A World Worth Protecting

On the following journey, as Wang Baole went further and further away from the Divine Eye civilization, he slowly obtained more rewards. At the same time, as he continued feeding his dragonfly Stone Bamboos, it finally completed its evolution and reached the level of Dharmic Battleship!

However, because Wang Baole hadn’t reached the Spirit Immortal realm, he couldn’t fuse with his Dharmic Battleship like Fairy Ling You did and cause it to become his own armor-like incarnation.

Although the situation was as such now, Wang Baole had done research on how to resolve this problem. However, they were imperfect, and he required more time to analyze and obtain a result.

Besides that, the resources Little Wu exchanged for through his huge sacrifice also made Wang Baole’s forces get even stronger buffs in this period of time. For example, almost all of the battleships in his storage bracelet were upgraded by Wang Baole. Now, every battleship’s explosive power was much stronger than before.

That was especially so considering more than a hundred battleships were specially designed by Wang Baole to have an explosive power equivalent to that of an all-out attack by a Soul Conduit realm mighty figure. As for the rest, they all had an explosive power equal to that of a perfected stage Nascent Soul.

There were even ten battleships that Wang Baole reserved as his trump cards. Once they exploded, they would have an explosive power equal to that of a perfected stage Soul Conduit. Under Wang Baole’s calculations, combining his battleships’ power with his Divine Justice Shield and Dharmic Battleship Locust, even if he met a Spirit Immortal… so long as his opponent didn’t have a Dharmic Battleship, Wang Baole was very confident of defeating them.

And even if his opponent had a Dharmic Battleship, Wang Baole was confident of dealing with them and leaving the battlefield at any time.

So, it really is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books… Wang Baole felt a multitude of emotions. He felt that his decision to go on an expedition was very correct. And if he continued like this, he felt that when his army returned in the future, it would definitely astound everyone.

Moreover, during his travels and under his consolidation, and especially after he was boosted by the pills Little Wu sacrificed himself to exchange for, he was quickly and steadily getting closer to the perfected stage Soul Conduit realm.

By the time I return… I hope to have already broken through the Soul Conduit realm and stepped into the Spirit Immortal realm. Then, if I could incorporate my Thearch Armor with my Dharmic Battleship, my power would exceed that of others by a huge amount. Combining that with my Divine Armament… It wouldn’t be impossible for an early-stage Spirit Immortal to suppress a mid-stage Spirit Immortal! Wang Baole had lofty spirits and soaring determination as he controlled the Dharmic Battleship. He brought the donkey and Little Wu, who was full of vigor after recovering, along as he traveled forward.

Maybe because Little Wu had made a huge sacrifice for Wang Baole, after recovering, although he still revered Wang Baole, he was obviously much more relaxed. When he was together with the donkey, he didn’t suck up to it like before. Wang Baole did indeed feel that Little Wu had done a lot for his previously, so he treated him more nicely.

Although the donkey didn’t know the details, it did follow Wang Baole since young. Hence, it was very sensitive towards Wang Baole’s actions and faintly noticed this. Although it was unhappy in its heart, he tolerated it after considering his food source.

After all, there was a certain portion of the resources Little Wu traded for via his sacrifice that Wang Baole threw to the donkey as food. At the same time, he sent a voice transmission to the donkey, telling it to be nicer to Little Wu. That way… they could still make Little Wu sacrifice himself in the future.

Maybe because of that, the calm donkey also accepted Little Wu’s change.

Just like that, time passed again as the Dharmic Battleship sped through the cosmos. Four months quickly elapsed. During these four months, Wang Baole went deeper into the cosmos, and his loot gradually increased. His battleships were upgraded once more, and his cultivation got even closer to the perfected stage Soul Conduit realm.

When Wang Baole saw that he had already traveled for a very long time and was deliberating on whether to teleport back to the Divine Eye civilization, he came to a star system… that still shocked him despite what he saw on his expedition!

The vastness of that star system exceeded all the star systems Wang Baole had previously seen. In fact, with his simple judgment, that star system should be as big as tens of thousands of Solar Systems.

As for Eternal Star suns alone… there were actually hundreds of them there. Traces of human intervention were also very clear. That was because, in the middle of the star system, hundreds of Eternal Stars were gathered to form an indescribably majestic array formation!

Within the array formation, was a giant market!

