š Chapter 954 - Await the Path of Cultivation!
Enlightenedā¦
Prisoner of the Dao of Heavenā¦
In the past, Wang Baole mostly only recited the first word, āenlightenedā. Aside from when he was young and ignorant and recited with all his strength during moments of crisis, it had been a long, long time since he had recited the second line, āprisoner of the Dao of Heavenā.
As soon as he silently recited the second line, its effectā¦ made Wang Baoleās heart pound crazily. Even the paper human cutout revealed a look of horror.
That was becauseā¦ the entire black paper sea suddenly exploded. Towering waves rose up and crashed against each other, and even the sky outside shook. It was no exaggeration to say that it caused heaven and earth to change color.
The Starfall Empire immediately noticed the chaos in the black paper sea, and a series of bewildered gazes instantly shot over.
āWhat happened?!ā
āSomethingās wrong with the black paper sea!ā
An uproar instantly broke out, and paper human cutouts flew into the air and disappeared in an instant. When they reappeared, they were already above the black paper sea. Even that powerful paper human cutout with the red line between its brows appeared. As it looked down at the black paper sea, its expression was filled with shock. It couldnāt see what was happening down on the seabed, but it didnāt dare to act rashly.
At the same time, the bottom of the black paper sea was quaking as if a giant dragon was thrashing around. The area of the seal, the source of the tremors, was even more shocking. The pillars were shaking, and that vortex of black qi seemed utterly horrified. Faint roars could be heard from within the vortex.
Within the vortex, all the black qi shrank in rapidly, turning into the blurry outline of a ghostly face. Although the face was only an outline and its features couldnāt be seen in detailā¦ The two eyes that rapidly took shape were extremely striking. And once they opened, their color was even more shocking.
They wereā¦ crimson red!
The moment they opened, a roar echoed across the black paper sea, and even throughout the entire Starfall Realm. Everyone in the Starfall Realm immediately felt rumbling erupt in their minds.
The black paper sea immediately exploded. Countless strips of black paper were blown into the sky by some invisible force, seemingly blotting out the sun. All the paper human cutouts above the sea trembled and retreated in horror.
āThis isā¦ā
āWhat was that sound?!ā
āSomething big has happened!ā
None of these paper human cutouts had weak cultivation bases, but the roar from the black paper sea made all of them pale. The only exception was that paper human cutout with the red line between its eyebrows; although its complexion turned ugly, its eyes revealed decisiveness and it immediately shot into the black paper sea, intending to check out what was happening at the bottom of the sea.
Howeverā¦ the current black paper sea contained not only the power of the seal, but also the power of the Dao Scripture, as well as the power of the paper human cutout emperor who had brought Wang Baole in. All of this meant that even though the paper human cutout with the red line between its brows had a heaven-shaking cultivation base, it was still difficult for it to truly reach the seabed.
At the same time, the expressions of every living thing in the Starfall Empire changed drastically. None of them had been unable to hear that shocking roar.
Naturally, this including the Chosen who had come to participate in the trial. At that moment, there was not one whose expression didnāt change. The scholarly young man had been in deep meditation, but his eyes suddenly flew open, and his normally calm gaze now revealed a hint of panic.
The same was true for the masked woman. Her body trembled visibly, with shock and horror in her eyes. The bell girl was even more stricken. There was also the little girl and the young man in black; the formerās eyes became unprecedentedly wide, and the latterās baleful aura erupted, as if trying to fight back.
These top-tier Chosen were all like this, and the rest of the Chosen could only be even more anxious. After feeling the drastic changes in the sky and the slight quaking of the earth, they couldnāt help but have countless guesses rise up in their hearts.
As for Wang Baole, who was located at the very source, he felt even more horror than the rest. When the crimson eyes within the vortex glanced at him, he couldnāt help but tremble. However, the arrow was already on the bowstring, and he had no choice but to shoot it. No matter what, he had to continue.
His eyes revealed a ruthless glint as Wang Baole silently recitedā¦ the next line of the Dao Scripture!
"All sentient beings must endure immeasurable calamitiesā¦"
With the word ācalamitiesā, the entirety of the Starfall Realm seemed to quake. The aura coming from the depths of the starry sky seemed to grow countless times stronger. Whatās moreā¦ Wang Baole instinctively felt that at that moment, there seemed to be a gaze coming from the depths of the starry skyā¦ looking right at him!
āYou woke up?!ā Wang Baole felt his scalp tingle and he couldnāt help but wail internally.
