Gazing at the girl in his arms, Zhou Bai sighed softly.

Then he leaned close to her ear, whispering gently in a way only she could hear: "Nightfall descends, the stars shine brilliantly, the apocalypse approaches...

After I descend to this world, fear will spread, despair will return, ignorance will once again roam the earth, and all beings will grovel on the ground...

Madness and distortion will eventually break free from their cages, humanity shall kneel, and even immortals and gods must bow...

I will pass the mutation to all beings, as starlight illuminates the sky, and black mud covers the mountains and seas, heralding the arrival of a new era...

I will rise from the sea depths, I will emerge from the ground, I will descend from the sky...

I will be everywhere, and where I go will be filled with decay, corpses scattered everywhere; despair, fear, and madness will saturate every corner of the world..."

She felt the warm breath near her ear, a faint blush crossing her face.

As she listened quietly to the words coming from his mouth, with the activation of her foolish power, she seemed to see all beings in the future descending into madness, with Zhou Bai traveling across the land, sky, and sea, spreading seeds of mutation everywhere.

As Zhou Bai spoke, a blissful smile gradually appeared on her face.

Then Zhou Bai began to extract the contamination from her body while she gazed at him with delight.

As a large amount of contamination was extracted, various unusual traits on her body reminiscent of a Spirit Snake quickly faded away, her once serpentine hair withering, and the remnants of her wings turning to ashes and scattering.

Feeling a slight pain in her body, she instinctively wanted to resist, to use abilities like phasing and teleportation, but with the whispering in her ear, she gradually calmed down.

"Zhou... Zhou Bai..."

"Close your eyes and take a nap," he said, stroking her head, as he extracted the five strands of blue fortune. He smiled, "When you wake up, the world will be the way you dreamed."

"Mm..."

In the knowledge sea, Zuo Dao couldn't help but say, "Zhou Bai... what do you intend to do with her..."

He had just seen the scene of Zhou Bai manipulating the Void Crown, seeing so many humans turned into mutants by her, and a sliver of murderous intent couldn't help but rise in his heart.

He had always thought she was a restored human after treatment until he realized she was still a mutant, just suppressed by Zhou Bai.

But as he asked halfway, a cat's paw covered his mouth.

Zuo Dao looked in surprise at the cat beside him, hadn't this cat been sleeping all along?

It turned out that moments ago, Elsa had randomly bitten Christina's tail, waking the cat up.

Zuo Dao had always been extremely curious about the cat's identity, but neither Zhou Bai nor Christina had told him.

At this moment, Christina appeared extraordinarily weak, with what seemed like a layer of fur shedding off her body.

Zuo Dao: "Why didn't you let me ask him? She is too dangerous, whether for her actions or capabilities, she must be killed..."

Christina: "Zhou Bai will kill him... but you shouldn't ask anymore."

Zuo Dao: "Why?"

Christina: "If after your whole family was killed, suddenly a woman liked you with all her heart, cared for you, and was even willing to die for you, what would you think? Even if she were a mutant."

Zuo Dao raised an eyebrow, and Christina continued: "You might still kill him, or you might not, but either way, you'd feel very sad."

Christina sighed: "Zhou Bai is also human, even though he increasingly seems less so, he is still human, with feelings and a heart.

Though her crimes are unforgivable, despite being deceived by Zhou Bai, she ultimately gave unreservedly to him.

Though he says he doesn't mind, says he can kill her at any time, I know...

He is not a monster, not a cold-blooded demon or immortal, he has rich emotions, he too feels sorrow and grief... so...

Don't ask him, this is the only thing we can do now..."

Christina thought to herself: "Besides, Zhou Bai's mental state is related to the safety of this entire world?"

After a long while, with all contamination from her body extracted, Zhou Bai felt her gradually stop all struggle in his arms.

He looked down to see the girl had fully returned to her human form, all traces of mutation inside and out vanished alongside the contamination.

Her eyes flashed with confusion, staring dazedly at Zhou Bai before slowly closing her eyes, simultaneously stopping all breathing and heartbeat.

The girl at this moment looked so approachable, as if she were just an ordinary girl in a deep sleep.

Feeling Jiaojiao leaning against him from behind, Zhou Bai said, "I'm sorry, Grand Elder, for letting you experience the pain of losing loved ones again."

Zhou Bai raised his head, sighed, and said, "I thought I could control Xuan Nu, but it seems I was wrong. The birth of the Deformed Shadows comes from the demise of life; their very existence is the enemy of all life."

"Even someone as strong as Xuan Nu, if she doesn't suppress herself, would spread madness and deformity wherever she goes."

"I thought I could bridge the gap between the two..."

Jiaojiao looked at the girl's face: "At least in the moment before her death, she turned back into a human form."

