Chapter 1351 - 1096: The Feeling of Ascension?

Long Yi tried to extract the part of the mask that could control the divine, but those commands were very complex, and it was difficult to extract them alone. Eventually, Long Yi gave up on that method and simply shoved the mask into his personal space.

He didn’t know how the pirates were doing, so Long Yi tidied up the things around him. Just as he turned to leave, his feet gave way, and he was about to fall. But at that moment, a series of stone columns suddenly emerged from the ground and gently lifted Long Yi, stabilizing him back on his feet.

His weakness was due to not moving for ten days and the huge energy consumption that followed, which Long Yi could understand. However, what about those stone columns that automatically stabilized him? Long Yi admitted that at the moment of falling, he really had a fleeting thought: how nice it would be if the ground could support me. But that was just a fleeting thought that he had almost ignored. Yet just now, the ground had indeed supported him!

Could it be...

Long Yi walked straight forward. He did not choose the previous entrance into the planet but headed directly towards the rocky wall. Just as he was about to touch the wall, the rock wall melted like a liquid and opened a path for Long Yi!

Long Yi could distinctly feel it was the result of his stone power running automatically.

Automatic operation!

Long Yi then conducted a series of tests and found that whatever he wanted to do, the energies inside his body would automatically run. When he entered a vacuum, his Mana and the Giant’s power would automatically create a shield to maintain his breathing. When he approached a star, an energy absorption shield formed, helping him absorb the star’s energy. When he tried to kill a strange life form, that being’s weaknesses would naturally reveal themselves to Long Yi. When he reached out towards Ai Lin’s chest, what he met was naturally a flurry of small fists from several people.

"So, do you feel like you are really about to ascend?"

Ai Lin withdrew her fists and asked Long Yi.

Long Yi rubbed his head, nodding seriously, "It’s hard to describe, but it’s really profound, as if everything is truly within my control."

"And all this because you unraveled the Divine Laws?" Isrile and Ruosha asked almost simultaneously.

"I can’t think of any other reason," Long Yi said.

"Could there be other restrictions within the Divine Laws?" Suolin inquired.

"It’s hard to say. The structure of the Divine Laws is simple, but the internal detail of the commands is very complex, and I can’t comprehend all of it; however, the good news is the Divine Laws now treat me as their master, I can check its rule commands anytime, and I can always figure out these details," Long Yi explained.

The girls looked at each other, though they did not understand exactly what had happened to Long Yi at that time, his current high spirits indicated it wasn’t anything bad. With that, the girls saw no need to worry.

"So, do you want to know what has happened these past few days?" Isrile asked Long Yi.

"Of course! How are Mahal and the others now?" Long Yi inquired.

"Mahal now commands the top-ranked Interstellar Pirate alliance in the entirety of the middle Plane, and he is the sole ruler of this alliance. He and his subordinates have gathered all the notable large pirate groups of this Plane. Honestly, the merchant ships across the entire Plane are terrified because once the super pirate group really forms, it’s essentially the end of good days for merchant ships," Isrile stated.

"However, if I were Mahal, once I had such a vast scale of pirate groups and fleets in my hands, I definitely would not be satisfied with just raiding merchant ships," Long Yi said.

"Then what would you do?" Isrile asked, puzzled.

"Contract commercial transport services," Long Yi said with a smile.

"Entrusting goods to the pirates? Would anyone agree to that?" Ruosha said, eyes wide.

"Or would the pirates rob them halfway?" Long Yi countered.

"But, keeping these pirates around, will they really be useful to you?" Ai Lin was skeptical about the pirates’ usefulness to Long Yi.

"I hope they will be useful because they can always stretch their tentacles into places we can hardly imagine. Moreover, they must be useful to me, as I didn’t help them without expecting anything in return," Long Yi said with a smile.

Indeed, right after Mahal took control of the entire Pirate Group, he almost immediately announced that they would embark on certain fixed-route commercial transportation business. In Mahal’s declaration, he stated that these routes were extremely dangerous and only their transport services could ensure the safety of the goods.

Some merchants, having no choice, had to tough it out and opt for these pirates’ merchant ships. But after a few transports, even though the price was high, the fact that they no longer needed to hire escort fleets and mercenaries meant they actually saved a bit more than before! Perhaps the amount wasn’t much, but for the meticulous merchants, it was more economical than the past!

