Chapter 657

Empress Tina asked, "How is your father?"

The Princess Royal showed a faint look of sorrow and said, "My father is no longer alive."

She explained the cause and process of Duke Hiling's death.

The king of Hiling Kingdom, Duke Hiling, was killed by the god of Hiling Kingdom; back then, when the god of Hiling Kingdom lost the Divine War and faced imminent attack from the Horden Kingdom, it chose to descend a Holy Spirit.

According to the god's will, the Princess Royal was one of the chosen vessels for the Holy Spirit, but Duke Hiling refused—and so the divine consciousness descended and possessed him.

Over time, Duke Hiling's own consciousness perished, his soul vanished entirely, leaving only the body—equivalent to death.

After listening, Empress Tina's face showed a trace of regret; she paused, then asked:

"Is the god worshipped by Hiling Kingdom the Star God Isaac?"

The Princess Royal was surprised that Empress Tina knew the god worshipped by Hiling Kingdom.

Star God Isaac!

Isaac was not the true name of the god worshipped by Hiling Kingdom, only a divine title; "Star God" refers to a class of deities.

There are countless Star Gods, so they are distinguished by combining "Star God" with their specific divine name.

The Princess Royal said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Empress Tina said, "A few months ago, the star representing the Star God Isaac's divine realm suddenly vanished—I suspected that Star God Isaac had hidden his divine realm and gone into hiding. I never expected he would do something like this to preserve his kingdom."

Then she turned to Mengying and asked, "Lady Mengying, does the Flame Empire now worship the Flame Lord?"

Mengying nodded and said, "Yes, Lady Tina."

Empress Tina showed a thoughtful expression and said:

"The Flame Lord? I've never heard of this deity before. The Flame Lord isn't a Star God, is he? I didn't detect his divine realm in the star chart."

Mengying showed a hint of curiosity: "Lady Tina, what is a Star God?"

Empress Tina waved her hand, and instantly, all the lights in the hall dimmed.

Immediately, a star chart appeared between her and Mengying.

This star chart was not flat.

It was three-dimensional.

Of course, a compressed three-dimensional one.

It contained many brilliant stars.

Empress Tina gently tapped one, and the stars instantly grew brighter.

Then Empress Tina said, "Every star in the sky is a projection of a deity's divine realm. Of course, their true positions are not where you see them; when a deity completely hides its divine realm, the star dims and vanishes."

She paused, then continued: "That is what a Star God is—Star Gods expose their divine realms to receive daily and nightly purification from the sun and moon's light, making their divine realms more stable and unbreakable; their divine realms do not rely on their own power to sustain operation, and instead flourish even more."

Most deities are Star Gods, but some powerful ones build their divine realms in special locations, revealing their projections only occasionally—making them nearly impossible to detect on the star chart. Such deities are often extraordinarily powerful."

Mengying stood up and gazed at the star chart.

These were truths Mengying did not know—even the Princess Royal, who studied at the Holy Magic Academy, did not know them.

Mengying was a Saint Realm cultivator, but she was too young—only seventeen years old. At seventeen, her knowledge base could not compare to Empress Tina's, who had lived a thousand years and ruled a great empire.

Empress Tina tapped again, and Mengying saw many stars linking together, forming a mysterious pattern.

At the very center of this mysterious pattern was the brightest star.

Empress Tina said, "Look, this is the Andromeda Constellation. The Andromeda Constellation has twenty-five stars, representing twenty-five deities—these twenty-five deities form a divine system: the Andromeda Divine System."

Divine System!

To Mengying, this was another new term.

Empress Tina said, "Generally, the brighter the star projected by a divine realm, the stronger the deity. But some deities have perished, yet their divine realms still float in the Heavenly Realm; there are many such deities in the heavens. If you can find their divine realms, it would be an enormous treasure."