Chapter 504: Advance Toward the Green Star!

Within the vast World Tree clusters of the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range.

Except for a few isolated World Tree clusters.

The overwhelming majority of World Tree clusters contain a myriad of life races.

The Haima Luo World Tree.

It is an ecological cluster of the human race.

The humans here differ from ordinary humans only in slightly larger pupils and more varied iris colors.

Inside a Purple Vine Tavern, besides a great number of transcendents, dense steam‑gray mist gathers.

Some even drink, and the liquid in their cups roars with the hiss of steam.

The many transcendents here have long become accustomed to the steam‑filled environment.

They discuss abundant information about the "Steam Sequence".

"Even if this attempt fails, it still paves the way for the final core plan,"

If one enters the cosmic void without any concealment, being discovered would be far too dangerous, leaving no chance for recovery.

These transcendents, already adapted to the steam ecology, are unsurprised and calmly accept it.

The new generation of the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range actively embraces the brand‑new steam ecology era.

On the contrary.

After several decades of development, many have already reached considerable scale.

Because the Green Star Clan, an elven race, has woven an extensive surveillance network throughout the Cosmic Mountain clusters.

Ta Ke has only just begun to arrive at the Cosmic Mountains, pioneering many steam worlds using the steam ecology.

After a moment of contemplation, Ta Ke gradually steadies his mind and activates his stellar projection.

Disguised as an ordinary humanoid, Ta Ke observes the outside scenery while savoring his drink.

But borrowing the local teleportation array for traversal makes it quite safe.

A Flame World Tree.

Moreover, many people pay little attention to the subtle changes in the steam ecology.

On the contrary, higher‑rank Chao Shen Da Shi and legendary strongmen adopt a resistant stance toward the spread of the steam ecology.

Risking his own life to test it is not Ta Ke's style.

In the past half‑year, as they approach the edge of the Cosmic Mountains.

In his thoughts, Ta Ke follows several hidden legendary stellar projection sites he set up, sensing the outward spread.

The roar of the steam ecology's wave is the death knell sounding for the resistors!

In the corner.

For example, the price of a steam core.

Ta Ke's own ultra‑long‑range traversal is highly likely to be detected.

With the arrival of the projection, a powerful demigod will swiftly blossom within the legendary stellar projections.

"Wuwuwu..."

After several breaths.

"Wha... la..."

"Even if it fails, it's merely a wasted stellar projection node; there are many such nodes,"

But!

The spread of the steam ecology in the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range will not cease because of the opposition from those Chao Shen Da Shi, legendary strongmen, or even divine strongmen.

Half a year ago, after Ta Ke began expanding the Steam Star Net Ecology.

Within the Cosmic Mountains, there is still primordial protection.

"Now the Steam Star Net Ecology has almost finished expanding; my escape plan can almost begin,"

This prevents Ta Ke, upon reaching the border World Tree, from rashly venturing into the depths of the cosmic void.

For a moment, the entire Flame World Tree emits a low yet stirring steam roar.

"Moreover... I want to escape... without making any noise, without stirring the water, it probably won't be that easy,"

The environmental shift, especially the move toward deeper steam ecology, is something the transcendents gradually advancing along the Steam Sequence are eager to witness.

"I just don't know which plan's starting point is more suitable,"

The Green Star Clan's primary world‑scouting power, beyond the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range, resembles a massive "Eye of God," perceiving countless transcendents entering the cosmic veil.

Where steam factories or steam sanctuaries more readily produce steam cores.

And when the even more powerful "Steam Star Net Ecology" begins to sprout within the steam environment ecology.

It also initiates his silent traversal journey.

Several previously drafted plans flash through Ta Ke's mind.

A certain steam faction has produced an A‑rank, even rare S‑rank transcendent prodigy, awakening a powerful steam talent, among other things.

"Buzz!"

As spacetime trembles.

A weak demigod of the Green Star Clan traverses.

The newcomer is none other than Hei Chi Ge, who bears a deep grudge against Ta Ke and has relentlessly pursued him.

He gazes at the Flame World Tree below, where steam divine waves surge.

