📖 Chapter 1157 - Something isn’t Right!
Wang Baole knew that he had to seize this opportunity well. He could already sense that… the current state of affairs wouldn’t last long!
The conversion of Divine Emperor Split Moon had reached 60%. It would take a while more to finish, but the sky up above was already cracking. In other words, the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao rampaging outside was getting closer and closer to breaching the barrier of the furnace world.
If not for the fact that the furnace had been strengthened by Chen Qingzi, then perhaps it would already have been blasted open by the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao.
“But even if the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao gets in, it probably won’t come after me right away…” Wang Baole frowned in thought. He controlled his intrinsic scabbard to ease up on its suppression of the two sets of Heavenly Dao laws in his body, making it so that he could allow one to suppress the other at any moment, and only then did he feel a little safer.
Meanwhile, as he continued absorbing power in preparation for his breakthrough, he was also thinking about another issue. It was… how he was going to get out of this place.
Wang Baole suspected that there were other members of the Underworld Sect ready to take action, so there was no way that he would believe that the Never-Ending Clan only sent a single Divine Emperor. It was obvious that the ensuing battle would be incredibly intense.
Although the current opportunity was once in a lifetime, it was also located at the very center of everything. Thus, Wang Baole had no choice but to think about when and how he would make his escape. But just as he was carefully considering this question, a wisp of divine will suddenly came out of the curse leaf in his storage pouch and entered his mind.
“My beloved disciple, this is a rare opportunity. Go ahead and absorb as much as you can. Don’t worry about a thing. Master will get you out of there later!
“Tsk, that senior brother of yours is quite heartless. His plan to revive the Underworld Sect has him too busy to bring you away. It’s a good thing that your master, who loves you more than anyone, is here to protect you.” The Flame Patriarch’s slightly smug voice echoed in Wang Baole’s mind.
A smile appeared on Wang Baole’s face as he heard his master’s words. He didn’t bother about the Flame Patriarch’s jab toward Chen Qingzi and just nodded. After taking a deep breath, he focused his complete attention on absorbing the Dao mysteries and fragmented natural laws that resulted from Split Moon’s conversion process.
Rumbling broke out as Wang Baole’s absorption accelerated. Meanwhile, the battle in the outside world had reached a fever pitch. Although Divine Emperor Mystic Blossom was strong, in comparison to Chen Qingzi, he was actually a little lacking!
This was related to both Chen Qingzi’s sharp killing intent as well as the fact that the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao had appeared here, bolstering the power of the Underworld Sect’s techniques. Ripples spread out from their battle, causing the starry sky to crack and fragment well into the distance.
Soon, Split Moon’s conversion reached 70%. At that moment, Wang Baole’s divine soul broke through with a bang, finally reaching the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm!
At the same time, the furnace could no longer withstand the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao’s maddened attacks. The sound of shattering glass echoed out as a gap suddenly opened in the furnace world’s barrier. Then, the gigantic golden beetle instantly turned into a stream of light that rushed toward that gap.
But a cold snort suddenly rang out from nowhere. The void twisted, and seven figures suddenly stepped out into the starry sky outside the furnace!
These seven figures were all wearing black robes and were wreathed in deathly aura. Underworld Fire burst out of their bodies as they all moved to stop the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao.
As soon as they did so, the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao roared, and its back split open. Laughter echoed in all directions as a person suddenly walked out of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao’s body. He was a middle-aged man, dressed in imperial robes and wearing an imperial crown. The fluctuations of his cultivation surpassed the Eternal Star Realm, surpassed the Star Domain Realm, and even… slightly surpassed Mystic Blossom!
“Divine Emperor Imperial Mountain!”
As soon as this person appeared, the seven black-robed men instantly cried out in hoarse voices. However, they didn’t retreat and continued trying to suppress the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao.
Their interference meant that the furnace had a chance to heal. The gap in the sky swiftly closed, but when it was about to completely disappear, the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao suddenly roared. Its body trembled violently as it forcibly split a smaller clone off its body with no heed for cost. Just as the gap disappeared, the clone suddenly slipped through!
