666 Husband! (2/2)
Even Wang Baole hadn't managed to discover this level. It remained unaffected as the world outside shook and collapsed.
It was a completely different place compared to the other worlds, which had been dark and filled with corpses. Birdsong and floral fragrance filled the air, the skies were blue, and oceans covered the surface of this world. In the middle of the vast ocean, there was an island. On the island, there was a mountain. And, atop the mountain, floated a soft, glowing light.
Within the light sat a person, indistinct and fading in and out of view. It appeared to be a woman. Her long hair flowed to her shoulders. She was likely an incredible beauty.
If someone of incredible cultivation, who had the ability to see past all disguises and discern one's essence, were present now, they would be able to tell instantly, that this woman… was not of the Never-Ending Clan. Her incredible beauty wasn't merely a superficial piece of clothing!
If Little Missy was there, she would have been shocked to see this woman. That was because she was no stranger to her at all!
She had been one of Little Missy's friends in the past, a cultivator from the Vast Expanse Dao Palace!
The woman sitting in the glowing light had appeared to be asleep before Daoist You Ran had died. Her eyelashes fluttered then, and she opened her eyes, revealing the starlight held within!
He has died… That's not surprising though, considering that his opponent is the Saint's chosen one. The woman smiled. She felt a loss at Daoist You Ran's death, but she wasn't particularly upset. He wasn't the only Star Seed host she had in her possession. The Never-Ending Clan member who had discovered Wang Baole collecting fragments of the mask in the Sea of Fire on the sword handle had been another one of her Star Seed hosts as well.
She hadn't interfered with their affairs much. She had only observed silently through their eyes, allowing the Star Seed hosts to act according to their desires and will. They themselves had no idea that someone had planted a Star Seed inside them or that their deaths could be determined with a single thought.
Since You Ran has carried out his plan to this point, he should be allowed to complete it. That should make a rather good game. The woman smiled after some thought. She lifted a finger on her right hand. In the distance, waves rolled and the sea parted. Up rose a body!
It was the body of a Never-Ending Clan member that exuded Soul Conduit realm cultivation. Something drew the body over, before the woman. She pointed again. Daoist You Ran's memories materialized as a soft glowing light, which entered the body through its head. Then, she did something else, causing flesh and skin to begin to shift as clothes materialized on the Never-Ending Clan cultivator!
It wasn't conventional clothing, but… the body of a Dao Palace cultivator!
It was the exact image of Daoist You Ran as he had appeared in the Dao Palace!
After accomplishing all that, the woman waved her hand. The newly born Daoist You Ran vanished and reappeared on the second level. He shuddered, then opened his eyes and immediately climbed to his feet. Fury lit up his eyes as he howled.
”Wang Baole!”
He had no memory of being killed. He only remembered discovering Wang Baole draining the battle robes and rushing over to stop him. Before he had been able to do anything, Wang Baole had blown up his Thearch Armor and sent the entire cavern crashing down on them. The first and second levels of this world had caved in.
He had abandoned the idea of chasing after Wang Baole then decisively. Instead, he had begun salvaging the situation while carrying out his own plans!
He suspected nothing. The woman had allowed the newly reborn Daoist You Ran to inherit his control over the enslaved Mie Liezi and the other cultivators.
He had no idea that on the distant fourth level, there was a pair of eyes watching him secretly.
”Everything in this world, including the stars… has their destined path. Observing as their fates unfold, and instead of interfering directly, transforming into an omniscient power that nudges them in the right direction, that… is the Star-Seeding Dao! Perhaps we should call this… the Heaven-Seeding Dao! The past generations of cultivators have gotten it all wrong!” The woman enveloped in the glowing sphere on the fourth level murmured. Her eyes devoid of emotion, she turned and gazed in another direction.
Her gaze seemed to see right through the battleship, past the ancient sword, and past space, landing on the distant… moon!
”That is why… my dear husband, I don't regret what I've done. I'm clearly the more suitable of us both… Your master made the wrong choice. You lost the green lotus. What then gave you the right to inherit this mystic technique… In which case, even if I did steal the legacy left to you by your master through deception and caused your death, why did you continue to hold on to this grudge even after you died and turned into the living dead?”