📖 Chapter 1039 - Traces of Zi Yue!

06 Aug, 2023

“Xu Yinling hid herself so deeply!”

“Hmph, just another scheming slut who relies on her appearance to make people think she’s weak. I hate bitches like her the most!”

“Her plan was pretty good. Looking at it now, Xu Yinling’s previous actions were all to force Wang Baole into the public eye. That way, everyone greedy for a Dao Planet would focus on Wang Baole, while she herself could secretly improve her cultivation…”

Now that Wang Baole had forced Xu Yinling’s hand, she had no choice but to expose her cultivation base, making it obvious to all the onlookers what was going on. It wasn’t just the people in the surroundings, either; everyone who had sent strands of divine sense over from Planet Heaven’s Mandate also saw everything clearly.

In truth, Xu Yinling’s scheme wasn’t incredibly clever, and it wasn’t that no one could see through it. However, they all wanted a reason to make a move on Wang Baole. That was why those who saw through Xu Yinling’s scheme hadn’t done anything.

But now that everything had been exposed, they no longer had a good reason to attack Wang Baole. Naturally, Xu Yinling could see this, so the hatred in her heart grew even stronger. Her battle with Wang Baole became more and more intense, and rumbling sounds echoed out incessantly.

As for Sun Yang, his expression changed again and again. Although he had needed Xu Yinling to give him a reason to attack Wang Baole, he had never paid much attention on her own battle prowess. Now that Xu Yinling was showing strength even greater than his, Sun Yang felt his face grow hot. He felt like he’d been used like a tool.

‘Wang Baole was right, she really is a slut!’ As Sun Yang gritted his teeth in anger, the rumbling sounds grew more intense. The fluctuations emitted by Wang Baole’s and Xu Yinling’s Dao Planets spread more and more, causing Sun Yang to have no choice but to slowly back away.

Finally, a loud boom rang out, and Xu Yinling coughed up blood. With numerous divine abilities turning into flying scraps of paper, she stumbled backward several steps. Killing intent flashed in her eyes as she waved her right hand, causing the ringing of a bell to resound. The Dao Planet behind her seemed to become more solid, and the power of its unique natural law erupted forth like never before, causing endless ripples to appear in the starry sky as Xu Yinling’s voice suddenly echoed out.

“Paper Life!”

With those words, Xu Yinling’s body actually… began turning into paper at a rate visible to the naked eye! The first thing to paperize was her hands, and as the paperization spread more and more, her momentum continued to rise.

It took only a moment for her momentum to surpass her previous peak, rising higher and higher until it made the starry sky tremble. Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with bright light when he saw this. He had battled many people since stepping into the Planet Realm, but compared to Xu Yinling, they were all nothing!

Ultimately, it was because of the difference in Planet grade. Just like himself, Xu Yinling had a Dao Planet, and her rate of improvement in cultivation hadn’t been slow, either. She was also at the middle stage of the Planet Realm.

A middle-stage Planet Realm cultivator who had a Dao Planet could crush almost any other cultivator in the Planet Realm, and the technique Xu Yinling had just used was obviously a trump card increased her battle prowess even further. At that moment, Wang Baole’s expression turned serious. Raising his right hand, the Star-Sealing Art circulated rapidly in his body, and the divine ox phantom appeared behind him.

Moreover, he prepared to recite the Dao Scripture in his heart. The confrontation between him and Xu Yinling was about to reach a fever pitch, but at that moment… a calm voice rang out from Planet Heaven’s Mandate.

“Enough. Juniors, if you want to fight, do it outside the Heaven’s Mandate Galaxy, and don’t bother attending the Reverend’s birthday celebration.”

These words seemed to contain the power of law, and as soon as they rang out, the starry sky outside Planet Heaven’s Mandate trembled. A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering pressure suddenly descended on the battlefield.

The Scorching Spirit Ancestor and the other battling Eternal Star Realm cultivators all had their expressions change. With the descent of this horrifying pressure, they all separated and didn’t dare to continue fighting. Naturally, Wang Baole and Xu Yinling were even more helpless. The divine ox phantom behind Wang Baole immediately became unstable. However, the Dao Planet formed from the nine Ancient Planets stirred, seemingly unwilling to be suppressed and eager to fight back.

