Chapter 1145

Xu Jingming was not far from Xia Meng's location.

After receiving the mental voice, Ling Shuang teleported them both back to the villa in a single descent.

There, Emers sat cross-legged in the center of the training room, her black hair stirring without wind.

The pale golden pupils slowly dimmed their brilliant Jin Guang, and she revealed a look of exhaustion:

"According to the 'future' I saw, the arrival of the Meltfire Beast will be drastically accelerated."

"The time left for us is probably less than two months..."

"What? So soon?!" Ling Shuang exclaimed lowly; Xu Jingming likewise frowned.

Although he had already broken through to Starlight Second Stage, theoretically possessing the strength to fight the Meltfire Beast,

facing such a world-ending beast, stronger power was always better.

He had originally thought he still had two or three years to develop, yet the timeline had been drastically shortened.

'Probably the changes on Blue Planet affected the Meltfire Beast's awakening.'

Xu Jingming thought silently.

But there was no help for it— to gain more Ability Points, he must hunt beasts on a massive scale.

"This is the vision my 'Eye of Fate' showed me. I'm sharing it with you."

Emers lightly waved her jade hand, and Xu Jingming saw the vision through his mental force.

In the mental imagery, a beast as massive as a mountain range floated silently deep within the magma.

Its entire body was covered in black scales, its eyes closed, crimson-gold patterns flowing across its surface like lava.

Most astonishing of all, above this beast, a colossal phantom composed of pure flame was slowly taking shape!

The phantom stood a kilometer tall, resembling the beast but bearing six wings, each feather burning with a different color of flame.

"It's the Meltfire Beast!"

Xu Jingming recognized it at once, "Can you lock down its exact location?"

If they could lock its location, they could prepare accordingly.

"Impossible."

Emers shook her head, "This is only because I've broken through to Starlight Second Stage.

At Starlight First Stage, I could only see fragmented images."

"Even without locking the location, this is already powerful enough," Ling Shuang whispered in awe.

No wonder it was an SSS-level ability—she could directly 'see' this world-ending beast.

"The Meltfire Beast! It's forming a Doushen Shenlei!"

Eva emerged from her smart bracer, her small face filled with shock.

"Doushen Shenlei? What's that?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"Doushen Shenlei is an advanced application of the Dao."

Eva's expression turned Solemn, "For example, your SSS-level ability, 'Chaos Divine Thunder,' is the natural evolution of the Thunder Domain and the Destruction Domain.

As your Domains grow stronger, the power of your Chaos Divine Thunder increases automatically—you need no extra cultivation.

But in the universe, this is the simplest way to use the Dao. The advanced method is to form a Doushen Shenlei!

Only then can you fully unleash the power of the Dao!

If the Meltfire Beast has already begun forming its Doushen Shenlei, your Starlight Second Stage power may still be insufficient."

"An advanced application of the Dao?"

Xu Jingming frowned, then asked thoughtfully, "Could I try forming one too?"

"Forming a Doushen Shenlei isn't simple."

The usually lively little girl Eva rarely showed a bitter smile: "First, the secret techniques to form a Doushen Shenlei are extremely hard to obtain.

My Elven clan, with countless members, has only five complete Doushen Shenlei lineages—and all are Wood or Life Dao.

None match the Thunder or Destruction Dao you seek.

Second, forming a Doushen Shenlei requires many auxiliary materials that simply cannot be gathered on Blue Planet.

The materials the Meltfire Beast uses to form its Doushen Shenlei likely come from the Meltcore Blood Dragon."

"So troublesome?"

Xu Jingming's heart sank.

He had thought imprisoning the Meltfire Beast would pose no major problem, yet a new variable had emerged.

"Even the Destruction Domain won't work?" he asked again.

"The Destruction Domain's To Second Layer might, but it's not that easy.

Even you, as an S-rank, only achieved To First Layer through the Withered Branch and Holy Spirit Elixir.

The difficulty of reaching To Second Layer is dozens of times greater than achieving To First Layer."

As Eva finished speaking, Xu Jingming fell into deep thought.

Breaking through to Starlight Second Stage cost him 600 million Ability Points.

At the time, the system interface showed no point-allocation marker beside the Destruction Domain.

That meant unlocking the Destruction Domain's To Second Layer would require at least 600 million Ability Points.

'I've cleared about half of the Atlantic.'

'The remaining half might yield another 800 to 900 million Ability Points.'

'If the Atlantic isn't enough, there are other regions to harvest Ability Points...'

Xu Jingming thought silently.

Unlocking the Destruction Domain's To Second Layer shouldn't be a problem for him.

Still, one must always prepare for the worst. If the Molten Fire Beast has some hidden card up its sleeve and he can't defeat it, the entire Blue Planet will be plunged into an irrecoverable catastrophe.

"Aimosi, what's the maximum population the Spark World can hold?" Xu Jingming looked at Aimosi and asked.

"A maximum of one billion people," Aimosi said softly.

The Spark World currently has a population of 120 million, but squeeze things in, and it can fit over ten times that number.

"Good."

Xu Jingming nodded, looked at Eva and said, "Pass down the order — activate the Spark-level emergency plan.

The Great Xia Empire will transfer to the Spark World; the Spark World has one billion slots, with fifty million reserved for natives.

The remaining slots will be distributed evenly among the other regions.

Remember, prioritize the transfer of rare ability awakeners."

Blue Planet currently has a population of roughly ten billion, so a complete transfer is impossible.

Besides, there's not enough time — only a portion can be transferred.

This way, if he truly can't defeat the Molten Fire Beast, they can still preserve a spark of hope, just like in the Second Civilization Era.

"Understood."

Eva also understood the gravity of the situation and nodded with a solemn expression.

But after a pause, she suddenly floated to Xu Jingming's shoulder, a flicker of worry passing through her green eyes as she said:

"S-Class, with your current strength,

you could actually break through the barrier outside Blue Planet and head straight into the universe..."

The little loli didn't finish her sentence, but everyone present understood what she meant.

The implication was simple — the rest of Blue Planet had nothing to do with him; he could just dust off his hands and leave.

There was no need to risk his life battling the Molten Fire Beast.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming chuckled softly, dark lightning flickering in his eyes.

He reached out and ruffled Eva's little head, his movements gentle yet firm:

"Fleeing without a fight isn't really my style."

He had never thought of himself as some especially great person.

He made this decision because the odds of winning were high; otherwise, he would have left without the slightest hesitation.

Of course, he wouldn't be reckless about it either.

He had a light-speed-class spaceship on hand. If he truly couldn't defeat that Molten Fire Beast, he would immediately take them and leave Blue Planet.

In the living room, looking at Xu Jingming's tall, straight figure, Aimosi's red lips curved slightly upward, a faint unusual glimmer flashing in her beautiful eyes.

Ling Shuang stood with her arms crossed, her cold, gorgeous face bearing undisguised tenderness.

It was precisely this unique personal charisma that had made them fall for him.