Chapter 371: Performing for You: One Star Swallowed per Bite

Chapter 371: Let Me Show You, One Star per Bite

The car stopped at Jun’an Residential Area.

A woman in a tight-fitting suit stepped out, urgency etched on her face.

“War is about to break out; this place is no longer safe. I must take Xiao Yuan away—only by going to the Tianyuan Sect can there be a glimmer of hope.”

The woman in the tight suit was “Xiao Mei,” also the disciple of Qi Yuan’s parents in this body.

For Qi Yuan, she had always silently watched over him.

Originally, she hadn’t wanted to disturb Qi Yuan’s peaceful life.

But now, with war imminent and the entire Qinyuan Kingdom about to fall, she had to take Qi Yuan away, to ensure her master’s bloodline did not end.

In the residential area now, pedestrians hurried along the streets, their faces tight with urgency.

The Eye of the Sky had shattered, and the army of Canxing could descend upon the starry sky at any moment.

Everyone could smell the clouds of war.

The woman in the tight suit climbed the stairs, her thoughts turning back: “In this short life, I’ve witnessed so much history.”

She couldn’t help but sigh.

Soon, she arrived at the door of Qi Yuan’s floor. She looked at the door before her, a hint of timidity in her heart.

She took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.

About five breaths passed.

The door opened, revealing a delicate-looking robot with a rather slender figure.

“Hello, may I help you?” Ling Yi said politely, holding a phone in one hand, as if recording a video.

From deep inside the house came the pitiful sound of meowing.

“I’m here to see Qi Yuan—urgent business,” the woman in the tight suit said quickly.

“Sorry, my master is not at home,” Ling Yi replied.

“Where is he now? I have urgent business—a matter of life and death!” The woman grew anxious.

If Qi Yuan were missing at this moment, the trouble would be immense.

“Sorry, that involves privacy. I cannot disclose my master’s whereabouts.”

“This concerns Qi Yuan’s life or death—don’t talk about privacy!” The woman was desperate.

The Tianyuan Sect’s dharma vessel would leave in three days.

Time was running out for her.

“Sorry, I have no authority to disclose.” Ling Yi’s tone was firm in refusal.

The woman gritted her teeth: “This…”

Just then, a gentle voice came from inside the house: “Ling Yi, it’s fine. I’m back.”

As the voice fell, Qi Yuan’s figure emerged from the house.

He had just stepped off the bridge formed by the Two Emperors of Suddenness and returned to his own home.

Clad in a blood-red robe, he appeared peerlessly handsome.

The woman in the tight suit saw Qi Yuan’s face and was momentarily stunned.

Though she had seen Qi Yuan decades ago, this time was entirely different from the last.

“Qi Yuan, I am…”

“Mm, I know—you’re Xiao Mei,” Qi Yuan recognized the woman in the tight suit. “You’re not here to ask me to pay back money, are you?”

Qi Yuan looked a bit troubled and hesitant.

He hadn’t bought the Arch Star yet, nor saved up to buy land to build the Underworld. He was being very frugal now, somewhat reluctant to repay debts.

“No.” The woman pressed her forehead. “War is about to break out…”

“You’re out of money?”

“No.”

“I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t say it yet. I have urgent matters to handle. After I’m done, can we talk? About… just ten minutes? An hour?” Qi Yuan said.

He really wanted to default on the debt.

Why should he repay money he’d borrowed by his own skill?

This world was full of malice.

The woman was cut off mid-sentence. Hearing Qi Yuan’s words, she could only nod: “Alright, go quickly and come back. I have urgent matters to discuss with you.”

“Good. Go inside and sit for a while. Bye.”

Qi Yuan pushed the woman into the house, and his figure vanished in an instant.

Only the woman in the tight suit remained, her face full of worry.

Still, having seen Qi Yuan, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking nothing major would happen.

In the deep, dark void of space, from afar one could see several azure or fiery red spheres.

They hung like the eyeballs of colossal beings, suspended in the vast cosmos, lonely and lifeless.

