đź“– Chapter 1272 - Fetterless Immortal!
Comprehending the Dao and seeing the truth led one to one becoming fetterless!
Similarly, having a body free and a mind at ease was also a state of being fetterless!
And… the Immortal, too, was fetterless!
For Wang Baole, the past was unchangeable and the future was unpredictable. Since that was the case… so what if he gave them away?
It was because he didn’t care about them that he could comprehend them better. He turned his past and future into natural laws, allowing them to exist between heaven and earth as his Dao Foundation, and giving tangible form to the fate required for Wang Yiyi’s resurrection.
“My fate can be given to you.
“I have no regrets!
“All I want is the present. Henceforth, as I walk the starry sky, I won’t need my past or seek my future. The me reflected in the eyes of all living beings shall exist solely in the moment.”
Wang Baole’s heart became clearer and clearer. As his long hair fluttered, mysteries of Dao emanated from his body and filled all directions. His enlightenment also caused his cultivation base to advance by leaps and bounds.
He broke through to the late stage of the Star Domain Realm in an instant, and he didn’t stop there.
For Almighties at Wang Baole’s level, a cultivation base breakthrough didn’t rely on the accumulation of spiritual energy; instead, it was dependent on their comprehension of heaven and earth, the laws of the universe, and… themselves.
Dao Comprehension, Dao Comprehension! Comprehend the Dao and obtain the Dao!
At this moment, Wang Baole… had obtained his Dao!
His lost past and forsaken future both became Dao, illuminating his heart, solidifying his will, and allowing him to see his own path.
As he walked forward, the Dao aura emanating from his body became more and more powerful. There were even signs of a qualitative change, as if it was about to transform from Dao aura to something else.
As the Moon Star Sect ancestor watched Wang Baole’s transformation, his heart trembled violently. He had never seen the Immortal before, but he had felt a similar aura twice in his life. The first time… was from his lord, Wang Yiyi’s father, who was revered as Half-God Half-Immortal. His aura was halfway similar to Wang Baole’s right now.
And the other time… was from a man who had originally walked the path of the Immortal, but ended up living the life of the Demon.
“This… is the Immortal?!” The Moon Star Sect ancestor’s voice was barely audible.
“Is this the Immortal?” Hair swaying and aura fluctuating, Wang Baole responded calmly.
At this point, Wang Baole stopped in his steps, standing still with his back facing the Moon Star Sect ancestor. His Dao Heart was brightly lit as he fell into thought.
"Wood as the Life-Essence Dao.
"Water as the Wellspring Dao.
"Metal as the Unwavering Dao.
"Earth as the Suppression Dao.
"Fire as... the Destruction Dao.
“With the five elements as the foundation, comprehend the past and future and create a new Dao…
“And all of this… is to become… fetterless!” As he spoke, Wang Baole smiled slightly and stepped forward again, directly entering the starry sky. At this moment, the aura on his body completely transformed. It was the aura of… the Immortal!
As this Immortal’s aura spread, a phantasmal slab of black wood appeared behind Wang Baole!
The aura of this black wood seemed to overlap with the Immortal’s aura emanating from Wang Baole, and they gradually became indistinguishable from each other.
In an instant, the starry sky lost its color, the entire stele world shuddered, and the minds of all living beings went blank. In the void, the red-robed young man trembled visibly, and his eyes finally revealed a hint of panic.
His panic wasn’t just because of the Immortal’s aura, but because of what was hiding behind the Immortal’s aura – a different aura that was rapidly growing more powerful and seemed about to awaken completely.
It was the aura… of black wood!
Meanwhile, the figure on the solitary boat outside the stele world smiled. Anticipation appeared in his eyes as he softly whispered.
“It’s almost time.”
In the starry sky outside the Moon Star Sect, Wang Baole’s hair was flying everywhere, Immortal’s aura was radiating from his body, and his silhouette had even turned blurry. Wherever he passed, the starry sky seemed unstable, cracking and shattering beneath his feet. It was as if the world itself was trembling, no longer able to bear the weight of his existence.
