Chapter 659: Arrival at the Beidou Sevenstar Hall

Beidou Sevenstar—Yaoguang Hall.

As everyone finally recovered from the teleportation backlash, they realized someone had already been waiting inside this unfamiliar grand hall.

It was a Holy Seraph with twelve wings on its back—clearly the enslaved creature of a high-ranking figure in the Main Hall.

Led by the twelved-winged Seraph, over twenty battleships traveled along the starlit path and soon sailed into a shining grand hall.

This grand hall was noticeably different from the former Yaoguang Star Tower Grand Hall. For one, it was far more spacious.

Song Chi felt a sense of déjà vu. This was the very Beidou Sevenstar Main Hall he had glimpsed once before.

Gazing out from the battleship’s panoramic display, he took in every detail of the grand hall. Unlike last time, he had plenty of time now to observe the grand architecture of the Beidou Sevenstar Main Hall.

Chaotic mist.

Brilliant starlight.

Seven-colored divine radiance.

Main Hall deployment platform.

…

In just a short while, Song Chi had already taken in a great deal.

Judging by the thick chaotic mist and seven-colored glow in the surroundings, his suspicion only grew stronger.

“This Beidou Sevenstar Hall must be a legendary myth-grade oddity. Most likely, its rank is even higher than Dragon Whale Hall. It’s either a High-grade Color or Supreme-grade Color.”

The moment he drew this conclusion, his gaze drifted to the other side of the hall.

“Those must be members from other Star Towers, also volunteering for the Demon Serpent Continent operation…”

Not far from the Yaoguang Star Tower contingent hovered over a hundred shrunken Torch Battleships, split into four distinct groups. Provided he wasn’t mistaken, these were likely members from the other four Star Towers.

The arrangement wasn’t much different than Yaoguang Star Tower’s. Each of those four towers had around twenty or thirty people, led by a Star-Annihilator-class Ship at the front.

Turning his eyes to the seats of honor at the far end, several figures sat in silent authority.

The moment Song Chi’s Dual Pupils locked onto those images, a chill ran down his spine.

Though these figures weren’t present in the flesh, even as illusory projections, they radiated a pressure that flooded the whole starlit hall—far stronger than the presence of any typical Star-Annihilator-class Captain.

Star River-class Captains… seven of them!

It wasn’t their strength that shocked Song Chi—he’d seen the Greedwolf Hall Master before and already knew the Beidou Sevenstar Hall was home to Star River-class ships.

What stunned him was the number: seven shadows. That meant Beidou Sevenstar Hall had at least seven Star River-class Captains.

And right now, these seven figures might not just represent Beidou Sevenstar Hall itself but perhaps all Seven Halls of Beidou.

They were broadcasting one thing: each of the Seven Halls had at least a Star River-class Captain, but it didn’t necessarily mean only one per hall.

With that realization, not just Song Chi, but every member from the other towers got their first glimpse into the true power of Beidou Sevenstar Hall.

Song Chi finally understood why the Changsun Family of the Tang Dynasty couldn’t win admission, yet Beidou Sevenstar Hall easily could.

Even though both ranked among the immortal giants, there was a fundamental difference between them.

While Song Chi pondered, half an hour slipped by, and two more waves of battleships arrived—signaling that all Seven Halls had now assembled.

Once everyone from the Seven Halls was present, the seven figures at the head—who had been silent till now—finally spoke.

“Now that all personnel are here, we’ll take you to the Demon Serpent Continent…”

“Before departing, let me emphasize one last time: your only mission is to kill as many Eight-Armed Serpent Demons on the Demon Serpent Continent as you are able…”

“Once inside, all your battle accomplishments will be precisely tracked by His Majesty Ying Huang’s flagship. These points are not just for redeeming rare resources after the war—they are the sole standard for contribution rankings among the various factions. Give it your all. Afterwards, the Star Halls and Star Towers will reward you handsomely based on your performance. Is that clear?”

…

It sounded like standard instructions, yet it fired up the blood of nearly two hundred Torch Captains in the hall.

Each person’s eyes gleamed with determination. Many looked eager for battle.

In contrast, Song Chi stayed much calmer than the rest.