The Grand Elder looked at the girl's smile, as if he saw again the look of generations of Zhao Family descendants at their deaths, his mind filled with images of his son... daughter... grandson... granddaughter... countless faces, whether clear or vague.

The Grand Elder patted Zhou Bai on the shoulder: "Honestly, what I worried about just now was that you wouldn't be able to do it. Believe me, I've killed many Deformed Shadows. If Xiao Pei were still alive, she would definitely want you to kill the Deformed Shadows too."

"Zhou Bai, this world still needs you. Your method of helping everyone resist madness and deformation is effective. Even if there are some mistakes along the way, it's still better than the uncertainty we lived with before."

Zhou Bai nodded: "I understand." His eyes seemed to become more determined, and some predictions and plans became clearer.

At the same time, the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword and the Xuanbai Sword emerged from the collapsed sea of consciousness of Xuan Nu.

The End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword was a Primordial Spirit weapon created by Zhou Bai, and with a thought, it was obediently taken into Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness.

The Xuanbai Sword, however, was the Deformed Shadow of the Heavenly Sword Elder, always pacified and kept by Xuan Nu as a pet.

The Xuanbai Sword let out a sad cry and attempted to escape into the sky, but Zhou Bai reached out and grabbed it directly, pinching it in his palm, unable to move.

Although the Xuanbai Sword could split infinitely and had the capacity to destroy the global ecosystem, in this one-on-one situation, it wasn't as troublesome as Xuan Nu, with her abilities to phase and teleport.

Instead, with a slight sweep of Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power, this Deformed Long Sword was completely suppressed, unable to move even a fraction.

...

In Central City, Xuan Nu's clone fell to the ground, a smile of happiness appearing on her face.

The splitting ability obtained from the Xuanbai Sword allowed each of Xuan Nu's clones to function as the main body, and Xuan Nu could even use them to communicate with each other, receiving information.

At this moment, the clone looked up at the sky, seemingly seeing a beautiful future, until the main body in Central City became weaker and weaker, approaching death, and this clone instinctively began to struggle.

Unrestrained, tendrils grew violently from her body, sweeping toward the humans in the ruins of Central City.

Injured humans were transformed into Deformed Shadows, then devoured entirely by Xuan Nu.

When the main body finally died, Xuan Nu's clone still lay on the ground, barely maintaining a state of survival.

After some time, the restored intelligent Xuan Nu groggily stood up.

"Zhou Bai..."

"Zhou Bai..."

"Did you deceive me?"

The previously unobstructed communication of consciousness had been completely severed, following Xuan Nu's decision to no longer fully trust Zhou Bai, their bond was entirely cut off.

Scenes of things Zhou Bai had once said to her flashed through her mind, and the deeper the love reflected in Xuan Nu's past eyes, the stronger the hatred burned at present.

"Zhou! Bai!"

In Xuan Nu's eyes, there seemed to be a swirling vortex of blood; her body sank step by step, disappearing into the ground in an instant.

Xuan Nu's mind churned with pain, anger, nostalgia, and hatred; in a daze, she moved southward, gradually approaching the location of Southern Mountain City.

...

In Donghua City, after subduing the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword and the Xuanbai Sword, Zhou Bai slowly stood up, a stream of Primordial Spirit power bumping over to Jiaojiao, transmitting the intelligence of the battle in Central City.

Jiaojiao watched the scenes sent by the Primordial Spirit power, showing various Immortals being defeated by Zhou Bai, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

It wasn't that she didn't believe in Zhou Bai, she was just surprised by how swiftly Zhou Bai's power had grown.

Zhou Bai said: "Grand Elder, I've thought about some things for a long time, but conditions were inadequate, so I've never set them into motion. Now that I can contend with the Celestial Court, it's time to expand the scale of the Foundation Sect to encompass all of Donghua City, and then expand from Donghua City to all of humanity."

"However, the doctrines of the Foundation Sect need to be revised; they indeed should not worship me, as this does no good for humanity, they should fear me..."

"Everything is for the sake of world peace..."

Jiaojiao's face showed a look of surprise, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Zhou Bai, who then persuaded her a bit before she reluctantly agreed.

"Elder, my abilities still have many aspects worth researching. Worshipping me and relying on me will cause humanity to lose its motivation to progress, and make them too reliant on me..."

Jiaojiao looked at the Zhou Bai in front of her, sensing the change in his aura. She felt that this Zhou Bai seemed somewhat different, but couldn't quite pinpoint how.

In the sea of consciousness, Zhou Bai looked at the weakened Christina and said, "Tina, are you okay?"

"A bit weak, I just need some rest." Christina couldn't help but say, "Zhou Bai, are you planning to dismantle the Sect..."

In the Material World, Zhou Bai once again divided the Deformed Shadow and Twisted Shadow.

These two avatars, after the upgrade of the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor, can now generate once every half hour. After being annihilated in the battlefield with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, they were now created by Zhou Bai once again.

