Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent
Chapter 537: Pulverize Planet

Chapter 537: Pulverize Planet

Rumble, rumble!

An unprecedented, terrifying pressure descended relentlessly from the heavens above.

On the Frost Dragon Planet, the ordinary Legendary envoys from various nations were overwhelmed. Even the Tier Three Legends, sensing the shifting forces of the planet, turned pale with dread.

Many craned their necks, eyes wide with terror. Panic-stricken shouts echoed through the delegations of various civilizations.

"Run! Get out of here!"

"A Divine Being! This is an apocalyptic battle between a Demigod and a Divine Being!"

"Leave this planet now!"

"Damn it! The Astral Gate's activation is disrupted! It won't open? If I had known two nations were going to war, I never would have come!"

Everyone scrambled to escape the planet as quickly as possible. Those who couldn't leave formed alliances, organizing defensive formations to brace for the impending impact with collective strength.

No one doubted the devastation the impending clash would bring. The residual waves of destruction, even for Legends, were lethal. A single misstep, and even the strongest Legends could be torn to shreds in the aftermath of the energy collision.

***

Li Pin ascended tens of thousands of kilometers into space before accelerating at full force, hurtling downward. While it seemed slow in description, his speed was actually unmatched.

Buzz, buzz!

In an instant, he was within 100 thousand kilometers of the Frost Dragon Demigod. At that moment, his rapidly descending Natal Planet collided with an invisible barrier.

It was like a white dwarf star with a diameter of a thousand kilometers crashing into the gaseous body of Jupiter.

Intense atmospheric friction and violent energy reactions erupted, unleashing an unprecedented brilliance in the sky.

Even the sun's light was utterly insignificant compared to the tiniest fraction of this energy release.

From a distant vantage point in the vast cosmos, hundreds or even millions of kilometers away, the scene was breathtakingly clear. At the collision's epicenter, a fiery radiance eclipsing the sun expanded rapidly.

The spread lasted only a moment before a visible ripple burst forth at the instant of collision.

Countless massive rocks, weighing trillions of tons, were torn apart and flung into space by the relentless shockwaves, like raindrops in a storm.

At the heart of the impact, the devastating force carried immeasurable energy levels, violently tearing apart the Celestial Force Field on Frost Dragon Planet's surface.

The force shattered and collapsed the planet's force field.

In the instant the force field disintegrated, cracks spread across the planet's surface, radiating outward at alarming speed until they covered the entire celestial body.

Finally... when the collision's intensity and the cracks' expansion reached a critical threshold, the core force field holding the planet together began to disintegrate.

"Noooooo!"

A mental scream echoed, reverberating through everyone's mind.

The colossal planet, spanning 108 thousand kilometers in diameter, fractured completely. It shattered into innumerable fragments, each weighing more than a trillion tons, dispersing in all directions into the cosmos.

***

Amid the shattered meteors, the Legendary figures of the Ashen Council were stunned.

Fear overtook them. Shock gripped their hearts. But disbelief reigned above all.

"How did this happen? How did it come to this?"

"What exactly is going on? Why did they actually start fighting, and how did it escalate to this level so quickly?"

"A Divine Being! That's the power of a Divine Being!"

The White Dove Federation had come with overwhelming force, clearly ready for a full-scale battle. Yet even if war was inevitable, there should have been some explanation, some reason for it.

No one had expected them to play their ace in the hole right off the bat.

Destroying the Frost Dragon Demigod's Natal Planet—the Ashen Council's linchpin? This was a war of extermination!

It was like two nations on the brink of war, where neither side fired the first shot, only for one side to suddenly launch nuclear strikes, bringing the world to the brink of disaster.

The sudden upheaval left even the highest-ranking members of the Ashen Council reeling, as though trapped in a nightmare—a nightmare they could never wake from.

"Li Pin! It's Li Pin!" At that moment, Ao Yunxiao, who had previously suspected as much, suddenly exclaimed, "This war isn't between the Ashen Council and the White Dove Federation. It's all Li Pin's doing!"

His voice was filled with anguish. "The one who started this war has always been Li Pin—the Divine Being, Li Pin!"

In his daze, Ao Qingcang finally remembered the name. "Li Pin?"

"This Divine Being... it's Li Pin? Li Pin of the Gaian Civilization?"

In Ao Yunxiao's memory, Li Pin had been just a Tier Three Legendary Celestial Martial Artist, ruling over a backward, primitive civilization.

Without the assets of the Divine Dragon Empire, his civilization wouldn't even qualify as a true cosmic entity.

"It's him," Ao Yunxiao said, his tone grim.

"But..." Ao Qingcang's voice trembled. "Li Pin—wasn't he a Celestial Martial Artist? How... how did he become a Divine Being?"

The leap was too great.

Ao Yunxiao frowned, lost in thought. Even if Li Pin had transitioned from a Celestial Martial Artist to a Demigod, it wouldn't have been this surprising. But from a Legendary Celestial Martial Artist to a Divine Being? That's too vast a gap. It is unimaginable.

