Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1397: 751: Heavenly-level Reward Task

One hour passed, and Zhao Sheng casually walked into a round chamber.

This chamber spanned impressively wide, measuring over a thousand paces in both length and breadth. Its floor shone smooth as a polished mirror, while the walls around it bore elaborate, tightly clustered designs that appeared layered and intertwined to form myriad enigmatic and profound formation arrays.

At the heart of the chamber rose a lone Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform, exuding an timeless and unadorned aesthetic, silently releasing waves of shifting luminous and shadowy rainbow glows.

Approaching the Lotus Platform, Zhao Sheng directed his eyes toward it and noticed a small round indentation in its middle, about the size of his palm, perfectly suited for the token he held!

Upon spotting this, Zhao Sheng lightly flung the token of deep gold hue, sending it soaring in a graceful curve through the air before it slotted exactly into the round opening, settling snugly in place.

The moment it connected, a massive orb of light abruptly formed overhead, beaming forth a dazzling array of nine hues.

Raising his sight, Zhao Sheng watched as the nine-hued light orb contorted and reshaped itself, transforming in a flash into the figure of a girl aged about eight or nine, her form faintly see-through.

Her features were impeccably perfect, clad in a robe of nine-colored immortal silk, her phoenix-like eyes sparkling with crystalline clarity, as if lit from within.

“Nunu Jia San pays respects to the Guardian,” the little girl floated down from above, offering a elegant bow to Zhao Sheng, her tone ringing clear like tinkling bells, delightfully melodic.

“Jia San isn't a fitting name; starting today, your name will be White Deer!” Zhao Sheng named her offhandedly.

“Thank you, my lord, for bestowing the name. Henceforth, I shall be known as Bai Lulu.” A charming grin lit up the young girl's face, as though she was truly overjoyed.

Yet Zhao Sheng knew full well that this display was merely a fabrication.

This girl lacked any human feelings or wants, driven solely by utter impartial logic; she served as the central Illusion Spirit of the Void Fortress, far from a real entity.

Viewing the Void Fortress as a True Form Spirit Treasure made the Illusion Spirit comparable to the “True Spirit” within a Magical Treasure.

She oversaw virtually every weapon and system in the Void Fortress, holding Level One access that ranked just below the supreme command.

Furthermore, as the most powerful aide to the Guardian in directing the Void Fortress, mastering her meant effectively mastering this colossal weapon of war.

To some extent, a single Void Fortress's worth surpassed that of the majority of True Form Spirit Treasures, nearing the caliber of a standard Primordial Yang Spirit Treasure.

Across the whole Taiyi Spirit Realm, just the Taiyi Spirit Palace possessed the skill to craft such an advanced war machine.

Zhao Sheng lifted into the air, gradually settling upon the Lotus Platform. Beams of sacred light emanated from between his eyebrows, with innumerable strands of divine sense emerging from nowhere to merge into the Illusion Spirit.

At the same time, his Returning Void Power poured into the platform beneath, making it blaze with intense light, reminiscent of the sun ascending in glory.

Right then, under the Illusion Spirit's direction, Zhao Sheng's divine sense swept across the full expanse of the Void Fortress—from the Transmission Array to the man-made caverns housing the battleships... every sort of “cave mansion” in diverse scales... the vast, Black Hole-resembling muzzles of the Mixed Hole Level Demon Extermination Cannon... every installation pouring into his awareness.

A highly intricate 3D lattice of light sprang up immediately in his consciousness, intricately interlaced and piled, encompassing tens of thousands of “nodes.”

Linked to every “node” lay a vital installation.

Within a single breath's time, Zhao Sheng achieved deep insight into the Void Fortress, swiftly stamping his divine sense imprint upon the “nodes” in the command light lattice.

Over the course of three days, Zhao Sheng fully subdued the Void Fortress to his will, enabling him to draw out eighty percent of its might.

The leftover twenty percent would only emerge progressively via actual battles; mere guidance from the Illusion Spirit alone could never suffice.

Once he had preliminary mastery over the whole structure, the Illusion Spirit's data repository unlocked completely for Zhao Sheng, granting him detailed knowledge of events in the nearby three Constant Years.

In addition, the repository held extensive intel on the Vermilion Bird Star System conflict zone, encompassing not just charts of the adjacent dozens of Constant Years but also profiles on every Alien Demon Clan force that had surfaced before.

The bulk of the records detailed Alien Demon Nests, Demon Stars, Demon Puppet Armies, Alien Demon Innate Divine Abilities, alongside various other precise data points.

This provided Zhao Sheng with a precise and vivid grasp of the ongoing war dynamics.

Within a modest, archaic chamber of serenity, Zhao Sheng softly pulled back his divine sense, murmuring solemnly to himself, “It seems the situation of the Vermilion Bird Star System battlefield is far more complex than I previously imagined…”

Per the repository's logs, the Vermilion Bird Star System stood as the vanguard among the five key fortress star systems, squarely on the front lines of the Human-Demon clash.

Setting aside the conditions in this star system itself, along the Dark Sky's eastern front, seven Void Fortresses fanned out strategically, safeguarding the Vermilion Bird Star System's eastern sector and spanning a simulated space across twelve adjacent Constant Years.

These Void Fortresses weren't limited to prolonged stays in the Dark Sky; during dire crises, they could “descend” right into the active star region, dramatically shifting the tide in nearby battles.

Four Returning Void Level Battleships conducted routine sweeps through the encircling three Constant Years, occasionally clashing with minor Alien Demon invasion forces, ready to unleash blasts and wipe them out instantly.

During crises, these Returning Void Level Battleships could double as swift strike units, rushing to reinforce the live battlefield. Truly, they embodied versatile warships!

Typically, operating a Returning Void Level Battleship demanded the coordinated efforts of a hundred Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators plus a handful of Divinity Transformation True Monarchs to unlock its maximum potential.