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Chapter 273 Shocking Change! The catalyst for the empire's downfall?

Enslaving the Outer Gods sounds horrifying, and it is indeed true. However, although exaggerated and terrifying, it is not so inconceivable in the exceptionally prosperous wizarding world today.
On a smaller scale, many ancient wizarding organizations enslave Outer Gods. For example, the Blood and Bone God of the Flesh Cult, although nominally a cooperative relationship, has actually had his own dimensional world, the source of his power, reduced to something worse than a public bus by the cult. At least a public bus charges a symbolic fare...

This is already very telling.

Furthermore, it wasn't just the outward gods who were enslaved; even the true gods were enslaved!

Take the God of Faith, for example; it's just that, compared to the outer gods, the true gods have relatively more rights.

On a larger scale, isn't that legendary gate that sheltered all the mad witches also a means of enslaving the outer gods?
Of course, it was less like enslavement and more like herding, keeping countless Outer Gods as resources to cultivate mad witches, only the Gate of Legends wasn't that forceful.

However, this is because the scope of the legendary gate is too large. If its scope were smaller, its effectiveness would be absolutely top-notch.

So enslaving the Outer Gods may sound shocking, but it's not an impossible thing!
In fact, with Isaac's magic touch, the success rate of this matter is even higher than the success rate of Isaac creating a god!
It's a bit unbelievable, but it's true, because Isaac is a mad witch, and some of the mad witches' experiments can take shortcuts!
Isaac didn't want to take shortcuts in his god-making endeavors, since that kind of thing was too easy to go wrong with. The god-making experiment itself was dangerous enough, let alone adding a "shortcut"...

Even if there were cheats, Isaac wouldn't dare to play like that...

But the situation is clearly different now; enslaving the outer gods...

This was never a proper matter, and it was unlikely to be accomplished through proper channels. After all, it was something that only a fifth-tier demigod wizard would be qualified and capable of doing.

For Isaac, who is currently only at level three, the only way to achieve this is to take a shortcut!
In the days that followed, Isaac had gained some insights into this matter. Since he couldn't accomplish such a feat on his own, he only needed to create a medium that could help him suppress the Outer Gods.

Just like the legendary gate.

Of course, its rank is not comparable to the Gate of Legends, but Isaac doesn't need it to be that high. He only needs this thing to help him control a portion of the power of an Outer God.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't die, this thing's status will rise sooner or later, just like the legendary gate, which couldn't suppress all the outer gods from the beginning.

However, the production of this medium...

Isaac needs to think this through carefully. Not just any material can withstand the power of Outer Gods, especially multiple Outer Gods.

"boom!"

That day, Isaac was in the laboratory experimenting with materials to make the "Demon God Pillar" when suddenly, a clear, booming sound rang in his mind. Isaac's hand trembled slightly, and the unknown monster hide in his hand, which was being corroded by the power of the evil god, instantly turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated into the air.

However, compared to the lost monster hide in his hand, the roar that resounded in Isaac's heart was much more important to him!

First of all, as a near-fourth-tier wizard practicing the path of miracles, Isaac is already considered a relatively high-level magical life form. Theoretically, ordinary forces would have little effect on a magical life form of his level unless Isaac himself actively released the repulsion.

However, Isaac, who was conducting the experiment, clearly did not release that rejection. It is no exaggeration to say that Isaac in this state was almost immune to all third-tier mental illusions!
He could even withstand one or two attacks from fourth-tier opponents!

However, his mental defenses were completely ineffective against the roar just now, as if they didn't exist at all!
Even more terrifying is that, according to Isaac's initial assessment, this roar encompassed the entire wizarding world!
Something terrible is about to happen!
The next moment, Isaac's conjecture was answered, and at the same time, his expression changed drastically, as a piece of information flowed into his mind...

[The Boundless Tower, a first-generation great creation, forcibly accepts life forms from the fourth to the sixth tier. Third-tier life forms can choose to enter at their own discretion. Completing the trials of the Boundless Tower allows for a direct advancement to the next tier, a perfect progression.]

"!!!"

Looking at the information that suddenly appeared in his mind, Isaac was dumbfounded; the amount of information contained within was overwhelming…

It's huge!
First, it shattered his understanding of the Great Wizard once again. He initially thought the Great Wizard was at the sixth level, but later, after learning from the sixth-level leaders in the sect that even he was pursuing the path of the Great Wizard, he assumed it was at the seventh level...

But now it seems...

Even seventh rank is probably far from enough...

After all, even Isaac, who had reached the pinnacle of high wizardry, couldn't just casually advance to high wizardry, let alone achieve a perfect advancement...

Similarly, a seventh-tier rank cannot easily allow a sixth-tier rank to perfectly advance to the seventh rank!

