Light Fortress

Chapter 1781: Chapter 419: I’m Waiting for You (and Your Companions)

"One week, maybe shorter."

Deep Sea whispered, "I will maintain the Spiritual Link with [Cloud Mirror], allowing those external events to be transmitted to your Heart Lake through [Cloud Mirror]. If you have enough remaining energy, you can check on what I’ve been doing at any time..."

Countless mirrors floated within the Sky Divine Domain.

Each mirror here.

Was once a chessboard where Qinglong played against Deep Sea.

Deep Sea differentiated countless strands of Heart Flow Power, connecting with this chessboard... Similarly, Qinglong surpassed the Heart Flow Limit achievable by mortals, which is the reason for his obsession with playing against Deep Sea. After ascending to the Divine Throne, all worldly things were within his grasp, and the path of cultivation he could pursue had also reached its end.

Only the cultivation of spirit has no end.

Within the Divine Domain, Qinglong differentiated hundreds to thousands of strands of Heart Flow Power. After ascending to the Divine Throne, he touched on the true "mortal limit." When these thousands of strands of Heart Flow Power scattered upon the chessboard Cloud Mirror, he experienced the thrill of transcending the Torch Controller.

It felt like becoming one with the "Ultimate Path."

He could do anything; he was the beings.

However, all of this was false and fleeting. As soon as he left the Divine Domain or disconnected from these Heart Flow links with [Deep Sea], the shackles and constraints of the real world would descend.

No living, mortal entity with a physical form can simultaneously wield ten strands of Heart Flow Power.

This is a threshold.

Even after commanding the torch, achieving a leap in life level, he could only marginally break through this barrier, unable to transform into millions.

Once one has seen the sun, it becomes difficult to tolerate darkness.

Qinglong truly tasted what it was like to become a "God," therefore, he did not like the real world.

Even if he was already the supreme existence in the real world.

But he was merely the Divine Throne.

Not a God.

"I’ll only give you three days."

Qinglong stared at Deep Sea and said softly, "Whatever you plan, you have only this single day... After this day, I want to see the computational power upgrade brought by the eleventh upgrade."

"If just three days, then I can’t assure how the Five Continents will look when all this ends."

Deep Sea calmly said, "My plan is to make this world better while maintaining ’stability’."

"Since your main system is connected to the Sky Divine Domain, it means... I don’t care whether this world remains ’stable,’ nor do I care whether this world can become better."

Qinglong laughed, "Otherwise, didn’t you already lose in the ancient text war back then?"

Deep Sea was silent.

It gazed at Qinglong and slowly said, "I understand what you mean."

...

...

North Continent, Central City, on Skytop.

A thread of scarlet brilliance flashed and emerged, like a sharp long knife, instantly tearing the void. [Cloud Mirror] blossomed with a crimson glow, and a man in a crimson robe slowly pushed open this Void Portal, arriving above Central City.

He looked down, his gaze penetrating through the clouds to the Heavenly Eye arranged by [Deep Sea], falling upon the floating Ascension City. Every building, every street, every fleeting shadow roused by passing airships, he could see clearly.

The next moment.

Qinglong disappeared from Skytop and appeared inside the Empress Manor, strolling leisurely as if he had come to his own backyard.

The Lin Family’s Forbidden Army patrolled tightly, marching uniformly through the garden paths, yet none saw the strikingly sudden red-robed figure.

The spirit seals, exploratory barriers, and meticulously dense arrangements inside the manor did not trigger any alarms.

Qinglong walked with hands behind his back, just like that, across the path and through the corridor. He stood before the towering ancient mansion; this Royal Castle was built during the Iron Dome Emperor’s reign, dating back a hundred and sixty years. For today’s Northern Continent people, this Queen’s Castle is the faith of Central City.

Qinglong remembered some things from many years ago; his eyes were somewhat nostalgic.

He smiled.

In his eyes, this castle... was just an older antique, a reminder in history books. For him, everything was truly existing and personally touched.

Purple Rain sat in the hall on the ground floor, immersed in the Spirit Network.

Currently, the elite of the Five Continents were converging towards Chanyi City. The alarms sent by [Deep Sea] involved top future talents like Gu Shen, Bai Xiu, and origin power strong individuals like the three generals...

She was highly focused on the latest progress of this matter, even dispatching Lu Zhe.

Reports from the front line indicated that nearly a hundred teams had entered the Northwest frontier. Gu Nanfeng and Meng Xizhou’s fleets were the fastest, possibly becoming the first group of supporters to cross the frontier alongside Yushou Wei Cheng for rescue.

The three generals had yet to send back any messages.

This was also the reason why Purple Rain felt uneasy... Commanding origin power, super strong individuals normally do not need this long to process tasks.

What exactly happened in the [Old World]?

If it’s a problem the three generals couldn’t solve.

Then why hasn’t Her Majesty left the mansion?

Despite her spirit being immersed in Deep Sea, Purple Rain constantly monitored everything inside the manor, any fluttering of the grass never escaping her perception...

The premise is that the opposing spiritual realm isn’t significantly higher than hers.

Even the three generals couldn’t achieve this...

But the Divine Throne can.

Qinglong nonchalantly entered the ground floor hall. He glanced at the female legion leader standing before the mansion, as if looking at an ant, before gazing away after just a glance.

There was no obstruction.

Nor was there any alarm.

Qinglong’s true form arrived at the mansion. He stood at the door where the empress always went into seclusion, then pushed open the door.

Countless wind and snow rushed out like a waterfall from the portal, enveloping the corridor in a silent annihilating chill.

Sitting downstairs, the legion leader frowned; she looked up. In her senses, the second floor was peaceful, without any anomaly.

But the fact is, the entire second-floor corridor had been shrouded by the Empress Divine Domain, and the openings Qinglong’s robe was covered in snowflakes. His exposed skin was frozen, layered with ice shards...

Inside the door, the empress stood in front of the gigantic bookshelf.

She did not turn around.

As if knowing long ago who had come.

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Lin Lei gently closed the book pages, speaking calmly and coldly: "You came later than I imagined. If you didn’t arrive soon, I was prepared to leave."

"You’ve been waiting for me?"

Qinglong laughed.

"Waiting for you?"

The empress shook her head, earnestly saying, "To be exact, I’ve been waiting for you all."