Calamity of Tomorrow

At that moment, Lin Xiang pointed to a distant mountain peak and said, "Look! That's where Li Xiuzhu is!"

Zhou Bai turned his head and saw a low mountain peak standing amidst countless Array glows.

Lin Xiang said, "That was originally one of the islands floating in the Kunlun Heavenly Palace, supporting the Spirit Void Palace. After the fall of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace, the floating island of the Spirit Void Palace also fell here, eventually turning into a mountain peak. After Li Xiuzhu came here, he severed the mountain peak and transformed it into a battlefield..."

At this point, Lin Xiang seemed to be suppressed by some aura, the remaining words unconsciously swallowed in her belly.

Zhou Bai looked towards the mountain peak, as if a deity had used a gigantic blade to slice the entire mountain at its waist, hewing out a vast platform exposed for all to see.

And atop that platform, a lone figure could faintly be seen sitting there.

Though alone, he resembled a peerless peak standing before everyone, his aura even overwhelming that of thousands of troops.

The closer they got to the mountain peak, the quieter the air became, as if a hush had fallen over a legion, leaving a dead and heavy silence.

All the monks seemed to be suppressed by a heavy atmosphere, even the previously talkative Zhang Tianxin and Lin Xiang gradually fell silent, devoid of any interest in idle chatter.

Zhang Tianxin pointed to a pagoda and said, "We're going there to relieve the guards and take charge of this Array node."

...

In a Floating Palace in the sky, Xiang Haocu and Zhao Yue stood together, looking at the figure on the mountain peak.

From their position, with their sharp vision, they could clearly see the situation on the mountain peak.

Currently, Li Xiuzhu was sitting cross-legged, the Blood Transformation Divine Sword emitting a strange blood light, placed on his legs. The blood light intermingled with the bloodstains on Li Xiuzhu's body, making it hard to distinguish what was real blood from the glow of the Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

However, his expression remained resolute, his eyes still filled with fighting spirit, as if the perilous situation before him could not evoke even a hint of despair.

Beneath Li Xiuzhu was a white jade-colored platform, much like an arena.

Xiang Haocu sighed, "Who would have thought that Li Xiuzhu could hold out until now. But it's mainly due to that last Gua Formation Ability, which made my father and the others apprehensive, allowing him to endure for so long."

Zhao Yue also thought of the Gua Formation Ability Li Xiuzhu had used in the end.

'The 40th hexagram, Heavenly Arena...'

Once Li Xiuzhu activated the 40th hexagram, it was as if he existed in a separate space-time. Unless someone stepped onto the arena, no one's attacks from outside the arena could affect the person on it.

After sensing the anomaly of this Gua Formation Ability, Xiang Tiandi, being cautious, did not immediately step onto the platform.

What followed was an exploration of this Gua Formation Ability.

Upon discovering that they couldn't affect Li Xiuzhu on the arena from the outside, Xiang Tiandi decided to order a siege and then sent mortal cultivators onto the platform to challenge him.

Xiang Haocu gave a wry smile, "It seems that the greatest use of the mortal cultivators from the Thunder Department to the Immortals and Gods is to be sent to the front lines in the face of strange phenomena, mutant weapons, and Gua Formations to take the hit."

Next came mortal cultivators stepping onto the arena to engage in combat with Li Xiuzhu.

Watching this scene, Xiang Haocu felt as if he was looking at a colossal Battle Arena.

The Immortals, high above, gazed down from the heavens as mortals slaughtered each other on the Heavenly Arena.

A deep sadness welled up in Xiang Haocu's heart, yet he was completely powerless.

He even grew to despise Li Xiuzhu more and more.

Why did Li Xiuzhu have to rebel?

Li Xiuzhu's doomed rebellion would only lead to the deaths of even more of his own people.

Every battle Li Xiuzhu persisted in the arena resulted in the death of yet another human cultivator.

And such perseverance, it was clear, was destined for failure. The Immortals, who had mastered the Tai Wei Ji Chen calculations, were growing stronger every moment.

Xiang Haocu sighed in his heart, 'Li Xiuzhu is too radical. His intentions may be good, but he is really too radical. Not only has this attempt not strengthened the humans' say in matters, but it has weakened our power and raised Heaven's guard against the human race... Alas...'

Several days of probing had cost the lives of more than two hundred human cultivators, and Heaven had mostly figured out the abilities of the Gua Formation.

Firstly, it was impossible to attack those on the Heavenly Arena from the outside, but communication was not hindered.

Secondly, no more than two people could stand on the Heavenly Arena; a third person could not enter until the battle between the two was over.

There was another extremely important rule: the one who surrendered or lost the ability to fight on the arena would be obliterated immediately, vanishing without a trace, leaving not even a corpse behind.

The last rule was that everyone who ascended the arena felt one of their martial or Taoist arts forcibly copied.

This extraction was harmless to the individual but served as a sort of reward that was stored away. The final victor of the arena would receive the infusion of all the extracted martial skills and Taoist arts, learning them all at once and experiencing an explosive increase in strength.

Of course, some in Heaven conjectured that the battles on the arena couldn't go on indefinitely. After a certain amount of time, something was bound to happen, though aside from the user of the Gua Formation, Li Xiuzhu, it was unlikely anyone knew what that might be.

Just then, a voice transmission rang out beside Xiang Haocu and Zhao Yue's ears—it was Xiang Tiandi's voice.

Xiang Tiandi, "Initiate the projection. Proceed according to plan."

Xiang Haocu blinked, his gaze complicated as he looked towards the direction of the arena, "Is it about to begin?"

He saw Xiang Haocu and Zhao Yue begin to manipulate the Array within the palace; not far away, two other Floating Palaces were similarly alive with activity, the entire palace emitting a vast amount of projections.

The next moment, a giant atmospheric projection appeared above the Heavenly Arena, directly casting the image of the entire arena and Li Xiuzhu above it for all in the surrounding kilometers to see in detail.

Xiang Haocu knew this wasn't all; at this moment, the battle on the arena was likely visible from the four major cities and even Central City.

Xiang Haocu thought to himself, 'The Sky Flipping Sect has made too big of a commotion this time. Heaven wants to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, thoroughly defeating Li Xiuzhu in front of all humanity.

After Li Xiuzhu's downfall, the followers of the Sky Flipping Sect within his Mountain Sea Gua Formation will naturally fall into Heaven's hands and will probably be executed publicly.'

'At this stage, the Immortal who makes a move must already be fully confident. It is also a warning to all mortals who harbor hopes in the demonic bloodline.'

'After this battle, it's likely that the common folk among the mortals who were foolishly trying to activate their demonic bloodline will be severely deterred, putting aside their aspirations temporarily.'

Xiang Haocu looked towards the other two Floating Palaces, "I just don't know which of the Immortals who've come this time, Immortal Ming Yue, Demon Slayer, or my father, will make a move."