Chapter 10: Prisoner of the World Prison

On a battered star in the endless void, the white-robed Ji Ning descended and sat cross-legged.

Boom~~~ Chaos manifested, forming a surging vortex. The power of chaos directly enveloped Ji Ning, madly pouring into his body.

When breaking through to Celestial Immortal or Pure Yang True Immortal, one absorbs elemental energy or immortal pills! But Ji Ning, upon comprehending the Water Dao, naturally gained some insight into the 'Chaos Dao', because water is part of chaos... Naturally, Ji Ning could directly draw power from chaos, and vast, endless power poured into his body.

The Pure Yang Golden Core began a new transformation, and the previous magic power underwent a qualitative leap.

With the 'Water Dao' as the core, he drew chaos power and continuously evolved.

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The Crescent Moon Major World.

On the island.

The black-robed Ji Ning walked out of the immortal mansion. Uncle Bai outside the mansion saw Ji Ning and couldn't help but smile, 'Ning'er, you're out.'

'I'm going out for a while,' Ji Ning said with a smile.

Swoosh.

The black-robed Ji Ning quickly broke through the air, and soon another streak of light flew over. It was the second-avatar clone that had been guarding his daughter. This clone instantly entered the black-robed Ji Ning's cave-heaven treasure; this time, this second-avatar clone was also going to break through.

On a distant desolate island, the black-robed Ji Ning sat cross-legged and began to draw power from chaos. Immediately, surging chaos power appeared above the desolate island.

...

The true body, true body clone, second avatar, and second-avatar clone all began their breakthroughs.

The true body clone was in the 'World Prison', also using the Water Dao as the core to draw chaos power for the breakthrough.

...

When Ji Ning comprehended the Water Dao, it immediately caused resonance in the Dao.

'Another mighty figure has comprehended the Water Dao.'

'Who comprehended it?'

At the moment Ji Ning comprehended it, other mighty figures throughout the Three Realms who had also comprehended the 'Water Dao' sensed it first. Great leaders like Buddha Tathagata, Suirenshi, and others who had also comprehended the Water Dao felt the resonance of the Dao, and soon they discovered Ji Ning, who was in the midst of a breakthrough and causing quite a stir.

'It's the Northmont Sword Immortal.'

'Haha... Northmont has finally comprehended the Dao.'

The mighty figures of Nuwa's camp were all laughing joyfully. They weren't surprised at all, because Ji Ning's realm in 'swords' was far too high. With such a high realm in swords, although the Dao was vast and comprehending a Dao generally took a long time, Ji Ning had only been cultivating for a little over a thousand years, an absurdly short time.

However, earlier, when Ji Ning had cultivated for less than a thousand years, he already had strength at the leader level—that was truly monstrous.

Now that he had finally comprehended a Dao, they naturally weren't surprised. Of course, they didn't know... that Ji Ning had actually taken nearly twenty thousand years to comprehend the Water Dao. In fact, comprehending it in twenty thousand years was already an incredibly fast speed since ancient times.

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In the Ten Thousand Demon Realm, inside a great hall.

'It's the Northmont Sword Immortal breaking through,' said Ink Bamboo Daozu, frowning.

'So he really hadn't comprehended the Water Dao before,' said Demon Hand Daozu, frowning. 'It seems he was entirely on the path of the sword before! Relying solely on his sword insights and his True God body, he could unleash leader-level power. He could even match the Great Demon God Cixiu, and his divine body rivaled top-grade innate treasures. I really don't know how Ji Ning cultivated.'

'He has comprehended one Dao, but the Water Dao is far inferior to his sword insights,' said Huanmu Master. 'His qi-refining side was always weak. Even if he becomes a Daozu, it doesn't matter much.'

'Mm.'

'The Northmont Sword Immortal's strength lies in close combat.'

They all nodded.

Ji Ning's divine body was terrifying; he was already a True God and formidable in close combat! Now becoming a Daozu was just icing on the cake, with no significant help to his strength.

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The Crescent Moon Major World.

On the desolate island.

The black-robed Ji Ning felt the vigorous magic power. Although it was second-class Ancestral Immortal level, with the two techniques 'Tao Wu Eighteen Divine Demons' and 'Only True Body', his magic power was at the first-class Ancestral Immortal level.

'First-class Ancestral Immortal...'

'This magic power is indeed extremely vigorous and pure. Unfortunately, my second avatar lacks good weapons,' thought the black-robed Ji Ning, frowning. Looking across the Three Realms, almost all leader-level mighty figures used Chaos Treasures! The Three Pure Daoist, for instance, used a set of Chaos Treasures, supplemented by his self-created Immortal-Slaying Sword Diagram!

'My true body has the divine sword Violetjade, but my second avatar lacks a suitable divine weapon. It seems I must go to the World Prison,' Ji Ning decided.

Whoosh.

A figure suddenly appeared beside Ji Ning—it was Bodhi.

'Ji Ning,' said Bodhi with a smile. 'Comprehending the Dao and becoming a Daozu—congratulations.'

'Fortunately, I broke through before the final battle. Master, I need to leave the Crescent Moon Major World,' said Ji Ning. Although his realm was now very high, and his sword realm was undeniably the best in the Three Realms, he was far inferior in spacetime compared to Bodhi Daozu.

'Mm.' Bodhi pointed into the void beside him, and a vortex immediately appeared in the void.

Beside the black-robed Ji Ning, another black-clad Ji Ning suddenly appeared.

Then one Ji Ning stepped into the vortex, while the other remained in the Crescent Moon Major World.

