[Chapter 5: The Crowned Architect of War]
"To rule a realm is power. To build it from ash and chaos—that is dominion."
Ashes still clung to the air as the remnants of the Abyssal Legion smoldered beneath the twin suns of Emberfall. Xiang Ye stood atop the blackened bones of his enemies, the Dominion System interface flickering with updates in his mind's eye like divine scripture rewritten in real time.
> [System Alert!]
Realm Cleared: Abyssal Rift – Tier C+
100% Drop Rate Engaged…
[Mythic Summon Core: Guardian Titan Lineage (Locked)]
[SS-Rank Evolution Blueprint: Obsidian Warframe Titans]
[Structure Schematic: Dominion War Citadel (Interdimensional-Linked)]
[Skill Chip: Reality Shatterer Protocol Lv.1]
Activating Dominion Protocol: War Architect Path – Phase I
"Finally…" Xiang Ye murmured, eyes glowing with system light. "Let's build."
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The Summon Evolution: Guardian Titans Ascend
Back in the Realm Core Hall, the evolutionary chamber hummed with a blend of qi veins, magic ley lines, and vibrating quantum circuits. Rows of Tier-A Titan-class Constructs, forged from Abyssal alloy and Enlightened Steel, knelt as the System's command echo rolled out:
> [Evolution Process Initiated: Guardian Titan → Obsidian Warframe Titan]
Required Resources:
100 Abyssal Hearts
300 Forged Realm Crystals
Mythic Summon Core
Units Evolved: 12 (Initial Cohort)
The evolved units stood thirty meters tall, obsidian-black with ethereal blue glyphs pulsating like the heartbeat of a god. Their cores, pulsing with martial energy, allowed them to channel both magical barriers and physical energy shields. Each was imprinted with the Dominion Crest.
A single titan stepped forward and saluted. "Warfather, we await the Citadel's construction orders."
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System Module Unlocked: Dominion War Citadel
The blueprint unfurled into the air: a sprawling fortress across five planes, each layered with cultivation arrays, mecha-fabrication bays, teleportation gates, and celestial siege cannons.
> [War Architect Protocol: Phase I Active]
Constructing: Central Dominion Spire – Mainframe Control Tower Estimated Build Time: 48 in-realm hours Buff Activated: +30% Construction Speed (SSS-Lord Talent – Architect of Realms)
The War Citadel would be more than a base—it would be a beacon of power and conquest across the multiverse. With it, Xiang Ye could mass-summon troops, deploy across fractured realities, and even anchor foreign realms into subjugated status.
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First Lord Talent Evolution: Architect of Realms
The System interface glowed crimson-gold as a Lord Talent tree expanded in Xiang Ye's mind:
Architect of Realms (SSS-Talent): Grants construction bonuses, auto-fortification, and unlocks Dimensional Binding Arrays that allow a physical structure to exist in multiple realities.
Omni-Fabricator Subskill: Auto-converts nearby terrain and ruins into resource material.
Chrono-Build Sync: Reduces construction time via temporal acceleration.
Xiang Ye's smirk widened.
"Now we build like gods."
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Threat Emergence: The Rift Opens
As the first tier of the Dominion War Citadel took shape, alarms blared across the tactical overlay. In the southeastern quadrant of the realm, where ley lines were still unstable from Abyssal damage, a tear appeared—a crimson scar carved through spacetime.
> [Multiversal Alert: Dimensional Rift Detected]
Origin: Collapsed Timeline – Realm 743B ("The Broken Empire") Status: Hostile Unknown Entity Entering…
From the tear stepped a mirror version of Xiang Ye. But corrupted.
A voice, warped and glitched, echoed across the skies. "So... you're the me that conquered properly. Let's see how you handle failure incarnate."
A new title appeared beneath the rift-born being.
> [Boss Class Entity: Fallen Dominion King – Tier ???]
The Fallen King's Challenge
Dark clouds spiraled over the Dominion Realm, drawn by the warped aura of the mirror-born anomaly. The Fallen Dominion King hovered effortlessly above the rift, dressed in tattered celestial armor — identical in design to Xiang Ye's Sovereign Mantle, yet corrupted by void tendrils and Abyssal glyphs.
"Who are you?" Xiang Ye asked, his voice unshaken.
The reflection's smirk was grim. "A possibility. A path not taken. I failed the system. I let ambition devour logic, and madness eclipse order. I destroyed my own Dominion."
> [System Warning!]
You are witnessing a Temporal Paradox Class Entity.
Countermeasures in Effect:
Domain Lockdown (Tier 5)
SSS-Talent Surge: Command Supremacy Engaged
Xiang Ye narrowed his eyes. "You're not me."
He extended his hand.
"Obsidian Titans, formation: Heavenly Wall Doctrine – Phalanx Omega."
Twelve titans stepped in sync, their footfalls shaking the plane, summoning dome-shaped energy shields infused with Martial Intent and Magic Density Fields. The air vibrated as their formations created Cross-Realm Barrier Hexes.
> [Troop Formation Synergy Unlocked!]
Formation Buff: +60% Defense, +45% Reality Stability
Aura: Multiversal Anchor Zone Active
The Fallen King snarled. "Still ordering others to fight for you, tyrant?"
Xiang Ye responded coldly. "And yet… I win."
He snapped his fingers.
"Orbital Strike: Dominion Alpha Cannon — Fire."
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The First Shot of the War Citadel
High above, nestled in the clouds, the Dominion War Citadel's central spire shimmered with radiant light. Channels of qi-infused plasma surged into the war array.
A god-tier cannon emerged — forged from Elder Alloy and Soulsteel, glowing with mana cores aligned to planetary ley nodes. When it fired, reality cracked.
The Fallen Dominion King was struck mid-charge.
The explosion shredded space into layered folds, opening glimpses into ten different timelines. Through them, Xiang Ye saw versions of himself: some righteous, some brutal, some dead.
But only one still built.
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New System Unlock: Dominion Fleet Protocol
As the Citadel stabilized its foundation and the dimensional threat was temporarily sealed, the System pulsed a new sequence:
> [War Architect Progress: 60%]
Unlocking:
[Dominion Fleet Protocol: Shipyard Genesis]
[Flagship-Class Blueprint: Starpiercer – Ark of Conquest]
[Starforge Command System (Beta)]
> [Lord Authority Expanded]
Interstellar Command Rights Acquired
3x Interdimensional Star Gates Detected
Xiang Ye's mind expanded. He could now see across star systems, feel mana flow through space, and build in vacuum. The next stage of his empire wouldn't just conquer realms…
…it would colonize the void.
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Chapter 5: Final Log Entry
Xiang Ye stood atop the Citadel, watching the sky rebuild.
Behind him, new banners unfurled — crafted from the first Abyssal Leviathan's hide, stitched by divine silk, marked with his sigil:
Dominion.
He raised his hand, and a light spread across the Citadel.
> [Dominion System Notice]
First Stage Complete:
Obsidian Titan Corps (Active)
War Citadel Foundation (Complete)
Rift Enemy Repelled (Stage 1)
Upcoming Objective:
Build Starpiercer Flagship
Assemble Dominion Fleet
Crush the Broken Empire
In a quiet corner, Xiang Ye whispered to himself:
"Even the stars will kneel."
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