Chapter 2126 2136

Chapter 2126 2136
Outside, the battlefield cleanup was still underway, and Archie was actively standardizing the testimony of all Ancient Clan participants, asserting that Elena was merely a Half-Step Flame Decay limit.
As for any outsiders within the base, it didn't matter. They had already branded Caleb and his crew's claims about Elena being a Peak-Tier Flame Decay expert as a mere rumor. Let the gossip spread if it would; as long as the clan held firm to the narrative that Elena hadn't even reached the Flame Decay level yet, that was enough. If the eight major factions insisted on forcefully testing Elena's actual strength, they would cross that bridge when they came to it.
Archie paced back and forth, looking visibly anxious as he drilled the instructions into everyone repeatedly.
Meanwhile, inside the private room, Liam and six others sat together, all eyes locked squarely on Elena.
Elena let out a soft sigh, turning her gaze toward Jake and Nova. "Actually, given your clearance levels within the Ancient Clan, pulling up these restricted archives wouldn't have been difficult at all!"
"The owner of the Prophecy Trait is also known as the Prophet!" Elena explained. "Looking back at the recorded history of the entire Myriad Tribulation Star, we are currently in the Fifth Era. Throughout history, a total of three Prophets have ever appeared! And these three Prophets... without a single exception, all went completely mad in their later years."
"They went crazy?" Leo blurted out, dumbfounded. "So what if they went crazy? Is that enough reason to condemn you to death?"
Elena shook her head solemnly. "It goes far beyond that."
"The first Prophet appeared during the First Era—specifically, thirty-two hundred years into the First Era. By that time, the Myriad Tribulation Star had already mastered nuclear technology. Relying on overwhelming personal strength, a degree of predictive capability, and the process of globalization, that first Prophet rose to become the ruler of over half the planet. In history books, he is remembered as a renowned monarch known as the Pioneer Emperor."
"However, in his old age, he suddenly snapped and went insane. That very night, he slaughtered everyone inside his palace, and then... proceeded to launch wanton nuclear strikes across the globe while muttering a single, repeating phrase:"
"Destruction is rebirth."
"At the time, he was the absolute strongest warrior on the Myriad Tribulation Star, completely unrivaled. Countless people died because of his madness, leaving the entire planet scarred and desolate. Then, one day, he suddenly regained his sanity, and out of deep remorse, he committed suicide to apologize to the world!"
"Yet because of his madness, the first civilization of the Myriad Tribulation Star was practically annihilated. Fewer than one in ten survived!"
Liam’s expression flickered slightly.
Elena pressed on. "The second Prophet appeared during the middle of the Second Era, around the forty-three hundredth year of that era. The second Prophet was a woman. After her rise to power, she similarly relied on terrifying predictive capabilities to conquer every obstacle and achieve victory in every battle, rapidly unifying the Myriad Tribulation Star."
"Afterward, she led the people of the Myriad Tribulation Star to fend off extraterrestrial invaders and vigorously developed advanced technology. Promise Corporation experienced its explosive rise precisely during her reign."
Leo muttered involuntarily, "You guys get attacked by aliens here too?"
Realizing he had slipped up, he felt a slight pang of awkwardness and quickly snapped his mouth shut.
Nova and Jake didn't seem to pay it much mind, keeping their focus entirely on Elena.
Elena continued, "The laws of this universe are just like that—the universe is infinitely vast, teeming with countless unknown civilizations. When you discover a foreign civilization, since you have no way of knowing what they might do to you in the future, the absolute safest approach is to conquer and enslave them!"
She went on, "The second Prophet was likewise a legendary monarch of the ages. During her rule, the Myriad Tribulation Star successfully integrated into the cosmos and stepped onto the interstellar network. Although she was a woman, she was fiercely belligerent; the formidable reputation of the Myriad Tribulation Star across the universe was established entirely during her generation. Furthermore, those three moons hanging in the sky above were settled by humans precisely during her era."
"Yet in her later years, she went mad just the same. With her own hands, she murdered all of her closest blood relatives and executed the heads of numerous prominent families at the time. Anyone who had reached the Flame Decay level or above was hunted down and killed. And when she lost her mind, she muttered the exact same words spoken by the first Prophet:"
"Destruction... is rebirth."
"After her descent into madness, the vast majority of the top-tier elite families were wiped out by her hands."