?1156 The Supreme Of Beasts.
The Tree father enjoyed more defeats than victory in his fights throughout the realm. He suffered a lot of losses because, despite all his advantages, he was also at a massive energy disadvantage.
The Zargoth plane is one of the few planes that the divine plane has helped him to form a dominion. He could corner the Origin gods in the Zargoth plane because of his dominion. But there aren't dominions for him in other planes so his avatars died under the relentless assault of immortals.
Origin gods used their immortality to the fullest advantage. They rampaged all over the realm of high heaven in a bid to gather resources and manpower. So despite the presence of a powerful Celestial in a plane to stop them, they still won.
Some races fell and were enslaved throughout the realm. They lost control of their plane because of war. Meanwhile, some other strong races like the battle sage monkeys didn't even feel the chaos caused by war. Their lives continued the same.
And some stronger races even went further to invade other planes to expand their power. The Viper race is one of such races. They invaded two planes. One of them is the Virut plane.
But no matter what, no race could compare to the aggression of the Supreme Beast race. The Supreme Beast race and their supreme alliance have been invading and plundering planes for thousands of origin cycles. They didn't need the incentive of the era of conquest to crush other races and claim more territory for themselves.
The advent era of conquest hasn't changed much for them. No one dared to invade the numerous planes that they controlled and they didn't rush to invade other planes just for the era of conquest. They are just invading planes at their own normal pace.
Of course, this normal pace is still frightening considering that the Supreme Beast race is a war-like race that thrives on slavery despite the fact that they call themselves a civilization. It is their belief that it is their mission to spread civilization to other races.
They do this through war and invasion because it is the most effective means of spreading the gospel of civilization. Violence is the best method to pass a message across after all. No matter the resistance of your audience, they will listen to you after you beat them up. Slavery is the best way to ensure that the gospel is not only heard, it is carried out and experienced.
Some people call the Supreme Beast race evil and racist. It is not a far-fetched claim. But the Supreme Beasts aren't bothered by the opinion of the lesser races. They believe that other races are beasts while they are supreme. That's why they call themselves the supreme beast race. The only race that they think is their equal are the dragons, and maybe the Phoenix race. Any other race is to be enslaved.
------In The Stellaris Plane.
The entire plane has been roused for war. They are on high alert. The strongest race of the plane, the Stellos, have gathered all the power that they can in the plane and have brought them to defend the planar portal.
The stellos are a humanoid race of earth elementals. Their divine ability allows them to absorb light to grow stronger. This divine ability is what has drawn the supreme beast race to invade their plane.
The Stellos are born as small beings with brown or black rocks as their bodies. Their divine ability awakens when they become mana entities which makes them capable of feeding on the light of the sun.
They are lazy like most earth elementals. They like to sleep most of the time. They are not a violent race at all. If left alone, they won't move at all. They absorb light energy and use it to fuse mana to themselves so they grow stronger and stronger even when they sleep. They are similar to dragons in that way.
While other races in the plane fought and killed each other, the Stellos were silently growing stronger. They increased in power as well as size. The races around them thought them to be growing mountains. And since they didn't move, they were considered harmless.
Their earthen body was refined by the light of the sun day in and day out until they became translucent like crystals as transcendents. Those who choose the path of their divine ability as titans of law awaken their divine ability further. They become completely transparent like glass.
They might look like glass figures but they are not fragile like glass. They are as tough as Origin-infused Diamond. At this stage, it becomes nearly impossible to defeat them. Their divine ability becomes terrifying to experience.
At first glance, the Stellos race is strong but not special. Their physical defense is very high so it is difficult to harm them with physical attacks but they are weak to fire elemental attacks. Their strength is mediocre and their speed is only average despite the increase as they get stronger.
All these traits are common to earth elementals. But what made the Stelios truly terrifying was their ability to refine their body into the sharpest weapon. They use light to increase the innate hardness of their body and can transform this hardness into sharpness by transforming their bodies into weapons capable of cutting everything else.
A Stellos can turn their appendages into weapons with unparalleled sharpness. It is a terrifying advantage over other races who have to research weapons and spend resources to buy them. That's how they became the undisputed masters of the plane.
They are peaceful but they are at the top of the food chain because nothing could threaten them. Anything that tries to will be cut to pieces with a single attack. Unfortunately for them, their incredible defense and sharp weapons have drawn the gaze of a powerful race.
Despite the power the Stelios possess, they live in peace with others. That's why the current resistance force assembled to defend the plane is full of several types of races in the plane. Everyone wants to protect their plane together.