Novel Full Chapter 599 -599-Prelude to the Great War: The Emperor’s Divine Aspect
Chapter 599: Chapter599-Prelude to the Great War: The Emperor’s Divine Aspect
Although almost everyone had heard of the Crossbridge Empire’s armies from the previous cosmic war—armies filled with sage lords of Sage Lord rank, numbering in the billions, even tens of billions—they had been shocked merely by the rumors.
But witnessing it with their own eyes, facing that kind of visual onslaught directly, left them utterly speechless.
Row upon row of Sage Lord rank soldiers.
Hundreds of millions, over a billion, even more!
Their formations were as sharp and precise as a blade, their armor dazzling like Starlight, and the gaze of each warrior was as cold and unyielding as iron.
It was as if they were no longer flesh and blood, but killing machines cast from the same mold.
Even the Divine Court, which had ruled over the myriad races and the starry heavens for an entire era, had to bow before such a spectacle.
What terrified them most was that such a formidable army had been cultivated in just five short years!
What kind of power did the Crossbridge Emperor possess to achieve such unfathomable feats?!
…
After securing the Sacred Mountain, Apollo immediately summoned all the legions stationed in the Eastern Star Sector.
The massive army encamped outside the East Sacred Gate, eyes like predatory tigers fixed on the Divine Court’s core.
Watching the Stellar Saint‑Emperor, and all the mighty beings standing behind him.
The Crusader Goddess Venus descended.
At the same time, war generals like Cursefont Star God, Suggwoth, Ares, and War Bear led reinforcements with their legions.
Following the advice of Lucio and Philip, the empire’s forces did not waste time attacking the other three Sacred Gates.
To do so would have only weakened their main strength.
The Elemental Assassin had already infiltrated the Divine Court’s core and discovered that the Divine Court’s Starlight magical array had been activated, with the array’s eye located within the Starlight Sanctuary.
Concentration on a single point, a full-force breakthrough through one Sacred Gate, was the only way to decisively break the stalemate.
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Endless Forest Sea.
Above the void river stood a towering figure clad in black imperial robes.
It was the Saint Emperor of the Cycle himself!
A faint glow of reincarnation surrounded him, each breath warping the space-time around him.
Beside him stood two supreme sage-rank beings.
One was the Undying Demon God.
The other, a Hell Tyrant, was one of the founders of the Cycle Divine Court, an ancient being who had survived through three eras.
In the previous war, the Lord of the Blood River had been slain by Aurek.
He too was a founder of the Court.
Behind them marched countless near-Empyrean Sanctum warriors, the distilled might of the Cycle Divine Court accrued over endless ages.
Further behind stretched the vast armies of the Cycle Divine Court, blotting out the sky, endless as far as the eye could see.
The Saint Emperor of the Cycle’s gaze was profound.
He knew well that if the Starfont Divine Court fell, the Cycle Divine Court could not escape the same fate.
He had initially planned to contend with the Stellar Saint‑Emperor for dominance over the starry heavens, but the rise of the Crossbridge Emperor disrupted all plans.
After that previous war, they had even considered a compromise, retreating slightly to allow the Crossbridge Empire a foothold in the Star Divine Court’s territory, forming a tripartite balance of power.
But Aurek refused.
Now, war was unavoidable.
The Starfont Divine Court’s legions were assembling toward the core.
With the Endless Forest Sea left undefended, the Crossbridge forces had the opportunity to approach and observe.
Many ancient giants lurked in the shadows, watching quietly.
A mysterious presence, its body wreathed in twenty-four savage auras, pierced the chaos with its gaze, locking onto the East Sacred Gate.
Both sides’ armies continued to gather.
The entire Star Origin World was suffocating under the tension.
The Sacred Mountain, the Primeval Star Domain, the Fallen Divine Realm, and all life across the eighty-eight continents felt as if they could barely breathe.
They could not see the war, but they sensed the murderous intent hanging in the air like a storm about to break.
Some took out every artifact they had to preserve their lives.
