Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 1252 The Lord Doesn't Care
With the Ether Engine now in its current stage, the atmosphere within Starlight Court has completely changed.

The Prophet Council no longer discusses the outcome of ordinary wars, the Engineering Priests no longer care about the gains or losses of a particular colony, and the soldiers of the Starsing Fleet no longer see themselves as mere soldiers.

They believed they were on the eve of ascension, that they were about to reach the perfect paradise promised by the Supreme God.

[Intervention from outside the boundary, rounds 141 to 150: The Starry Court of Alanthur completes the final stage of pre-construction work for the Aether Phase Engine.]

[The central core of the Ether Engine is activated, and the twelve Phase Towers, thirty-six Virtual Beacons, the Utramar Remnant Reality Anchor Array, the Covenant Empire's massive defense platform, and the Starlight Court's psionic fleet are all connected to the Final Defense Line.]

[The Star Court of Aranthur declares a state of emergency for the entire race's ascension. All colonies, fleets, shipyards, psionic ports, and stargate routes are to obey the final activation command of the Aether Engines.]

After thirty rounds, the Ether Engine finally reached its final stage.

The star of the 99th world was already partially surrounded by a black and silver behemoth, with a huge ring structure suspended on the outer layer of the star, like an eye closing.

The tips of the phase towers all point towards the central core, the virtual beacons form a ring of defenses at the edge of the galaxy, and the fleets inherited from Utramar and the Holy Covenant Empire form layers upon layers of steel barriers around the phase engines.

Starry Court has brought all the fleets it can muster.

The Starsing Fleet, Titan-class warships, Overlord-class command ships, Covenant cruisers, Megastructure Defenders, Reality Anchors, Psionic sailing ships, and the Old Covenant Expeditionary Fleet were all arrayed around the Aether Engine, like an end-of-the-world fortress stretching across the Red Scar.

They all knew that once the final activation began, the entire civilization within the Red Scar would be drawn in.

Those civilizations that have not yet been destroyed will see the Ether Engine as the ultimate threat that will destroy them; the Workin will also realize that this behemoth is cutting off their food supply and will inevitably launch the most frenzied counterattack.

[Intervention beyond the boundary, round 150: The final stage of the Ether Engine is complete.]

[Once the Aether Engine is activated, all unaligned civilizations, other civilizations, and the Workin within the Red Scar will enter a state of hostility towards the Cataclysmic Empire. The Star Court of Aranthul will be besieged by numerous civilizations until the engine is fully activated or the Star Court of Aranthul is completely destroyed.]

Without hesitation, the Eldar High Priest issued the order—activate the Aether Engine.

Thus, inside the red scar, on the outer layer of the main star of the 99th world, the twelve phase towers of the Hall of Elansur Starlight simultaneously lit up, and the black and silver rings slowly closed along the surface of the star.

[The final stage of the Ether Engine has been launched.]

At that moment, the entire red scar was startled.

Civilizations that were previously engaged in mutual conquest, colonization, trade, and annexation all simultaneously felt the phase tearing from the bottom of the miniature garden.

The virtual starlight began to dim, planetary orbits began to shift slightly, stargate channels appeared to be bent as if by a forceful hand, and many civilizations' observation stations even saw cracks appearing at the boundaries of their own world bubbles.

The group of Wo Wutu also sensed the danger.

It finally realized that the final megastructure built by the Starlight Court of Alanthur was not an ordinary weapon of war, but rather intended to drag the entire bubble of civilization on which it depended for sustenance into the etheric phase transition, formatting countless small bubbles together.

Wo Wutu was enjoying a hot pot meal and singing when he was suddenly robbed by the "extraterrestrial demons"!
Who the hell can tolerate this?!
Thus, within the red scar, other civilizations, including the Wowutu group, began to gather.

[Intervention from Beyond the Boundary, Round 151: Unaligned civilizations within the Red Scar have entered a state of hostility. The Silent Ring Federation, the Mostronian Embers, and three unknown interstellar civilization ships have simultaneously declared war on the Starry Court of Ailansur!]

[In the same round, the Workin Unfettered Collective released a wave of pollution, forcibly taking over multiple near-collapsed civilization bubbles, incorporating their fleets, populations, and mutated planets into its own fleet.]

The war began on the outskirts of the 99th world.

The Ring Federation's ring-shaped warships were the first to enter the battlefield, with hundreds of ring ships forming a gear-like array around the outer ring defenses of the Starshine Court, attempting to tear open the shields outside the Phase Towers with their rotating firepower.

