đ Chapter 1219 - You are Becoming More and More Like My Father!
In his entire life, Wang Baole had never created an original divine ability in the true sense of the term. All techniques he had invented before could only be classified as spells at most.
As for divine abilities⊠they were techniques that tugged on the laws of the universe, viewing natural and magical laws as zither strings that could be arranged and plucked in different ways to produce a myriad of effects.
The Dao on Little Fifthâs body wasnât something Wang Baole could name. However, after more than half a year of study, his Eternal Dao Star had finally managed to duplicate it.
After succeeding in the duplication, Wang Baole finally understood⊠why Little Fifth was undying, why there seemed to be no damage no matter how severe his injuries were.
It was because of this special Dao that permeated Little Fifthâs body and soul⊠At every moment, Little Fifth subconsciously replaced his present self with his past self.
Thus, it didnât matter how injured he was. Even if he died, this Dao would instantly replace his dead present with an unharmed past.
This kind of undying and inextinguishable quality was something that shocked Wang Baole more the more he studied it. Unfortunately, even though he managed to duplicate the law, he was unable to use it on himself.
Just like how his Eternal Dao Star held the one and only law of duplication, the sourcepoint of this unique Dao of Time was locked to Little Fifth. Only if Little Fifth truly died would this lock be broken. Otherwise, it was impossible for anyone to achieve this level of deathlessness.
Theoretically speaking, the method to destroy the lock and completely kill Little Fifth was simple and straightforward. At the instant he killed Little Fifth, he just had to simultaneously kill all past versions of Little Fifth as well.
He couldnât miss a single one, and he had to make sure they were all killed in the same exact instant. If he missed one, all the past selves would be resurrected immediately, and the same would happen if he was off by even a fraction of a second.
Of course, doing all of this was extremely difficult. At the very least, Wang Baoleâs current self probably couldnât succeed.
Moreover, Wang Baole could tell that this mysterious Dao wasnât something Little Fifth had obtained by himself. Instead, an almighty being with heaven-shaking, earth-shattering cultivation had burned their own lifespan to imprint Little Fifth with the sourcepoint of this Dao.
âBlack Earth EmperorâŠâ
This was the name that had come to Wang Baoleâs mind after duplicating the magical law on Little Fifth.
âIt can be seen from this just how powerful the real Emperor isâŠâ Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Someone with Little Fifthâs weak cultivation base was able to rely on a single magical law to become undying and inextinguishable. If this law were to be used by the formidable Black Earth Emperor, it would be indescribably horrifying.
But even such a person was still defeated by the EmperorâŠ
Wang Baole shook his head and suppressed his scattered thoughts. Rather than continue pondering things along this line, he immersed himself in the Dao that heâd just duplicated. At the same time, he opened up his place of seclusion. Little Fifth swaggered out of the house, proud to have been of help to his daddy.
However, Wang Baole himself remained meditating on the spot, attempting to fuse his insights into his Ebbing Time. He wanted to create⊠his own divine ability.
Since he was unable to occupy the sourcepoint, the most suitable option for Wang Baole was to fuse the new law into Ebbing Time and try to walk another path.
âThe name Ebbing Time is no longer suitable. I should give it a more fitting name. Maybe⊠Reflected Time.â Wang Baole murmured. In his mind, the Dao of Ebbing Time and the Dao that came from Little Fifth were slowly merging together. Contradictions were smoothed out and similarities were fused into one. Gradually, these two Daos that didnât completely belong to him achieved perfect unity.
A new, never-before-seen Dao appeared in front of him. It was a Dao⊠that he had created!
âReflected TimeâŠâ Eventually, Wang Baoleâs eyes slowly opened. His body turned blurry, as did his surroundings. At this moment, it was as if the ground below him was a calm water surface, and Wang Baole himself was a droplet of water falling from the sky.
With a soft splash, the droplet of water fell onto the calm surface, giving rise to a series of ripples.
There werenât many ripples â only nine.
Each ripple⊠represented a hundred years.
