Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 553 - 552 On the Beginning of Discussing the Tao

Zheng Wentian faced the man before him, who was none other than Zi Yang True Monarch's other son, Zheng Wenguang. He noticed that Wenguang's expression was rather grim as he stared at Wentian and said, "Father asked you to come back, why didn't you?"

Zheng Wentian lowered his head and replied softly, "Father sent me to Donghua City to learn the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword technique, and I haven't finished learning it yet…"

The other coldly said, "Don't play dumb with me. Do you realize that you're defying Father's orders?" He thought to himself with some disdain, 'This idiot, if he keeps this up, Father will send him to the laboratory.'

Zheng Wentian's face showed helplessness, and his heart was filled with it as well, 'I already defied the old man during the big competition at the four schools, and then hid purposely in Donghua City. If I go back now, I'm likely to be thrown into the laboratory immediately. There's no going back now.'

The other continued, "Father is currently busy with the affairs of the Thunder Department and doesn't have time to deal with you, but Xiang Haocu and the others already know about your situation. They asked me to call you over."

"Xiang Haocu?" Zheng Wentian furrowed his brows.

Just like the Immortals of the Plague Department, such as Yan Shan and Yan Hai, the Thunder Department's divine beings also had their own circles of influence, and as Zi Yang True Monarch's son in the Thunder Department, Zheng Wentian was naturally a member of these circles.

The Plague Department was led by the three great Monarchs, while the Thunder Department was ruled by the four great Marshals.

Xiang Haocu, as the son of the Thunder Department Demon Sweeping Marshal and possessing formidable strength at the seventh level, was essentially the leader among the numerous divine beings in the Thunder Department.

Originally, Zheng Wentian also rallied behind him, but he knew that Haocu might already be aware of his siding with Donghua Dao School, and calling him over definitely wouldn't be for anything good.

Thus, Zheng Wentian shook his head and said, "There's nothing worth meeting about, right? I need to prepare for tomorrow's philosophical debate. I'm going back to rest."

Watching Zheng Wentian turn to leave, Zheng Wenguang said, "Is running away useful? Do you think they will let you off easily? Can you hide forever?"

"Come with me to see Xiang Haocu, I'll help you plead for mercy. They'll give you a hard time, but it won't be too harsh."

Zheng Wentian stopped in his tracks, his eyes filled with hesitation, struggling internally. Wenguang continued, "Think about your younger brother and sister, can you really run away with them? The entire human world belongs to the Heavenly Court, where can you run to?"

Zheng Wentian sighed deeply, turned around, and followed the other into the darkness.

…

Early the next morning, Zhou Bai and the others gathered in the lobby of the first floor of the building.

Aside from Zhou Bai and Kong Chan, almost everyone looked extremely nervous. Ying Hui said to them, "Relax, being nervous now is useless, just do your best."

Zhou Bai glanced at Kong Chan of Leiyin Temple, always feeling that this guy looked cold and soulless. He then turned to Zheng Wentian beside him and asked curiously, "What did you do last night? Why do you look so listless?"

Zheng Wentian quickly shook his head, "No… It was nothing."

Just then, Yun Chonghe checked the time, "Let's go, it's about time."

The group strode out of the dormitory building and headed towards the competition venue.

This time, the Great Luo Heaven debate was taking place in a special space-time called Great Luo Heaven by the Heavenly Court.

This Great Luo Heaven was said to have been opened by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate in the past and unless granted permission by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, no one else could enter.

However, during the debate, not all participants entered Great Luo Heaven at the same time; instead, two participants would enter to compete during the debate time.

Whether participants, teachers, observers, or even deities and Immortals, everyone else could only watch the combat through transmitted visuals and sound from outside.

Soon Zhou Bai and his group passed through Central City on the ground and arrived at a huge square.

The entire square was filled with densely packed spectator stands from low to high.

Over a hundred thousand spectators sat eagerly and excitedly in these stands, waiting for the debate to begin.

Zhou Bai and his team were led by the staff to the contestants' seats. As this batch of people arrived, immediately countless malevolent glances swept over them, clearly all directed at Zhou Bai.

As more and more contestants and viewers arrived, the atmosphere at the venue grew increasingly lively. At the same time, the live broadcast had already started across the human world, with every human gathering place unfolding huge atmospheric projections showing the live conditions at the venue.

…

Donghua Dao School.

"It's starting, the broadcast has started!"

With Jing Xiu's shout, Xia Li hurriedly ran to the rooftop, where she could see a huge projection descending on the artificial sky nearby, revealing the entire debate scene.

