National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 920 Two Major Camps
After several days of intense discussion and repeated deliberation, a final dispatch list was finalized.

This is the limit of balance that the Burning Flame Civilization can achieve between preserving its own heritage as much as possible and meeting the requirements of recruitment.

In terms of mythical combat power, five mythical immortal ship clones under the command of the Fire Emperor were deployed. Although these clones were not the main body, they genuinely possessed orthodox mythical combat power, and neither the Eternals nor the Titans objected to this.

This is good news, since even if the warship clones are lost, they can be summoned again after the cooldown period, and it will not shake the foundation of civilization.

As for the remaining three mythical spots, they fell to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the Star-Crowned Radiant Eagle (a newly promoted mythical enslaved creature of the Sky Eagle Tan Clan), and the Mythical Black Devouring King Beast (a newly promoted enslaved creature of the War King Palace).

They are all enslaved war beasts under the command of various immortal giants. After all, the Torch Civilization is not just the civilization of the five great empires. Other forces also need to contribute.

As for the fleet, it was jointly drawn from the five great empires and major families, ultimately forming a massive expeditionary fleet with a scale of 120 million ships.

Although most of the members in this fleet belong to different factions and their team configurations vary, they are all elites sent by their respective factions. It is believed that after some intensive training, they will soon be able to form a formidable fighting force.

Not long after, this massive expeditionary force, with five human emperor warship clones at its core, eight "mythical" combatants as its spearheads, and 120 million warships as its wings, slowly sailed away from the Firelands under the watchful eyes of countless complex gazes, heading towards the star sea rendezvous point designated by the Titans and the Eternals.

The long interstellar voyage lasted for more than twenty years.

When the fleet of the Civilization of Fire finally arrived at the rendezvous coordinates, what came into view was an indescribable scene of vastness and desolation.

This place is located at the intersection of the Titan civilization, the Eternal civilization, and the former territory of the Zerg in the Star Sea. It should have been a rare desolate area in the Star Sea, but now, this lonely starry sky has been transformed into a boundless interstellar military camp.

Countless warships of various shapes, enormous biological starships, clusters of mage towers shimmering with elemental light, and even some war fortresses crafted from entire floating continents... densely packed, almost covering the entire starry sky as far as the eye could see.

Banners and emblems from all the races of the heavens appeared and disappeared in the sea of ​​stars, and powerful energy fluctuations intertwined, making this void appear distorted and unstable.

The arrival of the Torch Fleet did not cause much of a stir.

Clearly, a great many civilizations were summoned and "voluntarily" came; no one wanted to be the "chicken" to be used as a warning to others.

Guided by the signal, the Creation of Fire landed in a designated area, silently observing this battlefield outpost that would soon determine the fate of countless civilizations.

More than a decade later, with the arrival of the last few fleets from remote civilizations, all the conscripted forces were finally assembled.

Without any declaration, the balance of power naturally established the ruling structure of the Combined Fleet.

The Eternals and Titans, as the initiators, possessed the greatest strength and naturally took the lead. In addition, there were two other ancient forces from outside the Shattered Star Sea, each with a Transcendent being in charge—the [Origin Star Temple] and the [Myriad Machines Mother Nest]—which also demonstrated power no less than the former two, together forming the four controllers of the Allied Fleet.

Under the joint command of these four transcendent civilizations, this massive, unimaginably large combined fleet, which gathered the essence of countless civilizations across the starry sky, began to push back towards the starry sea territory that had been eroded and controlled by the bottomless abyss, like a slowly starting giant wheel of destruction.

The war began with a surprise attack on a medium-sized star system that had just been corrupted by abyssal demonic energy.

The light from countless naval cannons tore through the starry sky, the rules of mythology collided and shook the cosmos, and the roars of monsters and the flames of exploding warships intertwined to create a cruel symphony.

A fierce and chaotic war, which swept across almost the entire starry sky and was forcibly divided into the "Starry Sky Alliance" and the "Bottomless Abyss Faction," thus began in a grand and spectacular manner.

The expeditionary force of the Civilization of Fire was like a small boat thrown into this raging sea, sailing towards an unknown and bloody fate with the torrent of war.

……

Time flies, and the flames of war continue to burn in the starry seas; thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

This fierce battle, which affected the entire cosmos, has evolved into a protracted war of attrition.

On the long battlefront spanning countless star systems, brilliant fireworks bloomed every moment—the light from the explosions of warships and the roar of cannons.

