Chapter 107: Heavenly Fire Descends

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng was flipping through the real-time data information of the Trading Hall.

After the secondary profession Spirit Chef went online, a brand new type of item appeared in the Trading Hall: Spirit Food.

These items have an independent subcategory after the secondary profession update; players can enter the Custom Items tab to see the "Spirit Food" label within the subcategory.

However, in terms of the quantity of items for sale, there are only two low-grade Spirit Foods available for players to purchase.

They are:

【Earth Spirit Stew】:

Spirit Food Grade: 1

Spirit Food Effect: Upon consumption, gain 78 points of Body Tempering experience, and gain a "Basic Repair" status bonus lasting 90 minutes; the effect begins calculating after drinking, continuously weakens, until it becomes completely ineffective.

Basic Repair: Recovers a certain amount of HP per second.

Guidance Hint: Earth Spirit Stew comes with a Basic Repair effect, slightly lower than the blood recovery speed brought by a Level 10 Food Qi Painful Painful Minghun.

【Glowing Mushroom Soup】:

Spirit Food Grade: 2

Spirit Food Effect: Upon consumption, gain 184 points of Body Tempering experience, and gain a Basic Mental Focus status bonus lasting 60 minutes; the effect begins calculating after drinking, continuously weakens, until it becomes completely ineffective.

Basic Mental Focus: Enhances mental concentration; the mental state cannot be easily disturbed by external forces.

These two Spirit Foods were selected by players from over 20,000 recipes based on records in the existing Spirit Material Compendium, and are the two Spirit Foods that can be completed.

The Spirit Materials required for production can be found in the Di Zhong Mountain Range region or the Colorful Mist Coast region.

Through the Trading Hall data, Qi Sheng discovered that the price of Spirit Plants saw a small increase after the Spirit Chef function was launched, especially for materials that could be utilized to make Spirit Foods, where the price increase was very obvious.

The appearance of new items also drove the circulation of Shou Shou Jili among players.

The effects of the two Spirit Foods are not considered strong, yet many players are still willing to purchase them.

Some players purchase them for the unique and wonderful taste of the Spirit Food; more are members of major guilds buying them to use against the Black Tide and the Insect Tide, thereby enhancing combat power.

After finishing the Trading Hall information, Qi Sheng's consciousness switched to the real-time statistical information of the Challenger System.

【Player Count: 19392】

Meng Yuan Chu Traits Contained: 23

Player Shou Shou Jili Output Per Hour (Real-time): 83925 points

Average Player Painful Painful Minghun Level: 19.7

Possessing Domain Nodes: Di Zhong Village (Rules), Dark Cave (Resources), Demon Fall Pit (Resources), Cloud Fields (Resources).

It can be seen that the Shou Shou Jili produced by players per hour is still growing steadily.

The total number of players is also about to break through 20,000.

He has already considered introducing a batch of alien race players.

Especially for the exploration of the Colorful Mist Coast region, a batch of alien race players possessing water combat experience is needed.

The targets he has considered include the Gills Fish Tribe and the Abyss Fish People.

Before these two tribes descended upon Earth, their Homeworld's water area accounted for over 98%, and their water combat capabilities were extremely formidable.

With the addition of these two alien race factions, the speed of containing Meng Yuan Chu monsters in the sea areas can be significantly accelerated.

Just as Qi Sheng was evaluating this idea, guidance feedback suddenly floated into his mind, and his vision instantly switched to the Ancient Battlefield region of the Di Zhong Mountain Range.

According to the message sent by the guidance, a spatial rift has appeared in the Di Zhong Mountain Range region, and an external force has appeared.

It is not strange for an external force to appear.

In the Monster World, forces tear through space and descend upon other regions every minute and second, launching plunder and war.

Just like the Mechanical Legion force that suddenly descended previously.

In addition, a large number of Outer Realm forces are constantly descending upon the Monster World, and every region is experiencing endless war.

But the guidance indicates that the force descending this time is slightly different.

Di Zhong Mountain Range, north of the Ancient Battlefield.

The sky tore open a dazzling fissure; countless Heavenly Fire meteors, like stars summoned by spells, rushed towards the earth across the long sky, carrying Xiong Xiong burning flames.

Every meteor dragged a long tail flame, decorating the dark red night sky into a sea of fire, with crimson radiance covering the entire sky.

This scene attracted the attention of a large number of players; they all looked up at the sky, not understanding what situation this was.

One hour ago, Heavenly Fire World.

This is a small world with a total area of approximately 320 million square kilometers.

