Chapter 471

It should be this coordinate.

Following the exotic black mist's conducted trail, Tak's astrological projection was directly projected there.

As soon as it landed.

Seven or eight powerful legendary furnace auras fell upon Tak at the same time.

Among them were also hostile scorching auras.

"Hey, kid, this isn't a place for your master to come play."

A rough voice imbued with mechanical legendary power came in a low, muffled tone.

The astrological projection's gaze briefly swept over several legendary mechanical powerhouses, then it swiftly departed.

These legendary powerhouses are not the mechanical legendary beings under the Cetriole demigod, but rather subordinates of another mechanical demigod powerhouse.

Fortunately, this is the gathering place agreed upon by everyone.

Jumping here directly via long-range is not a problem.

If it were for other matters, other places, other times.

Tak's projection suddenly came this close, so these mechanical clan's legendary powerhouses will certainly not let his projection go easily.

Watching Tak's departure, his silhouette resembled a night sky of stars.

"I somewhat remember this kid," said a legendary being.

"Oh?"

"Tak Lamor, the native inhabitant of the starry-sequence civilization that invaded the Chaos Prime World."

"The intensity of the sequence he opened is very high."

"In their extraordinary sequence realm, he is quite famous; even many deities are willing to openly open their faith domains to allow his steam sequence to spread."

"Oh? Developing a higher-intensity sequence system for civilization? This guy is not simple!"

"He is indeed not simple; I heard the Green Star clan wanted to kill him, but he got away."

"In that case, he has some tricks."

"Compared to Tak Lamor, I actually care more about this guy's steam core."

"Steam core?"

"Yes, their steam sequence is very peculiar; you didn't know that?"

"I really didn't know that."

"I've never heard of it!"

Immediately, many legendary mechanical powerhouses turned their gaze toward the legendary being who explained the 'steam core'.

"Their steam ecology uses certain living-metal material traits; the steam core forged from that steam ecology is quite distinctive."

"I heard that after some of our clan's little guys acquired a batch of steam cores and slowly absorbed and digested them into the mechanical furnaces, they could actually grasp some steam power, and the effect was quite good."

"Moreover, some mechanical clan members who fused multiple steam cores can exhibit considerable combat strength."

"Ah? There's still such a good thing that could benefit our entire clan?"

"Of course, when I previously communicated with several legendary powerhouses under the Cetriole demigod, I heard that under Tak Lamor there have already appeared batches of 'steam machine' experts, and their combat ability is quite formidable."

"And these few legendary powerhouses are also currently conducting large-scale trades of steam cores with Tak Lamor."

"The steam cores I obtained were also taken from those few mechanical legendary powerhouses over there."

"Now that you say that, it seems we should also try to obtain as many of these steam cores as possible; this entirely new sequence power, if it can be absorbed and merged, we definitely should absorb and merge it."

"Regardless of whether it helps us, this kind of power that can be directly absorbed from a civilization's sequence is not to be missed."

The mechanical clan's powerhouses are very clear about the effects of fusing these civilization sequences.

It easily leads to a situation where 11 is greater than 2.

Sometimes, when one's own sequence civilization faces an insurmountable barrier, merging the power of other sequence civilizations might easily break through.

Their mechanical clan relies on continually drawing in new power, constantly iterating, and continually fusing new civilization sequences in order to have endured to this day.

In a very ancient era, within the vast 'Chaos Cosmos Prime World,' brilliant civilizations were not limited to their mechanical clan.

But those that have persisted from the very beginning to now are few and far between.

…………

Speeding swiftly toward the gathering place of the Cetriole demigod.

The image just seen flashed quickly through his mind.

"Those people just now were mostly dark shades—black, purple, bluish-green, etc."

"Hmm... it should be the 'Aeonsource Mechanical Demigod'; this Aeonsource Mechanical Demigod came from the Blazing Star Tree Nest."

"I also don't know if the Orange Light Mechanical Tribe has arrived yet."

In his thoughts, wielding the Mechanical Lightfeather Blade, with Storm Wings as propulsion, Tak swiftly approached the many legendary powerhouses under the Cetriole demigod.

At that moment, many legendary powerhouses of the Aule Star Ring Divine Nation also noticed Tak's presence.

"What astonishing speed!"

"This speed is quite fast; within the divine nation, especially where traversal ability is greatly limited, this speed advantage is enormous."

"This speed is faster than that of many legendary powerhouses."

"Tak's legendary foundation is extraordinarily impressive; I heard from the Cetriole demigod that Tak's legendary fire is too heavy, causing his ascension to legendary rank to be quite slow."

"Hiss... the legendary fire is too heavy? Ascension is slow? Shouldn't a heavier fire make ascension faster?"

