Translator: CinderTL
The civilization ruins were unimaginably vast, stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers in diameter—a truly boundless expanse. Even with tens of thousands of participants scattered across its surface, encounters between them were rare.
Jiang Ye had initially assumed it would take a long time to encounter any opponents.
But to his surprise:
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
Just a few thousand kilometers into their flight, both Jiang Ye and Song Xuan's wristbands suddenly began to vibrate simultaneously.
They exchanged a glance and activated their wristband projections.
Whoosh! A surge of light converged, forming two holographic maps.
In the upper right corner of each map, a red dot blinked steadily.
"What's this?"
"Other participants?" Jiang Ye's expression turned to surprise. He hadn't received any such alerts during his previous encounters with other participants.
"No wonder," Song Xuan said, her eyes widening in realization. "Liu Dalong flew straight toward our cave earlier. He must have received the same alert."
Jiang Ye nodded slightly.
He already suspected this was deliberately orchestrated by the civilization ruins.
The Great Stellar War had been underway for a month.
Without the map's prompts, everyone would likely have remained in secluded cultivation for years without incident.
But that clearly wasn't the outcome the civilization ruins desired.
According to the rules, only through brutal competition and elimination, until only the final hundred remained, could participants advance to the second-tier.
What's the deal with these civilization ruins? Jiang Ye wondered inwardly.
He sensed an invisible hand guiding everything.
He didn't dwell on it.
"Let's go!" Jiang Ye said, his figure flashing forward as he soared ahead.
Having spotted another participant, there was no reason to let them escape.
Within seconds, Jiang Ye and Song Xuan were rapidly closing in.
As expected, the radar map indicated a peak sixth-tier powerhouse at the marked location.
The battle was utterly one-sided.
Working together, Jiang Ye and Song Xuan swiftly eliminated their opponent in mere seconds, claiming five civilization fires.
Without pausing, they continued their flight forward.
It wasn't just Jiang Ye.
On the wristband maps of all participants in the civilization ruins, similar radar alerts began to appear.
"Hahaha! Finally found someone!"
"This has been torturous!"
"Kill!" The numerous powerhouses who had initially reached the seventh breakthrough realm were ecstatic.
As peak seventh breakthrough experts, they had no need to comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth in this place, rendering secluded cultivation unnecessary.
Yet previously, most participants had hidden themselves away for secluded cultivation.
The civilization ruins were vast and boundless, making it nearly impossible even for these seventh breakthrough experts to track down others.
Now, with the map alerts, these initial seventh breakthrough experts had gained a decisive advantage.
Quickly, battles erupted across the civilization ruins. The many geniuses who had been hiding in secluded cultivation were discovered by the radar map and forced to emerge and fight.
In less than half a day, the flames of war had once again engulfed the entire civilization ruins.
War! War!
Battles raged incessantly.
The Great Stellar War Rankings were constantly updating.
Amidst the countless names, one unremarkable name was rapidly climbing the ranks at an astonishing pace.
Boom! Boom!
"Kill!" Jiang Ye gripped his long spear, locked in a fierce battle against three seventh breakthrough experts.
The trio, all at the early-stage of the seventh breakthrough, pressed Jiang Ye with their combined might, forcing him to feel a sliver of pressure.
"Just some insignificant whelp ranked over a thousand," the three experts sneered initially, their eyes brimming with disdain.
But as the battle erupted, their expressions instantly shifted.
"Mysteries of fire? How is this possible?"
"Wasn't he only at the fifth breakthrough?"
"Full power!" The three experts abandoned their arrogance, unleashing their Heaven-Earth Domains in a desperate attempt to crush Jiang Ye with a single, decisive strike.
But their efforts were futile.
They weren't the only ones with Heaven-Earth Domains.
"Domain, Blood Sea."
"Domain, Martial Saint."
Domains erupted from Jiang Ye's body—his Innate Domains. But now, empowered by his seventh breakthrough, these Innate Domains had undergone a metamorphosis into true Heaven-Earth Domains.
Fused with the mysteries of fire!
Boom! The colliding domains unleashed terrifying shockwaves.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ye had swiftly suppressed the domains of the three seventh breakthrough experts.
In terms of comprehending the mysteries of Heaven and Earth, Jiang Ye had already reached the level of an early-stage seventh breakthrough expert.
Combined with his Blood Sea Domain and Martial Saint Domain, Jiang Ye could completely dominate early-stage seventh breakthrough opponents.
"Die!"
Whoosh! Jiang Ye gripped his long spear tightly and thrust it forward, unleashing a massive, kilometer-long wave of qi that crashed down upon the three powerhouses.
The terrifying killing intent emanating from the spear strike caused the very heavens and earth to tremble and darken.
The three powerhouses trembled at the sight of the spear, immediately disarming themselves and surrendering.
"We surrender!"
"Spare us!" The three experts didn't hesitate, swiftly handing over their civilization fires.
In total, Jiang Ye obtained fifteen civilization fires.
With this, Jiang Ye's ranking finally broke into the top one thousand.
Half a day later.
Jiang Ye encountered a ten-man team, all at the early-stage seventh breakthrough realm. Working together, they could rival a mid-stage seventh breakthrough expert.
This battle took Jiang Ye a full thirty seconds to completely eliminate the team.
After this fight, Jiang Ye fully grasped his own strength.
He was capable of sweeping aside any early-stage seventh breakthrough opponent!
Even against a mid-stage seventh breakthrough expert, he was confident in his chances of victory.
From that moment on, Jiang Ye fully unleashed his potential, and his ranking soared relentlessly.
900th place!
700th place!
300th place!
100th place!
Meanwhile, Song Xuan, who had been constantly by Jiang Ye's side, also saw her ranking skyrocket.
In just a few days, she had surged from 1,800th place to the top 100.
Inside a mountain cave, Jiang Ye sat cross-legged, his body radiating a brilliant light. This light was far brighter than before, resembling a dazzling star from a distance.
"After days of intense battles," Jiang Ye thought to himself, "my civilization fire count has reached 176. My ranking has also climbed to 50th place."
"This position should hold steady for now."
"But this light..." Jiang Ye glanced at himself, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
The more civilization fire he possessed, the more dazzling his aura became.
This wasn't just a visual phenomenon.
On the radar map, he would appear even more conspicuous, his signal reaching greater distances.
"With my current ranking, unless they're powerhouses at the late-stage to peak seventh breakthrough realm, even if they spot me, they won't dare approach rashly."
"Then..."
"Let's cultivate." A flicker of anticipation flashed in Jiang Ye's eyes. "Can 176 civilization fire help me break through to the mid-stage seventh breakthrough realm in the mysteries of fire, or even higher?"
(End of the Chapter)
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