Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1735 - 846: Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Upgrade Overhaul (Part 2)

With the support of the [Time Chess Board] and [Purusa Zen Seal] components, a wait of just over a month was all that stood between him and deploying the new [Mirror Image Warship] into the Origin Star. Once that happened, he would no longer need to hold back.

Song Chi had reached a firm decision; following this, his focus would shift entirely to the surface of the Origin Star, the primary location for the world's most valuable treasures.

Nevertheless, during the month-long interval required for the [Mirror Image Splitting] component to reset and buffer, one specific matter still demanded his prior attention.

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Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Market Trading Day.

The market reached its peak activity on this day.

Densely packed throughout the grounds, various Starry Sea Alien Races were scrambling to finalize every possible transaction.

They had a mere 24-hour window to extract maximum profit from this precious cross-star domain trade opportunity. Song Chi, however, was less concerned with these alien races and more focused on the Ruins Market Inn.

It must be remembered that the [Ruins Market Guest Token], being the lowest tier of market access, prevented its holders from entering the market at will. They were forced to wait for the monthly Market Trading Day.

Consequently, every Trading Day saw a massive influx of diverse materials appearing within the thousands of [Ruins Market Door Rooms] inside the inn.

Before long, Song Chi observed a fresh array of treasures being deposited into over a thousand of these rooms.

Strange Objects, Dominant True Spirits, Floating Land Origins, rare minerals, Dominant Origin Bloods, and Chaos Mirror Image Stones were present in such abundance they were nearly overwhelming.

This time, Song Chi’s reaction was distinct; his gaze was primarily fixed on the rooms where market tokens were already being displayed.

Furthermore, these specific rooms shared a single trait—each one held a Mythical Soul.

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A metal platform drifted silently in the sky outside the sealed doors of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship. Dozens of figures had congregated on this small platform, consisting of members from the Torch Civilization and their Torch Warships, alongside several Wizards from the Wizard Civilization.

Suddenly, several rows of text flared to life on the holographic projection floating above the platform.

Guest Token No. 856 · Torch Civilization Su Yuan (Exploration Ended): 1 Group of Mythical Souls (2 portions), 1 Black Oddity, 1 Lower Rank Chaos Mirror Image Stone, 1 Tenth Rank Floating Land Origin (3 strands)

Guest Token No. 1798 · Wizard Civilization Lin Qi (Exploration Ended): 3 Portions of Mythical Souls, 1 Three-Colored Wonders, 1 Eleventh Rank Floating Land Origin (2 strands), 1 Turtle Mountain Stone Core, 1 Gold Oddity

...

As the text manifested, several individuals on the platform spoke up:

"Su Yuan of the Torch Civilization, requesting the immediate conclusion of the single market token transaction."

"Lin Qi of the Wizard Civilization, requesting to end this token transaction."

Shortly after they spoke, a response flickered onto the projection:

[Application Received, Settlement in Progress, Please Wait...]

The applicants were not surprised by this message. They understood that "settlement" meant Song Chi, acting as the temporary proxy for the Lord of All Heavens Ruins Market, had to enter the market to facilitate the final selection and extraction on behalf of the Lord.

Inside the Shenxia Jiuli Ship, Song Chi made a show of entering the market. When he appeared again, he held the corresponding items in his hands.

[Su Yuan, No. 856, you acquired four items in total. Following extraction, your final rewards are one Black Oddity and three strands of Tenth Rank Floating Land Origin.]

[Lin Qi, No. 1798, you acquired five items in total. Following extraction, your final rewards are one Three-Colored Wonders, two strands of Eleventh Rank Floating Land Origin, and one Turtle Mountain Stone Core.]

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Through several rounds of extraction, Song Chi prioritized Mythical Souls every single time, even sacrificing a Three-Colored Wonders to do so.

He had no other option; the rule stating that "only one item from the top three in value can be extracted" meant he couldn't take both.

