Chapter 1185: Circulation Star Array (Part 2)

Chapter 1185: Chapter 540: Circulation Star Array (Part 2)

If previously that was a pure show of power.

Then now, it is a dimensional reduction strike in terms of status and inheritance!

My Lord, he not only possesses invincible power but also seems to inherit the great cause… of the long-lost divine court!

At the moment the golden armored battle soul dispersed, the broken spear in his hand and the shattered divine armor on him did not disappear. Instead, they turned into two streams of light, suspended before Xu Ran.

“Detected divine court relic ‘Divine General Chi Feng’s Armor’, containing indomitable battle intent and array-breaking law, can be repaired.”

“‘Pioneer’ mission: Explore the Seventh Outpost, completion at 30%.”

“Reward: Expansion of the Gui Xu World Source, Daoist Monarch Insight +3.”

A voice sounded in Xu Ran’s mind, one that only he could hear. This was his golden finger, a system named “Cultivating Daoist Monarch by Effort”. It had no complex interface, no endlessly chatty system sprite, only giving prompts and rewards when he made significant breakthroughs or completed certain milestone events.

Every effort he made, every achievement cultivated, would be quantified by the system and converted into the most direct power enhancement.

Xu Ran reached out to collect the broken spear and divine armor. To Zhen Shan, these are supreme treasures.

He turned around and looked at the Po Jun Hall, now without obstacles.

“Let’s go, to reclaim our spoils of war.”

Everyone followed Xu Ran into the ancient silent hall with a feeling of utmost reverence.

The hall inside was vast and majestic. In the center stood a bronze altar hundreds of feet high, and atop the altar, a fist-sized golden-red flame quietly burned.

It emitted no heat, yet everyone close to it felt their divine soul and bloodline being ignited, as if they too would burn away into ashes.

This is the divine court’s “Eternal Fire”!

The last glimmer of a great civilization and their strongest testament to having existed.

“What a domineering flame!” Cang Shi marveled; his divine fire, before this fire, seemed like a firefly opposed to the bright moon, with a feeling of being assimilated and devoured.

Xu Ran approached the altar and gently touched the flame with his hand.

The flame did not resist, instead, it flickered affectionately as if meeting a relative.

“Detected ancient divine object ‘Eternal Fire’, containing the power of civilization’s legacy and immortal divinity.”

“Option one: Integrate into the Gui Xu World, can greatly enhance the world source and accelerate world growth.”

“Option two: Integrate into the ‘Pioneer’, can upgrade it to a ‘Divine Throne-class Ark’, gaining ‘Holy Fire Guardian’ and ‘World-breaking Leap’ capabilities.”

“Option three: Host self-absorption, a 30% chance to ignite ‘Immortal Divine Fire’, ascending instantly. But the failure rate is high, with the risk of perishing.”

Three choices were presented before Xu Ran.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, facing the third choice, they might gamble without hesitation. Ascending instantly, igniting immortal divine fire, what a temptation that is.

But Xu Ran’s gaze scanned over those trusting and fervent eyes behind him, and there was not a hint of hesitation in his heart.

The strength of one person is limited. Yet the rise of a civilization is limitless.

His path was that of a pioneer, to lead all of Gui Xu to glory.

“I choose, option two.”

Xu Ran made his decision. He would integrate this Holy Fire into the Pioneer!

He would craft a supreme ark capable of traversing the heavens and waging war across all worlds!

“Cang Shi, Zhen Shan, Hundred Kings Generals, hear my orders!”

“Present!”

“This is the holy fire of the divine court, containing immortal divinity. I shall draw its source to temper your divine fire and thrones. How much fortune you gain depends on your abilities!” Xu Ran’s voice sounded like a thunderclap, echoing in everyone’s ears.

This is the holy fire of the divine court, containing immortal divinity. I shall draw its source to temper your divine fire and thrones. How much fortune you gain depends on your abilities!

Xu Ran’s voice reverberated within the vast Po Jun Hall, each word resonating with the sound of the Great Dao, resounding and awe-inspiring.

