Yan Hai's Killing Intent Towards Zhou Ze!

Hong and Thunder God had failed. Even though the Golden-Horned Giant Beast was more severely wounded than in the original timeline, it was still beyond what Hong and Thunder God could handle.

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast even endured the laser cannon's assault and forcibly dismantled the B6-grade laser cannon.

One could only say that the Golden-Horned Giant Beast truly lived up to its peak bloodline—as long as its core remained unharmed, no amount of physical damage could touch its foundation.

With the "deaths" of Hong and Thunder God, and the destruction of the only B6-grade laser cannon capable of harming the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, the global high-ranking officials were plunged into despair. Major nations began implementing their "inheritance plans."

Compared to everyone else's despair, Zhou Ze was unusually calm. He was now certain.

"Minor trends can be changed, but major trends cannot be reversed..."

The Devouring Starry Sky world also possessed a mysterious, special force. No matter how much he interfered with Luo Feng's growth, what was meant to remain unchanged ultimately stayed the same.

"This is a good thing! I was worried that my presence might cause unpredictable changes to Luo Feng and Earth's future. Now I can rest easy and start my own plan."

Just as Zhou Ze was pondering the future, Babata suddenly appeared before him, looking extremely anxious:

"Zhou Ze! You need to talk some sense into your disciple! He actually wants to use the Six-Pointed Star secret technique to activate the Void Tower's life-risking method and kill the Golden-Horned Giant Beast!"

Zhou Ze smiled faintly. "Having a method is better than having none..."

Babata was genuinely furious this time. In the past, when he got angry, he'd just go straight to messing with Zhou Ze.

"Do you even know what you're saying?"

"He's your only disciple! Are you really going to watch him throw his life away? Once his soul suffers severe damage and falls into slumber, even an Immortal would need millions of years to recover!"

"Even if Luo Feng doesn't die like Hong and Thunder God, he'll definitely fall into a true soul sleep. He might never wake up and could pass away in that slumber!"

Having finally secured four disciples from Fallen Ink Star, three were about to be lost, and one of them had used the only Inheritance Soul Seal. Babata was completely losing it.

Zhou Ze understood Babata's feelings, but he didn't know how to explain. He couldn't exactly say that Luo Feng would possess the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, or that Hong and Thunder God would wake up soon.

He could only fall silent, saying nothing.

"You're infuriating me!" Babata said.

Meanwhile, Babata was also trying to persuade Luo Feng, but in the end, he had no choice but to agree.

Next, just like in the original timeline, Luo Feng sent a message to all Planetary-level warriors worldwide requesting their sacrifice, and ultimately chose Mo Handerson, Yisite, Tripathi Singh, Jia Yi, and Sokolov.

Even though Zhou Ze already knew the plot, he was still deeply moved. It was like reading a novel and knowing the story, but still being unable to hold back tears when watching the anime adaptation.

And now, he had transmigrated into the Devouring Starry Sky world and witnessed it firsthand.

"It will take a very, very long time to revive them..."

"Perhaps for them, it's just a dreamless, eternal sleep..."

Zhou Ze sighed. Time was a strange thing—sometimes, an instant could feel like eternity.

He felt like he had grasped something, but was still missing a piece.

A new chapter in human history had begun.

Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base City, Times Square. The square was filled with wreaths and flowers.

The calamity brought by the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had placed even greater pressure on humanity than the Great Nirvana period. But thanks to the sacrifice of Earth's eight strongest warriors, humanity had survived this disaster.

All base cities around the globe spontaneously held various activities to express gratitude and respect for the eight heroes.

At this moment, Zhou Ze paid no attention to the outside world. After a long, painstaking effort, he had reached a critical juncture.

His physical condition had reached the peak of the Apprentice-level a year ago, and his will and consciousness had long surpassed the requirements for breaking through to the Planetary-level. The only weak link holding him back was his psychic power.

With an unlimited supply of Muya Crystals over the past year, combined with the Fallen Ink Star's secret psychic cultivation methods, even with his lackluster talent, his training speed still surpassed that of other average Spiritual Psychics on Earth.