The last person to reach this level was Chen Qingzi.
“Don’t be afraid.” Smiling, Wang Baole spoke softly. His reassuring words weren’t for any living being, but for… the stele world.
“I won’t hurt you.” Wang Baole’s voice was warm and comforting. As it echoed through the starry sky, the cracks beneath his feet slowly healed. The trembling coming from the stele world lessened slightly, but in its place was a trace of reluctance.
This reluctance came from all parts of the starry sky. It was as if it knew that Wang Baole… would soon leave.
“I’ll restrain my aura so that it doesn’t become too much for you. After that… Wait for me. Once I obtain the Metal Dao and Fire Dao… I will bring you away with me.” Wang Baole’s voice was gentle, causing the trembling of the starry sky to gradually subside. A wave of intimacy swept over him, and kismet gathered around him from all directions.
This was the kismet of the entire stele world. As it converged on his body, Wang Baole raised his head, his gaze seemingly penetrating all creations. He saw the red-robed young man fighting the Hand of All in the void, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
“No rush.” Suppressing the coldness in his eyes, Wang Baole’s expression returned to normal. Although he was confident in killing the young man right now, Wang Baole wanted to be absolutely certain.
Although his Dao seemed complete, he had only just formed the outline. There were still some critical points that hadn’t been perfected.
One was the Metal Dao, the Fire Dao was the second, and there was also… the Immortal’s Dao.
When it came to the Dao of the Immortal, Wang Baole had only mastered its meaning. The Immortal’s aura emanating from his body was the fusion of meaning and Dao, but in a sense, it wasn’t truly complete.
“If my guess is correct, the thing Senior Brother left behind for me is another Dao of the Immortal… the Dao carried by the torch of inheritance.
“In other words… Immortal’s Fire!
“This fire can become by Dao-carrying treasure for the Fire Dao.” Wang Baole closed his eyes for a moment, then reopened them. He waved his right hand, and the silver ingot given to him by the Moon Star Sect ancestor appeared.
With Wang Baole’s current cultivation base, he could see that this ordinary-looking silver ingot actually carried a heaven-shaking aura. This aura contained the power of karma, and it was somewhat similar to the aura of the wishing bottle.
“Somebody’s karma?” Wang Baole murmured idly. His Immortal’s aura fluctuated, and innumerable seal scripts suddenly burst out from his palm. They spread in all directions, completely filling this area of the starry sky.
These seal scripts were precisely what he needed to refine a Dao Seed. Wang Baole clenched his right hand fiercely, and his fist seemed to turn into a black hole. The countless seal scripts scattered around in the surroundings surged inward like a rolling sea.
In an instant, they all converged on Wang Baole’s fist, fusing into… the silver ingot held tightly in his hand. With the power of kismet gathered on Wang Baole, along with his current cultivation base… it didn’t take long to form the Dao Seed. After merely half an incense stick’s worth of time, Wang Baole opened his fist, and inside it was the Dao Seed of Metal!
With its appearance, the whole stele world rumbled again. At this moment, all planets, all civilizations, all living beings, everything related to the law of metal… even minerals, magical artifacts, weapons of all kinds, all of them trembled simultaneously!
Because… the metal element now had a sourcepoint!
Wang Baole’s cultivation base also erupted, and was about to break through again. But just before it reached a level that the stele world couldn’t handle, Wang Baole forcibly suppressed it, keeping the endless power bottled up inside his body. At this moment, he also closed his eyes, and he didn’t open them.
It would be more accurate to say that he couldn’t open them. Once he opened them…
The starry sky would shatter, heaven and earth would collapse, and the stele world… would break down!
“Next is… the place Senior Brother left behind.” Wang Baole’s eyes were closed, but he could still see everything between heaven and earth. Murmuring, he took a step forward and disappeared on the spot.