"I will never submit to a group of ants."
Night Bringer Azagorod made a gesture, and a sharp scythe shimmered into existence in his left hand.
It wasn't the one he originally possessed,
but its power was equally immense, capable of cleaving through all things.
"Incorrect statement." Alex looked calmly at the Night Bringer before him. "This isn't a choice; it's an announcement."
"Hahaha, do you think you can threaten a god?" the Night Bringer scoffed.
He swung his scythe, and a rift glowing with peculiar light appeared out of thin air.
"Even time and space will die and shatter under my scythe."
"Despair, for Night Bringer Azagorod once again walks beneath the stars."
The Night Bringer charged at Alex with incredible speed.
In just an instant, he crossed the distance between them, swinging his scythe down.
Alex didn't move; Cortana did.
She revealed her combat stance, and a surge of rule power and Warp power erupted simultaneously.
Night Bringer Azagorod watched in astonishment as his scythe was blocked.
"How is this possible? How can you wield the power of two worlds at once?"
Star Gods cannot wield the power of the Warp; this has been an unbreakable rule since the birth of the Star Gods.
Now, it was broken.
A nascent Star God wielding the power of two worlds meant the opponent possessed infinite possibilities.
Cortana didn't answer the Night Bringer's confusion. She unleashed a scorching beam of light, sending the Night Bringer flying.
Then, she stood in front of Cortana.
"No one is allowed to harm my Master."
"Master?" The Night Bringer frowned. "You actually treat a human as your Master? Do you even know you're a Star God?"
Cortana didn't answer him. Instead, she continued to unleash her power, then charged forward, reaching the Night Bringer in an instant.
She punched him in the abdomen, sending the Night Bringer hurtling like a cannonball into the void, flying tens of thousands of meters, smashing through several giant meteorites before finally coming to a stop.
Immediately after, Cortana flickered, appearing beside the Night Bringer, and delivered another punch, sending him flying hard.
This scene made all the Players watching the plot widen their eyes.
(ΩДΩ), Σ(⊙▽⊙"a, (=@__@=),
The expressions on their faces varied, but every single face was filled with shock.
"Is this Warhammer?"
"Did I stumble into a Dragon Ball fight?"
"Record this! We must record this! We demand that Players be this strong too."
"Why are all the cool ones NPCs, while Players are always struggling?"
"..."
Cortana's power was beyond imagination.
Not only the rule power of the Reality universe and Warp power, but also the faith power of the entire human race, she could use all of it with ease.
Coupled with the help of the Void Dragon and other Star Gods,
no matter how much the Night Bringer resisted, the final outcome was that he was beaten to his knees.
"That's how it should be." Overlord Zahurash slapped the back of the Night Bringer's head, making a clanging sound.
Everyone else has knelt, why shouldn't you!
"You are all a bunch of cowards." The Night Bringer roared in fury, constantly screaming.
But he still couldn't resist Cortana and the many Star Gods.
"I already have enough Star Gods assisting me. You have two choices: either submit to me and participate in the final battle. When humanity achieves sublimation, you will regain your freedom. Or, I will shatter you again and seal you until the day the universe perishes."
Alex floated up, landing in front of the Night Bringer, giving him two choices.
The Night Bringer looked around at everyone, seeing the Void Dragon and other former comrades-in-arms standing nearby. If he chose to resist, then only he would be annihilated.
"You swear that after humanity achieves sublimation, I can regain my freedom." The Night Bringer turned his head, looking at Alex.
"I swear, you will regain your freedom." Alex said calmly.
"Then I submit to you, human." The Night Bringer chose to yield.
He had already endured sixty million years of prison life; such days were too dreary, too agonizing.
"Very good."
Alex nodded in satisfaction, inscribing a control protocol into his body.
At this point, the Star God race was completely at Alex's disposal.
The Imperium of Man's power swelled to its strongest point in history.
Next, it would be to purge the xenos in the Reality universe, and then they could engage in a decisive battle with the Chaos Gods.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the galaxy.
The Demon Hunter Battle Group, who had been busy searching for the Old Ones' relics, finally saw their efforts pay off.
After enduring many hardships and obstacles,
they, along with Inquisitor Rostov and other Inquisition members, finally found the first relic left by the Old Ones.
It was a magnificent giant island sealed in a dimensional space, with exquisite crystal buildings towering on it, each one incredibly beautiful.
Inside were many crystals recording the memories of the Old Ones. By reading these crystals, Inquisitor Rostov pieced together the truth of the War in Heaven.
Whether it was the Eldar or the Necron, they only recorded the wars within the galaxy, but they didn't know that the Old Ones faced another, more powerful enemy.
They were ancient beings from other parts of the universe, older than the universe itself, and incredibly powerful.
Even if the universe were annihilated, they would not be annihilated, but would continue to exist.
In the wondrous eons, even time and space themselves would perish, but they would always endure, experiencing the collapse and rebirth of the universe.
They had no subjective malice, but their very existence was the greatest malice towards sentient beings.
These records also revealed why the powerful Old Ones did not escape beyond the galaxy!
Because the universe outside the galaxy was even more despair-inducing.
To protect themselves, the Old Ones organized the Warp and, using the Warp as a foundation, began creating living beings and gods, building a tool to resist the ancient gods from outside the domain.
In their plan, Warp entities would gain the ability of infinite resurrection and continuously absorb the faith and souls of Reality beings to counter the ancient gods from outside the domain.
They planned to create nine Warp deities with immense divine power, as well as countless Warp entities.
However, this plan did not go smoothly.
The activity of the Warp led to many uncontrollable factors, and they also failed to purge unstable factors like the Star Gods.
When the first war with the Necron ended, they discovered that the Star Gods were devouring stars, leading to the extremely short lifespans of the Krork race, so they began to clean them up.
The Star God race was beaten back repeatedly.
Facing the immensely powerful Old Ones, their performance was no better than that of the Necron.
Later, the Star Gods and the Necron formed an alliance. The Star Gods thus gained bodies and devoured the souls of the entire Krork race, greatly increasing their strength, and had the Necron, after their biotransference, build many destructive giant weapons, beginning their counterattack.
And at this time, the ancient gods from outside the domain also tried to enter the galaxy, injecting their will into this remote star system.
The Old Ones fought against the Star Gods and the Necron on one side, and against the ancient gods from outside the domain on the other, a two-front war that quickly depleted their military strength.
Moreover, troubles never came singly; they encountered another difficult matter.
That was the Warp entities, created to receive the faith and power of all living beings in the entire galaxy to fight against the ancient gods from outside the domain, became corrupted.
Chaos Gods and Warp demons appeared.
These Warp entities not only failed to deal with the ancient gods from outside the domain as originally planned, but instead turned around to eliminate the Old Ones.
Plagued by internal and external problems, the Old One race ultimately met its demise.
With their death, the Warp completely lost order.
The eight-pointed star was also completely twisted as a result, failing to fulfill its intended function.
The original plan to create nine gods to maintain Warp order and protect the galaxy was also completely bankrupt.
Moreover, only four Chaos Gods were born; five have yet to be conceived to this day.
In addition to revealing the truth of the War in Heaven, the ruins also left an important clue.
"An artifact that controls the Ork race?"
Zigman's eyes widened, and his tone was surprised as he read the message left by the Old Ones.
This now confirmed the theory that Orks were creations of the Old Ones.