Chapter 698: Two Hundred Years

Chapter 698: Two Hundred Years

As Sato-kawa had anticipated, the summoning a semi-Asura Emperor who had nearly reached the peak of the 8th grade had indeed attracted the attention of the starry sky ships from the Song family.

Although they had not directly revealed themselves, Sato-kawa, within the flagship, had already received several transmissions.

[Renata Oak: Sato, some things are best left untouched. Otherwise, if you provoke the Divine Empire's surveillance, your Fu-San Imperial House may not fare well!]



[Meng Zhan: Sato-kawa, the elders of the Northern Dipper Palace are all protective of their own. Are you sure that your Fu-San Imperial House can withstand their wrath?]



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Reading these profound messages, Sato-kawa's anger surged within him. However, no matter what he did, the outcome of this situation was already predetermined.

Regardless of which of the three advancing fleets' guardian star stream ships was behind this, they would never allow such a heinous event as an internal struggle among 8th-grade warriors to occur.

As guardians of the star stream ships, their responsibilities went beyond merely protecting their fleets and ensuring no high-grade eight-armed serpent devils were slaughtered. They also played a significant role in the war, and their contributions would be rewarded by the Divine Empire after the conflict.

Conversely, if their fleets encountered any severe accidents, these guardians would face punishment.

Based on these factors, the star stream ship captains would never allow Sato-kawa to act recklessly.

Not only did Sato-kawa understand this, but Song Wujiang of the Dinghai Longxiang also shared the same sentiment. If not for this, he wouldn't have directly torn apart their relationship.

The Asura Emperor enslaved by Song Chi was indeed formidable, but it was not enough to challenge the mythical foundation of the Sato family summoned by Sato-kawa.

Therefore, to be more precise, Song Wujiang took advantage of this situation.

After this incident, the subsequent developments became straightforward. The Song family not only disavowed the missing 7th-grade eight-armed serpent devil but also proactively dispatched a fleet of Azure Dragons and two 7th-grade enslaved beings, successfully turning the "missing" serpent devil into a contribution to their cause.

Seizing the opportunity, the Song family directly increased their share of the Fog Semi-Snake People from 140,000 to 400,000 and secured a 20% stake in the future production of the Fog Marsh.

The specific allocation of the Fog Marsh was quickly determined.

Excluding the Song family's 20%, the Sato family claimed 30%, the Fu-San Imperial House 20%, and the three star stream ship captains behind the other fleets each received 10%.

As for the remaining three dozen immortal forces, they had initially believed that the Song family's dominant position would help them achieve their goals and secure a 1% stake in the Fog Marsh.

However, the Song family paid no heed to their desires. They had previously been bystanders, and some had even proactively offered their own forces, but the Song family had no objections to Sato-kawa and the Fu-San Imperial House's proposal to exclude them entirely.

After this, the division of the Copper Snake Floating Continent was finalized. The three fleets remained for over a decade, thoroughly cleansing the eight-armed serpent devils from the floating continent. Only then, upon receiving orders from the Divine Empire's headquarters to advance westward, did they set course for the heart of the eight-armed serpent devil galaxy cluster.

Time passed, leaving no trace.

In the blink of an eye, a century and a half quietly slipped by.

During this century and a half, all the advancing fleets advanced rapidly. After the fall of the central floating continent in the eastern region of the eight-armed serpent devil galaxy cluster, resistance across over a hundred river systems in the east significantly decreased. This allowed the advancing fleets under the Xian Qin Divine Empire to maintain an unprecedented pace.

During this period, the sixth, ninth, and eleventh fleets did not remain in a united formation most of the time, only regrouping when encountering river systems with 8th-grade living floating continents.

Over the past century and a half, the Song family, with their planet-killer ship, five Azure Dragon fleets, multiple 7th-grade enslaved beings, and the no-longer-concealed 8th-grade Asura Emperor, had indeed reaped enormous benefits.