A mass of raging flames hangs high in the world's sky; no stars are visible, completely shrouded by the pale blue World Barrier.

This is a small world with almost no room for growth; to explore a broader space, one must only break through the World Barrier and proceed to other planes.

The central region of the world.

Above the towering Jin Zita, an ancient war sacrifice is being performed.

The young Tian Huo Fa Wang who holds the world, wearing a magnificent robe inscribed with complex runes and patterns, stands on an altar built from piled giant stones, raises the crimson scepter in his hand high, looks down upon the countless kneeling and worshipping figures below for a long time, and says in a deep voice:

"The ancestors, with their flesh and blood, forged our clan's glory of today; this is the first millennium of our Tian Huo Clan unifying the world; let us offer a sacrificial rite to the ancestors who fought in the blood for our clan."

As the words fell, cheers echoed from below the Jin Zita.

The Tian Huo Fa Wang continued at this moment:

"But our journey has not ended; the ancient ancestral teachings tell us that vast lands exist beyond the World Barrier; in that world we do not need to worry about insufficient resources, nor do we need to constantly optimize the population to save resources... as long as we can proceed to that world, we will completely break free from the world's shackles, surpass the ancestors, and establish an supreme dynasty."

"Tian Huo people, let us face the storm head-on, let the enemies of the Outer Realm tremble before our feet."

"This war crossing worlds is not only for glory, but also so that our descendants can enjoy the abundant life brought by endless resources...."

With passionate and stirring wartime mobilization, countless Heavenly Fire people responded with shouts.

After the ancestral worship ceremony ended, the Tian Huo Fa Wang returned to the Wang Zuo and sat down.

On the wall behind him hung a massive world map.

This was a world he had never seen with his own eyes, yet it truly existed in the ancestral historical records.

The records showed that the ancestors were not born on the world beneath their feet.

They came from a higher world three times larger than the one beneath their feet, where the ancestors had once built the Heavenly Fire civilization.

But an unprecedented crisis quietly descended: evil matter from the depths of the void, like an invisible plague, seeped silently into every corner of the world, followed by the arrival of countless evil lifeforms.

The brutal war shattered the Heavenly Fire civilization, forcing them to abandon their Homeworld and flee to the Heavenly Fire World where he now stood.

According to historical texts, when the ancestors first arrived in this world, they completely abandoned the thought of reclaiming their Homeworld, believing the Heavenly Fire people could never defeat those powerful evil lifeforms.

Until, during their exploration of this world, they discovered vast quantities of a mineral called Heavenly Fire Stone.

This resource was exceptionally suited for upgrading and transforming the "Tian Huo Runes Technology."

Preliminary test results stunned the ancestors and made them realize they had acquired an extremely precious resource.

This gave the ancestors hope of reclaiming their Homeworld; they took root here, built a new civilization, destroyed and enslaved the world's native races, becoming the supreme race of this world, known to the natives as the Heavenly Fire Divine Clan.

He was the fourth-generation deity of the Heavenly Fire people, and he had never forgotten the ancestral decree to reclaim the Homeworld.

Today marks the 1000th year of the Heavenly Fire people's rule over this world.

As the supreme deity of this generation of Heavenly Fire people, the Tian Huo Fa Wang could not hide his inner excitement.

He had finally made his decision: to wage war against the Homeworld and reclaim the ancestral lands lost long ago.

And this war was merely the starting point in his eyes.

The ancestors had left records in their histories stating that only plunder could offer a civilization the hope of rapid growth and rise.

Thus, this war was only the beginning; after victory, the Heavenly Fire people would become a terrifying calamity sweeping across countless worlds, and he would become the Calamity King standing atop the pinnacle of myriad worlds.

Let countless living beings tremble and submit before the power of the Heavenly Fire people.

"Begin!"

At this moment, the Tian Huo Fa Wang spoke in a deep voice.

Instantly, a priest standing before him raised a horn and blew it sharply.

Immediately, tens of thousands of priests clad in black robes and wearing golden crowns, standing outside the Jin Zita, slowly ascended the small altar before them, raised their staffs embedded with gems, whose tips glowed crimson, chanting ancient Heavenly Fire incantations; each note echoed through the night sky, awakening the ancient power slumbering deep within the earth.

This was a vast spatial array enveloping the entire city, built over generations of effort.

Next, they would use this teleportation array to tear through the spatial barrier and carry the full strength of their clan to the Homeworld.

As for the coordinates, the ancestors had long ago meticulously recorded the spatial coordinates of the Homeworld, waiting for future descendants to use them when they became capable.

