Chapter 141 – On the Other Side of the Mountain, Blazing Sun

A sapphire treasure glow erupted from the dissipating light sphere, illuminating the faces of one man and one slime.

A top-tier item had appeared!

Was it his incredible luck? Mu Yuan didn’t think so. There was always an upper limit to how much fortune could influence heavenly rewards. If only rare-tier treasures were available, even the luckiest person could only obtain rare-tier items—at best, exchanging rare equipment for rare blueprints.

“Probably related to the Great Serpent.”

“The Giant Tree Totem wasn’t originally high-spec, but the Great Serpent’s descent raised its upper limit, making the heavenly reward exceptionally higher.”

“Thanks to the Great Serpent for delivering such a heavy gift across thousands of miles.”

All three treasures were blueprints.

The white-tier Guiding Beacon was something Mu Yuan could never have enough of. After all, upgrading from a Second-Level Territory to a third-level ‘Town-Level Territory’ required a population of 3,000. While a Guiding Beacon could attract more refugees initially, the numbers would gradually decrease over time until they became negligible.

The Breakthrough Dojo was also a precious treasure.

A second-level dojo could accommodate 60 Great Perfection troops simultaneously. If he built another one, the capacity would double to 120 units.

The rate at which troops broke through to the Professional Tier would double.

And finally,

A palm-sized architectural model, emitting a faint sapphire glow, hovered slightly above his palm.

Intricate treasure patterns encircled it, with numerous interconnected nodes forming a starry sky diagram inside.

「Spell Furnace」

「Tier: Excellent」

「Description: Can input spells one after another, fusing them within the furnace to birth large-scale spells. Specific usage methods require self-exploration.」

「Note ①: The higher the user’s spell proficiency, the more powerful and wondrous the fused large-scale spells will be. Many veteran mages enjoy immersing themselves in the Spell Furnace all day, researching, creating, and touching higher domains.」

「Note ②: Collect all three Excellent-tier buildings—’Arcane Nexus,’ ‘Arcane Astrolabe,’ and ‘Spell Furnace’—to combine and synthesize an epic-tier Miracle Building.」

After reading the description of this building, Mu Yuan fell into thoughtful contemplation, itching to fly back to his territory and construct it immediately.

But there was still much cleanup work to be done.

The fundamental purpose of Lord Mu’s campaign against the monster tribes wasn’t for treasures but to create a safe and stable regional environment for Tianyuan Territory.

The main forces of the monster tribes had been annihilated.

The Skeleton Generals, after resting, had recovered a small portion of their strength. The army continued its advance, sweeping through one tribe after another.

Dolai followed along, picking up items left and right until its dimensional pocket was nearly full.

Suddenly,

A fierce battle erupted in the distance. When Mu Yuan peered through the War Falcon’s vision, he saw several sweeping Skeleton Generals encountering over a dozen spider women. Within a few exchanges, two Skeleton Generals had already fallen in battle.

They couldn’t hold them off at all!

These spider women were the most elite group, and the Spider Chieftain seemed to be among them.

Without needing Mu Yuan’s orders, the self-aware and battle-hardened generals of Tianyuan Territory already knew what to do.

Deadbone swiftly deployed troops to encircle them from all sides.

Rakshasa transformed into a brown mist, shooting forth like an arrow.The fastest was Seventeen. Standing atop a flattened high-rise, she drew her war bow into a full moon shape, releasing charged arrows that streaked like flowing light, instantly piercing through a spiderwoman’s body.

These spiderwomen were powerful, with the weakest being at least Professional Tier Middle Stage or Late Stage, and two or three even reaching Elite level.

They could effortlessly leap between towering buildings with incredible speed, yet they were no match for Dolai and Rakshasa, who quickly intercepted and surrounded them.

The spiderwomen’s expressions gradually twisted into ferocity, their eyes glowing with a faint crimson light.

But then, the Spiderwoman Chieftain raised her hands. “We surrender. We can pledge our loyalty to the esteemed Lord.”

Ah, this…

Dolai, who was just about to begin incineration, froze. This was a situation it had never encountered before.

What should be done?

But before it could consult the all-powerful Lord, the faint crimson glow in the spiderwomen’s eyes rapidly expanded, swelling to fill their entire pupils, with bloodshot veins spreading outward.

Just like the monsters during the trial period.

The next moment, including the Spider Chieftain who seemed genuine in her surrender earlier, they all let out sharp, hoarse screams.

A faint red energy rose and swirled like dancing demons.

After several dozen exchanges, they finally collapsed completely.

After nearly a day of clearing, organizing, incinerating corpses, and collecting a very few useful remains, the entire ancient underground city finally became much cleaner and quieter.

Mu Yuan, accompanied by his two subordinates Lu Liu and Dolai, along with some skeleton generals scouting ahead, walked through the ancient city.

The city was vast.

Tribes like the spiderwomen had only occupied small areas to build their nests.

Everywhere stood tall, black structures resembling obelisks or large tombstones. The buildings were sturdy, with no windows or doors visible anywhere.

Most of the black structures had already collapsed, like toppled stacks of building blocks, scattered across the ground. From time to time, giant craters, trenches, and shattered buildings could be seen, evidence of some great catastrophe that had struck this place long ago.

Oh, this hundred-meter-long chasm that looks like an abyss—was it carved by Deadbone not long ago? Well, never mind then.

Perhaps the damage to the ancient relics was more severe from the previous battle?

“An illusion. This underground city had long been occupied by monsters and ruined beyond recognition.”

After a full day of clearing and organizing, he hadn’t found anything of high value in the city. Clearly, the monsters had already plundered everything.

