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A small warship broke away from the fleet and flew towards a continent millions of kilometers away.

This tiny warship is only about 3,000 kilometers long. Well, that's already the smallest ship in the fleet.

The continent ahead truly resembled Mars—a hazy, yellowish storm raged, and almost no greenery could be seen on the entire land. Such a continent would have a very limited capacity to support life.

According to Zhao Weiguang, the area they occupy spans 30,000 square kilometers, with a total area exceeding 800 million square kilometers, yet they can only support a population of 16.5 million.

Of course, the standard of living here is that of cultivators, who consume an exceptionally large amount of resources. On the other hand, cultivators also have a high tolerance for scarcity of basic resources. In short, this place is very barren.

As Chu Fei rapidly approached the continent, his observations of it became increasingly clear.

This continent is called "Sorrowful Wind Continent," a name given by Zhao Weiguang and others. The continent is an irregular oval shape, with a maximum length of three million kilometers.

The place where Zhao Weiguang and others lived was named "Thousand Island Basin". The entire basin is more than 20,000 kilometers long, and with the surrounding mountains, it covers an area of ​​30,000 kilometers.

The ruling center and the core of foreign exchanges here is Taibai City.

However, not far from the Thousand Islands Basin, there are other races. Currently, there is a "Dawn God Clan" that is eyeing the "Thousand Islands Basin".

The Dawn God Clan fled here after their defeat, but they still possessed some methods left behind by their sages. Fortunately, Zhao Weiguang and his group had the "Pixiu Xuanxiao" as a source of confidence, which gave them a chance to catch their breath.

Without Xuanxiao, Zhao Weiguang and the others, with their meager cultivation levels of at most 22.0, would have been killed long ago.

However, Xuanxiao, being a Chaos Divine Beast that had secretly awakened, was active in secret but dared not show itself publicly. This created a predicament for Zhao Weiguang and the others.

But no matter what, the biggest problem is that there are no masters of their own.

Zhao Weiguang had high hopes for this meeting, and everyone was eagerly awaiting it.

When the fleet first arrived, Zhao Weiguang really wanted to invite Chu Fei and the others to come immediately, but he was also well aware of Chu Fei's cautious approach. Some things just can't be rushed.

Now that he was certain that Chu Fei and the others were really going to meet, Zhao Weiguang was extremely excited and kept checking the reception area to ensure that everything went smoothly.

Zhao Weiguang's excited state made even "Huang Shengli" next to him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Captain Zhao, after all these years, you seem to have become more and more senile, losing all your composure. If you ask me, let's wait a few days after Chu Fei and the others arrive before making any decisions."

They should have come ten years ago, but they stood by and watched for a decade before finally meeting. I just couldn't stand it.

Many people around nodded in agreement.

A composed woman spoke up, "I think Captain Huang is right. Captain, why don't we let Captain Huang go and greet Chu Fei and the others?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Shengli chuckled twice, sat up, and buried his head on the table to study the materials.

Seeing this, the woman sneered, "All you do is yell and scream, pretending to be turtles. You all know very well why things are like this!"

Huang Shengli grunted twice, "I don't believe the captain isn't angry."

Zhao Weiguang spoke up: "Chu Fei and his group did the right thing. After all, they are involved in the safety of trillions of people."

Based on just a little information we have, trillions of people have traveled 20,000 light-years. The pressure on Chu Fei is much greater than on us.

Don't forget, we've been able to withstand the pressure from the Dawn Gods all these years thanks to the technology that Chu Fei and the others teleported over.

Alright, how many spaceships are to be deployed now?

A busy man looked up and said, "Captain, we can deploy seven spaceships right now. The largest, the Golden Light, is 87 kilometers long. That's our largest spaceship to date."

Zhao Weiguang rubbed his temples. "Deploy six spaceships and equip them carefully. Prepare plenty of vacuum energy bombs at the front lines. If the Dawn Protoss attack now, we'll overturn the table. If we can't kill their people, we'll destroy their habitat!"

Huang Shengli looked up again, "Captain, didn't you say before that the territory of the Dawn God Clan was prepared for Chu Fei and the others?"

Zhao Weiguang sighed: "But we can't show weakness in front of Chu Fei and the others."

Everyone fell silent.

