At the top of the imperial castle, above the cloud and near the stars, was the plain and old room filled with varies instruments and tools. The Everlasting Chamber was its name. Every qualified royalty would have to visit this room to receive the blessing and inspiration from those seemingly unremarkable objects. They were, in fact, the belonging of the deceased emperor. As they approached the void that was death, they would leave one of their precious possession within this exalted room. They would infuse their wills into said objects. For their descendants that would one day rule over their land, for them to receive the blessing of their ancestors.

That was the traditional secret from the past, since the Ancient Era, every emperor would have to leave one of their possession in this place, the wills of the emperors and the extraordinary of the scared objects would nurture the mind and soul of their successors, even so, the ancient energy was not easy to absorb, only those with bloodline of the true royalty and strong-willed would be able to comprehend the profoundness of the objects.

Another flaw was the strict rules and harsh tests that the royalty would require to undergo before they were gained the right to enter the Everlasting Chamber. Those with a tainted mind that would betray the humanity for their own gains must never to enter the imperial room, for they would inevitably bring the end of the Human Empire.

These tests would also have to be conducted secretly without the knowledge of the target, using only the most loyal and faithful old servants to control and arrange the tests.

Only when the successor was chosen among the heirs, were they to be informed of the secret personally by the emperor of that time. Then, they would be taken to the Everlasting Chamber to be baptised by the blessing and wills of the emperors, giving them both noble mind and unwavering soul.

This imperial room also had another name, Chamber of Hope, it would be used by the selected royal bloodline to ponder about various thoughts, like how students asked their teachers some questions, the descendants also asked their ancestors for the solution of the cataclysm. The wills of the emperors would manifest themselves in the soul of the current emperor, guiding their thought process and finally allowing them to reach the solution of their questions.

But, the wills of the emperors were not omniscient or omnipotent, they were also not everlasting or eternal, all the wills of the Great Emperors were exhausted and deformed into the shapes of memories, their ancient energy could only be used to nourish the soul and mind of their successors, but, their wills were no more, they couldn't guide their descendants anymore.

Because of that, only the truly persisting problem that risked the destruction of the Human Empire would be allowed to be proposed to the great ancestors, the more they used their ancestors' wisdom, the faster the ancient energy depleted. Thus, the undocumented rule was created, one that lasted as long as the empire.

Although the room had many restrictions and rules, its usage was a miracle by itself, the Human Empire was able to persist and not crumble under the far-reaching pressure of the Demi-human and the Undying since the Dark Era. It was the doing of their ancestors that the Human Empire created the formation that exchanged intelligent for strength.

Beside a window of the Everlasting Chamber, there was a feminine figure, she sat on the small wooden chair, her elegant manner was revealed as well as her captived bodily curve, the faint silhouette of her could be seen under the yellow dress that was crafted from the finest thread.

Her long and loose hair settled on her shoulder, her face looked down from the tower, gazing at the peaceful town and noisy market, the capital of humanity was lively at day and peaceful at night. She whole-heartedly wanted it to remain that way.

Suddenly, her thought-process was interrupted by a faint knock on the plain-featured door. She turned her head to the source of the sound, causing her long hair to fail from her shoulder, hanging above her leg. She stood up from the wooden chair and walked peacefully toward the door that was waiting to be opened. Her delicate and pale hand reached out to grab the handle, she unlocked the door and let the outsider came in.

The hardwood door was pulled open, revealing the handsome and magnificent body of a middle-aged man, his short hair flew with the gentle breeze, he stood in front of the young maiden and smiled tenderly.

"Father has always told us to not sneak into this room, but you never listen to him."

He handed a paper to the maiden, within the paper detailed many different reports about the empire.

The angelic lady received it with a wide smile, she placed her hand on her breast while tilting her neck adorably, as though she tried to act cute.

"My body is weak and fragile, only this room could nourish the physique of mine."

"You don't need to lie to your elder brother, the view of the capital was the best at this place. Remember, I have watched you grew up."

Her elder brother teased his little sister. The pair of royalty then chatted about mundane matters for a little while.

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After their state of mind had reached the tranquillity, the second princess reached out her hand to grip on the cloth of her eldest brother.

"Big brother, is there any record of that ancestor at all? Father started to act so much weird after he came to our palace."

The frail princess asked her elder brother, with the youthful voice, the big brother of her found it hard to refuse her.

The first prince revealed a hint of sorrow in his eyes before he forcefully suppressed it with the faint smile, he shook his head unwillingly.

