Upon hearing Li Xiuzhu's words, Zhou Bai instinctively wanted to refute him. He never wished to become an omnipotent, omniscient god.

Yet, just as he opened his mouth to say something, he paused slightly and furrowed his brows.

"Become an omnipotent, omniscient god?" Zhou Bai sighed, "If the circumstances allowed, who wouldn't want to become such an entity?"

"If it were possible, who wouldn't want to become the strongest in the world?"

"If it were achievable, who wouldn't want to use power to sweep everything aside?"

Zhou Bai looked at Li Xiuzhu and said, "If you had such power, or if you had the possibility of gaining such power, wouldn't you want it?"

Li Xiuzhu looked at Zhou Bai with a serious expression, "If one person uses their power to sweep everything aside, it's using personal will to change the world. With such thoughts, even if one gets stronger all along, that person will become yet another Heavenly Court, and humans would merely be his pets."

Zhou Bai said, "But this is our real world; as long as there is Immortal Dao, as long as cultivation is possible, there will always be divisions of strength, there will always be a group of the strongest people. They will always hold power far beyond the weak. Even without you and me, without the Divine Emperor, without the Celestial Master, there will be other Great Emperors, other Divine Monarchs."

Li Xiuzhu said, "That's why I want to awaken the demon bloodline in everyone, letting everyone possess formidable power. This is not just to provide humans with the power to resist the Heavenly Court, but also to bridge the gap between the strongest and the weakest among humans."

Zhou Bai sighed, "Many people will die, and perhaps the entire race can't bear such drastic change. You're moving too fast. We strong ones should be ahead; the transformation of the people needs to be gradual."

"That will only create a batch of gods." Li Xiuzhu sighed, "Moreover, we don't have time anymore. This is a rebirth through fire; I trust in humanity's potential and resilience."

Zhou Bai: "You are dragging the entire race, taking countless unaware people to gamble with you."

Li Xiuzhu: "Facing the survival and demise of all humanity, who has the right to preserve themselves?"

After Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, both of them fell silent instantly.

Qian Wangsun on the side showed a sorrowful expression. He covered his eyes and lamented in his heart, "This state of clearly seeing but powerless to change things is really bad... Is it because I'm too weak? Even seeing it, I can't stop these two men before me."

Qian Wangsun raised his head, looking at Zhou Bai and Li Xiuzhu ahead of him. Even though he too possessed genius-level talents, he couldn't intervene.

With their silence, the atmosphere on the scene grew increasingly oppressive; the air became heavier. Qian Wangsun, Yun Chonghe, and Ying Hui all felt as if a huge boulder weighed on their chests, making it hard to breathe.

Zhou Bai shook his head, knowing that no matter what he said, he couldn't persuade Li Xiuzhu solely by words, only because their backgrounds, races, and experiences were vastly different, leading to great ideological differences.

Li Xiuzhu couldn't convince Zhou Bai to help with planning for the Sky Flipping Sect entirely.

Nor could Zhou Bai convince Li Xiuzhu to mobilize the resources of the Sky Flipping Sect to fully support him.

"Ultimately, this is a world where force determines the final outcome."

Zhou Bai sighed deeply, staring at Li Xiuzhu: "What if I must stop you?"

Li Xiuzhu sighed lightly, "Then we can only be enemies in the future. Humans cannot become Immortal and divine, nor do we have the technology like the Heavenly Demon. The only things we can rely on are the demon bloodline within us and the mastery of mutation weapons. This is the resistance we, the weaker side, can offer by sacrificing our lives..."

Simultaneously, the Sky Illuminating Pearl transformed into a giant bubble, enveloping him protectively. Then Li Xiuzhu opened his palm, revealing a string of bracelets, with a distorted power rising from the hand bead.

Zhou Bai's gaze sharpened, becoming vigilant immediately; he thought to himself: 'Is this another mutation weapon of Li Xiuzhu?'

Besides the Blood Transformation Divine Sword, Li Xiuzhu held two other mutation weapons in his hand.

One is the Sky Illuminating Pearl, achieved through Jian Hui's self-sacrifice, and the other is the mutation weapon refined from the demon Zhu Yan Li Xiuzhu brought back from Donghua City, which is exactly the bracelet in his palm now.

Li Xiuzhu spoke slowly, "Zhou Bai, this mutation weapon is called the Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet. Originally, I planned to use this mutation weapon to temporarily retreat no matter win or lose after the Heavenly Arena concludes. Up until now, I am the only one who knows the capabilities of this mutation weapon..."

Li Xiuzhu has always concealed the capability of this mutation weapon, so even within the Sky Flipping Sect, no one knew the specific capability, obviously because last time there was a traitor among the disciples which heightened Li Xiuzhu's vigilance.

Seeing the Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet flying from Li Xiuzhu's palm, spinning fast like a vortex, transforming the space into layers of ripples.

Enveloped by these layers of space ripples, Li Xiuzhu seemed like stepping into another world, and his aura became elusive. Then he opened his mouth and exhaled; a red light shot straight up, penetrating the cloud layer and showering a rain of blood all around.

The next moment, without waiting for Zhou Bai's reaction, the vortex suddenly expanded, swallowing Li Xiuzhu and Qian Wangsun instantly before vanishing, leaving Zhou Bai, Zhao Shouyi, and Ying Hui behind.

Zhou Bai felt that Li Xiuzhu, after being swallowed by the vortex, had completely departed from this place.

Meanwhile, the demons ten miles away, upon seeing the blood light in the sky, also burrowed underground, their presences following suit and vanished.

Zhou Bai furrowed his brows, realizing that the Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet in the opponent's hand was indeed a mutation weapon possessing some sort of spatial transmission ability.

At the same time, Zhou Bai suddenly had a layer of understanding: 'After obtaining this Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet, Li Xiuzhu indeed had the ability to retreat after the Heavenly Arena, but if he could retreat, why didn't he use the Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet to retreat initially? Instead, he set up the Heavenly Arena?'

'What if he loses in the Heavenly Arena, wouldn't it be...'

Zhou Bai's gaze moved slightly: 'Even losing doesn't matter because if he loses, the Great Sky Flipping Fist Intent is extracted, and from the current observation, he can quickly retrieve the Great Sky Flipping Fist Intent.

And if an Immortal is infused with the Great Sky Flipping Fist Intent, perhaps unconsciously influenced by Li Xiuzhu's ideology, even if not influenced, their combat power will be reduced somewhat.'

At this moment, seeing Li Xiuzhu activate the Earth Leaving Qiankun Bracelet before him, Zhou Bai finally fully understood the opponent's plan.

From setting up the Heavenly Arena, regardless of a win or lose on the stage, it seemed Li Xiuzhu could accept both outcomes. Winning, he extracted the Immortal's powers to enhance himself; losing, he influenced an Immortal with the Great Sky Flipping Fist Intent.

Only later did Zhou Bai's arrival alter Li Xiuzhu's plan.