Mark's AI, Ark, pinged him in real-time.
*Ding! [WARNING] Life force concentration spiking. Object classification: GOD-GRADE. Exact function unknown. Suggest caution. Scanning… incomplete.
Mark's pupils narrowed. Apart from the divine throne he had, which was back at home in the form of a floating island that holds his factories, Mark had never seen a god grade item before. Even that divine throne is a damaged one. But at the very least, he could understand that it is a heaven-defying item.
Meanwhile, the artifact in Demon Cat Empress' hands pulsed—once, twice—and then cracked open like a blooming flower of black crystal.
From it emerged six masses of glowing light, each dense and ancient.
The first condensed into the white-maned form of the White Lion King.
The second coalesced into the lithe silhouette of Tigon Queen.
Four more followed.
Each figure floated behind the Empress, golden chains of divine authority linking them back to the pyramid. All of them knelt mid-air.