Looking at Wei He's dejected and sorrowful departure, Zhou Bai nodded silently. "Since I know the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's plan, I naturally cannot let him carry it out smoothly." Zhou Bai planned to prevent the wedding in advance, exposing the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's scheme, to gain more time for his own power growth. "The Supreme Heavenly Venerate possesses the time-stopping gemstone. Even though I'm wise, I haven't figured out how to break the time suspension yet." "The strength of the Demon Saint is even more unfathomable. Even with my Tao transformation at 80%, I'm probably no match for him." "And the several forces that emerged after Time Reverse are all obstacles to world peace." "I need more time and resources to enhance my power, but I also can't sit by and watch the Supreme Heavenly Venerate enhance the power of the time-stopping gemstone." In the sea of consciousness, Christina, watching Wei He's desolate appearance, sighed and said, "It's just too tragic. I feel that if he continues , he'll undergo distortion. Besides, can we rely solely on him?" Zhou Bai: "Of course, Wei He alone isn't enough. We need more help. The Supreme Heavenly Venerate is already extremely powerful. If his time-stopping gemstone absorbs a dozen more trigram forces, who knows how powerful it might become... This ability to stop time is really troublesome." "Zhou Bai?" Xuannü's voice came: "Are you coming back for dinner tonight?" "No!" Zhou Bai replied impatiently: "I told you I'm busy! Don't talk to me unless it's important." "Oh oh." Xuannü said softly, "Then I won't disturb you. Keep busy." Meanwhile, at a distant Heavenly Demon base, batches of Heavenly Demon Materials were being twisted into lazy gas by the distorted shadow, dissipating into the air. The resource consumption after the battle in Central City had slowly been replenishing over the past few months for the Heavenly Demons. Currently, Zhou Bai's efficiency in selling Heavenly Demon Materials had far surpassed before, now reaching 20.7 million lazy gas value, 4.3 million short of the 25 million needed to light up the first star point of the Enrage Diagram. At the same time, the distorted shadow was negotiating terms with the Heavenly Demon Queen. He hoped the Heavenly Demons would use the human traitors controlled within Central City to spread some information, disrupting the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's plan. "...That's the situation. From what I know, the whole grand marriage is part of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's scheme, a setup to initiate infighting among the immortals and deities." In front of the distorted shadow, an ordinary-looking robot stood casually, and after listening to what he said, it emitted the Heavenly Demon Queen's voice: "What about the God Emperor? Won't he stop this?" Zhou Bai: "The God Emperor is probably being restricted by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate through some method, unable to obstruct his plans in time. Until now, no one can truly contact him. The God Emperor in the Heavenly Court is currently just an impostor by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate." "That's why we need to take initiative to expose the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's plan, to prevent the immortals and deities from falling into his trap." Listening to Zhou Bai's words, the Heavenly Demon Queen was full of doubt: "How would you know such things? Moreover, what's the purpose of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's plan? Why would he want to instigate infighting among the immortals and deities, actively weakening the Heavenly Court's power?" Zhou Bai: "I learned this information through life-or-death struggles and extensive investigations within the Heavenly Court. I can't tell you the people involved specifically, but this intelligence is indeed true beyond any doubt." Heavenly Demon Queen: "Just this explanation isn't enough for us to believe. The humans in Central City who have sided with us cost us a lot of resources, each one is precious. I must ensure their exposure is worthwhile." There were also some things the Heavenly Demon Queen didn't say, namely that in her view, if the Supreme Heavenly Venerate genuinely aimed to incite infighting among the immortals and deities, weakening the Heavenly Court in this manner couldn't be more favorable, so why stop it? Furthermore, the Heavenly Demon Queen had previously contacted the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, and at least regarding the goal of exterminating all intelligent life on Earth, they had significant mutual interests. Read full story at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽 Zhou Bai knew long ago that the Heavenly Demon Queen wouldn't easily agree: "I understand, weakening the Heavenly Court may be an expectation shared by the Heavenly Demons, Sapients, and many mortals now. But the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's plan is not just about weakening the Heavenly Court; following through his plan might lead to an even greater threat." Heavenly Demon Queen: "Oh? What else do you know?" She thought to herself: 'Although the Supreme Heavenly Venerate shares goals similar to mine, and I've been probing for information all these years, I still don't know the reason for his intent to wipe out Earth's major races...' Precisely because she didn't know the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's purpose, the Heavenly Demon Queen's cooperation with him had always been limited, unable to fully collaborate with him. Yet Zhou Bai said at this moment, "Do the Heavenly Demons know that the Spiritual People are not native to Earth, but originate from beyond the heavens?" "Today's true gods are almost all impersonated by demons. The Heavenly Court is no longer the Spiritual People's Heavenly Court." Zhou Bai nonsensically said, "The Supreme Heavenly Venerate seemingly wants to cause infighting among the immortals and deities, but in reality, he aims to strip the true gods of their divine status and control the Immortal Ascension Book, then use it to contact other Spiritual People beyond the heavens, to support Earth." Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Demon Queen before Zhou Bai finally seemed to show some change. In fact, having fought against the Heavenly Court for so long, and recently going through numerous memories related to trigrams and Ji Wufan, she naturally had already speculated on this possibility. 'It seems at present... the Spiritual People indeed have a high likelihood of originating from beyond the heavens, including the entire celestial technology stemming from another civilization in the universe. As the oldest Spiritual Person currently, it's indeed very plausible for the Supreme Heavenly Venerate to wish to contact other Spiritual People on other planets...' Even with a slight possibility, it was unacceptable for the Heavenly Demons. After all, from Ji Wufan's memories, the Spiritual People's grasp of celestial technology had reached an unimaginable level. If they indeed took notice of Earth and were summoned by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the consequences would be unimaginable, potentially the end for all non-Spiritual life in the solar system. While the Heavenly Demon Queen pondered the entangled interests, Zhou Bai, to further prove his words, said again, "Li Zhengdao contacted me. He's Li Tai, right?" This time, the Heavenly Demon Queen was truly shocked. This was supposed to be a bargaining chip between her and Zhou Bai's cooperation, something Zhou Bai should absolutely not know. Zhou Bai began to ramble again: "He reached out to me, hoping I would join the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's side and cooperate with their plan. Because both he and the Supreme Heavenly Venerate had long discerned my identity as a Sapient." The algorithm of the Heavenly Demon Queen's consciousness rippled: 'In my communications with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, we did discuss Zhou Bai's identity as a Sapient. Did they actually go directly to contact Zhou Bai? Did they mention me?'