At this moment, the Tian Huo Fa Wang, as ruler, could not conceal his excitement.

The world beneath their feet, exhausted by their frantic mining, could no longer provide any support for the Heavenly Fire people's development.

Only the world beyond was the future.

Suddenly, the runes on the altar began to glow, their light converging into a crimson pillar shooting skyward, connecting with the heavens; within the pillar, faintly visible, a twisted black rift was rapidly expanding.

The earth trembled, mountains roared, and all things appeared insignificant before this awe-inspiring spectacle.

The Heavenly Fire warriors also gathered within Wang Cheng, feeling the tremors emanating from deep within the earth.

They all understood that war meant some of their own would die—and that the one who died might be themselves.

But they knew even more clearly that war was the only hope for the continued development of the Heavenly Fire people.

The world beneath their feet had been mined dry; only outward exploration held a future, so this war offered no retreat—only forward.

As the spatial rift continued to expand, the Tian Huo Fa Wang raised his staff.

Instantly, 108 energy core crystals rose from the ground below.

These were the vast wealth accumulated by the Heavenly Fire people during the construction of the spatial teleportation array.

This wealth would also be taken to another world.

Boom!

The frequency of the earth's trembling escalated; spiritual runes surged and interwove across the ground, forming a massive spatial teleportation array, resonating with the rift tearing and expanding in the sky.

Finally, the teleportation pillar began to expand.

Until it completely enveloped the city.

At this moment, the Tian Huo Fa Wang and the Heavenly Fire people saw a colorful spatial tunnel before them, stretching endlessly toward its end.

A powerful pulling force enveloped their bodies.

"Heavenly Fire Array, Heavenly Fire Fallen Gods, War Readiness!"

The Tian Huo Fa Wang's roar echoed above the city; countless Heavenly Fire warriors entered battle readiness.

Gazing at the endless end of the spatial tunnel, their eyes burned with fanaticism.

And beneath their feet, the one-time spatial array was already riddled with cracks; as the entire Wang Cheng's Heavenly Fire warriors were swept into the space passage, the teleportation array shattered instantly.

At this moment, the native races, enslaved for nearly a thousand years outside Wang Cheng, looked up at the colorful pillar in the sky, their eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.

The departure of the Heavenly Fire people meant the end of centuries of enslavement—and the imminent arrival of a new war sweeping across the world.

This time, it would be war among the native races.

The technology brought by the Heavenly Fire people would become weapons for the native races to slaughter one another.

And on the day the Heavenly Fire people departed, future histories would name it: Divine Kingdom Ascension.

…

Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range.

The spatial rift continued to expand.

Meteors rained down, staining the sky crimson, the earth as bright as day.

Crossing the spatial rift, the Heavenly Fire tribe warriors burned their bodies in midair, transforming into demonic forms wreathed in crimson flames.

This is one of the strongest rune secret techniques of the Heavenly Fire tribe.

In this state, they can effortlessly manipulate the fire elements in the air, their power multiplying several times over.

The Heavenly Fire Fa Wang also crossed the spatial rift at this moment.

Before him, a strange crescent moon hung high in the sky, the land appearing utterly lifeless.

But with just one breath, he knew he had arrived at the right place.

The energy contained in the air far surpassed that of the Heavenly Fire World; under meditative perception, he saw countless colorful energy particles drifting through the air, imagining how rich the spiritual resources of this world must be.

"Hahahaha, this is exactly the world I wanted."

Gazing down at the land, the Heavenly Fire Fa Wang could not help laughing heartily.

As meteors continuously crashed to earth, the Dizong Mountain Range was split apart by burning seas of fire.

Instantly, flames shot into the sky, smoke spreading everywhere.

The Heavenly Fire Fa Wang also landed at this moment in the region north of the Ancient Battlefield; after touching down, he thrust his staff violently into the ground.

The staff rapidly dissolved, turning into scorching magma that seeped into the soil, reshaping the terrain at an unimaginable speed.

From the ground centered on the Heavenly Fire Fa Wang, pillars of flame rose continuously, spiraling upward or intertwining to form the silhouettes of majestic structures—all forged from pure flame—followed by towering flame walls, flame towers piercing the heavens, winding city streets… the entire city seemed to solidify beneath roaring flames.

This city was also the starting point of the Heavenly Fire Fa Wang's endless journey.

…

Phantom Marsh Region.

The Insect Hive Mind lifted its head, four tentacles extending from its mouth to slap the air, as if sensing airborne pheromones.

"Ji ji!"

