BZZZZZZZT—POP!
Down on the black basalt floor of the [Ten-Thousand-Star Galactic Arena], the exact instant twenty-two-year-old Gu Wuji’s cultivation plummeted all the way down to Rank 0 Mortal Civilian. A fist-sized, glowing Golden Code-Sphere tore itself free from the crown of Gu Wuji’s gray-haired scalp with a cold, mechanical whine!
Wait—what was that fist-sized golden code-sphere hovering three feet above Gu Wuji’s head?
It was the core mainframe of the [Destiny-Plundering System]—the parasitic narrative artifact issued by the Heavenly Script Pavilion to harvest the bloodlines of the Inner Spiral Galaxy!
Thousands of lines of glowing red error code spun around the golden sphere in frantic, high-speed panic:
[DESTINY-PLUNDERING SYSTEM — FATAL HOST FAILURE!]
* Host Status: Gu Wuji Reduced to Rank 0 Mortal (Lifespan Depleted by 80 Years; 0 Stolen Bones Remaining; 0 Stolen Bloodlines Remaining)!
* Target Assessment: 14-Year-Old Villain Boss [Gu Nian] Has Awakened [100% Redeemed Golden-Chaos Sovereign Bone] — Impossible to Harvest!
