These blade cultivators had now accepted the fact that Austin was the ruler of the Blade Cosmos.
There were two reasons for that. Firstly, it was Donovan's order that Austin be recognized as their
leader. And secondly, they were highly impressed by this young man's blade skills.
Furthermore, the Blade Cosmos was finally at peace now because Austin's rule had brought with it, an
end to their invasion of other supreme universes, which had been going on for a couple of years now.
With peace and sanity restored, the Blade Cosmos was beginning to flourish. All the races and sects
were developing gradually.
One day, Austin was walking around the Blade Cosmos when several governing gods made their way
towards him.
"Master Austin," they greeted him, bowing respectfully.
All cultivators of the Blade Cosmos were aware that Austin was superior to them in terms of blade
skills.
Therefore, they behaved humbly in front of him and didn't dare to show any disrespect.
"Good, you are here." Austin nodded. "I needed to tell you something. From now on, you will be
deciding the course of the Blade Cosmos.
I'll come here from time to time, but you must take charge behind me.
And remember. Let this cosmos develop freely. Don't get too involved in the affairs of the forces,"
he told them flatly.
"Sir, well..."
The governing gods were surprised and confused.
Austin was asking them to take charge of the entire Blade Cosmos,
which was a huge deal and they were at a loss for how to respond.
When Donovan had been their ruler, he had made all the calls concerning the affairs of the Blade
Cosmos himself.
Everyone was forced to follow his order.
For so long had this system been in place that they'd thought Austin would do the same thing as well.
"I am not going to meddle in the affairs of the Blade Cosmos
unless your survival depends on it.
The Blade Cosmos is under your control. Am I clear?"
Austin said.
The governing gods took a deep breath to suppress their excitement.
"Yes sir! Thank you for your trust!"
they answered in unison.
Austin's words clearly meant that these governing gods would be in charge of the Blade Cosmos.
It was unlikely for the Blade Cosmos to face a cataclysmic crisis anytime soon. For the next several
eras, they were safe so going by his own words, Austin would almost never be involved in the affairs of
the Blade Cosmos.
He had essentially given them the power to rule the Blade Cosmos.
However, the governing gods were aware of their place.
They knew that Austin would always be the true ruler of the Blade Cosmos,
and no one could take his place.
"Sir, we have troops stationed in both the Dragon Cosmos and the Fiend Cosmos.
Half of the territory of these two supreme universes has already fallen into our hands.
What are your orders to deal with them?"
one of the governing gods asked, drawing closer to Austin.
"Oh?
Your troops are still in those supreme universes? You haven't summoned them back?"
Austin seemed greatly surprised.
It had been two years since the Blade Cosmos had fallen under the Sword Cosmos' control.
And yet, the troops which the former had sent to other supreme universes were still out there.
"Yes sir. Supreme Grandmaster Donovan sent those troops to those supreme universes himself.
They didn't dare come back here without permission.
Even though our cosmos was at stake during the past two years, our supreme grandmaster never
made an appearance. Therefore, the leaders of the two armies didn't have the courage to come back.
Only a few masters from those armies took the risk of coming back to help fight against the enemy,"
the governing god replied.
"I see,"
Austin responded with a nod.
"Sir, now that our problems have been solved and the cosmos is safe, do you think we should send
more troops to the Dragon Cosmos and the Fiend Cosmos?
I am certain we can take those universes if we send a few more men there,"
another governing god said.
"Mmm. I want to go visit these two supreme universes first.
You can come with me,"
Austin replied after he thought for a while.
"Yes, sir!"
the governing gods answered immediately.
"Great. We'll go to the Dragon Cosmos first.
Lead the way,"
Austin said.
The governing gods took him to a cross-border teleportation array situated in one of the corners of the
Blade Cosmos.
The teleportation array had been set up by Donovan himself.
Only experts like him could have made such brilliant and powerful cross-border teleportation arrays.
However, Donovan was old news now.
Austin was even more capable than him and could make more powerful arrays than Donovan.
This was because his blade skills and spiritual soul power were stronger compared to Donovan. These
were both essential skills for making arrays and therefore, Austin was better than Donovan in building
arrays.
"Sir, this teleportation array leads to the Dragon Cosmos,"
a governing god informed him respectfully.
"Let's go."
With that, Austin walked into the array with the governing gods following suit.
The array was activated immediately and
just a moment later,
Austin found himself in a brand-new supreme universe.
Looking around, he sensed that it was slightly bigger than the Sword Cosmos.
Just as he'd been told, half of its territory was occupied by the troops of the Blade Cosmos. This was
evident from the blade radiance that could be seen soaring into the sky from various parts of the
cosmos.
It looked like the troops of the Blade Cosmos had the upper hand.
"Sir, let's go to our base camp in this cosmos,"
a governing god proposed.
"Alright. Take me there."
Austin nodded in agreement.
The group reached their destination soon.
"Ask your commander to come out,"
one of the governing gods who was with Austin shouted at the soldiers standing guard as they
approached the camp.
The guards were terrified at their sight since this was the first time they had seen so many governing
gods. One of them hurriedly ran into the headquarters to report this to their superiors.
Pretty soon, about a dozen governing gods came out.
"Hey you guys. I thought you were supposed to stay in the Blade Cosmos. What happened?
I heard that our homeland was taken over by troops of the Sword Cosmos and a brat called Austin has
become the ruler. Are you here to seek refuge?"
one of the newcomers loudly asked.
"How dare you disrespect Master Austin, Broderick? Do you have a death wish?"
"You're way too cocky, Broderick. It is Supreme Grandmaster Donovan who announced that he has
chosen Austin as the new ruler of our cosmos.
Do you dare challenge our supreme grandmaster's authority?"
The governing gods who had arrived here with Austin became furious.
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