[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d":3,"chapter-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-55":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of All Heavens: From a Wasteland Farm to a Divine Court of Myriad Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2344248,4582,"Chapter 55: The Roar of the Furnace, the Age of Steam, and the Hidden Shadows","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>The retreat of the Rotclaws was like sunlight piercing through dissipating clouds, illuminating the rebirth of the Thornheart territory. The emerald thorn ramparts slowly dimmed their glow, their root-veins of emerald fading back into dark golden guardian roots, lying dormant beneath the earth like slumbering pythons. The massive four-colored thorn emblem at the rampart’s center also faded, shrinking into a tiny seal imprinted upon the crossguard of the “Earth Vein Arbiter,” as if it had never existed—yet leaving behind a heavy, enduring will to protect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the depression, Lin Mo held the emerald-green “Fragment of the Emerald Heart,” radiating a warm, vast life force like a second heart of the territory. He gently placed the fragment beside the fissure near the Earth Vein’s core, and immediately several dark golden roots curled tenderly around it, forming a natural cradle. The green radiance of the fragment mingled with the orange-red glow of the Earth Vein’s core, creating a wondrous balance and mutual nourishment. The surrounding soil, nourished by this energy, saw greenery spread faster—more moss stubbornly covered the charred earth, and even a few resilient radiation grasses sprouted new shoots at the edges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A miracle! This is truly a miracle!” Copperbeard circled the Fragment of the Emerald Heart, his rough fingers delicately touching the warm crystal, feeling its surging life force, his eyes ablaze with fervor. “With this! The stability of the Hearthfire Furnace will increase at least threefold! The quality of the Fire Wen  Steel we forge will leap another tier! And Lingna’s ‘Emerald Nursery’ too! Wrench! Don’t stand there gawking! Get to work! Right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dwarf craftsman’s roar was like a spark igniting the furnace. Wrench, having survived the ordeal, unleashed twelvefold vigor, his earlier terror cast far beyond the clouds. Under Copperbeard’s command, the two worked like tireless worker ants, using scrap metal recovered from the ruins, fragments of the Black Scorpion “Clearer” armor, and exposed high-purity Fire Wen  Steel ore beside the fissure to begin a feverish construction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard’s precision mechanical prosthetic hand became the core tool. Using its built-in micro-cutting welder and hydraulic systems, he precisely cut and bent thick metal plates to construct the furnace’s skeleton. Wrench, channeling his goblin-like manic imagination, designed complex energy conduits and condensation systems, piecing together scavenged pipes and parts, muttering nonsense like “Steampunk is romance” and “Thermal conversion efficiency must exceed eighty percent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo became the central hub for energy supply. He sat cross-legged beside the Earth Vein fissure, one hand resting lightly on the hilt of the “Earth Vein Arbiter,” the other gesturing to draw the orange-red energy flowing from the Earth Vein’s core. Guided by him, the vast, docile Earth Vein energy flowed steadily along the dark golden root-laid energy circuits, continuously feeding into the forming furnace core—a massive crucible forged from layered heat-resistant alloy plates riveted together, its interior etched with rough energy-conducting patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Energy stable! Output power… 40%… 60%… 80%!” Wrench shouted excitedly, watching an energy gauge cobbled together from a discarded instrument panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good! Heat it up!” Copperbeard roared, slamming his mechanical hand onto a massive valve!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoldering embers deep within the Earth Vein fissure were fully ignited! Orange-red flames, like a awakened wrathful dragon, roared through Copperbeard’s designed ignition channels into the furnace crucible! The intense heat instantly turned the crucible’s inner walls glowing red! Several chunks of raw Fire Wen  Steel ore, pre-placed inside, softened and melted before their eyes, transforming into a churning, lava-like molten solution of orange-red metal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Success! The Earth Vein Furnace! Ignition achieved!” Wrench danced with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard’s face broke into a satisfied smile, yet his gaze remained sharp: “Don’t celebrate yet! Control the temperature! Control the pressure! Test the energy circuit load! Lingna! Is the condensate ready?