Going back in time a few months, just after the first attack of devils had finished on Aterna.
Far away from the law ocean, a golden path of Samsara flew carrying two disciples of the sect - Mark Strong and Madeline Jade. Mark opened his eyes wide to see a cosmic scene in front of him.
As far as the eyes could see, a huge barrier of white light shone. Even planes and stars looked like small shining dots against the canvas of the white barrier. Just the sheer scale of this gargantuan construct could make one feel their insignificance against the universe. A cosmos vaster than imagination, and this barrier seemed to envelope such a cosmos!
Apparently, this was a barrier that only divinities could go through after a lot of efforts.
This was the barrier of heaven-realm, a barrier created by a true-god!
Deep inside the barrier, countless miles away, in the centre of the heaven-realm was a separate world. A world much larger than minor worlds, a greater world. In that world, was a huge palace of cosmic size. The palace was enough to awe all existences in the universe! Just the size of this palace was as large as a minor-world!
In that palace, in the Hall of Imperial throne, a figure was seated on the throne. The figure had his eyes closed. At that instant, He opened His eyes.
The world trembled. The laws shuddered and the universe howled. A dreadful power swirled in His eyes, capable of destroying the origin of all laws. It was a power that had gone beyond the limits of the universe, a power that was greater than existence. It was the power of AUTHORITY.
"Hehe, ANTIQUITY, DEVIL, do you think you will have a chance if you begin everything again? Very well, let's play one more time. I shall destroy you all the same!"
At the same time, in the law ocean, in the dominion of Divine Sea Sect, on the other side of the dominion was the super-plane called Titan. In this plane was the publically acknowledged strongest sect of the dominion - The BloodFiend Sect.
In the secret chamber at the ancestral grounds of the BloodFiend Sect, there were two people sitting across each other. They were the ancestor as well as the current leader of the BloodFiend Sect.
The ancestor only had a single loin-cloth covering his private parts. Bloody marks kept forming and changing on his body. Around his head were 9 blood-coloured revolving stars. Each star gave a sense of fiendish dao, madness and. bloodlust. The aura was strong enough that even the sect leader sitting in front of him was sweating. This was even though the sect leader was himself a six-star divinity!
The sect leader said, "Ancestor, we already know from our sources that the secret realm called the might secret realm is actually the Sumeru Land. That is the inheritance ground of the Sumeru Lord! The devils seem to have vested quite a bit of resource in that place. I think that we should make a move without consulting the Divine Sea Sect. After all, that is a secret realm the size of a minor world with their own system path of cultivation that goes all the way to a 9-star divinity. It is a huge fortune!"
The ancestor spoke, "You are too young to understand the significance of that land. We definitely need to make a move. Sumeru Lord - I remember him. He was a dazzling star that had even caused the Heaven Emperor to praise him. He was a personal disciple of the Wisdom Emperor himself. The cultivation method that he had created is different from law-based cultivation that we follow. I have already taken a look and it can complement the law-based cultivation system. But those benefits can only be enjoyed by ascendant cultivators. After entering the divine, it will not be of much use. But, that place is a fragment of a prehistoric world. Just this fact makes it extremely attractive."
"Then, should I move our forces?"
"Collaborate with the Divine Sea Sect!"
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"Why?!", the sect leader spoke with grievances. "Historia Pendragon is completely lawless! She has no respect for her seniors. Why should we tolerate her?"
The ancestor smiled for a bit, reminiscing the past before saying, "You don't know, about her background. She is the princess of 33 worlds."
"!!!"
"Don't be too surprised. You should know about the war that destroyed the 33 worlds, completely destroying 7 of them while the remaining 26 were smashed together to form the law-ocean. The only reason we live in a chaotic ocean of laws is that these laws originated from 33 different worlds and can't form a large system. The other worlds are not like that."
"Yes ancestor, I have read the sect records about that war. The war of five emperors! They say that the war happened between Heaven Emperor and Wisdom Emperor's alliance against the alliance of Treasure Emperor, Empress of Antiquity and Chaos Empress. In the end, Treasure Emperor and Chaos Empress fell and Empress of Antiquity was defeated."