"When the legendary fire is in its rising phase, that's the case; but when one's legendary fire is as vast as a sea of smoke, and the fire's heaviness presses down like a great weight on the master sequence tree, that's another theory."

"And Tak clearly exemplifies that latter theory."

"Then, after Tak ascends to legendary rank, just how terrifying would he be?"

Heh heh... This guy already possesses strength not inferior to that of a mid-tier Legendary; once he advances to Legendary, he'll go on an expedition to slaughter gods! A Legendary powerhouse joked.

Really? In the ecosystems of many main worlds, the expedition god-slaying has ecological foundations.

Once a legendary being succeeds in the expedition god-slaying, it will activate this ecological potential and enter the fast track to godhood.

After all, a legendary expedition is also a kind of ritual for becoming a god.

Indeed!

As Ta Ke arrived at the gathering place of many legendary powerhouses.

Many mechanical legendary powerhouses, as well as some legendary powerhouses from other clans, gathered in droves.

"Ta Ke, the batch of steam cores we discussed earlier."

"Naturally I haven't forgotten, but Senior Bo Ni, you need to prepare more of those source energy experience stones in your hand; my people really need those source energy experience stones!"

"Hahaha… Don't worry, there's not much else, but those source energy experience stones are plentiful!"

Upon arriving at the Aolai Star Ring World, as I interacted with many legendary powerhouses, many resources that the Chaos Ancient Continent never had began to appear one after another.

For example, those "source energy experience stones", when placed in areas with richer chaos primal source, can absorb source energy experience, functioning similarly to the "Source Energy Baptism Pool".

However, the Source Energy Baptism Pool requires large-scale construction and must undergo ecological circulation.

Meanwhile, a source energy experience stone is just a fist-sized stone; simply place it in a spot with rich chaos primal source and it's ready.

It is far more convenient than the Source Energy Baptism Pool.

If the number of these source energy experience stones increases, it will also have a quite good effect for Ta Ke.

Besides the source energy experience stones, there are many other kinds of resources.

Over these past years, as I interacted with the ecologies of many clans,

The resources harvested by the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship are not insignificant.

Thanks to these resources, many supernatural beings aboard the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship can increase their speed rapidly.

In the course of interacting with many legendary powerhouses,

The vast majority of the exchanged information is gathered on the "Steam Core".

Ta Ke naturally knows this well.

"The Steam Human Clan" possesses formidable and astonishing strength, its terrifying performance on the battlefield, and its fearless trait against alien black mist—these are the best demonstrations.

Naturally, many supernatural being sequences flock to this "Steam Core" resource.

As for the blossoming of the Steam Sequence,

Ta Ke also has no intention of obstructing.

After all, when other supernatural sequence civilizations accept the Steam Core, the clan originating the Steam Core will naturally precipitate "legendary traits".

The Steam Pulse disperses from here and will inevitably converge here as well.

For example, the Insect Clan, the Mechanical Clan, and the Demon Clan,

These ancient sequence civilization clans have precipitated many legendary reputations.

They easily give birth to legendary powerhouses, and their legendary traits often become even stronger.

If we speak of the Steam Sequence blossoming on a large scale,

Then the "Steam Human Clan", with steam as its core, is likewise spreading its own clan sequence civilization.

As the birthplace of the Steam Sequence Civilization, the "Steam Human Clan" can continuously enjoy the precipitation of legendary traits from other clans.

Using its own sequence civilization to influence other clans' sequence civilizations, it draws legendary traits from them and precipitates its own clan civilization.

This is something countless powerhouses want to do, and Ta Ke naturally will not refuse.

Nowadays, Ta Ke indeed has the idea of using the "Steam Core" to develop the "Steam Human Clan".

A 400‑level "Sequence True God".

That truly requires a "Sequence Civilization" as its foundation.

If the foundation is insufficient, a clan cannot give birth to a Sequence True God.

Ta Ke might be able to upgrade through point allocation, but breaking through the critical nodes still requires the power of the Sequence itself.

The Sequence Tree Species ecological civilization of the Chaos Ancient Continent where Ta Ke resides previously failed in its ecological civilization upgrade.

The cause has long been buried in the depths of endless time, and Ta Ke cannot know it.

And Ta Ke does not need to investigate why the previous Sequence Tree system failed.

Because the far more potent Steam Sequence Civilization has already been conceived in Ta Ke's hands.

"The Steam Sequence" is Ta Ke's ladder to climb to a higher sequence civilization.

In the course of interacting with many legendary powerhouses,

One batch after another of steam core resource trades were quickly settled.

With the expansion of the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship,

It has now reached a length of over twenty thousand kilometers.

The lower strata have expanded to over ten layers, while the number of original cabin strata continues to increase steadily.

Even the smallest layer now has over thirty cabins.

