National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 818 [The City of Transcendence]

Time flies, and half a year has passed in no time.

Perhaps Song Chi has been very lucky lately, as no accidents have occurred in the past six months. Only once did a small group of beasts led by dozens of seventh-tier Chaos Beasts accidentally wander into this Chaos Storm Space, which was easily dealt with by the Mirror Warship.

On this day, the runic black tower in the sky trembled once more, and the next second a familiar energy emanated outwards from it.

In the main control room of the mirrored warship, Kong Ling suddenly opened his eyes, and at the same time, the warship's engines roared, and it quickly soared into the sky.

Song Chi, who had challenged the Chaos Nest several times, was very familiar with this energy fluctuation; it was a sound that only a fully-formed Chaos Nest could emit.

The mirror warship sped along without stopping. Just as a strong rhythm appeared above the newly formed black tower nest, attempting to intercept the Chaos Beast spawned by the rapidly approaching mirror warship, a faint ripple suddenly appeared around the mirror warship and vanished abruptly the next second.

The Black Tower's lair detected the presence of the mirror warship again, only to find it was already very close, with the two sides separated by no more than 10,000 meters.

This left it no time to react. The moment the mirror warship touched the base of the tower, a huge force of absorption surged out from the black tower. The ethereal body inside the mirror warship felt a sense of weightlessness. When it could see the scenery in front of it again, it found that it was already in a completely new world.

Song Chi remained calm, knowing that they had entered the challenge space inside the Chaos Nest.

In a desolate world with a dark red base color, a blood-red mist is churning and growing, with countless blood-red figures appearing and disappearing within it.

"Chaos Beast!"

Upon hearing the identities of those blood-red figures, Song Chi, far away in the [Human Emperor City], revealed a hint of certainty in his eyes.

There seemed to be many blood-red figures in the crimson mist, but in reality, they were inferior to the "Heavenly" and "Earthly" level Chaos Nests he had challenged before.

Of course, several enormous blood-red figures exuded a terrifying life force; these were level nine Chaos Beasts that could only be bred in Chaos Nests of the Hong level or above. However, compared to those normal Hong-level nests, the current scene was clearly far inferior.

This is also the key reason why Song Chi has been staying here all this time.

……

Replica of [Virtual Sea Projection Imperial Tomb] - "Fourfold Projection"

Buzz!
Upon activation of this black component, spatial fluctuations immediately arose around the mirrored warship's hull, followed by the rapid condensation of four illusory warship projections.

"go with!"

As soon as the order was given, the four warship projections transformed into four afterimages and rushed towards the blood-red mist ahead.

The war is about to start.

Four warship projections pierced the blood-red mist like sharp swords, instantly stirring up towering waves of blood.

A deafening roar echoed from the mist. Several blood-red behemoths, resembling crocodiles with blood-red bat wings on their backs and covered in runes, stood upright. As their tails, covered in bone spikes, swept across, ninth-order chaotic energy surged from their bodies, shattering the two projections directly.

"As expected, there is a ninth rank!"

The ethereal figure's pupils contracted slightly, and his fingertips traced afterimages across the control panel.

The void around the remaining two warship projections suddenly twisted and deformed, transforming into a law force field with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers, temporarily imprisoning the three ninth-order chaos beasts that were about to pounce.

At the same time, the main gun of the mirrored warship behind it had been fully charged, and black and gold energy spirals intertwined in the diamond-shaped muzzle that had split open at the bow.

It is the [Limitless Immortal-Trapping Quantum Star Destroyer Cannon].

"boom--"

A blinding beam of light pierced the heavens and the earth, and at the same time, a giant hole with a diameter of over millions of kilometers exploded in the chest of the ninth-order Chaos Beast, which was bound by the force field.

But the splattered flesh and blood did not dissipate; instead, they wriggled and reformed in the air.

Song Chi sneered, and another naval cannon on the mirror warship was immediately fired.

shhhhhh!
Countless purple lightning runes shot out, transforming the area where the shattered flesh and blood had been, into a Purple Heaven Thunder Prison.

Ten thousand [Purple Heaven Thunder Talismans] exploded in the center of the beast horde, countless purple heaven thunderbolts woven into a net, and the flesh and blood that were being reconstituted were immediately enveloped by heavenly thunder. No matter how strong their vitality was, they could only be turned into nothingness in this terrifying thunder prison.

