On the other side.
In the Void Realm of the Iron-Blood World.
Time seemed to freeze at the ten-thousand-meter altitude where Zhou Qi hovered, cross-legged.
Around him, it was no longer merely calm.
Instead, an absolute “Domain of Vacuum” had formed—violent air currents, upon touching a hundred meters from his body, became docile as lambs, breaking down into fundamental energy particles, swallowed by an invisible force field.
Behind him.
The “Taiji Diagram,” formed by highly compressed and materialized Mental Power, was no longer a mere illusion.
It was so vast that it obscured a small portion of the sky below, and as the Yin and Yang fish rotated, they drew in the free-floating energy from the thin atmosphere of the Iron-Blood World, emitting a low hum like the breathing of an ancient leviathan.
Massive golden threads of faith, resonating from the depths of the Souls of billions of Bug Clan Family members, converged across space.
Like firewood thrown into a furnace.
Under the profound grinding of the Taiji Diagram, they were purified, forged, and compressed, finally transforming into a viscous, concentrated Mental Origin like liquid gold, continuously flowing into Zhou Qi’s Sea of Consciousness.
The mental feedback from the Sixteenth-Order Ant Queen was like an inexhaustible star river.
The thunderous will of the Fifteenth-Order Flying Thunder Centipede brought a sharp aura that could tear through the Void Realm.
Coupled with the devout faith of billions of living beings in the Iron-Blood World, this converging torrent of power had long surpassed the limits of an ordinary mental body!
If not for the “Taiji Refinement Method” that Zhou Qi had stumbled upon and created through his comprehension of the Taiji Diagram, using the supreme principles of Yin and Yang rotation and the balance of hard and soft to control this immense power, Zhou Qi’s consciousness would have long been overwhelmed and assimilated, becoming a Puppet of pure energy.
Compress!
Compress again!
Refine!
Refine again!
The rotation speed of the Taiji Diagram reached a limit imperceptible to the naked eye, its edges even emanating tiny spatial cracks that annihilated matter due to intense friction with space! Finally—
“Crack!”
A crisp sound, like shattering glass.
It resonated from the deepest part of Zhou Qi’s Soul, yet it was also like the first thunderclap that split open the heavens and earth!
The sky-obscuring Taiji Diagram behind him suddenly collapsed inward, transforming into a golden stream of light condensed to the extreme, instantly submerging into his glabella!
Boom!
Zhou Qi’s tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open!
Two tangible golden beams of light, like the first ray of creation light at the dawn of the Universe, burst forth from his pupils, instantly piercing through ten thousand miles of clouds and directly striking the sky!
Wherever they passed, space was like glass scorched by high temperatures, leaving behind two transient vacuum channels that distorted light!
Within a thousand miles, the Iron-Blood World’s sky and earth, swept by this gaze, instantly underwent subtle yet clear changes—the light became clear and translucent, every detail visible;
The chaotic and disordered energy particles in the air, as if combed by an invisible giant hand, became docile and orderly;
Even the vast land beneath his feet seemed to radiate a more magnificent vitality!
This was not an illusion, but a sign of a planetary-level mental will initially interfering with the Laws of reality!
He looked within himself.
In his Sea of Consciousness, the once boundless mental ocean had disappeared.
In its place was a perfectly round, flawless, dazzling—Mental Golden Core—suspended at the core of his consciousness Universe!
It exuded an aura of immortality, purity, and refinement; every imperceptible pulsation caused every cell in Zhou Qi’s body to resonate with it.
Hum—!
The Golden Core vibrated slightly!
An indescribable sense of sublimation, originating from the Origin of life, swept through Zhou Qi’s entire body!
It was as if he had broken free from invisible shackles, shattering the ultimate constraints of carbon-based life!
Strands of Origin substance, imbued with immortal golden essence, flowed out from the Golden Core like a melting liquid star, surging, permeating, and imprinting along all his blood vessels and meridians!
Every beat of his heart was like a war drum pounding the Universe, driving the golden essence to transform every inch of flesh and bone; every breath inhaled and exhaled planetary-level energy tides!
His life form was undergoing a fundamental leap!
At the same time, his mental inner landscape expanded wildly!
200,000 meters
400,000 meters
800,000 meters…
Finally, a mental Domain with a diameter of a million meters, stable like a small celestial body, was forged in his consciousness with a roar!
Mental Energy flowed within it.
A single thought could transform into mountains.
A single thought could generate thunder.
A single thought could draw upon the power of stars!
“Planetary level… so that’s it!”
Zhou Qi felt the power surging like a sea of stars within him, and a knowing smile, indicating control over everything, curved his lips.
The light screen automatically unfolded:
Life Strength: 102
Current Evolution Points: 5020 Origin Points
102!
A number signifying his official entry into the “Titan” rank in the Universe!
His Mental Energy covered a thousand miles.
Within a thousand miles.
He was a God!
Where his will directed, heaven and earth would overturn!
Then, with a single thought, Zhou Qi crossed ten thousand meters and arrived at the Bug Clan Family base established in the Iron-Blood World.
He discovered that it was now September 4, 2017, 3:17 PM.
He had been refining Mental Power in the Void Realm for a week!
Fortunately, after achieving planetary level, he could instantly refine strands of faith power into his own Mental Power.
“Already 5000 Origin Points?!”
Zhou Qi looked at the light screen, his eyes flashing with brilliance, his target locked on the frozen Titan of the previous era in Antarctica!
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Antarctica · Inside the Antarctic Base · Circular Platform
Space rippled silently like a calm lake with a stone dropped into it.
Zhou Qi’s figure appeared like a ghost; the moment he appeared, all instrument readings on the platform wildly fluctuated, and before the alarm could sound, it was forcibly suppressed by an invisible great power.
“Greetings, Great Dominator!”
Led by Yuan Mei, a group of researchers (humans, pallid humanoids, insectoid creatures) instantly prostrated themselves, as if they had practiced countless times, their heads pressed tightly against the cold metal floor, their bodies trembling slightly with awe.
They could feel that the returning Dominator’s aura was even deeper and more terrifying than when he left, as if facing the Universe itself!
Zhou Qi’s gaze, like a tangible probe, instantly penetrated layers of metal barriers, locking onto the core of the ice mountain at the center of the platform—the Golden Three-Headed Dragon.
That thousand-meter-square glacier was perfectly clear under his planetary-level perception.
“Now’s the time!”
Zhou Qi’s mind stirred; the 1600-meter teleportation range of the Level 15 Evolution Space was sufficient to contain it!
Boom—!
There was no earth-shattering commotion, only a faint “hum” as space itself was forcibly twisted, folded, and then unfolded.
Zhou Qi’s vast planetary-level Mental Energy, like an invisible giant hand, precisely enveloped the core of the glacier and the Golden Three-Headed Dragon within it.
The next instant, only a huge, mirror-smooth circular depression remained in its place, as if the glacier had never existed!
The researchers on the platform looked up in horror, only to see the Dominator’s figure also vanish.
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