Chapter 599 - Farewell, Six-Path Flower (Part 2)

Lu Ran and the Torch Dragon went their separate ways. Lu Ran, Six-Path Flower, and little Bai Ze studied Blue Planet’s core. The Torch Dragon researched the Nine-Colored Meteorite Fragment Lu Ran provided to stall for time and prevent it from overthinking.

The origin of the Nine-Colored Meteorite Fragment was related to Limitless City. Despite being Primary Divine, the Torch Dragon couldn’t figure it out, even after much effort.

On Lu Ran’s side, although Fate’s Gaze and Bai Ze’s Eyes were powerful, they similarly couldn’t determine the flaw in Blue Planet’s core. Fortunately, Lu Ran’s goal wasn’t actually to research why Blue Planet’s core shattered, but to sneak it out of the secret realm and take it back to reality.

Therefore, rather than studying why the stellar core would shatter in the future, Lu Ran and Six-Path Flower were primarily researching how to manipulate Blue Planet through the stellar core, enabling Six-Path Flower to become the King of Blue Planet and advance to the Primary Divine level.

***

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since Lu Ran and the others arrived in this secret realm. During this time, Lu Ran’s ascension mission had naturally failed as he never got around to creating any cultivation technique.

However, that wasn’t a big deal. Over ten days later, the Torch Dragon youth expressed his puzzlement. Despite its efforts, it still couldn’t determine the origin of the Nine-Colored Meteorite, though it could sense its mysteries.

Finally, the Torch Dragon sought out Lu Ran and the others and shared his guess. “I have a speculation, but it’s rather far-fetched. I suspect this meteorite fragment is a resource created by an extremely powerful existence and is meant to imitate Blue Planet’s stellar core. It doesn’t seem like a natural resource but rather something man-made.”

The Torch Dragon arrived to share its findings, but it suddenly noticed that Lu Ran and the others, who should have been studying the stellar core, had abruptly vanished from before its eyes. It was as if they had taken the stellar core and run away.

The Torch Dragon initially thought Lu Ran and the others had returned to their original timeline. He didn’t mind them leaving, but the stellar core had to stay. The Torch Dragon’s expression turned cold. He wanted to reclaim Blue Planet’s core from Lu Ran and the others.

“World, flow backwards.”

Under the Torch Dragon’s command, its Torch Dragon Eyes blazed with light, enveloping the entire Blue Planet. Within the Blue Planet Domain, time began to rewind.

This was the Torch Dragon’s ultimate move, consuming a terrifying amount of energy with each use. However, even after reversing time, the figures of Lu Ran and the others did not reappear.

“Spacetime, pursue.”

When time reversal failed, the Torch Dragon chose to tear open a spacetime tunnel, attempting to reverse time to chase after Lu Ran and the others. It had never tried this before, but this time, it made an exception.

Yet soon, it felt a terrifying, higher-dimensional power interfering with its actions and existence. The surrounding spacetime shattered like a reflection in water. The Torch Dragon stood frozen in place, its expression dazed, finally realizing something.

“I am actually... not real... Who... could possibly recreate me as a historical projection...? Is it the cosmic-level Genesis Dragon that guy mentioned? So that’s it. Their goal wasn’t to invite me, but to simulate and create a new Blue Planet core!”

Unfortunately, by the time the Torch Dragon realized everything, it was too late, and the world shattered. If Lu Ran were a genuine time traveler, he might not have been able to take the stellar core right under the Torch Dragon’s nose. But the problem was, he was a participant, a player in the game arranged by Limitless City.

***

Meanwhile, in Pedestrian A’s exclusive room.

Lu Ran, having obtained the Blue Planet core and the Torch Dragon statue, returned relatively satisfied.

“The Torch Dragon must have realized that the world it was in was fake by now. When I have time, I’ll have #18 summon the Torch Dragon’s heroic spirit and have a heart-to-heart talk with it. A living dog is better than a dead lion.”

Six-Path Flower emerged from the contract space. “I advise you to wait until #18 gets stronger before trying. With that little one’s quasi-Legendary level, even if it barely manages to summon the Torch Dragon’s heroic spirit, the Torch Dragon’s power would likely be enough to break free from its control.”

Lu Ran smiled slightly. “Alright, alright. #18 is indeed too weak right now. My next secret realm will be to the era before the Republic created the Mechanical Primary Divine. I’ll have #18 directly seize the Mechanical Primary Divine’s opportunity and replace it!”

“That’s just playing dirty.” Six-Path Flower puffed out its cheeks.

It was jealous of Baby Cloud and #18. Six-Path Flower had spent thousands of years hiding from the beast gods, honing its skills, and contending with the beast god faction, yet ultimately failed to prove itself as a Primary Divine.

The paths to Primary Divine for these two little ones made Six-Path Flower green with envy.

