shocked smile as he laughed jovially, the Mage's Tower he was in turning particularly rowdy as they observed the happenings of the Verittas Fortress.

In another location, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok should have also been happy, but he held a troubled expression as he saw the power of this Infernal Lord that was somehow connected to the Vampyre Ancestors.

He had to find out exactly what was going on around this issue, steeling his heart as his power at the Star Forging Realm exploded, setting out to confront this Infernal Lord right away for answers!

Some were joyful, some gaining a new sense of fear, but the results remained the same.

Back in the battlefield, the symphony of Chaos continued as Noah spread his senses out wide, sweeping it across the void of space as he confirmed not a single Celestial remained.

Complete massacre!

OOOH!

He sent a command to the Infernal Legion to stand down and stop needlessly taking the lives of the surrendering beings of the Prime Worlds that accompanied the Celestial Legion, his body that was thrumming with power settling down as he looked around to the only places where battles were still ongoing.

Only the single Celestial Grandmaster matched against the Dark Wizard Shanora still stood, all the other World Rank Grandmasters facing their death! It was actually Grandmaster Ramiel who controlled the 7th Celestial Star, his character being so meaningless that he was only being mentioned now, his defeat not even needing to be expressed with more words!

The only other World Rank Expert that stemmed from the Prime Worlds, Master Brightstar, had surrendered with his gaze that of confusion and despair as Commanding Mage Turner had his essence tightly binding him.

The World Rank Summons that Noah commanded had helped rapidly bring the battlefield into order, their entrance accelerating and stopping most of the battles as only a single World Rank Grandmaster remained, the gaze of Ramiel being that of despair as he felt the auras of numerous World Rank beings coming towards him!

Noah's eyes focused on this remaining World Rank Grandmaster as his figure teleported right away, intent on fully finishing this grand battle as he counted the enormous gains!

Chapter 493 Weak!

The last World Rank Grandmaster from the Celestial Legion fell as the 9th Infernal Lord himself appeared hungrily in its hopeless battle with the reinforced Dark Wizard Shanora, the enormous palms of the Infernal Lord coming forth as they grasped onto the fearful body of the being that had all of his energy spent with his eyes shining the light of [Domination].

The World Rank Celestial that was already heavily exhausted stopped struggling in his palms as he pressed down, the uncomfortable sound of flesh and bones creaking ringing out as it resoundingly closed the chapter on the strongest opposing beings of this battle!

OOOOH!

"Ready to Serve!"

OOOOH!

"Ready to Destroy!"

OOOOH!

A cacophony of noises from the Infernal Legion was the only thing ringing out as others simply stared around in confusion, happiness, fearfulness, and terror!

Noah's mountainous body rose high as the vibrant yells of the Infernals were all that reverberated, his gaze arrogantly overlooking the battlefield and the portions where thousands of golden robed Celestials were lifelessly floating.

He then looked towards the few Prime Warships that he had not destroyed as his figure rose towards them, his grandeur causing even the chanting Infernals to come to stop as his gaze stared towards the Warships...as if he could see the beings that were peering in!

Commanding Mage Turner looked towards this Infernal Lord with a shocked expression as he and many others knew what was about to happen as this powerful being looked out into the void of space. Did he...really plan to address the powerful experts watching this battle? Was he going to give a speech to boast of his victory while slapping the face of the higher ups among the Celestials?!

They watched with bated breaths as they waited to hear the words that this Infernal Lord would use to address the watching Celestials. The armored figure's eyes shone a luminous red splendor as he opened his mouth and spoke in an extremely domineering and reckless manner.

"Weak."

RUMBLE!

...!

Only a single word!

Weak!

A single word that was filled with arrogance and disdain, but it carried with it immense meaning as it shook the minds of all those that heard it, the Infernal Lord teleporting thereafter as he did not even bother to speak a single more word!

"..."

OOOOOH!

The feeling of victory only came after this shocking statement as many beings looked at each other.

"We won..."

"We won!"

"Victorious!"

Only after a while did the feelings of victory permeate throughout the forces of the Verittas Fortress, their gazes unbelievingly staring at each other as they hugged those near.

This was because for many of them, they had inscribed the terror of Celestials into their hearts, and knew that in this battle, they were very likely to die very cruel deaths!

Yet it was not them who had this fate today, but the Celestials themselves. The yells of Victors spread throughout the battlefield as those who surrendered stayed as quiet as possible, awaiting to see exactly what their fate would be.

The World Rank Experts fighting for the Verittas Fortress looked towards the mountainous Infernal Lord that was now waving his hands, the summoned World Rank beings leaving their sight as they then observed with shining eyes as he teleported around the void of space where tens of thousands of bodies of defeated Celestials and beings from the numerous Prime Worlds laid.

They saw the Infernal Lord appear beside these bodies as a red light erupted from him and washed over the bodies in droves, their eyes not fully understanding what they were seeing, but they prepared to take a look at their forces as well as the surrendering beings that numbered in the tens of thousands from numerous Prime Worlds of Light Expanse.

The red light they saw shining as Noah moved across the void of space littered with body was actually just him reading the memories of the dead beings, his mind already planning ahead multiple steps as the memories of thousands were something extremely valuable that he was planning on using in the near future!

His body continued to feel the descent of numerous Fate Lines and Chaos Particles, but his Fate Lines were so far ahead and still constantly changing that he felt his progression in the Law of Chaos would be left in the dust if he didn't find a way to rapidly move the progression along like in the Law of Fate.

He glanced at his Stat Panel briefly as he teleported across the battlefield and read the memories of tens of thousands of dead beings, numerous unknown thoughts moving through him!

[Noah Osmont][Title(s): Infernal Lord(Variant)]

[Bloodline(s): Vampyre Progenitor(Awakening)]

[Fate Line(s) : 3,109,498]

[Chaos Particle(s) : 794,362]

[Origin Core(s) : Fire-3, Water-3]

[Domain(s) : Fate,Chaos, Space, Fire, Water]

[Vitality: WORLD]

[Focus: - ]

[Strength: WORLD]

[Law(s) : Fate-31%,Chaos-7.9%,Space-8%, Fire-37%, Water-37%]

His Fate Lines had ridiculously risen by more than 2 million in just this single battle, his heart seeing this as the biggest boon as it actually made him look forward to even more battles like this!

