By the coast, a hundred-meter Star Gate shimmered with flowing light.
Beyond the Star Gate, an army forged of steel stretched as far as the eye could see.
Above the Sky Dome, squadrons of fighter jets streaked across, weaving an iron curtain.
In the distant ocean, scores of aircraft carriers, destroyers, and frigates dotted the seascape, ready for action.
All cannons were aimed at the figure who emerged from the Star Gate.
"In the name of the Federation Command Center, I order you to stand down, or what awaits you is total war," said the voice.
"War?"

Gu Jinlai took a step forward, and his form swelled against the wind, in an instant growing from less than two meters tall to a colossal Chaos Demon God thousands of kilometers high, emitting the brilliance of a white dwarf star from his being, his own gravity causing thunder and lightning, as well as tsunamis and tides within a thousand-mile radius.
He looked down...
At the war weapons that seemed like toys.
He reached out, and a hydrogen bomb fell into his hand.

Within him, the electron-degenerate star core released Helium, Helium elements expanded, and the terrifying high temperature instantly caused Deuterium and Tritium, Hydrogen's isotopes, to fuse, the energy bursting forth, forming a blazing white brilliance on the ocean's surface that was like igniting a sun.
Before this sun's energy could be released, he clapped his hands together, and the dazzling white, mixed with heat in the billions of degrees, was compressed and sealed within his palms, not a fragment escaping.

"I think, you should choose peace." he suggested.

Compared to the outer areas where mostly Outer Disciples and official disciples reside, those who can live in the grand halls of the Fire Cloud Palace are invariably the direct disciples of various Immortal Venerables.


Of course, since there are over a hundred Immortal Venerables in the Fire Cloud Palace, though most of the time they are stationed, cultivating on the Heart of the Cosmic frontline, their disciples generally remain in the Fire Cloud Palace.


Aside from those out on training missions, there are still thousands of them.


Additionally, these Immortal Venerables' direct disciples often have many attendants and maids, and some graduates continue to work in the palace or invite people they favor to take up positions, making the grand halls of the Fire Cloud Palace quite bustling.


Gu Jinlai's official identity is that of a protector in the Xi Divine Hall.


Chapter 1121 - Chapter 844: Emperor Xi