Xiao Hei chuckled, "Don't worry, Boss. As long as it's anything up to the Demigod realm, even just a severed limb, I can control it. Beyond the Demigod realm, the body evolves to its limit, where every cell has the right to govern the body. As long as the soul remains intact, even if the limb is damaged, it can regenerate, though it consumes a massive amount of energy!"

Ye Chen nodded, "That's good!" He reached out a hand and pulled over the corpse of the burly man nearby, preparing to hand it to Xiao Hei. Just then, a thought struck him, "With this burly man's identity, there should be records in Azure Water City. If I enter using this body, it will certainly arouse suspicion."

He pondered for a moment, then said to the old man with the green talisman, "Take us to the Demigod-level Star Fragments!"

The old man with the green talisman paused, "Why?"

"Less nonsense."

"...Fine!"

The rune-etched spaceship sped towards the chaotic stellar zone surrounding the White Lotus Divine Continent. In this area, numerous star fragments floated in the sky. Some super-strong experts would clear out the monsters within these fragments, then purchase vast quantities of oxygen generation units, metal housing, and so on, transforming the entire star fragment into a private manor or cave dwelling.

Of course, the most indispensable element was the artificial atmosphere, the purchase price of which was astronomically high, unaffordable for ordinary people.

Not long after, Ye Chen and the others arrived above a large cluster of star fragments. Looking from afar, a vast expanse of floating continents drifted in the void, operating autonomously. Each star fragment possessed its own gravitational and repulsive forces, circulating naturally and not flying aimlessly to collide with others.

"Go in!" Ye Chen pointed at a particular star fragment.

The old man with the green talisman hurriedly piloted the ship, plunging into the star fragment. Along the way, he kept the altitude low, flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters above the ground, using the detector to monitor every living object below.

Ye Chen stood watching the large display screen, and suddenly commanded, "Stop."

The rune-etched spaceship halted abruptly. The old man with the green talisman was startled, "What happened?"

Ye Chen's figure flickered as he opened the hatch, plunging straight down and vanishing into a dense expanse of dark, verdant jungle. This shadowy forest seemed to grow even deeper. Before long, the sound of rustling leaves could be heard.

The leaves on this star fragment were sharp enough to be used as ordinary blades.

Immediately after, Ye Chen's figure floated out, holding a young man with black hair and four wings on his back.

Crack!

The hatch closed. Ye Chen tossed the four-winged youth onto the ground, turned, and leaned back against the sofa, saying to Xiao Hei, "Take a look at this corpse."

Xiao Hei glanced at the Pseudo-God level corpse nearby, then at the corpse of the four-winged youth before him, mumbled something, and slowly crawled over, burrowing into the four-winged youth's brain. Soon, the youth, whose chest bore a bloodied puncture wound, began to tremble slightly, then slowly sat up, looking at Ye Chen and saying, "Boss."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, "This body is peak Demigod level—not too bad, nor too conspicuous. Later, you go to Azure Water City, exchange for some Divine Stones, and get a map of Azure Water City."

Azure Water City boasted a population of billions and an area no smaller than Earth. Without a map, barging in would certainly cause problems.

Xiao Hei was stunned, "That's it?"

Ye Chen nodded, tapping his finger. A wisp of Demigod power condensed into a map, which he handed to Xiao Hei. "This is the route to Azure Water City. You have a communicator on this body now; if anything goes wrong, call me."

Xiao Hei, whose perception was incredibly sharp, immediately guessed something and muttered, "Would calling you be useful?"

Ye Chen seemed not to hear him. With a sweep of his hand, he took out 1,000 sets of Demigod equipment, ranging from high-grade to primary, unevenly matched, and stored them in a small space-folding bag. "Take all this."

The four-winged youth reached out and accepted, clicking his tongue, "Boss is truly generous!"

Ye Chen took out some unidentified beast bone materials from the storage compartment, checked them, found nothing useful, and handed them all to Xiao Hei. Then, reaching into his robes, he took out a piece of dark black scale. This scale was obtained from the Three-Star Ghost Stone Mine of the Chi Yan Sect. He didn't know what kind of monstrous beast it belonged to, but perhaps this scale could fetch a Demigod Stone. In any case, it was useless to keep, so he tossed it in as well. "Sell all this."

"No problem," Xiao Hei accepted with confidence.

Afterward, Ye Chen gave some instructions and let Xiao Hei leave. He himself piloted the rune-etched spaceship, parking at the rendezvous point to wait.

This rendezvous point was a C-class star fragment where the strongest inhabitants were only low-grade Demigod beasts, posing no threat to Ye Chen whatsoever. He looked at the numerous items in the storage compartment, and without hesitation, took out the remaining two to three thousand sets of Demigod equipment, putting them into Xiao Hei’s Cauldron.

"Smelt!"

The Xiao Hei Cauldron hummed slightly before returning to normal. Slowly floating out was a set of seven-colored equipment—a pauldron, armor, battle skirt, and more—exuding the aura of High-grade Pseudo-God equipment!

