You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

[But experiments are experiments, and the seeds of their loyalty, especially the seeds of patriotism they've cultivated for so many years in the Star Abyss branch, must be preserved.]

We can't just reject everyone because of the flaws in some people's character, can we?

After discussions among Aglios and the other two, a compromise was reached.

Yu Xiao will lead a group of core members and promising talents—the most steadfast in their beliefs and most loyal to their old ideals—quietly leaving the Xingyuan branch, carrying with them some important legacies and resources.

[To retreat to a deeper, more secluded corner of the Star Abyss, and establish a new, pure reserve for the flame.]

This decision is destined to be a strategic shift without the smoke of battle.

This peaceful plan, originally intended to preserve the flame of ideals, was rapidly distorted and mutated under the deliberate manipulation of the Rule God and the Rule Light God, along with the activation of a powerful propaganda machine.

[Yu Xiao, the Rule God of the Night, has betrayed the Red Heart Society!]

Unable to tolerate the strict rules and regulations that came with the expansion of the branch, and unwilling to share in the benefits of the new era, he took his confidants and resources and fled to an unknown star system to establish his own kingdom of pleasure.

[Even within some self-proclaimed enlightened groups within the Star Abyss branch, there's a claim that Night God's defection was an imitation of Aglios.]

[Aglius also betrayed the Red Heart Society headquarters!]

There must be a similarity in their underlying principles!

Although the gods of the Red Heart Society left behind their fundamental rules before their fall after the destruction of the Red Heart Society headquarters, this does not prove that Agris was not a traitor!

[It's highly likely that the True God of the Rules at the Red Heart Society headquarters had no other choice.]

[You can't very well leave your relics to the gods you worship or the demons of the abyss, can you?]

Perhaps they didn't know the truth about events from long ago in history, but that didn't stop them from speculating and guessing.

As for Agris's revised history of the Star Abyss branch and the development history of the Red Heart Society?

That so-called history is nothing more than a clown dressed up as anyone pleases.

Does it matter if it's true or false?

[In the view of these clever people, the history they deduce from their conclusions, based on various assessments and synthesized assumptions, is the true history.]

【Aglius!】

[This is tantamount to betraying the Red Heart Society headquarters!]

So now, what gives a traitor the right to be high and mighty?

[Just because the opponent is a master of rules?]

The Red Heart Society cannot allow a true god of rules to run rampant here!

In the year 1801 of the Extraordinary Era, the Will of Hell successfully transmitted crucial intelligence to the perception domain of the Will of the Abyss through its clandestine channels.

The enigmatic founder of the Red Heart Society doesn't seem to have been continuously monitoring the future development of the Star Abyss branch in this timeline.

[The Will of Hell is attempting to use this as bait to reignite the Abyss's hostility towards the remaining power of the Crimson Heart Society, ideally eliminating this variable entirely through the Abyss's intervention.]

But this time, no matter how eloquently the will of hell may speak, it will prevail.

Regardless of how Hell tries to portray the Star Abyss Branch as having failed to truly practice the Red Heart's ideals and thus inevitably being abandoned by the Red Heart Society's founders, the Will of the Abyss remains unmoved.

The Abyss's Will has been calmly observing the changes within the Star Abyss Branch over the years.

Internal rifts, ideological corruption, and the proliferation of privilege.

He saw all of this.

But so what?

[Regardless of how the Star Abyss branch, which broke away from the Red Heart Society, struggles and evolves, whether it ultimately achieves glory or decline, does it truly matter to the Abyss?]

His all-perceiving authority had long foreseen the fate of this separatist organization.

Ultimately, it will inevitably fall irrevocably into the boundless, all-consuming embrace of the abyss, through its own corruption and internal strife.

Since the outcome was already predetermined, let's just wait and see how it unfolds!

[For the near-eternal will of the abyss, thousands or even tens of thousands of years are but a fleeting ripple in the long river of time. Is it long?]

[Wouldn't it be the most effortless and most in the Abyss's interest to transform this doomed organization and its potential remnants into nourishment and support for the Abyss at the opportune moment?]

Why listen to the seductive allure of the will of hell, rashly take action, and invite the wrath of the creator who can open up parallel universes?

[Perhaps the information about the Will of Hell is true, and the Creator is indeed no longer paying attention to this branch of timeline.]

But isn't this an even more chilling possibility?

The creators didn't intervene by going back in time; instead, they directly created a completely new, parallel dimension of spacetime!

【what does that mean?】

This means that at some distant point in the future, a pure heart, nurtured in pristine soil, untouched by corruption, and strengthened to an unprecedented degree by the continued attention of its founders, will inevitably be born.

