National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 828 [The Zone of Transcendence]

First of all, those hunting missions involving mythical creatures are basically not being considered.

The current Tianxu Cangqiong and Zhutianxushi do indeed possess the combat power to fight against ordinary mythical beings, but only against the most ordinary mythical beings.

Being able to make it onto the hunting mission list of this [City of Transcendence], one can imagine what level these hunting targets are. Not to mention invincible beings at the tenth-order myth level, they are at least beings whose whereabouts are extremely mysterious and who are extremely difficult to kill. Faced with such targets, Song Chi currently has no ideas.

'Once the [Mirror Image] component evolves to a higher-tier (colorful) quality, and the Mirror Battleship can properly replicate high-tier (colorful) components like the [Time Chessboard] and [Light of Judgment], perhaps we can try to acquire them then!'

As he pondered, Song Chi's gaze swept quickly across the countless task information. After a dozen minutes, he roughly narrowed down several tasks.

[Transaction Task:]
Task: Acquire all types of rare and exotic items from the Starry Sea.
Note: Exchange points will be used based on the quality and value of the item itself.

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Hunting Mission:
Mission objective: Annihilate the Ancient Land of Heaven's Collapse [Blood Demon Raiders]

Additional information: The Chaos God Continent and the Ancient Land of Tianqing are in utter chaos, and the Blood Demon Raiders are committing all sorts of atrocities. The following coordinates indicate their usual areas of presence.

Task Reward: 20000 Transcendence Contribution Points

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Slave Mission:
Mission objective: To contain individuals with exceptional genetic and bloodline potential from all realms and universes.

Task Rewards: 500 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Galaxy-level Prodigy submitted; 1000 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Super Galaxy-level Prodigy submitted; 5000 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Sub-Civilization Prodigy submitted; 10000 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Civilization Prodigy submitted; 100000 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Sub-Chaos-level Prodigy submitted; 500000 Transcendence Contribution Points for each Chaos Prodigy submitted.

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Song Chi's gaze fell on the last task, "Receiving Prodigies from All Realms," his constantly flickering eyes seemingly silently revealing the turmoil in his heart.

Even now, he can still vividly recall the excitement he felt when he first challenged the [Possa Inheritance Tower] and received the [Super Galaxy-level Prodigy] rating.

Even with such an evaluation, it cannot even meet the minimum requirements of the task information in front of us. And considering that a galactic community-level genius is only worth 500 transcendence contribution points, the value of a super galactic-level genius will definitely not exceed 100 transcendence contribution points.

Even now, Song Chi estimated that he probably has between 10000 and 100000 Transcendent Contribution Points.

Of course, if the ultimate trump card of the [All Heavens Market] is also included, Song Chi estimates that it shouldn't be too difficult for him to become a Chaos-level genius. As for Chaos-level geniuses, he really can't be sure, since he doesn't think he has encountered a true Chaos-level genius yet.

Having never encountered one before, it's impossible to judge the true level of a Chaos-level prodigy.

As for the Eternal Clan Luo Jia and the Chaos Demon Ape "Jin Tu" that we encountered before, they were at most at the level of a second-tier Chaos Prodigy.

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However, the reason why he turned his attention to this mission was because Song Chi was very clear about one thing: the Shattered Star Sea was endless, and although geniuses of the Galaxy Cluster level and Super Galaxy Cluster level were rare, they were by no means few. Even geniuses of sub-civilization and civilization could be seen occasionally.

With the current power of the Song family of Dragon Spine, it wouldn't be too difficult for them to go all out to capture those geniuses who are currently of low rank but have extremely high potential.

He could even send this mission to the entire Firefly Civilization, leveraging its terrifying size to conduct a large-scale search for low-level alien prodigies in the alien star system.

After accepting the three tasks mentioned above, Song Chi did not rush to leave the [City of Transcendence], but instead quickly went to the market.

When he reappeared, he had hundreds of rare items of various ranks in his hands.

These rare items all come from the [Market Rare Item Exchange Shop], specifically those that cannot be converted into shipboard parts. However, the [City of Transcendence] only purchases rare items of all levels at 80% of their original price.

If he hadn't been in a hurry to exchange for a sum of Transcendence Contribution Points, and then exchange them for a basic [Transcendence City Entry Token], he wouldn't have even bothered to take out these hundreds of rare items.

