Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

As Zhou Jingming fell from mid-air, the feeling of being one with the entire blue star vanished instantly after the power of heaven and earth left his body.

He had only recently entered the realm of Heavenly Venerable, and his cultivation level was not yet truly stable.

Being forcibly knocked down at this moment caused his internal energy and blood to become unbalanced, and his face immediately turned pale.

"Jingming!"

Su Xingmian was the first to rush over, followed closely by Chen Mo.

The two men, one on each side, helped Zhou Jingming up from the snow.

The Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture also staggered over, leaning on a broken wooden cane.

He looked up at Gu Changjin, who stood in the center of the seventy-two pillars, and gazed at the figure wearing the uniform of the Federation's General, who alone bore the authority of the entire Blue Star.

A hint of fear gradually appeared on his aged face.

"So that's how it is. So all of this was his scheme."

The sound wasn't loud, but it drew the attention of Zhou Jingming and the other two.

The Heavenly Master of Xiayuan Prefecture's gaze fell on Zhou Jingming.

To be precise, it landed on the "Heart-Blood Refining Method" that was still operating on its own within his body.

"You were able to achieve a balance between reality and illusion so quickly."

"It's not because of the inheritance of Xiayuan Prefecture."

"It's not just because I poured the power of myriad forms into your body."

"What truly earns you the world's recognition is the Blood Refinement Method."

Zhou Jingming's lips moved slightly, and he closed his eyes in pain as he spoke.

"But that martial arts technique... was given to me by Brother Gu."

The Celestial Master of the Lower Yuan Prefecture closed his eyes.

That's precisely why it's even more terrifying.

Gu Changjin can use the Blood Refinement Technique to extract the Heavenly Authority from Zhou Jingming.

What about the others?

The Federation's Bloodforged Army, those military generals, and the troops stationed in the orbital cities and lunar bases.

And there are the hundreds of millions of people across the entire planet who are currently practicing the "Federal Basic Blood Refining Technique".

This technique is free and can improve physical health. Even if an ordinary person only cultivates it to the first level of the Blood Realm, it can enhance their physique and prolong their healthy lifespan.

Driven by the highest levels of the federal government, it has begun to spread in schools, the military, businesses, urban communities, and even remote tribes.

Those who cultivate the mind are also required to cultivate this skill, because qi and blood can stabilize the mind and reduce the risk of losing control.

Unbeknownst to them, the entire extraordinary system of Blue Star was connected by a single cultivation technique.

And the origin of this technique.

only one.

Gu Changjin.

The Celestial Master of the Lower Realm slowly opened his eyes.

"He is not just the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, nor just the Commander-in-Chief of the Bloodforged Army."

"From the moment the Blood Refining Technique spread throughout the world, it became one of the sources of all extraordinary power on Earth."

"The cultivation achievements of all people, their Qi and blood."

"Even the authority formed after the Blood Refinement Technique was integrated into the world's rules..."

"He can take everything back."

Su Xingmian's expression changed slightly.

"In other words..."

"If he wanted, could he instantly drain the life force of everyone on Earth who cultivates the Blood Refinement Technique?"

The Celestial Master of the Lower Yuan Prefecture remained silent and did not answer.

But silence itself is the answer.

Chen Mo looked up at Gu Changjin.

His usually calm gaze now appeared extremely complex.

The blood-forging of the entire population has made all living beings on Earth a part of this networked world.

With just a thought, one can have the power of life and death.

Zhou Jingming, however, paid no attention to these things.

He just stared at Gu Changjin, his eyes filled with sadness and bewildered incomprehension.

"But Brother Gu has already won. The Federation is his, the military is his, and the Blood Refining Technique is his too."

"Even the authority over the heavens and earth of Earth has chosen him."

"No one in this world can stop him now."

Zhou Jingming's voice grew softer and softer.

"Then why did he still want to destroy the world?"

"Why must we bring those things in?"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Yes, why?

Above the heavens, the rift in the world has expanded to thousands of miles.

Seven enormous shadows were slowly creeping out of the crack.

Even before they had fully entered, the mere emanations of their aura were already causing the space of the Cloud Top Grassland to continuously deform.

The snow-capped mountains grew eyes, the ground turned into flesh and blood, and countless inaudible whispers burrowed directly into the depths of the consciousness of all living beings.

Gu Changjin, standing in the center of the seventy-two pillars, finally raised his hand.

"Blood Refinement, Return to One."

As the voice faded, countless people across the entire blue planet felt a slight jolt in their hearts.

In Tianjing City, the soldiers on night duty looked up.

Inside the school dormitory, students who had just completed a round of basic blood training opened their eyes.

The Black Robbery wasteland, the lunar base, the twelve starports, the near-Earth orbit city, and even the exploration fleets navigating through space.

All those who have practiced the Blood Refinement Technique have a faint blood-red glow appearing on their chests.

The blood-red light did not take their lives, because their existence was a brick in the construction of the world's extraordinary system.

It only takes the most insignificant bit from each person's cultivation achievements.

A drop of crimson blood slowly emerges from the bodies of millions of people.

In the next instant, they all shot into the sky and disappeared.

Above the capital city of Tianjing, countless drops of blood flowed into a river.

In the East China Sea Province, a crimson rainbow stretches across the sky.

