848 The Mysterious Beginnings of the Divine Eye Civilization (2/2)

Despite all his meticulous preparations and calculations, he had still failed. Resentment and grudge erupted inside him and transformed into rage. His breeding ground had been lost, which left him with no choice but to possess Wang Baole's body forcibly. The stakes had just risen in terms of both risk and difficulty.

”Wang Baole!” Even though both the risk and difficulty had risen, the old ghost was left with no other choice. He fumed and raged as his cultivation reached the mid-stage Spirit Immortal realm. He could wait no longer then. With a sudden shift, he vanished.

He had originally been inside the Demonic Eye Art, which Wang Baole had cultivated and practiced for many years. That was why, when he reappeared again in the next moment, he appeared… inside Wang Baole's body, in his soul, evading the Eternal Star Fire resting in Wang Baole's mind and the Planet realm palm!

He tried to forcibly possess Wang Baole!

A flash of violence appeared in Wang Baole's eyes the moment the old ghost appeared inside his soul. Wang Baole unleashed the power of the Dao Scripture, which he had silently muttered under his breath earlier. Instead of using it to exert a suppressive force on his surroundings, he turned it inward… onto himself!

Thunder erupted, and it was as if countless lightning bolts had been unleashed in Wang Baole's soul. His soul shuddered violently amidst the waves of deafening thunder. Suffering the same violent shudders was the old ghost that had tried to devour his soul.

You're trying to possess me, and I'm… trying to hunt you too. I'm going to turn you into my golden ticket for a cultivation breakthrough! Wang Baole's soul emanated intense waves of spirit energy. At this point, he was fully aware of why the imperial cemetery was going to be his golden ticket to a cultivation breakthrough. If he had hunted and captured the old ghost outside, the ghost would have been severely weakened. Thus, Wang Baole wouldn't have been able to benefit as much from his capture.

Inside the cemetery, the ghost was given a chance to experience leaps in cultivation through the absorption of countless souls. Wang Baole faced great risk in facing a more powerful ghost. But, if he were to succeed… the benefits he would gain would be immeasurable!

With those thoughts in mind, the struggle between a possession and a hunt inside Wang Baole's soul began!

Wang Baole stood there, unmoving, as his body transformed into mist and then regathered and reformed into his physical body. Everything seemed normal despite the intense and dangerous battle currently taking place inside his soul!

The million dead souls were still on their knees, and so were the twelve silent emperors in the distant palace. The emperor on the tallest throne, with his indistinguishable face and a blurry silhouette, remained seated and unmoving.

But if one were to take a closer look, they would realize that there was something about the first emperor that was different from the other dead souls. He… wasn't a corpse like the rest. He was… a human-shaped armor… awaiting the return of its master!

In the distant cosmos, far away from the Divine Eye civilization, in the marketplace that Wang Baole had once visited, stood one of the Xie family's stores. Xie Haiyang stood in his pavilion, a dark and stormy look on his face as he stared at a pitch-black image that was being projected from a jade slip on the table in silence.

He had stopped receiving transmissions after Wang Baole had entered the inner chambers of the imperial cemetery. Despite the power that the Xie family held, there remained certain things in the universe that they couldn't breach.

The statue of the Divine Eye civilization's first emperor was one of them!

The mysterious Divine Eye civilization had managed to build an alliance with the Violet Gold civilization and gain the attention of Xie Haiyang, and the statue clearly had something to do with both.

Does the Divine Eye civilization's secret… really… have something to do with that legendary place? Wang Baole, why are you so stubborn? Why can't you just ask me for help so that I can use this chance and get a clearer look… Xie Haiyang was filled with a myriad of complicated feelings. The old man who was sitting in front of him sighed. He picked up the jade slip, then looked up and stared at Xie Haiyang.

”Young Master, the Violet Gold civilization has made a move. The Divine Eye civilization's royal clan is conducting a sacrificial ceremony. I estimate that the first batch of cultivators from the Violet Gold civilization will be teleported through the Divine Eye civilization's Eye of the Eternal Star within half an hour. War in the Divine Eye civilization will commence then. There will be three Planet realm cultivators in the first batch of cultivators from the Violet Gold civilization!”