CHAPTER 937: CHAPTER 494: EXPANSION (PART 2)

Various rare materials, such as star marrow, sun stone, sun crystal, spiritual crystal, etc.

Some specially preserved potions, fuel element, and firewood.

The last one is the most important.

The Holy Fire has just advanced, having two Holy Fire Seeds, its upper limit greatly increased, urgently needing a large amount of fuel element and firewood.

And the manufacturing of firewood is extremely complicated, requiring highly precious materials. Trolian accumulated over more than a thousand years to make the Holy Fire exceed the upper limit.

Currently, in a short time, how can the Royal City produce it?

Finding firewood in the Dark World is the fastest way.

After Rod and Chucher, Gale, and others cleared the Starry Palace, Amides and numerous scholars discovered a hidden warehouse in the palace, full of fuel element and firewood stocked by the Starry Kingdom.

The space in this warehouse was folded, time was frozen, the items inside were preserved extremely well, almost like new.

Rod directly received 50 points of divinity, even though he wasn’t the one who found the warehouse.

This large harvest made everyone ecstatic; the annual Fire Trial was about to begin.

The strength of the Holy Fire directly determines the power of the Fire Holy Grail.

A stronger Fire Holy Grail can ignite more difficult-to-light souls, greatly increasing the pass rate of the Fire Trial, increasing the number of new Fire Holders.

New talents are the seeds of the future, the hope for humanity.

Without a continuous influx of new people, how can the human torch be passed on? How can the Holy Fire be eternally unextinguished?

Obtaining so much fuel element and firewood at such a critical moment is like a miracle.

When they were sent back to the Royal City, almost everyone cheered, honoring Rod.

After the most stringent inspection, the Fire Priest carefully sent them into the Holy Fire, the surging golden flames became even larger, and the golden light became more brilliant and intense, turning the entire Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground into a golden furnace, the light of the Holy Fire extended out past the walls of the Outer City District, reaching several tens of miles into the suburbs before stopping.

Thus, even in the deepest night, the entire Royal City is enveloped in the light of the Holy Fire.

The black fog in the sky was dispelled far away. In the Upper City, clouds occasionally drifted by and the golden light of the sun could be seen.

This was nearly impossible in the past.

Everyone was excited and jubilant, those who survived the darkness couldn’t believe it was true, they cried out in joy or laughed wildly while crying.

Despair seemed to be dispelled at this moment.

Welcoming them was only a better tomorrow.

The entire Royal City erupted with unprecedented vitality, people freely living under the fire’s light, no longer fearful and doubting, their work efficiency doubled, various resources were continuously produced from Simans workshops, Byron Alchemy Pharmaceutical Workshop, Sigve Food Workshop, Mechanical Research Institute, and various other workshops.

The botanical garden located in the Upper City also burst forth with immense vitality, the aged Holy White Tree was injected with new life, new branches sprouted, new Holy White Tree Fruits grew, the breath of life surged forth, all the spiritual herbs in the botanical garden started growing wildly, and the spiritual fish in Pure Blue Lake began spawning.

And the news of Fire Holders advancing or breaking through came one after another, the Holy Church was overwhelmed, the barely alleviated spiritual energy rituals were fully packed, and a large batch of newcomers arrived in the Fire Hall.

All of this gave everyone a sense.

Humanity’s spring is about to arrive.

And in Starry Sky City, Rod finally showed a rare smile.

This large amount of divinity income seemed to strike his soft heart, spreading pollen everywhere as if blossoming, bringing happiness to others.

The dream realm was also cheerful, the Book of Knowledge was laughing all day, the Book of the Future was happy for its master’s bright future, even the doll occasionally showed a smile at the corner of its mouth.

Asa was completely withdrawn, constantly researching his fecal egg, but when Rod asked him about Amon, he was angered.

Rod’s words clearly regarded Amon as a formidable enemy, but to him, it was dismissive, contemptuous, although not directly stated, it was evident.

In a rage, Asa completely forgot his stance, furiously said, "Don’t underestimate me, my existence is more ancient, more mysterious, and stronger than him, I just chose the wrong opponent, my target is the successor of the Source Heavenly God Throne, the reincarnated powerful being of the Ancient God Fragment, while you are another completely unknown factor, I misjudged the target and was betrayed, that’s why I’ve become your prisoner."

Rod had no time to care about his dignity: "Oh, then tell me where he might be hiding? If I face him, what should I be aware of?"

Asa’s whole soul swelled, roaring, "He cannot be stronger than me! I will prove it! You just wait! No one knows better than me how ancient evil thoughts destroy humanity! When he shows his chicken foot, that’s when I prove it."

Rod blinked, suddenly smiling.

"Good, Asa, you said this, I hope you aren’t just boasting again."

Asa sneered: "Ha, I know what you’re thinking, but I don’t care, the black fog will devour you pathetic bugs, no matter how you struggle, it’s useless, no matter what I do, it won’t change the ending."

Rod said with a smile: "Even so, I have to try, let time prove our right and wrong."

Asa snorted, no longer speaking.

Although he gained unexpected support, Rod wasn’t completely reassured, relying entirely on an evil thought was very dangerous behavior.

He urged the Royal City to strengthen defenses, inspect every strong soul, while continuing to search in Starry Sky City for traces.

But as the invasion approached, his focus inevitably shifted towards divinity.

The time when the stars flash brightly was coming, he must gain more divinity.

The Book of Knowledge and other dream realm minions became nervous, initiating comprehensive repairs in the dream realm, aiming to further enhance the dream realm’s completeness.

Rod sacrificed all souls deemed "Extremely Great" and below to obtain sufficient soul and spirituality to repair the dream realm.

The "Heavenly Sphere Clock" was temporarily shelved. Rod tried using it; its function wasn’t as strong as imagined, instead of marking all dream fragment locations on a large spirit realm map, it established contact with a dream fragment, showing its approximate position.

This connection, once formed, couldn’t be interrupted or changed targets; Rod guessed it might be related to the peculiar connection between dream fragments and the dream realm.

Unless this fragment is merged back into the dream realm, the next piece can’t be found.

Unfortunately, this dream fragment is very distant, at least two thousand miles from Starry Sky City.

At this time, crossing such a long distance to search fragments deep in the dark is evidently very unwise.

Rod could only wait until the invasion ended then find a way.

And Rod didn’t use the Heavenly Sphere Clock’s other function.

He was very worried: what if when you see the monster, the monster also sees you, wouldn’t that be bad?

With Trolian’s current strength, it might require gathering all its power to fight the mysterious shadow before the Holy Fire to possibly win.

Such harsh conditions are difficult to achieve; for safety’s sake, it’s best not to take risks.

After the invasion ends, Rod could choose to leave Trolian alone and test its function in the dark.

Even if he accidentally disturbed a terrifying presence lurking deep in the darkness, the worst would be a rebirth through death, avoiding disaster.

In short, everything moved along orderly, time passed by bit by bit.

Finally, the moment when the stars flash brightly arrived again.