đź“– Chapter 1218 - Enlightenment!
After hearing Wang Baole’s words, Little Fifth perked up, but he seemed a little forlorn as he spoke.
“Daddy, there’s no need to be so polite. Your Little Fifth isn’t an outsider. For me to help you with your problems, to contribute even the tiniest bit to your supreme cultivation base… This is my honor, my fortune, my deepest yearning…
“So, Daddy, please let Little Fifth do this for you. It might not seem like much to you, but for me, it is an opportunity to showcase my filial piety that I’ve been waiting for my entire life.” Little Fifth’s expression was sincere, and the look in his eyes was fanatical. The words he spoke made even Little Donkey cringe, but Little Fifth’s tone was completely natural. It was almost as if the one he was offering up for research wasn’t himself…
Little Fifth even gave off the feeling that if Wang Baole didn’t start studying him right this instant, he would take it as a great humiliation…
In fact, Little Fifth’s thoughts weren’t hard to understand. He… lacked a sense of security. Anyone would, if they had entered a teleportation formation countless years in the past and awakened in a strange and unknown place and time like this.
To Little Fifth, he absolutely had to make himself useful. Only like this would he manage to avoid being forgotten or turned into cannon fodder. Thus, his sincerity and longing were enough to move heaven and earth, and his gaze was as hot as an Eternal Star.
Wang Baole, who had still been immersed in his previous melancholy, suddenly blinked. He glanced at Little Fifth, then at Little Donkey who was pretending to vomit, and coughed before stretching out a hand.
Almost instantly, Little Fifth thrust his head out beneath Wang Baole’s hand, causing Wang Baole to ruffle his hair…
“Alright…” Wang Baole felt a bit hesitant as he spoke.
“Thank you, Daddy!” Little Fifth’s face instantly filled with joy. Crossing his legs, he sat down so fast that it was almost as if he was scared Wang Baole would change his mind. There was a cutesy look in his eyes, and it seemed that no matter what Wang Baole asked him to do, he would carry it out without hesitation.
Upon seeing this scene, Little Donkey felt a chill run down its spine. All of a sudden, it felt a strong sense of crisis, as if… its position was being threatened. Thus, it repressed its urge to vomit and quickly ran over to Wang Baole, imitating Little Fifth and braying in what it thought was an adorable manner.
“Hee-haw, hee-haw!”
Unfortunately, Wang Baole found Little Donkey’s sudden fawning bothersome. Flicking his sleeves in annoyance, he sent it flying far away. Then, ignoring the grief and indignation in Little Donkey’s expression, he turned to look at Little Fifth.
“Show me the divine ability on your body.”
Little Fifth shot a glance at the aggrieved Little Donkey in the distance, praising himself for his quickwittedness and feeling that his position in Wang Baole’s heart was finally stable. When he heard Wang Baole’s words, he instantly focused his mind and unleashed the power of the unique magical law that had appeared on his body after exiting the teleportation formation.
This magical law didn’t belong to this universe, nor did it belong to his hometown. Little Fifth didn’t know where exactly it came from, but he could sense that this mysterious magical law granted him a special body that could be considered undying and inextinguishable!
To be precise, the Little Fifth in front of Wang Baole may not be his true self… As for the truth of his situation, Little Fifth wasn’t clear. However, he knew that Wang Baole would be able to see something.
Thus, taking a deep breath, Little Fifth unleashed the power of law on his body to its maximum extent. As he did so, wind gradually began blowing in the surroundings… The wind that blew wasn’t physical wind, but rather a wind of Dao.
It was a Dao wind that moved not a person’s hair, but their mind.
Even as this Dao wind emerged, the surrounding area was filled with sudden fluctuations. The passage of time in this piece of heaven and earth was thrown into disarray, and some faint shadows flickered in the void.
They were figures who had existed here a long, long time ago…
Seeing this scene, Wang Baole felt shocked. His eyes shone brightly, and his Dao aura erupted from his body, enveloping Little Fifth and the surroundings and allowing him to clearly sense the mysterious power of law.
