Chapter 107: Descent of Heavenly Fire

The Primordial Altar.

Qi Sheng was reviewing real-time data from the Exchange Hall.

After the secondary profession of Spirit Chef went online, a brand-new commodity appeared in the Exchange Hall: Spirit Food.

Following the update to secondary professions, this type of commodity gained an independent sub-category; players entering the custom commodity section could now see the "Spirit Food" label within that sub-category.

However, regarding the quantity of goods for sale, only two types of low-grade Spirit Food were available for players to purchase.

They were respectively:

[Earth Spirit Stew]:

Spirit Food Grade: 1

Spirit Food Effect: Upon consumption, gain 78 points of Body Tempering experience and receive a 90-minute buff of the "Basic Restoration" status; the effect begins calculating from the moment of ingestion, gradually weakens, and continues until it becomes completely ineffective.

Basic Restoration: Restores a certain amount of health per second.

Guidance Hint: Earth Spirit Stew comes with the Basic Restoration effect, which is slightly lower than the health recovery speed provided by a level 10 Food Qi Fate Soul.

[Glimmer Mushroom Soup]:

Spirit Food Grade: 2

Spirit Food Effect: Upon consumption, gain 184 points of Body Tempering experience and receive a 60-minute buff of the "Basic Mental Focus" status; the effect begins calculating from the moment of ingestion, gradually weakens, and continues until it becomes completely ineffective.

Basic Mental Focus: Enhances mental concentration, making one's mental state difficult to disrupt by external forces.

These two types of Spirit Food were selected by players from over 20,000 recipes based on records in the existing Spirit Material Codex, representing the only two dishes that could currently be crafted.

The spirit materials required for their production could be found either in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region or in the Colorful Mist Coast region.

Through the Exchange Hall data, Qi Sheng discovered that prices for spirit plants had seen a small surge after the Spirit Chef function was launched, especially for materials that could be utilized to craft Spirit Food, where the price increase was particularly obvious.

The emergence of new commodities also drove the circulation of Sacrificial Power among players.

Although the effects of the two Spirit Foods were not particularly strong, many players were still willing to buy them.

Some players purchased them for the unique and wonderful taste of the Spirit Food, but the majority were members of various guilds buying them for use against the Black Black Tide and Insect Swarms to boost their combat power.

After reviewing the Exchange Hall information, Qi Sheng switched his consciousness to the real-time statistical information of the Challenger System.

[Player Count: 19,392]

Contained Primordial Characteristics: 23

Player Sacrificial Power Output Per Hour (Real-time): 83,925 points

Average Player Fate Soul Grade: 19.7

Owned Domain Nodes: Emperor Tomb Village (Rules), Dark Cave (Resources), Demon Fall Pit (Resources), Cloud Fields (Resources).

It was evident that the Sacrificial Power output by players per hour was still growing steadily.

The total number of players was also on the verge of breaking through 20,000.

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

Specifically regarding the exploration of the Colorful Mist Coast region, there was a need for a group of alien race players possessing experience in aquatic warfare.

The targets he had considered were the Gill-Fish Clan and the Abyssal Fishmen.

Before these two races descended upon Earth, the water areas of their homeworlds accounted for over 98% of their territory, making their aquatic combat capabilities extremely formidable.

With the addition of these two alien factions, the speed of containing Primordial monsters in the sea regions could be significantly accelerated.

Just as Qi Sheng was evaluating this idea, a feedback from the Guidance suddenly appeared in his mind, and his vision instantly switched to the Ancient Battlefield region of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

According to the message sent by the Guidance, a spatial rift had appeared in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region, and an external faction was making its entrance.

The arrival of an external faction was not, in itself, anything unusual.

Every minute and every second in the Monster World, factions tore through space to descend upon other regions, launching plunder and war.

For example, there was the Mechanical Legion faction that had suddenly descended previously.

Beyond that, a large number of Outer Domain factions were continuously descending into the Monster World, with every region undergoing ceaseless warfare.

However, the Guidance indicated that the faction descending this time was slightly different.

North of the Ancient Battlefield in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

A dazzling fissure split the horizon, and countless heavenly fire meteors, like stars summoned by sorcery, streaked across the sky with raging flames, rushing toward the earth.

Each meteor dragged a long trail of fire, turning the dark red night sky into a sea of flames, while crimson rosy clouds covered the entire heavens.

This scene attracted the attention of numerous players, who looked up at the sky one after another, unable to understand what was happening.