Xia Li was both nervous and excited as she said, "It's starting…"

Lu Wanzhen anxiously remarked, "I heard that this debate in Great Luo Heaven… doesn't care about life or death, you think Qian Wangsun and Zhou Bai won't get hurt, right?"

Lin Muqing laughed and said, "Why didn't you ask them before?"

Lu Wanzhen gave a wry smile, "I didn't want to pressure them, I didn't sleep at all last night."

Jing Xiu stared intently at the projection and suddenly said, "Right, didn't Nasha come?"

Lin Muqing replied, "That cultivation fanatic... planned to cultivate today as well and said she wouldn't come."

As soon as the phrase 'cultivation fanatic' was mentioned, everyone shuddered; to them, Nasha's training regimen was excessive and the kind that made people break out in a cold sweat.

...

In the dormitory of Dao School, Nasha stared blankly out the window at the grand atmospheric projection.

'Yesterday, on the Heavenly Imperial Platform, the Human Emperor Sword showed no reaction. Perhaps we were also wrong...'

'Let's see the result of the discourse, at least we need to obtain the fluid.'

'But from yesterday's footage, neither Haotian God Emperor nor Supreme Heavenly Venerate had recovered.'

...

On the streets of Central City, massive projections enveloped the gathering spots in the sky.

Countless people gathered on the streets, excitedly watching the scenes within the projections.

The human race had not seen such a lively and prosperous era in a very long time.

A little girl with black hair walked down the street, looking up dazedly at the sky. free𝑤ebnovel.com

"Alice, what are you looking at? Let's go."

The little girl immediately turned around, grabbed a man's right hand, and followed him forward.

Yet after a few steps, the man turned around with a peculiar expression. "Is it my imagination?" He shook his head and continued walking.

Meanwhile, in the direction the man had just turned from, Li Xiuzhu hid behind a corner of a wall, picturing the man's appearance, "Even he has come... What is this guy planning this time? Will it interfere with my plans?"

...

As the live broadcast began, the atmosphere in the five major cities surged, with the attention of billions of people focused on the discourse arena in Daluo Heaven.

Accompanied by the arrival of representatives like Thunder Department's Zi Yang True Monarch, the Battle Department's Greedy Wolf True Monarch, the Plague Department's Tian Wei True Monarch, the Heavenly Department's Xing Zhuan Monarch, and those from Wanxian Island such as Tian Yangzi, Butcher of Ghosts, Real Person Ming Yue, and Real Person Qin, a total of eight gods and immortals, the atmosphere suddenly became as intense as oil on fire, reaching an extreme.

In a vision not visible to ordinary people, luck churned rapidly, gathering together, and faintly, there seemed to be a giant dragon roaring above the arena, but the next moment, it shattered into pieces, unable to take shape, before finally disappearing into the void.

Tianyangzi spoke softly, his calm and gentle voice enveloping the whole venue, then transmitted to every corner of the five major cities through the projection.

"Today, the elite of the human race are gathered here, to discourse in Daluo Heaven. Whoever can finally excel over all, defeating all heroes, will obtain this Holy Sword of the Human Path."

Tianyangzi flicked his sleeve, and a beam of golden light shot into the sky, it was the Human Emperor Sword.

The Human Emperor Sword directly entered the vortex in the center of the square; then the points of light within the vortex opened up, turning into a huge image covering the entire square, distinctly displaying the scene within the spacetime of Daluo Heaven.

Within the spacetime of Daluo Heaven, an immensely large bronze platform, resembling an island, floated above the sea of clouds.

The Human Emperor Sword then flew above the platform, quietly hovering there as if waiting for the ultimate winner of the discourse.

This was the internal projection of Daluo Heaven; now, as soon as a contestant stepped into the central vortex of the square, they could enter the spacetime of Daluo Heaven to engage in the battle of discourse.

The spectators and immortals outside the spacetime of Daluo Heaven could watch the battle inside Daluo Heaven distinctly through the image on the square.

Following Tianyangzi's opening remarks, the discourse of Daluo Heaven officially began.

Zhou Bai and the others had already heard the related rules once on the Heavenly Imperial Platform, in sum, life and death were inconsequential, surrender was allowed.

The discourse consisted of two parts; the first part involved more than six hundred contestants randomly drawing lots to face off in pairs.

Each contestant had two chances to forfeit before entering Daluo Heaven; after using up two forfeits, any additional forfeit would result in elimination.

Once a contestant entered Daluo Heaven for the discourse, either death or surrender would lead to elimination.

This would continue until only the last ten contestants remained, who would then compete in the second part to determine the top ten rankings.

Following Tianyangzi's command, countless names violently switched in mid-air.

After ten seconds, only two names remained in the sky.

Zhou Bai versus Feng De.