đź“– Chapter 1274 - Five Elements Dao Foundation!
Here in this remote area of the Unorthodox Holy Region’s starry sky, the innumerable asteroids that had seemingly existed since time immemorial were rapidly arranging themselves as rumbling rang out constantly.
In comparison, Wang Baole seemed small and insignificant. But if a person were to look with their perception instead of their eyes, they would see that Wang Baole was giving off blinding rays of light, as if he was the lord of all creation. And indeed, these countless asteroids were arranging themselves due to a single wave on his part.
The overwhelming fluctuations spreading throughout the Unorthodox Holy Region made the minds of all living beings tremble. Gradually, the group of asteroids… finished arranging themselves into the shape of a rune!
This rune was a ball of fire. Whether looking at it with the naked eye or feeling it through perception, it was like a burning flame that could incinerate all of creation. Its overwhelming aura seemed to make the entire universe shake.
Moreover, it was utterly huge, and it gave off an aura of endless years. The starry sky all around it was filled with an inexplicable sense of ancientness. As a result, Wang Baole, who was standing in front of the rune, seemed to be floating in the river of time at this moment.
“This is… the rune Senior Brother left behind for me.” After a while, Wang Baole murmured quietly. Although his eyes remained shut, his perception told him all he needed to know about the rune in front of him.
This rune was exactly the same as the one hidden in the wisp of Immortal’s aura!
As soon as it formed, it wasn’t just the Unorthodox Holy Region that felt it. The entire stele world rumbled, and all creation, whether living or inanimate trembled involuntarily.
This was a power that surpassed the stele world!
This was a power that was infinitely ancient and didn’t belong to this era!
This was… what All and Ancient spent innumerable years fighting over!
This inheritance of the Immortal!
The reason why it took the form of fire was because this inheritance… was like a burning torch being passed down, a torch of the Immortal!
Wang Baole could feel a dense Immortal’s aura emanating from the rune, and this aura was extremely familiar to him. He seemed to vaguely see his senior brother’s silhouette… but in the end, his various emotions turned into a sigh.
“This fire… will be the Dao Seed of my Fire Dao!” Speaking softly, Wang Baole lifted his right hand and waved it at this rune constructed from countless asteroids that had shaken the entire stele world.
With this wave, the majestic rune suddenly trembled, and cracks appeared in the innumerable asteroids that formed it. These cracks became more and more pronounced, and in the end, all the asteroids collapsed with a boom.
As soon as they did, golden threads flew out from the shattered asteroids and shot straight toward Wang Baole. All of this takes some time to describe, but in fact it happened in the blink of an eye. A moment later, as all the golden threads converged… a palm-sized golden rune appeared above Wang Baole’s palm.
This rune blazed like fire, radiating heat along with a dazzling golden glow.
The stele world trembled even more violently at this moment. The fire of the golden rune flickered, as if trying to merge into Wang Baole. At the same time, Wang Baole’s own Immortal’s aura broke out involuntarily at this moment, seemingly yearning to merge with the rune.
Wang Baole was silent for a while, then slowly closed his right hand, allowing the Immortal’s Fire to finally make contact with his body.
As soon as it touched his hand, the Immortal’s Fire instantly sank into Wang Baole’s palm and spread throughout his body. At this moment, four scenes flashed through Wang Baole’s mind one after another.
The first scene was of a ray of light shooting through the starry sky at an astonishing speed. Following closely behind was a giant with an expressionless face. He seemed to split heaven and earth apart as he chased after the ray of light.
Soon, a battlefield appeared in front of the ray of light, and it instantly accelerated, escaping into the battlefield without hesitation. As soon as it entered the battlefield, the ray of light flickered imperceptibly and actually split itself in two!
One half shone as brightly as before, while the other was dim and difficult to detect. The two halves continued escaping, each heading in different directions.
The first scene ended here. Soon, the second scene began.
In this scene, the dim and almost imperceptible ray of light flew silently through the vast starry sky of the stele world. Eventually, living beings began to appear, and the ray of light fused into one. Having reincarnated like so, it gradually grew to adulthood.
After that, the ray of light reincarnated again and again. As people, as plants, as spirits… an eternity seemed to pass in this second scene. At the very end, it showed a baby being born in a mortal village.
This baby’s name was Chen Qing.
Complicated feelings rose up in Wang Baole’s heart upon seeing this. Sighing, he watched as the third scene began. This scene… showed the Underworld Sect of days past. It showed Chen Qingzi sitting cross-legged in meditation, and it showed the light in his eyes suddenly change one day. This change was dim and almost imperceptible, just like… the ray of light that had split in two.
The final scene took place many years later, in the asteroid belt where Wang Baole was currently located. All that could be seen was Chen Qingzi’s back as he stared at the swirling asteroids.
And that… was the end of the four scenes.
Although no sound had been included in these scenes, Wang Baole still understood everything. In the first scene, the ray of light and the giant were Ancient and All.
In the end, Ancient escaped into the Never-Ending Dao Domain, and All sealed it with a hand. But All didn’t notice that Ancient secretly split in two.
The inheritance of light transformed into a storyteller, became intertwined with the black wooden ruler, and was eventually obtained by Wang Baole.
The inheritance of darkness, after going through countless reincarnations, finally awakened in Chen Qingzi during this life. This… was possibly the reason Chen Qingzi betrayed the Underworld Sect back then. After all, the mission of the Underworld Sect had originally been to prevent the Immortal from leaving, but in Ming Kunzi’s generation, it changed to preventing all life from leaving. Moreover, perhaps intentionally or not, the focus of this mission became the Never-Ending Clan.
“Master accepted two disciples, and both were inheritors of the Immortal…” Wang Baole muttered quietly. Perhaps… his master had known everything from the very beginning and had wanted to destroy the Underworld Sect’s mission all along.
“So in the end, Master died for the sake of Senior Brother. And Senior Brother… chose to leave, suffering the calamity of possession and dying for my sake…”
Wang Baole sighed. Now, he understood everything. Although there were still many details he was unaware of, those were no longer important. The important thing was… in the end, he still had to leave.
For the stele world, for his master, for his senior brother, for Little Missy, for everyone, and for himself…
“This battle… is almost over.” Wang Baole’s eyes were closed, but ferocity burst out from his whole body. He lifted his right hand, and the runic fire within instantly lit up. Dazzling light spread forth from between his fingers, radiating in all directions…
The fire seed was beginning to form!
Once it formed, Wang Baole’s strength would immediately skyrocket. After all… the Dao Seeds of his Five Elemental Daos far surpassed those of the one who had originally created the Eight Extremes Dao!
His metal seed was the sole debt of a Paragon from the outside world. It carried this Paragon’s faith power and was absolutely indestructible!
His water seed was a teardrop containing an enduring love. It had existed since time immemorial, and its origin was infinitely elusive and mysterious!
His earth seed was a corner of this stele world itself. To a certain extent… it wasn’t wrong to call it a fragment of All!
His fire seed that was taking shape at this moment came from the inheritance of the Immortal. Naturally, it had heaven-shaking, earth-shattering might!
And needless to say, his wood seed was at the top of all of them. It was his life and his fate. In his heart, Wang Baole had already concluded that his original form, the black wooden nail, might really be… the outside world’s… wood source of the five elements!
Such a foundation was completely unprecedented!