Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 219 The Grand Ceremony of the Star Empire, The Return of the Saints

Sixty years into the Stellar Calendar, the Stellar Empire, Dawn City, its capital.

In front of a city gate.

"A notice to all citizens of the Empire: when you hear this message, it means you have entered the Empire's no-fly zone!"

"All citizens of the Empire, please land on the ground in order and line up to enter the city."

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The magical airships continuously landed at the parking area outside the imperial city, and a large number of passengers disembarked one after another.

Meanwhile, many extraordinary individuals and professionals from various races, after arriving in the capital using their own power, also stopped using their flying magic in that area.

At the same time, the magical message continued to reach every citizen of the Empire who entered the parking area.

"Wow, is this the capital city? It's huge!"

"Did you see that on the spaceship just now? The entire empire's buildings stretch as far as the eye can see."

"And there are so many people! How long will we have to wait in line to get into the city?"

At that moment, in a group of orcs who had just disembarked from the spaceship, a very young-looking tauren spoke to a kobold beside him.

"You clearly didn't do your homework beforehand. Don't forget the personal identification badges that the Empire fully implemented six months ago."

"We just need to scan our identification badges at the scanner at the city gate to immediately verify our identities and enter the city."

"As for the large number of people, how could there not be? This is a rare once-in-a-decade grand ceremony for the founding of the empire."

"Besides, I heard from my mentor that the great nobles of the empire are all saying that the great dragon god is going to perform a miracle this time."

The minotaur dressed in apprentice's clothes was slightly taken aback, then immediately asked curiously:
"Huh? Is that so? Why didn't my advisor mention it?"

"Tell you? With your big mouth, it would spread everywhere. It's a good thing we're in the Empire now, otherwise I wouldn't tell you."

"Besides, it's not easy for us to be lucky enough to be selected to participate in the Imperial Celebration. If you let it slip and we lose our chance, that would be a real injustice."

The young kobold looked at the minotaur with disdain.

"Huh? Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Exaggerated? Hmph, I think you've gone mad from studying magic. You don't even watch the Imperial News Channel!"

"The Empire's founding celebration only has 30 million seats available for spectators outside the capital, and 25 million of those seats are concentrated in the Imperial District. Just imagine how crazy it is for 86 theocrats and nearly 4 billion citizens to compete for those last 5 million seats."

"Therefore, there are many restrictions on eligibility; those with poor character or a bad record have no chance at all."

"If you blurt out anything about His Majesty the Dragon God beforehand, who knows if you'll be accused of spreading rumors? The punishment is a minor matter; losing your qualification is the real problem!"

"And didn't you see that our team leaders, those senior students from the National High School, were explaining things in a simple and easy-to-understand way? It was all so that they wouldn't miss the opportunity to come to the Empire due to any unforeseen circumstances."

Upon hearing the kobold's words, the minotaur immediately shrank back and lowered his voice nervously, saying:

"Oh, I see. I've been spending all my time in the meditation room these past few days trying to advance to the next level, so..."

"Alright, there's no point in you being nervous now. Why didn't you think of that earlier? So I have to say, you're just lucky despite your foolishness."

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The two orc apprentices kept talking, while the parking area was bustling with people.

Young people from many races were already chattering away as soon as they stepped off the spaceship.

Meanwhile, right behind this group of orcs, two people who had just disembarked from the magic spaceship and appeared to be human professionals stared at the sky, their expressions inexplicably silent.

This is because, at this very moment, a large number of strangely shaped spaceships can be seen constantly shuttling through the sky above the entire capital.

Meanwhile, the imperial capital of the entire empire boasts countless skyscrapers.

A towering structure, its crystal-clear, iridescent color resembling magic crystal, soars thousands of meters into the sky.

There are also ordinary, square buildings standing around these towers.

In short, the entire capital city is filled with neatly planned residential buildings hundreds of meters high, but at the same time, it also retains wide streets.

And in the sky above, one can faintly see a massive temple floating above the empire.

Yes.

The temple is floating in the air, and it is located three thousand meters above the center of the imperial capital.

Looking at the densely packed, orderly flying machines shuttling through the sky, and then at the low walls of the capital city below.

Both of them remained completely silent.

Looking back, as I walked out of the parking area and saw the hundreds of densely packed lines of people queuing at the city gate, everything felt so unfamiliar.

