Yun Chonghe had long lost control over the Heavenly Sword Elder. Watching the massive form of the Heavenly Sword Elder, large as a mountain, being blasted skyward by an ant-sized figure, his eyes revealed shock.

"The power of the immortal gods, is it really this formidable?"

Yun Chonghe sighed softly. Although he couldn't extricate Li Xiuzhu from his predicament, at least he managed to use the Heavenly Sword Elder to hold back a marshal from the Thunder Department. With a movement, he had already sped towards Zhou Bai's direction with Ying Hui in tow.

Though several celestial gods noticed them, they paid no attention. The many cultivators from the Heavenly Court retreated further and further without trying to stop them.

The aberrated Heavenly Sword Elder, meanwhile, was being suppressed by Fan Ming, battling from the battlefield sky towards outer space.

Over on the other side, Li Xiuzhu was in a bad shape as well. His coughing worsened, all his vitality and Primordial Spirit continually weakening. He could feel that his heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, lungs, and other organs were all failing.

If someone were to examine his body at that moment, they'd find that almost every organ was disease-ridden. His survival up till now was solely owing to his profound cultivation and willpower.

The Death Plague Heavenly Lord sneered, "Li Xiuzhu, keep fighting, and you'll die."

Li Xiuzhu gritted his teeth hard, spitting out the sword light of the Blood Transformation Divine Sword, slicing through the black air surrounding the Death Plague Heavenly Lord into a flurry of flesh and blood.

"No matter how powerful your Blood Transformation Divine Sword is, it still needs to hit its mark." The Death Plague Heavenly Lord continued without concern, waving his hands, as the ringing of bells on his wrists intensified. The power of the Nine Heavens Five Palaces Ten Gods Dance continuously spread.

All around, more and more Heavenly Court cultivators began to cough, sneeze, or suffer headaches and fevers, all showing signs of illness.

True Monarch Tan Lang shouted, "All cultivators below the level of immortals and gods, retreat ten miles!"

With the order given, the cultivators withdrew rapidly, eyes filled with reverence and fear towards the Fourth Department True Gods.

The Death Plague Heavenly Lord looked at True Monarch Tan Lang and True Monarch Yan Zhen, conveying telepathically, "What are you standing there for? Li Xiuzhu is already down. Go capture Zhou Bai."

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Tan Lang and True Monarch Yan Zhen moved towards Zhou Bai's location.

In front of Zhou Bai, Yun Chonghe and Ying Hui had already met with Qian Wangsun. As the two great True Gods came flying at high speed, Ying Hui quickly communicated with Qian Wangsun using Primordial Spirit power, "What's Zhou Bai's situation?"

Their Primordial Spirit powers connected, and Qian Wangsun had already conveyed the current situation to Yun Chonghe and Ying Hui.

Upon hearing this, Ying Hui immediately said, "I'll go with Old Yun to hold them off a little longer. If we can buy even one more second for Zhou Bai to absorb, it's worth it."

Listening to Ying Hui's words, which carried a hint of a death wish, Qian Wangsun, seeing layered visions of the future, stopped them and said, "No need, Zhou Bai will wake up himself."

Just as Ying Hui was about to speak again, two surges of Primordial Spirit power far beyond mortal imagination descended from above, enveloping the three of them.

True Monarch Yan Zhen pointed a finger, and the toxic cloud formed by the Unihorn Golden Winged Gu lunged forward.

Meanwhile, True Monarch Tan Lang, controlling the Starry Sky Giant, seized Zhou Bai. Numerous starlights enveloped Zhou Bai, transforming into a starlight array that trapped Zhou Bai entirely.

Then, True Monarch Tan Lang drew talisman symbols in the air, watching them form from starlight and attach themselves to Zhou Bai's body, completely suppressing his aura, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

After using the Starry Sky Giant, the grand array, and talisman seals to lock down Zhou Bai, True Monarch Tan Lang felt absolutely secure, considering that the opponent had defeated Xiang Tiandi on the arena after all.

He exhaled lightly, "It was easier than I imagined." He then looked over at True Monarch Yan Zhen, "I've subdued Zhou Bai; you can deal with these mortals now."

True Monarch Yan Zhen controlled the Unihorn Golden Winged Gu to envelop the three, the dense swarm of poisonous insects gnawing at their various Taoist arts and Primordial Spirit energies, yet refrained from immediately devouring them. It was because True Monarch Yan Zhen deliberately left them alive, thinking that if Zhou Bai violently resisted, he could use their lives to threaten Zhou Bai.

However, observing how easily Zhou Bai was captured by True Monarch Tan Lang, True Monarch Yan Zhen waved a hand, and the Unihorn Golden Winged Gu emitted a piercing cry as they lunged to devour Qian Wangsun and the others completely.

Yun Chonghe pointed a sword, merging the dual swords of purple and cyan into the Mixed Element Sword Formation, driving chaotic currents towards the insects.

Yet, those insects seemed impervious to the swords and even opened their mouths, greedily devouring the sword formation's power, the golden light upon them growing more radiant until, in an instant, they broke through the formation's defenses, ready to pounce upon the three's bodies.

Ying Hui enveloped himself with Primordial Spirit forces, "I'm the most useless here, let me go first; just try to hold them off a bit longer."

Yun Chonghe, his face twisted with frustration, despite knowing the vast gulf between the celestial gods and mortals, hadn't imagined it to be this great, where his Mixed Element Sword Formation couldn't endure even a single exchange with True Monarch Yan Zhen.

On the other hand, Qian Wangsun's eyes flickered with visions before taking a gentle breath, "Is this your choice, Zhou Bai?"

Thus, Qian Wangsun tugged at Ying Hui and Yun Chonghe, saying, "Retreat!"

At the same time, True Monarch Yan Zhen abruptly halted the Unihorn Golden Winged Gu, gazing solemnly in another direction.

And, at that moment, from another direction.

A voice suddenly sounded behind True Monarch Tan Lang, "What have you caught?"

The sudden voice startled True Monarch Tan Lang, whose Primordial Spirit power swept backward instantly, detecting a surprising figure.

There Zhou Bai stood with arms crossed, smiling as he looked at True Monarch Tan Lang before him.

"Zhou Bai? Wasn't he captured by me?" True Monarch Tan Lang thought, and with a motion from the Starry Sky Giant, the Zhou Bai he had trapped was crushed, bursting apart with a show of metallic components and electric sparks.

The Zhou Bai caught by True Monarch Tan Lang turned out to be a Mechanical Minion.

Instantly responding, True Monarch Tan Lang retreated seven consecutive steps, drawing myriad stars, summoning three Starry Sky Giants around Zhou Bai, each extending a palm like canyon walls closing in, converging with overwhelming force onto Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai, however, paid no attention to these, his eyes still seemingly drowsy. Over two hundred martial arts techniques had been infused into him within mere minutes, leaving him feeling dizzy and struggling to respond to the present situation.

Moreover, the martial arts infusion at the Heavenly Arena was not just a transfer of knowledge but also of power.

At this moment, not only had Zhou Bai learned these martial techniques, but his body also contained power drawn from the cultivators.