Thus, the pirates who once lived by plunder, in the blink of an eye became merchants transporting goods.

However, Mahal did not forget the task Long Yi had assigned them.

With the Interstellar Pirates’ tentacles stretching in all directions, Mahal was always helping Long Yi inquire about the whereabouts of the Divine Worm. Whether it was the golden battleship, the black Mechanical Planet, or the whereabouts of Yahola, their appearances meant that the Divine Worm was there.

Mahal even dispatched a group of clever individuals specifically for this task.

Soon, Mahal received a response. Although they hadn’t truly found any traces, one of the teams discovered an interesting phenomenon in a certain star sector. A blue star had mysteriously appeared in this sector at some point, and its radiation was so intense that not only life forms but even warships approaching it would malfunction. However, recently when they passed by, the blue star had actually shrunk!

This news immediately piqued Long Yi’s interest, because in his memory, there was only one possibility for a star shrinking—it was being devoured!

With the help of the Cosmic Accelerator, Long Yi soon arrived at the star sector described by the pirates.

Indeed, from afar, he saw a beautiful azure star. Describing it as resplendent wouldn’t be an overstatement. And just as the pirate had described, once close, the blue star would emit extremely strong radiation, causing great discomfort and an involuntary desire to retreat.

But, Long Yi was no longer a mere mortal.

Upon feeling this radiation, Divine Power automatically operated, creating a particular protection, not isolating Long Yi, but making him look like a meteor. Instantly, the discomfort from the radiation disappeared. If Long Yi had to choose himself just now, he would probably choose to activate the shield and tough it out, but the Divine Power chose a simpler and safer method.

Indeed convenient!

With the radiation no longer a hindrance, Long Yi quickly approached the star. When he got close, he immediately sensed the covenant. At the other end of the covenant, Xiaodie was lazily floating in the air, stretching her butterfly wings to their fullest, her long hair turning an azure blue. Her eyes were slightly closed, and she held her belly with both hands, muttering, "Ugh, I can’t eat another bite..."

Suddenly, Xiaodie opened her eyes and looked in a certain direction.

"Master Long Yi?"

Feeling the covenant, Xiaodie suddenly tore through space, then immediately appeared in front of Long Yi.

"It is indeed Master Long Yi, hahaha! I finally found you!" Xiaodie hugged Long Yi, extremely happy.

"It is I who found you, not the other way around. It seems you weren’t really trying to find me. You were just eating non-stop here," Long Yi also said, hugging Xiaodie and laughing.

"Who says that! We were eating while looking for you," Xiaodie immediately retorted.

"You ’we’?" Long Yi emphasized the word "we."

"Yes! It’s me, and Little Black!"

Xiaodie raised her wrist. On Xiaodie’s wrist was a black bracelet. Hearing Xiaodie’s words, Little Black immediately flew out from Xiaodie’s wrist, turning into a Black Ball. It circled around Long Yi, making unintelligible sounds.

"Little Black is also very happy to see you! It says you have a very delicious scent," Xiaodie said.

"Should I take that as a compliment?" Long Yi said with a wry smile.

"Of course, it is a compliment!" Xiaodie said matter-of-factly.

Long Yi reached out his hand, and Little Black landed in it.

"Do you know! Little Black and I actually come from the same place, though we both don’t know exactly where that is. But now, looking at Little Black gives me a feeling of looking at family," Xiaodie said happily.

Long Yi nodded, looking at Little Black in the palm of his hand. His Divine Power didn’t interact with Little Black at all, clearly indicating that even to the Divine Status, Little Black was equally mysterious. However, certain inexplicable information suddenly emerged in Long Yi’s mind. These pieces of information were utterly chaotic, showing no discernible pattern. But within this chaos, there were very clear specific locations.

"Heavenly Kingdom," Long Yi said softly.

"What?" Xiaodie didn’t catch Long Yi’s words.

"You guys come from the Heavenly Kingdom," Long Yi raised his head, looking at Xiaodie as he spoke.

"Heavenly Kingdom? What place is that?" Xiaodie asked, puzzled.

"That is a world where both technology and civilization have reached their peaks, a place where even gods must bow," Long Yi looked at Little Black in his hand and then at Xiaodie, saying reflectively.

"But... I don’t feel like we’re that powerful," Xiaodie said, confused. Little Black was even more baffled; it had no idea what Long Yi was talking about. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to recommend and vote on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)