National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 869 Re-exploring the Ruins of the Immortal Realm Continent
Song Shiyuan nodded solemnly. He understood the importance of this matter and that it had to be carried out in the highest manner.

The current crisis facing the Civilization of Fire is indeed at a critical juncture of life and death. Although preparing for this now is a bit... awkward, it's still necessary to prepare for a way out.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Without discussing the matter further, Song Chi pondered for a moment and then took out several crystalline fruits radiating chaotic energy from his person.

"This is the [Chaotic Spirit Apricot] I obtained in the Chaotic Divine Continent. It has excellent auxiliary effects on seventh and eighth-order guiding techniques. You should put it into the family's secret vault and let the core clansmen exchange for it themselves."

Song Shiyuan accepted several [Chaos Spirit Apricots] and, sensing the immense energy contained within them, was deeply moved:
"This is a great thing, it just so happens that Yiming can use it!"

Song Chi waved his hand:
"At this critical juncture, the family needs more high-end combat power."

Furthermore, notify all clan members of rank seven and above as soon as possible that a clan meeting will be held at Dragon Ridge Mountain three months from now, and this decision must be disseminated to the entire clan immediately!

After leaving the Dragon Spine Continent, Song Chi returned to the core area of ​​the Zhutianxu City.

He has been a superdimensional captain for over ten thousand years, and he has collected all the resources needed for the Tianxu Cangqiong to break through to become a mythical immortal ship. It is clear that the Tianxu Cangqiong will soon be qualified to break through to become a mythical immortal ship, so he naturally cannot neglect his own guidance techniques.

In the deepest part of the all-attribute training room, in Song Chi's exclusive training area, a ninth-level wizard magic-assisted training pod was placed in the center of the training room. Song Chi lay quietly inside, his body surrounded by psionic energy, fully engaged in practicing the guiding technique.

During the ten thousand years since the fall of Origin Star, although he spent most of his energy on exploring with the mirror warship, he did not neglect his cultivation of guidance techniques.

In addition, he received high-level auxiliary cultivation resources from the occasional taxes levied on him by the temporary controller of the market token. Over the years, his guiding technique level has now increased from lv90 to lv95.

In ten thousand years, he broke through five levels in a row. This speed can definitely be said to far exceed that of other classes.

A ninth-order life form has a lifespan of up to a million years. Each breakthrough takes at least 30,000 to 50,000 years, if not 100,000. Breaking through five levels in ten thousand years is absolutely divine speed.

However, Song Chi was not satisfied with this.

If it weren't for the chaotic battle in the Heavenly Ape Star Realm and the collapse of the Botian Ruins, he might not be in a hurry at all. But the key is that he has limited time now.

With the Chaos Oath signed by these Transcendent beings, the Human Emperor City might have some confidence to hold out against the advance of those tenth and eleventh-tier alien legions. However, the collapse of the Botian Ruins eight or nine thousand years later will inevitably detonate the million-light-year divine continent region where the Human Emperor City is located. At that time, let alone the Chaos Oath, even the Transcendent beings behind the Eternal Race and the Titan Giant Race will likely be drawn into it.

This is like a Damocles' sword hanging over the head of the civilization of the past, ensuring that the entire imperial city will never have peace.

To gain a degree of autonomy and self-defense in the inevitable super war to come, one must become a legendary immortal captain.

This is the fundamental reason why Song Chi has never dared to relax his vigilance.

laugh--

The hatch of the wizard's magic-assisted training pod opened, and Song Chi stepped out.

He quickly shook his head. The ninth-level guiding technique was too difficult to cultivate. Without the assistance of high-level resources, one could only force it through time, which was exactly what Song Chi wanted to avoid the most.

"It seems we can only wait and see if we can find anything unexpected at the Immortal Realm Continent ruins."

……

Six months later, when the skeletal giant finally completed its nurturing process, Song Chi knew it was time.

"Target: the ruins of the Immortal Realm Continent." He murmured to himself.

Suddenly, the hull of the Sky Ruins Sky Dome in the Sky Dome of the Heavenly Ruins City rippled, and soon a mirror image warship that was almost exactly the same as the Sky Ruins Sky Dome slowly emerged.

The next second, a spatial fluctuation suddenly came from the Void Market Teleportation Platform, and a seventh-level Calamity Star Clan member slowly appeared.