The two avatars soared into the sky, each flying in different directions.

Deformed Shadow went west, preparing to find the Sky Flipping Sect and stop their plans.

While Twisted Shadow rushed to the Heavenly Demon base to use the algorithms learned from Em before Time Reverse and various intelligence to exchange technical information with the Heavenly Demon Empress.

Zhou Bai himself stayed behind to manipulate the followers, personally overseeing the expansion of the Sect.

Christina watched as mechanical followers, under Zhou Bai's control, carried out activities across the city, watching as Zhou Bai's decisiveness quickly expanded the number of followers, refining the doctrines, and systems...

Continuously extracting pollution from mortals, creating seeds of Madness Color...

She watched as Zhou Bai and Jiaojiao worked together, commanding cultivators to accept the seeds of Madness Color...

She watched that if the cultivators were slightly uncooperative, Zhou Bai swiftly took them down and replaced them...

"No need for worship, all human followers should fear me... Fear can provide them with greater motivation... And it's simple to dissolve the follower relationship; just let them see me die once, then they can be freed from fear..."

"And now... I just need to spread fear..."

"Zhou Bai's name will become taboo, this name will trigger the Madness Disaster, and once all humans have become my followers, my name should also become one that cannot be spoken..."

"The Sect will be everywhere, yet will never truly exist, with all cadres replaced by mechanical followers, Madness Color seeds will become food that all humans must eat, used to resist madness and deformation..."

"The fear and taboos I spread will be weapons for all humanity to resist deformation and madness..."

Christina looked at Zhou Bai, who seemed to be well-prepared, realizing in her heart: 'Zhou Bai did not decide these things on a whim; he probably has been contemplating them for a long time.

Now having defeated the Heavenly Court, with Li Xiuzhu dead and Xuan Nv also dead, he has fewer and fewer concerns, and he is transforming the world in his own way, shaping it to fit his vision...'

Meanwhile, Zhou Bai's actions quickly extended beyond the expansion of the Sect, and with wisdom surpassing immortals, he could handle so many tasks simultaneously.

"Everything is for peace... I need more power, and I need to learn more about the Nine Disasters of Celestial Beings."

"Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor and End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword both need further upgrades, Greedy Steel material should be upgraded, let everyone in the city envy me then."

"I haven't opened the Heavenly Court's treasury yet, hmph... I'll let those true gods search for it first, after a while I'll go to Central City and make them spit out what they've taken."

"Wrath Power shouldn't be wasted, it needs continuous improvement. Ordinary cultivator attacks are too weak; when I go to the Heavenly Court, I'll spar well with Xiang Tiandi and the others."

"With the follower scale continuously expanding, the production of Madness Color seeds continuously increasing, I can keep extracting human pollution to create more mechanical followers..."

"Lazy Power, Poverty Power, Ugly Power, I can understand them all, I want to research the principles of Nine Disasters of Celestial Beings well to avoid potential threats from extradimensional Spiritual People."

"If Celestial Dao technology from Nine Disasters of Celestial Beings can be popularized, at least popularizing Lazy Power and Poverty Power, then I'll possess the strength to suppress demons, heavenly demons, humans, immortals, and gods, even if Supreme Heavenly Venerate returns, world peace can be maintained..."

"No... It's still not enough, there's still Demon Saint, possible extradimensional Spiritual People, all are factors threatening world peace, I must obtain strength to confront them..."

"Right... Also, the Human Sovereign Sword needs some repair, the complete swordsmanship of the Heavenly Sword is still very useful..."

Chuzhi: "You finally remembered me! Hurry and fix me! I'm in pain!"

In Christina's eyes at this moment, Zhou Bai's decisiveness and swiftness of action far surpass his past self, seemingly without any hesitation, constantly squeezing every ounce of potential to complete his plans, intending to maintain world peace by spreading laziness, poverty, fear, greed, anger, and creating taboos.

Christina couldn't help but sigh, many things Zhou Bai had thought of doing long ago, but in the past, he continuously rushed east and west solving various crises, never able to stop and do the things he had long wanted to do.

Now with the threats of the Heavenly Court and Heavenly Demons temporarily eliminated, Zhou Bai finally can carry out the things he's long intended to do, one after another.

But just after Zhou Bai had been busy for several days, thunderous sounds came from outside Donghua City; Xiang Tiandi had arrived in Donghua City.

"Zhou Bai! What are you doing? We've had new discoveries, the current situation is very troublesome, very dangerous."

Zhou Bai directly went outside the city, walked up to Xiang Tiandi: "What's going on?"

Xiang Tiandi slightly frowned, the Zhou Bai before him gave him a feeling... did he seem even colder?

Moments later, the sky over Central City was swept by wild winds, and Zhou Bai had already followed Xiang Tiandi all the way to the sky above Central City.

