After Moonstar Laozu said this, Wang Baole fell silent. The mask hovering in the air trembled slightly. Inside the mask, in a place where Wang Baole couldn't see, Little Missy was crouching in a corner, hugging her knees and lowering her head. He couldn't see her expression, but he could see that she was trembling.
"Fate, huh …?" Wang Baole murmured. Whether it was his mission as an underworld child, or his understanding of the Xie Clan Laozu's power of destiny, he was no stranger to fate.
Fate was a person's past, and also their future. If a person's life was viewed as a line, then that line … was fate.
When he had been a Dark Child, Wang Baole had once decided the fates of others. That was why he understood it very well … those who had lost their fates had lost both the front and back ends of the line. Only a single point remained.
The lost front represented the past.
The lost back represented the future.
He also understood … that if he wanted to obtain a person's fate, then he would have to be by that person's side at all times and witness everything.
"So that's how it is." Wang Baole spoke softly. He recalled his many past lives and everything that had happened in this life. Suddenly, he smiled and looked at Patriarch Yue Xing.
"Is there anything else?"
Moonstar Laozu was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's all.
I'm sure you've already gotten it from my master, but I can agree to one more condition …. "
"Can you fight a Sovereign?" Wang Baole looked calmly at Moonstar Laozu.
"My divine will has been reincarnated, and I can only protect the young lord, but I can't fight …." Moonstar Laozu sighed, and an apologetic look appeared on his face.
"Fine. Do you have any precious treasures of the Dao of Metal or the Dao of Fire?" Wang Baole didn't seem to mind.
"I do …." Moonstar Laozu seemed to be searching for something. After a moment, he reached out and grabbed at the air, causing an ingot of silver to appear in his hand.
The ingot was very small, only about three taels. It didn't seem to have anything special about it, but if one inspected it with divine will, they would be able to sense a very strong aura.
"This is a treasure I secretly obtained from the Zhou Clan in the Great World. I'll give it to you." Moonstar Laozu sighed inwardly. He knew that Wang Baole wouldn't be able to remain calm after learning the truth, but the young lord insisted on not hiding it.
This made it very difficult for him to do anything, and he felt very apologetic.
He waved his hand, causing the three taels of silver to fly toward Wang Baole. After Wang Baole caught it, he didn't even look at it, but simply tossed it into his bag of holding. Then he stood up from the prayer mat and bowed to Moonstar Laozu.
"Senior, thank you for enlightening the puppets back then, and thank you for taking in Li Waner and Zhuo Yifan."
With that, Wang Baole bowed again. When he got up, he looked deeply at the mask floating in midair, then turned around and walked off into the distance.
"I know why you appeared in my past life.
I know why your figure was always there in that life.
"I know that so-called fate is actually a predetermined path.
"I know that all of this is the beginning of the path of fate. And now, my past fate belongs to you.
"But I don't blame you, I don't blame you, and I don't feel cold.
"Thank you for helping me up when I turned into a white deer.
"Thank you for comforting me when I became a Resentful Cultivator.
"Thank you for feeding me your blood when I turned into a demonic blade.
"Thank you for looking at me when I turned into a zombie.
Thank you for the embrace you gave me when my master was about to fall.
"Thank you, thank you for accompanying me time and time again in this life.
"You have already taken away my past fate, but I can give you my future fate. Even if I don't have a past or a future from now on.
"But … this is also good."
The smile on Wang Baole's face widened with every step he took. After taking ten steps, he had a clear idea of what was going on. As the Dao aura flowed throughout his body, a shocking aura erupted from his body.
"The past is the Dao, like death!"
Wang Baole muttered with a smile. As his aura erupted, a shocking fluctuation appeared in the starry sky above his head, and a long river appeared.
This long river roiled and surged without end, as if it could cover the entire starry sky. Its end was connected to Wang Baole. As for its source … it didn't come from within the world of the stone stele, but … it came from outside the world of the stone stele.
This long river contained the law. This law was related to time, but also different. It contained everything that had happened to Wang Baole in the past!
This was a new law. It wasn't about time, it wasn't about death. It was a Dao that belonged to him and him alone!
This Dao contained Wang Baole's past. If a cultivator in the future was lucky enough to comprehend this Dao, their cultivation base would increase based on how far they could walk on Wang Baole's past.
This was because … this law, this Dao, was created by Wang Baole. It was his past.
Almost at the same moment it appeared, Moonstar Laozu, who was sitting on the cliff behind him with a complicated expression, suddenly looked up. His eyes were filled with shock.
"The birth of a new law? The truth of the Dao?! "
He wasn't the only one to react in such a way. Out in the void, the blood-colored young man who was fighting with Luo Zhishou looked up in shock. He saw the vast river stretching out into the starry sky at the heart of the world of the stone stele.
"That's …." The blood-colored young man's heart trembled. Outside of the world of the stone stele, the figure sitting cross-legged in the starry sky on the lone boat also looked up. His eternally unchanging expression suddenly flickered.
However, things weren't over yet. Wang Baole took another step forward. As he murmured the words, another river of natural law rumbled toward him.
"The future is the Dao, like life!"
This new illusory river was also related to time, but it was also different. Its waves were boundless, and represented the future. It was impossible to predict what would happen next. Its source was Wang Baole himself, and as it spread out, it was impossible to tell where it ended.
This was a Dao that belonged to him alone, and it was his future!
The two illusory rivers roared to the heavens. One of them came from the outside world and pierced into the world of the stone stele. It had no source, and only its end was connected to Wang Baole. As for the other, it stretched out into the world of the stone stele. It was impossible to see where it ended, and only its source was connected to Wang Baole's body.
From a distance, it looked like the two rivers pierced through the world of the stone stele, and then merged into one. The one who connected them … was none other than Wang Baole.
"When I gained enlightenment of the Dao of the Underworld, I gave up on drawing out the fates of all living beings after they were reincarnated. Instead, I let everyone control their own fates and pursue their own Dao of freedom.
"Now … it is in line with my Dao.
"I want to be a free and unfettered person with no past or future. I want to live in the present." With a carefree smile, Wang Baole waved his hand, and a third illusory river descended.
This river was him. He was the source, and he was the end. It was freedom. It was ….
"Freedom!!!" murmured Laozu of the Moonstar Sect.
"Freedom!!" said the blood-colored youth, his face unsightly.
"Freedom!" said the lone figure in the boat outside the world of the stone stele.
"Freedom …." said Little Missy, who had been hugging her knees beneath the mask. She lifted her head and smiled through her tears.
"Enlightened Dao, Grasped Dao. Two steps and you will be free and unfettered!" Wang Baole flicked his sleeve and stepped into the starry sky. His cultivation base exploded with power. His Dao Heart … enlightened Dao!
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