The Holy Chronicles of Baator

[Trafford]

Several weeks have passed since I reached the Primarchy; I spent most of the time empowering, growing, and strengthening the Kadath Universe, which took a lot of effort because it required me to manipulate the Source Energy directly.

Since becoming the Unvierse Master, I could control every single aspect of the Kadath Universe, which was coming together nicely as the Kadath Universe started growing at an exponential rate.

This wasn't anything surprising because the moment the Source Energy got its controller, I could manipulate every single bit of the Source Energy. For the time being, I directed most of the Source Energy toward the Higher Dimensional World of Baator.

Then it was also the Douluo Principality World that was getting the increased amount of the Source Energy, causing the powerhouses of the Douluo to grow in strength at a very fast rate.

Even in the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, the results were almost immediate, as everyone received the effect of the increased Source Energy that was right now flowing into every single layer of the Baator.

This caused tremendous growth in the population because countless Baatorias were able to reach the peak of Tier 8 almost instantaneously or those that were stuck at the Limit of Tier 8 before the Being of Law.

"Now, to decide the next matters..."

Venelana and Grayfia returned back to the Baator, not long after my breakthrough into the Primarchy. In regard to them, both of them were stuck at the peak of Tier 11 for a long time already and it was clear to both of them that they couldn't really break through the reaming hurdle.

In the end, the sole thing that they could do was to depend on me to use the Source Energy to help them make the breakthrough to Tier 12. In fact, Bibi Dong was in a rather similar situation, but she still had some unused potential.

So her procedure would be a bit different, as that one would just increase her talent and perfect her own strength so that she could reach Tier 12 with Source Energy. Grayfia and Venelana, meanwhile already used all of their potential...

"After we finish eating, I will give you the Enhancement of the Source Energy."

The Enhancement of the Source Energy would be enough for both Fia and Vena to reach Tier 12, as they were already on the absolute limits of Tier 11, but due to lack of talent, they couldn't create their Arcane Crest from their Path.

Technically speaking, this would probably be the last Tier they could reach, because the moment I raised their Tier with the external factors, the sole chance for both of them attaining the Primarchy was null on their own.

They could have some luck and attain the Primarchy through external factors, but for that, it would require a tremendous amount of luck and coincidence. Still, both Vena and Fia were content with this, because for them, reaching Tier 12 was already the best they could achieve.

With all of the resources that the Imperial House had in their disposition, they would be able to reach the Limits of the Tiere 12 in a few thousand years. After that, I already counted on that I would already be Paragon and could gather some precious natural wonders of the Endless Void for them to reach Tier 13.

Perhaps I could even get them some Universe for them to become the Universe Master... I heard from some of the channels that some of the more powerful Universe Masters could miniature the Universes and hide them in their souls, always having them with them.

Meaning that nobody could really destroy their Universe and get rid of their Immortality.

This would probably be the best method to ensure the Immortality of my wives. Immortality was a flicky thing because there was nothing that was truly Immortal in the endless reality, as even Universe Masters or even Paragons could be killed under certain conditions.

But at the same time, some people were just being much, much harder to kill than the rest.

And the Universe Masters and Paragons were standing on the top of that.

"As you wish, beloved."

Grayfia nodded without saying anything and Venelana joyfully replied for both of them.

She herself was long ago having some doubts that she was not strong enough; she was always very conscious about that, not like she would ever tell me... but I was pretty observant when it came to my wives, and I knew them very well...

"Before anything, after you undergo the Enhancement of the Source Energy, you will need to start constructing your Arcane Crest immediately. The Source Energy as long as it is controlled by me, will make the impossible possible, so you will have approximately one hour, to construct your Arcane Crests and reach Tier 12."

This wasn't everything that I prepared for them for their breakthrough, but I also had some really exotic materials for them to use in their Arcane Crests, which will give them an edge among other Tier 12 beings.

For Grayfia, I managed to obtain the Nifilian Ice Cube, a primal artifact that was able to freeze even ordinary Tier 12 beings into a block of ice in a mere moment; this would be very well going with her Path, which was of the Fimbulvetr.

Annihilation of Ice.

Obtained from the coldest depths of the Endless Void, where even Tiem and Space were frozen and were even mighty Primarchs would be frozen to death.

For Venelana, I managed to get my hands on the Eye of Destruction, which was another peculiarity that could be found through the Endless Void. This little thing was responsible for the generation of storms of the Destruction Energires that were capable of destroying the entire Universe.

With this, as long as they reached the Limit of Tier 12 and managed to become the Half-Step Tier 13, they would have combat prowess comparable to initial Priamrchs, which would be already more than enough.

 

[Trafford]

After we finished eating, I took both Venelana and Grayfia to the Heart of the Universe for the Blessing of the Source Energy Ceremony. In fact, I could do it right within the premises of the Nurmengard, but the effect would be at least twice better within the Heart of the Universe.

The Heart of the Universe was the location where most of the Source Energy was congregated, where it was being created, gathered, refined, and possibly used. The density of the Source Energy within the Kadath Universe's Heart of the Universe was indeed staggering because it wasn't used for much.

One didn't even realize how much Source Energy the Universe Will was saving up, now when all of its previous responsibilities fell onto the Tier 12 entities of the Kadath Universe and the Universe Will didn't need to spend the precious Source Energy on the meaningless tasks.

"Now, we shall start the Ceremony. Both of you take these things, and the moment I start blessing you with the Source Energy, you will start fusing with the objects that I gave you."

Both of the things that I gave them were priceless objects that would even catch the attention of the Paragons. Fimbulvetr and Eye of Destruction were the most rare Wonders of Void, that could be found within the Endless Void.

There were not many things that could match them in rarity, albeit they were not the most powerful things that were created in the Endless Void; they were particularly unique, especially if they were used by people with certain affinities.

I knew that both Grayfia and Venelana would benefit immensely from those things. For Grayfia, the Fimbulvetr would elevate her Ice and Annihilation to an entirely new level; if she worked hard, she could freeze entire Universes like nothing.

The same could be said about Vena, who received the Eye of the Destruction, which was the crystallization of the most pure and potent Destruction Energy found within the Endless Void.

Sometimes, it could even be found after someone destroyed the Universe and the Destruction Energy from the whole Universe congregated and compressed itself into a single crystal that was the size of a small ball.

But such cases were very rare.

"Now focus, I am going to start the ceremony."

I said to both of them as they prepared for what was to come, as I started controlling the Source Energy, which was something that was natural and yet challenging to me even though I was a Universe Master.

The Source Energy Manipulation was like a second nature to me, but at the same time, the Source Energy was tremendously power and potent energy; it wasn't something that I could make even a single mistake.

If I did, then...

Boom.

I would probably injure myself a lot, considering its volatility.

So, I needed to carefully control and direct the Source Energy in its most primal form towards my wives, who, upon the first contact with the Source Energy, started assimialting the Fimbulvetr and Eye of Destruction, respectively, with the help of the Source Energy.

Both Wonders of Void would give them tremendous power if mastered to limits, enough to fight even the Primarchs if needed. At the same time, when the Source Energies entered their bodies, it started refining their very own Souls and their fundamental existence.

The Wonders of Void, both Fimbulvetr and Eye of the Destruction, slowly disappeared from existence as they were fused with the Souls of their new masters, becoming part of them for all eternity.

