Chapter 1650: An Expensive Lesson.
From what little they know about his Supreme Law, the first sage has positioned himself as the fate of all beings. Unlike Soverick's use of fate, which limits him to seeing fate, the first sage has turned himself into a figure that can decide the fate of others.
If the first sage determines the fate of someone, the destiny of that person has been changed. They will bring to pass the declaration of the first sage, regardless of how they resist.
If the destination has been set, then it doesn't matter which road they take or how long they take to reach it, they will meet this destination when the journey ends. Then they will find the first sage waiting there for them even if they are world gods.
That's what the eye of the sage is. It is an eye that sees the multitudes of fates, locks on to one of them, and fixes it for the future. Then it uses everything available to bring about that fixed future.
Considering that he has the power of a world available to him, it is quite easy for the first sage to make them wish they were dead.
This is their current and only understanding of the first sage. They don't know more because they have purged a lot of their understanding of the Supreme Law of the Eye of the Sage after resurrecting
They used Legion-7's spark of the soul for it and it was painful in more ways than one. They didn't want to let go of their knowledge of an enemy, but it won't do to make the same mistake after paying a heavy price to learn the lesson.
The bulk of the Origin gods of the high heaven realm are in the high heaven realm, defending the dungeons and preparing for the battle in the divine plane. By the looks of things to Legion, the high heaven realm is actually being pressured and might be defeated.
They don't think the High Heaven realm would lose since Monarch High Heaven hasn't moved into action yet, but they surely are worried because they haven't contributed a single thing to the era of conquest.
They are also running out of time to contribute to the war, so they couldn't help but become anxious. But they didn't let their anxiety blind them. Each one of them used every method they knew to verify that they were not in a simulation anymore.
That was the first thing they did. It was after they confirmed that they were not in a simulation that they allowed themselves to bother about their current lack of contribution points.
Legion-1 thought to them, "The situation is precarious for us and the high heaven realm. We are desperate, and so are the two realms. That means any assistance rendered at this point will be highly valued."
Helios asked, "Who are we helping? The Tyrant realm or the High Heaven Realm?"
Soverick replied, "The high heaven realm. We can't betray the high heaven realm, and the Tyrant realm doesn't have a realm lord to assist us even if they win."
Legion-1 continued, "If we manage to resolve the current danger of this abomination, then we might make enough contributions to the high heaven realm. Unfortunately, that is a tall order and we might fall. In fact, every Origin god might fail, and the high heaven realm falls."
Aeternus added, "It doesn't matter if the realm is in danger or not. It doesn't matter if it falls. We just can't give up on contributions. Not until the realm actually falls. We have to do something. What we decide now is how much we want to do."