"What... what is this thing?"

A scream echoed through the public channel of the Floating City.

Kael's gaze fell on the images displayed on the Floating City channel, a trace of unease flashing in his eyes:

"It seems the situation is far graver than we imagined. Everyone, are you interested in experiencing the view from high above, making those who once struck fear into us, who walk the earth, bow and submit?"

The scene before Kael was a chaotic battlefield unlike any he had ever seen.

A massive, twisted void appeared in the northern wasteland. Accompanied by the destructive strikes of the Floating City fleet, the despairing creatures swallowed within wailed as if ink covered the surrounding territories.

"Why is the Abyss Gate opening now? What are those two doing?"

Anger flashed across everyone's faces.

At the edge of the giant void below, two terrifying giants, with rotting flesh constantly falling from their bodies, were sacrificing their own and nearby creatures' flesh and blood to open the gate to the Abyss.

With a roar, Kael had no intention of letting them open the gate, unleashing two Eight Rings Spells on the spot.

The devastating Eight Rings Magic descended with overwhelming force, blasting the two monsters—or more accurately, parts of the God of Life and God of Death's monstrous split creations—into bits.

As he raised his head, the signal from Titan Floating City instantly spread to all Floating Cities:

"Everyone, the monstrous creations of the God of Life and God of Death have already opened the gate to the Abyss. For us, this moment, right now, is the best time to test the might of the Floating City.

The Abyss lies ahead; there is no retreat for anyone. What are you waiting for? Show our will and determination against the Abyss. Even without the Church's help, Humans, and all companions striving for a blue and pure world, will forever stand firm on the earth.

It begins from this moment, from here."

"Helois Monarch, activate the fusion network; I sense an Abyss Lord approaching, immensely powerful... incomparably so, likely the Abyss Four Gods."

An elderly Magic Monarch conveyed crucial intelligence, his voice tinged with fear.

Upon hearing this, a subtle smile appeared on Kael's face.

He had been ready to use his influence to persuade the reluctant Mages to follow his plan, but now, unexpectedly, a wild Mage brought up the issue on their own.

Naturally, he smiled brilliantly, nodded, and said:

"Although a single Floating City is already powerful enough to escape from a weak divine presence's hands, everyone knows there's still a long way to go to match those truly mighty beings.

Now, the Floating City can accomplish many things, but there are always some entities that, no matter how hard we try, a single Floating City can't handle alone...

Unless we have more Floating Cities!"

As these words fell, the surroundings seemed to undergo a wondrous change in an instant.

"Domain: Bound God."

At that moment, Kael finally unfurled the vast fangs of his domain. All along, he had been maintaining the Domain of the Bound God by consuming large quantities of magic released from the Elemental Furnace.

This special domain, which can endlessly expand through domain coverage to enhance control over the world within its range, gains efficiency the longer it is maintained.

Ultimately, the land enveloped by this domain will become a true divine realm on earth.

So the question arises: what kind of land did Kael's domain permanently alter to transform within this range into a true divine realm?

The answer is evident, isn't it?

It's the land previously covered by Titan City, now the entirety of the Titan Floating City's area.

The moment Kael fully unveiled his domain, it was as if his senses had taken flight, instantly covering all Floating Cities.

With the flashing of each Floating City, Titan Floating City, receiving the energy and power support of all Floating Cities, pushed its capabilities to the limit.

"Domain Expansion: Magic Net: Ultimate Judgment!"

Under absolute control, the energy and computational power supplied by all Floating Cities were consumed at an astonishing rate. Within breaths, Aister, the controller of Titan Floating City, reached the limits she had never experienced before in computational power and energy.

With Titan Floating City as the core, it linked countless other Floating Cities as relay nodes, and these vast numbers of Floating Cities, in turn, connected to every Mage Net-accessible apprentice.

This was Kael's devised method, leveraging power akin to a divine realm.

By elevating his essence to previously unreachable extremes, he created an earthly divine realm, then boosted this Titan Floating City, an earthly divine realm, to its energy peak through the computational power and abilities provided by all Floating Cities.

Finally, relying on a unique network that had spread across the entire continent over the years, highly relied upon by almost all Mages and mage-like professionals—

Mage Net

At this moment, material and spiritual became unified, and in a trance, Kael sensed his Floating City transforming into an actual deity.

Simultaneously, the power known as Mage Net, which penetrated nearly every Mage System, was fully mastered by Kael through Aister.

A miraculous energy network spanned the sky, as if the world's elements and everything magic-related merged into the Mage Net.

Under this unprecedented power, Mage Net instantly underwent a fundamental metamorphosis, rooting the concept of the Weave deeply within this world.

At this moment, everyone felt the imprint of the Weave originating from the depths.

The terrifying magical wave emerging from the Weave engulfed everything around the Abyss Gate with unprecedented power, as if to cleanse the entire world.

Under this unimaginably divine-level assault, even the Abyss Gate cried; the Abyss Lords howled, for none understood better than they—

Under such an attack, exceeding Nine Rings Magic and defying conventional magical categorization, even the Abyss Gate slowly evaporated, with twisted space and the oncoming terrifying tide swallowing the power faintly emanating from the Four Gods within the Abyss Gate.

At this moment, even the strongest Abyss Lords known as the Four Gods retreated, thoroughly battered, transforming into streams of light that fled deep into the Abyss, daring not approach the gate again.

Kael calmly watched the flamboyant scene. Yes, the moment the Weave formed, he automatically became the Divine Favored of the Magic Goddess. The divine presence of the Magic Goddess, combined with the divine right of the Weave and the abundant computational power and energy supply from a mass of Floating Cities, propelled the Magic Goddess's combat power to unspeakable heights.

While Kael relished in this sense of destruction, he suddenly clutched his chest in pain.

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