The market wasn’t formed by planets but was formed by an irregularly shaped pangea. There were hundreds of planets that were around the size of Earth surrounding it. Any of them could shock Wang Baole, as he could see that they were all modified strongholds!

The hundreds of planets all had different racial civilizations. It seemed as though they came here specifically to trade with others, causing the liveliness of this star system to exceed the total of all the other civilizations Wang Baole had seen on his expedition by a lot.

Just for cultivators of various shapes and sizes alone, Wang Baole saw thousands. Some were humanoid, some looked like ferocious beasts, and some even looked like plants.

Besides that, there were also many lifeforms like stone golems. What made Wang Baole especially shocked was that he saw a Dharmic Battleship without an owner, who had achieved sentience, fly in front of him.

“Daddy, this place should be a cosmos trade center.” Little Wu’s knowledge had come in handy many times on this expedition. After seeing this star system, he immediately spoke softly to Wang Baole.

Wang Baole gazed at Little Wu with a sense of profoundness and began asking questions. Very quickly, he gathered from Little Wu that there were many markets of various sizes spread around the cosmos controlled by the Never-Ending Clan to provide trade centers for cultivators from nearby star systems.

There were many markets like this, and every one of them had extremely deep-seated backgrounds. That was especially so for some big markets. And this market… was one of the rare big markets Little Wu talked about.

“Daddy, the pangea in the middle is the main market and the area of the organizer. The surrounding planets are both the strongholds of various clans and their own small markets. Cultivators who come here can go to any of them and trade for the items they want.” Little Wu coughed and was very pleased with how knowledgeable he was. But he didn’t forget who the daddy was, so he remained courteous when talking to Wang Baole.

“Interesting.” Wang Baole looked towards that pangea and controlled the Dharmic Battleship to speed in that direction after thinking, nearing it quickly. After landing, he stored his Dharmic Battleship and started strolling around the pangea. The place was a world where penthouses existed atop every mountain, every river, and within every ocean and desert.

Some penthouses had many people in them, while others had fewer people in them. The items they sold all differed and were of a wide variety. Whether it was Dharmic Artifacts, pills, recipes, cultivation techniques, or materials, they all had many types of items.

Wang Baole strolled around for seven days. In those seven days, he looked through most of the shops on the pangea. He took a closer look at some of them, while just taking a passing look at others. But no matter how he looked, the desire and envy in his heart had already reached a maximum. Truly, any shop was enough to make him extremely interested.

I’m still poor… If he hadn’t come to this place, Wang Baole would have thought that he could be considered pretty wealthy. But after coming to this place, he truly understood what opulence was.

This feeling continued until he came to a giant three-storied penthouse that was built on the ocean and reached a maximum. The penthouse was atop the ocean’s surface. It looked like it was constructed atop the ocean surface, but it also seemed like it was floating above the ocean. The entire palace was built using supreme-grade Spirit Stones as its base material. At the same time, it was also adorned with many items that Wang Baole couldn’t even name. They caused the palace to be resplendent. Reflecting the light of the hundred suns in the heavens, it shook the surrounding cosmos.

Of all the shops Wang Baole had seen, the palace had the most comprehensive selection of items. The palace stocked almost every item he had seen previously.

At the same time, the cultivation levels of the people who went there were at least at the Spirit Immortal realm. In fact, Wang Baole even saw Planet realms with courteous expressions that dared not act wildly due to their cultivation in the shop.

All of this made Wang Baole choose between some items that previously caught his eye reluctantly while being extremely interested. As the palace’s salesman looked at him calmly, Wang Baole sighed. Just as he was about to make a purchase… the salesman in front of him quickly raised his head to look behind Wang Baole. Taking a few quick steps, he bowed deeply with cupped fists in Wang Baole’s direction.

“Greetings, Young Master!”

When the salesman looked behind Wang Baole, Wang Baole had already noticed it beforehand. When he turned his head to take a look, he saw an extremely familiar silhouette. He wore white robes, held a paper fan in his hands, and wore a square hat. He walked out of the palace and towards them, carrying himself with an extraordinary aura.

That person was a youth, and his robes seemed to contain the laws of water. His robes floated as though there were waves atop them as he walked. The square hat on his head contained shocking waves and seemed to be able to suppress the surroundings like a Divine Armament. The paper fan in his hand was even more amazing. Although it was only half-opened, Eternal Star realm level waves spread from within it.

The moment he saw the youth, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and exclaimed in his heart.

Xie Haiyang?