After a century of worship, I became the ancestor of the tribe.

Chapter 362 is finally here!

"Ouch!"

"oh oh!"

At the entrance to the underground cave, countless spirits and monsters lay prostrate, gazing up at the starlight surging in the sky.

A massive, disc-shaped array, stretching for thousands of miles, hovered above the entrance to the underground cave, blocking the stellar power surging towards it from all directions.

This was the isolation formation that the Ferret King had created according to Shen Can's instructions.

Wow!
Suddenly, a ship's shadow swayed in the starlight, and then a chain fell from the surging starlight, quickly binding a monster and dragging it into the starlight above.

The remaining spirits watched their companion disappear without showing the slightest surprise, still looking up at the streaks of starlight falling from above.

This is the difference between ordinary spirits and fifth-tier spirits. Spirits that have not advanced to the fifth tier have very low intelligence and are more likely to obey the commands of fifth-tier spirits.

With the construction of the second major formation imminent, a large number of spirit objects with the attribute of Yin and cold are needed, and the alliance has formed many teams to hunt spirits.

Previously, it was necessary to enter the underground cave to hunt monsters, but unexpectedly, after the Star Array was built, these monsters seemed to be very curious about the stars, and monsters kept emerging from the underground cave.

This made it easier for the alliance to capture them. Under the cover of starlight, many spirits were caught off guard and 'fished out' before they could even react.

The jungle outside the cave entrance stretches for thousands of miles, and at the edge of the jungle, it is covered with weaving spiders, some as small as millstones and others as large as cart frames.

These weaving spiders used the old trees in the jungle outside the cave as their framework, weaving dense webs. They lived on the webs, inhaling the cold, damp air that emanated from the cave.

The silk spun by these weaving spiders can be used as spiritual objects with yin and cold attributes, serving as a supplementary material for constructing large formations.

Besides the weaver spiders, a type of vine has grown underground in the cold, dark forest. These vines resemble ferns and spread out in large patches.

Not only do they grow in the cold, dark forest outside the cave entrance, but they have also spread extensively inside the cave.

These were all planted by warriors from the Human Alliance.

Spirits don't care about these things, but these things can quickly absorb cold and yin energy during their growth, just like grains, which can be harvested one crop after another.

After being processed by wizards, it can be used as a spiritual object, or as food for creatures like weaving spiders that absorb yin energy to grow.

The key is that this thing is not picky about where it is planted. In addition to absorbing cold and damp energy, it can also absorb the power of the five elements. It can grow anywhere it is planted.

In order to gather materials for the great formation, the alliance is now racking its brains. In the great swamp southeast of Juyue alone, dozens of aquatic wild beasts have been dispatched to assist the alliance's human race in mining pearls and other aquatic spiritual objects.

Fortunately, the caravan that went out has returned, bringing back more than 20 million jin of third-grade or higher minerals, plus a large number of five-element spiritual items.

Although this quantity is not much for the large formation, it represents the successful opening of a new resource channel.

With a new batch of resources in place, aside from the formation masters and craftsmen of the protective camp who needed to maintain the Starlight Array, the rest began to devote themselves to the construction of the second major array.

Given that Lord Jusha led the expedition to explore new trade channels, successfully opened up new resource channels, upheld the principles established since the alliance's founding, helped his people, and brought back a large amount of resources.

Lord Giant Sand finally got his wish and obtained an earth-attribute stone from the Alliance.

"I have seen the temple."

Lord Jusha carried the earthworm stone into the side hall of the Temple of Heroes, where Shen Can was waiting for him.

Refining a fifth-order alien beast form is not easy; otherwise, the volcano wouldn't have taken a full thirteen years.

Therefore, if Lord Jusha wants to successfully advance to the pseudo-fifth rank, he still needs Shen Can's help.

……

Inside the side hall of the Temple of Heroes, Shen Can was looking at the large array sand table.

After completing the first major formation and perfecting the second major formation, he had even greater ambitions.

After the first major formation was completed, Juyue became a true mountain of ten thousand formations.

But the name of this "Ten Thousand Formations" is still ten thousand, ten million, and even a hundred million.

Today, the century-long leap over the dragon gate plan is just the beginning.

To establish the ancestral land of humanity, territorial stability is crucial. To achieve this stability, continuous reinforcement is necessary to withstand unknown future dangers.

"You did a good job in the Fallen Moon Wasteland."

"It's all thanks to the good teachings of the temple. Those who carry firewood for our human race should not be allowed to suffocate in the cold. This is what we, as warriors of the alliance, should do."

Lord Jusha stood solemnly before Shen Can, not daring to entertain any unrealistic thoughts.

