The first response changed everything.
For countless ages, the higher realms had maintained their supremacy through a principle so simple that few civilizations ever recognized it for what it truly was.
Isolation.
It had never been their armies.
It had never been their Judges.
It had never even been their overwhelming authority.
Those things were merely tools.
The true weapon had always been separation.
Worlds were divided from one another before they could learn the truth.
Histories were erased before memories could become legacies.
Worldroots were severed before civilizations could form bonds.
Entire races vanished believing they had stood alone against an impossible enemy.
Countless kingdoms fought wars they could never win.
Countless sovereigns died believing no one would ever know their names.
And because every world suffered alone, they could never unite.
They could never resist together.
That strategy had endured for ages beyond counting.
