đź“– Chapter 1203 - Filling in the Gap
As soon as the Nine Provinces Dao’s old man in white spoke, the experts of the various factions who had just arrived all frowned. There was hesitance in their eyes, and none of them moved.
“Hm?” The old man in white narrowed his eyes and shot them a glare.
The seven Star Domain Realm cultivators who had arrived all trembled. Even if it was merely a glare, it was still the glare of a powerhouse in the great circle of the Star Domain Realm.
“Senior, I wonder if your noble sect’s Patriarch Nine Daos will be coming out of seclusion?” A cultivator at the peak of the mid-stage Star Domain Realm gathered his courage and spoke up.
“He can come at any moment!” The old man in white frowned. Recently, there had been many malicious rumors spreading about his Nine Provinces Dao’s patriarch, saying that Patriarch Nine Daos wasn’t really in the realm of a Divine Emperor. This made the Nine Provinces Dao extremely vexed, but they couldn’t pinpoint the source of the rumors. Nevertheless, the old man in white flicked his sleeve and produced an ordinary-looking jade slip. He clenched his hand slightly, and the jade slip instantly released a vast and majestic Dao aura.
This Dao aura far exceeded the Star Domain Realm. It belonged to the Universe Realm, or in other words, the level of a Divine Emperor. As it spread into the surroundings, the old man in white’s eyes flashed with a sharp light and he snorted.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go!”
The face of the mid-stage Star Domain Realm cultivator who had spoken up earlier paled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
In the past period of time, a number of rumors had been spreading about Patriarch Nine Daos, who was thought to have broken through into the Universe Realm. Some said that Patriarch Nine Daos had passed away during meditation, while others said that he was hiding from the Underworld Sect because he had resurrected through the Reincarnation Cauldron previously. But all in all, most of the rumors were certain that Patriarch Nine Daos couldn’t leave the Nine Provinces Dao’s headquarters. Every faction in the entire Left Dao Holy Region had heard of these rumors.
Some Almighties had even peered into the secrets of heaven seeking confirmation of the rumors. Although they didn’t get a clear answer, the clues pointed to the idea that Patriarch Nine Daos had indeed died during meditation. Even now, although the Dao aura released by the old man in white’s jade slip was indeed of the Universe Realm, it didn’t necessarily disprove the rumors.
However, these Star Domain Realm cultivators from lesser factions didn’t dare to gamble.
Thus, the mid-stage Star Domain Realm cultivator gritted his teeth and bowed deeply.
“By your will!” As he spoke, he seemed to have come to a decision. Killing intent flashed in his eyes as he looked at the solar system, and he immediately rushed out. After that, the remaining Star Domain Realm cultivators also rushed out, not daring to refuse. A group of seven people quickly approached the gap in the barrier around the solar system, bombarding it with all their might as soon as they neared.
For a moment, the illusory World Ascension Disk became visible from the powerful vibrations. At the same time, Wang Baole’s supporters in the four directions – Reverend Star Wings, First Senior Sister, Second Senior Brother, and the old ox – couldn’t stop the members of the five great sects who were battling them. However, the five great sects focused most of their attention on suppressing the four supporters, only sending one or two people to attack the barrier each.
The rest stayed a distance away, watching but not moving.
At the moment, Wang Baole’s cultivation base had increased from sixty to seventy steps on the stairway of the great circle. His aura grew stronger and stronger, but his momentum seemed to have flagged slightly compared to before.
Wang Baole sighed internally.
The current World Ascension Disk was incomplete, after all. If Wang Baole didn’t care about the quality of his breakthrough, then even this incomplete World Ascension Disk would have been enough for him to break through ten times over. However, the difficulty of his perfect breakthrough was hundreds of times greater than normal. Thus, Wang Baole wasn’t sure if the missing portion of the World Ascension Disk would end up causing problems.
This was why he didn’t try to hide his breakthrough. Although it attracted attention, that attention was exactly what he wanted. He wanted the factions of the Left Dao Holy Region to feel a sense of crisis, so that they would come over to stop him, or maybe come to snatch the World Ascension Disk. In any case, as long as they came here, as long as they stepped into the range of the World Ascension Disk…
Wang Baole was confident that by using their life force, he could quickly fill in for what the World Ascension Disk lacked and succeed in his breakthrough.
This was the plan that Wang Baole came up with when he returned to the Federation. After studying the World Ascension Disk, he discovered that it contained the power to move heaven and earth. At the same time, the gap in the disk… was actually the most dangerous place!
Unfortunately, the major sects didn’t take the bait. Over the course of the battle, First Senior Sister, Second Senior Brother, Reverend Star Wings, and the old ox had intentionally revealed several openings to allow the enemies to slip through. But even so, the Nine Provinces Dao and the other four didn’t take any risks and instead had the Star Domain Realm cultivators of the lesser factions serve as the vanguard.
