📖 Chapter 1109 - Ten Thousand Planets

02 Oct, 2023

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“Sigh, it would be great if girls were like these Planets, falling all over me with just a word.” Watching the countless Planets shining excitedly in the starry sky, for some reason, this strange thought appeared in Wang Baole’s mind.

But in order to maintain the demeanor of an expert, he could only hide these emotions. On the surface, he was as calm and serene as a pool of water, expressing the transcendent demeanor of someone who had escaped the fetters of the world.

However, he had forgotten about… Little Missy’s habit of spying on his thoughts. As soon as he lamented internally, Little Missy’s sarcastic voice rang out in his mind.

“What, is that why you wanted to become the Federation President?”

Wang Baole instinctively trembled and his mask of transcendence almost slipped. He immediately sighed softly and sent Little Missy some affectionate words.

“Although millions of girls going crazy over me is nice, it’s all to set off my Dao Planet… Little Missy, you are my Dao Planet. You’re the only one forever in my heart!”

“Hmph!” Little Missy snorted disdainfully, but Wang Baole clearly sensed the changes in her mood. Clearing his throat, his expression turned solemn and he sat down cross-legged. As he immersed himself in the circulation of his cultivation base, his eyes glowed with a profound light.

Little Missy also knew that this was a critical moment, so she didn’t keep talking and just watched silently. As she watched, Wang Baole’s cultivation base circulated faster and faster.

In the beginning, it took four breaths of time for his cultivation base to complete a full circulation, but soon, it circulated fully every single breath. As the speed increased, Wang Baole’s body began to emit heat, as if he were a huge furnace. As the heat spread outside his body, the Dao Planet began absorbing it, shining brighter and brighter. The nine Ancient Planets did the same, and soon, their light was blindingly bright.

“Still not enough…” Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he felt a sense of anticipation in his heart. Before going to the Raging Flame Galaxy, he didn’t know much about the Eternal Star Realm. But after paying respects to the Flame Patriarch and studying many classic texts, his understanding of the Eternal Star Realm had greatly improved.

He knew that the five grades of Eternal Star were Heaven-grade, Earth-grade, Profound-grade, Yellow-grade, and Mortal-grade. Among these, even reaching Profound-grade was quite rare. Usually, a certain status or great opportunities were required. For example, among Wang Baole’s Dao Protectors, there was only one with a Profound-grade Eternal Star, and that person’s status in the Raging Flame Galaxy was exceptionally high.

When Chong Yizi attacked previously, Wang Baole’s Profound-grade Dao Protector had been easily defeated. However, his injuries had been minimal. To receive only minimal injuries from the clone of Chong Yizi proved the power of a Profound-grade Eternal Star. As for Earth-grade Eternal Stars… they could only be described as rarer than phoenix feathers or qilin horns! For example, Chong Yizi’s Eternal Star was Earth-grade!

Chong Yizi was the second-ranked Dao Child of the Left Dao Holy Region’s number one sect. It could be seen from this just how rare Earth-grade was. In the entire Raging Flame Galaxy, there may have been cultivators with Earth-grade Eternal Stars in the past, but in the present day…

“There are none.” Wang Baole murmured. He quickly stopped thinking about the Raging Flame Galaxy, and information about Heaven-grade Eternal Stars appeared in his mind.

In the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain, Heaven-grade Eternal Stars were vanishingly rare. Perhaps it was due to some secrets involved in the creation of a Heaven-grade Eternal Star, but throughout the ages, Heaven-grade Eternal Stars had only ever appeared in the royal family of the Never-Ending Clan!

But regardless of whether it was Heaven-grade or Mortal-grade, the way to reach the Eternal Star Realm was more or less the same. The basic process involved locating an appropriate Eternal Star and merging it into the body, then breaking through and forming an internal galaxy.

Therefore, the Eternal Star Realm actually had another name… the Galaxy Realm!

As for the original Planet, it would become the chief planet of the new galaxy.

In fact, just after breaking through, the gap between Heaven-grade and Mortal-grade actually wasn’t insurmountably wide. The gap in strength was reflected more in the later stages of cultivation, when the difference in accommodation ability became more apparent.

The higher the grade, the more Eternal Stars could be accommodated in the cultivator’s internal galaxy. For example, if Mortal-grade was like a cup, then Earth-grade was a huge water tank, and Heaven-grade was a giant pool!