"I also wonder about his origin as well, I have employed my servants to search every rumour about that man. Alas, his origin is too far away from the present, not a single record of his remained."

The matured prince used his firm hand to pat the head of his little sister, the way he did it was gentle, like how a father would pat his children's head. A sign of sadness manifested in his heart, this second princess never saw her mother, the only pillar that supported her mentality was her father, the Blood Emperor, and her eldest brother, the first prince.

Within her mind, her father was a great sage, he was all-powerful, all-encompassing and all inspiring. For her godly father to bow down for the unknown man that was sealed away from the world, that was unacceptable for her. She needed time to digest all the ruthless truth, this was also why her father allowed her to be at the Everlasting Chamber.

The first prince pulled the white handkerchief from his pocket, the handkerchief flew itself toward the teary face of the heart-broken princess. She then picked it from the air, using it to wipe out the pure and transparent liquid on her moon-like face.

The first prince continued to chat with the second princess for quite some time before he made sure that the mentality of his frail sister was stable before he bade her farewell.

The second princess then continued to gaze toward the blazing sun, as if she wanted to venture into it, even if it cost her her life.

After a while, another round of knocking sound was heard again, but this time, the respectful voice of the loyal servant could also be heard.

"Your Highness, there are two letters that were sent to you, one has the seal of the Pantheon while another has the seal of the Grand Noble."

"You are permitted to come in."

The second princess face was devoid of her previous emotion, her valuable side must not be known by any outsiders, the image of the strong-mind princess who one day would rule the Human Empire must never be broken.

"May your highness archive all there is."

The servant showed their gratitude before slowly opened the wooden door. His every action was refined and well-trained, he was one of the elite force of the humanity.

Only the most elite of the elites would be able to serve the royalty, and even fewer would be able to peer into the secret of this Everlasting Chamber. All of them were shackled with many soul-binding spells, all of their bloodlines were eternally loyal to the royal bloodline.

The princess smiled lightly, the dignified aura emerged behind her, the servant kneeled to the ground as he slowly moved closer toward the princess. He handed the letters beneath her feet and kowtowed to her before crawling his way back.

"This rude servant has finished his task, this one may request to leave this sacred chamber."

The servant once again said his line with absolute respect.

The second princess who was now resembling the goddess nodded her head faintly.

"May your highness name forever echoed within the humanity."

With that praise, the servant left the Everlasting Chamber. He himself was still in awe by the immensity of the ruler's aura from the second princess.

After the servant was gone, the second princess returned to her previous state of the youthful lady, she began to hum her favourite song as she gazed into the sky again. After she was done resting her mind, the second princess then unravelled the two letters, preparing to read the mysterious content within them.

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On the seventh day of the fifth month, eight generals of all twenty-one generals found dead in their resting manor. Along with other deceased fifty-six commanders. From the various tests and studies, we concluded that they were assassinated at almost the same hour of the night.

All of the generals that were killed had done many crimes in the dark, this included kidnapping, heavy taxing and drug dealing. Many of these crimes were left unnoticed from the public view, only the small minority would be able to raise their unsatisfaction but they would be met with server punishment or death threat.

No records of the assassination were announced, their death was also altered to be various types of the accident at the varies time, the royalty and the noble faction all overlooked the incident and never publish the truth, even the families of the victims didn't show any response toward the silent attitude of the empire.

Further investigation was needed to confirm the mastermind and the purposes of this operation.

The Saintess of the Pantheon, Alita, was attentively reading the urgent report that their information gathering network sent to her. For such a large and calamitic disturbance to happen yet, no response was heard from the royalty and noble faction, there must be some dealings under the watchful eyes, something had happened after the Great Catasphere.

The Human Empire's internal structure of politic and economic had been undergoing a huge change after that dreadful event, the royalty had begun to suppress the noble faction aggressively. But they would always maintain the certain limit, letting the shaken foundation of noble faction had time to stabilize themselves.

The royalty had already transformed into the unfathomable force that controlled over humanity, their mysteriousness only multiplied after their monstrous exploits of seizing the supplement base of the Demi-human Kingdom. Although they lost some bases at the south in exchange, from the strategical point of view, this exchange benefitted them greatly.

Alita snapped out of her thought after the sound of consecutive footsteps travelled into her ears, she smiled as she adjusted her attire nicely before stood up. She knew that her friend had come to meet her.

The door was open carefully, the figure watched her surrounding carefully to make sure no one saw her. After she was certain, she quickly walked toward her best friend and gave her a sweet hug.

"I'm back, your highness."

"Welcome back, Calin, you don't need to call me your highness, it's embarrassing."