Right now, Yu Ziyu was already a peak existence within the first stage of the transcendent realm.
He only needed to strengthen his roots once more and then, with the help of evolution points, he had a real chance to break through to the second stage of transcendence.
And what did the second stage mean?
A spiritual power peak of hundreds of thousands—just flexing that power could shatter mountains and sever rivers.
Take Yu Ziyu now as an example: although he currently had only around seventy to eighty thousand spiritual power, if he chose to fully unleash it, his terrifying power—comparable to a common transcendent second stage—could in an instant destroy the entire Beiyu Canyon, which was two to three hundred meters long, even leveling it completely.
According to information Qing'er gathered from humans, the second stage of transcendence was already the embodiment of disaster.
But first, let's talk about the first stage of transcendence.
It was said that in recent months, first-stage transcendent mutated beasts were no longer just legends.
Terrifying monsters like those deep in the ocean had become common.
How terrifying were these first-stage transcendent mutated beasts, even sea monsters?
They had approached a demonic transformation, possessing initial self-awareness, able to keenly perceive threats and respond accordingly.
More frighteningly, these monsters were no longer afraid of bullets or most human firearms—their combat strength was truly terrifying.
Among known discoveries, a mutated octopus with a spiritual power peak over eighty thousand had wreaked havoc near the Cherry Country's seas, even sinking a ten-thousand-ton cargo ship.
This incident made all humanity realize the terror of first-stage transcendents.
They were no ordinary enemies that conventional firearms could handle; if they spread uncontrollably, they could threaten all humanity.
For this reason, experts from hundreds of countries rallied together to begin the first exchange of research and discussion.
Fortunately, after ten days of study, they came to an undeniable conclusion: becoming a first-stage transcendent was very difficult—really difficult.
No less than the legendary transformations of carp into dragons, or green snakes into flood dragons...
It was a leap in life's hierarchy, even a true spiritual transcendence.
This brought humanity some relief.
However, just as public morale was settling, a real undercurrent began to stir.
Because the Huaxia Federation and the Free Alliance across the Pacific discovered a terrifying fact:
Above the first stage, there was a second stage of transcendence.
Bodies coursing with hundreds of thousands of spiritual power, these were the true embodiments of disaster.
If first-stage transcendents were threats to a city,
then a second-stage transcendent could single-handedly raze a city—no exaggeration.
Their existence was disaster itself, destruction incarnate.
Unless humanity wielded national-level weapons—nuclear arms—completely eradicating them was not easy.
Of course, massing armies might be an option too.
Thus, the second stage was also called the "disaster level," capable of causing massive damage to towns with high probability.
It was worth noting that even among disaster-level second-stage transcendent beings, strength varied by species and spiritual power.
Weaker disaster-level entities could be overwhelmed by armies.
Stronger ones might bring an entire nation to the brink of crisis.
For example, a small country like the Cherry Country would face extinction without Federation support if a powerful disaster-level appeared.
...
"Phew..."
Exhaling deeply, Yu Ziyu felt a fiery passion within.
The second stage—
Reaching it meant he could threaten countries like the Cherry Country. Imagine how thrilling that was.
While not yet enough to make major powers like the Federation tremble, the might of second-stage transcendent beings could no longer be ignored by great nations.
Naturally, Yu Ziyu now aimed for the strong disaster-level.
As for the weaker disaster-level, sorry—given his foundation, becoming one was simply impossible.
After all, he had underground spiritual rivers feeding him and golden finger support; given enough time to grow, ending up as a weak disaster-level would be absurd.
Thinking further, Yu Ziyu recalled the rumored third stage transcendent—wielding millions of spiritual power.
If humanity's guess was correct, the strength of third-stage transcendent beings was beyond what small countries could handle; only great powers could respond with full force.
Such beings had a forbidden name among humans—"Calamity level."
Disaster and catastrophe.
Unless humanity produced an equal-level being, only nuclear weapons could deal with them.
And even then, only to contain them.
According to the Spiritual Power Research Institute's speculation, millions of spiritual power, even when combined, could generate an invisible field capable of partially resisting nuclear weapons.
Not to mention some mutated beasts specialized in defense.
If such a mutated beast evolved into a third-stage calamity-level, be prepared for a catastrophe requiring the full might of a great power.
Because that would be the most terrifying disaster imaginable.
And this was the true horror of the spiritual awakening and the arrival of the transcendent era.
Strength did not discriminate by race or origin.
If one was fortunate enough to seize the spiritual power of heaven and earth, even an ant easily trampled by humans could become a regional overlord.
What humans could be grateful for was that the transcendent era only took away electronic communications, but not human weaponry—otherwise, humanity would become the bottom of the food chain.
Right now, humanity relied on firearms, starting at a higher baseline than other races.
Of course, a high baseline was still a baseline.
If humans didn't strive to advance, they would eventually be surpassed by these wildly evolving transcendent creatures.
Yu Ziyu guessed that if a third-stage calamity-level truly appeared, humanity's status would face the greatest shock in history.
Heaven and hell were but a breath away.
No wonder, in just a few months, more than ten spiritual power research institutes had emerged within the Federation alone.
It wasn't just Yu Ziyu who thought this—it was humanity's shared worry and fear.
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