The seven black-robed men wanted to stop it, but Divine Emperor Imperial Mountain blocked their way. Meanwhile, as the battles in the outside world raged fiercely, Wang Baole was trembling violently in the world inside the furnace.
Although he had his suspicions, he was still shocked to see the appearance of another Divine Emperor. At the same time, he was shaken by the ancient aura of the Underworld Sect emanating off of the seven black-robed men.
“Has everyone appeared?” Wang Baole’s breathing hastened, but he didn’t have time to think too deeply. As soon as the smaller golden beetle slipped into the furnace world, Wang Baole unhesitatingly controlled his intrinsic scabbard to suppress everything related to the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao in his body. He instantly turned into an apparent subject of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao.
As a result, although the golden beetle hesitated slightly, it eventually ignored Wang Baole and rushed straight toward Divine Emperor Split Moon instead.
Divine Emperor Split Moon seemed to burn brightly like the sun in the golden beetle’s eyes. Not paying attention to anything else, it instantly flew into Split Moon’s body and began fighting with the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao there!
As booms rang out, Wang Baole sighed in relief. His previous action had been something of a gamble, but everything had turned out just fine. Thus, after a moment of hesitation, he resumed his absorption.
With the collision of two Heavenly Daos in Split Moon’s body, even more Dao mysteries and fragmented natural laws were released. At the same time… Wang Baole was a member of the Underworld Sect, after all. Thus, he controlled his intrinsic scabbard to rapidly absorb the power of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao in the surroundings.
Wang Baole’s improvement became faster and faster. His fleshly body had long reached the true pinnacle of the Eternal Star Realm, and he felt that it was accumulating momentum.
Momentum… to break through the Eternal Star Realm and truly step into the Star Domain Realm!
All the stars in his star chart were glowing with the light of evolution, as were the shadows of his past lives. But a moment later, Wang Baole sensed that the amount of Dao mysteries coming from Divine Emperor Split Moon was suddenly decreasing!
Wang Baole would only receive the greatest benefits if the Heavenly Daos fighting in Split Moon’s body were evenly matched. However, the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao had only just been resurrected, after all. Thus… it was far too weak to fight against the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao!
And the extent of the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao’s struggle was clearly visible, because the black deathly aura on Divine Emperor Split Moon’s body was receding rapidly. From the original 80%, it fell to 70%, then 50%, 40%, 30%…
When it returned to 10%, the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao seemed almost unable to hold on. Divine Emperor Split Moon’s eyelids were also trembling, as if he was about to awaken!
Wang Baole’s expression changed drastically upon seeing this scene. He felt that something was strange; after all, according to his previous analysis, all of this should have been planned out by his senior brother for a long time already. It was unreasonable for it to just fail like this.
But no matter what, the reality was right in front of him.
Fortunately, the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao erupted with power in the next moment, going all out to fight back. But at that moment, a faint voice echoed out from the starry sky outside the furnace, where a heated battle was going on.
“Chen Qingzi, you’ve lost.” A huge figure of light with three heads and six arms suddenly appeared. The moment he did, an immense pressure descended in all directions.
“Divine Emperor Radiant Light! Interesting, so all three of you showed up? In that case, that old fart Patriarch Never-Ending must be lurking around here somewhere too.” Outside the furnace, although Chen Qingzi was still smiling, his complexion had darkened a bit.
“There’s no need for the patriarch to come in person. The three of us are enough to handle you and your surviving Underworld Sect members.” As the figure of light spoke calmly, he lightly jabbed his finger toward the furnace.
In an instant, the starry sky rumbled. The seven black-robed men from the Underworld Sect suddenly spat out blood and exploded one after another. At the same time, the barrier of the furnace world that had only just recovered was unable to endure the force and shattered again!
“Heavenly Dao, hurry up and devour the Underworld Dao in Split Moon’s body. Wake him up!”
As the furnace world opened up again, the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao let out a joyful roar. Without any hesitation, it shot toward Split Moon, who already seemed on the verge of awakening!
Seeing the sudden reversal of the situation, Wang Baole’s heart pounded heavily. But for some reason, he still felt… that something wasn’t right!