Chapter 893 - A Gift From the Earth Spirit Civilization! (2/2)

He was right. Something had awoken!

If there were an Eternal Star realm cultivator in the region who had just extended his Divine Will across the area, he would immediately sense small flames flaring up inside numerous life forms in the Earth Spirit civilization. Threads, invisible to the naked eye, had emerged from these life forms and were rising rapidly into the skies. They surged from all corners of the planet and gathered at a particular spot in the cosmos!

They materialized as the indistinct, blurry silhouette of an old man!

The old man took one step and then vanished. In the next moment… he reappeared at the edge of the Earth Spirit civilization, right in front of Wang Baole! Wang Baole, who had been ready to depart, froze in his tracks.

To prevent any misunderstanding from taking place, the old man cupped his fists and extended a deep bow towards Wang Baole immediately after he appeared. Wang Baole had an unfathomable look in his eyes. He didn’t seem surprised by the old man’s sudden appearance.

“Greetings, fellow Daoist from the outer domain!”

Wang Baole’s eyes flashed as he extended his senses outwards and examined the old man’s aura. Then, one of his eyebrows rose slightly. He could tell that the man before him was merely a wisp of Divine Soul. His true and complete form had once been at the Planet realm or higher.

But he was now severely weakened. In fact, it was a miracle that he had managed to preserve a wisp of his Divine Soul. It should have been impossible for him to materialize and appear before Wang Baole, but he had done it. This old man clearly had some tricks up his sleeve or had been blessed with some cultivation-related golden ticket that Wang Baole was unaware of.

During his earlier examination of the old man’s aura, Wang Baole had also sensed a fire inside him that he had previously sensed inside the female cultivator he had come across in the inn. Even though he couldn’t tell for sure who this old man was, Wang Baole was quite certain that he was the former patriarch of the Earth Spirit civilization.

“What do you want from me?” Wang Baole asked coolly.

He had guessed right. The old man was the former patriarch of the Earth Spirit civilization. His Divine Soul had been scattered to the cosmos when he had died. Through certain special means, he had melded with the bloodline of his people. Doing so, he had evaded the notice of the Violet Gold civilization as he alternated between deep slumber and wakefulness. Through the tens of thousands of life forms he had hidden himself within, he had continued to keep track of what was going on in the world without exposing himself. He had been waiting all this while for an opportunity to resurrect himself and reverse the fate of his civilization!

He had sensed Wang Baole’s arrival and the activation of a seal over the Earth Spirit civilization. He hadn’t interfered with the events that had unfolded but had observed them quietly. He had watched the fight between Wang Baole and the right-hand elder, sensed the bizarre death of the right-hand elder and the release of the seal, and had been shocked by all that he had seen and sensed.

His instincts told him that this might be the chance of a lifetime!

That was why he risked gathering his separate flames and appeared before Wang Baole. Upon hearing Wang Baole’s question, the old man knew that the cultivator must have realized who he was. In fact, there was a great likelihood that Wang Baole had been waiting for him. He bowed once more, deeply, and had an earnest look on his face.

“I dare not ask for anything. I only hope that the esteemed fellow Daoist can help me reverse the fate of the Earth Spirit civilization should a day come in the future when you are able… But it doesn’t matter if you aren’t able. Since fate has brought you here, let us seize this opportunity and not waste it.” Upon saying that, the old man raised his right hand. The lights that had formed his present body gathered around his right hand and materialized as a sphere of blinding light.

With a flip of his sleeve, the sphere of light left his hand and floated towards Wang Baole. He was clearly visibly harmed by this. His form became blurrier, and it looked as if he were unable to sustain it for much longer. His Divine Will also appeared considerably weakened.

“This is a Planet Catalyst, a part of the Earth Spirit civilization’s original essence. It can help a perfected Spirit Immortal realm cultivator increase their chance of melding with a planet!” The old man fell silent after that. He bowed again, and then his physical form dissipated gradually and returned to the abyss. The tens of thousands of confused living creatures of the Earth Spirit civilization shuddered once again. Some of those lives shriveled instantly and turned to dust, while those that had survived experienced severe weakness.

Throughout it all, Wang Baole had only spoken once. He watched as the old man’s form disappeared, then looked down at the sphere of light before him. He had no idea what a Planet Catalyst was, but a scan from his Divine Will showed him how incredible it was. The old man’s sincerity and eloquence left Wang Baole sighing.

This old man isn’t a simple character. Because of the way he handled this matter and treated me, it wouldn’t be right for me to take advantage of him. I would feel bad if I did that. Wang Baole knew that the old man had realized that something was going on and had decided to take a risk. He had placed his bets on Wang Baole openly and allowed Wang Baole to make the next move. Wang Baole fell into contemplative silence as he turned and studied the Earth Spirit civilization. He didn’t express his agreement or disagreement to help. He merely activated the teleportation with his Peace Token as he stepped away and left the civilization.

In the next moment… the light of the teleportation spell enveloped him, and he vanished!