Ye Chen removed his own Demon Forest Set, then smelted the two sets together again. The result was still High-grade Pseudo-God equipment, but its aura was even stronger, approaching the peak Pseudo-God level!

This newly smelted set was entirely pitch black, wreathed in surging demonic energy. The pauldrons resembled ferocious beast spikes, and the armor was etched with traces of beast bones, carrying a sinister and bizarre aura that struck fear into onlookers.

"The Divine Flame Set has absorbed quite a bit of special light matter recently and has already evolved to 10%. It still needs another 90% to transform into the third movement. By then, it might even be able to render attacks from high-grade Pseudo-God experts harmless!"

"With the aura of this new Demon Forest Set, if I smelt it with the Divine Flame Set, using the Divine Flame Set as the main body and the Demon Forest Set as the secondary material, I wonder how much the Divine Flame Set could evolve?"

"Perhaps 50%, or even 70%!"

"However, if the Divine Flame Set hasn't evolved to 100%, it won't advance, remaining at the peak Demigod state. That would be a huge loss."

Ye Chen sighed inwardly, putting on the brand-new Demon Forest Set. He activated the camouflage mode, transforming it into a set of soft and comfortable black robes.

"I also obtained the Ancient Babylonian spaceship before, along with a lot of metal materials. These can all be smelted into the rune-etched spaceship. If the rune-etched spaceship can reach the Intermediate Pseudo-God level, I won't have to fear that old man in the fire robe anymore; I can just blast him to death with the cannon!"

Ye Chen moved, bringing the Black Scorpion Worms, which had all evolved to around the level 90, outside the ship. He waved his hand, activating the Xiao Hei Cauldron, enveloping the entire rune-etched spaceship. Then, he threw the other Ancient Babylonian spaceship and some miscellaneous metals obtained previously into it.

"Smelt!"

The Xiao Hei Cauldron trembled once, and after a moment, it spat out a spaceship entirely colored black, engraved with numerous profound runes. It seemed to have perfectly fused the talismans of the Rune Civilization with the magical incantations of the Ancient Babylonian Civilization, forging them into a single language.

"So miraculous!" Ye Chen couldn't help but marvel inwardly. He moved and stepped inside the rune-etched spaceship.

"Wow!" The excited howl of the old man with the green talisman rang out. "Such power! Haha, amazing, tsk tsk, I feel like I've merged with the ship! I can sense the airflow outside..."

"Oh?" Ye Chen was intrigued.

The old man with the green talisman looked at him excitedly. "I can feel it! This must be the special magic power of Ancient Babylon. My entire body is now the ship, and the ship is my body. It's incredible! I can control every movement of the ship completely without needing to issue command symbols—it's fantastic!"

Ye Chen smiled, "Are you confident you can fight a Mid-level Pseudo-God?"

The old man with the green talisman's excitement immediately died down, and he looked pleadingly at Ye Chen, "Little Chen Chen—oh no, Boss Ye—how about you go snatch another spaceship for me to fuse with? I know you're the best; you look like a good person..."

Ye Chen glanced at him. "Are you confident against a Low-level Pseudo-God?"

The old man immediately puffed out his chest resolutely, "Are you kidding me? Low-level Pseudo-God ants? I can squash a few of them instantly!"

Ye Chen nodded slightly. "Next time, it's up to you."

The old man with the green talisman looked pitiful, "Boss, you won't be that heartless, will you?"

"Get used to it."

"..."

After fusing with the Ancient Babylonian spaceship, the rune-etched ship became much more powerful, though it hadn't quite reached the Intermediate Pseudo-God level yet.

Ye Chen suddenly thought that if he fully activated the Iron City from the Atlantis Civilization at the Huaxia Base City, its power might be enough to contend with the attacks of God-level experts! With that city's defenses, if powered sufficiently and fully activated, it would absolutely be a divine palace fit for a God-level being.

Thinking of this, his longing for his sister and Bailong grew even stronger.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Before the towering Azure Water City, shrouded in a sky-blue atmosphere, a four-winged youth arrived from the distance, piercing through the atmosphere and approaching the majestic city gates.

"Scan."

"Name: Blue Bird!"

"Race: Combat Angel Race!"

"Identity: Vice-Captain of the Blue Dragon Adventurer Group from Crescent Moon City!"

Above the city gate, a beam of photonic electronic waves swept across, testing the youth's iris. His identity was quickly verified, confirmed as authentic, and he was allowed entry.

The four-winged youth had no idea he had been scanned without his knowledge. He walked into the city as if nothing had happened, his eyes darting around. He grabbed a burly man at the Ghost God realm standing by the roadside and asked, "Little friend, big brother is here to ask, where is the trading market?"

The burly man glared, but upon sensing the divine power fluctuations around the four-winged youth, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly replied respectfully, "Replying to Your Excellency, it's at the end of this street, turn left, go straight, then left again, straight again, left again, and then turn right, and you'll be there."

The four-winged youth patted his shoulder, satisfied, "Little friend has a bright future, keep up the good work!"

Saying this, he turned and walked along the road.