The number of Chaos Particles had stably rocketed to close to 800,000, their number also rising rapidly from the chaos and destruction that was carried out in this battle.

RAA! RAA!

The Emperor Penguin was arrogantly rising in the void of space victoriously as he was followed by the other Harbingers and a mountainous Draco, their eyes set on their Master as he moved across the void of space collecting the memories of thousands.

They weren't the only ones watching closely, the World Rank Royal Vampyre Rokku along with his forces...were also looking towards him with a difficult expression!

This was because they saw too many things that pointed to secrets of Ancient Vampyres from this Infernal Lord, but they couldn't bring themselves to go forward and ask as the oppressive air this Infernal Lord released was heavy.

They also had a sense of intuition that told them...something big would change the moment they wanted this mystery to be addressed!

But the current forces of Vampyres at the Verittas Fortress did not have to fear, because the Vampyre Ruler himself, the being that oversaw the many Vampyre Clans in the Dark Expanse...was rushing over here at this instant to solve this mystery himself!

Chapter 494 At least it will be fun!

In the unknown location in the Celestial Realm, the Founder wiped his mouth with a sigh of contentment reminiscent of someone that had a really good meal, his eyes watching the fading figure of the Infernal Lord as the battle at the Verittas Fortress wrapped up.

To him, this event actually did not seem to hold much significance, the biggest emotion he released out of all it actually stemming from the lustrous meats of the Supreme Behemoths he was enjoying while watching the battle!

"Weak, huh?"

He held a smiling expression that looked extremely eerie with his eyes that never released an ounce of emotion themselves, numerous thoughts crossing his mind as he thought about his life.

Weakness...was actually not a familiar feeling for him, his heart not having felt it for quite some time!

Even now he only curiously thought about it, as it was not even in his mind that he would ever feel such an emotion again. This was because he knew too many things! He had achieved too much! Lastly...he had a very clear goal that was very much within his reach!

Thus, fear was not something that he ever thought about, this recent loss at the Verittas Fortress only further giving him more information that would go towards building the future he wanted to create.

"With such a character of an Infernal Lord joining in, at least it will be fun."

He left behind such words as his figure turned into particles of light, moving from this location to another as he went to lead his people that were currently reeling from the shock of a loss right now!

The Celestials across the numerous Celestial Stars were receiving the news or had watched it with their own eyes in anger and horror, watching the complete obliteration of their forces as not a single one of them managed to return.

The Celestials in the 7th Celestial Star were left without a leader momentarily, Grandmaster Ramiel's life being taken as easily as all the other Grandmasters. This student that had left a golden prison deep beneath this Celestial Star...would never get to return as he faced eternal darkness!

In the hidden underground prison on this 7th Celestial Star, the pierced figure who had revealed himself as the Karmic Sect Leader to Noah, also the being that was known as one of the Founders of the Celestials- was actually sighing with a sad smile as he sensed the passing of his disciple.

"Which one of us ever knows what fate has in store?"

He posed a question to nobody as on this particular day, his face was brighter than normal. This was because what little calculations he could do right now told him that with the beginning of the Last War...fate was moving rapidly once more as the shackles that bound him would soon be no more.

The person responsible for releasing him had taken his time, but one could never rush the workings of fate, as things would always occur when they were meant to.

He was reminiscing in his golden prison when at the next moment, he heard bustling movements beginning to spread out all around the 7th Celestial Star, the beings dwelling within moving with vigor as his ears perked up.

What the chained being found was the forces of this Celestial Star being riled up, having received commands that came directly from the Founder for them to prepare! His eyes shone with a bright light as he continued to observe the happenings of this Celestial Star, trying to foresee the future as this incidence was not just occurring on the 7th Celestial Star!

All across the Light Expanse and in the Celestial Realm, the millions of Celestials had received a single command from the Founder in response to the colossal first loss at the Verittas Fortress. That command was for all of them to prepare and be ready!

For the sake of bringing Order and Balance in the Universe, the loss of a single Celestial Legion could be overlooked. What they needed to do now was prepare to not just send out a single Legion, but form hundreds of Celestial Legions that would be placed under the command of worthy Generals.

In the mind of the Founder, the inconsequential loss at the Verittas Fortress was nothing, and the full war would begin soon as movements were underway to move billions of forces from the Light Expanse, place them into hundreds of Legions under the command of Celestials, and then use this terrifying force to head towards the Dark Expanse.

What was happening now was them entering into a period of an actual full scale war, a war of attrition that would span for who knew how long!

RUMBLE!

Waves of fate and chaos continued to flow through the river of time, the tides of war being fanned as those in the Dark Expanse knew what was coming.

The Grand Mage Edrusim and the Infernal Lords knew full well the strength of the Celestials, their forces being prepared in earnest as they did not let this single victory lul them into a feeling of power.

It was not a single victory that would decide the course of this war, but a balance on wins and losses over the span of months or years- how ever long it took before a deciding event took place to end this Last War.

Two of the forces who could be considered the leading figures of the Dark Expanse were now actively moving, primely being The Grand Mage Edrusim and the Infernal Lords. There was another figure that stood at the peak of the Star Forging Realm similar to Edrusim who at this point in time was not actually rallying the numerous Vampyre Clans spread out in the Dark Expanse, but he was actually nearing the Verittas Fortress to confront the 9th Infernal Lord for the mystery of why he had the abilities of Ancient Vampyres, and find out exactly what the connection was!

Chapter 495 A Star Forging Expert Arrives

Noah's mountainous form had reduced as he floated in the void of space, his eyes overlooking the tens of thousands of bodies floating in a mess of bloody gore. The Harbingers were clustered around him as they sensed their Master's introspective look, Barbatos and Kazuhiko being the ones that could still bypass the aura that Noah released to be the ones actually conversing with him at this time.

"We've come a long way, little fish."

The fiery Barbatos had gradually become more and more docile over time, her gaze currently shaking incredulously as she observed their surroundings with sparkling eyes.

When she chose to betray her own kind and follow Noah, she had done it for her own selfish reasons of wanting to be free to do whatever she wanted, and she had thoroughly enjoyed her time since then to the point where she still could not believe it.

