📖 Chapter 1236 - Done Well!

08 Feb, 2024

After Chen Qingzi fused with the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao and reappeared in the Never-Ending Dao Domain, resurrection was no longer possible. Whether it was the Never-Ending Clan itself or its allied factions, it was the same.

This was because control over resurrection was the foundation for the Underworld Sect’s war with the Never-Ending Clan. If people could still be resurrected nilly-willy… there would be no point to fighting at all. That was why Chen Qingzi focused most of his power on strictly restricting resurrection, so that even though the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao held authority over a wide domain, it was still lacking in this aspect.

Therefore, those who had died in these past few years were well and truly dead, their bodies destroyed and their souls scattered. For example, Patriarch Nine Daos… at this moment, his form had been destroyed and his Dao had vanished. He had been annihilated in both body and soul!

In fact, if the battle proceeded normally, with the cooperation of the five major sects and the advantage due to the interaction between water and wood, then it would have been difficult for Wang Baole to kill Patriarch Nine Daos. After all, here in the Nine Provinces Dao headquarters, Patriarch Nine Daos could display the full power of the Universe Realm.

But Wang Baole had played a trick in this battle. First, he used Sundered Night to suppress the various sects’ trump cards. Then, he entered the river of time and pulled out the core of Patriarch Nine Daos’ Dao, the crystalline teardrop.

Although what he took was just an illusory projection… the difference between illusion and reality was often nothing more than a difference in strength. It was similar to the difference between truth and lies. When a lie was too strong, when everyone believed it… it would become the truth.

And in turn, the truth… could also become a lie.

The difference between an illusion and reality was the same. When the illusion was stronger than the reality… which one was real? Which one was fake?

This question was a difficult one, but Wang Baole used his Dao to provide an answer. The illusory teardrop in his hand clearly surpassed the one on Patriarch Nine Daos’ brow, to the point that the latter eventually disappeared. And without the teardrop, Patriarch Nine Daos was no longer Universe Realm, but merely quasi-Universe Realm.

For Wang Baole, killing a quasi-Universe Realm cultivator… was easy!

At this moment, Patriarch Nine Daos’ body was shaking, and his mind was filled with thunderous rumbles. Forcing his eyes to remain open, he looked at Wang Baole and wanted to speak, but he could no longer open his mouth. As his vision blurred, the aura of life on his body finally disappeared.

His body suddenly aged at a rate visible to the naked eye, as if tens of thousands of years had passed in a single breath. His flesh crumbled into dust, dissipating into nothing above the Nine Provinces Dao headquarters.

At this moment, the entire battlefield suddenly turned silent. The cultivators of the Nine Provinces Dao were all trembling, staring blankly with eyes full of disbelief.

No one knew who was the first to speak, but plaintive cries rang out everywhere in an instant.

“Patriarch!”

"Patriarch!!"

As the cries echoed out, all the Nine Provinces Dao cultivators knelt down toward the place where Patriarch Nine Daos had disappeared, expressions full of abject sorrow. The Nine Provinces Dao was a sect formed on the back of Patriarch Nine Daos’ endless effort. Without him, it would never have grown from the small sect it was in the past to the hegemon of today.

It could be said that every disciple here had received his grace. Although countless people in the outside world deeply hated Patriarch Nine Daos, cursing him as a cruel and treacherous old thief… to the Nine Provinces Dao, he was their guardian god who protected them from all enemies.

At this moment, their god had died.

At this moment, their protection had disappeared.

At this moment, their faith… had collapsed.

Now, there was only confusion and fear for their future, leaving all the Nine Provinces Dao disciples with bitterness in their hearts.

Wang Baole’s expression didn’t change at all as he listened to the echoing wails. He felt no pity in his heart; if he had been the one to die in this battle, Patriarch Nine Daos and the Nine Provinces Dao would surely feel no pity for him, either.

‘This is the world of cultivation!’

Wang Baole glanced down at the other four major sects. All the cultivators of the sects lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. Even the patriarchs were trembling uncontrollably, hearts full of terror.

“Do you surrender?” Wang Baole asked calmly.