But his shock was nothing compared to that felt by the red eyes within the vortex of black qi. With a monstrous roar, the vortex churned and seethed, as if boiling. It could clearly be seen that the blurry face began to condense at a faster rate, and some black qi even left the vortex, turning into a black horn that stabbed toward Wang Baole.
This horn was incomparably black, like an endless darkness that could swallow the whole world.
Wang Baole didnāt need to think very hard to know that once this black horn touched himā¦ Even if there were a hundred of him, they would all die in an instant. Although his real body wasnāt here, it would still be exterminated along with this clone.
At the side, the paper human cutoutās expression suddenly changed. It was about to jump out and block it, but it had underestimated Wang Baoleās madness. Before the paper human cutout could make a move, Wang Baoleās eyes became bloodshot, and in this moment of life and death, he finally threw all caution to the wind.
āMotherfucker, you dare to attack Daddy while Iām still reciting the Dao Scripture!!ā Wang Baole shouted furiously. At the same time, in his heart, he recited the fourth line of the Dao Scripture!
āIt takes but a thought to leave the deep prisonā¦ā
As soon as those words came out, Wang Baole heard an explosion go off. That sound didnāt come from his surroundings, but was transmitted to his mind from the depths of the starry sky. This time, the feeling of being stared at became even stronger, and Wang Baole could even faintly see an image appear in his mind.
In that image, there seemed to be a middle-aged man who was wearing white clothes and had a head of white hair. He was walking across the starry sky with an expressionless face, and his eyes seemed to contain a boundless sea of stars.
Wherever he passed, the Heavenly Dao would retreat and magical laws would bow in worship. Behind him were the overlapping shadows of countless worlds, unceasingly shifting and transforming. It was as if his body itself bore the weight of that entire section of the starry sky!
The moment that image appeared in Wang Baoleās mind, the horn of black qi instantly collapsed. In the black paper sea, the paper human cutout with the red line who was struggling to approach was completely horrified. It hadnāt been able to get close, so it couldnāt see what was happening, but its expression changed drastically and it immediately retreated. Even after returning to the air above the black paper sea, its body continued to tremble.
āAbove the Universe Realm is Creationā¦ A Creation Realm Paragon has descended from the Outer Domain!!!ā This was the first sentence it spoke since arriving at the black paper sea. As soon as its words rang out, all the paper human cutouts in the area trembled. Under the lead of the paper human cutout with the red line between its brows, they all bowed down in worship.
It wasnāt just them, either; all the paper human cutouts across the entire Starfall Empire were the same. Moreoverā¦ previously, as long as someone looked up, they would see the light of innumerable Planets shining in the sky of the Starfall Realm. But now, these lights dimmed in an instant, as if they werenāt worthy of shining and didnāt dare to shine.
Howeverā¦ Within the now-dimmed vault of heaven, there was a singular Planet that continued emitting light. It seemed that it wasnāt cowed by the arrival of the Paragon from the Outer Domain, and it even had a sense of arrogance!
Looking carefully, it could be seen that there were also nine other Planets close to that Planet. Despite the twofold suppression, from the Outer Domain Paragon and that central Planet, they still did their best to emit feeble rays of light. They had no arrogance, but instead were filled with unwillingness and defiance!
If it were any other time, these nine Planets would definitely cause an uproar. And although not many people paid attention to them at that moment, they still caused the hearts of those who saw them to stir. Howeverā¦ What everyone looked at was not those nine unwilling Planets that struggled to give off light. The only thing reflected in their eyes was that one bright and shining Planet.
āThere really is a Dao Planetā¦ā The scholarly young manās breathing became heavy. Looking up at the brightest point of light in the starry sky, his gaze shone with intense longing.
And the same longing appeared in the eyes of the bell girl!
While the paper human cutouts outside were bowing their heads in shock, Wang Baoleās mind was blurring. His perception of his surroundings vanished, until the only thing that he could see was that distant figure that seemed to be walking over step by step.
As that figure filled his mind, he didnāt notice the terror of the paper human cutout beside him, nor did he notice that the face in the vortex had completely solidified. That face was ferocious and ghastly, and it had a broken horn on its forehead. It charged forward at full strength, opening its mouth to devour Wang Baole.
As it moved, it absorbed all the black qi tangled around the female corpse. Moreover, even the black paper sea seemed to lose color as the ghostly face became completely pitch-black. In an instant, it was already on the verge of reaching Wang Baole.
But at that moment, Wang Baole, whose thoughts were blurry and whose perception seemed to be far away, suddenly murmured a sentence. This sentence was also from the Dao Scripture, but it wasnāt uttered in his heart like the previous lines. Instead, with a voice that contained the endless vicissitudes of life, it was spoken aloud.
"...Await the path of cultivation!"