Chapter 455: Treasures of the Fallen Calamity Star

Among the family’s broken, nameless inheritance stele, the Sky Shaman Grand Hand Seal stands out as one of the most challenging secret arts. Song Chi hasn’t mastered it yet, but he still knows it pretty well.

As for why Song Wujian would help the Toxic Flame Black‑scaled Python, that’s a simple matter.

While the python has never shown itself to outsiders, Song Chi didn’t bother hiding it from several of the patriarchs in the family.

With the Wind Law hand seal’s suppression gone, the Toxic Flame Black‑scaled Python surged forward at incredible speed. Its near‑seventh‑tier aura swirled around it as it sped straight for the silver droplet of blood.

It opened wide and swallowed the Dominating Blood Essence in one gulp. At the same time, under its control, a Summoner’s Seal it had been holding in its mouth shot out and burrowed perfectly into the blood essence.

At that very moment, billions of kilometers away in the heart of the primeval forest, Song Chi—seated in the Heavenly Ruin’s command center—immediately activated the Soulcalling feature.

A faint ripple swept through the warship. That silver blood swallowed by the python blinked out of existence, teleported back by the Soulcalling Demon Golem component.

Suddenly, a torrent of savage energy—born from Death Calamity Star starlight and perfected Light Laws—raged through the Heavenly Ruin. Even as the ship’s captain, Song Chi felt the crushing force pressing in, threatening to crush him.

Luckily he was ready. The Flamewrath Giant stepped forward, its fiery arm reaching out and easily seizing the Dominating Blood Essence. With endless Fire Law suppressing it, the violent energy quickly faded away.

Song Chi didn’t rush to deal with the silver Dominating Blood Essence. Instead, he turned his attention back to the Toxic Flame Black‑scaled Python.

As expected, after making its move and securing a prize, the python soon became the target of a barrage of Law hand seals from all sides.

Song Chi paid it no mind, signaling the python to ignore the hand seals and dash for another spot where more Dominating Blood Essence awaited.

The python had already burned all its life force. There was no going back. All it could do was squeeze every last bit of value from its final moments.

Throwing caution to the wind, it darted forward and gulped down a chunk of flesh pulsing with Death Calamity Star starlight. A second Summoner’s Seal burst from its mouth and streaked into the Dominating Blood Meat.

Deep in the primeval forest, another spatial ripple swept the Heavenly Ruin, and the chunk of blood‑soaked meat was successfully summoned back.

That unremarkable clump, lost in the earlier rain of silver blood, actually came from a Doomstar Dominator whose body was over ten thousand kilometers tall. Even as a fallen scrap it weighed several hundred kilos, and ordinary Dominating Blood Essence filled its veins.

Sadly, after two such attempts, the python’s injuries had grown dire. With its life force continuing to burn down, it could no longer act. Surrounded by colliding Law hand seals, it quickly perished.

Song Chi sensed a sudden vacancy—a new slavery imprint in the Enslave Medal’s array. He sighed softly.

But given another chance, he knew he’d still make the same call.

Opportunities like harvesting from a fallen Dominator don’t come twice. As for whether it was worth it? That’s easy.

The several hundred kilos of Dominator flesh grabbed the second time alone, in Song Chi’s view, was worth as much as enslaving a sixth‑tier beast.

While this flesh couldn’t produce seventh‑tier blood or origin blood, it still contained at least dozens of drops of regular Dominating Blood Essence.

This type isn’t much help for advancing four‑tier or above battleships, but for the Torch Captains’ Guiding Technique it’s a massive boon.

Never mind Song Chi’s current fourth‑tier Guiding Technique—even fifth and sixth-tier breakthroughs will get a strong boost from it.

And there’s more: this Dominator flesh draws lesser creatures with the same affinity like moths to a flame—like the miniature ‘Chongyu’ right now.

Through their psychic link, Song Chi could sense Chongyu’s agitation. If it could devour this, it would likely gain a strong enhancement.

But the key is that the flesh isn’t the biggest prize. The real treasure is that very first drop of Dominating Blood Essence.

Using his Dual Pupils’ close‑up analysis, Song Chi could now confirm the energy within this blood wasn’t just Death Calamity Star starlight or pure Light Law—it held the precious soul force of a genuine Dominator.

The family’s core records included plenty on Dominator creatures, and Song Chi understood a fair bit thanks to them.

According to those records, when a Dominator dies, the most coveted resource is the distilled source blood. Not only does it dramatically raise the chances for Dreadnoughts to become Star-Annihilators, it also helps Torch Captains hit seventh-tier breakthroughs.

After source blood, the next hottest resource is the Dominator Soul. It’s said that a fallen Dominator yields around 30–40 fragments, and every component upgrade at seventh tier and beyond requires one.

Supposedly, component upgrades at seventh tier always demand a fixed number of Dominator Souls, regardless of quality—one for each level up.

Only after Dominator Soul come the original Law imprints from the corpse, the Dominating Blood Essence, and so forth.

This single drop holds just one fragment, but Song Chi was still over the moon.

A Dominator Soul fragment is top-tier, even among those who dwell in the shattered Sea of Stars. Nobody would ever complain about having more.

He carefully stored away the blood and flesh, then steered the Heavenly Ruin out of the forest again.

For other Torch Captains, the residual violent energy in this blood and flesh would make refining a nightmare. But for Song Chi? It couldn’t be easier.

All it would take is a visit to the Omniverse Market. With his ability to wield Dominion Power there, finishing the refinement is child’s play.

