Three years later, after copying the Eternal Sect's unique foundational manual and traveling all over the realm, Maximus bid farewell to Neo and Aria.
He gasped at the passage of time, realizing there were only a few years left before the second phase of the Dimensional War.
Maximus knew he had to hurry with his journey, or something might happen to the Etherium Realm while he was away.
Opening the void portal, Maximus quickly arrived at the Mechanic Alliance's dimensional base.
"Hmm? Am I in a spaceship?" Maximus wondered as he looked around at the environment.
"We are in one of the void ships of the Mechanic Alliance," Jixie responded.
Looking outside, Maximus was stunned.
"Is the Mechanical Alliance's base dimension a ship?"
"Yes, to be precise, it's a void fleet made from the cores of a tier 12 dimension. Besides lacking some functions of a real dimension, the Mechanical Alliance's base dimension has all the functions of space, land, ocean, law, mana, energy, etc.," Jixie explained.
"The Mechanical Alliance has always been roaming the Aeon Plane in search of new materials, so they couldn't stay in one place like a normal dimension."
"How awesome..." Maximus sighed.
After some investigation, Maximus discovered that the Mechanical Alliance Void Fleet was composed of 161,803 dimensional void ships, each producing a law of the Aeon Plane.
Each void ship is a dimension of its own, the size of a normal tier 12 dimension.
Although the overall volume of the Mechanical Alliance Void Fleet wasn't bigger than the Eternal Sect, it had merits of its own.
Without the limitations of a dimensional barrier, the void fleet could expand indefinitely.
With more and more void ships over time, the Mechanical Alliance might even reach the top ranks in the dimensional alliance.
Enjoying the sight of the void fleet moving around like planets and stars in a galaxy, Maximus rented a ship to look for Sam and Luke.
After deducing their location using the Seal of Truth, he found them beside one of the dimensional void ships.
Controlling the ship, he requested permission to land on Sam and Luke's gigantic void ship.
"The masters are in the lab and are not permitting visitors to enter," the spirit butler said, denying his request for entry.
"Tell your masters that it is their father, Maximus Shadowcrest, who wishes to visit them."
"Maximus Shadowcrest is confirmed in the database and has a father-son relationship with Captain Sam and Captain Luke. Overriding commands and reporting to the captains..." The spirit butler paused, issuing and overriding commands.
"Father! Why are you here?" Sam's voice shouted over the intercom.
"Don't you want to give me permission to land first?"
Maximus couldn't directly land on the spaceship before him.
Even with his limited knowledge, he could confirm that this was a bona fide tier 12 void-sailing ship.
He didn't expect the Mechanical Alliance to be so generous as to give its disciples such a precious treasure.
"Oh, right, Spirit Butler, give permission to land!"
After landing, Maximus finally entered the ship and saw Sam and Luke.
A moving dimension was up to his taste. Not being restricted by regional void resources and power, the Etherium Realm would have more freedom.
However, a few months later, while exploring one of the Mechanical Alliance Void Ships, he noticed a familiar name in the news.
"Wanderer?! Could it be?"
Remembering the first mechanical creation he put his heart and soul into, Maximus couldn't help but reminisce.
Wanderer was like a child, created by his own hands.
Over the thousands of years, since Maximus got exposed to the Dimensional Alliance, he had been looking for Wanderer.
However, time and time again, it proved futile, as not a trace of Wanderer was ever found.
"Could it be you?" Maximus thought as he read the news.
He noticed the news about an upcoming void fight among mechanical creatures.
Apparently, Wanderer was an ownerless, intelligent mechanical creature that was a rising star in the mechanic ship void competition.
Having innate combat ability and no owner, Wanderer became popular, as many individuals vied to become his master.
"It's really you!" Maximus thought excitedly as he read the history track of Wanderer.
Wasting no time, Maximus hurriedly deduced Wanderer's position, wanting to meet him instantly.
"The 7th dimensional void ship?" Maximus frowned.
The lower the number of the dimensional void ship, the stricter its security.
Sam and Luke were only orbiting on the side of the 150,000th dimensional void ship, so Maximus was able to reach them easily.
However, the 7th dimensional void ship was a place where Maximus' normal identity couldn't gain entry.
"It seems I need to use the special elder pass Iris gave me..." Maximus thought.
With his experience with Iris, Maximus no longer wanted to use the dimensional pass he won from the virtual tower.
Who knew if the one he would meet would be as easy to talk to as Iris?
Shaking off his thoughts, he took out the special elder pass and requested permission to visit the 7th dimensional void ship.
"Immortal Palace special elder?!"
Seeing his identity, the operator behind was dumbfounded.
A special elder of the Immortal Palace was at least a master of the River of Law.
Given the standing of the Immortal Palace Sect within the forces in the Dimensional Alliance, the operator hurriedly reported to the higher-ups, issuing maximum attention.
"Why is it taking so long?" Maximus frowned, noticing it had been a few hours since he requested permission to visit.
Finally, just as Maximus was about to lose patience, he was granted entry to the 7th dimensional ship.
Passing through multiple wormholes, Maximus successfully landed on the 7th dimensional ship.
"Wanderer, I wonder if you still remember me..."