In a war of this scale, fourth and fifth-order individuals are no different from dust. Even sixth-order star behemoths that can dominate a star field, or seventh-order star rulers who have complete control over the laws, are mostly reduced to high-level cannon fodder on the battlefield. Often, a large-scale clash of rules or an over-standard firepower strike can easily wipe out tens of thousands.

Only legions or fleets with mythical combat power can barely gain a semblance of initiative on the chaotic battlefield, possessing a certain degree of tactical maneuverability and the power to choose their battlefield.

However, this was only a "barely acceptable" result.

At the grand strategic level, all coalition forces must strictly follow the mandatory orders issued by the four transcendent forces in their troop movements, offensives, and defenses. Any disobedience or delay may result in severe punishment from "their own people," or even being pushed directly to the most dangerous meat grinder area on the front line.

This is why, even a powerful expeditionary force like the Torchfire Civilization, which initially possessed eight mythical units and a fleet of 120 million elite soldiers, inevitably suffered heavy losses in thousands of years of bloody battles.

The once-massive fleet has shrunk by more than 30%, with tens of millions of warships turning into stardust and countless captains buried in foreign lands.

Even the mythical units, which are top-tier combat forces, have encountered dangers many times, and have even faced the risk of destruction.

The mythical Black Devouring King Beast was once ordered to reinforce the Titan Legion, which was besieged. However, it was ambushed and attacked by three Abyss Lords of the same level. In the end, it fought to the death, and its huge body was completely eroded and devoured by demonic energy.

The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's Dharma form was once shattered, and its soul suffered severe damage. It took hundreds of years to barely recover.

If it weren't for the presence of five mythical immortal ship clones of the Fire Emperors, including Song Chi and Jiang Yuan, in the expeditionary force, who would always step up to the front lines at crucial moments, withstand the fiercest attacks, and even sacrifice their clones to cover the retreat of friendly forces, the losses of the Fire Civilization would probably have been far greater than this.

These five warships, carrying the will of the Emperor, have become the spiritual pillar and the strongest shield of the expeditionary force.

Even though Song Chi and his group of five tried their best to control the warship clones and maneuver around, their individual strength still seemed insignificant in the face of the overwhelming tide of events.

All they could do was, while obeying orders, preserve as much of the human force as possible for civilization. Thousands of years of bloody warfare had cost both sides unimaginable lives.

The bottomless abyss has been plotting for countless eras, its foundation is terrifyingly deep, the monsters seem endless, and there are even transcendent demon gods, nearly twice the size of the allied forces, manipulating the battle from behind the scenes, occasionally descending in projection to bring devastating blows.

However, the Allied Forces of the Stars and Seas are not without their own strengths.

Support from the semi-high-dimensional land of "Chaos God Continent" has always been the key to the allied forces' ability to hold on.

Although transcendent beings such as the Father of the Sand Sea and the Ancestor of Burning Heaven cannot easily descend upon the Star Sea in their true forms, they can continuously supply various resources, materials, and even fragments of rules containing high-dimensional characteristics to help the Allied Forces forge stronger weapons of war.

It was with the support of the Chaos God Continent that the Allied Forces of the Stars and Seas were able to maintain a stalemate with the Abyss faction despite being at a significant disadvantage in combat power.

The battle lines shifted repeatedly across the vast sea of ​​stars, with galaxies reduced to nothing in the flames of war or completely corrupted by abyssal demonic energy, becoming breeding grounds for new monsters.

The end of the war seemed far off, with both sides gritting their teeth and holding on, waiting to see whose resources would be exhausted first, or... waiting for a variable that could break the balance to appear.

……

Compared to the endless war that is currently raging on the expeditionary fleet, the Ancestral Domain of the Flame is currently in a state of utter tranquility.

The Ancestral Realm of the Flame of Life, the Secret Realm of Tianyue.

The [Zhou Tian Liu He Zhuan Lun Grand Array] always radiates a soft glow, guarding the ancestral flame of civilization atop the secret realm mountain.

Meanwhile, with the support of the entire civilization, over thousands of years, the Tianxu Continent has gradually reached its most critical moment.

Over these millennia, although the Fire-Burning Civilization has strategically contracted, the enormous gains it had previously made by sweeping across more than a dozen river system clusters are now showing their profound significance.

Among those dozen or so river system clusters, there exists an astonishing number of high-level floating continents. Under the coordination of the highest command of the civilization, the high-level torch captains under the command of various forces have transformed into "origin hunters," traversing these territories that were once incorporated into the civilization's map, constantly hunting and extracting the origin cores of each high-level floating continent.

