A World Worth Protecting

Wang Baole did not know about the surprise of those on the sky platform.

In the mist world, he had transformed into a massive giant, producing huge rumbles with his footsteps. With his eyes showing that he did not believe in evil, he threw a punch toward the huge face in the sky!

“Break!”

This punch shook the heavens and stirred the surroundings. It even conjured a storm that seemed able to destroy everything. In no time, it came into contact with the face that was whizzing forward.

The resulting boom shook the heavens, and the face trembled. Multiple cracks appeared on it, and it collapsed directly as though it was unable to withstand the blow.

However, the moment that it collapsed, Wang Baole’s expression changed. He wanted to retreat backward, but it was too late. The collapsing face transformed into countless small faces. Roaring forth with a speed much faster than before, they traveled along Wang Baole’s arm and entered his body, circulating around his meridians!

So weird!

Feeling like his body was full of rays of auras, Wang Baole immediately inhaled. Each ray represented one of the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures. They were bumping around randomly as though they wanted to burst open his body and tear it apart.

How do I fight like this? This is his territory. He’ll always be stronger than me no matter how I use my imagination. Besides, I really can’t fight against a crazy guy in terms of imagination… There’s no use even if I imagine myself as the Federation President.

Wang Baole’s eyeballs were about to burst. He still could not get used to this battle of imagination. Seeing how cracks were appearing on his body at that moment, he was just about to imagine his devouring seed absorbing the crack out of panic when he suddenly had a light bulb moment.

That’s not right… Why am I fighting him with my imagination? I should be fighting him in terms of refining Dharmic Artifacts. You can’t depend on imagination alone to refine Dharmic Artifacts! The process is unbelievably complex. If he doesn’t know the basics or the principles behind it, even if he imagines Dharmic Artifacts, they’ll only be mirages!

Until absolutely necessary, Wang Baole was instinctively unwilling to use his devouring seed in public.

As for the auras within my body… I’ll take them as Spirit Qi to refine! Wang Baole had a vicious look in his eyes, raising his right hand. As though he was refining Spirit Stones and absorbing the surrounding Spirit Qi, he opened his right hand instantly, targeting the auras expressing the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures within his body.

In a flash, Wang Baole’s body shuddered, and the bald youth’s exclamation sounded within the illusory world. As the exclamation reverberated, the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures within Wang Baole’s body actually flew toward his right hand after being guided and started gathering!

In the blink of an eye, a Spirit Stone, formed using the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures, rapidly appeared in Wang Baole’s right palm!

This Spirit Stone was extremely radiant, with its resplendence surpassing that of the Rainbow Spirit Stones refined by Wang Baole. The moment that it appeared, a dazzling glow exploded from it. This caused the surrounding mist to visibly dissipate, as though they were snowflakes coming into contact with a heatwave.

“Knowledge is power! Little Baldy, this is the result of you not knowing how to refine Dharmic Artifacts!”

Seeing that it was effective, Wang Baole was instantly surprised. Laughing, he used all of his power to activate the Spirit Stone in his hand, causing its radiance to burst forth once more. As it spread toward the surroundings, the mist instantly thinned after tumbling and dissipating.

Wang Baole was excited, and he took a step forward. As his foot landed, cracks actually appeared in that mist-covered world, as though it was a mirror. It seemed like it was unable to withstand the impact and was about to collapse. Through those cracks, Wang Baole could clearly see the battlefield at the mountain road meeting point outside.

Whether it was Lu Zihao who rushed to one side or the viewing platform in the sky, they all entered his field of vision. Ten feet directly in front of him were the bald youth and the purple-armored cultivator, who had a different expression.

“This illusion realm is pretty interesting!” Wang Baole’s eyes glowed, the glow of the Spirit Stone created from the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures exploding forth once more. His body also whizzed forward, seemingly fusing with the glow. He aimed to shatter this mirror-like world where cracks had already appeared!

At that moment, on the battlefield at the mountain peak’s meeting point, the purple-armored cultivator had an expression of shock. In his eyes, Wang Baole remained where he was and had a huge water droplet enveloping his body.

This water droplet enveloped him within it. Looking from afar, it was like an amber, but upon closer inspection, cracks actually appeared on the water droplet. It was as though it could not withstand Wang Baole’s sharp aura and was about to collapse!

As for the meditating bald youth, he had an even nastier look. Staring at Wang Baole, blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and his gaze showed deep indignation.

Actually, when he previously spoke to Wang Baole, he was trying to mislead him. He knew that even though he had created the water droplet through his own natural talent and transformed it into his own Illusory Armament under the assistance of his master, he was lacking in ability and knowledge. He could not achieve mastery in all areas such as alchemy, Dharmic Artifact refinement, and array formations. That was why he was unable to control the Illusory Armament perfectly as of now.

That was why his mislead Wang Baole, making him ignore this point and purely depend on his imagination. That way, he could make use of the Illusory Armament to establish a position of invincibility.

