Calamity of Tomorrow

Zhou Bai nodded in satisfaction upon sensing the death of the Twisted Shadow, because he had once again harvested a strand of green luck from Xiang Tiandi.

Though he hadn't managed to fuse with Christina to master the five Divine Skills over the past six days, he had cultivated the Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunder Breath to open up the third acupoint, harvesting six strands of Xiang Tiandi's green luck.

"Six strands of green luck, which star point should I use to enhance?"

While many star points were eagerly awaiting nourishment, and Zhou Bai himself still wanted a stronger physique and safer defenses,

after some thought, Zhou Bai felt what he needed most was an increase in his Pollution Limit.

On one hand, it could be used to fully master the five Divine Skills, on the other hand, the efficiency of Jiaojiao and the Mysterious Lady in extracting and transferring pollution needed his limit to be higher.

Moreover, when facing enemies, outputting pollution through the Calamity of Ignorance, the higher his limit, the stronger the power.

Lastly, he also had the 'Pollution Body' ability, letting every point of pollution help him reduce 0.5% of damage.

Though the current limit of damage reduction was 50%, he believed that in the future, it would definitely be possible to break through the 50% damage reduction limit.

By then, 120 points of pollution would reduce 60% of damage, and 140 points would reduce 70% of damage—hence, the higher the pollution, the better.

"Lucky I was smart enough to think of shearing Xiang Tiandi's wool and not stupidly continue the difficult cultivation of the five Divine Skills with that cat,"

"otherwise, I really would have been surpassed by that silly cat."

"Indeed, compared with harsh training, using one's brain is most important."

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai looked at the star point 'No Thought - Pollution Limit' on Yutu's chart.

No Thought - Pollution Limit: Enhances one's overall adaptability to the distortions of Heavenly Dao, raising the pollution limit to 110.

After carefully considering it, Zhou Bai thought that increasing the pollution limit would be beneficial no matter what, so he added all six strands of green light in one go.

The star point received six consecutive boosts in an instant, and the pollution limit skyrocketed, reaching 140 points directly.

At this moment, Zhou Bai's pollution level was 105/140 points.

"A surplus of 35 pollution points should be enough for me to cultivate the five Divine Skills."

Standing up with that thought, Zhou Bai said, "Christina, I'm going back to Donghua City. You stay here and keep up your training, and don't forget to transform and cultivate today."

A tender pink paw stretched out from the furball and waved casually at Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai smirked, 'Wait until I master the five Divine Skills first; then I'll show you what real genius is.'

With that, Zhou Bai soared into the sky and flew towards the direction of Donghua City.

Christina watched Zhou Bai's departing figure, sighing sentimentally, "Ah, my little Zhou Zhou is also in a rush now, effort is indeed wonderful."

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Jiaojiao, upon seeing Zhou Bai's sudden appearance, curiously asked, "How's the cultivation going, Zhou Bai?"

Zhou Bai, while drawing skills through Angel Envoy Jiaojiao with 6 million points of Laziness Value to learn 'Ice Soul Freeze Light' and 'Fundamentals of the Fusion of Five Divine Skills', casually answered, "It's going great; I feel like I'm about to succeed."

At this moment, Zhou Bai's pollution level shot up to 132/140, with 1.3 million points of Laziness Value remaining.

The Mysterious Lady also approached to encourage, "Keep it up, Zhou Bai."

"Mhm." Zhou Bai casually responded and directly requested to enter Jiaojiao's dream to pretend to study "Ice Soul Freeze Light."

This was all to later prove that he had already learned "Ice Soul Freeze Light" and could cultivate in the Material World with the honor of having Jiaojiao and the Black Tortoise's support.

Upon emerging from the dream, he brought his hands together, changed his hand signs, and strands of white cold air surged from his nostrils and mouth, then slowly reabsorbed into his body.

From the first to the tenth level of Ice Soul Freeze Light, one needed to harmonize yin and yang, imitate the cold waves of heaven and earth, and reach the end of all things.

From the most ordinary cold air of the first level to the refined power of the tenth level, only then could one truly consider having mastered Ice Soul Freeze Light, holding the power to freeze even light itself.

Under the enhanced beauty of Jiaojiao and the Black Tortoise, Zhou Bai's training speed was extremely fast. The gaseous breath his mouth emitted gradually turned from white to blue, then from blue to deep blue, deeper and deeper, resembling the color at the bottom of a deep ocean.

At the same time, the trace of coldness emanating from Zhou Bai's body became stronger and stronger.

The Black Tortoise had no choice but to retreat continuously until Jiaojiao wrapped her Primordial Spirit around it and used Ice Soul Freeze Light to withstand the coldness.

Jiaojiao watched Zhou Bai with eyes shining brightly, her gaze filled with both emotion and anticipation, brimming with the satisfaction of an old farmer watching his pig finally grow up.

"Zhou Bai is about to master another Ice Soul Freeze Light. With this, he will have truly completed the training of all five Divine Skills."

"After more than a hundred years, someone has finally reached this step."

Since the distortion of Heavenly Dao, the difficulty of cultivating the five Divine Skills had also soared sharply. Jiaojiao watched generations after generations of genius disciples go with hope to cultivate the five Divine Skills.

Then she watched them one by one head towards failure, with some even being twisted by the influence of the five Divine Skills, becoming insane or deformed.

She personally executed her own proud disciple after deformation.

She personally buried her own mentor within her flesh and blood.

She sent the child she watched grow up into the dream, then watched as the child gradually went mad in the face of the five Divine Skills, gradually lost normalcy, and finally died old in the sanatorium.

The five Divine Skills were the greatest legacy and the most powerful techniques of the Three Pure Dao Sect but also like a nightmare to the sect. In the hundred plus years since the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, they had devoured the dreams, sanity, and futures of disciple after disciple.

Not until today, after more than a hundred years, had someone again completed the cultivation of the five Divine Skills.

'Zhou Bai, now even if I were to entrust the Three Pure Dao Sect to you, I would have no regrets.'

Jiaojiao felt the burden she had carried for the past hundred years lighten somewhat.

It was as if suddenly a hand was gradually taking over the heavy load on her shoulders.

The next moment, Zhou Bai abruptly contained all his breaths. A blaze of azure brilliance in his eyes flashed and vanished, and he finally made an initial mastery of Ice Soul Freeze Light.

As Zhou Bai opened his mouth to exhale, it was as if he released an ocean expanse.

After truly mastering Ice Soul Freeze Light, it was no longer a stream of breath but a swath of deep blue brilliance.

With the deep blue glow from Zhou Bai's mouth flashing, everything within a ten-meter radius seemed to have their movement stripped at that moment.

The always restless, boiling, and jumping particles in the air all appeared to have had their energy removed, coming to a complete halt.

Flesh, heartbeat, light, and even Black Tortoise's thoughts all froze at that moment, as if time itself had stopped.

Only Jiaojiao and Zhou Bai's consciousness remained normal, exchanging a look full of smiles.

However, this stasis was only an instant. After 0.1 second, the blue light vanished, and all matter resumed its motion.

Zhou Bai looked at Jiaojiao and said, "Elder, I have fulfilled my duty, the five Divine Skills... I've finally mastered them."