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ready!” Lingna replied crisply. Her rudimentary water purification device, built at the depression’s low point using steam condensation principles, was already operational—clear water flowed through bamboo pipes into a massive reservoir fashioned from the armor of an assault platform. She carefully opened the valve, directing the condensate into the cooling pipes encircling the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HISS—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast plumes of steam rose, channeled away by Copperbeard’s designed exhaust chimneys, emitting a deep, rumbling roar. The furnace operated steadily, balanced between heat and cooling, the orange-red molten metal churning within the crucible, radiating searing heat and the scent of molten metal. For the first time on the wasteland, the roar of industry echoed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Thornheart” had officially entered the age of steam and earthfire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ellie leaned against a rock warmed by the root domain’s nurturing energy, watching silently. Her chest wound, healed rapidly by the emerald radiance of the Fragment of the Emerald Heart and her own lunar essence, now bore only a faint silver scar. She attempted to channel her lunar essence, Ningju  a tiny, remarkably concentrated silver glow at her fingertip—not wild, but cold as moonlight, carrying a purifying will. She looked at Lin Mo’s back, then at the silver glow on her finger; deep within her cold eyes, a complex light flickered—power no longer Shikong , yet burdened with heavier responsibility… and a strange, unfamiliar sense of connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything in the territory seemed to be improving. Yet Lin Mo’s heart remained haunted by unease. The venomous roar of the Rotclaws as they retreated still echoed in his ears; the Doctor’s whisper of the “Seed of Annihilation” lingered like a nightmare. More alarming was this: when he channeled the Earth Vein’s energy to sustain the furnace, deep within the core of the [Seed of Life], that faint, hair-thin, nearly imperceptible dark purple line… had it just… twitched slightly? Though vanishingly weak and fleeting, it felt like a cold needle piercing his perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it an illusion? Or… was a hidden threat lying in wait?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the shadowed corner at the edge of the depression—the very spot that had recorded everything—those two tiny, glimmering crimson “eyes”—the micro-surveillance device codenamed “Watcher’s Eye”—continued its silent operation. It captured the furnace’s roar, the stable output waveform of the Earth Vein energy, the life spectrum emitted by the Fragment of the Emerald Heart, the energy signature of Ellie’s lunar essence at her fingertip, and even the barely detectable anomaly in Lin Mo’s [Seed of Life] during energy channeling—all compressed into an extremely faint signal, disguised as natural background radiation, continuously transmitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The signal pierced the chaotic energy field of the wasteland, crossed vast distances, and ultimately converged into the heart of a vast underground base, brimming with precision instruments and flowing streams of azure data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the base’s main control room, a massive screen split into real-time surveillance feeds of the Thornheart territory. A figure in a white lab coat, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting cold light, stood motionless. His face held no expression—only absolute rationality and calculation. In the corner of the screen, lines of data scrolled rapidly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Target: Thornheart Territory】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Status: Stable development. Earth Vein Furnace operational (efficiency rating: B+). Fragment of the Emerald Heart (weak) confirmed. Life Barrier (Thorn Domain) energy pattern recorded (threat level: A). Target leader (Lin Mo) energy control enhanced (potential threat level upgraded). Target individual (Ellie) lunar essence stabilized (purification property \u002F exploitable).】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Anomaly detected: Leader’s core energy source ([Seed of Life])—unknown interference signal detected (characteristics: extreme decay \u002F residual will), intensity: negligible, status: latent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Seed of Annihilation’ contingency readiness: 78%… 79%…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doctor’s cold fingers swept through the air, pulling up another encrypted file, its title clearly displayed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Analysis Report on the Remnants of the Corruptive Origin – Codename: Root Rot》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studied the data model of the Rotclaw’s core essence, captured moments before being annihilated by the lunar-purifying spear, then compared it with the anomaly in Lin Mo’s [Seed of Life] displayed on screen. Behind his gold-rimmed glasses, his gaze flickered with a cold, all-knowing calculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Rotclaw’s mark… fused with the Seed of Life… an unexpected variable…” the Doctor murmured, his voice devoid of inflection. “The ‘Seed of Annihilation’… perhaps… parameters need adjustment… introduce a… ‘catalyst’.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called up a new interface: a complex, ever-evolving energy model. At its center pulsed the orange-red light representing the Thornheart’s Earth Vein core; at its periphery, an extremely fine thread of dark purple data was being carefully, like planting a virus, guided toward the heart of the orange-red glow…\u003C\u002Fp>",1376,"2026-06-21T00:09:53.357Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d2942bf03a90737889660d75941f983dc6554abc5f4afab46c5d0e33ba8e0a2d","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-56","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-54",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]