The ancestor asked with a smile, "If so, what is the qualification to be an emperor?"
The sect leader did not know, thus he did not speak.
"I don't know all the qualifications but one of the compulsory requirements is to be a true-god!"
"!!!"
"Yes, it was a war between five true-gods. Each true-god was a camp that contained many powerful cultivators. I also don't know why the five emperors fought. But I do know that true-gods are immortal. Death is not permanent and neither is destruction. The power of authority already trumps the entire existence. Thus, they can be killed, but they won't die." The ancestor's eyes gleamed with greed when he talked about true-gods.
He then controlled his thoughts and said, "The 33 worlds were in the camp of Treasure Emperor. The ruler of 33 worlds was Arthan Pendragon, an honoured-god. He was also the sworn brother of Treasure Emperor. In the battle between Heaven Emperor, Treasure Emperor and Chaos Empress, he was also a participant. Needless to say, he died at the hands of Heaven Emperor, the strongest being in the universe. Historia Pendragon is Arthan Pendragon's daughter."
After digesting the information, the sect leader said, "Why is she still alive? Shouldn't the heaven-realm's forces have destroyed the Divine Sea Sect long ago?"
"To understand this, you will have to know of another being - Diablos Pendragon. Diablos was Arthan's beast companion, a primordial dragon. And he was already a nine-star divinity then. In the battle, to save Arthan's bloodline, he surrendered to heaven-emperor. The heaven-emperor also accepted the surrender because he valued Diablos much more than Arthan. Diablos is a primordial dragon, it has the innate dragon dao. Thus, it can become a dao-god as long as he understands his innate dao! That is a talent that leaves one envious. But primordial dragons are such a race, what can I say? Anyway, the Divine Sea Sect that is helmed by Historia is actually backed by Diablos. The entire Jupyter super-plane is his domain. Many years ago, he already reached the demi-god realm. Not only is he favoured by heaven emperor, but he was also the pet of Treasure Emperor's sworn brother. Do you think I have any chance to win against him? Even after Arthan's fall, the Pendragons are one of the strongest factions is the entire 26 dominions. Most of the ancestor level figures know this and tacitly admit to their superiority. Anyway, make your move but after negotiating with Historia."
"As you say, ancestor."
The Divine Sea Sect's backup armies arrived at the war-torn plane. They brought along several treasures to treat the plane-cycle and the plane-will. Thus, the plane-will was treated and vitality returned to the plane. In fact, with the investments, the plane directly jumped another tier and evolved into a primary-plane!
The people from Aterna were taken to safety after the war. The armies from the Sect helped in rebuilding. For a few years, the entire plane became busy in recreating the world. After the disaster, the lights of hope shone through and the plane slowly returned to peace.
The Divine Sea Sect and the BloodFiend Sect came in collaboration. This news shocked all super-forces in the dominion. After all, these were the strongest forces in the dominion forming an alliance! Soon, the cause of this collaboration. also came to be known - the might secret realm! Thus, many other super-forces contacted the two sects to join the exploration of the new secret realm.
Aterna became a common operating base for all these sects to collaborate. This made the plane incredibly popular. As more and more people came to the plane, the development of the plane received a tremendous boost. Aterna was now no longer a backwater place.
Ramsus and Remeus returned as well. They were the assigned native governors of the plane assigned by the BloodFiend Sect. Their status was similar to Michael except that Aterna was under the Divine Sea Sect making them something like ambassadors. This position would generally not be given to outer-sect disciples but they were natives and had an advantage. This caused their status in the sect to increase as well, creating a smooth path for their cultivation.
Aterna changed drastically, and Michael finally became free from the burden of protecting the plane. As the years went by, Michael's mind relaxed. This was like the fulfilment of obsession and achievement of dao. As a result, he found a sense of peace, allowing him to focus on other things. Michael spent most of his time focused on his cultivation and with his family members and friends. It was a happy ending for his mission and a new beginning for his life.