Swish!
A beam of light shot out from the mirror warship and quickly entered the body of a seventh-tier Calamity Star Clan member. Then, this Calamity Star Clan member, who had recently advanced to the seventh tier, disappeared again from the All-Heavens Teleportation Platform.

Song Chi, however, remained expressionless and waited quietly.

A short while later, a faint light began to flicker in the cabin of the mirror warship, as the replica of the [Chapter of Divine Thought] component received the summons of the divine thought imprint that had been launched.

Without Song Chi's intervention, the mirror warship suddenly transformed into a point of light, rushing out of the Heavenly Market and quickly disappearing into the depths of the outer void sea.

Knowing that the ruins of the Immortal Realm Continent were far more complex than he had imagined, the exploration he referred to was naturally to be carried out by the Mirror Warship.

Previously, he would send his main body over first, wait there to summon the mirror warship, and then return to the market. Now, for absolute safety, he has even omitted this step.

Deep within the dark side of the Void Sea, in the land of eternal darkness, lies the ruins of the Immortal Realm continent.

Summoned by the seventh-tier Calamity Star Clan, the stream of light transformed from the mirror warship traveled from the depths of the dark side of the Void Sea.

Once the mirror warship successfully entered the interior of the Immortal Realm Continent, the Star Calamity Clan returned to their mountain base, and there was nothing more for them to do afterward.

Ten thousand years have passed, and the scene of this Immortal Realm continent remains unchanged: the eternally dark sky, the decaying air, and even the eerie gray fog energy that is completely exposed under the lv110 replica of the [Eye of Truth].

I didn't realize it during my first exploration, but now I've discovered that the gray mist energy I found in the burial complex is actually ubiquitous on this Immortal Realm continent ruin. This strange energy appears almost every tens or hundreds of light-years.

"Replicating the [Alien Bio-Energy Purification Sculpture], operating at full power."

Song Chi's instructions were issued through his ethereal body.

Instantly, a dazzling seven-colored halo emanated from the warship's hull, eventually forming a purification field around it.

The gray fog that tried to approach immediately emitted a "sizzling" sound upon contact with the force field, and was purified into harmless energy particles.

[Radar scans indicate a strong energy reaction 30,000 light-years ahead, suspected to be a gray fog energy entity of level eight or higher.]

The moment the notification sound of the replicated [Sky Brain] reached Song Chi's ears, a glint of light flashed in his eyes:
"Full speed ahead, maintain the highest level of alert."

As the mirror warship flew toward the target area, the gray fog grew thicker and thicker. Even with the protection of the purification field, the warship's various performance characteristics were still significantly suppressed.

Even more disturbing is that within this gray fog-shrouded area, numerous irregular fragments of floating landmasses can be vaguely seen floating in the sky, with countless distorted creature silhouettes attached to these fragments.

In other words, the replica of the [Three Realms and Five Elements Token] carried by the mirror warship provided an extremely strong concealment effect, and these distorted gray mist energy bodies never noticed the existence of the mirror warship.

After advancing for several hours, at one point, the replica of the Celestial Intelligence suddenly sounded an alarm:
[High-intensity spatial energy fluctuations detected; an unknown object is rapidly approaching the warship!] Song Chi immediately activated the holographic image, where the gray fog in front of him was churning violently, and a huge shadow was rapidly taking shape.

It was an indescribably terrifying creature, its body composed of pure gray mist, yet radiating a suffocating pressure.

"A mythical-level gray fog creature!"

Song Chi's pupils shrank sharply. Although he had been mentally prepared when he made the decision to restart the exploration of the Immortal Realm Continent ruins, he was still greatly shocked to encounter a tenth-order mythical gray mist creature so soon.

However, his reaction was not difficult. The moment he detected the tenth-order gray mist energy body, a large number of weapon systems on the Sky Ruins Mirror Battleship were instantly activated, and the white hole aura shield shone with dazzling light. The mirror battleship entered combat status in the shortest possible time.

At the same time, the gray fog creature emitted a silent hiss, and the gray fog energy in the entire gray fog region, which stretched for thousands of light-years, boiled over, and a great battle was about to break out.

The gray mist surged, and the body of the mythical gray mist creature completely solidified—it was formless and shapeless, yet it possessed six illusory, twisted tentacles, each end of which extended numerous cutting blades.

Its head had no facial features, only a constantly swirling vortex of gray mist, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.

However, Song Chi was not concerned with this point. More than 10,000 years ago, he had also witnessed an unknown mythical being take action deep in the [Immortal Tomb Mountain Range]. Compared to the present, that time was completely different, and he could not find any similarity between the two.