After some time passed, Wang Baole’s schemes would be exposed, and all his efforts would be wasted. Moreover, he could tell that the incomplete World Ascension Disk wouldn’t be enough to support him past seventy steps. After all, 100% complete and 99% complete were separated by a gulf far vaster than a mere 1%.
“My thinking was too simple. Even if Master didn’t show up, the final result would probably be the same. These people are too cautious…” Wang Baole sighed, feeling somewhat regretful. At the current moment, there were only seven people in the gap in the World Ascension Disk, and only six in other places.
Altogether, there were thirteen Star Domain Realm cultivators within the range of the World Ascension Disk. Out of those, only one was in the middle stage, and the rest were all early-stage.
“If only there were ten more…” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. At that moment, the efforts of the Star Domain Realm cultivators inside the gap were bearing fruit, and the protective barrier was about to be destroyed. The sole mid-stage Star Domain Realm cultivator looked surprised for a moment, then seemed to notice something. Expression changing drastically, he suddenly began moving backward in retreat.
However, it was already too late. Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and he waved a finger as he spoke!
“Turn!”
With that word, the massive World Ascension Disk suddenly started to turn. As it did, the whole universe seemed to rotate along with it. The Nine Provinces Dao’s old man in white and the late-stage Star Domain Realm elders from the other four sects all abruptly rose to their feet, expressions shifting rapidly. At the same time, the other Star Domain Realm cultivators also looked up…
The six early-stage Star Domain Realm cultivators who had been attacking the barrier from other locations suddenly blurred. Unable to resist in the slightest, they disappeared in an instant, and when they reappeared… they had been teleported inside the gap!
“It really was a trap!”
"Damn it!!"
The six cultivators who had been teleported into the gap roared. Faces pale, their cultivation bases erupted as they joined forces with the other Star Domain Realm cultivators in the gap to try and escape.
But a moment later…
“Seal!”
A ferocious gleam flashed through Wang Baole’s eyes. As he spoke, a monstrous sealing force appeared in the gap inside the World Ascension Disk, making it so that the cultivators inside would be unable to break free for the time being.
“Wang Baole!!” The old man in white rushed out in an instant, as did the late-stage Star Domain Realm elders from the other four sects. But as soon as they did, a sea of flames suddenly descended on the starry sky, and the figure of the Flame Patriarch stepped out of the void.
With a wave of his hand, all five elders were instantly repulsed.
“Raging Flame, you dare? My Nine Provinces Dao’s patriarch will definitely crush you!” Eyes flashing coldly, the old man in white let out a low roar.
“Crush me? Your sect’s Dao Formation can only bring him to the Universe Realm for a short period of time. Don’t tell me he dares to come out of his little den? He thinks he’s got the power of a Divine Emperor? Ha! Here in the Left Dao Holy Region, I, your grandfather, am the only one with Divine Emperor-level battle prowess! What, just because you fooled me last time, you think you can do it again?” The Flame Patriarch sneered. Internally, he was thinking that if the old man in white really did try to threaten him again, he would definitely start spreading more rumors.
Indeed, the source of the recent rumors was none other than himself…
Meanwhile, as the Flame Patriarch started battling the five sect elders, Wang Baole spoke again in an ice-cold voice.
“Sacrifice!”
As that single word echoed through the starry sky, a massive suction force suddenly erupted from the World Ascension Disk. Naturally, because everything else was complete, the gap became the place that was affected most heavily.
The thirteen Star Domain Realm Almighties sealed inside instantly became frantic, using everything they had in order to escape. But no matter what they did, they failed to even lift the seal.
A moment later, their bodies trembled violently. From the tops of their heads, to their seven orifices, to every bit of flesh and blood in their bodies and even their divine souls, their essence shivered. Under the force of suction, all thirteen people’s essence turned into white mist, leaving their bodies and heading straight into the World Ascension Disk!
This sort of suction was completely overbearing, causing the thirteen cultivators unprecedented agony as their essence was forcibly removed from their bodies.
Their bodies withered at a rate visible to the naked eye, and their divine souls faded rapidly. Their vitality, cultivation base, and any traces of their existence in this world were all being sucked away, sucked into the World Ascension Disk!
Although the missing portion of the World Ascension Disk didn’t physically fill in, illusory threads appeared and entwined with one another, as if mending the disk and slowly pushing it toward an illusory completeness.
And as the World Ascension Disk became more and more complete, Wang Baole’s stagnant cultivation base resumed its upward rise!
Seventy-five steps, eighty steps, eighty five steps… ninety steps.
Hair fluttering in the wind, it was as if his whole person had become a galaxy. His divine soul towered high like a giant, seemingly harmonized with the Great Dao. His physical body set off profound ripples that resonated with the starry sky. His cultivation base… reached ninety-five steps on the stairway of the Eternal Star Realm’s great circle!