Chapter 1 The Impact Has Not Completely Passed

For the indigenous tribes on the Purgatory Star, the impact of the world-shaking changes had not completely subsided even to this day.

The clouds covering the grassland had dissipated, and the crown of the Firstborn, Toka, which had once formed the upper crust, had also been stripped away. The sun reappeared in the world, and various large plants and animals that had once become extinct returned to this world. The "Goddess" Vivian brought about the rise of the Sun People and also brought incredible steel cities to this world. The Soul-Suppressing City, towering at the heart of the grassland, and the "Cities of Steel and Storm" (actually drone hangars and autonomous production factories) scattered throughout the world, had become new sacred sites in the eyes of the local natives. Even the ancient Holy Spirits from the Solar Dynasty period had returned to this world from the Land of the Dead, teaching the people lost ancient technologies—although many nomads didn't really understand what these knowledges meant, the younger generation among them had begun to be deeply attracted to these ancestral knowledges and were gradually adapting to settled life in the cities. Bernia was one of them.

The little Holy Maiden Bernia of the Fire Tribe had now settled down with her tribespeople in the "New Holy City" near the Soul-Suppressing City. This New Holy City was built by people under the guidance of the ancestral spirits, imitating the urban layout of the ancient Solar Dynasty. Although it was far from comparable to that incredible era, the New Holy City's neat streets and sturdy house structures still made Bernia feel incredible, and she yearned for ancient knowledge even more.

However, in the eyes of the ancestral spirit "Gragon," the current New Holy City was at best just a group of neatly arranged shacks. There were still many years, even many generations, to go before this world could restore its civilized heritage.

A holy maiden was still a holy maiden. Bernia's little head contained the most knowledge and the most useful ideas of anyone her age in this world, so she was still highly respected in her tribe, and the same was true for the holy maidens of the other tribes—now that all the upper-level personnel of all the tribes lived in the New Holy City, the holy maidens had also gathered together.

Due to their special status, they usually didn't have many opportunities to run around, and because they were smarter than ordinary people, they were also the focus of education for the ancestral spirits. Every day, Bernia had to spend almost an entire day learning knowledge, and there were still many holy maiden duties to be handled in the evening, so one hour at dusk became her rare leisure time of the day.

As dusk approached, the ancestral spirits Gragon and Pan Dong finally finished their day-long lectures. The little Holy Maiden Bernia came out of the school and returned to her residence accompanied by the tribe warriors who guarded her. She rubbed her slightly swollen head, her mind still full of all kinds of interesting things she had heard in the school: the essence of matter, the wonders of mathematics, the power of gears and levers, and the magical magitek devices of ancient times. Bernia liked the last item the most, because Gragon would use the power of his soul to create lifelike phantoms. In the phantoms, the students could see with their own eyes how those incredible ancient machines operated, which was much more interesting than boring theoretical lessons.

"We can see the Eternal Pillars," the tribe warrior's reminder woke Bernia from her contemplation.

The little Holy Maiden quickly patted her cheeks. She found that she had already reached the highlands on the edge of the New Holy City. From here, she could overlook two sacred places. One was the "Soul-Suppressing City" behind the New Holy City. The forest formed by steel needle towers was constantly shrouded in thunder and lightning. Countless silver flying machines shuttled and danced in the steel forest. It was the most awe-inspiring place, but also an absolutely forbidden place to set foot in; the second sacred place was the remains of the "Eternal Pillars" at the end of the horizon.

The Eternal Pillars were once the great pillars that supported the rocky shell above this world, in reality they were the trunks of the sky-supporting giant tree formed by the Firstborn Toka's tentacles. After the canopy of the Tongtian Tree was cut off by the Fiery Mining Team, the remaining trunk was also cut off a lot, but the remaining "stumps" were still magnificently amazing and could be regarded as miracles. The people in the tribe believed that the stumps contained the power of the giant Toka and the goddess Vivian. Bernia passed by the highlands every day and had to pay homage to the direction of the Eternal Pillars: Although she was young, she already had the awareness of a holy maiden.

