An advance force of one hundred million God King–rank legions charged ahead, breaking straight into the Holy Kare Mountains and the Yuli sectors.
Any power that had once allied itself with the Council of the Dark Order was dealt a devastating blow.
At the same time, the great army invaded every subordinate world under those factions' control, incorporating them all into the territorial dominion of the Crossbridge Empire.
With James dead, the fortunes of the Council of the Dark Order were immediately swallowed up and merged into those of the Crossbridge Empire.
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Sky Garden.
All councilors, senior officers, and directors were suppressed by Aurek.
The estates and forces of the eighteen Swords of Order were likewise wiped out one by one by imperial legions and newly submitted powerhouses.
Only the astrologers of the Court of Prophecy seemed to have sensed the danger in advance—they had long since vanished without a trace.
