The Space of Proof, the Wrath of Yafik! A wrath like a giant beast lurking beneath the water, silently drifting within the turbulent flow zone.
The Wrath of Yafik, the perfect crystallization of cultivation formations and high technology, a lethal weapon forged over a century, a terrifying apparatus that shatters the limits of power achievable by technological civilization in the mortal realm, capable of rivaling Taiyi Golden Immortals. Its main body is a fortress three hundred kilometers in diameter, constructed from God Crystal mixed with massive quantities of Primordial Materials, nested internally and externally with nearly a thousand layers of formations, large and small. Its primary energy core constantly connects to the Subspace, ceaselessly drawing upon its vast energies. The core defensive formation is the Ten Absolute Formations, slightly diminished in power but retaining their divine mystery, laid out by the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns. As for offensive capabilities, this mighty war fortress boasts one thousand and eighty main cannons and thirty-six thousand secondary cannons. All gun emplacements are formed by overlapping arrays. A simultaneous volley from the most powerful main cannons is comparable to the might of an early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. This is Fu Ya's flagship, a star-roaming palace custom-built for her over the past century by Gu Xiechen, allied with Wuchen Daoist, the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, and other formation masters. It is her chariot for traversing the void and surveying the territories of the Yafik Empire. Yet, at this moment, the Wrath of Yafik served another purpose entirely. Corresponding to this location in the Subspace void, somewhere in the true space's stellar domain, a colossal formation composed of one hundred and eight thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals was operational. Under the pull of immense Immortal Power, a giant star was slowly being driven forward, heading toward a colossal black hole.
The Four Great Heavenly Masters of the Lingxiao Palace stood smiling atop a cloud mass, each holding a starkly black-and-white Meng Lu (Bewitching Reed). They continuously projected massive beams of True-Magnetic Two-Element Light into the black hole. The black hole greedily devoured everything external, swallowing the True-Magnetic Two-Element Light—which could pierce spatial barriers and connect the two spaces. Under the efforts of the Four Great Heavenly Masters, the True-Magnetic Two-Element Light immediately breached the void, allowing the energy tides of the Subspace to flood into the black hole.
When a faint, almost imperceptible speck of white light began to flicker at the core of the black hole, the Mountain-Overturning Great Formation had already driven the giant star close. The Giant Spirit God, swelling his form to a height of a thousand li, clutching a massive Thunder Shock Rod made of a God Crystal over a hundred li in diameter, roared and hurled himself bodily into the giant star. Relying on his formidable sinews, the Giant Spirit God cleaved through the layers of fiery waves inside the star, driving straight to the core where countless black plasma bubbles churned amidst raging torrents of fire. He firmly pressed the Thunder Shock Rod into the star’s core.
Erupting out, clutching his Fire-Warding Seal, the Giant Spirit God was wreathed in flame; his beard had been entirely burned white, revealing flesh as black as lacquer. He flashed a grimacing smile toward the Four Great Heavenly Masters and plunged headlong into a nearby planet, finding a river tens of thousands of li long. He began gulping down the river water in great draughts. After only a few gulps from the mighty river, the water level abruptly dropped by almost half with a resounding splash, and sudden waves roiled the surface.
The Four Great Heavenly Masters observed the Giant Spirit God’s actions for a moment, smiling slightly, before simultaneously performing incantations, coordinating with the Mountain-Overturning Great Formation to push the star into the black hole. Just as the black hole greedily swallowed the star whole, they drew out the Thunder Shock Rod, a hundred li in diameter, from the star’s interior, forcing it to detonate at full power. The massive explosive force shattered the internal equilibrium of the star, causing it to detonate from its core outwards.
The artificially created new star suddenly appeared, its intense light instantly escaping the black hole’s engulfing pull and illuminating the nearby void. This brilliant light was fleeting. The black hole forcibly consumed the artificially created new star. The rapidly exploding new star detonated precisely near the spatial barrier, tearing open a massive gap in the barrier pierced by the True-Magnetic Two-Element Light. The terrifying energies of the true space and the subspace violently churned and collided near the barrier, resembling the instant of creation when heaven and earth were first split, generating infinite transformations.
On the Wrath of Yafik fortress, Fu Ya, her face ashen, stood with her arms crossed, quietly observing the visuals displayed on the screen. When a sudden pinpoint of sharp light erupted far ahead, Fu Ya let out a sharp cry. The Wrath of Yafik immediately activated to its fullest, spewing a long ribbon of black flame behind it, propelling the fortress’s massive body forward in a swift glide. Amidst the churning, multi-hued heavenly fires of the turbulent flow zone, the gigantic fortress surged forward like a whale breaching from the seabed, trailing a massive purple fireball as it sped ahead.
Just as Gu Xiechen had encountered back then, the black hole connecting the two spaces had devoured the violently exploding new star, causing localized, tremendous changes akin to the primordial chaos erupting at the dawn of creation. Primordial Turbid Qi and Primordial Pure Qi were generated from the rapidly churning energy tides. Under the influence of these auras, countless Primordial Materials were ejected from the explosion’s epicenter. Some areas yielded slightly more turbid qi, others more pure qi. Various common ores and materials, mixed in different proportions and agitated by the dual qi of Primordial Chaos, evolved into countless strange and exotic primordial-grade materials that sprayed violently outwards. Moreover, vast quantities of Primordial Spiritual Qi erupted, transforming into immense shockwaves that swept across all directions.
