The Xuanbai Sword danced in the air, transforming into dozens of silver lights that pierced through the atmosphere like bolts of lightning aimed at the Xuan Nu. With a series of clinking sounds, under the assault of the flying swords, not a single mark was left on Xuan Nu's mecha. With a mere thought, the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword shot out from Xuan Nu's Sea of Consciousness, bringing with it waves of sword light aimed at herself, yet it still couldn't break through the mecha. After several attempts, Xuan Nu realized that if she didn't use her deformity abilities, she couldn't manage to break through this armor at all. "Unbelievable." Xuan Nu said with a face full of amazement, "This armor's protective capability is so strong, only battle power at the level of an Immortal or higher might break through it." Xuan Nu looked at her side in surprise and delight: "Zhou Bai, you're amazing." "Hehe, it's nothing significant, just something that no one has been able to achieve for thousands of years." Zhou Bai smiled and said: "As long as you are happy." Christina couldn't help but comment, "You're just relying on cheats." "Cheats are also part of one's strength." Zhou Bai replied calmly: "If you have the skills, you can use them too." Christina was so angry that her teeth itched, while Zhou Bai ignored her and directly approached the mecha, setting aside dozens of units for Zuo Dao and keeping the remaining 100 or so for himself. Christina curiously asked, "Are you going to wear them? Can you wear over 100 sets?" "Of course, I'm not wearing them myself." Zhou Bai said, "I still find the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor a bit tougher." Coveting various enhancing magical artifacts and sharing his defensive power with them, Zhou Bai found wearing the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor made him stronger than in the mecha before him. "These mechas are prepared for the puppetry soldiers." Puppetry soldiers are puppets created through special refining methods, powerful enough not only to perform martial arts and Taoist skills but also to use magical artifacts. "Qi Sea Ten Thousand Soldiers Has Invisible Evil" is the world's top method for refining puppetry soldiers, combining seven kinds of visible evil and invisible evil, and the resulting soldiers not only possess spirituality and can perform martial arts and magical artifacts, but can also freely switch between realities, usually stored within a Qi Sea Dantian opened by Taoist arts. At this moment, as Zhou Bai's thought moved, streams of puppetry soldiers flooded out from his Dantian, more than a hundred soldiers fell into the Material World, taking human shapes covered in golden armor from head to toe. Then, under Zhou Bai's control, each of these soldiers donned the mechas in front of them. With a casual flick, Zhou Bai released the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, and with a terrifying gravitational force, one of the soldiers was flung out, crashing into a mountain flank with a boom. But moments later, the soldier burst through the sky full of earth and sand, emerging unscathed. Seeing this scene, Zhou Bai chuckled with satisfaction, his strength had taken yet another step forward. Next, fifty of the soldiers flew up, with the mechas' tails spraying flames, heading in the direction of Central City. It was Zhou Bai's plan to have the mechas transport fifty soldiers to Central City for the Twisted Shadow's use. In Central City, the Twisted Shadow found an excuse to leave Wanxian Island to receive these 50 puppetry soldiers outside the city. The Twisted Shadow, although unable to cultivate and refine puppetry soldiers, still mastered the same Taoist arts while Zhou Bai's original body cultivated. With his hand forming a Daoist gesture, spiritual energy fluctuated as he took all the soldiers into his Dantian's Qi Sea. "With this, the Twisted Shadow finally has a Daoist art that can be openly and honestly performed in Central City." Zhou Bai sighed in relief, returning to the Ming Yue Residence to find Ming Yue waiting for him. Ming Yue tapped Zhou Bai's head helplessly: "You little rascal, why do you like wandering out so much? Isn't staying home and cultivating more beneficial?" Zhou Bai smiled gently, holding Ming Yue's finger that had tapped him: "Staying home every day is too boring, why not, Sister, come out and play with me?" Ming Yue pulled her finger away from Zhou Bai's grip: "You little brat, always so handsy, getting bolder and bolder, you were so well-behaved when we first met." Despite her words of reprimand, Ming Yue's face was full of smiles, showing no sign of blaming, but instead, with a shift of her Primordial Spirit power, she brought forth a table of Immortal Fruit cultivated in the celestial court. "These were brought by Tianyangzi, give them a taste." "Tianyangzi came by?" "Hmm, seems like he was apologizing for last time's incident with Zhenjun Po Jun." Ming Yue flashed a slightly bizarre expression, "If someone should apologize, it shouldn't be him, that's a bit odd." Except for a Primordial Spirit, Ming Yue peeled a grape-like Immortal Fruit and offered it to Zhou Bai: "Here, open your mouth and have one." As the two teased each other, Wei He arrived at the palace entrance seeking an audience, and while Ming Yue initially intended to deny him, Zhou Bai insisted on letting him in, as he had planned for Wei He to take him to attend a righteous god's gathering today. Ming Yue couldn't stand up to Zhou Bai's request, so she called Wei He inside. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel fire.net As Wei He stepped into the courtyard, he saw Zhou Bai and Ming Yue cozying up together, with Ming Yue stuffing a peeled fruit into Zhou Bai's mouth, and Zhou Bai feeding a peeled Immortal Peach to Ming Yue. Seeing their intimate behavior, Wei He thought to himself, "Ming Yue and Ming Ri seem to have a great sibling relationship; she must see Ming Ri as her own brother, right?" "Looks like from now on, I'll need to treat Ming Ri well too, so as not to upset Ming Yue." "Though I've been chatting a bit daily with Ming Ri lately, that shouldn't be too bad, should it?" "Yes, since we're family, we can still get a bit closer." Ming Yue glanced at Wei He and asked, "You're taking him to a righteous god's gathering?" Wei He: "It's a Daoist discussion organized by a few Righteous Gods from the Plague Department, mainly exchanging insights on the Taiwei Jiu Chen algorithms." Ming Yue: "Now that the celestial court's situation is chaotic, since you're taking Ming Ri out, make sure to look after him, don't let him cause any trouble, I only have this good brother." Wei He straightened his back and said, "Don't worry, Ming Yue, with me around, I assure you no harm will come to a single strand of Ming Ri's hair." Ming Yue took out a small banner, handing it to Zhou Bai: "Brother, keep this Golden Light Trapping Sky Banner safe, I left a Primordial Spirit split body in it for you to take as protection this time, and return it to me when you come back. Be careful with the few Righteous Gods in the Plague Department who aren't quite fond of mortals." Zhou Bai's eyes shone brilliantly as he took the Golden Light Trapping Sky Banner in hand, thinking to himself: 'I should try selling it to see. But I saw Ming Yue test this deformity weapon's power is at least two Yans or more, selling it might not be worth it after all.' Wei He watched in amazement at the scene: "Even lending a deformity weapon, Ming Yue really treats this brother well." With Ming Yue's words of caution, Zhou Bai left with Wei He, inquiring about the gathering's details along the way. Zhou Bai: "Brother Wei, hasn't there been some friction between the Righteous Gods and the Immortals lately? Are we okay going there?" Wei He: "The Righteous Gods of the Plague Department have always been most focused on research, uninterested in conflicts, and the Righteous Gods organizing the gathering this time have a pretty good relationship with me, so it's fine." The two of them flew out of Wanxian Island, passing through a sea of clouds across floating islands and pavilion towers, arriving at a palace. Entering the hall, led by Wei He, they saw more than a dozen figures, some seated cross-legged, some floating, or standing in the air, each with a green glow over their heads. In Wei He's heart, he wondered: "This many Righteous Gods attended the discussion?" Zhou Bai's excitement surged: "All mine!" At this moment, one of the Righteous Gods, a white-haired youth, looked over, the gaze upon Zhou Bai filled with a hint of inner disgust. With a slight frown, he said, "Wei He, why bring a mortal to such a gathering? Hmph, something like a pig or dog, what right do they have to enter?" The next instant, Zhou Bai suddenly felt a wave of Primordial Spirit power crashing toward him, as if a mountain was pressing down, trying to pin him to the ground.