Chapter 659: Chapter 202: Titan World
In the silent and pitch-black cosmic starry sky, the enormous Pyramid Battleship flickered as it moved forward continuously.
In the topmost small room, Li Qingming and a group of people were all sitting together around a metal table, concentrating deeply on the Star Map displayed upon it.
It turned out that ever since the day Li Qingquan successfully had a breakthrough to Saint and accomplished the Emperor’s Path, the Golden Boat City Lord had brought the two brothers to the great hall for a long conversation.
As for what was discussed, the three individuals involved all kept their lips sealed. However, from their three somewhat grave faces, the rest could vaguely guess something. Fresh chapters posted on ɴovelfire.net
The next day, Li Qingming bid farewell to the Golden Boat City Lord, taking everyone back into the cosmic starry sky to continue on the Path to Heaven.
“Big brother, where is our next stop?” Li Qingquan, having changed back into his dark Daoist robe, did not lose any of the dignity that comes with the Emperor’s Path. At this moment, he was idly fiddling with the virtual projection in front of him and asked.
“According to this, our next stop is…” Li Qingquan glanced at the Star Map, his eyes suddenly lighting up, “Titan World!”
“Titan World?” Li Qingquan frowned slightly, as if he had heard the name somewhere before.
As the core figure of this team, Li Qingming’s decision naturally met no objections, especially since they had long deviated from the star route Bai Qi had designated for them. It seemed everything was acceptable as long as they could eventually reach the end.
And so, Li Qingming activated the space jump function of the Pyramid, and one hour later, he opened the Domain Gate and shuttled through.
Within Titan World, in the same cosmic space as Huaxia Great Thousand World, a broad and boundless spatial rift appeared out of nowhere, and then an archaic and bizarre Pyramid Battleship squeezed out from the vast spatial crack.
“Sigh! It’s the same unchanging cosmic starry sky again!” Long Xuhu expressed some disappointment while observing the pitch-black cosmic starry sky through the full hologram projected by the metal table.
Xuan Tian, staring for a long while at the holographic image of a planet engulfed in towering flames, said, “In the starry sky closest to us, only this planet possesses a tremendous Life Force!”
“Oh? To be able to sense it from this distance, it seems Fellow Daoist’s Cultivation has made further progress, huh!” Li Qingming smiled and glanced at Xuan Tian, saying, “Let’s go, we shall first head there to understand the situation!”
This ceaselessly burning planet is called Hephaestus Planet. It is the domain of one of the twelve main gods of Olympus, Hephaestus.
Right in the center of this marked planet, there lays a temple built entirely of burning flame stone. At the moment, Hephaestus, inside the temple, is furiously smashing anything that appears fragile, constantly mumbling under his breath, “Ares, Ares, it’s always you… One day, I’ll send you to the executioner’s block!”
Just then, a series of “tap tap tap…” footsteps came from outside the temple.
A creature with ram horns on its head, and a lower body resembling that of a Mountain Goat walked in. It bowed respectfully to Hephaestus and said, “Honorable Lord Hephaestus, a strange battleship has appeared in your domain, and from its design, it seems to originate from Technology Mysterious City!”
Hephaestus frowned, watching as the indescribably ugly face before him twisted instantly. After pondering for a long while, he said, “Have they sent out any communications?”
“Not yet, my lord!” replied the Half-goat man diligently.
“If they bear no malice, let them leave! If their intentions are unclear, organize the Divine Slaves to take them out!” A fierce red glint flashed in the eyes of Hephaestus, clearly projecting his grudge against the War God Ares onto the invading battleship.
“However… however…” The Half-goat man hesitated, fumbling for his words, unable to utter another word.
“Alright, I know what you’re thinking!” Hephaestus waved his hand dismissively, a cruel smile hooking at the corner of his mouth. “Do they, from the Technology Mysterious City, think that because they rank highly they can bully the other worlds in the Central Heaven? The waters of the entire Central Heaven World run deep… Alright, you may go!”
“Yes, I’m on it!” The Half-goat man bowed respectfully once more, bending at the waist as he retreated from the temple.
Yet he did not see that, in the very moment he turned around, a murderous thirst for blood flickered through Hephaestus’s half-closed eyes.
In the southern hemisphere of Hephaestus Planet, Li Qingming had already retracted the Pyramid Battleship. Presently, he led his group standing atop a dormant volcano, thoroughly observing the planet.
“Wow, such a rich power of the Leaving Fire Laws!” Tianhuo, the Artifact Spirit with an extraordinary sensitivity to fire, zipped out of Li Qingming’s storage space, joyously soaring across the Heavenly Vault.
“Amitabha Buddha, this little fellow must have almost gone mad from being cooped up!” Shakyamuni chuckled, a rare display of humor as his bright eyes squinted.
“Heh heh…” Li Qingming also smiled. Just as he was about to speak, his gaze was drawn away by a rolling cloud of dust.
Far off on the horizon, billowing clouds of dust rose, and the silhouettes of ten-thousand figures, each about ten zhang tall with the upper body of a Human and the lower half of a horse, clad in silver Armor, gradually became visible in the eyes of the onlookers.
As the space between them narrowed, the majestic procession of Centaurs parted to create a nearly ten-zhang wide path glistening faintly with silver light. Eight Centaurs emerged abreast in the path.
Following the eight Centaurs, a large carriage glinting with silver light was being dragged behind them, from which gleaming silver lamps dangled. Atop the carriage stood a being, half man, half Mountain Goat.
Long Xu, excited, touched the Dragon Horn atop his head, and pointing at the Centaurs and the carriage-borne Mountain Goat, he said, “Big Senior Brother, take a look. These fellows are even uglier than how I looked at the beginning. It’s truly puzzling how they gather the courage to keep living!”
Upon hearing these words, Li Qingquan and the others couldn’t help but flash back to Long Xu’s unicorn and Dragon Head visage, and instantly, a few figurative black lines surfaced on their foreheads, thinking, “This creature’s aesthetic standards are truly bizarre!”
Seemingly oblivious to the whispers in the crowd, the Mountain Goat, standing atop the dazzling silver carriage, looked down upon the people and said, “You low-class people, do you not know that this is the territory of the great Fire God, Lord Hephaestus?”
Li Qingming turned his head, looking with interest at the Mountain Goat, high above on the carriage, and said, “You are Hephaestus’s Divine Slave?”
A flicker of surprise passed through the eyes of the Mountain Goat, and then, lifting his head haughtily, he said, “Divine Slave? Wrong, I am the Great Priest, the chief divine official of the great Lord Hephaestus!” (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)