đź“– Chapter 1206 - Third Step!
Outside the solar system, a massive divine ox phantom towered to the heavens, bearing the weight of the starry sky on its back. Violent tremors were spreading throughout the entire Left Dao Holy Region.
However, the source of all this wasn’t the divine ox phantom, but rather the figure on its back. That figure was clad in a billowing blue robe, and his hair was fluttering without wind. He was… Wang Baole.
His blue robe was like the clouds, representing freedom of the body.
His long hair was like the Dao, fluttering like threads of silk, representing a mind at ease.
His brows were sharp and his eyes were like stars, and profound mysteries of Dao permeated his entire body. At the same time, there was a vast star domain inside of him. At this moment, Wang Baole’s Dharma Idol seemed not like a high and lofty god, but rather a supreme and absolute paragon.
Moreover, his words as he spoke them instantaneously reached the level of becoming law.
Be not free!
As soon as these words were spoken… an endless net of natural and magical laws appeared outside the solar system, taking the form of countless threads of Dao that enclosed all of heaven and earth. In response to Wang Baole’s voice, in response to his Dao, and in response to his will, they began rearranging themselves, splitting and combining among each other rapidly.
In the end, they turned into shackles that bound all the cultivators present. At that moment, the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao’s hold on this place faded, and the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao found no purchase.
Here, there was only the Dao of Wang Baole!
This wasn’t the power of a Star Domain Realm cultivator.
In this stele world, the only people who could do this… were Universe Realm Divine Emperors!
Be it those from the Nine Provinces Dao, those from the other four great sects, or those from the various factions who had just arrived, every single one of them instantly trembled violently.
Their bodies suddenly became extremely heavy, as if the appearance of the shackles had stolen away some sort of essential substance. Their movements became incomparably slow, even grinding to a halt, as if their bodies had turned into rusty old machines.
They were not free! They had been deprived of all physical ability!
And that wasn’t the end.
Be not at ease!
These words were like a storm sweeping through the starry sky. The void twisted and distorted, and the Dao in all cultivators’ bodies was suppressed. It was as if another shackle had descended upon them, sealing their divine souls, sealing their wills, and sealing their senses!
They were not at ease! They had been deprived of all mental faculty!
Right now, every cultivator present was completely unable to move or think. It was as if time for them had stopped altogether, until Wang Baole lifted his hand and slowly clenched his fist.
As he did so, the starry sky rumbled and the void fell apart. Cracks spread across the bodies of the dozens of Star Domain Realm cultivators present, as if they were about to shatter.
Wang Baole’s palm seemed to have become a starry sky, crushing down on all the cultivators present as he clenched his fist.
Soon, several early-stage Star Domain Realm cultivators were unable to bear it. Before Wang Baole even finished closing his fist, their bodies collapsed and exploded. With the destruction of the inner and outer shackles, their divine souls were destroyed as well. In but an instant, they had been killed in body and soul.
More and more cracks appeared on the bodies of the others as well, but… these were Star Domain Realm Almighties, after all. The old man in white was even in the great circle, and there were also four in the late stage of the realm.
Soon, as another wave of cultivators died, the old man in white shuddered, and a violent force suddenly exploded out from his body.
As it did so, his whole body seemed to be set on fire. Obviously, he had chosen to ignite his cultivation base and divine soul at this critical moment, allowing his power to instantly skyrocket. After breaking free from the shackles of Wang Baole’s Dao, he instantly let out a miserable roar.
“All of you, hurry up and ignite your sects’ Dao manifestations, or we’re all dead!!”
As soon as his words echoed out, the nine chains of the Nine Provinces Dao were also set aflame. They charged out and wrapped around Wang Baole’s Dharma Idol in an instant.
The four late-stage Star Domain Realm elders from the other four sects knew that this was a moment of life and death. Seeing that the old man in white had already set himself ablaze, they gritted their teeth and also ignited their own cultivation bases and divine souls. After that, they reluctantly ignited their respective sects’ Dao manifestations as well, causing the cauldron, the asteroid, the ax, and the giant to all light on fire one after another.