At this moment, Bao Bing Heavenly Monarch, Si Yi Heavenly Monarch, and others were surrounding the gate of the Threefold Supreme Heaven.

Seeing Zhou Bai arrive, Bao Bing Heavenly Monarch said directly, "Things are complicated. The Threefold Supreme Heaven has its own world. I suspect that in the late stages of the Human-Demon War, the celestial gods killed by the Demon Saint were not truly dead but sealed within this Threefold Supreme Heaven..."

Zhou Bai frowned and said, "Are you saying that the Threefold Supreme Heaven taken by the Demon Saint contains the celestial gods of the former Heavenly Court?"

Bao Bing Heavenly Monarch: "Not just ordinary celestial gods, I even suspect that the former Divine Emperor could be sealed in that space."

Zhou Bai exhaled and then asked, "Approximately how many celestial gods are there?"

The Heavenly Monarchs exchanged glances, and finally, Bao Bing Heavenly Monarch said, "It could be dozens, or hundreds, maybe only the Demon Saint knows."

Zhou Bai said speechlessly, "Why would the Demon Saint do that? Isn't he leaving a bomb behind?"

Xiang Tiandi: "Now's not the time to discuss these things. We must prepare early. We don't know the situation inside Supreme Heaven, but we must consider the worst-case scenario.

If the former Divine Emperor and the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, who took back the Threefold Supreme Heaven, return, if the celestial gods inside can restore their peak cultivation, if they also carry Immortal Artifacts... we will all die."

Xiang Tiandi analyzed, "We need to make dual preparations. On the one hand, strengthen our power and prepare for battle. On the other hand, study this door and find a way to control its opening and closing."

...

Inside Supreme Heaven.

Li Zhengdao looked at the sun in the sky, stared at the endless continent, and saw various mountains, rivers, and towns on the ground, sighing, "At his peak, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate is indeed unfathomable. This has essentially created a world, hasn't it?"

"But the Demon Saint is truly powerful, to be able to forcibly seal so many celestial gods and mortals of the former Heavenly Court in this Supreme Heaven. After so many generations of reproduction here, without war, perhaps the population is even larger than Earth now."

Li Zhengdao flew along, watching the land quickly passing beneath him, thinking to himself: 'Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

As long as I can seize control of this Threefold Supreme Heaven and refine this entire domain into my Luotian Realm...

Then no one can stop me anymore... when I return to Earth...

Everything will proceed according to my plan...'

At this moment, another voice emanated from Li Zhengdao's shoulder: "But it's not easy to seize this Threefold Supreme Heaven."

Then, Li Zhengdao's shoulder cracked sharply, sprouting another head that chuckled and said, "This is the territory of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, and the power of the former Heavenly Court still exists here..."

Li Zhengdao sneered, "My aim is not just to refine the Threefold Supreme Heaven..."

"Taking over the former Heavenly Court and capturing the former Divine Emperor's Divine Body are all part of my plan..."

"We have endured and waited for this once-in-a-millennium opportunity. I've risked everything to rush in, now it's your turn."

...

In another part of the sky in Supreme Heaven.

The purple light transformed by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate stretched across the sky, sighing, "Finally... I'm back."

And beneath this purple light, a dignified man dressed in a green robe and wearing a high crown stood on the cloud, looking curiously at this realm, and upon hearing the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's sigh, he asked, "Aren't you going to chase Li Zhengdao?"

Supreme Heavenly Venerate: "No rush, this is only the original Thirty-Fourth Heaven, it's not so quick for him to enter the original Thirty-Sixth Heaven. Moreover, that guy still has secrets on him, having slipped away from all my divination calculations, I can't even determine his location."

Having said that, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate looked at Hao Tian Divine Emperor, curiously asked, "How about it? Do you want to take over the former Heavenly Court?"

Hao Tian Divine Emperor shook his head: "The Demon Saint is my master, I won't interfere in your dispute. I only came to know some things."

Supreme Heavenly Venerate sighed: "This place may not have the answers you seek."

Hao Tian Divine Emperor did not reply, only filled with anticipation in his heart: 'Where did the creators go after all? How did they comprehend the Heavenly Dao? Did they shed the side effects of the void? Beyond the solar system... are the Heavenly Dao of other galaxies the same as ours?'

'Even the Supreme Heavenly Venerate is unaware of these matters, I just hope the former Heavenly Court, the former Divine Emperor can provide me with answers.'

Hao Tian Divine Emperor turned to the purple light again: "Zhou Bai seemed to have obtained what you referred to as the 'Past Unchangeable Stone', are you not worried?"

"The past does not change, yet it can alter the past. The present moment, yet it can transform a moment into eternity. The future is infinite, yet it can turn infinity into singularity."

Supreme Heavenly Venerate said indifferently, "You should understand having heard this phrase, the past can never defeat the present."