Perfect ⚔️🌌 let's continue directly with **Chapter 61 – First Nation War** in ** novels style following the Eternal Clan's banner-raising in Chapter 60.
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# **Chapter 61 – First Nation War**
*(connects directly to Chapter 60 – Eternal Clan's First Banner)*
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## **1. The Challenge of Kings**
The Eternal Banner did not flutter in peace for long. Its starlit glow drew envy as surely as it drew awe.
Within the **Vasudha Kingdom**, the royal court erupted into chaos.
* Ministers argued that a rising clan must be subdued before it grew too powerful.
* Generals scoffed—"They are but mountain upstarts; one legion can erase them."
* The crown prince, however, clenched his fists. "If they could tame Heaven's Storm, they are not to be underestimated."
In the end, fear and greed outweighed caution. The king declared:
> "The Eternal Clan must bend knee… or be broken."
Armies stirred. Messengers flew on spirit cranes, summoning vassal lords and sect allies.
The first war of the Eternal Clan had begun.
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## **2. Whispers in the Eternal Grounds**
News reached the Eternal Mountains swiftly.
The disciples were unsettled.
"An army? Against us?"
"We only just raised our banner…"
But the elders stood firm. Kavya's eyes burned with solar fire, Sunita's hands clenched though her voice was calm, and Ishita's moonlit gaze shimmered with faint sorrow—she had foreseen this shadow.
When the council gathered, all fell silent as Ratan entered. His aura bent the hall itself, space trembling with each breath.
> "So the kingdoms cannot ignore us." His voice was steady, yet carried iron. "Then let this be their mistake."
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## **3. Forging the War Oath**
On the peak where the Eternal Banner flew, the entire clan assembled. Drums of war thundered, echoing through valleys.
Ratan lifted his hand, seven chakras blazing. His words seared into every heart:
> "We are not a clan to hide in shadows. Today, we march as one. If they call us rebels, let them tremble before our rebellion. If they call us enemies, let them weep at our victory. Eternal blood does not bend—it flows only forward!"
Every disciple pressed their palms to the earth, swearing the **War Oath of Eternity**. A crimson light burst forth, binding them all in a karmic vow of unity.
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## **4. Clash of Nations**
The Vasudha Kingdom's armies advanced—tens of thousands of soldiers clad in steel, banners darkening the horizon. Spirit beasts roared in chains, war drums thundered like mountains collapsing.
From the Eternal Grounds, Ratan led his people down the mountain. At his back fluttered the Eternal Banner, shimmering with cosmic brilliance.
When the armies met upon the plains, silence held for one heartbeat—before erupting into chaos.
* Kavya's solar flames swept across enemy cavalry, turning steel to molten rivers.
* Sunita spread emerald tears, healing Eternal warriors even as they fought.
* Ishita wove illusions of moonlight, scattering enemy formations.
* Disciples, though young, fought like lions, each strike empowered by faith in their sovereign.
And above all, Ratan strode forward, every step bending space. His Cosmic Step carried him through the battlefield as if armies were but ripples of water.
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## **5. Duel of Sovereigns**
Upon a hill of corpses and broken banners, the Vasudha King himself appeared, clad in imperial armor, wielding a blade infused with ancestral spirits.
> "Upstart boy!" he roared. "You dare defy a kingdom?"
Ratan's gaze was calm, yet unyielding.
> "I defy nothing. I only walk my path. But if kingdoms stand in my way, I will erase them."
The clash shook heaven and earth. The king's blade split mountains, but Ratan's chakras aligned with cosmic rhythm, his fists striking with the weight of stars. Each collision sent shockwaves that ripped the battlefield apart.
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## **6. Aftermath of War**
By dusk, the plains were silent. The Vasudha armies lay shattered, their banners burning. The king's blade lay broken at Ratan's feet.
The Eternal Banner still flew, unstained, shimmering beneath a sky that now bled crimson with sunset.
Whispers spread like wildfire across the continent:
> "A clan defeated a kingdom's might…"
> "Eternal—they are not rebels. They are a rising power."
> "A sovereign walks among them."
But in shadowed halls, demonic cultivators laughed coldly. For while the war had ended in victory, it was only the first. Now, the Eternal Clan stood in the open, surrounded by countless eyes.
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✅ **Chapter 61 Complete – First Nation War**
* Vasudha Kingdom challenges Eternal Clan.
* Ratan forges the **War Oath of Eternity**.
* First true large-scale battle, Eternal Clan proves might.
* Duel of sovereigns—Ratan defeats the Vasudha King.
* Eternal Clan officially recognized as a regional power.
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