Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 1163 - 1161: Taishang’s Breakthrough Once Again

The God Emperor Haotian paused slightly, thinking to himself: 'I really shouldn't have believed Qian Wangsun's nonsense to join in. Neither he nor Zhou Bai is reliable; there's no way to defeat the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.'

Zhou Bai looked at the Supreme Heavenly Venerate again: "But Supreme Heavenly Venerate, you won't actually kill us, will you?"

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate gave a small "oh": "You figured it out?"

Zhou Bai said, "If you wanted to kill us, you could have done so long ago. The reason you haven't is that you want to use us as test subjects, collecting our data to enhance yourself."

Zhou Bai shrugged: "I admit, we are not your opponents. You have reached an invincible level in this universe, but compared to killing all of humanity, wouldn't it be better to rule them?"

Zuo Dao glared at Zhou Bai: "Zhou Bai... what are you talking about?"

Zhou Bai said, "If you can't beat them, join them. Isn't that a reasonable logic? Facing an opponent you can't possibly defeat, facing the Supreme Heavenly Venerate who has entered the invincible realm, isn't joining him the best choice?"

Zuo Dao found it hard to believe Zhou Bai would say something like this, but seeing Zhou Bai speak more and more absurdly, he suddenly rushed forward and got into a scuffle with Zhou Bai.

Zuo Dao shouted, "Are you crazy? Surrender? Are you going to betray all of humanity?"

Zhou Bai said indifferently, "How many people of humanity are from my tribe now? And what's wrong with having the Supreme Heavenly Venerate lead us? At least he can ensure no one in the universe can beat us! It's better than losing our lives now."

Zhou Bai pressed a hand against Zuo Dao's head, suppressing his struggling body, and looked at the Supreme Heavenly Venerate saying: "Heavenly Venerate, rather than killing us all, why not let us accept your rule?"

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate looked at the surrendering Zhou Bai and said calmly, "Do you genuinely wish to surrender?"

Zhou Bai smiled: "I was just a person living aimlessly, unlike you all who strive to become the strongest, to transcend the Heavenly Dao... For me, as long as I can survive, it's fine."

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate sensed his own state, pondering: 'No change in wisdom, is he truly thinking this? Or is he camouflaging his thoughts?'

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate wanted to try not to believe Zhou Bai, but even after thinking it over, he couldn't figure out how Zhou Bai could turn the tables.

And based on what he knew about Zhou Bai, if he truly couldn't win, surrendering to save his life would indeed align with Zhou Bai's character.

On the other side, the God Emperor Haotian stared at Zhou Bai and said: "Zhou Bai, you want to surrender?"

Zhou Bai looked at the God Emperor Haotian and said: "Why choose death when you can live? Would you rather let all of humanity be killed, or most of them die instead of surrendering? What would be the point?"

With that, Zhou Bai extended his hand to offer the gemstone: "The Immutable Stone of the Past, Heavenly Venerate... I am willing to give up the gemstone."

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate raised an eyebrow, took the gemstone, and feeling the unchanged wisdom, finally began to believe that Zhou Bai was at his wits' end.

Reflecting on the gap between himself and the opposition, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate also realized that the other party indeed had no way out.

There was likely no opponent left for him in the entire universe; anyone encountering him was left with no other choice but death or surrender.

Looking at Zhou Bai, who had succumbed to him, and the gemstone of the past in his hand, recalling the Demon Saint he repelled... at this moment, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate more confirmed his power and realm.

'My combat power has reached the ultimate limit of the Material World.'

'With both the gemstones of the past and present gathered, there's no longer anyone in the universe who can kill me.'

'Before long, the universe will operate according to my will; the Void Dao Palace will be under my rule, and the Heavenly Dao will change following my heart's desires.'

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate felt greatly moved at this moment. After enduring for ten thousand years, expending countless efforts, and enduring numerous hardships, he finally arrived at this moment of invincibility.

And just as he was thinking of this, a moment of enlightenment suddenly surged in his heart. When the Supreme Heavenly Venerate fully understood and believed in his tremendous power, the already unfathomable realm showed signs of loosening once more.

Countless mysteries of the Heavenly Dao flooded into his mind, as the world before his eyes rapidly changed, seemingly exposing its most fundamental aspects to the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

'What's this?'

'A breakthrough?'

A feeling of joy and gratitude surged within the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's heart, relishing this further elevation in realm, gaining a deeper grasp on the Heavenly Dao. But just then...

Zhou Bai smiled and asked, "A breakthrough?"

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate suddenly turned to look at Zhou Bai, observing the man who had just submitted to him now gazing back with a mischievous smile, and suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

Before speaking, Zhou Bai had already been viewing the list of knowledge on the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, downloading them one by one with his Slothful Qi points.

Extracting "Extreme - Zi Wei's Way of Moral Light - True Explanation" requires 300 million Slothful Qi points

Extracting "Foolish God Prohibition Skill - Revised - Final Version - Two Styles" requires 450 million Slothful Qi points

Extracting "Heavenly Person Decay Technique - Beyond the Chapter - True Explanation Outside the Introduction" requires 530 million Slothful Qi points

Extracting "Mantra of Thousands of Demon Transformations - My Enlightenment Chapter" requires 1 billion 250 million Slothful Qi points

Extracting "Extraordinary Mutation of Heavenly Beyond - Way of Direction Chapter" requires 3 billion 330 million Slothful Qi points

Extracting "My Understanding of the Heavenly Dao - Supreme Heavenly Sensory Chapter" requires 1 billion 560 million Slothful Qi points 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Extracting "Establishing a Correct View of Space-Time" requires 340 million Slothful Qi points.

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There was an endless lineup, as if without an end, of various Daoist arts and skills, even including understandings of the Heavenly Dao, void, and mutations.

This is Zhou Bai's madness mapping ability, allowing him to extract the knowledge possessed by his dependents.

'Consumption really is substantial, and the last star point on my Disaster Map requires just a few billion Slothful Qi points.'

'But it finally worked out in the end.' Zhou Bai's mind gradually relaxed, glancing at his current Slothful Qi points.

Previously angering the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, leaving a trace of anger in the other's heart, the series of attacks from him just now had directly provided Zhou Bai with a vast amount of Slothful Qi points.

'Combined with the previous accumulation, there are more than 10 billion Slothful Qi points in total, enough for me to master several of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's most powerful things.'

Casually extracting a series of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's knowledge, Zhou Bai looked at the Supreme Heavenly Venerate and said: "Broke through?"

As he spoke, with the Ugly Calamity unfolding, both the qualifications of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate and Zhou Bai underwent qualitative enhancements.

Zhou Bai quickly digested the precious knowledge extracted from the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate felt his own realm and mastery over the Heavenly Dao rapidly growing stronger.

However, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's heart was filled with a sense of unease, a formidable, irresistible pull from the void, as if it was trying to draw him out of the Material World.

As his mindset changed and doubts arose, the sensation of ascending qualifications left him, withdrawing from his state of being a dependent.

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate struggled to suppress the feeling of being pulled away, looking at Zhou Bai and said: "Zhou Bai! What have you done?"