While controlling the mirror warship to dodge and attack, Song Chi was also filled with doubts.

"Could it be that there was more than one mastermind behind the things left behind in these ruins of the Immortal Realm Continent?"

"Or is that person from back then a legend of the Immortal Realm? And the one before us is the real mastermind behind it all?"

……

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Song Chi's mind, but he quickly came back to them.

Regardless, the current battle is the key.

Oh oh oh!
The six illusory tentacles of the gray fog mythical creature rose high, and countless cutting blades formed from gray fog energy collided with each other, producing a sharp explosion that pierced the soul.

Faced with this attack, Song Chi might have been somewhat worried before, but now that the replica of the [White Hole Aura Sky-Supporting Shield] is of the highest quality (color extreme), the shield itself is equally effective against all energy attacks, soul attacks, and physical attacks. This shriek aimed directly at the soul is simply unshakable.

The gray mist energy entity also noticed this immediately, and then, to Song Chi's great surprise, it abruptly changed its attack method.

Amidst the surging gray fog energy, the tenth-tier gray fog energy body suddenly disappeared into the depths of the gray fog. Just as Song Chi thought it was trying to launch a sneak attack, the gray fog in the distance was suddenly torn apart.

"This……"

The moment Song Chi saw the face of the reappearing shadowy figure, he was startled.

Completely different from the previous gray mist energy body, this reappearing black shadow was no longer an illusion, but a super-large canine creature with three heads and a completely black body.

"This is... a mythical Cerberus?"

For a moment, he felt completely bewildered.

He couldn't fathom what could have caused an energy-type life form, which was just moments before in a phantom energy form, to transform into a carbon-based divine beast in the blink of an eye.

If it weren't for the fact that the energy fluctuations emitted by the three-headed hellhound before him, as clearly indicated by the Eye of Truth, were completely identical to those of the previous gray mist energy body, Song Chi would have no hesitation in suspecting that the two were not the same being at all.

But then again, what exactly is the reason?

"Out-of-body experience?"

"Is it parasitism? Or perhaps possession, symbiosis, or something like that?"

……

At one moment, Song Chi felt a sudden flash of inspiration, as if he had thought of a key point, but before he could continue, the mythical Cerberus had already launched a full-scale attack on the mirror warship.

Left with no other choice, he had to pull himself together and focus all his efforts on controlling the mirror warship to fight Cerberus.

Compared to its previous gray mist energy form, the current Cerberus physical form poses a much greater threat to the Mirror Battleship, and it must be handled with caution.

Putting aside other factors, Cerberus itself possesses a rare high-level divine beast bloodline, with a terrifyingly strong physical body. Coupled with various powerful bloodline abilities, its combat strength is often considered top-tier among its peers.

Song Chi was well aware of this, so he did not take any chances and summoned the skeletal giant immediately.

With a thought, the mirror warship's abdominal armor opened, and a skeletal giant, only slightly smaller than Cerberus, stepped out.

"Roar--!"

The skeletal giant let out a deafening roar, its skeletal right arm gripping the five-colored [Rakshasa Heaven-Slaying Sword] as it slashed out with devastating energy, hurtling towards Cerberus.

The two mythical creatures instantly engaged in battle, shattering space wherever they went.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Chi also maneuvered the mirror warship to the side, and powerful main cannons such as [Judgment Light], [Blood Erosion Annihilation Cannon], and [High-Dimensional Particle Collapse Cannon] began to charge.

Just as the mirror ship's main gun was about to fire, the Replica Eye of Truth suddenly detected abnormal data:
[Abnormal energy fluctuations detected in the target!]

[Cerberus exhibits dual energy reactions within its body!]

Song Chi's eyes narrowed, and he quickly opened the image detected by the Eye of Truth.

In the holographic projection that popped up before them, a phantom gray mist outline appeared inside Cerberus's body—the very form of the original gray mist energy body!
However, to the side of this gray mist energy body, there was another gray mist energy ball.

Within this cloud of gray mist is also a gray mist energy body, but the energy level fluctuations it emits are weaker, hovering between the ninth-order subversion and the half-step mythology.

Even more subtly, this gray mist light extended into a thin line of gray mist, which served as a link between the gray mist light and the heart of Cerberus, respectively.

This discovery made Song Chi feel increasingly uneasy, but he didn't understand what it meant, and no one was destined to give him an answer.

(End of this chapter)