After all, this is a perfect advancement!
Besides being shocked by the power of the great wizard, Isaac also vaguely understood the true reason for the empire's downfall...

The emperor's death was an important factor, but it was definitely not the only reason!

Isaac had been curious about this before. An empire is an empire not only because of the emperor's powerful individual strength. Although the emperor is strong, there are demigods who are just as strong or even stronger. For example, the queen of the Witch Kingdom is also a demigod, but the Witch Kingdom cannot be called an empire at all.

The true foundation of the empire lies in the powerful knights hidden behind each great lord!

Admittedly, the number of Divine Path Knights that can be supplied by the power of faith in each territory is limited.

but!
This doesn't mean that the one who steps down is rendered useless. For example, Solomon, after his elder brother Caesar succeeded him and his father stepped down, did not lose his power as a high knight. He simply could no longer make further progress on the path of the gods.

However, this doesn't mean they can't improve their power. If the path of godhood is blocked, they can always choose another path—the path of the magical beast knight. There are many nobles like Solomon, and once they reach the third tier, unless external forces intervene, living for hundreds of years is quite normal, but…

A third-tier high-ranking knight normally only takes sixty or seventy years to cultivate...

It is easy to imagine how many powerful knights were behind the many nobles of the empire!
These are the true pillars of the empire!

So Isaac was very curious before. The Emperor was indeed strong, but it wasn't to the point that the Empire would be gone if he died.

But now he understands, he understands everything!
The Emperor's death is certain, and that day draws ever closer as his conflict with the billions of flesh-and-blood beings intensifies. Now, the pillars of the empire will once again vanish for a time because of this great creation, or even...

Some have perished!

Yes, it fell.

Although the creations of the great wizards are all for the purpose of making the world a better place, they are not purely for welfare. As the message says, this is a trial, and only by passing it can one receive a reward!
Trials, of course, cannot be absolutely safe.

but……

Isaac's eyes flickered slightly as he considered whether or not to participate in the trial. For him, the reward for a perfect advancement was nothing, but every great creation was very valuable to him.

The fourth tier was easily within his grasp, but the great wizard...

Not really.

However, this trial is clearly not something that can be completed in a short time. Because of this, it is foreseeable that the world will undergo tremendous changes, and those who are involved in this trial will have a very high chance of missing out on these changes.

Relying solely on the power of the territory and the wizarding organization Madheart, it might not be possible to land smoothly in this massive wave.

After all, entering the third tier is not mandatory. For a long time, the third tier will be the peak combat power in the real world. In fact, if this great creation does not support the newly promoted fourth-tier life forms, their disadvantages will be even more obvious!

but……

Do you really want to let something like this affect your progress?
Ultimately, both the territory and the wizarding organization were created by Isaac to facilitate his magical research, not his main business. The territory, in particular, was just a little toy that he slowly developed to keep Lorna from getting bored.

He neither followed the path of knights nor the path of wizards, and for him, territory was of no value except for sacrifices and strengthening anchor points.

They're not even as useful as the wizarding organization, since his floating city still needs these wizards to get started.

But, as I said before, do we really want to let these things affect our pace?

Isaac fell into deep thought.

Territory doesn't hold that much weight for him, but the wizarding organization does, or rather, the floating city holds enough weight.

But these... seem somewhat inferior compared to the first great creation of the first great wizard...

However, before Isaac could make a decision, a document was sent to his imperial enclave deep in the wilderness—the Emperor's summons!

The Emperor's summons, the highest-ranking summons of nobles within the empire, is something that all nobles both love and fear.

Love, because every time it appears, it basically represents a major change in the aristocratic class!

Although the changes in noble titles are not as fixed as in Isaac's previous life in this extraordinary world, it is still very difficult to advance, and the higher one goes, the more difficult it becomes.

But under the Emperor's summons, anything is possible, and there have been many incredible cases in history of barons using this to rise to the rank of duke!

How could the nobles not love this?

However, this comes at a huge risk. The reason for such high returns is entirely due to its extremely low survival rate. Compared to the nobles who are completely wiped out, these promoted nobles are just a drop in the ocean.

After all, only when more nobles die will the empire have enough land to enfeoff new nobles.

but……

Isaac looked at the document in his hand with surprise. He wasn't surprised by the timing of the document's appearance. In fact, the document proved his guess was correct: the great creation that appeared this time might be one of the reasons for the possible downfall of the empire!

Issuing an imperial summons under such circumstances is only natural. What Isaac is curious about is how this thing ended up in his hands...

Although Isaac was nominally a nobleman of the empire, his identity was quite special. Putting aside the fact that he was the "culprit" in the emperor's prophecy that would destroy the empire, and ignoring the messy affair between Solomon and the imperial family, his identity as a mad witch alone was enough to make him universally hated...

(End of this chapter)