Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Since its inception, the Bloody Battle had never stopped for even a moment.
More than ten million Cyber Cultivators had died within it—
Ground into dust by this merciless machine, becoming nourishment for others.
And yet…
The amount of Cyber Aura in the world had not increased in the slightest.
This left many people completely bewildered.
So many had died.
So, where had all that Cyber Aura gone?
To say there was no problem—
Would be treating everyone like fools.
But even so, no one dared to speak out.
What were they supposed to say?
That not enough people had died?
That more blood was needed?
Originally, some had chosen to stay out of the slaughter.
They had planned to wait patiently—
To continue cultivating once the world's Cyber Aura recovered.
But now they understood.
The authorities had no intention of leaving anything for them.
Every day, countless low-level cultivators perished.
But the Cyber Aura within their bodies was either absorbed by the Blood Spirit Arrays—
Or directly used to cultivate high-level elites.
Not a single trace leaked into the outside world.
The message from above was unmistakable:
If you want to cultivate—
Then enter the battlefield.
If you want to pick up scraps—
Keep dreaming.
…
…
Statistics soon made everything even clearer.
Before the competition began, cultivators who had reached Qi Refining Great Perfection were extremely rare—
Fewer than a thousand in total.
But after half a year of slaughter—
That number had exploded past one hundred thousand.
An unprecedented figure.
And yet, among these hundreds of thousands—
Those who had truly risen from nothing, step by step, through blood and struggle—
Were less than one percent.
The rest?
They all had backing.
Powerful factions.
Wealthy families.
Established cultivation networks.
This cold reality struck the lower-tier cultivators like a bucket of ice water.
Their feverish dreams shattered instantly.
They were no longer blinded by fantasies of overnight success.
At last, they understood.
This entire "Bloody Battle"—
Was a trap.
For the powerful, it was a hunting ground.
For them—
It was a slaughterhouse.
A one-in-a-hundred chance of survival.
And even that was generous.
Gradually, fewer and fewer low-level cultivators entered the arrays.
But by then—
The goal had already been achieved.
Looking at the vast number of Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators now gathered,
Xiao, who had remained behind the scenes all along, finally allowed himself a faint smile.
Everything…
Had gone exactly as planned.
Even the nine Blood Spirit Arrays—
Were his creation.
With the current level of research in this world, such formations should have been impossible.
At best, they could produce crude imitations.
But Xiao had personally guided the process.
And now—
The stage was set.
It was time for the real test.
The true purpose of everything thus far—
To fully verify the Soul Dantian Method.
"Snap—"
A crisp sound echoed.
Xiao raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
In that instant—
The long-hidden Cyber Dimension surged into reality.
Like a tidal wave, it spread across the entire world.
"Snap—"
The same sound echoed simultaneously in the minds of countless cultivators.
In the next moment—
Their consciousness was pulled away.
Drawn into a vast, boundless world.
A world of infinite data and endless computation.
The Cyber Dimension.
A realm connected to countless planes.
A domain of the Limitless Cyber Celestial.
Terrifying streams of information flooded their minds like a raging torrent.
Overwhelming.
All-encompassing.
For the first time—
They truly felt what it meant to stand before something… divine.
At the same time—
Every cultivator who had reached the Qi Refining Stage discovered something shocking.
A cultivation method appeared in their minds.
The Soul Dantian Method.
Complete.
Perfect.
Flawless.
For a moment, countless faces turned pale.
They understood instantly.
The method they had struggled to obtain…
The one sold at exorbitant prices…
Had always been incomplete.
They had been exploited.
Used.
Someone had taken what should have belonged to everyone—
And turned it into profit.
Yet strangely—
No one dared to erupt in anger.
Because this moment…
Marked something far more important.
The Cyber Dimension had connected to reality.
Which meant—
The return of Cyber Aura.
The beginning of a new era.
Not just for humans—
But for all life.
If they had not obtained those incomplete methods early on,
they would still be stuck at the starting line,
competing with beasts, plants, and unknown entities for survival.
So instead of resentment—
There was only silence.
And a reluctant acceptance.
…
…
Then—
It began.
Endless Cyber Aura poured down from the void like a flood.
Dense.
Overwhelming.
Suffocating.
It crashed into every cultivator like a tidal wave.
The sensation was indescribable.
Like a man dying of thirst in the desert—
Suddenly plunged into a lake.
Relief.
Ecstasy.
Completion.
Many cultivators who had already reached Great Perfection immediately sat down.
Following the complete method in their minds,
they began to break through.
Hours passed.
Across the central island—
Breakthrough after breakthrough occurred.
The air itself seemed to tremble with joy.
Life was evolving.
Instinctively, their bodies began absorbing energy—
Sustaining themselves.
Strengthening.
Transforming.
…
…
But far beneath the ocean—
Something else was awakening.
In the silent depths,
countless monstrous beings stirred.
The power of Ghidorah's bloodline—
Long ago seeded into the seas by Xiao—
Now began to take effect.
Amid the darkness,
predation began.
Devouring.
Evolving.
Growing stronger.
One after another,
these oceanic titans rose.
For years, they had been confined to the depths.
Now—
With the return of Cyber Aura—
They were finally free.
And they all felt the same pull.
The surface.
Where energy was richest.
Where power gathered.
To them,
Cyber Aura was not just strength—
It was intelligence.
Awareness.
Evolution.
Driven by instinct,
the Deep-Sea Titans began to ascend.
Toward a world—
That was not yet ready for them.
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