Lu Ran laughed heartily, taking out the Blue Planet core. “There, there. After researching for over half a month, I’ve pretty much figured out how to combine this thing with the imperial seal. Come on, let’s go take care of business first.”

After returning from the ancient Blue Planet ascension realm, Lu Ran continued researching the Blue Planet core and the imperial seal with Six-Path Flower, as these two items could accelerate its path to Primary Divine.

Additionally, Lu Ran did his best to select new traits for Six-Path Flower. It was worth noting that it had only fused 6 traits so far, and it was already level 100, meaning it could still fuse 4 more traits.

If these 4 traits were chosen well, it might truly advance to the Primary-Divine level in a very short time, especially with the Blue Planet core's help. However, even though Six-Path Flower was the Goddess of Luck, finding suitable top-tier traits that could provide a qualitative improvement for an all-rounder like it was still very difficult.

Six-Path Flower said, “If it really comes to it, I’ll just be like that turtle. I’ll just fuse with conventional traits like Life Boost, to permanently increase my max HP by 50%, Space Affinity, to double my affinity with the Space attribute, Time Affinity, to double my affinity with the Time attribute, and Death Resistance, to strengthen my soul power intensity and death energy talent. This way, although I won’t gain new abilities, it will balance my power over life, death, space, and time.”

Lu Ran thought for a long time. “You want to be a Genisis Flower too. That could work. After all, the Reincarnation attribute is enough for you. Moreover, your innate talent in spacetime, life, and soul is already top-tier. The effect of these conventional traits that provide permanent boosts would be terrifying for you, potentially not inferior to learning some new special powers.”

Six-Path Flower said, “It’s decided then. The key now is another matter. Combining the imperial seal and the stellar core. There isn’t much more you can help me with from here. This final step still depends on me.

“I need to fuse my will within the seal with the stellar core! However, I estimate this step will take at least a few months, possibly several years. I may need to undergo a life-or-death retreat on Blue Planet for a long time to refine the seal and the stellar core, as well as expand my Blue Planet Domain. Will you be alright on your own?” It looked at Lu Ran.

Six-Path Flower didn’t know when it started worrying about Lu Ran operating alone.

Lu Ran said, “What kind of question is that? You focus on your breakthrough. I’ll continue taking Captain Doofus and the others to ascension realms to gather resources. With Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, and the others, plus the resurrection mechanism, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Six-Path Flower said, “Alright. Then let’s separate for a while. With luck, perhaps I’ll succeed in evolving before you even finish one ascension realm.”

From Superior Legendary to Primary-Divine level, Lu Ran knew he couldn’t help it much anymore. After all, he was only a level 8 beastmaster. At most, he could make some improvements to the imperial seal using Dream God’s forging skills.

With resources like the Blue Planet core and Six-Path Flower’s own aptitude, whether it could evolve to the Primary-Divine level now depended entirely on its own talent. With it deciding to enter a life-or-death retreat for its breakthrough, Lu Ran let it go. He quietly awaited for it to bloom into the Primary-Divine Flower.

Lu Ran’s next destination was the Mechanical Era to strengthen #18. He didn’t plan to go to the chaotic era where the Mechanical Primary Divine had already emerged, so even without Six-Path Flower, his weaker combat power wouldn’t be a major issue. As long as no Primary Divine beings appeared, Lu Ran would still be the strongest.

However, before heading to the Mechanical Era, Lu Ran had one more thing to do.

“The curse was unexpectedly removed by the Torch Dragon. It’s time to resurrect my necromancer master.”

He found #18, the only main force member who hadn’t reached the Legendary level yet. At the moment, #18 was obsessively wiping the Torch Dragon statue with a cloth, not even wanting to work.

It murmured, its eyes shining as it gazed at the crimson divine dragon. “So cool, so incredibly cool. When can I summon the Torch Dragon’s heroic spirit to work for me? Its time acceleration should be even more powerful than Manager Ying’s! Why didn’t I collect its blood before he returned...

sigh...

”

“#18!” Lu Ran’s voice startled the enthralled #18.

It quickly turned around. “Master, what is it! I’ve finished today’s work!”

“I’m not here to check your work. Later, help me materialize the heroic spirit of my Undead Cult master. Can you do it?”

#18 said. “We’re resurrecting the old man? Sure, no problem, leave it to me! Although the residual faith power on his items isn’t very strong, using more of Manager Ying’s blood will suffice!”

Lu Ran nodded, then took out an Undead Holy Robe. “I’ve learned my lesson this time. When materializing a heroic spirit, it’s fine as the clothes come along. But resurrecting someone doesn’t resurrect their clothes. So, to prevent my master from being exposed, I prepared clothes.”

#18 looked skeptical, which made Lu Ran laugh. It was mainly because he didn’t want to see a naked old man either. If he were resurrecting a gender-bent Jiyuan, on the other hand, he might have been somewhat interested.