Chapter 574 - No Breakthrough, Just Playing! (Part 1)

“Dream God?”

“Dream God?”

The Wishful-Dream God didn’t want to believe what it was seeing was reality, hoping it was just a dream. However, the clear shouts and the real sense of touch made the Dream God break out in a cold sweat.

Back in the early days of the Beastmaster Era, the Wishful-Dream God was a very innocent and naive Legendary being. It was willing to pursue all things beautiful. However, as time passed, having witnessed the filth of the world and even nearly dying in the final battle of the Mechanical Era, the Dream God came to recognize reality.

It had been beaten down by society and had grown up. It clearly didn’t believe so many Legendary beings had come just to chat with it. From the Dream God’s observation, these Legendary beings all seemed to be standing behind Lu Ran, with him as their leader.

Lu Ran smiled at the Dream God. “Greetings, Wishful-Dream God. May I ask, how do I remove this? You left this, right?”

He raised the back of his hand, showing the Dream God the curse left by the imperial seal.

Upon seeing the curse on Lu Ran’s hand, the Wishful-Dream God showed a smile uglier than crying. “No! This must have been left by that fake version of me in the ascension realm. I can’t acknowledge that an illusion created by someone else is also me. However, I can help you remove it! Also, what’s going on with all of you? Why have you all come here...?”

Lu Ran said calmly, “Don’t mind them. I obtained the imperial seal in the ascension realm, and they are all members of the Beastmaster Empire I rebuilt. Lord Dream God, you don’t mind, do you? Since you don’t acknowledge that version of yourself in the ascension realm as you, you wouldn’t try to overthrow the Beastmaster Empire I rebuilt like it did, right?”

The Dream God was stunned.

Is this some kind of joke? Did he recruit all these Legendary beings?

“Of course not,” The Dream God said, sweat beading on its forehead.

Lu Ran sighed in relief. “That’s good. By the way, Lord Dream God, would you be willing to rejoin the Beastmaster Empire and become one of its guardian beasts?”

The numerous Legendary beings stared at the Dream God. The Divine Deer originally didn’t want to get involved in such matters, but after joining, it found it quite thrilling. It felt its intimidation had multiplied a hundredfold.

The dozen of us together are really strong!

The Dream God looked at the Legendary beings behind Lu Ran and swallowed hard. “That sounds... very interesting. I’ve had this idea for a long time. Isn’t that why I was experimenting with the Stellar Moon Federation? Now that we can rebuild the Beastmaster Empire, the Stellar Moon Federation can be discarded.”

***

Lu Ran’s process of upgrading the Beastmaster Empire to a Legendary Beastmaster Empire went very smoothly. Including the kin, more than ten Legendary beings joined the empire. Lu Ran could feel the imperial seal feeding back to him and to Six-Path Flower an even more immense monarchic aura.

The effect might not be obvious on his side, but for Six-Path Flower, bolstered by the monarchic aura, the range of its domain should see a significant expansion. Additionally, if the imperial seal had a level now, it should have already reached the peak of Legendary quality.

However, further improvement probably wouldn’t be so easy. It wasn’t a matter of just persuading a Primary-Divine being to join the empire, but the material of the imperial seal itself also needed to be enhanced. Otherwise, no matter how much the empire strengthened, the enhancement effect from the imperial seal would likely hit a bottleneck.

As for enhancing the material, Lu Ran naturally couldn’t find Divine-grade forging materials. Fortunately, after consulting the Wishful-Dream God, he found a new direction.

“One way to continue upgrading the imperial seal is for a lifeform bound to it to reach the Primary-Divine level. The level and material of the imperial seal might transform along with it.”

Six-Path Flower reaching the Primary-Divine level?

“Another method is to refine a stellar core! I heard this from a certain extraterrestrial lifeform that has already fallen. Every planet has a unique stellar core. Any planet capable of nurturing Legendary lifeforms basically has a stellar core of Divine grade.

“Refining the stellar core is equivalent to becoming the master of the planet. I’ve analyzed that fusing the stellar core with the imperial seal should drastically increase the seal’s level, as this would essentially incorporate the entire planet into the empire’s territory. I’ve searched for the stellar core of the Stellar Moon World, but couldn’t find it.”

“Excellent.”

After obtaining this information, Lu Ran entered Limitless City and chose a more versatile guy to consult.

He looked at the wall screen. “Answer Machine, I have a question for you. Does the Stellar Moon World have a stellar core? Where is it?”

[Sorry, insufficient permissions. This function only relates to questions about Limitless City facilities...]

“Fine, fine. Then let me ask you this: which timeline’s ascension realm should I enter to most easily obtain a resource reward like Stellar Moon’s? This is related to Limitless City, right?”

[The question falls within permissions. Answering your question now: No matter which timeline’s ascension realm you enter, you cannot obtain the Stellar Moon Core.]

Lu Ran said nothing. It really was a dumb function, but this confirmed for Lu Ran that the stellar core of the Stellar Moon World definitely couldn’t be found. The Stellar Moon World was different from a traditional planet as it was a world inside the Divine Dragon’s body. It might not even have a stellar core. However, Blue Planet most likely had its own stellar core.

“Then let me ask you, which timeline’s ascension realm should I enter to most easily obtain Blue Planet’s stellar core?”