The death of a ninth-tier Chaos Beast caused the crimson mist to surge violently, and countless crimson figures transformed into a raging sea of ​​blood that rushed towards them.

Kongling Shen calmly activated the replica of [Wings of Angelic Kingship]. The phantom of the Holy Light Angel enveloped the entire mirror warship. The moment the blood wave crashed against the phantom of the Holy Light Angel, the mid-level Chaos Beasts that touched the Holy Light seemed to have encountered their natural enemy. Their blood-red skin began to corrode inch by inch in this endless Holy Light.

Seeing this, Song Chi, not intending to delay any longer, manipulated his ethereal body to activate a new component.

Click, click, click!
Sharp scraping sounds emanated from the warship's hull, and finally the entire mirrored warship transformed into a small neutron star.

At the moment a small neutron star evolves, a terrifying heat wave erupts from the neutron star and spreads outwards.

hoo hoo hoo!
The terrifying temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees caused all the mid-level Chaos Beasts that had gathered to vaporize in an instant. Only the hundred or so Chaos Beasts of the seventh rank and above had high enough resistance to be melted by the terrifying temperature immediately, but they also suffered serious injuries. In the end, they were all blasted to death under the dense firepower of the mirror warship.

At this point, only two ninth-tier Chaos Beasts remained in the blood-red mist ahead. Although the Black Tower Nest itself was still doing its best to nurture new Chaos Beasts, how could its nurturing speed compare to Song Chi's current speed?

Without the slightest hesitation, Song Chi controlled the mirror warship to shoot straight into the blood-red mist.

Roar!
The two remaining ninth-tier Chaos Beasts in the mist tried to stop them, but were directly blasted to death by the "Gamma Ray Burst" that Song Chi continued to unleash.

All the ninth-tier Chaos Beasts were annihilated, which also meant that this newly born Flood-level Chaos Nest had been completely cleared.

Before Song Chi could wait long, a strong repulsive force was already acting on the mirror warship, leaving no room for resistance.

After a violent spinning sensation, the mirror warship returned to the chaotic storm space it had been in before. However, unlike before, this once peaceful space seemed to have had its rules broken.

A terrifying chaotic storm was raging. It was already in the eye of the storm, but now that it no longer had that special status, the tearing and swirling power it was experiencing seemed especially terrifying.

Even inside the mirrored warship, Song Chi could tell from the constant tremors emanating from the ship just how terrifying the tearing force of the storm outside truly was.

However, that wasn't what he was focused on at the moment. Compared to the terrifying storm outside, the few orbs of light that were quietly hovering above the warship were clearly more noticeable.

The most eye-catching of the four beams of light is the first one, which contains the black tower engraved with ancient runes.

This newly born Chaos Nest, after the Mirror Warship completed its first clear, no longer showed the same rejection as before. Now, it floats quietly above the warship without any resistance.

As for the second and third orbs of light, they all contained sovereign true spirits, and there were quite a few of them. The last orb of light emitted a dim glow, and inside was a palm-sized badge-like artifact.

Clearly, these are all rewards for clearing the Chaos Nest of the Flood level.

With a thought, the items in the four orbs of light were quickly pulled into the cabin. Before they could be examined closely, the mirror warship's engines roared, propelling the warship at full speed toward the edge of the chaotic storm.

This chaotic storm, at the ninth level of energy, couldn't hold back the mirror warship even with the replica of the [Antimatter Energy Evolution Engine] tri-colored engine.

After spending nearly half an hour successfully breaking free from the gravitational field of the chaotic storm and finding a relatively safe low-altitude area, Song Chi finally had time to check his previous gains.

Needless to say, that small black tower is a Chaos Nest that has been cleared. It can be brought back to the Dragon Spine Continent in the future and become one of the foundations for the family to continuously produce Sovereign True Spirits and high-level floating continent origins.

As for the two groups of Sovereign True Spirits, one is a group of 30 ninth-order Sovereign True Spirits, and the other is a group of over a thousand seventh-order and eighth-order Sovereign True Spirits.

Such a number of Sovereign True Spirits is a considerable fortune even for Song Chi now, but Song Chi's attention was more focused on the last black medal.

