Chapter 407 – The Evolution of Legend

The Cold Moon City Lord was a top-tier powerhouse of the Taixuan Alliance, and her knowledge and insight far surpassed what mere records could offer.

After obtaining information about the birth of legends from the Cold Moon City Lord, Mu Yuan felt much more at ease.

Of course, relying solely on the words of the Cold Moon City Lord was still not entirely reliable.

One day, while contacting Minister Qin, Mu Yuan took the opportunity to inquire about the secrets of legends.

—No one did not yearn for legends, and the Tianyuan Lord, who had recruited several epic-tier beings at such a young age, was naturally no exception.

Minister Qin was only at the Heaven-Earth Realm of the Legendary Realm, and his combat prowess could not compare to the Cold Moon City Lord, who was at the Third Realm. However, Minister Qin had overseen the Development Logistics Department for many years and was one of the earliest lords of the Taixuan Alliance. His knowledge was broader than that of the Cold Moon City Lord.

From Minister Qin, Mu Yuan received a similar account to what the Cold Moon City Lord had shared.

“If the phenomenon accompanying the birth of an epic-tier being is not concealed, it can be seen from thousands of miles away.”

“If the phenomenon accompanying the birth of a legend is not concealed, it might be visible across several Great Domains, or even over a dozen Great Domains. Some powerful beings might even have special premonitions about it.”

“However, no matter how exaggerated the phenomenon, no matter how the heavens and earth celebrate, or how the radiant light stretches for thousands of miles without end, powerful beings still cannot use these phenomena to locate the newly born legend.”

Legendary treasures possess sentience and are only obtained by those destined for them.

Legendary beings are even more so.

Who could find a legendary being that intentionally hides and is protected by the heavens and earth? Even if encountered, how could one be certain it was a young legend?

A young legend might not necessarily be weak.

Minister Qin said, “When epic-tier beings are first born, most are only at the Apprentice Tier. However, their growth rate in the early stages is extremely fast, far surpassing that of elite-tier troops.”

“As for the circumstances of legendary beings at birth—whether they are born at the Peak of the Fourth Order or even the Legendary Realm, or whether legendary beings have no weak stage at all—we know none of this.”

“The legendary beings active on the Eternal Continent cannot be said to be few, but without exception, when they appear, they are already top-tier powerhouses.”

“Perhaps only long-established nations like the Eternal Star Empire, or even the Holy Griffin Empire, possess records of legendary beings in their infancy.”

The reason legends are called legends is that the whereabouts of most legends are elusive.

They wield power beyond comprehension;

and are as mysterious as people imagine.

Not only ordinary professionals and common lords, but even veteran lords and some Great Lords view legendary beings as incredibly mysterious, rarely encountering one in their entire lives.

Most people’s understanding of legends is limited to the term “legend.”

In truth, not only ordinary lords but even top-tier powerhouses like the Cold Moon City Lord might not recognize a legend even if they encountered one face to face.

Legends do not carve the word “legend” on their foreheads.

Among epic-tier beings, only a few with distinct characteristics, such as dragons, angels, and cyclopes, can be recognized at a glance.

Beings like the Polar Star Arrow, Divine Moon Elves, Vampire Marquises, and Undead Lords, whose appearances are not particularly striking, can only be identified by those with extensive knowledge or deep familiarity with that specific epic-tier being.

If this is the case for epic-tier beings, how much more so for legends?

Very few dare claim they are familiar with legends.Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that some legends existed—beings so massive they resembled mountains, whose footsteps caused land to spread wherever they tread… If such entities appeared, even ordinary lords would recognize them as legends at first glance.

The legendary beings mentioned by Cold Moon City Lord and Old Qin were all complete legends in their prime. Those who left behind legendary names and deeds, becoming renowned throughout the world, were mostly such beings.

Mu Yuan reined in his wandering thoughts.

He had already obtained the answers he sought from both Cold Moon City Lord and Minister Qin.

Legendary advancement could proceed.

Even if, by some chance, the legendary phenomena couldn’t be concealed, Tianyuan City wouldn’t be exposed because of it.

Deadbone finally felt at ease.

He began adjusting his state and listed dozens of skills that could be developed or improved.

He had actually accumulated quite a few such “development tasks”—some to expand his own combat capabilities, some to teach to his subordinate undead, and some to enrich the facilities on Undead Holy Mountain.

These tasks weren’t of the highest priority, so Deadbone had simply piled them up, planning to address them one by one when he had spare time.

How could he miss an opportunity like the Miracle Baptism?

He had to fully utilize every last bit of the Miracle Power’s lingering effects from this legendary advancement.

