They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 500 The War to Become King
During the century that Danlei secluded himself for cultivation (from the year 3770 to the year 3870 of the Guangli era), the world of Onfaros continued to operate.

However, due to the early intervention of Danlei and others, as well as the participation of Titi and Saifeier, the history of the world has undergone significant changes.

Janusapolis's strength as a city-state had effectively placed it among the top tier of all city-states.

In this cycle, Tirispius encountered far less persecution when she visited various city-states to spread the prophecy of fire-seeking than in previous cycles.

Furthermore, Titi privately told Tirisipius that the city lords of those city-states were villains and ambitious men, and which ones were easier to talk to and could be won over.

Therefore, Tirispeius's journey to spread the fire, even without an army, was relatively safe as he traveled alone on Onpharos Tirispeius (to avoid being seen as a threat by the city-state lord).

When Tirispeius arrives at a dangerous city-state, he leaves many clones outside the city, ready to escape at the first sign of danger.

Since the path of harmony has been integrated into Onphalus, Tirispyos's powers have no limit on the number of uses, and her mobility is at its maximum.

However, Tirispyos would leave her clones in friendly city-states to help the local lords. Over time, as more and more clones were left in other city-states, she herself could no longer maintain her adult female form.

Thus Tibo reappeared in the world, continuing to visit various city-states as the main body of Tirispius.

Of course, it's not entirely unheard of for Tibo's clones to die.

During this period, because the threat from the external Black Tide was much smaller than in other cycles, the conflicts between city-states became more intense.

Tibo's clones use their wisdom to help their respective city-states. Generally speaking, the prosperity of the city-state where Tibo's clone is located will be greatly improved as a result. Those supported by the Saintess of Janusapolis (after Mortes came to power, Tirisippius became the legitimate ruler) also represent a certain degree of legitimacy.

Therefore, enemies and opponents of Tibo's clones will launch assassinations against Tibo's clones.

The Cleaners, an organization that emerged during the Golden War, naturally also preferred to assassinate Tibo's clones, who had almost no direct combat ability.

This directly led to the assassination of dozens of Tibo clones, becoming a drop of gold in the sea of ​​blood of countless victims in the Golden War.

The outbreak of the Golden War was something Dan Lei could not prevent.

This was not a war caused by the malicious manipulation of the ancients that led to destruction.

Rather, it is something that inevitably happens to the human race in an environment with limited resources.

You said that Danlei could completely unify the entire territory of Onfaros and directly end the Golden War.

That's true, but why would Danlei do that?
Moreover, believe it or not, the moment Danlei made his move, Laigus, seeing that Danlei was severely impacting the experiment, directly controlled the people of the city-states below to wage an endless war against Danlei until all the people of Onpharos were wiped out. (In the game, Laigus wiped out all ordinary humans in this way, sixty-eight years after Laigus was sealed away.)

Therefore, this cycle, which has been interfered with by Danlei, still adheres to the general principle that what has happened will happen again, and what has been done will be done again.

Details such as the most frequent time of occurrence and the location of occurrence have changed.

Of course, the most important events remain unchanged.

In the year 3851 of the Light Calendar, the vizier of Hyperion gained increasing fame due to the presence of the puppet princess Crydella, who impersonated royalty, and this began to affect his rule.

So the prime minister deliberately plundered the people's wealth, gathered some mercenaries, and sent the princess south to conquer the prosperous Janusapolis. (Previous cycles were all in Ohma.)
Kerudela knew that the prime minister just wanted her to go and die.

Even if they didn't die on the battlefield, they would still have to take responsibility for the failure of the expedition upon their return. They would be accused of wasting the people's wealth and thus be executed.

Meanwhile, in Lyquaia, northeast of Onphalus, a massive rebellion is taking place as rebels attempt to overthrow the tyrannical tyrant and win freedom for their people.

Ceryl seized the opportunity of the expedition to gain military power, killed the vizier's watcher, and led her army across the Epsus Mountains, from Hyperion to Lyquaia.

With a mercenary force of over 20,000 men, they defeated the 50,000 elite troops led by the tyrant Golden Blood General Fordtudo on a peninsula in Luquaia.

After this battle, Cerrudra recovered the rebel army and fought his way into the Lyquia dynasty, where he occupied the city-state.

As in the original history, the tyrant of Luqea fled to Hattusili, a small country in southeastern Stikosia.

With this, Krydela won her first wave of troops.

What followed was the satisfying story of Crydella leading her forces all the way back to Hyperion.

When Hyper returned to Princess Crydera's control, the northwestern part of Onpharos was largely unified by Crydera.

In the year 3855 of the Guangli era, Danlei encountered an unexpected incident.