[The question falls within permissions. Answering your question now: In ancient times on Blue Planet, the stellar core shattered due to unknown reasons, causing spiritual energy to fade.

[It wasn’t until modern times that spiritual energy was restored through the nine-colored meteorite that fell from the sky. Therefore, to obtain an intact stellar core, you need to go to a time before the spiritual energy decline.]

Lu Ran nodded. This little thing seemed somewhat useful after all. This information was very interesting. Lu Ran wondered if he used the stellar core as material to fuse with the imperial seal, would he become the master of Blue Planet?

With that identity, could Six-Path Flower’s domain cover Blue Planet even faster? By then, it might directly advance to the Primary-Divine level.

The stellar core would be equivalent to Six-Path Flower’s Primary-Divine advancement resource. Besides, he could also let Captain Doofus try to use the star as a sword, unleashing a super-divine sword skill. However, the prerequisite was still to find Blue Planet’s stellar core. Lu Ran felt that finding it might not be easy.

Not long after, Lu Ran returned to Blue Planet. After returning, he suddenly remembered something. He released Hel and the Ice Emperor, who had been sleeping in the nutrient pod and whose bodies had mostly recovered.

As soon as she woke up and opened her eyes, Hel realized she was no longer in Stellar Moon.

“Blue Planet?”

Lu Ran nodded and smiled. “Yeah, this is Blue Planet. It seems you’ve recovered quite well. Then, you can leave now. But would you consider joining my Beastmaster Empire? The benefits and treatment are excellent. Anyway, you don’t really have anywhere to go now, right?”

“Sure.”

Hel was somewhat surprised that Lu Ran was letting her go so easily. She had thought that after she recovered, he would drain her again. It seemed she had worried too much. As for joining the Beastmaster Empire, she didn’t really care.

“Then I’ll join too!”

The Ice Emperor chose to betray the Stellar Moon Federation. Actually, he already had federation citizenship and held a high position. But now, he just wanted to follow his sister. The Stellar Moon Federation sounded like it had no future. Most importantly, he still owed Lu Ran a large sum of money. Maybe if he worked under Lu Ran, that debt would be forgotten.

In the end, this sibling pair was successfully brought by Lu Ran from Stellar Moon to Blue Planet. Unlike Peanut, who undoubtedly still belonged to the Flower God and Divine Tree faction, the Hel siblings, having lost their place, were truly homeless.

Lu Ran brought them to Blue Planet, wondering if they could adapt to their new life.

They’d better adapt soon. It’ll make the next blood draw easier.

It was worth mentioning that Hel had now also entered Limitless City. Unsurprisingly, her record for the final secret realm challenge was also a failure. This made Lu Ran even more curious about the final secret of Limitless City.

After arranging accommodation for Hel and the Ice Emperor, Lu Ran left them to their own devices and went to Manager Ying.

Lu Ran briefly explained what a stellar core was. “Manager Ying, do you know how to find a planet’s stellar core? I plan to return to ancient Blue Planet again to search for Blue Planet’s intact stellar core, but I don’t know how to find this thing.”

Elegantly wearing a napkin and eating lunch with a fork, Manager Ying frowned and said, “What the hell is a stellar core? I’ve never heard of it. Did the Divine Deer and the others not know either?”

“They didn’t know. It seems the Stellar Moon World doesn’t have a stellar core.”

“I don’t know either. Go ask around when you’re in ancient Blue Planet yourself. Ask beings like the Torch Dragon. I have no way to investigate this for you.”

“You’re even too lazy to help me get intel now.” Lu Ran was speechless.

“If all else fails, when you get to that era, have Dark Crow predict the location. Asking me to investigate this, I have no means to do so,” Manager Ying expressed helplessness.

Lu Ran shook his head, indicating it was fine. However, since it was considered a Divine-grade resource, Lu Ran felt that with Dark Crow’s current strength, the probability of predicting its location wasn’t high.

“If I can get Dark Crow to Superior Legendary, close to Primary Divine combat power, there might be hope. The stellar core isn’t urgent. First, we should return to the Evil God era to resolve the hidden danger of the Evil God, and upgrade Dark Crow at the same time.”

Lu Ran made a decision. If Dark Crow and the others were stronger, returning to ancient Blue Planet would give them more confidence to negotiate with top-tier beasts like the Torch Dragon.

Last time, he didn’t dare to provoke the Torch Dragon. This time, he had to try. Even if the Torch Dragon was a Primary Divine, it didn’t matter. He had a death immunity privilege now, and his goal this time wasn’t to hunt the Torch Dragon anyway.

If he were lucky, he might even be able to resurrect the Torch Dragon and then bring it to the modern era to contract. He seemed to remember the Golden Toad and the Lunar Rabbit saying the Torch Dragon died in the black mist of the collapse of the universe.

If so, it met the resurrection conditions and could be pulled into the united front to conquer the Four Divine Dragons of the final secret realm.

Lu Ran chose to go into closed-door cultivation again, waiting until the whole team reached level 90 before entering the new ascension realm. This time, with the enhanced imperial seal’s boosts and almost unlimited Epic Soul Cleansing Fruits, he wanted to develop the exclusive soul evolution for Sudden Death King and Dark Crow.

Additionally, he would further cultivate his other beastmaster skills. Lu Ran’s cultivation location would be in space.