Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

First, some assimilated Titans and Dragon Race soldiers declared, "What exactly is Morphederia doing every day? Does he ever care about the war at the front line?"

Subsequently, a large amount of rhetoric about Morphederia feigning sleep to avoid battle spread among the army, even deities loyal to Morphederia such as Oshen, Du Ma, and Kronick began to doubt.

Morphederia's credibility greatly weakened.

Then, Leoz declared that five hundred very important Spiritual Warriors under his command had been captured by the Destroyer Legion. If Morphederia were willing to step in and host the prisoner exchange ceremony, it would prevent more people from being wounded.

Morphederia initially planned to step in, but Leoz, colluding with the [Moon God] Lanan, acted together to deceive him and sealed his voice on Haines' moon—'Lanan Zodtia'.

Causing the creator's speech to only echo on the moon.

Since the Chief God refused to step in, five hundred Spiritual Warriors were betrayed, and Leoz spread daily in Haines the tragic fate and end of these five hundred warriors, shocking and terrifying even mortals.

"Our compatriots suffer undeserved hardships due to the cowardice of some high authorities, and not only that, many more will be hit on the battlefield. If we do nothing, this is our fate."

Unrest within Haines against Morphederia reached a peak.

At this moment, Leoz appeared. He, who had never fought a stunning battle in his lifetime, suddenly challenged his adversary's descent, narrowly winning the duel. He turned the tides and rescued the five hundred warriors from the hands of the Destroyer Legion.

Leoz instantly garnered a large following among the deities.

A lot of Dragon Race and Titans began to spread rumors: "Leoz is Morphederia's most loyal warrior. The things Morphederia couldn't decide, Leoz steps in to relieve the creator's worries."

As Leoz and Lanan manipulated the narrative, when Leoz reported to Morphederia, the latter was unaware of the impropriety, even supporting Leoz's expansion of power and the training of new-style Spiritual Warrior armies.

In the new-style army, Leoz intentionally favored the Spiritual Warriors close to him, often giving them more supplies than other armies. At the same time, he deliberately put some deities with bad attitudes in high positions in other armies, forming a stark contrast.

More and more Spiritual Warriors began to feel discontent. They envied Leoz's new army—'Pantheon'. All the aspiring ones eagerly joined the Pantheon, and Leoz actively organized tactical learnings and meeting discussions with the Pantheon warriors, never bothered by any rhetoric mistakes, rewarding based only on merit.

Meanwhile, through other deities, Leoz suggested that he, being of Cannon Fodder Deity origin, understood Cannon Fodder Deities best and was most suitable to command the Cannon Fodder Deities aided by Starry Abyss—Morphederia agreed, and Leoz swiftly annexed all supplies from Starry Abyss, integrating the Cannon Fodder Deities into the Pantheon, treating them equally.

Thus, the Pantheon truly flourished, becoming the largest military and deity group in the [Dominating Universe].

Approximately 1 billion and 60 million years ago, the [God of the Present World] Leoz announced an edict on Haines' World Tree:

"Our Chief God—supreme Morphederia needs a much longer time to grow and resist the Destroyers. Meanwhile, I shall serve as the 'Dialan' (meaning: Executer) of this universe, exercising the creator's mandate for Morphederia."

Just as Leoz attracted everyone's attention, five hundred Spiritual Warriors loyal to Leoz camouflaged themselves as Morphederia's diehard followers and ruthlessly murdered Leoz's assistant—the Moon God Lanan Zodtia.

In reality, Lanan only took this opportunity to escape. After his body died, his divine soul took full control of the seal on the creator's 'voice' on the moon.

Seizing this opportunity, Leoz declared:

"Certain foolish ones cannot comprehend Morphederia's will, ruthlessly killing compatriots. They are the true traitors; we must annihilate them completely."

Seizing this chance, Leoz, under the guise of 'hunting down the murderers of Lanan', took on a large-scale search and arrest of Morphederia's loyalists in Haines.

Leoz did not persecute or annihilate them.

After lengthy negotiations, Leoz exchanged benefits and allowed these blindly loyal ones seats in the Pantheon. Leoz's appeasement policy turned all Morphederia's loyalists into members of the Pantheon meetings.

Spiritual Warriors were no longer loyal to Morphederia but were loyal to the Pantheon led by Leoz, even to the Dominating Universe under Pantheon leadership.

Leoz officially became the creator's Executer, through certain means, turning Morphederia into his energy vessel, gaining Deity level strength.

From this, Leoz began a large-scale expedition plan against the Destroyers, the War Beyond the Abyss formally entered the counterattack phase.

Spiritual Warriors united under the Pantheon's leadership, without Morphederia's passive avoidance, and with Leoz's precise command and creator-level combat support, Spiritual Warriors truly started pushing back the warfront!

