Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 801

Chapter 801: 801

The territory Caroline wanted wasn’t too big, but its nature was the same . Whether they wanted to seize this land from Evernight or the empire, they would still need to beat them in order to obtain recognition . The small nations on the empire’s borders had to have a middle-ranked divine champion overseeing them, at the very least . The more independent ones who cared little about the empire were all led by high-ranking divine champions . Those countries would usually vanish quietly after the fall of their divine champions .

With the alliance settled, the next objective was to search for that so-called Martyr’s Palace .

The summit wasn’t that big, and the entire peak was a flat land except for the ridge at its center . If the Martyr’s Palace did exist here, it should be in that mountain ridge .

Exchanging glances, the two flew toward the mountain ridge but found only rocks and soil after going one circle around it . The row of giant stone pillars resembling bone spikes was quite eye-catching, however, there were only rocks on them .

But according to the Pointer Monarch, the Earth Dragon’s remains had to be here . Qianye raised East Peak and stabbed at the highest peak . The blade cut through the soil like it was piercing through tofu, sending rocks and gravel flying in all directions . But the sword struck something about half a meter in, eliciting a metallic sound and failing to push further in .

Filled with delight, Qianye swung East Peak about and swept away the soil on the surface, revealing a patch of silver underneath . He attempted a couple of slashes and found that it took a full-force strike to even leave a white trace on the silver foundation . This unknown material was neither metal nor wood . It was actually Caroline who knew more about this subject . She reached out to knock on it, saying, “This is probably the void colossus’ remains and this stone pillar is one of its vertebrae . ”

Qianye was speechless as he looked up at the mountainous stone pillar . Wouldn’t the Earth Dragon stand thousands of meters tall if it were alive? Compared to the Void Colossus, Chaos, however, the Earth Dragon was a mere kid .

After confirming that the Earth Dragon’s remains were indeed here, Qianye stabbed East Peak hard into the ground . His origin power burst forth, sending rocks and soil flying with the force of a dozen exploding grenades . In mere moments, a large pit—ten meters in diameter and several meters in depth—had appeared around Qianye . Even so, its base was still filled with gravel not bone .

Qianye stood up . Looking up at the mountain ridge that was hundreds of meters tall, he couldn’t help but shake his head . He knew that this route wasn’t feasible as the rock and soil here were simply too thick . It would take a hundred years if they wanted to clear out everything . That little hole Qianye had blasted out was nothing compared to the entire ridge .

He glanced back at the stone hall . If there were any clues regarding this matter, it had to be in the stone hall .

Caroline also felt that clearing the rocks away wasn’t a good idea, so she followed Qianye back to the stone hall . The furnishings inside the building were rather crude and simple—the only things of note apart from the table were the four perpetually burning braziers . Caroline hadn’t completed her observation back then, so she crouched down to study them once more . Qianye arrived in front of a brazier and gazed at it for a long while, but to no avail .

The brazier was over a meter in height and made of stone . Its surface was mottled with a few damaged areas that had fallen off . Even though there was no wind or rain inside the hall, the corrosion of void origin power was unavoidable . However, the patterns on its surface didn’t look like origin arrays, either .

Qianye’s eyes lit up with a blue radiance . After activating True Sight, he could now see wisps of void origin power converging into the braziers to serve as its fuel—there was indeed a mysterious mechanism within . Qianye flicked the brazier with his finger and found a line of silver under the broken stone shell .

After peeling more of the stone material, he saw more of the silver bones as expected . It turned out that these four stone braziers were made from the Earth Dragon’s bones . As expected of the favored children of the world, the bones of the void colossi were inherently capable of absorbing void origin power . Both the dark races and the humans had to go through long periods of cultivation to reach such an outstanding level .

Since the four braziers were like this, all that remained were the stone table and walls .

There was a shallow groove on the table caused by the erosion of origin power where the gun barrel had lain for many years . Qianye reached out to touch the groove and sensed his origin power being absorbed into it . An idea popped up in his mind . He didn’t resist the suction and even sent a steady stream of his Venus Dawn origin power into the stone table .

The stone table was like a bottomless abyss absorbing Qianye’s origin power without end . Only when he had expended half of his origin power did the world around him transform into that vast, unicolor realm .

Lofty yet lonesome, the Pointer Monarch stood at the very center of the heaven and earth, his momentum filling every inch of the realm . This time, he turned around and glanced deeply into Qianye’s eyes . In that brief moment, Qianye’s entire existence was seen through from inside out—there was no room to hide any of his secrets!

This feeling was like being doused in icy water . The chill would sink deep into the bones—it was inexplicably difficult to bear and filled one’s soul with inherent apprehension . And that was only an illusion of the Pointer Monarch, a remnant will .

