Chapter 627: Return to Dragon-Spine: Dawn of the Song Family’s Mythic Legacy

Time slipped by. In the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

On this day, Song Chi once again entered the No.004 Cultivation Secret Realm of Chicang. When he emerged, he was holding three Tier-Seven Silver Apples.

His luck was just average this time—only three Silver Apples in total. But no matter how few, he still had to set one aside for the Four Symbols Rotating Sigil.

A few months ago, he’d already installed the Four Symbols Rotating Sigil onto Heavenly Ruin and leveled it straight up to Lv69. Now, without any hesitation, Song Chi went directly to the Sigil and offered up a Tier-Seven Silver Apple.

Almost immediately, scarlet and silver light began to intertwine deep within the battleship.

When the brilliance faded at last, the Four Symbols Rotating Sigil had evolved into a silver-quality artifact. Without Song Chi having to do anything, it generated a fourth special trait all on its own.

He casually boosted the evolved Sigil up to Lv70, then took a quick screenshot of its stats and shared it in the family’s encrypted group chat.

Four Symbols Rotating Sigil Lv70

Quality: Silver

Trait 4: Four Symbols—Black Tortoise Sigil

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Effect: When mounted, the battleship gains the Four Symbols Guardian Power. Can be linked with up to three designated battleships to create a complete Four Symbols Cycle. Triggering one of its traits activates the same effect on all linked ships, for a maximum of four ships in the cycle.

Note: This component requires three efficiency slots.

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{Azure Dragon Sigil: Consumes 200,000 Eon Energy Points. Summons the sacred beast Azure Dragon’s spirit projection. Grants a moderate boost to the ship’s speed, firepower, and defenses. Instantly repairs 60% of hull, armor, and energy shield damage. Lasts 70 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours.}

{White Tiger Sigil: Consumes 200,000 Eon Energy Points. Summons the sacred beast White Tiger’s spirit projection. Moderately boosts speed, defense, self-repair, and temporarily increases firepower by 120%. Lasts 70 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours.}

{Vermillion Bird Sigil: Consumes 200,000 Eon Energy Points. Summons the sacred beast Vermillion Bird’s spirit projection. Moderately boosts firepower, defense, self-repair, and temporarily increases ship’s speed by 120%. Lasts 70 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours.}

{Black Tortoise Sigil: Consumes 200,000 Eon Energy Points. Summons the sacred beast Black Tortoise’s spirit projection. Moderately boosts speed, firepower, self-repair, and temporarily raises ship defense by 120%. Lasts 70 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours.}

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“Not bad—linking four ships like this really does make it possible to fight higher-level lifeforms. Of course, I’m only talking about units below Tier Six. Once you’re dealing with Dominion-level beings, even a single tier difference is a chasm you can’t just cross.”

“Feels like it’s still missing something though…”

“Agreed!”

At last, Song Wujian spoke up:

“Seems like it really is about that fifth trait. Even at silver quality, the Four Symbols Rotating Sigil can’t produce a golden origin thread like the Ruan Clan’s Star-Annihilator-class Ship. The buff just isn’t as strong yet!”

At that, a few folks sighed in the group chat.

“But to upgrade the silver Sigil even further we’d need an eighth-tier Golden Apple—those are a hundred times rarer than Silver Apples.”

“Forget it, let’s just leave it to fate!”

With a round of sighs, everyone decided not to obsess over it.

A Tier-Eight Golden Apple is an even rarer star-fruit than a golden Upgraded Torch Seed. Wishing for one doesn’t make it any easier to get.

Still, even though the Four Symbols Rotating Sigil couldn’t evolve for now, its silver-tier traits were already extraordinary. After some discussion, everyone agreed to link Heavenly Ruin, Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang, Unmoving Vajra, and Scorching Sea Blazer into the complete Four Symbols cycle.

After the linking, there was no dazzling golden origin thread, but one thing was certain: if all four Sigil traits were activated together, the fleet’s power would soar.

With that handled, the group suddenly quieted, looking at one another in the chat. Finally, Song Wujian said:

“Xiaochi, leave your Voidform Avatar and a Market Projection Token here. Everyone else, we’re heading back to the Dragon-Spine Continent!”

This one simple statement somehow stirred something deep inside every core member of the Song Family.

“Let’s go—back to Dragon-Spine!”

“It’s been three thousand long years, but at last, this day has come. Heaven truly favors the Song Family!”

“I believe it won’t be long before our family’s legacy makes waves across the Sea of Stars!”

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It wasn’t long before everyone was gathered into the Dimensional Spatial Stone. After a pair of spatial transfers, they found themselves deep inside the Family Ancestral Hall beneath the Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain.

“Old Ancestor, Shiyuan, what’s going on…?”

