Ten o'clock in the morning.

Mr. Milley came to the lobby on the first floor.

Open the roster and delete the absentees one by one.

For the 16 people who gave up further education, they did not show regret or disappointment.

This kind of thing, maybe he has long been surprised.

Closing the roster, the butler raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Syllable!

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted.

Next to the butler, a large mirror was placed against the wall.

At this time, a magical glow is emerging.

Under everyone's curious gaze, the mirror gradually became transparent.

Through the mirror, an empty and vast starry sky is presented.

The hall was filled with a sound of astonishment.

Alan is no stranger to the astral void that appears in the mirror.

But he also followed the crowd and pretended to be curious.

Mr. Mirry raised his cane and pointed to the mirror.

The camera angle shrinks sharply, and the sparse starlight converges into a circular flowing Milky Way.

The vast galaxy, the outer edge stretches in the void, as if there is no end.

In the center, it's pitch black.

It is like a huge black hole with infinite gravitational pull, attracting countless stars around it and circling the black hole for eternity.

This is a top-down view of the Bloodline Galaxy.

Alan also got a glimpse of the galaxy for the first time.

"The place I'm about to take you to is called the Astral Plane."

Mr. Mirry's tone was serious.

"The astral plane is the void that envelops our material plane, and it is also a transit point to other planes."

"The bloodline galaxy that carries countless ancestral spirits is in the Star Boundary."

"In the past, you could only reach the bloodline galaxy through atavistic meditation."

"Now I'm going to take you to the astral plane and see for yourself this river of inheritance that holds all the warlock bloodlines in the world."

"But before you go, be mentally prepared."

"It's easy to take this step, but it's hard to come back."

"When you arrive at the Star Boundary, unless you awaken the cross-border teleportation spell, you will not be able to return to the Warlock World."

The butler stopped, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces.

Those who insist on returning here have already made up their minds.

There was silence in the hall.

No one has opted out.

Mr. Mirry nodded and raised his hand to signal everyone to walk through the mirror.

Most people are still hesitating.

Pamela suddenly sneered, took the lead in the line, and walked straight to the mirror.

The beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes, under the gaze of people, melts into the starry sky in the mirror.

The light flashed and vanished.

Pamela's companions, three elementals from the Randolph family, hurriedly followed her footsteps and teleported to the astral plane through the mirror.

In a short time, all twenty-three people entered the mirror.

Eventually, Mr. Milley followed.

……

The teleportation drop point, located in the middle of the spacious courtyard.

The crowd shook off their dizziness and looked around.

I was surprised to find that everything in front of me was so familiar.

Courtyards, fences, towering towers......

If it weren't for the silver-gray starry sky outside the wall, everyone would have thought that they were back in Origin City.

"This is the real City of Origin."

Mr. Miri, smiling and helping everyone answer their questions.

"The castle you lived in before was nothing more than a projection of True Origin City in the physical world."

"True Origin City, also known as the 'Stargazing Tower', is the core area of the Holy Demon Imperial Clan's ancestral court."

The so-called ancestral court is the secret realm of time and space created by the ancestors, similar to the "kingdom of God" created by the true gods.

All living beings in the ancestral court, including the laws of nature and the laws of time and space, are completely controlled by the ancestors.

The kingdom of God was created by the true God to consolidate his power and provide a place for the souls of believers to return to after death.

The pious souls who enter the kingdom of God are called "prayers."

The more people who pray for it, the more prosperous the kingdom of God will be, and the power of God will swell.

Those who are particularly favored among those who are invoked can be elevated to the status of angels, or even "demigods" or "slaves", thus developing a complete divine lineage.

On the other hand, if there is a large loss of prayers, the kingdom of God will decay and even perish.

When a god loses his kingdom, he is not truly God.

Even if they possess immortal divinity, they will inevitably lose their powers, and the corpse, along with the kingdom of God that has been reduced to ruins, will be exiled to the deepest part of the astral void, reduced to a cold meteorite.

The ancestors created the ancestral court just to build a home that suited their own preferences, and perhaps brought relatives and friends to live with them.

However, no matter how many or small the inhabitants of the ancestral court were, it would not affect the power of the ancestor itself.

Even if the ancestral court is destroyed, it doesn't matter to the ancestors.

The ancestral court is just a mansion for the ancestors to show off their strength and vanity.

When the Ancestors lose interest in showing off, the Ancestral Court will also be abandoned.