The profound universe was silent, like a world that had lost its voice.

Meteorites drifted, streaks of light flashed past.

Looking ahead, nearly a hundred starships formed a vast military array, cruising through the cosmos.

The ships gleamed with a cold, silver-white luster, their unique designs inspiring awe at first sight.

Inside one ship, the demon clan man Pang Qie wore a robe of human skin, a proud smile on his face.

“Human toys are quite interesting—this speed… faster than the Zifu.”

“These ships are the latest models; each one is enough to flatten the Qinyuan Kingdom. Of course, compared to the lords of the Ten Thousand Demon Realm, these are mere scrap metal,” said a man in a special combat suit, flattering.

He was the commander of this ship and the supreme leader of this operation.

But the true supreme leader was the demon clan man beside him, Lord Pang Qie.

“These ships have astonishing power—indeed, not easy to deal with. But if we take care of the people inside, they become quite ordinary,” Pang Qie said.

If the Ten Thousand Demon Realm clashed head-on with these ships, there was no doubt it would suffer heavy losses, with many Zifu cultivators dying.

But the Ten Thousand Demon Realm was clever, choosing to corrupt the upper echelons and control Canxing from the top down.

Now, Canxing’s fleet was also in the hands of the demon clan.

The soldiers and officers deployed this time were all from the war faction.

“We are mere mortals, naturally incomparable to the lord!” the commander said fawningly.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out among the fleet.

"Hey, excuse me, how do I get to Canxing!"

The soldiers in the warships tensed up at the sound.

The fleet commander's heart also tightened.

"Search for the source of the voice, identify the unknown creature."

He quickly ordered.

Only a few moments passed, and on the screen, a blood-red figure appeared.

Behold, on a massive meteorite stood a man in a blood-red robe.

"A cultivator?" Pang Xie grinned, a smile in his eyes. "To be able to traverse the starry void like this, he must be a Zifu.

So this is Qin Yuan's foundation—a single Zifu?"

"Hey, you're not the Canxing fleet, are you?" the blood-red figure asked again.

The meteorite beneath his feet kept pace with the fleet.

Pang Xie looked at the blood-red robe, admiration in his eyes: "You've got guts. If you acknowledge me as your master, I can guarantee the safety of your lineage!"

Pang Xie said generously.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan on the meteorite froze: "Not only are you canceling the martial arts tournament, but you also want to kill me?"

Pang Xie found Qi Yuan's words baffling.

Then he sneered: "It seems you have only guts, not wisdom. In that case, kill him, no more nonsense."

"As you command!"

The captain quickly obeyed and issued the order.

"Lock onto the target. Activate the Tianzang-class heavy cannon for elimination!"

At the captain's command, the fleet dispersed rapidly, leaping through space at incredible speed.

In just a few moments, they had trapped Qi Yuan, blocking his retreat.

The Tianzang-class heavy cannon's muzzle also aimed at Qi Yuan.

The Tianzang-class heavy cannon was a powerful weapon conceived from the fantasy of a planet-destroying cannon.

It was the most formidable weapon on the star warships.

And the second most powerful weapon on Canxing, rivaling even the Eye of the Sky.

With the captain's voice, a hundred Tianzang-class heavy cannons locked onto Qi Yuan.

An electronic voice echoed at that moment.

"Charging... 3, 2, 1..."

The captain's face showed excitement.

This weapon could annihilate even immortals!

A mere Zifu was nothing but bones in a grave.

Qi Yuan, in his blood-red robe, watched calmly: "It seems there are too many bad NPCs."

He stood still, unmoving.

Countless missiles and beams shot toward him from all directions, a saturation strike.

Even a Great Sovereign would have no escape now.

But he was Qi Yuan.

A fleet of this level?

He didn't even take it seriously.

"How boring."

Qi Yuan spoke, then blew a breath forward.

In the silent void of space, a mighty gale suddenly arose.

Like a cosmic storm, stars shattering.

Countless meteorites were pulverized and vanished in an instant.

