Calamity of Tomorrow

Regardless of whether it was Zhou Bai or Li Xiuzhu, at this moment in Jiaojiao's eyes, both had already become the backbone of the human race, each striving in their own way to carve out a future for humankind.

Yet the two had chosen different paths, and the Sky Flipping Sect was even now besieged by the ten great immortals, finding itself amidst a precarious situation.

Jiaojiao still remembered Li Xiuzhu's words, that he would not come to ask for Zhou Bai's help unless it was absolutely necessary. He wanted to buy Zhou Bai more time to cultivate and become stronger.

If Li Xiuzhu had had to send someone for aid, then the current situation at the ruins of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace must have reached a critical point.

However, to involve Zhou Bai, whose power still had substantial room to grow and who had the chance to unify the five Divine Skills, in a life-and-death battle was a decision Jiaojiao found extremely difficult to make.

'Zhou Bai has already cultivated the five Divine Skills, one day he will be able to unify them.'

'Furthermore, he has also resolved the issue of deformation, enabling him to cleanse the Power of Deformation from cultivators' bodies.'

The more she pondered, the more Jiaojiao realized Zhou Bai's importance.

Thus her final decision still leaned towards Zhou Bai.

As the night passed, Lin Muqing, having received no response, could only silently leave Donghua City to provide support at the ruins of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace.

As for the Empyrean Lady, staying within the Forbidden Land, she naturally did not know what was happening outside, and Jiaojiao had not told her any of these events.

...

Three days later, Zhou Bai and Christina stood in a valley, looking up at the sky with roaring laughter.

"Hahaha!" Zhou Bai laughed wildly, "A grueling sixteen days and nights of rigorous cultivation. Through persistent effort and clenched teeth, I've finally mastered this Dao art."

"Hahaha!" Christina also laughed wildly, "These past sixteen days, treading on thin ice, not daring to relax for a moment, I've finally cultivated this earth-shattering Dao art."

Elsa lay on the ground nearby, propping up her chin with one hand, scratching her rear with the other, and thought to herself while looking at the duo not far away, "It's just 16 days of cultivation, and they act as if it's been 16 years."

After finishing his cultivation, Zhou Bai's first thought was of the Sky Flipping Sect, wondering what had transpired during his days of arduous cultivation.

He immediately used the Heavenly Demon's communication network to contact the Empyrean Lady.

The Empyrean Lady replied, "I don't know, but nothing particularly unusual has happened here in Donghua City."

Zhou Bai thought to himself, "Li Xiuzhu didn't send anyone to ask for help? Then I might as well continue to cultivate and further enhance my strength."

Zhou Bai had just mastered the five Divine Skills, and there were still many areas in which he could become stronger. At the very least, the Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunder Breath, the Great Black Flame Fire Dragon Formation, and the Ice Soul Freeze Light were all still in a period of rapid improvement.

Of course, he had not forgotten about the Original Dao Collection 07 either.

While cultivating himself, he dispatched a Twisted Shadow to check out the location of the Original Dao Collection 07, to see if there was a chance to retrieve it.

'With my current strength, maybe I can consider taking on Xiang Tiandi head-on and then find an opportunity to retrieve Original Dao Collection 07.'

The Original Dao Collection 07 was sealed by Doctor Zhuang in the void, and it needed to be summoned using Original Dao Collection 06 once the target location was reached.

However, Xiang Tiandi had left a warning there, which meant that he had to fight against the opponent while retrieving Original Dao Collection 07.

In any case, Zhou Bai planned to first use the Twisted Shadow to probe the situation and harvest some more fate, seeing if there was a chance to seize Original Dao Collection 07.

This time, Xiang Tiandi appeared very quickly, accompanying the thunder as he descended from the sky.

With a horizontal swing of his thunder blade, even from a kilometer away, he already unleashed hundreds of bolts of lightning, as if carrying the wrath of heaven and earth, striking towards the position of the Twisted Shadow.

In these past ten-plus days, Xiang Tiandi's cultivation seemed to have advanced even further. His handling of the thunder blade was as if he truly commanded the thunder, embodying the majesty of the cosmos.

In the midst of the thunderous roars, Xiang Tiandi, while casting thunders, casually said, "Zhou Bai, do you actually have the leisure to come here? The Sky Flipping Sect is on the brink of destruction. Once I capture Li Xiuzhu and bring him to the Heavenly Court, you'll be next."

Zhou Bai was momentarily stunned. The Twisted Shadow, while using the Tianhe Star Explosion technique to resist the thunder, asked, "What do you mean? What's happened to the Sky Flipping Sect?"

"Oh? You really don't know?" Xiang Tiandi suddenly laughed, "You once joined forces with Li Xiuzhu against Li Zhengdao, yet you don't even know that he is currently trapped in the ruins of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace..."

Xiang Tiandi flicked his finger, and with each flick, thunder seemed to erupt, shattering the Guihai Black Evil in front of him to dust.

At the same time, the invisible thunder sound swept across the body of the Twisted Shadow, causing it to hastily retreat in explosions.

"It's over... Nine Heavens Divine Thunder."

In the next instant, the dazzling electric light filled the heavens and the earth, and amid the earth-shattering lightning, the Twisted Shadow turned to ash, vanishing without a trace.

Facing Xiang Tiandi before him, since Zhou Bai had no intention of exerting his full strength, he did not resist too much. He did not plan to reveal his newly cultivated Divine Skills and simply watched as the Twisted Shadow was defeated and noted that Xiang Tiandi's head had lost another strand of green fate, becoming even more sparse.

As Xiang Tiandi looked at the scorched earth that had once again been ravaged, he thought to himself, "Will you come to support the Sky Flipping Sect? Zhou Bai..."

...

On the other side, Zhou Bai's body abruptly opened his eyes, a contemplative look in his gaze.

'The Sky Flipping Sect is on the verge of collapse? Li Xiuzhu hasn't come to Donghua City to ask for help? Or is it that...'

Zhou Bai recalled Jiaojiao and immediately surmised a possibility, "Either the Sky Flipping Sect is so hard-pressed that they can't even muster the support, or the head elder thinks my cultivation is at a critical juncture and doesn't want me to support the Sky Flipping Sect."

However, Zhou Bai didn't have as many concerns as the head elder did.

With many life-preserving methods at his disposal, he was not worried that supporting the Sky Flipping Sect would put him in danger.

Besides, as enemies of the Heavenly Court, both the Sky Flipping Sect and Li Xiuzhu had alleviated a lot of pressure on Zhou Bai.

If he allowed Xiang Tiandi and the others to finish off the Sky Flipping Sect and then focus completely on fighting him, the pressure Zhou Bai would face would indeed far exceed what it was now.

After some thought, Zhou Bai casually added the newly acquired green fate to his contaminated body, bringing the maximum damage reductions from contamination up to 51% from 50%.

Then Zhou Bai flew directly towards Kunlun Mountain to personally investigate the situation.

The so-called ruins of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace were where, over thirty years ago, the battle between humans and the Heavenly Demon had taken place, marking where the Kunlun Heavenly Palace once fell.