The Stargazing Tower, as the capital of the Holy Demon Ancestral Court, seemed so deserted......

Alan felt that it was understandable.

After all, the Holy Demon Imperial Family could not have children.

The people are not prosperous, and the ancestral court is of course lacking vitality.

The stargazing tower is surrounded by nine slightly lower towers.

According to the steward, there are nine teleportation towers, which lead to the four elemental realms, the fairy wilderness, the shadow underworld, the heavenly realm, the abyss, and the hell.

The above-mentioned nine planes, along with the astral plane, are all under the surveillance of the Holy Demon Ancestral Court.

The nine teleportation towers, corresponding to the teleportation landing points, are the fortresses established by the Holy Demon Ancestral Court in the major planes.

They are the "Brass City" of the Fire Elemental Realm, the "Infinity Boat" of the Water Elemental Realm, the "Great Dungeon" of the Earth Elemental Realm, and the "Floating Islands" of the Wind Elemental Realm.

The "Emerald Court" of the Fairy Wilderness, the "City of Memories" of the Shadow Underworld.

The "Tower of Heaven" in the Heavenly Realm, the "Fortress of Chaos" in the Abyss, and the "Hall of Precepts" in the Hell.

The trial space of Origin City was actually created by imitating the ecological environment of these nine fortresses and their surroundings.

Theoretically, each of the nine fortresses has at least one royal family stationed to rule the corresponding plane.

It's a pity that the inheritance of the Holy Demon Ancestor is not so easy to awaken.

Now, in the entire Holy Demon Ancestral Court, there are only seven officially reigning members of the royal family, collectively known as the "Seven Great Sect Masters".

The so-called "suzerain" is the "head of the clan".

The concept of clan is larger than family and less than race.

The power of the suzerain is higher than that of the legendary warlock, but it has not yet created a new bloodline source, and it cannot surpass the ancestor of the original lineage, also known as the "quasi-ancestor", just like the demigod is to the true god.

The power of the seven suzerains is reflected through the imperial name.

For example, the "Lord of Earth", Hell Sky Stone, has the blood of devils and angels, and also has mastered the "Origin of Earth", is the lord of the "Great Dungeon", and is worshiped as a god by the inhabitants of the Earth Elemental Realm.

The "Lord of Water" Yuan Tianhe, the Holy Demon Prince who awakened the dual bloodlines of demons and angels, was revered as the emperor in the water elemental world.

Luo Tianhua, the "Lord of Life", has both Rakshasa and angel blood, and also comprehends the origin of life, the empress of the fairy wilderness.

The "Lord of Fire" Hell Tianyan, the emperor of the fire elemental realm.

The "Lord of Order" Hell Heavenly Law, the spokesperson of the will of hell.

The "Lord of Chaos" Yuan Tianhong, the spokesperson of the will of the abyss.

"Lord of Light" Yuan Tianguang, the youngest Holy Demon Prince.

The "Holy Light" worshipped by the Heavenly Realm Priests was essentially the Abyssal Heavenly Light.

Among the nine planes, the Wind Elemental Realm and the Shadow Underworld do not yet have a Sect Master.

After a brief introduction to the Holy Demon Ancestral Court, Mr. Miri led everyone towards the main building of the Stargazing Tower.

In the next part of the journey, the newcomers will have to learn to adapt to the special environment of the astral plane.

From the moment you take your first steps, you can feel the huge difference between this place and the physical world.

The seemingly solid ground does not feel gravity.

As soon as you lift your feet, your body loses balance.

In the courtyard, the newlyweds were in a mess.

One by one, they danced and looked very funny.

"This is the first lesson you will take."

Mr. Mirry held his cane and stood in the air.

"The gravity of the astral plane, which has no fixed direction, changes according to your own wishes."

"You want gravity to point to your feet, and you can stand on your feet."

"You want gravity to be overhead, and you can take off on flat ground."

Everyone followed the butler's instructions, kept their minds focused, and adjusted the direction of gravity in their minds.

Get rid of the embarrassing situation of not obeying the call of hands and feet one after another.

Alan was already familiar with the subjective gravity of the astral plane.

But he didn't act out of the ordinary.

At first, it was also clumsy and ugly.

Until his companions began to adjust to the environment, he also pretended to be jerky as if he had just learned to adjust the direction of gravity.

"The astral realm is a world where spirit is greater than matter."

Mr. Milley continued to point out the newcomers.

"Here, your subjective consciousness can not only change the direction of gravity, but also suppress feelings of fatigue and hunger, as if you can live without sleeping or eating."

