Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 1034 - 1032: The Instant Stone of the Present

In the blink of an eye, the Haotian God Emperor and the Supreme Heavenly Venerate are already strolling in the second realm of the Triple Supreme Heaven, at the Heavenly Court position of the Upper Clear Heaven.

Listening to the words of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the Haotian God Emperor said indifferently, "The limit of the Heavenly Dao is enough for us to chase to the end of the cosmos. Compared to it, the Heavenly Demon is no more than a glow of fireflies; what significance does it have?"

"Perhaps," the Supreme Heavenly Venerate doesn't argue with the Haotian God Emperor, or both know this belongs to a difference in concept, which cannot be discerned through debate.

The Haotian God Emperor watched the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, who was familiar with the route, and asked puzzledly, "What are you looking for?"

"Some little trinkets left behind before." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Then the Supreme Heavenly Venerate arrived in a small courtyard where the soil cracked under a tree, causing a few items that looked like combs, dolls, and books to fly out.

Seeing the Supreme Heavenly Venerate receive these items, the Haotian God Emperor was slightly surprised: "These are... trigrams? But I remember the 64 trigrams should all be in the Material World, right? Adding these few, isn't it surpassing the number of sixty-four?"

"The trigrams are not limited to 64." The Supreme Heavenly Venerate smiled slightly, and in a perspective only he could see, upon his absorption the silver energy contained within these trigrams surged forth, different from the golden energy Zhou Bai had absorbed, flying into his body like moths to a flame.

As the Haotian God Emperor watched this scene, thoughts in his sea of consciousness moved like lightning: "You suspect Zhou Bai's possession of the 'Unchanging Stone of the Past', thus luring him to use the 'Unchanging Stone of the Past' to break the Immortal Ascension Book because your 'Instant Stone of the Present' couldn't break it."

"But now you come here specifically to find the trigrams... could 'Instant Stone of the Present' absorb trigrams beyond these sixty-four?"

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate didn't intend to hide and nodded: "Yes, I've waited for over five hundred years, finally waiting for Zhou Bai's 'Unchanging Stone of the Past' to appear and for this Supreme Heaven to reopen."

The Haotian God Emperor was slightly surprised: "So... 'Instant Stone of the Present' also corresponds to sixty-four trigrams? The sixty-four trigrams all have sets for the past, present, and future?"

Supreme Heavenly Venerate: "You are indeed a contemporary divine emperor, you see through my little schemes in an instant."

Haotian God Emperor: "I saw through too late, I originally thought your 'Instant Stone of the Present' couldn't break the Immortal Ascension Book because of the master's arrangements.

Looking at it now, it's just a mismatch between the two.

Now you should have absorbed the power of these trigrams, right? In this way, your strength has increased greatly, reducing the likelihood of anyone in this world stopping you."

"But how did you lure Zhou Bai here? You shouldn't have actively disclosed your possession of the present stone nor revealed the secrets of the Immortal Ascension Book, right?"

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate laughed: "I haven't disclosed it, but Zhou Bai may not be unaware."

The Haotian God Emperor nodded: "That's it... he should have reversed time once already, perhaps you deliberately let him see the scene where you pretended to absorb the Immortal Ascension Book's energy, forcing him out to compete with you for it."

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate: "Maybe, as I originally anticipated. But only Zhou Bai knows the specifics."

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate put away the remaining trigrams and said flatly: "'The Unchanging Stone of the Past' is the greatest power Zhou Bai holds, yet once he becomes too reliant on this power, the 'Unchanging Stone of the Past' becomes a flaw, allowing me to use it to predict his actions."

The Haotian God Emperor pondered deeply: "You don't even need to act directly, as long as you have plans and thoughts for the future, it might change Zhou Bai's actions... no, your entry into the Supreme Heaven, besides your initial purpose, is an arrangement to manipulate Zhou Bai?"

...

Just before the Dutian Great Spirit Officer attacked Donghua city, in the ice valley of demons, Zhou Bai, Qian Wangsun, and Zhu Long were having a very important conversation.

Zhu Long's body was too massive, even showing just a dragon head occupied the vast glaciers at the bottom of the gorge, like a mountain poised on the ground.

Due to his overwhelmingly strong physical body, just speaking causes hurricanes and earthquakes, thus he communicated directly with Zhou Bai and Qian Wangsun through consciousness.

In the battle against celestial beings, demon bloodlines evolved across generations of demons, granting them miraculous powers in various directions; Zhu Long among them is a standout.

Not only does he possess a dragon body more powerful than a Divine Body, his consciousness is strong enough to affect the Material World, carrying a kind of primal dragon prestige, the mere exchange of consciousness imparting immense pressure on other creatures, like a unique Primordial Spirit force.

Zhu Long: "As demons, we hide our clan's memory and knowledge within the bloodline. When demons awaken, even if they do not recognize a single character or are bewildered and ignorant, they can instinctively apply our knowledge from their bloodline."

"The power of bloodlines invisibly connects us, transmitting knowledge and memories. Even though demons may not know what sunlight, atmosphere, or gravity are... they can still fly across skies, spew flames, and wield the powers inherent in their demon bloodlines."

Zhou Bai nodded, aware that demons indeed have this miraculous characteristic; in the past, Li Xiuzhu inherited the Ying Long bloodline and gained many memories and knowledge from it.

Listening further Zhu Long said: "The war between humans and demons was not this intense initially, nor did the demons originally have the instinct to ravenously consume humans. You should understand that demons are born from various life's feathers, scales, carapaces, plants; many couldn't care less for people, didn't even eat meat previously, how could they like to eat humans?"

"In fact, this habit of eating humans suddenly emerged one day; on that day... all demons, upon meeting humans, could not resist the urge to taste human flesh and then began relishing it, passing this taste generation after generation, recorded within our bloodline."

Zhou Bai couldn't help but say, "This sounds like a conspiracy. Haven't you ever suspected?"

Zhu Long's consciousness seemed to emit a cold laugh: "What does it matter? Humans, even without the instinct to eat demons, still relish using them to make pills and artifacts. Currently, humans are still mass-rearing ordinary plants, animals, demons, and exotic beasts, mass-slaughtering them, mass-crafting them into various things, right?

"Humans can consume demons, so naturally demons can also cook and devour humans, enhancing their demon bloodlines."

"Whether humans eat demons or demons eat humans, it's just natural law in my perspective."

Zhu Long snorted coldly, the earth shook strongly: "The instinct to eat humans is excellent in my view, it brings those demons who originally wanted to maintain neutrality into the war against humans, which is good. I estimate it's the act of one of the Ancient Demons."