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In the endless chaos, a cold star.

A figure appeared in midair, then walked through the void and soon arrived at the canyon, entering the World Prison.

Inside the World Prison.

The white-robed Ji Ning and the black-robed Ji Ning walked side by side, both exuding powerful auras.

'Mm?' A dog as skinny as a bag of bones stood up abruptly, staring at them. Its dark yellow eyes fixed on Ji Ning, and it spoke, 'Kid, not bad. You've upgraded your golden core from third-class to second-class. And you've learned some powerful divine ability, letting you unleash first-class golden core strength.'

The two Ji Nings glanced over and smiled.

'I must thank you for your advice that day,' said the white-robed Ji Ning, then quickly flew away.

'What a coward,' the dog sneered.

It had seen Ji Ning before, so it knew he had a third-class golden core. Now he was emitting a first-class Ancestral Immortal aura... First, Ji Ning couldn't be a Chaos Immortal; the pressure from a Chaos Immortal was completely different. Even a third-class golden core breaking through to become a 'Chaos Immortal' would still be terrifying.

So Ji Ning seemed to have become an Ancestral Immortal. A third-class Ancestral Immortal—how could he have a first-class Ancestral Immortal aura?

There was only one possibility!

First, upgrade the golden core... The limit of upgrading the golden core was second-class Ancestral Immortal! Then, through some secret techniques or divine abilities, his strength made a leap to first-class Ancestral Immortal.

'I will certainly seek your guidance another day,' Ji Ning's voice came from afar.

'Another day?' The dog's face immediately fell. 'Damn warden.'

...

The white-robed Ji Ning and the black-robed Ji Ning flew through the World Prison.

'There are sixteen Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals in the World Prison,' Ji Ning calculated silently. 'Those who dared offend the World God, weren't executed or directly enslaved, but merely imprisoned here—they are all extremely powerful or have some background.'

'I swept through all the True Gods and True Immortals before and obtained many memories through soul-searching.'

'Among these sixteen Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals, the three most terrifying include that dog,' Ji Ning thought. 'But my target this time isn't it.'

The Wild Dog Ancestral God was also very famous in the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom.

He was a natural-born Ancestral God. Over endless years, he had created only one divine ability—'Eat'! The Wild Dog Ancestral God loved to eat: eat living beings, eat delicacies, eat mountains, eat water, eat the sky, eat the earth... He was a madman! He gave his terrifying divine ability the bizarre name 'Eat'.

With just this one divine ability, he had killed over thirty Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals! The Nine Directions Lord also valued his strength. Although he had defied the Nine Directions Lord's will, the lord only imprisoned him to temper his nature, planning to release the Wild Dog Ancestral God later to fight for the Nine Directions Lord.

The threat level of the Wild Dog Ancestral God was among the top of the sixteen Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal prisoners, comparable to the other two equally fearsome ones.

'If this Wild Dog Ancestral God were released, he would be far more dangerous than the Great Demon God Cixiu,' Ji Ning muttered.

'The final battle is about to erupt. I can't recklessly fight these Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal prisoners.' Ji Ning itched to fight some Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals. Even if his true body died, he could slowly cultivate back using the 'true body clone', but that would take tens of thousands of years, and Ji Ning didn't have time to waste.

'Fortunately, my target is the 'Three Absolute Sword Ancestor',' Ji Ning thought.

The Three Absolute Sword Ancestor was also one of the sixteen imprisoned Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal prisoners.

He was a qi-refiner, possessing a set of three Chaos Divine Swords. He called himself 'Three Absolute', and his attacks were extremely powerful. Against such a strong attacker, Ji Ning was actually confident because his protective divine ability was formidable and just countered him. Of course, Ji Ning had learned about the Three Absolute Sword Ancestor's strength from those True Gods and True Immortals.

So the Three Absolute Sword Ancestor might have hidden techniques. Ji Ning dared not be careless, but to obtain those three Chaos Divine Swords, he decided to fight.

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'We're here.'

The white-robed Ji Ning and the black-robed Ji Ning soon saw a black-haired old man sitting cross-legged on the distant wilderness, exuding an endless icy aura. The black-haired old man opened his eyes and frowned at Ji Ning. Since becoming a warden, Ji Ning had never disturbed this 'Three Absolute Sword Master', so the black-haired old man didn't recognize Ji Ning.

'Who are you?' the black-haired old man frowned. 'Judging by your aura, you're also a first-class Ancestral Immortal. The wardens of the World Prison shouldn't be this strong.'

'I am indeed the warden of this World Prison.' The white-robed Ji Ning and the black-robed Ji Ning landed together, emitting powerful auras.

The black-haired old man sensed the threat Ji Ning posed.

'You're the warden?' the black-haired old man said in a low voice. 'The World Prison has fallen into your hands... It seems the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom has been destroyed. Speak, what do you want from me?'

'Hand over your Three Absolute Divine Weapons,' Ji Ning said calmly.

'Hmph.' The black-haired old man's eyes turned cold. 'Many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals have died under my sword.' Although he was imprisoned, he could still use all his strength within a thousand li range, so he wouldn't easily bow to other Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals. They had all risen through slaughter, and many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals had died under his Three Absolute Swords.

'It seems we have to fight,' Ji Ning said cautiously. This was his first time fighting an Ancestral Immortal.

Many Ancestral Gods were born as Ancestral Gods.

But Ancestral Immortals were definitely cultivated step by step! Yet he had to fight this battle, because in the upcoming final battle, he needed a set of Chaos Divine Swords.