Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 679 679: 677 deaths

Accompanied by Zi Yang True Monarch's movements, a deafening boom resonated as a mountain suddenly appeared in front of Zi Yang, completely engulfing his body.

This was the Catastrophe Domain initiated by the distorted shadows.

Under the immense hatred of Zi Yang True Monarch, a massive amount of Guihai Black Evil exploded from beneath his feet, instantly swallowing his body in the size of a mountain.

Bang!

The next moment, ferocious Primordial Spirit power surged out from Zi Yang True Monarch's body, radiating wildly and shattering the Guihai Black Evil into dust, scattering it like a meteor shower towards the ground.

The Guihai Black Evilevent also caused a large mass of blue qi to be devoured, traveling thousands of miles and entering into Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness.

After this devouring and the previous harvest of Zi Yang True Monarch's qi, only about half of the Heavenly Mandate that favored him remained. In Zhou Bai's observation, he could probably enhance his divine diagram five more times with what he had consumed.

"Zhou! Bai!"

In a raging voice, Zi Yang True Monarch's Primordial Spirit power transformed into a giant plasma hand that had firmly grasped Zhou Bai.

The scorchingly hot Primordial Spirit power, which could melt metal, was perfectly controlled by Zi Yang True Monarch, not burning Zhou Bai in the slightest.

However, under the overwhelming pressure of the force, the grasped Zhou Bai still emitted crackling sounds, as if his bones and muscles were about to be crushed and torn apart.

Having finally captured Zhou Bai, countless thoughts of revenge and tormenting the opponent surged continuously from Zi Yang True Monarch's mind.

But before he could act, he sensed the spiritual mechanism in front of him rapidly weakening, and Zhou Bai's aura began plummeting crazily.

"Is this… is he committing suicide?"

Zi Yang True Monarch was shocked, his Primordial Spirit power continuously swirling into the opponent's body, attempting to manipulate Zhou Bai's flesh and suppress his Primordial Spirit.

However, it was futile. The opponent's spiritual mechanism was almost completely dissipating, signifying that his physical body was about to completely die. The strength of the spiritual mechanism was almost the same as the surrounding air.

"What's going on?"

"What exactly did Zhou Bai do?"

"Is he really committing suicide?"

At this moment, Zi Yang True Monarch could no longer restrain himself and opened his eyes, only to see Zhou Bai's heart shattered and his internal organs a blurry mess.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit also resembled a burst balloon, its aura plummeting rapidly, and it was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

"Did he shatter his own heart channel? Dissipated his own Primordial Spirit?"

With such severe injuries, merely relying on his strong vitality to hold on, he could die at any moment. Even Zi Yang True Monarch couldn't save Zhou Bai now.

While Zhou Bai looked at Zi Yang True Monarch, he yelled out one last time: "My life is my own to decide. No one else can capture me. After I commit suicide, don't trouble the people of Donghua City…"

The next moment, the Zhou Bai in front of him suddenly unleashed his last burst of Primordial Spirit power and physical strength, his body instantly turning into flying ashes, then evaporated completely by Zi Yang True Monarch's Primordial Spirit power.

"His pride was so strong? So resolute?"

"He just killed himself?"

Zi Yang True Monarch -12

Zi Yang shook his head, feeling an emptiness in his heart, devoid of any sense of revenge, only an indescribable irritation.

His great revenge was completed, yet it felt utterly meaningless, and now he had to silently wait for the last couple of hundred years of his life, watching himself slowly become utterly mutated.

Meanwhile, two flashes of lightning zipped by, as Xiang Tiandi and another god of the Plague Department—Fu Lei True Monarch—flew over.

Xiang Tiandi frowned and said, "Zi Yang! Did you kill Zhou Bai?"

Zi Yang True Monarch shook his head: "I wish I could torture him for a thousand millennia, how could I kill him? He killed himself."

"He killed himself," Zi Yang True Monarch repeated, shaking his head. "I had just caught him, and hadn't done anything when he shattered his own heart channel and dissipated his own Primordial Spirit."

Xiang Tiandi wondered, "Why would he do that? Could it be fake?"

Zi Yang True Monarch: "A person identical to Zhou Bai, with identical abilities; I think the possibility of it being fake is not high. He really killed himself."

