đź“– Chapter 1103 - Departure!
Wang Baole’s eyes remained blank for a long time. After regaining his senses, he looked at Reverend Heaven-Learned and asked.
“How long has it been?”
“Seventy-nine days.” Reverend Heaven-Learned couldn’t conceal his exhaustion. His eyes were completely bloodshot, and his breathing was also erratic. Combined with his pale complexion, it was obvious that allowing Wang Baole to look into the past lives of the universe was extremely draining for the old man.
At the side, the reverend’s old servant was even more feeble. He was sitting there cross-legged with closed eyes, unable to even respond. Obviously, Reverend Heaven-Learned alone wasn’t enough to allow Wang Baole to sink into the past. He and the Star Domain Realm old servant had needed to work together.
And the Book of Heaven’s Mandate didn’t look any better than those two. Its light was extremely dim, and its spirituality had obviously been damaged. It would need a long time to recover to its former state.
The Book of Heaven’s Mandate had only been the medium for Wang Baole to look into the past lives of the universe, with the primary catalyst being Wang Baole himself. But even so, it had been reduced to such a state.
From the seventy-ninth to the second life, it was alright, but the first life of this universe… involved some unimaginably powerful beings. In fact, it was already a miracle that the everyone lasted until Wang Baole woke up.
Although Wang Baole didn’t know these details, he understood the general concept. Thus, his eyes shone with gratitude, and he took a deep breath before standing up. Facing Reverend Heaven-Learned, the old servant, and the Book of Heaven’s Mandate, he cupped his fists and bowed three times!
These three bows were actually insufficient to fully express his gratitude. After this session of viewing the past, Wang Baole had connected all his memories, and knew everything that had happened to him since the beginning of the universe. Moreover, he had figured out almost half of the whole truth.
His aura itself changed drastically. As soon as he finished his three bows, Wang Baole’s cultivation base suddenly fluctuated.
The enlightenment of all his past lives and the accumulation of endless years all emerged from the deepest depths of Wang Baole’s body. His cultivation base climbed rapidly, breaking through the limit of the Planet Realm and reaching a state that could be considered unprecedented and completely unique!
Before now, no Planet Realm cultivator had ever reached such a height. This unfathomable state was reflected best in Wang Baole’s nine Ancient Planets, and even more so in his Dao Planet!
After returning from his past lives, his resonance with his Ancient Planets’ nine natural laws rose. In the end, they all capped out at the level of 99%!
To a certain extent, using the term “Ancient Planet” to describe them was no longer appropriate. They were more like… quasi-Dao Planets!
This transformation brought Wang Baole’s already unbelievable battle prowess to an even higher level. Moreover, the most important transformation had happened not to his Ancient Planets, but to his Dao Planet!
Inside his divine soul, the Dao Planet was shining with brilliant rays of light. Its biggest change, noticeable at a glance, was in its size!
Originally, despite having an extremely high standard of existence, the Dao Planet was still no more than a Planet. But now… although it was still a Planet, the size of this Planet was even larger than ordinary Eternal Stars!
At the very least, Wang Baole had never seen an Eternal Star bigger than his current Dao Planet. And the might contained in this gargantuan Planet was so great that even Wang Baole himself could hardly believe it.
If a Planet Realm cultivation base was considered a lake, then the qualitative change that occurred in the Eternal Star Realm was akin to the water of the lake turning into ice, with the cultivator’s battle prowess rising correspondingly. But right now, although Wang Baole was still in the Planet Realm, his cultivation base wasn’t a lake, but… a vast sea!
Despite being a sea of water, it exceeded the lake of ice of the Eternal Star Realm. Even if it was inferior in quality, the horrifying quantity was enough to make up for any gap. No matter how solid a lake of ice was, it still couldn’t stand up to an entire sea!
In fact, Wang Baole could no longer judge his current battle prowess. However, he knew that… his trump card wasn’t the immensity of his cultivation base, but rather his knowledge of this world in a stele, as well as… the shadows of his past lives!
That was why he could be considered the most unique Planet Realm cultivator in the history of this stele world!
And all of these gains were thanks to Reverend Heaven-Learned’s help. Thus, after bowing three times, Wang Baole looked at the exhausted reverend and spoke softly.
"Thank you!"
