National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 816 Re-entry into the Chaotic Divine Continent

Without hesitating for long, Song Chi quickly made a decision.

"Although we have the [Time Chessboard], it is a fact that we no longer have the assistance of the eighth-order Time Realm Fruit. In order to ensure the stable advancement of the Heavenly Ruins Sky, this drop of tenth-order evil god blood must be used."

As he thought about it, a thought still surfaced in Song Chi's mind.

Once he successfully advances to the Superdimensional Captain level, and with the added blessing of the Mythical Rank granted by the Ninth-Order Heavenly Market, he will likely possess terrifying combat power to face myths directly. At that time, he won't have to worry about not being able to obtain a drop of Tenth-Order Evil God's blood.

……

After emerging from seclusion, Song Chi had no intention of continuing his seclusion, at least not in the short term.

According to his plan, all he needs to do next is wait for the subsequent advancement of the Divine Summer Continent. Only by taking advantage of this opportunity to complete the advancement of the Heavenly Ruins Sky to a superdimensional mothership will he try to break through level 90 in seclusion again.

This waiting process will take at least several hundred years, which is not a long time, but Song Chi is unwilling to waste this time.

After leaving the market, he stayed on the Dragonspine Continent for ten years before heading directly to the [Paradise Realm].

Over hundreds and nearly a thousand years, although the wave of expansion in the Heavenly Realm has gradually subsided, it does not mean that the situation has also stabilized.

In fact, with the large-scale invasion and expansion of the Firefly Human Civilization's Firefly Fleet, all forces on the Holy Light Central Island had already secretly chosen to unite against the common enemy.

In particular, the appearance of the mythical immortal ship clone, the [Divine Xia Jiuli], and the entry of an unfamiliar mythical warrior, made the Heavenly Gods, who originally roamed freely across the entire Holy Light Central Island, feel a great threat.

In other words, the [Shenxia Jiuli] warship clone has considerable combat power. In the past thousand years, no matter which deity of the Holy Light pantheon it has faced, it has at least been able to hold its own, and in some instances, it has even gained the upper hand.

With the presence of the [Divine Xia Jiuli] avatar and the assistance of the [Gods' Diagram] from the Aklemon family, the old kingdoms on the central island of Holy Light, though hostile, have never truly stopped the expansion of the various forces that have been propelled by the flames of civilization over the past thousand years.

However, this is only what is visible on the surface; in reality, the covert struggles have never ceased.

……

One of the Seven Kingdoms of the Holy Temple, the Heavenly Empire.

As the capital of the Heavenly Empire, Heavenly Holy City can be considered the most prosperous city among the hundreds and thousands of kingdoms pioneered by the current human civilization.

This is the first colonial city of the Aklemon family in the Heavenly Realm, and also the location of the highest colonial command of the Torchfire Civilization in the Heavenly Realm.

Heavenly City, Heavenly Palace.

Deep within the royal palace, several figures gathered together.

"Ferdinand, how is it?"

The middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table gently shook his head.

"No, the Holy Spirit Mother Tree's foundation is too shallow. A thousand years is already the limit for it to advance from a senior ninth-level to the late ninth-level. If it wants to reach the peak of the ninth level, it will take at least several thousand more years."

“Thousands of years? That won’t do. The territory of the Flame of Faith Kingdom that has been developed now spans nearly a hundred light-years in diameter. A single senior ninth-order pseudo-god of faith cannot cover such a vast area.”

"Since relying solely on the [Holy Spirit Mother Tree] is insufficient, we can only issue orders to allow the various forces below to support or share the faith in the Lord. However, the Holy Spirit pantheon must be established in advance, as this will greatly increase the chances of the [Holy Spirit Mother Tree] reaching the position of a true deity in the future."

"Then let it be. The status of this Heavenly Realm is what it is. Even if the three of us advance in the future, the possibility of forcibly controlling this closed realm is not high. We can only support our own gods to infiltrate step by step."

……

The Song Family Faith Nation, the Red Maple Kingdom.

Red Maple Capital, an underground isolated chamber.

Apart from Song Shiyuan, who remained on the Dragon Ridge Continent, Song Yan, Song Wujiang, Song Xuancang, and other Song family ancestors were all present at this moment.

In the center of the secret room, Captain Song Yan of the Star River Ship spoke first.

"We just received a new order from above, instructing us to resolve the issue of faith in the Lord on our own."

"What? Solve it yourself?"

"How do we solve this? Are we supposed to revert to believing in the 'Eternal Sun'?"

