Chapter 470

The total area of the Sacred Flame Forest finally stabilized at 7.13 million square kilometers.

Princess Chenxi would establish a new Elven Empire within this forest!

This area paled in comparison to the human empires of the Continent of Gods.

It couldn't even match the small empire that Sister Qing Ling and Meng Ying were about to carve out.

The Elven Empire had never been large to begin with.

The Loki Empire was even smaller, only half the size of the Sacred Flame Forest.

Although relatively small, when considering the absolute area, it was still immense!

And this vast area was entirely forest!

Over seven million square kilometers of forest!

What an enormous expanse of forest!

In fact, even more dark forests lay to the west—the Infinite Dark Forest was no mere exaggeration!

That meant, should the Sacred Flame Forest ever become too small, expansion westward remained possible.

But the farther west they expanded, the more dangerous it became—this required the Elven race to grow stronger, with new champions emerging continuously!

According to Princess Chenxi's estimate, this forest could accommodate two million Elves.

Once the Sacred Flame Forest's Elven population reached two million, combined with the million Elves of the Loki Forest, over half of all Elves on the Continent of Gods would be concentrated north of the Loki Mountains.

Elven numbers were simply that scarce—even fewer than the Beastmen!

Unlike humans, whose kingdoms could number tens of millions and empires hundreds of millions, larger human empires boasted terrifyingly vast populations.

Once the borders were fixed, reclamation accelerated further.

On this day, another nearby Elven tribe arrived via underground tunnels north of the Loki Mountains and joined the reclamation effort.

This was also an Elven tribe that had relocated en masse at Princess Chenxi's invitation.

This tribe numbered over thirty thousand Elves and was still quite powerful.

After their arrival, the pace of reclamation increased significantly.

Yet the Continent of Gods was vast, and Elven migration was never simple.

During the reclamation of the Loki Forest, it had taken decades—only one Elven tribe joined every few years.

The biggest problem remained transportation.

Elven tribes familiar with underground routes could travel safely beneath the earth.

But those unfamiliar with the underground had no choice but to risk crossing through human territories.

To avoid drawing human attention, they split into small groups, resting by day and traveling by night.

The Continent of Gods had high overall vegetation coverage, and human lands still contained considerable forests, often connected in vast stretches—this gave them opportunities, yet discovery still meant grave danger.

Moreover, the entire migration took an extremely long time.

For a tribe of tens of thousands, even the nearest migrations, conducted in batches, took months; the farthest required years.

Yet a thousand years ago, many Elves, undeterred by hardship, migrated tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of miles to reach the Loki Forest!

This was precisely why Princess Chenxi had once prayed to seal off the Loki Mountains.

North of the Loki Mountains was one of the few remaining holy lands for the Elven race—war must not spread here!

When the Night Elves migrated, they had not yet understood the underground—they had been forced to travel aboveground, spending years enduring unimaginable hardship!

Precisely because of this, this holy land must be protected!

"Mother, my deity has just granted me a revelation: my deity is now producing massive flying vessels in the southern realm, capable of carrying many people. Once these vessels are mass-produced, we can use them to assist other Elven tribes in migration!"

One day, after her daily prayers, Princess Chenxi joyfully told Lomina.

Lomina was overjoyed upon hearing this news!

The greatest obstacle to Elven migration was transportation.

Traveling overland was extremely dangerous.

But traveling through the sky was far safer.

Although Seventh Rank Archmages and Eighth Rank Sky Knights could fly.

Yet no one would casually take to the skies without reason.

Of course, even with flying vessels, powerful champions must still accompany them!

"Now that the borders are fixed, some central regions remain unclaimed. The Winged Elves have surveyed them—there are few Skeleton Monsters and no great dangers. Let them extend their lines and reclaim quickly."

Lomina suggested.

Princess Chenxi nodded and said, "Mother, I will send a message via the Life Tree Seed to other Elven tribes, instructing those too far away to hold off on migration until my deity's southern realm produces enough flying vessels, then we will go to meet them."

Lomina said, "Mm."

Life Tree Seeds were exceedingly rare—each Elven tribe possessed only one.

The Night Elves' Life Tree Seed had formed when the original Life Tree, during their migration, condensed all its essence into a single seed.

Such seeds existed among the Green Elves, Wind Elves, and Winged Elves as well.

After the Sacred Flame Forest took shape, when planting the Life Tree, these seeds could be merged—they would grow together into one colossal Life Tree.

Of course, they could also preserve their individual Life Tree Seeds and plant them within their own tribal territories.