Wang Baole couldn't put his finger on what was amiss. This was the first time he had such a thought. Many years later, in this world, Wang Baole, who was seen by everyone as blissful and happy, suddenly froze as he watched the rain fall outside on a rainy night.
"It seems like something is still wrong …" Wang Baole muttered as a woman walked up from behind him. It was his wife, Wang Yiyi.
Wang Yiyi gently hugged Wang Baole from behind. She buried her head in his back and softly spoke.
"Baole, what's wrong?"
Wang Baole turned his head and looked at Wang Yiyi, who was behind him. He smelled the familiar scent on her body and felt the touch of her hand when it touched his. He looked at her familiar face and shook his head.
"Nothing, I just feel like I've forgotten something …"
"Don't think about it, you haven't forgotten anything." Wang Yiyi chuckled. Wang Baole was very familiar with that laughter, so he nodded.
Just like that, time passed again. One day, when it was still raining, Wang Baole, who was in a deep sleep, suddenly woke up. He opened his eyes and looked at his wife, who was lying beside him. Hearing the sound of the rain outside, he sat up quietly and walked out of the door. Standing under the roof, he looked at the rain and was stunned again.
"Something's wrong, it seems like … I heard crying. This rain sounds like tears."
Wang Baole was a bit annoyed. He instinctively reached out as if he wanted to grab something to drink, but he grabbed nothing. There was no Ice Spirit Water in his bag of holding.
It seemed like he hadn't drunk Ice Spirit Water in a very long time.
Wang Baole looked at his empty hand and silently pondered.
After a long time, he looked at the rain outside and silently walked out. He stood in the rain and walked on the streets of the city he lived in.
The place he lived in was the holy land of the Immortal Astral Continent. This place was very big, so even though it was raining, there were still a lot of pedestrians and many shops were open.
As he walked down the street, Wang Baole caught sight of a restaurant. He was just about to ignore it, but then he stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the restaurant. After a while … he walked up to it.
"Shopkeeper, do you have rice wine?" Wang Baole asked softly.
"Sure," the shopkeeper replied with a smile. Not long after, he returned with a wine gourd and handed it to Wang Baole.
Wang Baole picked up the wine jug and shook it a few times. Then, he tilted his head back and took a big gulp. As the rice wine entered his throat, his eyes slowly narrowed. After a while, he put down the jug and murmured,
"It does taste better than the Ice Spirit Water …"
"I've finally remembered what was wrong …"
"How could I possibly forget him … How could I possibly not pursue Xiaoyao …"
"Also … Wang Yiyi's appearance is not the same as what I saw in the dream." Wang Baole sighed softly. As he tilted his head, he saw the silhouette of a woman holding an oil-paper umbrella amidst the dim lights in the distance.
The woman was wearing Wang Yiyi's clothes and gave off a familiar fragrance. She let out a familiar laugh and raised the umbrella to reveal … an unfamiliar face.
The two sides stared at each other through the rain.
It wasn't until cracks appeared in the image before Wang Baole's eyes and gradually shattered that he saw the other party's eyes turn pitch black at that moment.
The next instant, everything dissipated.
Wang Baole's vision blurred. He was still standing in the last trial, in the sky of the first layer, and he took his first step.
Everything seemed to have happened in this step. Wang Baole stood there and pondered for a long time.
"What an impressive will." Wang Baole shook his head and took a step forward. However, when he took his second step, his body trembled, and his eyes slowly closed. After a long time, Wang Baole opened his eyes, and they were filled with complicated emotions.
When he took his second step, he sank again.
This time, the sinking was different from the first. This time, although he had suppressed the emperor, he had not chosen to marry Wang Yiyi. Instead, he had pursued Xiaoyao, and had become the Xiaoyao Immortal.
He had spent his life drifting about, without any attachments.
However, in the end, he woke up and realized that something was wrong. Only then did he walk out of the nightmare.
After a long period of silence, Wang Baole took a deep breath and took a third step, then a fourth step, a fifth step, a sixth step ….
Every step he took was incomparably difficult. Every step he took caused him to sink deeper. Every step he took caused him to feel as if he had walked through everything.
On the third step, when he entered the statue and saw the emperor, he failed and was fused with by the emperor. His consciousness fell into darkness and he couldn't wake up. It was as if he was going to sink into eternal oblivion.
He vaguely heard a voice calling out to him. This was what woke him up.
At the fourth step, he still failed, but he was able to coexist with the Emperor. He saw the Emperor leave the great universe and follow the trail of his past life. He walked into a strange universe and made some strange friends, but it seemed that in the end, the Emperor didn't find any traces of his past life.
Even though he had recovered his memories, there seemed to be an insurmountable barrier that was difficult to cross. Wang Baole carefully thought about it and found that the emperor's memories were still blurry to him.
That was why he woke up.
On the fifth step, he succeeded again. After suppressing the emperor, he didn't go to the Immortal Astral Continent but returned to the Stone Tablet Realm. He chose to live in seclusion in the Federation and peacefully lived out his life.
Wang Baole didn't remember how he woke up. He only remembered that at the end of his life, he suddenly felt unwilling. This unwillingness became stronger and stronger until it shattered everything.
As for the sixth step, he became the new emperor and walked out of this great universe to conquer the stars...
It wasn't until he was exhausted to the extreme that he began to have doubts about all of this that he woke up.
At this moment, standing in the first trial, Wang Baole's heart was filled with exhaustion. He pondered for a long time before taking the seventh step.
This step seemed a little different from before. He saw a figure sitting cross-legged in front of the forehead of the statue, staring at him.
That figure was Xuan Chen.
"I'll ask you one last time. Have you … really thought it through? Are you going to walk in here? "
Wang Baole silently pondered. A moment later, he nodded.
"No matter what the result is, I can accept it."
Xuan Chen looked profoundly at Wang Baole. He didn't speak as his body slowly dissipated.
It wasn't until his figure disappeared that Wang Baole finally stood between the eyebrows of the statue.
He was only one step away from entering the statue and seeing the emperor's sixth memory. He would also be able to see … the real emperor.
However … The previous experience made Wang Baole hesitate. He stood there and carefully thought about it to determine if the will still existed.
A moment later, Wang Baole's eyes lit up. After experiencing it several times, he had enough judgment. This time … it wasn't the fall of the will.
"The answer is about to be revealed." Wang Baole was expressionless as he raised his foot and directly stepped … between the eyebrows of the emperor statue!
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