"But don't ignore the objective needs of physical survival, and be sure to maintain your old sleeping and eating habits."

"Otherwise, when you leave the astral plane and return to the material world, the accumulated fatigue and hunger will explode in an instant, and the consequences can be imagined."

Listening to Mister Miri's admonition, Renee became worried.

Pulling Alan's sleeve, he asked what there was to eat in the astral plane.

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Alan glanced at the tiger girl angrily.

He had followed Fengyue into the astral realm twice, not to mention food, and he had never even seen a living creature.

The void of the astral plane is more barren than the most desolate desert.

Alan also doesn't know how the inhabitants survive here.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

In the free time of refining the 3rd order freezing elixir, a large number of life maintenance elixirs were refined by the way.

Now he has 300 vitamins in his storage bag.

Take one stick per day to meet dietary needs.

As it turned out, Allen was overwhelmed.

Following Mr. Miri into the gate of the stargazing tower, everyone returned to the familiar restaurant.

The layout in the hall is exactly the same as the first floor of Origin City.

The silver hood on the table reveals the aroma of roast beef.

Remove the cover and you'll be able to enjoy an unlimited amount of magically conjured delicacies.

Everyone, including Allen, breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that there is no need to worry about three meals a day in the astral plane.

At the bar of the restaurant, there stood a golem that was taller and more powerful than Mr. Miri.

The metal body is black in blue, showing a deep luster unique to pure gold.

"Hey! Miri, my dear brother, long time no see, you look thin. ”

The Adamantite Golem let out a hearty laugh and strode towards Miri with a trembling of footsteps.

Miri looked horrified.

Unable to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, he tried to distance himself from the Adamantite Golem.

However, it was too late.

The seemingly tall and bulky Adamantite Golem, as if it would teleport, suddenly pounced on him, stretched out its arms, and gave him a warm hug.

Crunch crunch......

The sound of metal grinding in the hall was tooth-aching.

Mirithl forged Miri, surrounded by the thick arms of the Adamantite Golem, looked so petite, helpless and pitiful.

The whole body squeaked by the other party.

The ornate Mithril body shows obvious dents.

"Aardman, you're still so rough!"

Finally breaking free from the Adamantite Golem's overly enthusiastic embrace, Mr. Mirry complained and blessed himself with a "complete repair technique" to eliminate the traces of potholes on his body.

"You're too vulnerable, my poor brother." Aardman shook his head and sighed, "I hope the little ones you brought this time are stronger than you." ”

Mr. Mirry's face twitched.

Coughing dryly, he turned around and introduced to Alan and the others:

"This stupid black guy named Aardman is the head of the Stargazing Tower, a Enlightened Adamantine Golem who doesn't pay much attention to etiquette, and a legendary Trap Warlock."

"Aardman claims to be my brother, but I want to make it clear that I am not related to him even a single screw, but I just happened to be born in the same construction workshop!"

"In fact, there are many other Enlightenment Structures like me and Aardman, and Stargazing Towers."

"We're all made from automated factories, or constructed from constructs."

"As long as there are enough raw materials and energy, the construction plant can run forever and make golems in a steady stream."

"That's how the Golem Guards guarding the Stargazing Tower were established."

With that, Mr. Milley pointed out the window.

Alan turned his head to look, and through the crystal window, he saw a team of heavily armed steel golems, patrolling the courtyard.

"Alright, kids, this is the end of my guideship."

Mr. Mirry concluded.

"Next, Aardman will take my place and lead you to the ancestral hall to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony."

"Pass this final test, and you will officially become the Guardians of the Galaxy."

As he spoke, his figure disappeared into the teleportation array.

Seeing Miri leave, Mr. Aardman turned and grinned at the group.

"Alright, little ones, from now on you're in my hands!"

"I'm not pretentious, hot-tempered, straight-tempered like Miri, if you don't listen to me, beware of being beaten!"

He waved his thick arm, his fist clenching.

The crowd was silent.

It is also a Enlightenment Golem, with different craftsmanship and materials, and the character of the Golem is also very different.

Compared to Mr. Milley, who regarded himself as a gentleman, this Mr. Aardman seemed more rude, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to deal with.

"Haha! Don't be afraid, little ones, although I have a bad temper and a loud voice, but I am the most reasonable! ”

Mr. Aardman thumped his chest.

