National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 839 The Dust Settles and the Final Territorial Allocation

"presumptuous!"

The voice of the Rakshasa God was like the roar of billions of wronged souls, causing the entire starry sky to tremble. The crimson energy floating in the starry sky rapidly condensed into distorted human faces in the sound waves, emitting piercing screams towards the Shenxia Jiuli.

Jiang Yuan stood with his hands behind his back in the main control room. Endless psionic energy burned fiercely around the Shenxia Jiuli ship, completely incinerating the oncoming crimson waves.

"Rakshasa God, you projected yourself from billions of light-years away, surely you didn't come just to show off this little trick?"

Upon hearing this, the figure on the blood-red throne in the distance suddenly stopped changing and froze into an aged face.

A blood-red light flickered in his vertical pupils, and his voice suddenly became calm:

"You inexperienced descendants of the Fire-Burning Humanity, I have come today to give your Fire-Burning Civilization a chance to avoid mutual destruction."

As he spoke, the dark gold giant claw waved gently, and a holographic projection of the Corpse Emperor Continent immediately appeared in the starry sky.

At the heart of the continent, a pyramid made of countless corpses was emitting an eerie gray light.

"Do you see this 'Tall of Ten Thousand Corpses'? When the Corpse Emperor Ancestral Crystal at its top is activated, the entire Corpse Emperor Clan Galaxy will be transformed into a death zone. Even if you manage to take over this Galaxy, all you will get is a wasteland filled with the power of death."

Jiang Yuan's eyes flickered slightly. The Firewood Civilization had long anticipated the Corpse Emperor Clan's strength and was certain that the other party must have a temporary mythical-level combat power trump card. However, they did not expect that the other party had such an extreme backup plan.

"So? The Rakshasa clan wants to act as peacemakers?"

The Rakshasa god let out a hoarse laugh, and thick blood suddenly seeped out from beneath the throne, outlining a contract in the starry sky:
"With my Rakshasa clan mediating, the Corpse Emperor Clan is willing to cede 70% of its territory. In exchange, you must allow the Corpse Emperor Clan to retain its ancestral lands, and..."

"Absolutely impossible!"

Jiang Yuan suddenly interrupted sharply, and the main gun at the bow of the Shenxia Jiuli ship even faintly lit up with an inscrutable golden light.

The Corpse Emperor Clan River System Cluster is the key to the second rapid rise in strength and foundation of the Fire Civilization in less than 20,000 years. Even before this war began, it was already regarded as a prize by all Fire Humans. Now that the overall situation of the war has been decided, how can outsiders be allowed to change it?

Seemingly anticipating this reaction, the Rakshasa God calmly snapped his fingers.

The blood plasma contract seemed to have already condensed and taken shape, but it was never used. Instead, it floated quietly in the endless blood mist, waiting for the Rakshasa God to speak again.

“Jiang Yuan, how about this? Let’s compromise. The entire Corpse Emperor Clan river system will still belong to you, the Fire of Humanity. But among the remaining Corpse Emperor Clan members, you must leave behind a lineage for them!”

Inside the Shenxia Jiuli, Jiang Yuan's eyes were deep as she carefully considered this new proposal.

The Rakshasa God did not urge it. After all, it was the weaker party. Not to mention that only a projection came, even if the real body descended in person, it would not have any confidence in facing the [Shenxia Jiuli] which could kill a thirty-six-winged holy angel alone.

Looking at Jiang Yuan's side, after a brief silence, he took the initiative to activate a colorful communication component on his flagship.

Soon, the communication projections of Immortal Qin Yingyi, Holy Hall Pei Dinan, and Song Chi all appeared.

As for the Crimson Yu Dynasty, Ji Heng, whose guiding technique has not yet been broken through, is currently taking over from Jiang Yuan, who has returned with the [Xuanhuang Crimson Yu], while cultivating the guiding technique in seclusion and overseeing the [Human Emperor City].

Currently, the Chiyu Divine Dynasty's front line is led by another superdimensional captain from the Tianzhu Ji clan, and they have also established communication connections.

"What do you think?"

After repeating Rakshasa God's advice, Jiang Yuan began to ask Song Chi and the other three for their suggestions.

"Leaving behind a lineage means we need to spare all the high-ranking Corpse Emperors on the Corpse Emperor Continent?"

That's basically it!

"The Corpse King Clan itself is not the problem. Now that they are inferior to us and have become stray dogs, the gap between them and us will only widen. The key is those thousands of high-level Corpse King Clan members. How many rare resources will they take away?"

“We can accept this proposal, but we must strictly limit the resources that these departing Corpse Emperors can take with them, otherwise they might be able to empty the entire Corpse Emperor Continent.”

“Agreed. In addition, we also need to send someone to personally verify the authenticity of the Tower of Ten Thousand Corpses.”