No one wants to do a business that loses money.

As the market has advanced to the ninth level, the number of spatial anchor points in the Heavenly Market is still only eight. Since we can free up one more anchor point, why not?
Having successfully obtained a [City of Transcendence Entry Token] with 100 Transcendence Points, Song Chi took the opportunity of testing to return to the Dragon Spine Continent.

Soon, an urgent family mission message was sent to the core members' communication group chat of the Song family in Dragon Spine.

【Clan Head Song Yiming: An urgent level-one clan mission is hereby issued. Utilize all clan resources to acquire and hunt down super-galactic-level prodigies from other races. Rank is not limited; any acquisition price not exceeding one silver-grade artifact is acceptable!】

【{First Lineage - Song Lingzhang}: Oh ho, there are no restrictions on quantity or time. This is a long-term mission. Hunting down young alien prodigies who haven't yet matured—how could I miss out on such an exciting mission?】

【{Networking - Song Yueying}: A super-galactic-level prodigy, such high standards? These are hard to find. Couldn't the requirements be lowered a little?】

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Not only on the Song family's Dragon Ridge Continent, but also on the Dragon Ridge shops of large trading continents such as the Demon Serpent Continent and the Demon God Continent, as well as in the Red Maple Kingdom of the Paradise Realm, Song Chi immediately spread the news.

Whether it's an individual or a family, manpower is limited. Only by issuing the entire mission to the entire Torchfire Human Civilization can the advantages of this newly emerging dominant civilization be fully utilized.

The key is that with Song Chi's current strength, he has enough confidence to handle this commotion that has already attracted the attention of many of the Spark forces.

After dealing with these matters, he returned to the City of Transcendence.

Based on what he has seen so far, this "City of Transcendence" gives him a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of a different kind of "Vast Market of the Heavens." Currently, only the final "Transcendence Zone" remains unexplored, so he naturally will not stop there.

The sudden and intense energy fluctuations that occurred in the [Transcendence Zone] earlier were likely caused by two, or even more, mythical beings engaging in a fierce battle.

This made all the outsiders who sensed it instinctively suspicious, even uneasy. However, driven by curiosity, Song Chi still decided to investigate for himself.

Of course, the main reason is that the main body is in the market, which is enough to ensure safety. As for the warship clone, even if it encounters danger, it will only have to wait for a period of cooldown.

The Transcendence Zone is located in the core area of ​​the City of Transcendence. It is shrouded in a hazy, chaotic light curtain, and only those who possess the City of Transcendence Entry Token can enter.

Song Chi activated the city entry token in his hand, and a silver-white beam of light enveloped the mirror warship. Then the warship disappeared from its original position.

When it reappeared, the mirror ship was already in a vast starry sky.

There is no earth, no buildings, only countless floating stars and crisscrossing bands of light.

"This is the [Transcendence Zone]?" Song Chi looked around curiously.

He sensed an extremely dense energy surrounding him, several times purer than the energy in the Heavenly Ruins Market.

Cultivating here is far more efficient than outside.

Suddenly, a violent energy fluctuation came from afar.

Following the fluctuations, Song Chi looked up and saw two figures locked in fierce combat in the void several light-years away.

One of the figures was entirely black, with thirty-six wings on its back, each inscribed with ancient dark runes, emanating a chilling aura of malevolence. 'A fallen angel?'

Song Chi roughly recognized the identity of this being. As a new kind of being that was originally transformed from fallen angels, it was rare, but its strength was beyond doubt.

The other figure was a constantly shifting, colorful mist, sometimes taking on a human form, sometimes a beast form, each transformation accompanied by a terrifying burst of energy.

“A mythical creature!” Song Chi’s pupils contracted.

The aura emanating from these two figures was vast and aggressive, posing a great threat to him. Even if the Heavenly Ruins Skyship were to unleash its full power without using the power of the Heavenly Ruins Market, it would probably be difficult to withstand their attack.

"Is this the norm in the [Transcendence Zone]? Mythical beings can fight here without restraint?" Song Chi was secretly shocked.

He carefully concealed his presence to avoid attracting the attention of the two beings.

At the same time, they are also trying to find some valuable information.

