Chapter 362: and translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with JSON list of named entities appearing in these lines

"Whoosh—..."

He passed through the sand pile that blocked the cave entrance.

Ta Ke, whose shadow form was in accord with the profundity of the earth glyphs, entered the underground stone cavern deeply buried by the desert.

A pitch-black arched passage three meters wide and five meters high appeared before Ta Ke.

"Whoosh!"

A simple lantern was taken out by Ta Ke, and he inserted a condensed fireball into it.

The light swiftly pushed back the darkness.

The grayish-white marble rock walls and the towering spire outside were made of the same material.

Ta Ke attempted to swing the feather-blade of the steam light feather blade.

"Sizzle~~"

The cutting of the forbidden spell light feather blade left only a faint trace on it.

"To destroy it, the difficulty is extremely high."

Surveying this underground palace, Ta Ke fell into thought.

Immediately, Ta Ke began to release one soul curtain after another.

Let them go ahead into the darkness to explore the situation inside.

As for these "soul curtains" themselves, they inherently perceive darkness, so letting them explore is naturally the best option.

After releasing seven or eight scout soul curtains, Ta Ke finally stopped releasing them.

"Low-level fifth- and sixth-tier soul curtains seem to need more preparation."

"These little tricks are quite useful for scouting the environment, after all……"

Ta Ke narrowed his eyes slightly as he surveyed these ancient areas.

"Even I cannot claim to fully comprehend these remnants from antiquity."

"In case there are any seals or traps, and the like."

"Letting the soul curtains trial‑and‑error is still safer than me going myself."

"Although the world beyond this layer's domain gate leads to the underground… it is in fact an independent little world."

"Logically, this independent little world should not have any source energy leakage."

"But previously, this place was frantically spewing chaotic primordial essence outward."

"This also means that the source energy deep within this world must be extremely abundant."

"Huh?"

Ta Ke truly contemplated, and his brow rose slightly.

After leaving a soul curtain behind him, Ta Ke performed a shadow‑step, leaping onto a soul curtain ahead.

As Ta Ke held up the lantern,

In the dry corner, a crystal suffused with brilliant starlight imprinted itself upon Ta Ke's vision.

This crystal, resembling a stellar gem, was about the size of an egg.

When Ta Ke touched the crystal, a rich and pure chaotic primordial essence surged forth.

This was far purer than the chaotic primordial essence Ta Ke himself had cultivated in his Chaos Master ecological nest.

【Chaos Ancient God Stone】

Yes, this splendid item, resembling a stellar gem, is a treasure that can only be born in the special ecological zones of the Chaos Ancient Continent—the Chaos Ancient God Stone!

Ta Ke narrowed his eyes as he examined the brilliant "Chaos Ancient God Stone" in his hand, a faint gleam flashing deep in his pupils.

"A single Chaos Ancient God Stone is worth thirty‑to‑fifty thousand chaos blood crystals; its value is astonishingly high, and outside you can hardly buy any."

"Using Chaos Ancient God Stones to build a nest ecosystem will definitely greatly accelerate the deposition of my chaotic primordial essence foundation."

"At the same time, using Chaos Ancient God Stones to bind my Chaos Master seed is also a perfect choice."

"Such top‑tier resources, and the more the better."

Taking a deep breath, Ta Ke gazed intently into the depths of the pitch‑black underground passage.

He murmured with a hint of anticipation: "Even in this inconspicuous corner there are some; surely… there must be many more deeper down."

Not long after, a smile crept onto Ta Ke's face.

Because, the soul curtains continuing to probe ahead had already begun to discover new Chaos Ancient God Stones one after another.

After a moment, Ta Ke sensed the soul curtains' positions gradually dispersing, and he fell into thought.

"This place seems to be a gigantic passage maze."

"After a few branching forks, the soul curtains are no longer sufficient."

After a moment's thought, Ta Ke released the Shadow Spider Lord.

"Summon a large number of baby spiders to explore the maze terrain here, and……"

Ta Ke took out the Chaos Ancient God Stone he had obtained earlier.

"If you encounter this kind of thing, bring it back to me."

Following Ta Ke's command.

The Shadow Spider Lord immediately gathered power to summon one after another basin‑sized tiny shadow spiders.

Soon, countless shadow spiders crawled along the passage in all directions.

