"Buzz..."
At this very moment, Miao Yinuo's aura became exceptionally potent, suddenly expanding and continuously growing stronger.
Then…
Like a stream converging into a torrent, it erupted at this instant.
"Rumble..."
A powerful surge of energy gushed out.
Miao Yinuo's cultivation realm leaped from the God Transformation stage to the Integration stage!
This was too fast.
Bai Zihe felt a sense of astonishment.
"Brother Bai..."
Miao Yinuo opened her eyes, a smile gracing her lips. "I've broken through, to the Integration stage. I should be able to start raising the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu now!"
"Good, good!"
Bai Zihe couldn't help but feel excited.
The Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu was not only capable of empowering Miao Yinuo, but perhaps it also held extraordinary significance for this great tribulation.
"However..."
"The Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu has a long gestation period."
A flicker of distress crossed Miao Yinuo's face.
A gestation period...
Bai Zihe pondered for a moment and then asked the little tower, "Little Tower, can the Kongtong Seal accelerate the growth of the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu that Miao Miao mentioned?"
Logically speaking, as one of the ancient divine artifacts, the Kongtong Seal's power must be formidable.
"Yes."
Receiving a affirmative reply from the little tower, a smile appeared on Bai Zihe's face.
At this moment, Miao Yinuo asked, "Brother Bai, who were you talking to? I saw you talking earlier, and you mentioned 'dark and bizarre' and other things. What is that?"
It was unavoidable.
Only Bai Zihe, as the master of the Haotian Pagoda, could see the pagoda spirit, the little tower.
Miao Yinuo was neither the master of the Haotian Pagoda nor did she possess the required strength, so she couldn't see the little tower, thus finding Bai Zihe's conversation inexplicable.
"This..."
Bai Zihe chuckled in amusement but still replied truthfully, "I was just discussing with the spirit of the Haotian Pagoda how to speed up the growth of the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu."
"We have a method now!"
Pagoda spirit?
Miao Yinuo didn't understand, but she didn't press further.
She took out a jade bottle and handed it to Bai Zihe.
"Brother Bai, the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu is gestating inside this. You can handle it."
The jade bottle was sealed tightly. Bai Zihe couldn't see what was inside, not even with his Tribulation Transcending stage divine sense.
Bai Zihe didn't mind.
He directly placed the jade bottle inside the Kongtong Seal.
"Miao Miao, let me tell you about the matter of the dark and bizarre energy."
Bai Zihe thought that if the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu was to be used to deal with the dark and bizarre energy, Miao Miao would eventually find out, so he decided to tell her in advance.
"Dark and bizarre energy..."
A look of disgust appeared on Miao Yinuo's delicate face. "This thing, just by its name, doesn't sound like anything good..."
She instinctively felt it.
Bai Zihe smiled and slowly explained, "Miao Miao, you must have heard that our world was once a realm of chaos at the beginning."
"And then there are myths like Pangu creating the heavens and Nuwa creating humans."
Miao Yinuo nodded and said, "I know that. These are well-known myths in Great Xia."
Myths...
Bai Zihe already possessed the Xuanyuan Sword and other such items. He knew that these were no longer mere myths; they might be the truth of everything.
However, in this day and age, people believed in science, and few paid attention to such matters.
He remained noncommittal.
He simply continued, "Before Pangu created the heavens, the world was a realm of chaos."
"Therefore..."
"There is the theory that everything evolved from chaos."
"The myriad worlds and all things we see today are actually derived from chaos."
This theory...
Miao Yinuo nodded slightly but didn't say much.
"Everything that arises from chaos is positive, developing, living, and constantly evolving!"
"And corresponding to chaos is the dark and bizarre energy!"
Bai Zihe paused slightly here.
Miao Yinuo's pure eyes widened, filled with deep curiosity. "The dark and bizarre energy actually corresponds to chaos. Then what will it give rise to?"
"It will give rise to..."
Bai Zihe said in a deep voice, "It will give rise to power that is negative, destructive, and aims to reduce the world to nothingness!"
This was the first time Miao Yinuo had heard of such a thing, and her mind was in a jumble.
Bai Zihe didn't know how to explain it further.
He said, "Earlier, when we were at the lake outside, you saw that patch of black mist with me. Its essence is the dark and bizarre energy!"
Miao Yinuo couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
That patch of mist had indeed blotted out the sky, and it had given her an extremely unsettling feeling, as if she were facing death.
"So..."
After a long while, once Miao Yinuo had absorbed some of the information, Bai Zihe continued, "My visit to Miaojiang this time was to find you, and also to eliminate this dark and bizarre energy."
"Oh..."
Miao Yinuo understood somewhat and said, "Chaos allows us to develop, while the dark and bizarre energy wants to destroy us. So, we need to destroy the dark and bizarre energy sooner?"
"Yes."
Bai Zihe nodded, affirming, "If this dark and bizarre energy is not eliminated, it will constantly pollute the air, infect living beings, and cause them to mutate."
"Then, they will become bloodthirsty, greedy, and treacherous..."
Miao Yinuo began to understand a little.
So, she asked, "Brother Bai, you're telling me this because you want to..."
It had to be said that Miao Yinuo was quite intelligent. She quickly realized that Bai Zihe telling her this must have a reason.
"Clever!"
Bai Zihe snapped his fingers and said, "The dark and bizarre energy is extremely special. Ordinary people cannot annihilate it."
"Even I find it particularly taxing to deal with, as you saw just now."
"Therefore, I want to try using the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu to devour the dark and bizarre energy, to see if this method can eliminate it."
"Later on..."
"Even if the Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu turns dark after devouring the energy and becomes uncontrollable, I can easily slay it within the Haotian Pagoda!"
Having broken through to the three hundredth floor...
Bai Zihe's control over the Haotian Pagoda had become even stronger, and his combat power within it had greatly increased.
Dealing with a Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu should not be a major problem.
"No problem!"
Miao Yinuo readily agreed. "Just wait for the Gu worm to hatch, and Brother Bai, tell me how to operate it."
"At worst..."
"As you said, if that Gu worm turns dark, you can just kill it. It's not a problem."
Many Gu masters treated their Gu worms as sons or family members.
Miao Yinuo couldn't do that.
At most...
They were tools, helpers, but she wasn't particularly attached to them.
"Huh..."
At this moment, a look of surprise flashed across Miao Yinuo's face.
Bai Zihe noticed the change in her expression and immediately asked, "Miao Miao, what happened?"
"It's done!"
Miao Yinuo said with a giggle, "Brother Bai, go into the Kongtong Seal and retrieve that jade bottle. The Sky Devouring Earth Devouring Gu has already hatched."
So fast!
Bai Zihe was surprised and delighted. He immediately took out the jade bottle.