Chapter 356: Sargeras' New Pantheon Plan

Looking at the powerless Infinity Stones before him, Sargeras was speechless; these Infinity Gems were indeed brought from the Marvel world, but he remembered Luode once saying that such things only come in one set, and once they leave the metaverse, they indeed become ordinary stones.

Moreover, collecting them is very troublesome; otherwise, when he was traveling with Luode back then, he would have already started gathering Infinity Stones.

But! Why is Luode now producing several Infinity Stones? What's going on? At one point, Sargeras even thought Luode was deceiving him, deceiving this great Titan.

"Luode! I recall you telling me that there are only six of these Infinity Gems in that universe, so why do you now have twelve?" In the end, Sargeras still decided to ask.

Because he didn't think Luode would deceive him; after all, from when they met until now, overall they've gotten along well.

"I know you're doubtful, Lord Sargeras! How to put it? The situation is this: you should understand parallel universes, right? Their universe is multiversal.

"There are endless parallel worlds! I made a deal with an immensely powerful being; I sent him to other worlds to observe some things, and he gave me some Infinity Stones from already-destroyed universes." Luode smiled and explained his deal with the Observer.

"I see! However, these Infinity Stones lose their function once they arrive in our universe; I can tell they're hardly different from ordinary stones." Sargeras spoke.

"Indeed, they're not much different from ordinary stones, but after all, they once served as vessels and keys of supreme power—stones from another hill can polish jade! Since we want to forge Infinity Gems for our own world, there are things we can learn from them, even use for experiments, so I brought them back." Luode explained to Sargeras why he brought the Marvel universe's Infinity Gems back.

Luode explained to Sargeras why he brought the Marvel universe's Infinity Gems back.

"I understand! You're right, Luode—I hadn't thought of that. I can indeed study these Infinity Stones, trying to infuse our universe's original power into them, even make them connect with the Force." Sargeras stroked his chin, nodded, and spoke.

These Titans are born with immense power; even after thousands, millions, or tens of millions of years, nothing changes.

But since he came into contact with fel, met Luode, and made fel and order his own, Sargeras finally saw a further possibility.

As long as he forges a new body capable of holding divine power, chakra power, fel, and order, he will become the strongest being in history.

"Hahaha! Luode, your wisdom rivals Aman'thul's and even surpasses other Titans; I sincerely invite you to join the Force Pantheon I lead." Sargeras stood, extended a hand to Luode, and issued the invitation.

"Lord Sargeras, what do you mean by the Force Pantheon?" Luode asked, slightly puzzled.

According to the Glass Shards' original setting, the Pantheon refers only to Titans, not other beings.

But since version 9.0 began, the Death Pantheon was introduced, and there are also the Life Pantheon, Holy Light Pantheon, and Shadow Pantheon—what the heck is this Force Pantheon?

"You're doubtful, right? This is the Pantheon I newly established; I've already chosen several members.

"I am one of them; the slumbering world-soul Argus is one, the soon-to-awaken Azeroth is another, you are another, and that new world-soul Titan will also join this list." Sargeras spoke.

Not long ago, he returned all of Argus's will to it, even infused it with strong divine power, then used some Infinity Gem power to repair Argus's world.

Then he sent this Titan, enslaved by the Legion for tens of thousands of years, back to the core of Argus's world to slumber and regain strength.

Sargeras is confident that after Argus's world-soul awakens, he can persuade it to join his faction.

By then, the Pantheon they establish will surpass other Force Pantheons, becoming the sole Pantheon.

Even that Titan lieutenant Aggramar, imprisoned by him, will in the future join his Pantheon; then their Pantheon will have six official members and will surely easily annihilate the Void.

Because each of their members will be stronger than an ordinary Titan; the Titans of the Order Pantheon can be said to be the strongest beings, and his organization will tower above them.

"I see! Then! Lord Sargeras, when I grow to be like you—when Azeroth successfully awakens and is born.

when my world-soul wife becomes a Titan, I will join the new Pantheon you built." Luode spoke.

But by then, joining the Pantheon you built, we'll have to vie for the leader's position, after all Luode still has confidence that before Azeroth awakens, he will surpass Titan-level lifeforms.

"Hahaha! I knew it, I knew you'd agree, Luode! Then we've agreed!

"Let's go! Now take me to see that new world-soul; I'm already somewhat impatient." Sargeras rose excitedly, nodded at Luode, and spoke.

Void forces and even other powers—whether Life! Death! or Shadow! or Holy Light!

In the future, they will all become servants of their Pantheon!

"No problem, Lord Sargeras, but can you shrink your body a bit? Otherwise, your Titan form couldn't descend onto a planet." Luode said.

Speaking of which, it's rather speechless—Titans clearly possess immense power, yet they cannot shrink their size to land on an ordinary planet.

Otherwise, when they discovered Azeroth's world back then, they wouldn't have created a group of Titan guardians; they would have personally descended onto Azeroth.

When Aggramar arrived at Draenor's world back then, it was the same—he could only oversee from above the planet, unable to directly intervene in planetary affairs, because their size was too enormous.

What a joke—clearly such a powerful, perfect lifeform, yet unable to shrink its size.

"Then I'll just use an avatar!" Sargeras said.