One hour earlier, in the Heavenly Fire World.

This was a minor world with a total area of approximately 320 million square kilometers.

A ball of raging fire hung high in the world's sky; no stars were visible, and everything was completely shrouded by a pale blue world barrier.

This was a minor world with almost no room for growth; to explore vaster spaces, the only option was to break through the world barrier and travel to other planes.

In the central region of the world.

Above a towering pyramid, an ancient war sacrifice was underway.

The young Dharma King who ruled the world, dressed in magnificent robes engraved with complex runes and patterns, stood on an altar built from piled giant stones, raised the crimson scepter in his hand, and after gazing down for a long time at the countless figures kneeling in worship below, spoke in a deep voice:

"Our ancestors forged our clan's present glory with their flesh and blood; this is the first millennium of our Heavenly Fire Clan unifying the world; offer a sacrificial rite to our ancestors who fought bloodily for our clan."

As his words fell, cheers echoed from below the pyramid.

At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King continued:

"But our journey is not yet over; ancient ancestral teachings tell us that vast lands exist beyond the world barrier, a world where we need not worry about insufficient resources, nor constantly optimize our population to save resources... As long as we can reach that world, we will completely break free from the shackles of this world, surpass our ancestors, and establish a supreme dynasty."

"People of Heavenly Fire, let us Iron Face the storm head-on, and let the enemies of the Outer Domain worlds tremble before our feet."

"This war across worlds is not only for glory but also so that our descendants may enjoy the affluent life brought by endless resources..."

Responding to the impassioned pre-war mobilization, countless members of the Heavenly Fire Clan answered with shouts.

Once the ancestral worship ceremony concluded, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King returned to sit upon his throne.

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 within the historical records left by his ancestors.

The records indicated that their ancestors were not born in the world beneath their feet.

Instead, they came from a higher-level world three times larger than the one beneath their feet, where their ancestors had once established the Heavenly Fire Civilization.

However, an unprecedented crisis quietly descended; evil matter originating from the depths of the void, like an invisible plague, silently seeped into every corner of the world, followed by the arrival of countless evil lives.

The fierce war caused the Heavenly Fire Civilization to fall apart, forcing them to finally abandon their homeland and flee to the Heavenly Fire World where he now resided.

According to historical records, when their ancestors first descended upon this world, they completely lost the thought of reclaiming their homeland, believing that the Heavenly Fire Clan could never defeat those powerful evil lives no matter what.

It was only during the process of exploring this world that they discovered it stored large quantities of spirit ore named Heavenly Fire Stones.

This batch of resources was extremely suitable for upgrading and transforming "Heavenly Fire Rune Technology."

Preliminary test results shocked the ancestors, making them realize they had obtained a very precious resource.

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

He was the fourth-generation god of the Heavenly Fire Clan, and he had never forgotten the ancestral teaching to reclaim their homeland.

Today marked the 1,000th year of the Heavenly Fire Clan ruling the world.

As the supreme god of this generation of the Heavenly Fire Clan, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King could hardly conceal his excitement in his heart.

He had finally made his decision to launch a war against the homeworld and reclaim the territories lost by his ancestors.

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

His ancestors had left records in the history books stating that only plunder offered hope for a civilization to rapidly grow and rise.

Therefore, this battle was just the beginning; after victory, the Heavenly Fire Clan would become a terrifying calamity sweeping across countless worlds, and he intended to become the King of Calamities standing at the peak of myriad worlds.

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

"Begin!"

The Heavenly Fire Dharma King spoke in a deep voice at this moment.

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

At once, tens of thousands of priests standing outside the pyramid, clad in black robes and wearing golden crowns, slowly stepped onto the small altars before them, raised their gem-embedded staves, from whose tips crimson light flickered, and chanted ancient Heavenly Fire curse runes; every note echoed through the night sky, awakening the ancient power sleeping deep within the earth.

This was a massive spatial array formation enveloping the entire city, which had taken the efforts of several generations to complete.

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

As for the coordinates, their ancestors had already recorded the spatial coordinates of the homeworld in detail, waiting for the day when their future descendants would have the capability to use them.

At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King, as the ruler, could hardly conceal the excitement on his Iron Face.

The world beneath their feet had been exhausted of resources due to their frantic mining and could no longer provide assistance for the development of the Heavenly Fire Clan.

Only the world outside held the future.

Suddenly, the runes on the altar began to glow, the light converging into a crimson pillar of light that shot straight up into the sky, connecting with the heavens; within the pillar of light, one could vaguely see a twisted black rift rapidly expanding.