Even though the Kuroshio Current spread slowly, around 3850, it still destroyed the Siren Kingdom located on the edge of the world's ocean floor.

Helekula travels alone, mourning his fellow countrymen and searching for fragments of the overflowing cup, hoping to piece together the feast promised by the queen.

The overflowing cup is restored to its original state, the spear of divine retribution emerges from the River Styx, and the gods reclaim their duty to resist the Black Tide.

In previous reincarnations, after being freed from endless labor, Helekula immediately went to Stikosia to attend the ceremonies there.

However, by this time, the River Styx of death had already submerged Stikosia, leaving only a desolate silence.

However, in this cycle, because Danlei had previously visited the Siren Kingdom, he also obtained a harp and a coral branch.

Following her mother's instructions, Helekula used her secret technique to sense the coral branches and managed to travel all the way from the ocean around Stikosia to the northern mountains to find Danlei, hoping to get guidance.

Clearly, when Dan Lei went into the sea in his physical body and displayed agility even greater than that of the Siren, the Siren Queen had already guessed Dan Lei's identity.

However, Danlei did not expect that Hailequla would deviate significantly from the original historical trajectory and come to join him.

However, Danlei had no reason to refuse a mermaid who came to him for free.

After creating a large lake in the mountains for Hailequla to live in and promising to revive the Siren race in the Star Sea, Haiseyin, who was given her game name by Danlei, successfully joined the group as Danlei's personal guard.

As for Crydella, Danlei stated that even without Heather, she would still be Caesar of Onpharos.

Krydella losing Heather only means losing a close friend with whom she can speak her mind and a sharp sword.

As Danlei had predicted, time progressed to the year 3865 of the Guangli calendar.

This caused unpredictable weather in Aegler, and the continent of Onfaros suffered from alternating rain and drought, resulting in poor harvests and a decline in the national strength of many states.

Many city-states, including Ohm, were plunged into a food shortage crisis.

Of the major city-states in the central interior, only Janusapolis was almost unaffected because it had stored up a lot of grain in the past.

However, the governor Navelette rejected the high priest Mortes's suggestion to provide some food to the surrounding city-states.

This directly led to Janusapolis being coveted by numerous surrounding city-states, and the Tibo clones in these city-states were consequently expelled and persecuted.

However, Crydela in the northwest was prepared by the prophecy of Tinin (Tibo herself cannot arbitrarily join the camp of other city-states), so it did not suffer much damage and even had the strength to launch a southern expedition.

In the year 3867 of the Guangli calendar, the first siege of Ohma began.

The tyrannical Lyquaia, along with the allied forces of Icaria and Corinth, invaded Ohma. At this time, the Ohma Senate demonstrated its characteristic of being incompetent at doing its job but excelling at causing trouble.

Instigated by the treacherous schemes of the usurper Lü Kuiya, three defending generals were unjustly killed at the start of the war.

This allowed the invading allied forces to pass through five defensive passes as if they were in an empty field.

Even the elite Hanging Vanguard, who usually disdained cunning, couldn't resist the urge to attack. They moved their mobile fortresses nearby, watching intently. For a time, Ohma was in grave danger; at its most perilous moment, the enemy even breached the Marble Palace. (This isn't in the game; it's because Heather's absence slowed Caesar's advance.)
Then, Cerudela led a surprise force into the city from the west. Under the command of [Lord of the Broken Blade] Labinus and [Lord of the Winter Rain] Seneca, the allied forces of the three kingdoms in Ohma were defeated and forced to retreat.

According to unofficial historical records, the heroine who originally slashed through the enemy ranks, this time became Kerudela.

Holding a staff in one hand and a sword in the other, she slashed her way from the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace to the gate of the Path of Separation, killing countless enemies along the way without even blinking.

In short, under Krydira's leadership and command, the first siege of Ohma lasted only half a day longer than in previous sieges, and the allied forces of the three kingdoms were defeated in a single day.

The tyrants Lyquaia and Icaria were captured, while the tyrant of Corinth fled with his remaining troops, retreating to the south of the Dolos Plain. Caesar Crydela then took control of Ohma.

In the year 3870 of the Guangli era, Danlei, who had been in seclusion for a hundred years, felt that he had been unable to calm his mind recently, so he came out of seclusion.

The first thing they did after leaving the pass was to head straight for the Eye of Dawn Fortress with their two protectors, [Sunlight Knight] Seneos and [Shadow Moon Maid] Heather.

At this time, Titi and Saifeier, who had fulfilled their century-long promise and regained their freedom, were both in Janusapolis.

Because the food crisis in Onphalus had not eased and the surrounding city-states were still eyeing Janusapolis, they went to help.