Traveling wondrous worlds and being a part of a unique one that was unlike anything she had ever experienced before. Enjoying the ridiculously talented being's company and food, as well as achieve a realm of power that was out of her wildest imagination.

All of it was made possible by her decision to follow this single man, and now she floated in the void of space of the Dark Expanse, having just stood against a powerful being at an entire stage above her as she and those working with her achieved victory.

It was unbelievable, surreal, and most of all exciting!

Her wild heart was feeling calmer and calmer as she experienced so many things the past few months, her gaze towards the bloody void of space actually holding a tinge of happiness.

Behind her, the hidden face of Elena that was filled with wild fanaticism glanced at Noah, numerous thoughts crossing through her mind that only she knew! At this point in time, another voice resounded out to the right of Noah.

"I just want something at least similar to the abilities you have. Come on, what skill tree did you unlock that gives you chaining chaos lasers? Or the abilities in the Blood Lord skill tree, I should at least be able to get those? Right?"

Kazuhiko was looking at Noah in an imploring tone as he had observed the spectacular abilities he released to decimate the Celestials, wanting the same for himself as he also wanted to dominate the battlefield in such a way!

"Haha, I'll tell you the route I followed for Blood Lord, you should be able to reach it if you can raise your proficiency fast enough."

Noah laughed as he replied and stopped staring at the bloody expanse of space, looking at Kazuhiko and Barbatos as these were the few figures who could still converse with him with ease, reminding him that he still had those he could comfortably talk to and even joke around with!

He glanced at the rest of the Harbingers that were no doubt reveling in the victory as they counted their spoils of the battle, sending his thoughts across as he saw the forces of the Verittas Fortress look towards them.

"You guys head back to the Spiritual World first, I'll deal with everything else here."

The Harbingers ascertained his words as the numerous figures around him began to disappear one by one, where he was soon only left with the silent but sharpened Infernal Legion that floated powerfully in the expanse of space.

He sent a command for them to remain stationary as he went towards the figures of Commanding Mage Turner, the Dark Wizard Shanora, and the Royal Vampyre Rokku who was looking at him while constantly fidgeting.

These three World Rank experts had been cleaning up the battlefield while ascertaining the losses and taking care of the tens of thousands from the forces of the Prime Worlds that had surrendered, the fate of these beings that were not necessarily blameless in the war but could still be considered victims being treated in a very humane manner!

Some of them fully believed in the propaganda of the Celestials and came to the Dark Expanse with that purpose, others were skeptical and only came along because the Celestials oversaw the Light Expanse and could not really be told no when they gave a directive.

There would have to be clear distinctions in the future in how forces such as this would be handled, as those in the Dark Expanse could not just open themselves up to attacks or not defend themselves against those that didn't have the title of Celestials but still participated in the war nonetheless.

Noah had his own thoughts for the future as he glanced at the spread forces of crestfallen beings, the memories he had collected for those that died from the many Prime Worlds set aside to be used for something grand in the near future!

"I have to give you our heartfelt gratitude for helping us keep control of the Verittas Fortress and not allow the Celestials further into the Dark Expanse, O Infernal Lord."

Commanding Mage Turner had began speaking to him in a much more respectful tone than before as he neared, the other World Rank experts actually turning mute as they could not even bring themselves to address him!

Noah nodded towards them as his mission here was finished, where he would soon go back to report to the Infernal Realm. His gaze landed on the Royal Vampyre as he had an entirely separate train of thought about this being and the tens of thousands of Vampyres that still stood behind him, all of them having quizzical expressions as they looked towards him but neither of them bringing themselves to say anything.

Noah knew his display of abilities of the heavily advanced Blood Lord skill tree would catch the attention of the huge faction of Vampyres in the Dark Expanse, and he had done this intentionally as he waited to see if they would be provoked enough to move, his bloodline allowing him immense leeway when it came to Vampyres!

His red eyes turned to the Royal Vampyre Rokku as he decided he might as well begin with the Vampyres here, but at this moment, the aura of a powerful being began to descend onto the Verittas Fortress.

...!

The gazes of the World Rank experts moved as they looked up in shock, noticing a red streak of light barreling forth towards them as their bodies unconsciously moved their essence in case it was a new enemy, but they calmed down as they sensed the descending aura that felt more and more familiar.

RUMBLE!

It brought with it space rumbling majesty as the figure of aged but devilishly handsome Vampyre appeared in the void of space above the Verittas Fortress. Bright silver hair running down to his shoulders and shockingly red eyes that showed experience and age glanced around. His eyes were squinting as he locked them towards the tens of thousands of Vampyres, and then towards the being they were all wondering about!

OOOM!

His power wildly flew out as it announced grandly- the Star Forging Realm being, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok, had arrived!

Noah's eyes glanced at this being calmly as a rumbling voice rolled out from the aged face.

"I'll have to take some of your time to ascertain a few things, O 9th Infernal Lord."

...!

Chapter 496 Kneel!

The Grand Mage Edrusim had already stopped watching the feed of the Verittas Fortress as he continued to be increasingly busy, numerous communications reaching him as he sent back even more commands to start getting the forces of the Dark Expanse ready.

He was in the middle of glancing at an enormous Star Chart which outlined the numerous stars littering the Dark Expanse, observing how he could possibly move the forces and their distribution in order to withstand the coming legions of Celestials.

He was one of the key figures who had to work and communicate with the Infernal Lords, know the movements of the clans of Vampyres, as well as manage the Mages and Wizards that were spread out across the Dark Expanse.

He was extremely busy after watching this first battle, and it was why his mood turned extremely sour when he received the news that in the Verittas Fortress where the battle had just wrapped up, the leading figure of Vampyres, Vladivostok, had appeared to confront the 9th Infernal Lord!

"You fool, you better not sow discord right at the cusp of a war!"

He uttered out as he also recalled the abilities he had observed from the Infernal Lord that seemed extremely similar to those from the Vampyre Clans, but he did not think they would be something major that would cause this being at the Star Forging Realm to move.

"Bah, watch things here, I'll be right back."

He sent a command to the Commanding Mages around him as his figure shimmered with the color of stars, disappearing from the Mage Tower as he also now went towards the Verittas Fortress, hoping that one of the leading figures of the Dark Expanse would not sour the relationships between the Infernal Lords!

