ăThe Karte Continent, just outside the planetâs orbit.ă
At this moment, more than a dozen powerful beings were gathered above this planet.
Each of these beings was surrounded by a radiant glow of Divine Power, imperceptible to mortals.
And behind them stood a large number of Divine Attendants and Demigods.
In short, here in the cosmos, just outside Karteâs atmosphere, over a hundred powerful creatures had assembled.
"Gaius, what are your thoughts on this newly emerged civilization?"
"My thoughts? What thoughts could I have?"
The Giant Demon Deity named Gaius looked at the deity who had spoken, his expression filled with helplessness.
"You all should know that while I and a few others have been responsible for watching over this world..."
"...this time, this new civilization is simply incomprehensible."
"Despite the strong repulsion from the worldâs laws, these guys actually managed to open a Star Gate inside the world. Tell me, has any of you ever seen something so bizarre?"
As soon as Gaius finished speaking, a Giant Demon Deity beside him frowned and added:
"Indeed. This whole affair is utterly unreasonable. You canât blame Gaius at all."
"You have to understand, this planetâs only âMain Godâ was killed by His Majesty Moridun long ago, and the worldâs laws have long since reverted to an ownerless state."
"His Majesty Moridun personally confirmed this. In fact, to make the laws of this world usable by us sooner, His Majesty even took action himself, using the flesh and Divinity of many native Deities to create a Pseudo-God Puppet."
"With it in existence, and with the worldâs fundamental laws already repelling the descent of Deities and Alternate Spaces, something like this clearly shouldnât have happened."
"Putting everything else aside, if we hadnât first opened a gate outside the Star Realm, not even His Majesty Moridun could have directly opened a Star Gate leading into the planetâs interior."
"But, it happened anyway. Itâs truly difficult to explain."
The moment this deity finished, another one, also responsible for overseeing this world, hastily added:
"Exactly! You canât blame us for this."
"After all, this is far beyond the realm of common sense."
"Even if the Deities on the other side are very powerful, they should have had to violently tear through the laws of the Star Realm to descend into the Lower Realm."
"But now? The enemy just drilled a portal into the world as if boring a hole. It makes no sense."
"The Mana Will is a single entity. Itâs like a Giant Demon being bitten on the thigh by a bloodsucking wormâhow could the Giant Demon not notice?"
"So, logically, the moment before this Star Realm Gate appeared, the fundamental laws of the Mana Will should have already reacted and sealed off all Space."
"But youâve all seen the current situation! Itâs as if the Mana Will didnât notice at all, just letting the enemy open a gate within its world. Thereâs definitely something very wrong here!"
"So, instead of us sitting here guessing, why donât we just request His Majesty Moridun to come and investigate the cause?"
The Giant Demon Deity offered his suggestion along with his analysis.
"Forget about it!"
"When we conquered this world, His Majesty Moridun fought a great battle with its Main God. Although he ultimately killed his opponent, he suffered some injuries himself."
"A mere hundred years or so is hardly enough time to recover from those wounds."
A Giant Demon Deity immediately shot down the suggestion.
"Then what about asking Her Majesty Penelope to come and take charge?"
"No, that wonât work. Her Majesty Penelope is at a critical moment in consolidating the Second Law. Calling on her now would only annoy her, and sheâs already ill-tempered."
"If this wonât work and that wonât work, then how about we petition His Majesty the Emperor to come personally?" another Giant Demon suggested.
"His Majesty? Are you joking?"
"His Majesty hasnât made an appearance in many years. I hear heâs in seclusion, attempting to break through the limits of a Star God. Who knows what would happen if we petitioned him at a time like this?"
"This is a real headache."
"So of our Empireâs three Main Gods, including His Majesty, not a single one can come to take charge? We might as well just give up on this world. What other choice do we have?"
"The way I see it, the mortal world will be conquered by this Otherworld civilization sooner or later. After all, they even have an Ancient Species on their side."
"With an Ancient Species present, who in the mortal world can possibly be its match?"
"Surely you donât expect us Deities to go fight it to the death?"
"Besides, who the hell knows how many more Ancient Species the other side has? If our Empire loses a large number of Deities over this, I say we can forget about conquering any other worlds."
"We should just obediently turtle up on the Emperor Star and recuperate for a few thousand, or even ten thousand, years."
This deityâs disgruntled words plunged the rest of the Deities into silence.
Indeed, the Empireâs current situation was not good.
During the last conquest of this world, the Empire had lost thirty-four Deities.
And in the New World, although no Deities had fallen, several had been wounded.
They had won the war in the Star Realm, but the ground war in the New World had bogged down into a war of attrition.
The blame for everything lay with the mortals of that other world, who didnât play by the rules and possessed a level of Magic Power industry far surpassing that of the Giant Demon Empire.
The Empireâs strongest Magic Crystal Cannons could only deliver a High-Tier strike.
But the other world, on the other hand, even had powerful items like Metal Armor.
With their bodies covered in Metal Armor, even a Low-Tier Transcendent from the other side could instantly possess the Power of a High-Tier Strong Person.