[Then, this powerful, righteous heart could very well suddenly tear through the spacetime barrier and descend upon this world as a savior or avenger.]

When that time comes, how will we face the abyss?

Are we really going to try and fool them with the ruins of the Star Abyss branch, already tainted by abyssal demonic energy and utterly corrupt?

See, I'm just cleaning house for you!

How utterly pale and laughable such excuses would appear before absolute power and rage. Even if the mathematical probability of such trans-temporal revenge were only one in a billion, an extremely minuscule chance.

But in the vast and boundless universe, full of infinite possibilities, a probability of one in a billion is already astonishing.

[If we stretch the time scale to its limit, even the smallest probability event can become an inevitable reality.]

Therefore, the will of the abyss responds by not responding.

Just listen to it; consider it a wisp of noise drifting across the chaotic starry sky.

Don't take this seriously!

There's no need to change the established strategy because of this!

Leave time to time, and leave the future to the future.

Just take your time and see how things go.

[In the year 2024 of the Extraordinary Calendar, a transformation symbolizing a violent upheaval in the balance of power erupted in a forgotten ancient battlefield ruin within the Star Abyss Branch.]

[A demigod of exceptional talent, wielding his ferocious and pure fighting spirit, resonated with an unprecedentedly powerful fragment of the fundamental rules of combat left behind by Wang Meng, a former elder of the Red Heart Society.]

This resonance is not a gentle acceptance, but a fusion of rules that is aggressive and destructive.

In an instant, the entire battlefield of the ruins was completely filled with an indescribable, tangible, and ferocious battle intent, and a crimson battle pillar composed of pure combat laws soared into the sky.

[Wang Meng's battle rules, which shattered the will of all powerful enemies, seemed to have found the most suitable successor, and forcefully surged into the soul and divine body of this new generation demigod.]

The divine fire of the God of War of Rules has been ignited at the core of his soul!

[Within the Star Abyss branch, following Agris, the second True God of the Rules, who wields the power to control the rules of battle, has been born.]

The next moment, the overwhelming pressure of the God of War swept through the branch, causing countless members to tremble in shock.

The sudden emergence of this new generation of rule-fighting god has fundamentally altered the high-level structure of the Star Abyss branch.

When this new god, clad in crimson armor and surrounded by undying battle flames, stepped into the core council hall of the branch, the previously unbalanced number of true gods between the elders and the privileged faction was instantly leveled.

[Three against three!]

At this moment, the long-standing fear and restraint towards the elders that the privileged members had harbored vanished instantly, replaced by an unprecedented confidence and fervor.

Even if Star Demon God, a core ally of the elder faction, possesses power as deep as the starry sea, so what?

They now possess three true gods!

[Aglaus is universally recognized as the first God of War of the Rules, possessing unparalleled strength, so powerful it's breathtaking, right?]

Even the privileged class reluctantly admits this!

But so what?

Now, they also have their own Rule God of War!

[A war god, born from their new era ideals, will surely stand on their side!]

What's there to be afraid of?

Do we still need to be as cautious and methodical as before?

No need!

The arrival of this rising war god instantly escalated the internal situation of the Red Heart Society from undercurrents to a tense and all-out battle.

The infighting and power struggles between factions have completely torn away the last shred of pretense of warmth, leaving everything naked and undisguised.

The high-level meeting was a heated debate, with neither side willing to concede an inch.

[There is fierce competition and covert maneuvering in resource allocation, with each side erecting its own barriers.]

[The new generation of members were forced to take sides and were subjected to manipulation and division.]

The various internal conflicts and chaos led to a tense exchange between the Rule God of Pain, who was secretly observing the branch's movements, and Agris, who was in charge of the branch. Both of them read deep helplessness and a silent sigh in each other's eyes.

These new generations, having lost the guiding light of their founders, have become utterly lost in the labyrinth of power and privilege.

[Under the influx of powerful forces, they forgot the heavy history and glorious mission carried by the name "Red Heart Society," and they also forgot the pure original intention of equality, dedication, and protection in their Red Heart ideals.]

[If it weren't for the Chixin Society's perseverance over the years, not only them, but probably their parents and even their ancestors would never have been born.]

Even if they were born, they could never have such an excellent education and extraordinary resources.

Now, having enjoyed the various benefits provided by the Red Heart Society, they are about to grow up and personally change these systems that are responsible for the public.

Pick up your bowl and eat!

[Say no wrong, just like someone who throws down their bowl and curses their mother!]

These privileged individuals, who have grown up in the new era, perfectly exemplify this.

They forgot where they came from and became lost in the vortex of power.

【them!】

[We've entered a cycle of factional infighting reminiscent of the old Federation era!] (End of Chapter)