In the endless void.
It was rare to meet other people in the Astral Plane, but Søren seemed to have met one.
It was a traveler in the Astral Plane.
There was no air or gravity in the Astral Plane, so a projection was the easiest way to travel. However, even a god would have to consume a lot of energy to travel in the Astral Plane.
Søren met a Lich!
As an undead creature, many of the restrictions in the Astral Plane didn't matter to it, although there was a saying, "Legends are as common as dogs, and Liches are everywhere."
But in fact, this was the first Lich that Søren met.
Liches were generally very powerful spellcasters, and many of them could fight against gods. The one in front of Søren seemed to be wandering in the Astral Plane, and it seemed to be collecting something that even he couldn't understand. It was a strange dust that emitted a faint silver light. It probably came from the material plane, or some extension of the material plane. Søren couldn't tell where it came from with just a glance. He only knew that it was at least level 25 since it could wander in the Astral Plane so easily.
"Your Excellency!"
Facing Søren's projection, the Lich in front of him seemed very relaxed. Søren's divine aura couldn't be hidden from it. It bowed slightly to Søren's projection to show its respect and said slowly, "I'm glad to meet a god here."
With its strength, it wasn't strange for it to meet a god.
Søren wasn't a threat to it at all, because a projection only had a small part of the original's strength. Moreover, as a Lich, it had a phylactery. As long as it wasn't stupid enough to participate in the Abyss Blood War, it could rely on the phylactery to revive itself if its body was destroyed. Sometimes, even gods couldn't do anything about it, unless they had mastered the Divine Domain of Death. Only then could they destroy the Lich's body and its phylactery at the same time.
Søren nodded slightly and looked at the Lich in the Astral Plane.
Both of them didn't seem to want to talk. After confirming that there was no hostility between them, they passed by each other in the Astral Plane.
If the projection died, the original body would be injured and weakened for a period of time.
The Lich did not seem to want to offend a deity either!
It was holding a strange alchemy tool in its hand, which was continuously absorbing the weak silvery-white dust in the astral world. After knowing that Søren was far away, it let out a sigh of relief. It quickly put away the tool and opened a portal. The Astral Plane was a very dangerous place. Battles often broke out here. Even though it was a Lich, it was still very surprised to meet a god.
Søren did not stray too far from the Material Plane.
Because he still had to put part of his energy in Modor City and another place.
It was possible to encounter the corpses of ancient gods in the Astral Plane. These corpses still had a lot of power left in them. For gods, they were very dangerous and full of opportunities. This was because the corpses of the oldest gods had very powerful divinity. They were gods that no longer existed in the records of time. They were also the creator of the Lord of Hell, Asmodeus. These ancient gods fought with the primitive demons born from the source of chaos. Some of them died in the void of the multiverse, and their corpses had been preserved until now.
The power of the primitive demons polluted Asmodeus and led to his complete fall. As the best warrior of order in the endless years, Asmodeus finally broke with the gods and evolved into the Baator Inferno. The fall of Asmodeus directly led to a considerable number of ancient angels falling into hell. Some had died in the endless bloody battle of the abyss, and some still remained in the deepest part of the Baator Inferno. But the blood of the fallen angels had spread to every layer of the Baator Inferno.
The reason why Søren chose to enter the Abyss and never considered entering the Baator Inferno was that the space of the Baator Inferno was very limited (only nine layers), and the competition was quite fierce. He had to obey the rule of Asmodeus.
On the contrary, the Abyss was chaotic, and the space was quite vast.
Although there were many powerful demon lords, there was no absolute ruler. Chaos represented opportunity, and it represented the possibility of Søren's rise!
Actually.
This was Søren's first time roaming the astral world. He had a little bit of hope that he would be favored by the goddess of luck, or that he would be like the child of the plane, suddenly meeting an ancient god's corpse in the astral world.
Unfortunately, compared to the huge planes, the ancient god's corpse was still too small.
In this practically boundless void of the Star Dimension, the probability of encountering them was simply unimaginably low! Søren had always thought that he had the ability to help himself absorb the large amount of divinity left on the ancient god's corpse, but the problem was that it was very difficult for him to find it in the astral world, which was quite mysterious even for the gods.
The last time someone met an ancient god's corpse was a very long time ago.
Søren prepared to go around the astral world in the material plane. There were many things of great value in the astral world, and the key was whether he could find them or not. This place was connected to all the planes. Sometimes, he could even meet a meteorite flying by. It could be a complete diamond structure, or some kind of metal that could be directly used to forge rare weapons.
Since he was already here, he might as well go around a few more times and try his luck!
…
In the laboratory.
Gloria was busy analyzing the experimental data. Occasionally, she would turn her head to look at the new Thaling ET-1, who was standing next to her and helping to record. Compared with the Thaling 13 she encountered in the war chess plane, the one created by Gloria was too weak. Whether it was her own combat ability, the computing ability, or her own wisdom, the gap between the two was simply thousands of miles. This made her even more curious about the knowledge of the Arcane Empire. She really wanted to know how much fascinating knowledge there was to be able to maintain the operation of a huge floating city.
Light footsteps could be heard.
Fallen Witch's figure appeared outside the laboratory. She held a thick book in her hand and gently pushed the door open.
"Mother?"
