đź“– Chapter 1197 - Seven Days to Fuse Stars!
This disk wasn’t particularly exceptional. At most, it could be said that it seemed extraordinarily ancient, and that the dirt marring it was like dark bloodstains from countless years ago.
But overall, there was nothing out of the ordinary about the disk. An oak-like fragrance emanated from it, and a small chunk about a finger wide was missing from one part.
It was apparent that the missing chunk had been broken off by an external force at some point in the past. Thin cracks spread from it, crisscrossing the entire disk and making it seem even more ancient.
“World Ascension Disk…” Holding the disk, Wang Baole murmured softly. Perhaps it had many uses, but Wang Baole only knew of one – hastening the advancement of a civilization’s level.
He didn’t know exactly how it worked, but he could make a guess. Most likely, this World Ascension Disk could fortify a civilization’s foundation and insert additional years into its history, allowing the civilization’s level to leap forward.
Using the World Ascension Disk wasn’t difficult. He just had to fuse it into the Sun.
Wang Baole looked at the Sun thoughtfully, but decided not to use the World Ascension Disk right away. After all, this thing came from the Underworld River, and he wasn’t sure if it was completely safe. He had to study it some more before making his decision.
“Integrating with the Violet Gold Civilization will also raise the Federation’s civilization level…” Wang Baole closed his eyes and began to meditate.
Time passed. Seven days flew by in the blink of an eye.
During these seven days, an endless stream of visitors came to Wang Baole’s house. Ethereal Dao College ancestor Li Xingwen, Federation President Wu Mengling, Vice President and Martian Territory Governor Lin You, Daoist Osmanthus, the patriarch of the Jin Family whom Wang Baole had never met before, the Divine Sovereign Justice Patriarch and the others from the Divine Eye Civilization, and even the nervous Qing Lingzi from the Vast Expanse Dao Palace….
All of the solar system’s higher-ups visited and paid respects. Wang Baole’s attitude was different depending on who came. For example, toward Li Xingwen and Wu Mengling, he held the attitude of a member of the junior generation. For others, he just smiled. Although he was polite and well-mannered, aside from those he was familiar with, the others couldn’t help but feel nervous.
Even the newly joined Patriarch Violet Gold came to visit. He was particularly respectful, not daring to show the slightest impropriety with Wang Baole. The Federation’s high officials all felt even more awed when they saw a half-step Star Domain Realm cultivator behaving like this.
No matter whether it was on the surface or behind the scenes, Wang Baole’s status in the Federation already couldn’t rise any higher. There were even some cultivators who declared him the patriarch of the entire civilization.
The Federation Patriarch!
This title spread like a wildfire, and there were no voices of dissent at all. After all, it wasn’t wrong to say that the Federation’s current state was all because of Wang Baole. He was the one who confirmed the alliance with the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, he was the one who led the integration with the Divine Eye Civilization, and now even the Violet Gold Civilization had come to join because of him.
Thus, although Wang Baole hadn’t fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming Federation President, that no longer mattered.
After sending off all the visitors, Wang Baole left a clone behind to accompany his parents, and his true body left Earth and headed for the Sun.
Previously, the Sun was completely off-limits, but now it was like visiting his own backyard. This wasn’t just because of the increase in his cultivation base, but also because he had previously obtained ownership of the Divine Eye Civilization’s Eternal Star. Naturally, now that it had fused with the Sun, the Sun was also under Wang Baole’s control.
Wang Baole sat cross-legged in the middle of the Sun’s flames. As he meditated, the Violet Gold Civilization and the Federation gradually reached a consensus on the details and decided when the integration would begin.
It was scheduled for half a month later!
Over the course of the next half a month, there were still many preliminary issues to deal with. They had to sector out the Violet Gold Civilization’s territory post-integration, figure out what to do with all the Violet Gold Civilization’s subsidiaries, and decide the Violet Gold Civilization’s future position in the Federation.
After all, compared to the Federation, the Violet Gold Civilization was countless times larger. If Wang Baole didn’t exist, then the Federation would be completely passive in such an integration. However, it was the Violet Gold Civilization who had submitted and proposed to fuse their Eternal Star into the Sun. Thus, they had given up their initiative, and also given up their hundreds of subsidiary civilizations.