His intuition told him that this was the most special of the four rewards; otherwise, these alone would not be as valuable as the "superior to average" fortune from the [Heavenly Mandate Compass].

According to Song Chi's speculation, considering the current quality of the "Heavenly Mandate Compass" in its highest color grade, it is second only to the "top-middle" divination slip, and the corresponding fortune should be a five-colored wonder.

Clearly, a Chaos Nest of the Flood level plus a thousand strands of Sovereign True Spirit is at most equivalent to a Three-Colored Treasure, and is far from matching the "superior to medium fortune" given by the [Heavenly Mandate Compass].

Thinking this, Song Chi controlled his ethereal body to gently tap the last ball of light. As the light faded, the black, badge-shaped artifact finally appeared before him.

Originally, I only intended to take a look first and determine its specific attributes before deciding whether to send it back to the main body in the Human Emperor City as soon as possible. However, as the light of the orb dissipated, a sudden change occurred.

An eerie, perpetual light emanated from the palm-sized badge, and no matter what methods Song Chi used to suppress it, it was to no avail.

Just as he realized something was wrong, a dizzying sensation, even more intense than the previous teleportation process of the [Chaos Teleportation Platform], enveloped the entire mirror warship. On the city wall of the Human Emperor City, Song Chi, who had been sitting calmly at the main control console, suddenly stood up, no longer displaying the composed demeanor he had before, as if everything was under his control.

In order to focus on controlling the mirror warship, he had already cut off external communication groups in advance; otherwise, his current appearance would have been noticed by outsiders immediately.

Just before the mirror ship was plunged into complete darkness, Song Chi detected the source of all the anomalies within the ship: the strange properties of the black badge.

[Rare Item: Entrance Certificate to the City of Transcendence]

[Quality: Black]

[Convertible to: None]

[Note: This is an entry pass to a super city located in the deepest part of the Chaos Sea. With this, beings will be allowed to travel to the [City of Transcendence].]

After that fleeting glimpse, another perspective deep within Song Chi's mind suddenly turned pitch black, and he could no longer perceive the situation on the other side of the ethereal body through the secret technique.

Not only did the [Ethereal Body] technique fail, but Song Chi, suppressing his anger and remaining calm, quickly arrived in front of the [Mirror Image] component, attempting to connect with this tricolor artifact through his mind.

But the final result was still the same; there was absolutely no reaction.

He then tried to activate both [Projection of the Void Sea Emperor's Tomb] and [Chapter of Divine Thought], but the answer he received was always the same.

Just as he was struggling to maintain his composure, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

"By the way, the Celestial Market..."

Thinking of the Heavenly Market, his sinking heart calmed down a little.

Although the current Heavenly Market should not be able to affect the Chaos Divine Continent in this semi-high-dimensional land, Song Chi is a man of nature. After summoning the mirror warship, he naturally did not forget to leave behind a market token.

The market token may not be able to be activated right now, but once the market advances to the ninth tier, the power it provides will officially break through the tenth tier, and then the outcome will be hard to predict.

With this in mind, Song Chi quickly made up his mind.

The effect of the [Mirror Image] component was not undone. At present, the mirror warship has only lost contact with the original, but it does not mean that the mirror warship has sunk.

If he were to voluntarily withdraw the mirror warship at this moment, then everything in the [City of Transcendence] would be completely irrelevant to him.

In fact, neither the Mirror Battleship, nor the Black Tower Nest, nor the Overlord's True Spirit are the main reasons for Song Chi's current loss of composure. Ultimately, the Mirror Battleship can be summoned again if it is lost, and the Black Tower Nest and the Overlord's True Spirit can be re-explored in the Chaos God Continent to try to obtain them in the future.

But the one thing that caught Song Chi's eye was the [City of Transcendence Entry Certificate]. He knew that if he missed this opportunity, he would never have another chance to explore it.

As for that so-called "City of Transcendence," although I had never heard of it before, its name alone suggests that it is no ordinary place.

【Transcendence】, a city that dares to use this name, is located in the deepest part of the Chaos Sea. How could such a legendary city be ordinary?
……

The City of Human Emperors, atop the walls of Chaos.

Upon seeing the Skyfall Skyship suddenly rise into the air, the members of the Big Dipper Palace all spoke up to inquire.

"Greedy Wolf, where are you going?"

