📖 Chapter 1096 - The Centipede Reappears!

19 Sep, 2023

Everyone attending the birthday celebration, including Li Wan’er, felt like their horizons had just been expanded.

And all of this was because of… Wang Baole!

Everything Wang Baole had done since exiting the past life trial was utterly astonishing. The moment he appeared, he heavily injured the disciple of a Divine Emperor and forced a Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao to strike himself in apology. When he sat among the projections of Almighties, there was no hint of incongruity, as if it was only right for him to be there, and he had caused that black-robed man to collapse with a light tap of his hand.

There was also the way the others looked at him after they viewed the future, as well as… the unprecedented events that had occurred for Wang Baole’s own future-viewing session. The repeated viewings, the obsequious demeanor of the Book of Heaven’s Mandate… all of these things caused the events of this birthday celebration to be firmly engraved in everyone’s souls.

The same was true for Reverend Heaven-Learned’s old servant. In particular, the way the Book of Heaven’s Mandate fawned over Wang Baole made him feel a little dazed. All of a sudden, the veneration he’d held for the Book of Heaven’s Mandate all these years seemed a little foolish.

‘I didn’t expect that the Book of Heaven’s Mandate had such a side to it…’ The old servant couldn’t help but sigh internally. Meanwhile, as ripples spread over Planet Heaven’s Mandate, the scene in front of Wang Baole’s eyes shifted again.

Perhaps it was the difference between passive acceptance and active assistance, but this time, there was no need for Wang Baole to give any orders. Although the image was blurry at first, it was rapidly clearing. It seemed that the Book of Heaven’s Mandate was really deducing with all its might, so soon, scenes of the future floated past Wang Baole’s eyes.

Each scene was perfectly clear, with even the individual hairs on people’s faces being visible. Including the background, everything in the scenes was incomparably realistic.

Moreover, as if worried that Wang Baole still wouldn’t be able to understand everything he was seeing… the Book of Heaven’s Mandate hovered above the scenes, and words appeared above the head of every single person that appeared. Their name, origin, cultivation base, and even magical treasures were all shown…

But what made Wang Baole even more shocked was that in the explanatory text, each person’s connections and secrets were also exposed. And once he stared at them a little harder, he could even see the fated trajectory of their lives!

Wang Baole could hardly believe his eyes. He couldn’t help but think back to stories he’d heard in the Federation. It was said that there was a kind of person in this world whose persistence could move heaven and earth, whose kindness could melt glaciers…

Wang Baole couldn’t help but have a strange expression on his face as he checked the future scenes. However, this level of detail was obviously quite draining to the Book of Heaven’s Mandate. After only looking for a little while, the scenes of the future began to blur slightly, so Wang Baole stopped looking at other people’s future trajectories and quickly checked through the scenes of his own future.

He saw the return of the Underworld Sect, saw endless wars breaking out, saw his cultivation base reaching the Eternal Star Realm and then the Star Domain Realm… but all of these things came in short fragments. There was no continuity between them, showing that these fragments were just some possibilities among many.

There were two scenes that Wang Baole stared at for a longer period of time. The first scene contained his master the Flame Patriarch, his senior brother Chen Qingzi, and Wang Baole himself.

In that scene, Chen Qingzi and the Flame Patriarch were both injured. However, they rushed forward to save Wang Baole, who was in danger, without any regard for their own safety. The anxiousness on their faces made Wang Baole’s heart feel warm.

In the second scene, Chen Qingzi handed a black crystal to Wang Baole with a grim expression on his face. He then spoke:

“Little Junior Brother, I leave the Underworld Sect to you.”

After viewing these scenes, Wang Baole stood there silently. As the world around him blurred again, the figure of Chen Qingzi appeared in his mind.

‘Senior Brother, I miss you…’

Although the scenes of the future weren’t things that would definitely happen, Wang Baole was already satisfied with this much. He was about to leave, but he suddenly remembered the previous trial takers’ reactions after they viewed the future. His mind moved, and he called out to the Book of Heaven’s Mandate.

“Let me see what the Divine Emperor’s disciple and Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao saw.”