This wouldn't be naturally normally possible, but with the help of the Source Energy, it became real deal, as the Wonders of Void, were soon enough incorporated into the Arcane Crests of both Venelana and Grayfia.

This process continued for some time, as both of them were in the procedure of constructing their very own Arcane Crest and being elevated to Tier 12 from the peak of Tier 11.

Obviously, it took some time because constructing the Arcane Crest and advancing to Tier 12 was one of the most arduous and hardest breakthroughs that one could even make in his whole life.

Something that both Venelana and Grayfia were undergoing right now, but at the same time, they were having a much easier time than anyone else, as they were being supplemented by Source Energy.

While I was mildly surprised that they have decided to make the breakthrough at the spot during the fusion with their Wonders of Void, it was also understandable, because they used the opportunity when I was still supplying them with the Source Energy.

Cunning from them...

But that was expectable from the Devils... or any other species of the Baatorians.

After many millennia, the Higher Dimensional World of Baator was home to many Tier 12 entities, most of them were stemming from the Devil Species, though Fallen Angels also had two Tier 12, Blood Races had 3 Tier 12 and Dragons had 4 Tier 12.

Baator was strong, and the Kadath Universe wasn't enough for at least part of the attained Primarchy. Among the Tier 12 entities that were of the Kadath Universe right now, Hela, Azrael, Diablo and Crom Cruach had the best chances at attaining the Primarchy in the near future.

Though for that, they would need resources, many resources that the Kadath Universe simply can't provide; that was the reason why many of them were itching for the expansion and conquests of the other Universes.

I observed both of my beloved ones, as they were close to their limit in regard to the absorption of the Source Energy, which was already at the higher ends. In truth, I didn't think that this would be their limit, as they were able to absorb far more than I initially anticipated.

Now, the only thing that remained was to wait because they were already in the process of construction of the Arcane Crests, which were clearly visible in my eyes.

I knew that they managed to incorporate the Wonders of the Void into their fledgling Arcane Crests very well from the start, which was good news. Certainly, this was one of the things that I feared that they would have trouble assimilating the Wonders of Void into their Arcane Crests.

 

[Trafford]

The Wonders of Void were treasures that were born directly in the depths of the Endless Void, from the purest and most potent energies of the Endless Void. Thus, they represented the most precious that one could even think of.

So, certainly, I was fearing that both of them would have some trouble assimialting the Wonders of the Void, because such things were scarcely done, very scarcely done and from what I read and heard, only Paragons attempted to do so.

It was an exceedingly dangerous thing to do, but I also knew that it could be done by much weaker beings, if they had a tremendous affinity for the said Wonder of Void. Such is the case of my wives, as they indeed have the highest affinity for the Wonders of the Void that I gave them.

It certainly took some time, as we remained within the Heart of the Universe while Grayfia and Venelana were constructing their Arcane Crests and reaching Tier 12, or how we called it, within the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, the Exarchy.

Both were them with the help of Source Energy, managed to reach the Exarchy without much of problems, and soon enough, reached the Exarchy as they finished the construction of the Arcane Crest when they fully incorporated the two Wonders of Void into it.

Now, when they were finished the started assimialting the remaining Source Energy, to increase their power as much as possible within the short span of time and at the same time, they were also consolidating their Arcane Crests.

That was another important step that every single Exarch needed to complete and it usually took years, decades, centuries and for the less talented people, even a few millennia would be required to consolidate the Arcane Crests.

Just after breaking through to the Tier 12 Exarchs, their Arcane Crests were still not very stable and could be severely damaged if they were overused in combat or if they were directly attacked.

Something like that then required a consolidation period that varied from Exarch to Exarch, but with the direct help of Source Energy, the time span of it what would normally be in several decades was shortened directly to a few years.

This was another of the miracles of the Source Energy and the wonders it was capable of, such as entirely stabilizing the Arcane Crests of newly advanced Exarch within just a few hours; that was something unthinkable.

Even for me, it took a few years to completely stabilize my Arcane Crest and my foundation, though for me, I had my enormous talent and Soul Aptitude to support me in the matter. Yet seeing the Source Energy in action was something fascinating...

I could observe in real-time how the Source Energy was stabilizing the Arcane Crests, meaning the cracks and flaws that were within the Arcane Crests. When the entire process was finished, I could see that both of them were waking up from their trance-like state.

"I see that the procedure has been successful..."

Muttering I could see that the Fimbulvetr and Eye of Destruction were perfectly assimilated into their very own beings and into their Arcane Crest. The power of the Arcane Crests enhanced by the Wonders of Void Fimbulvetr and Eye of Destruction was frightening to say at least...

Something that I didn't think was possible and the results were much better than I anticipated. Their Arcane Crests got approximately thrice stronger than average Arcane Crests should be of average Exarch.

It was almost mind blogging, but with this, for sure, they would be able to rival those ones that had the most unique and powerful Paths and Arcane Crests. Given enough time for sure, their Arcane Crests would be strong enough to rival my own Arcane Crest and that was one of the most powerful.

Containing the End and Ruin...

Their Arcane Crests still needed some time to grow to such a degree, but I didn't really doubt that they would be in the near future. As long as they were given enough time, with their Arcane Crests their power would be enough to compete easily with even the strongest Half-Step Primarchs.

"How are you feeling?"

I asked them when I finished studying their current state.

"Powerful, filled with energy and vigor, yet a bit tired... especially mentally tired."

I nodded upon hearing that from Grayfia because the entire procedure was mentally tiring, very tiring... one would be left in a state of mental exhaustion for several days straight...

"That would fade away after some time... could you properly control your Arcane Crest?"

Hearing my question, Grayfia summoned her Arcane Crest that radiated the power of the Fimbulvetr. With the addition of the Fimbulvetr, the Annihilation and Ice completed merged into the Wonder of Void and created a new entity together with the Fimbulvetr.

"I have some trouble with the energy output... but that would come with enough training and control..."

I nodded whole I took a look at Venelana, seeing that she had some more severe problems with her power and controlling it. Mainly because the Destruction Energy was one of the hardest things to control.

If one was not careful enough, then one could be easily overcome by the Destruction Energy and killed instead; such were the dangers of the Destruction Energy. It was deadly even for the most apt practitioners of the Destruction Arts.

"The Arcane Crest is more volatile after the fusion with the Eye of Destruction... I would need some time to control the Energy..."

Hearing Venelana saying that made me nod my head because it was an understandable and even predictable outcome in fact. The Eye of Destruction was too powerful to be controlled outright without significant training.

She would need to spend a lot of time controlling the Arcane Crest, especially now that it was created with the Eye of Destruction. I already counted with something like that, hopefully she would need only a short time to learn to control her Arcane Crest.

In the state she was right now, it was impossible for Venelana to use her Arcane Crest in the fight, or else, the Destruction Energy that was now tremendously powerful from the Eye of Destruction would severely injure her or even kill her.

 

[Trafford]

"You will need to work a lot on your control abilities... your Arcane Crest is immensely power because it used the Eye of Destruction as the foundation, something that is top-notch Wonder of Void. The power of the Destruction Energy within your body is something that is dangerous and close to the existential level of the Tier 13 Primarchs."

It didn't take me a long to figure out her problems that she was facing with her Arcane Crest... that was certainly problematic, but nothing that couldn't be addressed with enough time and training.

For that, I was pretty sure.

