Chapter 50: Shock

Riding the Void Boat through the chaos, they soon arrived at the icy star that hid the 'World Prison Stele.'

Whoosh.

A black electric serpent suddenly appeared, enveloping the Void Boat, and swiftly traversed millions of li to a desolate plain. The plain was covered in endless ice. Ji Ning put away the Void Boat, landed on the plain, and said with a smile, looking at the ground: "Come out."

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Three streams of light shot out from the depths of the ice, flying before Ji Ning—three divine swords.

"Master."

"Greetings, Master."

"Master, are you taking us out to fight?"

Three black-robed children appeared on the three divine swords, looking about four or five years old, each cute and handsome, with little faces that made one want to pinch them. But their black-robed figures exuded a cold aura; of course, their voices were excited and lively.

Ji Ning smiled.

These three divine swords were none other than the Northmoon swords! The Northmoon swords had always been placed by Ji Ning in the World Prison. In that prison, many chaos aliens had died at Ji Ning's hands, and even a True Immortal whose strength rivaled a Dao Ancestor of the Three Realms had perished, generating a tremendous amount of baleful aura. Using the 'Sinner Divine Weapon' technique, these three Northmoon swords had now broken through the shackles of Pure Yang and reached the level of innate spirit treasures.

A top-grade Pure Yang magic treasure, once it becomes innate, directly becomes a top-grade innate spirit treasure.

The three Northmoon swords were indeed top-grade innate spirit treasures. But Ji Ning felt they were close to 'innate supreme treasures,' for the death of that female True Immortal in the World Prison had produced an astonishing amount of baleful aura. This time, because he was going to deal with the Netherworld Gate and lacked powerful divine swords, he had specially sent an avatar to deliver the three Northmoon swords.

During the tribulation, Ji Ning was cautious.

He would never easily go to the place where the stele was located. Who knew if some mighty figure might secretly follow him one day? If he went to retrieve the treasures from the 'stele' and the other party discovered its existence, he would be completely exposed. By sending the treasures out in advance, even if someone followed him, they wouldn't know about the stele.

Of course...

With Ji Ning's fourth-level heartforce, it was extremely difficult to track him silently. There were such beings in the Netherworld Gate, but Ji Ning was not yet qualified to make such beings lower themselves to follow him.

"Of course it's battle. A-One, A-Two, Little Three, this time let the Netherworld Gate taste your power." Ji Ning laughed.

"Those idiots of the Netherworld Gate are dead for sure."

"We're going to show our might!"

"Mm."

The three little ones were full of anticipation. The spiritual nature of weapons nurtured through sin developed slowly, and the Northmoon swords had been with Ji Ning for a short time. Given enough time, they could have developed intelligence even at the Pure Yang stage. Now, after breaking through to innate, they had directly given birth to innate treasure spirits.

Innate treasure spirits could be considered life forms; they could exist independently and even cultivate on their own.

Like the big bear in Plucking Star Mansion—Ji Ning had once seen it cry and felt it was like a real life. Indeed, the yellow-furred bear had been cultivating for ages. Later, when Ji Ning entered the water mansion and became the disciple of Three Lives Daoist, the bear naturally devoted itself to taking care of him. Until Ji Ning became a Celestial Immortal, the bear wouldn't let him fully refine the water mansion.

So when Ji Ning first took Bodhi as his teacher, Bodhi had said that the yellow-furred bear couldn't leave Plucking Star Mansion yet, because if it did, Ji Ning wouldn't be able to control the mansion.

Now Ji Ning had absolute control.

But during the tribulation, the yellow-furred bear was willing to remain a treasure spirit and acknowledge Ji Ning as its master. After all, if it wandered outside alone, the chance of dying in the tribulation was too great.

"Let's go." Carrying the three Northmoon swords, Ji Ning continued on his way.

...

Back in the Three Realms, Ji Ning immediately contacted his master through a token, then returned to the Crescent Moon Great World.

On Square Inch Mountain.

Inside the Daoist temple.

"Master." Ji Ning said respectfully.

Bodhi looked at Ji Ning.

"Master, please take a look." Ji Ning handed a bamboo scroll to his master.

"Another technique?" Patriarch Bodhi smiled, but still took it with a smile, and his divine sense began to probe. Once he did, he became immersed.

Ji Ning waited silently by the side.

Patriarch Bodhi held the scroll, unable to help exclaiming: "What a divine ability, what a divine ability! I feel like cultivating it myself, but this ability is too demanding—both the body transformation and taming the nine-horned electric serpent are extremely difficult. By the way, disciple, I heard you went to see the Thunder God Sovereign. I wondered why, but now seeing this ability, you must have gone to him for the nine-horned electric serpent, right?"

"Yes." Ji Ning nodded.

"Alas, to the Thunder God Sovereign, the nine-horned electric serpent is his lifeblood." Patriarch Bodhi shook his head. "The Thunder God has always been violent-tempered. In ancient times, when various powers vied for supremacy, he was known for his violence and reclusiveness. He offended many mighty figures, but his strength was great, and he didn't seek to dominate, so he survived to this day. His temper is such that even the Human Sovereign, Tathagata, and Daoist Three Purities couldn't reason with him."

