Calamity of Tomorrow

When Sun Jingping accused Zhou Bai of being an aberration and used the visualizations of the aberration's blood and Yama Golden Body to prove it, almost everyone began to strongly doubt Zhou Bai's identity.

Zhao Yue shook her head and said, "Zhou Bai is done for."

Beside her, Tu Tianmo sighed, "We were just watching the projection while separated by the spacetime of Daluo Heaven, and merely seeing it stirred up agitation within us. He faced such a direct assault and yet, nothing happened to him; he is most likely an aberration."

Wen He, disciple of Tianyangzi, shook his head, "I guess in a moment, True Person Tu will take him away. Now that it's been discovered he's an aberration, there's no way he'd be allowed to continue the competition."

At this moment, in their hearts, Zhou Bai was already a dead man – after all, this was Central City, with immortals and gods in residence. How could an exposed aberration possibly escape?

On the other side, Xiang Haocu was frowning tightly, anger bubbling up inside him, "An aberration? This Zhou Bai turned out to be an aberration? He deserves to die... It's good that Sun Jingping exposed him. Otherwise, if an aberration kept winning like this, the face of humanity would be utterly lost."

The majority of the others also felt anger toward the possibility of Zhou Bai being an aberration.

Especially those immortals who had been defeated and scorned by Zhou Bai earlier, they almost all jumped out now, pointing at Zhou Bai in the projection and cursing loudly.

"What's this trash, actually an aberration? What is Dao School thinking?"

"I knew it, how could a normal Four Realms monk achieve so much? He must have used some aberrant power..."

"Dao School is out of line, actually training an aberration to enter the competition? Are they all morons? Their funding should be cut."

Shi Fa, who had been intently watching the projection, shook his head, "So he is an aberration? No wonder I felt a malevolent aura from him. It seems there's no need for me to take action."

He closed his eyes, took slow breaths, and for Zhou Bai, who was now irrelevant in his eyes, the only question was how long he could last in the hands of the immortals.

Another spectator, Jue Ji, looked at the situation in the projection with a mocking face, seeing the whole scene as nothing but a farce.

"Even aberrations have come into play... It's simply hilarious."

But just as everyone had different expressions and negative reactions to Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai took strides, ascended, and unsheathed his sword, all in one fluid motion.

By the time people reacted, he had already taken hold of the Human Emperor Sword and proudly stood upon the Sword Qi Throne in the sky.

Watching Zhou Bai hold the legendary sword of the human path, the faces of all competitors underwent drastic changes. Many of the immortal kind gaped, their eyes filled with disbelief as if witnessing a miracle.

It was not until the Ghost God Tu remarked, "Okay, Zhou Bai, put down the Human Emperor Sword. Even if the Human Emperor Sword is willing to validate your human identity, if you truly want to possess it, you must attain the first place in the Daluo Heaven Debate and defeat all other competitors."

Zhou Bai understood that with such pomp and circumstance at the venue of the Daluo Heaven Debate, it was naturally not possible to simply hand him the championship because he had lifted the Human Emperor Sword – what he was more concerned about now was the attitude of the immortals.

'Seems? Not bad?'

After putting down the Human Emperor Sword and departing the spacetime of Daluo Heaven, Zhou Bai walked back to the competitors' seats, with cheers like a tsunami reaching his ears, all for him from the audience.

"Zhou Bai actually received the approval of the Human Emperor Sword?"

"We wronged him! He's not an aberration at all."

"You're all too easily swayed, we almost wronged a good person! Thank goodness the Human Emperor Sword stepped in."

"With the approval of the Human Emperor Sword, maybe he really could take first place, it's truly witnessing the beginning of a legend."

Zhou Bai turned to look, smiling slightly at the cheering audience in the stands: 'It seems that no one will doubt I'm an aberration anymore.'

And when he walked into the competitors' seats, he immediately felt waves of powerful hostility coming at him; Zhou Bai had become the most formidable enemy of all the competitors at this moment.

Zhao Yue still looked at Zhou Bai with traces of shock and disbelief in her eyes, "He actually received the approval of the Human Emperor Sword... Could the Human Emperor Sword think he is the strongest among us? How could that be?"