"Alright, it's settled then. As for confirming the authenticity of the Tower of Ten Thousand Corpses, Ying Yi, you and Pédinan should make a trip there using your warship clones!"

……

The Corpse Emperor Clan's river system, the Corpse Emperor Continent.

The gray-black aura of death surged like a tide, enveloping the entire continent in a suffocating atmosphere of death.

In the heart of the continent, in the desolate wasteland of white bones, a towering pyramid, built from countless corpses, stands at the edge of the wasteland. This is the [Ten Thousand Corpses Tower], forged by the Corpse King Clan using special methods. At the top of the Ten Thousand Corpses Tower, a dark purple crystal floats in the void, constantly absorbing and releasing terrifying energy capable of annihilating galaxies.

On this day, Ying Yi's [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon] and Pédinan's [Heavenly Holy Light] descended in the form of warship clones. As soon as the two superdimensional motherships appeared, they caused the Corpse Emperor Clan powerhouses around the Tower of Ten Thousand Corpses to go berserk.

"Humanity, the torchbearer!" roared a ninth-tier peak Corpse King.

His body was shrouded in the deathly aura of corpses, powerful enough to corrode the laws of the star sea. His terrifying pressure, reaching the limit of the ninth rank, spread out like a tide, revealing the uncontrollable rage in his heart.

However, no matter how angry it was, it dared not actually attack the two superdimensional mothership clones. In fact, it even had to suppress the other zombie emperors below who were furious.

They had expended a great deal of effort to persuade the Rakshasa God to intervene, and they absolutely could not cause trouble at this time.

How could Ying Yi and his companion not understand the thoughts of these Corpse Kings? Their attitude became even more resolute.

With a cold snort, twelve giant golden human figures suddenly appeared on the hull of the [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon] ship, and the immense pressure directly suppressed them, forcibly pressing the Corpse Emperor Clan members who were flying high into the air back to the ground.

"Noisy!"

Ferdinand then controlled the [Heavenly Light] to release a pure white beam of light, directly scanning the structure of the Tower of Corpses.

Soon, the AI ​​transmitted its analysis results:
[A mythical-level energy reaction has been detected, confirming that the 'Corpse Emperor Ancestral Crystal' possesses the power to influence a large galaxy!]

Ying Yi narrowed his eyes, exchanged a glance with Pei Dinan for a moment, nodded slightly, and then the two superdimensional mothership clones did not linger. With the roar of their engines, they quickly soared into the sky.

"The Rakshasa God wasn't lying..."

Pédinan murmured to himself, and two warships soon appeared on the horizon of the Corpse Emperor Continent.

With this point established, subsequent negotiations naturally became much easier. After the Rakshasa God casually agreed to the request to "restrict the Corpse Emperor Clan from carrying overly rare resources or interstellar artifacts when they leave," the three-party agreement was quickly reached.

The Corpse Emperor Clan was naturally furious at the final demands of the Torch Civilization, but the Rakshasa God was completely unconcerned.

The Corpse King Clan has already received the promised reward, so what does it have to do with anything else?
……

As the tripartite agreement was finalized, the crimson vortex above the Corpse Emperor Continent slowly closed. Before dissipating, the projection of the Rakshasa God stared intently at the Divine Summer Nine Li, a barely perceptible hint of apprehension flashing in its vertical pupils.

"The contract has been signed. The Rakshasa race will not set foot in this star field for the next ten thousand years."

In the starry sky, from the mythical immortal ship [Shenxia Jiuli], came Jiang Yuan's indifferent response:
"I hope you will remember what I said today."

In the 1250th year since the Firewood Civilization Fleet invaded the Corpse Emperor Clan Galaxy Cluster, a massive horde of Corpse Emperor Clan ships, numbering over several million, departed from the Corpse Emperor Continent and headed towards an unknown star field further south of the Corpse Emperor Clan Galaxy Cluster.

In the fourteen hundred years since the Firewood Civilization fleet invaded the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system, the five fleets of the Firewood Civilization have completely occupied the entire territory of the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system. As a result, nearly eight hundred river systems of the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system have all been incorporated into the territory of the Firewood Human Civilization.

……

The Corpse King Clan's eastern galactic cluster lies on the Corpse Demon Continent.

The Sky Ruins hovered deep within the ninth-level floating continent, with Song Chi looking down at the giant starport under construction.

Tens of thousands of Song family engineering ships shuttled through the area, transforming the buildings, which were full of zombie-style architecture, into super-large transit starports that would rank among the top five in the future zombie royal river system.

That's right, the Song family and the Big Dipper Palace eventually controlled more than a hundred river systems, fulfilling the final conditions set by the four human emperors.

Today, the hundred elongated river systems on the easternmost edge of the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system have officially come under the control of the Dragon Spine Song Clan, and the Corpse Demon Continent is the only level-nine life-bearing floating continent among these hundred river systems.

