Chapter 702: World Nuclear Fusion Equation

The Sky Province.

Everything seemed like a war frozen in time.

On the battlefield, shrouded in bloody smoke, war banners fluttered high above. In the distance, the fiery red lava glowed as vividly as blood. The combatants on both sides were frozen in extremely dynamic poses, like statues roaring and raising their weapons.

Soldiers, dense as a sea, held their weapons aloft!

Further away, arcanists raised their staffs forward.

On the city walls, Cyberton’s stone statue, dressed in royal robes, was bent in a crawl, hands covering its face, as if silently weeping, yet unsettlingly, its head was missing.

Elusa and others stood elsewhere, looking spirited and clenching their fists.

But all their heads were missing, showing no expressions.

Xia Naiming even thought for a moment that if there were facial expressions, they would be the most vivid statues, truly adding the finishing touch.

“Without faces, they lack a certain vibrancy.”

“The world was instantly frozen, turned into fossils, becoming a highly emotional ensemble drama... A headless world, a chronicle of headless knights.”

Xia Naiming walked across the silent battlefield, the distant lava painting the land in a dull yellow.

“Perhaps I can even take off my protective suit, because there are no more viruses in this world.”

He constantly took photos and screenshots, like a war correspondent at the end of the world, slowly wandering from the battlefield into the town streets.

The main street was adorned with lush, emerald petrified flower bushes. War banners on both sides of the street and slogans on the walls seemed to declare some war philosophy.

“Fight for a Nation of Gender Equality!”

“Equality is Glory!”

All were texts from the Arcane Age, as complex and intricate as centipedes crawling.

“It’s clear this was once a thriving Arcane City-State.”

Xia Naiming wandered through the city. Gradually, he realized he had been in the town for several days, discovering nothing. It felt as if he was the only living person left in the entire world.

“Why do I feel like a world without viruses would be happier?” Xia Naiming unconsciously mumbled to himself, looking up at the sky. “I witnessed the era without viruses, then the era of viral outbreak, the extinction of a powerful and proud race... And now, I’m witnessing an era without viruses again.”

Suddenly, a voice softly echoed from a distant mahogany attic.

“Whether it’s happy or not is unclear, but your actions are correct. Wear your protective suit and mask. You might think the peak has passed, but the virus still has the potential to make a comeback.”

Xia Naiming was slightly startled.

Then a surge of immense joy erupted within him. He quickly turned around and saw a young man sitting on a mahogany chair on the attic roof, engrossed in a book.

“Messiah...” He looked up at the young man, a flicker of unusual brilliance in his eyes. The young man still exuded that mysterious charm.

Xia Naiming trembled with excitement, frantically running up to the attic. Gazing at the young man reading, he couldn’t help but shout in excitement, “Emperor Messiah, you’re still alive!?”

Xu Zhi, sitting on the mahogany chair in the attic, put down his book and looked up at him.

“No, no... I apologize.” Xia Naiming quickly blurted out, shouting, “I thought the whole world had vanished, that all living beings were gone... Now, I’m so excited! I’m so excited to see you!”

Xu Zhi closed the book, lost in thought for a moment.

Although he had been wandering leisurely, the drastic changes of the current era greatly surprised Xu Zhi.

He hadn't expected the Three Pillar Gods to be so terrifying...

At the same time, he now understood a few things.

“Alright, let’s get to the point. What do you intend to do, seeking out a mere Heavenly Emperor like me?” Xu Zhi suddenly looked up and asked.

Xia Naiming said, “I want to know how to save this world.”

“Your dream is too distant; it’s not something an ordinary person can achieve. And as I’ve said, I am merely a weak Heavenly Emperor,” Xu Zhi said, a little surprised. “However, I do know where those vanished people went.”

“Where did they go?” Xia Naiming asked eagerly.

“The story isn’t long, but it begins with this book,” Xu Zhi said, shaking the thick arcane book in his hand. The cover read: *World Nuclear Fission Equation*.

“What is this?” Xia Naiming quickly secretly took a screenshot and posted it online.

“This is the correct cultivation method for the Demonic Core lineage, the path to breaking through to the ninth-tier.” As Xu Zhi’s words fell, Xia Naiming’s mind instantly exploded, as if struck by five bolts of lightning.

The Method! For! Ninth-Tier! Breakthrough!

He froze on the spot, his face filled with disbelief.

He secretly posted it online, and the internet instantly exploded.

“Holy moly!”

“Holy moly!”

“Boss, would you sell this book for 9.9?”

“My bones are extraordinary! I am a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand!”

At the same time, it was also posted to the Six Realms, and countless deities observing the drastic changes there were greatly astonished.

