Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 733: Chapter 343 Heavenly Soldier Furnace_2

Behind the great hall, there were several smaller rooms, which seemed to be the residence of the palace’s owner.

Unfortunately, there was nothing of value in the rooms.

Of course, there might have been valuable items once, but they had crumbled into dust over the long passage of time.

Li Yelai continued to move forward, only to see a tightly closed door. Unlike the white jade walls found elsewhere in the palace, this door was forged from some kind of black gold, giving off an incredibly heavy appearance.

Indeed it was heavy, for when Li Yelai placed his hands on the door and exerted his full strength, he could only push it open a thumb’s width.

Without using the Face of Li Yuanba, it would take a while to open this door.

Thus, Li Yelai spoke up, “Mountain Lord.”

“Understood.” Mountain Lord chuckled as a huge shadow of a Black Tiger materialized the next instant.

It was fortunate that the palace was large and tall enough.

Otherwise, with its size, it would not have fit.

The giant tiger paw, as large as a millstone, landed on the door, and its muscles swelled as it exerted all its strength.

Slowly, the door was pushed open.

What came into view then was a large number of jade pillars resembling cultivation chambers, half-transparent.

Inside the jade pillars, there were bodies of Golden-armored Divine Generals, but unlike the Divine General they had previously encountered, the bodies of these Divine Generals were not fully developed.

Some were even half-formed, with golden fibers filling their bodies.

“Is this… the place where Divine Generals are made?” Mountain Lord’s eyes bulged, “A Divine General factory?”

“No, this small-scale setup looks more like a research lab.” Li Yelai walked into the room, glancing from the first half-transparent jade pillar to the rest.

One could see the entire process of how a golden pea gradually transformed into a Divine General.

This excited Li Yelai, planting beans to create soldiers!

If Giant City could acquire the technique of Planting Beans into Soldiers, what Forbidden Zone would they need to fear?

Just go all out in producing golden peas, create thousands of golden-armored War Puppets, and they would surely beat the shit out of the Forbidden Zone!

Li Yelai pulled out a camera from his storage space and took pictures of each jade pillar.

On some pillars, there were ancient and obscure characters inscribed.

Even though the writings were unfamiliar, Li Yelai could understand their meanings.

‘Successfully developed, Imitative Heavenly Soldier Model Number 152’

‘Heavenly Soldier Furnace completed, the speed of manufacturing Imitative Heavenly Soldiers has skyrocketed’

‘I did it, I have succeeded!’

A large number of jumbled texts didn’t look like research logs; they resembled a diary more.

There were some characters, however, that were truly incomprehensible.

This phenomenon was not unfamiliar.

Putting Mr. Shadow’s sort of existence aside.

In the Great Divine Oracle of the Church Headquarters, the God of Battle spoke not in human language but allowed those Divine Chosen from around the world to comprehend its meaning.

Hong Zhuang had also told Li Yelai that when the Mad King and the King of Restricted Zone cursed each other out, they could still understand the language and meaning.

This was because, at a certain level of existence, beings could break free from the constraints of language; even if speaking in a self-invented language, the listener could understand the meaning within.

Even different species were able to make sense of their words.

“Could it be… the creature that inscribed these words is a King or an even mightier being?” Li Yelai pondered, “What level of existence does an Immortal have? How many Immortals are there?”

Toward the end of the jade pillars, Li Yelai once again saw inscribed texts.

These were different from the former ones, somewhat sloppy.

Fortunately, the power contained within allowed Li Yelai to decipher them.

‘Weapons are being consumed too fast, we are running low on Heavenly Demon reserves, the Tianhe Defense Line is in critical danger, we must enhance the effectiveness of the Heavenly Soldier Furnace!’

‘The Tianhe Defense Line has been torn apart, the Eastern Heavenly Palace has fallen, and the War Immortal has come back severely wounded.’

‘The Heavenly Plant Immortal Palace has been knocked down, we no longer have sufficient materials to create Imitative Heavenly Soldiers’

“I should head to the battlefield now…”

“Hopefully, the furnace can be preserved.”

This is where the text ends.

“Mountain Lord, what are celestial demons?” asked Li Yelai.

