Chapter 1422: Reverse Fusion

Pu Guizong knew he was doomed and chose to self-destruct immediately. Even in death, he wanted to leave a "gift" for these two World-Ending Calamities...

But the next second, he was stunned.

He found that his body, which had expanded halfway, was frozen in place. The aura that had been surging within him gradually subsided, as if it hadn't received his self-destruct command at all... Pu Guizong blinked, and found that Si Zai’s eyes were even closer to him.

The self-destruction Pu Guizong had thought was successful was nothing more than an illusion created by Si Zai.

In reality, he had only been briefly dazed, standing motionless like a statue under the control of the Calamity of Taboo...

"You..."

Pu Guizong widened his eyes, about to say something,

when the next moment, that surging Thought Storm actually drilled frantically into Pu Guizong’s head. The aura of the World-Ender and the aura of the human demigod began to merge eerily!!

"No..."

"This is... fusion...?"

"So... this was... your goal..."

Pu Guizong’s eyes widened uncontrollably. In this process, his thoughts merged with Si Zai’s. He seemed to have sensed Si Zai’s true intention, and his heart shook violently!

The Calamity was trying to fuse with a human!!

If this had reached the former human domains, it would probably have been dismissed as a fantasy...

The "fusion" experiments conducted so far had all studied humans fusing with Calamities. Whether it was the Aurora Base or the Fusionist faction, they all started from the standpoint of "humans." In everyone’s habitual thinking, fusion naturally took humans as the starting point. Those Calamities were just things like beasts; how could they, in their clumsiness, think of fusing with humans?

This was the pride engraved in the bones of humanity. They believed from the bottom of their hearts that they were the intelligent species, and had been so since ancient times. Even though they suffered from the pain of Calamity invasions, it didn't change this idea. After all, in their view, Calamity invasions were no different in essence from lions and tigers attacking human cities.

But everything happening before his eyes completely overturned Pu Guizong’s understanding...

At this moment, he understood many things.

No wonder these World-Ending Calamities had gone mad and started attacking human domains... If they wanted to survive the return of the Red Star, they had to leave the Gray Realm and hide on Earth.

Humans and Calamities were different; they came from two different worlds, so the sources of their abilities were distinct.

The domain a human entered after becoming a demigod could resist Gray Realm invasions, maintaining an entire domain within Earth’s environment. The domain a Calamity entered after becoming a World-Ender was called a World-Ending Domain, which maintained a large area within the Gray Realm’s environment...

Therefore, when facing the impact of the Red Star’s return, the World-Ending Domain was useless. After all, when the Red Star returned, the first thing it would pierce would inevitably be the Gray Realm covering Earth... Staying in the Gray Realm, they would only die faster.

Their only way out was to hide on Earth.

And to hide on Earth, they needed the protection of a human demigod’s domain. This was also a point of confusion for the human leadership: if World-Ending Calamities attacked human domains and killed human demigods, the human domains would also sink into the Gray Realm. How would these Calamities avoid the Red Star then?

But now... Si Zai had provided the standard answer.

Reverse fusion.

As long as they fused with a human demigod and possessed a human demigod’s domain, they would have a chance to survive the Red Star’s impact!

Si Zai might have thought of this method hundreds of years ago. It manipulated Teacher Ye, not purely to have him backstab humanity at some future stage, and certainly not to find fun for itself...

It manipulated Teacher Ye to conduct fusion experiments, developing the Fusionist faction over hundreds of years to obtain data samples. Its ultimate goal was for this very day!

Pu Guizong understood everything,

but it was too late...

His body, already occupied by talismans, completely lost control. Another consciousness began to take over his body. His skin began to evolve into an eerie gray, like the color of the storm’s surface... and those human eyes were completely occupied by messy balls of thread.

As Si Zai merged into Pu Guizong’s body, its World-Ending aura began to weaken and retract. After all, this body was too old and weak. To fully fuse with this vessel, it had to voluntarily give up a portion of its own power to prevent the old man from exploding.

But Pu Guizong’s own human aura, and even the Divine Path within him, were not polluted, forming a delicate balance between the two.

He was still a demigod,

a demigod possessing human power and a Calamity aura.

This was the most perfect, most successful fusion in history...

And the one who accomplished it... was a World-Ending Calamity.

The Calamity of Taboo released the tentacles binding Pu Guizong. The aged body floated in the air, and Thought Storms were born and extinguished around him. His closed eyes slowly opened.

"Hoo—"

Pu Guizong... no, Si Zai let out a long breath.

"It’s a pity... the South Sea Domain only left behind an old man. According to the original plan, the South Sea Lord would have been the best choice." Si Zai’s face was full of regret.

The Calamity of Taboo beside it emitted a low roar.

"I know, but I had to test first whether my method was feasible... Now it seems my years of research were correct." Si Zai waved its hand. "In the other domains, there are still enough Nine Lords. There must be a fusion target suitable for you."

In Si Zai’s original plan, the South Sea Domain had two Ninth-Rank demigods, the South Sea Lord and Pu Guizong. It and the Calamity of Taboo would have taken one each... Who knew the South Sea Lord would go to support other domains at the last minute, leaving them only one.

"The fusion plan is feasible. It’s time to notify the other World-Enders and let them take action."

Si Zai closed its eyes, and a thought was quickly sent out, transmitted across space to the other World-Ending Calamities.

But the next second, it began to cough violently.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Si Zai furrowed its brow, coughing uncontrollably. It took a full ten seconds to recover, its face looking somewhat ugly.

The quality of this body was even worse than it had imagined. And this was while Si Zai was already trying hard to repair the body’s functions... If it had been given more time, it could have made this body regain more vitality, just as it had once made Ye Mu return to his youth...

But unfortunately, with the Red Star’s return imminent, there was no time left. It would have to make do for now.

After Si Zai sent the signal, its gaze fell within the broken tortoise shell. The entire South Sea Domain was almost entirely occupied by Calamities, with only a very few figures still struggling desperately.

Si Zai didn't dare to use its abilities casually, fearing that this body would fall apart on the spot, so it waved its hand at the Calamity of Taboo beside it.

"Finish them off quickly. We should head to the next human domain."

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The Theater God Tianjin book signing is over. Half a month of business trips and activities has left Sanjiu physically and mentally exhausted... The fourth volume is nearing its end. I’m taking a day off today to adjust my state and, by the way, properly organize the outline~~