This included partial control over three 8th-grade living floating continents, complete control over three 7th-grade living floating continents, and four 7th-grade resource-type floating continents. As for lower-grade floating continents and star domains, there were many more, but these newly acquired territories were scattered, making future unification and development extremely challenging.

On this day, within the eleventh advancing fleet's Dinghai Longxiang's encrypted communication group chat, Song Xingru spoke up: "Including this Twin Snake River System's star domain, we've secured territories in six river systems. Unfortunately, they are all scattered territories. In the future, with spacewormhole openings, interstellar migration, floating continent development, and star domain exploitation, the elders in the family council will have their hands full!"

As soon as her words of complaint echoed in the group chat, multiple responses flooded in.

Song Shiyuan: "It's best to eliminate these scattered territories after the war. With our current development momentum, dispersing our people will only hinder the family's growth!"

Song Xuan Cang: "I disagree. While we've secured the most prosperous 300,000 light-year territory in the Chihuan River System, with our current growth rate and the ongoing civilization war, it may take millions of years for the Chihuan River System to reach saturation. By then, we'll have to expend tremendous effort to establish colonies in other star domains. These human civilization territories are far more valuable!"

Song Tianhao: "I agree with the family head's viewpoint!"

Shen Youran: "+1"

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At this moment, the elder Song Wujiang suddenly interjected.

At the beginning of the universe, you were about to say something, weren't you, Song Shiyuan?"

As soon as Song Wujiang spoke, Song Shiyuan, who had been silent since that sentence, nodded immediately.

"Yes, I'm not talking about selling these territories. I'm referring to the territories we've already acquired or will acquire in the future, scattered across various star systems. We should actively exchange them with other forces, just like we did with the Yaohan family. We should concentrate these scattered territories into one or two star systems, preferably those with eighth-grade living floating continents."

"In this situation, it's not just our Song family. As long as we communicate effectively, I believe it can be achieved without much difficulty!"

After hearing Song Shiyuan's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, and the initial opposition quickly dissipated.

If this could be achieved, it would undoubtedly be excellent for the family's future development.

At this moment, Song Yan, who had been silent all along, suddenly added:

"In addition to what the Ancestor mentioned, I think we can add one more thing. During future territorial exchanges, we can sacrifice some barren territories to obtain land in the capital floating continents of these star systems. The public open areas on these floating continents are likely to be the trading holy lands of an entire star system, and the land there is extremely precious. It can bring significant profits to the family in the future!"

"Moreover, this will further increase our success rate in exchanging territories!"

Song Xuancang: "Little Yan, although what you say is true, how can we ensure that the other party will definitely set up the public open areas in those land areas?"

Regarding this, Song Yan had obviously considered it beforehand.

"Family Head, this is simple. We can use the Spacewormhole Generator component from the Ancestor's flagship to attract a cultivated spacewormhole. It will be very attractive!"

"Alright, since we all agree, let's proceed with this method in the future. However, before that, we should occupy as many territories as possible. This is crucial for the family's future development!"

...

After a round of discussion, Song Wujiang's tone suddenly changed.

"Little Yan, how is the Blood Chalice on your flagship? Are you confident in attempting the warship promotion task?"

It had been over 150 years since they obtained the Blood Chalice, and it had been exactly 150 years since it was installed on the Liyane Zhouhai.

During these 150 years, the family's fleet had been at the forefront of the advance fleet, and they had killed numerous seventh-grade Eight-Armed Serpent Devils within their capabilities. These seventh-grade Serpent Devils were mostly given to the Liyane Zhouhai, which was why Song Wujiang asked this question.

"Reporting to the Ancestor, the Blood Chalice on my flagship now contains 11 portions of seventh-grade Serpent Demon Source Holy Blood, and over a hundred portions of sixth-grade blood!"

Song Yan had just finished speaking when Song Wujiang quickly shook his head.

"For a dreadnought to promote to a star-killer, sixth-grade alien blood is no longer very useful. Just 11 portions of seventh-grade Serpent Devil blood is not enough; the risk is too high!"

