Translator: CinderTL
The world's wealth has never been evenly distributed.
The strength of two races is not determined by their numbers, but by the presence of top-tier powerhouses.
A single top-tier powerhouse can be worth tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Third and Fourth-Tier cultivators, just as a top billionaire controls wealth equivalent to that of hundreds of thousands or millions of people.
Therefore, despite the Titan Race's belief that they possessed twelve Sixth-Tier Elders, over a thousand Fifth-Tier Titans, and a vast number of Third and Fourth-Tier Titans, they were utterly crushed by Li Chunjun, a Cosmic Light List True Monarch whose combat prowess bordered on the Seventh-Rank.
Realizing they faced a terrifying opponent they could neither confront nor defeat, the exceptionally rational Titan Race chose to lower their heads in submission.
Survival or destruction has never been a difficult choice.
The seven surviving Elders immediately conveyed their surrender to Li Chunjun.
Upon receiving their message, Li Chunjun halted the slaughter.
After all...
The Titans offered too little experience to be worth the effort.
"Hmm!?"
Just as he was about to summon Su Fang and Yu Jin to take control of this Great World, a faint ripple stirred deep within his consciousness.
"A mental alarm? And it's growing stronger! Within half a day, it could reach a level that poses a lethal threat to me!"
Li Chunjun instantly realized what was happening.
Following the source of the mental alarm, his gaze locked onto the ground below.
In the next moment, he soared into the sky on a beam of Escaping Light, tearing through the Void with a sharp, thunderous roar. Like a bolt of lightning streaking across the Heavenly Vault, he shot towards the foundation of the Elder Tower beneath his feet.
The Elder Tower had originally housed a massive lift system designed to transport people deep into the world's core.
Numerous security measures were in place within the lift.
However, against Li Chunjun's Scarlet Sky Sword, all those safeguards proved useless.
Sword light wreathed in flames tore through layer after layer of barriers. In moments, Li Chunjun stood near the world's heart.
There, he found a vast subterranean space stretching thousands of li in every direction.
Tens of thousands of Fourth and Fifth-Tier Titans toiled frantically to repair the damage—the shockwave from Li Chunjun's earlier strike had devastated the Elder Tower, and the shockwave had reached this underground complex.
Judging by its layout, this was unmistakably a colossal super-factory!
Drawing energy from the world's core, this colossal factory was designed to upgrade Sixth-Tier Titans into Seventh-Tier Titans.
At the heart of the facility stood a "compact" humanoid silicon-based lifeform, towering at a mere four kilometers tall.
While this height might seem modest compared to other Elders, the relatively cramped underground space amplified his imposing presence, making him appear like a celestial deity radiating an oppressive aura that could make even Primordial Spirit True Monarchs wary.
"A Sixth-Tier Elder undergoing component upgrades?"
As Li Chunjun stormed into the super-factory and locked his gaze on the Sixth-Tier Titan Elder dozens of kilometers away, the Elder, in the midst of an urgent upgrade, abruptly opened his eyes.
Intense beams of light, radiating terrifying heat, shot forth from his pupils.
His arm, connected to the upgrade platform, extended rapidly, activating some kind of internal instrument. A powerful force field materialized around Li Chunjun, collapsing inward like a crushing fist.
The released energy caused all the equipment in the factory to flicker violently, sparks erupting from their mechanisms.
As the Elder made his move, Void Power shimmered on Li Chunjun's Scarlet Sky Sword.
In the next instant, his body shattered through the fabric of the Void itself.
With less than a hundred li separating them, Li Chunjun unleashed the Void Heaven Flash, shattering the artificial black hole-like binding field.
Whoosh!
As he traversed the Void, his Scarlet Sky Sword, imbued with the space-shattering power of Shattered Flowing Gold, slammed violently into the Sixth-Tier Elder's body.
An energy shield materialized instantly around the Elder, precisely intercepting the Scarlet Sky Sword's edge.
But as the sword's space-shattering force erupted, the shield shattered into dazzling streams of light, fragments of space scattering amidst the explosion.
In that fleeting moment, a new arm sprouted from the Sixth-Tier Elder's body, gripping the Scarlet Sky Sword with unwavering precision.
Clang!
Metal clashed against metal, sparks flying.
Despite the Scarlet Sky Sword's razor-sharp edge, forged from multiple top-tier Sixth-Rank Materials, it couldn't even scratch the newly formed limb.
"Gold Fusion? Is this the foundation for your audacity in attempting a Seventh-Rank breakthrough?" Li Chunjun's pupils narrowed slightly.
In the next instant, the Scarlet Sky Sword, now seized by the Elder, disintegrated into dozens of strands of Sword Qi.
The Sword Qi pierced through the gaps between the Elder's fingers, streaking toward countless energy nodes.
Sensing the danger, the Sixth-Tier Elder immediately activated a defensive barrier. But...
Over half of the dozens of Sword Qi carried Void Sword Intent and Destruction Sword Intent. The remaining half, shrouded in Great Void Destruction Sword Intent, silently slipped past his perception.
Boom!
An explosion erupted.
The Sixth-Tier Elder's defensive barrier instantly pulverized over thirty strands of Sword Qi infused with Destruction Sword Intent and Void Sword Intent. However, the remaining thirty-plus strands precisely struck his energy nodes and the energy channels connecting him to the super-factory.
The nodes shattered, and energy pathways became blocked.
