Calamity of Tomorrow

"Zhou Bai, someone told me that only pureblood humans can be recognized by the Emperor's Sword, is that true?"

Hearing this question from the elder of the Heavenly Sword, Zhou Bai suddenly felt a chill in his heart, but he did not sense any hostility or murderous intent from the other party, and relying on his gemstone that could reverse time, he thought for a moment and then directly said, "Yes, I knew this when I communicated with the Emperor's Sword."

"I seem to be what is called a pureblood human."

Elder of the Heavenly Sword: "Is that so..."

After the other party confirmed this, silence fell again, and the entire secret room plunged back into silence, the air so heavy it seemed water could be condensed, with only the continuous sounds of the sword marks on the walls crackling.

Zhou Bai remained vigilant, afraid that the elder of the Heavenly Sword might be like the Zhao Family.

'Is he hesitating? Hesitating about how to treat me?'

'Or is he not speaking? Does he not know how to talk to me?'

Feeling the silence in the room all the time, Zhou Bai seemed to sense the elder's hesitation, confusion, and bewilderment.

But he did not want to keep silent any longer, finally unable to restrain himself, he spoke up, "Elder, if you have something to ask, just ask."

The elder of the Heavenly Sword repeated, "Zhou Bai, someone told me that only pureblood humans can be recognized by the Emperor's Sword, is that true?"

Zhou Bai: "..."

Zhou Bai first felt a flush of speechlessness, followed by a faint sadness.

Christina said in his mind, "The elder of the Heavenly Sword is probably not going to last much longer, right? His mutation must also be nearing its limit, they said earlier that he was about to completely mutate... President Zhao Shouyi was the same."

The past images of Zhao Shouyi gradually becoming slow to react and his memory deteriorating floated through Zhou Bai's mind, he sighed, and patiently repeated his words.

The elder of the Heavenly Sword, unaware of this, continued to ask, "What is your view on the relationship between pureblood humans and mixed-blood humans?"

Zhou Bai said, "I don't really care now, because there are a bunch of people who look almost like me, speak like me, and have a similar culture. It's hard for me not to regard them as the same kind. Besides, I have many companions among the mixed-blood humans, I certainly can't treat them all as animals."

The elder of the Heavenly Sword: "I am glad you think that way. But many mixed-bloods may think differently."

Zhou Bai nodded, thinking of Zhao Yue in the arena, "I can probably imagine."

Zhou Bai suddenly found it somewhat ridiculous, he had repeatedly protected humans, yet now these vulnerable beings might want to kill him.

'I can easily slaughter them, yet I protect them. And some idiots actually want to kill me.'

Zhou Bai shook his head, discarding this thought: 'It's just a few fools, don't take it to heart.'

The elder then continued, "The mixed-blood humans carry the bloodline of demons. The immortals originally intended to remove this demon bloodline, but unfortunately, they had not succeeded before encountering the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, and to this moment, they have not developed the power to remove the demon bloodline under the distortion of the Heavenly Dao."

"Once the mixed-blood humans mate with pureblood humans, their offspring will also carry the demon bloodline."

"Which means if the Mixed Blood Human Race and the pure-blood human race combine, their descendants will only be from the Mixed Blood Human Race."

"Do you understand what this implies?"

Zhou Bai nodded. "If this continues, the pure-blood human race will disappear, right? If we want the pure-blood human race to continue, we must isolate the two; otherwise, as time goes on, pure blood will disappear again one day."

"Putting it more cruelly, if the pure-blood wishes to remain untainted by demonic bloodlines, it would be best never to interact with the mixed blood, or even to exterminate them."

The elder of Heavenly Sword's blade vibrated slightly before he continued, "The mixed blood will contaminate the pure blood; the two must be separated. Additionally, I have been told that the Immortals believe that after the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, the mixed blood can no longer Ascend, whereas the pure-blood human race still has a chance…"

Zhou Bai frowned and asked, "Are you sure that is the case?"

"The crucial point isn't what the truth is, but what the Immortals think," sighed the elder of Heavenly Sword. "If that's what the Immortals believe, then most of the Mixed Blood Human Race will think the same. To them, the pure blood is a race destined to be isolated from them, a race destined to have a higher cap than them."

The elder of Heavenly Sword said, "Moreover, I received news that the Immortals are planning to support you fully, by combining your bloodline with that of the Immortals to create a new generation of the pure-blood human race."

Zhou Bai asked, "Can they do it? How? Treat me like breeding stock?"

'Having children with Immortals?' Zhou Bai looked puzzled. Before participating in the debate in Daluo Heaven, he was worried that the Immortals might harm him, but now he was worried that they genuinely intended to do so.

"About that, we must first talk about a characteristic of the deities," explained the elder of Heavenly Sword. "Whether they be Immortals or true gods, they are all too powerful and too close to Heavenly Dao, which makes their flesh and blood highly synchronized with Heavenly Dao, containing the power of the void.

Once different Immortal bloodlines combine, the differing properties of Heavenly Dao and the power of the void will clash, leading directly to a bloodline rampage, and the offspring will die outright.

But with your bloodline, it's different. If your bloodline is combined with that of an Immortal, it might be possible to produce a new pure-blood human race.

With their celestial techniques, they could directly refine and combine bloodlines, then create people from nothing. Perhaps in ten, twenty years, a large number of pure-blood human race will be born."

The elder of Heavenly Sword spoke, "Facing such a pure-blood human race, can you understand some of the unease of the Mixed Blood Human Race?"

After hearing this, Zhou Bai nodded and sighed, "I understand, even if I say I will not harm the Mixed Blood Human Race, they probably won't believe me.

To them, a bloodline that could be contaminated by them, and possibly has a higher cap than theirs… they probably find it hard to believe that the others will be harmless when they grow up, which for them is like placing a knife in their adversaries' hands, making it hard for them to sleep peacefully."

Zhou Bai felt somewhat agitated internally: 'With my current power, if I fully unleashed the abilities of the Heavenly Calamities, it wouldn't take too long to eliminate most of humanity. But even though I deliberately restrain this power and continuously strive to protect them, many still can't fully trust me. That's human nature.'

The elder of Heavenly Sword said comfortingly, "It's good that you understand this. They attack you because they are uneasy, they want to kill you because they fear you—it does not mean all of the mixed bloods are hostile towards you."

Zhou Bai asked, "But what is the attitude of the gods? If they could set an example, allowing the mixed blood and pure blood to coexist peacefully…"

"It's difficult," said the elder of Heavenly Sword with a sigh. "Although the Immortals also originate from the human race, due to various influences, their perspectives still differ from ours in some respects."

"For us, it's been several centuries or even a millennium since the great wars between humans and demons, the battles between good and evil, but for them, with their long lifespans, it may feel like just a few years ago, ten years ago."

"To them, the war between humans and demons also hasn't ended long ago, they can still clearly remember the sacrifices of their companions, relatives, and the destruction of countless sects. For them, the Mixed Blood Human Race, which contains demonic bloodlines, might well be like the children of their enemies."

"This instinctively makes most Immortals dislike the Mixed Blood Human Race. Moreover, a hundred years have passed without any mixed blood successfully Ascending, which is even more fatal and makes it even harder for them to see the Mixed Blood Human Race as their kin."

"You can imagine what their attitude towards the mixed blood would be under such circumstances."