Mountain Lord responded, “In the Immortal Ruins, the beings there call the Void Realm Creatures celestial demons.”

“Weapon reserves… celestial demons, Void Realm Creatures?” Li Yelai frowned, then felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, “Is the Heavenly Palace using Void Realm Creatures as materials for weaponry?”

Mountain Lord fell silent for a moment, then spoke, “Aren’t your humans also using us as materials for weapons? You even use your own Spiritual Ability Users as materials, what right do you have to complain?”

Indeed, Li Yelai nodded; he really had no ground to stand on.

But to turn immortal Void Realm Creatures into weapons, what kind of technology would that be?

From a Spiritual Ability User’s perspective, Void Realm Creatures are like natural enemies. Powerful and impossible to kill completely; exile was the only option.

Many Spiritual Ability Families had been targeted by Void Realm Creatures. Three or four generations suffered unspeakably.

And yet, these natural enemies of the Spiritual Ability Users were captured and used as materials for weapons, which showed just how powerful the ‘Heavenly Palace’ must be.

The text suggested the Immortals were numerous…

If the Heavenly Palace were to re-emerge, could it suppress all the Giant Cities and Forbidden Zones?

However, even the mighty Heavenly Palace Civilization was eventually defeated.

The remaining palaces fell, some becoming the Immortal Ruins and others the Divine Chosen Immortal Palace.

Truly, the more he understood, the more he felt the insignificance of humans.

Li Yelai released a heavy breath, steadying his spirit, then continued deeper into the ruins.

Indeed, in the final room, Li Yelai saw a large furnace over two meters tall.

Unsurprisingly, this was the ‘Heavenly Soldier Furnace’ mentioned in the text.

And the so-called ‘Imitative Heavenly Soldiers’ were the Golden Peas that Li Yelai had seen. The Golden-armored War Puppets were forged right in this furnace.

“This is truly a great find!” Li Yelai grinned, and the melancholy in his heart faded a lot.

The furnace was massive, with sturdy tripod legs, glowing with a soft golden light. Its body was thick, with smooth and solid lines, exuding a sense of solemnity that only comes with the passage of time.

With this, the officials should be able to conduct research and reverse-engineer the production methods of the ‘Imitative Heavenly Soldiers.’

As Li Yelai approached the furnace, he suddenly felt a searing heat.

Even after countless years, the furnace still contained intense high temperatures; Li Yelai could even see a purple flame flickering inside.

This surprised Li Yelai immensely, as he felt a sense of danger from the purple flames.

Then, within the splendid purple light, Li Yelai vaguely saw the figures of his family, beckoning to him, urging him to come closer, ever closer…

Li Yelai and the Mountain King Avatar just stared blankly at the purple flames.

Confusion appeared in their eyes, and then both of them approached the furnace, seemingly tempted to touch the beautiful flames…

The next second, golden light exploded in Li Yelai’s eyes, and the sound of a dragon’s roar echoed through his mind.

The golden defense of Mimicry·Divine Hidden Dragon Soul was triggered, jolting Li Yelai awake from the enchanting state.

“Mountain Lord, come back!” Li Yelai immediately stopped in his tracks, and sharply commanded in Virtual Realm Beast Language.

This startled the Mountain Lord, who had been approaching the furnace, into a frightened retreat, then swiftly transformed into black smoke and returned inside the ring-headed knife at Li Yelai’s waist.

“That was close… almost touched it,” Mountain Lord admitted with some trepidation, the power of the flames was terrifying; if their Sixth Sense were touched by it, would it not be instantly incinerated?

“It has a beguiling effect too… Taboo Items?” Li Yelai pondered, using Taboo Items as the source of the furnace’s flames; the Heavenly Palace was really bold. Weren’t they afraid of being beguiled themselves? Or perhaps, for a civilization at their level, Taboo Items were insignificant?

“These are fantastic; such power would be perfect for burning beasts,” Li Yelai sighed.

“Are you really planning to carry this furnace around?” mocked Mountain Lord, thinking such flames too dangerous to control, liable to burn oneself carelessly.

Li Yelai, however, reached out to touch the spear ear of the furnace.

The next second, the furnace was placed into the ark’s storage space.

“What else?” Li Yelai chuckled lightly.