The three World Rank experts from the Verittas Fortress looked towards the appearing Vampyre Ruler, Vladivostok, as their eyes opened wide in shock!

The peak Star Forging Realm being at the cusp of entering the ultimate realm in the Novus Galaxy had actually made himself appear in front of them, with his attention directed towards the brightly shining Infernal Lord.

They recalled the numerous skills that this fearsome being had displayed on the battlefield as they made some connections, watching to see exactly what hidden mysteries were about to unfold.

But they would not get a chance to, as they tensed while observing the Infernal Lord not send a single word of reply, his expression calm as if nothing had happened while he glanced at Vladivostok!

A trace of anger seemed to appear on the Star Forging being's face, but he tried not to show it as he had to first get to the bottom of why this Infernal Lord had the abilities of Ancient Vampyres.

Vladivostok glanced at Rokku who was standing by the side awkwardly, his face shaking at this behavior as he glanced at the other World Rank beings by the side watching on in anticipation. He waved his hands and cast forth a [Blood World] to make sure whatever mystery he was about to uncover remains hidden, the expanding bloody domain going on to cover him and the figure of the Infernal Lord who still had not made a single move or uttered any words!

OOOM!

Those in the surroundings watched as a Blood World fully encased the newly arriving ruler of Vampyres as well as the Infernal Lord, whatever anticipation for them finding out the mysteries shattered as their senses could not even penetrate to see what was happening within.

Inside the blood world, Vladivostok spoke once again, this time with a more firm tone as he recalled the levels of power between him and this Infernal Lord.

"I do not intend to cause any conflicts with the Infernals, and am only curious about the abilities that only our Ancestors knew that you have freely displayed. This is especially so because of your...unique Origin that I had to come."

His words were not looking down in any way as he knew the status of an Infernal Lord and what it signified, but he was still talking in manner of a senior talking to a junior because of their levels of power!

Noah glanced at this being at the Star Forging Realm as he actually adopted a light smile. This was because when he stared at this powerful being a rank above him...he actually felt not even an ounce of threat.

This was because his bloodline, his very origin- told him that this being was considered nothing more than another Vampyre in the eyes of the one holding the bloodline of the Progenitor!

One must recall that this was the Ruler overseeing the faction of Vampyres in the entirity of the Dark Expanse! This was a Star Forging Realm expert, someone that was a step away from the highest realm that anybody had achieved in the Novus Galaxy...

Noah glanced at the Vampyre that was the central figure of the numerous Vampyre Clans in the Dark Expanse as he spoke out calmly.

"You come in front of me and do not even acknowledge me, nor do you show the respect of a junior to their Senior. Are you looking to be stripped of all your power and strength?"

"...!"

Vladivostok had a startled expression as he heard ones he never expected, turning his head to the side as he wanted to confirm he heard correctly- his face gaining a trace of anger thereafter as he now spoke out while freely releasing his vibrant power.

"I have been nothing but polit-"

"Do not speak."

RUMBLE!

In the middle of his sentence, Vladivostok was cut off as he heard the words of the 9th Infernal Lord once more, but this time around, they actually held a tinge of authority...authority that actually caused his mouth to unconsciously close!

...!

His heart shook as at this moment as he wanted to speak, but he found he was unable to! At this instant, his mind moved at extremely high speeds as he was being guided towards a shocking and terrifying conclusion as his eyes dilated more and more while he looked at the figure of the 9th Infernal Lord.

To him, an aura had begun leaking out of the being in front of him, an aura that made his very origin shake as a thought arrived in his mind that told him the truth, but he still could not believe it as his mind felt like it was exploding!

Noah moved closer and closer to the Vampyre Ruler as he floated until he was just a few inches from his face, glancing towards him with cold eyes as he understood the bloodline system of the Vampyres was really absolute. This being with a rank higher than him, could actually not do a single thing to harm him! He glanced at the shaking eyes as he spoke out with a tone befitting the ruling figure of a certain race, causing the shock of Vladivostok to only increase thereafter.

"Kneel."

RUMBLE!

A simple word, a single command.

THUD!

Even though they were in the starry and dark void of space, the sound akin to someone's knees hitting the floor resounded as Vladivostok's body involuntarily kneeled, his thoughts finally being affirmed as the eyes of this Star Forging Being looked up towards the red glistening eyes of someone extremely special to the race of Vampyres!

"Kneel, and properly welcome your Progenitor."

...!

Chapter 497 A Master and Servan

Vladivostok finally felt his mouth having the ability to move again as he glanced up towards Noah with a shaking face holding an unbelievable expression within the wide Blood World the two of them were in. His silver hair danced wildly atop his aged head, his facial muscles nearly spasming at the shock.

"H-how...Ah!"

He uttered beneath his breath only for a second before his seasoned mind adapted and he looked back down, speaking out with a shaking voice that held a tinge of respect and fear!

"Thi- this lowly servant greets the Progenitor, and hopes you will grant me mercy of for my actions!"

The Star Forging Vampyre Ruler hurriedly blurted out words nobody would ever expect to hear him say to someone an entire realm above him, but as the Vampyre felt his bloodline begin to boil just because he was near this being, his disbelieving thoughts finally settled as he admitted to himself that somehow, unbelievably- this Infernal Lord in front of him actually held the Bloodline of the Progenitor, a being with the purest bloodline of his race!

He did not understand why or how, but he knew it to be so! He remained on the ground as his body shook, the shock and fear he felt gradually wiping away as it soon began to turn into a sense of...excitement.

"Rise. I'll take the time to discuss many things with you later, but if you have made your way here, so will others soon."

Noah glanced at this being that was going through one emotion to another as he spoke, Vladivostok rising as his disbelieving expression was completely wiped away, now looking at Noah with an expression of reverence as his mind finally felt like it was moving freely again and he understood the importance of the Progenitor standing in front of him.

This was the Progenitor himself! His appearance here meant a great deal of things for Vampyres, as he was the singular leader of their race!

Vladivostok forgot all about his bearing of a Star Forging expert, of a being that had been overseeing the many Vampyre Clans in the Dark Expanse as he knew in front of the being with the purest bloodline, realms of power made no difference!

His heart did not feel any sense of weirdness or unwillingness the moment he affirmed the being in front of him really was the Progenitor, his tone even trying to be more servile as he spoke towards him.