Cultivating psychic power was indeed far harder than improving physical fitness. Even under these conditions, it took him a full year to reach the mid-level War God tier.

With Luo Feng's breakthrough insights, combined with his own stacked comprehension from Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God, he smoothly executed the nine movements required to break through to the Planetary-level.

As each movement was performed, every cell in his body seemed to boil. The Genetic Energy that had been lying dormant and unabsorbed in his cells began to gather like droplets of water, merging into streams, then into creeks, then into rivers...

Waves of heat surged from his entire body, spinning and condensing, finally converging at the dantian in Zhou Ze's lower abdomen!

"Boom!"

Within his dantian, it was as if Pangu had split heaven and earth. The dantian, which had never existed before, was instantly and violently opened!

The spinning Genetic Energy accelerated its rotation, expanding and contracting repeatedly, each cycle making it smaller!

Without a doubt, the Genetic Energy was sublimating!

"Finally broke through to the Planetary-level!"

Zhou Ze was in a good mood. Looking inward at the miniature planet in his dantian, unlike Luo Feng's golden planet, his was a water-blue crystal.

"This is exactly what I expected!"

Just as Zhou Ze was thinking, the continuously spinning water-blue miniature planet emitted a series of strange ripples!

"Genetic Energy!"

Zhou Ze's mind stirred, and strands of water-blue Genetic Energy instantly flowed from his dantian, surging through his entire body.

"Crack, crack, crack~~"

In an instant, Zhou Ze felt his entire skeleton, skin membrane, meridians, internal organs, and even every single cell rapidly transform! Even his soul and consciousness were sublimating! When the transformation ended, Zhou Ze checked his special ability.

"Boundless Ocean!"

Translated into Chinese, Zhou Ze used a four-character idiom to describe the effect of his special ability. "I never expected to awaken a top-tier water-type special ability, hmm..." Over the past year, Zhou Ze had spent no small amount of time perusing the Fallen Ink Star's archives to broaden his horizons and satisfy his curiosity. He was quite interested in the types and effects of special abilities after breaking through to Planetary-level.

"Better than nothing, I suppose. This thing is only really useful in the early stages..." If he weren't familiar with Swallowing the Starry Sky, Zhou Ze would be extremely excited right now, thinking that awakening the most top-tier special ability was something remarkable. But knowing that what truly matters for a martial artist in Swallowing the Starry Sky are laws, genetic level, amplification, secret techniques, equipment, and so on, he didn't feel much at all.

European Union, Paris Base City.

It was just before dawn. Yan Hai, with his graying hair, wore a suit and came to the central square of the base city, offering a bouquet of flowers one by one to the eight heroes who had saved Earth's humanity. His expression was mournful, his figure slightly hunched, evoking sympathy. After finishing this, he returned to the large terrace on the third floor of his villa, feeling exceptionally good. He held an expensive glass of red wine, sniffed it, closed his eyes in enjoyment, then tilted his head back and drank.

"Delightful! Delightful!" Yan Hai kept his eyes shut for a long time, immersed in pleasure. After so many years away from home, hiding in this distant European continent, not daring to set foot in China for decades! And from today onward, he, Yan Hai, could go wherever he pleased! Jia Yi was dead! The four Speakers were dead! That freak Luo Feng was dead too! Only the Fifth Speaker, Atkin, remained, and he was his friend, on his side. It could be said that now, he could do whatever he wanted across the entire Earth!

"Hmph, Zhou Ze, let you live a little longer. Once the heat dies down a bit, I'll make my move..." Yan Hai thought of how his little vulture, like his own child, was killed by Luo Feng right in front of him, and then recalled Zhou Ze, who had intercepted his staff. As he thought, a sense of urgency crept into his heart. He had originally wanted to wait for the heat to pass, but he feared Zhou Ze might break through to Planetary-level. After all, Zhou Ze was just as freakish as his disciple! At the Senior War God level, he could send his staff flying with a single blow—and that blow was aimed at deflecting Luo Feng's Escape Shuttle. With his Planetary-level stage two strength, even if he hadn't used his full power, no War God should have been able to block it. Yet Zhou Ze had done it, and with apparent ease.

"No, I need to deal with him quickly, to avoid more trouble later!"