The Mostronian Embers followed closely behind, and the Aberrant Fleet, trailing a trail of plague, crashed into the megastructure defense platform. The zombie horde landing pods rained down on the satellite workshops surrounding the phase base.

Ailansur Starlight Court did not retreat.

Their leader, Iselani, ascended the flagship, the Throne of Starsong. Her long, purple-silver hair billowed in the psionic storm, and the crown of the chief prophet burned with ethereal light. Standing at the highest point of the bridge, she issued a proclamation to the entire civilization.

“People of Starlight Court, the realms are firing at us because they fear our arrival in the perfect paradise where the Supreme God resides.”

"Those who fall today will become the first stars on the Path of Ether, and only blood can prove that we are worthy of ascension."

Her voice echoed along the virtual lighthouse throughout all the fleets, causing the Starlight Court's fleet to erupt with an almost fanatical fighting spirit.

The psionic sailing ships charged into the ring of ships of the Silent Ring Federation. The Starsing Fleet tore apart the enemy's communications with a psionic storm, while the Titan-class warships, inherited from Utramar, opened fire from the rear. Beams of giant cannon light pierced through the void, turning the Geometric Anomaly ships and the horde of zombie transport ships behind them into burning fragments.

[Intervention from outside the boundary, rounds 152 to 158: The battle to defend the Ether Engine erupts within the Red Scar!]

The besieging side deployed 76 main fleets and over 200 units of the Aberrant Landing Force, while the remnants of the Folded Gate and the Contaminated Planetary Fortresses continued their advance towards the 99th World; the Alanthur Star Court deployed its entire Starsong Fleet, Civilization Inheritance Fleet, Megastructure Defense Force, and two-thirds of the Psionic Ground Forces, and the two sides engaged in continuous fleet battles on the outer ring of the Phase Base.

[During this phase, the Starry Court of Alanthur lost four Starsong Fleets, eleven psionic ports, and thirty-seven workshops surrounding the Phase Tower; the besieging side lost twenty-nine main fleets, half of its ring-shaped battleships collapsed, and seventy percent of the Plague landing force of the Mosttronian Embers was wiped out.]

In the ninth round of fighting, the war entered its most brutal phase.

The Worthless Collective itself intervened, causing several contaminated little bubble planets to derail from their original orbits and rush towards the Ether Engine like a group of monsters trailing black flames.

Those planets are covered with cracks and plague bone towers, and their interiors are filled with the wreckage of forcibly assimilated fleets. Once they collide with a phase tower, it is enough to delay the entire engine for dozens of rounds.

Iselani gave the cruelest order.

The Starlight Court pushed its massive defensive platform, inherited from the Covenant Empire, to the front lines, blasting the first polluted planet head-on with heavy railguns. It then sent three tattered Starsong fleets into the gravity well of the second polluted planet, altering its trajectory by self-destructing its psionic core.

Those fleets did not return; they transformed into a purple-silver nebula in the explosion, like a burning crown that briefly illuminated the entire outer ring of the ninety-ninth world.

Iselani stood on the bridge, watching her fleet disappear from the star map one by one, yet her voice still echoed throughout the entire army.

"Do not retreat, the door to perfect paradise is already half open."

[Intervention from Beyond the Boundary, Rounds 159 to 165: The Wo Wutu Collective launches a contaminated planetary impact, putting the Ether Engine defense line under maximum pressure.]

[The Starry Court of Ailansur, through its inherited fleet, colossal defense platforms, and the self-destructive interception tactics of the Starsong Fleet, shattered three polluted planets, deflected two others, and preserved the intact operation of nine of the twelve Phase Towers.]

During this phase, the Starry Court fleet suffered 60% losses, the Psionic Ground Forces lost more than half their forces, and the Iselani flagship was severely damaged; the besieging side lost more than 50% of its main fleet, all the Voidwalker-contaminated planets were intercepted, and the main force of the Mosttronian Embers was completely disintegrated.

At this moment, the Ether Phase Engine finally enters its final phase.

The main star of the 99th world collapsed into a dark core within the Black Silver Ring. The surrounding planets began to shatter, and habitation stations, megastructures, stargateways, and fleet anchorages were swept into the center layer by layer by phase tides.

The starry sky inside the entire red scar was as if it had been pulled into a deep well, and the edges of all the bubbles of civilization began to emit a piercing cracking sound.

The final stage of the Ether Engine is complete.

[Phase collapse begins within the red scar.]

As the massive fluctuations spread outwards along the miniature world, the [Event Sting] outside the main star of Macrag also completed its final ascent.

The silver needles pierced through the upper boundary of the five hundred worlds, carrying the people of Utramar and the Covenant Empire, and left red scars along the final rift torn open by the Ether Engine.