He soon noticed something unusual.

On those floating stars, there are actually some buildings and facilities.

On some stars, you can even see figures moving about.

"Could there be other non-mythical beings here?" Song Chi's heart stirred.

The mirror-image warship roared to life and sped upwards.

As the distance closed, Song Chi could see the scene on a certain star.

A huge city has been built on the surface of the star, bustling with people.

What surprised him most was that although these people had powerful auras, they had not reached the mythical level, and most of them were between the eighth and ninth ranks.

"It seems that the beings existing in the [Transcendence Zone] are far more numerous than we imagined!"

Keep in mind that this is just one of many stars, while in his previous field of vision, there were thousands of such stars.

Controlling its landing on the edge of the city, the ethereal being concealed its aura, disguised itself as an ordinary ninth-order being, and blended into the crowd.

The city's architecture varies, clearly stemming from different civilizations.

Various strange races can be seen everywhere on the streets. Some are covered in scales, some have three eyes, and some are simply a mass of energy.

As Song Chi walked down the street, he heard conversations in various languages, but most of them were in the common language of the Star Sea.

"Have you heard? 'Darkwing' and 'Thousand Illusions' are fighting again, this time it seems to be over a Chaos Origin Crystal."

"It's just for that tiny chance to improve our combat power. You know, beings like us who are taken into the transcendence zone can't leave on our own. We either die here or transcend in one fell swoop."

"The once-in-a-century challenge of transcendence is about to begin. Who wouldn't want to be one of the transcendents?"

Song Chi gleaned some key information from the conversations of passersby.

"Transcending the challenge, unable to leave..." A thought struck him, "Could it be that this [City of Transcendence] truly holds the legendary path to transcendence?"

Just then, a melodious bell rang out from the center of the city.

All the pedestrians stopped and looked up at the sky.

Song Chi also looked up and saw a huge light screen slowly unfolding in the void above the city.

Lines of text appeared on the light screen.

A new century-long challenge to transcendence is about to begin. Those willing to participate should travel to the Land of Transcendence within ten years.

[A place of transcendence?] Song Chi's heart skipped a beat.

He glanced around and found that the various creatures on the street reacted differently—some were fanatical, some were solemn, but most were numb and fearful.

"Another century has passed..." A three-eyed member of the tribe sighed softly beside him.

"Less than 30% of those who participated in the last challenge returned alive."

"But as long as we can successfully transcend, we can escape this cage!" another alien covered in metallic scales clenched his fist and growled.

Song Chi seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that this [Transcendence Zone] was not just a place for trading, but more like a special prison where powerful beings from all the heavens were imprisoned.

The battles between those mythical creatures are probably also related to this so-called "transcendence challenge".

He approached the three-eyed man discreetly and spoke to him in the common language of the Star Sea:
"My friend, what are the specific rules of this challenge?"

The three-eyed clan member eyed him warily for a few moments, and seeing that Song Chi's aura was pure and he meant no harm, he whispered:

"New here? I advise you not to rush into it."

"The challenge of transcendence is not child's play - crossing the stormy sea to reach that transcendent place is only the first step. After that, you still need to climb the tower to challenge. No one knows exactly how many floors you need to climb to transcend in one go. Based on the different strength, age, potential and other factors of the challengers, the number of floors required to climb the tower will also be different."

However, one thing they have in common is that once the next level of challenge is unlocked, there is absolutely no option to give up unless the challenge is successfully completed. Because of this, the mortality rate for each "Transcendence Challenge" is extremely high.

Upon hearing this, Song Chi's eyes flickered, and soon he asked another question.

"If that's the case, what if we use a clone to take on the challenge?"

Immediately, the ninth-tier alien beside him stared at Song Chi as if he were an idiot.

"A clone? Please, there aren't many beings every ten thousand years who can complete the transcendent challenge with their original body, let alone try to do it with a clone?"

Song Chi, however, focused on something different.

"So, it is indeed possible to take on the challenge using a clone? Throughout the countless ages, have there been any instances of a clone successfully completing the final challenge? And what were the final results?"

Song Chi clearly valued this highly, because if he were to use his true form to undertake this [Transcendence Challenge], he would have little interest, at least not for a long time to come.

(End of this chapter)