Calamity of Tomorrow

Looking at the familiar scene in front of her, Christina sighed gently as she returned to the site of discourse in Daluo Heaven, "Thank goodness for my gemstone, otherwise things would've been troublesome."

Zhou Bai said to Christina in his sea of consciousness, "Indeed, it would have been troublesome."

Zhou Bai checked his sea of consciousness, which still had the three azure lights he had added before, plus seven more unadded. He repeated the previous addition method and enhanced the Fool's Star again through transformation.

He observed the audience of tens of thousands and the many Immortals. It seemed as though two grey lights of the Primordial Spirit shone in his eyes. After sweeping his gaze across the crowd, he finally set his eyes on Zi Yang True Monarch.

Zhou Bai murmured in his mind, "Tina, what do you think about discussing with these tens of thousands of people and these Immortals?"

Christina felt a chill in her heart upon hearing this; the thought of tens of thousands of people and so many Immortals with lowered intelligence was unimaginable — a disaster and very dangerous for Zhou Bai himself.

She quickly advised, "Let it be, Zhou Bai. Both the Divine Emperor and the Heavenly Venerable are here; you probably won't be able to diminish their intelligence, and they are likely to see through it."

"Moreover, the Heavenly Demon will attack soon. Lowering everyone's intelligence now will surely lead to devastating losses later."

The power of Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit slowly retracted. He nodded and said, "You're right; there's no need for such drastic measures just to deal with a Zi Yang True Monarch."

Zhou Bai's gaze moved to Ying Hui, Zheng Wentian, and Yun Chonghe, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Everyone is still alive... that's truly good."

Seeing that Zhou Bai had calmed down, Christina also sighed in relief: 'Zhou Bai must not have anything happen to him. Once his mind falters and shifts toward distortion, the consequences are unimaginable.'

Christina shuddered at the thought of Zhou Bai's contamination level increasing continuously, exceeding the limits of distortion.

In such a case, Zhou Bai, by continuously spreading his twisted lies to lower intelligence, could keep expelling the contamination inside him, directly transforming countless people into distorted beings.

'Once Zhou Bai steps into distortion, I fear that all the people in the world will head towards distortion. Perhaps in just a few days, weeks, or months, no matter whether they are considered demons or humans, they all could be exterminated by Zhou Bai.

And Zhou Bai himself would also face the all-out efforts of the Immortals; the consequences are unimaginable.'

Thinking of this possibility, Christina kept swallowing nervously: "This situation must never happen."

Since Zhou Bai had decided not to deploy his tactics against Zi Yang True Monarch at the Daluo Heaven discourse, he watched everything unfold as usual.

The Heavenly Demon attacked the city; both the Heavenly Venerable and the Divine Emperor joined in the battle, followed by the support of Immortals throughout the city.

As Zhou Bai observed all this, a faint distortion appeared under his feet; the twisted shadow had already burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

A moment later, Ming Yue the Immortal swooped down and took Zhou Bai and his companions away.

Although Zhou Bai had thought that Zi Yang True Monarch's target should be him, and that Zi Yang True Monarch probably wouldn't go after them specifically if he didn't take Ying Hui and the others,

he was equally worried about them encountering mishaps amid the grand battle in Central City, a battlefield filled with great Heavenly Demons and Immortals.

So Zhou Bai still chose to have Ming Yue the Immortal take them along.

This way, at least Zhou Bai could protect them personally.

'You have protected me many times before, now it's my turn to protect you.'

Returning to the manor and watching Ming Yue the Immortal leave, Zhou Bai silently said, "The time for Zi Yang to attack is probably shortly after Ming Yue leaves. I won't have much time to prepare."

Zhou Bai opened his mouth and, amidst the astonished gazes of the others, a large amount of Guǐhài Black Sha stored inside Elsa's belly was expelled.

The Guǐhài Black Sha swiftly spread throughout the entire manor, appearing on the ground, on the walls, on the columns, on the rooftops, on everything visible with rows of characters forming.

The surging Guǐhải Black Sha even went through the doors and entered every room, hall, and basement of the manor…

Ying Hui exclaimed in surprise, "Zhou Bai, what are you doing?"

