đź“– Chapter 1231 - Common Source of Dao!
To describe this battle with the word “ascendance” wasn’t an exaggeration in the slightest.
Before this, Wang Baole had already been acknowledged as having Universe Realm battle prowess; after all, upon his breakthrough to the Star Domain Realm, he suppressed several great sects, and even Patriarch Nine Daos had bowed his head. However… that alone wasn’t enough for the Never-Ending Clan to care too much.
Even Dao Mozi from the Seven Spirits Dao most likely thought the same way. After all, throughout the three great holy regions, there wasn’t just one quasi-Universe Realm cultivator.
For example, Sheep Daoist and the Demon Eye Ancestor were both figures at this level.
Although those at this level were still powerhouses near the pinnacle of the stele world… in the end, it wasn’t the true Universe Realm. People only paid a little more attention to Wang Baole because they noticed that his Dao was more complete than everyone else’s.
But that was all. The only real reason to fear and be wary of him was because of his relationship with the Flame Patriarch. After all, two quasi-Universe Realm cultivators working together was a completely different concept than a single one alone.
Thus, Wang Baole originally had only been slightly noteworthy. It was only after he formed his wood seed, depriving the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao of its authority over an entire holy region’s wood element, that the Never-Ending Clan began to fear him as a person.
This event had caused a commotion across the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain. After all, it was an incident of unprecedented proportions, and many pinnacle powerhouses had even vaguely sensed a path forward due to it.
It was also because of this that Wang Baole’s fame and status had surpassed the Flame Patriarch’s, making him the most eye-catching existence in the Left Dao Holy Region. If he had swiftly taken action to consolidate his status, his fame would have definitely spread even wider. However, after forming the wood seed, Wang Baole had remained hidden in seclusion, not moving at all. Thus, people had begun to make random speculations.
Eventually, Mystic Blossom had gone to the Federation to test Wang Baole, prompting Wang Baole to reveal his strength and repel him.
But what the world never expected was that although Mystic Blossom’s probing allowed them to see Wang Baole’s strength… the strength he revealed was extremely horrifying.
It was just like a fisherman casting a line and unexpectedly hooking a shark!
Ebbing Time alone was already shocking, and Reflected Time was even more horrifying. As for Sundered Night… it was a technique that completely upended everyone’s knowledge, a pinnacle killing move that could slay a Divine Emperor!
It had to be known that for the other quasi-Universe Realm cultivators, dying together with a Divine Emperor was only barely possible. Moreover, even if they fought to the death, it was highly likely that they alone would die, and the Divine Emperor would only be left with heavy injuries.
But Wang Baole’s display just now was… killing without harming himself!
The meaning behind this was completely different. Wang Baole could no longer be regarded as merely quasi-Universe Realm. He was already more than on par with the true Universe Realm. In terms of battle prowess, he could even completely crush an early-stage Universe Realm expert!
Therefore, this battle could truly be considered an ascendance for Wang Baole!
After this battle, all the Universe Realm cultivators in the Never-Ending Dao Domain finally acknowledged Wang Baole as their equal. Moreover, in terms of wariness, they were more fearful of Wang Baole than a majority of their other peers.
The battle prowess Wang Baole had revealed in this battle was more than enough to be considered at the middle stage of the Universe Realm. In the current Never-Ending Dao Domain, there were only two people at this level!
Kiga and Dao Mozi!
These two were part of the second stratum of Universe Realm powerhouses.
Radiant Light, Mystic Blossom, Buried Spirit, Nether Saint, and the others were all in the early stage of the Universe Realm and formed the third stratum.
As for the first stratum, consisting of those at the late stage or even higher… Only Patriarch Never-Ending and Chen Qingzi wielded late-stage battle prowess.
The Xie Family’s ancestor wasn’t in the late stage of the Universe Realm, but he was actually infinitely close. Although he was technically part of the second stratum, he was considered quasi-first stratum.
