Chapter 47: Not One Will Escape

The current Black Fog World God’s sword technique was on par with Mistrock Star Lord’s, but Mistrock Star Lord excelled in offense, while Black Fog World God excelled in defense.

Sword light spread like black fog, permeating everywhere.

Though Black Lotus God Emperor held absolute dominance, he simply could not break through!

“Damn it.”

“Do you really think you can stop me?”

“I, Black Lotus, have roamed countless territories for endless ages. If you think mere defensive measures can hold me back, you underestimate me too much.” Black Lotus God Emperor’s gaze fell upon the many cultivators of the Mistrock Star lineage who were soaring upward in flight, and he sneered, “I cultivate both divine power and magic!”

Rumble~~~~~~

Suddenly, the entire Black Lotus Imperial City trembled and began to rotate slowly. The city was shaped like a nine-petal black lotus, spanning millions of miles. As this enormous nine-petal lotus turned, the whole ‘Black Lotus Chaosworld’ shook, and countless black lotuses began to appear, surging overwhelmingly toward the fleeing cultivators of the Mistrock Star lineage.

“What’s happening?”

“This is even more terrifying than the forbidden technique Black Lotus God Emperor used before.”

“So many black lotuses.”

Ji Ning and the others were all stunned. They looked down.

Below, the colossal nine-petal black lotus, millions of miles in size, was rotating, and a terrifying might swept through the entire chaosworld.

“My Dao title is ‘Black Lotus.’ My true strength lies not in close combat; my fame does not rely on this Eternal weapon, but on my Black Lotus Dao!” Black Lotus God Emperor’s laughter echoed through every corner of the chaosworld. “This Black Lotus Imperial City is actually a treasure I have used to roam endless territories. I refined it myself with immense effort, and it contains my own Dao.”

“What!”

“A Dao weapon.”

“His own Dao?”

The fleeing Mistrock Star Lord, Voidyou Immortal, and the others all grew panicked.

Dao weapons were normally refined by Lifemen Daolords! For a World-level cultivator to refine a Dao weapon was generally extremely difficult. But for a World-level cultivator, a personally refined treasure containing ‘one’s own Dao’ was the most suited to oneself and could unleash tremendous power.

Take the deceased ‘Soaring Hawk Immortal,’ for example. He slaughtered countless beings and refined an altar of great sin. That altar was personally refined by him, and the mysteries of the Dao within it were also insights he had realized himself. When he wielded it, its power was immense. Though his realm was ordinary, relying on that altar, his strength matched that of Black Fog World God.

Some World-level cultivators who found it difficult to advance in strength would often spend immense effort and time to personally refine a treasure.

Such was Black Lotus God Emperor!

In the past, he had personally refined that black lotus, which contained all his insights on the black lotus. By using this personally refined Dao weapon to execute the Black Lotus secret arts, the power was far greater. However, after obtaining the Eternal weapon, he rarely used this Dao weapon. Even after arriving in the Damo territory, he transformed this Dao weapon into a city millions of miles in size.

Though some cultivators sensed that the entire Black Lotus Imperial City was a massive treasure, they did not know it contained all of Black Lotus God Emperor’s insights.

“This is the true ‘Black Lotus Realm’!”

“Moreover, I set up restrictions throughout the chaosworld long ago, allowing them to combine with my treasure to form the most powerful ‘Black Lotus Realm.’” Black Lotus God Emperor smiled, madness in his eyes. “This is a world of lotuses…”

…

The entire chaosworld trembled. The earth cracked open, revealing enormous formation patterns. The seas parted, exposing divine patterns radiating black light. Mountains collapsed, cities split apart. The whole chaosworld was like a giant blueprint, and the formation restrictions Black Lotus God Emperor had secretly set up were now fully erupting.

Countless black lotuses began to condense and form.

The mere activation of the formation killed countless beings in the chaosworld—hundreds of millions. Black Lotus God Emperor did not deliberately slaughter them, but he would not let these lives affect the power of his deadliest killing move, the ‘Black Lotus Realm.’

Black lotuses, covering the sky, surged madly toward the fleeing cultivators.

Even the rapidly descending ‘Mistrock Star’ was surrounded by countless black lotuses and could no longer fall.

“Careful!”

“Seven great formations, combine to resist. Hold on!” Mistrock Star Lord transmitted urgently.

“Hold on!”

Seven thousand Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals formed a massive protective barrier, with Voidyou Immortal, Skyhydro Immortal, and the others hiding inside. The valiant Mistrock Star Lord swung his sword again and again, trying to cleave through the black lotuses.

