The information received from Destiny wasn't exact as it didn't show you a certain future, only showing you whether it would be a beneficial or harmful future to you, among other things.

It was why when I looked at Valentina and Ambrose for the first time and thought of Protagonist's Bookmark, the strings of Destiny first led me towards Ambrose as the most beneficial candidate, as well as the time not being ready- until I was notified it was just minutes ago!

Destiny...was mysterious and hard to work with! When I utilized this Dao at this moment and gleamed the many possible paths and futures that could occur...I only saw benefits ahead on many of the paths.

THRUM!

The golden essence of destiny fluctuated on my body as I turned towards the golden mirror where Valentina was waiting patiently.

"Even with the war, everything should still go the way we expect. Ambrose's influence over the Animus Universe will continue to be reduced until…"

"Until?"

Her dark eyes blinked slowly as they could pull in any poor weak soul, a light smile appearing on my lips as I replied while thinking about the shocking conspiracy that most likely involved many Hegemonies, about the 'Universal Amalgamation' that Ambrose was talking about with another Hegemony and what the true purpose of the Universal Construct spread across multiple universes was!

"Until Ambrose resorts to something drastic if things go our way. After that...Destiny seems to involve many moving pieces as I cannot discern too much yet!"

…!

Her eyes shone with a brilliant luster as she nodded and spoke while letting out a harrumph.

"The forces of the Mixed Races, Mythical Helios Races, Golden Crows, and Galaxy Devouring Serpents shall be assembled and set off for war towards the Draconic Lands then."

RUMBLE!

Waves of fortune and destiny erupted just from her mere words, and I gave her a slight nod as I continued to observe the situation within the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters!

"My Subordinates and clones continue to sweep across the peripheral Galaxies, with the last few Galaxies that have Great Sages as the strongest experts falling in the next day."

In the past hours as the Primordial Ruination Clone finished clearing up one Galaxy, my clones and the other experts from the Dark Universe continued to sweep across the smaller galaxies where only Sages and Great Sages of the Bloodline Races stood.

These Galaxies were cleared out as Ambrose's influence was forcibly destroyed, no more beings going into the Slaughter Star Monolith and propagating Slaughter in these regions!

The main goal would be to take control of all the entrances to the Slaughter Star Monolith that was anchored around the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters, and this would require power at the Monarch Realm and even Paragon Realm for the Galaxies at the very heart of these Bloody Clusters where the most slaughter was occurring.

That power of Monarch and Paragon levels...well it wouldn't be too far away!

This was because it had barely been a day since the siege on the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters began, and I had already jumped from 1 Billion to nearly 10 Billion forged stars.

That was in less than a day!

With the use of cores from defeated enemies, Monarch was only a few days away from my grasp!

So when it came to a war between the Bloodline Races at the scale of an entire Universe, I could understand why Destiny favored it for me! The loot that could be obtained from it ranged all the way from Great Sages to Paragons!

"A war...he would truly allow the natives of an entire Universe to fight amongst themselves just to achieve his goals. Despicable!"

RUMBLE!

Valentina's body raged with anger as the wrath within her eyes seemed enticing, her words ringing in my mind a few times as they made me think of Ambrose's actions and my own.

One could say I was the reason for all this, as my introduction and subsequent need for Ambrose to get rid of me was what led him to the idea of initiating a war between the Bloodline Races just to draw me out! One could say I was responsible for many of the deaths to occur in the coming war between mythical beasts and wondrous creatures that might have continued their lives in the current state for many years to come.

But...the Dragons would still be subjugated and getting bullied for all these years, and Ambrose still had his devious plans where the Universal Construct he lay into this Animus Universe was for his own purposes, where there was a plot that even Valentina or powerful beings that I've only had the names of like Oathbreaker had no idea about!

If I hadn't come into the Animus Universe and began breaking apart his influence, his goals would have been achieved much faster as the Universal Amalgamation he talked about with the other Hegemony would have been carried out even sooner and as they spoke with their own words- it would have been perfected with the Animus Universe.

I was currently stopping this perfection with my standing against and shattering Ambrose's influence, and this single action of mine could be the initiator to save the lives of quintillions as it stands in the way of something that many powerful Hegemonies weren't aware of!

Maybe that was all the case and it stood true...or maybe I was just selfishly moving with my own goals as my actions wrapped around the creatures of an entire Universe. Cause and effect. No matter what initiated it, the river of time continued to churn as destinies were intertwined and many beings moved with their own goals.

"A Universal War…"

I let these words roll out of my mouth as Valentina cut off the connection of the mirror to do what she needed to do to get the forces of 4 Bloodline Races under her influence ready.

Ambrose was most likely making his own preparations with the 5 Bloodline Races he influenced, each of them acting as players who moved an innumerable number of pieces on the huge chess board that was the Animus Universe!

Meanwhile, there was me...was I just a piece to be played, or the third player in this terrifying match that involved the lives of an innumerable number of beings?

RUMBLE!

My body thrummed with power as a devilish smile couldn't help but sneak out, my eyes reflecting the golden glow of Universal Fortune all around me that continued to increase while Marks of Antiquity continued to form!

What a wondrous future lay before me!