"Now I'm going to tell you the rules of the stargazing tower, as long as you don't break the rules, you can do whatever you want, my old man is too lazy to meddle with things!"

Alan and his party followed Mr. Aardman, writing down the taboos in the city as they went.

In a short time, the crowd entered a spacious hall.

A trapezoidal altar was built in the center of the main hall.

Around the altar, seven chairs are placed.

According to Mr. Aardman, it was the seat of the seven suzerains.

In the hall dedicated to the Holy Demon Ancestor, only members of the royal family at the suzerain-level have the treatment of sitting at the table.

Based on the position of the seats, the distance between them, and the depth of the marks on the ground, it was not difficult for Alan to surmise that the Holy Demon Ancestral Court had thirteen sect masters in its heyday.

Most of the time, there are nine overlords.

Today, there are only seven chairs left.

The rest of the chairs have been removed, suggesting that the corresponding suzerain has fallen and a new successor has not yet been born.

The power of the suzerain, second only to the ancestor, is equivalent to a demigod.

Such a powerful being will also fall, and it will not be able to be reborn for a long time...... Alan had a premonition of danger.

The Holy Demon Ancestral Court, I'm afraid it's not peaceful.

Even the high-ranking suzerain has a tricky and formidable enemy.

Retracting his thoughts, Alan looked around at the brightly colored murals on the walls.

It seems to depict a melee between the two opposing camps of the ancestors and the gods in ancient times.

On the mural, Eren also sees dragons, phoenixes, Titans, Leviathans, and Beamon Behemoths.

These powerful ancient creatures are hard to find in reality.

"In the flood era before the birth of mankind, all the races in the world had their own ancestors and gods they worshipped, and there was no conflict."

Mr. Aardman pauses in front of a mural to tell visitors about a forgotten piece of history.

"The gods at that time were all specific racial gods, or the ancestors who were deified by future generations."

"For example, Annan, the ancestor of the Titans."

"Tiamat, the mother goddess worshipped by the five-colored dragons."

"Bahamut, the revered father god of the metal dragons."

"These racial gods have built the kingdom of God in the bloodline galaxy, and their believers return to the kingdom of God after death, and they are also the ancestral spirits in the bloodline galaxy, which can be used for future generations to meditate and fuse."

"In this case, there is no contradiction between the worship of the ancestors and the belief in the gods, and the blessings of the gods and the lineage of warlocks can coexist."

"Until the good old days of harmonious coexistence were broken by a group of careerists."

"I don't know when people were no longer satisfied with worshipping their ancestors and worshipping the founder of their own race."

"From the concrete personal god, the racial god, to the abstract idea of God, and with the help of theological and philosophical theories, it has intensified!"

"Fire, wind, earth, water, light, darkness, life and death, disease and famine, fate and justice......"

"All kinds of abstract ideas, endowed with divinity by people, are widely worshipped across races."

"The consequence of this is the birth of one evil god after another representing abstract ideas."

"These ideas do not have a racial concept, do not divide distant and near relatives according to blood relations, and advocate the so-called universal faith."

"The sun god, who symbolizes light, treats elves and dwarves equally, and even goblins who worship light can become his priest along with the Titans."

"In this way, the original religious pattern is broken."

"The traditional race gods, whose audience is too narrow, have been defeated by the newly rising god of ideas in the competition of mission."

"The expansion of the new god system also poses a threat to the ancestors."

"The desire for power, a desire that even God cannot overcome."

"Since ancient times, the gods have created the kingdom of God in the bloodline galaxy."

"This has the advantage of being able to live peacefully with the Ancestors, but it is also limited."

"The scale of the Kingdom of God will never be able to surpass the Bloodline Galaxy."

"The prayers of the Kingdom of God are all the ancestral spirits in the river, and the ancestral spirits in the river are not necessarily the ones who pray for the annexation."

"Due to these two restrictions, the power of the gods in the Bloodline Galaxy will never be able to surpass the limit of the Bloodline Galaxy itself!"

"It's like a fish in a bottle, but it can't grow bigger than a bottle."

"The newly rising evil god, driven by ambition, has blatantly broken the ancient traditions of the warlock world, and has even created another kingdom of gods outside the bloodline galaxy!"

"Believers of evil gods, after death, the soul will no longer enter the bloodline galaxy, cut off the bloodline inheritance, and cut themselves off from future generations!"

"The church of the evil god is thriving more and more, there are more and more believers, and the ancestral spirits obtained by the bloodline galaxy are getting fewer and fewer."

