Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1397: 751: Heavenly-level Reward Task

An hour had passed when Zhao Sheng casually wandered into a round chamber.

This chamber spanned impressively, measuring over a thousand paces in both directions. Its polished floor reflected like glass, while the encircling walls bore elaborate, tightly clustered designs, apparently layered and intertwined to form myriad enigmatic and profound formation arrays.

At the heart of the chamber rose a lone Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform, exuding an timeless and organic aura, silently releasing waves of shifting vivid and subdued rainbow glows.

Approaching the Lotus Platform, Zhao Sheng directed his eyes toward it, noticing a small round indentation in its middle, perfectly suited to the size of the token he held.

With that observation, Zhao Sheng lightly flung the deep-golden token, which soared in a graceful curve across the space before settling exactly into the round slot, embedding seamlessly.

Suddenly, a massive orb of light materialized in the air above, emanating a dazzling nine-hued splendor.

Raising his sight, Zhao Sheng watched the nine-colored sphere warp and reshape, transforming in a flash into the figure of a girl about eight or nine years of age, her form faintly see-through.

Her features were utterly perfect, clad in a robe of nine colors befitting immortals, her phoenix-like eyes sparkling with crystalline clarity, as if alight with inner light.

“Nunu Jia San pays respects to the Guardian,” the little girl floated down from above, offering a elegant bow to Zhao Sheng, her tone ringing out like delicate bells, exceptionally delightful to the ears.

“Jia San isn't a fitting name; starting today, your name will be White Deer!” Zhao Sheng remarked offhandedly, assigning her a new identity.

“Thank you, my lord, for granting me this name. Henceforth, I shall be known as Bai Lulu.” A joyful grin lit up the young girl's face, appearing truly delighted.

Yet Zhao Sheng knew full well that this display was merely a fabrication.

The girl lacked any human feelings or urges, driven solely by unyielding logical precision; she served as the central Illusion Spirit of this Void Fortress, far from a genuine sentient entity.

Viewing the Void Fortress as a True Form Spirit Treasure, the Illusion Spirit functioned much like the treasure's own “True Spirit.”

She oversaw virtually every weapon and system within the Void Fortress and held Level One clearance, surpassed only by the supreme command.

Furthermore, as the most powerful aide in helping the Guardian manage the Void Fortress, mastering her meant indirectly dominating this colossal instrument of warfare.

To some extent, a single Void Fortress's worth surpassed that of numerous True Form Spirit Treasures, nearing the caliber of a standard Primordial Yang Spirit Treasure.

Across the whole Taiyi Spirit Realm, just the Taiyi Spirit Palace possessed the skill to craft such an advanced super war machine.

Levitating into the air, Zhao Sheng gradually settled onto the Lotus Platform. Beams of sacred light emanated from his forehead, with innumerable strands of divine sense emerging abruptly and merging into the Illusion Spirit.

At the same time, Returning Void Power poured into the platform beneath him, making it blaze with intense luminosity, akin to the ascent of a mighty sun.

The moment that occurred, under the Illusion Spirit's direction, Zhao Sheng’s divine sense swept through the entirety of the Void Fortress—from the Transmission Array to the constructed caverns housing the battleships… every sort of “cave mansion” in diverse scales… the vast, Black Hole-resembling muzzles of the Mixed Hole Level Demon Extermination Cannon… every installation pouring into his awareness.

A highly intricate three-dimensional network of light also sprang up instantly within his consciousness, intricately braided and superimposed, encompassing tens of thousands of “nodes.”

Linked to the rear of every “node” lay a vital installation.

Within a single breath's time, Zhao Sheng achieved a deep grasp of the Void Fortress, swiftly etching his divine sense imprint across the “nodes” of the command light network.

Over the course of three days, Zhao Sheng fully subdued the Void Fortress to his will, enabling him to draw out eighty percent of its capabilities.

Regarding the leftover twenty percent, it would only emerge progressively via actual battles. Merely depending on the Illusion Spirit's support would never suffice.

Once he had preliminarily mastered the fortress as a whole, the Illusion Spirit's data repository unlocked completely for Zhao Sheng, granting him a detailed insight into the conditions across the nearby three Constant Years.

In addition, the repository stored immense volumes of intel concerning the Vermilion Bird Star System battlefield, encompassing not just the stellar charts of the adjacent dozens of Constant Years but also outlines of all Alien Demon Clan individuals encountered before.

The majority of records detailed Alien Demon Nests, Demon Stars, Demon Puppet Armies, Alien Demon Innate Divine Abilities, and various other precise data points.

Such details provided Zhao Sheng with a precise and lucid view of the ongoing conflict.

Within a modest and archaic serene chamber, Zhao Sheng carefully retracted his divine sense, murmuring solemnly to himself, “Evidently, the state of the Vermilion Bird Star System battlefield proves far more intricate than I had ever anticipated…”

Based on the repository's logs, the Vermilion Bird Star System sat at the vanguard among the five key fortress star systems, squarely on the front lines of the clash between Human and Demon races.

Setting aside the current star system's circumstances, merely on the eastern front of the Dark Sky, seven Void Fortresses spread out in a fan formation, safeguarding the eastern sector of the Vermilion Bird Star System and spanning a conceptual space over twelve adjacent Constant Years.

These Void Fortresses could maintain prolonged stations in the Dark Sky and, during dire crises, “descend” straight into the present star domain, delivering crucial shifts to turn the tide in localized battles.

Four Returning Void Level Battleships conducted routine sweeps through the encircling three Constant Years, occasionally clashing with minor incursions of Alien Demon Armies, ready to unleash destruction whenever needed.

During critical moments, Returning Void Level Battleships could also act as swift-striking forces, rushing to reinforce the active theater. Truly, it embodied a versatile war vessel!

Typically, operating a Returning Void Level Battleship demanded the coordinated efforts of a hundred Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators alongside a handful of Divinity Transformation True Monarchs to unlock its maximum might.