"You can't kill a Master of the Ocean of Law," the Supreme Law of Origin said.
"I can't kill them? Why?"
"As long as their Path exists, they are immortal."
"Immortal? I see..."
The transition from the River of Law to the Ocean of Law was more than just an advancement—it was proof that they had begun to walk a Path of their own.
Containing all the Origin and Essence of the Pioneer, their Path became their foundation.
As long as their Path remained unbroken, they could resurrect, even millions of epochs later.
This was how Malgron managed to survive the Dark Disaster.
With his master, the Absolute of Chaos, guarding the Path he walked, Malgron retained all his power without any loss.
Not bothering whether he had truly killed his enemies, Maximus turned his attention to the nine prototype Ocean-level Seeds of Paths he had acquired.
Wondering how long the system would take to deduce even a single piece of an Ocean-level Path, he placed them into the Knowledge Deduction tab.
[Ocean of Runes Seed: 12 billion years
Ocean of Calculation Seed: 11 billion years
Ocean of Nature Seed: 10 billion years
Ocean of Mandate Seed: 7 billion years
...]
"Too long!"
Seeing that each would take tens of billions of years to deduce, Maximus immediately gave up.
Even with the aid of Strands of Causality, it would take hundreds of thousands of years to deduce a single Ocean-level Seed of Path. Explore new worlds at mvl
This was still due to the advantage of having prototype Seeds of Paths from defeating his enemies.
Maximus could only imagine how impossibly long it would take to deduce an Ocean-level Path manually from scratch.
With less than a million years remaining before the Dimensional Tournament, Maximus decided his time would be better spent elsewhere.
There were far more pressing matters to deduce than these Seeds of Paths.
Learning that Maximus could only temporarily amplify his power to the Absolute Realm, they felt reassured.
Such an artificial amplification couldn't compare to a real Absolute, whether in endurance or quality.
As for how Maximus had managed to kill their espionage team so swiftly, they concluded it must be a trap set in advance.
Never in their lives would they believe Maximus had not only amplified his strength to the Absolute Realm but momentarily pushed it all the way to the Overlord Realm.
Confirming Maximus's strength had yet to reach an unfathomable level, they regained their previous composure.
"It's time to end this war."
Armed with all the information they needed and a justification to mobilize their full force, they prepared to tear Maximus apart.
Killing nine Masters of the Ocean of Law was an unforgivable crime in the Dimensional Alliance.
Even though their forces had attacked first—the act of killing was still killing no matter the cause.
Masters of the Ocean of Law were vital to the stability of the Dimensional Alliance, acting as pillars to consolidate power and defend against the Devourer Faction.
This was especially critical with the looming threat of the Dark Disaster.
The loss of nine such powerful Masters was a crime that could not be ignored.
Under the guise of enforcing justice, their resolve grew stronger as they looked toward the Etherium Realm with greed in their hearts.
As for Loss? Anger? Grievance?
All paled in comparison to the opportunity to seize the Orion—a chance to advance to the Absolute Realm.
Under the banner of justice, they summoned every Master of the Ocean of Law within their forces who weren't in seclusion.
Amassing a terrifying force of over fifty Masters of the Ocean of Law, they began to set the Dimensional Alliance ablaze.
"We want justice!"
"Maximus Shadowcrest, you must pay for your crimes!"
"A life for a life!"
"Killing the hope of the Dimensional Alliance and the Aeon Plane is an unforgivable sin!"
"Maximus Shadowcrest! The Traitor of the Dimensional Alliance, show yourself!"
Under the banner of justice, with proclamations of Maximus's alleged sins echoing across the void, the silent expanse began to churn with tension.