"In the long run, the Warlock Legacy will eventually decline."

"In order to get out of the crisis, the major warlock families and schools have to issue a ban on their own children from believing in cults."

"In this way, there will be a conflict with those fanatical believers."

"The conflict between the warlock class and the cultists intensified, and eventually the ancestors and gods were also involved, and an all-out war began."

Mr. Aardman, with a solemn face.

"Anyone who knows right from wrong can see that our warlock class belongs to the righteous side of passive resistance in this war."

"Justice is in the hearts of the people, and those who uphold justice will eventually win more support."

"Race gods who have been suppressed by evil gods, as well as powerful races such as dragons, titans, beamons, and leviathans who worship them, have joined the warlock camp and turned the tide of the war."

"On the side of the evil gods, they are not willing to fail."

"In desperation, he made a desperate move!"

"All the evil gods, trying to merge their divine kingdoms, gather all their divine power, and build a wall!"

Wall......?

The people who listened attentively looked at each other with amazement.

Gather the power of the gods, just to build a wall.

Wouldn't that be a bit of a fuss?

Alan didn't get involved in people's discussions.

The memories of the time when he fused with the Titan Ancestor Spirit were once again awakened, causing ripples in his heart.

"Huh...... Children, the wall that the gods have built together is not a concrete wall as you think, but the idea of the word 'wall', the entity of the concept of 'wall'. ”

"This wall is everywhere, enveloping the entire warlock world."

"This wall was named the 'Wall of Heresy' by the gods, giving it power over the gods!"

"Those who do not believe in evil gods will be glued to the wall of heresy after death, and they will be tortured by soul hunger and thirst forever!"

The more Mr. Aardman spoke, the more agitated he became, waving his arms angrily.

"The wall of heresy is the most evil thing in the world!"

"The purpose of its existence is to destroy the free will of all beings in the world!"

"When this wall is erected, the entire world of warlocks will be surrounded by an invisible iron curtain."

"Believers in evil gods, after death, their souls return to the kingdom of God and become prayers."

"Unbelievers and heretics, including the vast majority of warlocks, whose souls are bound by the wall of heresy after death."

"If there are no new souls entering the bloodline galaxy, the water without a source will eventually dry up."

"The evil god is trying to drain the bloodline galaxy in this way, intimidating the warlock class and forcing them to convert."

"However, our venerable ancestors did not give in and rose up in a desperate situation!"

"A tooth for a tooth, blood for a blood!"

"In the same cruel way, exterminate the believers of the evil gods, and destroy the churches of the evil gods."

"The evil gods promote the so-called universal faith, refuse to recognize that different ethnic groups have their own unique cultural heritage, and finally pay the price for their arrogance!"

"The evil gods rely too much on the faith and will provided by their believers, and to some extent have been kidnapped by their own believers, the local church will be destroyed, and the kingdom of God in heaven will also usher in decay."

"As one cult after another is eliminated, the power of the evil gods is also declining dramatically."

"In the battle between the ancestors and the gods, justice will be victorious."

"In the final battle, the ancestors used the will of the Bloodline Galaxy to drag the kingdom of the gods into the Bloodline Galaxy."

"The will of the galaxy is the common will of all the souls that have lived and been buried in this land since the birth of the warlock world, the first ancestor of all the ancestors."

"The kingdom of the gods has been swallowed up by the galaxy of blood, the 'Wall of Heresy' has been reduced to a reef at the bottom of the river, and all those who pray have been transformed into the ancestral spirits of the river.

"After this battle, the gods fell."

"However, the divinity is immortal!"

"The gods are only sealed in the bloodline galaxy, but they cannot be completely destroyed, and they will not be willing to admit defeat."

"After tens of thousands of years of dormancy, the evil gods are regaining their strength."

"The remnants of the ancient gods have established a secret organization, known as the 'Holy Spirit Society', to send evil spirits to actively preach in various planes, gain faith, and send wishes to the ancient gods to seek resurrection."

"Evil spirits outside the sky, elusive, scheming, we have to take strict precautions!"

"Every newcomer must participate in the ancestor worship ceremony to prove that they are not possessed by evil spirits, officially join the ranks of the 'Galaxy Guardians', and shoulder the glorious duty of guarding the bloodline galaxy."

At this point, Mr. Aardman paused, shooting two sharp glances in his eyes, observing the changes in everyone's expressions one by one.

……

Ask for a recommended ticket for a commuter pass

(End of chapter)