But even within the monster tribes, there seemed to be no high-tier treasures. Dolai had dug three feet deep and only managed to uncover some relatively rare materials.

Where did the treasures go?

These monsters truly had a death wish!

However, with Dolai the treasure-hunting rodent giving its all, Mu Yuan still managed to discover a few “antiques” in the ancient underground city beyond the black structures.

Several stone slabs.

They recorded information like a diary.

They documented the escape journey of a place called “Black Feather City.”

“Today is the 101st day of our escape. The Commander says we are crossing the Chasm Mountains and might shake off the pursuit of the evil demons.”

“Escape day 125. Black Feather City has crossed the Chasm Mountains. This land may be barren, but survival is all that matters.”

“Day 136 since we left our homeland. We haven’t encountered any pursuit from the evil demons these days. Perhaps they are blocked on the other side of the mountains? That would be wonderful.””Today marks the 143rd day since leaving my homeland. Black Feather City is searching for a suitable location to dock. Once everything settles, Yu Yue, I will definitely propose to you.”

“Day 144, we were pursued by the Fallen God… the Fallen God… the Fallen God… ugh ahahaha, everyone will die, the world too!”

The subsequent strokes became messy and chaotic, but through imagination, Mu Yuan could still sketch out the general picture.

“Fallen God, Crimson Mist, Great Calamity.”

“Attendants, Great Serpent, monsters.”

“What connection exists between these?”

The waters run too deep.

After gathering the spoils, he repeatedly confirmed nothing was left behind before swiftly returning to his territory.

…

Back in his territory, Mu Yuan didn’t rest but immediately logged into the forum to search for information about the Fallen God, Attendants, and similar topics.

Information about the Fallen God was scarce, but there was somewhat more about Attendants.

“Half a month ago, the Lord of Maple Leaf Territory was killed in action while attacking a Snakefolk Tribe when an Attendant descended. The Maple Leaf Lord was the third-ranked rookie lord on the golden ranking list two sessions ago. His sudden death is lamentable.”

“Two months ago, the first-class mercenary group ‘Silver Corps’ from Boulder City encountered an Attendant descent incident while investigating ancient civilization ruins deep in the wilderness. According to Corps Leader ‘Silver Eye,’ space became viscous and blood-red engulfed heaven and earth. They sacrificed over twenty elite-tier troops to escape. Deputy Leader ‘Silver Left Hand’ also stated that had they hesitated even slightly, they would have been completely devoured, like the monster tribes around them.”

“Six months ago, while attacking a monster tribe, the Dragon Water Lord encountered an Attendant named ‘Black Crow.’ The Dragon Water Lord and his generals, with immense combat power, slew Black Crow’s descended form and received heavenly rewards.”

“Two and a half years ago, the Cold Moon City Lord entered the Land of Desolation and encountered a serpentine Attendant. After hundreds of exchanges, the Cold Moon City Lord severed one of the serpentine Attendant’s eyes with his sword and retreated unscathed from the Land of Desolation.”

“Hiss~!”

“The Cold Moon City Lord is terrifyingly formidable!”

Mu Yuan relaxed slightly. “It seems the activities of the Fallen God’s Attendants are somewhat restricted. At most, they can only create descended forms by luring monster tribes.”

If that were all, he needn’t fear the Great Serpent too much.

Today, his Tianyuan Territory could slay the Great Serpent’s form. In another half month, one month, or two months, it would only become more secure to do so.

But Mu Yuan hadn’t forgotten that the ancient city named ‘Black Feather City’ was once pursued by the Fallen God.

“Overthinking is useless.”

Mu Yuan instructed Dolai… no, instructed Deadbone to construct these Guiding Beacons, while he took the ‘Spell Furnace’ that didn’t require material investment and placed it in the core area of the territory.

Just like when the Breakthrough Dojo and Spring of Vitality were built, countless bright lines interwove, converging to outline the building’s intricate exterior. Then, as if printed by heaven and earth, the Miracle Building took shape inch by inch from the bottom up.

In just a few dozen breaths, a silver-white bowl-shaped structure over ten meters in diameter appeared before him. Beside it stood a silver building over ten meters tall, connected to the ‘furnace body,’ seemingly a control room for operating, inputting, and fusing spells.

Mu Yuan stepped inside.At the center, surrounded by intricate arrays of patterns, stood a crystal pillar taller than a person, growing from the diagram.

Having roughly figured out how to use it, Mu Yuan turned to Dolai, who had followed him.

“Channel a spell into this spot—use the super large fireball you’re good at, but stretch it out and inject it slowly over time. Can you do that?”

“Of course~!”

After all, Dolai had stepped into the Concept level, and its control over energy had improved by leaps and bounds. Performing precise operations wasn’t difficult. It spread its hands open, and flames continuously emerged, only to be devoured by the crystal in front of it, which seemed like a black hole.

After a while, a red dot appeared on the side control panel.

「You have stored one spell. Current remaining spell slots: ‘9/10’.」

Afterward, Mu Yuan could directly launch the ‘Super Large Fireball’ through the Spell Furnace. However, if that were all, how could the furnace be considered an outstanding-grade structure?

Continue!

Second shot, third shot, fourth shot!

Dolai, pouring all its energy into the Super Large Fireball, was soon completely drained, collapsing limply to the ground with spirals in its eyes.

Mu Yuan had no choice but to step in and input the spells himself.

Even so, it took over an hour of work to finally fill all 10 spell storage slots.

“Now, it’s time to witness the fusion.”

「Prompt: You are fusing ‘Super Large Fireball’ ×10. Estimated time: 299s.」

「Prompt: You have fused the large-scale spell ‘Blazing Sun’.」

Second update QAQ

(End of chapter)