Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 682 682: 680 Ming Ri (Thanks to 'Delusional Demon God Li Anping' for the generous support once again)

Inside the cavern, the mysterious woman watched as Zhou Bai's expression, no longer fierce, stabilized and asked, "Zhou Bai, are you alright? What happened just now?"

Controlling the twisted shadow, Zhou Bai felt as though he possessed two bodies simultaneously, able to see what both pairs of eyes saw, hear what both pairs of ears heard, and perceive everything both bodies sensed.

It was a very special experience, almost as if he had grown a new body.

Upon hearing the woman's words, Zhou Bai's true form waved his hand: "It's nothing, I'm fine. It's just that the environment over there took me by surprise."

Relieved by his answer, the woman gripped the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword in her hands even tighter, wholeheartedly protecting the Zhou Bai before her.

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In Zhou Bai's mind, strands of clues interwove and combined, forming what seemed like a long river of history. As he contemplated and speculated, it gradually emerged within his thoughts.

"Countless years ago, the first Great War between humans and demons occurred, with Spiritual People and the deities cultivated by them opposing the monsters that had developed from various animals.

Lacking the support of void energy, in the face of the Spiritual People and deities cherished by the Heavenly Dao, monsters met with utter defeat.

But just as the deities were gaining the upper hand, the void appeared.

The Heavenly Dao's radiation upon the Material World was affected, and the spiritual energies began to wane.

Accompanied by these drastic environmental changes, there were even occurrences of large-scale deaths among the Spiritual People.

Deities and demons alike put aside the Great War, each seeking different ways to hide.

In the following days, intelligent humans gradually came to the fore, developing a prosperous modern civilization.

Then, as the spiritual energies revived, the Spiritual People and deities returned.

Intelligent humans and Spiritual People began cooperating, initiating the spiritual energy regulation project.

When spiritual energies went berserk, intelligent humans were almost entirely wiped out, and at the same time, demons began to revive.

What followed was a restoration history of Spiritual People and a small number of intelligent humans, as well as the complete revival of demons who, having mastered the power of the void, initiated the second Great War between humans and demons.

In this protracted war, demons gained an absolute advantage, even at one point toppling the heavenly realm and ruling the entire planet..."

"At last, the heavenly realm countered, the second Great War between humans and demons ended, and then came the battle between good and evil, the Heavenly Demon War, the distortion of the Heavenly Dao..."

Zhou Bai deduced the entire historical sequence based on the clues he had but always felt there were many important events missing and numerous questions lacking evidence, mere speculation.

For instance, regarding the emergence of the void and the waning and revival of spiritual energies, these were all his conjectures—Zhou Bai did not have evidence.

And then there were the entities like the Supreme Heavenly Venerates and Demon Saints… Zhou Bai found it hard to imagine such terrifying beings being defeated. How powerfully formidable must the Demon Saints, the Demon Gods who defeated them, have been?

"Conjecture is still conjecture, I need more evidence."

Zhou Bai thought, "Especially more information related to the extinction of intelligent humans, which probably needs to be obtained from the Heavenly Demon. Also, the intricacies of the human-demon wars, the whereabouts of Li Tai and his group of intelligent humans, I'm afraid these will have to be pried from the mouths of the heavenly deities."

Dr. Zhuang just watched Zhou Bai silently, and after waiting a few minutes, asked curiously, "You seem to have thought of something?"

"It's nothing, just some minor matters." Zhou Bai then recalled another issue, something that had troubled him for a long time.

Zhou Bai asked, "When I was searching for the original Dao Scriptures 03, you mentioned Christina and the Ming Ri Project to me."

Zhou Bai, "You told me then that it was about seeking a change in the path of cultivation, hoping to find another way to grow stronger, aside from Ascension."

"What exactly is the Ming Ri plan?"

"I've told you even this?" Dr. Zhuang looked at Zhou Bai in surprise.

Zhou Bai thought for a moment and then said straightforwardly, "To be honest, Christina is right beside me now. She has been instrumental in the development of my combat strength up to this point. However, her memory is not complete, and she cannot recall many things."

Dr. Zhuang, pinching his chin, said, "So that's how it is. It seems that the Ming Ri plan... Perhaps it was indeed partially successful?"

Zhou Bai, "So what exactly is the Ming Ri plan?"

Dr. Zhuang, "How much do you know about the Demon bloodline?"

Zhou Bai, "If you're referring to the fact that modern humans possess Demon bloodlines and are not pure-blooded humans, then yes, I'm aware."

Dr. Zhuang said in surprise, "You know this too? Well, this makes it easier to explain. I just mentioned that Demons can utilize the power of the void to grow stronger and fight."

"Whereas humanity has always followed the path of cultivating Daoist techniques and Ascension."

"So aside from Ascension, the Ming Ri plan's purported method to develop an alternative path to strength is the cultivation technique of Demons."

"However, I do not know the specifics of how they did it. I only know their concept."

"Logically speaking, if Miss Christina is truly by your side, that would mean the Ming Ri plan must pertain to you."

Saying this, Dr. Zhuang curiously circled around Zhou Bai, "But you clearly practice Primitive Dao Treasures. Do you possess the cultivation method of the Demons?"

Zhou Bai shook his head, "Right, didn't you just say that the Primitive Dao Treasures seek the power of the void? Does that count as the Demons' cultivation method?"

Dr. Zhuang, "It's different. The Primitive Dao Treasures are developed based on the technology of Immortal Dao, after all. It's a method that uses Daoist techniques to wield the power of the void, just like the Five Divine Skills of the Three Pure Dao Sect, which also utilize the power of the void to varying degrees, but they have nothing to do with the internal Demon bloodline. They cannot bring out the power of the Demons."

"True Demons can adapt to almost any natural environment and can utilize all forces except for the Heavenly Dao."

"If you have only cultivated the Primitive Dao Treasures, then why would Miss Christina follow you?"

"Could the content of the Ming Ri plan have changed? Yes, it's quite possible, after all, I wasn't a part of the Ming Ri plan, so I have no idea what they actually did."

Hearing Dr. Zhuang's words, the shadow of the Heavenly Disaster suddenly flashed through Zhou Bai's mind.

"Could it be... the Heavenly Disaster is a product of the Ming Ri plan?"

Zhou Bai shook his head vigorously, "Impossible, the Heavenly Disaster is too strong, it essentially surpasses the power of all divine diagrams."

"To be honest, although I'm a genius, without the Heavenly Disaster, I would at most be on par with Wei Cangsheng and Jue Ji, just an unremarkable peerless genius, leading an ordinary and dull life."

"To say that the Three Pure Dao Sect's Ming Ri plan created the Heavenly Disaster is truly unbelievable."

"And as for the so-called power of the Demons... that's even less likely to be the Heavenly Disaster. If Demons really all possessed such power, they would not have been driven back in the second warfare between humans and Demons."

Dr. Zhuang seemed to notice the confusion in Zhou Bai's eyes and smiled, "It seems you're also unclear about what's going on. Well, you might as well wait until your strength is sufficient and then go back to the Dao School in Donghua to ask."

Suddenly, Dr. Zhuang's gaze slightly sharpened as he looked towards the sky, "It looks like we don't have time to continue chatting."

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