📖 Chapter 1046 - Enlightenment Resonance!
As he listened to Xie Haiyang’s sound transmission and stared at the figures fusing with the islands inside the sphere of light, Wang Baole’s eyes shone.
He recalled the Starfall Realm. Compared to this scene, the Starfall Realm was more bizarre. Back then, there were countless paper human cutouts, and everything between heaven and earth was made of paper. In all his life, that was the strangest place he had ever been to.
As for the current scene… although it wasn’t as bizarre as the Starfall Realm, in terms of mystery and sense of scale, it far surpassed it. It could be said that ever since he first stepped foot on Planet Heaven’s Mandate, everything he had seen was filled with mystery. And now, that mysterious feeling reached its peak.
‘Eighty-nine Star Domain Realm Almighties… This number is probably comparable to any holy land in the Never-Ending Dao Domain. Moreover, these people aren’t ordinary Star Domain Realm cultivators. They’re even comparable to Master!’ Wang Baole’s shock turned into huge waves crashing around in his heart.
Although his master, the Flame Patriarch, wasn’t as strong as Senior Brother Chen Qingzi, he was still an existence at the very pinnacle of the Star Domain Realm, a powerhouse who was famous throughout the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain. Honestly speaking, Senior Brother Chen Qingzi could hardly be considered a Star Domain Realm cultivator.
He definitely had some sort of secrets to be able to kill a Universe Realm Divine Emperor with his cultivation base in the Star Domain Realm!
In any case, eighty-nine powerhouses as strong as the Flame Patriarch was a degree of power that was enough to shock the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain. Even if these were just projections, there was probably some inside story that Wang Baole didn’t know about, and this was also the reason why Planet Heaven’s Mandate could become famous throughout the Never-Ending Dao Domain.
In silence, Wang Baole swept his gaze across the eighty-nine figures. Suddenly, his face froze, and his eyes focused in on one particular projection.
This projected figure looked normal, but its surroundings were full of distortions. It was as if its original body was huge, but in order to appear here, it was forced to suppress its size.
And suppressing its size inevitably caused fluctuations to spread, making its surroundings distort and also causing its figure to flicker between blurriness and clarity. But what caught Wang Baole’s attention was the fact that the figure had a singular horn on top of its head, just like the giants on the mural.
Moreover, this figure seemed vaguely familiar, making Wang Baole fall into deep thought. However, he was soon interrupted by another sound transmission from Xie Haiyang.
“According to previous happenings, those ten empty islands around the altar are reserved for the top ten Chosen who pass the trial successfully.
“In other words, those ten people will obtain the qualifications to enter the sphere of light and step onto an island. They’ll be able to join the Almighties in wishing the reverend a happy birthday!
“Also… Senior Uncle, you should take this time to ponder over your cultivation methods and divine abilities. Usually, before the trial begins, a Dao Discussion will be held!”
Wang Baole nodded when he heard that. He was about to respond, but at that moment, laughter suddenly echoed through the air. It came from the mouth of Reverend Heaven-Learned, who was seated on top of the altar within the sphere of light. As soon as his laughter rang out, the clouds and mist dispersed, and the earth stopped trembling. It was as if a gentle wind blew across the world, causing everyone’s hearts to suddenly become exceedingly peaceful.
And it was also only when this laughter sounded that everyone finally saw Reverend Heaven-Learned’s figure on the altar. He had a long gray robe, a head of long gray hair, and a pair of eyes as tranquil as an ancient well. Occasionally, a profound light of wisdom flickered through his eyes as he laughed and chatted with the Almighties on the surrounding islands.
Right beside him was the figure of another old man. This old man wore green robes, and his back was hunched over. With his lowered head and clasped hands, he looked like an elderly servant. However, the fluctuations of the Star Domain Realm coming from his body weren’t bad at all even when compared to the projections in the surroundings.
When he saw this scene, Wang Baole’s pupils contracted, and he stared in silence. Although he couldn’t hear the detailed conversations between the people inside the sphere of light, the laughter that echoed out from time to time carried fluctuations that made him feel awash with tranquility. Apparently, the conversations between the Almighties within the sphere of light affected heaven and earth, filling everything with traces of the Dao.
