Chapter 567: Chapter 551: Myriad Souls as a Furnace, Ascension

In the study of the Deep Blue Residence.

Allen leaned back in his chair, the Star Map slowly rotating in front of him.

The framework for the colonization plan was already established, but one of its crucial nodes had been highlighted with a glowing red Rune: [High-End Combat Power].

The "Zero" main cannon of the Ten Thousand Miles of Sunshine was his trump card to flip the table, a strategic deterrent ensuring no one dared to risk their lives against him.

But when colonizing a primitive world full of unknown risks, he couldn’t just rely on the main cannon to clear the field every time. Not only was the cost exorbitant, but such a massive commotion would easily attract unwanted prying eyes. An even more practical problem was that with the current liquid funds in his account, he couldn’t even afford to fire a single shot.

He needed a Dawn Star Level "War General" who could hold their own and suppress the situation on the battlefield.

His gaze turned toward the Cybertron Half-Plane.

PX-4 "Xiong Da" possessed Dawn Star Level structural integrity and artillery, but its power was incomplete, still a step away from a true Dawn Star Level lifeform.

As for the other one...

Allen’s consciousness sank into Cybertron.

In the Half-Plane’s hangar stood a terrifying mechanical construct in silence. Draped in a Soul Concealing Cloak and wielding a massive Harvest Scythe and a Soul-Trapping Lantern, it looked like a Death God stepping straight out of a myth.

At this moment, the "Soul Furnace" in its chest was erupting with an extremely dangerous, eerie glow. Over a million Demon Souls were crashing madly inside it. The surface of its armor, forged from Radiant Black Steel, was even bulging with twisted Demon faces pushed out by the internal resentment, attempting to break free from their metallic cage.

"It’s eaten too much. Time for it to digest."

Divine Statue - Guide of the Underworld - Thanatos.

This killing weapon, born for soul strikes, had followed Allen’s commands during the wars in the Crystal Crown and the Ionia Plane, frantically harvesting the routed Demon Legions like a vacuum cleaner.

Its core, the "Soul Furnace," was now restless after containing over a million Demon Souls. These souls were spoils of war, wealth, and more importantly... fuel for Ascension.

A Level 4 Golem was a watershed.

The *Introduction to Morning Star Golem Technology* explicitly pointed out that such creations must possess "uniqueness." Allen had used an "artificial soul" to endow it with irreplaceable traits, but this was merely a ticket for entry.

"Uniqueness" and "Growth Potential" did not lie in sturdier metals or more powerful engines, but in its ability to understand, touch, and even utilize Laws just like a true Morning Star Wizard.

Since the underlying logic of an "artificial soul" was no different from a true soul, it could naturally master Laws as well. This was the Golem’s "Ascension."

For other Golem Wizards, a newly created Level 4 Golem might need to spend decades or even centuries embarking on the path of Laws, just like regular Wizards, but Allen had no intention of waiting that long.

The "Ascended Golem" he had previously promised Victor was by no means an empty promise. He had already deduced the theoretical framework in his mind countless times; all he lacked was an opportunity to verify his hypothesis.

"It’s time to let you complete your final transformation."

Allen closed his eyes, and [Consciousness Upload] was initiated.

In the next second, his perspective shifted.

Allen’s consciousness directly connected into Thanatos’s artificial Soul Core. Instead of taking over the construct’s control, he descended upon this core area in the posture of an "Observer."

He "saw" a chaotic sea composed of countless wailing, furious, and despairing Soul Fragments.

Over a million Demon Souls were tightly imprisoned within the chest’s furnace, whipping up a never-ending Soul Storm. If an ordinary Wizard dared to directly face the resentment of a million Demons, their mind would be instantly overwhelmed by this massive surge of negative emotions, reducing them to a lunatic.

But in the eyes of Allen, who had mastered the Soul Law, this was nothing more than a massive, chaotic pile of data urgently needing organization.

Slaughter, devouring, betrayal, lust... The emotions of a million Demons converged into a furious vortex. An illusory Demon Dragon, formed entirely of tyrannical emotions, opened its massive maw and lunged at Allen’s conscious form with a deafening roar.