"Goddess, thank you for bringing light to this world..."

The little Holy Maiden muttered mechanically, reciting the prayer in a fixed tone. The prayer was long and convoluted, and the tribe warrior who was guarding her quickly lost patience to continue listening: Although the tribe warriors were also loyal believers, their loyalty and faith were reflected in their fearlessness when fighting in the name of God. It was not very realistic to ask them to listen to a complete prayer.

So the guard shook his head and walked aside, starting to inspect his "holy blade" that he never left his body. Bernia secretly glanced sideways, confirmed that the other party could not hear her, and quickly added her newly compiled prayer:

"Goddess, I have a request, when will you and your divine messengers descend again? I still want to eat shrimp sticks and dried bean curd..."

As soon as the little Holy Maiden finished speaking, she felt a blur in front of her eyes, and then a large bag of snacks was stuffed into her hand.

Bernia once again showed that signature dazed expression. She looked at the snack bag in her hand for a while, and suddenly said sillyly: "Wow—the goddess has manifested!"

"Next time you want to eat something delicious, don't think about it so intently." A gentle voice came from the side. Bernia looked up and found Vivian standing in front of her, while the tribe warrior responsible for guarding her was already prostrating on the ground with utmost respect.

The little Holy Maiden thought for a while, and then exclaimed again: "Wow! The goddess has really manifested!"

Hao Ren: "It's only been a while since I last saw her, but why does this child feel even more dazed than before?"

As a holy maiden, Bernia actually had no problems with knowledge and intelligence at all. It was just that the little girl was innocent by nature, and her words and deeds always gave people a dull-headed feeling. Whenever Hao Ren thought of this little girl, what always came to his mind was the scene of the adults discussing serious matters, while she was sitting in the corner of the room, dozing off and blowing snot bubbles...

At this time, Bernia couldn't wait to tear open the snack packaging, stuffed her mouth with cheap food, and while sighing that her new prayer was indeed effective, she tried her best to swallow it. It wasn't until half a bag of dried bean curd was in her stomach that she suddenly remembered something: "Ah, I'll go notify the tribe leader and the others!"

Vivian stopped the little girl: "No need, just go and call Gragon and the other ancestral spirits."

Soon, Gragon brought a group of Solar Dynasty heroic spirits to Vivian.

Gragon, the last monarch of the Solar Dynasty ten thousand years ago. When the Purgatory Planet was sent from the Dream Plane to the surface world by the Goddess of Creation, and the entire planet fell into turmoil, Vivian's split-body half descended on this world, suppressing and controlling the Firstborn "Toka" who was symbiotic with the planet. Then Gragon, the highest commander of the planet at the time, took over the responsibility of maintaining "Toka's" cage. He led all the Solar Dynasty royals at the time to commit suicide by taking poison, transforming into holy spirits, and maintaining the "lullaby" technique that could put "Toka" to sleep in the underground city for ten thousand years. It wasn't until Hao Ren and Vivian came to this world and completely solved the problem of the Demon God Vivian and the Firstborn that these ancient heroic spirits were freed from their long service. Now Gragon and his former partners are active on this planet as spiritual leaders, leading the people to restore the civilization of the Solar Dynasty.

This respectable old king bowed to Vivian, and the holy spirits behind him also bowed down in unison: To the people on this planet, Vivian was a genuine god.

Although this understanding was a bit skewed, Hao Ren and the others didn't intend to correct it.

"We're going to the Soul-Suppressing City," Hao Ren said, "Also, we're bringing a neighbor to this planet."

Yggdrasil had now "drifted" to a very close place above the Purgatory Star, but this was just a figurative statement. Since the Nine Realms were all continents located in different dimensions, Yggdrasil didn't actually have a definite "location" in the main material world. He (to be honest, Hao Ren really didn't know whether to use he or she to refer to Yggdrasil now) was just adjusting his space-time opening so that he could overlap with a part of the Purgatory Star when he entered the material world: This was a job that required a high degree of precision, and it would take some time to complete. Before that, Hao Ren wanted to take Bai