Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 982 - 681: The Grand Gathering That Happens Every Thirty Years (Part 3)

Three days later,

The Ocean God’s Scepter exhausted its accumulated primordial energy and automatically shut off, and the three-headed Spider Kings successfully awoke.

The grand event concluded successfully.

Swarming insects dispersed in all directions after watching the revelry.

...

Dragon Cypress stood atop the wall, activating Sea Soul Ability from over a hundred meters away, to communicate with the Ocean God’s Scepter.

Understanding the reason for Zhen Beast’s essence, he was able to sense the presence of the Law Divine Stone.

However, after it was crafted into the scepter, its function to assist in comprehending Water System Ability could only be used once the primordial energy was fully charged.

Moreover, the feature to comprehend higher levels of Water System Law Power seemed sealed, or perhaps it was due to the current low evolution level, making it unutilizable.

"Can Azure be used?"

Dragon Cypress had pondered this question more than once.

Azure was knocked down from a very high evolution level.

But its soul also underwent reincarnation and rebirth, losing its memory and past realm insights.

To date, Azure has only condensed a single Divine Mark.

—Could the Ocean God’s Scepter assist Azure in comprehending and condensing a few more Divine Marks?

—After all, there’s an excess of Source Stones that needs using, so it’s worth a try.

Dragon Cypress often dreamed about what to do with the surplus resources.

The thought sprang up, and he immediately had a plan.

Seek help from a caravan to exchange for 3.8 billion Source Stones in cash.

Dig a lake and arrange for the Deep Blue God-Given Seed to take root.

Use the Source Stones to open it for Azure alone once.

Snow Velvet, Blood Root, Water Orchid, and other old Spider Kings hadn’t departed yet...

Dragon Cypress approached them.

Nightfall Ability was activated, raising a vast Primordial Energy Barrier of the Soul System to block spiritual power probing.

"Snow Velvet Spider King, gentlemen Spider Kings, I have something..."

"A big deal?"

"I have a colossal trade!"

Dragon Cypress didn’t keep them guessing and directly said: "I’m quite curious. The Azure God-Given Seed that similarly comes from an Outworld Civilization, and seems to share the same origin, could it comprehend and condense Divine Marks within the Ocean God’s Scepter’s energy field?"

The five old spiders exchanged a look without needing to say more, understanding Dragon Cypress’s meaning instantly.

Dragon Cypress said: "I will use a 3.8 billion Wave Tree Bay Alliance exclusive promissory note to exchange for 3.8 billion Source Stones in cash, the condition being that the caravan must deliver them to Molan Mountain."

"Essentially using top-level Divine-Given Origin Force Food to exchange for Source Stones in cash, after deducting shipping costs, there’s still nearly a 15% profit, right? This is definitely a big deal."

The five Spider Kings exchanged looks again.

Snow Velvet Spider King hesitated: "It’s not impossible..."

Spider King Water Orchid said: "We will distribute the tasks to the tribe’s Spider King caravans. Then, these Spider King caravans will organize the exchange and transportation of Source Stones."

Blood Root Spider King: "When the Source Stones arrive, you settle the payment directly with exclusive promissory notes. In units of a million, 1 million Source Stones, just a 1 million value promissory note."

Dragon Cypress: "Deal!"

Snow Velvet Spider King asked: "Have you communicated with the other seven leaders of the alliance?"

Dragon Cypress: "No. It’s simple. Just a few words."

Snow Velvet Spider King: "Unify the statement and say the Deep Blue God-Given Seed was something you picked up on a Zhibai Continent island."

Dragon Cypress: "Understood!"

Blood Root Spider King asked: "When do we start?"

Dragon Cypress: "I can’t wait. However, from transplanting and rebirth to peak restoration of the God-Given Seed, it takes at least 15 years."

Snow Velvet Spider King: "...Alright."

The normally quiet Fork Pillar Spider King couldn’t help but ask: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, what if, I say what if, you dump 3.8 billion Source Stones and forcibly activate the Ocean God’s Scepter, yet it has no aid for your Azure God-Given Seed, what then?"