Allen remained unstartled and unafraid. His will transformed into a gently glowing coordinate, slowly rising in the center of this chaotic sea. That light was exactly the mark left behind when he touched the [Soul Law].

With a single thought, it was as if he had pressed the "delete" key.

The massive Demon Dragon didn’t even let out a scream before it instantly disintegrated into a sky full of debris. A million Demon Souls simultaneously let out a shrill wail.

Through the Stripping of emotions and the Shattering of memories, the dark red vortex rapidly faded, transforming into a stream of pure white light. These streams of light were the purest soul particles, a primal force devoid of any impurities.

"Artificial souls lack the drive for autonomous evolution, so I will use the ashes of these million souls to pave a grand path to the heavens for you.

"Go capture the star that belongs to you.

"With my insights as a beacon, and a million Demons as kindling...

"Burn!"

With that single command, the Soul Furnace fully detonated!

BOOM!

In the real world, the red alarms across the entire Cybertron Base blared shrilly!

Thanatos’s massive body trembled violently, and a visible black Storm spewed from the Soul-Trapping Lantern. Countless twisted, agonizing faces bobbed and shrieked within the Storm, wailing like ghosts and gods, their resentment piercing the heavens!

This was a million-scale Soul Sacrificial Ceremony!

Allen helped Thanatos forcefully break down, filter, and purify those million berserk soul memories.

He had never expected Thanatos to spend decades bitterly "comprehending." Instead, he decided to forcefully "enlighten" it by pouring in vast seas of soul data!

This was a mad endeavor that was hard to replicate in the entire Wizarding World. Very few Morning Star Wizards of the Golem School could be like him, not only mastering the [Soul Law] but also treating the profound Soul Domain as a program that could be analyzed and coded.

Under Allen’s precise guidance, Thanatos began greedily absorbing these Soul Fragments.

It was learning, parsing, and growing at a rapid pace.

Its "vision" was elevated infinitely, climbing all the way up the "data Celestial Ladder" built by Allen, piercing through the restraints of the Material Realm.

Finally...

It also "saw" it.

The vast Law Star River suspended above the cosmic dome.

Without the slightest hesitation, guided by Allen’s will, it reached out its "hand" and grasped toward the deeply glowing star that resonated with Allen’s soul!

[Soul Law]!

The star descended, merging into Thanatos’s core.

The moment its fingertips touched the star, the furious black Storm raging on Thanatos’s surface in reality abruptly ceased.

All the roaring and wailing vanished.

In its place was a deathly stillness that seeped into the bones and froze all things.

Its body became increasingly illusory, as if it were no longer a metallic creation, but a mass of solidified shadows that could meld into the dark side of the world at any moment.

On that massive Soul-Harvesting Scythe, profound Law Runes autonomously surfaced and branded themselves, as if they were innate.

The Runes on the Soul-Trapping Lantern in its hand completely reconstructed themselves, transforming into a continuously spinning miniature black hole that seemed capable of devouring all light.

BOOM!

An invisible ripple spread outward with Thanatos at the center.

The true coercion of the Dawn Star Level descended.

Thanatos had truly crossed that watershed, becoming a Level 4 Golem that had mastered a Law.

[Divine Statue - Guide of the Underworld - Thanatos, Ascension complete]

[Law Mastery: Soul Law First Stage]

It was a success.

It succeeded. From this moment on, it was no different from a true Dawn Star Level Wizard. It would continue to grow alongside Allen’s conquests, becoming a true Death God walking between shadows and reality.

Allen’s consciousness was just preparing to withdraw from Thanatos’s body.

However, at this very moment, a sudden anomaly occurred!

At the very instant Thanatos successfully touched the Law, it was as if a dam’s floodgates had been pulled open. A massive Law resonance, sweeping along a data flood of those million souls that had undergone "compilation," madly poured backward into Allen through the soul link between master and servant!

Allen only felt his soul suddenly lighten, as if he were being lifted once again by that invisible, mighty force, "floating" out of the water for the second time!

He was actually being forcefully dragged by this terrifying "reverse enlightenment" power, smashing into that boundless Law dimension once again!

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