Translator: CinderTL
Glug, glug!
In the deep sea, near the fractured reefs, the seawater boiled, releasing scalding bubbles one after another.
Six Mermen were scattered over a kilometer away, some hidden within rock formations, others concealed among the reefs, vigilantly guarding against external threats.
Gata, meanwhile, watched with curious eyes as the collapsed seabed and the massive creator at the center of the boiling water.
A tunnel had been excavated into the brown world ark, driving out many of the tiny creatures that had inhabited it.
During the excavation, flashes of blue magnetic light flickered within the ark, accompanied by wisps of crimson flame that appeared and vanished intermittently.
As a result, the seawater temperature steadily rose, radiating outward from the ark in concentric circles.
A hundred meters, five hundred meters, a thousand meters...
Eventually, illusory magma began to manifest, almost solidifying into reality as it flowed outward.
Reefs melted, and rock formations crumbled.
Gata, who had intended to wait quietly, could no longer endure the heat. It felt as if its bestial body was about to be incinerated into ash.
Shriek!
With a sudden cry, it shrank its form and retreated.
The Soul Flame transmitted its movements to its mind.
Deep within the world ark, Chen Feng withdrew his Perception, no longer concerned with the external disturbances.
The reason?
Buzz!
The Martial Dao Momentum manifested once more, transforming into a canopy that sealed off the surrounding sea.
Volcanic magma surged forth, encircled by the Blazing Sun and Crimson Moon, continuously incinerating and melting everything around it.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
The alloy hull of the world ark began to crack and char, while bottles of resource potions, previously plundered and emptied, shattered across the floor.
"No!"
"Your Magnetic Field is too strong! I can't fully shield you yet!"
The Star Spirit's voice echoed from afar, sensing the rapid surge in his Magnetic Field energy.
Unable to continue assessing the ark's integrity, she frantically issued warnings.
In response,
Buzz!
Focusing his mind, Chen Feng stilled his thoughts and forcibly suppressed a portion of the Martial Dao Momentum's power.
The canopy shrank, and the volcanic eruptions subsided.
All the illusory phenomena vanished, yet strange cracking sounds continued to emanate from within his body.
"Almost there..."
A flicker of Crimson Flame ignited in Chen Feng's eyes as he felt streams of heat surging through his veins.
These were the remaining resources from the Windrider, which he had devoured in one gulp earlier.
The Divine Awakening Method's life fire seed rapidly grew, causing Chen Feng's internal power to momentarily surge outward, overwhelming his control.
Whoosh!
Sensing this, the Star Spirit observed his magnetic field fluctuations plummeting back under control.
The Star Spirit in the central chamber sighed in relief, wiping away nonexistent sweat from her small face.
"That was a close call."
Before her floated several holographic light screens, including the Platinum Federation's monitoring systems for the surrounding sea area.
If she hadn't seized partial control of the world ark's central system and activated the cloaking device immediately, Chen Feng's energy surge would have been detected, alerting the federation.
Realizing this, and seeing Chen Feng now stabilizing his energy and on the verge of breaking through, she gritted her teeth, temporarily slowing down the central system's inspection progress to focus on increasing the shielding device's energy output.
Boom!!
The sound of shattering glass echoed through the night as a brawl erupted in a dark corner of Black Harbor City.
Two drunken men, one white and one black, were locked in a violent fight outside a tavern.
A thrown chair smashed through a window, sending shards of glass flying across the street.
The stronger black man pinned the frail white man to the ground, his hands clamped like vises around the man's neck.
"John, what are you doing?! Stop it!"
"I'm going to kill him!"
"These white-skinned dogs always think they're so superior. Today, I'll see if God still protects him!"
The voices of persuasion and angry curses rang out in succession. The burly black man's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging on his face, clearly blinded by rage.
Just as he was about to lose control,
Boom!!
A gunshot rang out. The black man's face froze, a bloody hole appearing on his forehead.
The commotion instantly subsided. Everyone stared at the white man on the ground, his face flushed crimson, a small silver pistol now clutched in his hand.
A wisp of gray smoke drifted from the muzzle as the black man, who had been pinning him down, fell backward to the ground.
"Ah!!"
A piercing scream erupted, and lights flickered on in the apartments near the tavern.
Across the street on the rooftop of a high-rise, Celine frowned as she observed the scene.
She tapped her goggles, bringing up a city map. Several district peacekeepers, whose positions had been tracked by her trackers, were converging on the area.
"Bad luck. Time to relocate."
She shook her head, her black jacket blending seamlessly into the night.
Her Sniper Cannon lay beside her. Focusing her gaze, she could see the Roth Family's manor villa half a mile behind the apartment building.
"Alright," a steady male voice replied through the communicator.
"Then be careful out there."
"I've found a lead. I'll contact you later."
"Understood."
