Calamity of Tomorrow

On the high platform, after watching the competition, Ming Yue Immortal was visibly excited, "Well fought. Zhou Bai's talent is truly remarkable, managing to withstand the Heavenly Demon's roar with his flesh and blood alone."

At this moment, the more Ming Yue Immortal looked at Zhou Bai, the more pleasing he found him, "Once he secures the victory in this Daluo Heaven discourse, I must personally teach him the laws. With his aptitude, if he receives my guidance, it probably won't be long before he breaks through to the 9th realm."

Tian Yangzi also nodded, expressing his satisfaction, "This is indeed the elegance that a human race genius should possess."

Ming Yue Immortal looked towards Zhao Yue and others like Shi Fa in the participant's seats, the more he looked, the less pleased he felt, sensing that his earlier investments had all gone down the drain.

"Knockoffs will always be knockoffs. These so-called geniuses put together aren't even worth one of Zhou Bai's fingers."

Tu Gui Shen looked towards Zi Yang True Monarch and others, smiling, "How do you four True Monarchs see it?"

The other Immortals also looked over, assuming that for the Zhao Family to pull off such a feat, the righteous gods of heaven must have exerted some influence behind the scenes.

They had originally intended to use this situation to their advantage, to allow Zhou Bai to be attacked by the mixed-blood during the danger, and save him amidst the peril, but they hadn't expected Zhou Bai to handle it himself, which pleasantly surprised them.

Zi Yang True Monarch smiled faintly, "Quite good."

Tu Gui Shen looked deeply at him, thinking, 'I feel like something's missing... These guys must have used some other methods… What did we overlook?'

He continuously contemplated the entire process inside and outside the Daluo Heaven discourse, searching for any oversight.

...

With Zhou Bai's battle concluded, today's Daluo Heaven discourse officially ended, and Zhou Bai checked the schedule for tomorrow.

The second match, Zhou Bai versus Shi Fa.

"So tomorrow I get to fight this monk."

In Zhou Bai's mind, the scene where Kong Chan was killed by his opponent suddenly resurfaced.

After leaving the arena, he immediately saw Ying Hui, Yun Chonghe, and Zheng Wentian happily greeting him. Clearly, Zhou Bai's performance today had excited them all.

After exchanging pleasantries, on the way back, Yun Chonghe said, "Zhou Bai, Elder Heavenly Sword wants to speak with you. Go see him when you return."

Hearing this, Zhou Bai felt a chill, "Elder Heavenly Sword wants to see me? Is it about the Imperial Sword... or the matter of Pureblood and Mixedbloods?"

However, he nodded, maintaining a calm demeanor, "I understand."

...

Elsewhere, having made up his mind, Shi Fa returned to his residence.

He sat cross-legged, his hands together, a faint golden glow slowly circulated around his body, as the Tathagata Heart Seal of Three Secrets and Three Embodiments began to operate, a mass of text and images flowed through his mind.

'The Tathagata Heart Seal of Three Secrets and Three Embodiments can attack across space, a supreme Dao technique.'

'As long as I can directly attack inside Zhou Bai's body, it doesn't matter how strong his defensive power is. His insides can't possibly be as resilient as his exterior.'

Just then, a knocking sound was heard, Shi Fa frowned, not intending to see anyone.

But in the next moment, a pool of black stain slipped through the gap under the door into Shi Fa's room, gradually transforming; first from the black stain into a snake shape, then a palm-sized black snake slithered up to Shi Fa, hissing intermittently.

Upon seeing this scene, Shi Fa narrowed his eyes, "Heavenly Demon?"

Hearing Shi Fa and noticing he was about to take action, the black snake uttered a deep voice, "Don't be agitated, I'm here to help you defeat Zhou Bai. You want to kill him, don't you?"

Shi Fa did not trust the Heavenly Demon's words rashly but also didn't rush to eliminate the Heavenly Demon before him, instead, he coldly said, "There are Heavenly Demons in Central City too?"

"In which corner of the world would our existence not be found?" chuckled the Heavenly Demon, "Among humans, how many have already sided with us? Even in this Central City, who knows what monsters lurk beneath someone's skin?"

Shi Fa sighed, knowing that the other party was correct. Ever since the Heavenly Demons began accepting human traitors, more and more humans were siding with them, transforming into heavenly demons for eternal youth, immense strength, or mere survival.

It was likely that except for the celestial palace in the heavens, every human city on earth bore traces of the Heavenly Demons.

The Heavenly Demon continued, "With your abilities, defeating Zhou Bai is extremely difficult, not to mention killing him. But with our help, killing Zhou Bai would be as easy as flipping your hand."

Shi Fa frowned, "Why would you help me?"

"There's a saying, 'Your closest one is your greatest enemy'. We have fought with you for hundreds of years, and those years have been more than just fighting."

"We've developed technology far superior to yours and learned many of your secrets through it. We understand humans better than you can imagine."

The Heavenly Demon grinned, "As a half-human, Zhou Bai only strengthens the heavenly forces. Of course, we don't want the Celestial Palace to grow stronger, so helping you half-humans to eliminate Zhou Bai, what's the issue?"

Furrowing his brows, Shi Fa felt that although the opponent's words were logical, there was always a feeling that the Heavenly Demon's purpose was not so simple.

Moreover...

Shi Fa: "How exactly can you help me? Transform myself into a Heavenly Demon? Surrender myself to your control? I can't possibly do that."

The Heavenly Demon laughed, understanding that since the monk before him had not blasted him away immediately but had asked about these details, it meant that he was indeed tempted.

The Heavenly Demon stated, "Don't worry, you don't have to transform into a Heavenly Demon. We can provide you with a weapon, just use the weapon we have crafted for you, how about that?"

Shi Fa's eyes flashed, "Using a weapon of the Heavenly Demon…"

The Heavenly Demon Snake slithered onto Shi Fa's hand, hissing as it spoke, "Just using our weapon. Weapons hold no inherent good or evil, right? It's all about how it's used."

Noticing Shi Fa sinking into silence, the Heavenly Demon Snake continued, "Now, with the Immortals and gods restraining each other, and with the Immortals bound to act if the righteous gods do, plus with the platform of Daluo Heaven for debates, you have the chance to eliminate Zhou Bai."

"If Zhou Bai, a pure-blooded human, were to win first place in the debates of Daluo Heaven, gaining the Human Emperor Sword and the favor of the Immortals, you'd have no chance to act, would you?"

"With this pure-blooded human race in place, how the Immortals will treat you, that's hard to say."

"The great trends of the world are changing, the future of the human race, the prosperity of billions of humans, those billions of lives, all hangs on your single thought."

"Such an opportunity to save humanity is truly rare."

The expression of Shi Fa before him grew heavier as he listened to the ceaseless persuasions of the Heavenly Demon Snake and suddenly asked, "You're not an ordinary Heavenly Demon, are you? What's your name?"

"You can call me Bi."

"Bi…" Shi Fa closed his eyes, thinking to himself, 'If I don't enter hell, who will? After I kill Zhou Bai, I'll commit suicide as atonement. Maybe... I'll take these Heavenly Demons with me…'

"What kind of weapons do the Heavenly Demons have? How will you give it to me? I need to specify the location."

"Besides, when I deploy it in the spacetime of Daluo Heaven, it must not reveal the style of the Heavenly Demons, otherwise it will be intercepted by the Immortals and gods the moment it's revealed."