A World Worth Protecting

Freedom represented the body.

Freedom represented the spirit.

Wang Baole felt that his current state wasn’t up to the level of the Dao he had comprehended, but it was close enough. He found the smile on his face very nice, and he liked it very much.

With that smile, he walked past the ruins that were buried in the Dark River. The styles of these ruins were different, and they came from the different worlds that Wang Baole had experienced in his previous life.

Most of them contained ferocious spirits. These spirits were different from the spirits floating on the surface of the Dark River. While they were ferocious, they also had some simple consciousness.

They would even devour other spirits as nutrients and food to maintain their existence. Furthermore... under normal circumstances, unless they were foraging for food, they wouldn’t leave the ruins they were in, however, they were extremely aggressive towards all incoming spirits.

Wang Baole’s aura seemed to be even more enticing to the ferocious spirits. Even if he was just passing by, he would attract the greed of the ferocious spirits. Their simple consciousness wasn’t enough to make them rational, therefore... a series of massacres broke out at the bottom of the Dark River as Wang Baole smiled and walked deeper and deeper.

The area that he had first searched for wasn’t the true bottom of the Dark River. It could only be said to be near the bottom. The ruins that had appeared on this level were all floating in this area. The style belonged to the era of the Celestials.

One could see countless statue remains and huge, dilapidated palaces. Most of the ferocious spirits that existed here possessed the characteristics of the Celestials.

As Wang Baole reminisced, he didn’t stop in his tracks. The more he killed, the more genuine Wang Baole’s smile became. The death of each ferocious spirit would bring him more death Qi to absorb, it brought Wang Baole’s soul closer to the star domain, and his cultivation gradually moved from the late-stage of the star realm to the perfected stage.

His star sealing art shone brighter and brighter. The Divine Ox’s shadow didn’t rush out, but one could feel the rich dao rhythm emanating from its body just by looking at it with the naked eye.

This dao rhythm was enough to suppress ordinary star domains!

The tens of thousands of unique stars in the star map were also changing rapidly. Seventy percent of them... had turned into stars, and they were emitting powerful ripples that made Wang Baole look like he was overflowing with power.

The remaining thirty percent were also increasing at a rapid pace!

Wang Baole’s figure was also increasing in speed. The moment he saw the ruins, he would step into them. His soul would spread out and sweep across the area, suppressing the ferocious spirits, he would also be able to understand the existence of the ascending realm plate.

Then, his soul would move and his physical body would leave. The ferocious spirits that were suppressed by his soul would instantly collapse.

However, not all the ferocious spirits were suppressed by Wang Baole’s soul. When he had searched through more than half of the Celestials in the Dark River, he had encountered some stronger spirits.

At that moment, Wang Baole’s smile remained on his face. His physical body allowed every part of his body to become a weapon that was as sharp as a divine weapon.

Wherever he went, there would be another round of slaughter!

As time passed, Wang Baole searched through the time zone of the Celestials and headed deeper into the Dark River. He gradually arrived at the level realm ruins that were dominated by zombies in his previous life.

Here, his perfected soul and the difference in his status didn’t make him feel uncomfortable at all. As the dark fire burned, he was no different from the outside world. In fact, the killing was even more intense.

Amidst the rumbling, Wang Baole laughed as he grabbed the neck of a rotting zombie that had sneaked up on him. He squeezed it hard, and with a bang, the zombie was destroyed in body and soul. Then, his body returned to normal as he continued moving forward.

After a long while, his footsteps... stopped for the first time.

That was because he saw a ruin in front of him. This ruin was the place where he had meditated and searched for light in his memories from his previous life.

“What a coincidence...”Wang Baole said with a smile. He shook his head. He scanned the place with his soul and turned to leave. However, just as he was about to leave, a roar was heard. A half-rotten zombie flew out from the ruin, it charged straight at Wang Baole.