At this point, Song Wujiang paused as if considering something. After a few dozen seconds, he continued, "How about this: later, I'll try to persuade Captain Meng of the Star River Ship, who has the best attitude towards us. Let's see if he can be moved to take action and cooperate with the Asura King in our hands, allowing the Liyane Zhouhai to destroy an eighth-grade Eight-Armed Serpent Devil!"

"It's a pity that Little Chi is still meditating on the Dragon Spine Whale Secret Technique Inheritance Monument, learning the strongest secret techniques. Otherwise, with the Skygale of Tianxu and Dinghai Longxiang, along with the Four Symbols Turning Wheel Seal and the Asura King, we wouldn't need to beg others!"

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The Song family's methods were interconnected. After discussing, they successfully persuaded Captain Meng of the Star River Ship to cooperate three times in creating cultivated spacewormholes.

After that, Captain Meng's Star River Ship, along with the Asura King, severely damaged an eighth-grade Eight-Armed Serpent Devil in the middle of the Eight-Armed Serpent Devil galaxy cluster. They allowed the Liyane Zhouhai to personally destroy it, successfully storing this portion of eighth-grade Source Holy Blood.

After this, the Liyane Zhouhai followed the fleet for nearly ten years until the second sixth-grade peak floating continent in the Chihuan River System reached the final stage of promotion. Then, Song Yan led the fleet back with over four soon-to-be-promoted clan members.

In the Chihuan River System, just like the previous Red Snake Floating Continent, Song Yan and the other clan members returned to a floating continent that had already reached the sixth-grade peak.

This floating continent was not a living continent but a resource-type floating continent. However, this was not important because the energy tide produced after promoting to the seventh grade was similar.

Looking at the star sea floating continent beneath them, a third-grade cruiser captain from the Song family team spoke up:

"I heard that the family recently promoted a sixth-grade floating continent to the seventh grade. It's been less than two hundred years, and now we have another one. Won't promoting so many seventh-grade floating continents at such a high cost exhaust the family?"

"Yes, it's not necessary. With the large number of Eight-Armed Serpent Devils provided by the civilization war, our promotion success rate is still quite good. The most important thing for the family now is to accelerate the promotion of the Longji Continent to the eighth-grade floating continent. This is the key to our Song family's standing in the star sea for ten thousand years, even a hundred thousand years! If we delay the real big matter because of us, we will be the family's sinners!"

...

Hearing the voices in the group chat, Song Yan explained, "Don't worry. The Ancestors in the clan will handle it appropriately and won't affect the Longji Continent side!"

The newest little one is speaking in the 69th chapter!

"Greetings, Ancestor Yan!"

"Since Ancestor Yan has personally spoken, we don't need to worry. Fellow clan brothers and sisters, quickly adjust your states. The floating continent promotion is about to begin. If we succeed this time, we can make greater contributions to the family in the future!"

"Yes, we are all part of the family. We can't let the Ancestors bear the burden alone, nor can we waste the good promotion environment they've provided!"

...

The voices in the group chat rose and fell, and soon, the entire atmosphere in the group chat became boiling.

The younger generation of the Song family was born into the best of times, giving them a head start far beyond that of ordinary Flame-Ember Starship captains, and their future potential was equally promising.

However, thanks to the family's excellent values and education, they did not develop a pampered personality. Instead, they deeply understood the hardships and struggles of their current situation.

Even their unintentional actions and words could ignite the passion and family spirit within them.

Listening to all this, Song Yan smiled gently.

He didn't say it, but the reason was the component of the Source Core Theft Device. The family's promotion to a 7th-grade Floating Continent was much easier than in the outside world, and these promoted continents were not without their uses. Aside from the abundant life and mineral resources derived from them, the promotion of the Longji Continent also required the fusion of numerous Floating Continents.

The 8th-grade Galactic Floating Continent had a base diameter of over 100,000 light-years. With the Song family's grand ambitions, they wanted the newly promoted Longji Continent to possess sufficient depth from the start. By then, the diameter of the entire Longji Continent would likely be close to 200,000 light-years.

