Above The Sky

Chapter 2011 - 24: Two Hundred Million Years of Waiting (12,000-Word - )_3

And the Ashen King let Ian do as he pleased.

It was at this time that Ashen Ian became involved in the research related to the ’Flame Reincarnation’.

Just as Ian thought, the Flame Reincarnation was very rudimentary, since the Fiery Flame Land didn’t have resources like The Empire to advance the plan’s details. However, as the host, the Ashen King did master the core techniques. At least in the aspect of the Demon Legion, both the Ashen King and the Pupationer confirmed the possibility of ’Artificial Demons’, and conducted a series of experiments respectively.

Under Ian’s direction, the details of the Flame Reincarnation rapidly took shape. Related research on ’Humanity’, ’Domain of Void Distortion’, ’Aether Circulation’, and so on were completed, and the World War started as expected.

This time, there was no Arcane Pathway to ease the conflicts between nations, and the potency of the Fiery Flame Land also became stronger with the help of Ashen Ian, bravely withstanding the surprise attack from the Empire Floating Sky City, successfully pinning the Empire’s forces around the mountains of Abassalom.

Then... there was Michael’s assault on the Imperial Capital, Axel was heavily injured, the Empire lost its capability to strike outward, and the warfare worldwide grew increasingly intense.

It was a prelude to the end of the world.

Endless warfires consumed the entire world, as the combats between the nations became more brutal, the death tolls kept rising, and various dangerous technologies that should have been used cautiously were practicalized one after another.

The Four Great Orthodox Churches gathered a group of civilians, but this was merely the last seeds and couldn’t stop the continuation of the War — and what utterly inflamed the war, pushing the world into the apocalypse, was the Far Shore Island.

— Since you are unwilling to let us have the land, we also will not bear any responsibility for the Terra Continent.

With the commencement of the ’Great Migration’ plan, everyone from the Far Shore Island withdrew from the Terra Continent, and the Azure Star led a national immigrant fleet to the New Continent. The Mantle Pillar originally located at the Far Shore Island exploded shortly afterward due to the war in the Western Region of Terra and the Aetheric disturbances. The terrifying flames spread out, instantly engulfing all regions west of the Outer Flamefly Region and Dark Mountain Range.

High-temperature hurricanes, tsunamis, and dreadful earthquakes swept through the Western and Central regions of Terra. Countless civilians, ordinary people, and even some weak Sublimators could not withstand such natural disasters.

Even with the protection of two strong Fifth Energy Level existences, the Fiery Flame Land still encountered a significant impact. Many coastal regions and port cities were engulfed, and the Tranquil Sea turned into a closed Inner Sea, boiled by the heat from the Mantle, with frightening smoke covering a considerable part of the continent.

People died like grass, turning to ashes. No one could be saved, whether good or evil, whether they had dreams or were aimless, whether they were wise or beasts, or insects without thoughts of their own—all turned out the same.

All became ashes.

Neither Ian nor the Ashen King spoke as they watched this scene, remaining in silence.

Just as Ian prophesied back in Harrison Port, there didn’t need to be any End and apocalypse; humanity was destined to destroy itself. Just one war could kill over ninety percent of the world’s populace.

And when the Fifth Energy Level made a move, over ninety-nine percent were gone.

To this point, the Reincarnation plan had become unavoidable.

Therefore, even with many details still relatively crude, even with many technologies not fully mature, the entire Fiery Flame Land began the ’Demonic Transformation’.

However, just the population of the Fiery Flame Land was insufficient to reach the lower limit of ’Reincarnation’. To distort the Domain of Void, turning the smooth Spirit Energy-Aether flow into a cyclical circulation, and twist the real world into a Domain of Void dream, more than 2.7 billion ’Artificial Demons’ were needed.

"Dad, go ahead with the Reincarnation plan."

[What about you?]

"Since this world is destined to turn into ash... then now, I shall add fuel to the flames."

[...I don’t understand what you mean]

"I will go and eliminate all the remaining humans and Sublimators, turning them into demons. Don’t worry, no one will survive."

"I have this confidence."

"Have this confidence? No, wait, had I already achieved the ’massacre of all Terra’ feat before?"

Even just hearing the voice and only seeing the weary face of the Ashen King, Ian couldn’t hold back, and the Ashen King, shocked, gazed at the fragments of time. He stared blankly for a long time, then turned to look at Ian Silverpeak, the Great Seer he thought loved all humanity, and couldn’t help but gasp: [Is this you talking to me now?]

"Probably." Ian pondered for a moment, and nodded in admission, but immediately passed the buck: "Well, it certainly has something to do with your teachings!"

— Nonsense, I wasn’t that extreme!

The Ashen King thought he was already extreme, until he met Ian and understood what true extremity was.

However, he was also quite curious about the developments henceforth, so he remained silent and continued to observe.

Next... everything naturally followed.

In front of the fully grown Ian, no matter which Ian, as long as time allowed, and not minding the world’s destruction premise, he could always defeat any opponent he wished to. As the entire world gradually turned into a shattered wasteland, the once green, thriving Terra also turned into a doomsday world filled with lava and fractured crusts.