But the black lotuses were too numerous.

"We can't escape... once Black Lotus God-Emperor comes over, we're dead."

"What do we do now?"

"How did Black Lotus God-Emperor become so strong?"

Everyone was anxious.

Ji Ning and the others were also anxious; now they couldn't break through the black lotuses and had no way to return to Wuyan Star.

"Second uncle." Wuyan Star Lord was still in pain.

"If this continues, we'll surely die." Ji Ning pondered. "Now we're resisting countless black lotuses, and the seven great formations can share the burden, but when Black Lotus God-Emperor arrives, his Eternal Divine Weapon will strike with one blade, hitting whoever it wants, and no one can escape. Even if it strikes me, my Small Thousand Ancestral God Formation will collapse."

The seven great formations were not a single entity after all; with Black Lotus God-Emperor's strength, he could indeed easily break the Small Thousand Ancestral God Formations one by one.

"There's no other way." Ji Ning frowned. The divine sword Violetjade was his most important treasure; on the path of cultivation, treasures were also extremely important. Ji Ning was unwilling to lend out the divine sword Violetjade! After all, once lent, it was hard to guarantee that Wuyan Star Lord wouldn't covet it. As the leader of the Wuyan Star lineage, his life oath was relatively loose.

As the leader, he had great authority.

He had full power to punish some of his subordinates, so Wuyan Star Lord had many ways to circumvent the rules of the life oath and execute Ji Ning!

But now, if they all died, his divine sword Violetjade would also fall into Black Lotus God-Emperor's hands.

"Let Wuyan Star Lord make another life oath, with the oath formulated by me, and then quietly lend him the divine sword." Ji Ning thought to himself. "This is the only way to survive."

"But there's still a problem..."

"Sword spirit."

Ji Ning immediately communicated with the sword spirit within the divine sword Violetjade.

"Master." The sword spirit responded.

"If I let Wuyan Star Lord refine the divine sword Violetjade, how long will it take?" Ji Ning asked. He knew too little about Eternal Divine Weapons, only fragments, but he had heard that refining an Eternal Divine Weapon was very difficult.

"According to what the old master told me back then, refining an Eternal Divine Weapon is extremely difficult." The sword spirit said. "Normally, those below the World level cannot refine it. It was only the Heart-Infusion Method from the 'Eight Directions Secret Scrolls' of the Heavenly Cang Palace that allowed you to succeed after spending several hundred years."

"Wuyan Star Lord is a World God; he can refine it."

"But the 'divine sword origin' of an Eternal Divine Weapon is the part of the origin that the ancient mighty ones who forged this divine weapon sealed within it after comprehending it. So to refine it, one must gain the recognition of this divine sword origin." The sword spirit said.

Ji Ning nodded.

Refining Chaos treasures and Dao divine weapons was very simple, because they had no origin, only some divine patterns.

"For a World level cultivator, it could take as little as three to five days, or as long as forever if they can't refine it." The sword spirit said.

"Forever?" Ji Ning was shocked.

"Yes, the divine sword origin has its own temperament; it instinctively seeks a suitable master. If it completely resists, then it cannot be refined. However, both you and Wuyan Star Lord have talent in the Dao of the Sword, so you should both be able to refine it." The sword spirit said. "Wuyan Star Lord should be relatively fast; he might succeed in a few days."

Ji Ning was anxious.

A few days?

Too slow. Given Black Mist World God's current frenzied outburst, he probably couldn't last even the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. And a few days?

...

"Let's see how long you can hold out." Black Lotus God-Emperor was very leisurely. He held a huge crystalline curved blade and clashed with Black Mist World God time and again.

Black Mist World God's entire body was like rock, emitting white light, clearly in a frenzied outburst phase.

"What to do, what to do?" Black Mist World God was also anxious.

He was blocking Black Lotus God-Emperor.

But Black Lotus God-Emperor was also extremely skilled in the path of qi refinement. At this moment, countless black lotuses throughout the Chaos World surged forward to suppress the cultivators of the Wuyan Star lineage, preventing Ji Ning, Wuyan Star Lord, and the others from escaping.

"Oh?"

The membrane wall of this Chaos World suddenly split open a crack. A ragged old man in tattered robes with bare feet stood at the crack, curiously peering inside.

"So many black lotuses, hmm... an Eternal Divine Weapon? Interesting, interesting." The ragged old man beamed with joy.