National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 862 The End of Operation Origin Star and the Spark of Civilization Project
For hundreds of years, the battlefield at the southern pole of the Origin Star has been transformed into a chaotic inferno by the continuous warfare between various races.

The icy blue pillars of light gradually dimmed, replaced by countless turbulent energy currents tearing through the sky.

Abyssal demonic energy intertwined with golden Buddhist light, the mechanical race's logic virus spread like a silver tide, and the roar of the Chaos Demon Ape shattered glaciers stretching for hundreds of light-years—all forces were bloodthirsty.

In their struggle to seize the [Dimensional Anchor], various factions have successively unleashed a variety of trump cards and methods, making it a constant back-and-forth affair.

The Abyss Demons were the first to set the stage, offering millions of low- to mid-level demons as sacrifices to summon the projection of the [Eternal Night Abyss]. Seventy-two demon god pillars pierced through the heavens and earth, nearly turning the southern plate of the Origin Star into scorched earth.

The Ice Demon Clan's mythology uses its innate Xuanbing (mysterious ice) to freeze the entire battlefield, allowing the Frosty White Land of the southernmost part of the Origin Star to spread further outward.

The Buddhist "Lotus Platform of the Other Shore" blooms with nine-petaled golden lotuses, and an ancestral Buddha manifests a ten-thousand-foot-tall golden body, using the "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of Your Hand" to assist the myths of various ethnic groups in resisting the abyss of demons.

The Genesis Mechanical Civilization suddenly betrayed its allies, with three "Disorderly Motherships" infiltrating the core of the battlefield and releasing the [Logic Annihilation Bomb] in an attempt to correct the [Dimensional Anchor]'s recognition process.

Unexpectedly, this chaotic artifact activated its high-dimensional defenses on its own, burning most of the mechanical race's quantum network.

……

Countless forces displayed their unique abilities until the final anomaly arrived—the twelve crystal facets of the [Dimensional Anchor] simultaneously lit up with a dazzling blue light, refracting and distorting all the energy that attacked it, ultimately transforming into a dimensional rift that stretched across the starry sky.

"Oh no! It's trying to escape to a higher dimension!"

One of the Chaos Demon Ape Clan's ape gods was the first to react, burning his life essence to rush towards the [Dimensional Anchor], but was assimilated by the higher dimension the moment he touched it, with half of his body strangely "embedded" into the spatial folds.

"Stop it!"

"Do it!"

"Stay here!"

Multiple mythical beings, positioned close together, simultaneously attacked, their handprints formed from various rules obscuring the sky as they all grabbed at the [Dimensional Anchor]. However, the final result was somewhat unacceptable to all the alien races: this chaotic artifact, which had been fought over by various parties for hundreds of years, vanished silently into the depths of the void, as if it had never existed.

This outcome not only failed to end the chaos completely, but also exacerbated the conflict between the parties.

Over the centuries, at least hundreds of mythical beings have perished in this chaos. Since the advent of the Shattered Star Sea era, this scale of war has been unprecedented. Even among the more than ten transcendent forces, mythical beings have all fallen, and the battle has already reached its climax.

"Jin Que, it was your Chaos Demon Ape Clan that was the first to rush towards that [Dimensional Anchor]. You had better give all the living beings present an explanation!"

A tenth-tier abyss demon god spoke up angrily, his words aimed directly at the Chaos Demon Ape clan, though it was unclear whether this was intentional.

As it deliberately guided them, the various alien races on the southern plate of the Origin Star, whose hearts were filled with boundless rage, instinctively shifted their gaze to the Chaos Demon Ape clan in the arena. Feeling the countless naked, blood-red gazes, the Ape God Jin Que glared angrily at the demon god who had spoken, his bloodthirsty power surging around him.

No matter how angry it was, it could only suppress it. Without the Chaos Demon Ape clan under the command of the Transcendent One, it had long been a piece of meat in the eyes of various alien races. With the disappearance of the [Dimensional Anchor], if it did not clear itself of suspicion from the various parties as soon as possible, it believed that all the alien races present would rush at it without hesitation until all the Chaos Demon Apes remaining in the Origin Star were wiped out.

After Yan Zu's death, the reason they remained on this Origin Star was to search for any rare treasures that might appear, treasures that could allow the Chaos Demon Ape clan to produce another transcendent ape god in a short period of time. Before finding such a treasure, they would not allow the above situation to occur.

"Claw of World Burning, if you have no eyes, I wouldn't mind destroying them. The Golden Axe's true spirit has already been completely obliterated. What explanation do you still want from my clan?"

"In my opinion, the [Dimensional Anchor] should have been taken by your Abyss side. You rats in the gutter, isn't this exactly the kind of tactic you've always loved to use!"

The disputes continued, but no real resolution was reached, and the chaos could only continue.

This chaotic war lasted for hundreds of years until the ten-thousand-year deadline for the Origin Star's fall arrived. Countless alien races, who had been fighting to the death, reluctantly ended the great war and seized the last opportunity to leave the Origin Star.