But he did not think that Wang Baole would come to a realization that quickly. At this moment, with indignation in his heart, the bald youth’s eyes glowed. Just as the water droplet was about to collapse, decisiveness appeared in his eyes. He raised his right hand and pointed toward the water droplet that Wang Baole was in!

“My Illusory Armament world is indestructible. Seal!”

As his words rippled through the air, he caused the water droplet enveloping Wang Baole to heal. The cracks on it were visibly closing up, seemingly letting the water droplet regain its original glossiness. Within the droplet, multiple faces appeared. They no longer looked like Wang Baole—they looked even more hideous!

Within the water droplet illusion, Wang Baole saw everything that was happening outside through the huge cracks in front of him. As the cracks were closing up rapidly, he raised his right hand and laughed coldly. “It’s no use!”

A cold glint flashed in Wang Baole’s eyes. “Refining Dharmic Artifacts doesn’t only involve creating Spirit Stones—it also involves Inscriptions and Spirit Kernels!”

As he raised his right hand, countless Inscriptions at his side spread toward the surroundings as though they could topple mountains and move the seas.

If it was somewhere else, these Inscriptions would all have been in Wang Baole’s memories and naturally been unable to be manifested. However, since this mist world depended on imagination, the countless Inscriptions manifested according to Wang Baole’s imagination at that moment.

There were way too many Inscriptions. Not only was their number close to a million, Wang Baole could create more using the formula that he had mastered. There were even high-level Inscriptions inside. They covered the heavens and earth, almost occupying the whole mist world. They even formed storms, sweeping across the land. While their aura shook the heavens, they kept colliding with the faces, creating loud booms constantly.

“I thought about this in the past. What would happen if I gathered all the Inscriptions onto a single Spirit Stone? Sadly, that was impractical, and no one could do it, but in here… since you said this world is indestructible, let’s see if it can withstand my… dream!”

A strange glow appeared in Wang Baole’s eyes as he suddenly realized that this world of imagination was actually a unique opportunity for him!

In here, he could use his knowledge to refine a Dharmic Artifact in his imagination. During the process of this Dharmic Artifact’s refinement, he did not need refinement materials, and there was no chance of failure. Hence, for Wang Baole, the experience of this process was extremely precious!

With this thought, Wang Baole’s eyes immediately lit up, and his body actually moved backward. He did not care that this world’s cracks were being rapidly repaired. He had already lost the intention to leave. Instead, his eyes were full of vigor.

Laughing, he raised his left hand and waved toward the surrounding Inscriptions. On the Spirit Stone formed using the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures, he started carving Inscriptions!

In the blink of an eye, countless Inscriptions appeared on the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures Spirit Stone. These Inscriptions were densely packed, covering the entire Spirit Stone.

“That’s not enough, I still need to continue!” Wang Baole grabbed his hair, continuing to carve Inscriptions. Very quickly, the Inscriptions on the Spirit Stone started overlapping layer after layer.

As the Inscriptions overlapped, a terrifying aura slowly arose from this Spirit Stone. In a moment, this aura rose to horrifying levels!

The surroundings warped, the mist was tumbling, and the faces within were retreating backward. They had expressions of fear, not daring to get close to him. It was as though a horrifying presence existed where Wang Baole was.

“It’s still not enough, damn it. Make this Spirit Stone bigger!” Wang Baole’s breath hastened, and he seemed to forget that he was fighting against someone at that moment. Only Inscriptions appeared in his eyes, and he threw the Spirit Stone in his hand, making it float in midair. He grabbed with his right hand, grabbing all the surrounding faces that had already retreated in fear.

Sharp, hysterical cries sounded. The previously fierce faces now tried to avoid Wang Baole frantically, but they were unable to escape. Under Wang Baole’s suction force, they were all sucked toward him and sent into the Spirit Stone, causing it to expand continuously. At the same time, Wang Baole controlled the surrounding Inscriptions, frantically gathering the Inscriptions yet again.

At this point, the aura emanating from the Spirit Stone had already reached a horrifying level. In fact, the world had already started shaking!

Outsiders could not experience it, but the bald youth’s expression changed greatly, and his breathing hastened. Just as he was considering whether to end this battle or not, Wang Baole suddenly raised his head in the mist world.

“This Spirit Stone is too small; it’s not enough at all. It’s not enough even if I overlap the Inscriptions!” Viciousness appeared in Wang Baole’s eyes at that moment. After looking toward his surroundings, a strong glow suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he smacked his forehead.

I must be a fool. Why did I think about carving Inscriptions on Spirit Stones? I can carve them on this world! Can’t Dharmic Armament disciples refine anything in this universe? Let me refine this world and refine it into a Dharmic Armament!

With this thought, Wang Baole was so excited his body started quivering. Throwing back his head and laughing, he waved both of his hands. Instantly, all of the Inscriptions in that world exploded forth. They no longer floated in midair, instead fusing with the world, and he started… carving!

Right at that moment, the bald youth outside was instantly dumbfounded. A bad feeling immediately gushed within him like waves, causing his breathing to hasten and his eyes to widen.

“Wang Baole, stop it. I’m done playing, f*cking hell… Stop it!”