From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

A starship is sailing in the Chaos Sea.

Astral travel is inherently a very dangerous activity, and many unpredictable accidents may occur.

The Astral Merchant Civilization overcame these difficulties after thousands of years of accumulation and at great cost.

Azik followed the star map to explore worlds suitable for the growth of the Golden Tree.

These worlds were all visited by astral merchants, and the world archives contain detailed data on their environment, ecology, species, and other aspects.

Azik arrived in these worlds, conducted simple surveys to determine the extent of environmental changes, and then sought suitable locations to scatter the golden seeds.

For these worlds, the golden tree is actually an invasive species that will have an impact on the original ecosystem.

After several years, the world's ecosystem will either form a new balance or completely lose its balance, leading to unpredictable consequences.

Overall, the golden tree has a positive impact on the ecosystem most of the time, so the possibility of it completely destroying the ecosystem is unlikely.

After sowing the golden tree seeds, they deployed nanomachine factories to cultivate the golden trees and transform the world's environment.

After that, Azik set sail and left for the next world.

The voyage was lonely, but every few days he would receive astral messages from the Civilization Ecosphere, knowing that the Fluorescent Vine experiment was progressing and moving step by step toward success.

So he was moving forward with hope, and although he was lonely, his heart was full of passion.

In the near future, they will end their millennia-long astral wanderings and choose one of the worlds they have traversed to settle down and build a new home.

Whenever he felt lonely, he would hold the amulet and silently recite the prophet's name, hoping that the prophet who led the astral merchants on their wandering journey could hear his prayers.

It was during this voyage that he gained a deeper understanding of the true meaning of the continuation of civilization.

Perhaps one day, future generations of civilized people will remember his name just as they remember the prophet Gremave.

……

After traversing seven worlds suitable for planting golden trees, his voyage was now in its second half, and he was to inspect a world inhabited by horned demons.

He was looking for the lair of Moragoron, the demon god of the Horned Demon race.

Since Moragoron has been executed, and to nip it in the bud, we must find the Horned Demon's lair.

Use the wealth of this demon god to continue to expand civilization.

This time we were lucky; while investigating the second horned demon world, we found our target: the main world of Moragoron.

He placed an astral beacon in this world, then deployed a nanomachine factory and sent the message back.

……

While Lu Heng was tracking the Law of Summoning in the Chaos Sea, he received a message from Azik.

While it's possible to track the laws of draft, the process isn't easy.

Lu Heng has been tracking for several days but has still not found the location of the Naru ascended civilization.

When Azik's message was received, there were three days left in the draft countdown.

After reaching the divine level, they already have the ability to refuse summons for teleportation.

In other words, whether or not to participate in this recruitment is up to the individual.

If there's something more profitable to do right now, let's clean up the Horned Demon world first.

After confirming the location of the Astral Beacon, Lu Heng teleported directly there to meet Azik.

After a brief discussion, the operation was confirmed and immediately commenced.

Lu Heng opened the Star Gate and assembled the Swordholder Alliance team.

The seven civilizations passed through the star gate and arrived at the Horned Demon World.

This time, Lu Heng descended with the power of a god, and his attack on a world that had lost the protection of a demon god was a complete and utter crushing defeat.

The attack began, a complete rout, with missiles and magic flying everywhere, and flesh and blood mingling with screams.

Millions of horned demons fell, turning into energy that boosted the source energy level of the Swordholder Alliance warriors.

This time, the Swordholders' team is advancing much faster than in the Winged Demon World.

Lu Heng activated his divine vision, scanned the area, drew his sword, and beheaded all the demigod-level demons in the Horned Demon World.

The remaining horned demons became fish meat.

Under the relentless bombardment of Xavier missiles, the entire Horned Demon world was largely wiped out in just three days.

The high-ranking horned demons retreated to the ancestral court of the horned demons.

This attack on the Ancestral Court is different from the attack on the Winged Demon World.

A lot of time was wasted when we attacked the Winged Demon Ancestral Court.

Now that Lu Heng has stepped into the God Rank, he directly cleaved through the law layer of the Horned Demon Ancestral Court with a single sword strike, charged into it, and split the Horned Demon God Servant guarding the ancestral court in two.

Boom!

At that moment, thunderclouds filled the sky.

A demonic aura has appeared.

Lu Heng turned and rushed into the sky, crossing the spatial barrier and entering the outer space, ready to see which demon god had come to his death.

In the chaotic void, a pair of eyes opened, glanced at the Horned Demon World, and then slowly closed again.

Then, the violent lightning subsided, as if nothing had happened.

The demon god only glanced at it once, and then disappeared.

Lu Heng was slightly disappointed.

Clearly, this demon god, summoned by the abyss, chose to abandon the attack on the Horned Demon World upon discovering the existence of a god-level being.

According to the Dark Scales, this is the correct way to handle an encounter between demons and gods.