The shells and beams aimed at Qi Yuan all turned to dust.

As for the warships, not even an alarm sounded. All the soldiers and demons inside died without any reaction, killed by Qi Yuan's single breath.

In the cosmos, there wasn't even an explosion.

A mighty fleet was thus erased, leaving no ripple.

"Can't even withstand a single breath of mine, yet you talk so big—how laughable!"

Qi Yuan yawned, his eyes scanning around.

"Is that green-glowing planet Canxing?

And that sun beside it is a bit too glaring, too much of a nuisance!"

Gongxing and Canxing were only slightly larger than the Solar System.

This ecosystem had two stars.

Well, not counting Qi Yuan's projection.

"Time to go." In the starry void, Qi Yuan's figure vanished.

Meanwhile.

In Canxing's largest military base.

A man in military uniform looked panicked: "Marshal, the Qihao Fleet... has lost contact!"

"Lost contact?" The marshal was momentarily surprised. "Did we lose the signal?"

"Marshal, it's not just losing the signal. Our soldiers' Qianliming... all of them are dead!"

Qianliming was a special organism, or rather a colony of bacteria.

Part of it was implanted into the soldiers' bodies, part placed in culture dishes.

If a soldier died, these bacterial colonies would die correspondingly, and then those in the culture dishes would also die.

They served a function similar to soul lamps in the cultivator world.

When the soul lamp goes out, the body falls.

"What, all of them are gone?" The marshal's face changed drastically, for the first time showing panic.

Didn't that mean the fleet was annihilated?

That was a fleet of over a hundred star warships, each of which could once destroy a nation.

And now... it was gone.

How could he not be startled?

"Any word back?" the marshal asked, stamping his foot in urgency.

The death of soldiers was a small matter; failing to complete the mission in the Myriad Demon Realm—that would be a grave affair.

"None, the link is completely severed!

However, before the link was cut, the fleet encountered an enemy and even fired the Tianzang-class heavy cannon."

"This... activate the Star River Defense Line at full power immediately, and forbid anyone from setting foot on Canxing!" the marshal ordered without a moment's delay.

If, if the fleet had been annihilated by the enemy,

then the enemy's strength must be absolutely terrifying.

Such a fearsome foe, if they entered Canxing's territory, would leave them hamstrung, just as when facing the Myriad Demon Realm.

The best course was to slay them in the void of space.

The Star River Defense Line was the most formidable defense in Canxing's orbit.

This defense line was composed of seven celestial bodies.

Of these seven, five were Canxing's natural satellites, and two were captured by Canxing's technology. The Star River Defense Line, formed by these seven stars, housed Canxing's most powerful weapons.

Whenever an enemy invaded, it could be activated.

The Star River Defense Line operating at full power was utterly terrifying.

Railguns, fantasy-type planet-killers, super-energy radiation, stellar bombs, space light—every manner of mighty weapon was available.

Enough to blast a small satellite into smithereens.

"I must report this to the Demon Lord and the King!" the marshal said hurriedly.

Time ticked by, second after second.

In the vast royal palace, the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord heard the news, his expression calm, his head resting on the pale, slender thigh of his young consort.

"An enemy attack? Interesting."

He paid it no heed.

The aged king stood to one side, his face revealing no emotion.

The princess stood nearby, her nerves taut.

And just then, suddenly, a projection appeared within the palace.

"I am Robot Zero-One, here to deliver my master's message:

'Canxing, in its arrogance, sought to conquer Gongxing and cancel the Martial Arts Tournament.

Today, I shall come in person to test your mettle.'

My master, Qi Yuan, will descend upon Canxing in three minutes.

Those who surrender shall live!

Those who resist shall be slain without mercy!"

The mechanical voice rang out, cold and ruthless.

The reclining Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord rose, a glint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes: "Interesting, to think someone would dare threaten me."

The Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord stood, exuding a fierce aura.

The king's expression remained numb, wordless.

But in the princess's eyes, a barely perceptible flicker of excitement gleamed.