Dragon Cypress: "I’ll force it shut again."

Fork Pillar Spider King: "And then?"

Dragon Cypress: "Consider it an exclusive use. I’ll issue 160 Sea God Promissory Notes, selling them for 20 million each, only losing five to six hundred million, which I can afford."

"..."

A moment of silence ensued.

Fork Pillar Spider King: "The total sum of Source Stones across the continent doesn’t exceed a trillion. Under normal circumstances, Source Stone consumption and derivation are in equilibrium. Investing Source Stones to activate the Ocean God’s Scepter isn’t something to undertake recklessly, even with money. We’ll only help you this time."

Dragon Cypress: "I understand!"

Snow Velvet Spider King: "The caravans watching the event haven’t dispersed yet, we’ll go organize."

Dragon Cypress: "I’ll go discuss with the seven leaders."

After speaking, he removed Nightfall Ability, turned around, and summoned the seven leaders including Dark Maple Dragonfly King and Mountain Pepper Ant King, enveloping them in Nightfall Ability for a brief explanation.

—A God-Given Seed possibly sharing the same origin with the Ocean God’s Scepter and stemming from an Outworld Civilization?

The seven leaders were equally curious and agreed readily.

They immediately organized the ant swarms to start working.

With simple modifications, the outer stone slab was dismantled first, and a reservoir a hundred meters square was dug.

Having arranged everything,

Dragon Cypress led Ink Orchid, White Willow, and his subordinate Assistant Kings to Rainbow Island.

As the new year’s early spring set in,

Ink Orchid stationed at Rainbow Island.

The Thousand-Year Tree temporarily managed by the North Elm God-Given Seed.

Azure condensed the Tree Heart.

Withered branches were refined into Blue Refinement Beads.

Silver Cypress and Rainbow Parasol Tree each led 20,000 specialized Blue Soldiers.

A thousand-meter Zhen Beast transformed into an ice boat to set sail with the wind and waves.

...

Dragon Cypress first led Azure Tree Heart to the Ocean God’s Scepter.

"Azure, try communicating with spiritual power!"

Azure extended his spiritual power to attempt.

"Dragon Cypress, perhaps, I sensed it, the Law Divine Stone you mentioned? A familiar feeling."

"Can you control the scepter?"

"...No."

No?

Dragon Cypress was silent.

Residual memories showed Zhen and Rong established their own civilizations, and gradually, their relations were no longer as close.

Could it be that Zhen set a restriction on Rong?

Or, simply put, when Zhen forged the Ocean God’s Scepter, he didn’t set any control permissions for Rong...

Dragon Cypress pondered for a moment and decided not to overthink it.

"Dragon Cypress, shall we continue trying? 3.8 billion Source Stones!"

"Of course! It’s only 3.8 billion, a small matter. Azure, first take root..."

Below the scepter, the water reservoir, a hundred meters square, was long dug and filled with clear water, its central position reserved a thirty-meter diameter circular island made of fertile soil.

Upon landing,

Azure Tree Heart took root, sprouted swiftly, growing straight upwards.

Blue Refinement Beads dissolved in water used for irrigation.

Overnight, the Azure Tree body restored to a height of twenty meters.

Azure Refinement Beads dissolving in water, continuous irrigation.

The Azure Tree body grew at a rapid pace of 10 meters a day.

In the full-spring month of the great earth’s warmth,

the Blue Refinement Beads were exhausted.

Azure also recovered to a tree height of a hundred meters.

Silver Cypress and Rainbow Parasol Tree led troops, guarding the reservoir periphery.

Dragon Cypress guarded below the tree.

...

As summer approached,

Spider King caravans, quick with their operations, organized Bee Clan for air transport, large sacks of Source Stones began arriving.

Rainbow Parasol Tree handled the tallying and on-site accounting.

Upon delivery of a round million Source Stones, issued a promissory note of 1 million denomination.

From all directions, an unending stream of Ant Clan and Bee Clan troops.

A massive amount of Source Stones converged beneath the Ocean God’s Scepter.