“We… surrender!” As they spoke, the patriarchs of the four sects seemed to feel relief. They bowed their heads one by one, and their disciples also knelt down in obeisance.

As the four sects bowed in worship, Wang Baole lifted his head and looked into the distance. His gaze seemed to pierce the void, allowing him to see outside the Nine Provinces Galaxy. There, a ray of light had been streaking toward him, but it suddenly stopped the moment Patriarch Nine Daos died.

It was… Divine Emperor Radiant Light!

Radiant Light’s expression was unspeakably ugly as he stared at the galaxy in front of him. Glaring at Wang Baole inside the Nine Provinces Dao headquarters, he roared angrily.

“Wang Baole!!” Radiant Light knew he was too late. It was all because Demon Eye had done everything she could to restrain him for twenty breaths as per Wang Baole’s request, leaving the latter free to take care of Patriarch Nine Daos.

“I’ll give you until the count of three. If you don’t leave… I’ll kill you!” Wang Baole’s voice was calm and dispassionate.

"One!"

“You!!” Radiant Light’s whole body shone dazzlingly, erupting with a shocking aura. His expression seemed to be full of struggle, but there was also fear hidden deep in his eyes. Just as he was about to speak, Wang Baole shouted again.

“Two!”

The coldness in Wang Baole’s eyes made Radiant Light’s heart tremble. He could feel the murderousness in that gaze, and he knew that Wang Baole had both the ability and intention to kill him.

Thus, even if his heart was unwilling, his body instantly flickered backward in retreat, moving at such a speed that he would leave the Left Dao Holy Region in a single breath of time.

“Send back my maid.” Wang Baole’s voice rang out at almost the same time Radiant Light started moving. Without any hesitation, Radiant Light waved his sleeves, sending out a severely injured Demon Eye.

But as Demon Eye was tossed out, her expression suddenly turned vicious. Seemingly stimulating her potential, she forcibly overcame her feebleness and her body turned into a giant mouth, snapping at Radiant Light’s right hand in an instant!

Chomp!

It happened too fast, and Radiant Light had been wholly focused on guarding against Wang Baole, not paying any attention to the mortally wounded Demon Eye. Moreover, Demon Eye was a quasi-Universe Realm powerhouse, so in this situation, Radiant Light was taken completely by surprise. His body abruptly shook, and a muffled groan came out from his mouth. His complexion turned pale. Half of his right hand had disappeared!

“You!!” Radiant Light’s eyes were filled with madness. The agonizing pain coming from his hand made his mind tremble.

“Me what? Don’t tell me you dare to kill me in front of my master?” Demon Eye was a ruthless person in the end. After devouring half of Radiant Light’s hand and recovering from her near-death state, she didn’t retreat right away and instead stayed behind to taunt him.

Radiant Light was unspeakably furious, but he could only bear the rage and continue retreating. He could vaguely see the figure of Wang Baole appearing between himself and Demon Eye, and that figure’s mouth seemed poised to call out the number three. Thus, Radiant Light had no choice but to endure and flee as fast as he could.

Looking at the departing figure of Radiant Light, Wang Baole’s eyes flickered for a moment before he gave up on the idea of attacking. Behind him, Demon Eye’s expression was slightly strange as she watched Radiant Light running away like a beaten dog.

She had never seen a Divine Emperor in such a sorry state, and she could never have imagined that there would come a day where she bit off a piece of a Divine Emperor’s hand. Furthermore, that Divine Emperor didn’t even have the guts to fight back.

Demon Eye understood very well that all of this wasn’t because of herself, but because of… the figure in front of her!

Gradually, fanaticism appeared in her eyes. This fanaticism welled up from the deepest depths of her heart and soul, filling Demon Eye with a feeling she had never felt before. She immediately bowed down in worship.

“Greetings, young master!”

“You’ve done well.” Wang Baole retracted his gaze from Radiant Light and glanced at Demon Eye, showing a hint of appreciation. His appreciative gaze instantly made Demon Eye feel an unprecedented sense of glory, and as she bowed down… she raised her buttocks a little higher.