"I know... the power is very hard to control, for every second of the Arcane Crest was activated, it kept draining my mental powers tremendously, and I have a feeling that the Destruction Energy is somehow sentient right now... or at least semi-somehow sentient..."

In an instant, my eyes sharpened hearing that because that was a pretty dangerous thing to happen, but it seemed that this was one of the unforeseen consequences of what had happened...

"I should have known that Eye of Destruction could develop a certain degree of sentience, albeit a very primitive one at that, but it still presents dangers. For now, you need to obtain at least rudimentary before exterminating the possible sentience from the Arcane Crest. Or..."

I stopped my speech, because somewhat outlandish idea came to me as I was thinking about her unique situation.

"Or what? I always have very bad premotion when you do something like this."

Indeed they knew me well, because it was indeed something too have very bad promotion about... In fact, the idea that came to my mind was absolutely suicidal to almost everyone, but the opportunities hidden within were almost as much staggering as the danger present.

"This would be another suicidal idea from our dear beloved husband."

Grayfia voiced her dissatisfaction slightly because she, too, was often the subject of several of my crazy ideas, though, at the same time, she was aware that every single one of my ideas was also extremely profitable.

"If my assumptions are true, and for sure they are, then the semi-consciousness that was within the Eye of Destruction could be assimilated by you and become something like secondary consciousness within your mind, basically acting like an adjusted supercomputer, making predictions and handling various tasks."

It would be basically like she gained a secondary brain out of nowhere, and something like this wasn't really possible. For that, with her current strength could be achieved only through an extraordinary means, like the consciousness within the Eye of Destruction.

"That's your brilliant and best idea! It's almost as stupid and suicidal as the previous one!"

I frowned, seeing that Vena wasn't really thrilled at my idea, even though I knew that she was aware of the benefits, despite not really wanting to admit the fact.

"Actually, it is a very good ritual; as long as we have something of the equivalent exchange to sacrifice for the ritual to suppress the consciousness while you assimilate it, it would be okay, and you would gain something on the level of most super-advanced Artificial Intelligence."

Hearing my reasoning made them pause, and even Grayfia, who was typically most skeptical of all my excellent ideas, was now considering it wholeheartedly. Within our family, it was Grayfia who often acted as the voice of reason and logic.

"That would work, but where do you want to find something of the equivalent exchange to the Eye of Destruction... the Wonders of Void don't grow on trees, as we all know."

I nodded my head in agreement with the statement because it was true that the Wonders of Void were not growing on the trees, but at the same time, with the addition of Witch Queen Iggwilv, we obtained the methods of traveling from Oerth.

In fact, their Magic was so exotic and advanced that it wasn't that advanced to the Baatorians in some aspects, and it was even outshining them in several others.

With that addition, we managed to develop methods of scrying through the Endless Void far more effectively than ever before.

And it paid off tremendously because, after a few errors, Mephisto Pheles, with his students, came up with methods of locating newly birthed Wonders of Void within the Endless Void.

Most interestingly, when the Wonder of Void was birthed from the Endless Void, it released a wave of specific energy on a unique frequency that would linger in the Endless Void for some time, or rather, it would spread through certain areas of the Endless Void.

Simultaneously, the energy released by the newly birthed Wonder of Void would remain in effect for a rather long time if you consider a few years a long time. This gave us enough time to compete for the Wonder of Void, and thus, we have several of them in the Imperial Vaults right now.

So, finding something that would fit the requirements of the equivalent exchange won't be hard, hopefully, to say the least. It would probably take some time, but I had no doubt it would be successful.

"Hmm...we would be going with that plan. How long would it take you to find something of the equivalent exchange for the ritual?"

In the end, Venelana decided to go with my plan, fortunately at least, because she, too, was aware of how beneficial it was for her. Even though it may seem hard and would take some time to accomplish.

"Maybe in a few years, I will order everyone to dedicate all of the free manpower to search for the Wonders of Void... it would be at least several years at best and a few decades at worst... when we find it, we could start the ritual."

For the time being, the various Magisteriums of the Chthonian Empire of the Baator would have a lot of work for the time being.

At least they would be doing something productive for the time being, as for most of the time, they were either researching Magic or new Technologies. Now, that I have reached the Primarchy, there was one thing that I could finally do and get rid of it from my mind.

Once again, seeing my home Universe.

The Immaterius Universe.

 

[Trafford]

Going to the Immaterius Universe has always been a little dream of mine since I reincarnated into the Astral Boundary's Draconic Deus. It was something that I had always wanted to achieve because the Immaterius Universe was hiding some secrets that even Paragons would kill for.

It wasn't that surprising, in fact, but the Immaterius Universe, while not the oldest and certainly not the most powerful Universe around in the Endless Void, was one of the most peculiar ones around.

That was something that I found out through millennia of research on the Immaterius Universe, as I collected every bit of intelligence and information that was available on the Immaterius and its secrets.

Coupled with the things that I knew from my time at the Solar Federation, I wanted to get my hands on some things. The Aeldari Empire at its peak was so advanced that some of its technological advances were even on equal ground to the current Arcanotek of the Chthonian Empire of the Baator.

And that wasn't talking about the legendary Black Library, where all of the knowledge of their entire species was rumored to be located.

But, in fact, that wasn't even my primary aim within the entire endeavor. There were two main goals in my journey to the Immaterius Universe. The Necrons and their Star Gods, and finally, the mythical Old Ones.

The fabled creators of the Aeldari, mythical Korks, the ancestors of the Orkoids, and the ones that were basically the living Gods of the Immaterius.

Disappeared from the face of the Immaterius Universe, they did indeed, but I would find them.

I had a hunch that I would find a path to the Paragon Realm within the Immaterius Universe, and there were also countless benefits that I could bring back to the Chthonian Empire.

The Necrons had probably the most advanced technology within the entire Immaterius according to the Aeldari, some of their weapons were capable of obliterating entire Galaxies without a problem.

But for now, we have more than enough time...

***

Kadath Universe, Higher Dimensional World of Baator, 9th Layer of the Baator, Holy Imperial Capital of Anor Londo, deep underneath the Imperial Palace.

In fact, it was long since I came back to the Anor Londo, probably around two hundred years already?

The last time I visited the Holy Imperial Capital of the Chthonian Empire of the Baator was after Venelana and Grayfia underwent the Source Baptism and reached the Exarchy. Shortly afterward, I went to the Anor Londo to discuss the merger between the Xenomorph Universe as part of the Kadath Universe.

The merger of the Xenomorph Breeding Farm, as it was called, went smoothly without many complications because, as the Primarch of the Kadath Universe and Universe Master, I didn't have any problem when it came to that.

Hela was delighted that her pet project was officially proclaimed as successful and was now part of the Kadath Universe as as one of the unique realms within the pyramid-like structure, as I created several Boundaries in the Kadath Universe.

Now that I became the Universe Master, I needed even greater order within the Kadath Universe, and thus, everything was reorganized from scratch and was done anew to better reflect the needs of the Kadath Universe as a whole.

"Are you still adhering and attempting to carry out that idiotic plan?"

Deep within the Imperial Dungeons, I was in a meeting with several people who were aware of my plan with the Immaterius Universe, and certainly, at least part of them was not that thrilled about the idea.