From now on, these small civilizations would no longer bear the banner of Violet Gold, but the Federation.
Their galaxies would surround the future galaxy of the Federation, becoming part of the Federation’s territory. Meanwhile, 20% of the Federation Galaxy’s territory would be assigned to the Violet Gold Civilization.
For the Violet Gold Civilization, this was considered suffering a great loss. After all, they were much larger than the Federation. However, the executives of the civilization weren’t dissatisfied at all and instead even pushed the matter forward eagerly.
It was obvious to all that the Violet Gold Civilization didn’t think anything of the Federation. The one they really wanted to attach themselves to… was Wang Baole.
Thus, with everyone working together in earnest, half a month passed. All the preliminary issues had been taken care of, and a simultaneous broadcast began all over the Federation. Today, the integration of the Violet Gold Civilization officially began!
Wang Baole split himself into hundreds of clones, spread out on the borders of the solar system to guard against any accidents. As for the true body, he continued sitting in the Sun to facilitate the integration.
Soon, the people of the Federation all saw an Eternal Star much larger than the Sun slowly appear on high. There were countless asteroids revolving around it, seemingly jostling with each other to push the gargantuan Eternal Star closer and closer to the Sun.
The process lasted a full fourteen days. In the first seven days, the temperature of the solar system skyrocketed, and the density of spirit energy also surged. Everyone watched the whole thing live from the spell formation broadcast.
The people of the Federation were incredibly eager, and even the Divine Eye Civilization was thrilled. After all, the integration of the Violet Gold Civilization would increase their level of life, allowing their cultivation bases to improve by leaps and bounds in an instant.
Those of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace were even more excited. Once the integration finished, their injuries would recover greatly, and some more minor wounds might heal completely.
This was an ironclad law of the stele world. It didn’t matter whether it was the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao or the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao.
When a civilization’s level advanced, it would affect all living things within the civilization. It was like changing the heavens and transforming all life. Their natural talent and cultivation bases would all rise explosively!
When the eighth day arrived, the Violet Gold Eternal Star and the Federation’s Sun finally touched. Immense amounts of fog spread in all directions, and under Patriarch Violet Gold and Wang Baole’s joint efforts, the two Eternal Stars slowly began to fuse.
From a distance, the small Sun couldn’t compare to the size of the Violet Gold Eternal Star. However, during the fusion, the Violet Gold Eternal Star seemed to deflate, and the Sun expanded rapidly. This process lasted another seven days.
For the Federation, the whole world seemed to change over the course of these seven days. Everyone was astonished by the rapid transformation!
The borders of the Federation abruptly expanded more than ten times over!
The Divine Eye Civilization’s planets and the solar system’s original planets received a massive blessing to their spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in these planets increased by a hundredfold in an instant!
The starry sky had become incredibly hot, but with Wang Baole’s protection, no one was harmed in the slightest. At the same time, as the density of spiritual energy increased, the entire solar system seemed to be covered in haze.
The haze over the solar system grew thicker and thicker, and some mindless spirits appeared. These spirits were antegenesis lifeforms, naturally born from dense spiritual energy. Antegenesis spirits of all shapes and sizes flew about in the starry sky, awing all who saw them.
Planets belonging to the Violet Gold Civilization seemed to be dragged by some mysterious force to their previously determined locations. Although they were still blurry, their appearance seemed to set off a storm in the solar system, a storm that caused the spiritual energy to grow even denser.
Everyone in the bounds of the solar system trembled, be they from the Divine Eye Civilization, the Federation, or the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. Shocking fluctuations of spiritual energy erupted one after another. All over the place, people were breaking through, changing and transforming!
On the seventh day… the Violet Gold Eternal Star completely fused with the Sun, causing the Federation’s borders to expand again. In the end, it was hundreds of times bigger than before. It had more than a hundred planets, and there were hundreds more smaller civilizations all around it, each with ten planets of their own.
Looking from a distance, the original solar system was no longer recognizable. It had been replaced by… a much larger, much brighter swirl of stars!
Many sects and clans in the Left Dao Holy Region sensed something at this moment. They simultaneously looked over from all places in the Left Dao Holy Region toward… the solar system!
TL Note: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!