Based on current intelligence, Zhao Weiguang, the strongest person among us, would probably only be able to serve as an excellent soldier on Chu Fei's side. And Chu Fei has hundreds of billions of soldiers like that!
The remaining trillions of people in the Ascending Dragon Palace all start at cultivation level 20.0, and those are at the tribulation stage. Those with cultivation levels below 20.0 have already retreated.

Later, a man-made black hole completely destroyed the retreat route, ensuring that no one could track down the surface world of the Yanhuang civilization.

However, Chu Fei and the others could not reach the surface world and had to travel to other places, such as here.

However, things don't always go smoothly. Despite Zhang Weiguang and his team deploying six spaceships to the front lines, the Dawn Protoss still managed to discover the situation.

However, having learned their lesson from the vacuum energy bombs, and with some inexplicable changes recently occurring in "Taibai City," the Dawn Gods remain quite cautious.

Some suggested that we should use the methods left behind by the sages—although there are not many of those methods left, and their power has been greatly reduced, they are still methods left behind by the sages.

After much discussion, the High Priest finally made a decision—the measures should be prepared, but not activated immediately. Instead, they should continue to observe Taibai City and see what Taibai City has been busy with lately.

While the secrecy surrounding Taibai City is commendable, some changes inevitably leaked out.

For example, in the last two hundred years, the science and technology of Taibai City has suddenly exploded, and the overall cultivation level has improved significantly, resulting in a considerable increase in combat power.

Two hundred years ago, Taibai City primarily focused on defense. It rarely launched proactive attacks; they were always necessary. Back then, Taibai City would use vacuum energy bombs to create the illusion of mutual destruction.

Every proactive attack resulted in heavy losses—the inability to develop the population was also largely due to war.

However, over the past two hundred years, the number of attacks initiated by Taibai City has increased significantly, putting some pressure on the Dawn God Clan. In recent years, vacuum energy bombs have been used less and less.

All signs indicate that Taibai City may have contacted outside help!

Has a foreign player recently arrived?

The high priest pondered this, and also sent people to observe the surroundings, especially the void.

However, the "Blood Wind Continent" is perpetually shrouded in crimson storms, and its chaotic laws make it difficult for the Dawn Gods to clearly observe space—Zhao Weiguang and others call it the "Sorrowful Wind Continent," while the Dawn Gods name it the "Blood Wind Continent." It can only be said that there are always some misalignments between different civilizations. But this does not affect the competition between them.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye—not the Dawn Gods' timekeeping standard, but the Yanhuang Civilization's timekeeping standard.

On this day, the High Priest of the Dawn God Clan was observing space using his supernatural powers. Although it wasn't clear, he could still observe some general outlines.

Suddenly, the high priest felt a faint sense of oppression. Following his senses, he adjusted his observation direction and abruptly discovered a massive "object" rapidly approaching the Bloodwind Continent.

This object, of course, is the Rising Dragon Palace's spaceship, which is three thousand kilometers long.

However, in the Otherworld, a spacecraft three thousand kilometers long isn't really that big. It's just that in the Sorrowful Continent and the Wasteland, it's considered a large object.

Resources are scarce here, so everyone is focusing on a "small and efficient" development strategy. So what does it mean when a spaceship that's 3,000 kilometers long suddenly appears?

The massive spaceship, wreathed in raging flames, hurtled into the skies above the Sorrowful Wind Continent, its contrail stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers. It cleaved through the perennial "blood-red storm" above the continent, tearing the heavens apart with a deafening roar, and hurtled straight toward Taibai City.

"It's a spaceship!" The high priest's expression changed drastically. Although the object that had suddenly appeared was somewhat unfamiliar, the high priest could at least recognize that it was a spaceship!

The spaceships built in Taibai City are vastly different in design from traditional flying boats. It's immediately obvious.

Furthermore, the largest spaceship in Taibai City is less than 100 kilometers long. This new spaceship is 3,000 kilometers long. What's the meaning of a gyrfalcon suddenly appearing among a flock of sparrows?

Moreover, the High Priest knew very well that there was usually more than one spaceship, and the larger the spaceship, the more advanced the technology behind it—this was all experience learned from Taibai City.

