Meanwhile, within the Baixing Sect's Mother Gu core chamber, the abyssal silence was thick with psychic fluctuations. The Mother Gu core hovered in the center of the room, its outer shell composed of a complex complex of metal and runes. These rune chains wriggled constantly, moving through the air like a living being, emitting an eerie crimson glow. The entire core chamber resembled a vast altar, cold and eerie.
Ming Xuanzi sat before the Mother Gu core, his figure shrouded in a crimson glow. His semi-mechanized body was connected to the psychic conduits behind the core. These conduits flowed with a piercing red light, like veins of malevolent blood, connected to his mechanical right arm, emitting a low humming sound. A massive screen hung at the front of the room, flashing a progress bar on the poison's spread. The red numbers kept jumping—89%…90%.
Ming Xuanzi's gaze slowly shifted to his hands. His left hand was still flesh and blood, its skin pale and withered, while his right was entirely replaced by cold metal, covered in psychic runes. This mechanized right arm trembled slightly with his thoughts, and red light flowed along the rune patterns, closely connecting to the Mother Gu system within his body. The light intertwined half of his face, and the fusion of machinery and flesh made his appearance appear particularly distorted and terrifying.
"The reverse absorption of the psychic network has achieved the expected effect." The mechanical voice of the Mother Gu core sounded coldly, echoing in the spacious room. "It is estimated that in three days, Yun Xuanxing's psychic energy will be completely flowing into the Mother Gu system."
Upon hearing this, Ming Xuanzi's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile. He slowly stood up, his semi-mechanized body making a slight metallic grinding sound. His eyes gleamed with a frenzy as he stared at the rapidly jumping numbers on the screen. He whispered, "Three days? No, I don't need three days. Speed it up for me."
As he issued the command, the on-screen progress bar suddenly jumped, and the spread of the red light accelerated noticeably. Across the psychic energy map of Yunxuan Star, the blue nodes were being engulfed by patches of crimson, and rune chains rapidly covered every corner of the map like a tide. Wherever the red light reached, the fluctuations of psychic energy were completely annihilated, and the network's operation was reduced to a dead silence.
Ming Xuanzi raised his mechanized right hand, staring at the cold and precise metal fingertips. His voice was low and filled with arrogance: "The spiritual energy of Yunxuanxing is enough to help me reach the God Transformation Stage. When that happens, I will no longer be a mortal, but an existence that transcends all. No matter the cost, I will become a cultivator of the God Transformation Stage. When that happens, the entire Yunxuanxing will kneel at my feet, burning for me, devoting everything to me!"
His voice was icy, yet it shone with undisguised ambition. The light in the core room seemed to grow more glaring as his tone shifted. The red light pulsed more frequently, as if responding to his enthusiasm.
At that moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and a cultivator dressed in the uniform of a Hundred Star Sect deacon quickly entered the room. He knelt on one knee, bowed his head respectfully, and said, "Master Mingxuan, the spread has reached 90% progress. Emperor Ye Tian has led the sect's elite disciples to deploy defenses on the periphery. If the Star Lord Mansion takes any action, he will immediately take countermeasures."
Ming Xuanzi nodded gently, a flicker of satisfaction in his eyes. He raised his hand, motioning the deacon to withdraw, then returned to his seat in front of the Mother Gu core. His gaze fell on the core, surging with red light, and the smile on his face grew even colder. "Very good. Everything is proceeding according to plan. I will enter a brief dormant state to adjust my spiritual energy fluctuations and make final preparations for my breakthrough to the Spiritual Transformation Stage. All matters going forward will be handled entirely by Ye Tiandi."
The deacon lowered his head again and replied, "Yes, Sect Master." He did not dare to make a sound as he retreated. The entire core room fell into silence again, with only the mechanical sound echoing.
"Entering sleep mode." The mother insect's core's mechanical voice sounded coldly and mercilessly. "The spiritual energy absorption process is accelerating... Estimated completion time: 48 hours."
Ming Xuanzi closed his eyes, his body slowly engulfed in a psychic glow. His aura gradually merged with the Mother Gu's core. Mechanical runes flickered on his body, and red light spread along the pipes and rune chains, as if he were being consumed by this complex system. The psychic energy fluctuations grew stronger, and the air in the core chamber became increasingly oppressive.
Meanwhile, in the Star Lord's Mansion's conference room, the psychic projector continued to operate. On the projected star map, a red diffusion area had already covered most of the psychic network. Elder Tian Hengzi stood before the star map, his brow furrowed. He tapped the map lightly with his finger, his tone tinged with deep worry. "Now, we only have one last option left—we must mobilize all the sects in the star to unite and attack the Hundred Star Sect!"
His voice echoed throughout the conference room, and the elders and deacons nodded in agreement. They knew this was their last resort. Yet, everyone's expression was filled with unease. The power of the Hundred Star Sect far exceeded their imagination, and Ming Xuanzi's ambitions made them feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.
The light from the psychic projector flickered, illuminating the complex expressions on everyone's face with uncanny clarity. The conference room was filled with a shrouded silence and a sense of oppression. Everyone's gaze was fixed on the center of the star map, the area with the densest crimson—the location of the Hundred Star Sect. It was like the epicenter of the storm sweeping across Yunxuan Star, silently engulfing everything.
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