(Two Years Later, The Eternal Garden, Leo's POV)
Following the confrontation with Mauriss upon the Eternal Garden, the next couple years passed in relative peace for the Cult Of Ascension, as no major universal conflict erupted during that period despite the tension steadily building beneath the surface.
The Cult continued expanding its influence steadily across the Rainbow Stream while more neutral systems quietly submitted beneath their authority voluntarily, choosing stability beneath Cult administration over uncertainty beneath weakening Great Clan influence.
And strangely enough, as the Cult's territories expanded further and further outward, resistance across newly conquered planets gradually became weaker with every passing year.
Because by now, most ordinary citizens throughout the universe had already accepted one simple truth.
The Cult was not going anywhere.
