"The method to fuse the two copies of the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript is to throw an unowned Divine Format into it..."

Where does the unowned Divine Format come from?

[Yan] and [Ling] quickly exchanged glances and then focused their gaze on the gods descending on Yinghuang Star.

But the enemy gods were numerous and powerful, and rashly starting a fight could lead to problems.

Some strategy was needed to divide them!

"The secret you just revealed can actually be accessed in the local god network before the purification of the [Strive] civilization."

[Ling] looked at the middle-ranked god not far away and extended a friendly hand: "Even after the purification, some clues can still be found."

"Even so, the Burning Research Association still welcomes your participation."

He wasn’t talking nonsense.

Even now, [Yan] used Divine Power vibrations to condense a login device, entered the local god network of the Strive civilization, and saw videos related to the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript, [Yan], [Ling], and other deities in some encrypted channels.

If the three gods hadn’t been engrossed in the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript and had not communicated much with the three inspectors, each god minding their own business, they probably wouldn’t be facing the current encirclement.

[Yan] opened his eyes, agitated, and inadvertently crushed the newly created blue gem login device: "These conversations... never happened!"

"This is a fabricated recording!"

Indeed.

Those recordings were partly true, partly false, with many segments clearly concocted by malicious individuals.

But the gods present did not want to believe [Yan]’s words.

The truth of the videos didn’t matter.

The ’Burning Martial’ manuscript being real was enough.

Whether [Yan] was wronged, no one cared.

In the encrypted channels, [Yan] even saw disagreements among the three inspectors after the secret of the ’Burning Martial’ was exposed.

Two of them wrote confession reports immediately and submitted them to the god platform of the [Strive] civilization, expressing their willingness to be punished.

The remaining bolder middle-ranked god directly sold all resources and fixed assets under his name at low prices, exchanged them for Faith Power Crystals, and rushed towards Yinghuang Star.

It was unclear whether he intended to redeem himself, fight to the death with [Ling] who broke the oath, or gamble everything on the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript.

After all, the decision-making came from his own mind.

It’s worth mentioning that the two self-reporting inspectors were only fined as punishment.

The inspector who attempted to travel to Yinghuang Star disappeared without a trace.

It was said that his luck was too bad; he encountered a kamikaze squad from the rebellious forces of Demon Nest No.93 and perished on the spot.

"We recruited a new member to the Burning Research Association, which is great."

[Ling] smiled: "Does anyone else have a price to pay?"

With the first god setting an example, among the twenty-odd strange gods, two more middle-ranked gods soon offered sufficient prices.

One exchanged Faith Power Crystals for a spot; the other traded a Life Planet, comparable to hard currency, for an entry ticket to the venue.

On Yinghuang Star, two opposing factions quickly formed.

One side had fewer Young Master Shen but higher top combat power.

The other lacked high-end combat power but had a large number of deities.

Overall, the comprehensive combat power of both sides was about equal.

There were only two ’Burning Martial’ manuscripts, which might even merge into one later.

With many wolves and little meat, the Burning Research Association couldn’t keep expanding indefinitely.

Thus, [Yan] stepped out as the villain.

He didn’t mince words.

Gods who couldn’t obtain a membership spot were quickly embroiled in conflict, feeling unhappy.

Initially rational deities seemed to be influenced by some mysterious power, or perhaps simply blinded by the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript, as conflicts rapidly escalated.

Cursing, physical altercations, life-and-death battles...

The Yinghuang Star Divine War 2.0 enhanced version officially began.

The course of the Divine War will be omitted.

The final results are as follows:

The attitude of the most arrogant [Yan], although a middle-ranked god, was the first to be beaten to death.

But [Yan] was ultimately a ruthless god.

Among the twenty opposing deities, five were dragged down by him to perish together.

All the fallen deities had their Divine Formats collected by Ma Ran, turned into fragments to solidify the Pseudo-Earth Secret Realm.

With the Enclosure Text illusion in play, the external representation of this process was...

The unowned Divine Formats were all absorbed by the ’Burning Martial’ manuscript.

Both sides in the conflict believed they controlled the pace of the Divine War, deciding when to call a stop.

Unfortunately...

The brutality of this Yinghuang Divine War exceeded their expectations.

The horrific Yinghuang Divine War lasted only forty-eight hours, ultimately ending with the complete explosion of Yinghuang Star.

At the same time, the two ’Burning Martial’ manuscripts fused into one and disappeared during the war.

Moreover, according to official statistics from the [Strive] civilization...

Including those like [Shocking Flame], who had already fallen with weak Divine Power, more than thirty deities were involved in the [Blue Book Incident], with only two survivors.

One was the indigenous Bald Deity of Yinghuang Star with weak Divine Power.

The other was an elite from the Demon Slayer legion, a middle-ranked god titled the "Golden Armor God" and "Brain Nourisher", [Ling].

...

Ma Ran, the mysterious informant who orchestrated everything behind the scenes, did not flee in panic after the end of the Yinghuang Divine War.

As before, he remained on a planet near Yinghuang Star.

This was an uninhabitable planet, without a name, not even a number.

Desolate, bleak, lifeless, cold.

Traversing this planet, nowhere could any sign of life be found.

Even microorganisms were nonexistent.

In fact, besides spreading messages on the god network and visiting the capital star circle of the [Strive] civilization, Ma Ran spent most of his time on this planet during the [Divine Court] journey.

There were three reasons.

The first was the "under the lamp" effect, where safety here was actually much higher than in the [Strive] Star Circle or the core areas of the [Divine Court].

The second, maintaining proximity prevented excessive strain from frequent battles, which could lead to Su Qiangwei’s excessive consumption and energy supply shortage, avoiding disconnection.

The third, on Yinghuang Star, he could always steer the plot and offer free guidance and corrections to group actors.

[Ling] believed only he could hear the voice of the "Great Cosmos Will", but was unaware that the other five deities in the Burning Research Association were under Ma Ran’s control.

During this time, the six deities in the Burning Research Association were silently branded with Constant Enclosure Text by Ma Ran.

Enclosure Text was good.

The deeper Ma Ran studied it, the more he liked to use it.

The reason was simple—the potential of this thing was extremely high, and even used independently, it was very powerful.

Moreover, Enclosure Text had good compatibility with other abilities, never resulting in phenomena like mutual suppression or conflict of elements.

With Constant Enclosure Text, paired with other abilities...

Ma Ran felt this Yinghuang War was like a full-sensitivity real-time strategy game.

Strategic character [Ling], neurotic character [Yan]...

Silent character Bald Deity, timid character, greedy character...

At key moments, Ma Ran gave instructions, and they reacted.

When Yinghuang Star exploded, Ma Ran slowly opened his eyes.

"Many Divine Fragments have been collected to solidify the Pseudo-Earth Secret Realm."

"My own power has also permanently increased."

"All basic objectives have been completed, and the planned exploration of the [Divine Court] will temporarily be put on hold."

"Insufficient strength makes proceeding with that suicidal."

"It’s about time to return to Earth."

The fall of nearly thirty deities had already drawn too much attention.

Ma Ran believed it was time to put an end to his [Divine Court] visit.

As he was preparing to leave, [Play] provided feedback—the limit of ’Burning Martial’ had been raised to the Twenty-Fifth Rank!