"Congratulations, Miss. The sparks have been ignited."

Zi Yuan had arrived behind her at some unknown point, speaking in a soft voice.

Bai Cheng turned around and looked at her companions.

Blue Bird, Lu Duo, Yu Nian, and Leng Ningxue had all stepped out of the train, standing not far away.

In their eyes, there was joy, shock, and a support that needed no words.

"This isn't just my spark."

Bai Cheng's gaze swept across this quiet golden space, looking toward the distant horizon where the flames of war seemed never-ending.

"This is the fire of hope... jointly ignited across time by all living beings who refuse to give up on this sea."

She raised her hand, palm facing upward.

The phantom of the Star Rail Gate flickered slightly behind her. A new flow of light—a fusion of silver radiance, golden light, and ancient warmth—poured from her palm, injecting into the earth beneath her feet and the surrounding crystal walls.

In an instant, this entire Amber Palace in the southeast corner of the Sunken Bone District burst forth with light!

The golden halo spread out like a tide. Wherever it passed, the viscous gel, wandering foxfires, and whispering remnants melted like ice and snow, swiftly purified and soothed.

Although its range was limited to this special node area and could not affect the entire Silent Trench,

it was like a lighthouse suddenly lit in the dark abyss, emitting a steady and warm glow that dispelled the filth and deathly silence for dozens of nautical miles around.

This graveyard, soaked in ancient war flames and pollution, had its first pure land.

"With this as the foundation," Bai Cheng's voice was clear and powerful, echoing within the light.

"The train will hide here. Under the cover of this place's ancient belief field, it will be difficult for them to pinpoint our location in the short term."

"We need time to digest what we've gained, plan our path forward, and turn this place... into our first true base and spark preservation point in this stormy sea."

The hunt continued, and the storm grew more intense.

But in the deepest darkness, the first cluster of sparks had been lit.

It might be weak, but it had already illuminated the first step of the path ahead and provided a coordinate where more glimmers flickering in the storm could temporarily take shelter and gather strength.

The path of the star track truly began here.

And on the chessboard of the Emerald Sea, that newborn Emperor and her Glimmer Alliance also possessed a chess piece eye for the first time—one that was not powerful, but of extraordinary significance.

The silver train floated within the belief crystal space of the Sunken Bone District, surrounded by silence.

Only that clump of ancient embers, now merged into the Star Rail Gate, burned quietly deep within the portal like an eternal ever-burning lamp.

Bai Cheng stood in place, feeling the changes in the depths of her soul.

The Star Rail Gate was clearer and more stable than before. In the starry sky map within the gate, besides the silver radiance of the Stardust Remnants, the golden prayers of Broken Shell Island, and General Ao Qin's sincere firelight,

there was now a touch of warm and tragic amber—the imprint of the ancient collective mental image.

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The circle of pale gold patterns on the edge of the emperors imprint prototype was slowly and firmly penetrating inward, like tree roots growing deep into the soil.

"Miss," Zi Yuan's voice came from behind.

Bai Cheng turned around and saw her companions had stepped out of the train, standing nearby.

The lightning in Blue Bird's eyes had not dissipated, Lu Duo's emerald radiance enveloped everyone, and the pure heart vine in Yu Nian's arms trembled slightly. The silver-white flower bud no longer seeped tears, but instead emitted a faint warmth.

Leng Ningxue's icy eyes swept over the surroundings. "The spatial structure is stable; there are no signs of external energy intrusion.

This space composed of belief crystals... seems to possess some kind of self-repairing and shielding authority."

Bai Cheng nodded.

She could feel that this space shared the same source as those ancient embers. Now that the embers had merged into her Star Rail Gate, the entire space seemed to acknowledge her existence, actively isolating her from external prying and pollution.

"We are safe for now," she said softly, "but time is short."

She raised her hand, and the phantom of the Star Rail Gate unfolded slightly behind her, the star map within it shifting.

"The fusion of the ancient embers has initially stabilized the foundation of my path of the emperor.

I can more clearly perceive the belief meridians of this sea—where glimmers are still struggling, where it has completely fallen into darkness, and where... the next cluster of sparks is buried."

She looked toward the east, the star track reflected in her silver eyes. "Deep within the Silent Trench, there are three more similar ember nodes, located at the Sighing Cliff, the Forgotten Corridor, and the edge of the Eye of Return to the Void.

They are more ancient than the one just now, and also more... dangerous."

"Dangerous?" Blue Bird frowned. "More dangerous than that skeletal army just now?"

"It's not the danger of enemy numbers," Bai Cheng shook her head. "It's that the obsessions they carry are deeper and more complex.

Some may have semi-fused with the divine pollution of the Sunken Bone District, turning into twisted existences;

some may be occupied or sealed by other forces; and some... may be traps in themselves."

Zi Yuan tightened her grip on her hilt. "Will the Enforcement Officers and the Constellation chase us here?"

"They will." Leng Ningxue pulled up a tide chart; the light screen showed the area on the outer edge of the Silent Trench.

"They are temporarily blocked by the law turbulence and divine pollution of the trench, but with their methods, finding a way in is only a matter of time.

Especially the Constellation; their ability to perceive the star track is extremely strong. My concealment runes can only delay them for twelve more hours at most."

"Twelve hours," Bai Cheng repeated in a low voice. "Enough for us to make a trip to the Sighing Cliff."

"Sighing Cliff?" Yu Nian gently caressed the vine in her arms. "That place... is called the 'Land of Eternal Sighs of Heroic Souls' in ancient ballads."

"Yes." Bai Cheng's silver eyes narrowed slightly. "Sleeping there are the Abyssal Wardens who collectively sacrificed themselves to block the expansion of the abyss rift during the first Great Cataclysm of the Emerald Sea.

Their embers contain the purest beliefs of sealing and sacrifice. If they can be ignited, they will add law characteristics of defining boundaries and suppressing chaos to the Star Rail Gate."

She looked at her companions. "But this journey is more dangerous than the last.

The embers of the Sighing Cliff have been tainted by the aura of the abyss for thousands of years. Among the obsessions of those Abyssal Wardens, besides guardianship, there is also a madness of endless hatred for the abyss.

What we might face is not a friendly gift, but... a trial twisted by hatred."

A silence fell over the carriage.

Everyone understood what this meant. The path of the emperor was never smooth; every step could lead into the abyss. But if they did not move forward, once the pursuers broke through the barriers of the Silent Trench, they would have no more room to breathe.

"Then let's go." Blue Bird grinned, the lightning on her fist crackling. "It's all fighting anyway. Whether it's skeletons or lunatics, there's no difference."

Zi Yuan nodded, her long blade returning to its sheath, her aura as calm as an abyss.

Lu Duo's emerald radiance gently brushed over everyone's shoulders, silently conveying her support.