It was beyond dangerous, for me, but also for the entire Kadath Universe as the Kadath Universe contained several Primarchs. This came out as a tremendous shock for me when I confirmed this rumor, but...

It seemed logical...

The Chaos Gods were certainly Primarchs, for sure those malicious entities hiding within the Warp, were at the peak of Tier 13, but they couldn't leave the Immaterius Universe unless the real was merged with the unreal.

So, that was one good news.

At the same time, it would be catastrophic for the Kadath Universe, if the Daemons of the Warp somehow invaded the Kadath Universe and wreaked havoc here.

"Yes... I am Hela... the benefits we could obtain from the Immaterius are immeasurable; I have a feeling that secrets to the Paragonity are hidden somewhere there."

Reaching the Paragon Ream was something that was vastly out of my reach, but at the same time, it was also very close. Weird feeling I knew, but all of my instincts were telling me that if I wanted to reach the Paragon Realm, I needed to visit my home once again.

No matter how dangerous it was and would be.

"The sole method of entering is reincarnation there; no matter what, your soul, whole being born there, is already part of the Kadath, thus becoming a foreigner."

While I frowned at this, I knew that Hela was right; there was no one better in the aspect of Soul in the entire Kadath Universe than my beloved wife, the Black Empress of Death Hela Odinsdottir.

"I know, and I already have a method that I would use to reincarnate there and to be sure everything went smoothly, Diablo will be going with me."

Diablo was one of the strongest entities within the whole Kadath Universe, and I had a method of transporting his true body into the Immaterius Universe. With his talents and strength, I would have a much easier time there.

"That is indeed truth, My Lady, I can simply hide in the shard of the Lord's soul undergoing the reincarnation process, and when the time is right, I will awaken."

This was one of the racial abilities that he created when he reached the Exarchy.

With this technique, he would enter some sort of sealed hibernation, where he would, technically speaking, become part of my soul shard and thus enter the Immaterius Universe without any hitch.

The Immaterius Universe was very powerful and its Will was very hostile toward all foreigners...

Greatly hostile at that.

 

[Trafford]

My reincarnation method to the Immaterius Universe was almost finished, and I could implement it very soon. When it would be done, reincarnating back into the Immaterius Universe shall not be a problem.

The information gathered about the Immaterius Universe was sufficient enough for me to make the decision, but I will just stick to obtaining the Black Library of the Aeldari, collecting Necrons for their Necrodermis, and maybe seeking some other ancient secrets.

The rest of the things were not that important for me, not to mention if the power of the Chaos Gods was true, then I wasn't very keen on poking them. They were the most dangerous beings in the entire Universe and were most probably peak Primarchs.

"Any other recorded threats?"

Hela asked me because she felt that the Chaos Gods were not only dangers in the Immaterius Universe, and in fact, that was true. While even at the peak of the Human Solar Federation, it wasn't widely known, but we have recoded several other Empyrean-Class threats.

One of them were mythical Old Gods, the begins that predated the modern Universe and another were the acnint Star Gods, the C'than that were predating on the Stars themselves and could warp reality to their whims as they wished.

Aside from that, there were several others, including the myth among humanity that we had an Empyrean-Class being among us, called simply Revelation or, as the Chaos Gods called him, the Anathema.

But that was only the myth... and I would only consider it as a myth if some of the information that I obtained through various sources didn't mention someone called God Emperor of Mankind.

Then it came to me... that the legend about Anathema was truth.

I needed to be extra careful not only about the Chaos Gods, but also about the Anathema, especially about the Anathema, because when I heard what the man was doing, something was bugging me greatly...

What was his aim...

During the centuries and millennia, I sent or paid many infiltrators to enter the Immaterius Universe and many successfully entered... though unfortunately for them, they couldn't remain there for a prolonged period of time.

Most of them were soon expelled by the Will of the Universe after a few days, but even that was enough to collect enough intelligence on the happenings within the Immaterius Universe and it gave me enough to have stable insight on the situation there.

"Aside from the Powers of Ruin, the greatest threat, possibly even bigger than the Powers of Ruin, is the Anathema... even during the time I was alive there, I heard myths and legends about human Perpetual Psyker that appeared through the course of 30,000 years of human history. A man of unprecedented wisdom, intelligence, power, might, and vision who guided humanity through the hardest times. Though most of the leadership of the Human Solar Federation were aware of the rumors, many disregarded them as pure myth, me included... but now..."

I said quietly as my wives looked at me with interest, together with Diablo.

"Isn't he doing essentially the same thing as Okhwang back then?"

Hela knew the circumstances of the God Emperor of Mankind because she studied it profoundly; in fact, all my wives did because we had a lot of free time on our hands nowadays.

"Most probably... he is attempting to swallow the entire Warp, then fuse it together with the Realspace, becoming Universe Master and Paragon at the same time. Due to the peculiarities of the Immaterius Universe, if this is his plan, then it could work splendidly and he would become one of the most frightening Psionic Entities within the Endless Void, on the same level as the Primogenotors of the Mind Flayers and Void Insects."

This was, of course, only my own assumption about the God Emperor of Mankind, but it was the best explanation that I could come up with.

Certainly, if he grew powerful enough, then he would simply swallow the entire Warp together with the Chaos Gods and used to the Paragon Rank without any problem.

"He is the most dangerous type of opponent... one that could wait and plan for tens of thousands of years without a problem, even suffer tremendous losses if it was absolutely necessary."

Gu Yuena voiced her thoughts for the first time since they started discussing this theme, and she was obviously right. Even I was greatly wary about the Anathema, because the man was dangerous, not only power-wise, but mainly due to his wisdom and intellect.

This was something that made even several times more dangerous than any other being and If I was right, then even the Chaos Gods were most probably obvious to the true intentions of the God Emperor of Mankind.

He was hiding his master plan behind the unification of Mankind and protection of the Human Race; his masterfully crafted persona was helping in this tremendously and was giving him the cover that he desperately needed for his plan to be successful.

"It would be best to lay low as much as possible... even though according to the information from the intelligence gathering that you obtained, most of the begins were not that powerful within the Immaterius Universe, some of the entities that are recorded there are giving me fright."

I nodded, hearing Grayfia because while the Immaterius Universe didn't have a high average power rank, it was greatly disparities.

Most of the people were not very strong, mostly ranging around Tier 1 to Tier 3, but at the same time, there was no small number of even Exarchs within the Immaterius Universe.

Not to mention, some of the technologies that were in the hands of Aeldari and Necrons were capable of obiterating the entire Galaxies without any second thought. I needed to be extremely careful when wandering into the Immaterius Universe, but not even this discouraged me from going there.

"I have taken it all into consideration, and right now, I am creating several tens of backup plans for various situations."

I already had prepared several contingency plans in case something went wrong.

 

[Trafford]

I prepared several backup plans in case something went wrong because I couldn't afford something messing up entirely and destroying the whole plan. This journey to the Immaterius Universe was far more important than anyone imagined.

Thus, everything was prepared with the most meticulous care for the reincarnation process into the Immaterius Universe. The entire procedure was relatively simple, or at least it seemed pretty simple for me.

I will split a part of my soul and nourish the part of my soul to strength enough to withstand the reincarnation process to the Immaterius Universe. The reincarnation process itself wasn't even reincarnation, but rather, it would be me controlling the part of my soul, to enter the Immaterius Universe

Then I will reconstruct my body, using the resources from the Immaterius Universe, naturally depending on the planet I would arrive at. I already chose one of the hidden-back sites of the Solar Federation that was used for testing the MTC project and other Top-Secret Projects of the Solar Federation.

