After Raste's authoritative voice rang out, the entire meeting hall fell silent.
As the emperor of the level-10 civilization Zi Lun Empire and Faern's most capable servant, he had absolute authority here, and no one dared to challenge him.
Speaking of which, the seating arrangement of this meeting hall was somewhat similar to that of the Federation's highest court.
Needless to say, the main seat was naturally occupied by Raste. Slightly behind him on both sides were the seats of level-9 civilizations.
These three seats together formed the Council of Elders.
Of course, even though they were all members of the Council of Elders, there were still differences.
The biggest difference between the two was that Lasty had veto power.
That's right, it was just like the Federation's organization back on Earth. They had the power of veto and could veto any proposal of the Parliament.
In other words, as long as a proposal did not meet Raste's wishes, it would not pass.
The seats facing the Council of Elders were also clearly differentiated. At the very front was a row of nine seats, representing nine level-8 civilizations.
As for the remaining hundred or so level-7 civilizations, they were at the back of the level-8 civilization seats.
"Today, we have an extremely important topic to discuss. I believe that everyone present has already guessed a little."
Raste looked at everyone below him and spoke in an extremely authoritative voice.
Below him, all the leaders of the civilizations who had the right to sit here had solemn expressions on their faces.
As expected, this day had finally arrived!
"According to the oracle of the God of Creation, if the light of the Creation Crystal begins to dim, it means that the universe has begun to degenerate!
"For this reason, we must bring suffering to all the civilizations in the universe. Only after experiencing true suffering will these fallen civilizations be able to return to the right path!
"And now … the Creation Crystal has lost its former radiance!"
"Therefore, according to the oracle of the God of Creation, we will open the Purgatory and release the creatures of the Purgatory suppressed by the God of Creation. We will send them to every corner of the universe and bring suffering to all civilizations!"
As Raste spoke, his authoritative expression gradually became somewhat sorrowful.
Of course, one should not think that Raste was truly sorrowful!
He was able to display his authoritative and domineering aura in front of a group of civilizations, and at the same time, he could turn into a bootlicker in front of Faern. He was definitely worthy of the title of Best Actor.
How could such a person be an existence that bemoaned the heavens and pitied the fate of mankind?
In fact, that creation crystal was just a reflection of Faern's energy. If one day, Faern died, or was pulled into the zero-dimensional space by Lin Hong like this time, the creation crystal would no longer be able to be reflected by Faern's energy and gradually dim.
As for the so-called Purgatory, it was actually just one of Faen's biological laboratories.
Of course, this biological laboratory was a small world that Fain had created, and it wasn't located in the greater universe.
As for those Purgatory creatures, they were naturally the powerful life forms that Faern had been nurturing all this time. Amongst them, there was a creature that Lin Fan was extremely familiar with …
Ipsos.
Yes, it was the leader of the Void Dragon Race, Epurus, who once had the title of Planet Devourer in the Great Magellan Galaxy!
Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement as they listened to Lasti's speech. They didn't question his words at all.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Lasi nodded in satisfaction.
"Since no one has any objections, then I once again announce that in three days, Fras, Everard, and I of the Elder Council will open the gates to Purgatory. May the God of Creation guide us forward!"
"May the God of Creation guide us forward …"
"May the God of Creation guide us forward …"
"May the God of Creation guide us forward …"
This meeting was actually just a formality. After all, all the councilors here knew about Faern's oracle.
In the Nerkeia Supercluster, which had absolute faith, who would dare to raise an objection to this faith?
Even if one wanted to die, this wasn't the way to do it.
Thus, even the leaders of civilizations that didn't truly believe in Faern would still put on the appearance of a devout believer at this moment!
This was called having the right faith!
Three days later, at the edge of the Holy Land, an incomparably large door suddenly stood there.
This gate was called by all the civilizations of the Nerkeia Supercluster as …
The Gate to Purgatory!
Apart from Faern himself, there were two conditions that had to be met to open the Gate to Purgatory.
One was that the Creation Crystal had lost Faern's energy reflection.
The other was that the leaders of the three Elder Kingdoms had to use the keys that Faern had given them to open it together!
"Are you ready?"
Lasi looked at the two beside him and asked solemnly.
Fras and Everard nodded in confirmation.
"Alright, then let's begin!"
As Lasi spoke, he turned around and walked up the steps to a stone platform.
There was nothing on this stone platform except for three crystal-shaped depressions.
Lasi didn't hesitate and directly took out a purple crystal-like object. Fras and Everard also took out crystal-like objects. However, they weren't purple, but red and blue!
"I'll count to three and insert the keys together!"
Standing in front of the stone platform, Lasi looked at Fras on his left and Everard on his right as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Alright!"
"Alright!"
"One … Two … Three!"
When Lasi shouted the word 'three', the three of them inserted the crystals in their hands into the depressions on the stone platform.
It was as if the three crystals had completely fused with the stone platform. There was no gap at all. It was as if the three crystals had completely fused with the stone platform.
The surface of the stone platform was flat and smooth.
Suddenly, a crack appeared in the middle of the Gate to Purgatory. From this crack, a dark red light burst out. Then, the entire Holy Land began to shake!
It had to be said that Faern had made this Gate to Purgatory, which was the entrance to the small world, look really good. It was full of the aura of a charlatan!
Following the shaking, the Gate to Purgatory began to slowly open to both sides. With this movement, the dark red light within became even more dazzling.
After a full ten minutes, the entire Gate to Purgatory finally opened completely.
At this moment, the dark red light had already disappeared. What appeared within the Gate to Purgatory was a spiral-shaped scarlet spatial passage!
"Roar!!!"
A loud roar came from within the passage …
It instantly spread out!