Cang Shi and Zhen Shan exchanged glances, seeing uncontrollable excitement and fervor in each other’s eyes. The holy fire of the divine court, what kind of existence is it? It is the ultimate mark of a glorious civilization, its essence far beyond their imagination. To use such divine objects to temper their newly ignited divine fire, this is a fortune against the very heavens!

“We obey the lord’s command!”

The Hundred Kings Generals and three thousand Dao Soldiers responded in unison, their voices rolling like thunder, shaking this long-silent hall. They quickly sat cross-legged around the altar, forming a massive Gui Xu reincarnation grand array, their faces painted with solemnity and anticipation.

Xu Ran stood atop the altar, his black hair fluttering without wind, his eyes deep as an abyss. He did not act immediately but closed his eyes, divine thought sinking into the Gui Xu World.

Boom!

Within him, the Gui Xu World, that originally gray chaotic space, now surged with mighty waves. Xu Ran’s will manifested as a supreme deity, standing in the center of the world, raising his hands as if to uplift a piece of azure sky.

“Gui Xu… Draw the Source!”

A low shout emanated from the depths of his divine soul.

The next moment, as his hand reached towards the Eternal Fire, his fingertip lit with a point of extreme gray light. That light seemed to be a miniature black hole, radiating a terrifying suction that could devour all.

Buzz—

The Eternal Fire atop the altar trembled violently, feeling a power of the same origin yet completely opposite. It was the end and nirvana, the destiny of all things. Yet within this power, it also sensed a tinge of familiarity, the goodwill transmitted by Xu Ran through the divine court war seal.

Without resistance, a thread as fine as a hair, yet pure to the extreme, of golden-red flame source, was gently drawn out from the main body of the Holy Fire by Xu Ran.

As soon as this source appeared, the temperature in the entire Po Jun Hall seemed to rise countless times, the void burning into warps, with laws wailing. If not for Xu Ran’s Power of Ruins enveloping it, just this single thread of source would be enough to burn all beings below the divine fire realm to ashes!

“Focus, guard the mind, embrace unity!” Xu Ran’s voice resounded again, like the evening drum and morning bell, pounding in everyone’s hearts.

“Come!”

He flicked his finger, and the thread of golden-red flame source instantly split into hundreds of smaller fire lines, like living sprites, precisely shooting towards Cang Shi, Zhen Shan, and the Hundred Kings Generals below.

Shh!

The fire lines entered the center of the brows.

“Ah!”

Zhen Shan was the first to let out a suppressed roar. He only felt his divine soul being thrown into an alchemical god furnace, a pain beyond words, accompanied by an overwhelmingly domineering will, intending to completely incinerate and reshape his divine soul and divine fire!

His divine fire was on the path of punishment, filled with the will of slaughter and judgment. But this divine court Holy Fire bore the will of civilization’s guardianship and iron-blood conquest, both originating from the same source, yet on vastly different hierarchical levels.

Zhen Shan’s punishment divine fire faced with this thread of Holy Fire source was like common iron meeting divine fire, being tempered hundreds of times, burning away the impurities, leaving behind pure gold!

His scourge throne naturally emerged; under the tempering of the Holy Fire’s power, golden patterns began to appear on the once bone-constructed throne, with the air of disaster and inauspiciousness transforming towards a more dignified, more sacred sense of ‘divine court martial law’!

Meanwhile, Cang Shi’s situation was entirely different.

His divine path of celestial stone emphasized heaviness, suppression, and guardianship. Upon integration with his divine fire, the Holy Fire source did not become as violent as with Zhen Shan but instead became supremely heavy. Within the blue divine fire, a golden sun seemed to be rising.

His divine path phenomena—the blue celestial curtain and towering rock, were undergoing earth-shaking changes. Golden divine patterns began to grow on the rock, seemingly granted with an immortal quality. Within the celestial curtain, the flowing stardust accelerated, vaguely evolving into a hint of ‘circulation of heavenly stars’, and the power of guardianship surged!