A World Worth Protecting

As the nine dao patriarchs laughed and unleashed their ice spears, the Dao of water emanated from their bodies. The Great Dao that they cultivated was ice, and it originated from the same source as water. Therefore, under the eruption of the Dao Aura.., the cultivators who had been affected by Wang baole also trembled, as if the wood dao in their bodies had been disturbed.

The blue ice spear, with its endless sharpness and the dao of water, shuttled through the darkness. Even with the morning sun behind Wang Baole, it didn’t seem to be able to stop him much. That was because... at that moment.., all the cultivators of the five sects, be it the Starfields, the few surviving patriarchs, or the collapsed images of the Great Dao of the five sects, seemed to have spared no expense as they gathered together once more.

Their bodies had also changed. All the powers of the five sects had been transformed into restraints, suppressing the starry sky where Wang Baole was, his surroundings, his body, and his soul.

For a moment, Wang Baole’s soul seemed to freeze. He watched as the blue ice spear headed straight for his glabella. Wang Baole’s expression remained the same. He looked at the water droplet between the nine patriarchs’glabella and laughed.

“Actually, I was lying to you just now.”

“I came here just to see what I need,”Wang Baole said with a smile. The moment the blue ice spear arrived, water appeared around him, and his body disappeared at that moment, he turned into a drop of water and fell into the water, creating layers of ripples.

The Water Moon technique was activated!

The blue spear whizzed past, and all the seals around him lost their effect. Only the reverse flow of time... was activated with the ripples.

“As long as I see it, it will belong to me.”Wang Baole’s voice seemed to come from the passage of time. He was indeed deceiving the Nine Dao Patriarchs of the Nine Prefectures Dao.

He naturally knew about the connection between the Water Dao and the Wood Dao, and he also knew that there would definitely be many ambushes here. How could he be reckless? That was why he had said that he wanted the nine Dao Patriarchs to focus on their own lives, in reality... it didn’t matter if the nine Dao patriarchs were indestructible when Wang Baole came here. The important thing was to retrieve the item.

If he wanted to retrieve the item, it wasn’t enough just to rely on his senses. He needed to see the item that could hold the Water Dao with his own eyes, remember its aura, and then... in the passage of time, he would use the mirror flower technique to retrieve it.

The battle between the mighty figures and the battles between cultivators was different... in terms of cultivation, even though the patriarch of the nine prefectures dao was a universe-grade cultivator in the sect, in terms of consciousness, he was still in the galaxy. He hadn’t reached the level of the Dao, he hadn’t reached the level of the dao either.

Wang Baole was different. His cultivation and consciousness had already improved by leaps and bounds. The difference between him and the Patriarch of the Nine Prefectures Dao was... his understanding of the Dao and his understanding of the origins of the Dao in the universe.

Such a difference in understanding could often determine everything in a battle between mighty figures.

It was just like now... water growing wood, wood restraining earth, and the five elements complementing each other. None of these were important. The level of the battle was different, and the understanding was different, the Patriarch of the Nine Prefectures Dao was still stuck at the physical level, but Wang Baole... was in another realm.

The region was still the left Dao.

The galaxy was still the Dao of the nine prefectures.

The battlefield... was still outside the mountain gates of the Dao of the nine prefectures.

However, time was different at that moment. It was as if there was an invisible river of time flowing. Wang Baole went against the flow, walking step by step in the direction where the river flowed.

A hundred years passed with each step he took. As he moved forward, his figure didn’t move at all. What moved was the changes in time around him. Just like that, one step at a time, a hundred thousand years passed.

Wang Baole couldn’t remember how many steps he had taken or how many times he had used the water moon technique. Finally... at a time node, he felt a familiar aura.

The Aura was very weak. If Wang Baole hadn’t seen the mark between the nine patriarchs’brows with his own eyes and gained a deeper understanding of it, he wouldn’t have been able to accurately sense the appearance of this object in time.

“This is the place,”Wang Baole said softly. He stopped in his tracks and lowered his head to look. In the river of time, he saw a group of seven to eight cultivators from the nine Prefectures Dao Galaxy. They were outside the mountain gates, a group of seven to eight cultivators was returning from the outside world.

Behind them was a huge block of ice. This block of ice seemed very mysterious and couldn’t be placed in a storage bag. They could only use their dharmic powers to form chains and tie it up and drag it back.

The color of the ice was light blue and crystal clear. Within it... was a person sealed.

It was a middle-aged man. He was dressed in armor and did not have any signs of life. He was already dead. No one knew his identity, and it was naturally difficult to find out his background. However, no matter what.., one could tell that there was something extraordinary about this person.

Wang Baole looked over, but he was not looking at the middle-aged man. Instead, he was looking at the block of ice that had sealed him.

“This is it...”Wang Baole smiled. He raised his right hand and pulled at the river of time. Instantly, the river churned, and the image within distorted. It was as if a large hand had appeared in time and grabbed the ice block, the surrounding cultivators didn’t react, and the ice block disappeared.

Wang Baole didn’t want the corpse inside. As he raised his right hand from the river of time, the huge ice block appeared in his hand. It was melting rapidly, and it took only a few breaths of time, what appeared in Wang Baole’s hand was the fingernail-sized blue ice that looked like water droplets.

Holding the ice, Wang Baole lowered his head and stared at it. After a long while, he seemed to be deep in thought.

“It looks like a tear.”

Wang Baole mumbled and picked up the tear. With a step, he walked out of the river of time. Time passed in an instant, and in the next moment... as he walked out completely, a loud boom was heard and a roar reverberated, the whistling sound was even closer!

It was... the sound of the blue spear approaching!

At that moment, time returned to the present. The Seals of the cultivators from the five sects were still there. As the blue spear approached, the person whose expression changed was not Wang Baole, but the nine Dao Patriarchs in the Nine Prefectures Dao College.

“You... What did you do! ?”The nine prefectures dao patriarch’s expression changed drastically. His body trembled as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He raised his right hand and quickly touched the spot between his brows.

The water droplet mark between his brows... was still there, but it had become much dimmer.

In Wang Baole’s hand, the same aura was being emitted. The arrival of the blue spear accelerated the intensity of the aura. The instant it neared, the blue spear... stabbed straight at Wang Baole’s right hand, in an instant... it fused into the blue ice in his palm.

It caused the tear-like blue ice to glow brightly at that moment.

On the other hand, the water droplet mark on the nine prefectures dao patriarch’s forehead grew dimmer. His face was pale. When he looked at Wang baole, it was as if he had seen a ghost. The fluctuations of his cultivation decreased drastically, and he subconsciously retreated, wang Baole held the blue ice in his hand and took a step forward.

In the next moment, his figure broke free from the seal. When he reappeared... he was within the nine Prefectures Dao Mountain Gate, right in front of the retreating nine prefectures dao patriarch.

“Wang Baole, you...”the nine prefectures dao patriarch’s face was pale, and he was extremely flustered. He was about to speak, but in the next moment... he saw Wang Baole raise his left hand. He could not fight back, and he could not even Dodge, he pressed it between his brows.

As the rumbling in his mind reverberated, the last thing he heard was Wang Baole’s voice.

“Thank you.”