Calamity of Tomorrow

Feeling the changes in the sea of consciousness, the operation of Catastrophe Primordial Spirit became more abstruse, as if unable to suppress these fates any longer.

Zhou Bai immediately sat down cross-legged, activated the fate devouring technique, and started allowing his Catastrophe Primordial Spirit to devour fate.

In the sea of consciousness, a pale Primordial Spirit sitting cross-legged slightly opened its mouth, and strands of white fate surged into its mouth, circulating back and forth with Zhou Bai's thoughts.

Seeing Zhou Bai sit down and practice, Qian Wangsun shook his head helplessly, "Is there a need to hurry like this…" He glanced at the cave entrance, activated the power of the Primordial Spirit, buried and concealed the entrance, then sat beside Zhou Bai, waiting for the other to finish cultivating.

Originally Qian Wangsun thought Zhou Bai would at most meditate for half an hour or an hour, but discovered that once Zhou Bai started, it seemed like he couldn't stop at all, showing no sign of finishing.

Qian Wangsun sat on the ground helplessly, "This guy is way too diligent, overly diligent, isn't he? Is this even a place for cultivation?"

Suddenly, Qian Wangsun's gaze sharpened, looking toward the darkness aside, where a figure stood, watching him.

"Who?"

When Qian Wangsun's Primordial Spirit power swept over, he found nothing.

"Illusion?" Qian Wangsun frowned slightly, 'Ever since coming to the wilderness, my Primordial Spirit seems to have become increasingly sensitive…'

Within Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness, strands of fate were continuously absorbed, devoured by his Catastrophe Primordial Spirit, and transformed into nutrients for the Primordial Spirit. With more fate being devoured, the Catastrophe Primordial Spirit grew increasingly clear and translucent, its potential continually rising.

After ten hours of devouring fate, with the last strand of fate absorbed into the Catastrophe Primordial Spirit, the potential of the Primordial Spirit rose by a full 83 points, reaching 4181 points.

"Primordial Power value 4083, Primordial potential 4181. The Heavenly Demon didn't seem to notice this place, so I might as well continue cultivating and push the Primordial Power value to 4181 in one go."

Thus, Zhou Bai drew in the power from the Dharma Saint Relics, swiftly increasing his Primordial Spirit power, and by daybreak the next morning, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power reached his potential limit of 4181 points.

"Thrilling!" Zhou Bai thought to himself, "If I could cultivate like this every day, it wouldn't be long before I became invincible under the heavens."

Unfortunately, Zhou Bai knew this was impossible; first of all, the Dharma Saint Relics could only help him grow to a maximum of 7999 points, and after confronting that group of Heavenly Demons yesterday, he had to consider the possibility of them targeting him, not allowing him to forge ahead without reservation.

Beside him, Qian Wangsun clearly couldn't stand Zhou Bai's long hours of meditation. Seeing Zhou Bai open his eyes, he couldn't help but say, "Zhou Bai, are you done yet? It's been over twenty hours, I almost suffocated in this cave."

During this time, Qian Wangsun had been on edge, occasionally having to ventilate the cave and check outside for any sounds.

Almost every few hours, the ground would tremble, and loud whooshing sounds could be heard from outside the cave. Qian Wangsun didn't need to guess to know that a large group of Heavenly Demons was passing over them.

But luckily, the cave they made was very hidden, and the Heavenly Demons had never discovered them.

Even so, these past twenty-plus hours were both frightening and fearful for Qian Wangsun; he didn't even dare to sleep.

Hearing Qian Wangsun's words, Zhou Bai smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, sorry, I got too engrossed in my cultivation." Then he asked, "Did you come after me alone? Did Qin Tian and the others go back?"

Qian Wangsun replied, "They should have returned to the base and also brought back the intelligence. It looks like the Heavenly Demon might be mobilizing on a large scale this time, alas… it could mean a full-scale war is about to start."

Zhou Bai furrowed his brow and didn't speak, just pondering the next move.

"Now there's no one monitoring the surroundings, which means neither humans nor the Heavenly Court can track my location."

He reflected on the cultivation results of the past day, which he feared, might match the outcomes of more than ten days of cultivation in Beihai City.

"The massive mobilization of the Heavenly Demons provides a good opportunity for me to cultivate on the battlefield."

"If I can cultivate here for just over ten days, I should be able to break through to over 5000 in Primordial Spirit force. If I can cultivate on this battlefield for a month, I might reach 7999 Primordial Spirit force and completely assimilate the Dharma Saint Relics."

"But that would be very dangerous, the longer I stay, the more likely I am to attract the attention of the Heavenly Demons, which makes it even more dangerous."

"However, with the abilities of Black Lotus and Time Reverse, it would be a shame to go back now. At least let me cultivate for ten days first. No, only six days, staying in the wilderness for more than seven days makes one susceptible to spirit contamination."

Thinking this, Zhou Bai looked toward Qian Wangsun to his side, "You go back first, I want to stay here a bit longer."

"What? You want to stay even longer?" Qian Wangsun looked at him in surprise, then his gaze shifted slightly as he remembered the battle with the several thousand Heavenly Demons and the round-the-clock cultivation afterward.

Qian Wangsun couldn't help but ask, "Did you cultivate some special technique? One that strengthens you through battle and makes you stronger the more you fight?"

Zhou Bai's gaze became slightly intense, then he gave a helpless smile, his mind flickered with various scenes involving Qian Wangsun, from the lab building to the arena competition. They had been through life and death together.

So, Zhou Bai candidly admitted, "I can indeed grow stronger by fighting the Heavenly Demons, that's why I was so keen to come to the front line here. So I want to continue cultivating here for a while, you go back first."

Qian Wangsun: "I'll stay with you."

Zhou Bai: "Why would you stay when you're so weak, just to hold me back? Hurry up and go back."

Qian Wangsun: "..." He took a deep breath, "Since you trust me so much, I'll tell you, I now... have the ability to foresee 5 seconds into the future."

Zhou Bai: "What?!" He thought about the opponent's performance in the arena, originally thinking it was the result of Gong Tu's training, sensing hostility in advance, but didn't expect this.

Qian Wangsun: "So let me stay with you. After all, I'm trained in Gong Tu, I have stronger sensing range and scouting skills than you do, plus the 5-second foresight ability. With so many Heavenly Demons here now, it would be much safer for you to cultivate on the frontline if I accompany you."

Zhou Bai thought for a moment and had to admit Qian Wangsun had a point, "Alright, let's go then, and hit it big."

The two walked out of the cave, and Zhou Bai asked Qian Wangsun, "I'd like to test my Dao techniques on a group of Heavenly Demons first, which way should we head?"

Zhou Bai wanted to try out whether he could summon the troops of the Catastrophe Domain again if he opened it now.

Qian Wangsun opened his tactical backpack, took out a map, observed the sun, and compared it to the map, saying, "You ran quite far in that battle yesterday; I calculated last night that we have probably already made it to the eastern boundary of the second area."

"Last night, there were at least twelve batches of Heavenly Demons passing overhead, I've noted them all. Judging by the frequency of the ground tremors, there were at least tens of thousands in total. They definitely have something big going on, if you want to try a batch of Heavenly Demons for practice, it's best not to head in their direction, it's too easy to get surrounded..."

As he spoke, Qian Wangsun took out a pen and began writing and drawing on the map, which overwhelmed Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai: "So where should we go to find Heavenly Demons safely?"

Qian Wangsun circled an area on the map: "We continue to venture in the northwest direction, see if there are small patrols of Heavenly Demons, and try to take out a batch."