Undergoing one baptism meant squeezing out the baptisms of hundreds of younger siblings—Deadbone couldn’t afford to waste even the slightest bit of power.

“I must also remember the evolution process and organize my insights.”

“After all, I’m the first to attempt legendary evolution.”

Deadbone pondered.

Just like with breakthroughs in the Legendary Realm.

He believed that summarizing such experiences could help his younger siblings who evolved later to more precisely grasp the lingering effects of Miracle Power, maximizing the effects of the evolution baptism.

Although, the summary of legendary insights he made before didn’t seem very effective.

Many people said they couldn’t really understand it.

Deadbone didn’t understand either.

1+1=2, from which it could be concluded that the gathering speed of elemental particles in heaven and earth was proportional to the rising speed of one’s own Willpower Light—what was so hard to understand about that?

Deadbone was adjusting his state.

Mu Yuan and Isloria were also preparing for the legendary evolution ceremony.

Lord Mu even selected an auspicious date and time.

However, none of this interfered with the other operations of the territory.

The Exploration Corps continued their explorations and had already begun clashing with the minions of monster overlords in the wilderness.

Traces of legendary monsters also appeared from time to time, bringing unspeakable pressure to forces like the Avians, Catfolk, and Fire Lions.

During meetings, the expressions of the two legendary realm figures, Mirena and Frost King, had become noticeably more solemn.

All of this was similar to before, when they were constantly clashing and fighting with Jackal Fang.

But it was also different.

When fighting against Jackal Fang, Mu Yuan had limited forces at his disposal, few cards to play, and absolutely no room for error.

One wrong step would have plunged him into the abyss.

Taking his territory and all those who trusted him along with him.

The pressure had been immense back then.

Now, there was still pressure, but he had many more strong cards to play and some room for error.

Mu Yuan viewed the clashes in the wild as training for his own troops.

With such training, the elite troops would have more opportunities to create Domains and ignite their Willpower Light.

The explorations by various squads and commanders also yielded frequent gains.In recent days, the heroes had purified several dozen Roots of Filth.

They had also discovered some Wilderness Structures.

「Blessing Shrine · Experience: Accepting the blessing can increase Rank.」

「Blessing Shrine · Buff: Accepting the blessing can randomly grant one buff status, lasting seven days.」

「Skill Stele · Block: Units visiting this structure (requires budding wisdom) have a chance to learn the Block skill.」

「Refugee Camp: Recruitment structure, capable of recruiting 30~300 refugees at once, with recruitment opportunities refreshing every three days. This Wilderness Structure will relocate after 36 days.」

Additionally, the exploration teams had discovered three recruitment structures: 「Bandit Camp」, 「Musketeer Camp」, and 「Lancer Watchtower」.

Wilderness recruitment structures were not common.

However, as the scope continued to expand, these Opportunities began to seem ordinary.

These Wilderness Structures were not useless to Mu Yuan. For instance, the Musketeer Camp could recruit ordinary three-star musketeers to supplement the shooter corps.

The refugees recruited from the Refugee Camp could increase the population of the territory.

By accumulating them, reaching a level six territory didn’t seem so far away.

But it was still far.

Yet, the role of these Wilderness Structures was not significant enough, at least not as crucial and irreplaceable as the Soul Shrine.

“It’s not that Wilderness Structures are useless, but my level has improved greatly. At this point, not to mention Miracle Buildings like the Bandit Camp, even Opportunity sites like the Hero Arena and Challenge Realm don’t offer much value.”

Only the Soul Shrine was exceptional.

The abilities of the Soul Shrine were indeed very suitable for him, who wielded the evolution miracle.

But even an ordinary Lord obtaining the Soul Shrine could exchange corpses for one Excellent Unit Shard after another.

This was a stable channel for obtaining Excellent Remnant Souls.

Its value remained immense.

The Soul Shrine was not limited to Miracle Lords or Heroes. Its use had no restrictions; even intelligent monsters could utilize it.

If Wilderness Structures were to be categorized, the Soul Shrine would undoubtedly belong to a very high tier.

It also seemed to have some unique qualities.

Apart from these ordinary gains, the various Generals occasionally had their own Opportunity harvests during explorations.

Yesterday, Asun accidentally entered a Cloudmist Gorge and absorbed the manifested wind power within. With this Opportunity, Asun’s wind power and energy limit significantly increased, equivalent to a slight boost in potential, and its physical refinement advanced considerably.

Asun even used this opportunity to create its own Azure Wind Domain.

It also successfully advanced to become a ‘Legendary Seed Candidate.’