Ji Ning smiled.

He had already witnessed the Thunder God Sovereign's temper. If the Thunder God had been good-natured, he could have explained a few words, and Ji Ning wouldn't have made a fuss. But the Thunder God had immediately turned hostile and driven Ji Ning away. Clearly, with his proud and violent nature, he disdained to say more.

"This divine ability is truly remarkable." Bodhi couldn't help praising. "In the Three Realms today, in terms of speed, the Myriad Demons Lord of the Netherworld Gate ranks first, and our side's Golden Crow Dao Ancestor ranks second."

Ji Ning knew this well.

The Golden Crow Dao Ancestor was the surviving Golden Crow after Houyi killed the nine sun-crows. That Golden Crow was saved by Nuwa's intervention; at that time, it was only at the Celestial Immortal level, but now it had become a Dao Ancestor. With the 'Solar Golden Rainbow' divine ability, it was truly formidable. But the Myriad Demons Lord was even more powerful.

During the ancient war of destruction, Nuwa broke through to the Pangu God level and killed the Myriad Lords, forcing the 'King' of the Netherworld Gate to merge with the Dao to survive. The Myriad Demons Lord then took many strong members of the Netherworld Gate and fled. Escaping from a Pangu God showed how formidable the Myriad Demons Lord was.

"Such a divine ability—many mighty figures in the Three Realms have tried to create it, but none succeeded. Only the Golden Crow could naturally master it. Among chaos aliens, there are indeed extraordinary beings. Though the body transformation is difficult, some mighty figures in the Three Realms might succeed. But taming the nine-horned electric serpent requires Thousand-Withered Divine Fruits, Myriad Thunder Divine Crystals, and Chaos Liquid—I've heard of them, but none exist in the Three Realms."

"If the top few mighty figures on our side cultivated it, their speed might not be inferior to the Myriad Demons Lord." Bodhi sighed deeply.

Though the Golden Crow Dao Ancestor had the Solar Golden Rainbow ability, it lagged far behind the Myriad Demons Lord in other aspects like the Dao.

"What a pity, what a pity."

Bodhi shook his head and sighed.

Ji Ning directly handed Bodhi six black bottles.

"Hm?" Bodhi was startled.

Ji Ning just looked at his master without saying anything.

Bodhi suddenly thought of something, his eyes filled with shock. He took the six black bottles, and his divine sense probed them. Inside were drops of Chaos Liquid, each seeming to contain endless worlds. Though he had never seen it before, the Three Realms had killed many chaos aliens and obtained some of their books, and through soul searches, they knew the characteristics of Chaos Liquid.

Moreover, with his divine sense probing, the liquid was so mysterious and incredible, filled with chaos aura. Bodhi immediately thought of Chaos Liquid.

"You..." Bodhi looked at Ji Ning, both shocked and emotionally complex.

Such a supreme treasure!

The mighty figures of the Three Realms yearned for it but couldn't obtain it, for they lacked the means. Extracting 'Chaos Liquid' required setting up a massive formation. The 'Nine Directions Lord' had gone through great hardships to obtain such a formation. Then it required a long time... In the Three Realms, they had neither the formation, nor anyone capable of setting it up, nor the time.

Moreover, Chaos Liquid could evolve all things. For example, the 'Tao Wu Eighteen Divine Demons' could use Chaos Liquid to cultivate to the second level, taming the nine-horned electric serpent also required it, and it had other uses.

Such a treasure...

Ji Ning had directly offered it?

If he hadn't offered it, no one would have known.

Cultivators, after all, go against the heavens, seizing the essence of all things to go further. Though Bodhi valued Ji Ning, he treated all disciples equally. He never expected Ji Ning to offer such a great gift—one that would have a huge impact on the entire Nuwa camp.

For instance, if the top existence of the Three Realms, like 'Suirenshi,' cultivated this divine ability, then in the final battle, Suirenshi could fight whoever he wanted and leave whenever he wanted, greatly enhancing his influence on the battlefield.

This divine ability alone...

Was more useful than having one or two extra True God Dao Ancestors in the Nuwa camp. Of course, that was if beings like Suirenshi or Daoist Three Purities cultivated it; if a weaker cultivator did, its value would be much lower.

"From today on." Bodhi looked at Ji Ning and transmitted directly: "Consider this treasure as discovered by me, your master. Do you understand?"

Ji Ning was taken aback.

"Foolish child!" Bodhi looked at Ji Ning. "If it's said that you discovered this treasure, once word gets out, even some mighty figures in our Nuwa camp might harbor evil thoughts. They might even try to get this treasure from you."

"Though we're in the same camp, in ancient times, we still fought each other. The Thunder God Sovereign's violent temper is one thing, but in our camp, there are also demons and mad, evil beings. It's only because of the camp war that we gather together." Bodhi looked at Ji Ning. "You must never reveal that you have this treasure. Of course, I'm just being cautious. I will only tell the Three Human Sovereigns, the Three Purities, and a few others. We'll discuss who should cultivate this divine ability. They have extraordinary minds and won't harm a junior like you."

Bodhi looked at Ji Ning, his heart surging.

Such merit was too great.