Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1885 - 915: Despairing Truth_2

Yet, thanks to the "White Hole Overclocking Shield" trait's influence, the unique "White Hole Halo Heaven-Supporting Shield"—capable of blocking spiritual assaults, physical strikes, curses, and the like—suddenly forfeited its protective power upon brushing against this gray mist glow, rendering it utterly incapable of hindering anything. The gray mist specter barreled forward at high speed and in the end plunged directly into Song Chi's form inside the battleship's central command chamber.

In a flash, Song Chi sensed a colossal spiritual tempest wildly flooding his consciousness, barreling toward the Ancestral Torch Aperture at his forehead. Beneath this horrifying Divine Soul onslaught, the Torch Seed buried within the Ancestral Aperture—which had long transformed into vibrant seven-colored shades—seemed perilously fragile.

Despite the enormous backing from the Torch Network System, forged with the billion-strong Torch Seeds of the whole Torch Civilization, it started to waver faintly under the assault of this formidable gray mist Divine Soul.

Twelfth Rank Transcendent Divine Soul!

In no time, Song Chi grasped the true nature of this supreme Divine Soul.

But right then, he had no chance to divert his focus or feel alarm, as the Divine Soul energy breaching the Ancestral Aperture unleashed an even more dreadful wail.

Within that wail, Song Chi dimly perceived its intent.

Heart Stealing Slave Seal!

Abruptly, the gray mist Divine Soul hurtled toward the Torch Seed in the Ancestral Aperture's core with far greater ferocity and velocity.

Song Chi's face twisted once more, yet luckily, his Ancestral Torch Aperture held more than just the Seven-Colored Torch Seed. It was also defended by the illusory Dragon Whale Hall of Five-Colored Quality, which had developed from the mirror image of the Heaven-Swallowing Python Shedding eons ago. Moreover, the "Jade Bright Immortal Talisman Sect—Immovable Ming King Talisman" that he'd purposely acquired beforehand now hovered protectively over the Torch Seed.

Having advanced to five-colored quality via the mirror image Heaven-Swallowing Python Shedding from thousands of years back, it too radiated boundless five-colored radiance right now. Paired with the Dragon Whale Hall's phantom enveloping the outer shell of the Seven-Colored Torch Seed, they staunchly repelled the gray mist Divine Soul energy's corrosion and advance.

This disturbance rippling through the entire Torch Network System quickly transmitted via the Original Torch Seed to Jiang Yuan and the rest of the trio.

Their faces shifted in shock, as they steadied their combat zones and diverted portions of their Divine Thought without delay. Leveraging the top-level access of the Original Torch Seed, they ignited the immense Torch Network to its fullest. With the Torch Network's total empowerment kicking in, Song Chi's Torch Seed gained a substantial surge of strength temporarily.

Inside the Ancestral Torch Aperture, the Dragon Whale Hall and Immovable Ming King Talisman blazed with brilliant five-colored glow under Song Chi's maximum urging. United with the Seven-Colored Torch Seed, their combined might prompted Song Chi to bellow icily.

"Break for me!"

Through the trio's united effort, the gray mist specter—now twisted into a seal-like form—was at last scarcely eradicated.

And in that instant, Song Chi fully realized it. The Brahma Sound Embryo Hidden Wheel Bright King, or indeed the whole Shi Clan Civilization, had long since lost its autonomy, instead falling under the enslavement and dominion of the enigmatic gray mist entities lurking in the shadows. The Shi Clan's aggressive territorial growth was undoubtedly tied to those gray mist forces.

...

Amid the cosmos, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong drifted silently; the White Hole Energy Shield across its exterior stayed firm, as though it had never suffered a breach. Still, within the command center, Song Chi's complexion appeared faintly ashen, with tiny sweat droplets dotting his brow, though his gaze blazed with intense chill and sudden insight.

Though the Heart Stealing Slave Seal had been shattered by merging the full might of the civilization's network with his personal reserves, it left behind scattered data bits. And that pristine yet eerie gray mist Divine Soul core had now exposed the hidden reality.

"Shi Clan...has already become a puppet!"

Song Chi's mind roiled with massive tides of astonishment: "No wonder its expansion raged so wildly without regard for expense; the gray mist clan pulls the strings from behind!"

He reflected on the fractured starry sea's thousand-year spree of brutal conquests, recalled the Abyss Demon God's bizarrely timed strike on Human Emperor City... All of it hinted at some unseen gray hand manipulating the chaos.

The Shi Clan served as just one obvious piece on the board.

As for their abrupt drive to expand, he pieced together clues from those memory shards.

"Floating Land Origin Core!"

Over this millennium, in every River System Community seized by the Shi Clan, over ninety percent of the Starry Sea Floating Land Origin Cores had been brutally harvested. Rather than heading to the Spirit Mountain Continent in the Shi Clan's Ancestral Domain, these Floating Land Origin Cores were dispatched to—the Abyss.

At once, Song Chi felt a chill grip his entire frame, sharp and unrelenting.

The mysterious force scheming from the dark turned out to be the Bottomless Abyss.

On the gray mist energy forms, he uncovered precise details within the memory remnants.

The ruling Demon Clan from the Bottomless Abyss's profoundest depths—the Heart Stealing Demons.

Be it the ancient Heaven-Fighting Clan or the Immortal Domain Civilization from hundreds of thousands of years past, or the current Shi Clan, the true orchestrators were always them.

While Song Chi's thoughts churned with profound shock, Ji Heng's pressing transmission arrived via the Torch Network.

"Song Chi, was that just now...?"

"It was the Heart Stealing Slave Seal from the gray mist beings..."

"No, it should be the Bottomless Abyss—Twelfth Rank Heart Stealing Demon Sub Soul's Heart Stealing Slave Seal."

Song Chi summed it up briefly, quelling the minor tremors in his Divine Soul, his icy stare shifting back to the Stellar Battlefield.

"The Shi Clan has been enslaved; behind this battle, the Bottomless Abyss is pushing. Their ultimate goal is to advance the entire Bottomless Abyss Dimension Upgrade."

The intelligence spread instantly across the Torch Network to Jiang Yuan, Ferdinand, and Ying Yi. All four reeled in disbelief, followed by a profounder wave of dread rising in their cores.