Fortunately, the monarch only shot him a glance before retracting his gaze . He nodded briefly at Qianye . “You’re good . Your daybreak origin power is only one step away from the apex of purity . Not many in the empire’s thousand-year history has managed to do this . You’re qualified to inherit the thing I left behind . ”

Qianye tried asking, “Senior Ji, do you mean this gun-barrel? I’ve received it . My current power is limited . In the future, I’ll definitely put together a set of worthy components and produce a Grand Magnum . ”

The Pointer Monarch smiled faintly . “Actually, her spirit has already dispersed at the moment of failure . It’s just that I couldn’t let go . No matter how powerful the weapon is, it won’t become a Grand Magnum without a soul . The only thing with any hope of reaching the peak is the Wings of Inception inside your body . The item I left behind, no matter how powerful it is, will only be a medium for the wings . ”

Qianye was astonished . The Wings of Inception was his greatest secret, a hidden ace that had enabled him to turn the tables in many a battle . It was unfathomable and ethereal—even Qianye wasn’t clear regarding its principles . If it wasn’t absorbing darkness origin power every day, Qianye would’ve thought that it was a non-existent illusion .

Who would’ve thought that the Pointer Monarch would see through this secret in a single glance?

Qianye suddenly recalled the time when he had met Zhang Boqian and Lin Xitang . No one knew what level of cultivation his foster father was at . Due to the Art of Heaven’s Mystery, he was already standing at the peak of the world and no one could even probe his rank . The only way to find out his cultivation realm was to fight him .

Zhang Boqian, on the other hand, was a bona fide heavenly monarch . Additionally, he was highly talented and the favorite human candidate to surpass the Pointer Monarch in the future . If even a remnant-will left behind by the Pointer Monarch could see through Qianye, how could Zhang Boqian not have done the same?

The Pointer Monarch sighed . “Back then, I ran into a projection of the Black-Winged Monarch’s will . Young and impetuous, I exchanged a couple of blows with him across space . Later on, he told me about his plans for the Wings of Inception . Who would’ve thought I would see the real thing one day? Only after failing the refinement did I realize just how much of a genius concept the Wings of Inception was . ”

The Pointer Monarch appeared somewhat sad, but an indifferent smile appeared on his face as his gaze pierced through the illusory realm and landed on the engine . “So many years have passed, but those people still haven’t given up . They really did produce this thing . Are you here for the Martyr’s Palace too?”

Qianye said truthfully, “Actually, I don’t even know what the Martyr’s Palace is . This engine is something I seized from the military people . ”

The Pointer Monarch nodded . “You’re quite honest . Fine, this thing is bound to come into being someday . Why would I interfere with something that’s destined to be so? Handing the Martyr’s Palace to you is much better than having it land in the military’s control . Remember, use the power of the Martyr’s Palace to protect humanity when necessary . ”

Qianye grasped the detail in those words . “Humanity? Not the empire?”

The Pointer Monarch raised a finger, indicating the entire world . “The world is so big . The neutral lands, the empire, and Evernight, there are humans everywhere . The land on which the empire rests is but a small corner of the world . The empire can be replaced, but humanity must not be eradicated . As long as humans exist, another empire will rise after the fall of this one . ”

These words would be considered rebellious if spoken in the empire . The Pointer Monarch was of imperial bloodline . Who would’ve thought he would have such a view of things?

“Time is short, I’ll take you to see what exactly the Martyr’s Palace is . ”

With that, the Pointer Monarch waved his hand . The scenery in front transformed, and the stone hall appeared once more . The Pointer Monarch walked in with Qianye close at his heels . Within the hall, Caroline was still studying one of the braziers, completely oblivious of Qianye and the monarch .

Ji Wentian walked over to the wall on his own . The stone table moved to the side of its own accord, revealing a door and, behind it, a deep, dark tunnel .

The Pointer Monarch and Qianye traveled along the tunnel and soon arrived in a large space . This area was propped up by a giant skeleton, the exterior of which was covered in several layers of rock . Some basic structures had been constructed inside the chamber and a part of the deck had been laid out . However, the construction work was clearly incomplete, almost as though a massive engineering project was stripped of workers as soon as it had begun .

At a thousand meters long and hundreds of meters in height and width, the chamber could be considered quite grand . Judging from the foundation, it really was a battleship undergoing construction here . The scale of this airship far surpassed the largest motherships of the empire, perhaps comparable only to the personal airships of the great dark monarchs of Evernight .

There was a large silver heart beating slowly at the forepart of the chamber . This heart was ten meters tall and looked much like a wriggling mass of silvery metal . Just looking at it gave Qianye a stifling feeling .

Countless tentacle-like silver threads stretched from the heart and crept out in every direction . These threads were like spider webs that held all the construction plates and stones together, forming the framework of this space .

There was an obvious defect in the heart, but its borders were unusually smooth and clearly the work of humans . Judging from its size, the hole was just big enough for the engine .

The Pointer Monarch walked about rather emotionally . “Back in the year, I left the empire in dismay and hid in the neutral lands to construct the Martyr’s Palace . Who would’ve thought so many changes would occur later on?”