“Three? How could that be enough?”

Gu Shen said calmly, “I want to refine all the Seeds of Fire, leaving not a single one behind!”

He knew that Mr. Turing was teasing him, so he returned the favor with a “joke.”

As everyone knew, Seeds of Fire possessed "exclusivity."

Because Song Ci had accepted the memento of the Guang Ming Bi Lei, he could no longer gain recognition from other Seeds of Fire.

“Oh, is that so?”

But the look in Turing’s eyes held not a hint of jest. He scrutinized Gu Shen with great seriousness, and said, “Do you really want to refine them all?”

“???”

Gu Shen said helplessly, “You don’t actually believe what I said, do you?”

“Why not? Some things that others can’t do… doesn’t mean you can’t.”

Turing said calmly, “You drew the ‘Extinguishing Sword,’ a conceptual weapon that can extinguish even Seeds of Fire. Theoretically, it’s a power of a higher order than the Seeds themselves. Since such power can be wielded by you… then why can’t you fuse more than one Seed of Fire? Don’t forget, these are just fragments split from the Ark. The reason Seeds of Fire have ‘repulsion’ is simply because they are of the same order. After the Ark shattered, they refused to merge, refused to become one. But if there is a power stronger than them, then such a miracle might very well occur.”

“……”

This time, it was Gu Shen’s turn to be silent.

“Of course, no one has ever succeeded in doing this before.”

Turing said, “The Iron Curtain Emperor once fused the ‘War Seed.’ He spent a very, very long time, and only comprehended a very small portion of the ‘Source of Destruction’ contained within the Hunter Seed.”

“For a God Seat who has completely fused a Seed of Fire, wanting to borrow a second Seed of Fire to continue comprehending the ‘Source’ is as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Because what they need to face is not just the rejection from the ‘Seed of Fire.’”

Gu Shen understood this principle.

The God of Fate was fair.

Those who achieved God Seat status were all exceptionally talented individuals. In their respective fields, their talents were the pinnacle.

And borrowing other Seeds of Fire to comprehend the Source was tantamount to starting over on a new path.

“Then, what about Mr. Gu Changzhi?”

Gu Shen asked.

“Gu Changzhi’s cultivation talent is even higher than the Iron Curtain Emperor!”

Turing sighed, “If he hadn’t fused the Battle Seed, he would definitely have gained recognition from the ‘Valley Seed’… That guy’s talent is enviable. He only spent three years in the Time Dojo to comprehend the Time Source within the ‘Valley Seed.’ Although this Source was only incomplete, his speed of comprehension was simply too fast.”

“Three years?”

Gu Shen was shocked.

In just three years, Mr. Gu Changzhi had exhausted the greatest treasure within the "Valley Seed"?

“So… in my heart, I have always placed Gu Changzhi first in the plan.”

Turing said regretfully, “I thought that if he was willing to enter the Time Dojo for cultivation, if he had enough time, he would definitely go further than the Hunter God Seat of that year.”

Gu Shen also felt regret.

Mr. Gu Changzhi… was it because he comprehended a portion of the "Source of Time" that he saw an irreversible future?

Gu Changzhi was worthy of the name "Battle." His life was truly like a blazing sun, selflessly risking and burning everything!

Gu Shen felt a heaviness on his shoulders.

He carried the things entrusted to him by Mr. Gu Changzhi, things as heavy as a thousand jun, things called "hope."

“Can I take a look at these three Seeds of Fire?”

“You may.”

Turing waved his sleeve, and the illusory mirror surface was dispelled. A burst of ancient script brilliance swept past, and the overlapping space of the Time Dojo mirror became wider. Gu Shen saw three "stars" burning in the depths of the void.

One was scarlet red, one was emerald green, and one… was burning with a dark, pitch-black light.

The Molten Iron Seed, the Valley Seed, and the Hunter Seed, symbolizing "absolute destruction"!

These three Seeds of Fire were concealed by Mr. Turing's ancient script array patterns.

Now the array patterns were withdrawn.

The three Seeds of Fire were like great stars, burning fiercely!

It was clear that these were all unowned objects!

“There are seven Seeds of Fire in the Five Continents… the [Old World] has a Traveler Seed, and the Ice Sea has a Love Seed.”

Gu Shen looked at the three Seeds of Fire in front of him and slowly asked, “Adding the three Seeds of Fire in front of me, that makes twelve in total.”

“That’s right.”

Turing said, “Twelve in total.”

“So the twelve Seeds of Fire are all the fragments from the Ark’s shattering?”