Xiang Tiandi Wisdom -3

Fu Lei True Monarch Wisdom -15

Xiang Tiandi looked towards the sky, still feeling something was not right, "Something's fishy, the Heavenly Demon didn't come to his aid. Was he just coming here to die? Could it be that the Heavenly Demon cloned him?"

"Search the area within a hundred miles and see where he came from."

"Also check if there are any traces of the Heavenly Demon nearby; are they watching this place?"

Meanwhile, the mortal cultivators present gradually learned of Zhou Bai's death, and cheers occasionally erupted from the crowd.

"Dead?" Zheng Wentian slumped into his chair, his face a mix of tears and laughter, conflicted to the extreme.

In his eyes, Zhou Bai had always been a man shrouded in miracles.

It seemed that no matter what dangers he faced or what kind of enemy he confronted, he could always turn peril into safety and come out unscathed.

He was even able to retreat safely under the Heavenly Demon's cover while fighting with the Divine Emperor in Central City and facing the siege of gods such as the ghost-slaying gods and Xiang Tiandi.

Now to be told that Zhou Bai was truly dead, killed single-handedly by Zi Yang True Monarch, gave him a strong sense of unreality.

"Did you finally fall at the hands of a deity?" Zheng Wentian said, "I thought you had some plan, some earth-shattering conspiracy...and it turns out like this? You died silently, without even a slight twist."

...

Meanwhile, as Zi Yang True Monarch conveyed the news of Zhou Bai's death, Zhou Bai, far thousands of miles away, looked at the name on his auxiliary cultivation system panel and murmured inwardly, "Hmm?"

"Only three deities?"

Zhou Bai looked at the panel surprisingly and, after waiting for half an hour and seeing no new deity names appear, shook his head, "They only sent three deities to ambush me; how arrogant."

So, a day later, Zhou Bai regenerated a new Distorted Shadow and hurried to a position not far from the deep pit.

This time, he found the security at the pit's location was much too relaxed. The Distorted Shadow effortlessly rushed to the front of the gate and discovered that Zi Yang True Monarch was also not there.

Thus, he saw the Distorted Shadow suddenly pounce and burst directly through the gate.

At the same time, in a palace in the sky, Xiang Tiandi watched the scene of the Distorted Shadow entering the gate on the water mirror before him.

Xiang Tiandi coldly said, "As expected, a deceit."

Yesterday he really did believe Zhou Bai was dead because Zi Yang True Monarch wouldn't lie to him, and the cultivators present had indeed suffered from Zhou Bai's abilities.

But after more reflection, the more he thought about it, the more it felt wrong.

"I thought yesterday that Zhou Bai died too easily; considering how much the Heavenly Demon values him, how could he let him come here to die alone?"

Zi Yang True Monarch: "Then why didn't you stop him? Just watching him go in like that?"

Xiang Tiandi: "Remember the strange thing during the battle in Central City with the Heavenly Demon? After the battle, I suspected that it was Zhou Bai's ability."

Xiang Tiandi was referring to the battle in Central City, where Zhou Bai had dispatched the Distorted Shadow, which had disguised itself as the Heavenly Demon, inconspicuously.

But Xiang Tiandi, with his superior observational skills, could tell that the Heavenly Demon was actually being led by the Distorted Shadow and were attacking it all the time. Furthermore, on several occasions, Zhou Bai's deployed abilities targeted pushing them toward that strange thing (Distorted Shadow)...

At this moment, a series of information flashed through Xiang Tiandi's mind. Watching the scene of the Distorted Shadow entering the gate inside the water mirror, he asserted, "The Plague Department missed Zhou Bai's ability, he must still have some kind of cloning ability. These clones can not only look like him but can also disguise as various figures and even share his abilities."

Zi Yang: "Why not stop him?"

Xiang Tiandi: "Didn't you catch one yesterday? Was it useful?"

"He came to fetch the 'Primordial Dao Canon 06'; once he comes out, follow him, and naturally we will find Zhou Bai's real body."

"Just let him temporarily keep it for us; could his clone advance to the sixth realm with the 'Primordial Dao Canon' in such a short time?"

"Even if he later steps into the sixth state, it is only an increase of 10% in his Dao integration. Considering he has allied with the Heavenly Demon, we don't even know if he has the sixth level Divine Diagram."

Fu Lei True Monarch nodded and said, "If he breaks through to the sixth realm, we three won't be able to subdue him. Then what's the point of us cultivating or becoming gods? We might as well wait to die."