Deep within his Torch Ancestral Orifice, the Dragon Whale Hall shivered. Some strange power had already seeped into his mind, but Dragon Whale Hall’s psychic protection kept it at bay, leaving him completely unaffected.

Song Chi kept this to himself, realizing this wasn’t meant to harm anyone. It was most likely a morale boost deliberately cast by those Star River-class powerhouses.

Even so, his thoughts stirred.

Judging from what the Main Hall’s elites had just said, this much fuss wouldn’t be made just for prestige. There had to be another reason—unless this Demon Serpent Continent mission involved even more.

Sure enough, Song Chi was right—the true masterminds hadn’t revealed everything. The final outcome of the mission would also determine how the Demon Serpent Continent was divided afterward.

A ninth-level life floating-land was a treasure even Beidou Sevenstar Hall couldn’t afford to ignore.

Think about it: under the entire command of the Xian Qin Divine Dynasty, there were only three ninth-level floating-lands. Each one held immense importance.

This time, on Ying Huang the Divine Emperor’s order, the final rewards for the Demon Serpent Continent operation would be based on the performance rankings.

That means, aside from the fifty percent automatically taken by the Xian Qin Ying Family, the remaining half of the floating-land would be split based on these rankings. Beidou Sevenstar Hall would never let such a chance slip by.

“Now, everyone, don’t resist—I will send you all to the Demon Serpent Floating-Land, billions of light years away.”

As soon as the words fell, overwhelming pressure filled the entire starlit grand hall. In the next instant, nearly two hundred people were swept together and appeared above the Superdimensional Deployment Platform.

Just like before at Yaoguang Star Tower, endless starlight swirled around them. The teleportation this time was even more potent than last time.

The vertigo this time was much stronger too. As everyone blinked, they found themselves in a completely unfamiliar starry sky.

Far ahead, a colossal floating-land shield stretched across the stars so vast that its edges were out of sight.

Beyond the giant floating-land shield, a dense swarm of warships attacked its grid-like surface like locusts descending in waves.

Before they could even take in this awe-inspiring scene, several Star River-class Battleships flew swiftly from the distance—these were the ships of Beidou Sevenstar Hall.

Following the lead of those enormous Star River Ships—each stretching over a million kilometers—Song Chi and the others headed in a designated direction.

On their way, passing through fleet after fleet, Song Chi’s eyes suddenly widened, disbelief surfacing on his face.

He finally saw a battleship so enormous it was beyond all description.

Jet-black from end to end, the ship bristled with a strange energy field that rippled outward. Moments before, the Star River-class ships had looked gigantic—now, compared to this black behemoth, they seemed utterly insignificant. Song Chi couldn’t help but guess its length must exceed several billion kilometers.

“Could this be the current pinnacle of Torch Humanity’s strength—the Ninth-Tier Superdimensional Mothership?”

Song Chi posed the question inwardly, but no one had an answer just then.

Still reeling from the shock, something extraordinary happened again.

Barely recovered from the shrinking effects of the Beidou Sevenstar Hall, Song Chi realized the Heavenly Ruin had unexpectedly entered the same shrunken state once more.

And this time, they were shrinking far more than before.

“Not even a hundred meters long… That’s nearly a ten-thousandfold reduction!”

He quickly noticed it wasn’t just his own ship—every battleship entering that peculiar energy field shrank by one or even ten thousand times.

Even the leading Beidou Sevenstar Hall Star River-class Ships had seen their lengths compressed to just over a hundred kilometers.

With those Star River Ships from the Main Hall leading the way, no patrol squadrons in the forcefield dared obstruct them. Close to two hundred battleships, along with several Star River-class ships, swept straight into the gigantic black mothership.

The mothership itself was already an outrageous size, but now that all their battleships were shrunken by a thousand- or ten-thousandfold, they looked like tiny insects by comparison.

Even one of its countless hatches seemed spacious beyond imagination to Song Chi and his companions.

At last, they gathered in a massive chamber deep within the black mothership—where many ships had assembled even before them.

“Just a rough glance says there must be at least ten thousand battleships here already…”

Song Chi’s swift scan gave him a startling estimate.

Members from each tower under Beidou Sevenstar Hall started clustering instinctively with their own groups.