But Wang Baole was the master of his Dao Planet. With a single thought, the nine-colored Dao Planet faded, as did the divine ox phantom formed by the Star-Sealing Art.

“Junior was being rude. Senior, please forgive me!” After he finished speaking, Wang Baole bowed his head. However, he glanced at Xu Yinling out of the corner of his eye, gaze flickering with a profound meaning. He had known beforehand that killing Xu Yinling here was unrealistic, so although his attacks seemed vicious, he had actually just been trying to observe her Dao Planet.

He remembered that Xu Yinling’s relationship with her Dao Planet was different from his own. She had chosen to submit herself to the Dao Planet, so whether she could really suppress it in the face of this pressure was still up in the air.

Indeed, just as Wang Baole retracted his own Dao Planet, Xu Yinling’s body trembled violently. She was unable to bear the pressure and wanted to retract her Dao Planet, but the paper Dao Planet was too proud.

Its pride meant that the Dao Planet refused to hide in the face of pressure. Thus, rather than returning to Xu Yinling’s body, it instead shone even more brightly.

Xu Yinling’s expression instantly changed, and a displeased snort echoed out from Planet Heaven’s Mandate. The starry sky distorted, and a giant hand appeared from the direction of Planet Heaven’s Mandate and grabbed toward Xu Yinling!

When this giant hand appeared, everyone in the surroundings trembled. It didn’t matter what their cultivation base was; their hearts shook, and they lost all ability to resist.

“Senior!!” For the first time, Xu Yinling’s eyes showed intense panic. Her Dao Planet might be fine if this hand grabbed it, but she knew that she herself wouldn’t survive. In this moment of crisis, she bit the tip of her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood, unhesitatingly using a secret art to try and forcibly retract her Dao Planet.

Perhaps her secret art really was effective, or perhaps the Dao Planet just didn’t want to let its host die like this. In any case, although it was unresigned, the Dao Planet dissipated, returning to Xu Yinling’s body.

And with the retraction of the Dao Planet, the giant hand gradually faded. When the hand completely disappeared, the pressure weighing down on everyone also dispersed.

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Looking at the pale Xu Yinling, he slightly shook his head.

“You used to be the one enslaving others, but now you’ve become the slave of your Dao Planet. Since the Dao Planet is the master, you’re eternally at risk of losing control, and it might even abandon you for another servant. Xu Yinling, you’re on your own now. Don’t come and provoke me again!” Wang Baole spoke indifferently. Then, not paying Xu Yinling any further attention, he flew in the direction of Planet Heaven’s Mandate.

Xie Haiyang followed behind. When he passed by Xu Yinling, he gave her a sideways glance, but didn’t say anything.

The Scorching Spirit Ancestor and the others did the same, following Wang Baole and Xie Haiyang over to Planet Heaven’s Mandate. As for the other Eternal Star Realm Dao Protectors, they all returned to their own young masters’ sides.

Before leaving, Sun Yang looked at Xu Yinling again. However, there was a cold light in his eyes this time, and he obviously held a deep grudge toward her.

As for the others who had been watching the battle earlier, they all turned into long arcs of light that flew straight toward Planet Heaven’s Mandate. In the end, only Xu Yinling and her Dao Protectors were left. Her Dao Protectors were all silent as they looked at Xu Yinling’s twisted expression, not knowing what to say.

“Wang Baole!!” After a while, Xu Yinling’s complexion gradually recovered, and boundless hatred and jealousy flashed through the depths of her eyes.

What she hated was that Wang Baole had completely exposed her, even announcing that she had subordinated herself to the Dao Planet. And what she was jealous of… was the fact that Wang Baole’s Dao Planet had recognized him as the master, while her own Dao Planet only fused with her after she gave up everything and begged to be its slave.

‘Master Zi Yue was right. There are too many injustices in this world. If I want to break free, if I want to control my own fate, the only way is… the Star-Seeding Dao!’ Xu Yinling closed her eyes. Taking a purple jade slip from her storage bracelet, she rubbed it in the palm of her hand.

“Even if there are huge hidden dangers, I still want… to continue walking the path of Star Seeding!”