CHAPTER 913: CHAPTER 486: DREAM REALM AND THE QUEEN (PART 2)

"He knows he’s going to die, but he told me not to worry. He will resurrect, the dream will recover, and humanity will rise one day. The fire will dispel the black fog, and light will cover the earth."

"What I have to do is make the Starry Kingdom stronger. As long as the kingdom is strong enough, he will return one day."

The voice became gloomy. Although this Starry Queen might be three hundred years old, she was still like a young girl.

"But I failed. Three hundred years after he left, the Starry Kingdom was struck by an irresistible terrifying disaster. I was corroded by strangeness, and all the starry humans perished without a single survivor..."

The voice fell silent.

Rod’s mood was also very heavy.

The Starry Queen’s words resolved many doubts in Rod’s heart. No wonder the Book of Knowledge and the doll have no memory. It’s not because of a broken soul, but because the dream had already shattered when the Starry Kingdom was founded.

But many new questions emerged again.

If the dream was already shattered, how did Heigao’er persist for so long?

Helping the Starry Kingdom was clearly to obtain divinity. The subsequent prosperity of the Starry Kingdom would offer him more divinity, but divinity could not directly resurrect him; it could only make Resurrection Stones.

Given Heigao’er’s situation, even the Resurrection Stones were useless.

Then what was he aiming for?

The most crucial point is, how did the dream shatter? When did the fall of the northern fortress related to it happen?

How did Heigao’er do these things under the state of the shattered dream?

Moments later, a voice spoke again at his ear: "Heigao’er gave me tremendous help, countless materials and resources, many divine artifacts were crafted with his help, yet I failed to fulfill my promise to Heigao’er, his death was due to me..."

Rod shook his head gently.

"No, it wasn’t your fault."

In his heart, clarity was like a mirror, all of Heigao’er’s actions were for gaining divinity.

Helping to establish a human kingdom already secured enough divinity, yet he still died.

Clearly, there was some unknown reason behind it.

"The dream had already shattered, his death was inevitable, his words were merely consolation, giving you a reason to live."

"Is... is that so?" The voice at his ears suddenly became somewhat agitated.

"Yes." Rod affirmed: "I’m the new Master of Dreams, of course I’m aware of such matters."

A dazzling golden light flashed.

Flower of Humanity +10

This works too?

Rod opened his eyes wide, 10 Flowers of Humanity!

Was this matter her inner demon?

The voice beside him faded, but Rod seemed to faintly hear the sound of crying.

After another moment, the voice reappeared.

"Thank you, new Master of Dreams, you truly are a kind person. If Heigao’er knew his successor was someone like you, he would certainly rest in peace as you said."

Rod laughed: "Of course."

The voice continued: "I can’t help you much, the Star Source is my only gift. Although the Star Chart’s key core components are lost, the Star Source can no longer trigger the characteristics of the stars, its powerful function can still offer great help to you and your kingdom. It’s the most powerful Spiritual Potion, able to awaken the potential of the soul, help the soul break through bottlenecks, and even enhance potential."

"The Star Chart is an extraordinarily powerful and complex divine artifact, its core is a complete ancient divine artifact. I and Heigao’er installed it on the basis of the ancient divine artifact, forming the current Star Chart. After I fade away, only you can activate it."

Rod’s heart jumped, suddenly realizing something, but before he could think it through, he heard the Starry Queen speak.

"Farewell, kind Master of Dreams, may we meet in the world of dreams, and find each other’s value."

"This world is beautiful, I love it very much, but I won’t return in the next life."

An invisible radiance faded, time resumed flowing.

Rod just felt a gentle breeze blowing past his ear, then no more sound.

The Starry Queen thus completely disappeared from the world.

The words she told Rod were very calm, but just thinking about it reveals the numerous hardships a human kingdom’s establishment endured, the number of life and death crises it survived.

Yet, all the past glory has become a fleeting phantom.

The era of the stars has ultimately ended, a great human kingdom destroyed, but the remaining echoes will forever reverberate, representing humanity’s resilience and strength.

A fiery radiance emerged from Rod, a strong warmth emanated from him, making him feel like a furnace.

The additional structure in his soul was disintegrating, and without the support of Infinite Spiritual Power, his spiritual energy couldn’t maintain such a strong existence, quickly falling from high rank back to normal level.

"Farewell."

This was Theodore’s voice, he was bidding farewell to everyone.

"Children, you are wonderful, wonderful, light is beckoning to you... May you soon realize our dreams."

"Grandfather!" Olivia called out, wanting to rush forward, but something visibly detached from Rod.

In the dream, Theodore’s statue returned to peacefulness once again, the white radiance faded.

He still held the magic wand high, looking towards the distance.

Beside him, Lily gazed up at him, her face full of happiness.

Rod returned to normal from the state of consciousness overlay, seeing everyone paying respects to him.

"May you eternally enjoy tranquility in the fire’s paradise."

Rod said nothing, just silently performed the same gesture of respect.

Later, Jelaba retrieved the Holy Fire Seed from the ashes.

It didn’t look as expected, appearing ordinary. The surface was grayish, if not for the faint flame circulating, it resembled a regular tree seed.

Luo Weiya took out a fiery red box from his arms, Jelaba placed the Holy Fire Seed inside.

Rod only managed a glance before the box was closed.

"Did it succeed?"

Luo Weiya seemed to be asking their opinion.

"It succeeded."

Jelaba replied decisively.

Only at this time did smiles appear on everyone’s faces, they suppressed the volcanic eruption of joy inside, quickly cleaned the scene and treated the wounded.

It’s not yet time to celebrate, they were still in very great danger.

Only when the Holy Fire Seed is completely returned to the Royal City can the mission be considered truly successful.

"This harvest is enough to change history."

Luo Weiya’s words received agreement from everyone.

However, during the cleanup process, they discovered the divine artifact "Star Chart" given by the Starry Queen couldn’t be taken away.

Luo Weiya studied it, realizing the wedge-shaped object was connected to the entire Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, its main part the core structure of the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, completely impossible to move.

"Not only that."

Upon careful exploration, Olivia said.

"It’s even one with the entire Starry Sky City, I sensed its spirituality, fused with the breath of Starry Sky City. Even if we carry away the entire Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, it will lose its function."

"What do we do about that?" Rod asked urgently.

"There’s no solution." Luo Weiya shook his head: "We can only leave it temporarily in place, the Holy Fire Seed is most important, must be returned to the Royal City at the fastest speed."

Rod felt utterly disappointed, but knew Luo Weiya’s words were right.

"But this divine artifact must also be guarded by someone, to prevent damage or corruption, preferably by someone who can use it."

Rod’s heart skipped, he responded: "It should be me."

"Alright," Luo Weiya wasn’t surprised, directly said: "Try to activate it."

But no matter how Rod touched it, the Star Chart had no reaction.

"What’s going on?" Rod frowned, the Starry Queen clearly said it was him, there shouldn’t be any changes.

Everyone there also touched it, with the same absence of reaction.

In deep contemplation, Rod noticed a spherical indentation on the top of the wedge-shaped plane.

Rod’s heart stirred, instinctively took out the small sphere, and inserted it into the spherical indentation.

The Star Chart still didn’t change, until his fingertip touched it.

In an instant, purple light enveloped the entire space.