Kyoto Base City.
High above the ground, over ten thousand meters up, a King-Class Fighter hovered in place. Vast, surging spiritual power spread and raged, but with nothing around it, it caused no destruction.
Inside the fighter, Shen Mu sat cross-legged. Driven by his powerful consciousness, his spiritual power faintly showed signs of surpassing its limits.
Suddenly, a tremor stirred in Shen Mu's heart.
At the same time, the East Sea Azure Dragon, deep within the boundless ocean, slowly opened its eyes. A yearning gleam burst from its crimson vertical pupils.
It was a tremor from the depths of the soul, driving Shen Mu's two bodies with the urge to draw closer together.
Roar!
A loud, deep dragon's roar rose from the seabed. The East Sea Azure Dragon then seemed to turn into an afterimage, rapidly weaving through the ocean toward the waters near Kyoto Base City.
About ten minutes later, the East Sea Azure Dragon entered China's coastal waters.
Immediately, countless life-detection instruments buried in the deep sea sounded alarms.
The strongest monster overlord of the Western Pacific, the East Sea Azure Dragon, had arrived at the gates!
The relevant officials of Kyoto Base City received the information at once.
"What? The East Sea Azure Dragon is heading toward Kyoto Base City!"
"Hurry, report this to Chief Jia Yi. Use the red telephone!"
The red telephone was a landline with only one line, directly connected to the highest authority.
The East Sea Azure Dragon's approach was an enormous matter. It was far stronger than an ordinary King-Level Monster. Even Jia Yi was no match for it.
What was more, according to the latest intelligence, a great battle had erupted in the Western Pacific just yesterday.
Based on the life-detection data, the combatants had been the East Sea Azure Dragon and the Poisonous Jellyfish King. The battle had lasted only two or three minutes before the Poisonous Jellyfish King's life aura disappeared completely.
This meant that the Poisonous Jellyfish King, another Western Pacific overlord, had been slain by the East Sea Azure Dragon. It was suspected to have broken through, gaining strength comparable to the fourth and fifth speakers of the War God Palace.
Kyoto Base City, a heavily guarded military zone.
After receiving the news, Jia Yi moved while confirming the details with the others.
"Are we certain the East Sea Azure Dragon entered the coastal region alone? It didn't launch a beast tide?"
The soldier beside him, his expression incomparably grave, nodded firmly. "There are indeed no signs of a beast tide. Moreover, the East Sea Azure Dragon drove away all nearby monsters. Every Lord-Level Monster along its path retreated toward the deep sea."
"When something is abnormal, there must be a reason. Let's go take a look first. If it truly hasn't launched a beast tide, then even a King-Level Monster would be unable to withstand the aim of multiple lasers."
Rather than relaxing because no beast tide had appeared, Jia Yi's expression became even more solemn.
King-Level Monsters possessed intelligence no weaker than humans. They understood the power of human laser weapons. Even when attacking humanity, they would launch a beast tide to tie down those laser weapons.
Such an openly abnormal move meant either it had extreme confidence in its own strength, or something unknown to humanity had happened in the deep sea.
Luan River Estuary.
This stretch of water had been reinforced entirely with steel and concrete, forming a massive dam that cut off giant sea creatures from entering inland along the river.
A massive War Base stood atop the dam. Countless cannon muzzles gleaming with a cold light extended from the War Base, all aimed directly at the ocean.
Roar!
Suddenly, an excited dragon's roar echoed from beneath the sea surface. The people atop the War Base could vaguely make out a massive dragon shadow moving through the water.
Splash!
Though there was no wind, waves rose across the sea. Enormous, boundless spiritual power raged in all directions, with wave after wave surging outward.
"Could this monster be trying to stir up a tsunami and destroy the War Base?"
On the enormous platform, a warrior with War God-level strength sneered.
The Luan River War Base was built to standards far sturdier than the Three Gorges Dam before the Great Nirvana. It could withstand even high-yield fusion weapons.
An ordinary tsunami could do nothing to this War Base unless it was a global-scale super tsunami.
Yet no one could control such immense power. Not even Hong, the world's strongest man, could do so.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the vast spiritual power erupted and spread in all directions.
The powerful warriors standing on the War Base platform all felt as though their souls had been shaken. Waves of intense pain burst from the depths of their minds.
"Retreat! Prepare the laser cannons!"
Within a tower inside the War Base, specks of white light began gathering deep within a strange cannon muzzle, ready to attack at any moment.
"Has Chief Jia Yi arrived yet?"
"Any moment now..."
Before the words had finished, a dark-blue streak crossed the distant sky and came to a stop in midair.
The hatch opened, and a tall young figure stepped out of the fighter.
"That's a King-Class Fighter from the Limit Martial Hall!"
"It's Councilor Shen Mu! The only Councilor-level powerhouse of that age is Councilor Shen Mu!"
Even from afar, not even War God-level warriors could see Shen Mu's face clearly, but that did not stop them from recognizing his figure.
The next instant, everyone saw him step onto a shield and descend rapidly, shooting straight beneath the sea like a cannonball.
Boom!
Even more violent spiritual power erupted from the deep sea. It was as if a high-energy bomb had exploded, sending immense sprays of water into the air and making it seem as though a battle of spiritual power was taking place.
