"I need to see the state of the Barren Lands myself…"
The voice of the True Emperor of Genesis- Orion, rang out as his words caused the eyes of the architect of the Golden Forge to sparkle, Caterina Aurelia Dismukes also releasing a golden glow from her body as she spoke lazily!
"I'm also inquisitive as to what the Barren Lands managed to produce as the last True Emperor. The quality of Emperors over the past Ages has only continued to grow poorer and poorer…"
A woman laden in gold manifested beside her as the Apex Aeonic Soul Clone turned into a streak of light soon after, her voice being the only thing left behind.
"Try to keep up."
The message was for Orin's Soul Clone that became wrapped in a milky white light while disappearing, its speed no less than Aurelia's close as they disappeared instantly!
The figures left behind were the main bodies of Orion, Aurelia, and Lucia who had a different destination- towards the Lernaean Apex Aeonic Domain where the grandeur of all their powerhouses would be gathered.
The goal was singular.
The usurpation of the current Apex Aeonic Lineage Emperor Roan as in these tumultuous times, his methodology was not something that the True Emperor of Genesis trusted!
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Genesis.
Orion.
The Eyeless Lernaean.
He had many titles and distinctions, the last one being something that the Noblesse Apex Aeonic Lifeforms had given him after he had his eyes taken away.
He was always humble as he knew he was never the most talented, fortunate, or smartest of beings!
And he was reminded of this more and more whenever he was around Caterina Aurelia Dismukes.
The True Emperor of Fortune.
The one who had remained hidden in the Barren Lands during the Age of Fortune as she constructed the Golden Forge and did absolutely nothing but enjoy its boons thereafter, achieving the distinction of True Emperor after she accumulated the most fortune within this Age.
When she ascended to the Havens of Extremity, her Aeonic Soul had continued to focus on her Golden Forge as she was initially looked down upon as she never joined any expeditions to seek Aeonic Treasures of Extremity or any explorations, where she actually shut herself off from others and remained secluded most of the time!
Yet the same beings who looked down on her came to find themselves gazing towards her brilliance as over the years as they agonizingly crossed the Boundary Expansion Realm, they found Aurelia to be ascending faster than any of them as she very quickly joined the ranks of the Lernaean Reverend Emperors.
This was when her Boundary of Fortune reached the 9th Boundary Layer as with it and her overly strong soul that had been refined by countless treasures, she transformed her Golden Forge into the Aeonic Forge of Extremity!
A tool that within a thousand years of her achieving it…she underwent Apexification to join the very few Lernaean Apex Aeonic Lifeforms at that time.
And since then, she continued her seclusion while simply getting treasures from her unique construct that no others seemed capable of replicating.
She elevated their Lineage ever higher when they begged her to aid some of their most powerful Unequaled Reverend Emperors to become Apex Aeonic Lifeforms!
She became one of the strongest pillars of Ancestral Lernaeans, and yet Orion knew she never really joined any battles or wars.
And now as he followed behind the golden magnificence of her Aeonic Soul Clone, he couldn't help but be humbled again as he sighed when he saw the powerful light of none other than a Dynamis of Extremity.
And it didn't seem to only be a single one at that as he was once more reminded that Age wasn't everything!
He was the First True Emperor, and yet even he had fallen behind as this True Emperor that came much later than him seemed unfathomable in her power.
"Don't dwell on the strength of others and focus on yourself more, old man. When do you plan to reclaim your eyes?"
Aurelia's Soul Clone spoke towards him without even looking back as Orion was taken out of his reverie, shaking his head as when one looked at his Clone- they would notice the same quality of empty sockets still in place!
"They will naturally come back to me if I am deserving to see with Clarity again. Before then, I don't deserve them."
…!
A small silence descended between the two who were heading towards the Abecedarian Sacrarium as soon after, Aurelia shook her head lazily once more.
"So stupidly sentimental…"
SHIING!
She turned into an even faster streak of light that began to pull away from Orion's Soul Clone, their arrival into the Abecedarian Sacrarium imminent as it was the convergence of multiple destinies!
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Noah's eyes reflected arcs of vibrant light as he watched Maximilian be surrounded by the light of a few Boundaries before he ultimately blared with the shocking radiance of Providence at the 8th Boundary Layer!
This was a very shocking and decisive action as Noah had felt multiple Boundaries sacrificed to make such a thing a reality- even the light of a 9th Boundary Layer that Maximilian held being burnt just to be capable of propelling the Consummate Boundary of Providence to the 8th Boundary Layer.
He stopped here as just with this…it was equivalent to multiple Innate Boundaries even at the 9th Boundary Layer.
"Ah…"
The light of Providence shone on his body as he let out a sigh of immense pain and sadness, as if he was one of the few Lernaeans to be the first to realize just how big of a mistake they had made back then when they abandoned the Natural Laws!
Now that he felt Providence again and saw just what grandeur it could unleash…his heart couldn't help but ache at their past actions!
Noah could somewhat understand this reaction, but he didn't sympathize as he continued to plan for his own future.
He turned his head towards the far distance as at this moment, he could feel the Infinite Plane that he was intimately connected to moving across the Planar Palisades of Extremity and remaining utterly hidden from everything else.
He could tell with Providence that very soon, the time would come to begin absorbing more Planes of Existence into it- with his forces led by his son beginning their Conquest in the Lands of Noblesse while he himself…was already looking at the Interim Aeonic Lernaean Lineage Emperor Maximilian who would hand him the keys to the many Sacrariums of the Lernaeans!
The only question and difficult realm to maneuver was the presence of their Apex Aeonic Lifeforms.
Just how much impact would they be able to exert?!
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