Catastrophic necromancer

**Chapter 1117: Could It Be That Another War God Will Emerge from the Human Race?**

The process went very smoothly, and the result was exactly as Lin Moyu had anticipated. Lin Moyu successfully obtained a brand new five-colored essence fire and then stored it away.

He then followed the same method, searching the world for traces of flashing fire and began cultivating five-colored essence fires one by one.

Zhu Qiwu still sat atop Fortress No. 10, facing the center of the battlefield, with his eyes closed and silent. No one knew what he was thinking or doing. Many Divine Sovereigns came and went at Fortress No. 10, and they all saw Zhu Qiwu sitting in the starry sky outside the fortress. He had been sitting there for thousands of years, though the exact number of years was not recorded.

He sat there motionless, reportedly cultivating. But because of his extraordinary status as the master of Fortress No. 10 and the commander of the human race on the Vermilion Bird battlefield, no one dared to voice any objections. Although no one said anything on the surface, there were still some who were dissatisfied in their hearts.

One day, a giant star beast with the strength of an eighth-stage Divine Sovereign charged out from the center of the battlefield. It rampaged through the battlefield, unstoppable. Several Divine Sovereigns of the human race were injured, and the situation looked grim. If even the Divine Sovereigns couldn’t stop the star beast, the consequences would be unimaginable if it reached the area where the Divine Kings were.

Finally, Zhu Qiwu made a move. He struck from millions of miles away, and the star beast, equivalent to an eighth-stage Divine Sovereign, was torn apart and died on the spot. After that incident, no one dared to express any dissatisfaction with Zhu Qiwu. In the Great World, strength speaks louder than words. Zhu Qiwu proved his strength and held his position on the Vermilion Bird battlefield.

Zhu Qiwu suddenly opened his eyes, showing a hint of surprise. Lin Moyu could actually artificially cultivate five-colored essence fire. Even he had never heard of such a thing. When Zhu Tian had asked him to look after Lin Moyu, he had agreed, but only to ensure Lin Moyu’s survival. In his long life, he had seen many geniuses. In the countless years of human history, there had been many geniuses, but few truly succeeded. Without breakthroughs, even reaching the peak of the Divine Sovereign realm meant little. To him, geniuses were just people with more opportunities. Deep down, he didn’t think much of geniuses.

His third junior brother, Zhu Tian, the domain master of the Vermilion Bird Star Domain, had always been more talented than him in both comprehension and aptitude. Yet, he still surpassed Zhu Tian in the end. In the end, the title of genius might become a burden rather than a motivation. So, he didn’t pay much attention to Lin Moyu, only sending an avatar to ensure his survival.

However, what happened later made him feel somewhat unreal. Lin Moyu, at the first stage of the True God realm, could slaughter peak True Gods. His terrifying ability to fight across realms was enough to astonish him. But it was still within the realm of possibility, as history had seen similar occurrences. Often, the ability to fight across realms diminishes as one advances in levels. But upon reaching the second stage of the True God realm, Lin Moyu became even more exaggerated, not just fighting across realms but across boundaries, slaughtering peak True Gods like dogs. His combat power had already reached the Divine King realm.

In the final battle with the Abyss Dragon Demon, no one knew what method he used to instantly kill the Abyss Dragon Demon. At that time, Zhu Qiwu couldn’t help but want to intervene, but Lin Moyu managed to counter-kill in the end. Besides his combat power, the most magical aspect was his ability to artificially cultivate five-colored essence fire. Zhu Qiwu was so astonished that he almost revealed himself to Lin Moyu.

Zhu Qiwu muttered, “A million skeleton army, capable of easily slaughtering peak True Gods, a ten-thousand-meter skeleton with formidable combat power, soul attack methods, and the ability to artificially cultivate top-grade stellar essence fire.”

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Qiwu still couldn’t figure it out. Lin Moyu seemed like an anomaly in his long life. In the end, he could only summarize with one sentence: “Is this still a human?”

“Could it be that another War God will emerge from the human race?”

Zhu Qiwu became interested and decided to keep watching, even devoting more of his attention. He wanted to see what other surprises Lin Moyu could bring him.

In the fourth stellar essence fire group, Lin Moyu roamed freely, searching for traces of flashing fire. Flashing fire was rare but occasionally appeared. On average, he could find one every one or two days. One by one, five-colored essence fires were cultivated by him. Sometimes, Lin Moyu wondered if Yu Qingrou would go crazy if she saw him cultivating five-colored essence fire.

After spending more than twenty days, Lin Moyu cultivated ten five-colored essence fires. He consumed a portion of the 50,000 stellar essence fires he had, leaving just enough to have exactly 50,000 left. Feeling that it was enough, Lin Moyu didn’t linger and left the fourth stellar essence fire group, flying deeper.

In the Vermilion Bird battlefield, Zone 5, Area 38, a spherical structure with a diameter of a light-year. Converting a light-year to kilometers, it is nearly one trillion kilometers. By this calculation, even the fourth stellar essence fire group is just on the periphery. Only by crossing 400 billion kilometers of void can one reach the fifth stellar essence fire group. Reaching the area known as the source of the essence fire is considered truly reaching the center of Area 38.

Soon, Lin Moyu discovered why it was called the source of the essence fire. After leaving the fourth stellar essence fire group and flying at full speed for ten days, Lin Moyu saw a massive fireball. It wasn’t an ordinary fireball; it had a diameter of 100 kilometers, like a star, traveling through the starry sky at an astonishing speed. The fireball brushed past Lin Moyu, bringing intense heat. Lin Moyu then realized it wasn’t a fireball but a dark star ignited by essence fire. The dark star was gradually shrinking under the burning of the essence fire. Eventually, the dark star would be completely burned away, leaving only the essence fire.

Watching them fly away, Lin Moyu had a vague guess in his heart. “The essence fires from the first to the fourth stellar essence fire groups likely originated from this.”

Nothing can come from nothing; everything has a source. Lin Moyu felt like he had discovered the origin of the stellar essence fire. He gradually understood why it was called the source of the essence fire. As he continued deeper, the number of essence fires crossing the void increased. Most essence fires didn’t ignite dark stars but traveled alone, like fire rain falling from the sky or fireballs ejected from a volcano, lonely traversing the starry sky. A few essence fires ignited dark stars, traveling through the starry sky together.

The shell in his hand lit up, guiding Lin Moyu. When a dark star appeared, Lin Moyu immediately flew over. In less than 500,000 kilometers, Lin Moyu encountered several passing essence fires. The closest one passed less than a thousand kilometers from him, almost brushing past him. Lin Moyu felt strange, sensing that the number of essence fires seemed to have increased. This change was sudden and uneven. However, he didn’t think much of it and followed the shell’s guidance to the place where the flashing star was about to appear.

After waiting for about an hour, the flashing star still hadn’t appeared. Suddenly, the view ahead brightened, and numerous light spots appeared. Each light spot was a stellar essence fire, some of which were large and bright, igniting dark stars. “Is this… a meteor fire rain?” There was no meteor shower; it was clearly a stellar essence fire rain. The view ahead grew brighter, with countless stellar essence fires flying towards him. Lin Moyu felt something was wrong. Suddenly, the starry sky around him fluctuated, and a tremendous force struck him.