Chapter 785: War, Mirror Universe

Xu Zhi walked in this new world.

The entire planet began to transform into a new era of distinct light and shadow. This was because, high above in the sky, giant magnifying glasses concentrated most of the sunlight onto several circular areas, creating "Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands." Consequently, other regions of the land became relatively dim and dark. The overall illumination seemed somewhat insufficient.

From high in space, one would be surprised to see the planet as a vast, dim sphere dotted with extremely bright, fragmented patches of light.

"While this regional division offers great advantages, its drawbacks are also obvious..." Xu Zhi strolled leisurely on the planet. "...Other regions would find it nearly impossible to absorb the spiritual energy from the cosmos... This would inevitably lead to the emergence of high-status sects and a lower class of ordinary people."

He bought a new house in a suburban villa area and sat in the courtyard, drinking tea. After all, the previous era of great floods had been very unstable, but now that the times were relatively stable, it was naturally possible to reside there temporarily.

"Brother, drinking tea again!?" Outside the courtyard, a beautiful high school girl stopped her motorcycle and took off her helmet.

"Yes, I am," Xu Zhi smiled in response. "Going for your cultivation long-run again?"

"That's right, only by diligently cultivating can one become strong... By the way, there have been some attacks in the nearby neighborhoods recently, so you should be careful... The victims' vital energy is drained, and they have teeth marks on their necks. They only survive if rushed to the hospital. Although most of the victims are young girls, as a boy, you should still protect yourself."

Xu Zhi chuckled, "Is it some evil cult practicing dark arts?"

"Yes," the girl took a deep breath. "After all, not everyone can enter the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, so some people are targeting students who can cultivate, plundering their cultivation energy."

"Be careful!" She put on her helmet and rode off on her motorcycle.

The motorcycle had no engine. It was powered by their own radiation and vital energy, essentially a special cultivation method; riding the motorcycle was a form of daily exercise. It had to be admitted that this cultivation method was very effective.

Observing this land, Xu Zhi could already envision the structure of truly extraordinary cultivation planets in the cosmos: Sects would undoubtedly monopolize the planet's spiritual energy, forming Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands. Ordinary people outside would find it difficult to cultivate, and everyone would have to join a sect, creating a unique form of monopoly.

"Hehehe..." Xu Zhi tilted his head back, looking at the sky. "Quite interesting, isn't it?"

However, these dark and gloomy areas, without direct sunlight and almost no radiation, proved incredibly advantageous for a certain type of creature. A clandestine force was growing, gradually expanding, attracting countless influential figures and high-ranking members of society to join this extremely mysterious organization. They secretly opposed the authorities. However, since the authorities monopolized most of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, they had no means of cultivation themselves and could only attack cultivators, which was inherently their method of cultivation.

Meanwhile. The girl was walking on a deserted path near the villas when suddenly a dark shadow flashed from an unseen corner.

"What a beautiful young girl..." A pale, weak hand lunged forward.

Suddenly, the girl's expression sharpened. She lightly leaped from her motorcycle and pulled a Buddhist staff from her back. "Attacking cultivating girls, ambushing my classmates—was that you, you despicable blood-sucking vampire?"

The cloaked shadow's expression subtly changed, a mix of shock and rage. "What a disgusting aura."

"I'm from the Buddhist Studies department. Are you ready?" The girl held the Buddhist staff with both hands, a string of prayer beads around her neck. Golden beads continuously flowed into the staff, as if a Gatling gun were being loaded. "Are you ready to be sent to your transcendence?"

Another eighty years passed. The planet had no shortage of energy, and the first generation of cultivators to reach the Heavenly Emperor realm finally broke through. One by one, powerful individuals began to display unmatched potential. They could even fly beyond the atmosphere, and some even personally forged new "Solar Mirrors" to place above the celestial dome, reshaping the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands. This era signified that the combat power of individual cultivators was beginning to catch up with cutting-edge technology.

Another ten years passed. Countless powerhouses reached their peak, ushering in a flourishing age. Some even reached the pinnacle of the Heavenly Emperor realm, poised to break through to godhood. During this period, mysterious blood-sucking dark creatures dominated the planet with fear. Ji Shang, aiming to reclaim his kingship and establish an immortal dynasty, was forced to oppose his own descendants. Meanwhile, the mysterious elemental creatures from outside the domain, and even the Moon people on that moon, seemed to have gone silent... until this very day.