Hei Chi Ge's expression flickers with indecision.

During the years spent hunting Ta Ke, Hei Chi Ge, already possessing demigod foundations, gradually ignited divine fire, becoming a weak demigod.

Ever since the news that Ta Ke·Lamoer bore a great treasure spread.

Hei Chi Ge's pursuit of Ta Ke's trail grew ever more urgent.

Moreover, by divine edict, having earned the deity's approval, he threw himself fully into the hunt for Ta Ke.

He repeatedly traced Ta Ke's astral footprints.

But this time, Ta Ke·Lamoer's projection suddenly descended nearby.

This made Hei Chi Ge sense a hint of danger.

"Hum! No matter how strong, you're just a weak demigod, and I've already sent the news back; a Green Star Clan strongman will arrive soon."

"Hold on a moment, until the divine arrives."

"Capture or kill its projection, then finding its true form will be easier."

While Hei Chi Ge was still lost in thought.

A vague afterimage flashed by, followed immediately by a voice Hei Chi Ge despised and loathed.

"Hei Chi Ge, long time no see!"

Ta Ke's voice was calm, with a faint indifference.

"Ta Ke!"

Hei Chi Ge clenched his teeth, his body trembling violently.

Wha—la—la…

Green intertwined with black divine fire surged and burst forth like an angry volcano.

"Die!"

Hei Chi Ge roared, a fist hammering forward.

The fist struck Ta Ke's divine robe; Ta Ke's body, like a mirrored shadow, rippled, and after a wave of ripples he bore the blow unharmed.

In extreme fury, Hei Chi Ge pounded down fist after fist.

The spatial layers roiled and boiled suddenly.

However, the attacks landing on Ta Ke caused hardly any damage.

The more he attacked, the darker Hei Chi Ge's complexion grew.

He knew the opponent wore a powerful ancient defensive artifact.

But Hei Chi Ge considered his own strength not weak.

He was once a demigod of considerable strength.

Yet now the ripples caused by his attacks on the opponent's projection made his heart quake.

His attacks could not move the opponent in the slightest.

But now he could only press on, hoping a Green Star Clan strongman would arrive soon.

Mid‑attack.

"Snort!"

A purple scythe blade suddenly flashed a cold gleam.

"Not good!"

When Hei Chi Ge tried to retreat, he found his head flying off.

Even a part of his sequence was sliced in half by that ancient artifact.

Ancient artifact!

As an ancient artifact possessing sequence‑ecological power.

It easily harms sequences.

This is the terrifying and mighty aspect of ancient artifacts.

Cold air rose in Hei Chi Ge's heart.

Although he had guessed there would be some disparity.

But at this moment, what stood out was no longer a gap.

But a one‑sided slaughter.

Headless Hei Chi Ge hurriedly retreated.

The Green Star Clan's divine technique 【Green Star Aurora】 blossomed to its peak at the same time.

Hei Chi Ge just turned into a hazy green light.

"Wha—…"

The divine spell blood flame rapidly ignited within Hei Chi Ge's green‑light form.

The divine spell flame, bearing divinity, fully erupted with its terrifying might.

In the blink of an eye, all other segments of Hei Chi Ge's vine sequence vanished.

Only a solitary weak demigod sequence segment remained, wailing and sinking in death.

A moment.

A drizzle of green blood rain mist manifested in the surrounding void.

And surrounding it was Hei Chi Ge's demigod vine sequence projection.

One scythe strike, one blood flame.

Hei Chi Ge died on the spot, not even a chance to escape.

Easily exterminated a weak demigod of the same tier.

This is Ta Ke's formidable strength after his recent promotion to weak demigod.

"Boom—…"

The sequential death of the weak demigod caused a multitude of surrounding World Trees to sway and writhe.

This, however, is not a weak source nutrient.

Feeling the deathfall of Heichige.

Taku felt a slight pang of lament.

"Back then, facing the power of that weak demigod, I fled at lightning speed."

"Now, they watch me race to death just as fast."

Glancing at the preserved Heichige skull in his hand, Taku flipped his wrist and tossed it into the mysterious cottage.