Gu Shen moved his head and asked the question that had been hidden in his heart.

He remembered that in the Supreme Council chamber, Mr. Turing had left thirteen seats!

If Mr. Turing knew the number of Seeds of Fire… and each seat was reserved for a potentially existing "God Seat," then there should be thirteen Seeds of Fire!

Turing smiled faintly.

How could he not know what Gu Shen really wanted to ask: “You want to ask about the seats, don’t you?”

[Deep Sea] was the child he had created with countless efforts. Every seat set up in the Supreme Council chamber of the Dead Sea District was of great significance.

The number "thirteen" was certainly not a whim.

Gu Shen held his breath and waited for Turing’s answer.

“I used the Clone Technique to walk the end of the [Old World] for six hundred years. I even found the ‘Hunter Seed’ submerged by the super-giant source substance storm… But after chasing to the end of the world, I still didn’t find the so-called thirteenth Seed of Fire. If I have truly walked through every corner of this world, then I think there are probably only twelve Seeds of Fire in this world.”

Turing smiled and said, “But who would dare say the words ‘walked through every corner of the world’?”

Five hundred and forty thousand years of life was very long.

But compared to this world, it was very short.

Gu Shen pondered, and muttered, “So… you don’t know if there is a thirteenth Seed of Fire, so you deliberately suspended a seat, as a warning, and as a reminder?”

The thirteenth Seed of Fire, whether it existed or not.

This seat meant unknown "hope."

“Let’s… understand it that way for now.”

Turing was silent, he shook his head, and changed the subject.

“Do you know why these three Seeds of Fire have been here for so many years?”

This question was exactly what Gu Shen wanted to ask.

Since Mr. Turing had already found the "Hunter Seed" during the Iron Curtain Emperor's era, why didn’t he bring it back to the Five Continents? The existence of these three Seeds of Fire could make the civilization of the Five Continents stronger! And stronger by more than just a little!

“Three is a very mysterious number, and a triangle… is the most stable shape.”

Turing stretched out his two palms, remotely aimed at the three Seeds of Fire, and formed a triangle. He murmured, “The reason why the Time Dojo has been able to maintain stability in these years is because of the ‘existence’ of these three Seeds of Fire. Before I found the Hunter Seed, this dojo was completely broken. Bringing it here, the Time Dojo regained stability. And then there was the scene you saw.”

The three Seeds of Fire were like three stars, burning together, and also sharing the "Source Power" consumed by the Time Dojo.

Turing smiled self-deprecatingly, “So for a long time afterwards, I didn’t dare to drive the airship easily, for fear of destroying this ‘miracle’ that had finally recovered.”

“I see.”

Gu Shen murmured, “So if these three Seeds of Fire are taken away in an unowned state, it may lead to the collapse of the Time Dojo?”

“That’s right, either they welcome their new masters here.”

“Or, I bring the ‘Time Dojo’ to the Five Continents.”

Turing said in a deep voice, “As for the latter possibility, it’s almost zero, unless the Iron Curtain Emperor and Gu Changzhi agreed to a desperate fight.”

Speaking of this, Turing asked meaningfully, “Gu Shen, how are you going to deal with these three Seeds of Fire?”

“I am already the refiner of the Underworld Seed of Fire.”

Gu Shen thought for a long time, and said seriously, “I’m afraid it will be difficult for me to refine these three Seeds of Fire again… But since Mr. Gu Changzhi can borrow the Seed of Fire to comprehend the Source, then I think I should be able to do it too.”

In this Time Dojo, even if he cultivated with all his strength, Gu Shen still had a lot of remaining Heartflow Power!

Whether it was "Source of Destruction," or "Time," "Space"… Gu Shen was very interested.

Because of Mr. Gu Changzhi’s gift, he had a high degree of affinity with the Valley Seed. The cycle of the four seasons corresponded exactly to the Four Seasons Wilderness.

On the other side, the [Creator] domain symbolized "creation," and to make his Pure Land Divine Realm more perfect, he needed to comprehend the opposite of "creation," "destruction," so the source power of the Hunter Seed was exactly what Gu Shen needed to comprehend.

“You’re really planning to refine three at once?” Turing laughed.

“Some things, you always have to try to know the result.”

Gu Shen also smiled, “But I’m just preparing to comprehend the ‘Source Power’ contained within the Seed of Fire, and I don’t intend to take it for myself… If possible, I want to find suitable owners for them.”

Turing raised his eyebrows, “Oh?”

“The power contained within the Hunter Seed happens to be in line with General Rustbone’s ‘Source of Destruction.’”

