Chapter 1 The Last Hope

"The two star system rebel armies only have these last two space-air forces left. If we lose this time, we may never have another chance!" The captain was a strong white man with a slicked-back hairstyle and determined eyes. His face was covered in blood, and he wiped a handful of it off his face.

"Maybe if we persevere and provide more support, there's still hope! Can you hear the gunshots? The city center is still fighting! They're not dead yet!" he shouted earnestly.

"The Bula reinforcements will arrive in thirty minutes. This is our last chance! If we can't retake control of the base within thirty minutes, everyone will die!" a ponytail-wearing woman yelled.

". Then charge!" the captain roared, suddenly rushing out of his hiding place and spraying gunfire ahead.

Beams of laser light burst out, hitting the falling, skeletal silver robots in the distance.

These robots were connected by a simple spine, held laser cannons, and fired at the group.

Boom!

A laser blast hit one of their energy packs squarely.

It immediately caused an explosion.

A total of five people were blown away by the massive explosion. The captain crashed headfirst into a corner wall, his skull caving in slightly, and he lost consciousness.

Amidst the roar, the others struggled to their feet, glancing in his direction. Someone wanted to rush over to help, but they were pulled back.

Amidst shouts, the group endured the pain and quickly left in the opposite direction.

Just then, a semi-transparent, invisible vortex suddenly appeared in the air beside the captain.

From the center of the vortex, a beam of purple-black light shot out, hitting the captain squarely between the eyebrows.

Soon, the vortex disappeared, the purple light faded, and everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

The sounds of bombing in the city were becoming less frequent, and the flames began to spread, with thick smoke and fog enveloping everything.

Chi.

Suddenly, the fallen captain's eyes snapped open, a flash of purple-gold light flickering within them.

"Rainbow Candy?"

He slowly got up, stretched his limbs, and looked around.

"My location transfer shouldn't have had any problems, right? Where are the people?"

Occupying this body was none other than Li Cheng Yi, who had just been transferred from Earth and Moon.

To integrate here more quickly and obtain more information, he immediately chose the Shadow Substitute ability to acquire the identity of this recently deceased person.

"Ugh... this blind spot is actually so big!?"

Li Cheng Yi rubbed his temples, realizing that the space here was much, much larger than that of Earth and Moon.

At least fifty times the size.

And it contained a large number of star systems, with an internal ecology that was completely cosmic.

The Rolo people, the Bula people, and the United Yuan Star people had broken out into a terrible war with the Star Network organization.

The main forces on both sides were powerful individuals called Star Spirits. With Star Spirits as the main force and unmanned fleet weapons as support, countless people disappeared and were annihilated like dust in the war.

But the Star Spirits were still there, shining brightly like heroes.

Yuan Star was somewhat like Earth and Moon, while the Rolo and Bula people came from distant star systems. The former were humanoid beings with four eyes, and the latter were yellow-skinned humans with pointed ears, somewhat like elves.

The Star Network they were fighting against was a top-tier, powerful organization composed entirely of Star Spirits.

Their ambition to unify the surrounding star systems drove them to constantly launch wars against the alliance.

Complex information flashed rapidly through Li Cheng Yi's mind.

It took him more than ten minutes to absorb all the information within this body.

Then, his appearance returned to its original form.

He did not intend to inherit the karma of this body. Instead, he would rely on himself to quickly find the person and then leave.

"But I clearly pinpointed the location accurately for the transfer, but here..."

Before coming here, he had explored more than twenty suspicious blind spots, but they were all ordinary small blind spots. As soon as he entered, he could sense the absence of Rainbow Candy's aura.

But this place was different.

He could sense that Rainbow Candy's Flower Language Pearl aura seemed to be obscured by something, and its location was vague and uncertain.

Walking out of the alley, he looked at the large collapsed buildings and skyscrapers around him.

The entire city was burning, with explosions occurring from time to time.

Rolling black smoke billowed into the sky, shrouding the sky in darkness.

The acrid smell of smoke and chemicals was enough to prevent any living thing from existing in any corner of the city.

Li Cheng Yi didn't feel hot. His current body temperature could reach over three hundred degrees Celsius, so the tens of degrees Celsius on the street didn't matter to him.

'The direction is vaguely sensed, but it's confirmed, Rainbow Candy is here.'

Next, he needed to find a suitable way to find the person.

He pondered for a moment, and with a flash, he suddenly appeared at the top of a silver skyscraper.

The Shadow Spring allowed his figure to be hidden within the shadows, undetectable to others.

The top of the building was the highest point in the city, from which he could see the entire cityscape.

Black smoke columns rose into the sky, orange flames covered most of the area, and there were no living people in the streets and alleys, only a few silver robots patrolling and hunting for survivors with guns.

Li Cheng Yi frowned and began to flash rapidly.

The next second, his figure appeared on a barren yellow-green plain.

His consciousness spread out, but there were no living people.

Then, he was above the vast sea.

Several crippled giant battleships floated crookedly on the sea, emitting thick smoke, but still no sign of people.

He flashed repeatedly, constantly searching for slightly larger human settlements, but there were no traces.

"What a pitiful world."

Li Cheng Yi finally gave up, raised his head, and looked up at the distant starry sky.