This was the question on everyone's mind, including the stunned envoys from other civilizations and the dozens of Legendary figures from the White Dove Federation.

***

Li Pin paid no mind to these people's thoughts.

At this moment, he stood atop a colossal planetary core several kilometers in size, radiating terrifying energy.

This planetary core had been refined over tens of thousands of stellar years by a Demigod, making it invaluable.

Li Pin would, of course, not let it go to waste.

As the Astral World Fragment unfolded, the planetary core gradually became enveloped by his inner spirit and was transferred into the fragment. In moments, it vanished without a trace.

After securing the core, he refocused and surveyed his surroundings.

Everywhere he looked, fragments of debris floated aimlessly.

He had shattered an entire planet with his hands.

Countless planetary fragments, flung into space by the destructive impact, collided repeatedly, generating violent tremors and breaking into even smaller pieces.

In time, it was certain this starfield would slowly turn into an asteroid belt.

Someday, in the distant future, these smaller fragments might coalesce into a new planet. But no matter its size, mass, ecology, or environment, it could never compare to the Frost Dragon Planet that had been destroyed moments ago.

Li Pin floated silently in space. Looking down at his hands, he murmured, "Such a massive planet... gone..."

His cultivation journey unconsciously replayed in his mind.

In his past life, he had been an ordinary martial artist, even sacrificing his life just to condense his qi into a Core.

Upon arriving in this world, he had climbed step by step, facing immense challenges, but advancing steadily. And now...

Li Pin reflected inwardly. Five stellar years. From mortal flesh to pulverizing planets.

Five years—for ordinary people, it was a long time; for cultivators, it was but a fleeting moment.

Yet, he believed... shattering planets was far from his limit.

Leaving aside the pursuit of omnipotent martial arts for now, his immediate goals were clear.

Li Pin raised his head and looked into the distance. His gaze seemed to transcend time and space, landing on a great being whose light illuminated the entire cosmos, whose presence was everywhere.

He murmured the name, "Yin Luo."

Compared to such a being, destroying a planet was insignificant.

Li Pin thought, Destroying a planet 108 thousand kilometers in diameter isn't something to be proud of.

With that, he quickly regained his composure.

Shifting his gaze, he focused on a dozen relatively intact meteorites.

Li Pin extended his hand and said, "Come."

The shadow of his Natal Planet flickered faintly.

Soon, the dozen meteorites were drawn together, colliding and merging into a single mass—an island of sorts. The newly formed landmass spanned several dozen kilometers in width but was only a few kilometers thick.

Even now, fragments of rock and soil continued to break off from it, drifting into the vastness of space.

The group from the White Dove Federation, led by Lan Chi, approached him immediately, bowing respectfully with awe in their eyes. "Councilor Li."

They knew that every Divine Being capable of becoming a Councilor was unimaginably powerful, representing the utmost limit of strength for material beings.

But no matter how many tales they had heard, no description could match the impact of witnessing such power firsthand.

Staring at the remnants of the shattered planet scattered across the void, every Legend present—including Lan Chi, a Tier Four legend and a descendant of a prominent family—felt an indescribable sense of suffocation.

Si Xing in particular... was mind blown.

At this moment, only one word echoed in his mind. Incredible!

***

Nearby, the chairman of the Ashen Council, Ao Qingcang, froze in shock upon hearing Lan Chi address Li Pin. "Co-Councilor!?"

Li Pin had only recently completed the procedures to become a Councilor and had then traveled to the White Dove Federation, visiting Alliance Planet. By his calculations, just one day had passed since then.

This incident had occurred in the Galactic Core after only one day. No matter how well-informed the Ashen Council might be, their intelligence network couldn't possibly operate this quickly.

Li Pin was a Councilor of the Yin Luo Council. He was no powerless Divine Being with no authority. Even if they wished to seek asylum from the Homo Sapien Alliance, the process would undoubtedly face obstacles.

For a moment, Ao Qingcang felt cold sweat dripping down his back. "Councilor Li, our Ashen Council has no enmity with you. If we've somehow offended you, we are willing to offer compensation to make amends...."

"Offended me?" Li Pin glanced at him, puzzled. "Wasn't it your Ashen Council that tried to intimidate me first? As a Councilor of the Yin Luo Council, it's only fair that I return the gesture."

Ao Qingcang's face turned ashen. "Return the gesture...?"

Returning the gesture had led to the annihilation of their most powerful figure and stabilizing force, the Frost Dragon Grand Patriarch. It had involved obliterating an entire planet, 108,000 kilometers in diameter.

Yet, undeniably, the initial show of force had indeed come from them. If Li Pin claimed it was merely a reciprocal response, it seemed entirely reasonable.

Even if they reported this to the Homo Sapien Alliance, the Alliance would likely deem it their own fault for provoking him.