Demon-level beings typically only extend their vision to glance at the situation. Once they discover that their opponent is also a god-level being who wields the power of laws, they immediately turn away. Throughout the entire observation process, the opponent's true form never even appears.

That's the situation now.

Lu Heng didn't even know which investor those open eyes came from; he only knew that a demon god had glanced at him, and then nothing more.

The demon summoned by the abyss retreated.

Lu Heng then returned to the Horned Demon World to continue purging the Horned Demon race.

……

At this point, there was only half a day left before the conscription countdown began.

Lu Heng entered the Horned Demon Ancestral Court and sat on the throne of Moragoron.

Fiona brought in a horned demon and said, "This is the great shaman of the horned demon race. He should be the one who knows the most secrets about the horned demons, besides the Demon God."

Lu Heng glanced at him and asked, "What are the precious treasures of Moragoron?"

The horned demon archmage stammered, "It's the Spatial Blade, a god-level weapon of the Overlord."

There's no need to look for it, because the Spatial Blade is already in Lu Heng's hands.

Lu Heng continued, "Have you heard of the Naru Ascension Civilization?"

The Horned Demon Archmage slowly shook his head: "No..."

Lu Heng's gaze turned cold, and he raised his hand and shouted, "Then what use are you? Drag you out and behead you."

Fiona grabbed the horn on the head of the horned wizard and dragged him away.

The Horned Demon Archmage pleaded hastily, "No...please...I know...I know a secret. Before the Overlord of Moragoron went missing, he was doing something."

Lu Heng finally became interested and asked, "What is it?"

The horned demon wizard quickly made a request: "I will tell you this secret, and you will let me leave safely."

Lu Heng had no interest in negotiating with him and waved his hand, saying, "Use mental magic."

A siren wizard stepped forward and used mental magic to demand all the secrets of the horned demon wizard, recounting them on his behalf:

"The Horned Demon God Moragoron had been searching for a special world, a world that was not invaded by the Abyss."

A world untouched by the abyss?
Does such a world exist?
Lu Heng thought back carefully and realized that so far, none of the worlds that the Abyss wanted to invade had been able to escape the Abyss.

For example, the Zero Civilization, a demigod civilization, is also susceptible to the contamination of the abyss.

In order to cleanse the abyss of pollution, the Zero Civilization had no choice but to reset the entire world and start developing from scratch.

There are also Dark Scales.

The entire Dark World is the essence of the Dark Scale, a world with only one demon god, which is also subject to the corruption of the abyss.

In order to cleanse the Abyss of its pollution, the Dark Scale had no choice but to sacrifice a part of its body, expelling that part along with the source of the pollution.

Neither demigod civilizations nor true demon gods could stop the abyss's encroachment.

In the vast void, are there truly worlds that can escape the pollution of the abyss?

Lu Heng had a feeling that finding this world might be the key to opening the door to purifying the abyss.

"What kind of world is that?" Lu Heng continued to ask.

This time, no definite answer was given, because even the horned demon wizard didn't know the answer.

Moragoron is dead, and he took this secret with him.

……

The Swordholder team inventoried the treasures of the Horned Demon Ancestral Court and found enough divine materials to advance two demigods.

After discussion, the two demigod opportunities were allocated to the Dark Iron dwarves and the Astral Merchant.

The Dark Iron Dwarves possess the Demigod Forge; if a Demigod were to emerge from it, there might be hope for forging god-tier weapons in the future.

The Astral Merchant Civilization is searching for a habitable world and needs a demigod to guard their new home.

After distributing the treasures of the Horned Demon Ancestral Court, there are only six hours left in the countdown to the recruitment.

When the call for volunteers was announced, the Human Union Council had already released information and confirmed that only Lu Heng's team of four was being called up, and no other humans were being recruited.

Similarly, the other six civilizations within the Swordholders were not summoned.

The core members of the Swordholder Alliance sat down, and Lu Heng informed them about the recruitment.

The fact that someone who has reached the divine level was being summoned was a first for all the Swordholders present.

Aureanna asked thoughtfully, "Have you found the location of that world?"

Lu Heng shook his head: "I tracked the Law of Summoning all the way into the depths of the Chaos Sea, and I can basically confirm that the world is in the Chaos Sea."

"But the Chaos Sea is vast and boundless, and it is not so easy to find a world in it."

Su Muyu had been considering this matter and asked, "Should we still accept the conscription, or just give up?"

Upon reaching the God rank, one can resist the teleportation law of summons. Not only can one refuse to be teleported, but one can also block the teleportation law for teammates.

Therefore, if Lu Heng does not want to enter the Abyss Battlefield, he can choose not to go.

I had never heard of this Naru ascended civilization before.

This is a civilization with no intersection and no friendship.

This civilization was neither recruited by other civilizations nor helped them fight against the Abyss.

Therefore, Lu Heng has no obligation to help this civilization.

Of course, Lu Heng was still very curious about this world.

What kind of calamity has befallen a world that needs to invoke the help of a true god? (End of Chapter)