After sixty thousand years of combat, the Pantheon had recaptured 70% of the starfields in [Dominating Universe].

Leoz struck three times in a row, defeating the [Gem Dragon King] Leviathandal, severely damaging the [Dark Titan] Gelbroth while alone, and the [God of Insight] Eye of Discernment suffered the most severe loss, with subordinates being fully annihilated by Leoz.

To curtail technology and rational thinking and prevent Eye of Discernment from drawing power from it, Leoz forcefully promoted 'God Embracers' among mortals in all recaptured starfields, requiring mortals to choose worshiping deities, joining the Pantheon to change fate.

This was the first emergence of theocratic ideology on the Starry Abyss Side. It effectively curbed the transformation of native lands by rational thinking and science. Many mortals became God Embracers, embraced divine right, and subsequently joined the Pantheon, actively fighting against the Destroyers.

By this point, the three major Destroyers had suffered a loss, a severe injury, and one had lost their ability to fight.

Just when everything seemed to be thriving, a major change occurred within the Dominating Universe.

In short — the Earthlings had arrived.

It all began with an inconspicuous colonial ship that arrived here because of a dimensional storm, filled with Earthlings — commonly known as C3 Luca Type Aliens.

No one paid attention to these aliens, even when they quickly established a civilization, mastered the control of ether, and became the Cosmic Overlords, the deities dismissed them as belligerent monkeys.

But with the first appearance of the [Society], the Ether Civilization established by Earthlings quickly prioritized the collection of Primordial Soil, by any means necessary, even forging alliances with their archenemies, the Demon and Elemental Civilizations, to seize a large amount of Primordial Soil.

By the time the deities realized this, it was too late.

The Ether Demon Wolf let out a roar, bringing the [Secret Society] Gaia into the Dominating Universe.

Subsequently, the Demon Civilization transformed into the [Outer Society] Perjalai, allied with Gaia to carve up the [High Court Society] that emerged from the Elemental Civilization.

Thus, the [Society] took to the stage of the Starry Abyss.

Perjalai launched erosion against the Pantheon from various spacetime, leading a large number of [Society] members into battle, diverting attention from the campaign against the Destroyers.

With confidence, Gaia seized the opportunity, found the Eye of Discernment first, and coerced it into surrender and defection, then used its power to defeat the severely injured Gelbroth.

Having gained the Magic Eye and Titan's Power, Gaia was formidable even against the strongest, Leviathandal.

A billion and one hundred thousand years ago, Gaia defeated all three Destroyers, absorbing them into its power.

Then, the [Society] concentrated its power and fiercely attacked Haines.

During this period, Leoz and Gaia fought alone, using all means, holding on for a billion years.

Until the [Scholar] Lyle Sventler gathered the Secret Council in Haines.

The [Collector] Redd Gold Dragon Falling Moon event happened, with most of Haines' native population wiped out. Under the cover of 'Lichi Peak', the Lake Fairy led many refugees to escape to the Starry Abyss, settling on Baizhu Star.

Under the intense attack of the [Emperor], the three Speakers of the Secret united to destroy the universe.

Five thousand years ago in the Starry Abyss era, Haines' native land fell.

Leoz was exiled, falling into the Starry Abyss, wandering the universe for five thousand years.

"And then... you met me, Xides, from Starry Abyss."

Li Zi said to Li Aozi.

Or perhaps —

Xides said to Leoz:

"I initially thought that as a seasoned [Player] of 'Starry Abyss,' this was a spectacular saga and legend beginning with the Meteor Fall Master Ace Bro Li Zi carrying a system template, traveling to the game world, entering the era of the game's internal test version."

"You know what? The Azure Star chosen by Starry Abyss was the worst era."

"The collusion between cosmic powers and financial magnates led to the closure of the cosmic gates, depletion of planetary resources, and even sunshine was monopolized. Frost Plated gender opposition, Red Arrow feudalism, Sky Ring flames of war drifted, with no safety in Zhengxu."

"But for me, this was also the best era."

"All extraordinary systems were just beginning, and in this era, he was the only one with the final version patch of the [Meteor Fall Master]."

Xides took a deep breath and looked at Li Aozi:

"And then all of this was taken by you, what was supposed to be my life, my glorious resume. I would lead players, with more and stronger Spiritual Warriors with each version, bringing them to subdue the [Society], conquer the narrative, and dominate Starry Abyss."

"I would ascend to godhood supported by the many followers of the [Sovereign] system, not like you, a vile Executer, but a true recognized Chief God of Starry Abyss."

"You took all of this, Li Aozi. You also killed my companion Li Mingji, you even took away what belonged to Li Aozi's life and body! You are nothing! You were a vile, lowly, cannon fodder deity from the start, only worthy of dying for the noble Spiritual Warriors!"