Chapter 1148: Wait for My Triumph! Lei Di Descends!

In the central zone of Xia Meng, in the backyard of a luxurious villa.

When Xu Jingming and Emers, Ling Shuang returned via spatial teleportation.

Su Qingli, Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, and the Leng Yuexi sisters had already been waiting there.

"The Meltfire Beast has awakened early; follow our original plan."

Xu Jingming waved his hand, and a faint glow flashed from his space ring.

A spacecraft, roughly thirty meters long and over ten meters high,

entirely silver-white, streamlined, and brimming with sci-fi aesthetics, appeared instantly.

It was precisely the lightspeed-class spacecraft he had obtained within the Breakthrough Tower.

"You all board the spacecraft first; if I can't handle the Meltfire Beast,

I'll teleport back immediately, tear open the barrier around Blue Star, and get us out of Blue Star first."

Xu Jingming said.

According to Eva's information, about 0.5 light-years outside Blue Star lies a spatial wormhole.

The spatial wormhole leads to a civilization planet that has entered the interstellar age; once we reach that planet,

he can call upon the Noah Empire's fleet to head directly to the core region of the Noah Empire.

But then Blue Star would be doomed—only the humans within the Firewood World could survive.

The entire Blue Star would face an apocalypse as it did in the First and Second Civilizations.

Even if he later grew stronger and returned, it would be useless.

But it didn't matter; the most important people had already been sent to the Firewood World, and Emers and the others were already aboard the spacecraft.

"Jingming..."

Su Qingli and the others all wore worried expressions.

Emers stepped forward, her pale golden eyes gleaming with resolve: "I'm going with you; I can still lend a hand."

"Unnecessary."

Xu Jingming shook his head and gently stroked Emers' smooth long hair:

"With your strength, you can't even harm the Meltfire Beast—you'd only slow me down.

Ling Shuang will come with me. Be good, listen to me."

Like comforting a little girl, Xu Jingming ruffled Emers' head.

In truth, this Grand Priestess of the Firewood Temple,

in her interactions with him, was no different from any other girl in the throes of first love.

Yet even so, the worry on Emers' and the others' faces did not fade.

There was no help for it; they were genuinely afraid of this terrifying beast that had destroyed the First and Second Civilizations.

"Forget my strength, you men?

You've been with me this long—from the Demon Great Age until now—have you ever seen me lose?"

Seeing this, Xu Jingming raised his sword-like brows and smirked:

"Just behave and get on the spacecraft and wait for me. Wash up and get ready to celebrate.

We've tried every place—but outer space? I've never tried that."

As his words ended,

Song Qiuyun covered her mouth and laughed softly; the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan looked eager to go.

The Leng Yuexi sisters, who had only recently joined, had flushed ears.

"What kind of time is this to be joking?"

Su Qingli's face turned crimson as she glared at him, flustered and annoyed.

But with this interruption, the worry in the girls' eyes lessened considerably.

Indeed, whoever among them,

since the moment they met Xu Jingming, had never seen him lose.

"I'm not joking. Get on the spacecraft and wait for me."

Xu Jingming chuckled.

Amid the girls' soft huffs, he patted each of their firm backsides in turn.

Then he watched them board the spacecraft; as it rose into the sky and vanished beyond the horizon, he and Ling Shuang stepped out of the villa.

At that moment, before the villa, Cao Jun, Xue Jian, and the other Xia Dynasty ninth-rank cultivators were already waiting.

Each of them regarded Xu Jingming with solemn expressions, their eyes filled with the will to fight to the death.

"This level of battle isn't for you. Go to the Firewood World and wait for me."

Xu Jingming tossed out these words, then turned to Ling Shuang and extended his hand: "Ling Teacher, let's go."

"I never thought we'd ever fight side by side."

Ling Shuang smiled sweetly and placed her jade hand in his.

The next instant, black lightning surged skyward, and the two figures vanished into the heavens.

"Honor the arrival of Lei Di, my lord!"

Xue Jian and the others froze, then shouted in unison, their voices echoing long across the skies of Xia Meng.

At the same time, spatial energy spread, and the two ascending figures vanished instantly from the sky.

"Th-that's what?!"

"It's the Meltfire Beast that destroyed the First and Second Civilizations!"

"It's over—everything's over! The Tianming Sect's prophecy was true!"

"The Molten Fire Beast has arrived—our civilization era is about to end!"

"What's there to fear? With Lei Di here, what fearsome beast can't be slain?"

"......"

Videos of the Molten Fire Beast rampaging through Sakura Nation spread wildly across the internet, with live broadcasts still ongoing.

Most people had no idea what it meant.

But six months ago, people from the Hearthfire World entered Blue Star.

They brought with them the truth behind the extinction of the Second Civilization Era, along with some video records.

At this moment,

seeing a similar fearsome beast appear in Sakura Nation, the entire world plunged into panic.

Madness! Chaos!

The worst of human nature laid bare—looting, vandalism, arson, and other vile acts unfolded across the globe.

Fortunately, Xu Jingming had anticipated this scene and ordered all nations' law enforcement to enforce strict measures, preventing further chaos.

Even so, people remained anxious and uneasy.

Even those who had already entered the Hearthfire World realized, upon hearing this news,

that this was never a welfare program—they were the seed!

The seed to preserve humanity's entry into the next civilization era—just like the Seed Plan of the Second Civilization Era.

"The Molten Fire Beast... the end-of-world crisis..."

In Sakura Nation, atop the main tower of the Tianyu Daochang headquarters.

Sakura Rin, clad in a form-fitting battle suit, her figure elegant and alluring, gazed into the distance.

Though separated by dozens of kilometers, she still sensed the terrifying energy fluctuations coming from that direction.

She could even see a monstrous dragon freely devouring humans, unleashing slaughter.

Though her heart already belonged to the Master, and she had devoted Sakura Nation entirely to him,

seeing a fearsome beast ravage her own homeland, she couldn't help but feel rage.

"Holy Maiden! You must leave now!"

Beside her, subordinates of the Tianyu Daochang urged anxiously.

According to plan, Sakura Rin should have entered the Hearthfire World long ago.

Yet she had refused to leave, delaying until now.

"Yes... it's time to go."

Sakura Rin reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

Just as she stepped forward with her long, beautiful legs, preparing to head toward the teleportation point erected by the Void Divine Palace,

she suddenly looked up sharply at the sky and cried out in delight: "It's the Master! The Master has arrived!"

In the sky several kilometers away, a coldly handsome young man and a seductive woman with a tear-shaped mole beside her eye appeared out of thin air.

The young man wore a black battle suit, black lightning swirling around him—undeniably Xu Jingming!