714 Never Get Too Ahead of Yourself! (2/2)

It was at that moment, when Zi Yue's finger and Wang Baole's forehead touched… that her finger suddenly melted away. It was as if her finger were made from snow and Wang Baole was a piece of scorching hot metal!

As her finger melted away, it transformed into tiny sparks of light that entered Wang Baole's body. They were like nutrients that were absorbed by his body without any signs of being repelled by the latter. Wang Baole's injuries healed instantly, and his cultivation received a great boost as well, spiking suddenly!

Everything happened too quickly, within the blink of an eye. Even Zi Yue was stunned momentarily. Strong emotions colored her face, something that hadn't happened for a long time, not since she had obtained the Star-Seeding Dao. She retreated hastily, unleashing her mystic art promptly and cutting all connection between herself and her melting finger. Her heart raced as she withdrew.

Wang Baole was equally stunned, but he didn't have the chance to express his joy. His body, alongside the lunar stronghold, blurred in the teleportation spell, then vanished completely!

Venus' explosion reached the height of intensity then, and waves of destruction continued to surge outwards, finally reaching where Zi Yue was. The entire planet was rapidly transforming into a black hole. The Dao Palace cultivators around her were heavily injured or dead, and their pained cries prior to their deaths were drowned out by the loud explosions caused by a planet's self-destruction.

Daoist You Ran shuddered. All his efforts were for naught. Anxiety wrecked him, but he dared not speak. The woman standing before him inspired such terror and dread in him.

”Useless.” A stormy-faced Zi Yue threw a glance at Daoist You Ran before frowning and turning her eyes towards Venus. She lifted her right hand and pushed it forward against the waves of self-destructive energy sweeping out from the planet.

The terrifying tsunami seemed to freeze momentarily in its tracks. It was as if there was an invisible wall in front of the woman, and not even the energy backlash from an exploding planet could penetrate this wall.

Zi Yue's right hand clawed through emptiness and plucked a pouch out of nothing. It was made of black cloth and had a strange floral pattern embroidered on it. Terror snaked through Daoist You Ran when he saw the pouch. He could sense the power exuding from it, a power that seemed even more terrifying than the woman before him.

He wasn't given any time to guess what was inside the pouch. Zi Yue had pulled it open, her actions seemingly cautious. Then, seven black seeds flew out from the opened pouch. With a series of hand seals, Zi Yue guided them towards the exploding Venus.

They entered Venus almost instantly. The waves of self-destructive energy generated by the planet didn't seem to cause any harm to the seeds. In fact, the energy was being absorbed by the latter. The seeds exuded a golden light. As they entered Venus, they began to grow, twines extending outward and covering the entire planet… All this while, they continued to drain the explosion of its power, transforming the energy into nutrients for themselves!

Daoist You Ran's scalp prickled as he watched the scene before him. There were more and more twines. Soon, the entire planet was covered in dozens of layers of the twines. Its appearance had transformed radically. The explosion was being contained, as if sealed, with no outlet for release!

Countless bumps began to appear on the twines. They clustered together and finally covered all surfaces of the twines. The bumps wriggled and spasmed, and many broke apart. From within these bumps climbed out… Never-Ending Clan cultivators!

These cultivators flew into the air and gathered before Zi Yue. Their numbers grew. When all the bumps had burst open, and all cultivators had flown out, Zi Yue had before her an army with a hundred thousand cultivators!

However, it was clear that these Never-Ending Clan cultivators had no minds of their own. They were like puppets!

Daoist You Ran's head buzzed at the sight. He was shaking violently. This was beyond his wildest imagination, he couldn't understand what was going on!

”Take them and destroy this civilization. Then… capture and bring me that boy!” Zi Yue commanded calmly.

Daoist You Ran's face was pale. He instinctively lowered his head and accepted his orders. Then, he began reorganizing the surviving cultivators. With the Never-Ending Clan's Death Dao Battleship at the helm, he led the army of a hundred thousand puppets away and raced towards Mars!

The patch of cosmos finally quietened down following his departure. Zi Yue was the only person left standing there. Her fingers danced through a series of hand seals, as if running through a simulation. This went on for some time before she suddenly froze. Then, she shut her eyes and fell silent. It was a long time before she opened them again. She lifted her head and gazed into the distant cosmos.

I can only make out the fact that someone incredibly powerful has changed my fate… I've been steering the lives of others and changing their fates, treating them like ants… this whole time, without my knowledge, someone has also been controlling my life and treating me like… what? An ant? Or is that person trying to use me to nourish Wang Baole's cultivation? Zi Yue shuddered. An icy light glimmered fiercely in her eyes.

The first Divine King?