Not to mention, this trip to the Juyue Mountains left a deep impression on him.

Shen Can already knew everything that the Giant Sands tribe had done in the Fallen Moon Wasteland, so there was no need to ask them any further questions at this moment.

He also had no intention of instructing the league on what to do next.

These are all matters for the league.

What Shen Can needs to do now is to defend the alliance.

"Next, you will refine your fossil form at the place I have arranged until you successfully advance."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lord Jusha suppressed his excitement; after so long, he was finally about to take this step.

Although it's not a true fifth tier, it's still a level I've always dreamed of.

It's a pity the alliance wasn't established two hundred years earlier. If it had been established two hundred years earlier, perhaps he could have had a chance to compete for the true fifth tier.

Soon, under Shen Can's instructions, Lord Jusha settled down in a cave behind the Temple of Heroes.

With Shen Can watching over him, it was practically a done deal for Lord Jusha to refine the fifth-order stone statue of the alien race.

During the previous refinement of the fossil phase at the volcano, several unusual events occurred along the way, but under Shen Can's supervision, each unexpected refining event was forcibly suppressed.

It can be said that the volcano, which successfully refined the stone statue under Shen Can's guidance and care, now has a combat strength that is at least 80% equivalent to the original stone statue.

If equipped with Tier 5 battle armor and magical artifacts, it is no weaker than an ordinary Tier 5 early stage warrior.

There was no way around it; after Shen Can's examination and deduction, even the Stone Image's own understanding of its own Stone Image was probably no match for Shen Can's.

The news that Lord Giant Sand had entered the Temple of Heroes and was being protected by the temple shrine, thus advancing to the fifth rank, quickly spread throughout the alliance.

For many tribes with late-stage and peak Divine Treasures, this means the upper limit of their future potential has been opened.

The alliance did not limit the promotion potential of others simply because the Blazing Flame Clan was dominant.

The promotion of the Lord of Jusha is more powerful than any empty rhetoric.

……

"The imperial edict of the temple reminds us to be mindful of potential dangers even in times of peace. Now that the weather is favorable, we should vigorously promote agriculture, sericulture, animal husbandry, and encourage the growth of livestock."

When the Lord of Jusha was promoted to the fifth rank, Shen Can, in the name of the Temple of Heroes, issued an edict to encourage farming, animal husbandry, and procreation.

The alliance quickly followed suit after the decree was issued, and introduced various strategies.

Encourage all departments and cities to cultivate their own livelihoods, increase the training of ordinary shamans and healers, and further popularize some commonly used shamanic techniques.

They established incantation halls and shamanic lecture halls in various cities, and recruited people from all tribes and regions. All people of the alliance could enter the incantation halls and shamanic lecture halls to study.

All departments and cities in the alliance are encouraged to increase their efforts in land reclamation, planting more grains, raising more livestock, and hunting and gathering. All grains, meat, and medicinal herbs can be exchanged for merit points within the alliance.

As the edict spread throughout the four states, the alliance began constructing a large warehouse deep within the Giant Mountain Range.

Previously, the alliance was only engaged in minor skirmishes, but now, with the sixth-tier grand formation, they have managed to protect themselves to some extent, and their ability to withstand risks has greatly increased.

We must be prepared for unforeseen circumstances and start building logistical support now in order to guard against future natural and man-made disasters.

Once the large warehouse in Juyue is completed, some of the materials in the Changping Warehouses in various places will be moved into the Juyue warehouse for storage.

In addition to food, meat, and medicine, we also need to stockpile ores, armor, and weapons.

Protected by a sixth-order grand formation, in the event of any major disaster, the people of the four states can be directly relocated to the Giant Mountain.

Of course, this is all in preparation for a rainy day, after all, the environment in the Great Wilderness is too harsh.

From the time the Blazing Flame Tribe emerged from the mountains to the establishment of the alliance over a hundred years ago, it has been a relatively long period of stability.

Looking at the area surrounding Juyue, for so many years, there has only been one seventh-tier major power, the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom.

The other fifth and sixth-tier tribes didn't have much of a reputation. They weren't mute or unable to speak; it was just that their names weren't passed down.

Take the ancient kingdom of Dapu, for example. Back in the days before the Shan Hai calendar, the royal court of Dapu was much stronger than the current Jin Yang clan. However, several major disasters destroyed most of its heritage, and it quickly split and declined.

Shen Can didn't think he could be complacent about a sixth-order formation, but a sixth-order formation was just the beginning, and he would continue to strive for improvement.

We shouldn't wallow in self-pity and fail to prepare anything just because of the uncertainty of the future.