To a certain extent, aside from a cultivator’s own cultivation method, cultivation in the Eternal Star Realm involved devouring and integrating countless Eternal Stars to complete one’s internal galaxy.

And once a cultivator reached the pinnacle, their internal galaxy would transform into a majestic star domain. This would also be the moment for an Eternal Star Realm cultivator to break into the Star Domain Realm.

“But I… don’t want any of these five grades. What I want is the almost unheard-of Eternal Star ranking above Heaven-grade, the legendary… Dao-grade Eternal Star!” Wang Baole’s eyes shone brightly. The Dao grade was something that could only be achieved by someone with a Dao Planet, and even then, it required immense fortune!

To reach Dao grade, one had to take their Dao Planet and advance it into an Eternal Dao Star!

Only the founding ancestor of the Never-Ending Clan had ever accomplished such a feat. After all, obtaining a Dao Planet was far too rare, and the opportunity to transform it into an Eternal Dao Star was even rarer. Thus, there was no such thing as a defined process of advancement. Anyone who wanted to break through in this way could only rely on themselves to find a method.

On the way here, Wang Baole had spent a lot of time deducing such methods. For example, the way he was accelerating the circulation of his cultivation base at the moment was one of the methods he had analyzed.

By circulating his cultivation base rapidly, his body would continuously emit heat. The heat would nurture his Planets, causing them to shine brighter, and when his Planets reached the pinnacle of brightness… therein lay the opportunity to break through.

As his thoughts whirled, Wang Baole didn’t hesitate at all. The circulation of his cultivation base accelerated again, going from one full circulation each breath to three full circulations each breath, then five… When his cultivation base was circulating ten times each breath, he sensed that he’d reached his limit.

By now, his Dao Planet had also become extremely hot, causing a fiery red to tint the entire vault of heaven. Down below, the paper human cutouts all had shocked expressions on their faces.

But compared to their shock, Wang Baole was feeling anxious. With ten circulations each breath, he had already reached his limit, and he wouldn’t be able to maintain this state for very long, but… he still didn’t have the slightest sensation of a breakthrough.

“As long as I ignite my Dao Planet and burn away its power, I should be able to advance. But… I don’t want to do that!” Light flashed in Wang Baole’s eyes, and the shadows of his past lives appeared around him. The zombie, the devil blade, the little white deer… and as soon as they appeared, they merged into his Dao Planet. All of a sudden, the Dao Planet shuddered, and then, in a monstrous burst of light and heat… it exploded!

The entire Starfall Realm was illuminated by this explosion, the dark night giving way to pure white light. Meanwhile, Wang Baole, who was already indistinguishable from the exploding Dao Planet, finally felt an invisible wall, as if there was some sort of barricade in front of him!

This barricade was like a restriction that was stopping his Dao Planet from advancing. It was as if there was a certain limit in the universe, and in order to advance, the Dao Planet had to leap over this barricade like a carp jumping through the dragon gate.

Wang Baole sensed that as long as he ignited the Dao Planet and burned a portion of its power away, he would be able to advance smoothly. The ignition would grant the Dao Planet more strength, and the burning would lighten the Planet itself, making it easier for it to leap over the barricade!

But… he didn’t want to!

At that moment, Wang Baole lifted his head. A solemn and dignified voice rang out from his mouth, spreading in all directions through the vault of heaven.

“Among all you Planets in the sky… who would like to accompany me on a journey across the galaxy, on a journey throughout the true starry sky!?”

Immediately, the millions of Planets shining excitedly all went crazy. Their light became bright to an unprecedented degree, causing the vault of heaven to instantly fill with unimaginable brilliance.

Among them, there were over ten thousand Planets with the brightest light. They were… Special Planets. As they shone fiercely, Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with a determined light. Beckoning with his right hand, he spoke softly.

“Come to me!”

As soon as his words echoed out, millions of Planets shot toward him. But the brightest ten thousand Special Planets were the fastest, passing all the other stars and appearing beside Wang Baole in the blink of an eye. They seemed to have formed a tacit agreement, gathering all their light to not only block out the other Planets, but also illuminate Wang Baole’s Dao Planet!

Almost as soon as the ten thousand Special Planets shone in unison, the momentum of Wang Baole’s Dao Planet surged. Its already gargantuan size actually expanded again, and its aura reached a level that made most of the paper human cutouts gape.

Wang Baole seemed to have finally reached his limit. Breathing heavily, he formed hand seals with both hands, stood up from his cross-legged position, and let out a low roar.

"Star Sealing!"