Mostly, it was a place, that was serving as a research site into the Warp and coutnering the powers of the Aeldari and developing ways to increase the Psyker potential of Humanity and preparing for a possible war against the Aeldari Empire.

With my power at the Primarch Rank, it would be enough to create my body from scratch, as unfortunate it was, the part of my soul that I would be sent to the Immaterius Universe wouldn't have the strength of the Primarch.

Only a small part of it, but that should be enough to reconstruct the body with the highest possible potential for me there. I would be entirely reverting to the new power system of the Warp; that was something that I hadn't seen for a very, very long time already.

It would be already fifteen thousand years...

Everything was prepared; the soul that I split from myself a few years ago could be sent to the Immaterius Universe at any time, though I wanted to make some additional modifications to the soul part.

Mostly to inscribe a part of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin into the soul part.

While the soul already contained some of it, because it was a fundamental part of my very own existence, I needed to get more of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin into the Immaterius Universe.

The more Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin I manage to bring with me to the Immaterius Universe the better.

The sole reason why I was going through so much pain was to bring a pure crystalized form of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin that could be created only by condensing the tremendous force of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin into one point, to the point, where it would create something akin to a Black Hole.

That would then collapse into self and if controlled explosion that would then create crystallized form of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin.

I needed these crystals of Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin, because they could be used to make better vessel for the part of my soul or to use as the last resort in fight.

In case I got into a battle that would be far above my power then the crystallized form of the Law Godhood: Primogenitus of the End and Ruin, would basically save my hide in case the enemy proved to be more powerful than I could handle.

It would take a long time to reach the required power to be safe within the Immaterius Universe, considering all of the threats that were present in that dammed place.

***

Somewhere in the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, 9th Layer Nessus, Nurmengard.

I was finally prepared to conduct the last part of the game, the last move that I would achieve, the transmigration of the Soul Shard into the Immaterius Universe.

"Architect, open the portal."

Deep underground in the Nurmengard Fortress, I was preparing for the transmigration of part of my Soul into the Immaterius Universe. Diablo has already activated his special skill and infused himself into the part of my Soul, as he would be coming with me.

[Actviating the Trans-Cosmic Generator.]

[Approximate time: 10 seconds.]

Once the Trans-Cosmic Generator was opened, it would last for approximately 10 seconds, no more and no less. During the 10 seconds, I would need to conduct the ritual and send that Soul Shard into the Immaterius Universe.

The connection between him and the Soul Shard would still remain, as I would be dividing his consciousness to control the Soul Shard. Ten seconds was far more than enough for me to conduct the ritual.

"Roger that... increase the output, activate the supportive spell matrix."

I said as I looked at the Soul Shard that was floating in front of my eyes; as the kaleidoscopic portal opened... the runes started glowing and redirecting energy towards the Magitek device that was the Trans-Cosmic Generator that opened a portal to the Immaterius Universe.

[Energy redirected...]

[Portal stable.]

[Countdown begins.]

[Soul Shard entering the Trans-Cosmic Portal.]

[Kaleidoscopic Interference negated.]

[Soul Shard successfully passed through the Trans-Cosmic Portal.]

When my Soul Shard successfully passed through the Trans-Cosmic Portal, I sighed in relief because I could still sense the connection that I had with the Soul Shard. At the same time, the Kaleidoscopic Energies of the Endless Void didn't intervene with the Soul Shard.

Soon enough, I saw the Soul Shard passing through the scrutiny of the Will of the Universe belonging to the Immaterius Universe. My heart was beating extremely fast at that part, but soon enough, it calmed down when the Will of the Universe accepted the Soul Shard.

It seems that the Will of the Immaterius Universe still remembered me and took me as its own, fortunately...

If not, then it would basically crumble all of my plans, but it seems that the Soul Origin that was engraved in my very own Soul was still partly that of the Immaterius Universe.

 

[Trafford]

Kadath Universe, Higher Dimensional World of Baator, 9th Layer of the Baator Nessus, Holy Imperial Capital of Anor Londo

Life within the Chthonian Empire of the Baator within the Higher Dimensional World of Baator was going on as always. Nothing much has changed, and the changes that were taking place for the Baatorians were slow.

All species that lived within the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, be it the Devils, Fallen Angels, Dragons, Yokai, Dwarves, Gnomes, and several other species that inhabited the place, were all very long-lived species.

Many of them had already achieved at least some sort of agelessness, so they were not even aging a bit. So, from a certain perspective of things, life within the Baator was perpetual, eternal, and ageless.

If someone asked what the least changing place was within the entire Higher Dimensional World of Baator, then the answer was clear...

Ecclesiarchy.

The place which was dedicated to the worshipping the Baatorian Pantheon and the Gods of the Baator.

And in fact, it was just a very well-working machine whose sole purpose was overseeing the process of harvesting Faith and worshippers.

Manipulation with the Power of Faith was a tricky thing, even for the Gods of Baator, who were using special methods to refine the Faith. As the Baatorian Gods were using the specific method of refining the Faith, during the process of refinement, it lost approximately one-tenth of its power.

Meaning for example, if someone gathered 1,000 Units of the Power of Faith and refined it through the special method, then the usable amount would be something around 100 Units of the Power of Faith.

Indeed, it was a tremendous loss, but at the same time, the resulting energy was free of any traps or anything. One didn't need to undergo the risk of Faith Corruption and be dependent on the Faith itself.

Right now, for the past millennia, the Ecclersiarchy was spreading the Faith of the Baatorian Gods in the various lower dimensions and worlds that were not inhabited by the citizens of the Chthonian Empire of the Baator.

Simultaneously, the Ecclesiarchy was tasked with watching over the theocratic states that were created within such worlds and were in the task of harvesting the Power of Faith into specific Magitek Devices that were substituting the Gods that were worshipped.

Rias Gremory was the Ecclesiarch of the Ecclesiarchy for several thousand years already, from the time since the Ecclesiarchy was first established, despite the distance of her father from the idea of Godhood.

Nevertheless, she prided herself in the job of the Ecclesiarch because she genuinely enjoyed the job she was given. It was fun for her, and she could at least make use of the talent for manipulation.

Now that they have started spreading to the Lower Dimension of the Kadath Universe more actively, as the Kadath Universe was expanding at a tremendous rate and there were already many Lower Worlds and Middle Worlds that were chosen to be suitable for the induction into the Faith of the Baatorian Pantheon.

The mortals that were present within such worlds were destined for the eternity of worship of the Gods from the Baatorian Pantheon and also the Douluo Divine Pantheon, that last one at least partially.

One of the jobs of the Ecclesiarch of the Ecclesiarchy was to oversee the induction of the worlds into the true Faith as some of the fanatical called it. While within the Higher Dimension World of Baator, the worship was more or like only among the certain levels of the society.

Not many fanatically worshipped the Gods, only those who were mostly under the Level of the Beings of Law. However, there were always exceptions, like everything in life is...

Today, she was going to personally oversee the induction of one of the Middle Worlds that was recently discovered on the edges of the Kadath Universe. The world was graded as Middle World, despite its size being almost rivaling that of the High World.

