Chapter 477 - 347: Breakthrough to Legend, Star Core (2)
A brand-new Thermonuclear Core was taking shape.
It condensed from a vague concept into a distinct structure—an evolution from merely controlling thermal energy to becoming thermal energy itself.
After one final expansion, with a deafening BOOM, the Thermonuclear Core detonated.
Every stream of erupted Energy collapsed inward at the same instant, like the Big Bang in reverse, like the moment a star is born.
Infinite light and heat were compressed, condensed, and solidified inward, ultimately forming a... miniature sun.
It was only the size of a fist, suspended in the center of his chest, rotating slowly. Each pulse resonated on the level of the Rules.
The surrounding space began to warp. Light bent around Wei Song’s body as if passing through a layer of flowing Crystal.
The temperature stabilized at five hundred thousand degrees, yet none of it leaked out.
All the heat was firmly locked within his body by the newly born Rule, forming a perfect cycle.
[Name: Wei Song (Projection)]
𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
[Age: 31]
[Realm: Legend Initial Stage (1%)]
[Superpower Rule: Thermal Energy Control → Star Core]
[Rule Mastery: 43%]
[New Trait: Heart of the Star]
The panel refreshed, and the text faded away.
Wei Song slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of incandescent white light shining in their depths.
He looked down at his hands. A faint golden halo flowed across his skin, as if plated with a thin layer of sunlight.
’Just how strong am I now?’
He gently clenched his fist, and the air crackled, unable to bear the strain.
This wasn’t a sonic boom. It was the wail of space itself being crumpled.
Power. An unprecedented Power surged through his body.
Breaking through to the Legend Realm was a leap in the dimension of life, turning him into a completely non-human existence.
He could clearly sense the distribution of all temperatures within a hundred-kilometer radius.
With a single thought, he could raise the air temperature to one hundred thousand degrees or compress thermal energy to unleash a nuclear explosion capable of vaporizing everything.
But he had no time to experiment; he needed to handle the disturbance caused by his breakthrough.
Moreover, the higher-ups would react soon. He had to complete the next step as quickly as possible.
Wei Song turned and walked to a corner of the training room, where a complex formation had already been inscribed on the floor.
The Runes were dense and numerous, drawn with a special ink. Every line pulsed with the rhythm of the Space Rule.
This was the Summoning Array he had spent half a year painstakingly inscribing, following the knowledge imparted by his main body.
"Finally... this day has come."
Wei Song took out a palm-sized Phase Positioning Disc from his clothes. Fine silver threads darted about within it.
He crouched down and fit the positioning disc into the central recess of the Witch Array. Then, he took out six egg-sized Source Crystals and embedded them one by one into the six nodes.
The moment the last Source Crystal was set, with a low HUM, the Summoning Array flared to life!
Dark Silver light surged from the array’s center, spreading along the runic lines. The Runes seemed to come alive, beginning to rotate slowly.
Space began to ripple, like a stone tossed into a calm pond, sending out concentric circles.
The air inside the training room grew thick and heavy. Light distorted, and the outlines of the walls blurred.
Wei Song placed both hands on the center of the array and poured in all of his Spiritual Power.
’Main body, my tasks are all complete. The rest... is up to you.’
「In the Wizard World, a thousand meters underground.」
Ian sat cross-legged before the Abyssal Altar, his eyes slightly closed.
Suddenly, within his Sea of Spirit, the Link from the Phase Soul Weaving Technique vibrated violently.
He snapped his eyes open, the silver light in their depths flaring.
"It’s here!"
His voice was filled with irrepressible excitement.
From the other end of the Link, a vast and scorching feedback of a Rule was being transmitted.
Everything about the Thermal Energy Rule’s structure, its operational logic, how to condense the Heart of the Star... all of it surged madly through the Soul Link!
Ian’s Sea of Spirit instantly began to boil. Countless crimson motes of light emerged from the Void.
They converged on the core, weaving, intertwining, and condensing...
The panel silently vibrated as a few lines of text appeared at the edge of his vision.
[Thermal Energy Rule (43%) detected. Fuse?]
Ian took a deep breath, suppressing the tempest in his heart.
"Fuse!"
The instant the thought was given, a brand-new Star Orbit began to form in his Sea of Spirit.
At first, it was just a faint phantom, but as the Thermal Energy Rule poured in, it quickly became solid and brilliant.
Countless crimson points of light appeared on the Star Orbit, rotating along a profound trajectory. Each one radiated a terrifyingly high temperature.
The Thermal Energy Rule and the Gravity Rule were naturally compatible. Gravity warps spacetime, while thermal energy drives matter.
The two quickly resonated within the "Blazing Star Core" framework Ian had envisioned.
The silvery-gray Gravity Orbit began to accelerate its rotation, while the crimson Thermal Energy Orbit slowly drew near.
The moment the edges of the two Star Orbits touched, it was as if a star was born within his Sea of Spirit.
Silver and red light frantically intertwined and merged. The Gravity Rule was being completed.
Its original progress of 39% skyrocketed under the stimulation of the Thermal Energy Rule: 40%... 45%... 48%...
With each jump in the numbers, his Sea of Spirit expanded, and the Gravity Orbit became etched with a fine layer of fiery patterns.
This was the mark of the Thermal Energy Rule fusing with the Gravity Rule, the Purification Rule, and the Time Rule.
The Rules were no longer independent but were beginning to merge into the embryonic form of a High Level Rule.
Gravity to warp spacetime, thermal energy to drive the movement of matter, purification and time as support... This would lay the strongest possible foundation for his Level Four Morning Star Realm.
Ian’s breathing grew ragged. High above his Sea of Spirit, the outline of a miniature star was slowly taking shape.
Gravity formed its skeleton, thermal energy its heart. Stimulated by the thermal energy, the Purification Rule began to boil.
The pale golden Purification Orbit rose from 21% to 25%, its light growing even more brilliant, like a corona plated in red-gold.
The Time Rule was the slowest, but it still rose from 6% to 7%.
The transparent Star Orbit’s rotation speed became unstable, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, like a broken clock.