A strong sense of unwillingness surged in Zhao Yue's chest. After all, there's no first in academics and no second in martial artistry. Zhao Yue herself was a proud daughter of heaven who had overcome enormous hardships to cultivate to where she was now. How could she admit defeat to Zhou Bai without even fighting him? Impossible.

Zhao Yue glared at Zhou Bai, having already deemed him the strongest opponent in this Daluo Heaven debate.

"No problem, Zhou Bai's greatest strength is that set of Red Heavenly Armor. My Dream Heart Scripture just happens to counter that kind of armor; I have a chance to win against him."

"But dealing with this Zhou Bai... the strategy I originally thought of is still too simplistic; I need something stronger, with a higher chance of winning, a tactic more unexpected."

Zhao Yue kept psyching himself up in his mind, pondering more possibilities to defeat Zhou Bai.

On the other side, Tu Tianmo, who had been thrashed by Zhou Bai, felt like he was already on his knees.

"What the hell... he's not a mutant? And this guy Zhou Bai... he was already freakishly strong, and now he's even gained the recognition of the sacred sword. I fear he's now become the idol of countless worshippers."

Wen He and Shen Hai beside him both nodded in agreement, devoid of any thought to confront Zhou Bai. At this moment, Zhou Bai was like a blazing star. Although in the act of picking up the sacred sword, Zhou Bai did not display more strength than before, he still made many of his peers feel a gap that seemed insurmountable. This was the authority and charm of the sacred sword, a culmination of hundreds and thousands of years.

Xiang Haocu also breathed a sigh of relief: "That gave me quite a scare. But now, there's a real chance to take first place."

Xiang Haocu: "In that case, I should also support him for a bit."

Meanwhile, the other immortals and gods in the stands, especially those who were just cursing and swearing, were suddenly silenced, as if stunned by Zhou Bai's performance.

After a while, someone finally spoke up:

"The sacred sword has recognized Zhou Bai? Could it be that Zhou Bai will become a legend like Tu Ghost God, Tu Zhenren?"

"He has to win this Daluo Heaven debate first for the sacred sword to truly belong to him."

"Yes, there are still Zhao Yue, Shi Fa, and Jue Ji; Zhou Bai relies on the Red Heavenly Armor, but that may not necessarily ensure his victory over talents like Shi Fa and Jue Ji, who have progressed step by step with solid cultivation."

Shi Fa shook his head helplessly: "It's still not that simple? But this fellow actually gained the recognition of the sacred sword..."

A killing intent previously unseen flickered in his eyes, as if Zhou Bai's approval by the sacred sword intensified Shi Fa's desire to kill him.

Shi Fa: "It looks like this time, I can't just suppress him... I have to kill him."

On the other side, Jue Ji revealed a strange look: "Chuzhi has approved of this Zhou Bai? Is he human? But... how could that be possible?"

Jue Ji fiercely gripped the flying sword in his hand: "Could there still be another line of pure-blooded humans?"

His gaze turned to Wei Cangsheng nearby, thinking to himself: "But compared to Zhou Bai, it's Wei Cangsheng who is more deserving of wielding the sacred sword. Whether it's his background, strength, inheritance, or bloodline, he is more outstanding, more regal. Whereas this Zhou Bai, too extravagant, too out of control."

Inside Eastern Central City, Jing Xiu, Lin Muqing, Xia Li, and Lu Wanzhen exclaimed in surprise together.

Jing Xiu said, staring at the projection: "Big Brother Zhou actually got the recognition of the sacred sword directly."

Xia Li: "I said he couldn't possibly be a mutant, right?!"

Lin Muqing expressed with emotion: "Zhou Bai might truly have the potential to become a myth of the human race, to become a legend."

...

And just as all humanity was excited by the change of the sacred sword.

A mysterious woman walking on the street suddenly furrowed her brows, listening curiously to the continuous cheers around her.

On the streets, inside buildings, on rooftops... everywhere was filled with unending cheering, sounding just like during festivals.

"What's happened?" She turned to look at the projection, her pupils dilating with the changing images.

She clenched her fists tightly, and upon seeing Zhou Bai in the projection, her shoulders began to tremble uncontrollably.

Gnashing her teeth, she shouted word by word: "Zhou! Bai!"