If it were anyone else, the Book of Heaven’s Mandate would definitely reject such a request, but for Wang Baole… as soon as he finished speaking, the future seen by Divine Emperor Kiga’s ninth disciple appeared in front of his eyes.

In that picture, the Divine Emperor’s disciple died in a factional conflict among the Never-Ending Clan. It had nothing to do with Wang Baole. However, now that he’d seen this future, that disciple of Divine Emperor Kiga might be able to resolve his crisis.

“As expected, that guy really was trying to fool me after all. He pretended to be horrified by my future self, but that was all an act in order to make people wary of me.” Wang Baole sneered. A cold light flashed through his eyes before he turned to look at the future seen by the Nine Provinces Dao’s seventh Dao Child.

This future also had nothing to do with him. The one who ended up killing the Dao Child wasn’t Wang Baole, but a fellow member of the Nine Provinces Dao!

“Another liar!” Wang Baole shook his head and glanced at the futures of Xing Jingzi and Xie Haiyang. But after he did so, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

Because he didn’t appear in Xing Jingzi’s future, nor was he relevant to Xie Haiyang’s future. The words Xie Haiyang had mentioned about Wang Baole no longer being himself seemed completely unrelated to the future he was seeing.

It was perfectly logical for the disciple of the Divine Emperor and the Dao Child of the Nine Provinces Dao to deceive and pretend. But Xing Jignzi had no reason to try and trick Wang Baole, and the possibility of Xie Haiyang doing so was even more unlikely.

Wang Baole fell silent. This matter was extremely strange, and he couldn’t come to any conclusions even after thinking for a long while. Looking at the blurry world all around him, his heart suddenly started palpitating for seemingly no reason.

“Let’s go!” Wang Baole pondered for a moment longer before speaking slowly.

But at that moment, the Book of Heaven’s Mandate’s consciousness fluctuated intensely. It only had time to transmit a single thought to Wang Baole before abruptly disappearing. It was as if another consciousness had arrived from nowhere and suppressed the Book of Heaven’s Mandate!

A faint voice suddenly reverberated throughout this blurry future-viewing space.

“There’s another scene. This little guy’s spirituality isn’t enough, so he can’t deduce it. But I can… do you want to see it?”

As soon as those words rang out, Wang Baole’s hair immediately stood on end. His expression changed drastically, and his breathing became a little ragged. The message transmitted by the Book of Heaven’s Mandate just now told him that a consciousness from the future had descended on this place.

But that wasn’t the main point. The main point was… Wang Baole was very familiar with the voice that had just spoken!

It was none other than… the voice of the blood-colored centipede that he’d seen in his past lives!

“Who are you!?” After a moment of silence, Wang Baole spoke in a low voice.

“Didn’t I already tell you that I wouldn’t say it twice? Anyway… what is your answer?”

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. After thinking for a moment, cold light flashed through them.

“I’ll look!”

Almost as soon as Wang Baole spoke, the blurriness around him instantly disappeared, replaced by a region of the starry sky. Unlike the previous scenes, this time, he wasn’t looking at the future scene through a lens. Instead, he was standing in the middle of a vivid scene, as if he had really entered the scene himself!

Standing in the starry sky and looking all around, he suddenly saw… a hand! A hand that had appeared in the memories of a past life, a hand that had killed a Burning Torch godling!

As soon as this hand appeared from the void, its finger gently pressed down toward his forehead. A faint voice echoed throughout the starry sky.

“Should I call you the black wooden board? This is your fate… to be possessed by me!”

Wang Baole’s mind rumbled. As soon as the finger fell, bright light flashed in Wang Baole’s eyes. He had been prepared for a long time already, and immediately unleashed Ebbing Time. The finger was far beyond Wang Baole, but the power of the law of time still allowed his spell to have an effect. Although he wasn’t able to turn back time, he was able to make it pause!

And this pause was enough!

The illusory figure of a zombie immediately appeared from his body and roared toward the approaching finger.

"Light!"

The figure of the devil blade followed.

"Slash!"

The figure of the Burning Torch godling appeared, punching out toward the sky!

"Shatter!"

The one who held infinite hatred for the world appeared.

"Kill!"

And a little white deer rushed out as well. With the pair of antlers that had smashed through the end of the world, it slammed into the approaching finger!

"Break!"