đź“– Chapter 991 - Slumbering Grounds!
He seemed to be walking slowly, but in fact was moving extremely quickly. Although the ancient bronze sword was incredibly vast, Wang Baole had already reached the Planet Realm, so it was no longer as unfathomable as it used to be.
A few breaths later, he had already appeared at the spot where the sword pierced into the Sun, the boundary between the hilt and the blade. The image of the enormous Never-Ending Clan battleship that had been parked here back then appeared in his mind.
After glancing expressionlessly across the empty space, Wang Baole entered the region of the ancient sword’s blade with a single step. As soon as he entered, a fiery wind rushed toward his face. Dilapidated ruins littered the ground, giving the place a disordered and chaotic atmosphere. There were also countless restrictions and spell formations all over, as well as churning pools of lava.
When Wang Baole had come here the first time, danger awaited him at every step. However, the current him could easily see through everything with just a glance. This was also one of the reasons why he didn’t go directly to the sword tip and instead entered from the hilt area; with his current cultivation, he could clearly sense that the sword tip contained powerful restrictions to prevent people from entering. If he was tied up in the restrictions, his opponents would be able to counterattack easily. However, if he entered from the sword hilt and progressed to the sword tip the proper way, everything would be fine.
Thus, after glancing around, Wang Baole didn’t slow down at all. Holding the head of De Yunzi’s senior brother in his hand, he directly flew across the region of the sword blade, ignoring all the restrictions and the sea of flames. From time to time, fire-lives and spiritual beings revealed themselves, trembling and kneeling in fear as he whizzed by.
Back then, he would have had to be extremely wary of these sorts of existences. But now, as soon as they sensed his aura, all of them could only bow down. They didn’t dare to bar his way at all as Wang Baole streaked across the sky toward the rear of the sword body.
Soon, he arrived at the sea of blood where he’d obtained the supreme elder token back then. The huge corpse was still there, as well as the countless hairs swaying on top of it.
But as soon as Wang Baole’s gaze swept over, all the hairs immediately trembled, bowing in sync. Even the sea of blood began to churn, and the huge dragonfly-like creature from back then slowly poked out half its head. Its eyes were filled with doubt and vigilance as it stared at Wang Baole, and the trembling of its body clearly revealed how terrified it was at this moment.
“Merely between Soul Conduit and Spirit Immortal…” Wang Baole shook his head. Retracting his gaze from the sea of blood, he continued to unceasingly rush forward. Just like that, he passed many places and saw many familiar sights. He also flew by some spots he’d never been to before, and he even saw the Eye of Infinite Techniques again.
Past memories resurfaced in Wang Baole’s mind, and he stopped to hover above the Eye of Infinite Techniques. Lowering his head to stare at the eye-shaped landform, his gaze suddenly turned strange.
Even with his current level of cultivation, he still couldn’t see through this place. However, he knew that this wasn’t the time to investigate, so after glancing at it again, he moved on. After that, he passed through several more unfathomable areas before finally coming to a long border leading to a land of ice and snow. As soon as he crossed the border, he was back in that familiar and wintry land.
Up ahead, there were three enormous palaces hundreds of meters tall!
These three palaces contained opportunities, but they were also the places of slumber for some of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace’s elders.
Back then, Wang Baole had only barely managed to arrive here. But now, eyes shining and Dao Planet rotating within him, the world in his eyes was completely different.
Behind the three palaces, the originally empty space was shrouded in fog. This fog could block the vision and perception of countless people, but Wang Baole, who had fused with a Dao Planet, was an exception. His eyes flashed, instantly allowing his gaze to pierce the fog and see… three altars!
These three altars were in the shape of a trapezoid. In the bottom one, Wang Baole could see seven figures seated in meditation. These seven weren’t corpses; all of them revealed signs of vitality. Although their vitality was faint, judging from their auras, they were all in the Planet Realm!