At the same time, his Eternal Dao Star went all out to duplicate this magical law. However, this magical law was of an extremely high caliber. Thus, although Wang Baole was able to sense it, it would take a long time before he could successfully duplicate it. After all, his current cultivation base was just too low.
But Wang Baole wasn’t in a hurry, and neither was Little Fifth. Just like that, time passed slowly, and Wang Baole’s life became simple and repetitive.
During this time, one of his clones accompanied his parents to live an ordinary life, occasionally meeting with Zhou Xiaoya and Zhao Yameng. Another clone sat cross-legged above the solar system, warding off outside enemies. As for his original body, he remained in seclusion with Little Fifth.
After a few months, Little Donkey became bored and left Wang Baole’s place of seclusion. It went over to the clone that was accompanying Wang Baole’s parents and transformed into a puppy, playing around all day… The majority of its energy was spent thinking of ways to suck up to Wang Baole’s parents.
This scene left Wang Baole not knowing whether to laugh or to cry. It was quite impressive for the donkey to turn into a puppy without hesitation, wagging its tail to please its owners and eating dog food with delight. This was enough to show that Little Donkey felt a serious sense of threat from Little Fifth.
During Wang Baole’s seclusion, the Federation’s fame spread even more, and soon it was known to all the factions of the Left Dao Holy Region. At the same time, many smaller factions that sought to avoid the war sent envoys to the Federation, repeatedly bringing up the subject of integration.
Wang Baole didn’t participate in such matters, leaving them to Wu Mengling, Li Xingwen, the Divine Sovereign Justice Patriarch, Patriarch Violet Gold, and the others. Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the Federation’s strength increased with every passing day. The most important thing was… as time passed, the Federation’s hypothetical neutrality gradually became fact!
The Never-Ending Clan acted as if the Federation didn’t even exist. Aside from the rewards and proclamation in the very beginning, they didn’t do anything at all. Although the proclamation seemed designed to provoke the other factions, looking at things now, it was completely useless.
This caused the other sects and clans to deeply feel the might of the Federation. As Wang Baole’s seclusion passed the half-year point, the scale of the war between the Never-Ending Clan and the Underworld Sect grew bigger and bigger. Several minor battles had even intruded into the Left Dao Holy Region, but… the solar system, and the starry sky around it, seemed to have become a forbidden zone. The rampaging Underworld Sect didn’t approach the area at all.
Many factions viewed this as mere coincidence at first. But one day, members of the Underworld Sect were chasing a troop from the Never-Ending Clan and entered the Left Dao Holy Region, eventually drawing close to the solar system. When they noticed their location, the members of the Underworld Sect suddenly paused, hesitating for a long while before… choosing to leave.
Moreover, before they left, they actually cupped their fists toward the solar system.
This scene was utterly shocking to all the observers.
Soon, under the furious efforts of various factions, information about Wang Baole was consolidated and analyzed. In the end, the world received an answer for the Underworld Sect’s strange behavior.
The Federation Patriarch Wang Baole… used to be this generation’s Underworld Child. Moreover, he was the junior brother of Chen Qingzi, who had become the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao. The two were disciples under the same master, but due to a difference in ideals, Wang Baole forfeited his status as the Underworld Child and chose not to take part in the war.
This answer was full of details, to the point that it didn’t seem like the result of an analysis of scattered clues. Instead, it was more like it had been released to the world by someone with hidden intentions. But in any case, with the revelation of Wang Baole’s former identity, the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain fell into a stir.
With the Never-Ending Clan tacitly agreeing and the Federation not refuting, the solar system once again became the center of all attention.
There was no helping it. All factions had to pay attention to the solar system, because it might be their only hope of salvation amid the catastrophe!
At the same time, with the passage of more than half a year, Wang Baole finally obtained some enlightenment from Little Fifth’s mysterious magical law!
“The name Ebbing Time no longer fits…”
TL Note: 300 chapters have now been translated!!