The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 2168: The evolution of the Everstrife Empyrean World

The Everstrife Empyrean World was, as its name foretold, a realm of unending conflict. Battle was its heartbeat, destruction its constant breath. Across every continent, every mountain range, and oceanic abyss, divine entities clashed in wars so violent they twisted the world’s geography. Valleys became seas, and once-verdant lands were reduced to fields of molten glass.

The greatest of these calamities was the Scarlet–Imperium War, an apocalyptic conflict that scorched entire continents and boiled oceans that stretched for light-years. It was, by every measure, the most cataclysmic event since the end of the First Era.

But when the war ended, something extraordinary happened.

From the ashes of annihilation, a new ideology spread and took root in the world, the Scarlet Path. It reached every nation, city, and hidden enclave of the Everstrife World, and it reshaped the very soul of civilization.

The Scarlet Path was not a creed of submission or blind worship. It was a vision of freedom. It taught that worth was not defined by race or bloodline, but by experience, conviction, and choice. It called upon all who walked the path of cultivation to break the chains of destiny—to seize opportunity, no matter its source, and to rise by the strength of one’s will.

Violence did not end; battle was, after all, a cultivator’s way, but the Scarlet Kingdom’s laws imposed balance. The weak were shielded from the ambitions of the mighty; every population center became a no-battle zone, inviolate even to gods.

Of course, there were always those who believed themselves above the rules, those who thought that, in a world so vast, their crimes would go unseen.

They learned otherwise.

Every city, town, and sanctuary across the Everstrife Empyrean World was blanketed with surveillance constructs—machines that transmitted everything to the Scarlet Kingdom. There, the Six Chief Councilors and the A.I. systems granted by the Scarlet King himself analyzed the incoming data.

They did not need to view endless hours of recordings. The artificial intelligence sifted through everything with precision, flagging the smallest trace of bloodlust, the faintest ripple of forbidden energy.

Crime was no longer an act of defiance; it was a declaration of doom.

Those found guilty were not merely executed or imprisoned. They were sent to the Scarlet Throne, where their souls were broken apart and reshaped into endless torment, eternally conscious, eternally screaming, their essence becoming fuel for the Scarlet King’s power and the strength of those who bore the Scarlet Stars.

After the first few years—and after a number of very public demonstrations—defiance became extinct. Even the most deranged killers, the most arrogant devils, trembled at the thought of their souls being shredded and fused into the land, doomed to suffer forever.

That was the fate of the weak.

The strong were sealed instead. They were imprisoned in deep crimson vaults alongside cursed treasures and relics. Their consciousnesses were kept dormant until the day the Scarlet Kingdom returned.

The Everstrife Empyrean World was reborn.

The transformation went far beyond ideology or governance; it was a renaissance of power.

Before the rise of the Scarlet Kingdom, it had been considered miraculous for even ten Prima Deities to emerge in a decade. Now, dozens rose every few years. The open-door policy of the Scarlet Kingdom welcomed all cultivators who possessed the will to strive, regardless of origin or background.

Those who proved their worth were granted Scarlet Leviathans, reforging their talents. The treasures seized from fallen Omega Lord-tier organizations fueled the growth of countless warriors.

The ArchDeities flourished most of all. Their Scarlet Star strengthened their willpower and spiritual might, elevating their Ego Eternal Paths to new heights. What had once been a secondary cultivation route now rivaled, and sometimes surpassed, their main paths of power.

And there was more to come.

The Scarlet King himself had promised to open the path to the Alpha-Omega Overgod Realm, a step beyond comprehension for the Everstrife Empyrean World. The mere whisper of that possibility sent tremors of anticipation across the world.

Every cultivator, every ArchDeity, every city and clan awaited one thing with reverent hope.

It began without warning.

The sky trembled.

Golden lightning surged across the heavens of the Everstrife World, illuminating the firmament in divine brilliance. The ground shook as spiritual pressure cascaded downward like a tidal wave. Every ArchDeity turned their gaze skyward—and then they saw it.

A colossal amalgamation of worlds was descending through the veil of reality, its geometry written in a language that defied understanding. The spiritual pressure it radiated dwarfed even the mightiest ArchDeities. Within its light burned a presence they all recognized instinctively.

The thought rippled through every soul, like a whisper from the divine.

The Scarlet King has returned.

From within the floating city of the Scarlet Kingdom, a body lay upon a throne, perfect, divine, unmoving. For more than a decade, the Primordial Body had slumbered, his cultivation rising under the control of the Absolute Life Form System.

Now, the True Name descended and merged with its vessel.

The Primordial’s eyes snapped open.

A shockwave of energy erupted outward, shaking the floating city and igniting the sky. Waves of power rippled through the world, bending mountains and splitting clouds. The citizens of the Scarlet Kingdom fell to their knees, overwhelmed by divine presence.

In the heart of it all, Cain performed his first conscious thought in more than ten years.

For a moment, his mind was chaos—a storm of light, memory, and sensation. Then clarity returned, and with it came exhilaration.

A wide, ecstatic smile crossed his face. He clenched his fists, feeling the strength surging through his body, he sheer vitality of the Primordial Body.

And then he felt it—something deeper, glowing from within. His eyes shone with golden light as the power of the Flow awakened once more, and the golden Light threaded through every vein, every cell, every fragment of his soul.

"Magnificent," he whispered, and then louder, unable to contain his joy. "Awesome!"

He could barely contain his thrill as part of the Crimson Bloodline’s power remained within him. The portion that had merged with his True Name had traveled back with him.