Following the directions, the two casually lined up at the back of a crowd, while simultaneously exchanging telepathic messages.

Is this still our original world?

"How could everything have changed so much in less than 530 years?"

"This change is truly bewildering."

The male humans looked at everything before them with expressions of utter amazement.

The women among them frowned.

"The gods of the outer realms, no matter what they do, cannot change their status as outsiders."

"Given the current situation, perhaps no one in this world remembers the gods we worship."

"What's the difference between these outsiders and those trolls? They just defeated the trolls and then took over our world."

"As for the merciful preservation of our world's bloodline, it's merely because this alien civilization happens to have humans. We must not be deceived by the illusion before us."

Upon hearing this, the male human sighed and glanced at his female companion.

“Sophie, you should face reality. Whether we agree or not, the world can never go back to what it used to be.”

"Besides, you should know what the gods were like in the past."

“We used to revere our Lord so much, but what about Him?”

"The pain of soul separation, the waiting in the 'dark cage'—if we hadn't been lucky enough to have our souls drawn by a divine light and reborn in another so-called phase world (parallel world), we might never be able to return to this world now."

"And what about Him? He called it a great exploration, but after hundreds of years of struggle, you and I should have known the truth long ago. This is a blatant betrayal!"

"He threw us into the phase teleportation array that He tested, therefore, He betrayed us, not we forsaken our faith in Him."

"Besides, our other half has already ascended to godhood in that world. What faith we talk about now seems like a joke."

"Mortals are merely nourishment for the gods, and how mortals live is entirely up to the gods."

"Therefore, looking at the world today, I feel that these foreign gods are much better than the gods of the past."

"So, Sophie, don't forget the agreement we made at the beginning: once we're sure our people are living well in this world, we shouldn't have any other ideas."

"otherwise."

Before the male human could finish speaking, the female human Sophie interrupted:
"Adelaide, you talk too much."

"I will remember the agreement, but you must not forget that this is our world."

"Furthermore, everything we see before us is just an appearance. After all, there are quite a few humans from other realms in this Star Empire right now. Who knows how much influence our people actually have in this empire?"

"Furthermore, to put it bluntly, the two of us are the native beings of this world, and we should rightfully have a place to ascend to godhood."

At this point, the silver-haired woman, Sophie, still had a burning gaze in her eyes as she said:
"Adelaide, don't forget, our miracle is perhaps unique in the entire Astral Plane." "Our soul was split in two, one part has already ascended to godhood in another world, while our physical bodies in this world are still intact, and we even retain the strength of a Saint."

"Two worlds, two parts of the soul and 'half a body' both have the opportunity to ascend to godhood, this is an absolutely unimaginable miracle."

"In any case, I can't let this opportunity slip by easily. In fact, Adelaide, I advise you not to let this opportunity slip by easily either."

Seeing Sophie like this, the man Adelaide let out a long sigh.

Recalling the past and the information we have now.

Both were in an overseas dungeon, about 312 years before the trolls descended, guided (or deceived) by the God-King, who was also the main god of this world, Aldrich.

Then, at the very bottom of that strange underground city, the two saw a phase teleportation array that the God-King called the Great Journey.

According to the divine oracle of the God-King, the so-called phase teleportation array is...

This is actually a divine creation made by Aldrich, the God-King, after he discovered a truth in the darkness when he comprehended the laws of the world.

This so-called truth is what God-King Aldrich claimed: the astral plane is infinitely large, and there is a high probability that there exists a world with extremely similar rules to the world of Carth.

They all possess dungeons, worlds teeming with professionals and creatures resembling those from the world of Calth.

Therefore, relying on the compatibility of this rule, the God-King created the so-called Phase Teleportation Array.

In order to gain exclusive power over a world, and even to secure the position of the God-King.

The creation and emergence of a phase teleportation array must be carried out in secrecy.

Moreover, according to the current God-King's judgment and the rules, the Phase Teleportation Array can only teleport beings below the level of demigod.

Therefore, Adelaide and Sophie, as the chosen ones, became the first 'pioneers' of this phase teleportation array.

Everything is for the great God-King.

Therefore, as two steadfast saints who believe in the God-King in the mortal world, Adelaide and Sophie naturally had no reason not to act according to the divine oracle.

Both sides were initially quite excited about it.

But what about the results?

