đź“– Chapter 983 - Enraged!
The Sun was the solar system’s Eternal Star. At that moment, something was wrong with its light – to be exact, its light was clearly brighter than back before Wang Baole had left. Moreover, there was a faint halo glowing around it.
This halo wasn’t the normal corona. This was something that could only be seen once a cultivator reached the Planet Realm, and it was invisible to anyone below that realm.
Right now, Wang Baole had no problems distinguishing this halo. Furthermore, he could even see the halo’s point of origin, which was… the ancient bronze sword. To be exact, it was a stream of qi coming from the very tip of the sword. Through some special method, this stream of qi was affecting the Sun. On the one hand, it was slowly absorbing the Sun’s power, and on the other, it was exerting a subtle influence that was causing the Sun to slowly… die!!
The reason why the light of the Sun had become brighter was because a star’s final rays of light shone the brightest. Although the Sun hadn’t died quite yet, according to the current speed of things, it would be completely extinguished within a thousand years of time.
This scene caused Wang Baole’s expression to change. At the same time, he was unsure whether or not all this had started after he left, or if he just lacked the proper cultivation base to see it before departing.
In any case, Wang Baole could now feel traces of the Planet Realm coming from the tip of the sword. He was certain that some changes had occurred in the place where the Vast Expanse Dao Palace’s experts were resting.
“Using my solar system’s Eternal Star to heal their wounds…” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes, but he didn’t act rashly; after all, as his cultivation base improved, he understood more and more when he looked back on his time in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. At the same time, he had to check if anything had changed in the Federation recently.
If everything was the same, then the Sun was probably already like that before he left, and he just hadn’t noticed it due to the limitations of his cultivation base. But if something really had happened in the Federation, then it was likely that the changes to the Sun were a more recent thing.
His attitude toward the Vast Expanse Dao Palace would depend on which of the two it was. Thus, after coming to a decision, Wang Baole’s divine sense immediately spread out to cover Earth.
But the next moment, Wang Baole’s expression changed once again. His divine sense couldn’t be detected by anyone on Earth, and as it swept across the planet, nothing could be hidden from him.
Unexpectedly, he didn’t sense the aura of Duanmu Que, nor that of the Ethereal Dao College’s Supreme Elder. He couldn’t even find the auras of Lin You or his other acquaintances.
This made Wang Baole’s mind tremble, and he suddenly focused in on the location of Ethereal City. There… the Ethereal Dao College had completely disappeared, and the flames of war seemed to have ravaged its former location. There was a huge crater where the lake used to be, as well as an enormous handprint.
It was as if a huge hand had fallen from the sky and annihilated all of the Ethereal Dao College’s islands.
Furthermore, Wang Baole couldn’t help but tremble even more when he noticed that… he couldn’t find the slightest trace of his parents’ auras in Ethereal City. Moreover, he couldn’t find them anywhere on the entire planet!!
He could only see that in many places on Earth, there were traces of battle, and almost no one was smiling. Everyone’s faces were filled with deep exhaustion.
This scene caused Wang Baole to feel extremely uneasy. The killing intent that had finally calmed down after the massacre in the Divine Eye Civilization suddenly blazed to life once more. Wang Baole immediately stopped holding back, and his divine sense left Earth and swept across the entire solar system.
Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and many more celestial bodies were all desolate and barren…
Just as Wang Baole’s killing intent was about to explode out of his control, his divine sense suddenly touched Mars, and he sensed many familiar auras. His body trembled, and he ignored everything else to focus in on the auras of two people living in a house inside the new city zone that he’d originally been in charge of.
As soon as he saw these two people, the killing intent in Wang Baole’s body immediately calmed down. His eyes revealed a gentle gaze. These were his parents.
Inside of a house that wasn’t large, he saw his father staring off into space, his hair already turning white. Leaning on his shoulder was Wang Baole’s mother.
Time had left its traces on her, and new wrinkles had appeared on her face. At that moment, her head was lowered, looking at a photograph as she coughed constantly. In the photograph was a little fatty with both hands lifted high, extending his index and middle fingers in a gesture of victory.
The little fatty had a round body and his eyes were narrowed into slits. There was a smug smile on his face.
Wang Baole fell silent, and guilt rose up in his heart. He noticed his mother coughing continuously, as well as his father’s blank gaze.
Wang Baole disappeared from the starry sky in an instant, and a moment later, he appeared behind his parents. As soon as he appeared, he immediately knelt down.
“Dad… Mom…”
As soon as his voice rang out, his parents trembled. Slowly, they turned their heads, and they finally saw their son who had been missing for so long. All of this was so sudden that they could hardly believe it was real. The photograph in Wang Baole’s mother’s hand fell gently to the ground.
“Baole?”
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Wang Baole said softly.
Although his appearance had changed, his parents recognized him immediately. His mother instantly rushed over to hug him, and tears flowed down her face. She was unable to speak for a long time.
Wang Baole gently patted his mother’s back as he listened to her weeping. The guilt in his heart grew even stronger, but at the same time, his anger surged to new heights.
But in front of his parents, he concealed all his fury. Looking at his father, who was agitated to the point of tears, Wang Baole nodded gently. He rotated his cultivation base and sent some power into his weeping mother, causing her to slowly fall asleep.
After gently placing his mother on the bed and covering her body with a quilt, Wang Baole looked up at his father. Under his father’s somewhat lost gaze, Wang Baole walked up and gave him a powerful hug.
“Dad, who hurt Mom?”
Although he was already doing his best to suppress his anger, Wang Baole was unable to keep it fully under control. With the fluctuation of his emotions, all of Mars shook, and everyone living on the planet couldn’t help but look up in shock.
The reason for his anger was because… as soon as he saw his mother, Wang Baole could tell that she was in an extremely weak state. The foundation of her life had clearly been injured, and she was like a lamp that had long run out of oil. Moreover, there were traces of magical techniques being used to forcibly prolong her life.
“Baole…” Wang Baole’s father was clearly agitated. Although Wang Baole comforted him, it still took a while for him to calm down. Looking at his son, he finally could hold back his tears no longer. Gripping his son’s hand, he spoke about everything that had happened after Wang Baole left back then.
Three years after Wang Baole left, the situation on Earth had completely transformed!
The Five Generation Sky Clan made a resurgence, headed by the Zhuo Family and the Li Family, and changed the political landscape of the solar system. Feng Qiuran was forcibly detained, Li Xingwen was seriously injured, Duanmu Que… died in battle, and the four great Dao Colleges were completely destroyed. Everyone related to Duanmu Que and Li Xingwen fell out of power one after another, and most members of the Senate were either killed in battle or seriously injured.
In the end, the Martian Colony Governor and his wife barely managed to protect Mars using the newly-created antimatter weapons. Thus, everyone who was heavily injured by the change in the political situation relocated to Mars. Although they were still barely hanging on, they had to bow their heads to the Five Generation Sky Clan and ostensibly accept its rule.
Wang Baole’s parents were also affected by the destruction of the Ethereal Dao College. During their relocation, the Zhuo Family stopped them due to its hatred for Wang Baole. Although Li Xingwen and some others managed to send Wang Baole’s parents to Mars in the end, his mother had been severely injured and still hadn’t recovered.
And the reason for all of this was because… a Planet Realm cultivator had awakened on the ancient bronze sword!