Free Web NovelChapter 509: Chapter 439: Invitation and Visitor
Purgatory Sulfur Plane, Sixth Energy Convergence Point.
This is a vast basin located deep within the Crimson Mountains, where dark golden lava rivers flow on the surface, and the air is filled with a high concentration of sulfur and sparse yet active spiritual qi.
In the center of the basin, a composite magic array with a diameter of over three kilometers is under construction.
Jeming hovered in mid-air, his black robe remaining motionless amidst the heatwaves. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
His hands pressed down in the air, and dozens of translucent control screens unfolded before him, each displaying real-time parameters of different sections of the array.
Below, more than three hundred Black Giant Priests were methodically working.
They were either transporting gigantic metal components engraved with runes, carefully calibrating energy flow crystal clusters, or using liquid metal-like fingertips to etch intricate patterns into the bedrock.
"Seventh Node, adjust the rate of spiritual qi injection down by three percent, maintain the phase difference with the elemental flow within 0.05 radians."
"Ninth Conductor Arm, the third rune group needs recalibration, energy loss has exceeded the standard."
Jeming’s voice calmly transmitted into the consciousness of each priest through the spiritual link.
This is one of the key components of the Incense Fire Divine Dao’s cross-space energy transmission module. Once completed, it will become a stable energy channel linking the Purgatory Sulfur Plane and the external battlefield, leaving no room for error.
Both Jeming and the Black Giant Priests below were accustomed to this, as similar projects had been repeated for over sixty years.
For the wizard, this was just a short period in the long river of research.
Yet Jeming could feel that as the Incense Fire Divine Dao system gradually improved, his understanding of the Spiritual Qi Law was also deepening in sync.
At this moment, a slightly slender Black Giant Priest, with a brighter liquid metal sheen on its surface, flew in quickly from the edge of the basin holding a Magic Network Terminal.
It hovered beside Jeming and respectfully handed over the terminal.
"Master, there’s a priority-marked message."
Jeming glanced at the terminal screen, his actions pausing slightly.
It was an invitation.
The background was a deep starry sky, with a slowly rotating silver star illusion suspended in the center— the exclusive emblem of the Starfall Wizard.
The invitation was concise and elegant, formally worded, with clear core information: Jeming the Wizard is cordially invited to travel to the "Fallen Star Land" plane in five years to attend the Starfall Wizard’s celebration ceremony.
"Starfall Wizard..."
Jeming murmured the name, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He remembered clearly that when he was leaving her plane, the Starfall Wizard had privately expressed that she felt she had found the path to the Seventh Level, and thus decided to close off her plane for focused preparation.
At that time, her tone carried expectation but also caution.
Ascending to the Seventh Level is a critical leap on the wizard’s path, involving the expansion and deepening of laws, far from easy.
But now, not even two hundred years have passed since then.
"This celebration... she’s prepared to ascend so quickly?"
Jeming felt a tinge of doubt.
This speed was somewhat abnormal.
The ascension to Seventh Level wizards, especially involving abstract and profound fields like "Spiritual Law," often requires long periods to settle, verify, and adjust.
Casually spending a thousand years in preparation is common; two hundred years... seems more like a crucial breakthrough point rather than a moment of complete success.
As he pondered, the Magic Network Terminal screen flashed, and another message popped up.
This time, it was a teleportation request.
Applicant: Viola.
Upon seeing this name, Jeming hesitated not at all, tapping the "Confirm" button with his finger.
Simultaneously, he issued instructions to the surrounding Black Giant Priests: "Continue with the installation from the Seventh to the Twelfth Node with the current parameters, synchronizing data in real time to the central console. I have to return to the laboratory."
"As you command, Master," the leading priest bowed in response.
Jeming’s figure flashed and disappeared from the basin.
The next moment, he appeared within the core laboratory.
Just stepping out of the teleportation array’s light, he saw that familiar figure.
Viola was sitting on the obsidian seat at the center of the laboratory.
Unlike her usual graceful and composed demeanor, as if everything was under control, she was now leaning slightly forward, fingers tapping the armrest unconsciously, eyes showing a rare hint of anxiety.
Upon Jeming’s arrival, Viola immediately raised her head, forcing a smile on her face, though it looked somewhat stiff.
"Senior, what’s going on?" Jeming directly asked, walking towards the console and casually activating the laboratory’s mute and isolation barrier.
"You should have received that invitation, right?" Viola wasted no time and got straight to the point.
"Just received. The Starfall Wizard’s celebration invitation," Jeming nodded, sitting down on another chair, eyes fixed on Viola, "You look like... could it be that the invitation is fake?"
Viola took a deep breath, sitting up straight, with a serious expression: "The invitation itself is not fake. However, it was automatically sent out by Starfall’s terminal upon a set time, and now... something has gone wrong."
She paused, seemingly organizing her thoughts, then slowly said, "Do you remember why Starfall felt she found the path to the Seventh Level?"
Jeming’s mind raced, quickly recalling that meeting.
At that time, the Starfall Wizard’s research was at a bottleneck, and the "Conceptual Element" Jeming demonstrated—also known as spiritual qi— with its properties of spontaneously manifesting, nurturing all things, and even nurturing the embryo of consciousness, aptly provided her with a crucial inspiration.
"She believed, my Conceptual Element... could help her Spiritual Law progress further," Jeming recalled, his brow gradually furrowing, "I remember she planned to... ’activate’ a resource plane she fully controlled?"
Speaking up to this point, Jeming immediately understood.
He suddenly looked at Viola, eyes full of shock: "She succeeded in creating a ’Living Plane’?!"
Viola nodded heavily, the last trace of ease disappearing from her face: "Yes, it’s successful... But based on the feedback from the monitoring array I placed around that plane... something seems off."
"The fluctuation pattern of energy tides is abnormal, the speed of spiritual concentration far exceeds the model’s prediction, and most importantly, the ’will’ wave emitted from the plane itself... is extremely unstable, even at risk of losing control."
"The problem is that the entire plane is now in a lockdown state, and I can’t contact that person..."
Jeming couldn’t help but take a sharp breath.
A runaway Living Plane!
Considering that wizards facing other civilizations in the endless Chaotic Void can generally fight above their level.
Except when facing a Living Plane with almost no civilization level, where wizards are the ones being outclassed.
Jeming had personally experienced wars against Living Planes and knew the terror of such an enemy.