Fortunately, the day after Danlei and his two guardians went to the Eye of Dawn and Dusk, news of Aigle's fall and Seneos, the Dragon God's guardian, becoming the new Lord of the Sky spread throughout Onpharos through Tibo's prophecy.

At the same time, the prophecy also told everyone that the sky of Onpharos would be illuminated by the sun created by the dragon god in the future, and the chaotic weather would come to an end.

A week later, Seneos, who had initially integrated the Sky People, arrived in Janusapolis under the control of the Eye of Dawn and Dusk. The two cities officially announced an alliance to suppress the villains.

Meanwhile, on a secluded mountaintop in Ohma's Dawn Cloud Cliff.

Dressed as a chimera, Lai Gushi sat prone on the mountaintop, speaking to a female projection beside him.

"A hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. It seems that Dan Lei has already gained some understanding and is preparing to stir up trouble again."

Our transaction is complete, and I have given you all the information I remember about [Bo Shi Zun] before his ascension.

You don't need to keep an eye on me anymore.

The female projection next to Lai Gushi was Nguyen Mai. The other Golden Bloods were unable to contact Onpharos in the Temple of Immortality without Danlei opening the door, but Nguyen Mai was not among them.

As a genius, her computer skills are only relatively weak compared to other geniuses who specialize in this field; for ordinary people, they are still overwhelmingly superior.

In response to Lai Gushi's teasing, Nguyen Mai simply replied calmly.

“You seem to care at all about Danlei’s presence at Onfaros.

You should know that the first thing he would do upon ascending to godhood would be to demolish your iron tomb.

Lai Gushi seemed genuinely unconcerned by Nguyen Mai's question; he simply smiled and replied...
"Whether Dan Lei can become a Star God is not something I intend to interfere with in the first place."

His philosophy is change, which, in principle, aligns with my goals.

However, there's no such thing as a 100% guarantee of becoming a Star God.

Even if you already have the information about [Bo Shi Zun] before his ascension, I still don't think Dan Lei has a high chance of ascending at this time.

According to my calculations, Danlei currently has at most a 20% chance of ascending to immortality.

However, my calculation this time was quite flawed; he was taking a path I knew nothing about to become a Star God.

My personal suggestion is that Danlei should obtain a star core and fuse it with himself to ascend to the Star God realm, which would be the safest option.

In short, as long as he doesn't really affect the birth of the Iron Tomb, I don't mind him ascending to become a Star God here.

Because his mindset will change after he becomes a Star God.

Whether he will directly destroy the Iron Tomb or use it as a weapon to launch his first attack on the existing rules as a Star God, I shall wait and see.

"But you, Ms. Ruan Mei, I'm curious, after you personally created a Star God, if Dan Lei's methods of change render all your previous research unreliable and cause chaos in the universe, what would you do?"

Nguyen Mai did not refuse to answer Lai Gu Shi's question, but instead told the truth.

"What I want to study is the essence of the Star Gods as a kind of life form."

If Danlei's path of change affects all other Star Gods, then I will be very pleased.

As for himself, isn't the very act of searching for the changes in his life part of the enjoyment of research?

Lai Gushi seemed to have anticipated Ruan Mei's answer; he shook his head helplessly and said...
"Your answer is very much in line with my understanding of the term 'genius'."

After all, among geniuses, those with a sense of morality like Black Tower and Screw Goom are still a minority.

Therefore, I wish your experiment great success.

The more people who can cause changes in the universe, the better.

Ruan Mei nodded to acknowledge Lai Gushi's blessing.

The next second, her projection disappeared from beside Lai Gushi, and her consciousness returned to the Temple of Immortality.

However, next to Ruan Mei's true form was a projection of a black tower. She was grinning from ear to ear, excitedly saying...

"So, this ancient scholar really did release the information about the [Master of Broad Knowledge] before his ascension."

Great! My audience system's success rate is almost 100%.

Unfortunately, this damn time difference prevents me from remotely debugging the audience system in Immortal One.

"Nguyen Mai, I'm counting on you for the system modifications and debugging this time. I'll bake you a cake later."

　The story of Cerberus has again encountered textual conflicts.

　　In the second part of Crydella's character story, it is said that she recruited Fordtudo into her ranks.

　　"Crossing the Eps Mountains, she seized the opportunity of the rebellion launched by the city of Luquia, led her army to defeat them, and brought the golden-blooded general Fordtudo under her command, thus winning the hearts of her troops."

　　But in the text *Caesar's Military Treatise*—one of the ten classic battles…
　　The record states that "after this battle, Fordtudo was captured and beheaded shortly afterward."

　　The two texts clearly conflict regarding Ford's ending.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)