NOVPUBChapter 1584 -103: Return_2
At this moment, it unfolded right before their very eyes.
This kind of shock that utterly shattered common sense left everyone momentarily speechless.
Ling Weizi and the others were overwhelmed with both astonishment and uncontainable joy.
On the other hand, Liang Wuji, Xiong Zhaojing, and Qin Yunjian were stricken with alarm and awe.
Before this, Wang Ba might have still inspired others to harbor thoughts of catching up.
But when that single gesture appeared, all that remained was a profound sense of powerlessness.
Xiong Zhaojing, unsure of what came to mind, suddenly sighed and shook his head.
He muttered softly to himself:
“…Martial Uncle once said that there’s a chance we’ll need to look after the two sects and one family. But in this scenario, who knows who will look after whom in the future!”
Below.
Zhao Feng silently lowered the single hand he had just raised.
His gaze remained fixed intently on the Membrane Eye in the sky, and he couldn’t help but let out a small breath of relief in his heart.
Although he had always had confidence in Wang Ba, the peril of that instant just now had still caused his mind and spirit to waver for a moment.
Yet at the same time, a sense of urgency also rose within him.
“Junior Brother has already walked so far ahead in cultivation… Once this matter concludes, I too must devote myself wholeheartedly to cultivation.”
He had never wanted to take on the role of Sect Master, but to ensure the successor fully supported Wang Ba’s grand task of establishing the Taoist Field, he had been compelled to step forward under Qu Shentong’s prior arrangement.
Now that the Taoist Field was nearing completion, he considered his mission to be successfully accomplished.
Yet at this very moment, his Clear Sword Heart faintly perceived something, and his Spiritual Sense instinctively swept outward beyond the Sect.
The commotion caused by Wang Ba’s establishment of the Taoist Field was simply too massive to conceal.
Neither had the Wanxiang Sect intended to hide it, as they had cleared the surrounding area early on to prevent rogue cultivators from accidentally intruding.
What met his gaze were rogue cultivators of varying realms flying through the air, all looking skyward with puzzled expressions.
Almost none of them could discern what was happening inside the Membrane Eye, but the spiritual sense of the cultivators still allowed them to detect something unusual from above, igniting their curiosity and causing them to watch intently.
“Hmm?”
Zhao Feng’s heart stirred, and his Spiritual Sense quickly locked onto a rare Nascent Soul rogue cultivator among those observing at the Sect’s periphery.
That Nascent Soul rogue cultivator appeared to sense something as well, turning his gaze towards Zhao Feng from afar.
His lips curled into a faintly strange smile.
Then, without hesitation, he turned and sped away into the distance.
Zhao Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, memorizing the stranger’s aura, but he did not give chase.
Instead, he quietly became more vigilant:
“Is it the Primitive Demonic Sect? Or someone from the Huangji Continent?”
“As expected, we’ve already drawn their attention.”
The rapidly departing Nascent Soul rogue cultivator, after flying for some time without seeing anyone pursuing him, revealed a trace of disappointment in his eyes:
“So cautious—it’s such a waste. I had hoped to lure out an Immortal Ascension clone… But still…”
He glanced warily upwards at the Membrane Eye in the sky.
Though he still couldn’t quite comprehend what exactly Wanxiang Sect was up to, the overwhelming ripples of energy leaking from the Membrane Eye earlier instilled an uncommon sense of heaviness in his heart.
“Immortal Ascension late-stage…”
“This Wanxiang Sect really has some depths to it. If that’s the case, the Void Refining stage is likely present as well. Adding the Primitive Demonic Sect’s Void Refining to the mix… This could be a significant mess!”
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, he once again glanced upwards.
At the same time.
In the Yan territory, within the Primitive Demonic Sect.
On the face of an elder silently gazing at the Sky Dome appeared an expression of deep shock:
“Impossible!”
“Absolutely impossible!”
“Immortal Ascension late-stage… He actually has the means to kill someone at Immortal Ascension late-stage!?”
“How many years has it even been?!”
Ever since that day of the cosmic change, when he suffered a crushing defeat under the joint assault of Wang Ba and Xun FuJun, he had kept close watch on Wang Ba.
Especially after his brief confrontation with Wang Ba in Xuan Country, he had regarded Wang Ba as one of the most dangerous individuals in Little Cang World.
Though Wang Ba lived in relative seclusion and few rumors circulated about him, the elder had paid attention to nearly every public display of his power.
Even so, he could never have imagined that in a mere three hundred years, this junior he regarded with apprehension would grow to such an extent!
A single strike to kill someone at Immortal Ascension late-stage, coupled with an age of merely six to seven hundred years.
Even he couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe at such an extraordinary accomplishment.
“Could it be that he really is some old monster reborn?!”
A fierce glint flashed within the elder’s eyes as though he had made some kind of resolution.
“Even if he is some old monster…”
Yet his expression soon grew grim again:
“Wanxiang Sect’s Void Refining… Who could it possibly be?”
“Hidden this deeply.”
“Even during the cosmic change back then, they did not surface.”
“Are they biding their time…”
“Or does this Void Refining cultivator not even exist in the first place?”
…
Within the Taoist Field.
Pure Qi ascended to form the heavens, while turbid Qi coalesced into the earth.
Wang Ba felt the pressure from all directions rapidly diminishing around him.
The Realm Membrane, which had been repeatedly torn apart by the World Eater earlier, was now, under the stimulus of the gradually forming Taoist Field, automatically beginning to close, as if reluctant to let the Taoist Field drift away.
However, the establishment of the Taoist Field had always been intended to be nestled within the Realm Membrane itself.
Seeing this, Wang Ba lowered one of his arms, once again holding the sky aloft with a single hand, while quietly pondering:
“After Purification and Turbidity comes ‘Gate Opening.’ To open the gate smoothly, this stage of Purification and Turbidity must render the Taoist Field evenly stabilized and perfectly sealed. This part, at least, is not difficult for me.”
He was highly skilled at manipulating minute changes, and the pure and turbid Qi forming around him had been precisely divided the moment he cleaved them apart.
Now, it was merely a matter of waiting for these strands of pure and turbid Qi, transformed by the Dao Domain, to completely secure this fragment of space, isolating it from the outside world to form its own microcosm, before ‘Gate Opening’ could be performed to connect the internal and external realms.