Click~
It successfully pierced the red scar and completed its dimensional ascension.

Within the red scar lies the [Horizon Needle], a colossal civilization spanning a star field, yet upon its arrival in the mortal realm, it has transformed into a tiny silver needle.

The moment the silver needle appeared, the surrounding [Panglaus] flames immediately swept over it, the golden-red tongues of fire seeming to burn everything that escaped from the red scar to ashes.

Xia Xiu did not hesitate for a moment.

[World Bubble - The Sky Overflowing with Eternal Light] unfolded behind him, and the radiance of the mini [Unknown Land], like a white-gold curtain, completely enveloped the silver needle, forcibly isolating it from the scorching flames of the Panglaus.

The next moment, the silver needle fell into his palm.

Then, in front of the Psionic Throne at Blackrock Fortress, two figures fell out of the silver needles. Rhodes and Gilmann returned to reality from the virtual [World Bubble], and they knelt down almost simultaneously after emerging.

The two had just ascended from the miniature world to the mortal realm, and their bodies, spirits, and consciousness were being washed by the high-dimensional fluctuations of the real world. Their chests heaved violently, and their fingertips were on the ground, as if they had just been forcibly pulled from the deep sea into the air.

Luo Jia gritted his teeth and raised his head, cold sweat dripping down his face.

Gilman struggled to his feet. He didn't look at Xia Xiu immediately, but instead surveyed the Blackrock Fortress, glancing at the Psionic Throne, the platinum table, the red scar, the [Panglaus] flames, and standing not far away… Farah Ontius. When he saw the Eldar High Priest looking at them with curiosity, he felt a chill run down his spine for no apparent reason.

The High Priest of the Eldar looked at Luo Jia, then at Gilman, before turning to Xia Xiu, his tone tinged with realization.

"You also brought out two freebies from the red scar."

She gripped the scepter, her gaze fixed on the silver needle in Xia Xiu's palm.

"So, this is the real reason why you're willing to help those two virtual civilizations achieve dimensional ascension?"

Xia Xiu's expression instantly turned serious. He temporarily stored the silver needles deep within the radiance of [Eternal Light Overflowing the Sky] to fix the information, and then looked down at Luo Jia and Gilman, who were still panting.

"Don't call them freebies; they are my most precious offspring."

Xia Xiu's voice wasn't loud, but it caused the atmosphere around the Psionic Throne to slightly darken.

Seeing the fourth swordsman of the Heavenly Kingdom so serious, the high priest didn't want to embarrass himself by saying anything more.

Two [Dominators] are nothing more than a small number in the grand scheme of her life. She simply turned her gaze back to the platinum table and looked at the countless small world bubbles that were rapidly collapsing inside the red scar.

The Ether Phase Engine has completed its final phase.

One by one, the miniature worlds shattered in the phase collapse, stars were dragged into black dots, planets turned into dust rings, and megastructures broke into fragments in the phase tides. The history, language, war, faith and tombstones of civilizations were rolled into the depths of the ether by the engine like a millstone.

The Wo Wutu group roared in a mournful and furious manner.

They devoured countless bubbles of civilization, and should have continued to grow stronger through these small worlds. But now their food has been formatted in one go, and even the traces of civilizations they had already swallowed are being ignited in reverse by the flames of the Panglaus.

Unwilling to accept defeat, the group of Wo Wutu followed the ascension trail of Ailansul Starlight Court and relentlessly pursued him.

They tore open phase rifts, dragging a wave of geometric pollution along with the tiny bubble trying to escape the red scar as it rushed toward the present world.

……

……

Outside the red scar, the huge black and red vortex that was originally enveloped by the flames of the Panglaus suddenly contracted.

The next moment, a small bubble burst out from the edge of the collapsing red hole, and the Starlight Court of Alanthur inside the bubble erupted in deafening cheers. Billions of Starlight Court citizens looked up at the sky, and the prophets, fleet soldiers, craftsmen and psychic priests all thought they had finally arrived at the perfect paradise described by the Supreme God.

Then they saw the fire.

Endless flames of the [Panglaus] spread across the boundaries of the mortal world. The golden-red sea of ​​flames resembled the first ray of light before creation, or the curtain falling at Judgment Day, directly adhering to the outer wall of the small foam.

The bubble walls emitted a piercing burning sound, and the psionic dome of the Starlight Court melted layer by layer. The phase shield, originally used to protect the ascension of civilization, was burned into transparent cracks by the flames.

The cheers from Xinghuiting quickly turned into terror.

