Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1860 - 903: The Secret of Ascension and the Mystery of the Immortal Domain (Part 2)
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The Ethereal Body wasted no time and swiftly stored the initial three artifacts radiating overwhelming power.
Yet, as Song Chi's mind reached toward the apparently delicate fragmented data flow, an abrupt shift took place.
The data flow appeared to recognize its sole rightful successor, ceasing its gradual flow and morphing into an unstoppable surge of knowledge, which in the most savage and straightforward manner flooded straight into the Ethereal Body and, via the soul connection, detonated like a stellar explosion inside Song Chi's mental realm.
Hiss hiss!
Inside the All-Attributes Cultivation Room at Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi clenched his teeth fiercely, the sharp ache and bloating feeling buried deep in his brain leaving him deeply uneasy.
He was utterly convinced that without his vital essence already reaching the mythical tier, such enormous chunks of data might have shattered his mental faculties in an instant.
Right then, his awareness felt hurled into a chaotic temporal current made of endless shattered mysteries; with the flow of moments, a flood of disordered and partial data surfaced within his thoughts.
"Time... temple..."
"Epoch... reboot..."
"Dimensional Four Extremes... not the extremes of position, but the extremes of rules, the apex of dimensions..."
"Epoch Anchor, stabilizing time and space, only by anchoring one extreme domain, can the foundation for transcendence be built..."
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"Dimension Ascension Path, stealing epoch creations, using the extreme domain as a melting furnace, igniting the fire of civilization, only then there is a slight chance..."
"The Four Extremes are elusive, cannot be found without epoch wonders... destiny belongs, compass guides the way..."
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Even though much of this data remains in pieces, vital details are certainly present among them.
These snippets of data, which could be called supreme enigmas, relentlessly assaulted the limits of his understanding. What they unveiled went beyond mere ancient artifacts; they delved into the fundamental laws governing operations and paths to transcendence across the whole Shattered Starry Sea Era and beyond into every epoch's timeline.
"Each era... the only... Dimension Ascension Place?!"
As this central idea finally came into focus for him, Song Chi sensed his spirit hammered by a thunderclap that tore through the skies and ground, his entire being locked in shock, no longer shaking, filled only with endless astonishment and a hollow void.
The pinnacle of individual might, the ultimate authority to dominate the Starry Sea, guiding his kin and society to endure victoriously in the looming Heaven-Fighting Ruins conflict—that's what he had always chased. He figured a mythical captain, or perhaps an even mightier twelfth-rank transcendence captain, represented the journey's conclusion.
However, this broken data flow now revealed to him that beyond myth and transcendence lay the supreme mystery of dimension ascension.
Is there truly a superior dimensional plane above this immense Starry Sea? Are places like the Shattered Starry Sea or All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds merely labeled as lower-dimensional zones?
Has even the Chaos Divine Land failed to fully break free from this lower-dimensional existence?
The Dimensional Four Extremes, serving as the four boundary realms of the emerging Shattered Starry Sea, act as the essential "prerequisites" for any epoch to achieve genuine dimensional rise, demanding a premier civilization's total effort to craft a "Dimension Ascension Ladder" rooted in a single boundary realm.
The shock from this data proves overwhelming, to the point where he struggles to process it, even sparking a profound feeling of disbelief.
It's akin to a fish vying for dominance in a small pool, only to learn abruptly that beyond lies an endless sea, and its lifelong quest was merely the strength to jump beyond the pool's edge.
"Destiny belongs, compass guides the way, Immortal Domain Civilization... Heavenly Destiny Compass... so that’s it! So that’s it!!"
Based on the clue in this data flow regarding the required "epoch wonder" to pinpoint the Four Extremes, it slotted in like the final puzzle bit, linking up every prior uncertainty he held.
Why would the formidable Immortal Domain Civilization face such a catastrophic downfall out of nowhere? Why would that concealed scheme unleash a devastating assault at any cost?
This wasn't your typical fight over resources or influence struggles; rather, it stemmed from the exposure of the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] intel possessed by the Immortal Domain Civilization, a tool capable of revealing the profound mystery of the Dimensional Four Extremes. That alone provoked the envious and lethal attention from those dread powers scheming across multiple, or even scores of epochs.
