Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 1169 - 1167: One Year

At the moment when Zhou Bai was battling fiercely with the tribulation cloud, on a crater on the lunar surface, the Demon Saint gazed into the distant cosmic void at the crimson sea of lightning, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

He opened his mouth, and an invisible whisper emanated from the depths of his heart.

"Ignorant fools, souls of madness, those who know nothing pray here to the Heavenly Dao, sealing a dark pact with their immortal Primordial Spirits."

Accompanying the words of the Demon Saint, an invisible wave spread from his body, expanding outwards into the endless cosmic vacuum.

In the Anger Realm, Sword Realm... among the innumerable domains within the void, it seemed that infinite thoughts awoke at this moment.

"Though they have passed, they are not forgotten, the rebellious soul slumbers in the Abyss, I pray to it and beseech it to answer my prayer."

With the Demon Saint's whispers, Zhou Bai, in the distance, instantly felt the scale of the crimson heavenly thunder increase once again, as the tribulation cloud rapidly expanded, nearly enveloping the entire moon.

As the tribulation cloud changed, at the far end of the void, the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao quivered slightly, as if some violent force was pounding upon the door, producing terrifying booms.

"It quietly watches at the portal, it stirs restlessly in the darkness, that is the Supreme Soul."

Amidst the cries of the Demon Saint, the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao began to open inch by inch, and the Supreme Heavenly Venerate almost immediately sprang from the doorway, attempting to escape from inside.

But chains had already shot out from the heavenly gate, instantly binding his body, preventing him from fully exiting the door, instead, leaving him stuck in between.

The Supreme Heavenly Venerate, trapped at the entrance, looked at the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao gradually closing again, letting out a roar and bracing the door frame with his hands.

Yet, no matter how the Supreme Heavenly Venerate exerted all his power, he could not prevent the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao from closing gradually.

As he watched the door closing gradually, seemingly about to sever him in twain, the voice of the Demon Saint pierced through endless time and space, directly falling within the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao.

"At the moment of departure, at the moment of summoning, the great blood awakens in the lunar mountain, promising death to all."

The Demon Saint reached out and pulled out a mass of ever-shifting flesh, which was the Mutated Flesh expelled before Xuan Nu's reincarnation.

As flames ignited upon the flesh, the celestial gate of the Heavenly Dao, which had been slowly closing, momentarily paused, seemingly reaching some kind of balance with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate holding it open.

Gazing at the heavenly gate of the Heavenly Dao, a quarter open, a flash of realization crossed the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's eyes.

"Opening the gate... you want to keep the gate open forever... is that your real goal?!"

A feeling of dread welled up from the heart of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, as scenes continuously flashed through his mind, and he suddenly laughed: "Hahaha... ridiculous... truly ridiculous... my whole life..."

With the crisp sound of cracking, the body of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate gradually began turning to metal.

Rays of purple light burst from the metallic sections, it was the Supreme Heavenly Venerate striving hard against his transformation, but only managing to delay it.

Following this trajectory, in about a year, he would ultimately become a complete statue of metal, quietly supporting the quarter-open gate.

And in the Material World, atop the lunar crater.

The Demon Saint watched as the Mutated Flesh turned to ashes and dissipated before him, and slowly said in his heart: "The gate blocking the way of the Dao has been opened, the first step of the plan is finally successful."

Casting a distant glance at Zhou Bai, the Demon Saint smiled and slowly vanished from sight.

"Enjoy it well, Zhou Bai."

"It's what you deserve."

...

Since Zhou Bai led all humanity in defeating the Supreme Heavenly Venerate and subjugating numerous deities, mankind has finally achieved liberation.

Though the disintegration of Earth forced all humanity to board emigrant ships and temporarily dwell on the moon, Mars, Europa, Titan, and other immigrant bases, thanks to the Dao cultivation of Zhou Bai and others, plus the technology possessed by Heavenly Demons, providing basic survival conditions for humanity is not difficult.

Although the threat of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate has vanished, the risk of the sun exploding still looms.

Led by Zhou Bai, Qian Wangsun, and other human cultivators, they had to seize the time, exerting all efforts to complete the new launch plan, because the time left to them was not much.

Thus, time flew by swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

In the laboratory, Xia Li spoke through the microphone: "Divine Emperor, can you continue to expand the range?"

Haotian Divine Emperor continued to extend the gate of his Luotian Realm, expanding it to a diameter of fifty meters before saying: "The gate reaches its maximum here."

Xia Li said: "Alright, alright, hold on a moment while we record the data."

Jing Xiu said to Zhou Bai on the other side: "Brother Zhou, could you also try expanding it to its maximum?"

Behind Zhou Bai, the gateway of the Supreme Heaven, which he had fully mastered, opened, expanding in the blink of an eye to a diameter of three hundred meters: "If it expands any more, the base will be gone."

The duplicated Zhou Bais and other research cultivators began recording data en masse.

This was humanity using Immortal Dao technology combined with Heavenly Demon technology to develop the latest Curvature Engine.

Attempting to apply various abilities of the Luotian Dao Skill of deities and immortals to the spaceships.

Qian Wangsun nodded approvingly from the side: "Perfectly transplanting the Luotian Dao Skill of deities and immortals in a short time is unlikely.

But borrowing this ability, enhancing it with Mutated weapons and Heavenly Demon technology, allowing one or several deities and immortals to act as pilots, leading the entire spaceship in curvature navigation, becomes much easier."

Dr. Zhuang looked at the latest data with satisfaction: "The latest simulation results have all succeeded, next is refitting all the spaceships, then assigning the deities and immortals..."

At this point, Dr. Zhuang suddenly paused: "But will the sun really explode?"

His tone carried a hint of doubt: "Based on our observations over the past year, the sun's condition has been very stable, even if it starts spiraling out of control now, it couldn't lead to a helium flash in just a year or so."

Qian Wangsun naturally knew that even if the sun were to explode, the transformation into a supernova shouldn't occur within a mere one or two years, it was an impossibility by any measure.

But the foresight's outcome was indeed such, and his foresight results over the past year had never been incorrect, so out of the principle of erring on the side of caution, humanity decided to continue with the emigration plan.

"Zhou Bai decided that when the time comes, we will evacuate first while he stays to see what exactly is going on and whether there's a chance to prevent the sun from exploding."