A thunderous rumble echoed across the shattered skies of Dominion Nexus.
Above the floating capital city of Astralis, celestial runes ignited one by one along the arcane circuits of the Grand Shipyard Array. Standing at the heart of the command deck, Li Tianming raised the [Command Core] of the Dominion System high above his head. Threads of cosmic energy cascaded into him, lighting up the sigils embedded in his soul.
> "Fleet Construction Protocol: INITIATED."
> "Core Blueprints Uploaded: Voidpiercer-Class Battleships."
> "Heavenly Alloy Detected. Efficiency Boost: +300%."
> "Fleet Seed Cradles: ONLINE."
The air distorted as ten colossal ship cradles unfolded from subdimensional rifts, each lined with mythsteel and voidglass. Artificers, mecha-mancers, divine engineers, and summoned technocultivator units poured into the area, working in unison. The System wasn't just giving him ships—it was building a navy for multiversal domination.
The Birth of a Starfleet
While others needed centuries to construct a single interstellar cruiser, Li Tianming's Dominion System could collapse time and reality to forge fleets in hours.
Under his Lord Talents:
[Temporal Overseer]: Accelerates all construction and research by 500% in controlled domains.
[Logistics Godhand]: Auto-allocates the optimal layout of resources across all factions and realms.
[Ancestral Forge Spirit]: Allows summoning of ancient blacksmith deities to bless weapon and hull design.
Even now, as he watched the Sovereign-class dreadnoughts form from elemental furnaces and nanite cores, a new notification chimed.
> [Unlock: Galactic Arsenal Tree - Tier 2 Available]
He had progressed far enough to unlock modular weapon options:
Celestial Arc Cannons (Divine AoE bombardment)
Voidlance Spires (Anti-planet railguns)
Reality-Hooking Harpoons (Immobilizes even conceptual entities)
And yet, that wasn't the true edge.
From one of the System's Mythic Blueprints—a reward dropped after annihilating the Abyssal Sovereign—emerged something more:
> Blueprint: Aeonic Soulcarrier – Leviathan-Class
Class: Mythic Legendary
Description: Houses soul-armies, cultivators, and even small pocket dimensions. Can cross realms without breach gates.
This wasn't just conquest anymore. This was ascension through engineering.
The Council Reacts
Back in the inter-realm sanctum of the Ascended Lord Council, countless ancient lords and realm monarchs stared into prophecy mirrors, watching Li Tianming's fleet rise.
"Blasphemy... a mortal dares to wield the Shipwright Protocols of the Ancients?"
"He integrated modern warfare, divine cultivation, and high-magic tech... in just three days."
"Impossible. Shut it down—"
"Shut it down? Can you even reach him anymore? The Nexus Barrier is already reinforced by dimensional lattice threads. He's untouchable."
Their fear was justified. The Dominion System didn't just grant power—it outpaced the entire era.
The First Voyage
On the day of deployment, Li Tianming stood atop the command tower of the Voidpiercer Flagship. His summoned generals flanked him:
General Raikhan of the Thunder Abyss (Mythic Martial God-Class)
Technopriestess Elira (Arc-Logic Summoner)
Xue Qingning (Ice Phoenix Empress, and second Divine Wife)
A gentle nudge from Elira brought up the projected starmap. The first targets were already marked:
Ruins of the Clockwork Eternium
The Scarlet Shard Galaxy (Abyssal Infestation)
Wraithborn Dominion (Unclaimed System Node)
> "Deploy warp crescents. Punch through subspace. Begin Phase One."
As the fleet engines activated, starfire wings unfurled along their hulls, and the sky tore open with roaring color.
The Age of Ground Armies was ending.
The Age of Dominion Fleets had begun.