Everyone in the area was affected, and Wang Baole was no exception. His mind was gradually immersed in a feeling of emptiness.
It wasn’t just him. All the cultivators on the thirty-nine giant beasts outside the sphere of light were the same. Their hearts became tranquil as they fell into a certain state of mind.
To a certain extent, this state of mind was like a magnifying glass. It magnified each cultivator’s divine sense and perception, allowing them to see traces of law that they normally wouldn’t be able to detect.
Moreover, because there were too many projections of Almighties chatting and laughing inside the sphere of light, powerful and majestic natural laws converged on the area. Thus, it was even easier for the cultivators to capture the traces of law in the surroundings.
This was exactly the case for Wang Baole. As he immersed himself in that sense of emptiness, although his eyes were closed, countless images appeared in his mind. In these images, there were no cultivators, only ninety-one huge and incomparably bright light sources!
The light source in the middle was extremely vast and seemed to be the origin of all things. There was a slightly smaller light source right beside it that seemed to be filled with the power of law. It emitted countless silk-like threads of light that seemed to connect to the void, each forming various strange light patterns.
Aside from those two light sources, there were eighty-nine others around them. Each of these eighty-nine light sources also emitted silk-like threads that contained boundless natural laws. Within a certain range, the density of natural laws suddenly increased to an astonishing degree.
As for Wang Baole and the other cultivators, they were like tiny specks of light at the outermost periphery. As the threads of light floated around, the specks of light that represented Wang Baole and the others became like miniature black holes. According to their different aptitudes and personal cultivation bases, they rapidly or slowly absorbed the traces of natural laws in the surroundings.
Among them, there were nine specks of light that were most conspicuous. The black holes formed by each of these specks of light were a level stronger than the rest, continuously absorbing the threads of law in the surroundings at an extremely rapid pace. After fusing with the power of law within the threads, the specks of light grew brighter and brighter.
Wang Baole was among them. He quickly noticed the difference between himself and the others, as well as the existence of eight specks of light who were just as extraordinary as him. Similarly, the others also noticed him.
There was no time to think about who the other eight specks of light were. After scanning them once, Wang Baole had a general understanding of their identities and quickly stopped thinking about them. Instead, he fully immersed himself in comprehending the bountiful natural laws.
The first thing he wanted to comprehend was his law of fire. Among the countless threads in the surroundings, quite a few corresponded to the law of fire, and Wang Baole quickly absorbed them one after another. As soon as he fused with these threads of law, scenes of divine abilities and magical techniques appeared one after another in his mind.
These magical techniques and divine abilities were all related to fire. As they flashed by one by one, Wang Baole immediately realized that his grasp on the natural law of fire was improving dramatically. Although this improvement had nothing to do with his cultivation base, it would be reflected in his battle prowess and his ability to resonate with the law of fire.
In a short period of time, Wang Baole felt that with his new understanding of the law of fire, his Flame Spirit Curse would be at least twice as powerful as before.
The same went for all of his flame-type divine abilities. All of them were augmented dramatically in an instant!
This was the benefit of resonating with natural laws. Moreover, the higher the grade of Planet a person had, the higher their limit would be. For example, the lowest level Mortal Planets could achieve a 10% resonance at most.
As for Ancient Planets, they could reach 80% resonance. On the other hand, Dao Planets were able to achieve 100% resonance with their respective natural laws. This kind of perfect resonance was also known as unity of human and law!
Once a person achieved unity of human and law, they could be said to have completely grasped that natural law. Obviously, the power of their magical techniques and divine abilities would also skyrocket.
Wang Baole’s spirits rose. He had already noticed that in this short period of time, his resonance with the law of fire had reached 60%. However, just as he started to continue comprehending, he discovered that the threads of law were slowly shrinking back into their light sources. Once they fully retracted, it would mean that this opportunity would come to an end.
Thus, Wang Baole’s speck of light flickered slightly. He was no longer satisfied with just absorbing the threads of law in his immediate surroundings. In order to improve his resonance in the shortest amount of time, there was only one way!
Wang Baole immediately set his sights on the ninety-one giant light sources!