Nine hundred years of history appeared in the water, forming countless images that overlaid on each other all at once. If a mortal were to look at the scenes in the ripples, the huge influx of information would cause their souls to collapse.
Even cultivators at the Planet Realm and below would be in danger of death. After all, very few people could withstand endless amount of information flooding their minds in an instant. Only those in the Eternal Star Realm could confidently look into the ripples, but even they wouldnât be able to avoid serious injuries.
And all of this would be from a single glance.
If a person was fully enveloped by this divine ability, even a Star Domain Realm Almighty wouldnât survive. Even if they were protected by an invaluable supreme treasure, this divine ability would still leave their past destroyed. Without a past, how could they be complete? Just like the moon reflected on the water surface was merely an illusion, so too would their Dao collapse into nothingness.
Thus, Wang Baole named his newly-created divine ability Reflected Time!
With only Reflected Time, this divine ability would still be incomplete and unworthy of becoming Dao. However, Reflected Time was only the first half of the divine ability that Wang Baole created.
As for the second half, Wang Baole called itâŠ
Mirror Flower.
The path of the mirror flower lay in mirror images.
It was to reach into the rippling waters of time and bring objects from the past into the present. Although these objects wouldnât last long and werenât completely real⊠in terms of the base materials, there would be no difference from reality.
A flower in a mirror was still a flower[1].
Wang Baole looked at the water below him with serenity in his eyes. Making a grasping motion, he pulled out a handful of soil that had existed in this place more than 700 years ago and played around with it.
Whether he used his eyes, hands, or even divine soul to perceive it, this handful of soil was exactly the same as the real thing.
âInteresting.â Wang Baole smiled slightly as he looked at the soil in his hand. Rather than return it to the waters of time, he made a hand seal and melted it into a red hairpin, inserting it into his hair.
After that, he glanced in the direction of Planet Heavenâs Mandate before taking out the broken mask. Turning his gaze to the mask, he spoke softly.
âThere are some things that I donât need to bother Senior Heavenâs Mandate with. Why donât I use this divine ability⊠to go see your father? Not to get any answers from him, but to ask for his help.â
As Wang Baole spoke, the figure of Little Missy materialized in front of him. She stared at him with an expression he hadnât seen before. There was curiosity, confusion, doubtâŠ
When Wang Baole broke through to the Star Domain Realm, she didnât have such an expression on her face. When Wang Baole overcame his heart devil, she didnât have such an expression on her face. When he surpassed her expectations again and again, although she had been surprised and often even unconvinced, her gaze had never been like it was right now.
âYou⊠are becoming more and more like my father⊠No, not only my father, but also my uncles[2]. You⊠I donât know how to describe it. But youâre similar.â Little Missy was silent for a while before speaking quietly.
âSo?â Wang Baoleâs eyes were warm as he looked at Little Missy with a half-smile on his face.
âCan you really go see my father with just your own strength?â For some reason, Wang Baoleâs gaze made Little Missy feel nervous. She quickly averted her eyes.
âIâve called him my father-in-law for so many years, so I might as well try to meet him.â Wang Baole laughed and unleashed his Dao aura. His surroundings once again turned into tranquil water.
His plan was simple. Although the nine rings of Reflected Time could only go back 900 years, he could then use Mirror Flower to summon his self from 900 years ago. Then, he could use his past self as the basis to go back another 900 years. By repeating this process over and over⊠the amount of time he could go back would be limited only by his cultivation base.
He would walk through countless years of the past, and eventually meet⊠that mighty figure.
âAlright.â After thinking for a while, Little Missy whispered quietly.
- As a reminder, the âTimeâ in the Time series of techniques â Flowing Time, Ebbing Time, and Reflected Time â is actually âMoonâ. Reflected Time is literally âWater Moonâ, or âmoon in the waterâ â together with âMirror Flowerâ or âflower in the mirrorâ, it forms æ°ŽæéĄè± or éĄè±æ°Žæ, a Chinese idiom meaning something that can be seen but not touched. â©
- Probably more in a sense of âpeers of her fatherâ than blood-related uncles â©