Moreover, it was clear that there weren’t originally just seven people there. Judging from their positions, there must have been nine people sitting in a circle, two of which were now missing.
Obviously, the two missing figures were De Yunzi and his senior brother. Wang Baole was very certain of this; he’d already checked all three of the palaces in front of the fog. Although there were some cultivators healing their injuries inside the spirit pool of one of the palaces, Wang Baole could tell that none of them were in the Planet Realm. It was possible that some of them might have reached the Planet Realm before but fell out of it due to their serious injuries.
On the second altar, there was another figure sitting cross-legged. There was only one, and although they were obscured by the fog, Wang Baole could still tell that the one seated there was the boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator who had battled Wang Baole’s clone and fled immediately once his true self arrived!
Right now, the boy’s eyes were not closed, but open. He didn’t say a word, silently staring at Wang Baole, who was outside the fog. But the moment Wang Baole’s gaze turned to meet his, the boy suddenly spoke.
“Your Excellency, you’ve already killed that disciple of mine who committed the crime, and this old man didn’t fight you over it. But why did you pursue me all the way here? Do you really think that my Vast Expanse Dao Palace is so weak? Even a Planet Realm dares to come here and wreak havoc?!” The boy’s voice grew colder and colder, and his killing intent seemed about to erupt. As his words rang out, the fog suddenly roiled, and a chilly aura caused the outside temperature to immediately plummet.
Wang Baole’s expression didn’t change. Although he heard the boy’s words, he ignored them, instead looking past the second altar and casting his gaze upon… the third altar!
As he stared at this altar, his heart filled with dread. That was because… of a figure sitting cross-legged in meditation there. This figure was blurry and indistinct, surrounded by the power of both life and death, as if this person stood between yin and yang. With just a glance, Wang Baole’s eyes began to sting, and if it weren’t for the Dao Planet in his body immediately rotating rapidly, he might even have been injured after this one look.
“Star Domain…” Wang Baole muttered to himself. He wasn’t surprised that there was a Star Domain Realm Almighty in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. Indeed, the boy was the only Eternal Star Realm cultivator in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, but that didn’t mean that there were no Almighties above the Eternal Star Realm.
The boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator had fled all the way back to the Dao Palace and waited for Wang Baole to appear, even spewing out some aggressive words the moment he saw him. Obviously, he wanted to rely on this Star Domain Realm Almighty’s existence to intimidate Wang Baole.
If it were any other Planet Realm cultivator, they might really have been cowed. However, although Wang Baole retracted his gaze due to the pain in his eyes, an icy chill erupted from his heart. He no longer cared about Little Missy’s thoughts and abruptly raised his right hand. Locking gazes with the boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator, Wang Baole ignored the miserable screams coming from the head in his hand and clenched his fist tightly.
With a bang, the screaming came to a halt. De Yunzi’s senior brother, who only had a head left, instantly exploded, killed in body and soul!
“You!!” The boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator’s expression immediately changed when he saw Wang Baole kill his disciple right in front of him. However, just as his voice rang out, Wang Baole suddenly shot straight into the fog!
Wang Baole was so fast that the fog rolled away from his body as he shot forward. The nine Ancient Planets rumbled to life behind him, as did his Dao Planet. The Emperor Armor covered his body, and the intrinsic scabbard within him suddenly trembled. A ray of sword qi flew out from the scabbard and traveled along Wang Baole’s body to his right index finger. At that moment, his whole body was like an unsheathed sword, peerless and magnificent. As fog rolled away in retreat, he instantly appeared beside that boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator!
“You… can keep sleeping for another thousand years!” Wang Baole’s voice was ice cold as his right index finger fell.
However, the boy was in the Eternal Star Realm, and this was his home ground. At that moment, his expression turned ugly as he let out a roar. Disregarding his injuries, he waved his hands violently, causing the light of an Eternal Star to immediately radiate from his body. He seemed to turn into a huge sun pressing down on Wang Baole.