"I had no idea of your coming, O Progenitor, but it can only mean for a grand future for all of us. My rash coming here will most likely cause someone like Edrusim to come by. What are your commands?"

A voice akin to that of a servant asking their master rang out, Noah glancing at this being as he felt the vibrant power of the Blood Progenitor grant him utter control of a being an entire realm above him.

He had many plans in mind on how he should move forward before the full scale war broke out, and he had a great deal of things to get done before then, but now he also had the Vampyres of the Dark Expanse on his plate! He thought of the skill trees to advance, the planets to connect to, and the numerous fantastic things like the upgrade of a world or worlds into a realm, his mind moving as he chose a certain point in time to fit the Vampyres as well!

"Gather the Vampyre Clans of the Dark Expanse, their leading figures, and their most powerful forces in a week and then send me the coordinates. At that time, I will descend to properly take a look at the powerful beings of my race that have only become a mere faction of the Dark Expanse."

The more he spoke, the more respectful and servile the Star Forging being in front of him became, his next words causing a reaction that confirmed Noah's choice to add the Vampyres of the Dark Expanse on his to do list even with all the things he had to do.

"Yes, Master!"

RUMBLE!

From Noah's body, glimmering gold and dark essence were released as they went to wash over the now excited Vladivostok, who had heard a command to gather the Vampyres together to acknowledge their Progenitor!

This would be a momentous event of their race, something that had not happened in more than a thousand years!

His excitement only rose higher as just from being near the Progenitor, he could feel his body gaining more and more strength, this being not realizing that he was now considered a subordinate of Noah and fit the specifications of the Guider Type abilities that Noah always had active.

His body felt the unique energy of chaos as he understood that, but he was even more shocked to sense the freely flowing aura of fate as he gave the Progenitor an even more incredulous look, but did not raise a single question as he stood up, sensing the aura of a being he knew to well come from a distance.

Seeing the demeanor of the Progenitor, Vladivostok understood his wishes to remain in secrecy for now as he spoke out.

"I will clear my mistake here first with no issues, O Progenitor, and let you know as soon as I complete your command!"

His voice was strong as he spoke out like someone that would do whatever it took to accomplish the goal given. There was not an ounce of pride or arrogance for his mighty status of a Star Forging Expert, nor any status of a Ruler that had been overseeing billions of beings over the past hundred years. In front of the Bloodline power that was the purest, all of these distinctions were wiped away!

Noah nodded towards this powerful being as the Blood World around them began to fade.

Seeing the aura of fate and chaos descend into the body of Vladivostok, Noah confirmed that the future event with the Vampyres would have their own abundant rewards, where he only imagined the millions of powerful Vampyres who could actually fight in the war fitting the conditions to be his subordinates and gaining the boosts of the Guider Type abilities!

This would be something that would heavily influence the Dark Expanse, as well as the direction of the War that involved the lives of trillions.

To him, all this translated to was...more Fate Lines and Chaos Particles, and especially abundant ones at that as it would steer the direction of numerous powerful beings, unlike the weak ones on the numerous planets he was currently connected to!

RUMBLE!

The Blood World fully disappeared as those outside of it looked in, seeing Noah floating in the void of space calmly as Vladivostok was near him, his face seemingly trying to be serious, but one could distinctly see the trace of happiness and excitement in his red eyes.

Vladivostok glanced at the surrounding figures as he saw the materialization of the Grand Mage Edrusim in the distance with a dark face, his figure going towards this leading figure of the Dark Expanse as he telepathically bid farewell to the Progenitor.

Noah glanced at the Grand Mage he had yet to interact with, Vladivostok's figure shooting towards this Mage instantly as he began speaking out and the face of the Grand Mage gradually calmed down.

Commanding Mage Turner, the Dark Wizard Shanora, and the incredulous Royal Vampyre Rokku were still on the side with agape expression as even now they did not understand what had just happened.

Noah glanced at Rokku and the tens of thousands of Vampyres behind him, his eyes shining as he looked forward to seeing a scene of millions of Vampyres as he sent a telepathic message to Commanding Mage Turner bidding his farewell for now, and sending another command for the Infernal Legion to head back to the Infernal Gate that led to the second Realm of Hell!

OOOOH!

"Ready to serve!"...

The chants of the Infernals resounded yet again as they made their way across the void of space, Noah leaving the cleaning up of the battlefield and the handling of the numerous beings from the Light Expanse to the Verittas Fortress, his mind already planning his moves the moment he returned to the Infernal Realm.

"Ah..."

He heard the voice of the Dark Wizard Shanora that had mentioned she wanted to discuss something with him after the battle, but he paid it no heed as he already had too many things on his plate, his discernment with Fate Traverse telling him it would simply be something else that required him to put a significant amount of time into, and it was time that he actually did not have.

He left Vladivostok to deal with the entrance of a Grand Mage as he took his forces away, bidding farewell to the location of the first battle that had granted him more than 2 million Fate Lines, his heart looking forward into the future as he moved forward!

Those left behind at the Verittas Fortress were only left with incredulousness and confusion as they asked themselves- just who exactly was this 9th Infernal Lord?

Chapter 498 What Noble Fate?!

In the Golden Bastion of the Celestial Realm where the 4 Geniuses were placed in to finish their training, a dark skinned girl was repeatedly watching the scenes of the recent battle at Verittas Fortress over and over again.

Her eyes were cold and filled with fighting intent as she watched a certain Infernal Lord move across the battlefield in a dominant manner, not a single creature being able to stand in his path as he obliterated anyone he came across.

She watched as this Infernal Lord caused the body of the Celestial Grandmaster that had presided over the tournament not too long ago, someone they looked up to with reverence because of their strength- she watched this being's body exploded like a balloon with just a gesture of the Infernal Lord!

Athena glanced at this scene and the numerous other scenes as essence began converging around her body, a multitude of thoughts flowing through her mind as her Origin was unknowingly bubbling with power.

When she looked at these scenes, she did not feel any fear or horror that others would feel, nor did she feel sad or have a sense of loss at the perishing of an entire Celestial Legion. She very strongly believed in fate, and knew that it was simply the fate of those that perished to do so, their sacrifices only acting as stairs to elevate their battle to bring order and balance in an even greater fashion!