At that time, a large portion of the Chihuan River System, which belonged to the Song family's territory, would be occupied by the Longji Continent. Countless mid-to-low-grade Galactic Floating Continents would be directly merged into the Longji Continent, including these 7th-grade Floating Continents.

Therefore, the Song family's current large-scale promotion of 7th-grade Floating Continents was also in preparation for the Longji Continent's future promotion to the 8th grade.

Without further thought, Song Yan quickly controlled the Liyane Zhouhai and rushed into the core of the Floating Continent beneath his feet. As he integrated a large portion of the 7th-grade Floating Continent's source core into the original source core of the continent below, familiar energy tides began to rise slowly on the Floating Continent.

...

Just as Song Yan and the others were fully experiencing the energy tides and waiting for the opportune moment to promote the warship, something remarkable happened.

Longji Continent, Longji Secret Realm.

At the waist of Longji Mountain, the location of the family's secret technique inheritance monument.

In front of the Longji Secret Technique Inheritance Monument, Song Chi, who had been sitting cross-legged for over a hundred years, suddenly stood up, releasing powerful 7th-grade Dark Energy from his body.

But that wasn't the main point; the key was the manifestation of several Source Laws on his body's surface.

Space, Time, Light...

All three Source Laws were at the Perfect Level, especially Space and Light, which had already widened the Law Bridge they formed to over five meters.

If there were outsiders present at this moment, they would undoubtedly be shocked.

It is known that the Law Bridge constructed by the Perfect Level Laws understood by newly promoted 7th-grade Planet-Killer Ship captains is generally around one meter wide. Only those captains who have been promoted to the 7th grade for tens of thousands of years can widen the Law Bridge to around five meters.

It could be said that in this short span of a hundred years, Song Chi had already walked the path that other Planet-Killer Ship captains had taken over tens of thousands of years.

At this very moment, the three manifested Source Laws began to merge strangely, and finally, a tri-colored whale phantom with a terrifying length appeared.

Roar!!!

The tri-colored whale raised its head and let out a long, earth-shattering roar.

Soon, it charged towards the sky of the secret realm with a momentum that seemed to devour the mountains and rivers.

At one point, even the sky of the secret realm showed signs of cracking.

It wasn't until then that Song Chi voluntarily dispersed this tri-colored whale phantom.

"The [Whale's Rage] is indeed one of the most formidable divine techniques of the Longji Whale clan. By forcibly merging three Perfect Level Source Laws, a furious whale phantom is gathered, and its power is enough to shake the heavens and the earth."

As he muttered, the Dark Energy within his body flickered, and the Space Law circulated on his body's surface. In the next second, his figure disappeared from the waist of Longji Mountain and reappeared at the secret realm's exit.

After nearly two hundred years of seclusion, all his goals had been achieved. It was time to return to the frontlines of the civilized battlefield.

This time, the Tianxu of the Planetary-Killer Ship, Skygale, had consumed most of its high-level resources. He still wanted to find as many resources as possible from the hands of the Eight-Armed Serpent Devil civilization before the end of the civilized war.

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Longji God Mountain, Longji Palace.

"Xingzu, has the Star-Moving Merchant Association not yet moved the Longji Continent to the Chihuan River System in two hundred years?" Song Chi asked directly as he sensed the aura of Song Shixing in the palace.

Upon hearing this, Song Shixing was overjoyed.

"Little Chi, you're finally out of seclusion? How was it? Did you comprehend the super-secret technique on the Longji Secret Technique Inheritance Monument?"

Song Chi, of course, did not hide anything from Song Shixing.

"Whale's Rage? That's the secret technique rumored to have been created by a mythical Longji Whale. Haha, you are indeed the Song family's Qilin child!"

After a hearty laugh, Song Shixing proceeded to give a detailed account of the family's recent affairs.

"As for the Longji Continent, it has already entered the Chihuan River System. However, it hasn't reached the coordinates we designated for its placement, but it should only take another decade or two."

"By the way, Little Chi, now that you're officially a Planet-Killer Ship captain, have you thought of your exclusive Royal Title?"

PS: Just one chapter today!

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