CHAPTER 1099: CHAPTER 1097: UPHEAVAL

It took humanity countless years to finally enter the steam age. As machine production replaced a significant amount of manual operations, the whole societal system underwent a tremendous upheaval.

Then, merely over a hundred years later, humanity entered the age of electricity, giving rise to cars, airplanes, and telegraphs. Transportation and communication both experienced dramatic changes.

Decades later, the atomic age began, computers appeared, and various related disciplines rapidly advanced.

With the advent of the internet and the rapid development of computer science, humanity entered the information age. The production process, communication process, and dissemination structure drastically changed, leading humanity towards electronics, intelligence, and globalization...

Several decades later, with the descent of the Celestial Court, fairy technology flowed into human society.

In just over twenty years, human technology experienced significant advancements with the aid of Daoist arts, with rapid developments in aerospace, communication, computer science, and other disciplines. Consequently, Heavenly Demons were born, and humanity was on the brink of fully entering the intelligent era.

However, the Spirit Machine Adjustment technology, spread across the globe, brought about an even more terrifying upheaval. The human civilization perished within a single day after the activation of this technology.

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The world’s development, the course of history, the transformation of civilizations... inevitably undergo drastic changes with the rise of certain technologies.

And the more powerful the technology rises, the greater the upheaval it causes, the faster the pace, the less time required to trigger the upheaval.

At this very moment, when Heavenly Demons inherited human technology and continued to develop silently over countless years, the result of their efforts converged in Zhou Bai’s consciousness. When this achievement encountered the nine calamities crafted by Spiritual People from beyond,

it was as if the birth of the steam engine, the application of electricity, the advent of the internet, or the appearance of the first intelligent Heavenly Demon...

The tide of the era is about to change. An unprecedented upheaval is spreading across the entire solar system with Zhou Bai as the center.

At this moment, the Haotian God Emperor grew increasingly alarmed in combat. Under his Light Speed Sword Skill, Zhou Bai initially showed some rawness in the first second of confrontation.

But from the fifth second, his lightsaber could no longer hit the opponent’s body.

By the tenth second, the sword light from the Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity began to fall upon the Haotian God Emperor.

A minute later, Zhou Bai’s Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity suddenly escalated to the eighth calamity force, and the Haotian God Emperor’s avatar was cut in half by a black sword.

The opponent was growing at a pace that even made the Haotian God Emperor feel shocked and find it unbelievable.

If Zhou Bai’s growth speed in the past surprised, admired, and intrigued him,

then Zhou Bai’s current performance already made him feel a strong sense of threat.

’I must take him down.’

The next moment, his calamity body transformed into flames and reassembled, but the aura felt significantly weaker, and even the size of the calamity body shrank slightly.

Watching this scene, Zhou Bai slowly said, "It’s over. This avatar of yours is no match for me. Defeat is just a matter of time."

The corner of the Haotian God Emperor’s mouth slightly twitched and then slowly curled up, revealing a faint smile.

In the next instant, plasma flames with temperatures reaching hundreds of thousands of degrees continually surged from his body.

The Haotian God Emperor slowly said, "Zhou Bai, my calamity body is immortal and undead. As long as calamities exist in the universe, my calamity body will not die. The battle has only just begun."

As he spoke, the Haotian God Emperor, surrounded by flames, had already returned to his original state. His aura once again reached the peak when his calamity body first descended on Mars.

"Mortal, I represent the highest realm of fairy path, the origin of infinite power."

"The power I wield is the culmination of countless generations of Spiritual People studying fairy paths, generations of celestial gods comprehending Heavenly Dao, gathering the essence of countless eras’ wisdom, civilization, and races..."

"It is the outcome of my countless bitter cultivation, unimaginable effort, and talent."

"As mortals, you will never be able to defeat me."

As he spoke, more and more Taiyan God weapons appeared behind the Haotian God Emperor, streams of fire shot up into the sky, tearing through the atmosphere and shooting thousands of kilometers into space, like a fiery serpent erupting from Mars.

Watching the Haotian God Emperor, whose momentum was soaring, Zhou Bai slowly said, "An immortal body without matched power is just a tragedy."

The next moment, their sword lights clashed again, the black tide of obliteration mixed with the light and heat that nurtures the entire solar system, sweeping across the ground amidst intertwined distorted spaces, shattering everything.

In Zhou Bai’s eyes, countless numbers, models, and predictions appeared on the Haotian God Emperor’s calamity body.

Temperature changes, heat flow, Spirit Machine operations... everything was so clear and completely analyzed by the Heavenly Demon Pool, predicting all of the Haotian God Emperor’s possible moves.

Meanwhile, Zhou Bai himself effortlessly rehearsed his Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity, Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, Emperor’s Sword, Heavenly Sword Swordsmanship... various martial arts and Daoist arts were easily deduced.

Problems that originally required a day, a month, or even a year of thought were solved in an instant, practiced in exchanges with the God Emperor, then deduced and corrected again... allowing Zhou Bai to improve at an unimaginable speed.

’Haotian God Emperor is indeed a supreme existence among celestial gods, his fairy path techniques cooperating with each other makes him nearly invincible.’

’To defeat him, I must first break through the blockade of his Daoist arts. Then, I must strike his immortal body hard enough to annihilate or seal him completely.’

’And to do this, I need to force a flaw in the intertwining of his Daoist arts, swordsmanship, physical skills, and habits, finding it at the moment it appears and then striking.’

’The difficulty is no less than finding a specific grain of sand in a desert for an ordinary person.’

’But for me now... it’s a piece of cake.’

With a loud bang, the Haotian God Emperor had just blocked another strike from Zhou Bai. In the next moment, the Emperor’s Sword, with uncanny precision, pointed at the center of his forehead. The power of the Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity instantly transformed into a black hole, directly engulfing the entire body of the Haotian God Emperor, locking him inside.

The Haotian God Emperor felt a slight constriction in his heart, "Has it been cracked?"

However, the next moment, rolling heat waves flashed in his eyes, "So what if you can attack me? The power of your Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity is limited, while the power of my calamity body is endless. How long can you confine me?"

Under the explosion of radiant radiation, the surrounding power of the Mixed Element Star Constellation Calamity was rapidly dissolved. But after the Haotian God Emperor broke free from the seal, he was faced with countless metal constructs imprisoning him inside.

"You think a metal cage can imprison me?"

The Haotian God Emperor sneered, and stellar flames erupted again, intending to turn everything in front of him to ashes.

Yet the flames didn’t burn through the metal cage. Instead, an intense electromagnetic field enveloped him, restricting the heat flow within his body.

The Haotian God Emperor’s expression suddenly changed, "This is..."

Zhou Bai said flatly, "Haotian God Emperor, the times have changed. I, who have integrated the pinnacle technology of Spiritual People, celestial gods, humans, and Heavenly Demons, am the future. You should be eliminated."

In the next moment, the body of the Haotian God Emperor exploded, turning into a massive fireball, firmly bound in place.

At the same time, Zhou Bai stood on the surface of Mars, looking at the special Spirit Machine Fusion Reaction Device he had created, with the Haotian God Emperor providing energy for the entire Mars.

Zhou Bai murmured, "Truly a natural, clean, and cheap energy source. The Spiritual People predecessor who created this Daoist art must have been a noble figure with a passion for cosmic environmental protection and care for people’s welfare."