The Wrath of Yafik breasted the shockwave generated by the explosion, surging against the current. A massive aperture, several kilometers in diameter, opened on the fortress’s surface, within which the Thirty-Six Golden Cauldrons could faintly be seen tumbling. These Thirty-Six Heavenly Fire Golden Cauldrons, the foundational treasures of the Tiangong Hall, opened their mouths, spewing dazzling golden torrents that continuously swallowed the countless heavenly treasures and Primordial Spiritual Qi.
This was the unique mining technique mastered by Gu Xiechen: reversing the acquired into the primordial. Mastering this method provided him with an endless supply of primordial-grade materials. Otherwise, how could he arm the cultivators of the Nine Nether Path, Kunlun Mountain, and Zhongnan Mountain? How could he equip over a million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals with full sets of armor and weapons? Even the old Tian Gong’s reconnaissance ship of sixty thousand li could discern the finest dust, let alone an object as massive as the Wrath of Yafik?
“Strange, what is that? Star-Shifting Divine Ability? It’s actually an inanimate object executing the Star-Shifting Divine Ability?” “Is it a magic tool? No, the fluctuation of magic power is bizarre. While there is a slight fluctuation, it bears some resemblance to those rusty wrecks they call ‘warships’ in the mortal realm! Could it be something manufactured in the mortal realm? To be able to create such a magic tool?”
Tian Huan Xiaonan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Perhaps. He suddenly stomped his foot, and the three flood dragons pulling his carriage let out a roar to the heavens. The accompanying Immortals shouted in unison, and the entire procession instantly transformed into a beam of golden light, pursuing the Wrath of Yafik directly. Judging by the speed of the golden light, it surpassed the Wrath of Yafik by more than ten times. In the blink of an eye, they closed the distance to less than a thousand li.
Fu Ya was in the main control cabin, calculating the spoils of this operation with the Four Great Heavenly Masters, when a sudden, piercing alarm blared. A dry electronic voice announced that an extremely powerful energy signature was rapidly approaching.
The warning system of the Wrath of Yafik had detailed classifications ranging from Golden Core cultivators up to early-stage Daluo Golden Immortals. After the first alarm sounded, the electronic voice immediately provided an accurate assessment of the energy wave pursuing them: among the pursuers were one first-rank Daluo Golden Immortal, four peak Taiyi Golden Immortals, twelve Taiyi Golden Immortals, and several hundred others of Golden Immortal cultivation.
A massive holographic screen replaced all other displays in the main control cabin, clearly showing the faces of Tian Huan Xiaonan and his group. The main computer of the Wrath of Yafik superimposed markers on the image, detailing the power levels of Tian Huan Xiaonan’s party. Besides Tian Huan Xiaonan, the first-rank Daluo Golden Immortal, one small maid beside him holding an incense burner appeared to be of peak Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation. The other three peak Taiyi Golden Immortals were the three flood dragons. These three purple flood dragons, each a hundred zhang long with a single horn and a pair of wings, were still in their dragon forms but possessed the cultivation of peak Taiyi Golden Immortals. It was unclear if they deliberately maintained their dragon forms to deceive others, or if there was some other explanation.
Fu Ya’s expression shifted slightly. Why would they encounter such trouble while gathering Primordial Materials? The Four Great Heavenly Masters, the Giant Spirit God, and the one hundred and eight thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were all at most at the mid-stage Golden Immortal level. Fu Ya herself possessed the cultivation of peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, just like Gu Xiechen, who had left her a very generous portion when he refined the Celestial Moth and seized its immense vital essence. However, this power was not cultivated by Fu Ya herself; she had never even fought a true Immortal. Despite possessing the cultivation, the divine abilities she could wield were likely not much stronger than those of the Golden Immortal-level Giant Spirit God and the Four Great Heavenly Masters.
After a moment of stunned pause, Fu Ya activated the Wrath of Yafik’s holographic projection system, causing a hundred-meter-tall holographic image of herself to materialize outside the fortress. She released her divine sense and questioned Tian Huan Xiaonan: “Esteemed Sir, may I ask why you are pursuing us?”
The more Tian Huan Xiaonan pursued, the more excited he became, for he clearly sensed a trace of Primordial Spiritual Qi lingering on the Wrath of Yafik. As the Wrath of Yafik ventured into the Subspace explosion center to collect Primordial Materials, some faint Primordial Turbid Qi and Pure Qi had seeped into the fortress’s outer armor. This residual aura was now gradually diffusing outward and was detected by Tian Huan Xiaonan. Primordial Spiritual Qi! Anything carrying Primordial Spiritual Qi must surely be a Primordial Magic Tool!
Tian Huan Xiaonan’s eyes were nearly red. His father and two uncles were all high-rank Daluo Golden Immortals, yet the entire Three God Palace possessed only three rather unremarkable Primordial Magic Tools. Tian Huan Xiaonan had coveted those three tools for who knew how long. This massive, round sphere shimmering with black crystalline light before him might actually be a Primordial Magic Tool—how could Tian Huan not be agitated? Immediately following, Fu Ya’s image appeared. Her beautiful countenance, clear as the moon and ethereal as the (epiphyllum), suddenly made the female Immortals beside him, and even the pair of sisters he had just been praising, seem like common painted dolls, like common roadside weeds. A burning sensation ignited below his abdomen. Tian Huan Xiaonan pointed at Fu Ya’s image and bellowed hoarsely: “Contain it! Seize her! This beautiful one—ah, this Young Palace Master has found his future Mistress! Quickly, quickly, contain her! Don’t let her escape!”
The maid standing beside Tian Huan Xiaonan, holding the incense burner, had her eyes flash with a faint light. Her form flickered, and she instantly appeared in front of the Wrath of Yafik.