All living beings knew that if they did not leave in time, they would be trapped on this origin star for millions of years to come, with no way to escape.

This is an outcome that neither mythical beings nor tenth-order mythical beings would want to see.

Even a ninth-order ruler typically has a lifespan of only a million years. As for tenth-order myths, although they have an eternal lifespan, once the Origin Star leaves the Chaos Divine Continent, its primordial will will be fully revived. At that time, the combat power of the mythical beings left in it will be suppressed to the greatest extent, while those native mythical species will receive a full boost.

In this way, the strength between the two sides will be greatly different. Long ago, a tenth-order peak mythical being who transcended the power took the initiative to stay. However, in less than 100,000 years, the primordial fire it left in its race was completely annihilated. This shows just how terrifying the danger of these mythical stars will become after they leave the Chaos God Continent.

……

The Flame of Life [Human Emperor City], Human Emperor Palace.

Jiang Yuan, Ji Heng, Song Chi, and the patriarchs of the major powers of the four empires have all gathered here.

As the starlight barrier rose throughout the entire hall, Jiang Yuan, who was in the center, spoke:

"let's start!"

Upon hearing this, the ninth-tier superdimensional captain of the Divine Xia Dynasty immediately began to report:
"According to the latest report submitted by the Civilization Intelligence Department a few days ago: During this Origin Star operation, two Abyss Demons perished (the early-stage tenth-tier 'Lord of Demon Wings' and the mid-stage tenth-tier 'Great Lord of Flame Hell')."
The Demon Legion suffered a 60% loss, while the Flame Demon Legion suffered a 70% loss.

Obtained: 2 mythical corpses of Ice Demons, 1 broken golden brick from the Buddhist Kingdom, 5 colorful artifacts (at least)...

The Chaos Demon Ape Clan: The twelfth-tier transcendent ape god Yan Zu died in battle, and five mythical beings perished (the peak tenth-tier "Chaotic Heaven Ape God" and four ordinary tenth-tier ape gods).
Obtained: Six Seven-Colored Mysteries (at least), one corpse of a half-dragon guardian of the Shakya clan, one statue of the Shakya ancestral Buddha, and one core of the Shaling clan mythology.

The Buddhist community: The Seven Treasures Tree permanently lost 30% of its power; the golden bodies of 300 Arhats were shattered and they need to be reincarnated; three mythical Dharma protectors died; and one ancestral Buddha passed away.

Obtained: Half a demon god's horn (can be used to craft demon-slaying artifacts), a mythical demon ape corpse, and three seven-colored artifacts (at least).

Genesis Mechanical Civilization: Core database suffers dimensional contamination, computing power drops by 40%, Red-Maned Lion Divine Machine is completely destroyed, and the Chaotic Fleet suffers 40% loss.

Obtained: A small number of high-dimensional data fragments (value unknown), two colorful artifacts (at least).

……

The information Jiang Yi provided about the various races was not much, and it probably only represented a small part of the true situation. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. Although the intelligence department of the Torchfire Civilization on the Chaos God Continent had been developing for more than 200,000 years, the Chaos God Continent was too vast, with countless peak races. In addition, there were mythical forces from all the heavens and myriad worlds. It was already quite remarkable that they had been able to achieve this much.

In comparison, the intelligence summary of the Torch Civilization itself that was released next was much more detailed.

Above the main hall of the Human Emperor's Palace, Jiang Yi chose a 3D projection method this time because there was simply too much information.

On the projection screens, dense streams of data flickered, all displaying the gains and losses of the Torchfire Civilization's explorations over the past ten thousand years. "According to statistics, this exploration involved over 80,000 star-level destroyers and above, and over ten million 6th-tier dreadnoughts and below. The specific data over ten thousand years is as follows..."

Jiang Yi's fingertips swept across the light screen, and a series of blood-red numbers appeared:
Battleship losses:

231 Star Destroyers (including 12 Starships) were completely sunk.

More than ten million battleships, dreadnoughts, and other warships were completely sunk.

Casualties:

202 captains of the Anshi-level or higher have been confirmed to have perished (including 8 captains of the Xinghe-level fleet).
More than ten million mid-ranking ship captains have been confirmed to have perished (including those who died of natural causes).

……

These data points, all displayed in bright red font, made the atmosphere inside the hall exceptionally heavy.

However, Jiang Yi soon began reporting on the data related to his achievements.

Over the course of ten thousand years, although many captains of the Destroyer-level and above Firefly ships perished, the number of Tier 7 and above warships in the fleet did not decrease but increased until the very end, with a total number exceeding 120,000.

Upon seeing this data, all the senior executives of Xinhuo understood the reason.

Origin Star is a place full of endless opportunities. In the past ten thousand years, although the number of mid-level captains who died exceeded ten million, the number of newly promoted Star Destroyer Captains was as high as tens of thousands. This is undoubtedly exciting news.

That's not all. Among them, there are more than two pairs of newly promoted superdimensional captains, and more than a hundred starship captains.

