Calamity of Tomorrow

Zhou Bai pointed with one finger, and a stream of Sword Intent flowed from his fingertips, swiftly darting into Zheng Wentian's sea of consciousness, startling the latter.

"This is a Sword Intent that the former Elder gave me, I no longer need it since I am cultivating the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword. It just so happens to suit you since you are also on the path of cultivating the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword."

"However, there might be some dangers, after all, it is Twilight Taoist Skill. So you don't have to deliberately cultivate it or actively engage with this Sword Intent. The Sword Intent will naturally grow over time."

"I told you, investing in me is definitely the most profitable venture in this world."

Zheng Wentian joyfully felt the extremely tranquil Sword Intent in his sea of consciousness and was instantly satisfied.

Zhou Bai thought to himself, "The Dao School is still sending me points every month, but with my current level, I don't need to compete for resources with my classmates. I should give them to Jing Xiu and others when the time comes."

The cultivation resources from Dao School were indeed still useful to Zhou Bai. But there were only so many resources, and if he exchanged all of his points, it would definitely reduce the supply available to other students.

Rather than competing with his classmates, Zhou Bai preferred to go out and grab resources from Heavenly Demon, Immortals, and traitorous humans, or unlock some resources that weren't available before.

After the meal delivery person left, Zhou Bai once again released the Primitive Daozang 05 and started to cultivate.

Looking at this extremely bizarre statue, Zheng Wentian couldn't help asking, "What in the world is this?"

Zhou Bai gave the explanation he had prepared earlier, "It's one of the Twilight Taoist Skills that the Elder gave to me. It's very dangerous though, and you all must not touch it. People could die."

Under Zhou Bai's repeated cautions, both Zheng Wentian and Nasha kept nodding, indicating that they wouldn't engage with it.

Zhou Bai, Zheng Wentian, and Nasha spent 24 hours a day in the training room, eating when hungry and resting on the floor when tired.

Zhou Bai was almost constantly visualizing Primitive Daozang 05. Each time he thought about the oppression from the Heaven and the threats from the Immortals, he felt an overwhelming sense of urgency, wishing he could swallow the Primitive Daozang 05 whole. With the encouragement from Zheng Wentian and Nasha, Zhou Bai's cultivation improved rapidly by leaps and bounds each day.

However, Primitive Daozang 05 couldn't be visualized constantly. It required a resealing and a resting period, which Zhou Bai used to cultivate his Primordial Spirit power.

From the series of battles in Nanshan City, Zhou Bai had harvested quite a bit of destiny with his Guihai Black Evil, pushing his limit of Primordial Spirit power to break through 7300.

After these intense yet fulfilling ten days, Zhou Bai's degree of Dao transformation finally reached 50%, and his cultivation broke through to the fifth realm.

Boom!

Gray-colored Primordial Spirit power burst forth from Zhou Bai like a tangible force. Zhou Bai opened his eyes, which seemed to twinkle with countless starlights.

The anomaly on Zhou Bai immediately caught the attention of Nasha and Zheng Wentian. Both of them looked at Zhou Bai, unsure of what was happening.

Nasha: "What's happening to Brother Zhou Bai? Should we call for a teacher?"

Zheng Wentian: "No… It seems like…"

Suddenly, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power continued to spread, soon filling the entire space of the training room.

Zheng Wentian and Nasha felt as if they were hit by a wall. Although they both erupted with their Primordial Spirit power, they were still pushed back step by step until they were up against the wall.

Nasha: "Brother Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power is so strong."

Compared to Nasha, Zheng Wentian was even more astonished: "How is this possible? Wasn't Zhou Bai in the fourth realm before? A maximum of 4999 Primordial Spirit power, but this power… How can 4999 explain this!!"

However, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power also retracted as quickly as it had expanded, quickly shrinking back into his sea of consciousness.

He twisted his neck and could feel an enhancement throughout his entire body, from the inside out, whether it was his Primordial Spirit, physical body, or the Divine Skills star points.

He glanced at the panel of his auxiliary cultivation system:

Dao Conversion Rate: 50.0%

Pollution Level: 80/110

Primordial Spirit Value: 7312

Divine Skills: Immortal Nine Calamities

Laziness: 3.2 million

"Finally reached the fifth realm, and the pollution limit has increased to 110? If the pollution limit continues to rise, I can eventually master all the five Divine Skills."

Zhou Bai felt his physical body, which had generally been enhanced, whether it was physical strength, aptitude, or intensity—all had ascended a level higher than before.

Inside his sea of consciousness, his Primordial Spirit was as real as a human being, every move replete with boundless power.

"The upper limit of Primordial Spirit power has also increased," Zhou Bai said contentedly, "If I continue to cultivate hard, I should be able to push the Primordial Spirit power to over 7600 points."

Zhou Bai reveled in the delightful sensation of being strengthened from head to toe, checking his condition, almost constantly receiving little surprises every second.

Zhou Bai felt the changes in his body's strength and defensive power, suddenly thrusting a sword at his own chest, producing a muffled sound, "The defensive power, solid as a mountain, has become even stronger."

He took off his shoes, his figure flashing a few times, and estimated in his mind, "The acceleration when barefoot and shirtless has also increased by more than thirty percent."

"As for the Primordial Spirit..." Zhou Bai introspectively observed his sea of consciousness, looking at his 'Nine Calamities Primordial Spirit - Soul Suppressing Domain,' and could feel a robust sensation continuously emanating from the Primordial Spirit. He felt that just the power of his Primordial Spirit alone could defeat 99% of seventh realm cultivators.

There were various other overall enhancements that Zhou Bai would need to slowly verify in the days to come.

Just then, Zheng Wentian, who was nearby, finally couldn't help asking, "Zhou Bai... you?"

"Oh, I made a breakthrough," Zhou Bai smiled lightly, "Just a small breakthrough, and gained a bit of insight in cultivating the Twilight Taoist Skill."

Zhou Bai didn't mention that his breakthrough was to the fifth realm. Partly because the original Dao School teachings were temporarily sensitive, and partly because Zhou Bai didn't want to reveal his actual strength.

He thought to himself, 'Before the debate in Daluo Heaven, I'd better hide my strength as much as possible. Let the Immortals focus on me less, and make a splash during the debate. Otherwise, they might poison me, or kidnap my friends...'

Although Zheng Wentian and Nasha both felt that Zhou Bai's recent breakthrough was not so simple, since Zhou Bai didn't say more, they couldn't do much and just continued with their own cultivation.

After sensing his own progress, Zhou Bai then turned his attention to the Divine Skills diagram.

"Would you like to spend 500,000 laziness points to unlock Greed Snatch?"

"Greed Snatch, huh?" Zhou Bai naturally chose to unlock it, instantly his 3.2 million laziness reduced to 2.7 million, another ring lighted up within the Taiyin Roulette, accompanied by nine dim star points.

Zhou Bai immediately looked at the first star point.

Greed Lure - Greed Snatch: Harvesting Greed...

Cultivation Method: Zhou Bai scrutinized it carefully.

Laziness (0/2.1 million)