Published: January 7, 2025
“The Annihilation Fire is so immense that even an ordinary Heaven Venerable would find it troublesome if caught within,” Qin Chen squinted his eyes.
With his strength, he could naturally sense the terror of this Annihilation Fire.
“This is the confidence that our Heavenly Work Headquarters stands here; an ordinary Heaven Venerable cannot pass through it,” the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable smiled and said.
Qin Chen glanced at the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable, revealing a hint of doubt. Could it be that the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable was not a spy? After all, they had encountered no danger along the way, and now that they had entered the Fire Source Secret Realm, it was unlikely that any strong individual would dare to offend them. That would be tantamount to seeking death.
“Let’s go; we should enter the depths of the Fire Source Secret Realm first,” the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable said, stirring the Ancient Starship, which surprisingly entered one spatial vortex after another, just like the Annihilation Fire.
Immediately, the surrounding starlit sky transformed, becoming magnificent and surreal.
“To enter the depths of the Fire Source Secret Realm, we must pass through these spatial vortices. However, ordinary people do not know which spatial vortices are safe and which are dangerous, and this serves as a barrier for our Heavenly Work Headquarters,” the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable explained to Qin Chen.
After flying for some unknown duration, suddenly, Qin Chen’s body shook.
As they flew out of a spatial vortex, the scene before him instantly shocked Qin Chen.
In the deepest void filled with countless spatial vortices, there were gigantic planets scattered throughout; each one was immense, far larger than any star Qin Chen had ever seen—hundreds, thousands of times larger.
“These are the outer planets of our Heavenly Work Headquarters,” the Radiant Light Saint Master immediately became excited.
“Qin Chen, I cultivated and learned the art of refining weapons on such planets back in the day,” the Radiant Light Saint Master’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
“How can these planets be so large?” Qin Chen exclaimed in astonishment.
In the universe, there are many stars, but Qin Chen had seen some gigantic ones before, yet those planets were nothing compared to these. On these planets, there were countless buildings, and each one had a furnace-like structure that absorbed the power of the Annihilation Fire from the heavens and earth, exuding a terrifying aura.
“Haha, Qin Chen, these planets are not naturally formed; they are crafted by the powerful figures of our Heavenly Work over billions of years by continuously gathering Stellar Cores. Each planet serves as a refining furnace and is also a treasured flying artifact,” the Venerable True Word laughed heartily.
“A refining furnace? A treasured flying artifact?”
As they flew closer, Qin Chen focused on these stars and finally saw that they were indeed gigantic refining furnaces, and countless refining personnel from Heavenly Work worked day and night on them.
“Madmen.”
Qin Chen was speechless; turning stars into refining furnaces was an act only a madman would think to do.
“Haha, that's right; everyone in our Heavenly Work is a refining madman,” the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable suddenly laughed, his eyes glowing.
For him, the term madman was not a mockery or a slander but rather a form of honor, a pride. He murmured, “In times of cosmic peril and wars between demons and humans, if not for our Heavenly Work continuously providing divine weapons for countless years, perhaps the myriad races would have long been annihilated. This is the fate of our Heavenly Work.”
“Master Ancient Craftsman, which star are we heading to?” Qin Chen asked.
Before him, countless stars stretched across the vastness.
“We are not going to just any star; we are heading to the Headquarters Secret Realm,” the Ancient Craftsman Heaven Venerable smiled slightly.