Gloria stopped the experiment in her hand and turned to look at Fallen Witch. She slowly said, "What's the matter?"
The two's laboratories were separated.
Under normal circumstances, her mother rarely came over at this time, so she was a little confused.
"Take a look at this."
Fallen Witch handed the thick book to Gloria with Mage's Hand. She quickly turned to one of the pages and said softly, "This is the information I found about the bloody war in the Abyss."
Gloria took it doubtfully. There was a large paragraph of text on it:
"In the years before civilization was recorded, the bloody war in the Abyss had already broken out."
"At that time, the River Styx was still just a stream. The Gray Wilderness, the Scorching Inferno, the Shura Realm, and other planes had not been completely formed. The Baator Inferno was still the world of the ancient Baator, and the Yugros had just been born! … "
"The bloody war in the Abyss lasted for countless years. The existence of Asmodeus made the demons completely rise. The balance of the war seemed to be in a stalemate! … "
"From the Plain of Ten Thousand Abyss, the Blood Fissure (the gap between the Abyss and Baator was also the largest battlefield), Avernus, the Gray Wilderness, the Scorching Inferno, and the Shura Realm, there was no place that was not a bloody battlefield. Tens of millions of demons fought here. Every time, countless demons died, and countless Inferior Demons and Dretches were born under the laws of the plane and continued to fight! … "
"The Yugros, Onibabas, Night Witches, these evil and neutral creatures benefited from both sides of the bloody war. The Yugros Chamber of Commerce exported to Baator from the Abyss (rich resources from countless Abyss levels) and imported various weapons and equipment made by demons from Baator to the Abyss (Baator had countless factories, the largest weapon production in the lower realm, and many places in the chaotic Abyss did not even have a weapon forging business). "The Yugros also monopolized a part of the boatman business on the River Styx. If it were not for the fierce competition between the Yugros, Night Witches, and Onibabas, their commercial power could make the multiverse pale in comparison. … "
…
When Gloria saw this, she raised her head in confusion. She had seen some of the things above before.
For the bloody war in the Abyss that had existed for countless years, any powerful wizard should have some understanding. However, the Fallen Witch shook her head gently and continued, "Continue reading."
There were many words behind, but the main point seemed to be only a part:
"An ancient time period."
"Millions of coalition forces composed of Yakos and Angels joined the bloody war. In the end, only 3000 people were able to return to the upper realm alive. This fiasco made the heavenly creatures more cautious and careful when dealing with the lower realm!"
"Let the demons fight, and the upper realm also lost the desire to interfere too much in the bloody war. As a result of this failed expedition, the heavenly creatures were divided into the Order and Chaos camps. "
"In ancient times, many Gods of Order and Gods of Chaos participated in the bloody war. A God of the Chaos camp died in the bloody war. What was even more frightening was that the Gods who died in the bloody war could no longer be resurrected. They were completely finished. So most of the Gods chose to withdraw from the bloody war. At most, they sent some servants and believers to participate. In addition, if they participated too much in the bloody war, their divine power seemed to be absorbed by the bloody war! … "
"There were also rumors that even if the Lich died in the bloody war, it was more likely that the phylactery would be destroyed. This made many powerful beings who cherished their lives more cautious. Even the Demon Lords and the Duke of Hell rarely took the risk to fight in person. … "
The Fallen Witch suddenly said at this time, "Look at the last paragraph."
The last paragraph?
Gloria continued to read in confusion, and soon she couldn't help but tremble:
"Of course, it's different for those demons who want to advance or those who want to rely on the bloody war to become stronger! This is one of the fastest ways to become stronger. As long as you survive, you may be able to absorb the power of the enemy you killed! … "
"A Dretch of the lowest level may directly evolve into a powerful Hezrou after a bloody battle."
"Even if it survives a few more bloody wars, it can advance into a Six-Armed Snake Demon, Assassin Demon, Balor Demon and other higher demons! … "
"If it is lucky enough to kill a very powerful being!"
"That may mean that there will be one more Demon Lord in the Abyss, or a Demon Duke in the Baator Inferno! … "
"In the long history of the Abyss."
"Occasionally, there are some extremely powerful and lucky existences who killed the gods in the Abyss Bloody War! … "
"This may allow some people to become one of the gods in a very short period of time! … No one knows what kind of rules and power the Bloody War contains! … But it seems that it is the only place where anyone may be on par with the gods in the shortest time! … "
"The slaughter is endless! … "
— — "Abyss Bloody War", Volume 3, Chapter 16.
…
Gloria silently closed the book, turned her head, looked at the Fallen Witch with a complicated expression, and said slowly: "Why are you showing me this!"
The Fallen Witch was silent.
After a while, she slowly said: "Søren's power!"
"From a weak mortal, he became a deity in such a short period of time! … I can sense too many secrets from him! … No one has ever risen like a comet like him! … "
"What you just saw is the greatest possibility I can think of! … "
"He has a power similar to the Bloody War in his body! … I don't know where this power will lead him to? … "
Gloria stood still.
She quietly looked at her mother, and her expression was still calm. She just said in a firm voice: "No matter what the future will be? Since I have chosen him, I will always stand by his side and accompany him to the end! "
"Mother."
"It's getting late. You should go back and rest. "
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