835 Eternal Star Fire! (1/2)

A long while later, Wang Baole turned towards Little Wu again and asked him, ”Where are you from?”

Little Wu blinked. He then got to his feet slowly and swept his sleeve aside gently. His eyes no longer looked lost. A calm and composed look had settled over his face, and his eyes shone with a mysterious light. In that instant, he was no longer Little Wu, the boy who called Wang Baole his daddy, but a mysterious cultivator.

”I've told you before, I'm a prince of the Black Earth Empire. You shouldn't be asking who I am, but… where the Black Earth Empire is!”

”That's not the question you should be asking. You should be asking if the Black Earth Empire is here, in this Dao Domain!” A transformation rippled across Little Wu's aura as he spoke. One could sense the pride hidden deep inside him and the mystery surrounding his origins.

The donkey's eyes widened then too. It even seemed to have gasped. There was a deep, meaningful look in its eyes when it turned and studied Little Wu. The creature seemed to be trying to look into Little Wu's soul.

Wang Baole remained quiet for a long time. Then, he asked slowly, ”Where is the real Black Earth Empire?”

”That's not the question you should be asking…”

”To hell with that!” Wang Baole exploded into a rage before Little Wu could finish his sentence. He had been holding himself back the previous two times, but the rascal was just asking for a lashing. Wang Baole glared at the boy and gave him a kick.

Little Wu cried out as he was flung into the distance. He had a thick hide, though, and sustained no injury from the kick. However, it still hurt. The memory of him being thrashed by Wang Baole for the very first time popped up in his head. Wang Baole had forced him to call him Daddy. He shuddered violently then and hurriedly returned to his former self. A fawning look settled on his face as he spoke eagerly and almost desperately.

”Daddy, don't be mad. I was wrong. I made a terrible mistake. I'm not from some Black Earth Empire, I'm just one of many princes from a small kingdom. The jade slip is our kingdom's national treasure. I stole it…” Little Wu's face crumpled into a pitiful look as he explained the origins of the jade slip to Wang Baole.

Time flew by, and soon, a month passed. During that month, Wang Baole's enormous fleet traversed multiple galaxies and encountered a few groups of cosmic travelers. Without any exception to the rule, these travelers panicked upon sensing the terrifying presence of Wang Baole's army and only released a sigh of relief when he left.

This portion had to do with refining a Planet realm cultivator into an artifact.

”I need to find myself an Eternal Star!” Wang Baole muttered. He looked up and stared at the cosmos outside his Dharmic Battleship. His Divine Sense then melded with the Dharmic Battleship. Augmented by the Dharmic Battleship, his Divine Sense extended outwards into space, stretching into the distant cosmos. He pulled out a star map and began studying it in detail. Then, he adjusted the Dharmic Battleship's course and began speeding towards the nearest Eternal Star.

It took Wang Baole's fleet seven days to reach the galaxy. There was a civilization living in the galaxy, but it was a primitive one and hence couldn't sense Wang Baole's arrival. Wang Baole wasn't planning to intrude upon the civilization anyway. As he approached the galaxy's Eternal Star, a bright red sun appeared in his sight.

We have to modify the internal structure of an Eternal Star's fire and refine the fire in the Divine Sea. We have to transform it into our puppet!