Zhou Bai replied, "Look carefully at the words I've written, and you'll understand what I'm doing."

Upon hearing Zhou Bai's statement, everyone curiously turned their gaze toward the text Zhou Bai had written.

Reading the characters and lines filled with deceit, everyone's eyes soon clouded with confusion, nearly losing the color of wisdom.

Then, under the commands of the twisted lines of text, the people deprived of their ability to think one by one headed to hide in the manor's basement, with Xiang Haocu being the only one left behind by Zhou Bai, motionless.

Watching this scene unfold, Christina couldn't help but say, "Zhou Bai, why didn't you let Immortal Ming Yue stay to help? With her here, we'd have a better chance against Zi Yang. After all, Zi Yang True Monarch is a divine immortal. Taking him on alone... without the gemstone, isn't that too dangerous?"

A cold smile appeared on Zhou Bai's face, "If Immortal Ming Yue were here, I wouldn't be able to use many of my methods as freely. Nor would I be able to properly deal with Zi Yang—harvest his fate, steal his magical treasures, snatch his elixirs, and sell his belongings."

"Moreover, what Zi Yang True Monarch sent was just a puppet avatar, just like the last time with the Plague Department's Yan Zhen's avatar, it's definitely not his true form."

"Otherwise, with the power of a true god, even if he can't confine me completely with a single force of Primordial Spirit like the Ghost God Slayer, he definitely wouldn't need to use the array of the manor to coordinate layers upon layers."

Zhou Bai's mind replayed the last time Zi Yang True Monarch made a move: 'That level was definitely not the divine immortal's true form. If it were his true form, I naturally wouldn't dare to confront him directly. But with a puppet avatar, I have many ways to target it.'

"One thing about avatars and puppets, they might be trouble for others, but for me, they are the enemy's biggest weakness. Because I can decrease the opponent's intelligence through the puppet avatar, directly bypassing the strongest power of his true form."

"I can weaken the opponent without having to face the true form."

"Tina, next you control my body."

In the midst of speaking, the Red Heavenly Armor had already armed Zhou Bai's body.

At the same time, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit Emergence had already entered Xiang Haocu's body, and the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor had also been worn by Xiang Haocu's body.

Zhou Bai, controlling Xiang Haocu's body, moved his neck a little and flexed his limbs, frowning slightly, "It's barely usable."

Christina then asked, "What if... if Zi Yang True Monarch is especially cautious and his true body is nearby?"

Zhou Bai replied, "I've considered that situation as well and have already prepared a contingency plan. In any case... even if Zi Yang doesn't die this time, I'll make sure he's severely injured."

Christina recalled the countless people Zhou Bai had trapped in the past and silently mourned for Zi Yang True Monarch for a moment: 'Ah, what makes you always provoke Zhou Bai? Such a time bomb, why do you constantly stimulate him, it truly serves you right.'

At that moment, the Emperor's Sword in Zhou Bai's hand started to tremble: "Damn it! Why can you perform Primordial Spirit Emergence?"

"Damn it? Where did this armor come from?"

"Damn it, why can your Primordial Spirit Emerge and your original body still move?"

"Damn it, what exactly are you planning? What's this about Zi Yang? Why would Zi Yang True Monarch come here?"

At this moment, witnessing all this, the Emperor's Sword felt utterly overwhelmed by the excessive information.

Zhou Bai picked up the Emperor's Sword, and spoke fiercely, "From now on, do as I say, and don't worry about anything else, or I'll immerse you in dung for ten days, do you hear me?"

...

Below Wanxian Island, Zi Yang True Monarch looked towards the direction of the sky and blandly said, "My puppet avatar is ready to enter. But... is it necessary? Did both of us need to come here specifically?"

Xiang Tiandi stood beside Zi Yang True Monarch, recalling Zhou Bai's looks toward Zi Yang True Monarch during the discourse in Daluo Heaven, that intense animosity in his gaze gave him an instinctive feeling that something was amiss.

As a celestial god, one of the top existences among true gods, Xiang Tiandi never ignored his intuition.

Beside him, Zi Yang True Monarch looked at him and thought silently, 'This guy's suspicion remains as heavy as ever, not giving any chance to his enemies, truly watertight.'