Celine acknowledged and ended the call.
Her gaze returned to the tavern below, where a brawl had turned deadly. Blood flowed across the floor, and curses and gunfire continued to erupt from the shattered windows.
This scene was a microcosm of what she had witnessed countless times recently. It made her wonder why the Platinum Federation, the most powerful nation on Earth, struggled to maintain internal order any better than some smaller countries.
"The federation is already decaying," the woman beside her suddenly spoke, breaking her silence.
Dressed in blue robes and armor, with a broadsword strapped across her back, the Pinnacle Realm Martial Artist radiated an icy aura. Her jade-green eyes held a complex, hidden emotion.
Celine pondered for a moment, then shook her head.
"Isn't that natural? Even the sun sets, turning into twilight."
"But this also means..."
Looking at the southern metropolis of the federation, feeling the oppressive gloom beneath the night curtain, Celine's expression brightened with anticipation.
"A new dawn will rise to replace it."
Boom!!
A Blazing Sun erupted, radiating like a miniature, burning star.
The seabed reefs trembled violently as the previously subdued magnetic field fluctuations surged explosively, causing the boiling seawater to churn as if transforming into molten lava.
Witnessing this spectacle, the Star Spirit's expression turned grave. Abandoning all other concerns, she urgently tapped into the world ark's energy system, deploying layers of electromagnetic barriers to seal off the area.
Hum!
Instantly, deep blue light spread outward, enveloping everything.
The immense energy signature that had nearly breached the surface was now concealed, and the Scarlet Gold radiance of the Blazing Sun was subtly masked.
In an instant, the Deep Sea canyon was sealed off. The blue electromagnetic barriers isolated everything, preventing even Gata and the Mermen from entering.
Most of the creatures hiding within the rock formations had already panicked and fled in terror, some even migrating their entire clans.
Only a few tenacious life forms, those deeply entrenched within the rock layers, stubbornly remained.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The molten reefs shattered into fragments, and the fault lines widened further.
A Blazing Sun hung above the seabed canyon, resembling a sun shrunk countless times over.
The figure who had been sitting cross-legged had vanished from the world ark, now perched atop the reefs. Scarlet Gold flames danced across his body.
Buzz!
Soon, it seemed he was entering the final stage of his breakthrough.
The canopy reappeared, merging seamlessly with the electromagnetic Barrier to alleviate the Star Spirit's pressure and conceal the commotion.
During this time, the Crimson Flames on Chen Feng's body transformed into meteors, ascending upside down into the sky.
A crimson moon materialized, and countless golden stars gradually lit up across the heavens, resembling a vast starry expanse.
Each point seemed to represent life and hope, yet could also transform into the wrath of a collapsing sky, into Falling Sun meteors.
In an instant, his eyes snapped open, a flash of Scarlet Gold light disappearing as quickly as it appeared.
The submarine canyon suddenly brightened for a moment, and Chen Feng glimpsed the Martial Dao Momentum and mental projection above him.
"So this is the star realm," he murmured.
[Divine Awakening Method: Cosmic Blaze—Star Realm (1%)+]
By utilizing the resources left behind by the Windrider, he had finally achieved his breakthrough.
Buzz!
In that instant, he turned his gaze inward.
The Divine Fire Seed in his lower abdomen had undergone a profound transformation, now glowing with a pale golden light.
A sun and moon orbited it, surrounded by floating stardust.
The destructive power of cosmic flames and the domineering force that repelled evil were now fully contained within this radiant sphere.
Yet this pale golden flame possessed an additional aspect, unlike anything he had seen before.
"Life force... hope..."
Carefully sensing the Divine Fire Seed, Chen Feng noticed its newfound properties.
It could not only annihilate enemies and suppress evil and darkness, but also possessed restorative capabilities, aiding in healing injuries and strengthening willpower.
This came as a surprise, but recalling the key principles outlined in the Divine Awakening Method Manual, he quickly understood.
Flame was never merely destructive; it was the origin of human civilization.
The divine was not just about domineering explosions; it also embodied compassion and mercy for all things.
Crackling!
In an instant, as if breaking through a final bottleneck, a crisp, bean-popping sound echoed from within Chen Feng's body.
[Strength: 132 → 142]
[Agility: 133 → 140]
[Constitution: 146 → 157]
[Willpower: 141 → 141.1 → 141.2]
"Ignoring the Willpower attribute, the other three aspects have increased by a total of 28 points."
Chen Feng's eyes shone brightly as he examined the four-dimensional attribute data on his panel.
The resources left behind by the world ark had accelerated his body's transformation.
Moreover, the breakthrough in the Divine Awakening Method had allowed his Physical Body to be tempered by the Divine Fire Seed, pushing his physical form to a new limit in one fell swoop.
He had no doubt that he could now contend with the true form of an Evil God Angel.