The zombie’s appearance was different from Wang Baole’s. However, the moment he looked at the zombie, Wang Baole felt a sense of familiarity. He even felt as if he was looking at another version of himself.

His smile became even more genuine. He raised his head, and his gaze seemed to pierce through the Dark River. He could see beyond the Dark River, and he spoke with a smile.

“Undetectable, unobstructed, unsealed, undisturbed!”

The instant Wang Baole spoke, the zombie that was about to pounce on him trembled. It seemed to freeze, and it maintained its pouncing motion, not moving at all.

Even the Dark River around them did the same. It seemed to lose its ability to flow. Everything stopped. Only Wang Baole’s smile remained real.

After a long while, a deep voice reverberated around Wang Baole.

“Do you need my help to find the Realm Ascension Plate?”

“Sure.”Wang Baole’s smile didn’t change in the slightest as he spoke as usual.

The next moment, the entire Dark River churned. A violent vibration came from the bottom of the Dark River. There were faint roars echoing in the air. A Ray of dark light flew out from the bottom rapidly. In an instant, it passed through everything and arrived before Wang Baole.

It was a feng shui compass.

It was missing a corner, and it looked rather dilapidated. There was nothing out of the ordinary about it. It was the same even when one scanned it with their divine sense. However, if one were to merge the dark fire into one’s eyes.., one could see... that the feng shui compass was emitting an indescribable force of life. This force of life didn’t seem to have much of an effect on all living things, but it had an intense effect on the stars.

“Thank you.”Wang baole nodded with a smile. He took the compass in front of him and tried to integrate it into his star map. He could do it, but it didn’t increase the power of the Stars’evolution as he had imagined.

This meant that the use of the compass couldn’t affect one’s cultivation. It might be a supreme treasure, but judging from the looks of it, it could only be used to increase the level of civilization.

Therefore, Wang Baole did not look at it again. He threw it into his storage bag. His body swayed, but he did not leave. Instead, he continued to sink..

As he left, the voice did not continue speaking. Instead, it was as if a telepathic thought was slowly withdrawn from the vicinity. When it disappeared, the ruins that had stopped Wang Baole in his tracks also became an illusion, the motionless zombie also became an illusion, fading away in a blur.

Even though he had obtained the Realm Ascension Plate, Wang Baole still sank into the Dark River. After touring the ruins of the Zombie’s previous life, he went to the world ruins where the Devil Blade was. Then, he went to the land of the resentful souls, finally, he arrived at the Little White Deer’s world ruins.

He was already at the bottom of the Dark River. He could see that there were countless amounts of mud at the bottom. Wang Baole stopped there. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to explore, but that the power of the dark fire was at its limit.

Along the way, his soul had reached its limit as well. He was just a hair’s breadth away from breaking through, but he was suppressed by Wang Baole. He didn’t want to allow his soul to advance to the galaxy within the nine serenities Dark River.

As for his cultivation, it continued to increase. Ninety percent of the special stars had turned into stars. His star chart was shining, and his cultivation had also reached the perfected star realm.

By then, the death Qi in the Dark River was no longer of much use. What he needed was the power of the Weiyang Heavenly Dao, the rules and laws of the DAO domain in the living realm. That was the only way to neutralize it.

“Let’s go then.”Wang Baole’s smile was still there. He turned around with that smile on his face and walked... step by step towards the surface of the Dark River. His speed grew faster and faster until he turned into a beam of light and shot through the river, he leaped up from the surface of the Dark River.

He didn’t pause or open his mouth to allow anyone to open the passageway to the living realm. Wang Baole, who was in mid-air, had his natal scabbard flash. A streak of sword qi shot out from his hand. As Wang Baole slashed down, the nine Netherworlds rumbled, the air shook. A crack was cut down by Wang Baole’s sword Qi. He took a step forward, stepped into the crack, and disappeared.

He had been smiling the entire time.

He had never looked back... at the figure staring at him in the vortex behind him!

The Dao was different, but he hadn’t seen it!