Several hundred meters beneath the sea, Shen Mu floated naturally in the water, his body relaxed.
The ferocious, azure-scaled dragon circled around Shen Mu, its crimson eyes fixed on him as though it might lunge forward and bite him down at any moment.
Buzz!
Powerful streams of spiritual power surged from Shen Mu's two bodies, merging with one another.
The next instant, Shen Mu suddenly opened his eyes.
The moment his gaze met that of the Azure Dragon Avatar, a faint glimmer lit up deep within the consciousness of both bodies.
Within a few breaths, that flickering glimmer abruptly became brilliant, shining from the consciousness into the outside world.
In an instant, this entire sea region became incomparably dazzling, its brightness astonishing, as though a sun were slowly rising from within the ocean.
"Break!"
Shen Mu gave a low shout. The genetic energy and spiritual power within him boiled, and once they reached their peak, all of it began to contract.
Boundless spiritual power gathered within his consciousness, while a heaven-devouring suction force burst forth from its core.
Then the vast spiritual power instantly collapsed. The ocean of spiritual power filling his consciousness vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only a brilliant "point of light."
It was a magnificent planet, surrounded by hazy light mist. Countless transparent pyramid-shaped crystals converged and intertwined, forming this spiritual power planet.
A similar scene unfolded within his dantian. Endless genetic energy collapsed into an icy-blue crystalline planet, formed from countless icy-blue hexagonal crystals.
Buzz!
The moment the two miniature planets were born, strange ripples spread forth, instantly sweeping through Shen Mu's entire body.
Planet-Level genetic energy and spiritual power instantly spread throughout Shen Mu's body. His bones, marrow, meridians, skin, internal organs, and everything else underwent earth-shaking transformation and evolution.
His body, which had already reached the peak of the War God level and could not improve even a fraction further, broke through the barrier of life's essence and regained limitless room and potential for growth.
The instant Shen Mu reached the Planet-Level, the strange radiance awakening deep within his soul finally burst forth.
From the outside, one could only see an incomparably dazzling radiance shoot from Shen Mu's forehead and strike directly into the East Sea Azure Dragon's head.
"Roar!"
The East Sea Azure Dragon suddenly let out a mournful cry as pain nearly capable of drowning Shen Mu's powerful consciousness surged forth.
It was excruciating pain from the depths of the soul. Shen Mu's human body trembled uncontrollably because of it.
At this moment, within the East Sea Azure Dragon's body, spiritual power and genetic energy reorganized. At the same time, its previously unbroken-through genetic energy underwent a leap, condensing into an aqua-blue genetic energy planet.
Even as Shen Mu endured the severe pain, all his attention focused on the two faint glimmers that were merging.
The instant the two glimmers completely fused, the agonizing pain flooding the depths of his soul vanished.
A special ripple enveloped Shen Mu and the East Sea Azure Dragon.
Within the East Sea Azure Dragon's body, the miraculous faint light began to solidify, eventually condensing into a transparent crystal sphere.
At that moment, Shen Mu sensed that his soul and origin had completely fused into the transparent crystal sphere formed from that faint light.
During this process, Shen Mu's soul also changed imperceptibly, and the fluctuations of his thoughts became more aligned with the fundamental fluctuations of the universe.
"This is... the Primal Nucleus!"
Whether it was called the Primal Nucleus did not matter. Shen Mu knew its function was the same.
From this point on, his life was entirely bound to this Primal Nucleus. Even if both bodies perished, as long as the Primal Nucleus and his soul were not destroyed, he could be resurrected.
Buzz!
Suddenly, patterns of special colors emerged upon the surface of the Primal Nucleus.
It was a color Shen Mu could not describe with words, as though it encompassed every color in nature. If he had to give it a name, it could be called chaos.
At the same time, a stream of information emerged from the depths of his heart. It was information contained within that faint light.
After digesting the information, Shen Mu's eyes filled with unbelievable delight.
So... the reason for his transmigration and resurrection had all been this strange faint light.
"There's actually a secret technique like this!"
A smile appeared on Shen Mu's face, then gradually became wild and unhinged as he burst into manic laughter. His laughter carried incomparable exhilaration as it echoed through the seabed.
Boom!
Just then, an earthy-yellow streak smashed into the sea surface, kicking up enormous waves.
Within the earthy-yellow streak was Jia Yi, his face filled with urgency. For a Planet-Level powerhouse, even in the deep sea, a distance of several hundred meters took only a second or two to cross.
Then Jia Yi witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life: a young man was laughing wildly, as though he had gone mad.
Meanwhile, the lofty East Sea Azure Dragon lowered its dragon head before Shen Mu in a posture of submission.
"Councilor Shen... what is this?"
Jia Yi stared warily at the East Sea Azure Dragon, then looked toward Shen Mu as his laughter abruptly stopped.
Caught by Jia Yi in his deranged state, Shen Mu did not change expression. He coughed lightly twice and said seriously, "It's fine now. I've completely tamed the East Sea Azure Dragon."
"Huh?"
A strange expression appeared on Jia Yi's face. Then he saw the East Sea Azure Dragon nod at him in a very humanlike manner before lowering its body in front of Shen Mu.
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