No promises were made, nor were any gifts exchanged. Instead, what came out was only a heartfelt thank you. Reverend Heaven-Learned naturally understood Wang Baole’s feelings, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Take care of yourself."
Wang Baole nodded. Raising his head, his divine sense spread out and enveloped all of Planet Heaven’s Mandate. After staying still for a long time, his eyes flashed with anticipation for the future. Bowing to Reverend Heaven-Learned again, Wang Baole turned into a long arc of light that shot straight into the sky!
As he flew into the sky, his surroundings immediately fluctuated with the power of nine quasi-Dao-level natural laws. The power of the enormous Dao Planet inside of him also rippled outward, causing his entire body to shine with brilliant light. Mysterious auspicious totems manifested from the void, forming an illusory path through the sky for Wang Baole to walk on. He was like the center of the universe as he stepped onto the path and continued into the vault of heaven.
It wasn’t until Wang Baole was almost out of sight that Reverend Heaven-Learned murmured with well-wishes in his eyes.
“Actually, it should be me thanking you. You also let me… understand the origin of this world.”
Wang Baole paused slightly when he heard these words. Then, he moved faster and faster, heading straight into the starry sky. At the same time, his mind was filled with thoughts about a certain question.
“Where do I come from…” Wang Baole recalled that vortex that led to an unknown location. He had the vague feeling that the unknown place beyond the vortex… seemed to be calling out to him.
After a while, Wang Baole caught sight of the fleet of battleships in the starry sky. He suppressed his thoughts and headed straight toward the one in front.
His divine sense directly ignored the battleship’s defenses and pierced right in. He saw Xie Haiyang and Chen Han inside, as well as the Eternal Star Realm Dao Protectors. A few breaths after his divine sense swept over them, their expressions suddenly changed.
“Who?!” A series of low shouts rang out from inside the battleship. The Eternal Star Dao Protectors in charge of guarding Wang Baole and Xie Haiyang, as well as those protecting Chen Han, simultaneously rushed out of the battleship and looked at the approaching Wang Baole as if they were facing a great enemy.
There were more than thirty Eternal Star Realm cultivators in this group. Aside from two with Yellow Dao Eternal Stars, the rest were only of Mortal Dao. Even so, the moment they appeared, the monstrous fluctuations rolling off of them caused the surrounding void to twist and distort.
But despite the overwhelming power of more than thirty Eternal Star Realm cultivators gathered in the same place, their expressions were all full of wariness as they stared intently at the horrifying figure that had rushed out from Planet Heaven’s Mandate.
What was reflected in their eyes wasn’t Wang Baole. There seemed to be some cognitive barrier between the two groups, causing the Dao Protectors to be completely unable to see Wang Baole’s body or sense his aura.
They could only see… a single illusory Planet that was even bigger than an Eternal Star. This Planet carried terrifying momentum as it approached the group of warships that were awaiting Wang Baole.
It was obviously just a Planet, not an Eternal Star, but the pressure it exuded made all the Eternal Star Realm Dao Protectors shudder. Outside this enormous illusory Planet were nine smaller Planets orbiting it like satellites, causing its momentum to surge even higher. Each of the Dao Protectors instinctively released the power of their Eternal Star, preparing to unleash an attack.
Xie Haiyang and Chen Han both looked at the approaching Planet with unprecedentedly solemn gazes. But fortunately, Wang Baole immediately realized that his current condition was a little unusual, and that these familiar people were unable to recognize him. After a moment, he spoke.
"It's me."
As his words echoed out, Wang Baole deliberately suppressed his power. The Dao Planet and quasi-Dao Planets outside his body rapidly shrank, returning back within him. Then, he used his essence magic to reflect his visage in everyone’s eyes, and they finally saw… Wang Baole in front of them.
"Young master?!"
"Sect Uncle Baole?!"
"Daddy?!"
The Raging Flame Galaxy’s Eternal Star Realm cultivators, Xie Haiyang, and Chen Han all widened their eyes, disbelief plain on their faces as they stared blankly at Wang Baole.
Although they knew that Wang Baole had obtained great gains in the trial on Planet Heaven’s Mandate and saw his prowess later at the birthday celebration, his power back then was far from now. Remembering that terrifyingly large Planet from just a moment ago, and thinking about how they were unable to even see his figure, their hearts were filled with huge waves.