A nightmarish scene unfolds in his vision: The flourishing Immortal Domain Civilization could have been quietly building power, ready to deploy the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] to locate and seize a boundary realm, aiming for the historic achievement of dimension ascension.
But the secret slipped out, calamity rained from above, and the radiant society shattered in agony... In their final instants, the powerhouses of Immortal Domain likely employed cataclysmic methods to break apart the disaster's core, the [Heavenly Destiny Compass], with its most essential Si Nan Territory fragment vanishing into the boundless Starry Sea alongside a chunk of the continent... this concealment endured for over five hundred thousand years.
Until... Song Chi stumbled upon it unexpectedly.
And through this forgotten "guide", he had inadvertently discovered one of this era's Four Dimension Ascension Places—the Southern Extreme Domain—before any entity in All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
"I... found... the Southern Extreme..."
Song Chi whispered to himself, his tone rough and parched, laced with an incredulous quiver.
In the very next instant, his words cut off sharply, the final syllable of 'domain' unspoken, as an intense icy dread surged in his chest, like uttering the full title would summon instant doom.
From the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Control Room in Zhu Tian Ruins Market Firmament, he cast a look at the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] part, which vibrated without pause. The ability "Heavenly Destiny·Confusing Heavenly Mechanism" had activated on its own, with dense chaotic forces enveloping the warship's exterior, frantically shielding against the covert probes of fate-seeking eyes.
Upon witnessing this, Song Chi's core clenched, realizing he had nearly breached some ultimate prohibition across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds—and this was while sheltered inside Zhu Tian Ruins Market, bolstered by the seven-colored [Heavenly Destiny Compass]'s veil of celestial mysteries, avoiding detection.
With that realization, his pulse raced wildly.
Chaos Wonders, probably the variety that traces origins.
Those lurking in the shadows, relentlessly hunting the Dimensional Four Extremes of Shattered Starry Sea, the colossal powers in command surely wield tracking prowess rivaling Chaos Wonders, possibly monitoring the entire Shattered Starry Sea. Merely voicing that name could summon their scrutiny.
Following the immense astonishment, a wave of tangled feelings crashed like Starry Sea tides—thrill and delight at touching the highest enigma, wild elation from gaining the upper hand; yet dominating it all was a crushing, nearly asphyxiating burden and fear.
The grim fate of the Immortal Domain Civilization looms as a stark warning; should word spread of his discovery of the Southern Extreme Domain, what doom awaits his Torch Civilization?
Without needing much thought, Song Chi could vividly picture the Torch Civilization wiped out without mercy.
Moreover, for the Torch Civilization with its mere thirty-thousand-year legacy, this intel qualifies as truly ultimate secrecy; but for those elite lineages on Chaos Divine Land surviving from the prior epoch, or even epochs back, might various factions already know of it?
In the coming Heaven-Fighting Ruins clash, have the end objectives of dominant civilizations and elite lineages already fixed on the Dimensional Four Extremes?
At this thought, Song Chi drew in a steadying breath, wrestling down the turbulent emotions, his eyes sharpening with resolve.
Regardless, Torch Civilization lacks the readiness to engage these matters directly for now; the priority must be elevating his own power to the utmost, along with that of the whole society.
His mind pivoted rapidly, reviewing the three fresh Time Divine Hall artifacts.
Though the seven-colored marvel [Time Spirit Divine Spear] can't adapt into vessel-mounted parts, as a wondrous armament, it harbors devastating force.
The stack of crystalline rocks, whose details he gleaned from the earlier data flow, is called [Dimension Ascension Origin Stone]. It serves as the pivotal material for pursuing dimension ascension once an extreme domain is fully claimed. Still, given Torch Civilization's current modest base, this item remains essentially impractical for the moment, so Song Chi sealed it away directly in Zhu Tian Ruins Market.
The last piece, the [Blessing of the Time God King] component, stands as this seven-colored collective safeguard, arguably the top prize among the trio.
Sadly, since it forms part of the [Time Divine Hall]'s inheritance, neither the [Time Spirit Divine Spear] nor this [Blessing of the Time God King] component can be deployed openly beyond these confines, at least not under the Torch Civilization's mythical immortal ship guise; doing so would risk drawing sharp notice from watchful foreign entities, plunging the entire society into existential peril.