Once, I wanted to be a good person

Similar to the Mental Awakening Skills, this ritual also involved drawing a hexagram, lighting candles, cutting a finger, dripping blood into red wine, holding the wine in one's mouth, and lying down at the center of the ritual.

The only difference lies in Qin 28.

The ritual required that when advancing to the first stage of Fusion, one needed to place 1 gram of Qin 28 on the forehead.

For advancing to the second stage, 2 grams of Qin 28 were needed; for the third stage, 3 grams; and so on.

Until reaching the sixth stage of Fusion, 6 grams of Qin 28 were necessary!

In total, that added up to 21 grams!

By the "market price," that would be two hundred and ten million Lini—assuming it was even possible to buy!

While feeling bitter that he might never be wealthy in this lifetime, Fang Ze casually considered whether tying up Bai Ling and borrowing two billion from her father would be feasible, he placed the Qin 28 on his own forehead.

Then, with a slight exertion of force, the pink crystal shattered in response, and the Qin 28 fell onto Fang Ze's brow.

The sensation was akin to a speck of "dust" landing on his head.

But!

The instant the Qin 28 touched his skin, Fang Ze felt as though a mountain! A massive Sky Mother Ship! A planet had crashed onto his brow!

He was completely unprepared when he was plunged into the "sea" redolent of blood.

Sinking deeper and deeper, the next time he opened his eyes, he found himself in a world blanketed in white void, and floating serenely before him was a tiny, toy-like vermillion star.

The crimson star seemed to resonate with the entire world.

Time passed, unknown.

Suddenly, something resembling a seal emerged from the void, then slowly approached the vermillion star, gradually merging into it.

In that moment, Fang Ze suddenly felt a piercing pain in his mind, and he couldn't help but clutch his head with both hands, struggling against the heartrending agony!

In a daze, it seemed to him that he saw over a hundred dazzling stars, floating in the void of this white world.

This world's color originated from the blinding light of the stars, their luminosity overwhelming, illuminating the whole world with an intense brightness!

Enduring the pain, Fang Ze couldn't help but silently count the stars above.

Shortly, he confirmed there were a total of 102 stars.

An odd and peculiar number, neither whole nor seemingly significant. It was as if not all were present.

While he thought this, the vermillion star by his side also began to rise slowly, entering the radiant starry sky above.

The hundreds of stars in the sky suddenly burst with light, as if welcoming its arrival!

At the same time, an immense flood of the Power of Laws cascaded from the crimson star, surging into Fang Ze's body!

Feeling that vast power, Fang Ze hardly had time to react; he could only hurry to close his eyes and absorb the sea of the Power of Laws!

Meanwhile.

In the Federal Nine Administrative Regions, across fifty-seven states!

At the same time!

Under the dark night sky, the myriad stars suddenly dimmed.

A vermillion star flew swiftly from the east, then took its place in the center of the sky, shining ominously like a disaster star, radiating an ominous aura.

In that moment, in the secret chambers, main houses, and palaces of hundreds of noble families in the federation, whether it was an old man with the appearance of a child, one with silvery-white hair, refined and elegant, or robust and broad, male, or female, all looked up at the sky in surprise, their eyes filled with disbelief.

From their age and demeanor, it was clear they were the original nobles who had experienced the great disaster fifty years ago, earned their honors, but also established the hereditary noble system!

At the same time, in the Central State, directly governed by the Federation.

In an office at the top of a kilometer-high skyscraper, a white-haired, slightly gaunt old man in elaborate black attire, with a hooked nose and square face, seemed to sense something.

He put down the document in his hand, took off his thick reading glasses, and slowly walked towards the floor-to-ceiling glass wall, looking up at the sky.

At his feet, the kilometer-high skyscraper resembled an endless abyss, while various personal flying vehicles buzzed through the sky, with massive Disaster Creatures zooming past above him.

But his gaze passed over all of this, fixed only on the slowly fading vermillion star in the sky.

A look of astonishment crossed his face, then his brows furrowed deeply,

'What's going on?'
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'Another noble born?'

'How could this be.....?'

With that, he determined the location of the star.

After a moment, his expression darkened, and he turned to shout into the air, "Send the order down, have the Eastern Administrative Region thoroughly investigate this newly emerged noble!"

Shortly after, the air rippled slightly, "Yes."

....

Meanwhile, Fang Ze, who had just successfully advanced to a Fuser by connecting with the World Origin, was unaware of the chaos he had caused.

At that moment, he was basking in the majestic Power of Laws within him, nearly unable to contain his joy!

Because the Power of Laws felt more than double that which he had during his time as a high-ranked Awakener!

Moreover, since his Martial Arts Cultivation and physical condition had already surpassed his current realm, he had reached the peak of the first stage of a Fuser upon advancing.