Chapter 2229 - 16: True God Mission, Mountain Chief Contest (10,000 Words)

Chapter 2229: Chapter 16: True God Mission, Mountain Chief Contest (10,000 Words)

The migration plan of the Great Zhou hadn’t even begun when another faction in the Xuanling Star Domain commenced their migration plan.

In the seventeenth Boundary Star Year of the Desolate Third Epoch, the Great Elder of Scholar City, Feng Chen, announced the relocation of the Academic City to the Primordial Heavenly Palace.

Originally, the Red Star Empire was Feng Chen’s first choice. Whether it was the Empire’s environment, economy, or the base population of cultivators, it facilitated scholars’ research.

But with the Great Emperor absent, safety became an issue. The Primordial Realm already experienced incidents of artifact spirit attacks; how could the safety of Academic City be ensured?

The Primordial Heavenly Palace was initially the second choice, but its territory was too small, and the management too strict. Scholars need ample space for research and experimentation, and the small venue would not suffice.

Thus, Feng Chen set the target of the relocation on the Ancient Hill.

"Ancient Hill has the Three Realms and Twelve Mountains, a vast area with guaranteed safety."

"The Primordial Heavenly Palace is already burdened with defending against the Evil Gods’ attacks, so moving the Academic City to temporarily reside on the Ancient Hill is most suitable."

On Crystal Island, Venerable Hongshan condensed a figure of earth and chatted with Zhao Xing about some major issues.

"Due to the unresolved Era Worm issue, no one dares to use mechanical communication now."

"Different Daoist soldier systems create different artifact spirit systems. Various ancient countries, demon races, and prominent families inherit different mechanical systems."

"Moving the Academic City to the Ancient Hill also allows them to research this issue."

"What is the impact of the Ancient Hill?" Zhao Xing inquired.

"The impact is relatively small," Venerable Hongshan said. "We usually don’t use artifact spirits to control arrays or barriers."

"The mutinous artifact spirits are mainly those from Earth Escape Shuttles, Earth Piercing Boats, and similar Daoist soldiers."

Zhao Xing nodded; in fact, the Minister of Agriculture’s faction didn’t have much demand for mechanical soldiers.

For instance, in the Primordial Realm, when Zhao Xing participated in the Primordial Conference, he used the Instant Flower and Void Vine for travel and learned Secret Techniques like [Three Thousand Dao Seeds] and [Primordial Daoist Collection] engraved at the roots of the Primordial Divine Tree.

If not for the Great Emperor having mechanical experiment products like [Red Star Sky Soldier] and [Daluo Divine Soldier] in the Primordial Realm.

Just observing the system operation of the Primordial Realm, even if artifact spirits mutinied, it would be a problem only with those individually used Daoist soldiers, not impacting the overall situation. It couldn’t possibly cause Seaweed City to be destroyed.

Seaweed City was destroyed by the Great Emperor’s mechanical soldiers.

The Ancient Hill doesn’t have a Mechanical God King as powerful as the Great Emperor, so a situation like the Primordial Realm wouldn’t occur.

"In the Three Realms and Twelve Mountains, there are quite a few Divine Artifacts, but our more powerful artifact spirits mainly come from our Ancient Hill’s ancestors."

"Not the systematically organized, group-born consciousness of the Great Emperor’s planning."

Zhao Xing nodded in understanding.

The Empire’s mechanical artifact spirits form a system, managed from top to bottom. For example, the Dayan Divine Weapon Spirit, far in the empire’s center, can also control the Desperate Great Wall at the borders, the Four Seasons Heavenly Pass, and the Demon Suppression Pass.

The name Dayan Divine Weapon itself reflects the traits of the Great Emperor’s mechanical Shen Dao.

The Era Worm didn’t directly burrow into the Dayan Divine Weapon from the beginning, nor did it directly affect the parent body, but influenced the offspring.

The artifacts used by the Ancient Hill, the spirits of the instruments, are more like the situation with the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy.

Zhao Xing couldn’t see any obligatory spirit rules with this old man, as his actions seemed to be very spontaneous, adapting differently to different masters.

"Senior, this time you came for..."

Venerable Hongshan said, "With the Great Emperor absent, the Empire’s security has significantly decreased."

"Therefore, the Ancient Hill hopes you will return, and not stay in the Empire."

Zhao Xing: "Senior Gu broke through to the Divine General level, and the Primordial Realm still has the Primordial Divine Tree..."

Venerable Hongshan shook his head: "He broke through to the Divine General level, which will keep him even busier, and he might not have time to look after you. Moreover, staying by his side is more dangerous. Having you to go to the Ancient Hill is also his intention."

When the Era Worms dispatched by the Evil God Camp controlled the Daluo Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, they attacked the Guluo River first.

This was enough to prove that he was a primary target.

Zhao Xing felt touched. The Earth Advantage Sect still remembered him, their ’wandering Saint Heir’.

"When should I leave?"

"The sooner, the better."

...

The last Solar Year of the Luo Emperor Era, the 1043rd Boundary Star Year.

A unique space-time territory, Ice Frost Island.

Eight blue rivers roll up waves, emerging from eight blue holes on the island, twisting upwards and vanishing into the void space.

Around the holes are mountains piled high with books.

In the blue rivers, there are forty-eight thousand light points, shining like suns.

They seem like fixed anchor points, the rivers flowing, but the suns remain stabilized in the river’s center.

Eight insect beasts roar in the rivers, continuously shuttling through one dazzling light point after another.

Each time they pass a light point, more figures join in, surrounding the insect beasts.

The destinations of each insect beast and figure vary, but most are targeting a specific space-time point— the first Solar Year of the Desolate Third Epoch.

The blue rivers move, but everything on the island is static, the flowers, grasses, trees, including the people.

Until a certain moment, the only two figures on the island started to move.

One of them lifted their eyes to observe, and as their gaze fell, the blue rivers abruptly shrank.

"Why have only five Divine Insects reached the Desolate Third Epoch?"

"And the ones sent to Red Star perished so soon."

One woman, emanating a faint blue glow and crowned with a ruby crown, spoke. Her skin was snow-white, her hair silver, resembling an Ice Queen.