“A ninth-tier cultivation method?”

“Although it’s for the Demonic Core lineage, still...!!”

“It has reference value! Current powerhouses are climbing the ninth-tier path step by step, using the most primitive and crude methods without any technique. But this...”

Clearly, it made them incredibly envious and almost delirious with excitement.

What did this mean?

The benefits were self-evident.

A treasure worth fighting for, even at the cost of one’s life!

The length of the ninth-tier path might be the same, but a breakthrough method with techniques would clearly achieve twice the results with half the effort, like the difference between someone walking and someone riding a bicycle.

Following normal breakthrough methods, accumulating and climbing step by step in the most primitive, technique-less way, perhaps one in ten thousand high-level deities could break through to the ninth-tier. But with this method, perhaps one in a thousand high-level deities could achieve it...

“The Demonic Core lineage, ninth-tier method?”

At this moment, Caroline, who had just arrived, also had fiery eyes.

She stared intently at the arcane book in the image and the young man holding it.

“What do you think?” Ermin suddenly asked.

“A good thing,” Caroline took a deep breath, her gaze fixed, wishing she could return immediately. It would be an immense benefit, both for cultivation and for reference.

“A good thing, naturally, it’s a good thing... I mean, what do you think of the current Ancient Lava Land?”

Ermin chuckled, “The Three Pillar Gods’ actions seem highly unusual. They’ve revealed incredible forms, unafraid that we might be too wary of them and that our two worlds would join forces to suppress them? With their computing power, they must have considered this possibility. Or... perhaps they intended to forcefully suppress us from the start, not fearing our alliance at all?”

Caroline’s expression became completely serious, and she remained silent.

“The ninth-tier method?” Xia Naiming exclaimed, “Did you, in the ancient era...”

“No, the Three Pillar Gods gave it to me,” Xu Zhi smiled.

Xia Naiming was instantly dumbfounded!

The Pillar Gods?

How could it be the Pillar Gods!?

You met them in secret?

What kind of shady deal did you make with them?

My heavens!! This is a ninth-tier breakthrough method, world-class terrifying knowledge. What did you exchange for it?

Could it be that you also possess vast knowledge and wealth?

Xia Naiming’s face instantly flushed with excitement. Looking at this Heavenly Emperor from the ancient era, he seemed like a super-being of immense wealth, capable of exchanging it for knowledge of ninth-tier breakthroughs...

At the same time, his first reaction was: why would the Three Pillar Gods deduce the breakthrough method for Demonic Core humans?

Why would they use such vast computing power to deduce a humanoid Demonic Core ninth-tier cultivation method?

Instead of researching their own Pillar God ninth-tier breakthrough method...

So selfless?

They wouldn't research their own breakthrough methods?

Xu Zhi shook the book *World Nuclear Fission Equation* in his hand. “Want to see it?”

Xia Naiming’s mind went blank, and he nodded vigorously.

Xu Zhi calmly tore off the first three pages and handed them to him.

Xia Naiming took them, slightly stunned, but even these torn pages contained such terrifying knowledge that they would be immensely beneficial!

Especially since it was free.

Xia Naiming continued to read.

The first few pages were the general outline of the cultivation method. Although they didn't contain specific techniques, they were enough to shock them!

Replace the cell nucleus with the demonic core!

The demonic core permeates every cell...

Just as he was absorbed in his reading, Xu Zhi suddenly said calmly, “So, why would they research the human ninth-tier cultivation method? Because the real truth is, they weren’t researching the human ninth-tier breakthrough method from beginning to end.”

“Then why?” Xia Naiming looked at the book. “Isn’t that a contradiction? How could they possess it without deliberately deducing it?”

“Because this was a byproduct of researching the Pillar Gods’ own breakthrough methods,” Xu Zhi said, shaking *World Nuclear Fission Equation* in his hand with a smile. “Did you realize? The book the Pillar Gods were initially researching was... *World Nuclear Fusion Equation*.”

Nuclear fusion... equation?

Xia Naiming’s heart was greatly shaken.

Humans are nuclear fission, splitting the demonic core.

Pillar Gods are nuclear fusion, converging demonic cores.

That’s it, humans and the Pillar Gods are exact opposites!

The Pillar Gods are to undergo “nuclear fusion.” As destiny dictates, every living being is like a cell to them.

In other words, these brain-shaped cells right before him have a nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane!!

The more he thought about it, the more he broke out in a cold sweat!

Goosebumps spread all over his body.

Xu Zhi also couldn't help but smile, looking at the distant lava-filled sky with a flood of emotions. “The reason the Pillar Gods developed this was indeed incidental. They didn't do it deliberately, because the two methods are simply reversed cultivation techniques.”