Yun Chonghe looked at the contemplative Zhou Bai and asked, "Zhou Bai, what do you plan to do next? Li Xiuzhu's will is like iron. Once he makes a decision, he will never easily give up. I'm afraid the power of the demon bloodline will only grow more intense across the world."

Ying Hui stood aside and sighed, feeling a sense of loss. He never expected that humanity would produce two potential leaders, only for them to part ways due to ideological differences.

But Ying Hui was helpless to do anything about it. Both Zhou Bai's and Li Xiuzhu's ideas had their own merits, and even he couldn't definitively say who was right or wrong.

He felt that in the grand tide of history, they were all so insignificant, and everything before them seemed so dark. Every step they took was like groping in the dark, as if no one knew what the future would hold.

Zhou Bai thought for a moment and said, "Even if we can't stop the Sky Flipping Sect, at least over at Donghua City, I want to minimize the influence of the Sky Flipping Sect, so that fewer people would voluntarily awaken their demon bloodline."

Yun Chonghe: "I'm afraid that's very difficult."

Zhou Bai: "It's difficult, but we have to try..." Suddenly, Zhou Bai looked south and furrowed his brow. "Teachers, you should return to Donghua City first. I'll be back shortly."

Ying Hui asked with concern, "Is something wrong?"

Zhou Bai frowned. "An immortal has arrived."

...

To the south, about a dozen miles from Zhou Bai's main body, Zhou Bai (Twisting Shadow) held Xuan Nu's hand, watching the woman before them warily.

Blocking their way was none other than Ming Yue Immortal, one of the ten immortals of the Heavenly Court.

Zhou Bai frowned and asked, "Why are you following us?"

Ming Yue Immortal glanced at Xuan Nu, then focused her gaze on Zhou Bai, a slight smile on her lips as she tried to appear amiable, "Zhou Bai, come back to the Heavenly Court with me."

She looked at Zhou Bai and thought: 'This kid's talent is astounding, and he's genuinely human. How can we let him continue mingling with those chaotic half-demons? He should be brought back to the Heavenly Court, properly trained, and allowed to fulfill the great task of revitalizing the human race.'

Thinking about a promising human talent being led astray by half-demons and even fighting with them against the Heavenly Court, Ming Yue Immortal felt deeply pained.

She didn't hate Zhou Bai for running off with the demons; she hated those demons for being too cunning, deceiving and tempting Zhou Bai onto the wrong path.

'This time, I must pull Zhou Bai back, let him correct his ways, realize his position, and draw a clear line between him and those demons.'

Zhou Bai looked at the Ming Yue Immortal before him, thinking: 'This woman was slaughtered by Li Xiuzhu on the Heavenly Arena; she doesn't seem that formidable. Came here by herself, no ambush...'

'Maybe I should just take her out, sell her artifacts and clothes, and earn some laziness points?'

'Or should I knock her out and take her back, and interrogate her about matters concerning the Heavenly Court?'

As Zhou Bai contemplated, several tactics popped into his mind while he considered whether to bind or kill her.

Ming Yue Immortal, however, raised her hand, and a trail of golden light unfurled from behind her, revealing a large banner billowing in the wind.

The flagpole gripped in Ming Yue's hand was suddenly swung, and with the golden flag flying, spiritual energy surged, unleashing four formations: the Nine Heavens Fiery Fire Formation, the Nine Earth Cold Ice Formation, the Nine Sky Harvest Formation, and the Nine Void Mulberry Formation.

The four formations arranged themselves in the four cardinal directions, instantly surrounding an area of ten miles in radius.

Seeing the spiritual energy rolling, the ground was scorched into a sea of magma, bubbling up.

In the distance, one mountain after another was blasted into dust by torrents of energy.

The earth scorched into magma rolled up, a tree hundreds of meters long pierced through the ground, transforming into an Azure Dragon roaring towards the sky.

The next moment, the wooden Azure Dragon, hundreds of meters long, was swept away by a sky full of golden light, instantly turning into millions of tons of wood chips scattering in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the area within ten miles seemed to be refined into chaos, with the forces of gold, wood, water, and fire transforming and churning, turning mountains into plains, and plains into lakes.

A momentum of overturning heaven and earth rose from Ming Yue Immortal, underscoring her incredible strength.

Ming Yue Immortal haughtily declared, "This is my city-destroying level aberration weapon, the Golden Light Trapping Sky Banner, capable of inscribing four formations and unleashing ten times their power.

Hmph, on the Heavenly Arena, in front of everyone, I wasn't willing to expose my aberration weapon, which gave that bastard Li Xiuzhu an opportunity. He sneakily attacked me with his fist intent; I couldn't use this aberration weapon.

Otherwise, even with the Blood Transformation Divine Sword, he couldn't have defeated me."

Zhou Bai understood; the power of an aberration weapon was indeed unfathomable, sometimes its abilities were unknown, and its destructive power too strong. Even an immortal like Ming Yue was instantly killed by being caught off-guard by the Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

'Luckily, I have enough means of self-preservation, even if I encounter an unknown aberration weapon, I'm not afraid of being killed. Sigh, in this world, offensive power is useless; defensive power, survivability, are most useful.'

Thinking about this, Zhou Bai became increasingly certain about the progression route of his own strength.

Then Zhou Bai began to calculate whether he could snatch Ming Yue's Golden Light Trapping Sky Banner.

Ming Yue Immortal continued, "Zhou Bai, come back to the Heavenly Court with me. Rest assured, this time Wanxian Island and I will fully protect you, so no one will bully you; those true gods won't hurt you a bit."

"Moreover, Wanxian Island will cultivate you with the Heavenly Court's resources. Didn't you absorb my Qi Sea's myriad soldier Invisible Evil, and the Livelihood Purple Light Sword for slaying god and demon, Xiang Tiandi's Nine Heavens Demon Clearing Thunder Technique?"

Wanxian Island has enough resources to let you practice these Tao techniques. The immortals can personally guide your cultivation, and all kinds of secret scriptures can be open to you..."

Ming Yue, with a sincere face, explained the benefits of going to the Heavenly Court, hoping Zhou Bai would go back with her.

Zhou Bai's eyes flickered slightly, but in his mind, he recalled the miscellaneous tales of the four seas seen in Donghua Dao School's library, the remaining part seemed to be torn off by Zuo Dao, who should currently be in Central City.

'I originally wanted to go to Central City, find Zuo Dao to ask about the whereabouts of the original Dao collection 08. Following Ming Yue to the territory, it seems I can get another wave of benefits from Wanxian Island.'

Zhou Bai felt a bit eager looking at the aberration weapon in the other party's hand. During his fight with Xiang Tiandi on the Heavenly Arena, he also witnessed the power of the other's aberration weapon; if he could take a few from Wanxian Island, it would greatly enhance his strength.

The most crucial point is that this Twisting Shadow body of his isn't afraid of death, following Ming Yue to Central City seems like a good choice.