📖 Chapter 1089 - Difference in Treatment!

12 Sep, 2023

The blurry figures of the five people quickly became clear, allowing the crowd to see their identities.

“It’s them!”

“Divine Emperor Kiga’s ninth disciple… Damn it, he’s the one who robbed me of my light of guidance! But he’s too strong. Even if he treats us like ants, there’s nothing we can do about it!”

“Check out that baleful aura! It’s Xing Jingzi! I didn’t expect that he would succeed as well!”

“Wang Baole is also among them!”

When the identities of the five people were revealed, an uproar immediately broke out in all directions.

Among the five people standing in the sky, there were Divine Emperor Kiga’s ninth disciple Ling Lan and the seventh Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao. Aside from those two, the others were slightly less famous. Wang Baole was also an eye-catching figure, but in terms of fame, he was still inferior to a Divine Emperor’s disciple. At most, he was about as well-known as the Nine Provinces Dao’s seventh Dao Child.

As for the final two, one was Xing Jingzi, who had interacted with Wang Baole in the Starfall Realm. Just like always, he carried his sword on his back and was covered in a dense baleful aura. And the last one was… Xie Haiyang!

After the old servant congratulated them on their success, the cultivators on the thirty-nine giant beasts around the crater all looked at the five with mixed emotions in their eyes. There was envy, jealousy, hatred… and other complicated feelings.

Envy and jealousy were obvious. After all, gaining enlightenment of ten past lives involved a fair bit of luck; many of the cultivators down below didn’t even have ten past lives in the first place. Thus, it was only natural that they would be envious and jealous.

As for hatred… among one hundred thousand trial takers, how could only five qualify to gain enlightenment of ten past lives? In fact, there were originally more who could have succeeded, but because they were robbed of their light of guidance, they failed. Thus, they would naturally feel hatred when they saw the five people appear.

Among the five people in the sky, Ling Lan was the most dazzling of all. After all, he was a member of the Never-Ending Clan, putting him on a pedestal from the very start. Add to that his master’s fame as one of the Divine Emperors and he was naturally the center of attention no matter where he went.

Of the other four, only the seventh Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao and the Dao Planet-owning Wang Baole could barely compete. The remaining two were completely outshone by the others.

All of this takes a long time to describe, but these thoughts ran through everyone’s minds in less than a fraction of a second. But soon, an unimaginable scene appeared in the crowd’s eyes.

As the five people’s figures became clear, their blank eyes lit up, and they each saw the other four in an instant. At that moment… the supremely arrogant ninth disciple of Divine Emperor Kiga suddenly revealed a shocked expression!

He was standing next to Wang Baole, and Wang Baole was smiling harmlessly at him.

‘Shit!’

His heart trembled, and he almost cursed out loud. Wang Baole’s overwhelming strength had already been engraved into his heart. He couldn’t help but recall the scene where he and the others had fled in a panic, praying with all their hearts that Wang Baole wouldn’t target them. Thus, with chills going down his spine, he instinctively backed up.

The same thing happened with the seventh Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao. It seemed that only by standing a little farther away from Wang Baole would he feel a little safer.

Although Xing Jingzi and Xie Haiyang didn’t move, the expressions and actions of the other two instantly made the crowd of cultivators down below react with shock.

“What’s going on?”

“Am I seeing things? A Divine Emperor’s disciple and a Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao are… scared of Wang Baole?”

“Could it be that they battled Wang Baole previously and were at a disadvantage?”

As everyone murmured in shock, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and glanced at Ling Lan as well as the Nine Provinces Dao’s seventh Dao Child. Both were clearly nervous.

Wang Baole wasn’t surprised that both of them had succeeded in gaining enlightenment of ten past lives. As for Xing Jingzi, he was also an outstanding figure, so it wasn’t strange for him to succeed as well. But for Xie Haiyang to also succeed… Wang Baole truly hadn’t expected this.

After giving Xie Haiyang and Xing Jingzi a nod, Wang Baole turned and narrowed his eyes as he stalked toward Ling Lan.

He wasn’t fast, but his movements made Ling Lan’s expression change drastically. As Wang Baole approached, Ling Lan rapidly backed up and let out a low growl.

