Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

The War God Palace has released an announcement.

The wording was solemn.

[Announcement from the Palace of War Gods]

Following deliberation and decision by the Blue Sky Supreme Joint Conference, the following is hereby communicated to the entire Blue Sky community:

I. The core threat in the Arctic region, a king-level monster codenamed "White Emperor," was killed by Azure Councilor Yan Ning seven days ago.

After verification, all planetary-level and above overlord beasts within the Arctic Circle have been eliminated, and the regional beast threat level has been downgraded to "controllable".

II. In recognition of Comrade Yan Ning's outstanding contributions to the blue world, he is awarded the title of "Blue Hero".

Since its establishment during the Cataclysmic Era, this title has only been awarded to three people. Comrade Yan Ning is the fourth, and the first since the Primordial Era.

III. With the unanimous approval of the six inspectors, Comrade Yan Ning is promoted to the seventh inspector of the Blue Sky Inspection Team, effective immediately.

IV. The outer perimeter of the Arctic Circle will be open for exploration in three months. At that time, the Palace of War will organize the exploration. Before that, any individual or group is strictly prohibited from entering without authorization.

Azure Calendar Year 54, War God Palace.

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The moment the announcement was released, the entire BlueNet internet erupted in unprecedented excitement.

It wasn't the jubilation following Sheng Hai's strike, nor the awe-inspiring power of the Northern Qin spirit.

Yes...

A sense of liberation from the depths of the soul, a feeling of surviving a catastrophe!

[Blue Daily] reposted, with the following text:

Seven days ago, he said, "Wait for me to come back." Seven days later, he returned, carrying that beast's head!

[Blue China News] reposted, with the following text:

"Azure Hero, Seventh Inspector. These titles are important, but none of them matter."

Most importantly, from today onwards, the people of Azure will no longer have to wake up in the middle of the night, will no longer have to pray every time a beast tide comes, and will no longer have to worry about whether tomorrow or an accident will come first!

[Blue Sky News] reposted with the caption: "He did it, we survived!"

......

In the comments section, tears and laughter intertwined.

"The White Emperor... So that giant white beast was called the White Emperor. Emperor? It doesn't deserve the title! Director Yan is the true Emperor!"

"Blue Hero! The fourth Blue Hero! If my grandfather were alive, he would be so happy to see this today."

"Seventh Inspector! From today onwards, Azure has seven mountains!"

"It's not seven, it's one! The previous six combined aren't as tall as the seventh one."

"I cried, I really cried. It's not being dramatic, it's just... do you know that feeling? It's like that stone that's been weighing on my heart for decades suddenly disappearing."

"My grandfather was a war god. He died in the North two years ago. Before he died, he said that he was not afraid of dying, but he was afraid that his descendants would have to live this kind of life after he died."

Grandpa, did you see that? We don't need to cross anymore, that person is here!

"Sheng Hairen, stay. From today onwards, I can let my child play at the beach without worry."

"Northern Qin people, stay. From today onwards, I don't need to look up at the sky every day anymore."

"People of Nanjiang, stay. From today onwards... no, Nanjiang has always had Director Yan in charge, so we've been feeling at ease for a long time. Hahahaha!"

I'm going to scroll through this hashtag #ThankYouDirectorYan a hundred times.

The topic "Thank you, Director Yan" surged to the top of the trending search list within half an hour, with its popularity exceeding one billion.

It's not an exaggeration.

It's one billion.

The entire population of the blue ocean is only a few billion.

This means that almost everyone is saying the same thing:

Thank you, Director Yan.

......

Nanjiang Base City.

Yan Ning sat on the balcony, holding Yan Xiu in her arms, scrolling through her phone.

The top trending topic: #Thank you, Director Yan#

Second on the trending list: #BlueHeroes#

Third on the trending topics list: #SeventhInspector#

He read through them one by one.

Someone posted a photo of their child, saying, "Today I finally dared to name my child Ping An (Peace).

Someone posted a video of the sunrise at the beach, saying, "I never realized the sunrise at Shenghai was so beautiful."

Someone was showing off the vegetables they grew, saying, "I don't need to store food in the cellar anymore."

Each and every one of them is filled with real people and ordinary, simple lives.

Yan Ning put down her phone and looked down at her youngest son in her arms.

Yan Xiuzheng stared at him with wide eyes, mumbling something unintelligible.

"It seems your father has done something remarkable."

Yan Xiu yawned and continued gnawing on his fist.

Yan Ning smiled and looked up into the distance.

The sunset was a vibrant red on the horizon.

The sun will rise again tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow too.

Every day from now on will be the same.

......

A month later.

Nanjiang Base City.

Yan Ning was instructing Mo Yunteng in the training room to practice a new combat stance.

Moyun Teng has firmly reached the sixth level of the Planetary Realm. The golden patterns on the vines are becoming increasingly dense, and its aura is much stronger than it was a month ago.

The communication watch vibrates.

Qin Mufeng called.

"Yan Ning, the Federal Geological Bureau has checked the list of rare metals you gave me."

"What was the result?"

"Aside from some in the S01 ruins, there's almost none on Azure."

Qin Mufeng's voice was apologetic, "Most of those metals are not natural minerals from Azure Star. Experts from the Geological Bureau said that some of the metals on the list can only be found in the universe."

Yan Ning nodded, not too disappointed.

He had actually anticipated this.

If there were really that many rare metals on the Blue Star, the Golden Horned Beast wouldn't have gone hungry for a month.

"but."

Qin Mufeng changed the subject, "The Geological Bureau has discovered some traces around the S01 site, which may be related to the metals on your list. Do you want to go and take a look yourself?"

"Not for now," Yan Ning said. "Let's talk about the S01 ruins after the Primordial Era comes out."

"That works too." Qin Mufeng paused for a moment. "By the way, the Supreme Joint Conference is next week. Are you coming?"

"What topic?"

"a lot of."

Qin Mufeng said, "After the threat to the Arctic was eliminated, many things that we didn't dare to think about before can now be put on the agenda. You are the biggest contributor, and it would be best if you could come."

Yan Ning thought for a moment.

"OK."

......

Blue Sky Supreme Joint Conference.

The holographic projection brought together councilors from 25 base cities, six inspectors, and core members of the Ares Palace.

Yan Ning sat next to Qin Mufeng in the position of the Seventh Inspector.

This was his first time attending the meeting as an inspector.

"Everyone."

Qin Mufeng began by saying, "Today's topic is only one: a blue future."

A huge star map was projected onto the holographic screen.

Azure Star, and the planets around it.

"With the Arctic threat removed, our challenge is no longer survival, but development."

"From the time of catastrophe to now, it has taken the Blue Humans fifty-four years to rise from the ruins. Now, it's time to go out."

"First, the transformation of interstellar civilization."

Qin Mufeng pulled up a planning document.

"Azure Technology will shift its focus from defense to exploration."

The spaceship unearthed from the S01 site has been preliminarily assessed as having interstellar travel capabilities.

The next priority is to crack the spaceship's technology and, within a hundred years, complete the terraforming and colonization of the Blue Star System.