š Chapter 1271 - Extreme Past, Extreme Future, Extreme Fetterlessness!
Wang Baole remained silent at the Moon Star Sect ancestorās words. The mask floating in the air was trembling slightly, and inside, Little Missy was hugging her knees in a corner. Her head was lowered and her expression couldnāt be seen, but her body was shaking visibly.
āMy fateā¦ā Wang Baole murmured. Whether it was his duties as the Underworld Child or the Xie Family ancestorās displays of the Dao of Kismet in the previous battle, Wang Baole was no stranger to fate.
The so-called fate was a personās past as well as their future. If a personās life was likened to a line, then that lineā¦ was their fate.
When he was the Underworld Child, Wang Baole had decided the fates of other people, so he knew very wellā¦ that when a person lost their fate, it meant that the front and back portions of the line had disappeared, with only a single point remaining.
The lost front section represented the past.
The lost back section represented the future.
Moreover, he understoodā¦ that in order to obtain the fate of a personās past, it was necessary to follow them and witness everything throughout their past.
āSo that was it.ā Wang Baoleās eyes flickered as he remembered his many past lives and everything that had happened in this life. He looked at the Moon Star Sect ancestor with a smile.
āAnything else?ā
The Moon Star Sect ancestor was silent for a moment. He shook his head, then spoke in a low voice.
āThatās all. As for the reward, my lord must have already told you about it. But I can also agree to do one thing for youā¦ā
āCan you fight the Emperor?ā Wang Baole asked calmly.
āIāve reincarnated, and now that I have to protect the young lady, I can no longer help with thatā¦ā The Moon Star Sect ancestor sighed with an apologetic look on his face.
āThatās fine. Then, do you have any supreme treasures of the Metal Dao or Fire Dao?ā Wang Baole didnāt mind and moved on to his next request.
āYes, Iāve got somethingā¦ā Muttering, the Moon Star Sect ancestor reached into the void as if rummaging around. After a while, he opened his hand, and there was a silver ingot in his palm.
This silver ingot was small, only three taels or so, and it couldnāt have looked more ordinary. However, when Wang Baole swept over it with his divine will, he discovered that it was letting off extremely powerful spiritual fluctuations.
āI secretly obtained this treasure from a man surnamed Zhou in the outer world. Iāll give it to you.ā The Moon Star Sect ancestor sighed inwardly. Originally, he hadnāt wanted to talk about the matter of requiring fate; after all, there was no way Wang Baole could be unbothered after hearing about it. But since the young lady insisted, he had no choice. Given that he had already felt bad about this, he took out the silver ingot without any hesitation.
The ingot worth three taels of silver flew over to Wang Baole, who directly threw it into his storage pouch without a second glance. Standing up from his prayer mat, Wang Baole bowed once more to the Moon Star Sect ancestor.
āSenior, thank you for enlightening my puppet back then, and thank you even more for taking in Li Wanāer and Zhuo Yifan.ā
After speaking, Wang Baole bowed again. Then, straightening his back, he took a deep look at the mask floating in the air before turning and walking away.
āI knowā¦ why you appeared in my past lives.
āI knowā¦ why your figure was always there in those worlds.
āI knowā¦ that our chance meetings were already predetermined.
āI know that all of this is the first half of the line of fate. Now, the fate of my past belongs to you.
āBut I donāt have any complaints, nor do I feel any anger toward you.
āThank you for helping me up when I was the white deer.
āThank you for comforting me when I was the resentful cultivator.
āThank you for feeding me your blood when I was the devil blade.
āThank you for looking at me when I was the zombie.
āThank you for hugging me when my master died.
āThank youā¦ thank you for being there for me, over and over, throughout every life.
āYouāve taken away the fate of my past, and I wonāt hesitate to give you the fate of my future.
āEven if, from now on, I become a person with no past and no futureā¦
āThis is fine.ā
With every step Wang Baole took, the smile on his face grew a little wider. After he took his tenth step, his mind became clear. Mysteries of Dao flowed through his body, and an astonishing aura erupted from him.
āThe past is Dao, and it is like death!ā
Still smiling, Wang Baole murmured softly. The aura coming from his body became even more powerful, and as the starry sky rumbled, an illusory river seemed to appear above his head.
This surging river was boundless, seemingly capable of covering the entire starry sky. At the end was Wang Baole, but as for its beginningā¦ it wasnāt in the stele world. The beginning of this river cameā¦ from the outside!
The natural law contained in this river was related to time, but it was also different. It encompassed everything that had happened in Wang Baoleās past!
This was a new natural law. Not time, nor death, but a fused Dao that was unique to Wang Baole!
It was a Dao that contained Wang Baoleās past. If, at some point in the future, there was a cultivator who obtained insights into this Dao, their cultivation base would depend on how far they could walk on the path of Wang Baoleās past.
Becauseā¦ this natural law, this Dao, was created by Wang Baole. It was the Dao of Wang Baoleās Past.
The moment the river appeared, the Moon Star Sect ancestor standing on the cliff suddenly lifted his head, shock apparent in his eyes.
āBirth of a new law? Comprehending the Dao to see the truth?!ā
It wasnāt just him who was surprised; out in the void, the red-robed young man who was fighting the Hand of All was also shocked. He whipped his head over to look at the vast river piercing through into the core of the stele world from the outside.
āThis isā¦ā The red-robed young manās heart trembled violently.
Meanwhile, outside the stele world, the figure sitting cross-legged on the solitary boat slowly raised his head. His eternally unchanging expression finally shifted at this moment.
And it wasnāt over. A moment later, as Wang Baole took another step, he murmured again, and another river of law rumbled into existence.
āThe future is Dao, and it is like life!ā
This newly arrived river was also related to time, yet different. The endless waves within it represented the unpredictability of the future. This time, the river started from Wang Baole, and no one could tell where its end led.
This Dao belonged solely to him. It was the Dao of Wang Baoleās Future!
At this moment, two illusory rivers rumbled in the starry sky. One came from the outside world and passed into the stele world. It had no beginning, only an end connected to Wang Baole. The other started at Wang Baole, and its end couldnāt be seen. Even the stele world couldnāt hold it as it extended infinitely into the horizon.
From a distance, these two rivers running through the stele world seemed to be one. And connecting themā¦ was Wang Baole.
āWhen I comprehended the Underworld Dao, I gave up on setting the fated trajectory of all living beings. I added an unknown variable and allowed all living beings to seek their Dao without fetters.
āNowā¦ my own Dao is in line with this as well.
āFetterless, with no past and no future, living only in the present.ā
Wang Baole smiled carefreely. With a wave of his hand, the third illusory river arrived.
This river was itself a beginning, as well as an end. It was free and at ease, with nothing holding it down. It wasā¦
āFetterless!!!ā The Moon Star Sect ancestor murmured.
āFetterless!!ā The red-robed young man had an ugly expression.
āFetterless!ā Outside the stele world, the figure on the solitary boat spoke softly.
āFetterlessā¦ā Within the mask, Little Missy raised her head and smiled through her tears.
āComprehend the Dao, grasp the Dao, two steps to become fetterless!ā Wang Baole flicked his sleeve and entered the starry sky with a single step. His cultivation base erupted violently as his heart beganā¦ comprehending the Dao!