đź“– Chapter 1258 - Senior Brother!
Wang Baole stared silently at Chen Qingzi.
Everyone had their own Dao, and outsiders had no right to stop them. Whether it was seeking Dao or dying for Dao, for cultivators at their level, this… was their ultimate pursuit in life.
In the end, they had to take this step. They had to see the true starry sky outside the stele world. They had to know just what they had cultivated over all these years. They had to find out… what Dao they pursued!
Although Wang Baole had mixed feelings about all of this, he couldn’t open his mouth. All the words in his heart eventually turned into a sigh.
“Little Junior Brother, can you call me Senior Brother just one more time?” Sensing the struggle in Wang Baole’s heart, Chen Qingzi smiled slightly. He knew that there was extreme danger in walking out of the stele world. Perhaps… he would die.
Chen Qingzi didn’t fear death, but… he felt a little regretful. What made him feel regretful was that it had been a long time since he had been addressed in that warm and intimate manner.
From the moment their master died, their relationship as fellow disciples was severed.
He had never said it before, but he really wanted to be called Senior Brother again. Now that he was leaving, it might be the last time…
Wang Baole opened his mouth, but the two words seemed to be stuck in his throat. In the end, he didn’t speak. Instead, he lifted his right hand and suddenly struck the center of his brows.
With this strike, his whole body suddenly trembled. The underworld qi all around him churned, and the starry sky itself seemed to shake as Wang Baole’s aura suddenly skyrocketed.
The shadows of his past lives appeared behind him at this moment – the Burning Torch godling, the zombie, the devil blade, the resentful one, and the little white deer. These five past lives emerged from the void and stood behind Wang Baole, exuding a shocking imposing aura that shook heaven and earth.
It was as if each and every life had the power to shatter the void and suppress all directions.
As Wang Baole’s cultivation base improved and he deepened his comprehension of the five elements, the shadows of his past lives also became stronger. Now, as the starry sky shook, Wang Baole put his hands together.
His movements were extremely slow, as if he was straining himself greatly, but his hands were steady. As his hands got closer and closer together, the shadows of his past lives behind him also began overlapping.
Finally, when Wang Baole’s palms touched, all the past lives behind him merged together, turning into… a black wooden ruler!
Before, whenever this black wooden ruler appeared, it was merely illusory. But this time… it wasn’t an illusion!
It was real!
However, even though Wang Baole’s current cultivation was quite powerful, it was still far from sufficient to unleash the true black wooden ruler. Thus, only 10% of the black wooden ruler here was real, and the remaining 90% was still illusory.
But even 10% of the black wooden ruler was enough to make the entire stele world tremble. A monstrous aura erupted out from it, and in the Unorthodox Holy Region, Patriarch Seven Spirits’ expression instantly turned solemn.
Sitting in front of the waterfall in the Moon Star Sect, the sect’s ancestor also opened his eyes and looked to the starry sky.
“It’s almost time…” As the Moon Star Sect’s ancestor murmured, the aura around Wang Baole became even more powerful. Endless pressure radiated from his body, causing the stele world to rumble continuously as an inexplicable feeling of worship rose up in the hearts of all living beings.
Chen Qingzi was the first to bear the brunt of this pressure, and it was so powerful that he was sent several steps backward. His eyes shone brightly as he stared at Wang Baole and the black wooden ruler behind him.
He already knew of his little junior brother’s origin, but even so, he couldn’t help but feel shaken after seeing it in person. Moreover, he could vaguely guess what Wang Baole was about to do, and his expression suddenly became complicated.
"Little Junior Brother, you…"
But before Chen Qingzi could finish speaking, Wang Baole separated his hands and suddenly grabbed the black wooden ruler. Without saying a word, he clenched his teeth and snapped it!
At this moment, veins bulging on his forehead, Wang Baole broke off a tiny portion of the real black wooden ruler!
In comparison to the entirety of the black wooden ruler, this tiny portion was barely 1%. But because the black wooden ruler was an existence of unimaginable caliber, even 1% of it was enough to shake the heavens
Moreover, the black wooden ruler couldn’t be harmed by external forces. Only Wang Baole, or rather the black wooden ruler itself, could break it, and the impact of doing so was naturally not small. In an instant, the aura coming from Wang Baole’s body fluctuated violently, and his complexion became extremely pale.
Of course, this damage wasn’t permanent. Wood had the power of regeneration, so as long as enough time passed, Wang Baole would be able to recover.
With the small wooden strip in hand, Wang Baole raised his head. Glancing at Chen Qingzi, he tossed the strip of wood over without hesitation.
This was all Wang Baole could do. He couldn’t just stand around and watch as Chen Qingzi braved danger to shatter the void, so he broke off a strip of his original form.
The function of this black wooden strip was to suppress kismet. However, when used on the self… although it would appear to suppress the divine soul, it would actually serve as protection.
Like this, even if Chen Qingzi ended up failing… because of the existence of the wooden strip, even if his divine soul collapsed, his true spirit would still remain. He would at least be able to reincarnate.
Chen Qingzi moved his hand. However, rather than taking the wooden strip, he sent it flying back to Wang Baole.
"Little Junior Brother, I don't want this!"
“I’m not giving it to you, I’m lending it to you. You have to remember… to give it back someday.” Wang Baole waved his hand, and the wooden strip returned in front of Chen Qingzi.
Chen Qingzi fell silent. After a while, he sighed softly and accepted the strip of wood. Holding it tightly, he looked deeply at Wang Baole and suddenly spoke.
“Little Junior Brother, after I leave, if one day the starry sky becomes the color of blood…
“It means I failed.
“The blood-colored starry sky will be the manifestation of my Dao Blood. It will contain a ray of my divine will, and there… you will find my final farewell.
“Little Junior Brother, in this stele world, there is life and death, yin and yang. Everything in the world is the same; where there is light, there is also darkness… Do you know why we two were Master’s only disciples…?
“There are some matters that, if I succeed, you won’t need to know. And if I fail… it’s because of my own incompetence. You… should just continue on by yourself.
“Little Junior Brother… goodbye.” Chen Qingzi looked deeply at Wang Baole, as if waiting for something. But after a few breaths of time, he seemed to give up and turned around. His eyes were dim, and his back cut a bleak figure as he walked step by step toward the void.
Suddenly, Wang Baole lifted his head and shouted out with all his might.
“Senior Brother! Come back alive!”
Chen Qingzi’s body trembled. After so long, he finally heard those words. He didn’t look back, but his loud laughter echoed through the starry sky. This laughter conveyed determination, joy, and no regrets!
With one step, he tread onto the void!