The Sixth-Tier Elder's energy fluctuations plummeted rapidly.
In that instant, Li Chunjun had already flashed into the Void before the Sixth-Tier Elder—specifically, less than a hundred meters from his skull.
He formed a sword gesture with his fingers, drawing back his right shoulder like an archer drawing a bow. The dozens of scattered Sword Qi swiftly converged. Fueled by the flow of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, they rapidly coalesced into the physical blade of the Scarlet Sky Sword three meters before him.
In the next instant, Li Chunjun's bow-like right arm snapped forward, the Scarlet Sky Sword aimed directly at the Sixth-Tier Elder's Third Eye.
Before the Sixth-Tier Elder could fully mobilize the blocked and stagnant energy within his body, the Flying Sword shot forth, instantly piercing through the armor protecting his Third Eye and plunging into his skull.
The signal control center.
As the Flying Sword entered his body, it instantly divided into a thousand strands of Sword Qi, which tore through the pathways of the signal control center.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sparks flew in all directions.
The Sixth-Tier Elder, who had been frantically gathering energy to illuminate his energy storage zones, suddenly went dark, as if his power had been cut off completely. All his light vanished instantly.
"First Elder!"
Only then did the Sixth-Tier Elders, who had outwardly pledged allegiance to him but likely only as a temporary measure, roar in anger and give chase.
The three fastest among them immediately surged with violent energy fluctuations, far surpassing those of any Ninth Tribulation True Monarch.
After all, Sixth-Rank beings were eligible to compete for a spot on the Cosmic Light List in the Human Race.
They were known as Cosmic Radiance-Tier powerhouses.
It was estimated that there were only a little over a thousand of this caliber in the entire Profound Yellow Great World!
Strictly speaking, however, there were probably only one hundred and eight.
Some Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, qualified to challenge the Cosmic Light List, were no weaker than those ranked in the lower tiers. However, lacking absolute confidence—knowing that even a slight misstep could cost them their lives during the ascent—they hesitated to take that final step.
When such powerhouses unleashed their full might, obliterating thousands of miles with a single strike became effortless.
Yet the moment the three Sixth-Tier Elders materialized, Li Chunjun's Scarlet Sky Sword surged forward, rippling the Void as it met their attack head-on.
The space before the Scarlet Sky Sword seemed to compress into layered dimensions.
As the compression intensified, it solidified into a Void Wall that felt as tangible as stone.
Distorting the very fabric of space, this Void Wall clashed with the antimatter energy beams fired by the three Sixth-Tier Elders. The instantaneous release of energy shattered the structural integrity of the underground chamber.
Boom!
Blinding light and terrifying energy engulfed the vision of Li Chunjun and the Elders. Everything around them rapidly expanded under the inferno and shockwaves, some materials even vitrifying into molten glass.
However, the super-factory seemed to possess a formidable energy shield.
Though powerless against the Scarlet Sky Sword itself, it effortlessly deflected the residual energy from the clash between the sword and the three Sixth-Tier Elders.
As the violent energy fluctuations raged, the Scarlet Sky Sword moved like a phantom through the shadows of the Void, swiftly cutting down the three Sixth-Tier Elders from behind.
Flames erupted.
With the demise of the three Sixth-Tier Elders, the four Sixth-Tier Elders who arrived afterward finally regained their composure. Having lost their ultimate trump card and witnessing Li Chunjun's overwhelming power, they completely lost the courage to confront him.
But...
After their earlier hesitation, Li Chunjun no longer intended to show mercy to these Sixth-Tier Elders. For some races, excessive leniency was often mistaken for weakness, an invitation to exploitation.
Without pause, the Scarlet Sky Sword, stained with the blood of three Sixth-Tier Elders, stirred the Void and surged toward the remaining four.
Violent explosions and thunderous roars once again shook this region near the core of the Great World.
Less than a minute later...
The battle subsided.
The tragedy of small races lay in their inevitable lack of substantial foundations. Even those who managed to reach the Sixth-Rank remained among the weakest of their tier. Compared to Li Chunjun, a top-tier Sixth-Rank powerhouse with the potential to claim the top spot on the Cosmic Light List, they were at least two combat tiers behind.
Having annihilated all the Titan Race's Elders, Li Chunjun systematically retrieved their data cores. Then, dragging their corpses, he arrived at the colossal factory complex.
As the Titan Race's deepest secret, the factory had control programs implanted in all its Fourth-Tier and Fifth-Tier Titans.
Even though they were fully aware that their race was under attack, they could only dutifully maintain the factory's operations.
Li Chunjun had no intention of freeing them.
After searching the databases of the Elder-Tier Titans for a moment, he quickly located the control permissions.
With his newly acquired authority, he issued commands, and the factory sprang back to life.
"Gold Fusion!"
Li Chunjun approached the Sixth-Tier Elder who was currently undergoing an upgrade. This Elder was also the First Elder of the Titan Race's Council of Elders.
By sheer luck, this Titan had obtained a piece of Gold Fusion!
Originally a Fifth-Tier material found in geothermal magma zones, Gold Fusion possessed astonishing compatibility with all metallic substances.
Like a living entity, it could melt a wide variety of top-tier metals and, fueled by immense energy, digest them as nutrients for its own growth, accelerating its evolution.
The Gold Fusion before him...
Through the Titan Race's continuous feeding, it had reached the verge of manifesting Dao Rhythm, poised to transform into a Seventh-Rank material.
(End of the Chapter)
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