The sudden return caught Song Shixing, who had been stationed here, a bit off guard.

But after all, he was a Tier-Six being—his mind quickly caught up.

It only took a moment for him to figure it out.

“Could it be… you’ve gathered all the Primal Chaos Qi?”

Seeing everyone nod within the enveloping mist, Song Shixing broke out into boisterous laughter.

“Ha! Excellent!”

After that, there was little more to say. All eyes turned to Song Wujian.

Without delay, Song Wujian raised a hand. Dominion Power pulsed around him, quickly summoning mysterious currents that matched the color of the surrounding mist.

“Go!”

With just a finger pointed downward, his Dominion-level dark energy surged, driving the Primal Chaos Qi downward—toward Dragon Whale Hall, now almost completely fused with the continent itself.

As soon as the two met, a fierce reaction erupted. Dragon Whale Hall, dormant for so long, began to tremble as if thirsting for the Primal Chaos Qi.

With Song Wujian’s Dominion Power guiding the way, repairs began in earnest.

The process lasted about an hour, the entire mountain trembling the whole time. As the shaking grew more intense, the people in the hall found their breaths quickening together.

They all knew.

This was the final phase—the outcome hung in the balance.

Then, colorful radiance began to shine faintly from below their feet. At the same time, the illusory Heart Hall in their Torch Ancestral Orifices grew more tangible than ever. No one could hold back anymore—laughter echoed through the main hall, unrestrained and joyous.

Song Chi’s gaze locked onto Dragon Whale Hall. Not long after, a new status window surfaced before him.

Oddity: Dragon Whale Hall

Quality: Mythic/Lower

Effects: {Heart Hall}{Star Projection}{Insight Amplification}{Chaotic Mist}{Starry Sky Throne}{Ancient Whale Fall}{Dragon Whale Shrine}

Repair: Complete

Note: Once nurtured by a Tier-Eight Dragon Ridge Overlord Whale for a million years, then bathed in its source blood, this miraculous oddity has now—after countless repairs—finally regained its former divine splendor.

He lingered long over the ‘Quality’ line. Just as they’d predicted—the fully restored Dragon Whale Hall was indeed a mythic-grade artifact.

Next, Song Chi’s attention moved to the ‘Effects’ section.

Below the previous six abilities, a seventh had appeared.

Dragon Whale Shrine

In the time that followed, the Song Family tested the new powers of Dragon Whale Hall. Soon, they drew their conclusions.

Not only did Heart Hall massively bolster the defense of one’s mind, but the other traits were also all significantly enhanced.

Take one simple example.

After the second repair, the number of Starry Sky Thrones in the hall had doubled from 20 to 100—that meant 100 clan elders could benefit from the artifact’s mental defense and gather remotely in the family ancestral hall via Star Projection.

Now, that number had exploded from 100 to 3,000—enough to shelter every single clan elder under Dragon Whale Hall’s protection.

On top of that, the range of the Ancient Whale Fall effect no longer stopped at the continent’s borders—it could now reach 100,000 light years out, easily suppressing the surroundings of the future kingdom’s floating capital with monumental deterrent force.

For a Torch civilization, that was game-changing.

Finally, the newly evolved Dragon Whale Shrine was the key. Just like the Zhou Tian Star Tower of the Blood Sui Yang Clan, the Shrine was now a true remote defense tool.

No matter how many light years away from Dragon-Spine you found yourself, Song Family elders could, just like Prince Zhenyuan of Blood Sui, summon a phantom of Dragon Whale Hall to protect themselves.

Truthfully, just having Heart Hall and Dragon Whale Shrine alone was enough to make Dragon Whale Hall the mythic cornerstone of the family.

And all its other five effects were nothing to scoff at either.

“Hahaha! From today, our Song Family finally has a mythic foundation all its own!”

“With Dragon Whale Hall on our side, we’re bound to grow even faster!”

Just as everyone was basking in joy, the Prime Ancestor unexpectedly spoke up:

“The full restoration of Dragon Whale Hall is flawless—but with our current strength, if word got out that we held a mythic artifact… wouldn’t that draw unwelcome eyes from all over the world?”

At that, the room’s laughter slowly faded.

It wasn’t needless worry.

As the saying goes, ‘A man’s wealth will always arouse envy.’

Given the power they’d just revealed, if word of Dragon Whale Hall’s properties ever leaked, maybe nothing would happen on the surface—but in the shadows, countless eyes would start watching and waiting. Even if they could handle the invisible pressure, it would drag down the family’s pace of development—perhaps drastically so.

They debated it long and hard, and finally agreed they couldn’t be too careful.

Song Wujian stepped up and made the decision:

“In that case, let’s keep Dragon Whale Hall’s advancement to mythic status a secret for now. We’ll only open it up to the same hundred elders as before—no changes there!”