His physical strength exceeded 30,000 tons, and his physical body had reached the pinnacle of rainbow iron, rivaling even the so-called Seventh-Tier and Celestial Grade rainbow iron.
Moreover,
"The enhancement of my consciousness continues."
Chen Feng's gaze sharpened as he examined the consciousness attribute on his status panel.
This realm of mental consciousness differed entirely from physical strength.
And there was only one reason for this phenomenon.
Buzz!
The Martial Dao Momentum emanating from his body originated from his heart—a unique projection of his inner power.
Now, his spiritual world had undergone a complete transformation.
Above the azure sky, the sun and moon rotated, their light illuminating the radiant stars.
Below, the brown earth had sprung from volcanic origins, molten lava carving through rock to birth the dawn of civilization.
Greenfields quietly bloomed across the plains, while intermittent storms and frost descended, cooling the molten earth and embellishing the world.
The nascent mental world continued to expand, yet it now resembled a tangible reality.
New Greenfields sprouted across the earth every moment, while storms and frost persistently cooled the surging lava.
The Blessing of the Gods from the Dead Crow Secret Realm had yet to be fully assimilated, its residual power still driving the growth of his nascent spiritual world.
This feedback had prevented his consciousness from reaching its true limits.
"Why does it look like I'm creating a world?"
Chen Feng suddenly had this thought as he gazed at his nascent spiritual world.
He had seen mental world projections of other Evil God Angels.
Their worlds typically possessed a single elemental attribute, lacking the complexity and diversity of his own, which contained all elements.
Rather than spiritual worlds, theirs were more like seas of power—deep, primordial realms of singular Origin.
The thought flashed through his mind, but Chen Feng couldn't confirm it.
"Perhaps I'll know more once the Holy Shield Colossus completes its transformation."
Sensing the brilliant platinum light within his mind, Chen Feng realized he still lacked crucial information about High-Ranking Angels.
The Star Spirit's database, while strong in technological civilization data, was surprisingly incomplete regarding transcendent individuals.
Only by comparing his spiritual world with the Holy Shield Colossus's after its breakthrough could he determine how much his own world differed from that of a true High-Ranking Angel.
"How is it going?" a voice suddenly asked.
The Star Spirit's illusory body materialized beside him, streams of blue light surging from the ark and converging rapidly.
She sensed Chen Feng's magnetic field fluctuations stabilizing, the surrounding Martial Dao Momentum swiftly dissipating and retracting into his body.
"Not bad," Chen Feng nodded, finally asking about the spiritual world. He hoped the Star Spirit had gleaned some useful information from the Windrider.
"The spiritual world?" she mused. "I only know that consciousness is the surface manifestation of the mind stream. The so-called spiritual world is a realm forged deep within the depths of one's inner mind stream."
"Once successfully established, mental power coalesces into a Primordial Sea, endlessly replenishing the Physical Body."
The Star Spirit spoke carefully, striving for clarity.
She then revealed a startling truth:
"For this reason, legendary third-stage Cyborgs are often no match for Evil God Angels."
"Though they attain a form of immortal consciousness, they lack an infinite source of power and the transformative feedback the spiritual world provides to the Physical Body."
Chen Feng frowned slightly at her explanation. This differed from his expectations.
"What about Sacred Beings?" he suddenly asked, realizing a crucial point.
"Their divine cores are forged from vast quantities of Fragments of Divinity."
"It's a nearly perfect artificial world, a source of energy rivaling the creation of the cosmos itself. Moreover, due to the unique properties of the Fragments of Divinity, they've gained access to special rules."
"To some extent, they've already approached divinity. Even Evil God Angels cannot withstand them."
The Star Spirit spoke again, and Chen Feng immediately grasped some crucial information.
The energy core of the Sacred Beings was an artificial world fused with Fragments of Divinity?
It seemed similar to the Evil God Angels, yet it could defeat them, surpassing them in power and approaching the level of a Demigod.
His gaze flickered as he noticed a common thread.
Whether High-Ranking Angels or Demigods, both drew their power from their own personal worlds.
Perhaps the difference in their spiritual worlds...
That's the true gap between the King of Angels and the High-Ranking Angels?
This thought struck him inexplicably, and Chen Feng narrowed his eyes.
Unaware of his deep contemplation, the Star Spirit finished her explanation and promptly summoned an object with a wave of her hand.
Buzz!
A white circular ring flashed briefly, and a faint spatial fluctuation registered in his consciousness.
Sensing something, Chen Feng forcibly suppressed his stray thoughts and turned his head.
His gaze froze. He saw a special cylindrical container filled with glowing particles.
Golden light swirled within, radiating an overwhelming sense of divinity.
The two rhomboid Fragments of Divinity it held were both dazzlingly familiar.
(End of the Chapter)
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