What was interesting about that fact was the reality that the world was almost devoid of anything that could be even remotely connected to the supernatural aspect of existence.

Or there was some kind of supernatural, but it was very well hidden; such a thing was right now impossible to tell because nobody really bothered to scout the entire Middle World properly.

For that, Rias herself chose to oversee the induction of the world and also to evaluate the working of the Clergy of the Ecclesrairchy. There was also a need to re-adjust the protocols when it came to spreading the Faith of the Baatorian Pantheon.

"My Lady, Your Husband has arrived."

There was constantly a lot of work at the Ecclesiarchy, but Rias already learned that she could dump a lot of it on her assistants and on the Artificial Intelligence that were within the Ecclesiarchy.

Though, she was surprised that her husband had wandered to the Ecclesrairchy because he wasn't really fond of anything even remotely related to the Gods and Divien for several reasons, though the most notable was his inborn ability.

Denial of the Divine.

"Yes, yes, I am here, and everyone knows it. Can you stop being such a bother?"

She could hear his annoyed voice as her man swiftly found his way to her office, which was stylized in typical Yokai architecture. Something that was partly reminiscent of her time in Japan during the times of the Draconic Deus.

Such a good times.

"For once, can you stop creating a ruckus, Vali? At least you can announce your arrival some time before... gods above, you are one of the Imperial Elders of the Chthonian Empire and one of the peak Tier 11 Devils within the Baator."

Formal behavior and her husband didn't really get along, something that was always riling her up, since they were teens. Even after several thousand years, Vali hasn't changed even a bit...

Which was...

And on the other side it was extremely annoying while it was also heartwarming.

 

[Trafford]

It seemed that no matter how many years had passed, her husband would probably never grow from his delinquent-like behavior. That was one of the remaining and non-changing constants that seemed to be for eternity.

Since Vali was basically free of any governmental positions, he had a lot of free time already and did not have much to do. One of their descendants was taking the position of the Lord Marshall Militant, while Vali was right now playing Lord of their territory.

As one of the Imperial Elders, his sole responsibility was the protection of the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, the Chthonian Empire of the Baator, and right now, even that of the Kadath Universe as a whole.

"You should really find something better to do than just lazying around for whole years."

Contrary to her, as she was responsible for the entire Ecclesiarchy, which was an enormous colossus of the administration and countless departments, each charged with a different purpose and goal, Vali was...

Free, one could say.

He wasn't doing much for most of the time, aside from the time he was tasked with the subjugation of some very powerful monsters that tended to appear near the Kadath Universe or within the Kadath Universe.

However, lately, he was spending more and more time lazying around together with some of his other wives. It wasn't very helpful that Kuroka and Bellatrix were almost as lazy as him for the past few centuries and were content with doing nothing.

However, lately, her newest sister-wife was more and more interested in researching some really nasty forbidden dark magic. It even caught the interest of the Magister of the Arcane and Magic and some of the old coots that had been researching secrets of the Arcane for the past ten millennia.

Kuroka, on the other hand, was a special case because she was a Nine-Tailed Nekoshou Goddess, so she got stronger just by existing and absorbing Lifeforce, Magic, and Refined Divine Energy.

The only one responsible among them was Latia, who was working with her uncle at the Magisterium of the Arcanotek and Mechanicum, developing splendid Machines of War and a new generation of the Arcane Mechanical Automatons.

"Who would have thought that little rebellious Rias would become so uptight..."

Her husband muttered, sitting down on the sofa as she visibly pouted at him in a more cute manner. This would be an almost unbelievable scene for anyone watching who knew Rias in her teenage years because she always used to be so rebellious.

Or the times when she was still spoiled brat, that was already so long ago, and yet it felt like it was all yesterday for both of them.

She didn't have it easy; that was common knowledge after she was stripped of her Imperial Princess status and thrown into the Execution Temple as an initiate. Something that was done by her father to discipline her and also to show to the vast Imperial Nobiltiy that nobody was above the rules that the Father of All Devils made.

And it was something that helped her rise beyond the meager limits and to become what she was today. Even Rias herself would admit that if not for the punishment, then she would probably never strive actively to get better.

She was very lazy by nature, and it required a lot of self-discipline for her to adhere to her duties properly.

"So, where are you heading?"

Vali means while was getting more and more bored because there was right now nothing to do within the Baator. There were no conflicts, and while the entire Kadath Universe was preparing for the Universal Wars, that would be in the distant future.

Not right now.

"We discovered a suitable world where we can start preaching, but because the world is enormous, while technically being only Lower World, I decided to personally take a look. It is possible that it is an anomaly happening there."

Anomalies were rather common within newly created Universe and especially in the special ones like the Kadath Universe. Usually, when an anomaly happened, it resulted in something great happening there, possibly the birth of a very unusual and powerful treasure.

"Ts... at least there could be someone worthy to fight against..."

Rias rolled her eyes when she heard her husband, but what did she expect from a battle maniac like him?

"Maybe... I don't know... do you wish to go or just brood here?"

She asked as he, in the end, agreed before he started staring at the roof and thinking about something.

"We should also invite Kuroka, Latia and Bella... it would be nice to have some family trip without anyone bothering us."

As Rias thought about it, she smiled because she could make use of some vacation from her duties, and checking up on the Lower World, especially if it was an anomalous one, would be worthy of a vacation.

"We can certainly do that. I will send them a message, and you can go and order for Capital Ship to arrive at Anor Londo to pick us up."

She knew that it was rare for all of them to go on a trip like this because usually, everyone was attending their duties. In most cases, it was Rias and Latia who were most busy, though when the situation called for it, Vali was called to combat against threats.

"As you wish... Bellatrix now has some free time, until Magister Grindewald finishes his experiment."

She recognized that name, because Gellert Grindelwald was one of the humans that her husband brought from one of the god-forsaken realms of parallel Earth somewhere in the time vortex cycle.

He quickly rose into the Tiers, and with his mastery over the Magic and Arcae, especially those foul ones, Dark Magic, and Forbidden Spells, he became one of the most respected Magisters within the entire Chthonian Empire of the Baator.

The title of Magister was not solely for the leaders of the Magisterium as it was in the times of old, but nowadays, it was also reserved for those who achieved unprecedented accomplishments in the field of Magic, Arcane, or Arcanotek.

 

[Trafford]

Vali really hoped that the new trip would give them some surprise, at least some titan to fight against, to test his new power. He was already nearing the limit of the Tier 11 and he was preparing to break to the Tier 12 any time.

The sole thing that remained for him was the creation of his Arcane Crest, which was a rather arduous task for a battle maniac like him. This required a very delicate approach, something that he was even receiving pointers from his father when he had time.

The Father of All Devils had high hopes for Vali because he knew that Vali could reach greater heights given enough time and resources. His combination of Laws and special abilities would make him an extremely powerful opponent.

Once he incorporated the Denial of the Divine into his Arcane Crest, his father told him that he would have a good chance of beating even pinnacle Tier 12 beings that were of the Divine Origin.

Not just Godhood, but the Denial of the Divine worked against everything that was of the Divine Origin, no matter what it was. It was indeed a pretty broken ability, even the Imperial Elder of the House Lucifer had to admit.

While he let Rias to take care of her matters, he went to acquire his private Capital Ship for the endeavor as they would be going to the vacation. He would also go and pick up Latia and Kuroka because both of them were right now at the Anor Londo.

