He looked at those kneeling devout ascenders before him, mechanical transformers who abandoned their flesh to become stronger.
He saw the fear in the eyes of the lower-tier transcendents facing death.
He looked at ordinary people within the Forging Star System, tormented by the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death.
Scenes, like slides, swirled in his mind.
The Lord of Ascension slowly closed his eyes. After a moment of silence, he opened them again, filled with a sense of pity.
"All this suffering will end!"
"I will eliminate all inequality!"
"I will eradicate all sins in the world!"
"I will let all creatures in the universe live forever in an eternal utopia."
"And I... shall be the Lord of that eternal utopia!"
The voice of the Lord of Ascension slowly echoed, descending into the minds of every mechanical ascender, resonating in the ears of every mechanical transformer.