BOOM!

From the distant sun, a beam of light instantly descended.

"What is that!?"

"Oh my God!"

"A light beam, it's a Solar Weapon! A Solar Weapon!"

"It's those elemental creatures; they're learning our ancient technological methods..."

"How could they?! A typical Solar Weapon couldn't fire a beam from the sun and hit the Kyushu Planet!"

People didn't even have time to react. A colossal ray shot down from the sky. It instantly pierced a massive hole a hundred meters in diameter. Skyscrapers were obliterated in an instant, and people near them didn't even have time to scream. The ground turned into a bottomless pit, and the surrounding soil liquefied into golden magma.

"My God, it's a Solar Weapon!"

"We're doomed!"

Countless screams, wails, and cries of terror erupted in chaos. The beam struck without any discernible trajectory; it was too sudden for anyone to react. Soon, the laser began sweeping across the land, slicing through everything in the city.

The local university was enraged and immediately reported to the Kyushu Federation. "They've created Solar Weapons!"

"It's the Solar Star! Those creatures must have created a special Solar Mirror at a high point between the Solar Star and the Kyushu Planet, capable of firing such a powerful beam all the way to the Kyushu Planet..." A "Moon Diviner" frantically calculated: "My God! It's at least a hundred times more massive than our Solar Weapons of yesteryear!"

This was a terrifying figure. Those elemental creatures hadn't been idle for the past century; they had been constructing a true world-ending, suppression-level weapon. Such a forbidden weapon possessed the capability to instantly strike and destroy an entire galactic civilization at light speed!

"Never mind that, resist quickly!"

"At this rate, in just a few days, it will melt through our planet's core. Are they demonstrating that they have the power to destroy us at any time?"

"You're too foolish! How could a mere light beam penetrate the planet's core? Even if an infinite energy source kept firing, turning the ground into magma, once it reached thousands of meters of magma, the light would be instantly buffered and simply couldn't reach the core..."

"But while it can't blow up our planet, it can certainly devastate our civilization, like a great flood plowing through our world!"

A Heavenly Emperor quickly acted, producing a specially made mirror and holding it against the incoming light beam. "Just reflect it first!"

"Reflect it where? To the sun? Or even directly hit the enemy's Solar Mirror and destroy their weapon?"

"That's useless! The sun is so vast and blindingly red with light; we can't even see their launch position. Even a one-millimeter aiming error over such a long distance would make it impossible to hit their launch platform. At best, the beam would just return to the sun, fall into its thick ocean of energy, be quickly buffered, and be lost without a trace."

"Then what do we do? Never mind, just reflect it into any part of space, reflect it outside the cosmos anyway...!"

At this moment, someone shouted, "No, the sun isn't afraid of rays, but other planets are. Let's just reflect it directly to Mercury!"

WHOOSH!

A dazzling white beam of light swiftly reflected from Earth and landed on Mercury. The colossal Mercurian creatures erupted in an uproar, utterly bewildered. The Solar Beings' civilization on the Solar Star, having created the Solar Weapon and fired a terrifying white beam that traversed half the solar system from the sun directly to the Kyushu Planet, had naturally been observed by them. Many even came out to watch the "meteor," clapping and cheering... But why, after fighting amongst yourselves, has it suddenly come to us?

"Bastards!"

"Why are they fighting among themselves and dragging us into it?"

"Quickly use the mirror reflection weapons we prepared."

"Should we reflect it back to the Kyushu Planet?"

There was a sudden silence.

"No! Let's not reflect it back to the Kyushu Planet. Quick, prepare! We'll reflect it to Mars!"

Throughout the solar system, dazzling white beams of light continuously bounced from planet to planet, ricocheting wildly as if to illuminate the entire galaxy.

On television, all programs, commercials, and variety shows quickly switched to a news report with two anchors:

"Ladies and gentlemen, an emergency!"

"The Second World War is about to erupt!"

Everyone in front of their televisions was shocked. The First World War involved Moonfall Weapons? Nuclear bombs bombarding the earth? Would the Second World War use Solar Weapons, with wars breaking out between nations? Would the major powers' celestial weapons sweep across each other's lands? They felt it was impossible; relations between nations had been relatively peaceful recently.

The anchor then reported: "The Second World War is a galactic war! The seeds sown eighty years ago have fully erupted. The civilized beings of the Solar Star have directly ignited a war across the major planets!"