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Chapter 602: Ascension Platform and the Ancient Chaos Immortal Realm
Chapter 602: Ascension Platform and the Ancient Chaos Immortal Realm
As he witnessed the Silver Apple Mother Tree officially advancing to the Seventh Rank, Song Chi's joy knew no bounds.
The Silver Apple Mother Tree had long been bound to the Cultivation Realm and couldn't provide additional combat assistance, but its inherent value far exceeded the worth of multiple Sovereign battle strengths.
A Seventh Rank Silver Apple was enough to elevate a Red Mythical Artifact to a Silver one, which meant that from now on, Song Chi would be able to consistently produce Silver Legendary Artifacts, a feat of great significance.
Among the components currently loaded on the Heaven Ruin Skydome, many required the Seventh Rank Silver Apple.
...
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several years had gone by.
During these years, the Heavenly Plate River System's joint fleet successfully traversed the Void Belt and formally entered the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon River System Cluster, with their first destination being the Snake Fang Galaxy.
As a marginal galaxy in the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon River System Cluster, the Snake Fang Galaxy wasn't particularly large, spanning just over 800,000 light-years. However, the number of Eight-Armed Serpent Demons gathered within was quite substantial.
There were over three billion ordinary Celestial Serpent Warships, and as for higher-ranked Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, including those that had retreated from the Crimson Basin System, there were as many as ten Seventh Rank Serpent Demon Sovereigns, and even a hidden Eighth Rank Serpent Demon Sovereign.
Fortunately, according to the two Divine Dynasty Inspectors, the Flame Civilization had also sent a Star River Ship, but this Star River Ship had reached an understanding with the Eighth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon and neither had directly revealed themselves.
...
Seven Star Annihilators Communication Group Chat:
Rosetta Morningstar: "Inspector Wang, could you please tell us specifically which Star River Ship Captain from the Divine Dynasty is coming this time?"
With this inquiry, the attention of several people in the group chat was almost entirely drawn, evidently showing their interest in the matter.
Wang Li, who hailed from the Langya River System of the Divine Qin Dynasty, didn't show any impatience. Seeing Rosetta Morningstar's sincere tone, he contemplated for a moment before providing an answer.
However, this answer was somewhat unexpected.
"The Star River Ship Captain who has arrived this time is not from the Divine Dynasty but from the Blood Sui Dynasty below the Divine Dynasty."
"Blood Sui Dynasty?"
A hint of surprise flashed across everyone's faces, but it quickly faded.
The Star Annihilator Captains were quite familiar with the more than twenty Flame Kingdoms under the Divine Qin Dynasty.
Excluding the Five Disc River System's six kingdoms that didn't have Star River Ship Captains, the Divine Dynasty had seventeen other kingdoms, among which four had Eighth Rank Star River Ships.
This included the Grand Tang Dynasty that Song Chi had visited, and the Blood Sui Dynasty was one of them.
"The Blood Sui Dynasty is an extremely powerful dynasty, with three Immortal Giant-level forces within it. I wonder which one is coming?"
At this moment, Liu Shu broke the silence in the group chat and asked again.
"The first generation Zhenyuan King of the Blood Sui Yang Family's Zhenyuan Mansion, 'Yang Song'!"
Upon hearing this name, the Star Annihilator Captains from the Crimson Basin System's eyes lit up, and their previous worries dissipated.
The first generation Zhenyuan King of the Blood Sui Dynasty was a formidable figure who had achieved the Star River Ship Captain rank for over ten thousand years. When he tore apart an Eighth Rank alien race, they hadn't even been born yet. With such a formidable person in command, there was no need to worry about the hidden Eighth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon.
Song Chi was unaware of this exchange among the fleet's Star Annihilator Captains, as he wasn't currently with the fleet. Instead, he was in the Multiverse Bazaar.
"I want one of each of the three types of Storage Capsules, and this is the Floating Land Origin..."
"I'll take all the Silver III-V Type Fully Automated Mana Armors you have!"
"Can I freely exchange this Purple Quality Flame Seed Artifact for a same-tier artifact from your shop?"
...
Unlike the usual quiet atmosphere, today marked the once-a-month opening of the Multiverse Bazaar for trading, and hundreds of thousands of aliens gathered, making it a bustling place.
Although the fleet had been rushing on their journey these past few years, Song Chi hadn't wasted this time. He handed over control of the Heaven Ruin Skydome to the Celestial Mind Intelligence System and had been staying in the Multiverse Bazaar.