Opportunities always come to those who are prepared.

The combined decrees from the temple and the alliance are very effective, mainly because the veterans who retired from the alliance's war divisions back then have now settled in various tribes and cities.

As beneficiaries of the alliance's formation, they had virtually no reason not to support it.

The first and second-tier ores left over from constructing the grand formation were used to forge agricultural tools, with only a very small amount used to create low-level armor. Combined with the promotion of various high-yield grain varieties cultivated by the Alliance's agricultural department, grain production has reached a record high.

This is the first time since the Giant Mountain Clan began to thrive in the Giant Mountain Range that they have witnessed such prosperity.

……

"Alliance Leader, a small-scale plague has broken out in the northeast of Yunzhou. The Yunzhou governor has sent word that the plague has been brought under control and three tribes have been quarantined."

"Alliance Leader, a flash flood has occurred in the marshland in southern Yongzhou, affecting 137 tribes."

……

Next to the main hall of the Alliance was a side hall, which was filled with tables and bookshelves.

Behind the desk, you could see the former alliance executive elders, their eyes wide as they flipped through the documents.

This is the current council of elders and advisors under the Alliance Leader.

In the past, the volcano also handled trivial matters within the alliance here, such as small-scale plagues, floods, droughts, and beast tides.

Disaster relief and plague control have long been established procedures, but for beast tides, the military command will send the warriors to the scene depending on the size of the tide.

Aside from a portion kept by the Military Hall, the slain wild beasts will all go to the Alliance Treasury.

Currently, many Alliance soldiers are hunting outside, and these animal bones are also one of the materials for the grand formation.

……

The grand formation continued to be built, and the alliance continued to operate normally.

Shen Can either preside over sacrificial rites at the ancestral temple and the temple of heroes, or he rotates the great formation of the Juyue Mountain Range, and spends the rest of his time cultivating.

The Blazing Flame Clan was originally located inside the Giant Mountain. Now, with so much starlight guiding them down, the cultivation environment of the Blazing Flame Clan's territory has suddenly reached the fifth level.

As a result, the source energy in the Temple of Heroes and the Alliance's main city also surged.

Shen Can could simply sit cross-legged inside the cave and practice his daily breathing exercises.

Others absorb source energy and circulate it through several cycles, or after two hours or half a day, they need to rest.

However, Shen Can's powerful physique gave him a greater advantage in cultivation than others. The time he spent dealing with affairs and stopping cultivation was enough to serve as a rest during his cultivation breaks.

As long as he cultivates in his cave, a vortex of source energy will form above the cave.

Regardless of its attribute, all five elements of source power were absorbed into his body.

On the contrary, the two beast kings, Chi Huo Lu Wu and Kui Yang, need to extract the fire and water elemental energy during their cultivation.

The benefits of this cultivation were not entirely enjoyed by the Zhiyanbo tribe.

The alliance has specially opened up cultivation caves inside and outside the main city.

Any martial artist in the alliance, as long as they are not on a mission, can use their merits to exchange for a cultivation cave of the corresponding level.

The exchange fee is very low; one merit point is enough for a day of cultivation. Collecting merit points is purely symbolic.

Fortunately, the great formation only covered the Giant Mountain Range and not the four provinces; otherwise, the cultivation of the various tribes and cities of the human race in the four provinces would have been a problem.

As for whether the formation will expand outwards in the future, we'll have to wait and see how things develop. Given the current lack of resources, the focus is still on building the second layer of the formation.

The alliance's cultivation caves, rich in energy, naturally became a draw for martial artists from all factions to come and cultivate.

Like a siphon effect, it attracts people from all states to come to the main city to cultivate.

In a short period of time, the scale of the Alliance's main city expanded again, with the number of warriors from various departments and states gathered there exceeding 30 million.

And that doesn't even include the Alliance warriors stationed outside the main city.

Time flies when you're practicing.

Shen Can, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes, and the vortex of source energy that had been attracted to the cave slowly calmed down.

Cultivating in a place abundant with source energy is worlds apart from cultivating in a desolate place.

If he continues to cultivate like this, Shen Can feels that he will advance to the mid-stage of the fifth rank Great Wizard within ten years, and is expected to break through to the late-stage of the fifth rank Martial Artist within thirty to fifty years.

The stellar power drawn down from the sky above the Giant Mountain Range directly maxed out the operation of the star-transformation arrays within the clan's territory, which were used to convert stars into the five elements. Approaching these transformation arrays, one could faintly hear roaring sounds.

It's not that we won't build more conversion arrays, but rather that the current number is enough. With the current power of the stars, the conversion rate can reach this level.

