A World Worth Protecting

So... That’s a wooden nail! Wang Baole fell silent. After a long while, he sighed softly. Even though he could not calm down and saw something that he had been eager to know in the past.., he could not help but feel complicated.

This complicated feeling came from... where he came from.

Am I a nail? Wang Baole felt a headache coming on, but fortunately, he quickly suppressed this thought. The image he had seen previously appeared in his mind -- the 108 gigantic figures.

Every single figure is unfathomable, and their cultivation is beyond my imagination... I don’t know what realm they are at. Furthermore, within their bodies, there is a world, Wang Baole muttered to himself. Then, he could not help but.., the image of the 108 figures appeared in his mind. There was a gigantic, indescribable, and extraordinary body that seemed to be able to suppress everything!

That domineering aura and the presence of an emperor gave Wang Baole an answer in his mind.

“The emperor...”a deep look appeared in Wang Baole’s eyes. He was almost seventy to eighty percent sure that the emperor was the legendary Emperor. The place where he was and the one hundred and eight figures.., they should be the real... Weiyang Dao Domain.

The stone stele world I’m in is merely the place where a clone of the Emperor was born and formed. Wang Baole knew this. He even knew that if it wasn’t for the arrival of the ancient immortals and the hand of Allheaven turning into a seal.., then, the Weiyang sub-domain from back then would have returned long ago.

It was also because of the seal of the hand of Allheaven that Karma was formed. The connection between the Weiyang sub-domain and its main body was severed. With the dark sect acting as an emissary to suppress it, the world restarted time and time again, it continued to weaken and erase the traces of weiyang, making the seal stronger and stronger.

In reality, if it weren’t for the problem with Allheaven himself, the Weiyang clan in the stone stele world wouldn’t have been able to revive. Even if... Allheaven’s goal wasn’t to target the emperor, but to seal the ancient immortals.., however, in the end... it still had some karmic ties with the terrifying emperor.

Wang Baole didn’t know who was stronger, but he knew... that Allheaven had fallen. There was no point in comparing the two. What he cared more about was the black wooden spike between the emperor’s brows!

Where had the black wooden spike come from? Why had it been summoned when the Weiyang sub-region had summoned it..

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. After some thought, a bold guess emerged in his mind.

Is it possible that the reason why the Supreme Emperor sent out a large number of distractions and gathered one avatar after another to return... was to fight against the black wooden nail between his brows? That’s why there was the summoning of the sub-region and the appearance of the black wooden nail. Could This Be... a form of self-preservation? Wang Baole felt a headache coming on, he knew too little, so much so that all his thoughts could only remain at the level of guesses, unable to be verified.

Even so, it was enough for Wang Baole at that moment.

He could deeply sense that all the secrets in this world, or perhaps the universe, or the real Weiyang Dao Domain, were slowly opening up to him.

If he could continue on his path, if his dao could continue to be perfected, then one day, he would be able to know all the truth, understand all the answers, and find out... where he came from!

Origins are important, but more importantly... I have to live out my true self! Wang Baole’s narrowed eyes shone brightly. He suppressed all his thoughts and sensed some of the gains he had made in his soul.

His soul had reached the limit of the perfected star realm. Just like his physical body, it had reached the level of a quasi-starfield, reaching a hundred steps!

Such a deep foundation was rare in the entire Weiyang Dao Domain and in the myriad sect clans throughout history.

It had never reached the limit in all three aspects.

After all, if one reached the limit, they would be able to become a top prodigy in the first tier. It was already a miracle if two reached the limit. Once they appeared and were known to outsiders, it would definitely shake the entire Weiyang Dao Domain.

And three... that would be a legend, a legend!

Wang Baole felt it for a while, especially after his soul had reached the limit of a hundred steps in the star. The feeling of being able to break through at any moment and grasp more laws and regulations made Wang Baole feel much more at ease. Even though his cultivation hadn’t changed much.., however, under the double pull of his soul and physical body, he could clearly sense that even if he didn’t have the opportunity or even cultivate, his cultivation would definitely improve on its own within ten years at most.

It’s still a little slow. Wang Baole’s eyes were filled with determination as he lifted his head to look around.

The first thing he saw was the red statue that was filled with cracks. After looking at it, Wang Baole had a strange expression on his face. He felt a little emotional. He had to thank the simple-minded man in red. If it wasn’t for his hard work and help.., he wouldn’t have been able to understand so many truths today.

At the same time, he saw the puppets that the simple-minded man in red didn’t care about. They were all dark sect cultivators who had entered this place previously, but not all of them.

There were about five or six mighty figures from the galaxy who weren’t here. There was a possibility that they had died, but it was also possible that they had used an unknown method to leave this place and enter the next level.

As for the quasi-dark ones, most of them had become puppets here. Wang Baole swept his gaze across them. He could sense that the puppets were gradually recovering their life force and consciousness.

He was just about to turn his gaze away and leave the place when he let out a soft gasp. His eyes flashed as he looked at the quasi-dark children again. He saw the youth who had provoked him earlier, and also... at the side.., a figure wearing a mask!

This person is also trapped here? Wang Baole was a little surprised. The masked figure was, after all, the strongest among the dark children. Based on Wang Baole’s understanding, he should have some tricks up his sleeve, he shouldn’t be trapped here.

Soon, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. He realized that there were two dark children missing..

One was the woman who seemed to be hiding something when she had extended the depth of the hand seal earlier!

The other person was someone that Wang Baole didn’t seem to pay much attention to. He tried to recall carefully, but he didn’t have much of an impression of the missing dark children. He only remembered that the other person seemed to be a middle-aged cultivator. Everything else was a blur.

Huh? This surprised Wang Baole. After a moment of silence, he moved to the side of the mask puppet that was about to wake up. He saw that the puppet’s body was rapidly turning into flesh and blood. Wang Baole suddenly raised his hand, he picked up the mask on the cultivator’s face and glanced at it.

A woman? Wang Baole was stunned. He hadn’t expected that the strongest dark child, who had confronted him in public and was clearly recognized by everyone in the Dark Sect, wasn’t the man he appeared to be.

His appearance... was that of a gentle-looking woman.

“That can’t be. Does she only look like a woman?”Wang Baole was curious. He was indeed curious... he lowered his head and sized up the cultivator whose mask had been removed.

He couldn’t help but lean forward to take a closer look. He didn’t make a move, but he was certain... that the other party was indeed a woman. It was just that it wasn’t obvious.

Something’s not right... Wang Baole frowned. Too many guesses appeared in his mind at that moment. For example, this person had only appeared on the surface. There was someone else who was the strongest dark child.

Or perhaps this person wasn’t the cultivator he had seen outside. He had been replaced while he was here.

Another example was the red-robed man’s simple-minded supernatural ability. He had modified some of the cultivators here... These guesses flashed through Wang Baole’s mind. He immediately put the mask back on. His eyes were filled with thought as he left in a flash, at the entrance in front of the red-robed statue, he suppressed the speculations in his heart and stepped in!

It’s useless to think too much. It’s better to help senior brother retrieve the remains of the dark emperor as soon as possible! Wang Baole’s eyes flashed, and his body disappeared in an instant, entering the statue.