As they burned, the four elders shouted in fury, sending their respective sect’s treasures to charge out toward Wang Baole. The cauldron crashed down, the asteroid collided with him, the heaven-splitting ax chopped viciously, and the giant, letting out a shocking roar, directly slammed into his body!
That wasn’t all. As soon as the five Dao manifestations struck out toward Wang Baole, rumbling echoed out from five locations in the Left Dao Holy Region. Those locations were the headquarters of the Left Dao Holy Region’s five great sects!
The five great sects were all paying close attention to what was happening in the Federation. Watching Wang Baole display his power, and seeing their Star Domain Realm cultivators in danger, they immediately grew anxious. After all, at least on the surface, these ten or so Star Domain Realm cultivators were the greatest force they could muster.
Thus, the five sects didn’t hesitate to burn their reserve powers. Starlight gathered above each sect, forming huge hands that contained endless mysteries of Dao. These hands pierced through the void and almost instantaneously appeared on the battlefield outside the solar system. However, rather than charge at Wang Baole, they grabbed their respective sects’ cultivators before quickly retreating.
“My solar system isn’t a place where you can just come and go as you please.” Wang Baole’s Dharma Idol said calmly, completely ignoring the Dao manifestations rushing toward him. His body suddenly blurred and disappeared on the spot. When he reappeared, he was already in another location, right hand clenching into a fist. With the combined power of his fleshly body, cultivation base, and divine soul, he punched out toward the five starlight hands trying to retreat!
The five hands trembled for a moment before suddenly slamming into each other, fusing into an even more dazzling hand that clenched into a fist and struck out to meet Wang Baole’s punch.
With a terrifying boom, the two fists collided.
The starry sky shook, and the Great Dao thundered. All the cultivators inside the starlight hand coughed up blood, and at least thirty percent of them died from the impact.
But in the end, the hand formed from the reserve powers of five great sects wasn’t weak. After meeting Wang Baole’s punch head-on, it used the force to retreat even faster. Although there were deaths among each sect, the majority managed to survive, and the hand carrying them quickly disappeared into the starry sky.
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and stared into the distance. At the same time, the burning Dao manifestations that he’d dodged previously quickly closed in on him.
The chains, the cauldron, the giant, the heaven-splitting ax, and the asteroid locked down all directions. Burning away to bolster their power, their momentum towered to the heavens as they approached Wang Baole. But just as they were about to make contact, Wang Baole spoke lightly.
“Ebbing Time!”
He suddenly unleashed Ebbing Time, invoking a Dao of Time that came from beyond this stele world. Backed by Wang Baole’s current Star Domain Realm cultivation base, Ebbing Time caused the flow of time around him to reverse by dozens of breaths in an instant. Naturally, the burning Dao manifestations were also affected, going back in time to before they began burning away.
However, they didn’t get the chance to fly away and return to their sects. Wang Baole sealed all of them with a wave of his hand, then threw them into the gap in the World Ascension Disk. Rumbling broke out as the pressure on the Raging Flame Galaxy shrank and was redirected to the Dao manifestations of the five sects.
They became new fodder to fill the gap!
Those watching the battle were completely astounded. The cultivators of the solar system, the myriad factions of the Left Dao Holy Region, and even those watching from the faraway Unorthodox Holy Region exclaimed in shock.
“This isn’t the Star Domain Realm!!”
“The power of a Divine Emperor!!”
“This… how is this possible?!”
It wasn’t just them. Even in the central Never-Ending Holy Region, a commotion broke out among the close subordinates of the Never-Ending Clan and even the Never-Ending Clan itself. Ancestors of various factions opened their eyes from meditation, pupils shrinking to pinpoints.
“Is this… the true third step?”
Even farther away, deep in the Land of the Underworld, a pair of eyes seemed to pierce through all creation and gaze upon this place.