Chapter 28: The Three Realms Secret Pavilion

In the Da Xia world, on Brightheart Island in Mount Yan.

Ji Yichuan and Yu Chi Xue, the couple, were now accompanied by their granddaughter Ji Mingyue, touring the Three Realms. Even Uncle Bai had voluntarily gone along, leaving Brightheart Island somewhat quieter.

Whoosh.

Ji Ning in black robes descended from the sky.

“Young master.” Qiuye sensed him and immediately came out.

“Sister Qiuye.” Ji Ning in black robes smiled and called out. “Where are Xiaoqing and Xiaoyu?”

“She and Xiaoyu have also gone out sightseeing; I don’t know where they’ve wandered off to,” Qiuye said.

“Sister Qiuye, everyone else has gone out to enjoy themselves. You should go with them too,” Ji Ning said. “Don’t always stay on Brightheart Island.”

“Someone has to stay on the island, in case you come back,” Qiuye said with a smile. “And see, you’re back now.”

Ji Ning smiled.

There was no need to say more. He had grown up under Qiuye’s care since childhood; they were closer than siblings.

“Sister Qiuye, come with me.” Ji Ning said and headed toward the depths of Brightheart Island.

Qiuye followed behind. Soon they reached the rear mountain of the island. Ji Ning stood halfway up the slope and waved his hand.

Whoosh. A seemingly simple immortal mansion appeared on the mountainside.

“Mm.” Ji Ning looked at the main gate of the mansion, and four large characters appeared on it: “Three Realms Secret Pavilion.”

“This is?” Qiuye looked puzzled.

“From today onward, this will be the most important place in the Three Realms,” Ji Ning said. “Inside are stored countless techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts. Since they are all quite formidable, those with weak strength will find them hard to understand.”

“Appear.” Ji Ning waved his hand.

Instantly, a sturdy puppet holding a shield appeared beside him. It was the puppet ‘Mocha,’ comparable to a three-step Dao Lord, which Ji Ning had captured in the Immortal Realm.

“Master.” The puppet immediately called out respectfully. Ever since Ji Ning broke through to Dao Lord, he had even defeated and subdued the four puppets gifted by Emperor Snowscathe. Naturally, ‘Mocha’ was even more convinced of Ji Ning’s superiority.

“Don’t scare the people on my island looking like that. Change into a more ordinary cultivator’s appearance,” Ji Ning instructed with a smile.

“Yes.” The Mocha puppet immediately transformed into a bald man in gray robes.

Ji Ning nodded. “From today on, you will guard this Three Realms Secret Pavilion! Without my permission, no one may enter recklessly. The woman beside me is my sister Qiuye; she may enter at any time to view all the divine abilities and secret arts.”

“Young master, you can’t do this recklessly. This is an important site of the Three Realms,” Qiuye quickly said.

“I built this Three Realms Secret Pavilion. Letting you see it is nothing, as long as you don’t casually spread it outside,” Ji Ning said. “The Three Realms Secret Pavilion doesn’t have detailed rules yet. I’ll discuss it with my master later and set some rules. Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Then, Sister Qiuye, Mingyue, my parents—everyone must abide by the rules.”

“I understand that,” Qiuye nodded.

These close relatives had to follow some basic rules, but they certainly had the highest authority, allowed to view all techniques.

They just couldn’t casually spread them outside.

This was the case in any sect or force in the Endless Territories. Once leaked, uncontrollable situations might arise in the future.

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“This is, this is simply a sacred land of the Dao.”

Patriarch Subhuti flipped through these techniques, immersed in them for several days before waking up and immediately exclaiming with excitement.

“This is the accumulation of the Heavenly Cang Palace over endless years. In the hearts of cultivators in the Endless Territories, it is also considered a sacred land of cultivation,” Ji Ning said with a smile. “These techniques are enough to cultivate straight through to the Dao Lord of Life and Death. After all, the Three Realms is just one chaos world. There will only be so many who become World Gods, and very few who become Dao Lords of Life and Death. I believe they will also enter the Endless Territories to seek their own opportunities.”

“Mm.” Bodhi was overjoyed. “The future of the Three Realms is limitless, haha. Disciple, you have laid the foundation for the Three Realms. I thought that after Nuwa left, she would return to help the Three Realms. Who would have thought that you, my disciple, would take this step first.”

