Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 601 - 558 Silver Cypress 3

The Southern Hemisphere is already at the end of winter.

Correspondingly, the Northern Hemisphere has entered the end of summer.

On Swinging Leaf Island, Dragon Cypress and Black Birch command the ant swarms, completing the excavation of the Ant Nest, and also dig another underground water vein network.

After working hard for a month, time is about up.

Black Birch stays behind to labor.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid return to Cloud Trace Continent.

The Dominating Throne flies straight north at full speed.

...

Morning, as the sun rises in the east.

Purple Tung Insect Nation.

From afar,

The spiritual power of the Divine-Given Seed from Jinhe greets them, "Ant, Mantis, what's this? You're back so early this year?"

Ink Orchid responds solemnly: "We have important matters to report to the Huagi Divine Tree."

The Divine-Given Seed of Jinhe inquires carelessly, "What is it?"

The spiritual power of the Linnan Divine Tree hovers over, also asking, "Something's up?"

Dragon Cypress says succinctly: "We got in touch with the Spider King in charge of the cross-border passage under the Shanglu Flame Spider Kingdom."

Ink Orchid: "The name is the Snow Velvet Spider King! Arguably the richest spider in the entire Star Realm, gentle in temperament, very easy to talk to."

Linnan Divine Tree: "The richest? Is that reliable?"

Ink Orchid: "Ant thinks it's reliable."

Below the Linnan Divine Tree, Spruce and Ivy receive the news at the same time, kicking their legs and beating their wings, dashing together toward the base of the Huagi Divine Tree, waiting in advance under the tree.

Purple Tung and Night Fragrance keenly sense the commotion, and their spiritual power quickly follows, relaying greetings and inquiries via mind.

"Huagi Divine Tree!"

"Purple Tung! Night Fragrance!"

"Spruce! Ivy!"

Long time no see, enthusiastic greetings all around.

The Huagi Divine Tree says gravely: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, has there been yet another unforeseen twist in the plan?"

Dragon Cypress: "Within the Bayonet Continent's power structure, there is a variable even greater than what we anticipated."

Dragon Cypress: "Huagi Divine Tree, Linnan Divine Tree, do you remember? In the southwest sea of the continent, right up against the Divine Force Barrier, Ink Orchid and I once discovered a gigantic island over 350,000 square kilometers in size, occupied by a super ant kingdom of a mutated Stone Hunt Red Ant."

Huagi Divine Tree: "Of course I remember—"

Linnan Divine Tree says curtly: "And this has what to do with you two getting caught by the Flame Spiders?"

Ink Orchid retorts: "We weren't caught, we intended to pose as Bayonet Continent insects and try to get in touch with Flame Spider Roving Merchants to gather intel. But we never imagined we'd run into the Snow Velvet Spider King guarding the cross-border passage. That guy was way too cunning—saw right through our origins."

Dragon Cypress said: "The island's official name is 'Blue Island,' and the ant clan goes by 'Stone Hunt Blue Ant.' This ant clan also wields an extraordinarily powerful god-level Outworld Civilization Artifact called the 'Ocean God's Scepter.' For the full story, we have to go back five thousand years, at the dawn of Origin Force's resurgence on Bayonet Continent..."

Dragon Cypress spent half the morning recounting in detail the origins of the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Kingdom, the situation on Bayonet Continent, how they ran into Flash Butterfly Zi again, learned of the great war, went to watch the mayhem, accidentally encountered the Snow Velvet Spider King, hit it off at first contact, and ended up spectating the war side by side...

At the mention of war, the Linnan Divine Tree cannot hold back its excitement, constantly interrupting to ask questions.

Dragon Cypress finishes telling the story.

Linnan Divine Tree, dissatisfied: "The war's not over? You two just ran back here? Didn't even dare look? You ants are just too spineless! You could at least try to find out how it ended, right?"

Dragon Cypress: "The outcome of the war is already clear: neither Bayonet nor Zhibai Continent's insects would ever allow the Stone Hunt Blue Ant to take root on Yu'e Island. Also, the Wave Tree Bay Alliance will have a hard time mustering another big army to attack Blue Island again."

Linnan Divine Tree: "Not necessarily! Wars of this scale are full of all kinds of variables. For all we know, the Stone Hunt Blue Ant might secure its grip on Yu'e Island, the Wave Tree Bay Alliance tanks, and Bayonet Continent faces an utter defeat and collapse. Ant, Mantis, you might've missed a world-shaking epochal war."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Ink Orchid: "..."

Dragon Cypress: "Missing it is fine, life comes first."

Linnan Divine Tree, furious: "Ant, next time you go out, don't you dare say you studied under me."

Dragon Cypress, unruffled: "Of course. I wouldn't dare even if you killed me."

"Linnan!"

The Huagi Divine Tree scolds, bringing an end to the pointless quarrel.

The Divine-Given Seed of Jinhe, rarely, seriously asks: "Ant, Mantis, you didn't reveal any news about Huagi Mountain to that Flame Spider Roving Merchant, right?"

Ink Orchid: "No!"

Dragon Cypress: "To be on the safe side, we also didn't divulge anything about the Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit. I'll remind the caravan to keep it secret."

Jinhe is filled with worries, hesitating to speak.

The Shanglu Flame Spiders might not care about Dragon Cypress or Ink Orchid, nor about the Insect Clan Warriors scattered across the Lands of Origin Force, since everyone's just a passing traveler in the long river of years.

Huagi Mountain is different—Huagi Mountain has a lineage.

Huagi Mountain now knows the secret of the seafloor passage and the migration of Flame Spiders.

It's hard to determine whether the Shanglu Flame Spiders will tolerate another tribe that knows the secret vital to their own survival continuing to exist.

Dragon Cypress shifts the topic, saying: "Huagi Divine Tree, Linnan Divine Tree, I've managed to pick up another very important piece of information this time. The Shanglu Flame Spider Kingdom has always kept strict chronology, and according to the Snow Velvet Spider King's offhand remark, the cycle of Origin Force Reincarnation is 18,000 years. In this current Origin Force cycle, barely over five thousand years have passed."

This was unwittingly revealed by the Snow Velvet Spider King when introducing things to the King Ant Goldna on Rainbow Island.

Maybe, to the Snow Velvet Spider King, it's just an ordinary bit of info, but for Huagi Mountain, it's of utmost importance.

At these words, the spiritual power of all the wild Divine-Given Seeds present dims at once.

"So that means there's still another thirteen thousand years..."

Purple Tung murmurs.

This time span is a bit hard to imagine for the young Purple Tung Divine-Given Seed.

Night Fragrance: "Ant, did you find out whether the Flame Spider Roving Merchants of Shanglu know how the Lands of Origin Force are formed? Is it possible they'll just vanish one day?"