But that’ll have to wait. With the clean‑up on Calamity Star Floating-Land nearly done, the three Star-Annihilator Captains will soon hand out looting rights to all the Torch Captains—a reward for completing the invasion. He can’t afford to miss that.

Sure enough, events proved him right. As soon as the Heavenly Ruin rejoined the family fleet, Calm‑Sea Dragon‑Xiang and Unmoving Vajra descended from the sky, delivering fresh news.

“For the next month, every Torch Captain can take whatever resources they find on Calamity Star Floating-Land!”

With that announcement, the Song Family fleet split in two, each led by a Dreadnought, and all-out hunting began.

A month doesn’t sound like much compared to the past, but times have changed—the floating-land’s origin rules are ravaged and high-tier Doomstar kin are wiped out.

Honestly, there’s little left to resist them on the floating-land. With uncounted Torch battleships sweeping every inch, it’s not hard to imagine the resource haul over the next month.

To be fair, the Star-Annihilator Captains were far more generous than predicted. Many sixth-tier Dreadnoughts thought they’d only get half a month; this is well beyond those expectations.

For the next month, Song Chi moved with the main force, but sometimes set out alone. With the Eye of Spirit-Seeking at his side, he could pinpoint almost every Starsea Oddity near him.

Of course, only Red Epic or Silver Legendary oddities really caught his eye. Anything lower wasn’t worth his time.

In less than a month, he secured six Red Epic Oddities and two Silver Legendaries.

One of the six red items was an ascending fire source, which Song Chi gave to his grandfather.

One of the silver items was an energy shield generator, which went to his dad. The other he kept in the market to charge his Market Projection Token.

One day, while out scouting again, the Eye of Spirit-Seeking spotted another Silver Legendary Oddity.

“Isn’t that the forest where I used to hide? Small world!”

Muttering to himself, Song Chi didn’t get excited. Using the Mirage Dragon Metamorphosis Pearl and Void Shroud to cloak the Heavenly Ruin, he slipped into the depths of the forest.

Before long, Song Chi narrowed his eyes inside the command center.

Calamity Star Floating-Land was enormous, and the Eye of Spirit-Seeking’s range was broad. He’d missed it before, but now realized that this silver glow on his radar wasn’t stationary. It was moving.

It wasn’t fast enough to leave tracks on the radar, but it was definitely on the move.

Deep in the forest, a Doomstar kin barely a hundred meters tall marched onward.

Maybe knowing the current dangers outside, it never used a scrap of energy—sneaking along on sheer muscle to stay hidden.

In the nearby void, the Heavenly Ruin quietly tailed it.

“Something’s not right…”

Song Chi had been watching this Doomstar kin for over ten minutes, certain that silver oddity was on it. But he held back, unsettled by a nagging sense of something off.

For a hundred-meter Doomstar, that marked a second-tier. With plenty of third-and-fourth-tier floating-land beasts nearby, this one was way too relaxed—not worried at all about running into powerful predators.

That triggered an idea. Song Chi activated the Yang·Tongxin Pendant, temporarily borrowing the bioenergy detection ability from Shen Youran’s flagship radar.

His breathing quickened the next second.

The scan showed an intense sixth-tier life force right nearby—almost certainly that Doomstar kin up ahead.

“Is it using some size-shrinking oddity?”

Just as he pondered, the Doomstar kin suddenly stopped and scanned the area. Seeing nothing, it bolted toward a low hill up ahead.

With a flash of light, it vanished into thin air right before Song Chi’s eyes.

“A spatial shroud? Or some special oddity?”

Two guesses popped into his mind.

At the same time, Song Chi swiftly drew a card from his storage capsule. Infusing it with energy, the card was activated instantly.

“Chi, what’s wrong?”

The card was a comm sub-card, given to him by Song Shiyuan—an emergency contact for urgent times.

“Patriarch, I just tracked a sixth-tier Doomstar kin. It’s got at least one Silver Legendary Oddity on it…”

He quickly laid out the facts. Soon, Song Shiyuan’s voice came through the comm again.

“Wait for backup. Do not engage—a sixth-tier Doomstar kin is no joke!”

“Got it!”

Minutes later, Calm‑Sea Dragon‑Xiang and Unmoving Vajra arrived together.

Based on Song Chi’s report, the family’s two Dreadnought captains figured something was up. With only days left before the looting window closed, they decided to check things out themselves.

Guided by Song Chi, they soon pinpointed the suspicious hill with traces of a spatial shroud.

But before making a move, Song Wujian activated a silver lockdown module on his battleship, severing a vast swath of forest from the outside world. Even if a Dreadnought opened fire, nobody elsewhere would know.

With that done, Song Wujian summoned five lv70 Dragonwhale Guard Puppets.

Three warships watched as the five guardians plunged into the hill ahead.

Fleet Communication Channel:

“Song Shiyuan: Patriarch, what’s happening?”

But Song Wujian didn’t reply. There was a rare look of urgency on his face, and he only managed one word.

“Now!”

With that, Calm‑Sea Dragon‑Xiang lunged ahead.

Song Shiyuan and Song Chi wasted no time and charged after it toward the hill.

Only then did Song Wujian speak again in the comm, still sidestepping the earlier question. This time, he left instructions for Song Shiyuan.

“Shiyuan, prep the Spatial Condensing Tower!”

Though unsure what was happening, Song Shiyuan acted instantly, focusing half his mind on the Spatial Condensing Tower module. As soon as they breached the hill, he’d be ready.

No one in the Song Family would ever doubt the patriarch. They all knew he was the one who had lifted the family from nothing—almost everything they had was thanks to Song Wujian.