Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1827 - 889: The Fifth Torch Empire

Song Chi didn't take long to decide without much delay.

He claimed the sole Top Rank Chaos Mirror Stone.

Even though one of the Seven-Colored Sky Patrol Radars caught his eye, the Top Rank Chaos Mirror Stone's worth clearly surpassed it by a wide margin.

Beyond that, whether it was Ying Yi’s “Order Light,” Ferdinand’s “Map of Gods,” or Jiang Yuan’s “Human Emperor Shocking Book,” the Top Rank Chaos Mirror Stone could produce a mirror image for any of them. The importance of these three items clearly outshone that of a standard Seven-Colored Sky Patrol Radar.

Naturally, should he decide to craft a copy later on, he'd probably face some cost, since a Starry Sea Oddity can only perform one mirroring.

Following his pick, Ji Heng, Ying Yi, and Ferdinand each selected in turn. Ji Heng grabbed a section of Seven-Colored Ship Body Armor, Ying Yi picked up the Seven-Colored Sky Patrol Radar Song Chi had eyed, and Ferdinand went for the 20kg Time Source Crystal.

Next up weren't the Qingqiu Chamber of Commerce or Yanhuang Consortium, linked to the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox and Planet Devourer, but instead Jiang Yuan, Song Chi, and the remaining five for another selection round.

With the top five treasures already claimed, the five made their decisions much faster this time around.

In Song Chi's turn, he skipped the top-tier Five-Colored Promotion Fire Source and instead took the lower-valued Tenth Rank Chaos Demon Ape Spirit Bone.

Unlike the Eleventh Rank Demon Ape Spirit Bone, the Tenth Rank version offered much less power, boosting the Superdimensional Mother Ship's upgrade odds to Mythical Immortal Ship by just 3%. Yet Song Chi's goal wasn't that at all; he focused on the 15% boost for the Star River Ship advancing to Superdimensional Mother Ship.

With the massive conflict resolved, the immediate danger to Human Emperor City had largely faded, ensuring no major dangers for the next ten thousand years or so.

On that basis, Song Chi resolved to finally advance the Torch Empire's Fifth Empire plans, which had been postponed endlessly and already controlled more than two hundred and fifty River Systems in all but name.

That said, establishing the Torch Fifth Empire officially wouldn't be straightforward.

In truth, now that the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had advanced to Mythical Immortal Ship, the Dragon Spine Song Family's combined power and legacy could stand toe-to-toe with one of the Torch Civilization’s Fifth Family Heavenly Pillar Royal Families.

Still, the Dragon Spine Song Family's limited legacy remained a reality. Excluding Song Chi himself, they lagged far behind the mighty powers beneath the Four Great Empires. To sidestep this weakness best he could, Song Chi planned to use the two “Time Chess Boards,” bolstered by the Tenth Rank Chaos Demon Ape Spirit Bone, to elevate his brother Song Yan to Superdimensional Captain before launching the Fifth Empire.

This approach would provide one Mythical Immortal Ship alongside one Superdimensional Mother Ship, backed by almost a hundred Star-Annihilating Starships, forming the core framework of a Heavenly Pillar Royal Family and dodging too much outside backlash.

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Once the second round wrapped up, Qingqiu Chamber of Commerce and Yanhuang Consortium got their picks. Then came the other major powers in line. Later, Song Chi snagged extra chances, grabbing a set of Three-Colored Promotion Fire Source and over thirty Neutron Star Remains.

The Neutron Star Core Armor had reached Colorful High-Rank Quality, but it could go further. The catch was the huge amount of Neutron Star Remains needed.

Through countless years of Ruins Market deals—thousands or even tens of thousands—plus pricey buys of Neutron Star Remains during the Origin Star Exploration while acting as Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall’s Greedy Wolf Palace Master, the stockpile was now substantial. It wouldn't be long before “Neutron Star Core Armor” could evolve again.

As the war prizes got divided up, reps from the different groups wore expressions of varying contentment.

Every main fleet had taken some hits, but the rewards were huge, more than covering the damage and leaving plenty extra. Even more vital, this secured a long stretch of calm and security for human civilization ahead, the prime time for all sides to surge in power.

Leading the Torch Civilization, Jiang Yuan gave a quick recap of everyone's wins and stressed again the rotating guards for the coming six Chaos Cities. The initial defense teams already chosen needed to step up fast, and with that, he closed out the after-battle conference.

Song Chi had no rush to go supervise “Split Mountain Ancestor City.”

He wasn't alone; all five Mythical Immortal Captains in Torch Civilization felt the same. The Alien Mythical Army Alliance's menace had kept them wound up and alert nonstop. Now safe at last, a pile of tasks waited back in Torch Domain.

That said, the five stationed the fresh Warship Avatar and seven Mythical Enslaved Creatures there, plenty to hold down the six Chaos Cities.

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Shattered Starry Sea, Torch Human Civilization Territory, Lanikea River System Cluster.

A huge armada sped through the dark void of space at maximum velocity.

At the fleet's heart, two Extreme Star River Ships exchanged words over magnetic wave channels:

“Tan Jiwen, let’s hit them hard and fast—we’re close to the secret Star Domain spot of those rebel aliens. How about we wipe them out in a single strike?”