Either cultivating
Or comprehending the laws
The monthly Multiverse Bazaar trading day was also open as usual
Initially, Song Chi thought this trading session would be similar to the previous ones, without any significant changes. However, he soon noticed something unusual.
Zhou Ping, who came from the Ancient Chaos Continent, was acting out of character. After entering the Multiverse Bazaar, he rushed straight to the Gnome Luke's Silver House and began purchasing Silver Type Fully Automated Mana Armors in large quantities.
Song Chi was already familiar with this type of armor, as Luke had been selling them in his shop for over a hundred years.
These armors were small, only slightly larger than a regular person, and were primarily used for exploration or as cannon fodder in large-scale ground wars. Zhou Ping's extensive purchase made Song Chi suspect that the Luofu Sword Sect behind him might be embroiled in a war.
Out of curiosity and concern, Song Chi decided to ask directly.
At the moment, it wouldn't be appropriate to use his identity as the Multiverse Bazaar's owner, so he borrowed the identity of a merchant from the Four-Armed Blue Blood Race.
After a short while, Song Chi, disguised as a merchant, casually approached Zhou Ping.
"Brother Zhou Ping, is there a war happening in the Ancient Chaos Continent? Do you need more of these cannon fodder armors? My new fully automated combat robots also have standard second-tier battle strength. Are you interested?"
Zhou Ping, now a Nascent Soul Cultivator and a senior elder of the Luofu Sword Sect, was no longer the inexperienced outer sect disciple who had first entered the Multiverse Bazaar.
Even so, upon hearing the inquiry from a Blue Blood Race member, he maintained a respectful attitude and didn't hide much.
Song Chi knew that this was because of the impressive background he had maintained, as well as the role of his elaborate background as a merchant with a wide variety of goods.
"It's not like that. There's no war in the Ancient Chaos Continent, and the Luofu Sword Sect hasn't initiated a sect war. The reason for purchasing these armors in large quantities is that a large Immortal Realm has appeared in the Ancient Chaos Continent."
"However, this Immortal Realm is full of dangers, so we need a large number of cannon fodder to scout ahead. As for the new combat robots you have, Brother Blue Blood, I'll take a thousand for now, and we can discuss if we need more later!"
"Agreed!"
Upon hearing the words 'Immortal Realm', a hint of realization flashed in Song Chi's eyes.
However, his interest soon faded, though not entirely.
Since it involved Immortals, according to the classification of the Broken Star Sea's cultivation civilization, this was an existence at the Seventh Rank Sovereign level. Even the lowest Seventh Rank Tribulation-Transcending Immortal had a good chance of leaving behind some valuable items.
With the Luofu Sword Sect's current strength, they would likely obtain many good things from it. Later, they could trade the items they didn't need in the Multiverse Bazaar and might even encounter some pleasant surprises.
In the vast Ancient Chaos Continent, the Central Continent Domain was once the most prosperous region in the sixth-tier Star Sea Floating Land. It was a gathering place for high-level cultivators, but after numerous great wars, the spiritual veins beneath the domain were shattered, causing the concentration of spiritual energy to decline significantly. Over time, the Central Continent Domain fell into a state of decline.
Recently, the Central Continent Domain seemed to be returning to its former glory, attracting cultivators from all directions. Among them were Nascent Soul and Transformation God cultivators, and even several Return Void True Ones.
The ancient immortal ruins discovered this time were located deep beneath the Central Continent Domain, spreading across almost half of the region. Due to its immense size, various factions confirmed that it was indeed an ancient immortal ruin.
After Zhou Ping's return, the Luofu Sword Sect's exploration efforts accelerated. Sword Sect disciples, each leading a group of steel puppets, continuously explored the underground ruins.
As time passed, the Luofu Sword Sect's discoveries and gains increased. Among them were rare red and silver mythical artifacts, including some cultivation techniques and Taoist inheritances.
On this day, a Golden Core disciple of the Luofu Sword Sect controlled multiple mechas, advancing towards a barrier within the underground ruins.
The intense barrage of cannon fire echoed as the ancient barriers, eroded by countless millennia, were shattered by the mana lasers and nuclear rays emitted by over a dozen mechas. The Golden Core cultivator gradually pushed deeper into the array.