The earth trembled, mountains and rivers roared, and all things seemed so insignificant under this shocking scene.

The warriors of the Heavenly Fire Clan also gathered within the Royal City, feeling the throbbing coming from deep within the earth.

They all understood that war meant clansmen would die in battle, and that clansman who died could be themselves.

But they understood even more clearly that war was the hope for the Heavenly Fire Clan to continue developing.

The world beneath their feet had been mined to exhaustion; only by exploring outward lay the future, so in this battle, there was only advancing, with no path of retreat.

As the spatial rift continued to expand, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King raised the scepter in his hand.

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

This was the vast wealth accumulated by the Heavenly Fire Clan alongside the construction of their spatial teleportation array.

This wealth will also be taken to another world.

Boom!

The frequency of the earth's trembling continued to climb; spiritual runes wandered and crisscrossed across the ground, outlining a massive spatial teleportation array that echoed the spatial rift tearing and expanding in the sky above.

Finally, the teleportation light pillar began to expand.

Until it completely enveloped the city.

At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King and the Heavenly Fire clansmen saw a colorful spatial tunnel appear before them, constantly extending toward its end.

A fierce pulling force enveloped their bodies.

"Heavenly Fire Great Formation, Heavenly Fire Falling God, prepare for war!"

The Heavenly Fire Dharma King's shout echoed over the city as countless Heavenly Fire warriors immediately entered combat status.

Gazing into the endless distance of the spatial tunnel, they could barely conceal the fervor in their eyes.

Beneath their feet, the one-time spatial great formation was already covered in cracks; as the Heavenly Fire warriors of the entire Royal City were sent into the spatial channel, the spatial teleportation array instantly shattered apart.

At this moment, the native clans enslaved outside the Royal City for nearly a thousand years all looked up at the colorful light pillar in the sky, their eyes filled with confusion and incomprehension.

The departure of the Heavenly Fire clan meant the end of long years of enslavement, and further meant that a new war was about to sweep across the world.

This time, it was a war between native races.

The technology brought by the Heavenly Fire clan would become the weapon for native clans to slaughter other races.

And the day the Heavenly Fire clan departed would be known in future history books as: The Divine Kingdom's Ascension.

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

The spatial rift continued to expand.

Meteors fell like rain, dyeing the sky crimson while the earth became as bright as day.

Crossing the spatial rift, the Heavenly Fire warriors burned their bodies in midair, transforming into forms of fire demons enveloped in crimson flames.

This was one of the strongest rune secret techniques of the Heavenly Fire warriors.

In this state, they could easily manipulate the fire elements in the air for their own use, gaining a several-fold amplification in strength.

The Heavenly Fire Dharma King also crossed the spatial rift at this time.

The world before his eyes held a strange crescent moon hanging high, appearing utterly lifeless.

But with just one breath, he knew he had come to the right place.

The energy contained in the air far surpassed that of the Heavenly Fire World; under the perspective of meditative perception, he could see countless colorful energy particles in the air, allowing him to imagine just how rich the spiritual resources of this world were.

"Hahaha, this is precisely the world I seek."

Overlooking the earth, the Heavenly Fire Dharma King could not help but burst into loud laughter.

As meteors continuously crashed to the ground, the region of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range was divided by a burning sea of fire.

In an instant, flames shot toward the sky and smoke filled the air.

The Heavenly Fire Dharma King also landed in the region north of the Ancient Battlefield at this time; upon landing, he fiercely thrust the scepter in his hand into the earth.

The scepter rapidly melted away, turning into scorching magma that seeped into the soil, beginning to reshape the terrain at a speed beyond imagination.

It was seen that on the earth centered around the Heavenly Fire Dharma King, pillars of fire continuously rose, spiraling upward in the air or intertwining and winding together to form the outlines of towering buildings; these structures were all condensed from pure flames, followed by towering flame city walls, flame towers pointing straight to the firmament, and winding city streets... the entire city seemed to solidify under the enveloping raging flames.

This city was also the starting point of the endless journey in the eyes of the Heavenly Fire Dharma King.

Phantom Swamp Region.

The Zerg Overmind raised its head, four tentacles extending from its mouth to continuously pat the air, as if sensing the pheromones drifting within it.

"Ji ji!"

One minute later, the Zerg Overmind suddenly emitted a sharp, piercing cry; an information shockwave instantly swept in all directions from its center, causing countless Zerg warriors who were gnawing on resources to halt immediately.