This skull is Taku's "ticket" for the escape ahead.

As Taku prepared to leave, intending to gather a few more "tickets,"

the ecological forces of several surrounding World Trees swiftly converged and intertwined.

A powerful divine‑will projection descended.

Taku had assumed it was a Green Star Clan divine projection, but unexpectedly, it was the Elf God of the Afa Elf Nation.

Although both are foes, there are slight differences.

Because the Elf God can make this murky water even more turbid.

"Taku!"

A voice imbued with authority and reprimand erupted.

"I have seen you, Divine Lord Kailisen."

Taku maintained a certain decorum.

"Taku, if you are willing to cease the infiltration of the steam ecology, perhaps our elf race can let you off the hook."

The towering facial projection of Elf God Kailisen slowly solidified, his voice cold as he said,

Taku, however, smiled and said,

"I am a filthy and shameless otherworldly outcast, while you are noble elves."

"My life and death, Taku Lamor, mean nothing to you, right?"

Elf God Kailisen stared at Taku without further comment.

"So…"

Taku slowly opened his palm.

"The survival of the Afa Elf Nation, what does that have to do with an insignificant outcast like me?"

"To take a step back…"

Taku's eyes narrowed slightly, a faint sharp light flickering.

"This dispute was initiated by you, and previously I even held some expectations for your elf race, completed certain trades, and did not deliberately trouble Afa Elf Nation's explorer elves in the Divine Forbidden Land."

"But what I received was the leak of my whereabouts and the Elf God's pursuit."

"You… the way you treat outcasts, the only result is death and destruction; I don't think anything else follows. Am I right?"

Divine Kailisen's massive eye sockets

"That top‑tier Divine Treasury Treasure is not for you or your clan to wield; it would bring disaster to your people!"

"If the Green Star Clan were to seize it, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Moreover… your steam ecology is destroying the entire ecosystem of the Cosmic Mountain Range."

"As a scholar versed in ecology, you know how massive a disaster this would cause."

Taku's brows lifted slightly, his smile deepening.

"Divine Lord Kailisen, I like your argument."

"In fact, throughout this journey, I have been observing whether my steam ecology would affect the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range."

"Unfortunately… your claim does not hold."

"Not only am I not destroying the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range, I am strengthening its ecology."

"As the steam ecology spreads, indeed some maladapted ecosystems will perish due to its infiltration."

"But more steam World Trees' global ecology will only undergo a stronger ecological cycle."

"This is the inevitability of ecological development."

"The only problem is!"

"The issue of the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range's 'Ecological Faith' affiliation, right?"

Upon hearing Taku's words, Divine Kailisen's massive visage froze.

Indeed!

These deities do not care about the life or death of ecosystems; they truly care about the affiliation of ecological faith.

This is the root of the problem.

"Allow me to speak frankly, Divine Lord Kailisen."

Taku inhaled deeply and said steadily,

"The Afa Elf Nation being annihilated by the Green Star Clan or surrendering to them is inevitable."

"Therefore, the ecological affiliation of the Fuluola Cosmic Mountain Range is better under my control, Taku."

"When I hold the ecological faith, the elf clans praying to the steam may yield different results."

Hearing this, Divine Kailisen's previously softened mood suddenly surged with anger.

"Seizing our World Tree's faith ecology and daring us elves to bow our skulls to the steam, pray to the steam, and offer you our faith? Hmph! Foolish delusion!"

Taku merely smiled, then suddenly pinched

the surrounding vast World Tree clusters together emitted a vigorous, roaring steam boom.

Countless voices rang in unison.

Wooo…

The surge of the steam tide made Kai Lisen's projection unstable.

"Clearly you have not yet realized how heavy the price of breaking with me is."

"Of course, in your eyes I am merely a weak half‑god, perhaps just an insignificant mid‑tier legend."

"But! Honored deity of the elf race, I can responsibly tell you that the times have changed!"

"So… unleash your elves' madness and ignorance, keep hunting me, and in the final frenzy and despair, welcome your own twilight of the gods!"

With Ta Ke's palm suddenly spreading open,

Kai Lisen's divine projection swelled rapidly.

