📖 Chapter 1164 - Currents of Opposition!

26 Nov, 2023

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” As Wang Baole was sighing internally, the pseudo-Underworld Child who had shoved open the door of the palace sneered provocatively.

He had already noticed that many elders in the sect were paying attention to this place. In fact, the reason he came here wasn’t for himself, but for his much-admired First Senior Brother.

All of the current pseudo-Underworld Children agreed that First Senior Brother was the only one who deserved the title of Underworld Child of this generation. Only he would be able to lead the Underworld Sect back to the world of the living and allow the sect to regain its former status.

Thus, when Wang Baole, the outsider, arrived, everyone was displeased. Although he was the Underworld Child recognized by the Heavenly Dao as well as the disciple of the ninth grand elder via an Underworld Dream, no one was convinced of his capabilities.

Of course, a large part of this was disdain for cultivators from the world of the living. From the viewpoints of the young man, the other pseudo-Underworld Children, and even the vast majority of Underworld Sect cultivators in this place… Wang Baole was nothing more than a slave of the Never-Ending Clan. How could such a person possibly become their Underworld Child?

This was why the young man had come to provoke Wang Baole into attacking. As long as Wang Baole attacked, then whether or not his attack was justifiable wouldn’t matter.

After all, this was the Underworld Sect, and Wang Baole… was just an outsider.

Thus, things like obeying the rules and enforcing justice didn’t matter. As soon as Wang Baole made a move, the elders would definitely take action to stop him.

‘All I need to do is shame him so bad that he doesn’t have the face to stay here anymore. He should just run along back to the world of the living!’ The young man looked at Wang Baole with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Wang Baole lifted his head, first glancing at the pompous young man, then at the space outside the side palace. Although nothing could be seen with the naked eye, his divine sense clearly felt the gathering of countless gazes. In his heart, he sighed softly again.

In fact, he didn’t find the Underworld Sect’s actions surprising. However, on the way here, he had still been looking forward to his arrival. What he was looking forward to was not his status as an Underworld Child being fully realized; instead, he just wanted to see the familiar Underworld Sect from the Underworld Dream.

But… in the end, a dream was just a dream.

Perhaps the rise of the Never-Ending Clan was indeed the primary reason for the Underworld Sect’s destruction, but there must have been countless internal problems in the first place that led to it eventually being overtaken by the Never-Ending Clan.

For example… right now, this Underworld Sect hiding in the abyss of the starry sky seemed narrow-minded in both thoughts and actions. The status of the Underworld Child, which Wang Baole had never cared much about at all, was extremely important to them.

In fact, with Wang Baole’s sharp mind and powerful methods, it wasn’t impossible for him to use his identity as the Underworld Child to completely win the approval of the Underworld Sect. Wang Baole even suspected that one of the reasons Chen Qingzi had brought him here was to see who was better between him and the currently recognized Underworld Child. Whoever won would become the next generation’s sect master and wage war against the Never-Ending Clan.

But all of this required time, time that Wang Baole didn’t have. He knew that the world would change in several decades, and the blood-colored centipede would surely reappear within ten years. Thus, spending time and energy on the Underworld Sect was not something he could choose to do. In fact, even if he succeeded in winning over the Underworld Sect and became its sect master, it was still not the path he wanted to take.

What Wang Baole wanted was to accelerate his cultivation speed and increase his strength. He didn’t care about raising followers or expanding his influence. All he wanted was to become stronger as fast as possible.

However, by going through the Underworld Dream, he had sown karma with the Underworld Sect. He couldn’t help but hold some special feelings toward this place.

Thus, he was hesitating.

Hesitating over whether to forfeit the identity of the Underworld Child, or… follow his senior brother’s wishes and truly take over this Underworld Sect.

However, after Chen Qingzi merged with the Heavenly Dao, he had changed rapidly in a short amount of time, and Wang Baole couldn’t help but feel unaccustomed to his new senior brother.

Thus, he told himself repeatedly to wait and see.

He was waiting for his senior brother’s answer.

In silence, Wang Baole shook his head and waved his right hand. The power of his fleshly body merged with the power of his divine soul to boost his cultivation base, but rather than an offensive technique, he used the Ebbing Time spell.

Mysteries of Dao instantly filled the air, and time suddenly turned back twenty breaths. The opened palace door closed again, and the pseudo-Underworld Child who had been about to step into the palace also moved backward.

It was as if everything in the past twenty breaths of time had never happened. In fact, under the influence of the law of time in the surroundings, the memories of the young man didn’t contain the scene of him opening the door at all. Standing outside the palace, the young man’s eyes were bewildered for a moment before he sneered and spoke loudly.

“You’re not interested… or you don’t dare? Someone with such a personality is unworthy of being my Underworld Sect’s Underworld Child! Since that’s the case, I might as well do everyone a favor and see what you can do.” The young man spoke the same words as before and moved to push the door open again. At that moment, storms instantly broke out in the hearts of everyone watching.

An elder’s divine will instantly stopped the young man from doing anything more. In fact… the young man had no clue what just happened, but everyone staring at this place from farther away clearly saw it all.

All of them were shocked. Those who didn’t quite understand what had happened were dumbfounded, but those who could see the truth felt their hairs stand on end.

“Time!”

“He turned back time!!”

“Such a divine ability… can no longer be considered a magical technique. It’s an embodiment of Dao itself!”

In the depths of the Underworld Sect, the Underworld Child who had never shown his face but always kept his gaze on Wang Baole, the First Senior Brother whom everyone else acknowledged, suddenly revealed a solemn light in his eyes.

After Wang Baole’s display of Ebbing Time made the situation reach a stalemate, Chen Qingzi’s voice suddenly rang out from the void.

“Stand down!”

In an instant, the pseudo-Underworld Child’s expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly bowed his head and left. At the same time, the gazes and divine senses that had converged on this place all withdrew; a moment later, not one remained. Even the Underworld Child who had been staring at Wang Baole from the very beginning withdrew his gaze, not daring to look at this place any longer.

As a result, the outside of the side palace instantly became quiet. Soon, a gust of wind blew in from nowhere, turning into a figure who pushed open the door of the side palace and walked over to the meditating Wang Baole.

“Senior Brother.” Wang Baole looked up and spoke softly to Chen Qingzi.

“Baole, you don’t like this place, do you?” Chen Qingzi said in a calm voice.

“Senior Brother, what is it that you want me to retrieve from the Underworld River?” Rather than answer, Wang Baole replied with his own question.

“I need the remains of the Underworld Emperor. This body of mine can barely support the Heavenly Dao, but its foundation is lacking. If I can turn the remains of the Underworld Emperor into my Dao clone, then the Underworld River will come under my control. With the power of the endless souls in the river, I’ll be able to restore the Underworld Sect to its former glory.” Chen Qingzi answered, giving Wang Baole a deep look. Wang Baole nodded, then spoke up again after a moment.

“Senior Brother, do you have an answer to my previous question?” Wang Baole’s gaze remained fixated on Chen Qingzi. The answer to this question was extremely important to him.

However, Chen Qingzi fell silent. He looked at the dark sky outside the palace for a long while, then slowly spoke.

“Speaking of opportunities to increase your cultivation base, the Underworld River contains a certain treasure. It’s called… the World Ascension Disk!

“When the disk turns, it draws in the source energy of the Dao Domain and can raise the level of civilizations. If you obtain it, then you can fuse it into your hometown of the solar system. Then, the Federation’s civilization level will rise by leaps and bounds, and your cultivation base will advance accordingly!”

Wang Baole nodded. However, he opened his mouth and spoke again.

“Thank you, Senior Brother. But I still want to know. Do you… have an answer?”