📖 Chapter 965 - Planetary Talent!

19 May, 2023

Although they only stared at each other for a moment, to Wang Baole it felt like an eternity.

With a thoughtful expression, he ceased activating the Planetary Nascent Soul and closed his eyes, no longer paying attention to the countless Planets beyond the vault of heaven. Raising his right hand, he waved the drumstick again. As everyone around looked on in shock, he struck a fourteenth time!

The scholarly cultivator and the young man in black stared in disbelief as he struck a fifteenth time!

The bell girl’s eyes were completely bloodshot, and she had already fallen into despair. He struck a sixteenth time!

With the gratitude of the whole world converging on him, as the Dao Planet struggled in fury, he struck a seventeenth time!

Boom, boom, boom, boom! Four drumbeats echoed out one after another, each beat causing rumbling to fill the world and distorting the vault of heaven. Everyone watching the proceedings felt like it was their hearts and not the drum that was being struck, and endless rumbles exploded in their minds.

Each strike was backed by Wang Baole’s full power. Although he had the blessing of the world, Wang Baole’s breathing still became labored, and his body seemed on the verge of being ripped apart.

After all, from the tenth strike onward, he had to bear the external force with his own body. But he wasn’t a Planet Realm cultivator, and this was just a clone, not even his original body!

Thus, seventeen strikes was his absolute limit. His vision turned blurry, and his body seemed on the verge of collapse. He could no longer bear the world’s blessing.

But the effect of these four strikes was astonishing. After all, seventeen strikes had never been seen throughout the history of the Starfall Realm. In fact, most people could never have imagined that anyone could beat the drum so many times!

The entire vault of heaven seemed to explode, turning into an enormous vortex. A storm seemed to be raging inside, one that made the entire Starfall Realm tremble. Within the storm, there was the Dao Planet, which constantly struggled against a net of silk-like threads that was pulling it downward. Although the threads wrapping around it snapped ceaselessly, as Wang Baole beat the Heavenspan Drum four times in a row, countless more threads manifested, turning into a huge hand that grabbed at the Dao Planet!

This hand seemed to be connected to Wang Baole; the moment it touched the Dao Planet, rumbling filled his mind. Although he had only touched it from a distance, this one touch allowed him to instantly comprehend the unique natural law of the Dao Planet.

At that moment, Wang Baole seemed to have fused with the world. The giant hand grabbing the Dao Planet seemed to have gathered the consciousness of the Starfall Realm itself as well as all the kismet of the Starfall Empire; it seemed to wield a might that couldn’t be defied. As soon as it grasped the Dao Planet, Wang Baole yanked down with all his remaining strength and roared!

“Get down here!”

It was as if the vault of heaven itself was being pulled downward. The Dao Planet that had originally been struggling in the sky burst out with brighter light than ever before as… its true body was pulled into view!

With a rumble, the sky sank in, and an enormous Planet appeared in the vault of heaven. That one Planet alone occupied a third of the sky, and this was still only two-thirds of the Planet’s body!

This Planet was obviously the Dao Planet, and it was no longer just a silhouette. Now, everyone could see the Dao Planet’s true visage; it was completely different from the other Planets. As it hung there in the sky, it seemed more like… a Planet made of paper!

After over half of its body was dragged out, the Dao Planet once again erupted with light. A dazzling sea of light emerged, shining over the entire Starfall Realm. At the same time, fluctuations of unprecedented fury spread off from the Dao Planet that was being forcefully dragged down from the sky!

Despite being nothing more than the fluctuations of emotion, this intense fury seemed like it was about to turn into a sea of flames and burn down the entire world. A Dao Planet had its own pride, and the little ants on the ground were absolutely nothing compared to it. It was like the difference between heaven and earth.

However… because it was born in the Starfall Realm, because its unique natural law was born alongside the Starfall Realm’s natural law, there seemed to be an arcane connection binding it to the Starfall Realm. And because of this connection, the Starfall Realm had the ability to restrain it!

Before today, none of this really mattered. After all, the Starfall Realm itself wouldn’t interfere with the Outer Domain Chosen summoning Planets. But now, the mysterious restraint revealed itself for the first time.

