Free Web NovelChapter 375: Chapter 368: Star Lamp: Limit Break
[Star Lamp]
[Level: 10+]
[A Star Lamp crafted from the Star Marrow of Polaris (Gouchen Yi), fused with the flesh and blood of a Star Kun. With the help of unimaginable power, it has broken through its own limits, its brilliant light now even more dazzling.]
[The power of its two traits has been greatly enhanced.]
[Trait 1: Constant Star]
[Home is where the heart is.]
[When this lamp is lit, the wielder will never be lost. Wherever your heart desires, the starlight will guide your way and lead you home. Now, the Star Lamp can not only guide you home but also allow you to anchor a point as your destination.]
[With but a thought, you can traverse endless space and instantly arrive at your destination.]
[Trait 2: Burn Star]
[The wielder can place the flesh and blood of other creatures into the Star Lamp as fuel. When necessary, the power within the fuel can be burned out to replicate a signature skill of the creature it belonged to, as if cast by the creature itself. The Star Lamp is very picky about its fuel; each type of fuel can only be burned once. After being burned out, there is a one-day rekindling period, during which the Star Lamp will be completely extinguished and cannot be relit.]
[It can now replicate the skills of Nirvana-tier creatures.]
[The seven-day rekindling period has been reduced to one day.]
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[Upgraded to maximum level. Cannot be upgraded further.]
’Not bad.’
’A huge improvement after Breaking the Boundary.’
The second trait, "Burn Star," had its range expanded to Nirvana-tier creatures and its cooldown period was drastically reduced. However, Shi Ming currently didn’t have any flesh and blood from a Nirvana-tier creature to use as fuel, so it was an ability with future potential.
In comparison, the enhancement to the first trait seemed much more practical.
’Constant Star.’
’All I have to do is anchor a point and set it as my "destination." No matter where I am, I just need to take out the Star Lamp, and with a thought, I can return to it.’
’A Hearthstone?’
’If I leave Earth and enter the Star Sea in the future, won’t I have a one-click town portal?’
’I can skip the long journey through the stars?’
’Brilliant!’
If this were placed on the current rankings, what spot would it take? When would the *Marvels of the Endless Ocean* list be updated?
The Divine Revelation on the great stone monument relied on the god’s power and status, as well as the progressive nature of the Civilization Secret Runes. Similar to the Eye of Destiny, it was mutable; interpreting it in different eras would yield different revelations.
For instance, during the Wandering Era, it translated to *Marvels of the Endless Ocean*. In the Land Era, it might have translated to *Marvels of the Jiuzhou Continent*.
In future eras, it might be understood by other names.
Newly created treasures would also be ranked within it, while some destroyed treasures—like the "Ivan Matryoshka" which had its uses depleted, the "Phaseless Pure Ice" that was eaten, or the completely shattered "Broken Crystal"—might disappear from the list.
With Shi Ming’s intervention, the treasure rankings on the list were bound to change drastically in the next update. Leaving other things aside, the rank of the Map of the Endless Sea would definitely soar.
But it wouldn’t jump too high.
The higher a treasure was on the list, the more irreplaceable it was.
"Creation Star Core, Unceasing Water, The Net, the Four Feared Vedas, Fen Yuan,"
"Of these top-five wondrous items, aside from ’The Net’ at number three, the specific whereabouts of the others are already known."
The third-ranked item, "The Net," had been obtained by the Nirvana. However, in the distant past, murals in the Scorpion King’s Pyramid recorded that the treasure the Scorpion King used to control giant beasts was the Contract Core. It’s impossible for there to be that many Contract Cores, so the treasure used to control thousands of subjects was very likely "The Net."
Even back then, Shi Ming had felt a sense of déjà vu.
Now, as his knowledge grew, he was increasingly able to see the commonalities between them.
After the Scorpion King’s death, The Net was not used as a burial offering. It most likely ended up scattered in the endless sands of the Sahara along with the Female Warlock. Then, during the Wandering Era, it was seized by someone else and became a tool to control 100,000 ships.
He put away the Star Lamp.
His target: Fen Yuan.
As the Da Yun sailed past Mount Everest, he set the anchor point of his Star Lamp on this sole continent in the Endless Ocean. In the future, whenever he wanted to set foot on land, or if he encountered an unbeatable enemy, he could just take out the Star Lamp, and with a single thought, return here directly.
Atop Mount Everest, the Xirang Research Institute still stood tall.
He didn’t go up to reminisce with old acquaintances.
The researchers at the Xirang Research Institute were likely very busy. With the departure of the Active Wormhole, the Sub-Blade Storm at the summit had ceased, making it a prime opportunity for exploration and research. At the same time, equipment from Da Yu had arrived, allowing engineers to use tools to gradually enter the interior of Mount Everest and excavate the corpse of the Creation Celestial Pillar.
But for Shi Ming, why would obtaining the remains within the mountain’s core be so troublesome?
The Da Yun stilled the waves.
The canoe took flight.
’The Ten Thousand Realms are like an ocean!’
His King Trait activated, and the She Ri moved as if through empty space. It followed the mountain’s contours and plunged directly into its core, swimming freely through the solid rock, searching for resources within.
Most of the Creation Celestial Pillar’s power had been drained by the Active Wormhole, but a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. The remaining wreckage was still an endless treasure trove.
Shi Ming gathered many of the broken branches.
He was especially interested in the heartwood of the Creation Celestial Pillar. Although it was almost completely corroded and decayed on the inside, there was no better fertilizer for the little Jianmu. It sounded a bit hellish, but since the two were originally one, he figured it wouldn’t mind.
"Unfortunately, there are too many remains and my space is limited."
"If only my warehouse was infinite, or if the She Ri had also evolved a massive Captain’s Space, that would be great."
Adhering to the principle of taking as much as he could, Shi Ming filled his personal warehouse to the brim before reluctantly stopping. He couldn’t use the Hive to store the Holy Hall Tier branches, because the Hive was made from a C-grade or B-grade undersea broodmother. The flesh of a Holy Hall Tier entity was extremely corrosive, and a storage item like the Hive couldn’t withstand such corrosion, let alone perform any nesting operations.
Shi Ming had originally planned to eat the Jianmu’s fruit and then transplant the tree here.
But the young Jianmu strongly resisted Mount Everest.
The residual aura here made it instinctively afraid.
This resistance came from its very cells, something Shi Ming could easily sense with his Spiritual Power. He had no choice but to give up the idea. Perhaps this trauma-induced stress disorder would only lessen after feeding it the flesh and blood of the Active Wormhole Quintetra one day.
’That day will come...’
Before, Shi Ming still had a way out.
Even if he couldn’t obtain a Nirvana-tier skill, if he confirmed that he couldn’t defeat the fledgling Nirvana-tier Active Wormhole, or if he detected an unacceptably high level of danger, Shi Ming would have killed the Active Wormhole at the last moment while it was still at the Holy Hall Tier, nipping the trouble in the bud before it could fully form.
Now, Shi Ming had to make use of the Active Wormhole.
A stronger enemy was on its way.
The enemy’s target was still the Eye of the Divine.
Only by obtaining the power of the [Borer] could he deal with the off-world visitor from the prophecy. Earth was not a hunting ground for aliens, and he was not prey to be coveted. For all malicious outsiders, the only fate that awaited them was death.
