A World Worth Protecting

The world formed by the water of the five elements was infinitely vast. In theory, there was no boundary, because everything here was an illusory cycle of reincarnation.

There were only things formed by the laws of water, such as the sea, glaciers, falling rain, and so on. However... all of this had changed because of the collapse of the centipede formed by the blood-red youth.

The body of the blood-colored young man that had collapsed formed a huge number that could not be calculated in a short period of time. As it spread out.., it filled the entire watercourse world.

Almost as soon as they appeared, they immediately turned into identical or different existences. Therefore... it was as if life had been born. Within a short period of time, life appeared in the watercourse world.

There were fish and prawns in the sea, gigantic beasts, floating creatures, seaweed, and everything else. There were birds in the sky, animals in the land formed by glaciers, and even... people.

There was no need to even mention the plants. The colors of the entire world seemed to have changed because of their appearance. Furthermore, all living things in the watercourse world now possessed the same will.

That was... to destroy this place, to flee this place, to destroy everything, to cause the watercourse cycle to collapse, and to gain the power to turn defeat into victory.

All of the changes regarding the birth of all living things in the watercourse world had been completed in the time it took for a single sentence to be spoken.

That sentence was the exact same four words that had been spoken when the statue sank into the sea.

“You can’t escape.”

After those words were spoken, echoes began to spread out from the watercourse world. The echoes grew more and more frequent, as if countless living beings were saying the same words..

Perhaps it couldn’t be described as ‘like’, but rather as ‘like’. That was because... in the instant those words were spoken, the watercourse world that was filled with life suddenly... became filled with more life, there were fish and prawns, giant beasts, plankton, birds, animals, and even humans.

There were also plants, and even life forms that could not be seen with the naked eye. All of them appeared out of thin air, and as they scattered across the various regions of the world, they began to... engage in battle with the life forms that the blood-red youth had transformed into!

At that moment, if one could stand at the highest point of view, possessing both macroscopic and microscopic powers, then one would be able to see that a war was currently taking place within the watercourse world.

The reason why it was called a war was because all existences, all life forms, were currently fighting!

One could see... fish eating prawns in the seawater, and prawns swallowing and floating.

One could see... big fish eating small fish, and giant beasts swallowing big fish.

One could see... seaweed interweaving, tearing and devouring each other.

One could see... All the birds in the sky killing each other.

One could see... the land on the glacier. The animals were roaring, the plants were twining, and the lives were roaring.

Countless battles and devouring could be seen everywhere in this world. Even the tiny lives in this world, which could not be seen with the naked eye, were fighting.

One moment, the wild beast that had just torn the little beast was bitten off by the fierce beast. The next moment, a giant in the wilderness smashed down with his palm, crushing the fierce beast. It was not over. The next breath... followed the arrival of the black wind, it filled the air around the giant, and countless tiny insects could be seen within the black wind. As they bit and devoured the giant, when the black wind left, the Giant’s corpse was nowhere to be found.

The black wind didn’t sweep far before it was instantly destroyed by the falling rain.

The rain couldn’t last long. After it fell, it was completely vaporized by a living creature that emitted a sea of flames that exceeded its strength..

The cycle continued, with no beginning or end. The number of lives in the Water Dao world was rapidly decreasing.

Every time the battle ended, a sentence would echo in the air.

“You can’t escape.”

This sentence had been repeated countless times in the Water Dao World in a short period of time. When it finally gathered together, it seemed to become the voice of the Heavenly Dao, reverberating in the Water Dao world for eternity.

“You can’t escape.”

It was like a curse. As it continued to spread, the myriad life forms in the Water Dao world that were formed by the blood-colored centipede rapidly decreased. Even though the myriad life forms formed by Wang Baole’s life forms were also decreasing, in comparison.., he still held a huge advantage.

At the same time, the sea in the Water Dao world slowly recovered from the blood-colored color it had previously been dyed. Even the statue that had sunk to the bottom of the sea slowly resurfaced as the surface of the sea churned.

The part that resurfaced was about to reach the eye of the statue. The reverberation of those four words was like Heavenly Thunder. At the instant the entire world continued to explode... a world-shaking roar rang out, it came from the mouth of all living things that were the remnants of the blood-colored centipede.

At the same time, all living things that were the remnants of the blood-colored centipede seemed to sense danger. They all exploded, forming red wisps of smoke of varying sizes that gathered in the sky from all directions, they gathered together in an instant, forming the centipede’s body once again. As it roared, the Centipede’s body swayed, and its head and tail actually joined together.

As it formed a circle, a whirlpool appeared within the circle. faintly... the eyes of the emperor’s true form appeared once again within it.

His gaze was filled with a monstrous might. The instant he looked at the world, the entire world trembled, as if it couldn’t take it anymore. The living beings that Wang Baole had transformed into also crumbled instantly, turning into countless threads, they merged into the statue on the surface of the sea, causing the statue to float higher and higher. Its head poked out of the surface of the water. Its eyes were wide open, and it looked directly into the eyes of the emperor within the heavenly centipede. Their gazes met, and their eyes met.

Their gazes met, forming a force that surged into the heavens. It spread outwards with a loud rumble. Wherever it passed, the heavens collapsed, the glaciers collapsed, and the sea collapsed. The Water Dao world was like a bubble.., it shattered with a loud bang.

As it shattered, the blood-colored Centipede’s body swayed and turned into a streak of blood-red light that was about to charge out. The statue that Wang Baole had turned into was also filled with cracks. It was clear that the gaze of the emperor had affected him greatly.

However, just as the blood-colored centipede was about to escape from the world, Wang Baole spoke in a deep voice.

“Fire... of the five elements!”

As soon as the words were spoken, the Water Dao world that had collapsed like a bubble suddenly reversed itself and turned into a ball of fire that seemed to be eternal and indestructible. Within the fire, an earth-shattering immortal intent emanated.

This intent was fleeting and carried a hint of freedom. As it rose, it enveloped the blood-colored centipede that was about to escape once again. The world... changed in that instant. The sea turned into a sea of fire, and the glaciers turned into a mountain of flames, the sky turned the color of flames and pressed down on the blood-colored Centipede’s head.

It pressed down on the blood-colored centipede!

From Afar, the sky was falling, as if it wanted to crush everything.

If one looked closely, one could see that the sky... was an extremely large runic symbol. On the runic symbol, Wang Baole’s face appeared.

“You can’t escape.”