Zi Yan's fingertips brushed the neural interface in the training pod, and liquid metal instantly enveloped his body. At the moment he simulated being torn apart by the nine-headed Xiangliu for the seventh time, he suddenly heard bronze chimes ringing in his blood.
“Abnormal leap in spiritual energy particles detected!” the control system flashed a red warning. “Bone density increased by 300%...”
His father, Zi Linyuan, burst through the door, the hem of his military uniform still spattered with Xiangliu's corrosive venom. This god of war, who had once bought Zhongyuan City time to evacuate with a nuclear bomb, now trembled as he touched the Kunlun apparition appearing between his son's brows.
“Innate Dao Fetus...” He crushed the jade talisman he carried, and a holographic projection of the Nine Tripod altar enveloped military headquarters. “Notify the hibernation team. Emperor Zhuanxu's prophecy has come true.”
When the Jialan mothership broke through Mars's orbit, Zi Yan was standing within the inscription matrix of a Shang dynasty bronze cauldron. Just as the alien commander’s spiritual beam was about to tear through the atmosphere, the phantoms of nine three-legged Golden Crows soared from his spine, colliding in near-Earth orbit and unleashing a sunfire stretching ten thousand miles.
<<Starship Cultivation System activated>>
<<Host's Zhoutian Star Body awakening detected>>
<<Synchronizing orbital cannon parameters with the Twenty-Eight Mansions>>
Gazing at the purple fireworks blooming in space, Zi Yan wiped the blood from his nose and smiled. “Welcome to the homeland of myths.”