What she felt the most was actually the emotion of unwillingness and competitiveness as she looked at the figure of the Infernal Lord, ingraining it in her mind as she asked herself many questions.

She was someone that was a genius in Fate, and even held the title of a being with Noble Fate. Yet, why was it so that her power did not even match someone like her junior brother who had ascended to the World Realm? With her title, how could she be so useless that when she looked at her power and compared herself to the newly rising 9th Infernal Lord- she knew she would not even stand a chance and would be killed even faster than the dead Grandmasters!

She felt unwillingness as she looked at her very Origin and asked- why would someone with her title not have power at this level?!

RUMBLE!

Essence continued to madly converge around her as the unwillingness she felt to her core was further boosted by her battle intent as she looked at the spectacular scenes of battle, her origin madly absorbing essence as the War Princess was unconsciously raising her realm by the sheer strength of her will!

She had been enjoying numerous treasures for achieving her rank in the Tournament, even though it was nothing near the effectiveness of the [Luminescent Rainbow Dews] that Crixus and the Three-Eyed Fate Child received, she and Grandmaster Light were given numerous Elite Behemoth Materials at the World rank and even Cores of that same rank for each of them in an effort to further accelerate their realms.

Her body that was already drenched in absorbing those treasures was now madly absorbing even more essence as time passed, her rank nearing the peak of the Domain Expansion Realm as she wanted to break through to the World Realm by sheer willpower alone!

This was something only a genius holding the title of someone with a Noble Fate could do, something that only the War Princess with her strong lust for battle and unique title could achieve. As essence raged around her, she screamed in her heart for more strength, her rank continuing to shoot up as she inscribed the face of the 9th Infernal Lord to her heart.

This was the type of strength she aspired to have, so she would simply go forward to achieving it. When she did, she wanted to stand against this Infernal Lord to really test what Fate had in store for her.

She would either perish or rise above as she really lived up to the title of having a Noble Fate.

Otherwise, if she remained this weak- what use was there for her having such a title?!

RUMBLE!

As one genius tried making a breakthrough and enter a higher realm, an even more monstrous genius had returned to the Infernal Realm as Azula looked towards him with an exasperated expression.

This was because when Noah's Ancient Blood Clone first entered the Infernal Realm to accept the Letter of Summons, he had shown his rank to be at the Domain Realm!

Yet when he went to battle, he revealed power at the World Rank, the same realm where the 8th and 7th Infernal Lord stood at, and now this 9th Infernal Lord returned triumphantly after wiping the floor with an entire Celestial Legion.

Azula shook her head unbelievably as she could not even bring herself to stay near this monstrous genius, returning to her castle as she wanted to increase her power even by little before the numerous Celestial Legions began making their way across the Novus Galaxy.

Noah stationed the Infernal Legion that was under his command as their eyes remained on his leaving figure, these Infernals actually feeling a strong bond with the swirling chaos that always followed this Infernal Lord!

Having completed his task as the 9th Infernal Lord, he moved to reap the full benefits of the battle as his body changed out of the shape of a crowned Infernal Lord and returned to his normal one, teleporting to a certain region in the Light Expanse.

He appeared somewhere in the starry expanse of space as his gaze landed upon a particular Prime World, this world holding no special identity besides the fact that it was one of the many worlds in the memories that he absorbed from the defeated figures of beings from the numerous Prime Worlds that made up the forces of the Celestial Legion.

One of the bigger rewards he reaped out of the recent battle were these memories of thousands of beings...memories that he planned to use to connect numerous powerful worlds of the Light Expanse to himself as they forever disappeared from the eyes of everyone!

He would also use this time to obtain the required World Core for the upgrade of the Spiritual World as the first requirement of Domain Rank beasts had been met, only this single requirement remaining.

With the goal of amassing more worlds to himself and looking forward to another world-shaking upgrade of one of the most unique treasures he owned, his eyes shone with a golden luster as his figure silently streaked towards the Prime World in front of him to get started!

Chapter 499 Plucking Stars With Ease!

As Noah's Ancient Blood Clone started the connection of more worlds to expand the source of his strength even more, his main body was finishing a battle with a Supreme Behemoth in the deep unexplored regions of the Celestial Realm!

RUMBLE!

The World Rank Behemoth that was shimmering with golden light and shaped like a four-headed golden lion slumbered to the ground after falling to the horrendous attacks laced with the essence of Chaos and Aether, Noah gaining another mountainous body brimming with wondrous materials, and this time it was from a beast that was actually at the World Realm. The numerous loot for the Behemoth rushed to his [Expansive Space] as he waved his hands to cause the mountainous body to disappear.

Aside from using its materials to craft new Item Sets, the meat was extremely sumptuous to enjoy as it contained abundant essence! In conjunction with his [Cook] ability that made everything he touched into something tastier than even the food from 5-star restaurants, his time exploring the Celestial Realm had been extremely enjoyable.

This was the 4th World Rank Behemoth that he had come across in these unknown regions, where he also came across treasures in the form of fruits that rejuvenated one's energy or came across regions that were filled with Fate Essence and conducive to training.

But soon enough, he would have an entire region filled with Fate and Chaos Essence to himself as he upgraded the Spiritual World and unlocked the next features of the Law Space, so he momentarily stopped his exploration as he calculated a better pathway to follow with the abilities of Herald of Fate!

SHAA!

In front of his eyes, a being with his original body teleported in as he waved his hands forward, a sparkling miniaturized Spiritual World flowing towards him as the clone that was currently connecting numerous worlds came to hand him the unique treasure and disappeared thereafter to continue his tasks.

This handoff of the Spiritual World to the main body while the clone continued the world connections was for Noah to use this time to steer fate towards the best direction that Fate told him to follow.

From the use of the skills under Herald of Fate, he saw once more that to increase his power the fastest while swallowing up the many things throwing themselves at him, he had to focus on a particular skill tree first, followed by the upgrade of the Spiritual World, and then he had to finally get to freeing the being that was being held in the 7th Celestial Star!

RUMBLE!

Waves of essence silently stretched out as the miniaturized Spiritual World was placed on the glimmering grass of the Celestial Realm, Noah's figure disappearing within it as he entered the Time Space to begin right away.

