Chapter 417 - 177: Ruling the World, the Ghost Tide Lands

Chapter 417: Chapter 177: Ruling the World, the Ghost Tide Lands

There were quite a few.

But they weren’t what he was really hoping for.

He got lucky with the third one, though.

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[Exotic Treasure Name]: Glazed Doll.

[Exotic Treasure Level]: Blue.

[Exotic Treasure Effect]: After binding it with your blood, it can save you from an otherwise fatal blow.

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A protective-type Exotic Treasure.

Ever since acquiring this Exotic Treasure, he had kept it on his person. It had a pleasant feel and had become something of a worry stone for him.

Although he already had a Protective Treasure, no one would ever complain about having too many. Besides, as the Mortal Realm continued to develop, the Jade Staff was gradually becoming inadequate.

For one thing, he was certain that the Jade Staff wouldn’t be able to withstand a bombardment from a Max Level Godslaying Cannon. However, it was still more than enough to render an Assassin like Shao Qiu completely helpless against him.

"Not bad."

Chen Fan leaned back in his chair, gazing out of the cave. The drizzle from before had intensified into a raging storm. He stretched, savoring the cool, rain-scented air before lazily finding a comfortable position in his rocking chair.

Just then—

Deep within his mind, the Eternal Night Lord Panel suddenly began to flash red, and a notification popped up.

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[You have lit every region of a continent with Ghost Fire. You have received the special reward: ’Ruling the World’!]

[You have lit every region of a continent with Ghost Fire. You have received the special reward: ’Ruling the World’!]

[You have lit every region of a continent with Ghost Fire. You have received the special reward: ’Ruling the World’!]

[Please proceed to the continent immediately to claim your reward.]

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"..."

Chen Fan froze for a moment. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he shot up from his chair and strode toward the Mortal Realm High-speed Rail parked at the base of the City Wall.

He had never seen the Eternal Night Lord Panel display a notification so insistently.

But...

The project he had spent over three billion Ghost Stones to create was finally complete!

It was time to reap the rewards!

"Domain Lord."

Just then, Wang Kui hurried over from the side, clutching a Sound Transmission Talisman. "A message came from the New Continent! They said the ’Sparks Set the World Ablaze’ project was completed ahead of schedule! I just got the word, Domain Lord..."

"I know."

Chen Fan waved a dismissive hand, not breaking his stride. "You stay here and hold down the fort. I’m making a trip to the New Continent."

With that, the Mortal Realm High-speed Rail that had been parked by the City Wall shot out into the rain-swept Jiangbei Wilderness, quickly disappearing into the Port.

It raced through the [Undersea Tunnel] at an even greater speed.

Above, hundreds of millions of tons of seawater pressed down.

Ahead, the fruits of the Mortal Realm’s labor were ripe for the harvest.

This wasn’t Chen Fan’s first trip to the New Continent, but it was the one he anticipated most.

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「New Continent.」

Night had fallen, and it should have been time to rest. But tonight, at New Continent Base One, all the core personnel were gathered in the dispatch room, their faces flushed with excitement, not a hint of sleep in their eyes.

On the Celestial Derivation Sand Table in the center of the room, countless, densely packed yellow lights were spread out in a uniform pattern, covering the entire surface. It looked like... a sky full of stars. None of them had ever seen a sky full of stars in their lives.

’But if stars really did exist...’

’Maybe this is what they would look like?’

Lame Monkey’s expression was one of extreme excitement. He scanned every detail on the Celestial Derivation Sand Table, afraid of missing a single region. He had already notified the Mortal Realm; the Young Master was on his way.

One year.

For the past year, the Mortal Realm had poured nearly all of its strength and resources into this single project: [Sparks Set the World Ablaze].

Before this, no one in the room had ever imagined they could complete a project of such magnitude—covering an entire continent with Ghost Fire.

But—

They had done it.

They had truly accomplished this miraculous feat of engineering.

An unknown amount of time passed.

The excitement in the room still hadn’t faded when someone in the crowd suddenly shouted that the Domain Lord was about to arrive. Everyone immediately rushed out of the dispatch room and toward the platform.

At that exact moment, the Mortal Realm High-speed Rail carrying Chen Fan pulled into the station.

The moment Chen Fan stepped off the train and set foot on the continent, a miracle occurred.

...

Countless people from New Continent Base One poured out of the city in a frenzy, not forgetting to wake their sleeping comrades on their way out. At every logistics outpost and monitoring station on the surrounding islands, personnel stepped out of their buildings as one.

They stood frozen, staring up at the utterly breathtaking scene unfolding in the sky.

The instant Chen Fan’s feet touched the soil of this continent...

...all 169,988 Max Level Ghost Fires, placed across the New Continent and its hundreds of islands, seemed to answer a summons. They suddenly erupted with blinding golden pillars of light that shot into the heavens!

Nearly one hundred seventy thousand Max Level Ghost Fires enveloped the entire continent.

It bathed the entire continent in light as bright as day.

This was perhaps the first time in its history that the New Continent had ever been so thoroughly illuminated.

Yet high above, an infinite darkness remained. The seemingly endless night that blanketed the New Continent still hung heavy in the sky.

But—

As the golden pillars of light from nearly one hundred seventy thousand Ghost Fires shot straight into the sky, the darkness began to recede.

The pillars of light continued to rise, faster and faster.

All darkness in their path was rapidly dispelled.

They accelerated.

And faster.

Until!

BOOM...

A faint, monumental sound, like the very creation of the world, echoed in everyone’s ears. It was as if they had heard a giant balloon pop.

The darkness above the New Continent was completely dispelled.