📖 Chapter 1016 - Initial Success!

13 Jul, 2023

The one who intercepted Xie Haiyang wasn’t an Eternal Star Realm patriarch but a Planet Realm cultivator.

This cultivator looked human, but the blood running through his body was actually magma. He was born with an innate affinity for flames, making him significantly stronger in the Raging Flame Galaxy compared to outside. Here, even if he faced a cultivator in the same realm, they wouldn’t be able to do much to him.

Thus, although he noticed that Xie Haiyang’s space shuttle was extraordinary and Xie Haiyang’s cultivation base was difficult to see through, he still wore a cold and arrogant expression.

He didn’t need to care what the other party thought, because he was working under the orders of the young master. If the person in the shuttle had a powerful background, they would naturally state their name. And if they dared to barge in without a background… then there would be an opportunity for him to perform meritorious service.

Thus, after speaking, he observed the shuttle with a cold gaze.

“Young master?” Xie Haiyang was taken aback. From the respect in the other party’s words, he guessed that this young master must be one of the Flame Patriarch’s disciples. Perhaps they were doing something important nearby, which was why they passed down the order to seal off the starry sky and repel all outsiders.

‘A disciple of the Flame Patriarch… This could be an opportunity!’ Xie Haiyang’s hesitant expression instantly fell into the eyes of the cultivator who had intercepted his space shuttle. That cultivator sighed regretfully, realizing that his opportunity for meritorious service likely wouldn’t arrive. The space shuttle in front of him… obviously didn’t dare to force its way through the blockade.

Thus, the cultivator impatiently waved his hand.

“What, not screwing off yet?” A storm of flames appeared out of thin air, rushing toward Xie Haiyang’s shuttle to drive it away.

If it were any other time or any other place, Xie Haiyang definitely wouldn’t stand for being looked down upon in this way. However, this was the Raging Flame Galaxy, and he had a favor to ask, so he could only restrain his temper and operate the shuttle to quickly dodge the flames. At the same time, he appeared outside the shuttle and cupped his fists, bowing slightly toward the Planet Realm cultivator.

“Fellow Daoist, I wonder which of the Flame Patriarch’s disciples is up ahead? This humble one is Xie Haiyang of the Xie Family. I am here to pay respects to the Flame Patriarch!”

When the Planet Realm cultivator heard that, his expression changed slightly. He waved his hand to dissipate the sea of flames, then looked at Xie Haiyang with a scrutinizing gaze. In the end, he cupped his fists and returned the bow.

“So it was Fellow Daoist Xie. Fellow Daoist, even if you want to pay respects to the patriarch, I’ll have to trouble you to make a detour. The Sixteenth Young Master is cultivating past here. I’m duty-bound to prevent all outsiders from entering. My apologies!”

“Sixteenth Young Master?” Xie Haiyang was stunned for a moment before reacting. He had already collected information on the Flame Patriarch’s disciples and naturally knew about the newest disciple.

“This Sixteenth Young Master of yours, is he Wang Baole?”

“Bold! No matter what you’re here for, how dare you call the young master by name here in the Raging Flame Galaxy?!” The Planet Realm cultivator’s expression suddenly darkened. Letting out a low roar, his cultivation base immediately erupted. He looked like a servant whose master had just been humiliated, causing Xie Haiyang to internally curse him as a dog. However, what came out of Xie Haiyang’s mouth were instead friendly words.

“Fellow Daoist, this is all a misunderstanding. This Xie and Brother Baole are friends who have gone through life and death together. When I came here to pay my respects to the patriarch, I also planned to visit an old friend. Please go and inform him that… Xie Haiyang is here, and he hopes to meet with Brother Baole!” Xie Haiyang laughed. His expression was extremely calm, making his words exceptionally persuasive.

The Planet Realm cultivator hesitated a little. After taking a closer look at Xie Haiyang, he didn’t continue chasing him away. Instead, he took out a jade slip and contacted the Eternal Star Realm patriarch of his civilization.

