By the coast, a hundred-meter Star Gate shimmered with flowing light.
Beyond the Star Gate, an army forged of steel stretched as far as the eye could see.
Above the Sky Dome, squadrons of fighter jets streaked across, weaving an iron curtain.
In the distant ocean, scores of aircraft carriers, destroyers, and frigates dotted the seascape, ready for action.
All cannons were aimed at the figure who emerged from the Star Gate.
"In the name of the Federation Command Center, I order you to stand down, or what awaits you is total war," said the voice.
"War?"

Gu Jinlai took a step forward, and his form swelled against the wind, in an instant growing from less than two meters tall to a colossal Chaos Demon God thousands of kilometers high, emitting the brilliance of a white dwarf star from his being, his own gravity causing thunder and lightning, as well as tsunamis and tides within a thousand-mile radius.
He looked down...
At the war weapons that seemed like toys.
He reached out, and a hydrogen bomb fell into his hand.

Within him, the electron-degenerate star core released Helium, Helium elements expanded, and the terrifying high temperature instantly caused Deuterium and Tritium, Hydrogen's isotopes, to fuse, the energy bursting forth, forming a blazing white brilliance on the ocean's surface that was like igniting a sun.
Before this sun's energy could be released, he clapped his hands together, and the dazzling white, mixed with heat in the billions of degrees, was compressed and sealed within his palms, not a fragment escaping.

"I think, you should choose peace." he suggested.

Due to the smaller spatial scale of the Heart of the Cosmic, the vast and boundless starry sky outside has contracted into the Heart of the Cosmic, merely spanning a dozen light years.


In this situation, the defensive area required for the New Fire Star Sea in the Eighteen Major Star Regions is naturally smaller.


Like the three temples built within the New Fire Star Sea, each is merely about a light year apart.


The three temples are respectively guarded by the Great Powers, Immortal Venerables, and Immortal Golden Immortals of the three overlord-level forces: Fire Cloud Palace, Void Sword Sect, and the Light Council.


Moreover, the number of Immortal Venerables and Immortal Golden Immortals stationed at each temple far exceeds everyone's imagination.


Take the temple of the Fire Cloud Palace as an example, the number of Immortal Golden Immortals exceeds one hundred thousand, and there are nearly a thousand Immortal Venerables.


Chapter 1141 - Chapter 863: When the Water Flows, a Channel Is Formed