621 The Solitary, Handsome Dragon! (1/2)

Wang Baole bemoaned how unfair fate was. It left him sighing with exasperation and powerless with regret.

”Just think about it. I, Wang Baole, the Federation President, the Grand Supreme Elder of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. My whole life, I've worked hard. Everything I've achieved was through my own blood, sweat, and tears. I walked through fire, one step at a time, without anyone's help, like a solitary, handsome dragon, struggling in the jaws of fate, before I got to where I am now!” Wang Baole stood at the entrance of his cave abode, hands behind his back and his face towards the sky, muttering to himself in a despairing voice.

His whole life flashed across his eyes. He remembered the deep sense of loneliness he had felt, in both body and spirit, while he had traveled this solitary path, alone.

”Li Wuchen, on the other hand, was born a Dao Disciple. He'll be able to regain his past life's memories once he awakens. He shall become the sole authority in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace!

”Fates is so unfair!

”Such is life. Such injustice!”

Wang Baole's right fist shot out and slammed into the wall next to him. The cave abode shook while the mountain trembled. It was like he was trying to vent his frustrations.

This clearly wasn't enough. Wang Baole was about to cry out once again in fury and sorrow and demand answers from heaven when Little Missy coughed in his head.

”Enough! You buy everything that you've just said? What's up with you… am I not human? Is your senior brother not human? How about Li Xingwen? Or the Martian Colony's Governor? Try saying that you haven't a single soul helping you again!”

Wang Baole fell silent at Little Missy's words. He knew no shame though. He coughed and didn't reply to Little Missy. Instead, he tried to continue basking in the emotions he had stirred up. This might prove difficult for someone else, whose bluff had just been called, but it was a piece of cake for Wang Baole.

Soon, he was immersed in fury and sorrow. He sighed and muttered to himself, ”A true prodigy should be someone like me, Wang Baole, who rose above the mundane!”

”Besides, Baldy Chen might be a Dao Disciple, but he hasn't awakened yet. I, on the other hand, am already an adopted disciple with a bright future ahead of me. He's no threat to me now. Even after he regains his memories, so what? He might be the Dao Disciple, but I'm a Dark Child. Besides, it's not like we have some terrible grudge against each other.” At that thought, Wang Baole patted his tummy and stopped worrying.

The days passed swiftly. The construction of his own palace on the main island progressed smoothly under the Dao Palace cultivators' steady, hard work. Its size and model was the same as the palaces belonging to the other three Grand Supreme Elders. It looked enormous and extremely lavish. They were also building a huge statue of Wang Baole outside the grand palace.

It inspired awe and respect in all Dao Palace cultivators who passed by. There were also numerous array formations set up around the main body of the palace. They were connected to the main array formation in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. As long as Wang Baole remained in his palace, and as long as the array formation remained activated, even a Soul Conduit realm cultivator could do him no harm!

The resources required for setting up the array formations and constructing the palace were clearly immense. After a Dao Palace disciple sent the key to the array formation to him, Wang Baole made a trip down to the palace to inspect it. He was pleased with what he saw.

He soon moved off of Green Fire Island and into the palace. Federation disciples began to visit him there. Things finally settled down after a week. The other disciples in the Dao Palace also finally began to get used to Wang Baole's new position.

Wang Baole had declared during the ceremony the Core Realm Pavilion and Nascent Art Chamber open to Federation cultivators at their respective perfected Foundation Establishment realm and perfected Core Formation realm. Many Federation disciples had begun using the facilities and attempting a breakthrough.

Zhuo Yifan had been the first to do so and was still in seclusion. Sect Lord Xu from the Galactic Dusk Sect had also been the first to enter the Nascent Art Chamber and try for a breakthrough in cultivation.

Wang Baole himself didn't immediately enter the Nascent Art Chamber. He had just reached the perfected Core Formation realm, after all, and his cultivation had not yet stabilized at its current level. What he had to do now was to perfect his divine powers and allow his cultivation to truly reach its full potential at its current level.