Black Roba, the Northern Lands, lunar bases, orbital cities...

Streams of blood-red torrents surged into the clouds.

They converge on the Cloud Top Grassland from every direction of the entire blue planet.

That scene was so magnificent it was almost unbelievable.

It was as if the blood of the entire star began to flow backward at this moment.

Billions of blood droplets travel through cities, mountains and rivers, oceans and starports.

Finally, above Gu Changjin's head, it transformed into an endless sea of ​​blood that blotted out the sky.

Boom!

A sea of ​​blood fell.

Gu Changjin's body did not swell.

He did not reveal his true form again, which was thirty or a hundred feet tall.

Once all the vital energy and blood enter the body, they disappear completely.

He still maintains the appearance of a normal person.

The black military uniform was neat, with golden star trails shimmering on the shoulders.

Not a single hair on their head was ruffled by the strong wind.

But the entire planet Earth has begun to revolve around him.

The origins of the world surge forth: the earth, the ocean, the magnetic field, gravity, and space.

For millions of years, the Mind Gate has plundered the world's origin from all realms.

There is also the power that dispersed into the world after the deaths of generations of spiritual cultivators.

All of them were drawn together by the Blood Refining Method, a thread that runs through all living beings.

It flowed into Gu Changjin's body.

At this moment, he was not only the Venerable One of Heaven and Earth, but also the embodiment of the extraordinary rules of Blue Star itself.

Zhou Jingming can borrow the power of the world, but Gu Changjin can directly change the flow of the world's power.

Xie Wuwang's so-called alternative path to enlightenment is achieved by polluting and eroding the world.

Old Wang, on the other hand, allowed the distortion and blood and qi to briefly merge into the world.

But Gu Changjin is different. He controls the entire Federation, hundreds of millions of cultivators, and the extraordinary foundation of Blue Star that has been rewritten by the Blood Refining Method.

The power of heaven and earth is no longer borrowed, but belongs to him.

Gu Changjin slowly closed his eyes.

His perception soared to new heights; he saw every wisp of air in the atmosphere of Earth and the reactors operating in the lunar base.

A tiny meteorite was seen passing by the defensive array outside the orbital city.

I saw the engine lights of the exploration fleet shining in the dark starry sky.

The line of sight continues to extend outward.

A huge star radiating endless heat, and a small, white dwarf star.

The dark and boundless universe.

In the far reaches of the starry sky.

On the surface of several unfamiliar stars, there are traces of civilizations that do not belong to humankind.

Giant machines orbit the star, and life forms have transformed the entire planet into enormous nests.

There was even a vague will that seemed to sense the spying from Blue Star and cast a questioning glance in this direction.

But the next moment, Gu Changjin withdrew his senses.

He is not yet powerful enough to strike across billions of stars.

What I just saw was more like seeing some traces of this universe through the connection between the origin of the Blue Star world and the starry sky.

Gu Changjin opened his eyes.

The Dao Fruit was trembling wildly deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

It has never reacted so violently since it attained the Dao Fruit.

The origin of the Blue Star world, the accumulation of millions of years of various realms by the Heart-Image Gate.

The rules formed by the bloodline of the entire population, plus the extraterrestrial passage opened by the seventy-two twisted pillars.

Such enormous gains are driving a deeper transformation in the path to enlightenment.

The many Dao traces that were originally suspended on the surface of the Dao Fruit began to penetrate inward.

It is no longer just engraved on the surface, but gradually integrated with the Dao fruit itself.

A sudden realization dawned on Gu Changjin.

The Dao Fruit seems to be evolving.

It's not about adding another Dao trace, nor is it about condensing more Dao Yuan.

Rather, the path of "one unique Dao fruit, countless Dao traces" is truly taking its first step.

With the power of an entire realm, nurture a single Dao Fruit.

If the essence of Blue Star is completely returned to the Dao Fruit, then after this other self returns to the main world...

What they will take back will not only be cultivation, bloodline, and insights, but the foundation of an entire world.

A genuine smile finally appeared on Gu Changjin's face.

"Interesting, this is even more rewarding than I expected."

At that very moment, the sky shattered completely.

The seven twisted sources of existence finally squeezed into Blue Star.

The first one resembles a decaying star composed of countless eyeballs.

The second one is an endless river of white bones.

The third statue resembles a giant, but is composed of millions of suffering faces stacked together.

The remaining four statues cannot be described in their normal form.

Each time they move, they change the rules of their surroundings.

The flames turned cold, flesh and blood appeared in space, and time was disrupted.

As the seven Sources entered simultaneously, the entire Blue Star emitted an unbearable roar.

Gu Changjin raised his head and took a step forward. The space did not shatter, because the whole world was making way for him.

He appeared instantly before the rift in the world.

The seven extraterrestrial sources are squeezing inward.

Gu Changjin, however, went against the direction in which they were descending and crashed directly into them.

Behind him, the phantom image of the entire blue planet slowly emerged.

The vital energy of countless beings is like the sea, and the accumulation of millions of years by the Xinxiang Sect has transformed into mountains, rivers, sun, and moon.

The power of an entire realm was bestowed upon one person.

The intersection of the world and the outside world.

Gu Changjin raised his hand.

With the seven sources of distortion.

A head-on collision!