What does a spaceship that spans 3,000 kilometers mean?
Furthermore, based on initial observations, this spaceship is very sturdy. The storm that crashed directly into the Bloodwind Continent from high altitude—this storm was no ordinary storm, but a storm of laws, the remnant of a top-tier powerhouse's fall, even possessing certain cursed characteristics.

As a result, the suddenly appearing spaceship, with its enormous impact and endless flames, rushed straight towards Taibai City.

At a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers from Taibai City, the enormous spaceship began to decelerate and eventually hovered in front of Taibai City.

Then, the high priest used his supernatural powers to see a group of "people" of the same race as the people of Taibai City getting off the spaceship.

"This is terrible!" The High Priest's scalp tingled, and he immediately summoned the Dawn Clan for a meeting. The entire Dawn Clan might be facing a life-or-death crisis! In an instant, the entire Dawn Clan was in chaos.

Meanwhile, in Taibai City, Chu Fei, Jin Tierong, Bai Yingying, Huang Youlong, and others disembarked from the spaceship. Of course, they were all clones.

Even though they are clones, each of them has a cultivation level of 22.0 or higher!

After disembarking from the spaceship, Chu Fei looked around and immediately saw six ornately decorated "floats." He laughed and said, "Captain Zhao, you even prepared floats? There's no need for that. You must be running low on resources here."

Zhao Weiguang was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "That's a spaceship, and it's the best spaceship we can offer."

Chu Fei: ...

Everyone fell silent.

Jin Tierong reacted quickly, "Excuse me. We have prepared a gift list, which includes 10 large spaceships."

Zhao Weiguang's eyes lit up. "Oh, that's great! By the way, can I ask about the parameters of this large spaceship?"

Jin Tierong: "1.5 kilometers in length."

"..." Zhao Weiguang blinked, suddenly realizing that he and the other person were from completely different worlds. His own survival base, the Thousand Islands Basin, and the surrounding mountains were only about 30,000 kilometers apart.

So, if such a spaceship really existed, there wouldn't even be a place for anyone to dock. Although such a spaceship wouldn't need to dock; it would simply float in space.

Jin Tierong: "Could you tell us about this place?"

"Of course. Please."

Zhao Weiguang led everyone on a tour of the entire survival base.

The only city open to the outside world is Taibai City. With a total population of only 1650 million, one city is enough.

The entire city was shielded by a barrier, blocking out external winds and sandstorms, reducing moisture evaporation, and most importantly, maintaining the atmosphere. This world lacked oxygen.

However, to supply a city in this barren world, 20,000 square kilometers of resource-rich land is needed, and this resource-rich land is the "Thousand Islands Basin". Including the surrounding mountains and rivers, the total area is 30,000 square kilometers.

The so-called Thousand Islands Basin is not an island in the water, but an island shrouded in clouds and mist. The area is generally arid with limited resources. Furthermore, this world lacks metal resources.

The Thousand Islands Basin can provide water, scarce plants, food, metal resources, and nuclear fuel. Such a place would be ignored by most outsiders; yet here, it has become a battleground for multiple powers.

From a distance, the entire Thousand Islands Basin is still quite spectacular.

A light mist hangs in the air, and mountain peaks rise abruptly from the ground, creating a scene reminiscent of a fairyland.

Unfortunately, the reason this place feels so ethereal is because of its harsh environment—it's scorching hot below and freezing cold high above.

The Thousand Islands Basin boasts mountains with an average height of 5,000 meters. Each mountain is a colossal behemoth. Within a 20,000-kilometer radius, there are only a few thousand peaks; one can imagine that each one is a mini-Everest.

On the mountainside of these peaks, there is a narrow zone of life where crops can be grown.

In fact, the grain bases here are all closed systems, relying on technology and hard work.

The external environment is too harsh. The main components of the atmosphere are nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, etc., and oxygen is almost negligible.

Ordinary people simply cannot survive in such an environment.

Compared to this place, the living environment in Changqingtian back then was simply a fairy tale world.

After the visit and inspection, discussions began inside the Rising Dragon Palace. Of course, heated debates were also taking place back home. Did we really want to settle down in such a world?

In fact, this kind of discussion has taken place many times before. But with new data, it's still necessary to discuss it.