It wasn’t some moment of sudden camaraderie—everyone just wanted the safety of their own factions. With over ten thousand battleships here, every group stuck together.

Some groups were large, others small, but once the Beidou Sevenstar Hall Captains entered, every gaze in the chamber focused instantly on them.

Under that wave of scrutinizing looks, Song Chi and his team felt a tremendous pressure.

Banding together was the only option.

Nearly two hundred battleships’ auras linked, holding back the stares around them. Only then did they feel a little easier.

“So those are Beidou Sevenstar Hall’s members? Not bad at all…”

“We’ve got a direct clansman from the Shang Clan who’s part of Kaiyang Star Tower over there. I’ve dueled him before—his battleship is something else.”

“Must be close to two hundred, right? Can’t believe His Majesty would grant an outside faction so many berths—it’s a real surprise.”

“You know, Beidou Sevenstar Hall was founded almost at the same time as the Xian Qin Divine Dynasty. No one really knows how many Star River-class ships they possess. Eight of them answered the call for this war alone. Superpowers like this really can’t be judged by normal logic…”

“So you’re saying Beidou Sevenstar Hall might have even more Star River-class ships that didn’t join this war?”

“Who can really say? They’ve been around for over two hundred thousand years. There’s no way they never discovered a ninth-level floating-land in all that time. Frankly, I think they hold entire ninth-level lands in the Outer Domain…”

Song Chi had no idea what the other ships’ crews were whispering to themselves. He was distracted by spotting two familiar battleships.

The Shangdang Spirit Lord.

Qingqiu Spirit Fox.

He knew all about the Shangdang Spirit Lord—a Star-Annihilator-class ship from the Shang Clan. That guy once wielded the legendary Chasing Light Shadow Mirror right in front of him. Song Chi remembered that encounter vividly.

Later, he managed to obtain the Mythic Serpent’s Eternal Guard Scale, which finally gave him the confidence to equip the Golden Blood War Stele.

He still harbored quite a bit of animosity toward this member of the Shang Clan.

As for the Qingqiu Spirit Fox—that was Yun Niang’s flagship. The sight of it genuinely surprised Song Chi.

He’d half-expected the Shang Clan to show up, since they were a renowned noble house of the Xian Qin Divine Dynasty. That they’d want a piece of the Demon Serpent Floating-Land wasn’t strange at all.

But Yun Niang? She was Vice President of the Qingqiu Trading Association—an influence under the Divine Xia Empire. By rights, she should have joined the Divine Xia side for their own campaign. So what was she doing here?

One thing was for sure: The Qingqiu Trading Association was powerful indeed—otherwise there’s no way they’d have scored these valuable berths.

“Could the Qingqiu Trading Association really be on par with Beidou Sevenstar Hall?”

“If you look at their founding history, it’s not impossible.”

As ideas flashed through his mind, another convoy entered the chamber through a different passage.

There were just over a hundred people in this new group—not enough to stand out. But as greetings sounded from around the chamber, Song Chi took a closer look.

Judging by the chatter, this was a team from the Xian Qin Meng Clan.

That alone aroused Song Chi’s curiosity.

He knew one of the three ninth-level floating-lands under the Xian Qin Divine Dynasty—Langya Floating-land—was jointly held by the Meng and Wang Clans.

The Meng Clan was another of the dynasty’s immortal titans, and Langya Floating-land showed their true strength. They clearly outclassed ordinary immortal giants—otherwise, how could two families control an entire ninth-level floating-land?

Even the Shang Clan—a companion house to the ruling dynasty that had been around since its founding—only managed to acquire an eighth-level floating-land.

By the way, the Shang Clan had three known Star River-class ships, maybe more in secret. Even with that firepower, they couldn’t match the Meng Clan. The true measure of the Mengs’ strength was hard to fathom.

It wouldn’t be surprising if the Meng Clan was on the same level as Beidou Sevenstar Hall.

Song Chi’s gaze soon locked onto a dreadnought just a few dozen meters long among the Meng team. Even though every ship’s size was being suppressed in this mothership, he immediately sensed this Meng dreadnought was anything but ordinary.

Not just its aura—the ship’s length spoke volumes about the depth of a Torch Battleship’s foundation.