Although the Dao Planet could even remain arrogant in the face of that foreign paragon, in front of the ant-like existence beneath it, it could only struggle passively. It was left unable to take the initiative to rain down punishment from the heavens.

That was because the kismet of the Starfall Empire was blessing that ant-like existence, and also because the will of the entire Starfall Realm seemed to have descended. It was as if everything was telling the Dao Planet to choose Wang Baole as its owner, to submit itself and become his Planet!

But the Dao Planet didn’t want that, so it struggled relentlessly. It didn’t like Wang Baole, and it didn’t believe that he could live up to the name of a Dao Planet. It even felt disdain toward him; in its perception, everything that Wang Baole had was given to him by external forces. Even the unprecedented seventeen beats of the drum were only thanks to the blessing of the world. The Dao Planet absolutely refused to choose such a person!

The one it wanted to choose was the bell girl, who was willing to subordinate herself to it and allow it to become the master.

That was its desired choice!

Thus, it struggled furiously. As waves of anger radiated off of it, the sea of light shone even brighter. Illusory flames seemed to appear all around the Dao Planet, as if it was about to burn itself up. However, this was not it burning itself up, but rather… an attempt to split off!

The Dao Planet had made up its mind. It was determined to split off from the Starfall Realm. It absolutely refused to give in and choose Wang Baole!

Although the Dao Planet couldn’t speak, its fury was clear to every existence in the Starfall Empire. All of them fell silent.

That was because the reason for Dao Planet’s dissatisfaction with Wang Baole was that it felt that he had only relied on external forces. In fact, to much of the audience, this indeed seemed to be the case.

In contrast, whether it was the bell girl or the young man in black, although they too had the help of some external objects, they had mostly relied on themselves.

“You’d rather split off from the Starfall Realm than choose me? You think that I’m just relying on external forces?” Wang Baole fell silent. Beside him, the bell girl’s expression had become ecstatic. From a hell of despair, she had suddenly risen back up to heaven, making her so excited that her body shook. She was about to speak, but before she could say anything, Wang Baole suddenly laughed.

He looked up at the Dao Planet that was being pulled down from the sky. Then, with a cold smile, he suddenly turned to the Starfall Emperor, who was still in front of the imperial palace’s main hall. Cupping his fists, Wang Baole bowed deeply.

“Senior, please withdraw the blessing of kismet!”

The Starfall Emperor didn’t reply as it looked at Wang Baole. Seemingly understanding his choice, it waved its right hand and cracking sounds suddenly came from Wang Baole’s body. The traces of aura that had converged on him from all places in the Starfall Realm immediately left his body, spread out in all directions, and returned to their owners.

This scene left all the living things of the Starfall Realm shaken as they glanced at each other.

Extreme weakness swept through Wang Baole’s body and soul, causing him to tremble faintly. However, he forced himself to turn around and bowed again to the sky, the earth, and the world.

“Supreme will of the Starfall Realm, please withdraw your blessing!”

After a short silence, a slight sigh sounded in the minds of every living creature of the world. Five-colored light suddenly radiated from Wang Baole’s body. There was white, representing heaven; black, representing earth; green, representing all lives; blue, representing the ocean; and white, representing the magical laws^[1].

This five-colored light converged on a spot between Wang Baole’s brows, then left his body, turning into five long arcs of light and returning to the world.

With the departure of this light, Wang Baole’s body instantly staggered, and his eyes grew dim. Right now, he no longer had the kismet of the Starfall Empire nor the gratitude of the world blessing him. It could be said that he had forfeited all his external help. Placing a hand on the Heavenspan Drum with great difficulty, he barely managed to remain standing. However, despite his pale face and weak aura, an unyielding will was rising from within him!

At that moment, all living things across the entire Starfall Realm watched with bated breath. Even the Dao Planet, whose fury shook the heavens, seemed to pause for a moment to look at Wang Baole.

“I don’t know if you were just finding a random excuse to not choose me.

“But as you can see, I’m no longer relying on outside help. Now… watch carefully!” Wang Baole’s voice was calm, but when he raised his head and spoke the final two words… dazzling light suddenly erupted from his formerly dim eyes!

To be precise, this light was… the light of a Planet!

“Planetary Nascent Soul!!” Wang Baole roared. He then thrusted both hands toward the vault of heaven!