The Maple Kingdom was originally a faith district of the [Eternal Sun], a fact known to everyone.

However, after the invasion of the Blood Moon Cult and their subsequent crushing of it with force, the Red Maple Kingdom could no longer be the Red Maple Kingdom it once was.

For the captains of the Firefly warship system, who their original faith master was was not important. The key point is that the Song family is now in control, so who their faith master is now very important.

What is faith in the Lord?
The Lord of Faith is a being who harvests the power of faith, refines the power of faith, uses the power of faith to control the extraordinary, and continuously strengthens himself.

If they were to further embrace the [Eternal Sun], the other party would be reaping the faith of the entire Red Maple Kingdom, but what benefits would the Song family gain?

Could it be that they took the initiative to ask the [Eternal Sun] for its divine blood?

The only way to maximize profits is to cultivate one's own faith master, allowing them to continuously harvest faith through the vast faith zone of the Red Maple Kingdom, while the Song family can also continuously obtain rare resources such as divine blood and divine power crystals from them.

Although everyone present understood this, the most troublesome problem at the moment was where to find such a completely controlled believer.

While there are many civilizations in the Shattered Star Sea that follow the path of faith, those with a truly strong foundation and the ability to consistently produce high-level faith masters are extremely rare.

Take themselves as an example. Currently, their family controls several faith colonies, the highest of which is the Holy Dragon Continent.

However, the Holy Dragon Continent itself is only a level 5 floating continent, and the highest level of normal believers that can be generated on it is only level 5. If they were to be transferred to the Heavenly Realm, the difference in the level of the floating continent alone would allow them to adapt for a thousand years.

The fifth-tier faith masters on the lower-tier floating continents are far inferior to the fifth-tier faith masters in the Heavenly Realm in terms of foundation. Let alone allowing them to conquer the entire Red Maple Kingdom, they probably couldn't even control a marquisate.

"What should I do?"

"I heard that the Meng clan of Langya seems to have produced an eighth-level Faith Wolf. Should we go and ask them about it?"

……

Just as the Song family was struggling to make a decision, a voice suddenly came from outside the secret room door.

"No need to bother!"

Song Yan and the others turned to look, and when they saw who it was, their faces lit up with joy.

"Xiao Chi, you've emerged from seclusion?"

"But the guiding technique has already broken through level 89?"

"Ok!"

After giving a brief reply, Song Chi steered the conversation back to the matter of faith in God.

He simply raised his hand, and a miniature snake appeared.

"This is... the Frost Moon Snow Python?"

Several people recognized the miniature form of the Frost Moon Snow Python. After the war on the Holy Dragon Continent, Song Chi placed the Frost Moon Snow Python on the Holy Dragon Continent until it reached the peak of the fifth rank. After its breakthrough was limited, it was taken away again.

Even today, the [Spirit Serpent Sect] still exists on the Holy Dragon Continent, with nearly 10 billion native believers under its wing.

However, over the past few thousand years, the Frost Moon Snow Python has already broken through to the seventh level. The level of faith power on the Holy Dragon Continent is too low, and it can no longer provide much help to it.

"The Frost Moon Snow Python is still here, and it has even successfully advanced to the seventh rank! Excellent!"

Upon seeing the Frost Moon Snow Python, everyone in the secret chamber was overjoyed.

The family members were no strangers to the snow python under Song Chi's command. However, Song Chi had not shown it to others for a long time, and they had assumed that the Frost Moon Snow Python had exhausted its lifespan. In addition, Song Chi was in seclusion, so they had not mentioned it.

Overjoyed, Song Yan quickly said:

"However, the seventh rank is still not enough. Although it would probably be enough for him to take charge of the entire Red Maple Kingdom, it is not just my Song family's Red Maple Kingdom that needs a faith master right now."

“Yes, if the Frost Moon Snow Python can advance to the eighth rank, its faith coverage area will expand further. We can personally negotiate with the other parties, and I don’t think there will be any major problems.”

"By the way, Xiao Yan, I remember we got more than twenty divine power crystals before, didn't we?"

"Xiao Chi, these are twenty-six divine power crystals. What is the current strength of the Frost Moon Snow Python?"

Song Chi understood his elder brother Song Yan's meaning and said directly:
"After being fed with a large amount of rare resources, including the continuous supply of faith power from the Holy Dragon Continent, the Frost Moon Snow Python has now reached the peak of the seventh rank."

Hearing this, everyone was even more delighted.