In addition, there are more than ten seven-colored mythical artifacts, more than one hundred five-colored artifacts, and nearly two thousand three-colored artifacts.

Mythical Souls Exceed Four Figures
The number of true spirits that dominate exceeds one million.
The number of Chaos Mirror Stones of each order exceeds three digits.

One Starry Sky Ascension Tree

Two 11th-tier Golden Apples

Eight [Ten-Tier Golden Apples]

Eight mythical corpses, thirteen drops of mythical source blood, and hundreds of drops of ninth-tier overlord source blood were seized...

As the last data point froze on the screen, smiles appeared on the faces of everyone in the hall. Although the losses in this battle were considerable, the gains were even greater, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

Not only has the number of high-level combatants in the Torch Civilization increased significantly, but the civilization's foundation has also been greatly accumulated.

It is foreseeable that, based on all these gains, the civilization of the past thousands of years will experience another period of rapid development.

With the combined effects of the Origin Star and the Corpse Emperor Clan's galactic cluster, this outbreak will likely surpass the previous one involving the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon galactic cluster.

However, before everyone could get excited for long, Jiang Yuan waved again.

The star map on the dome suddenly changed, transforming directly into a holographic projection of the Celestial Ape Star Realm.

"Everyone." Jiang Yuan stood up, his sleeve sweeping across the star map, and hundreds of red dots immediately lit up at the edge of the star boundary:
"The vanguard of the Abyss has arrived at the northern gateway of the Heavenly Ape Star Realm, and the Sand Spirit Clan army has entered the territory in a large-scale invasion ahead of schedule. In addition, there are also a large number of legions under the command of peak tenth and eleventh-tier races. Next, a super melee is inevitable in the Heavenly Ape Star Realm..."

As she spoke, Jiang Yuan paused, but quickly continued:
"We must further plan the defense of the Human Emperor City, and not only the Human Emperor City, but also prepare for the worst in the Ancestral Domain."

Upon hearing this, someone from among the many figures in the hall spoke up:
"The defenses of the Human Emperor City must be strengthened, without a doubt, but is it really necessary to strengthen them in the Ancestral Domain of the Torchfire?"

"Yes, and it's a must."

Jiang Yuan's reply was exceptionally firm.

"Strictly speaking, this chaos was caused by the Abyss, the Shakya Clan, and the Chaos Demon Ape. Although only the Chaos Demon Ape suffered the blow, the relationship between the Abyss and the Shakya Clan is unfathomable. Both of these parties have direct connections to the Shattered Star Sea, so we should be prepared for any eventuality."

Seeing the seriousness in Jiang Yuan's tone, the others in the hall gradually took it seriously as well, and soon they began to discuss the detailed defense plan.

The primary focus is naturally on the [Human Emperor City].

More than two thousand years ago, under the direct orders of Jiang Yuan and a few others, the garrison fleet of the Human Emperor City used strategic resources such as Chaos Stones and Eternal Bricks to carry out a rigorous reinforcement of the walls of the Human Emperor City.

However, this is not enough.

Jiang Yuan then took out the only two [Eleventh-Tier Golden Apples] from her hand.

"These two Golden Apples will not be distributed. They will be used on the two Great Walls of Civilization artifacts. Once the two Great Walls of Civilization evolve to a high-quality colored artifact, they will be transferred to the Chaos God Continent to become two additional outer walls adjacent to the walls of the Human Emperor City, further enhancing the Human Emperor City's defenses."

Following this, Jiang Yuan proposed several other plans, including a civilization inheritance plan based on the crisis faced by the Ancestral Domain of the Flame after the fall of the Human Emperor City.

【Part One: The Spark of Civilization Project】

To ensure that the flame of civilization is not extinguished, a backup system for the flame civilization must be established that is completely independent of the main civilization.

The core objective of backing up the Fireseed Civilization:
Absolute stealth: Ensures that the alien regions visited by the backup Fireseed civilization are not detected by any force (including those at the Transcendent level). (Combined Seven-Colored Shielding Artifact)
Civilization Integrity: Preserving a large number of humanity's core technologies, cultivation systems, and cultural heritage. (Core Technology Heritage: Titan-type miniature controlled nuclear fusion furnace, short-, medium-, and long-range hyperspace teleportation technology, standardized Explorer-class starship production technology, etc.)
Autonomous Evolutionary Capability: Even after severing ties with the main civilization, it can still independently develop into a mythical civilization. (The initial source seed can split into ten secondary sources, one hundred secondary sources, and ten thousand ordinary derivative sources.)
The Fire-Spark Civilization carries resource reserves:

Gene Bank of the Human Race:
Frozen embryo bank: 100 million embryos (covering all lineages)
Consciousness Backup Center:

Stores 10 billion captain combat memories (requires activation with [Spark Network]).
Strategic deterrence:

Three Tier 9 Enslaved Creatures Accompanying the Ship
One mirrored [Gods' Picture] component

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(End of this chapter)