"Demon Lord, what shall we do?" the marshal bowed his head, somewhat afraid.

After all, the enemy had wiped out an entire fleet—not to be trifled with.

"Don't you have the Star River Defense Line? The void of space shall be his final resting place!" the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord declared, his eyes savage, utterly unafraid of Qi Yuan.

In his view, this Qi Yuan, who had annihilated a fleet, was at most a peak Zifu cultivator.

He himself was also a peak Zifu, and in the Myriad Demon Realm, peak Zifu numbered in the triple digits.

In terms of combat power, he had no fear.

Moreover, the Star River Defense Line was indeed formidable.

Even ten peak Zifu cultivators would likely be unable to breach it.

"As you command, I will ensure he never sets foot alive on Canxing."

"Hmph, a mantis trying to stop a chariot—courting death!" the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord sneered disdainfully.

The princess beside him now felt a stir of anxiety in her heart.

At that moment, the combat robots sounded an alarm.

"Beep! Intruder detected at the Star River Defense Line. Initiating elimination!"

"Railguns activated!"

"Star-Space Annihilation Line activated!"

…

"Fantasy-type planet-killer activated!"

Countless powerful weapons were brought online.

At that moment, anyone who looked up at the sky would see it ablaze with light everywhere.

But human eyesight was not so keen.

On the screens, one could see endless sparks flashing and crisscrossing beams of light.

This was the seven armed satellites operating at full power, unleashing bombardment and saturation strikes.

A dense torrent of weapons, beams, and radiation poured toward the target as if they cost nothing.

"Even I couldn't withstand such an assault. Hmph, he's just coming to die," the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord said coldly.

At that moment, in the starry void, Qi Yuan stood motionless.

Countless shells and attacks struck his body, but could not even breach his blood-red robe.

His expression was calm, tinged with a hint of disappointment.

"I thought since you dared to cancel the Martial Arts Tournament, you'd have some tricks up your sleeve. But this is all? How disappointing."

Qi Yuan said softly.

And his voice, as if ignoring space itself, resounded across Canxing at that very moment.

Every person on Canxing heard Qi Yuan's voice at that instant.

"What is that?"

"Did you hear that?"

"The voice of a god?"

All people raised their heads, looking toward the sky, yet they could see nothing at all.

The battle taking place in outer space, they could not see either.

For the first time, a grave look appeared in the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord's eyes: "Increase power, destroy him."

"As you command!" The Marshal quickly issued the order.

And at that moment, the vast voice continued to resound.

"I've been walking so long, a bit hungry... Let me have a meal, then I'll have a good chat with you."

As this voice fell.

The sky at that instant suddenly turned blood-red.

There was no white light in the world, only red light everywhere.

"What is that?"

"What is this?"

"A planet?"

All people looked up at the sky, their hearts filled with confusion or fear.

Because above their heads, the starry sky was gone, the sun was gone.

What they could see was a... round, enormous thing resembling... a star.

No, it was two!

"Is this... an eye?" The stupefied King widened his eyes at this moment.

Because the thing that abruptly appeared in the starry sky, blocking all light, looked like... the eye of some colossal being.

A voice sounded at this moment: "It feels great to be big; always shriveling in a tiny body is really boring.

Ah, but being big has its drawbacks too—my eyeballs are almost pressed against Canstar, and I still can't see you clearly!"

He stood in the starry sky.

Canstar was not even the size of his palm, and his body spanned the entire universe.

At this moment, he seemed not to be defined by the rules of the cosmos at all.

As soon as he appeared, everyone could see him.

His voice, too, was not like sound propagating through air; the moment it sounded, everyone heard it.

The Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord's body trembled; at this moment he could not utter a word.

The other people on Canstar also lost all courage at this moment and fell to their knees one after another.

And on Gongstar, countless miles away, all the people also saw that blood-red figure.

When the Yang God's Dharma Body was manifested, all living beings, regardless of space, could see that terrifying form.

Canstar was too far from Gongstar.

