Calamity of Tomorrow

Zhou Bai shook his head slightly, feeling an even more urgent desire for power. After he walked into the competitors' seating area, he saw that Xiang Haocu, Zhao Yue, and others all looked at him with shock, apparently not expecting him to have actually clashed with an Immortal.

Zhou Bai's conversation with Tu Tianmo was in whispered tones, so they were unaware of what the two had discussed.

But the fact that Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power had actively condensed, attacked, and then collided with the Immortal's Primordial Spirit power was witnessed by all.

Zhao Yue couldn't help asking Zhou Bai, "How... How could you dare to make a move against an Immortal?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Zhou Bai grinned and said, "I told him I wanted to test his strength, so I just did. If you don't try it yourself, how can you know the difference, and how can you chase after it?"

Zhao Yue turned her head away and muttered in a low voice, "Arrogant."

Tu Tianmo, standing to the side, was also startled as he looked at Zhou Bai. This was the first time he'd seen a mortal daring to make a move against his father.

In Tu Tianmo's heart, Tu Tianmo had always been one who didn't show his emotions, inscrutable and highly authoritative. Just standing in front of him, Tu Tianmo would feel an overwhelming and irresistible pressure.

He never imagined that a mortal would dare to make a move against Tu Tianmo.

The impact that Zhou Bai's action had on him was far greater than any of the battles he had witnessed during the Daluo Heaven philosophical debates.

The image of Zhou Bai making a move against Tu Tianmo remained etched in his mind, leaving him unable to forget it for a long time.

The next match in the tournament was Wen He versus Jue Ji.

Due to Wen He's absence, the battle could not proceed.

The fourth match was Wei Cangsheng versus Xiang Haocu; Xiang Haocu glanced at Wei Cangsheng and directly chose to forfeit. His only target now was Zhou Bai; he had no interest in fighting others.

The fifth match was between Tu Tianmo and Shen Hai, but since Shen Hai was also absent, it could not proceed either.

The top ten competition of the seventh day came to a complete end, and in the following two days, a new master of the Human Emperor Sword would emerge from the Daluo Heaven philosophical debates.

Wei Cangsheng and Jue Ji stood side by side. Watching Zhou Bai's retreating figure, Wei Cangsheng transmitted with a smile, "The young people nowadays are really remarkable. I hadn't expected that after my awakening, I would see such talented juniors; it's truly reassuring. This twisted future of the Heavenly Dao might not be completely hopeless after all."

Jue Ji responded coolly, "He's alright, but the kid is too weak."

"That demon Zhao Yue even had her knife at his throat and yet he still showed mercy, not slaying her."

"I also heard he mingles with the people from the four great sects daily, treating those demons as companions."

"Hmph, if he already understands the difference between humans and these monsters but still considers becoming companions with them... that's just foolish! Naive! Too emotional. There's simply no peace between humans and monsters."

As he spoke, a flame of hatred began to burn in Jue Ji's eyes, "Monsters are monsters; they eat people, they kill people, inherently brutal and greedy. Even the few who are good-natured will contaminate the human bloodline. Their very existence is a great threat to humankind; they should have been eradicated long ago."

"This Zhou Bai still needs a good lesson."

Wei Cangsheng replied with a faint smile and a slight frown of worry, rubbing his brow, "...He does lack some discipline, can't slay monsters or remove demons, and so cannot become a qualified human being. Holding on to hope, not understanding the conflict between humans and monsters, is also a sign of immaturity. There's no helping it... I'll teach him a lesson tomorrow."

Jue Ji snorted coldly and turned his head away, "As a human, to fraternize with monsters is the shame of our kind. If you can't get through to him, then I'll beat him into submission." His gaze sharpened slightly, as if sword lights were gathering within, and a vast Sword Qi began to brew in the air.

Wei Cangsheng said with an amicable smile, "You're quite confident, aren't you? I see that this youngster is fierce. With my current condition, I might not even be able to subdue him."

The sword light in Jue Ji's eyes grew even more brilliant as if thousands of swords spanned the sky, carrying the dignified authority of an emperor of swords, "Hmph, relying on brute strength, what he's doing is just reckless. The true profound intricacy of the ultimate human techniques, how could he misuse them like this?"

With a benign expression, Wei Cangsheng said, "Jue Ji, don't set your expectations too high. For Zhou Bai to have cultivated to this level at his age is already quite an achievement. That the human race still has such a successor is satisfying enough for me. However, his attitude towards monsters indeed needs some adjustment."

...

On Mars, gigantic metal bodies obscured the sky, kicking up sandstorms.

Countless signals and data intersected and transmitted through the air.

"Has Zhou Bai's data come out yet?"

"Comparison complete, we've found his information in the Heavenly Demon Pool."

"I see... so it's like this..."

"What about the battle plan for Central City...?"

"Stick to the plan, bring him here! Bring him to me!"

The next moment, metals covered the mountains and plains, shaking violently as if countless lost souls were howling and wailing in rage.

...

After having dinner with his companions, Zhou Bai found an artifact refining workshop, intending to process and fuse the Greed Steel he had collected over the past half month in Daluo Heaven, creating level 3 Greed Steel in preparation for forging the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword.

He then saw Zhou Bai forming hand signs, as the Greed Steel flowed out from his sea of consciousness one by one, gathering above the alchemical furnace and beginning the process of smelting and forging.

"Melt!"

Zhou Bai's eyes focused, and his Primordial Spirit power burst forth abruptly. His hands drew symbols, and the Primordial Spirit power turned into runes that were cast into the Greed Steel before him.

The next moment, accompanied by flames shooting up to the sky, the furnace's fire completely enveloped the Greed Steel.

While burning it in the alchemical furnace, Zhou Bai intermittently cast several hand signs, along with the integration of Primordial Spirit power into the Greed Steel.

After a full five hours, more than ten cubic meters of Greed Steel were refined down to less than 0.1 cubic meter, but it appeared extremely pure. Flipping it over, one could faintly see countless runes flashing by and then disappearing.

Zhou Bai sighed with relief, "For the remaining common materials, I can figure it out myself; it's just this Jiujing mutant..."

Zhou Bai thought it over and concluded that the most reliable was the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor.

He packed up the Greed Steel and stood up, "Let's go, Tina, Elsa."

He turned his head only to find that Tina, who had been let out, was hugging a little notebook, sound asleep. Elsa was curled up on the ground beside her, also passed out.

"Two lazybones."

Zhou Bai awakened them with his Primordial Spirit power and said to the drowsy Tina and Elsa, "Alright, I've finished making the level 3 Greed Steel; let's go."

When Zhou Bai returned to his room with Christina and Elsa, he bumped into Zheng Wentian, who looked worried.

Zhou Bai asked curiously, "What's the matter? Has something happened?"

Zheng Wentian hesitated, with Ying Hui's words echoing in his mind, 'Don't tell Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai is at a critical moment now, we can't distract him...'

After thinking it over, Zheng Wentian said, "It's nothing. I just got up to pee..."

Zhou Bai glared at him and pressed Zheng Wentian against the wall, saying, "You're still trying to lie to me? Tell me the truth, has something happened?"

With Zhou Bai glaring at him like that, Zheng Wentian immediately felt as if his spirit had been crushed, completely unable to rise up against someone he had been subdued by for so long.

He said helplessly, "Qian Wangsun has gone missing."

Zhou Bai asked in confusion, "Missing? How could he go missing?"

Zheng Wentian answered, "The people at the hospital said he left on his own, and after leaving, he never came back, nor did he come to us. I don't know where he's gone."

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