In this way, these twenty-odd divine power crystals might just help the Frost Moon Snow Python break through in one fell swoop.

With the full cooperation of the most powerful members of the Song family, the plan for the Cold Moon Snow Python to absorb the divine power crystal was quickly launched.

In addition to the twenty-six divine power crystals, the Song family's logistics department also sent dozens of faith containers.

These containers are the spoils of the righteous, evil, and false gods' sects that the Song family destroyed over the past thousand years. They contain tens of millions to billions of faith power. For the Song family's Torch Ship Captain, these are useless, but for a faith master who is about to break through to the eighth level, these are excellent aids.

Two months later, when the Frost Moon Snow Python emerged from seclusion, it did not disappoint Song Chi and the Song family. After absorbing the divine power crystals and faith power, it successfully broke through to the eighth rank and transformed into an eighth-rank faith master.

As for what happens next, it's quite simple. Several faith-based nations, including the Red Maple Kingdom, will begin full-scale construction of the [Spirit Serpent Church]. For a long time to come, the [Spirit Serpent Church] will be the only denomination among these faith-based nations.

……

The news that the Frost Moon Snow Python had broken through to the eighth rank quickly spread among the Song family's higher-ups.

Standing on the highest observation platform in the Red Maple Capital, Song Chi looked down at the Spirit Serpent Cathedral under construction, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

"Koike, as per your request, construction has begun on the first batch of three hundred churches."

Song Wujiang walked behind him, holding a holographic projection map floating in his hand, which was densely marked with construction sites throughout the Red Maple Kingdom.

Song Chi nodded slightly, but quickly continued:

"But that's not enough. We need at least three thousand. Cold Moon needs enough faith nodes to build the sub-faith network under the Holy Spirit pantheon."

"Three thousand?"

Song Wujiang frowned slightly: "This will require mobilizing a large number of native laborers from the kingdom, which may affect the extraction of other resources."

"The accumulation of faith power is more important than those resources."

Song Chi turned around, and a crystal-clear little snake slithered out from his sleeve; it was the Frost Moon Snow Python after its breakthrough.

At this moment, mysterious silver patterns flowed across its scales, each scale seemingly containing a small world.

Song Wujiang felt the pressure that far exceeded that of an ordinary eighth-level cultivator, and his pupils contracted slightly.

"This is……"

"After breaking through with the help of the divine power crystal, Han Yue has already possessed some divine qualities."

Song Chi gently stroked the snow python's head: "It has extremely high potential. Now it can not only absorb the power of faith, but also feed back to believers and temporarily gather the power of all believers through the faith network."

Upon hearing this, Song Wujiang understood what was going on.

The temporary gathering of all believers' power means that the Frost Moon Snow Python will have a very high increase in combat power during this period. If it has enough faith nodes and believers under its command, fighting against opponents of higher levels will not be difficult.

"Okay, I will arrange this as soon as possible."

Just as he finished speaking, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from the sky.

Song Chi's eyes narrowed, and with a wave of his hand, a silver barrier instantly unfolded, enveloping the entire Red Maple Royal Capital.

"boom--"

A blazing holy light descended from the sky, crashing violently against the silver barrier and unleashing a shower of light.

"A lackey of the Eternal Sun!"

Song Wujiang roared, and the next second the Megalodon, which had been swimming not far away, flew over.

Song Chi appeared unusually calm as he looked up at a certain point in the sky.

"Since you're here, why hide your head and tail?"

The void twisted, and three figures clad in golden holy robes slowly emerged.

The leader wielded a long spear engulfed in holy flames, and his voice boomed like thunder:

"Heretics! How dare you spread false god beliefs in the former territory of my Lord!"

"Your lord's territory?" Song Chi sneered. "The Red Maple Kingdom now belongs to the Song family."

Before he finished speaking, the Frosty Moon Snow Python suddenly darted out from his sleeve and rapidly expanded in the air.

In the blink of an eye, a giant silver serpent, over a million kilometers long, coiled in the sky, each scale reflecting the image of countless believers praying.

"An eighth-tier faith beast!" the figure in the holy robe exclaimed.

"This is impossible, how could such a lowly creature..."

Before the Frost Moon Snow Python could finish speaking, and without even needing the Megalodon Star Shark to make a move, it opened its massive jaws and spewed out a cloud of silver light mist.

Countless tiny divine powers and beliefs emerged from the light and mist, which were the manifestations of some of the divine qualities it had mastered over the years.