More than a month passed within the Zhu Tian Ruins Market Firmament.

Inside the control room of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi’s eyes shone with excitement. The [Mirror Image Splitting] component had finally finished its cooldown.

Instead of summoning the mirror warship immediately, he gave a light wave of his hand, causing twelve portions of Mythical Souls to manifest before him.

It was undeniable that the [Origin Star] was truly a Mythical Star that had survived since the ancient era, brimming with endless wealth.

In less than a year, Song Chi had amassed twelve Mythical Souls through his tithe system. This was despite several token holders still being out on explorations; the count would surely rise once they returned.

Dismissing his stray thoughts with a shake of his head, Song Chi looked between the [Judgment Light] and the [Void Warehouse].

While twelve Mythical Souls were a significant amount, they weren't enough to upgrade both components at once.

After some deliberation, Song Chi turned his attention toward the [Void Warehouse].

Following ten consecutive bursts of five-colored light, the [Void Warehouse] was successfully leveled up from lv100 to lv110.

The two remaining Mythical Souls were used to boost the [Judgment Light] from lv99 to lv101.

While this didn't push the seven-colored super-dimensional railgun to its absolute peak, it was now vastly superior to its previous Ninth Rank state.

With these final preparations complete, Song Chi departed from the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Back in the cabin of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship, Jiang Yuan opened the door slightly at his signal.

The newly summoned mirror warship from the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong shot through the gap like a blur, diving straight toward the entrance of the vortex channel below.

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Deep within the "Burial Fire Canyon" on the surface of the Origin Star, a three-colored fire seed drifted amidst the depths of the burial fire magma.

Suddenly, the sea of magma was violently split. A massive claw armored in scales lunged from the void on the left, while a hand made of swirling sand reached out from the right, both grasping for the three-colored fire seed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The collision between the scaled claw and the sandy hand triggered a massive explosion that rocked the entire magma chamber.

"Roar—!" A True Demon Ape, standing over a billion kilometers tall, descended and shattered the surrounding mountains.

Chaos energy swirled around every strand of its fur, and it carried a bronze giant stick bound by nine star chains. As the stick swung, it left behind visions of a collapsing universe.

The Ninth Rank Dominator of the Sand Spirit Clan dissolved into a cloud of golden sand to evade the strike. Each grain of sand mirrored battles from various timelines before coalescing into nine avatars, each equipped with an Hourglass of Time.

"This Three-Colored Fire Seed belongs to me, the Sand Flood Dragon!"

The nine voices merged into a time-distorting echo. As the hourglasses were inverted, a Time Cage formed, threatening to turn the magma space into a static Time Domain.

From the distance, the Chaos Demon Ape’s eyes glowed with a bloody, chaotic light. It slammed its fist against its chest, creating sound waves so powerful they launched massive waves of magma into the air.

Roar!

The ape roared, hoisting its bronze stick and charging the Time Cage head-on.

Seeing this, the Sand Spirit Clan Dominator revealed its true form.

It took the Sand Crown from its head, transforming it into the "Eternal Sandboard," which contained seven star remnants from the Multiverse Era. When the first remnant was crushed, the resulting pulse of star core energy vaporized half of the ape's body.

However, the Chaos Demon Ape refused to back down. Utilizing its innate flesh regeneration, it morphed into its [True Demon Ape] battle form with three heads and six arms. Black holes that consumed all light began to form at the sites of its wounds.

The fallout of their clash tore through the geological layers. On any normal Starry Sea Floating Land, the planet would have shattered, but the Origin Star was larger than even Eleventh Rank Star Continents. The battle between two Ninth Rank Dominators hadn't even reached the star's core crust.

As for the chaos caused by their fight?

The two Ninth Rank Dominators were unconcerned. As members of the Transcendent Forces, they operated within a designated exploration zone on the Origin Star's surface, an area recognized by all thirteen Transcendent Forces.

The Burial Fire Canyon beneath them was located squarely within that territory.