They saw the fleet lose its outline in the flames, saw the stargate turn into golden ash, saw psionic cities melt from top to top, saw silver spires bend like wax, and saw the Void Lighthouse give a final flicker in the flames before going out.

This was a civilization-level catastrophe.

Flames spread synchronously along the sky, sea, starport, and planetary orbits of the small bubbles, turning what Starlight Court once thought was the path to ascension into a golden-red corridor leading to death.

Farah Antius did not make a move like Xia Xiu did.

For her, the Starry Court of Alansur had already fulfilled its mission.

They helped the Eldar build the Aether Engine, dragged out the Voidwalkers, and tore open the inner structure of the Red Scar. Now, as bait and a vessel, they have brought the Voidwalkers to the flames of Pangloss.

This is the result she wanted.

Wo Wutu and his group also chased after them.

The geometric pollution wave had just adhered to the small bubbles of the Alansur Starlight Court when it was entangled by the Panglaus flames. The golden-red flames drilled inward along their non-existent structure, burning through the constantly generating and collapsing geometric shells, forcibly dragging them from a state of non-collapse toward the result of combustion.

The high priest turned to look at Xia Xiu.

"It's our turn to make a move."

Xia Xiu nodded, then looked down at Luo Jia and Gilman. The two offspring, who had just left the Little Garden, were gradually adapting to the fluctuations of the real world. Their breathing was still rapid, but their eyes had regained their clarity.

He looked at Roger and Killian and said:

"You two just watch closely next to me. What happens next will be a lesson for you."

"I want you to remember that in this world—there is no god worthy of your worship and praise, never!"

Roger and Killman nodded obediently.

They were still in the midst of the upheaval of the new world, but curiosity had already overcome their discomfort. The two looked ahead at the Starlight Court civilization, which had once fought alongside them, traded with them, and formed alliances with them, now facing its end in the flames of the present world.

Farah Antius appeared above the small bubble that had broken free.

Her projection covered the entire Starlight Court world, and great spirituality descended like a purple-silver canopy, passing through the burning bubble walls and enveloping the fleets, cities, and planets that were fleeing in terror.

Inside the Starry Sky Court, this moment felt like the Lord himself descending upon the heavens.

Iselani stood atop the burning capital, her body stained with psionic blood, a crack appearing in the crown of civilization above her head, yet hope rekindled in her eyes upon seeing the figure of the High Eldar priest.

She knelt in the center of the capital and raised her hands toward the sky.

"Supreme God, Mother of the Stars, Source of Divine Radiance, we have obeyed Your will, crossed the flames of war, offered up our fleet, and ignited our engines. We beseech You to extend Your merciful hand and guide Your people into the Promised Land."

"We have arrived at the door, please save us."

The high priest responded to them.

A great, purplish-silver spiritual force descended from the heavens, sealing the outer walls of the entire small bubble world and locking the Starry Court of Ailansur and the pursuing Wo Wutu together into the same burning container.

Then, she raised her scepter, guiding all the flames of the outer [Panglaus] to flow back along the foam.

Golden-red flames entered through every crack, fell from the sky of the Starshine Court's bubble world, and burned within the psionic network they had built, like countless rivers of judgment rushing through the skeleton of Starshine Court's civilization.

From a contemporary perspective, Roger and Killman saw the red black hole completely collapse and disappear.

The boundless sea of ​​fire around them also subsided, leaving only a huge transparent bubble suspended in its original position.

Above the giant bubble, a small, burning sphere of light, like a sacrifice nailed to the sky, flickers with images of collapsing cities, melting fleets, and broken psionic gates.

They could sense the apocalypse unfolding inside the small sphere of light...

The city of Aransur Starlight Court was burned to a crisp, its people wailing in agony amidst the flames, and the towers of the Prophets' Council collapsed one by one. The civilization that once proclaimed itself to have reached a perfect paradise now offered its final prayers and cries to its Lord in the flames.

Iselani stared in disbelief at everything. She looked up at the purple-silver figure in the sky, tears of blood streaming from her eyes. Her voice pierced through the collapsing flagship, carrying the final question of the entire civilization.

"Supreme God...we have given you everything."

"We will protect the Ether Engine for you, burn the fleet, abandon the world, and only seek to reach your perfect paradise."

"Why...why is the blessing you bestowed such a...apocalyptic world?"

Farah Antius never looked down at her; she simply continued to maintain the seal, guiding the [Panglaus] flames to seal the entire group of Wo Wutu and the Starlight Court into that small sphere of light.

As for the Starry Court of Ailansur, she never saw or spoke a single word from beginning to end, because...

The Lord doesn't care.