Official War God

Though taken aback by the sudden appearance of this stranger and his audacious proposal, Captain Rhea found herself inexplicably compelled to trust him. Without hesitation, she relayed the command to the crew, instructing them to prepare for the warp jump.

As the warp drive hummed to life, enveloping the Battleship in its ethereal glow, Captain Rhea watched in awe as the mysterious man stepped forward. With each stride, the space around him distorted and disintegrated, collapsing into nothingness before reforming in front of the Nightmare God.

As he neared the Nightmare God, a sense of anticipation filled the air, the tension palpable even amidst the chaos of the warp drive's activation. Captain Rhea held her breath, her eyes fixed on the spot where the middle-aged man had disappeared into the void. In a hushed tone, she uttered a single word, heavy with reverence and awe, "Official War Gods!"

'Official War God' is the title given to individuals who have ascended to rule from thrones perched atop the Eternal Divine Leaves. Both Captain Rhea and the middle-aged man hailed from a Super God Civilization, birthed from the Eternal God Tree. This civilization stood as a pinnacle of super strength and super technology, boasting millions of War Gods, each comparable to True Gods, and thousands of Great War Gods comparable to powerful Great Gods of God Level 20.

They descended into the infinite planes and various habitable and deserted planets in the Void Sea of Chaos, opened up territories, cultivated dependents, formed armies, and plundered resources and ancient relics from the monster Gods, Nightmare Gods, Alien Gods and Zerg worlds that ruled the chaotic expanse. Through their own efforts, they gradually expanded their divine domain, laying the groundwork to condense War God Thorne and ascend to the status of True Gods.

However, their path to divinity differed significantly from that of traditional gods. While traditional gods relied on the power of faith generated by their believers to condense their Godhead, the War Lords followed a different path. They drew their strength from understanding the rules and with the power of the Eternal God Tree, to condense Godhead much like the ancient gods of legend.

As a Destiny race, all Protoss, a higher evolutionary form of human beings born within the enveloping embrace of the Eternal Divine Tree, possess a Divine Domain seed within their minds from the moment of their birth. These seeds slowly mature over time, with the potential to eventually open up a Divine Domain, which is a prototype of God's Kingdom but more powerful than traditional God Kingdoms once they reach True God Level.

As the Divine Domain seeds reach maturity, typically in adulthood, individuals have the opportunity to fuse with the Origin Power, utilizing its strength to attract and unlock their Divine Domain. However, despite the universal presence of these seeds, success in opening a Divine Domain is rare.

The process of opening a Divine Domain is not solely reliant on talent, but also on luck and technical skill. It demands a strong personal spiritual power, soul strength, and specific character traits. Due to these stringent requirements, the vast majority of individuals fail to open their Divine Domain as adults, despite the opportunities presented to them.

There are no more than three outcomes when opening up the Divine Domain:

1. Successfully opening up the God's Domain and ascending to the rank of Apprentice War God. This outcome represents the pinnacle of achievement, with the individual attaining the highest status and potential within their race.

2. The opening of the Divine Domain fails, but the residual energy of the Divine Domain Seed is utilized to complete the digitization of the body, leading to promotion as a hero. While falling short of achieving the status of War God, this outcome still represents significant advancement and is considered a secondary achievement.

3. Failure to open up the Divine Domain results in the loss of the vast majority of the Divine Domain seed's energy. The remaining energy is only sufficient to barely complete the digitization of the body, without achieving hero status. Individuals who experience this outcome can only become professionals, akin to a strengthened version of the army, representing a secondary level of advancement within their society.

The middle-aged man who appeared before was a War God who had successfully opened his Divine Domain, condensed his Thorne, and achieved the status of an Official War God. As for Captain Rhea, she failed to awaken her Divine Domain and became a Hero. While she possessed the power of a high-level demigod, her status paled in comparison to that of the Official War God.

As the middle-aged man stood steadfast on the deck of the battleship, his eyes locked onto the figure of the Nightmare God. Despite the vastness of space surrounding them, neither he nor the Nightmare God seemed affected by its vacuum.

The Nightmare God, on the other hand, exuded an air of menace and power. His body was completely made of distorted darkness, shifting and twisting like smoke, yet his eyes burned with an eerie intensity, sent shivers down the spines of those who dared to stand against him. 

The Nightmare Civilization, an ancient Super God Level Civilization, was born from the depths of darkness. Masters of nightmare technology, wielded their power with ruthless efficiency, spreading their influence across the stars by ensnaring entire civilizations in the web of their nightmares.

Countless civilizations fell beneath their oppressive rule, their populations enslaved, and their worlds transformed into nightmarish realms where terror reigned supreme. The Nightmare Civilization showed no mercy to those who dared oppose them, crushing all resistance with merciless brutality. 

"Ah... Human Warlord, it's been quite some time since I've had a taste," chuckled the Nightmare God. His eyes briefly flickered toward the battleship, which was in the process of gathering power for a Space Jump escape. Despite the impending departure, he showed no urgency to intervene. After all, a vessel of that size would require at least 15 seconds to initiate the warp drive for a Space Jump. Instead, he regarded the middle-aged man before him with a hint of caution.

"Hahaha... nice try, buddy. You're not the first Nightmare God to spout those same words before I killed them," retorted the middle-aged man. Despite his confident tone, his mind raced with various escape plans. It wasn't fear of the Nightmare God that drove him, but rather the realization that this wasn't his true body but—just an incarnation.