Ji Ning said, “I haven’t found Nuwa in the Endless Territories. Even in the Da Mo Domain and surrounding territories, there is no female cultivator as powerful as Nuwa. I suspect that when Nuwa left the Three Realms and entered the vortex passage, she was swept up by spatial rifts and teleported to some unfamiliar place.”

Without guidance or techniques, Nuwa had created her own methods and cultivated to become a World God through her own efforts! Her talent was no less than Ji Ning’s. Once she reached the outside world and received some guidance, she would surely soar. Logically, she should have become a Dao Lord of Life and Death long ago.

But Ji Ning could find no trace of her.

Bodhi also looked worried. “We can only let fate take its course. Alas, this vortex passage is deadly even for ancestral gods and ancestral immortals. Even World Gods, if unlucky, can be swept into spatial rifts. Can the cultivators of the Three Realms stay here forever?”

“Master, rest assured. I spent some time and, using the connection between my true body and second soul, have charted a void path from the Da Mo Domain to the Three Realms,” Ji Ning said, taking out a star chart. “Master, please take a look.”

“From the Da Mo Domain to the Three Realms?” Bodhi showed surprise and quickly took the star chart from Ji Ning’s hand to examine it.

As he looked, his white beard and eyebrows trembled with excitement, and he laughed heartily: “Disciple, with this void path, the cultivators of the Three Realms can enter the Endless Territories. Feng Mo and I were troubled about this before. We both planned to become World Gods and then roam the Endless Territories, but we were worried about the vortex passage.”

“By the way,” Bodhi quickly said, “This star chart is extremely important. Every viewer must swear an oath not to leak this void path.”

“Yes, it must not be leaked,” Ji Ning said. “Your disciple roams the Endless Territories and may make powerful enemies in the future. If the Three Realms is exposed, it might invite retaliation from some madmen.”

Some Dao Lords were very crazy.

Especially those who failed in their Dao-heart tribulation. They would massacre wantonly, even annihilating all living beings in an entire territory. Revenge against Ji Ning by destroying his homeland was not unthinkable.

“Mm.” Bodhi nodded solemnly.

…

Ji Ning and Bodhi discussed and set down rules to ensure that the Three Realms as a force could develop enduringly.

After spending over a hundred years viewing the collections in the ‘Three Realms Secret Pavilion,’ Bodhi and Feng Mo gained even more. Then they decided to break through to the World God stage together. In fact, they could have broken through long ago, but the techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts in the pavilion were too enticing, so they delayed.

After Pangu, Nuwa, and Ji Ning.

Bodhi and Feng Mo also took that step and became World Gods. Just a few decades after becoming World Gods, they left the Three Realms together, following the void path Ji Ning had opened to the Da Mo Domain.

“Master, Feng Mo.”

A host of immortals and demons from the Three Realms came to see them off.

Ji Ning in black robes especially instructed: “The Endless Territories are full of dangers. World Gods cannot wander freely; it’s best to gain experience in the Da Mo Domain and a few surrounding territories.”

“Don’t worry. I hear the Da Mo Domain has nearly a hundred thousand chaos worlds and many Dao Lord ruins. That’s enough for us to explore,” Bodhi said with a smile.

“We two old fellows—one excels in spacetime, the other in speed. We may not be the best at fighting, but when it comes to survival, we’re top-notch together,” Feng Mo also laughed.

Both were very pleased.

Their earlier deadly conflicts within the Three Realms were instigated by Old Man Yuan and the Heartforce Lord. Feng Mo had long wanted to venture out, and Bodhi was equally eager to see the outside world. When Ji Ning was still weak, one was the fastest in the Three Realms, the other the best in spacetime. Now with higher realms, together they were not easy to kill among World Gods.

“Be careful on the road.”

“Bodhi, take care.”

“Master.”

The immortals and demons of the Three Realms all gave their blessings and watched as Bodhi and Feng Mo embarked on their journey to the outside world.

…

Time passed.

A flying boat was traveling through the chaos void. It was Ji Ning’s true body piloting the boat. After his true body had pioneered the path, he gave the techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts to his second soul. Then, with Su Youji and Danbao, he set off again.

It had been a thousand years since they began their journey to the Dao Alliance Sacred City.

“Mm, about two hundred more years and we’ll reach the Sacred City.” Ji Ning sat on the deck of the flying boat, gazing at the endless void.

“Master.” Su Youji suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

“What, not cultivating?” Ji Ning looked at her.

“I feel I can break through to the two-step Dao Lord,” Su Youji said with a hint of excitement. “Not as impressive as you, Master, but still pretty fast, right?”

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