The moment he looked at the woman in mourning clothes who looked like Veronica, Soshyan was immediately dragged into a spinning and even fainting vision. 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. body, corroding his every touch
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 in any case, because they appeared behind the mask of the Bewitcher and also on the innocent 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 definitely not 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 staring at 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, about how to use a new power. Maybe someone had prepared for it a long time ago.
"well..."
Soshiyang opened his eyes in reality and sighed softly.
At the same time, those white-gold flames began to flow down the pyramid like water, going down 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."
Soshiyang, 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 the top of it was There are more detailed symbols, and at the same time, more braziers "grow" around the steps of the pyramid.
Less than a minute later, the flames quickly converged and retracted into the braziers, on the stairs, and even inside the pyramid, making them extremely bright.
"Your Highness has withstood the true fire! Your Highness is the embodiment 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 cheered in unison.
"Tempered by true fire! The Phoenix is immortal!"
Soshyan didn't know what to do, and the fantasy he had just had in his mind kept flashing back and forth.
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...
Could it be related to the "no beginning and no end" demon mentioned by Master Shi? The "demon" that is 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 person's smile floated up, and there was a smile on her eyes.
While putting her arms around Soshyan's neck, Soshyan also put her arms around her slender waist. Then Veronica kissed his lips gently and smiled:
"I didn't expect there to 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 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. The Phoenix King's Soshiyan affairs are much more onerous than they seem.
First, he held two meetings, one Spirit Tree Meeting, which discussed an important but not so important resolution, merging the Ivy Council into the Spirit Tree Council. Its membership will be composed of representatives from all 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 gens, as well as representatives of the vassal races who were given 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 sacred fire 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 Asuryan's fire 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 the parliament and those Aida who have a lot of time and energy to pull.
So Oriti became the next non-Ada race to join the Phoenix Council, but it was only one. Soshyan also took care of the emotions of those Adas and arranged for Oriti, a race that was relatively easy to accept.
He still understands the principle of hurrying when there is a need and slowing down 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 advised 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. At her own discretion, all Isa shrines will be shaped according to her face, but her duties have become simple. She only participates in formulating national policies and supervising her school management.
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. For example, he can 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.
