š Chapter 1187 - Unclear Path
Time passed slowly. The Underworld Emperor Tomb was completely silent, save for a song echoing softly in Wang Baoleās ears, gradually soothing his sorrow and easing his exhaustion. He fell into a deep sleepā¦
He felt safe and sound, as well as full of warmth.
Even the Underworld River in the outside world seemed to be listening to Wang Yiyiās song. The slight waves settled to none at all, and even the innumerable restless souls of the dead became hushed.
As for Planet Underworld, perhaps it was also affected by the song. It gradually calmed down, and no noise came out, as if it had entered hibernation.
All in all, the entire Land of the Underworld entered a strange tranquility. The Underworld River was quiet, Planet Underworld was silent, and the only sound in the deep abyss seemed to be the echoing of Wang Yiyiās voice.
āThe wind so softly blows, the birds so gently sing. Baby, donāt be sad. Quickly go to sleepā¦
āSnowflakes flutter down, silent as your tears. Baby, donāt be sad. Laugh happily when you wake...ā
Her voice was soft and gentle, without the slightest edge to it. Just like all-embracing water, or a gentle breezeā¦ Slowly, it fell even into the ears of the solitary figure sitting at the center of the endless vortex.
As this figure sat there cross-legged, it was as if he was a single person holding up the sky, one man suppressing the infinite underworld. His heart, his Dao, everything about him was utterly indifferent. But at that moment, as the song entered his ears, he gradually opened his eyes and looked down at the Underworld River.
Time passed. Ten days, thirty days, a hundred days...
Wang Baole woke up.
There was confusion in his eyes, as well as hints of reminiscence. He stared blankly at Wang Yiyiās face, seeing the tenderness in her eyes and listening to her gentle song.
He seemed to have had a dream.
In that dream, the ancient bronze sword never appeared in the solar system. In that dream, there had been no war for the Federation. In that dreamā¦ the spiritual energy of Earth never increased, and cultivators never appeared.
In that dreamā¦ he was just an ordinary little fatty living in a small city.
He was admitted to an average university and entered society after graduating. He found an average job and experienced an average love. Then, he experienced failure in his career, as well as the loss of that love. Although his body gradually became less fat, the passage of time left its marks on his face.
Eventually, he married a wife and sired a few children. Just like other ordinary people, although his job was difficult and his income wasnāt much, as long as he didnāt seek wealth and honor, he didnāt have to worry about having enough to eat. But in this ordinary life, he gradually forgot the dreams and ambitions of his youth. He became silent and lost his way, mistaking his unhappiness for happiness. Thus, his mind aged even faster than his body.
In the end, as his hair turned gray and he lay on the hospital bed looking at the ceiling, some regrets of his past gradually emerged in his mind.
It could be said that these regrets made up the fabric of his life. Among them, there were some figures he couldnāt forget.
His parents, his children, his friends, andā¦ those smiling figures who had passed through his life one after another.
Among them were his first love and his past wife. There were also people whom he held gratitude toward, and those for whom he could do nothing but sigh. There were even people he thought would be with him forever but with whom he ended up parting ways.
In the end, what emerged in his mind were memories of himself, from youth to now. As his eyes closed, he thought everything was coming to an end, butā¦ the moment he thought he was entering his eternal rest, a light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
This light was extremely warm, and the moment it appeared, Wang Baole faintly understood something. His entire life, he seemed to beā¦ searching. This was the case in his past lives, and it was the same in this one as well.
Perhaps he was looking for someone to entrust himself to.
Or perhaps he wasnāt looking for another person, but searching for his true self.
This was a contradictory sort of feeling. Just like wanting to resurrect his master, it was both right and wrong.
Because it was nothing more than his own thoughts. He had thought that if his master was still around, then everything would be fine. But in factā¦ that was himself forcing his own will on the matter. He didnāt consider his masterās thoughts, his masterās exhaustion, his masterās helplessness, his masterās unwillingness to see conflicts among his disciples.
It was also like the Dao that he had thought was complete.
Whether there was fate or not, whether there was karma or not, whether the ordinary were at peace and the extraordinary became exceptional, all of these were just his own thoughts.
Reincarnation was a necessity, but fate and karma werenāt important. At the end of the day, all he had to doā¦ was follow his heart.
āThatās why Master said that my Dao isnāt complete. I originally thought that my Dao would let me be free and at ease. Thatās not incorrect, but in realityā¦ perhaps, my Dao is freedom itself.ā
Wang Baole opened his eyes. He looked at the face above him for a long, long time.
āYour song is very nice.ā He said softly.
āWhen I was little, every time I was sad, my mother would hold me like this and sing this song to meā¦ā Little Missy replied.
As she spoke, the scenes of Wang Yiyiās life that Wang Baole had seen rose to the front of his mind. He knew about her painful childhood, and he also understood that the woman in front of him was really nothing more than a wisp of remnant soul.
āThank you.ā Wang Baole slowly sat up. Smiling, Wang Yiyi patted his head gently.
āLittle Baole, can you promise me something? Be happy, and smile more.ā As she spoke, she gave Wang Baole a deep look before turning into a ray of light that fused back into the mask.
āBe happy, smile moreā¦ I promise.ā Wang Baole murmured. Silently looking at his surroundings, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. This smile seemed very genuineā¦
However, no laughter echoed out. Instead, wearing this genuine smile, Wang Baole bowed toward the spot where his master had dissipated. Wearing this genuine smile, he turned and left the Underworld Emperor Tomb. Wearing this genuine smile, he entered the Underworld River, andā¦ step by step, wandered through the waters.
Rather than leaving, he was searching through the Underworld River with a smile on his face. When he came to the Underworld River, he had two targets. The first was the corpse of the Underworld Emperor, which had already been taken away by Chen Qingzi. The second wasā¦ the World Ascension Disk!
This supreme treasure could rapidly advance the Federationās level of civilization. It was said to be hidden somewhere in the Underworld River.
At the same time, the infinite deathly aura in the Underworld River was an excellent supplement for Wang Baoleās divine soul. As he walked through the river, his consciousness spread out, and his intrinsic scabbard formed a vortex that caused wisps of deathly aura to gather from all directions.
The more he walked, the more deathly aura he absorbed. The more he absorbed, the more condensed his divine soul at the pinnacle of the Eternal Star Realm got. Vaguely, it showed signs of overflowing and breaking through to the Star Domain Realm. All of this tugged his cultivation base along as well, causing it to gradually move from the late stage of the Eternal Star Realm toward the great circle.
His Star-Sealing Art was also circulating through his body freely.
His ten thousand Special Stars were slowly turning into Eternal Stars. The moment they all became Eternal Stars would be the moment Wang Baoleās cultivation base reached the pinnacle of the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm.
At that time, he could make his star chart expand limitlessly, like opening heaven and earth with a single thought, creating aā¦ star domain!
At that time, he would break through to the Star Domain Realm!
And even among Star Domain Realm Almighties, he would be unprecedentedly powerful!
That was because his star domain would be formed with an Eternal Dao Star as its core, nine Eternal quasi-Dao Stars as its magical laws, and ten thousand Eternal Special Stars as its natural laws. It would beā¦ a perfect star domain!
Wang Baoleās smile remained unchanged as he walked through the river. He saw ancient ruins everywhere he went, as well as countless evil spirits that rushed toward him as soon as they saw him.
He smiled as he walked through the ruins.
He smiled as he killed the evil spirits one by one.
Occasionally, he lifted his head and looked beyond the Underworld River, staring at that figure at the center of the infinitely large vortex. As he did so, there was that same genuine smile on his face.
āBe happy, smile moreā¦ā