Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 1142 - 1140: Key

Discovering that he was still far from being a match for the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, Zhou Bai felt a sense of absurdity rise within him.

'The Nine Taoist Techniques of the Disaster Map were already created by Ji Wufan, techniques capable of altering the laws of the universe within a certain range.'

'Even with such powers, I can't defeat the Supreme Heavenly Venerate; what is the reason behind this?'

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhou Bai's mind, yet none could provide an answer to the problem he faced.

As if knowing what Zhou Bai wanted to ask, Qian Wangsun sighed and said, "We can't win; it seems we're missing some crucial elements."

Zhou Bai asked, "What things?"

Qian Wangsun replied, "The Supreme Heavenly Venerate, through the Immortal Path, the Divine Position, the Divine Body of the previous God Emperor and the current God Emperor, and the demonic bloodline of the Demon Saint and the abilities of the Deformed Body, has explored the mysteries between the Heavenly Dao, the Void, and the Deformation."

"The only differences I can think of between us and him are the power of the Demon Saint and the power of the Immortal Path."

Zhou Bai said, "We're unfamiliar with the Demon Saint's power, but what about the Immortal Path? The past Immortals and Gods of the Celestial Court and Haotian God Emperor's Tribulation Body were on Earth, even if their mastery of the Immortal Path isn't as great as the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's..."

Qian Wangsun said, "Zhou Bai, have you ever considered a question? The Immortals and Gods that descended on Earth with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate have all disappeared, which means the mainstream Immortal Path techniques of all cultivators on Earth now might have been passed down by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate."

Zhou Bai's gaze slightly tensed, and a chill surged through his heart: "Are you suggesting...that the mainstream Immortal Path techniques we cultivate differ from those of the outside Spiritual People? Has the Supreme Heavenly Venerate concealed some part of it?"

He suddenly recalled his previous suspicion that Earth's cultivators were weaker than the outside Spiritual People's Immortals and Gods. Originally, he suspected it might be a combination of factors like demons occupying the Divine Position, Heavenly Dao distortion, and loss of legacy, but now it seems the biggest problem might be the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

Qian Wangsun said, "The Supreme Heavenly Venerate descended on Earth for a certain reason and arrangement, which might have been disrupted by the sudden rise of the Demon Saint. Therefore, he only continued his plan after confirming the Demon Saint couldn't return to the Material World."

Zhou Bai muttered, "What exactly does he want to do?" He gritted his teeth and said, "To learn the difference between our Immortal Path and that of the outside Spiritual People, we can only investigate through the information models in the Void."

Qian Wangsun said, "The Demon Saint's power might also have some ancient demon bloodline memories, I will investigate this aspect."

Under the pressure of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, Zhou Bai and Qian Wangsun continued to push their every ounce of potential in the coming days, hoping to be prepared to confront the Supreme Heavenly Venerate when the Supreme Heaven opens.

...

Cutting off communication with Qian Wangsun, Zhou Bai recalled the process of using Impoverished Tribulation and Lethargic Tribulation in battle today.

"All Taoist techniques and technologies theoretically pursue altering nature and changing the universe's power."

"In this process, the Thousand Changes and Ten Thousand Transformations also require human initiative."

"But Lethargic Tribulation and Impoverished Tribulation aren't like that."

Zhou Bai touched his own tail, and just when he activated Lethargic Tribulation and Impoverished Tribulation, he could feel a certain cosmic law had changed.

The abilities of Lethargic Tribulation and Impoverished Tribulation themselves didn't attack, push, or use fire, freeze, decompose, or any other external force on anything.

Yet Zhou Bai's ability was enhanced, Gods were defeated, and countless materials in Central City were altered.

All things in the world changed due to their alteration of cosmic laws.

"At Ji Wufan's level, which can change cosmic laws through the Heavenly Dao, maybe he doesn't have to take action against any person, matter, or object. Changing cosmic laws makes everything else naturally change with him."

"Anyway, I should first continue to collect Lethargy Points and unlock all nine star points in the Disaster Map, which will not only strengthen my power but also learn more about Ji Wufan."

Above the sea, Immortals who had just laid down to rest were once again aroused by a roar and sighed as they crawled back up, rushing towards the Twisted Shadow and Deformed Shadow one by one.

Meanwhile, the replicated Zhou Bais were searching for information related to the Supreme Heavenly Venerate through the Heavenly Demon Network and Em, using the information models in the Void.

A few days later, as the Lethargy Points surpassed the three hundred million mark, Zhou Bai finally unlocked the third star point of the Disaster Map.

Ugly Tribulation: Using a part of his own body as material, creates activated Ugly Tribulation Force, which upon activation can change the Heavenly Dao rules, enhancing the Ugly Map's strength within one light-year.

Cultivation Method: ...The above is the method of cultivating Ugly Tribulation. Even though I created this Taoist technique, I'm not really sure of its power, as I don't really relate to ugliness, and the effect of cultivating the Ugly Map is relatively weak.

In general, there shouldn't be any problem, but be cautious when activating Ugly Tribulation. The power of Ugly Disaster is too dangerous, so take heed.

After reading Ji Wufan's message, Zhou Bai scoffed, "It's all useless content, I'd better keep trying to see what this old man left later."

However, Ugly Tribulation is still the star point Zhou Bai looks forward to the most because the Ugly Map has the effect of enhancing aptitude, and among his human followers, many share the 'Facial Pressure' star point of the Ugly Map.

'If I activate Ugly Tribulation, could it allow a qualitative leap in the aptitude of many human followers?'

With Time Reverse and Qian Wangsun's foresight, Zhou Bai plans to discuss with Qian Wangsun and then activate Ugly Tribulation to monitor the effect.

Thus, three hours later, Zhou Bai's tail, representing Ugly Tribulation, vigorously lashed out. As the cosmic laws within a light-year were altered, the nine star points of the Ugly Map saw unprecedented enhancement.

Zhou Bai felt a shock in his mind, his entire thought process experiencing some indescribable change as if everything in front of him was no longer the same as before.

He then realized that he seemed to understand some cultivation methods on the Disaster Map.

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Meanwhile, many human followers who had shared Zhou Bai's Facial Pressure ability gradually sensed changes in themselves.

Their aptitudes improved, their memory, understanding, and imagination enhanced, their perception of spiritual energy, control over the Primordial Spirit, understanding of Taoist techniques and martial arts, learning of Heavenly Demon technology, and cognition of the world... all those factors were rapidly elevated.

It was as if all human followers had become geniuses at that moment.