"Where?"

"No, you're abandoning your warship clones?"

"No way, Greedy Wolf, your luck is that bad? The warship clone has already run into trouble?"

In the group chat, Song Chi shook his head without explaining further, simply stating that he needed to return to his ancestral domain.

If he wants the Heavenly Ruins Market to advance to the ninth rank faster, he must go back in person.

In addition, he also wanted to upgrade the Sky Ruins Sky to a superdimensional mothership before his next visit to the Human Emperor City.

He had no idea what the [City of Transcendence] was, or whether it was dangerous. Even if he managed to contact the Mirror Warship after the market advanced to the ninth rank, relying solely on the market would not be safe. The stronger he was, the safer he would be.

……

The Dragonspine Dynasty lies at the boundary between the Fire-Burning Human Galaxy and the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Galaxy.

The daily passenger flow of the Dragon Ridge First Transit Floating Land has naturally decreased since the Song family suddenly and drastically increased the passage fees two hundred years ago.

For this reason, all forces in the Dragon Ridge Dynasty, including the citizens of dozens of surrounding river systems, strongly opposed it, but the Song family of Dragon Ridge took an exceptionally tough stance.

On this day, the Song family of Dragon Ridge finally lifted the restrictions and restored the passage fee to the amount it had been more than two hundred years ago. As soon as this news was released, the popularity of the first transit floating continent of Dragon Ridge surged again, even surpassing the peak traffic at one point.

The Song family of Longji noticed this, but didn't pay much attention to it.

Because all the high-level floating continent essences they had collected over the past two hundred years had been used to significantly increase the transaction volume of the Heavenly Market.

The Zhutian Market has a unique characteristic: although the origin of floating land that has been traded once in the market will be recorded again, the amount will be greatly reduced. This is why the Song family has been so eager to acquire high-level origins of floating land for the past two hundred years.

Fortunately, more than two hundred years have passed, and all that has been done is now paying off.

Swish swish!
As millions of alien beings from the star sea were transported out of the market, the ancestor Song Wujiang, standing atop the All-Heavens Teleportation Platform, inquired:

"Xiao Chi, how's it going? Has the transaction amount met the requirements?"

Beside him, Song Chi opened the attribute panel of the Heavenly Market and glanced at it.

He quickly nodded with a smile.

【Name: All Heavens Market】

[Market Owner: Song Chi]

[Level: lv89]

……

【升级所需：1000缕浮陆本源（八阶）、100缕浮陆本源（九阶）、墟市交易额度满五百五十万缕八阶浮陆本源（5542580/5500000）、1份九阶主宰真灵、一枚高级混沌结晶。】

"Okay... hahaha..."

Upon seeing this, Song Wujiang laughed loudly.

The importance of the Zhutian Market as the foundation of Songchi's rise is self-evident.

Although Song Chi had mentioned to them before that once the market was promoted to the ninth level, it would try to open up to the entire Fire Civilization and the Wizard Civilization, further enhancing the exchanges between the two dominant human civilizations in the Star Sea, and at the same time improving the strategic position of the Song family of Dragon Spine in the entire Fire Civilization.

But at this moment, Song Wujiang was not thinking about any of these things; he was genuinely happy for Song Chi's arrival.

After all, the stronger the Heavenly Market is, the stronger Song Chi, the owner of the market, is; the two are completely complementary.

"Alright, now that all the conditions have been met, let's get started. Xiao Chi, you should start preparing for your promotion."

"Ok!"

Song Chi was equally eager to see what was going on and naturally had no intention of delaying. As for the high-grade [Chaos Crystal] required for the advancement, it was a top-tier resource that could only be produced on the Chaos God Continent. Although the Song family did not have any in stock, it was not a problem for Song Chi.

Whether it's using [Primordial Copper] as a substitute or approaching the Big Dipper Palace, this is easily resolved.

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Song Chi logged into the Big Dipper Palace. In addition to retrieving the high-level Chaos Crystal that he had already agreed upon with the Thousand Star Venerable, Song Chi also used his Star Palace points to exchange for a black Sealing Boundary artifact to replace the Sub-Dimensional Barrier that he had recently replaced when he advanced to the eighth rank in the market.

At this point, all preparations for the market's upgrade have been completed.

(End of this chapter)