Some fled in panic.
Some fell to their knees, praying to their gods for protection.
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Outside the East Sacred Gate.
Suggwoth stood at the front, hand on his Slayer, commanding the army.
He was the commander of the imperial legions; no words were needed.
The Stellar Saint‑Emperor had arrived—war was inevitable.
Any further discussion was useless.
Once the legions had assembled:
Clang!
He drew Slayer, pointing it directly at the East Sacred Gate.
From the blade, blood-red killing intent condensed into a tangible form, transforming into a roaring crimson dragon that shot into the sky.
“Kill—!”
“Kill—!”
Sky Hawk, Sky Conceal, War Bear, Overthunder…
Each war general led their legions like a tidal wave toward the East Sacred Gate.
The Crusader Goddess Venus crossed the continents, charging straight at the East Sacred Gate.
The murderous aura of the Star Sea world converged in her hands, forming an arrow capable of striking down a star.
She used the entire Star Origin World as her bow, drawing the string to its fullest.
The Stellar Saint‑Emperor’s robe swirled violently.
The ultimate divine might of the Primal Grail was fully unleashed.
Fate’s radiant threads erupted from its mouth, spreading tangible patterns of death and destruction.
Under this terrifying pressure, Threads of Fate, traces of rules, and the origin of law all manifested in the void.
Hum—!
The arrow pierced through the chaos, blasting forward from the East Sacred Gate.
Wherever it passed, space shattered like a mirror, forming an enormous black hole vortex that devoured everything around it.
The Primal Grail rose to meet it.
Boom—!
A world-shaking explosion!
The Star Origin World trembled violently.
All eighty-eight continents quaked simultaneously; countless structures collapsed, and billions of beings were shaken to their core, faces drained of color.
They knew… the terrifying war had finally begun.
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The Stellar Saint‑Emperor, riding the Primal Grail and wielding the might of a fourth-tier supreme sage-rank, locked onto the Crusader Goddess.
The Apex Star God and the ancient sage-rank warrior moved simultaneously, one from the left, one from the right, encircling Venus.
“Crush them—!”
The God Generals roared.
Ten thousand near-Empyrean Sanctum.
One hundred million Sage Lord rank legions.
Nearly ten billion elite troops surged out of the East Sacred Gate like a monstrous tidal wave, ready to clash with the Crossbridge Empire to the death.
At this moment, the Elemental Assassin within the Star Origin World launched a strike toward the Starlight Sanctuary.
Boom!
Rumble—!
Continental plates collapsed!
The origin shattered!
Order and law fell into complete chaos!
Threads of Fate crumbled like dominoes, affecting the destiny of countless lives.
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Above the heavens.
The Crusader Goddess fought alone against the Stellar Saint‑Emperor, the Apex Star God, the ancient sage-rank, and the Primal Grail.
The battle of the four supreme sage-ranks tore the sky apart in an instant, shattering laws, even stirring the Fate River into turbulent waves.
At this moment, a divine aspect manifested atop the world’s vault.
He wielded a golden sword, standing on an endless staircase.
The steps seemed engraved with an epic of conquering all heavens.
He stood at the summit, gazing down upon everything below.
Majestic. Noble.
Unbearable to look upon.
“That… could it be—?”
“The Crossbridge Emperor, Aurek?!”
The countless beings of the Star Origin World looked up in astonishment.
The emperor’s divine aspect looked down with a single gaze.
In an instant, countless beings bled from all seven orifices, collapsing to the ground.
They hastily averted their eyes, hearts trembling to the extreme.
“Too terrifying… this is the true path of an emperor!”
Many powerful beings trembled, legs weak with fear.
From the distant chaotic sea, the mysterious figure shrouded in twenty-four shadowy auras fixed his gaze on Aurek.
Above the void river, the Saint Emperor of the Cycle and the Hell Tyrant both frowned deeply.
Everyone understood.
This was the legendary, unprecedented figure: the master of the Crossbridge Empire, Aurek Veynar.