Chapter 1419: Reverse Fusion

Chapter 1422: Reverse Fusion

Pu Guizong, knowing his death was inevitable, immediately chose to self-destruct. Even in death, he wanted to leave a "gift" for these two World-Destroying Calamities.

But the next second, he froze.

He found his body, which had begun to swell for self-destruction, suddenly fixated in place. The surging internal energy gradually receded, as if it had never received his self-destruct command. Pu Guizong blinked slowly, noticing that Si Zai's eyes were now closer to him.

What Pu Guizong had thought was a successful self-destruction was merely an illusion created by Si Zai.

In reality, he had only momentarily lost consciousness, standing still like a statue under Ji Zai's control.

"You..."

Pu Guizong's eyes widened, about to speak.

The next moment, that swirling storm of thoughts furiously drilled into Pu Guizong's head. The aura of destruction and the aura of a human demigod began to strangely merge!

"No..."

"This is... fusion..."

"So... this was... your purpose..."

Pu Guizong's pupils uncontrollably dilated. As his thoughts intertwined with Si Zai's, he seemed to grasp Si Zai's true intention, and his mind reeled in shock!

The Calamities were trying to fuse with humans!

If this news had reached the human realms of old, it would have been dismissed as a fantastical tale.

All "fusion" experiments conducted until now, whether by the Aurora Base or the Fusionist faction, were predicated on humans fusing with Calamities. They always started from the human perspective. In everyone's conventional thinking, fusion naturally began with humans, while Calamities were seen as mere beasts. How could those clumsy creatures ever think of fusing with humans?

This was a pride deeply ingrained in humanity. They genuinely believed themselves to be intelligent beings, always had been, and even the suffering inflicted by Calamities didn't change this belief. After all, to them, Calamity incursions were no different in essence from lions and tigers attacking human cities.

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

In that moment, many things clicked into place.

No wonder these World-Destroying Calamities had gone mad, attacking human realms. To survive the Red Star's Return, they had to leave the Gray Realm and hide on Earth.

Humans and Calamities were different; they originated from two distinct worlds, and thus their sources of power diverged.

When humans reached the demigod realm, they could resist the Gray Realm's invasion, maintaining an entire realm within Earth's environment. When Calamities became World-Destroyers, their domain was called a World-Destroying Domain, which maintained a large area within the Gray Realm's environment.

Therefore, facing the impact of the Red Star's Return, the World-Destroying Domains were useless. After the Red Star's Return, what would be pierced first was inevitably the Gray Realm covering Earth. Remaining in the Gray Realm would only lead to a faster death for them.

Their only way to survive was to hide on Earth.

And to hide on Earth, they required the protection of a human demigod's domain. This had always perplexed high-ranking humans: if World-Destroying Calamities attacked human realms and killed human demigods, those realms would sink into the Gray Realm. How then would these Calamities evade the Red Star?

But now... Si Zai had provided the definitive 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 had perhaps conceived this method centuries ago. His manipulation of Teacher Ye was not solely to make him betray humanity at some future point, nor was it merely for his own amusement.

He manipulated Teacher Ye to conduct fusion experiments, continuously developing the Fusionist faction over centuries to gather data samples. The ultimate goal was for this very day!

Pu Guizong understood everything,

but it was already too late.

His body, already invaded by spell runes, completely lost control. Another consciousness began to take over his form. His skin started to transform into a strange gray, like the color of a storm's surface. And his human eyes were entirely consumed by tangled threads.

As Si Zai integrated into Pu Guizong's body, its destructive aura began to weaken and recede. After all, this body was too old and weak. To fully fuse with this vessel, it had to voluntarily abandon part of its power to prevent the old man from exploding.

However, Pu Guizong's inherent human aura, and even the divine essence within his body, remained unpolluted. A subtle balance formed between the two.

He was still a demigod,

a demigod possessing human power and a Calamity's aura.

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

And it was completed by... a World-Destroying Calamity.

Ji Zai released the tentacles binding Pu Guizong. The old body floated in mid-air. Swirls of thought-storms formed and dissipated around him. His tightly closed eyes slowly opened.

"Hah—"

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

"What a pity... the South Sea Realm only left behind an old man. According to the original plan, the South Sea Monarch would have been the optimal choice." Si Zai's face registered regret.

Ji Zai beside him let out a deep rumble.

"I know, but I had to try my method first to see if it was feasible... It seems my research for all these years was correct," Si Zai waved a hand. "There are enough Nine Monarchs in the other realms; there will certainly be suitable fusion targets for you."

In Si Zai's original plan, the South Sea Realm had both the South Sea Monarch and Pu Guizong, two Ninth-Tier Demigods, perfectly one for each of them, Si Zai and Ji Zai. Who knew the South Sea Monarch would temporarily go to support other realms, leaving them only one.

"The fusion plan is viable. It's time to notify the other World-Destroyers to act."

Si Zai closed his eyes, instantly sending out a thought-message across the distance to the other World-Destroying Calamities.

But the next second, he coughed violently.

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

Si Zai frowned, coughing uncontrollably. It took a full ten seconds to recover, his face looking grim.

The quality of this body was worse than he had imagined, even after Si Zai had actively tried to repair its functions. If Si Zai had more time, he could have rejuvenated this body, just as he had once rejuvenated Ye Mu, restoring more vitality.

But unfortunately, with the Red Star's Return imminent, there wasn't enough time. He would just have to make do for now.

After sending the signal, Si Zai's gaze fell within the shattered turtle shell. The entire South Sea Realm was almost entirely overrun by Calamities, with only a few figures still struggling.

Si Zai dared not casually use his abilities, fearing this body would disintegrate on the spot, so he waved his hand towards Ji Zai.

"Quickly finish them off. We need to move on to the next human realm."