Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1814 - 883: Apotheosis (Part 2)
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
Moments slip away one after another.
Across the surface of the warship, the silver-white, pitch-black, and crimson-gold glows cease their clashes and instead swirl softly in harmony, ultimately merging into intricate fresh rule runes that hold the threefold secrets of time, space, and light.
Such runes etch themselves profoundly into each segment of alloy and every segment of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s framework, bestowing upon it the everlasting and undying legendary quality.
Buzz...!
With the final rule rune solidifying fully, an epic aura erupts outward, one that matches the Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon without falling short, and surpasses it in certain aspects with deeper enigma and depth.
Rather than mere brute force that smashes down, this aura represents a transcendent presence able to command time and space, gazing upon the endless wheel of existence.
Beneath this aura, the Earth Core Space appears to halt, showing distortions in the pace of time, overlapping layers of space, and rays of light that seem to halt in place.
Victory!
In a single flawless effort, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong has also triumphed, officially joining the league of mythical immortal ships.
"Excellent!"
Standing not far away, Ying Yi’s gaze ignited with light, and he couldn’t contain his exclamation of approval.
Another mythical immortal ship now bolsters the Torch Civilization, achieved without a hitch—truly a stroke of immense luck!
Song Chi exhaled deeply, his strained mind at last easing, while joy flooded his features uncontrollably.
Sensing the intensified bond with the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, one that nearly touches the core essence, along with the immense strength returning from the vessel, waves of thrill washed over his heart.
"Congratulations!" Ying Yi’s words rang out, offering sincere felicitations.
"Sharing this happiness is all thanks to Your Majesty’s favor!" Song Chi responded with a grin, his spirits soaring high.
"Drop the formalities; just call me Ying Yi. From this point forward, you’re truly the fifth Human Emperor of the Torch Civilization—we stand as peers!"
Song Chi’s face remained steady upon hearing that, though he grasped the implication clearly.
Prior to this moment, despite earning the right to found the Fifth Torch Empire via feats such as the Time Chess Board and details on the High-dimensional Sea—which Jiang Yuan, Ji Heng, Ying Yi, and the rest had silently endorsed—he still lagged behind in credentials, power, or influential clan support.
On that note, the four Human Emperors had kept quiet about it, but deep down, they hadn’t wholly accepted him.
Things have shifted now; with the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s official rise to mythical immortal ship status, it signifies his equal footing with Jiang Yuan and the others, marking their full acknowledgment.
In plain terms, starting today, he could form the Fifth Torch Empire whenever he chooses.
Yet, despite this awareness, Song Chi has no intention of proceeding, given the Torch Civilization’s current outer circumstances—it’s absolutely not the moment to launch the Fifth Torch Empire.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The pair of freshly ascended mythical immortal ships gradually emerged from the Earth Core Space within Immortal Qin Continent, quickly materializing over the Immortal Qin Continent’s Vault of Heaven, where dread-inspiring mythical forces intertwined, radiating fearsome might that subdued the cosmos.
Immortal Qin Continent’s upgrade draws to a close, and right then, amid the tens to hundreds of thousands of Torch Warships of diverse levels scattered across the land, myriad captains gazed upward in awe at the spectacle.
Following a short hush, an uproar like roaring mountains and surging oceans exploded across the Floating Land’s surface.
The arrival of two additional mythical immortal ships—even captains of lower-tier Torch vessels—grasp the immense importance it carries.
Still, both Ying Yi and Song Chi realize that their current achievement marks merely the start.
Though updates from Human Emperor City remain sparse in detail, that sense of looming crisis has already spread via the Torch network’s Source Seed.
"Our two main vessels and Immortal Qin Continent have finished their advancements; what follows is the Guidance Technique. We need to shatter through swiftly to offer complete support to Human Emperor City!" Song Chi reined in his grin, his tone grave.
Ying Yi gave a faint nod, his eyes as if piercing through elevated dimensions, beholding the battered Chaos City.
