Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 1135 - 1133: Persuasion

"The Celestial Maiden misses me?"

Zhou Bai stared at Qian Wangsun's projection, the nine thick and long tails behind him swinging like scarves, and slowly said, "Don't talk nonsense with me. I could say ten of these kinds of lies when I was ten. She might as well want to kill me right now."

Qian Wangsun said, "Although she seems like she wants to kill you, I know she's still thinking about you."

"Cut it out with this act, I have no emotions," Zhou Bai chuckled, then suddenly said, "You punk... are you using the same lines to deceive the Celestial Maiden too?"

Qian Wangsun sighed, "Although the Celestial Maiden is the enemy of humanity, she's indeed been good to you, so you've always felt some guilt towards her. Zhou Bai, escaping isn't the solution for many things..."

Zhou Bai furrowed his brows and coldly said, "Enough. I know the most important thing right now is defeating the Supreme Heavenly Venerate. If you want to recruit the Celestial Maiden, go ahead, no need for so much talk."

"But I'll say it upfront, you must keep a close watch on her. Don't let her harm humans or cause mutations."

Qian Wangsun said, "Rest assured, with your Heavenly Demon and my foresight, she won't have such opportunities."

Zhou Bai said, "Good that you know, then I'll seize the time to continue my training." He clenched his fist, making a crackling sound: "When the time comes to fight the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the main force will still rely on me."

...

Listening to what Qian Wangsun said, the Celestial Maiden showed disbelief on her face and coldly said, "That person would miss me? He might as well want me dead. You probably didn't even dare tell him I'm still alive, or else he might rush over to kill me immediately."

Qian Wangsun felt helpless inside, knowing that the Celestial Maiden was indeed correct, though he certainly couldn't voice this—after all, to fight the Supreme Heavenly Venerate in the future, the more people he could recruit, the better.

So, without changing his expression, Qian Wangsun said, "You're seeing Zhou Bai as too cold-hearted. He's the most emotionally attached person. He once told me, the thing he regretted most in his life was failing to protect you, letting you make such a grave mistake."

Hearing this, the Celestial Maiden fell silent for a moment and then said faintly, "A grave mistake? Humans kill the aberrants, and aberrants kill humans. That's the natural order, a destined thing in this universe, a rule set by the Heavenly Dao. What's wrong about it?"

"Besides, whether the humans on Earth will be exterminated by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, what does that have to do with me?"

Qian Wangsun said, "If there are no humans, where would the aberrants come from? If you want to protect the aberrants, you should protect humans first." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The Celestial Maiden snorted coldly, "Absurd."

Qian Wangsun didn't dwell on this issue with the Celestial Maiden but said, "Celestial Maiden... since you left, Zhou Bai has never truly smiled again."

"During the day he's with us, he acts like nothing's wrong: working, attending meetings, training. But I know every night he can't sleep. He can only practice sword all night to numb himself with training."

...

"Hahahahaha! It worked!"

Zhou Bai controlled his nine tails to grow wildly, while his original big dog form slowly transformed into a half-human, half-dog form.

"Not bad. Under the Evolution Mode, as long as I train the 'Purple Mansion Secret Scroll,' I can adjust and accelerate the direction of evolution, and so my appearance too."

"Hmm... the face needs to restore the handsomeness from my human form, but the ears can stay. The eye color should remain blue, and the tails can be a bit thicker..."

While training, Zhou Bai tweaked his image bit by bit under the Evolution Mode.

Lying within Zhou Bai's tails, Christina watched with extreme envy and couldn't help but say, "How long are you going to keep adjusting that for? Didn't you tell Qian Wangsun you'd focus on training to enhance your power? Increasing combat strength is what matters; don't waste time doing flashy stuff."

Zhou Bai snorted, "You're just jealous, Tina. I'm getting more handsome, and you're just getting left further behind, always uglier than me."

"Besides, being good-looking is also a part of combat power. Being strong and handsome can even win without a fight. People will be more confident, with stronger momentum in strikes, and naturally more powerful..."

Christina pouted, "You have so many fallacies."

...

The Celestial Maiden ignored Qian Wangsun, but he could feel she was listening, so he continued, "Ever since thinking you were dead, Zhou Bai often holds a spiral-shaped sword at night. Sometimes when he's not practicing at night, he just holds the spiral sword and sits there all night."

A mental image of the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword immediately came to the Celestial Maiden's mind; it was a powerful Primordial Spirit weapon Zhou Bai once crafted for her.

Qian Wangsun sighed, "During the day, he's always busy and likes to be with everyone. I know he's trying to keep himself busy, to rid himself of loneliness and make himself look a little more normal."

Qian Wangsun continued, "Zhou Bai is a Homo sapiens from the time of Homo sapiens, once subject to near extinction by the immortals and deities. You could say he's a man who has experienced the pain of genocide, and I can hardly imagine how deep his pain is."

"Because of this pain, the current Zhou Bai is trying every way to protect humans and even fights against the Heavenly Court because he doesn't want to see something like that happen again."

"And you hold an equally important place in his heart, making choosing between you or humans a tremendous torment for him."

With Qian Wangsun's words, an image of a passionate, sorrowful, lonely, and weathered man appeared in the Celestial Maiden's mind.

Seeing the slight waver in the Celestial Maiden's gaze, Qian Wangsun said, "I'll leave an end of the Heavenly Demon for you. If you change your mind, contact me anytime."

...

Zhou Bai looked at his animal ears, his human facial features, and the nine fluffy tails gathered behind him, nodding silently: "Looks much better like this, but the training is too tedious."

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai lay down, sighed, and suddenly turned to look at Christina sleeping in his tails, his eyes slowly lighting up.

"Christina, do you want to try this Evolution Mode?"

Moments later, Zhou Bai had already undergone Primordial Spirit Emergence, leaving his physical body for Christina to operate while she trained with the 'Purple Mansion Secret Scroll,' setting the direction of evolution onto several stars of Fool's Map resistance against distortion and mutation.

In this way, the evolution training under the Evolution Mode did not stop, and Zhou Bai himself could control the Primordial Spirit to do other things.

'After setting the evolution direction, I can leave the training to Christina. My Primordial Spirit can focus on advancing the Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man, creating more followers...'

Zhou Bai thought to himself: 'In two months, I must raise my strength to the current attainable limit.'

At the same time, Qian Wangsun contacted him again. Zhou Bai glanced at the projection and said flatly, "Did you contact the Celestial Maiden?"

Qian Wangsun said, "She agreed to join us in fighting the Supreme Heavenly Venerate."

Zhou Bai nodded, "She's probably agreeing on the surface, secretly waiting for a chance to stab me in the back."

Qian Wangsun said, "For now, that's the case. As long as she's fighting the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, I won't let her have an opportunity to act out."