Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2843: 579: Maya Joins the Team! The Origin of the Nest!

With an urgent tone breaking the silence, a fierce figure appeared, his face flushed red and fangs bared, clad in crimson armor that pulsed with peak level ten divine power—it was the Blood Fire Dominator himself.

Trailing in his wake, the Blood Fire Twelve Flags materialized sequentially. They included lesser gods and mid-tier ones alike, but those chosen by the Blood Fire Dominator were far from average.

The Blood Fire Dominator turned to a lean form gripping a spear, sporting a dog's head on a human frame, a lesser god:

"Wild Dog God, head back to your Divine Kingdom right away, send down an avatar, and guide some angels to support the Holy War Army Master. We're at a pivotal point; my faith can't take any hits. Should the casualties go beyond one-twentieth, you'll answer to me!"

Naro, the Wild Dog God, had once ruled as a level 10 dominator among the Hunting Dog Clan in the Multidimensional Plane. After loyally serving the Blood Fire Dominator for a hundred thousand years, right on the brink of his end, he received a divine persona, kindled divine fire, and formed a divine body. As a result, he skipped the Star Wilderness entirely and entered the Thousand Hills Countries directly.

His God’s Authority covers aspects of Hunting and War.

"I understand!"

A twinge of worry stirred in the Wild Dog God. He realized this assignment was no simple matter, given how tough the Dusk Palace Master proved to handle, but as a subordinate, he had little say.

Should it all fall apart, the fault would land squarely on him! Blast it!

In the Blood Fire Dominator's hand materialized a spear ablaze with bloody flames, the Divine Artifact Blood and Fire Spear—which placed in the top thirty on the Star Realm Divine Artifact List. When stacked against supreme treasures, it ranked inside the top ten across the Pan-Plane.

These so-called divine artifacts are extraordinary creations shaped by divine fire and might, drawn from materials of level 10 or higher Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; fewer than 90% of lesser gods in the astral world even own one.

That said, nearly every mighty god possesses at least one.

"Queen Stinging Snake, you've trespassed into my Blood Fire Divine Domain three times already; now, you'll face the full force of my divine might! Blood Fire Twelve Flags, come with me—we'll surround and annihilate this monster!"

The Blood Fire Dominator swung his spear high, unleashing a roaring Blood River of flames that spanned eighty thousand miles, swallowing up vast swarms of the insects.

The Stinging Snake Queen twisted her form, releasing shrill vibrations; an unseen power dispersed the blood-flame river, after which swarms of insects surged out, glowing with level nine radiance and even level ten strength.

A horrifying clash of battle ignited.

Up to now, the mother nest’s will had spawned 50 distinct types of elite soldier species, with each overseen and bred by an Insect Queen.

Linked to the mother nest’s will, they followed its directives without question, their power spanning from mid-stage level ten up to the late-stage domain.

Insect Queens could collect and direct boundless energy via the ultimate Mother Nest Network, channeling it swiftly during crises to breed troops inside their insect nest realms.

It functioned as a relentless engine for churning out armies!

Two thousand years back, during their initial assault, the insects commanded just 46 soldier species, lagging far behind the astral world's elite powerhouses.

Yet, as they consumed countless gods and resources from the astral world, the mother nest’s will kept advancing and refining itself, leading to the addition of a fresh soldier species roughly every 500 years.

Without intervention, the mother nest’s will would inevitably consume the whole astral world. And that could mark just the start, with these insects poised to overrun the entire Land of Darkness next.

Across his vast existence, the Blood Fire Dominator had never encountered such nightmarish foes.

This explained why he barely cared about Nora these days—insects posed a far greater threat, outstripping even the demons in sheer aggravation.

It was an unyielding, cohesive engine of destruction!

Luckily, the Star Ancestor wielded immense strength, merging three forms into one, which currently held the mother nest’s will in check, though it failed to stop the insect onslaught.

Lately, the Star Ancestor had even driven the mother nest’s will out of the Land of Darkness; still, it crept back in no time.

The Star Ancestor lacked a way to destroy it outright, given the astral world's abundance, and the mother nest’s will, having savored those riches, kept pressing the assault relentlessly.

Through endless years of conflict, the Star Ancestor learned the Dark Insects hadn't sprung up from nowhere—they hailed from a neighboring universe to the Land of Darkness.

The Star Ancestor dubbed it: Taya Land.

These insects formed the Taya Insect Race.

At first, the pair of universes were meant to exist side by side undisturbed, but for unknown causes, the Taya Insect Race tore open a wormhole into the Land of Darkness.

What followed was an epic invasion spanning universes!

Soon enough, though, the Star Ancestor uncovered further mysteries.

As a supreme-tier being and the mightiest in this universe, he'd occasionally reached out to realms beyond the Land of Darkness, leaving faint imprints there without ever pushing further.

The reason? Every universe ran on its own unique laws.

Born as a native of this universe, stepping into another could sap his power, reducing him to a hollow deity lost in folklore—some might even mock gods as foolish tales.

By that logic, if the Taya Insect Race came from elsewhere, entering here ought to weaken them under this universe's rules.

Yet the Star Ancestor detected no such hindrance on the insects.

This suggested that, despite appearances from outside, the Taya Insect Race was truly born within this universe... an innate entity forged after the chaos.

Drawing from memories of ancient chaotic times, the Star Ancestor pinpointed one being akin to the mother nest’s will.

Its title: Evolution Nest.

This odd, throbbing mass of haze resembled a colossal womb, standing as one of the top three primal powers back then.

Evolution Nest brimmed with fierce drive for conquest and adaptation; it acted as a Ravager, prompting lesser primal beings to unite against it out of survival instinct.

In the end, overwhelmed by two colossal forces—the Star Cluster Brain and Mother of Darkness—Evolution Nest shattered, its remnants lost to the void.

Over endless ages, the primal existences clashed brutally, sparking a cataclysmic war for dominance in the universe forged from the chaos burst!

Much like a grand melee, more than 90% of primal existences perished, their remains turning into scattered universal Sea Relics and Primordial Relics.

In the close, the Mother of Darkness triumphed, merging with the universe to claim its laws, as other titans either withdrew or vanished.

The mother nest’s will was almost certainly the fragmented Evolution Nest, clinging to life through other universes across seven eras.

And at last, it's returned!