"Wang Baole, you…"

But before he could finish speaking, Wang Baole appeared right in front of him, as if stepping through the void itself.

The old servant beside Reverend Heaven-Learned frowned and wanted to stop him, but when he heard Reverend Heaven-Learned cough lightly, the Star Domain Realm old servant lowered his head and didn’t interfere.

Without anyone stopping Wang Baole, Ling Lan didn’t stand a chance. He was completely unable to dodge as Wang Baole let loose a punch!

This punch seemed unassuming, but it contained astonishing power. As it fell, heaven and earth rumbled, and terrifying ripples spread out in all directions. A storm of horrifying proportions gathered and exploded right in front of Ling Lan.

A boom rang out as all of Ling Lan’s defenses were ripped apart like paper. Wang Baole’s fist ruthlessly slammed into his body, causing him to tremble violently and cough up a mouthful of blood. His body involuntarily retreated dozens of meters before he coughed up even more blood. Threads of natural law could be seen flickering all over his body, not from himself but from Wang Baole’s nine Ancient Planets.

As the threads of law wandered his body, they constantly eroded and intensified his injuries, even damaging his Ancient Planets. At that moment, Ling Lan’s nine Ancient Planets that he was so proud of were cracking all over and becoming unprecedentedly dim.

He shuddered violently, and his complexion turned extremely pale. But despite the horror in his eyes, uncontrollable anger broke out in his heart as he roared at Wang Baole.

“You…”

“That punch is the price for you attacking me during the trial. If you dare to say another word… I’ll kill you!” Wang Baole said indifferently, sweeping Ling Lan with an ice-cold gaze. Ling Lan seemed to have had a bucket of cold water poured on his head, and he shivered as he felt Wang Baole’s very real killing intent. He shut up immediately.

Wang Baole didn’t pay Ling Lan any more attention. Instead, he turned his head to look at the Nine Provinces Dao’s seventh Dao Child, whose complexion was utterly pale at the moment.

The Dao Child was a decisive person in the end. After seeing Wang Baole make a move, he was certain that he wouldn’t be able to avoid a similar fate if he was struck by that same punch. Thus, he lifted a hand and suddenly struck his own chest. Cracking sounds rang out as his sternum shattered, and blood overflowed from his mouth as he staggered where he stood. However, he didn’t care about any of that and just looked at Wang Baole.

“I was fooled by others into offending you previously. Fellow Daoist, I hope that you can forgive me with this!”

His injury seemed serious, but it hadn’t harmed his foundation and was still at a level that could be healed with medicinal pills. This served to prove the Dao Child’s quickwittedness – if Wang Baole had made a move, then it was entirely possible that his Planet would be shattered, and a shattered Planet wasn’t something that any sort of medicinal pill could fix.

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and looked deeply at the seventh Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao before withdrawing his gaze. Then, under the shocked gazes of the countless cultivators below, he walked toward the islands above the crater. Wang Baole picked out one of the ten islands that didn’t have a projection on it and walked over, but he didn’t sit down immediately. Instead, he turned toward the central island and bowed to Reverend Heaven-Learned.

“Reverend’s demeanor is as elegant as ever. May your life last as long as the heavens.”

Wang Baole speaking up at this point in time made the old servant beside Reverend Heaven-Learned frown. He wanted to scold him, but suddenly, he saw a scene that caused his heart to tremble!

He saw Reverend Heaven-Learned, who had been sitting in a cross-legged position, actually… stand up and return Wang Baole’s bow!

The old servant’s pupils instantly contracted, and the surrounding cultivators were all shocked!

Wang Baole was silent for a while. Then, he cupped his fists again and sat down on the island in a cross-legged position. As soon as he did, the island blurred, and a beam of light shot up into the sky, joining the ranks of the other 89 projections. Suppressing their shock, Xie Haiyang and Xing Jingzi quickly landed on other islands and cupped their fists to the reverend.

As two more beams of light soared into the sky, the pale seventh Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao and ninth disciple of Divine Emperor Kiga also approached, cupped their fists, and sat down in silence.

But… when the four of them cupped their fists to Reverend Heaven-Learned, all they got was a smile and a nod. In comparison to Wang Baole, who received a reciprocal bow, the difference in treatment was like the gap between heaven and earth!