Gu Shen looked back at the airship and said softly, “If you don’t object, I hope to give Rustbone a chance to fuse the ‘Hunter Seed.’”

“……”

Turing was silent after hearing this.

He looked at Gu Shen with a complicated expression.

The Hunter God Seat was the leader with the highest killing power in the Starship Era!

The power of the Hunter Seed was self-evident. Such a precious Seed of Fire… if it were anyone else, they would think of keeping it for themselves, but Gu Shen’s idea was to give it to the "suitable"?

“You want to give it to Rustbone?”

Turing asked seriously, “Have you thought about it carefully? Fusing the Seed of Fire is no small matter. Although Rustbone has comprehended his own ‘Source of Destruction,’ compared to the ‘absolute destruction’ contained in the Hunter Seed, that Source Power is not worth mentioning at all. The Iron Curtain Emperor was much more talented than him, but in the end, he didn’t even comprehend half of it… In other words, he is very likely to fail in the fusion.”

After a pause.

Turing said, “To put it another way, don’t you think that White Robe is a more suitable candidate for the ‘Hunter Seed’ than Rustbone?”

Gu Shen saw the tension and worry in Turing’s expression.

Gu Shen smiled, “Mr. Turing seems very worried about General Rustbone completing the fusion?”

“I am.”

Turing no longer concealed anything. He said solemnly, “The Hunter Seed has the strongest killing power. This is the Seed of Fire most likely to snipe the super-giant storm. I am very worried that with Rustbone’s ability, if he completes the fusion, he won’t be able to take on the final task…”

And if the younger, more talented White Robe did it.

The brilliance of the Hunter Seed would definitely be even more dazzling!

His plan was to cultivate an ultimate existence that surpassed the Hunter God Seat, but Rustbone himself did not have this ability, and would hinder the progress of the plan.

“You’re right.”

Gu Shen said softly, “But as you said… even the Iron Curtain Emperor of that year only comprehended half of the ‘absolute destruction’ Source. Since this Seed of Fire is so difficult to comprehend, what harm is there in letting others try?”

Turing was stunned for a second.

In fact, what Gu Shen wanted to do was not to give the Hunter Seed to Rustbone.

But…

To choose inheritors for these three Seeds of Fire, who had been waiting for their new masters for so long!

How could he not know that this was a generous gift that Turing had prepared for "surpassing the Hunter God Seat," and it was also a gift he was giving to himself now…

Gu Shen candidly explained his thoughts, “In addition to letting General Rustbone comprehend the ‘Hunter Seed,’ I also hope to let Senior Sister Luo comprehend the ‘Valley Seed,’ because she also carries the Four Seasons Breathing Technique left by Mr. Gu Changzhi.”

“In the Starship Civilization era, the number of people who had the opportunity to touch the Seed of Fire was very small, because they needed to be recognized by the leader.”

“Today’s Five Continents… the level of development is far less than the Starship Era, but Mr. Gu Changzhi left many ‘Battle Seed Dreams’ before he was laid to rest in Qingqiu, allowing every talented junior in Changye to have the opportunity to touch the dreams left behind by the Seed of Fire.”

Gu Shen said, “One person’s power can turn the tide and save billions of lives. It sounds really exciting…”

“But if the storm that destroyed the Starship Civilization comes again, do you really want the ‘ultimate transcendent’ you created to die once more?”

Turing was silent.

“I’ll ask you another question, do you really think that everyone’s fate must be tied to this one person?”

Gu Shen said, “I am willing to make a different choice from the Iron Curtain Emperor and Mr. Gu Changzhi, take over the Time Dojo, and also take over the heaviest burden. But I don’t think that the final victory or defeat of mankind depends on me alone.”

Turing said in a low voice, “You mean…”

“The fate of mankind is in everyone’s hands.”

Gu Shen said softly, “I hope that every Seed of Fire can have the most suitable owner. I hope that the twelve seats in the Supreme Council chamber will be fully occupied. I hope that a towering great wall will be built on the borders of the Northern Continent. That great wall is not built of mud, sand, and stone, but of human hearts and hope. I hope that every one of the billions of people in the Five Continents can have their own Seed of Fire, and everyone can become their own God Seat.”

Every word was shocking.

Reaching straight to the heart.

For a moment, Turing didn’t know how to respond to Gu Shen.

He looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression.

Gu Shen stretched out his finger, gently tapped the three Seeds of Fire, and said softly, “So, I hope to bring these three Seeds of Fire back to the Five Continents, and let them find their own masters…”

He looked at Turing and asked seriously, “What do you think?”