The faint aura of Rainbow Candy likely came from the starry sky here.

'Troublesome.'

He finally returned to the city where he had appeared and stood on the burning street.

Reaching out, he remotely attracted a discarded robot leg, which flew into his hand.

Chi.

The leg disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When it reappeared, it was already inside the Sword Furnace within the Yuanshen Sword Palace.

The golden flames burned brightly, starting to glow slightly brighter.

The metal leg quickly melted and disappeared into the flames.

Li Cheng Yi felt a subtle warm current flowing from his brain to his entire body, spreading to every part of his body, and beginning to rapidly strengthen his bones and muscles.

'Is this the feeling of improvement from the furnace burning?'

He was thoughtful.

'It's very weak. If I rely on this kind of material to improve my realm, even if I continuously burn and devour it for thousands of years, it might not double my power... As expected, the efficiency is too low.'

The new Yin Canon transmission contained the most common materials in the Black Sea that could quickly improve the Yin Canon realm.

The first on the list was the Original Body.

Then there were Yuan Imprints and Engravings.

And then there were various powerful negative energy entities.

'Let's try completely releasing the intake and turning everything around me into fuel to see how much improvement speed I can achieve. This way, I can quickly filter out the most cost-effective fuel around.'

With that thought, he spread his arms.

A vast traction force, centered on him, rapidly expanded along the main axis.

Gales swept through, and under the pull of gravity, cars and warplane wrecks flew in rapidly, disappearing the moment they approached Li Cheng Yi.

Large amounts of mud, stones, billboards, glass, metal, all sorts of messy things, gathered here at an accelerated pace.

Inside the Yuanshen Sword Palace, the golden flames of the Sword Furnace blazed up, rapidly burning the large amount of debris sucked into it.

A steady stream of strengthening warmth continuously flowed into Li Cheng Yi's body, strengthening his physical body.

But his brows furrowed even tighter.

'Too slow. Even burning a lot of the material into ashes doesn't have much effect.'

'I wonder how fast Que Ru is? Are all of us moving extremely slowly?'

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Tian Ju Pavilion - Zhen Division.

Daoist Pingqiu slowly rose from his seated position. Having finished transmitting the Dharma to the last batch of disciples, the Zhen Division was temporarily closed.

It was also his time to rest.

Calculating the merits he had accumulated today, he walked to the front of the Dao Palace and looked out at the distant black sky.

"The stillness contains the secrets of all changes. Prolonged viewing can easily lead to obsession and inability to extricate oneself. Be careful."

A clear and gentle male voice floated from behind.

Soon, a young Daoist with red skin and black bull horns on his forehead slowly approached and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"This batch of disciples, a total of sixteen people, what do you think?" the young Daoist asked again.

Pingqiu glanced at him.

"Barely passable, not as good as the last batch."

"Could a Saint be born?" the young man asked.

"Difficult. Among the recent batches, only Song Yunhe from the last batch has a chance to enter the Saint position.

His talent and aptitude are extremely eye-catching. Calculating it, he should be at the Divine Fire realm now..." Pingqiu sighed. "He achieved the Great Completion of Qi Fire upon entry, and entered the Divine Fire realm in just over a dozen years. His comprehension and aptitude far exceed his peers."

"Yes... The difficulty of the Saint position is greater than ascending to the heavens. And the even higher Multi-Dimensional Tower is even more difficult..." the young man also sighed.

"At the fastest speed, it would be good if someone from this batch could enter the next realm within two hundred years," Daoist Pingqiu said calmly.

"That's true, the strengthening speed of the furnace burning is just that."

The horned youth waved his hand, and a dense cluster of tiny red dots appeared in the air in front of him.

Each red dot represented a newcomer in the Zhen Division preliminary test. At a glance, there were at least hundreds of them.

Some of the red dots were brighter, indicating higher strength. When the brightness reached the highest level, if they could break through, they would instantly turn green, indicating that they had passed the assessment.

"By the way, according to the Ancestral Master's message, are we going to fully go to war with White Wax?"

The young man asked again.

Pingqiu glanced at him.

"No, it's already over."

"!!?" The young Daoist was stunned, unable to understand.

"Two Black Sea days ago, all the dead world belonging to White Wax were completely broken. More than 90% of the worlds were devoured by the Ancestral Masters. Due to the Liancheng Treaty, the old men usually don't devour worlds at will. This time, as soon as they got an excuse, they couldn't help it.

The dimensional demon seniors of the Multi-Dimensional Tower dispatched 99% of their forces at the moment they received permission, and completed the entire annihilation mission within half an hour with the cooperation of the two Senior Ancestors," Pingqiu said indifferently.

". This.!!" The young Daoist's expression was dull. "My Senior Uncle even asked me to ask... to see if he could get a little bit for his old man."

"Too late. There aren't even a few drops of soup left now." Pingqiu shook his head speechlessly.

The young Daoist was completely stunned, watching Daoist Pingqiu shake his head and return to the Dao Palace.

He turned around, feeling the cold wind, his heart icy cold.

"It's good to have someone in court..." The consequence of being uninformed is that you can't get a bite of the good stuff.

(End of Chapter)