Mobilizing stellar energy can be done in the starry sky; I can use my true body, but if I land on a smaller planet, I can only use an incarnation or avatar.

"Lord Sargeras, the chakra fruit I gave you to eat contains an ability called Transformation Technique; you might study this power to shrink your body." Luode said.

Otherwise, with your size, you'd struggle to fit in anywhere! Chakra's power is still amazing; as long as you master chakra power, Luode believes you can shrink your size, Sargeras should be able to do that.

If Sargeras can shrink his size, then next time, if I encounter a truly formidable foe, I can call Sarge over to fight. With Sargeras's current strength, he's absolutely the peak of a single universe; as long as his power hasn't reached multiversal level, he definitely has no match.

Now Luode has revealed his spatial ability to shift a planet, so there's no need to hide it anymore.

After Luode finished speaking, he directly transmitted some peculiar numbers from the Naruto world to Sargeras.

"A power called chakra is indeed amazing; the transformation technique you mentioned is also quite good, but I am a Titan, my power is too overwhelming.

Chakra power wants to make me transform, but it's still too weak now; it must become stronger, and I must master this power for a while before I can do this." Sargeras said.

If it were as simple as you imagine, the Titans back then wouldn't have been forced; they could only watch from above the planet, creating a horde of guardians.

However, Luode is right about one thing: chakra power is indeed amazing; using this amazing power, I could someday shrink my size, even to that of an ordinary lifeform, but all this takes time.

"Right! Lord Sargeras, if you build a Force Pantheon, what will happen to the Burning Legion? Will it become the servant army of that Force Pantheon?" Luode asked.

"I plan to lock up all the demons of the Burning Legion, all the demons I've recruited over the years, in prison.

Demons are extremely dangerous beings; they are by nature the epitome of destruction and ruin, and their threat is not much less than that of the Void Lords.

"If in the future we break the Void, then these demons will need to be imprisoned." Sargeras said.

Upon hearing this, Luode was speechless: "Well? The demons of the Burning Legion have worked for you for tens of thousands of years, and you're saying just don't want them, then don't want them?"

But if you don't want them, you can give them to me; you may look down on these demons, but that doesn't mean I do—I value them greatly.

"Lord Sargeras, rather than locking them up in prison, it'd be better to let them play a greater role.

In the endless worlds to come, I still need some cannon‑fodder troops, and they fit the bill perfectly.

Moreover, the Burning Legion's demons have served you for tens of thousands of years; they may lack merit, but they have toil!" Luode said.

"If you're interested in the Burning Legion, then just take it." Sargeras waved his hand indifferently and said.

The fundamental purpose of forming the Burning Legion was to have them help cleanse the entire universe.

After the whole universe is cleared and burned to exhaustion, these demons too must be eliminated.

If Luode is interested, take these demons! "Thank you so much! We are ready to depart; I will first take out the body you used before."

Luode nodded upon hearing this, then took out Illidan's body again, and Sargeras split off a portion of his soul, entering Illidan's body.

The Demon Hunter's eyes again flashed with the light of chaos and order, also mixed with the power of heavenly gods and chakra.

The two nodded together, then Luode opened a portal, bringing Sargeras back to the Azeroth planet, atop the Final Fantasy planet. (From now on this planet shall be called Final Fantasy, without the extra seven.) After arriving on this planet, Sargeras closed his eyes, placed his hand on the ground, and began to carefully sense the planet's will.

As a powerful Titan, even in avatar state he can clearly perceive the planet's will and perfectly communicate with it.

Even the Bisaitela clan is more relaxed.

"It's truly unbelievable that a planet in such a state still exists; this planet's planetary soul is actually all life born on this planet."

"From ancient times to present, all life souls have been added together to form a product; they are a consciousness entity, not a single consciousness, thus they cannot become a Titan."

Merely a rough and simple analysis, Sargeras immediately discovered the problem of the Final Fantasy planet.

This planet indeed gave birth to self-consciousness, but their self-consciousness equals a collective, a gathering of all deceased lives.

"Indeed so, therefore this planet cannot become a planetary soul, but it can nurture a planetary soul for us." At this moment, Luode had already brought over the anxious-looking Alice through the portal.

"You, hello, Mr. Sargeras, I, I am Alice, please give me guidance." Alice nervously gave a greeting, then hid behind Luode.

For some unknown reason, the aura emanating from Sargeras made him feel extremely dangerous and gave rise to an instinctive fear.

"Don't be afraid, I will not harm you."

"Is this the girl you chose? She is indeed excellent; I can sense it."

"She has an extremely close connection with this planet, and to a certain extent she is the planet's soul." Sargeras examined Alice up and down.

He nodded in great satisfaction, now finally understanding why Luode chose this girl to become the planetary soul, letting her transform into a Titan.

This girl and the planet beneath her have an extremely high compatibility, as if she were the innate master of the planetary soul.

"Don't be afraid, Alice! Sargeras will not harm you; he is our ally." Luode hurriedly comforted the little girl beside him.

"Then let's begin, Luode; I will now extract his soul and inject it into the core of this planet." Sargeras spoke.

"Mm! Don't be afraid, Alice, just relax." (End of chapter)