As the number of cabins grows, the ecology strengthens, and the number of steam cores being born is likewise skyrocketing.

"Chaos Star Core" is the key to forging a steam core.

Precisely, the Chaos Star Cores are the most numerous in Ta Ke's possession.

Nowadays, the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship's monthly output of steam cores is about 110,000.

"Steam Core" is also a popular resource for exchanging national merit points within the realm ship.

With this output, the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship is not only sufficient for its own needs but can also export to create foreign exchange.

Given the abundant resources within the Four-tusk Elephant Realm Ship, the role of resources such as the "Steam Core" is indispensable.

Just as Ta Ke was happily discussing with many legendary powerhouses,

Boom—

A powerful demigod aura descended.

Mechanical demigod Qi Ao Lai, a top-tier demigod of level 299.

The reason the mechanical clan finds it difficult to ascend to true god is very similar to the sequence-civilization ecology of the Chaos Ancient Continent.

The sequence-civilization ecology of the Chaos Ancient Continent is dead.

And the mechanical clan's sequence-civilization ecology has been occupied by the Green Star Clan.

Fortunately, mechanical demigod Qi Ao Lai possesses a huge chaos star core, so he still has hope of becoming a god.

We have seen Demigod Qi Ao Lai!

Everyone bowed in salute.

Hn!

Qi Ao Lai's gaze slowly swept over the crowd.

When his gaze fell on Ta Ke, he paused briefly, then shifted his energy‑ripple probing gaze away.

The mechanical clan is exactly what Ta Ke dislikes.

Wherever their gaze reaches, it emits a peculiar energy ripple.

When facing the strong, it's easy to be probed for some traces.

We need to first reach the 【Flora·Cosmic Mountain Range·Vine Forest】 deep in the Chaos Universe Void, then use that as a springboard to reach the 【Oberon Demigod Realm】; our attack target this time is precisely the 【Oberon Demigod Realm】, this capital with extremely strong defensive capabilities.

If possible, we can also rest and purchase some resources at the divine kingdom of the Anti‑Green Star Alliance located in the cosmic mountain range.

The mechanical demigod Qi Ao Lai's explanation caused many legendary powerhouses to whisper among themselves.

Flora True God is a top‑tier powerhouse said to dwell in the depths of the cosmic mountain range's ecology; even the great bulwarks stand there in the mountain depths.

If the true gods of our mechanical clan's ancient era were still around, we wouldn't be bullied by the Green Star Clan.

Exactly!

True gods of the universe.

Cosmic mountain range.

Great bulwark.

Many legendary powerhouses were discussing, while Ta Ke stood aside listening quietly.

Mixing among this group of powerhouses, Ta Ke is always able to learn much information he previously did not know.

Alright, let's set out!

After a while, the mechanical demigod Qi Ao Lai slowly spoke.

As Qi Ao Lai opened his mechanical space, everyone filed in one after another.

Ta Ke's main body had already jumped into the projection earlier, and he entered along with everyone else.

The demigod's mechanical space is like a huge mechanical‑metal city‑state with towering skyscrapers, inside which there are many mechanical beings.

Meanwhile, through the demigod mechanical space's "mechanical window," one can observe the outside situation.

This operation involves two mechanical clan demigods, one resembling an ancient Titan clan titan demigod inclined toward metallic hue.

After the three demigods met, they set off.

There was a pre‑built concealed spirit‑world layer passage.

After a short half day, the three demigods formally left the foreign black‑mist region of the Chaos Ancient Continent.

Ta Ke, leaving his Chaos main world for the first time, quickly surveyed the outside world.

Looking afar, the Chaos Ancient Continent main world shrouded in foreign black mist, more accurately the "death calamity black mist," is a dead vast primary plane.

Its surface layer's "primary plane bulwark" and the "second‑ring bulwark" formed when ascending to a second‑ring primary world are precisely the "foreign land" where Ta Ke now resides.

Unfortunately, both the "primary plane bulwark" and the "second‑ring bulwark" are now shrouded by the death calamity black mist.

Human territory, elf territory, and orc kingdom territory.

All lie in the "star‑field region" between the primary plane bulwark and the second‑ring bulwark.

In Ta Ke's earlier view it was the "star‑field region," but to the main world it is merely the internal space of the second‑ring bulwark.

The majesty and vastness of the main world, Ta Ke deeply felt.

And such a majestic, huge Chaos Ancient Continent main world is merely one primary world among the vast Chaos Universe Void.

Moreover, it is a sunken primary world.

Outside, there are as many Chaos Universe sequence civilizations as smoke in the sea.

Turning his gaze away from the Chaos Ancient Continent, Ta Ke looked outward.

At first glance Ta Ke saw a distant but enormous primary world whose outline was astonishingly large, like a jade‑green emerald.

