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.

Gu Jinlai immediately activated the "Child of the Stars" state, constantly sensing how the City Protection Array was manipulating the Spirit Mechanism within Wind and Rain City.


Although the utilization of energy was much more ingenious than the Heavenly Balance Scripture he had acquired from the Yellow Sky Sect, it could still have some impact on Wind and Rain City.


If the Spirit Mechanism was overused, Wind and Rain City could eventually become a barren wasteland like Yan State or the Black and White Sand Sea, and the impact on cultivators would be significant.


Especially for the intelligence of newborns, the effect would be greatly detrimental.


It would be nearly impossible for Wind and Rain City to produce any "genius" individuals in the future.


"As I suspected, however, I cannot let you squander the Spirit Mechanism and the life potential of billions of Wind and Rain City's citizens."


Chapter 501 - Chapter 497: Purgatory