"Ta Ke… this… is… you… self… seeking…"

Boom—

The threatening voice vanished as the projection collapsed.

Ta Ke lifted his head toward the distance, where a True God of the Green Star Clan's sequence projected into view.

Ta Ke immediately dispersed his own projection.

"These elves indeed will not recognize their own failure, but the wheel of progress will crush everything that stands in its way."

"Moreover… if this plan truly cannot be aborted, then the Flora Cosmic Mountain Range will become the ecological battlefield."

"Then, you will be even more despondent."

"However… I must leave this place, must leave this place; only after departing the Cosmic Mountain Range can I launch the plan that will make the Green Star Clan even more desperate!"

With the arrival of the Green Star Clan's deity,

Ta Ke's projection had already vanished.

And the newly arrived Green Star deity, unwilling to be outdone, immediately began a ritual to scour Ta Ke's trail!

Unfortunately, the current Ta Ke, within the Flora Cosmic Mountain Range that bears ecological shielding power, is not someone the Green Star Clan can simply track down.

……

Edge of the Flora Cosmic Mountain Range.

Within a world‑tree spanning tens of thousands of kilometers, radiating a blue aura.

A secret and dark ceremony is underway.

Soon!

"Wah… la… la…"

The shadows that enshrouded the square garden for thousands of kilometers swiftly contracted.

Countless eyes within the shadowy curtain stared at Ta Ke.

As the God of the Veiled Shadow faded quickly, a voice rose, dreamlike and ethereal.

"Remember our pact!"

"Rest assured, in the misty depths of the steam, where shadows cluster, there is a place reserved for you!"

With the concise dialogue ending,

the God of the Veiled Shadow swiftly coalesced and faded.

Simultaneously, individual Green Star legendary constellations fell from the finally condensed veil, perfectly manifesting—seven or eight in total.

These Green Star legendary constellations before us not only possess the legendary sequence traits of the Green Star Clan, but also exhibit a remarkably perfect vine sequence of the clan.

They appear to be genuine Green Star Clan.

And this is one of Ta Ke's many schemes—disguising as the Green Star Clan, advancing toward the chaotic Green Star Prime World!

The plan is undeniably bold.

As Ta Ke's partner, the 'Half‑God of the Veiled Shadow' has given him maximal support.

The Half‑God of the Veiled Shadow, Ying Os, who works closely with Ta Ke and whose future divine aspirations largely rest on Ta Ke, has long established a solid chain of interests between them.

Of course, regarding this veil, Ta Ke will weave it even deeper.

Thus, the plan to go to the Green Star becomes very secure.

……

A little less than half a month later.

A legendary Green Star Clan mechanical airship sailed from this remote corner toward the Green Star Clan's divine kingdom.

Aboard it, the lower‑tier legendary Green Star champion, naturally, was Ta Ke.

On this journey, Ta Ke will first arrive at the Green Star divine kingdom, Beilanka Half‑God Realm.

There, Ta Ke must stay for at least half a year to a year, completing the ecological cycle of that divine kingdom and even obtaining a shallow identity credential there.

After all, there are still a few transcendent beings who have achieved legend in the Cosmic Mountain Range and returned to the Green Star Clan.

Obtaining a shallow identity is not particularly difficult.

If the plan goes awry and Ta Ke's identity is discovered, it does not prevent him from fleeing back to the Cosmic Mountain Range to continue the subsequent war plan.

If the plan succeeds, thereafter Ta Ke, whether using the Green Star Clan's teleport array to reach the Chaotic Green Star Prime World or arriving at a battlefield world near the ancient chaotic continent, will proceed smoothly.

Currently, the forces mobilized by the Green Star Clan focus on scanning this sector of the Flora Cosmic Mountain Range.

As long as one leaves this area, the subsequent journey will be quite safe.

While the Green Star Clan harnesses the power of the Prime World and conducts deep exploration of the vast world,

Ta Ke remains perfectly concealed within the Green Star Clan's legendary sequence, advancing toward the Green Star divine kingdom, and even toward the Green Star Prime World.