CH601 Pillars of Providence
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"Build an empire?" Alex raised an eyebrow. "What does an empire have to do with the Heaven's Mandate?"
One Heaven sorcerer smiled faintly.
"While the plane's Consciousness fell, its Heaven's Will did not."
"Even as its soul undergoes rebirth, its primary planar instincts persist in the form of the Heaven's Will, ensuring the fundamental functions of the plane remain intact."
"Because of this, my actions —usurping the Heaven's Mandate through strength, and subsequently 'killing' the plane's Consciousness— have been recorded by the Heaven's Will as an existential crisis… one that must never occur again."
Realisation dawned on Alex.
"So… the Heaven's Mandate can no longer be seized through brute force?" he asked.
"Yes." One Heaven nodded.
"Now, the qualification to wield the Heaven's Mandate lies in Fate and Fortune— in Providence."