On Gongstar, they saw Canstar as only the size of a fist.

But now, blood-red light had replaced the sun.

A humanoid colossus stood in the void, and Canstar seemed to be blocked by him.

The sun near Canstar looked no larger than his palm.

All the humans scrambling for supplies at this moment involuntarily looked up at the sky.

Fortunately, this time their "eyesight" was excellent.

They saw clearly that deep in the starry sky, a colossal being stood.

"What is that blood-red thing in the sky?"

"Is this a person?"

"Am I seeing things?"

"Mommy, wuwu, scared, wife!"

And at this moment, the blood-red giant in the starry sky turned around, his enormous hand swinging forward.

The star near Canstar was instantly grasped in his hand.

The vast voice sounded at this moment, not only on Gongstar, but also on Canstar, and on the images projected by the memory stones in Origin Land.

"Do you understand the weight of being the champion of the Martial Arts Tournament for seventy-six consecutive sessions?

How dare you invade Gongstar and cancel the Martial Arts Tournament!"

On Canstar, countless people were terrified.

They were close, so they could not see Qi Yuan's face at all, only a glimpse of the terrifying giant.

The Princess's face was pale with fear; she remembered Fang Hun's words.

Fang Hun said there was a powerful being on Gongstar, very strong.

She knew he was strong, but she never imagined he would be this strong!

In Origin Land, all the Martial Lords were dumbfounded.

The Black Deer Martial Lord also widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"Is this... Qi Yuan?"

He could not understand, could not imagine.

That terrifying form—one foot could crush Origin Land!

A Martial God?

On Gongstar.

Countless people were bewildered, then excited.

"Mr. Qi, this is Mr. Qi, hahahaha!" The King laughed, then wept for joy.

Gongyi Qing also knelt on the ground, gazing at that terrifying figure, worshiping ceaselessly.

Qi Yuan's wife had destroyed the Sky Eye.

They had thought that Mr. Qi was weaker than his wife.

With Canstar's invasion, perhaps even Mr. Qi would be hard-pressed to resist.

But now... this was not just hard to resist—it was utterly terrifying!

Hard to comprehend, or rather impossible to comprehend!

How could such a being exist in the world—a fist as large as the sun!

Doesn't that mean, if he wished, a single hair could crush Gongstar?

On a tall building, a seventeen-year-old youth looked at the white-haired old man: "Grandfather... you were the runner-up in the Martial Arts Tournament, weren't you?"

He looked at his grandfather, his eyes full of excitement and exhilaration.

If the champion is this strong, the runner-up, no matter how weak... can't be that weak, right?

At that moment, in Jun'an Compound, the woman in the tight-fitting suit swallowed hard.

Xie Xinsu's eyes were wide, trembling, utterly unable to move, not daring to stir.

Wu Qi stood upstairs, her eyes filled with awe and reverence.

"Was I really that bold?"

She suddenly recalled how she had seduced Mr. Qi in the nude back then.

Mr. Qi is so big... how could her small body... ever endure it?

The young man who had just replied to Qi Yuan on the forum was also stunned: "Bro... you're serious!"

At that moment, everyone turned to look at that terrifying blood-colored figure.

Then, the fearsome blood giant moved.

He extended a hand of unimaginable size and seized the star of the Canxing galaxy with one hand.

A murmur arose.

"I've grown this big and never eaten a star before."

He grabbed the star and stuffed it into his mouth.

Crunch.

Sparks and explosions sounded inside his mouth.

Qi Yuan savored it: "Not bad, tastes just like a deep-fried sugar bomb, my mouth's a bit numb."

After this colossal being finished eating that sun, his gaze involuntarily fell upon the sun of the Gongxing galaxy, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes.

He swallowed hard.

Finally, with sheer willpower, he overcame his appetite.

He looked toward Canxing, his voice vast and resonant.

"I'm about a third full. Come, let's continue our talk—surrender... or resist?"

Qi Yuan's voice resounded across Canxing.

On this day, everyone truly witnessed history.

(End of chapter)