The oracle's guidance that the two would not be in any danger if the teleportation failed was a complete deception.

Because at the moment the teleportation failed, their souls were instantly torn apart.

Their souls were pulled into an incredibly dark space, where there was no concept of time or space, and everything was nothingness.

After spending hundreds of years in this space as if in a nightmare, a strange, dim yellow light suddenly appeared in the dark space.

It was this light that crashed into this space, and then sent both of their souls to another world.

Thus, the two souls were born simultaneously as twins in another world that was extremely similar to the continent of Calter.

Relying on the wisdom of their predecessors in their 'previous lives', and even their exceptionally powerful souls, the two went through many trials and tribulations, ultimately ascending to godhood at a speed unimaginable to other beings.

After ascending to godhood, the two connected through a divine spiritual bond and discovered that the oracle of the god-king Aldrich was not entirely a lie.

At least, neither of them had any physical problems with the so-called phase teleportation array.

However, due to the failed teleportation, the bottom of the underground city collapsed, and their physical bodies were completely buried by the rocks and soil.

Therefore, both of their physical bodies remained intact, or perhaps they were simply in a state of unconsciousness.

Since saints can go without food and drink, the two quickly activated the body of this world through spiritual connection.

Only then did the two realize this.

Within their two original bodies, they also possessed a portion of the spiritual power of a soul that had not yet ascended to godhood.

Two worlds, two bodies, two souls with the same spirituality but independent.

This is their current situation.

Yes, in another world, Adelaide and Sophie became gods.

But that was them, not them.

In short, it's a very strange feeling.

Can a deity create an incarnation?
Obviously not, at least not in the universe and astral rules of the world where Lin Ke exists.

Because once a deity ascends to godhood, their soul and spirituality merge with their divine status.

There is only one divine title, and the divine title that embodies the divine status is closely related to the native Mana will of each planet and world, so it is absolutely indivisible.

Therefore, both of them were naturally overjoyed when this situation occurred.

They even had a feeling that if both halves of their bodies in both worlds successfully ascended to godhood, it would bring them even more unimaginable benefits.

Therefore, after awakening from the ruins of the underground city overseas, the two began to actively inquire about the current situation in the world.

This is an 'old zombie' that has been buried under the ruins for more than 500 years.

They were quickly discovered by the sea creatures, and after a series of inquiries, they successfully obtained confirmation of their identities from the Imperial offices in various theocrats.

Yes, this is confirmed by information provided by the indigenous people, similar to the information provided by the holy beings on Coral Island.

As saints of the God-King, their identities were quickly confirmed.

Thus, after only a brief inquiry, the two became honored members of the empire.

They even successfully joined the professional association of the human race in Calter.

And I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the grand ceremony of the founding of the Star Empire.

That's all that they went through.

And it has only been less than half a year since they awoke.

Over the past six months, the two have learned in detail about the horrifying history of the troll invasion and the fall of the gods.

At the same time, I also heard about the 'sacred history' of the Dragon God bringing the dawn of civilization to defeat the trolls, forcing them to abandon this world, and even signing a divine covenant with the Star Empire.

In short, over the past six months, both sides have been learning about everything in the Star Empire, including everything in the world of Calter, which is its alliance.

However, the information they can obtain is limited to everything that is permitted to be made public.

Thus, while in this state of confusion and recovering from the weakness of their bodies after a long period of slumber, they boarded the spaceship bound for the capital.

At this moment, gazing upon the magnificent capital of the Star Empire.

Seeing Sophie's haughty expression, Adelaide could only shake her head and say:
"Forget it, it's too early to discuss this now."

"Let's go into the city and see what this grand event is like first. We need to know how powerful this so-called Dragon God really is before we talk about anything else."

"But the dragon god must be quite dangerous to have been able to defeat the troll civilization that caused the fall of all the gods all by himself."

"Sophie, you absolutely mustn't do anything reckless."

Upon hearing this, the silver-haired woman immediately lost her smile and coldly replied:
"Do I look that arrogant and stupid, Adelaide?"

"Moreover, I never intended to force myself on you."

"My idea is simple: for now, I'll ignore the Dragon God's situation and, by whatever means necessary, just get the qualification to become a god!"

"Whether it's currying favor or showing loyalty, I'll do anything to ascend to godhood!"

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(End of this chapter)