A World Worth Protecting

“Here...”Wang Baole stared at everything around him. His eyes instantly narrowed, revealing a flash of brilliance.

His current cultivation was already extraordinary. Coupled with the appearance of the scene before him, it could be said that he had taken the initiative to guide him here. Therefore, while his mind was clear, he knew very well that everything that had happened at that moment.., had actually happened countless years ago, and existed deep within his memories.

Or to be more precise, it existed... in the memories of his true form. After all, compared to his true form, the Blackwood Spike, his memories were like a long river. As for himself, he had only awakened at the end of the long river.

Therefore, the memories that belonged to his consciousness were only a drop in the ocean when compared to his true form. However, as his cultivation base increased, he had the qualifications to trace back to his ancient memories.

With the power of the heavenly bridge, everything became easier.

What appeared in front of him now was the ancient memories that were nearing the end. Wang Baole could already sense that the tracing of the heavenly bridge was... The Pinnacle here.

He could no longer trace back to the distant past.

At the same time, Wang Baole, who had walked out of the stone stele world and stepped onto the heavenly bridge, gained a more accurate understanding of the entire universe after the years of comprehension and understanding he had spent on the immortal dipper continent.

This universe might have had a name in the past, but it was now forgotten. In terms of address, it was more simply known as the great universe.

This great universe seemed to be infinitely vast and boundless. The Land of Immortals was only an insignificant part of it. The same was true for the Dao space in the origin universe where the emperor resided.

At the same time, there was the homeland of Immortals and the ancients, as well as the realms of even more mighty figures. Even though each of these appeared to be a complete universe, in reality, they were all within this great universe.

This large universe didn’t really have no boundaries. When he was at Wang Yiyi’s house, Wang Baole had asked his father about it. He had learned from some ancient texts and his own senses on the immortal dipper continent that this large universe.., had borders.

There were even other large universes outside this large universe.

“The universe we are in is like a leaf floating in a lake. Other than the leaf... there are many other leaves besides the more majestic lake water. At the edges of each leaf, there is an almost indestructible barrier.”

That was what father Wang had said to Wang Baole at his home back then.

They didn’t talk much, but Wang Baole had a feeling that father Wang... had left the leaf, gone into the lake, and even gone into other leaves.

A barrier, huh... Wang Baole thought as he raised his head. He looked at the huge hole in the starry sky in the distance. It was obvious that this... was where the barrier at the edge of the universe was.

The hole seemed to have been blasted open by some kind of force, either from the inside or the outside.

Then, why did this image appear in the ancient memories that I traced back to my original body... Wang Baole narrowed his eyes.

Could this hole have something to do with my original body? Or was it created by my original body? Then... did my original body blast open the barrier from within the universe, or... did it blast in from outside the universe? Wang Baole thought, he couldn’t calm his mind. As his mind churned, his body flashed and he appeared beside the hole.

He spread out his divine thoughts and extended outwards through the hole. However, in the next moment, an indescribable sense of danger erupted, causing Wang Baole to fall back abruptly. His face was filled with bewilderment.

He had a feeling just now that there was an earth-shattering danger beyond the hole. However, Wang Baole wasn’t willing to leave just like that. After a moment of silence, determination appeared in his eyes. He raised his right hand abruptly and swung it forward.

“Waning moon!”

With Wang Baole’s current cultivation and realm, the power of the waning moon technique was much stronger than it had been in the past. Amidst the rumbling, the river of time materialized and enveloped the entire area. Countless images appeared within it, each one of them.., they were all of this region.

With the help of the power of the sky-treading bridge, Wang Baole had managed to trace back to the ancient memories of his original body, which had been difficult for him to touch. However, the power of the sky-treading bridge had also reached its end. Therefore, theoretically, it could no longer give Wang baole any more power to trace back, however, Wang Baole himself was also extraordinary. As the waning moon unfolded, he was able to trace back the time in the area once again.

Even though this kind of tracing couldn’t be compared to the power of the sky-treading bridge in terms of time nodes, it was just like walking a thousand feet. He had already walked nine hundred and ninety feet. The last ten feet might not be long, but it was extremely important.

That was why when the power of the waning moon was unleashed to the extreme, and even Wang Baole’s figure in the area began to turn illusory, as if he couldn’t take it anymore, the river of time formed by his waning moon technique had been traced back countless years, in the countless identical images, suddenly... a different image appeared.

In that image, there were no holes in the area!

Wang Baole’s figure was already half-blurry. However, when he saw the image, he perked up and immediately focused his attention. In the next instant, the world before him was completely replaced by that image.

In the image, the area where the hole had been was still the same a moment ago. However, in the next moment... ripples appeared and cracks appeared. Streaks of red light shot out from the cracks, before Wang Baole could see clearly, a loud, earth-shattering sound rang out from the spot where the cracks had been.

In that instant, the area that had been filled with cracks collapsed, forming a huge hole. Countless fragments scattered in all directions. Wang Baole was shocked to see that within the hole, there was a giant red tree, it crashed into the hole.

The giant tree was too big. The red light emanating from it illuminated the surrounding starry skies, making it look like blood..

In the next moment, as the rumbling intensified, the giant tree followed the hole and entered the great cosmos. It headed towards the distant void, and as it charged in, it immediately caused the myriad daos in the Great Cosmos to Rumble, it was as if it wanted to merge into the Dao and become one of the daos. As it disappeared into the distance, the giant tree’s red light dissipated rapidly. It became faintly transparent, as if it was about to disappear into the starry skies.

It’s from outside the cosmos? Wang Baole’s heart trembled violently, suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief and even shock. With his current cultivation and mental fortitude, it had been difficult for him to experience such emotions. However... now that the giant tree had completely entered the cosmos.., as it flew into the distance, its full appearance was revealed. As its transparency increased, he saw with shock and even fear..

Within the giant tree, there seemed to be... a corpse!

The corpse was disintegrating rapidly. As the giant tree merged with the Dao and the starry skies, the corpse merged with the giant tree.

The Black Wood... wasn’t a wooden board, nor was it a wooden nail. It was..

A coffin!

A coffin with a corpse lying on it!

A coffin with a mysterious corpse lying on it, a coffin from outside the cosmos!

Wang Baole’s mind buzzed. The scene before him disappeared in an instant. When everything returned to normal, he was standing on the third bridge. It wasn’t the end of the bridge, but the end.

However, his expression kept changing, and his breathing was extremely rapid.

AM I... The Awakening of the Black Wood’s consciousness, or... the rebirth of that corpse