That was the Green Star Clan's Chaos primary world.

A powerful primary world that has completed the construction of its second‑ring outline.

Ta Ke kept moving his gaze, continually scanning the vast Chaos Universe starry expanse.

However, Ta Ke saw no stars, only one huge brilliant primary world after another.

These primary worlds, whether near or far, each emit different light and color.

Just nearby there are more than a dozen.

And farther out there are even more.

In the depths of the Chaos Universe Void, there are no stars.

The strong ecology of primary worlds is the absolute dominant hue of the Chaos Universe Void; stars are captured by primary worlds and become ecological adornments.

Meanwhile, each primary world's ecological zone also opposes the others.

The light from more distant primary worlds is entirely incapable of spreading their ecological glow into this region.

Besides the dozen or so main worlds at close range, the vast cosmic void outside is pitch black.

However, Taku could still vaguely see the intricate ecological context of those main worlds.

Although I cannot see them, I can still discern some of the context.

In the depths of the vast chaotic universe, main worlds are not few.

And the main world I am in…

Taku looked back at the main world ecology he was in.

Hmm… there is no main world ecology left.

This dead, silent, sunken main world is being wildly crushed under the ecological wheels of many main worlds.

A dead main world has no say at all, and can only be bullied by other main world ecologies.

Among the main worlds of this chaotic universe, the Green Star Clan's main world is the brightest star among the surrounding stars.

When Taku observed the outside through the huge mechanical window.

"The Green Star Clan is the most powerful clan in our main world ecology group."

Philip Kol walked over, his gaze falling on that distant and huge emerald-like green main world, and a strong hatred welled up.

"I have been on the run from the Green Star Clan since I was born."

Seeming to sense Taku's confusion, Philip Kol slowly spoke to explain.

"My people, my clan's ecology, and even many of my close friends."

"They have all been captured by the Green Star Clan."

"When I finally managed to find them, they had already become materials, piled up in the Green Star Clan's warehouse."

"That is why I hate the Green Star Clan so much."

Philip Kol openly expounded his hatred.

"The Green Star Clan currently controls six surrounding main worlds."

"Many clans have been driven out of their homelands."

"The Starlight Giant Sequence Civilization, meanwhile, governs four main worlds."

"These four main worlds can essentially be seen as the Starlight Giant Sequence Alliance."

"To gain the protection of the Starlight Giant main world, one must inherit their sequence civilization."

"The Starlight Giant main world's Giant Transcendent Form is extremely huge."

"We legends, at two or three hundred meters tall, are already considered fairly large forms."

"As for those Starlight Giant main worlds, legendary realms are commonly kilometers tall, with two or three kilometers being commonplace."

"A demigod of ten thousand meters in height is not surprising."

"As for the Starlight Giant gods, they possess colossal outlines of fifty to sixty thousand meters, even up to a hundred thousand meters."

"In terms of form, it's not a problem."

"After all… your Steam Human Clan, as you advance, your size will far exceed your original physique."

"The problem is that the Starlight Giants possess a very firm belief in giant worship."

"To ally with their clan, one must change one's faith, honoring the giant as supreme and worshipping the great Chaos Giant."

"Although the Starlight Giants and the Green Star Clan are opposed, they are also not our friends."

"If the Green Star Clan is defeated, the threat to us will be those terrifying giants."

"Currently, the Starlight Giants and the Green Star Clan have opened main battlefields in four main worlds, with countless small-scale battlefields as well."

"At the same time, the Green Star Clan still has the strength to invade other main worlds to seek more resources, thereby compensating for the war consumption against the Starlight Giant Clan."

"The confrontation between the Green Star Nation and the Giant Nation is the main theme of our main world ecology group here."

"And this main theme has persisted for hundreds of thousands of years."

Philip Kol's exposition made Taku unable to help looking toward that distant Green Star Clan main world.

"No wonder those Green Star Clan members are so arrogant and conceited, completely looking down on our human star worlds."

"Even their slight remaining strength is enough to make our clan's ecology world gasp for breath."

"Their arrogance and conceit are indeed justified."

"Fortunately, the exotic black mist barrier left after the death of a main world blocks their invasion."

"The Three-Eyed God faction and the Demigod·Ancient Earth faction are constantly retreating in the confrontation, trading space for time."

"As time passes, my Steam Sequence begins to take effect, plus… the Chaos Steam Star Core of the Chaos Ancient Continent gives feedback to steam power."

"The gods will advance further, and demigods will ascend to true gods."

"By then… we will have the means to counterattack."

"Even as I grow up, I can completely deal a heavy blow to the Green Star Clan."

"Time… is on our side."

Observing the vast chaotic cosmic void, Taku pondered silently.