The three messengers of holy light hurriedly activated their divine power to resist, only to find that their faith connection was being forcibly severed by some force.

"This is... a severing of faith!" The leading envoy's face showed horror. "How could you possess such a technique?"

Song Chi rose into the air and stood atop the Cold Moon Snow Python. Above the sky, hundreds of faith nodes, transformed into illusory images, were shining brightly, evolving into a faith network that covered the sky, doing its utmost to prevent the three Eternal Sun believers from receiving the divine power of the Eternal Sun faith from the outside world.

Without the blessing of faith bestowed by the Lord, the three eighth-level believers directly lost their greatest support.

After the Frost Moon Snow Python let out a sharp hiss, the three were quickly killed on the spot.

Witnessing this scene firsthand, Song Wujiang said with concern:

"Koike, won't killing the messenger of the [Eternal Sun] directly provoke its revenge?"

"Should we report this to the capital of Heaven first?"

Song Chi raised his hand, directly rejecting the suggestion.

"No need. The peace that has returned is only in our Torch Reclamation Zone. The crisis of the Blood Moon in other areas is far from over. Facing the seven evil gods, that [Eternal Sun] is already too busy to care about us."

"Moreover, as time goes by, the Holy Spirit pantheon of faith among our Flame of Faith nations has been initially established. Don't be fooled by the fact that the Frost Moon Snow Python was lucky enough to control some of the divine qualities. How could the Holy Spirit Mother Tree, which has been nurtured by the Aklemon family for nearly two hundred thousand years, not be able to do the same?"

Upon hearing this, Song Wujiang seemed to realize something.

"Xiao Chi, do you mean that once this Holy Spirit pantheon's faith network is fully established, even if the [Divine Summer Nine Li] occasionally doesn't intervene, the [Holy Spirit Mother Tree] can still contend with external deities by relying on this faith network?"

"Of course, as one of the four pillar royal families of the Torch Civilization, the Aklemon family has been glorious for more than 200,000 years, so don't underestimate them."

As the construction of the [Spirit Serpent Church] in the Red Maple Kingdom and several other faith kingdoms to the left was put on the agenda, the matter of the Song family's faith gradually stabilized, so Song Chi did not linger here.

After leaving the Frost Moon Snow Python in the Red Maple Royal Capital and entrusting all matters to the core members of his family, Song Chi returned to the Dragon Spine Continent once again through the [All Heavens Market].

Then they headed all the way to the Divine Xia Dynasty.

In just a few months, through multiple long-distance teleportations, Song Chi, piloting the Tianxu Cangqiong ship, arrived at the Divine Xia Dynasty.

Beyond the Floating Shield of the Divine Summer Continent.

Song Chi did not choose to enter the Divine Xia Continent directly, but instead only spoke with a Star River Captain who was in charge of patrolling the continent.

Not long after, the Tianxu Cangqiong set off again and quickly disappeared into the depths of the starry sky outside the Divine Xia Continent.

"Does it still take another four hundred years...? Well, let's take this opportunity to explore the Chaos God Continent properly."

Four hundred years is the exact time point when the Divine Xia Continent impacted the Star Continent, and it was also told to him by the captain of the Star River Ship of the Jiang family of the Divine Xia. Song Chi would not doubt this.

As for his next plans, he decided to take advantage of this time to thoroughly explore the Chaos God Continent.

When he first went to the Chaos God Continent, his sole purpose was to participate in the [Bat Heaven Ruins]. His second and third trips were both to guard the [Human Emperor City]. It can be said that until now, he has never had the freedom to explore the Chaos God Continent.

It is said that the Chaos Divine Continent is full of opportunities. Over the past two hundred thousand years, the highest exploration record has only been tens of millions of light-years away from the [Human Emperor City]. Even so, there are still records of obtaining seven-colored wonders. Now that the crisis of the [Human Emperor City] has been eliminated and the mythical immortal ship [Shenxia Jiuli] is stationed there, it is the golden opportunity for external exploration. Song Chi will certainly not let it go.

Compared to the past hundreds of thousands of years, the guarding of the Chaos Teleportation Platform has been greatly reduced, but it is still not open to just anyone.

However, Song Chi was different. As soon as the name "Tianxu Cangqiong" was announced, the elite Shenxia fleet responsible for guarding the teleportation platform did not hesitate for long and directly chose to let him pass.

After a familiar spatial journey, Song Chi arrived at the Chaotic Divine Continent once again.

(End of this chapter)