The heavens seemed to hold their breath.
It was not because the planet had awakened, nor because the ancient Worldroot signal had reached distant stars. The higher realms had witnessed worlds rise before, and they had extinguished countless rebellions throughout history.
No.
What truly unsettled the heavens was the existence standing at the center of everything.
A Celestial Judge.
And the heir to a forgotten balance.
Above the awakened world, golden radiance flooded the fractured sky. The vast heavenly fleet stretched beyond the horizon, countless war arks hovering amidst dimensional rifts like divine fortresses prepared to wage war against creation itself.
Yet even those terrifying vessels seemed insignificant compared to the being now descending from the heavens.
Aurex.
The Celestial Judge.
The moment he took a single step forward, reality itself folded beneath his movement.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A deafening shockwave rippled across the battlefield.
The world groaned.