The skill tree he had to focus on was actually not the [Fate's Guardian] or [Arch Lich Ra'Zan] skill trees that were still at Soul Rank, but the [Blood Lord] skill tree that he just recently brought to the Domain Tier with the addition of Fledgling Blood Ancient!

His focus was actually directed to this right away, and he had the capability to bring it to the World Rank since he just obtained numerous sacrificial skills of that rank to use, all that was left being their requirement of proficiency as he began spamming the abilities to bring them up right away.

His Ancient Blood Clone that had just transferred the Spiritual World over to him teleported to another location in the Light Expanse, continuing the process of entering deep into the cores of these worlds as he established connections with them and then used the World Engine to teleport them vast distances across space in the quadrant where his homeworld was.

Many stars were being added to this expansive corner of Light Expanse as all of them were veiled deeply, never to be found unless someone powerful was actively passing around and looking!

He was plucking stars left and right as his movements would soon cause commotion in the already tense Light Expanse as the disappearance of numerous Prime Worlds began to gain notice.

These actions that Noah was currently undertaking were bold, but he made countless calculations as he affirmed to himself in these times of a chaotic war, the disappearance of a few planets will only be a drop in the bucket, never garnering the attention of Celestials for them to bother looking into it, and even if they did the chances of them finding anything were extremely minimal.

Thus, days passed as the clone continued the connections while looking out for a Large World to obtain a core of in a smooth manner, the main body staying within the Time Space of the Spiritual World as he got ready to upgrade the first skill tree into the World Rank!

In these past days, the regions of the Light Expanse became particularly active as Celestials began moving to amass the forces of being above Void Rank to add to their Legions, this time the process being carried out orderly and carefully as the full-scale war that would begin thereafter would be unlike anything that had happened before.

It would be a large scale attack across many regions of the Dark Expanse, with many battles being fought as the Celestials would either win many and advance further into the Dark Expanse while gaining control of more regions in the Novus Galaxy, or if the repeat of the first battle is to occur, their advancement might be halted!

Righteous fervor and strength filled the minds of the Celestials as they looked forward to wiping off the stain of losing the first battle, their hearts calling out for more order and balance as numerous Celestial Legions were being created every passing day.

In the Time Space, more than 3 months had passed with the passage of just a few days outside, Noah's main body shining brightly as he stopped the constant casting of numerous abilities and opened his eyes sharply.

The time had arrived for the first World Rank Skill Tree!

Chapter 500 Juvenile Ancient !

In the Time Space of the Spiritual World, prerequisite World Rank Sacrificial skills were burnt, and from the ashes rose a brand new addition to the Blood World skill tree, with Noah choosing the option of [Fledgling Ancient] and gaining access to four entirely new abilities.

His eyes gave a quick run down of the abilities before he used his limited Skill Points to max them right away, wanting to see these abilities at their peak at once!

WORLD [Blood Lord] (45/45):: Abilities- Dawn of the Blood Lord(5/5), Blood World(5/5), Drain Life(5/5), and Nightmarish Descent(5/5). [Kin of the Ancients] (60/60) :: Ancient Blood Scion(5/5), Ancient Blood Clone(5/5), Summon the Ancients(5/5), Blood Rage(5/5) [Fledgling Blood Ancient] (75/75) :: A fledgling of a race of powerful creatures that occupy the Letalis Expanse, the skills of this particular fledgling leaning more towards the control of blood. Abilities Include Blood Summoner(5/5), Blood Clone Support (5/5), Drain Master Support (5/5), and Domination (5/5) [Fledgling Ancient] (100/100) :: A juvenile creature of a rare race of beings presiding over the Letalis Expanse. This particular pathway is more inclined towards the talent of Blood Ancients. Additional Abilities Include [Ancient Essence] (5/5), [Clone Master] (5/5), [Blood Magic Support] (5/5), [ #% $] (5/5)

[Ancient Essence] (5/5) PASSIVE:: A unique penetrative energy wraps around the attacks of the Fledgling Ancient. Grants the Ignore 30% of All Defenses Effect

[Clone Master] (5/5) PASSIVE:: The usage of Ancient Blood Clone is further enhanced, granting the user a second clone that can utilize 100% of the power of the main body.

[Blood Magic Support] (5/5) PASSIVE :: All abilities that the Juvenile Ancient casts are granted the Drain Life effect. Life Steal increased from 10% to 20%.

[ #% $] (5/5) PASSIVE :: As a creature favored by #% #[email protected], you have the passive increased comprehension of all Universal Laws by 50%.

'...'

'Well damn.'

Noah stared wide at the list of skills that were all actually passive, his eyes going over to the last one that had un-understandable words for the first time in quite a while. His eyes shone as he asked the Planetary System.

"What's going on? We haven't come across something you could not decipher for a while."

[This is...there is something that is actively preventing the discernment of some parts of this ability, though I don't know for what reason.]

"...something?"

[Something.]

Noah's thoughts rapidly churned as the System replied plainly, his eyes going over the skill that ridiculously granted 50% increased comprehension of all Universal Laws!

The clue that one could discern was the 'As a creature favored by #% #[email protected]", where his thoughts went towards the beings known as Ancients that resided in the Letalis Expanse without entering any conflicts with the Light or Dark Expanse, wondering why this 'Something' favored them so!

His mind already had multiple ideas on what the System termed as 'Something' was, even though he had yet to confirm anything. So he was just slightly curious why there was still a need for secrecy and blocking the discernment of the System, but he would place this issue behind him for now. There were many more things on his plate to currently worry about, and he would delve into other mysteries later.

Pulling his mind away from the veils of the Letalis Expanse and Ancients, he went over the other 3 Passive Abilities as there were numerous shocking ones this time around.

The next one that caused his heart to shake was [Clone Master], an ability that granted him another Ancient Blood Clone entirely!

This was exactly why [Fate Traverser] had led him towards upgrading the Blood Lord skill tree to the highest tier once more, as it granted him another hand for him to move even more freely.

His power was already rising ridiculously fast and breaking all known norms because of what he and his clone were constantly dividing tasks.

As he rose to higher levels, one would expect his rate of growth to plateau or slow down, right?

Right?!

No! With the abilities he was opening up, the norm of taking even longer to advance through higher realms or taking more time to upgrade higher ranking skill trees...would be entirely cleared as he advanced forward even faster!