At the same time, he wanted to get out of the Ecclesiarchy as soon as possible because he wasn't really comfortable around these zealot fanatics who would kill anyone who would desecrate their Faith in the Baatorian Gods.

He also made a mental note to visit Albion when he returned from the vacation, as it was already a few centuries since he saw the White Dragon of Supremacy last time. Right now, Albion and Ddraig are both second highest-ranked Dragons, representing the Dragon population of the Higher Dimensional World of Baator.

Dragons were one of the most populous races of the Higher Dimensional World of Baator, controlling the 4th Layer of the Baator Phlegethos. Right now, there were hundreds of thousands of them, perhaps even a few million already, which was a very nice number.

Considering their reproduction speed, which was shitty low.

Unfortunately, with the realms at peace, both Albion and Ddraig were sleeping for most of the time, not only him but also Crom Cruach, who was one of the Elders of the Baator or his mate Tiamat.

All of the most powerful dragons of the Baator were sleeping because, for them, it was just another way of increasing their power and growing stronger. Because Vali was partly Dragoinoid, he could do the same.

Even Devils could go into prolonged hibernation to increase their power, but he wasn't really fond of that method.

For him, it felt empty and not really worth of it...

***

Magisterium of the Arkanotek, Anor Londo

"It seems that I must cut my work short Uncle... my husband told me that we are going on vacation."

In a place surrounded by machinery and various artifacts, a beautiful woman with almond eyes with long blond hair with blue hair tips as she looked at the Holo-Brain on her hand.

Even though she was a bit irritated that she needed to halt her work, she had a fond smile on her face because it had been a long time since she had had a nice and good vacation. She also read that even Rias, Kuroka and Bellatrix were going.

Compared to Rias and Kuroka, whom she had known for several millennia, Bellatrix was a new addition to their love dynamics. And she was a former human, which was most surprising, though her Bloodline Taletns certainly compensated it...

She knew that while Bellatrix was right now Tier 9, even some of the Tier 11 beings would suffer severely from her most dangerous Forbidden Dark Spells and Curses. She could cast them like nothing, with her immunity towards them and unnatural talent and affinity for the Dark Magic.

Such things were exceedingly rare even within the entire Kadath Universe.

Because she was something that could be called Balance Breaker.

Her talent was something that even she was envious of, despite not being the Forbidden Dark Magic user.

"You should go; I will finish the project alone... we are already at the end, and right now, only a few finishing touches are missing."

Ajuka Beelzebub said with a stoical expression, as always, while watching his niece depart.

When he left, he continued to think about things as he always did. Ajuka Beelzebub was never much interested in politics and other bothersome things, even as Magister of the Magisterium of the Arcanotek, he wasn't really dealing with the political agenda.

His niece Latia was much after him; that was one of the reasons why she chose a career in the Magisterium of the Arcanotek and Mechanicum, where she was building her Mechs and other types of Golems and mechanical things.

***

And while Latia was departing from the Magisterium of the Arcanotek, another one of the Vali Lucifer's wives, Kuroka Tojou was sleeping soundoyl while her nine tails were swfing from one side to another.

It was another good day to spend sleeping she though, because she didn't really have anything to do. She was the sole Nine-Tailed Nekoshou Goddess who acted as the leader of their entire species, the protector of the Nekomatas and Nekoshous.

Though she wasn't the sole Nine-Tilaed Nekomata and Kekoshou, she was still the most powerful one from their entire species. So, she just spent most of her time sleeping and lazying around, and enjoyed the luxury of life.

And obviously, the highest living standards the Chthonian Empire of the Baator could offer someone. Not only was she a direct member of the Imperial House Lucifer and married to a 1st Generation descendant, but her personal strength was also pretty fearsome.

 

[Trafford]

Somewhere in the Kadath Universe, Lower Dimension of the Kadath Universe.

Since the ascension of the Father of All Devils into Primarch and becoming Universe Master, the entire Kadath Universe was divided into the Lower Dimension and Upper Dimension, mostly to prevent the stronger worlds from exploring the lower and weaker worlds while also giving the slighter worlds a chance for the proper development.

The only world that had the ability to travel through the Lower Dimension and Upper Dimension Freely as one wished was the Higher Dimensional World of the Baator, namely the Chthonian Empire, could do as they wished.

Due to that, only the Chthonian Empire could freely traverse the entire Kadath Universe as it wished, though, obviously, there were some restrictions on the Empire imposed by the Father of All Devils himself in the first place.

The personal flagship of the Vali Lucifer was actually the Space Fortress of the Phalanx-Class named Silver Emperor, and it was one monstrosity of metal, and various other elements, including some Agreas Crystals.

The ship was manned by a lot of Arcane Mechanical Automatons and Golems, together with the former members of the Khaos Brigade that served as Vali's personal Honor Guards, called the Stormwind Regiment.

Slowly enough, the enormous monstrosity of the spaceship was heading towards one precise Middle World that was located at the edges of the Lower Dimension of the Kadath Universe.

Normally, nobody would typically use even Capital Ships like this, but Vali Lucifer could use the entire Space Fortress as his personal means of transportation. Such privilege was awarded to only a few people across the whole Kadath Universe.

Space Fortresses were very rare even during these days; there were not many of them, and the Chthonian Empire of the Baator could construct one every few hundred years because it took extremely long to construct even one of them.

Right now, each Phalanx-Class Space Fortress had firepower comparable to the absolute limit of Tier 12, and technically speaking, it could destroy large parts of the weaker Universes.

One could easily say that the entire Phalanx-Class Space Fortress was like a miniature city that was capable of spaceflight. The Silver Emperor was no exception to the rule because it was right now housing several thousands of people.

He knew that his father and his wives had a preference for traveling mostly alone, without anyone, and with just some of the most trusted personal servants and Mechs.

Vali was rather different in this aspect because Rias and Latia refused to travel without any entourage, while Kuroka wanted to have as many personnel around so she didn't have to do anything personally.

Bellatrix was probably the most spoiled among them...

Still, Vali was right now overseeing the marching formations of the Stormwind Regiment, who were currently in the middle of their training.

Most of the members of the Stormwind Regiment, actually approximately 95% of them were veterans of the Khaos Brigade from the times when Vali was still commander of the Khaos Brigade.

"En March!"

He gave the command to the troops as their training was officially over; Vali decided to rest for the rest of the trip toward the specific Middle World.

"Have you already finished playing on soldier?"

Meanwhile, Vali was training his personal honor guards; his four wives were spending their time having a tea party. This was an activity that Rias and Bellatrix especially enjoyed...

"Whatever... do you have something for me too?"

Even though Vali wasn't too fond of the tea parties and similar occasions among the nobility of the Chthonian Empire of the Baator, where the single thing that they were doing was spreading rumors and gossips.

Kuroka was looking bored as he was, most probably because this wasn't her most favorite activity that she could do. Latia was a curious case about this because while she would have preferred something different, she also knew that it wasn't bad to have some rest.

"We should be arriving at the Midlde World in a few hours at best... the ship's AI has notified me about some weird activity in this sector of the Lower Dimension; it is possible that something powerful is hiding here."

There was some small possibility that a powerful being was born in the Lower Dimension of the Kadath Universe; such occasions were actually pretty rare, but they often happened.

"So, you could have the fight that you carving for..."