One minute later, the Insect Hive Mind suddenly emitted a piercing, shrill cry; an information shockwave swept outward from it in an instant, causing countless insect warriors feasting on resources to freeze in place.

When the second command arrived, the Insect Army rapidly advanced toward the Dizong Mountain Range.

Tianyuan Domain Node.

Watching the fireballs continuously falling through the spatial rift from afar, the Earth-Nian Xie Ling furrowed his brow, realizing another new external force had arrived.

This was not the outcome he desired.

Before this, he had never regarded any other force as a threat.

But now, ahead lay the Player Clan blocking the Hei Chao Xie Sui's spread into the Dizong Mountain Range, while behind, the Insect Army cut off his path of expansion.

He was trapped in the center, unable to unleash the Hei Chao Xie Sui's powerful devouring nature.

He was completely sealed within this region.

Both these forces possessed infinite traits—he could not easily defeat them with the Hei Chao Xie Sui under his control.

The Player Clan was the most troubling of the two.

Fighting the Insect Army at least yielded gains, but fighting the Player Clan brought only losses, zero benefit.

Even after repelling multiple assaults by the Player Clan on the domain nodes, such victories brought him no sense of accomplishment.

When the Hei Chao Xie Sui killed Player Clan members, it could not absorb any energy; instead, the corrupted lifeforms that fought the Players vanished completely upon death, unable to rejoin the Hei Chao Xie Sui.

Even more unbelievable to him was that domain nodes occupied by the Player Clan simply vanished into thin air—something entirely beyond the comprehension of both him and the Evil Eye.

With these two tormenting forces surrounding him, he could not even conceive of a way to break the stalemate—only continued mutual attrition.

He had not expected yet another external force to appear now.

In the eyes of the Earth-Nian Xie Ling, no force in this world could be underestimated; he did not know what kind of growth potential this new arrival possessed.

At that moment, the Evil Eye suddenly spoke:

"Perception detects 108 clusters of energy aggregates; consuming them would significantly aid the growth of the Hei Chao Xie Sui."

"Are these resources brought by the newly arrived force?"

"Correct."

"Go and confront them."

As soon as the words ended, the Hei Chao Xie Sui raging across the Dizong Mountain Range surged toward the Heavenly Fire tribe.

Although the arrival of this new force troubled the Earth-Nian Xie Ling, deep within his heart he felt no fear, nor had he ever considered allying with the Player Clan or the Insect Army to resist the newcomers.

This was the pride of a Hei Chao Xie Sui warrior.

In the eyes of the Hei Chao Xie Sui, there were no allies, no schemes—only endless, unceasing plundering war.

Not long after, the Hei Chao Xie Sui and the Heavenly Fire tribe warriors clashed violently outside the Flame City.

In the initial engagement, the Hei Chao Xie Sui, averaging a hunting level of 11, were no match for the Heavenly Fire tribe, being mowed down in droves.

This sight filled the Heavenly Fire Fa Wang with delight.

He knew his judgment had been correct—the Heavenly Fire tribe now possessed the strength to conquer other worlds.

This battle also filled the Earth-Nian Xie Ling, the hidden controller, with ecstatic joy.

The Hei Chao Xie Sui could return to the Hei Chao Xie Sui upon death; losses in battle meant nothing to him, but crucially, the initial clash revealed that the Heavenly Fire tribe was far less terrifying than he had imagined.

The Insect Hive Mind held the same thought.

Having gathered preliminary intelligence on the Heavenly Fire tribe through information perception, it issued combat orders immediately.

Now, observing the battle through flying insect units and collecting combat pheromones, the Insect Hive Mind confirmed its judgment and decisively accelerated the Insect Army's advance.

On the other side, the Yuan Chu Altar.

"That's it?"

Observing the clash between the Hei Chao Xie Sui and the Heavenly Fire tribe through perception vision.

Qi Sheng was truly speechless.

He had expected the newly arrived force to be a super-plundering power like the "Mechanical Sovereign," unleashing a devastating blow that would sweep all before it.

But he never expected the arriving Heavenly Fire Tribe to be so weak.

Though they seemed to hold absolute superiority in their struggle against the Black Tide, this advantage meant nothing—the Tianhuo warriors merely kept transforming into nourishment for the Black Tide.

【Boss, the Insect Tide has also entered the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range; it seems they've set their sights on this big fat fish too. Weak as they are, they're carrying 108 energy cores. Let's move quickly—we can't let the Black Tide and the Insect Tide devour it all.】

Qi Sheng heard this and nodded decisively.

In an instant, he issued the latest mission announcement to all players.

(End of Chapter)