Calamity of Tomorrow

The voice transmission of Divine Skills, though gentle, was also unbreakable, engulfing Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power, as if a massive heavenly prison tightly locked onto Zhou Bai's body.

"This is the power of an Immortal God. Just being enveloped by Primordial Spirit power, I feel that it would take the collapse of the galaxy to break free from these shackles."

Zhou Bai's mind could not help but recall the conversation he had with the Elder of the Heavenly Sword yesterday, during which the Elder had described the strength of an Immortal to him.

To become an Immortal, one must first reach 100% Dao Integration.

100% Dao Integration is the theoretical extreme for humans, the highest limit to which mortals can approach the Heavenly Dao.

This was the extreme value explored and paid for by countless human sages and generations of cultivators, which was defined as 100% Dao Integration.

To surpass 100% Dao Integration, relying solely on a human body is impossible; one needs to undergo transformation through the Immortal Ascension Book and ascend to Immortality, achieving the body of an Immortal God, in order to continue enhancing Dao Integration.

At that time, as Dao Integration continues to rise, reaching 110%, 120%... it greatly boosts the daoistic techniques, martial skills, and physical bodies of the Immortals.

With just the boost from Dao Integration alone, any daoistic technique or martial skill becomes countless times more formidable in the hands of Immortals. Not to mention after Ascension, understanding the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, and mastering various distinct Divine Skills that only Immortals possess.

For example, opening up the space-time of Daluo Heaven is a Divine Skill impossible for mortals.

Zhou Bai thought to himself, "I still need to accumulate more power." Besides harvesting fate and enhancing his Primordial Spirit power every day, the first thing that came to Zhou Bai's mind was the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword.

Drawn from the body of the Mysterious Maiden, this sword wielded incredible Power of Deformation, Zhou Bai thought that among the many weapons he had drawn these days, besides his Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor, none was more formidable than this sword.

By now, Zhou Bai had also guessed that the woman was likely the Mysterious Maiden; after all, she had been with Sun Jingping and had been able to draw such a Primordial Spirit weapon before disappearing without a trace.

"Although this sword is likely drawn from the body of the Mysterious Maiden, according to the blueprint, the sword is truly formidable, but its material is quite bothersome. One needs a ninth realm deformed being to make it work, I wonder if the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor would suffice. As for the third tier Greedy Steel, I have almost gathered enough."

"If I could refine this End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword, with both the armor and the sword in hand, wouldn't my strength see a substantial increase?"

During this period, Zhou Bai participated in the arena every day, and although some days he just stood without fighting, he still reaped waves of greed, which together were enough to synthesize third-tier Greedy Steel.

While Zhou Bai was lost in his thoughts, the gentle figure of Divine Skills once again transmitted, "Zhou Bai, did you hear what I said?"

"Oh...uh..." Zhou Bai immediately replied, "I feel like this is a weapon of the Heavenly Demon, I suspect that Shi Fa secretly colluded with the Heavenly Demon."

"Mhm." Divine Skills nodded, "During your battle just now, I felt something was off about that Shi Fa. However, seeing that you were managing, I did not intervene."

The next moment, Divine Skills' Primordial Spirit power swept out, intending to take away the nano-suit in Zhou Bai's hand.

But very quickly, Divine Skills felt Zhou Bai's hand gripping tightly onto the nano-suit, with immense strength coming from his hand, unwilling to let go.

Divine Skills said gently, "Zhou Bai, I need to check this."

Zhou Bai said with difficulty, "Can't I keep it as a souvenir? I think with some repairs and patching up it might still be useful."

The demon-slaying Divine Skills spoke with righteous conviction, "This is a weapon forged by the Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Demon's methods are like Thousand Changes and Ten Thousand Transformations, unpredictable and indefensible. Don't think that just because it's broken, everything is fine. It can repair and transform itself at any moment. We've encountered too many such situations. It's too dangerous to keep this thing by your side."

The Divine Skills tried to pull with their Primordial Spirit power but felt that Zhou Bai was still holding on tightly.

Unable to restrain himself, the Divine Skills blurted out, "Zhou Bai!"

Zhou Bai nodded, "Mhm, I don't want it, you take it…"

The Divine Skills frowned, their Primordial Spirit power swirling in reverse, and directly took the nanosuit inch by inch from Zhou Bai's hands.

Watching the nanosuit being pulled from his hands, Zhou Bai sighed and couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.

Having taken the nanosuit, the Divine Skills comforted Zhou Bai, "Focus on the next two days of competition. Relax, we are here, and your safety will absolutely not be a problem. In fact, if there were a danger to your life during your fight with Shi Fa just now, I would have immediately rescued you."

'Is this them showing goodwill, trying to win me over?' Zhou Bai thought, sensing the kind attitude of the Divine Skills.

Testing the waters, Zhou Bai asked, "Your Primordial Spirit power seems pretty strong. Can I take a hit from it to see?"

The Divine Skills laughed, looking at Zhou Bai as if he were an ignorant and mischievous junior casually saying, "You want to test my strength? Although you're already strong among mortals, humans and Immortals exist on completely different planes. If you want to try, then go ahead and see for yourself."

Zhou Bai's gaze sharpened, immediately realizing that this was a good opportunity to test the strength of an Immortal.

In the next moment, over 8000 units of Primordial Spirit power in his sea of consciousness surged upward, while the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor he wore continuously unleashed power, strengthening his Primordial Spirit power.

With the support of the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor, his 8000 units of Primordial Spirit power were almost indistinguishable from a nine-realm powerhouse's, capable of moving mountains and swallowing rivers. If used to wreak havoc on the environment, a single blow could change the landscape for several kilometers around.

One could see Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power coalesce into a massive grey palm, striking out with a force that could topple mountains and destroy cities.

With this attack to gauge the strength of an Immortal, Zhou Bai put in his full effort.

On the other side, the Divine Skills' mind moved, and their Primordial Spirit power transformed into streams of purple clouds that directly shielded in front of Zhou Bai.

In the thunderous explosion that followed, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power clashed fiercely with that of the Divine Skills, grey and purple forces entwined. In just an instant, Zhou Bai's grey Primordial Spirit power shattered like tofu against steel.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit force crumbled with a loud crash, sending a strong tremor directly through his sea of consciousness and his very Primordial Spirit, leaving him with an intense feeling of dizziness.

In contrast, the Divine Skills' Primordial Spirit power appeared immovable, with the purple clouds slowly turning as if they had not been attacked at all, stabilizing the surrounding ground and air. Their exchange had no impact on the entire arena.

Zhou Bai rubbed his head, feeling as if his brain had been smashed by a heavy hammer, with a wary look in his eyes, "Impressive."

The Divine Skills chuckled and said, "When you become an Immortal in the future, you'll be as formidable as I am. Go and rest, I'll take care of the rest."