Although the Shadow Spider Lord lacks the insect race's powerful psychic network, it also possesses a not‑weak psychic link, making its exploration of the maze highly effective.

With the exploration of the shadow spiders and the soul curtains,

More and more Chaos Ancient God Stones continually fell into Ta Ke's hands.

After more than two hours.

Ta Ke was inside a wide passageway, proceeding slowly.

This passageway is over twenty meters high and seven to eight meters wide, clearly a main corridor.

At this point, Ta Ke had already gathered over three hundred Chaos Ancient God Stones while moving through the labyrinth passages; this haul was already quite good.

Just now, the Shadow Magic Spider Lord informed Ta Ke that they had discovered the main passage, which likely leads to the labyrinth's core area.

They proceeded to the end of the wide passageway.

A thick wall of Chaos mist blocked the way and vision.

Even Ta Ke could not see through this strange Chaos mist wall with his sight.

Scrutinizing a wall of Chaos mist.

A soul curtain broke free from Ta Ke's body and directly entered it.

Carefully feeling the image perceived by the soul curtain.

Ta Ke's heart gave a slight tremor.

"This..."

As he scrutinized closely, even the well-informed Ta Ke couldn't help but deepen his breath.

After feeling for a moment longer and confirming there was no danger,

Ta Ke then stepped forward and passed through the thick Chaos gray mist.

After passing through the Chaos gray mist, his view suddenly opened up.

A majestic, awe-inspiring floating hall of the underground palace, blooming with myriad stars, slowly unfurled its curtain before Ta Ke's eyes.

Hundred-meter-tall giant stone pillars surrounded the hall, carved with various rare and exotic beasts.

Further inside lies a U-shaped corridor.

The innermost part is a subterranean palace hall resembling a fortress.

Even the external decorations are resplendent with gold and azure.

And through the windows and doorways,

the brilliant starlight within the fortress hall bursts forth uncontrollably, casting a hazy glow outward.

"As if..."

Deep within the fortress hall lies a sea of stars.

And under the influence of the underground palace hall,

the surroundings are filled with falling, peculiar starfire light.

A spherical barrier about five to six meters thick envelops the floating underground palace hall on all sides.

Obviously, this miraculous spherical barrier, which can even block Ta Ke's higher-dimensional vision, remains sealed.

Ta Ke also finds it difficult to enter.

But at this moment.

Ta Ke's attention, however, is not on this hall.

but rather beneath this vast floating island hall of the underground palace.

Thanks to the abundant condensation of Chaos origin here, and the constant emission of starlight from the floating hall of the underground palace,

No one knows how many ages have passed, but in the pool below, a layer of Chaos Ancient God Stones has been painstakingly laid out, each gleaming with starlight.

Gazing out, beneath the rippling light, countless brilliant starlight pours into Ta Ke's view.

The Chaos Ancient God Stones are densely packed!

Indeed!

It's that extravagant; the bottom of the pool is covered with Chaos Ancient God Stones.

Take a deep breath!

Ta Ke gradually steadied his mind, silently thinking to himself.

"This time... I'm really going to strike it rich."

"Send the little spiders down to collect all the Chaos Ancient God Stones."

Ta Ke gave the order to the Shadow Magic Spider.

"Shasha..."

After giving Ta Ke a response,

the Shadow Magic Spider Lord began to act.

Numerous little magic spiders, following the wide bridge, continuously wove shadow spider webs, then leapt into the lower pool to begin salvaging Chaos Ancient God Stones.

While the Shadow Magic Spider Lord was acting, Ta Ke quietly scrutinized everything around him.

"The source energy here is extremely rich; evidently, these Chaos Ancient God Stones formed over long ages due to the strong Chaos ecology of the core area."

"Getting in a step ahead to scavenge resources here is practically a guaranteed profit."

In his thoughts, Ta Ke gazed toward the mysterious ancient hall of the underground palace at the core.

Ta Ke did not rashly go over to test it.

but rather waited for the Shadow Magic Spider Lord to finish gathering those Chaos Ancient God Stones.

In such a mysterious and unknown region, if there are resources, the correct choice is to first scavenge them and not act rashly.

Who knows if blindly groping around might cause some abnormal situation.

Just by finishing the scavenging of these resources before him, Ta Ke's Chaos Mastery is already secured!