đź“– Chapter 1306 - Direction
The Dao of Underworld Yin, which was the Extreme Yin of Wang Baole’s Eight Extremes Dao, belonged under the umbrella of the Dao of Death. The controller of this Dao had a title that reverberated throughout countless epochs, a title that belonged solely to them.
This title was… Lord of the Underworld.
One who controlled death, ruled reincarnation, and broke the path of fate.
Just like the five elements, it was impossible for a cultivator to become the true sourcepoint of the Dao of Death. No matter how much they cultivated, becoming one of many sourcepoints was the limit.
Wang Baole’s Dao of Underworld Yin was the same. Thanks to the blessing of the Heaven Trampling Bridge, it had forcibly forged a connection to the Great Universe’s Dao of Death. Thus, Wang Baole was now a pseudo-sourcepoint of the Dao of Death.
And this… was also the case with his Dao of Sacred Yang.
Originally, this Dao didn’t have a carrier, so it had a flashy appearance but no substance. However, now that Father Wang had gifted Wang Baole the bridge stone… everything was different.
As one of the planned materials for the eleventh Heaven Trampling Bridge, there was no need to mention just how terrifying this stone was. After all… the eleventh bridge represented the sixth step of cultivation. Cultivators of the sixth step were incredibly rare even throughout the entire Great Universe. Any one of them had the capability to fight for ownership of the universe.
Thus, the value of this bridge stone was difficult to even imagine. At the same time, because of its extraordinary nature, it was the perfect object to carry Wang Baole’s Dao.
“Using a treasure of the sixth step as a carrier for the fifth…” At Father Wang’s side, Situ softly spoke.
“How generous! I can’t believe you’re willing to part with it… It looks like he’ll be able to smoothly advance to the fifth step. Without that thing, he probably wouldn’t have been able to break through today.” Situ sighed deeply. He never expected that Father Wang, whom he’d watched rise all the way from a powerless kid to a supreme paragon, would end up giving such a generous gift today.
This gift wasn’t just a bridge stone, it was… a step of cultivation!
This was an opportunity that countless people could only dream about!
“I’m just giving him what he deserves. Besides…” Father Wang lifted his head and looked at Wang Baole, who was standing in the void between the ninth and tenth bridges.
“He was already on the verge of the fifth step in the first place. Although the incomplete Dao of his stele world meant that his battle prowess was lacking, his realm was already there. Since that’s the case, how could I be stingy?” Father Wang said calmly.
Situ thought about it for a moment before nodding. Actually, he had already noticed Wang Baole’s situation from the first time they met. To put it simply, at that time, Wang Baole’s realm was already somewhere between the fourth and fifth steps.
It was just that his Dao was incomplete, so his battle prowess was lower than it should have been. Now, the Heaven Trampling Bridge had filled in the imperfections in his Dao, allowing him to obtain the true power of the fourth step.
Coupled with the bridge stone… Situ could imagine that the number of fifth step cultivators in this Great Universe would soon increase by one!
“The fifth step… All of existence is mine to use.” Situ murmured softly. At the same time, the rays of light coming from Wang Baole’s body became brighter and brighter as the bridge stone fused into him.
Suddenly, an indescribably majestic life force swept through the Great Universe, arriving from all directions and converging on Wang Baole. At the same time, a ferocious and vigorous might erupted from his body.
At this moment, above Wang Baole’s head… an illusory bridge appeared!
This bridge looked just like the other bridges that Wang Baole had just crossed. Floating there, it gave off such an overwhelming aura that all living beings on the Immortal Astral Continent felt their minds turn chaotic.
As he sensed his Dao of Sacred Yang becoming complete, Wang Baole lifted his head and looked at the illusory bridge above him. This bridge… was not a Heaven Trampling Bridge.
Although it looked the same, its function was different. To be exact, this bridge… was both a carrier of Dao and a connector.
It connected the Dao of Sacred Yang that it carried to… the Dao of Life of the Great Universe.
Just like the Dao of Death, the Dao of Life couldn’t be reigned over by a single cultivator. But with the help of the bridge stone, Wang Baole successfully connected his Dao of Sacred Yang to the Great Universe’s Dao of Life and became one of its sourcepoints.
With the completion of his Dao, an unprecedented feeling of power emerged in Wang Baole’s heart. It was as if everything in front of him had suddenly changed. This world, which had seemed so real, now felt somewhat illusory.
“At the end of Dao, everything is emptiness?” Murmuring softly, Wang Baole lifted his foot and moved toward the tenth bridge in front of him. As his foot fell, the illusory bridge above him also fell, and when the bridge completely fused into his body, his aura skyrocketed once again.
The five elements revolved around each other, and life and death were interdependent!
In an instant, Wang Baole disappeared on the spot. When he reappeared, he was no longer in the void between the ninth and tenth bridges. Instead, he… had stepped foot on the front of the tenth bridge!
He didn’t stop there and immediately took another step, bringing him to the middle of the tenth bridge. Then, he seemed to want to move forward again, but… no matter what he did, he couldn’t raise his foot.
“This is my limit…” Wang Baole murmured.
Heaven and earth rumbled, ripples spread throughout the starry sky, and the entire Great Universe seemed to be trembling. At this moment, all living beings bowed their heads. The only ones looking at Wang Baole right now were those who were in the same realm as him and those who were even stronger. Anyone else… wasn’t even qualified.
“I can’t step across the tenth bridge as I am now.” Wang Baole fell silent. However, he could already feel that his current state was vastly different from before. Prior to stepping onto the tenth bridge, the five elements as well as life and death were under his control.
But now… anything and everything, all the countless Daos of the Great Universe, all of existence was for his own use!
Although he couldn’t use them perfectly yet… in front of his current self, any fourth step cultivator could be effortlessly crushed. He could suppress their cultivation base as well as their Dao.
As he sensed his newfound strength, Wang Baole also noticed the numerous divine senses that had gathered here from all over the Great Universe. Raising his head, he stared out into starry sky.
He saw… a continent in a far-off location, not too dissimilar from the Immortal Astral Continent. There seemed to be a figure there, who nodded slightly toward him.
That figure exuded an incredibly aura of destiny, but it wasn’t anyone’s personal destiny. It seemed like that person himself was part of the Great Universe’s Dao of Destiny.
In another direction, Wang Baole saw a slip of paper that gave off the power of karma. A young man in a magnificent robe was sitting cross-legged on the slip of paper, smiling at Wang Baole.
Wang Baole immediately understood that the silver ingot which carried his Metal Dao was related to this young man.
At the same time, he saw a different figure elsewhere. This person’s gaze was complicated, seemingly containing a sigh as he looked at Wang Baole.
There were a few other similar figures, but not many. In total, there were only eight.
After looking at them one by one, Wang Baole’s gaze finally landed at the center of this Great Universe. In that place… there was a thick red mist covering everything. This mist blocked off all senses, but it couldn’t obstruct the feeling of familiarity.
“My original form… is there.
“The Emperor’s… Never-Ending Dao Domain, or in other words, Source Universe Dao Void.” Wang Baole stared thoughtfully in the direction of the red mist. That place… was his next destination.
The familiarity he could sense from that place made him feel as if it would take just a single step for him to appear inside the starry sky covered by red mist.