Although, Asun should have comprehended its own Domain upon evolving to Epic three-star status.

Judging by the average performance of the Tianyuan Generals, Asun was still lagging.

Currently, the Generals in Tianyuan City closest to Legendary were:

Rakshasa, Seventeen, Sophia, Asun, Xiliu, Red Robe, …

…

That day.

At 23:30 at night, in the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

Deadbone was already seated inside the Iceheart Lotus Platform, his black cloak fluttering without wind, surrounded by billowing black mist, as if imbued with profound meaning.

In Tianyuan City, every General-level powerhouse who was not dispatched or on duty had come, one and all.Today is the joyous occasion of General Deadbone’s ascension to Legendary rank, so of course we must come to congratulate him and observe the process.

In the future, I too will have the opportunity to advance toward Legendary status.

For strong individuals originating from troop types like Lu Liu, Seventeen, and Dolai, this was merely seen as a relatively large-scale evolution.

However, for non-troop type powerhouses like Isloria, Sophia, and Xiliu, they couldn’t help but feel awe-struck.

Even though they had long known that their Lord held the key to reaching Legendary status.

“Legendary rank… it’s actually this close,” Isloria marveled.

In her previous life, she hadn’t even been clear about what Legendary meant.

But in this life, through the vast platform of the Taixuan Alliance, she had gained deep understanding of the nobility, reverence, greatness, and mystery of Legendary beings.

And now, a Legendary existence was about to be born right before her eyes.

She used to be a country bumpkin who didn’t even dare to aspire to Epic rank, never expecting that now she could even glimpse the realm of Legendary.

She felt the luckiest thing in this life was meeting the right person at the right time in the right place.

Perhaps the hardships of her previous life were accumulated to bring about this moment of fortune.

Even the simple-minded Xiliu somewhat understood the status of Legendary rank.

Outside the venue.

Mu Yuan looked toward Isloria.

Isloria nodded slightly. She had specifically freed up several incarnations today to stand guard at various key positions.

All instruments and equipment were operated by her personally.

“The Domain Jammer is running at full power.”

“The Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm is being sealed… sealing complete.”

Outside, the pale golden portal above the Lord Altar slowly closed, leaving no gaps.

The connection between the Secret Realm and the outside world had been severed.

Of course, Mu Yuan could still observe the outside scene through his Lord’s vision and control various Miracle Buildings through his Lord’s authority.

A faint, starry night sky silently enveloped Tianyuan City.

Most operations outside the city had been suspended.

Quietly, the entire Tianyuan City entered first-level combat readiness, with numerous elite troops taking up positions on battlements, watchtowers, and guard posts.

Sophia’s true body remained outside, with countless Black Crows flying out to serve as her eyes and ears.

“The Epic Mage Tower is in position.”

The magnificent tower hovered within the Secret Realm, not suspended above the Icy Purity Lotus Platform.

The Epic Tower remained several kilometers away from the Lotus Platform, but its invisible concealing power had already spread out.

Inside the tower, Isloria and her half-trained apprentices were stationed in various areas.

“The Barrier Stele has been activated.”

“…All other measures have been implemented. Preparations are complete.”

Isloria’s task had ended.

The remainder was Lord Mu’s responsibility – he would directly wield the territory’s power when needed to conceal any unusual phenomena.

Night, 24:00, exactly on time.

Mu Yuan extended his fingertip and gently tapped.

Hum—

The invisible power of evolutionary miracle poured forth like floodgates opening, with glorious divine light descending from the heavens.

The massive evolution pool immediately shrank.

The pool water nearly dried up completely.

Mu Yuan didn’t simply release the evolution power and be done with it.

While Deadbone was evolving, he held his breath and concentrated, carefully experiencing the flow and changes of the evolution power.

Different from before, this time, 500,000 units of evolution power were surging.

Even though he was still relatively weak, he could faintly perceive some of the mysteries of the evolutionary miracle.Unknowingly, Mu Yuan had become completely immersed in observing and comprehending the power of evolution.

He lost himself.

Forgot the passage of time.

When he suddenly snapped out of it, it seemed like a long time had passed.

“How long has it been?”

He saw that Deadbone was still enveloped in the brilliant white light of evolution.

The radiance remained dazzling, showing no signs of fading.

From this perspective, his immersive comprehension probably hadn’t lasted that long—it just felt like an eternity to him.

“It’s been 3 hours and 25 minutes.”

Dolai counted on its fingers.

Th-three whole hours?

And Deadbone’s evolution appeared far from complete.

Is this what legendary evolution looks like? Unbelievable!

(End of Chapter)