At this point, the image slowly came to a stop. Finally, it turned into countless fragments and disappeared before Wang Baole's eyes.
As the image disappeared, what entered Wang Baole's eyes was another familiar scene.
It was still the first level of the world. It was still ruins, wreckage, and the statue in the distance. It was almost the same as the previous two times he had seen it.
Except that the traces of time were different …
The first level of the world that had appeared before him several times made Wang Baole feel unreal. It was as if … he had never stepped into any statue. Everything seemed to be a cycle.
But … the previous images were so real that Wang Baole stood between the sky and the earth and was silent for a long time.
"The Emperor's memories …"
"Since the desire of hearing has appeared, then other desires should follow … and obviously, some memories will appear every time I walk past it."
Wang Baole raised his head. There was a dim light in the depths of his eyes. He lifted his foot and walked forward. As his foot landed, a faint fragrance seemed to spread from the void and entered Wang Baole's nose.
"Desire of hearing?" Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Even though he had mastered the Law of Desire of hearing and had become a part of the source, Wang Baole did not let his guard down. After all, he had also mastered the Law of Desire of hearing in the Trial of Desire, but there were still moments when he was in danger.
Therefore, Wang Baole took the second step with caution.
In an instant, the originally faint fragrance became thicker, and it seemed to be mixed with other scents. When it hit the face, a feeling of intoxication involuntarily floated up to the entire body.
Wang Baole's expression was normal, but the Law of Desire of hearing in his body had already begun to circulate rapidly. He took the third step, the fourth step, the fifth step … and as his feet landed, the smell became more and more. Especially when he took the fifth step, it was as if the fragrance and beauty had reached the peak. In an instant, it turned into a stench and evil. There was even a cloying sweetness in it.
However, this sweetness was like a primer. Just by smelling it, one could not help but want to vomit. It was as if one wanted to vomit out their internal organs.
Even with the Law of Desire, it was difficult to completely suppress this feeling.
Wang Baole's face darkened. When he took his sixth step, his throat rolled. At that moment, it was as if every inch of his flesh and blood had gained an independent consciousness. They were tempted by the smell and wanted to separate from him.
Luckily, Wang Baole's will was firm, and his cultivation was outstanding. He managed to achieve a balance after forcibly suppressing it. At the same time, he picked up a unique scent among the countless odors.
That seemed to be some sort of bodily fragrance. It was as if an invisible person had appeared before him at that moment. When that person approached him, the fragrance from that person's body filled the air around him.
If that was all, it wouldn't be a big deal. Wang Baole could take the seventh step, but just as his seventh step was about to land, she suddenly heard laughter.
"Sound?" Wang Baole's pupils constricted. This didn't seem to match up with his previous judgment. This was not a simple smell, but rather, a mixture of the Desire to Listen.
That laughter was the same as the woman's murmur that Wang Baole had heard in the Desire to Listen. Clearly … it belonged to the same person!
"So, this bodily fragrance also came from her?" Wang Baole's eyes narrowed as he forced himself to take the seventh step. As his foot landed, the laughter grew clearer, and the bodily fragrance grew more intense. It spread out around him, transforming into a power of oblivion that seemed to want to drag him down into an abyss.
Wang Baole even felt as if his body were sinking down. As he sank, his life force seemed to grow dim.
Most importantly, the laughter and the bodily fragrance gave Wang Baole a sense of familiarity. However, at the moment, he couldn't put his finger on where that sense of familiarity was coming from.
However, that wasn't important. Wang Baole's eyes flickered with a cold light as he lifted his right hand and swiped it across his forehead. His fingernail pierced through his skin, causing intense pain.
That pain was augmented by the magical law of touch, causing it to be magnified countless times over. It was like a tide of nothingness that washed away the magical law of touch on Wang Baole.
As his body felt lighter, Wang Baole lifted his foot and stepped into the statue. A moment later, the magical law of touch vanished, and the images he had seen before once again appeared in front of Wang Baole's eyes.
His mind rippled, and he immediately looked over without even blinking.
The first image was of the Cosmos from countless years ago. Back then, the Cosmos had been the beginning of itself. There were no stars, no life, just a vast expanse of nothingness.
Then, the first Essence was born, which was the Essence of the Dao of Wood …. Because of the vitality of wood, a series of changes occurred in the Cosmos.
Gradually, stars appeared, as well as matter, and other embryonic Essences.
Finally, when the first star was formed in the Cosmos, the Cosmos … gave birth to its first life!
That first life was a discarnate soul.
More accurately speaking, it might not have been born in the Cosmos, but had originally existed in the black coffin. As the coffin transformed into the Essence of the Dao of Wood, it had been separated from it and transformed into a discarnate soul.
It had no memories, no consciousness, and could only rely on its instincts to wander the Cosmos.
The first image ended there. Wang Baole's mind trembled violently as he looked at the discarnate soul. He had already guessed its identity …. It was the Emperor, the first life form to appear in the Cosmos.
Filled with complex emotions, Wang Baole looked at the second image. It was still that discarnate soul. He had experienced countless years, and as more and more stars appeared in the Cosmos, Essences and magical laws appeared one after another, he seemed to gain consciousness. He stared blankly for a long time, then stopped wandering aimlessly.
Instead, he chose to cultivate.
In the beginning of his cultivation, there were no techniques. He could only rely on his instincts to perform breathing exercises and gain enlightenment. Gradually, when he wasn't even sure what level he had reached, a second life form appeared in the Cosmos.
It was a parrot.
Perhaps, if the black coffin hadn't arrived, the parrot … would have been the first life form to appear in the Cosmos.
There was no fighting between them. They lived together peacefully for countless years. Eventually, they became very familiar with each other. Then, the discarnate soul reached a bottleneck in his cultivation.
It was at that point that the discarnate soul seemed to have regained some of its memories because of its cultivation base.
The final image ended with the discarnate soul kneeling in the starry sky, clutching its head and howling in anguish ….
"Who am I? Where did I come from …? This is not my home. Why is my heart telling me that someone is waiting for me? That there is something more important than my life waiting for me to accomplish ….
"I can't remember. I can't remember ….
"Why … why can't I remember …?
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