Global Era of Star trekking

Dragon Spine Continent, Green Moon Manor.

Seven months had passed since Song Chi first returned from the Shaking Light Star Tower. Throughout these months, he had been cultivating the Guidance Technique and perceiving the Space Law, occasionally visualizing the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Blueprint.

During this time, he also logged into the Shaking Light Star Tower a few times, especially at the nodes when the Eight-Armed Snake Demon Civilization invaded, as announced in the Shaking Light Star Rank communication group. His goal was to quickly adapt to group combat scenarios.

Besides that, he neither explored the Alien Star Domain nor sought comprehension from the Shaking Light Chaos Stele, nor did he enter the Immortal Realm Continent Fragment, because the battleship's key strengths had not yet been restored.

One day, a thunderous roar suddenly emanated from the Vault of Heaven above Green Moon Manor, catching the attention of Song Chi, who was sitting in the courtyard. His eyes lit up with joy at the sight.

The visitor was a Zhulu Warship, stretching over three thousand meters in length, and he immediately associated it with the situation in the Holy Dragon Continent.

For nearly half a year, due to the actions taken against the Holy Dragon Continent, most of the Clan Elders were not on the Dragon Spine Continent. The sudden appearance of a Zhulu Warship led Song Chi to guess that the operation on the Holy Dragon Continent had concluded.

Soon after, the Zhulu Warship descended upon Green Moon Island. When the rightful master emerged from the warship, Song Chi realized that the visitor was none other than Song Xuanfeng, who had previously traded for the Light Energy Aggregation Engine from him.

"Clan Elder Xuanfeng, has the operation in the Holy Dragon Continent ended?" Song Chi asked eagerly.

Hearing Song Chi's impatient question, Song Xuanfeng shook his head.

"Not yet, but we're close."

After speaking, he tossed Song Chi a Storage Capsule. When Song Chi opened it, his eyes suddenly shone with a bright radiance.

Inside the Storage Capsule was not just anything; it was the Essence of Spiritual Origin that the Prime Ancestor had promised him, including a droplet at the Half-Step Sixth Rank Level of the Evil God's Blood.

Compared to the Half-Step Fifth Rank droplet of the Evil God's Blood he had acquired previously, this droplet offered a clearly stronger effect. If used during a Cruiser's promotion to a Zhulu Warship, it could likely increase the success rate by an additional 10%, far surpassing the previous 4%.

However, Song Chi was a bit torn—using this Half-Step Sixth Rank droplet on a Cruiser felt like a bit of a waste, as it would also be effective during the promotion of a Zhulu Warship to a Battleship, where it would clearly be more suitable.

But he didn't think too much into it; he'd decide how to use it when the time came. Right now, what concerned him more were the Essence of Spiritual Origin bits within the Storage Capsule.

Song Xuanfeng had brought a total of twenty pieces of Essence of Spiritual Origin.

Half-Step Sixth Rank: 4 pieces

Fifth Rank: 6 pieces

Half-Step Fifth Rank: 10 pieces

The quantity wasn't huge, but it was just right for the current Song Chi.

After all, he was only Third Rank. The Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin could be absorbed, but the efficiency would be frighteningly low—40% was already quite good, and it was even less likely for Half-Step Sixth Rank.

Compared to that, the Half-Step Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin was the most appropriate for his current state. With ten pieces, he estimated that he could elevate his abilities to beyond Twenty Uses With One Mind.

It couldn't be helped; enhancing Spiritual Force, like cultivating the Guidance Technique, became increasingly challenging the further one progressed. The effects of the Essence of Spiritual Origin would also weaken accordingly; it was not possible for it to directly boost him to Thirty Uses With One Mind.

After Song Xuanfeng left, Song Chi summoned a Second Rank clan member and handed over one Fifth Rank and one Half-Step Sixth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin to them, instructing them to rush to Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain at the fastest speed to deliver the two pieces to his grandfather in the Dragon Spine Secret Realm.

He only took one of each because he knew the family would probably allocate some to his grandfather as well, and with these two extra pieces from himself, it would be more than enough to enhance his grandfather's Spiritual.

After making these arrangements, Song Chi wasted no more time. He entered the Ruins Market and began to absorb the ten pieces of Half-Step Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin wholeheartedly.

Like before, the Essence of Spiritual Origin melted upon contact, quickly transforming into a stream of pure Soul Power that flooded into his mind. As his Divine Thought State Spiritual absorbed this pure Soul Power almost in a frenzy, the strength of his Spiritual Force also increased at a considerable pace.

The effect of the first piece of Half-Step Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin was quite good, allowing Song Chi to manifest two additional Divided Spirits, reaching Fourteen Uses With One Mind. However, subsequent pieces didn't produce as good of an effect, with basically one Divided Spirit per piece.

After breaking through to Twenty Uses With One Mind, the effectiveness of the Half-Step Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin reduced further, nearly requiring two pieces to enhance a single Divided Spirit. In the end, Song Chi's Spiritual Force stabled at Twenty-one Uses With One Mind.

Having used up all the Half-Step Fifth Rank Essence of Spiritual Origin, Song Chi felt a deep sense of conflict. While his mind felt clearer than ever, this clarity seemed to be mixed with faint throbbing pain and grogginess.

Yet, Song Chi wasn't too surprised by this, as he had already been well-informed about it.

The Divine Thought State Spiritual was, after all, something that a Fourth Rank Torch Captain should possess. Grasping it prematurely at the Third Rank was akin to a small horse pulling a heavy cart. Now, using the Essence of Spiritual Origin to directly elevate his Spiritual Force to Twenty-one Uses With One Mind further increased his body's burden, hence resulting in such reactions.

Since he had foreseen this, Song Chi naturally didn't use it blindly. Suddenly, he took out a fruit emitting a green light and swallowed it in one go.

This Spirit Fruit was known as the Body Strengthening Fruit—a special type of fruit, one that he had purchased from a shop in the Ruins Market.