However, even the Planet Realm cultivator’s patriarch wasn’t qualified to contact Wang Baole directly. Their civilization was actually extremely far away from Wang Baole’s true place of cultivation. Thus, the news of Xie Haiyang’s arrival had to pass through many different people, crossing a vast distance to arrive in the Scorching Spirit Civilization. Even once it reached there, it still couldn’t be transmitted to Wang Baole immediately.

After all, at that moment, Wang Baole had cut himself off from the outside world. Deep in the asteroid belt, he was immersing himself in the cultivation of the Star-Sealing Art.

As he operated the Star-Sealing Art, the fluctuations rolling off of Wang Baole’s body grew more and more intense. In the end, the Dao Planet formed from the nine Ancient Planets appeared, emanating immense pressure that caused rumbling sounds to echo throughout the asteroid belt.

At the same time, layers of ripples spread outward, carrying the aura of the Star-Sealing Art. Half a month later, when the ripples spreading from his body covered the entire asteroid belt, Wang Baole’s eyes suddenly opened.

“Almost done. Next, I just need to seal some asteroids, and my Star-Sealing Art’s first layer… will reach perfection!” Wang Baole suddenly made a grasping motion with his right hand. Among the countless asteroids in the surroundings, one suddenly escaped the gravity of the Eternal Star and shot toward Wang Baole.

As soon as it approached, Wang Baole’s eyes flickered, and he quickly formed hand seals. His Dao Planet spun rapidly, and a huge star chart appeared all around him.

This star chart was made up of thousands of points of light, and each point of light was in fact a curled-up, shrunken-down oxlouse. Altogether, it formed the shape of a divine ox, and at the center of the divine ox’s brows was the Dao Planet. Within the Dao Planet, Wang Baole sat cross-legged in meditation.

At that moment, the asteroid Wang Baole had selected was grabbed by some mysterious force. It shrank down and turned into a long arc of light that entered Wang Baole’s star chart and rapidly fused with one of the points of light.

The oxlouse that was originally in that position smoothly entered the asteroid’s core, and as soon as they fused into one, the pressure emitted by Wang Baole’s star chart clearly grew slightly!

Wang Baole’s spirits rose, and he continued forming hand seals. Asteroids shot over from all directions, fusing into the star chart one after another and causing the divine ox phantom to grow stronger and stronger.

Just like that, as time passed, Wang Baole’s Star-Sealing Art continued improving rapidly. The number of asteroids that entered his star chart increased from less than ten at the beginning, to several hundreds, and finally hit the thousands. After half a month of cultivation, Wang Baole’s star chart consisted of more than six thousand asteroids!

The pressure the divine ox phantom gave off continued to increase. By now, the fluctuations emitted by the star chart caused even the Scorching Spirit Civilization’s Eternal Star Realm ancestor to feel shocked.

He could sense that within the asteroid belt, there was an aura spreading crazily and growing stronger and stronger. Furthermore, it was already so strong that even he, an Eternal Star Realm Almighty, felt danger.

Another half a month passed, and Xie Haiyang sighed continuously as he waited. Suddenly, Wang Baole, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation this entire time, trembled. His eyes flew open, and ten asteroids flew over from far away. As soon as they entered the star chart, the final ten points of light were filled in, causing his Star-Sealing Art to finally reach true perfection in the first layer!

Rumbling sounds echoed out, and the divine ox phantom composed of ten thousand asteroids seemed to come alive. As Wang Baole rose to his feet, the divine ox phantom lifted its head to the sky and let out a majestic roar that shook all directions.

An invisible sound wave immediately rippled outward, sweeping across the outside world like a storm. All nearby cultivators below the Eternal Star Realm were forced backward in retreat, and even the Eternal Star Realm Almighties were shaken. Staring at the incomparably huge divine ox phantom that suddenly appeared from the asteroid belt, they bowed their heads one after another.

“Congratulations, young master, on achieving initial success in your divine art!”