After a period of discussion, the Song Clan of Dragon Spine recently issued an official order to designate an area on the Corpse Demon Continent as a public open zone, planning to develop it into one of the few trading hubs for the future Corpse Emperor Clan's river system.

The Song family members currently busy below are putting this into action.

It's not just about building trading and transit starports; it also includes a complete overhaul of the entire ghoul community.

As a floating continent that was occupied by the Corpse King Clan for hundreds of thousands of years, the Corpse Demon Continent has long been shrouded in corpse energy and death energy. Without a major transformation, it is really not suitable for the Fire-Bearing Humans to live in.

At that moment, a Star Destroyer swept in from below.

"Uncle Chi, this is the latest list of harvest."

Song Yiming's holographic projection screen unfolded on the command platform: "We have received over 10,000 level-three or higher life-type floating islands, over 78,000 level-three or higher resource-type floating islands, as well as three colored artifacts, forty-six black artifacts, over two hundred gold artifacts, and more..."

While listening to Song Yiming's report, Song Chi's gaze fell on the last column of the list.

[Current transformation progress of the Devouring Python: 48%]

Since fully taking over the territory of the Corpse Emperor Clan, the massive supply of Corpse Fiend resources has accelerated the evolution of this strange object by leaps and bounds. In just a few hundred years, its cumulative progress has doubled. Considering that there will be another wave of Corpse Fiend acquisition in the Star Sea, he estimates that the second transformation progress of the [Heavenly Devouring Python's Shedding] should see another significant increase.

After Song Yiming reported all the gains, Song Chi only took fourteen portions of Mythical Souls. He didn't take any of the other rare items that could be converted into shipboard parts, as they were mostly items that the Sky Ruins Sky Ship already had, and other members of his family also needed them.

However, he accepted all the considerable number of rare items that could not be converted into shipboard parts without hesitation, and immediately sent them to the rare item exchange shop in the market.

The massive replenishment of rare items in the rare item exchange shop naturally did not escape the notice of the people of the Torch Civilization and the Wizard Civilization. Song Chi was not worried about this, as he had already thought of this before announcing the existence of the market.

What he publicly announced was that the Song family of Dragon Spine had secured the priority exchange and listing rights for the [Rare Item Exchange Shop] from the Lord of the Heavenly Market. Because of this, outsiders, apart from envy and jealousy, did not have much doubt.

After dealing with all that, Song Chi quickly returned to the Dragon Spine Continent.

The Dragonspine Continent is now under the control of a top-tier Star-Shifting Fleet of the Star-Shifting Merchant Guild, which is rapidly moving towards the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system.

With the acquisition of one hundred river systems by the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system cluster, the Dragon Spine Song family's main base naturally had to be moved there, so the Dragon Spine Continent had to be moved there as soon as possible.

Of course, this doesn't mean the Song family will give up the Crimson Plate and Dragon Serpent river systems. These two river systems will remain under the Song family's control and will soon be completely taken over by the Song family.

One of these two river systems originally belonged to the true ancestral river system cluster of the Burning Fire Civilization, and the other was adjacent to it. Their value far exceeded that of those river systems that were occupied later. In the future, these two river systems will become the Song family's backup plan.

As for the original citizens and forces of the Dragon Spine Dynasty, they will all migrate to the hundred river systems under the jurisdiction of the Song family in the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system cluster.

One hundred river systems, everywhere needs to be filled, settled, transformed, and developed by the citizens who bring the torch.

These alone are far from enough. Song Chi has already reached an agreement with the four human emperors, and each of the four great dynasties will provide him with a batch of people.

Upon returning to the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system cluster, Song Chi immediately instructed Song Yiming.

"Pass the word down and make all preparations for the promotion ceremony." He gently stroked the newly carved dragon pattern on the armrest of the captain's chair.

"Once the Dragonspine Continent is brought here, we will officially hold the founding ceremony of the Fifth Empire. It is time to let the name of Dragonspine resound throughout the entire Torch Civilization, and even the boundless starry sea."

"Yes!"

After the excited Song Yiming left, Song Chi narrowed his eyes and focused all his attention on the ancestral fire aperture between his eyebrows.

Soon, his mind entered a familiar chaotic ocean, which was the "Pool of Destiny" of the [Original Seed of Fire].

Now, this vast pool of fortune, which resembles the sea, can be clearly seen to have been divided into five parts. Although the part belonging to Song Chi is still the smallest of the five parts, it is at least no longer as easily overlooked as before.

Today, the territory under his command, the Qi Yun Qi, has officially reached three hundred river systems.

In comparison, Jiang Yuan had nearly seven hundred under his command.

Ji Heng had nearly six hundred men under her command.

Ferdinand had a little over 540 men under his command.

Ying Yi had about 520 men under his command.

(End of this chapter)