"The alien races crave our destruction; even if they pulled back this round, bigger plots surely await. We have to advance rapidly to safeguard Human Emperor City!"
"If not, we might need to forsake Human Emperor City for now and cling only to the Star Sea Territory. But with Torch Humanity now holding five mythical immortal ships, alongside multiple mythical enslaved beings, we’re in an era of explosive growth—how could we allow the loss of Human Emperor City, our prime hub for top-tier resource output?"
Once those words landed, both the Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon and Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong faded into nothingness at the same instant.
The Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon withdrew to secluded cultivation inside Immortal Qin Continent’s Earth Core Space.
Song Chi’s Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, upon departing Immortal Qin Continent, plunged straight into Heavenly Destruction Market.
Even without reaching Tenth Rank yet, the market offers an All-Attributes Cultivation Room that, while offering scant aid for piercing the Tenth Rank Guiding Technique via Spectral Energy practice, proves somewhat useful over doing nothing.
Naturally, beforehand, Song Chi had upgraded the Spectral Energy Cultivation Platform aboard the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to Level 100 entirely, and with the leftover Purple-striped Peach at his disposal, the boost remained quite impressive.
All that’s left for him is to swiftly tune his condition, biding the perfect chance to charge straight into the Tenth Rank Guiding Technique using the Mixed Elemental Infinite Pill.
Concerning the recently elevated Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, he chose not to upgrade it immediately.
It’s not a matter of lacking supplies; thanks to earlier yields from Origin Star Exploration and the reliable mythical soul shares from Fallen God Sea, his stock of premium upgrade materials sits plentiful at present.
The main issue stems from the Guidance Technique: even as a mythical immortal ship, pushing it into fights with just a Ninth Rank Guidance Technique would heap massive strain on the captain personally, so he held off summoning the Ninth Rank Superdimensional Mother Ship Warship Avatar stationed distant in Human Emperor City.
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Meanwhile, in Chaos Divine Land’s Human Emperor City.
Word of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon’s back-to-back advancements spread swiftly across the city via Jiang Yuan and Ji Heng, lifting the spirits of every Torch ship captain there even higher.
Within the secure group chat forged together by the Shenxia Jiuli Ship and Profound Yellow Red Yu:
"Jiang Yuan: The flagships of Ferdinand, Ying Yi, and Greedy Wolf have all risen to mythical levels successfully, meaning our focus now is purely on buying enough time for their Guidance Technique breakthroughs ahead."
"Ji Heng: Precisely; once they conquer the Guidance Technique breakthrough, we’ll command five mythical immortal ships and five mythical enslaved creatures, bolstered by key Seven-Colored Parts such as the Map of Gods, Twelve All Heaven Gods and Demons Talisman, Order Light, and Judgment Light—ensuring Human Emperor City’s security and perhaps reclaiming more Chaos Cities."
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As Jiang Yuan and Ji Heng sparked the discussion, the group chat erupted in lively chatter, though it soon circled back to the matter of "active strike."
On the active strike initiative, numerous captains possessing advanced warship avatar parts volunteered eagerly, keen to play their roles.
Yet the heart of it boils down to hunger for extra civilization contribution points, since to ignite fervor across the board, the Torch’s Four Great Empires—Song Chi included—have eagerly listed plenty of prime goods in the Civilization Contribution Mall.
Among them, without limit: Three-Colored Promotion Fire Source, Eleventh Rank Golden Apple, Mythical Soul, Tenth Rank Mythical Source Blood, Mixed Elemental Infinite Pill, Five-Colored Promotion Fire Source, and assorted Seven-Colored Parts.
These treasures have every Torch Ship Captain from Star Destroyer level and up salivating, desperate to hunt down alien foes by any means and rack up those civilization contributions.
But facing their eager stares, Jiang Yuan and Ji Heng calmly refused with headshakes.
"No way; that last raid surely put them on high alert, so for this active strike, it’s restricted to my and Ji Heng’s flagship avatars, along with Greedy Wolf’s leftover mirror image warship."