Indeed he would, so he was rather satisfied with the situation, that much that he decided to spend the next few hours together with his views and listening to them, which would make them certainly much happier and agreeable for the future...

Endeavors, let's say.

***

The Middle World, where the Silver Emperor was flying, was located on the edges of the Lower Dimension, and it would actually take a few hours till they arrived at their destination.

When the Silver Emperor finally arrived in the vicinity of the Middle World, which became Rias's object of interest, the Space Fortress started slowing. Suddenly, from the Space Fortress, several ten members of the Stormwind Regiment descended from the Silver Emperor and started securing the entire area.

When Rias reported that the entire Middle World was weird by a great degree, Vali took it pretty much seriously because sometimes even the most unassuming matters could lead to some tremendous rewards...

Sometimes, they could even lead to tremendous disasters.

The entire reward was sealed rather fast and easily, as the members of the Stormwind Regiment cast one enormous seal across the entire place, which would prevent anyone from entering or leaving the Middle World for the time being.

He didn't want to take risks with the suspicious-looking Middle World; it was something that was the last thing he had on his plan. Even Vali found it deeply suspicious and disturbing when he noticed that the Middle World was already the size of the High World, and yet...

The presence of the supernatural powers was almost zero to null.

"There is something hidden in this world... Its presence is... slightly disturbing."

 

[Trafford]

It was rare when someone of Vali's power sensed something this dreadful from something... it was a very, very rare thing to happen, so he decided to act very cautiously in this situation.

When he was done with scanning the entire Middle World, he decided to return back to the Silver Emperor, where he met with his wives, who were already preparing to descend to the Middle World.

Because it was an unnamed one, they were all calling it just the "Middle World."

However, it was clearly noted that it was rather developed, and the temporal bubble around the Middle World was rather strong because all the civilizations within the Middle World were rather developed.

"All of you, be careful when you descend down... I felt something really powerful within that world, so I was careful about every single step. We will conduct an in-depth search of the Middle World."

All four of his spouses agreed with the sentiment because it was the prudent approach, rather be safe than sorry. Due to her experience in the Ecclesiarchy, Rias knew that some of the most unassuming worlds, could be actually extremely dangerous and filled with dread and dangers.

"This world had around it a Temporal Bubble for nobody knows how long; it is highly possible that the natives are relatively well developed, despite the obvious lack of the supernatural presence that could be hiding from plain sight like we did during the times of the old Draconic Deus."

Latia commented as she was donning her power armor because she was one of the top designers of the Power Armor within the entire Chthonian Empire of the Baator, which was an especially remarkable achievement.

"Or there is also a second possibility..."

The first eventuality that Latia said was actually the much better one because the second one was way worse. If the first was true, then it was underbelly that the malicious and powerful aura that Vali felt during the scanning of the Middle World was due to some kind of artifact or natural occasion.

"Are you suggesting that one?"

While Kuroka and Bellatrix didn't know what the two of them were talking about, Rias only had some suspicions; she had some hunch that it was even more dangerous.

"Yes... if someone of that level managed to sneak into the Kadath Universe, then it would be possible that they would be hiding in the Lower Dimension. Father said that in certain cases, his authority of the Universe Master could falter in some unique locations across the Kadath Universe."

Vali knew that there was a possibility that some unique Tier 12 lifeform managed to enter the Kadath Universe and hide here. The possibility was rather low for such an act, considering the fact that his father was a powerful Tier 13 Primarch, Universe Master, but some unique lifeforms could pull such a trick.

"What Vali is talking about is there is a certain possibility some powerful Tier 12 being managed to slip into the Kadath Universe and is right now hiding with that Middle World; it could be one of the explanations behind the powerful malicious aura that he felt..."

Latia explained for her sister-wives to hear, as each of them looked far more serious than before; even Kuroka, who was previously half-asleep during the time, now perked up hearing that because the situation became several times more dangerous.

However, for their battle-maniac husband, it was actually like a heaven-sent blessing because he would get to fight extremely powerful foes. Not to mention, if it was someone who managed to bypass the protections and defenses of the Kadath Universe, then it would be certainly worth foe.

"I think if this is a real possibility, we should implement infiltration protocols when dealing with this world. Carefully scout what is ahead of us, and only then shall we make a move. While this would take way more time, we can carefully gather information before acting; the situation is already complicated enough as it is."

Rias said with a mild sigh and a frustrated tone because when they arrived at the vicinity of the Middle World, Vali didn't restrain his aura a bit, and if, within the Middle World, a powerful Tier 12 being was hiding, then it would have already long ago discovered them.

So, the moment of surprise was thrown out of the window.

On the other side...

Any Tier 12 being could tell that two of them were related to the Primarch and Universe Master of the Kadath Universe, so there was a very high probability of the unknown Tier 12 being activating very cautiously.

When Vali looked at Ria's, he knew that they were thinking about the same thing; he knew that as long as they didn't cross a certain degree of vulnerability, then they wouldn't be attacked by the Tier 12 entity that could possibly be hiding within the Middle World.

So this would give them enough time and space to conduct their research and confirm many things.

***

The entire Middle World had several enormous supercontinents, and the population of the entire Middle World was in several tens of billions. Considering the world size of the High World, it wasn't the biggest population around, though from what he noticed, there was only one species.

Only humans were populating the Middle World; there were no different species.

Each of the continents seemed to be accepted by one of the superpowers of the world, though here and there, some smaller nations managed to preserve their sovereignty in the endless fight for absolute dominance and hegemony.

The place where Vali, together with his wives, decided to descend was a continent belonging to the Anjleimaun Federation, in the capital city of the Anjleimaun Federation, Beaugas.

The city wasn't impressive or anything to either of them, though they noticed a few peculiarities of the civilization in the Middle World. The one which was probably the most notable was the fact that their technological level was relatively high, one could say.

Some of their technologies were really backward, around the times of the early 20th century, by the earthen standards of the Draconic Deus, but some things were interesting and appealing even to Latia when she first noticed them.

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Now, I will be once again publishing chapters.

The latest chapter is 690, and we are around few tens of chapters from the end of Volume and the end of the novel, per se.

Now the thing is I was stuck at writing what the next due to various reasons. First, I didn't know how to proceed on the current line, even though I had already decided on everything, including the official end of Volume IV: The Grim Dark Future.

Another reason is more peculiar. When I started writing this novel... it was really different, and after a long time of writing, long pauses in this project and everything, my writing style changed so much that I couldn't really pick up where I had ended in this one. I also had pretty big problems continuing to write in the 1st POV, as all my stories during the past several years are from the 3rd POV.

So I have decided how this will go.

Volume 4: The Grim Dark Future will get a pseudo-rushed open ending (I know, it sucks, but better than being dropped outright) and after that...

Now, I am rather pleased to announce that I have to write approximately 20 chapters, max 25 chapters, to finish this story. That would put the overall chapter count to 725 +/-.

Afterwards, I will be doing an entirely new book that would showcase the conclusion of the entire Saga.

It would be titled Holy Chronicles of the Baator: The 4th Singularity and would cover the second part of the Warhammer 40k, some aftermaths and so on. It would be written in 5k chapter formats from the 3rd-POV and focus more on other characters than the MC.

By the end of HCB, he would basically be so OP that it would be boring to write and read about it that much... as in the entire Reality, you won't find that many people that are at his level, much less speak about a threat to him.