If it took him two or three weeks to jump from Domain and into the World Rank- then at this moment, the expected longer duration of a month or more required for him to break through to the Star Forging Realm was completely destroyed.

With the addition of another clone, what stopped him from advancing forward in power at the same time period of even less?!

His eyes shone with a regal light of understanding as he let out a light laugh, his head shaking at the ridiculousness of his own abilities.

There were now many more ways he could move, his mind particularly seeing the path of bringing his skill trees to the next ranks and his comprehension of laws shooting exponentially up in the coming days.

He tried to control the ever so expanding excitement as he glanced over the other two passive abilities.

[Ancient Essence] was another thing unique to the Ancients, granting him that same type of energy he observed when he summoned the Ancients from another ability in the Blood Lord skill tree, an ability that granted a unique energy that ignored 30% of all of the enemy's defenses!

Just completely Ignore!

His head continued shaking side to side as he glanced at the last ability, [Blood Magic Support], which effectively gave every ability he cast regardless of whether it stemmed from the Blood Lord skill tree or another- a 20% Life Steal effect.

His mind was growing numb from all the surprises of the new abilities as he rose from the frozen grassy plains of the Time Space, a certain [Ancient Blood Clone] ability being cast as a part of his Origin was sapped from him, allowing the appearance of a deeply red drop of blood to float in front of him!

Chapter 501 Three is Better Than One!

In front of Noah, a drop of blood revolved rapidly before it soon bloomed into the bloody image of himself, a brand new presence appearing as a devilishly handsome face soon reflected on his eyes.

He smiled while looking at the face of someone that was becoming more and more mature as the months passed, always gaining extra charms aside from the effects of [Unnatural Beauty] from the Vampyre Progenitor passive abilities.

The clone breathed out while glancing around the Time Space, this being the place that this second Ancient Blood Clone would spend the most time in as he did something shocking.

For now, Noah would have this clone remain in the Time Space as he maxed the proficiencies of his other skill trees while also training in the four laws he currently held inheritances of!

One must know that the significance of this additional clone was not just to further accelerate his rate of growth, but it effectively meant another combatant at the same level as himself that he could choose to deploy on the battlefield.

When the time came that he was standing against a truly powerful enemy, what would this enemy do when two more of him appeared to join the battle?!

It was a thrilling scene to imagine as Noah grandly looked forward into the future! His main body teleported out of the Spiritual World as he anchored it to himself and disappeared from the Celestial Realm, briefly leaving this wondrous place for the first time with his main body as he reappeared in an empty expanse of space. He needed this level of privacy as he was about to do something that was simply too big!

His clone remained in the Time Space as he was about to begin the task of laws and raising proficiencies of skill trees. Even though he could not use the loophole of the Time Space to quickly master the laws, his regular rate of growth for Chaos Particles and Fate Lines was already crazy, being able to amass more than 25,000 of each in a single day, or 50,000 if he focused on just one.

If one did the math, this meant that even if Noah chose to do nothing else and just simply brought up the percentages of laws, he would be able to master the Law of Fate to 100% in just 9 months, and add more than 7 million Chaos Particles around that same time period!

This was plainly ridiculous, rule breaking, and something that would make the hard-working beings comprehending laws for hundreds or thousands of years simply go mad.

Yet he would not be sitting still while this clone worked on increasing the percentages in Laws and upgrading the skill trees. He would embroil himself in battles that granted him a stupid amount of Fate Lines and Chaos Particles, as well as numerous other things that would each have their own effects.

The future seemed even brighter as Noah's main body left the Time Space right away, the new clone sitting down as it sent words to the Spiritual World System.

Soon after, in a small area of the Time Space, a portion of the surrounding land turned fiery and another turned into a sparkling blue sea- the Water and Fire Law Spaces being built in a small area of the Time Space as the clone sat at the junction where they met and began cultivating.

Water and Fire Elemental particles began rushing towards him, while the appearance of thin Fate Lines and Chaos Particles expressed themselves in the air. At the same time, golden swords of liberation, spears of judgment, and the reappearance on an Arch Lich Ra'Zan took place as the clone trained the proficiencies of the next skill trees for an upgrade at the same time!

It was multitasking to an insane degree, but Noah still felt in his heart that something was still missing. The missing piece was naturally the fact that he could train in a Fire and Water Law Space, but the more crucial Fate and Chaos Law Spaces had yet to be unlocked.

Thus, after letting the Spiritual World bloom freely to its full size in the starry expanse of space he had teleported to in the Light Expanse, his main body appeared above Central Continent of the Spiritual World, glancing at the four surrounding floating continents as he waved his hands and caused the appearance of enormous World Core.

That's right! His first clone had already obtained the core of a Large World as he connected more and more planets, taking the time to locate a fairly weak Large World that had a few billion creatures occupying it. It was nearly impossible to find a Large World that was uninhabited, or it would even make more sense to say that a world could not get to the 'Large' stage if it did not have any beings dwelling in it.

This world had contained in it humanoid and beastmen creatures, Noah simply conducting mass teleportations as he painstakingly moved all the beings of this world into the wide Ancient Blood World where they were placed under the care of the Blood Guardian.

His heart had not yet grown so ruthless as to cause the deaths of billions just to obtain his own aims, only using [Devouring] after every single creature was transported away and watching the crumbling of this world thereafter. His heart had to be cold at this as the only victim was the entity that was the core of this world, but even that he had no need to do as this consciousness would simply get assimilated into the Spiritual World System!

Thus, while his first clone continued to move and add more world connections from the abundant memories of the dead beings he had obtained at the Verittas Fortress, his main body waved his hands as the Large World Core placed in the [Expansive Space] appeared, this core trembling instantly thereafter as it shot down towards the Central Continent.

This was the last requirement for an upgrade from the 9th tier and into the 10th, a tier that would unlock the Fate and Chaos Law Spaces, as well as numerous other functions!

RUMBLE!

The many beasts, humans, and any other creatures living in the Spiritual World felt the fluctuations once more as they opened their eyes wide and spread out their auras to observe.

The Central Continent of the Spiritual World, as well as the enormous four connected floating continents, had begun to tremble as essence was washing over them freely, the knowledgeable beings shocked senseless once more as they realized the already wondrous Spiritual World was getting yet another upgrade!