"A forged realm is not complete until it bleeds for its master."
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A new world had been born.
Dominia Primordia, the first sovereign-forged realm since the Age of Celestial Genesis, shimmered with raw possibility. It was a place where intent crafted gravity, where faith empowered stone, and where time bent to the Dominion System's calibrated will.
Yet even perfection in creation could not escape conflict.
Leonis stood atop the Throne-Spire, a sky-piercing tower made of soulsteel and crystallized laws. Below him spread the freshly-formed dominion capital—Nexus Sanctum, where magic-tech fortresses rose beside spiritual forests, and databanks pulsed alongside cultivation platforms.
> [Sovereign Realm Online: 7 Days] [Realm Stability: 94% and rising] [Population: 4.3 million (Summoned, Converted, Reincarnated)]
Colonization had begun.
Thousands of summoned factions had been seeded:
Techno-Magi Guilds that developed spiritual AI.
Primordial Beast Tamers unleashing evolution-enhanced monsters.
Ancient Daoist Clans from erased timelines, revived with rewritten destinies.
Faith-Linked Citizens who prayed to the Sovereign and received daily buffs through the Iron Faith Network.
Even the Heavenly Smithing Monks from Chapter 13 were given a floating continent to develop weapons linked directly to the Sovereign's aura.
But Leonis knew something fundamental:
> A world that never suffers is a world that never grows.
He activated a hidden function within the Dominion System:
> [Initiate: Sovereign Decree Trial – First Test] Trial Type: Defense of Faith Trial Difficulty: S+
A golden vortex tore open in the sky. A warhorn sounded through time.
And from the void stepped a nightmare.
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Zero-Faith Anathema — Arrival of the Silent Caste
They were not beings. They were conceptual voids—holes in reality that devoured belief and left only negation.
Their bodies were translucent silhouettes wrapped in antimatter light.
Their powers negated laws, unraveled systems, and reversed authority.
Their language was absence—when they spoke, memories were stolen.
> [Alert: Level 9 Reality Threat Detected] [Enemy Type: Multiversal Plague Entity – "Anathema (Silent Caste)"] [Strength: Incalculable – based on realm cohesion and faith levels]
Ten of them arrived. Each one equal to a fallen god in force. Each one targeting the freshly built temples, tech-spires, and soulbound sects.
Leonis watched the Faith Index drop.
> [Iron Faith Drop: 92% → 81% → 64%...]
People were beginning to doubt. The system pulsed a warning.
> "Belief must be reignited, or Dominion will collapse."
Leonis rose from the throne. He descended not as a ruler—but as a god of war.
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Leonis' Vanguard – First Divine Battalion Deployment
SSS-Tier Unit: Abyss-Wing Phoenixes — once mythical beasts, now fused with realm-law arrays. They burned away anti-belief corruption.
S-Tier Hero: Marshal Veyra of the Mind-Fortress — a psychic war general who could counter negation by overloading concept-space.
SSS-Tier Hero: Sovereign-Knight Elira — newly evolved from S-rank, wielding the dual blades Hope and Dominion, which glowed brighter the more people believed.
> [Faith Rally Skill: "Sovereign's Oath" Activated] Temporarily boosts all citizen morale by 500%. Reinforces realm laws for 10 minutes.
The battle was a war of existence. Not just force, but philosophy.
Every citizen who stood and fought restored 0.001% realm stability. Every kill of an Anathema shard generated 1% more faith for all nearby troops.
And at the peak of the battle—when the 9th Anathema prepared to rewrite the realm back into the void—Leonis invoked a Sovereign Codex Override.
> "Let this law be known: Where belief stands, null shall fall."
A golden lawscript ignited. It inscribed itself directly onto the Anathema. And for the first time—they screamed.
Not in sound. But in deletion.
> [Trial Outcome: Victory] [Reward: Realm Loyalty +10%, World Stability: 100%, Unlock: Sovereign Relic – 'Throne Core: Belief Reactor']
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Aftermath: The Realm Breathes
Leonis stood once more at the top of the Throne-Spire. His robe burned with concept-fire. The people below shouted his name.
Temples rang out praise. AI shrines broadcast his feats in signal-prayer. Cultivators engraved his title into their dantians.
Dominia Primordia had survived its first trial.
But more would come.
> [System Notification: Sovereign Trial 1 of 5 – Complete] Next Trial Estimated in: 12 System Days
In the farthest edge of the multiverse, a new signal flared. A ruined realm awakened. A false Sovereign rose, calling himself "the True Architect."
Leonis narrowed his eyes.
"Let them come."