When the second command arrived, the Zerg army rapidly advanced toward the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.

Tianyuan Domain Node.

Watching the fireballs continuously falling within the spatial rift through his perception perspective, the Earth-Nian Evil Spirit frowned slightly, realizing that yet another foreign power had made its entrance.

This was not the result he wished to see.

Before this, he had never placed any other powers in his eyes.

But now, with the Player Clan blocking the Black Black Tide's spread toward the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range in front, and the Zerg army cutting off the path for outward expansion behind,

he was trapped in the center, completely unable to unleash the Black Black Tide's powerful devouring characteristics.

He was thoroughly sealed within this region.

Both of these powers possessed endless characteristics; they were not something the Black Black Tide under his control could easily defeat.

Among them, the Player Clan gave him the most headache.

Engaging the Zerg could at least yield benefits, but engaging the Player Clan resulted only in losses, with no profit whatsoever.

Even though he had repelled the Player Clan's assaults on the domain node multiple times, such victories brought no sense of accomplishment.

When the Black Black Tide killed members of the Player Clan, it could not devour any energy; moreover, the evil spirits who fought the players would completely dissipate upon death, unable to reintegrate into the Black Black Tide.

What made him find it even more unbelievable was that domain nodes occupied by the Player Clan would vanish into thin air, which was completely beyond the understanding of both him and the Evil Eye.

Accompanied by these two tormenting powers, aside from continuing to wear each other down, he could not even think of how to break the deadlock.

He just hadn't expected that yet another foreign power would make its entrance this time.

In the eyes of the Earth-Nian Evil Spirit, the powers of this world could not be underestimated; he did not know what kind of growth potential this newly arrived power possessed.

Just then, the Evil Eye suddenly spoke:

"Perception detects 108 clusters of energy aggregates; devouring them will provide significant help to the growth of the Black Black Tide."

"Are these resources brought by the descending power?"

"Correct."

"Go and meet them."

As his voice fell, the Black Black Tide ravaging the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region surged toward the Heavenly Fire clan.

Although the arrival of the new power gave the Earth-Nian Evil Spirit a headache, deep in his heart he felt not a shred of fear, nor had he ever considered allying with the Player Clan or the combat Zerg to jointly oppose the new power.

This was the pride of a Black Black Tide warrior.

In the eyes of the Black Black Tide, there were no allies, no tricks, only endless wars of plunder.

Before long, the Black Black Tide evil spirits and the Heavenly Fire warriors erupted into fierce battle outside the Flame City.

In the initial engagement, the Black Black Tide evil spirits, with an average hunting level of 11, were simply no match for the Heavenly Fire clan and were harvested in large groups during the fight.

This scene filled the Heavenly Fire Dharma King with joy.

He knew his judgment had been correct; the Heavenly Fire clan now possessed the formidable strength to conquer other worlds.

And this battle also filled the Earth-Nian Evil Spirit, who manipulated events from behind the scenes, with ecstatic joy.

When Black Black Tide evil spirits died, they could return to the Black Black Tide; losses in battle were negligible in his view, but more importantly, the initial engagement revealed that the Heavenly Fire clan seemed far less fearsome than he had imagined.

The Zerg Overmind shared the same thought.

Having obtained preliminary intelligence on the Heavenly Fire clan through pheromone perception, it issued combat orders immediately.

Now, observing the battle through flying Zerg units to collect combat pheromones, the Zerg Overmind became even more certain of its judgment and decisively accelerated the advance speed of the Zerg army.

On the other side, at the Primordial Sacrifice Altar.

"Just this?"

Observing the clash between the Black Black Tide and the Heavenly Fire clan through his perception perspective,

Qi Sheng truly felt speechless.

He had originally thought that the power descending this time would be a supreme plundering force similar to the 'Mechanical Overlord,' playing a trump card immediately and sweeping all directions.

He never expected the descending Heavenly Fire clan to be pitifully weak.

Although they seemed to hold an absolute advantage in their confrontation with the Black Black Tide, such an advantage was meaningless; the Heavenly Fire warriors would only continuously transform into nourishment for the Black Black Tide.

[Boss, the Zerg Black Tide is also entering the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region; it seems they are also eyeing this big fat fish. After all, not only are they weak, but they even brought 108 energy cores. Let's make our move quickly too; we can't let the Black Black Tide and the Zerg Black Tide eat it all.]

Hearing this, Qi Sheng nodded decisively.

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

(End of Chapter)