đź“– Chapter 1241 - Gathering Momentum!
When it came to Chen Qingzi’s intentions and plans, Wang Baole could guess a portion. But as for the man’s deeper thoughts… he didn’t know.
However, he had some faint understanding that Chen Qingzi… seemed to be attempting something, or perhaps proving something.
Sighing softly, Wang Baole put his thoughts away and stepped into the new solar system, which had fused with more than 8,000 galaxies.
The current solar system was endlessly majestic, and the number of Eternal Stars had almost reached 10,000. However, these Eternal Stars were all auxiliary, even the Eternal Stars of the five major sects. There was only one main star… the Sun!
Compared to before, the Sun had undergone a qualitative transformation. Its size was comparable to a galaxy all on its own, and its light illuminated huge portions of the starry sky. At the same time, its inner flames were almost pitch-black, and horrifying pressure rolled off of it.
Even Eternal Star Realm cultivators couldn’t get close, and gazing upon it was enough to strike fear into anyone’s heart. Only those who had reached the Star Domain Realm could go a little closer.
And in the entire Left Dao Holy Region, there were only three people capable of stepping onto the Sun through their own power.
One was the Flame Patriarch and another was Demon Eye. Both of them were considered quasi-Universe Realm, and only by exerting their full effort could they step onto the Sun for short periods of time.
As for the last one, the only person who could truly stay on the Sun long-term… naturally, it was Wang Baole.
Therefore, his place of seclusion moved from Mars to the Sun. And so, the Sun became recognized as… the Dao Palace of the Left Dao Holy Region.
The Dao Lord’s Dao Palace!
Right now, Wang Baole’s prestige was at an all-time high. The fact that he had gone to the Never-Ending Clan, destroyed Imperial Mountain’s fleshly body, and returned safely to the Federation, as well as the Never-Ending Clan’s silence on the matter, made it so that his fame throughout the Left Dao Holy Region rose even higher than before. In the hearts of countless civilizations, he was just like a god.
Every day, more and more sects and clans came begging to integrate into the solar system. At the same time, because the Left Dao Holy Region had united under Wang Baole and declared neutrality, they no longer sent any armies to the battlefield in the Never-Ending Holy Region.
This, too, was something that the Never-Ending Clan remained silent over.
Time passed slowly. The war between the Underworld Sect and the Never-Ending Clan continued, but just like before, it was limited to a certain scale. In fact, if one observed carefully, they would find that compared to the start of the war, the current battles were even more limited.
As if… both sides were gathering momentum!
It wasn’t just Wang Baole who realized this. The ancestor of the Seven Spirits Dao also noticed, as well as some other cultivators. As time continued to pass, rather than increasing in intensity, the battles became fewer and fewer, like the calm before the storm.
This unexpected calm created a heavy tension that weighed down on everyone’s minds.
“Is the real war beginning soon?” Wang Baole, sitting cross-legged inside the Sun, opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the Never-Ending Clan. All around him were countless floating seal scripts.
These seal scripts all contained the power of the Earth Dao. Above Wang Baole’s head, surrounded by these innumerable seal scripts, was… the chunk of stone he had taken from Imperial Mountain!
After returning from the fight in the Never-Ending Clan, Wang Baole had issued a decree ordering all the master artificers in the Left Dao Holy Region to refine semi-finished seal scripts and send them to his place of seclusion.
Until now, he had already failed many times. If not for his position that allowed him to gather the resources of the entire Left Dao Holy Region, then so many failures would have long rendered him unable to continue.
After all, each and every failure represented a massive expenditure.
But as the Dao Lord of Left Dao, these expenditures were far from touching Wang Baole’s bottom line. The only thing that made him a little nervous was the fact that all the failures had led to the chunk of stone showing signs of instability.
“If this continues… if I fail another couple hundred times, this damage will become more and more serious…” Wang Baole hesitated. Logically speaking, if this thing really was part of the stele, then failing to refine it shouldn’t affect it too much.
But if he was mistaken and this chunk of stone wasn’t part of the stele, then… after its damage accumulated to a certain extent, it would end up becoming unusable.
“The Eight Extremes Dao is indeed difficult to cultivate. It’s actually so expensive!” Wang Baole took a deep breath. Even though he could be considered a tycoon, he still felt a little pained.
But there was no other way if he wanted to condense the earth seed as soon as possible. Once he succeeded… although the Earth Dao didn’t form a generative interaction with the Wood and Water Daos, it would still increase his combat power.
In particular, the weight of the Earth Dao would allow Wang Baole’s defensive prowess to reach an astonishing level, and he could turn into mountains and boulders to increase his strength even more.
After all, the powers of water and wood were geared more toward nourishment than destruction. Although the Water Dao did encompass the Ice Dao within it, the addition of the Earth Dao would still result in a considerable improvement in Wang Baole’s battle prowess.
Next, Wang Baole began thinking about the Never-Ending Clan. Out of the clan’s Divine Emperors, Imperial Mountain’s body had been destroyed and Mystic Blossom was suffering from a heart devil. Thus, neither of them were in any shape to fight. As for Radiant Light… it wouldn’t be difficult for the current Wang Baole to kill him.
Kiga was the only one whom Wang Baole hadn’t yet faced. However, judging from the fluctuations Wang Baole had sensed when he made a move and the fact that he was the clone of Patriarch Never-Ending, his battle prowess was definitely astonishing. Wang Baole judged that his current self could put up a fight, but may not be able to defeat Kiga. Most likely, they were about on par with each other.
“But after I complete the Earth Dao… Kiga will be no match for me!” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes as he thought about the other powerhouses of the Never-Ending Dao Domain.
“The strongest ones are Patriarch Never-Ending and Chen Qingzi, who are probably in the great circle of the Universe Realm. Behind them is the Xie Family’s ancestor, and then Kiga and the Seven Spirits Dao’s ancestor. They should be around the peak of the middle stage of the Universe Realm, but not yet the late stage. As for me… I can also be considered at that level. And Radiant Light, Mystic Blossom, and the others are only at the early stage.”
Wang Baole’s eyes flickered with thought. A sense of urgency rose up in his heart, because he could sense that the aura of the underworld was growing richer and richer, which meant that… the Underworld Sect was almost finished gathering momentum.
It was obviously impossible for the Never-Ending Clan to just be sitting around and doing nothing while this happened. Clearly, they were also gathering momentum behind the scenes. It seemed that… it wouldn’t be long before the final war between the Underworld Sect and Never-Ending Clan broke out.
Aside from deadly battles between both sides’ cultivators and a conclusion to the clash between Heavenly Daos, this final war would also involve a decisive battle between Chen Qingzi and Patriarch Never-Ending.
The current Wang Baole was too weak to participate in that decisive battle. However, despite his problems with Chen Qingzi, deep down, he still wanted to help. After all… if Chen Qingzi died, then Wang Baole… wouldn’t be able to just stand by and watch.
Unfortunately, condensing the earth seed was too difficult. When he formed the wood seed, it was because Wang Baole himself was the black wooden nail, so it was much easier. When he formed the water seed, he had the help of the wishing bottle, so it also didn’t take too long.
But now, forming the earth seed, Wang Baole had to rely on his own strength. Even he himself couldn’t estimate how many times he would fail before he succeeded.
“I can’t continue waiting like this… I have to do something before Chen Qingzi and Patriarch Never-Ending start the decisive battle.” Failing to condense the earth seed once again, Wang Baole muttered under his breath.
A sharp light flashed through his eyes as he suddenly formed a hand seal and pointed in the direction of the Never-Ending Clan.
“Mystic Blossom!”