After much discussion, a decision was finally made—a settlement was necessary. The promised spaceship to Daoist Yuanyang was not yet complete. To fully realize it, a massive base was required.

Yuan Yang Daozun said there would be a reward if the spaceship could be completed. If it couldn't be completed... he would get angry.

Furthermore, although the environment here is harsh, the Rising Dragon Palace's current technology has reached the initial stage of creation, and its dependence on natural resources is very low.

Zhao Weiguang and others were worried about the lack of metal resources. However, the Rising Dragon Palace could directly produce hadron materials.

Building hadron materials doesn't require any metals; all you need are atoms, whether they are metal atoms or non-metal atoms, it doesn't matter.

Quark technology is now basically mature. Quark flavor conversion technology makes energy no longer limited, and this technology itself can create atomic nuclei, and thus create atoms and matter.

Although the entire wasteland is desolate, given the current technological level of the Ascending Dragon Palace, it is rich in resources.

Zhao Weiguang led Chu Fei and the others on a tour for several days, and finally introduced Chu Fei to the most important representatives—the Chaos Divine Beast, the Pixiu, and Xuanxiao.

Xuanxiao is hidden in the Thousand Islands Basin, which is the most important reason why the Dawn God Clan dares not directly attack the Thousand Islands Basin.

Beneath the Thousand Islands Basin, beneath the lava layer, in an environment of chaotic laws, Chu Fei finally saw the "guardian beast" of Taibai City.

Chu Fei first "saw" the Pixiu when he had just broken through to level 9.0, in the core of the Mother Nest outside Dawn City, and received an image. At that time, the image that the Pixiu transmitted to Chu Fei was a huge figure, standing on a planet, with wings on its back that covered the starry sky.

But the Pixiu we see now is injured!
It's not small, but it's not very big either, only about a thousand kilometers.

However, in the lava nearby, a small Pixiu was sleeping and cultivating. This was none other than "Chu Lei"! Chu Lei's current body length has exceeded one hundred meters.

Upon seeing Chu Fei, the enormous Pixiu opened its eyes, its weary thoughts echoing in Chu Fei's mind: "Chu Fei, we've finally met."

Chu Fei looked at the Pixiu hidden in the lava with some surprise, "Senior seems to be seriously injured?"

"Back then, in order to break free from the control of the Sage, I was attacked. The wounds left by the Sage are not so easy to heal. From the time I met Zhao Weiguang and the others until now, it has been less than four thousand years. If we convert it to the time of the Heavenly Dao, which is more than five hundred Yanhuang years as one Heavenly Dao year, it is less than eight years."

Chu Fei said "Oh," and added, "Although so many years have passed, I still don't quite get used to the Sage's time system."

"It's because you've grown up too fast. Also, it's because we've been communicating with you for the past two hundred years."

Although I possess the abilities of a true saint, establishing communication across 20,000 light-years would still be fraught with difficulties and extremely costly.

This is all thanks to your quantum communication technology, plus my natural control over the Chaos Devourer; otherwise, it would have been impossible.

"Now I can finally take a break."

Chu Fei looked at the sleeping "Chu Lei" and nodded. "On our way here, we encountered a sage, Yuan Yang Dao Zun. I wonder if you have heard of him, senior?"

"No. There are many powerful individuals in the inner world. You should settle in first; the safety of this place is in your hands from now on."

"no problem."

After bidding farewell to the Pixiu, Chu Fei and his group returned to Taibai City and immediately learned about the situation of the Dawn God Clan.

Once Chu Fei realized that these Dawn Gods were nothing but stray dogs, he immediately made a decision—to borrow some territory.

Then the higher-ups of the Ascending Dragon Palace began planning a war. The war wasn't against the Dawn Gods—beings they could easily crush; there was no need for war.

The target of everyone's war is not even the continent of Sorrowful Wind, but the surrounding continents!
The surrounding "neighbors" all stared wide-eyed; we'd arrived.

After migrating for more than 20,000 light-years, the overall combat power of the Ascending Dragon Palace not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

Besides technological advancements, the most important thing is the explanation and interpretation of the innate characters left by the Daoist Master Yuanyang.

Knowledge changed destiny. Now, the Ascending Dragon Palace is poised to change the destiny of the rest of civilizations. (End of Chapter)