During the battle just now, Wang Baole had shown battle prowess that firmly placed him in the second stratum.
As a result, huge waves surged in the hearts of all the factions in the Never-Ending Dao Domain, especially those in the Left Dao Holy Region. The major sects that had offended the Federation previously were all panicked.
But compared to them, the one who was the most shaken at this moment… was Mystic Blossom!
After clashing with Wang Baole, although everything seemed normal on the surface, Mystic Blossom was completely terrified inside. Upon his return to the Never-Ending Clan, he immediately entered seclusion and blocked his senses to the outside world.
This was because… he could no longer hold back his cultivation base. It wasn’t that he was breaking through to the next realm, but rather that his cultivation… was flowing away!
It was as if Wang Baole had become the source of a huge vortex. After Mystic Blossom made contact with this vortex, his cultivation base had gone out of control. However, this wasn’t what frightened him the most.
The most terrifying thing was that there seemed to be a voice in his head, constantly whispering to him, telling him to submit to Wang Baole and offer him worship. This voice couldn’t be erased, and only grew stronger and stronger as time passed.
“No! This voice didn’t appear after the battle, but before. It’s just that it was so weak that I didn’t notice it. If I really think about it… the reason I came up with the idea of probing Wang Baole in the first place… is all because of this voice causing trouble!!” Mystic Blossom’s face was completely pale. After cultivating to his level, he wasn’t someone who could be deceived for too long. Now that things had come to this, how could he still be unaware of what had happened?
“Common source of Dao!”
Mystic Blossom’s expression turned peerlessly ugly. He cultivated the Dao of Wood. Although he knew that Wang Baole had stolen authority over the Left Dao Holy Region’s Wood Dao, he hadn’t thought that it would affect a Universe Realm cultivator like himself. On the contrary, by defeating Wang Baole, he might be able to snatch the authority instead.
But he never expected that he would already have been influenced a long time ago. Thinking about it now, he had already been affected the moment Wang Baole became the source of wood. Then, when they clashed and their Daos came into contact, the influence on Mystic Blossom had skyrocketed.
“I can’t give in!” Mystic Blossom’s face was twisted in agony. Veins throbbed on his forehead as he tried his best to suppress the cultivation leaving his body and silence the voice whispering in his mind. To him, this voice was like a heart devil!
In fact, using the term heart devil to describe it wasn’t inappropriate at all.
After forming the wood seed, Wang Baole’s will became a heart devil in the minds of all beings cultivating the Wood Dao. Mystic Blossom’s judgment was correct; the voice in his head had indeed originated from Wang Baole. As soon as he formed the wood seed, Wang Baole had already sensed the presence of Mystic Blossom in the Never-Ending Holy Region.
As a Divine Emperor, Mystic Blossom wasn’t so easy to control, but it was precisely because of his profound cultivation base and deep understanding of Dao that he… was fated to be unable to escape.
Thus, he had been subtly influenced to seek out Wang Baole in the Federation. However, without Chen Qingzi’s cooperation in sending Bone Emperor, Wang Baole wouldn’t have been able reap so many benefits.
It could be said that Wang Baole’s current momentum was in a large part thanks to Chen Qingzi’s help.
As he stepped back into the Left Dao Holy Region, Wang Baole sensed Mystic Blossom’s internal struggle. Smiling slightly, he glanced in the direction of the Never-Ending Holy Region before turning his head and heading to Mars, playing with the eyeball in his hand.
After returning to Mars, Wang Baole waved his right hand, and the Demon Eye Ancestor appeared in front of him. The charming and beautiful Demon Eye Ancestor lowered her head and bowed down in front of Wang Baole, deliberately exposing the curve of her buttocks. This seemed to be her instinctive reaction to curry favor with the strong.
“This servant, Demon Eye, greets the young master.”
“Go to the Never-Ending Clan and demand an explanation for me.”
“As you order!” Demon Eye said softly. Her body flickered and entered the void, disappearing without a trace.