Improving requires time and experience.

Given that Shen Can's current spiritual energy level is already sufficient for his daily cultivation, it will only take a few hundred years for the Zhiyanbo tribe and its surrounding area to reach the sixth-order spiritual energy concentration.

It has been more than ten years since the first major array was completed, and Qingmu Bo, the clone within the Pu Clan, has finally sent a message back.

A distinguished guest from the ancient city of Tushang has sent word that he will soon be visiting the royal court of the Pu tribe once again.

By this calculation, ten years have passed since King Pu sent a message to Tu Shang Ancient City.

I must say, the distinguished guests in the ancient city have quite a grand air about them.

It took ten years to reply to the Pu Clan; this is simply treating them like dogs that can be summoned and dismissed at will.

When the distinguished guests from Tu Shang Ancient City arrived, Shen Can's heart couldn't help but tighten.

Whether we'll fight this time or just muddle through as planned, we can't say until the very end.

He still held a certain reverence for those at the sixth rank.

Afterwards, Shen Can began to make arrangements, and the teams that were hunting monsters outside the cave were temporarily withdrawn.

Keep the route from the Pu tribe's royal court to the underground caves unobstructed.

In addition, the clansmen of the Blazing Flame tribe and the main personnel of the alliance's main city were also hidden inside the great formation.

As for whether a sixth-order array master can enter a sixth-order star array, that's not a problem at all.

Even if this sixth-order high priest is not skilled enough, Shen Can will still let him enter the great formation and then into the underground cave.

……

Just like last time, the Silver Queen arrived at the Pu Clan's royal court with her servants. This time, she did not come directly to Yueshan Ancient City, but instead descended upon the Pu Clan's royal palace.

Pu Wang restrained his imposing manner and waited anxiously outside the main hall. When he saw the Silver Queen arrive in her flying boat, he went to greet her warmly.

The Silver Queen was draped in a cloak, completely concealing his Holy Hou clan form, making it impossible for the Pu clan to detect him in the slightest.

"It's been many years since I last saw you, senior. You're even more impressive now. It seems you're one step closer to the seventh rank."

King Pu felt a little uneasy. After all, when the Pu Clan first discovered the array formation of the Giant Mountain Range, they kept it a secret, wanting to obtain the array's inheritance themselves.

Unexpectedly, after disembarking from the flying boat, the Silver Queen completely ignored the King of Pu and her gaze instantly locked onto the Gray Serpent Elder.

Decades later, Uncle Grey Serpent still hadn't woken up and had to be carried over on a jade bed.

Just as Pu Wang was about to introduce himself, he noticed that Gray Serpent Uncle had already flown down to Silver Queen's side, and a powerful mental fluctuation emanated from Silver Queen's brow.

Then, a precious cauldron appeared between the silver queen's eyebrows. To the naked eye, the cauldron appeared to be half stone and half bronze, with the bronze part shimmering with dark light, giving it a spiritual quality.

The spiritual component occupies two-thirds of the entire cauldron.

Divine sense flowed out from within the treasure cauldron, instantly enveloping Gray Serpent Uncle, and capturing large fragments of the array clearly.

After a long while, the Silver Queen withdrew her divine sense, and the Treasure Cauldron Divine Court once again disappeared into her head.

"Senior, our clan has discovered a colossal mountain..."

Prince Pu seized the opportunity to speak again, but was once again interrupted by the Silver Queen waving her hand.

"Who has seen the Giant Mountain Formation and its legacy?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the three men behind King Pu—Earl Shenyan, Earl Shanyang, and Earl Yaoyue—changed slightly.

Before the three could react, they felt an incredibly powerful divine sense pierce into their skulls.

The Silver Queen directly conducted a soul search, and what she said was a mixture of truth and falsehood, but she did not believe that the Pu Clan could have the ability to alter the soul.

We still need to search their souls.

After searching her soul, the Silver Queen turned and jumped onto the flying boat.

At this moment, the Silver Queen suddenly turned to look at the Divine Eye Uncle and said, "You're the one who's arranging the offerings for the Black Bird sacrifice this time, right? Go and prepare the offerings and wait for me to come back."

Because of the soul search, Shenyanbo and the others were still in a dazed state.

The Silver Queen didn't care, and the flying boat turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.

Once the Silver Queen was out of sight, King Pu stood up, a flash of coldness in his eyes, followed by a long sigh.

He could only feel angry; what else could he do? How could the powerful figures of Tu Shang Ancient City possibly look down on a mere Prince Pu?

"Uncle Shenyan, hurry back and prepare the offerings, lest your honored guest return before they arrive."

(End of this chapter)