These vital cores of the floating continent, brimming with vitality, were continuously transported to the Tianxu Continent. Under the nourishment of this massive amount of vital energy, the Tianxu Continent, which had only recently advanced to the ninth level, was growing at an astonishing speed.

As time went by, the continental area expanded wildly, the earth veins continued to rise, and the rules became more and more perfect and solid. In just a few thousand years, it had completed the accumulation process that would normally take millions or even tens of millions of years, and steadily stepped into the peak of the ninth level of floating continent.

Today, the entire Tianxu Continent is filled with a saturated aura, eager to burst forth. Beneath the earth, it seems as if billions of dragons and snakes are turning over. The surging primordial power has been suppressed to its limit. It is only one last and most difficult step away from the final transformation and the breakthrough to a level ten star continent.

And Song Chi, the driving force and core beneficiary of all this, had already made preparations for it.

His goal goes far beyond simply elevating the Tianxu Continent to the Star Continent.

Instead, he intends to seize this once-in-a-millennium opportunity of the stellar primordial tide eruption to draw upon the vast and boundless primordial energy to aid his flagship, the [Sky Ruins], in its attempt to reach the eleventh tier—the Mythical Origin Realm—a goal coveted by countless captains of the Burning Flame Ship!
It can be said that from the moment he voluntarily entered the cultivation secret realm for seclusion, this was his purpose.

Under the exaggerated flow of time in [Chi Cang's No. 004 Cultivation Secret Realm], his Guiding Technique cultivation advanced rapidly. Although he had not yet reached the peak of the tenth level, he was not far off. If the Heavenly Ruins Sky Firmament successfully broke through, his main body could also complete the advancement in a very short time, and would definitely not be a hindrance.

In terms of resources, he possessed three [Crossing Calamity Primordial Saint-Breaking Pills] that he had treasured and never used. These pills could significantly increase the success rate when the Mythical Immortal Ship attacked the Mythical Origin Ship. In addition, he had a portion of the eleventh-order Overlord Source Blood that had already been extracted, as well as a drop of tenth-order Evil God Blood from the Heavenly Realm.

In addition, with the full assistance of the four Human Emperors, Jiang Yuan, Ying Yi, Ji Heng, and Ferdinand, the special resource formula required for the Mythical Immortal Ship to break through to the Mythical Origin Ship has been finally gathered. These resources will together form a solid ladder to break through to the eleventh tier.

After countless deductions by the Sky Brain, which has already been upgraded to the Tricolor quality, and taking all the above-mentioned bonuses into account, the basic success rate of this upgrade is approximately 35%.

Thirty-five percent!

While this number may seem high for an attack on the Myth Origin Ship, it still carries enormous risks.

However, if we also consider the two [Time Chessboard] components that can be used, the success rate will increase even further.

“Even so, the success rate is still not optimistic…” Song Chi was clear-headed.

However, he still has an important trump card – the [Time God King's Blessing] component that he recently acquired.

Its accompanying "Time Power - Zero" feature can reset the cooldown time of the feature. If combined with the [Time Chessboard], it means that the number of available "Rewind" times can be increased by one more time, which is enough to raise the success rate of promotion to a relatively considerable level.

Compared to his previous promotions, this was Song Chi's boldest one yet. However, he knew that under the pressure of the abyss and the overwhelming force of the game, the Xinghuo Civilization needed to quickly find its own true pillar of stability.

A captain of the Torchfire Ship, who possesses the combat power of a 12th-tier transcendent being, is extremely important to the Torchfire Civilization at present, thanks to his own flagship and the Heavenly Market.

We have to take this gamble!

With these thoughts in mind, Song Chi firmly sent a message using the highest level of access on the Xin Huo Network.

The advancement schedule for the Heavenly Ruins Continent remains unchanged; expedite the advancement of the Floating Continent!

Upon receiving his message, the core members of the Song clan in the Tianxu Continent all wore extremely solemn expressions. They knew very well that Song Chi's success rate in attempting to break through to the eleventh-tier mythical origin ship was unlikely to be very high.

After all, the Heavenly Ruins Sky has only been at the tenth rank for less than ten thousand years, and the time for collecting various advancement resources is still short, which is a major weakness.

Even knowing this, all the members of the Song clan faithfully carried out Song Chi's orders, because they understood even more clearly that all of this was to ensure the continuation of the Huoyuan civilization.

(End of this chapter)