Occasionally, the aggressive barrier-breaking would trigger explosions or chain barriers, resulting in the gradual depletion of the exploring mechas. However, the Golden Core cultivator paid no heed to this.
He had been ordered to use as many steel puppets as necessary, so he didn't spare any concern for their loss.
Sure enough, after another barrier explosion, all the steel mechas under his command were completely depleted.
Seeing this, he quickly retreated from the ruins. As he left, another sect disciple took his place, also leading ten steel mechas, and likely following the same course of action.
This exploration process continued for about half a month. On this day, a significant piece of news spread throughout the Luofu Sword Sect's headquarters: the underground ruins had destroyed another ancient array, and a major discovery had been made.
Upon hearing this news, numerous high-ranking members of the Sword Sect rushed to the underground ruins, including not only elders like Zhou Ping but also the sect leader who had just broken through to the Return Void realm.
After centuries of resource accumulation, including some supreme elixirs obtained by Song Chi in the Immortal Realm Continent, the Sword Sect leader finally succeeded in breaking through to the Return Void realm. This was the reason the Luofu Sword Sect dared to extensively use the mechas purchased from the Aether Market for exploration.
Factions with Return Void True Ones were rare on the Ancient Chaos Continent, and as a result, few dared to provoke them.
The Luofu Sword Sect's high-ranking members closely followed their sect leader, eventually stopping at a specific location deep within the underground ruins.
"Sect Leader, that giant white jade platform ahead is the one our disciples discovered. They confirmed that when they broke through the barrier, this platform emitted faint spiritual energy fluctuations!"
To the side, a Hundred-Year Transformation God Elder of the Sword Sect explained.
However, at this moment, the Luofu Sword Sect's leader was wide-eyed, seemingly unconcerned with the words spoken by his side.
Seeing his reaction, the surrounding Sword Sect elders seemed to realize that the white jade platform was not ordinary.
After a long silence, as the sect leader remained unresponsive, another Transformation God Elder spoke up.
"Sect Leader, is this platform the ancient teleportation array from the legends? If so, can we determine where it leads?"
The first impression of this large platform was that it resembled the teleportation arrays of the present era.
However, the Sword Sect leader's response caused their hearts to tremble.
"No, this is not an ancient teleportation array but an ancient Ascension Platform."
The mention of the Ascension Platform immediately caused a stir among the surrounding Luofu Sword Sect elders.
As its name suggested, the Ascension Platform was a platform used to guide immortals to ascend.
According to legends, in ancient times, these Ascension Platforms were crucial for Return Void cultivators to overcome tribulations and achieve immortality.
The reason for their strong reaction was that everyone knew that after the ancient calamity, the heavens and earth shattered, and no one in the world could ascend to immortality.
This was common knowledge throughout the Ancient Chaos Continent.
Now, an Ascension Platform stood before them, sparking wild speculations.
Could this Ascension Platform still function?
Could it allow the Return Void True Ones of this continent to ascend during the day, reaching the mythical Immortal Realm of legends?
The connection between the Ancient Chaos Continent and the Immortal Realm had been severed for hundreds of thousands of years. Was this Ascension Platform still usable?
As they indulged in their thoughts, an elder seemed to have an idea and spoke up urgently.
"Sect Leader, this Ascension Platform is of great significance. We should act quickly!"
However, the Sword Sect leader remained unmoved by these words.
Just then, a strange sound came from the side, followed by an aged voice.
"Sword Old Ghost, this Ascension Platform concerns the entire Ancient Chaos Continent's path to immortality. Your Luofu Sword Sect alone cannot handle this!"
Turning to the source of the voice, they saw a group of cultivators in Taoist robes appearing from the other side.
"Taiyi Immortal Gate!"
The newcomers were none other than the Taiyi Immortal Gate, the first sect of the Immortal Path on the Ancient Chaos Continent.
Leading them was one of Taiyi's three Return Void cultivators, Boundless Cliff.
Soon after, three more major factions arrived, all of them giant sects on the Ancient Chaos Continent with Return Void cultivators.
On the Luofu Sword Sect's side, compared to the elders and direct disciples who showed obvious hostility, the sect leader's expression remained unusually calm.
He spoke calmly, "If we truly wanted to conceal it, I wouldn't have mentioned the name of this Ascension Platform."
"The crucial question now is whether this Ascension Platform is still functional and if it can truly lead us to the legendary Immortal Realm."
(End of Chapter)
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