The moment he looked at the woman in mourning clothes who looked like Veronica, Soshyan was immediately dragged into a spinning and even fainting illusion. He saw himself enveloped by a black star, with armor on his body.
Pieces were peeled off, and he watched in horror as the skin, fat, and muscles on his body were peeled off, and everything was swallowed up by some kind of fiery passion.
But then he realized that it was nothing but something hidden in his body. It was the culprit that devoured his heart and hollowed out his soul. The black stars were injected into the void with dirty black mist, polluting him.
His body corroded everything about him.
A god with a broken crown on his head and shining silver light rose from his wreckage, and then was shrouded in black mist, turning into a black king like a twisted black sun. In one hand, he held a twisted spiral black sword.
One hand was a huge claw full of barbs, and then a huge black hole appeared on the face that was like smoke. It seemed to be laughing loudly, and countless souls were wailing on the body that was so huge that it seemed to occupy the entire world.
Those eyes with only hatred stared into his soul, familiar yet unfamiliar. Soshiyang would never forget these eyes no matter what, because they appeared behind the mask of the Bewitcher and also on the childish face of the mortal.
appeared——
Soshyan's soul trembled, trying his best to get rid of the light of the black stars, and roared loudly:
"I am by no means a pawn abandoned by fate, get out!"
The scene disappeared, and only Veronica in mourning clothes was still standing in front of him, but she had turned into a statue made of the same black stone, and her eyes seemed to still be watching him.
Soshyan stepped forward and looked at the symbol on the chest of the statue. He remembered that this was the symbol representing Asuryan's wife Heya.
Then he turned his attention to the fire in Asuyan's palm, walked over, and reached out to touch him.
He guessed that this was the true goal of all illusions.
Sure enough, some knowledge came into his mind. Regarding the way to use a new power, someone might have prepared it a long time ago.
"well..."
In reality, Soshyan opened his eyes and sighed softly.
At the same time, those white-gold flames began to flow down the pyramid like water, moving downward faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, the entire Diamond Pyramid had turned into a burning crystal tower.
This kind of flame seemed to be very hot, so that the Adas who were a hundred meters away had to retreat one after another. Only Veronica was unharmed in the hot wind caused by the flame, and was still looking at Soshiyang curiously, and waved
He waved his hand.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Soshyan, who was holding the Holy Grail, looked around, and then he found that the phoenix statue had deformed in the high temperature, but it was not like melting, but changed into another form, as if it had expanded in a circle, and there were many things on it.
Delicate symbols were formed, and smaller braziers also "grew" around the steps of the pyramid.
Less than a minute later, the flames quickly converged and retracted into the small braziers, above the stairs, and even inside the pyramid, making them extremely bright.
"Your Highness has withstood the true fire! Your Highness is the incarnation of Asuryan's will! Tempered by the true fire! The Phoenix is immortal!"
Doral was the first to shout again, and then the other Adas also cheered in unison.
"Tempered by true fire! The Phoenix is immortal!"
Soshyan didn't know what to say, and the fantasy he had just had in his mind kept flashing over and over again.
What does that imply? What is that black god?
The logo of the Eleventh Legion and the burning black sun suddenly came into his mind, as if suggesting to him that there was some kind of connection...
For some reason, Soshiyang felt that both the confused and the mortal had hidden something very important from him...
Is it related to the "beginning and no end" demon mentioned by Master Shi? The "demon" said to be born from himself...
Although countless strange stories flashed through his mind, Soshyan had already taken steps, stepped on the burning stairs, and walked down step by step.
When she came to Veronica, the other party smiled. When she put her arms around Soshyan's neck, Soshyan also put his arms around her slender waist, and then Veronica kissed him gently.
lips, smiling:
"I didn't expect that there would be such a big fuss. Are you prepared in advance?"
"It's not...well, it's an accident, so to speak."
After lighting the sacred fire, the royal court also designated this day as the "Day of Nirvana" and regarded it as one of the most important festivals. This was followed by celebrations and banquets, as well as the usual harlequin dance performances, but the celebration was only a short break.
As the Phoenix King, Soshyan's affairs are much more complicated than they seem.
First, he held two meetings, one was the Spirit Tree Meeting, which discussed an important but not so important resolution, merging the Ivy Council into the Spirit Tree Council. Its members would be representatives of the Ark Worlds and the Savage Kingdom.
Composed of representatives and bishops, prophets and bone chanters from various paths, this resolution was passed smoothly, because the current size of the royal court does not require such a parliament, and even the most conservative Ada can understand the streamlined organization.
The second parliament was the Phoenix Parliament. Soshyan also proposed to revise the selection and composition of parliament members. The future members of the Phoenix Parliament will mainly be representatives of various industries, guilds and fields, as well as large families or large families under the direct rule of the Royal Court.
It was a very broad assembly composed of representatives of the clans, as well as representatives of the vassal races who had received the right to vote.
This resolution triggered a heated discussion. The core issue was to allow non-ADAs to enter the parliament. Most ADAs expressed opposition, but Soshyan used the power of lighting the torch to force the decision.
At that time, he faced the turbulent public opinion and just said one sentence——
"As long as there is one person who objects who can walk on the fire of Asuryan to the top of the temple, I will give up this proposal. Who is willing to give it a try?"
No one dared to respond, so Soshiyang was very "dictatorial" and forcibly passed the resolution. Although he also knew that doing so would have a bad impact on the political ecology of the Eternal Royal Court, there was no way. He really had no choice.
The energy is in parliament and those Adas who have a lot of time and energy to pull.
So Oriti became the first non-Ada race to join the Phoenix Council, but it was limited to one. Soshyan also took care of the emotions of those Adas and arranged for Oriti, a race that is relatively easy to accept.
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He still understands the principle of hurrying when there is a need and taking things slowly when there is a need.
The real goal of reorganizing the parliament is to rebuild the political system of the royal court. In fact, Veronica and Doral have persuaded Soshyan many times. After careful consideration, he also decided to break the existing over-dispersion of power.
Condition.
So a series of laws quickly passed the resolutions of the two parliaments and were formulated. The first thing was to clarify the state body of the Eternal Royal Court - Veronica, as the representative and incarnation of the mother goddess Isa in the world, is no longer just Isa's.
The highest priest is no longer even a mortal, but a human god. He is the supreme leader of the eternal royal court with unlimited power. He has the absolute power to decide the life and death of any Ada. He is not subject to the supervision or restriction of any organization, and the successor is entirely up to her.
By his own decision, all Isha shrines will be shaped according to her face, but his duties have become simple, just to participate in the formulation of national policies and supervise their implementation.
The Phoenix King seems to have remained unchanged. He still serves as the commander-in-chief of all armed forces in the royal court that are not directly under the Queen. He has the power to declare war, peace and general mobilization orders, but the details have been expanded a lot, such as being able to appoint or remove all officers at will.
Commanders and officials are also not restricted by any organization and are only responsible to the Eternal Queen. This is obviously different from the ancient Ada Empire. There is a huge gap in the degree of centralization between the two.