Chaos Nectar and the Eighteen Fiendgods

The two of you will patrol the World Prison.

Yes.

The two jailers acknowledged respectfully, then promptly flew off in the direction they had come. In the distance, a hazy spatial gate awaited them. As soon as they flew through it, they vanished from Ji Ning’s perception.

Only Ji Ning remained in this space.

He sat down cross-legged. Below him was the very end of this chaos-space. Although it was formless, it held him up with ease.

Chaos Nectar? Extracted from the chaos? Before this, I’ve never even heard of it within the Three Realms. A black bottle appeared in Ji Ning’s hand. One bottle of Chaos Nectar is enough to train in the second level of the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods? Still, from the sound of it, Chaos Nectar is incredibly precious. In the Nine Chaos Nations, generally only Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals could enjoy it. Others, even those with high status, could only be granted small amounts in special circumstances.

Ancestral Immortals—that was the Nine Chaos Nations’ classification of power. Based on Ji Ning’s speculation, it probably corresponded to Daofathers.

The language of the Nine Chaos Nations was remarkably similar to the human language of the Three Realms. Every character could be matched, and even the pronunciations were close. When he had previously obtained the Seven Gates, the information had flooded into his mind. The Grand Dao’s Voice had echoed within his thoughts, and Ji Ning had easily mastered this language. It could practically be considered a dialect of the human language of the Three Realms.

Those who could serve as jailers were all figures of high status within the Nine Chaos Nations. Only after being punished with a term of one Chaos Cycle were they granted a single bottle.

Ji Ning now understood just how long a single Chaos Cycle was.

The talkative Xifu had prattled on for three days and three nights, pouring out a torrent of information. Ji Ning had inferred many things from it.

A Chaos Cycle…

Refers to the process of a Chaosworld being born, then going through an endless stretch of years, gradually aging until it finally meets its natural end. That entire period of time is one Chaos Cycle! Of course, some Chaosworlds, even in their prime, might collapse due to external attacks.

For example, the primordial Pangu Chaosworld. It was a Chaosworld, but after colliding with the Seamless Chaosworld and enduring that cataclysmic war, it collapsed. However, their combined collapse ultimately gave birth to the new Three Realms.

The Seventeenth World Prison? Ji Ning glanced at the spatial gate in the distance.

He understood.

Through that gate was the vast Seventeenth World Prison. This was one of the thirty-six World Prisons of the ancient Nine Chaos Nations for holding criminals.

Chaos Nectar is extremely precious and incredibly rare. It's hard to say whether any can even be found in the Three Realms. I absolutely cannot mess around with a treasure like this. Ji Ning pondered. As for what the jailer said about only being allowed to use one bottle… Ji Ning didn't care. Who knows where in the chaos that Nine Chaos Nations is located? It might even have already been destroyed.

Besides, he was an impostor anyway.

Those eighteen bottles were all his!

According to the jailers, every jailer who received a bottle of Chaos Nectar would choose to train in the second level of the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods. Ji Ning nodded. Those jailers were all core disciples of the Nine Chaos Nations and should understand how precious Chaos Nectar is. Since they made that choice, it probably isn't a waste.

I'll do it, then.

First, train in the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods.

Ji Ning’s main problem was that he knew too little about Chaos Nectar. This vast World Prison was covered by an incredibly complex grand formation that continuously extracted energy from the chaos. How long was one Chaos Cycle? It was an endless stretch of time, yet only six bottles were extracted! An ancient, complex formation like that probably couldn't be replicated anywhere in the Three Realms. Furthermore, this extraction relied on the entire vast World Prison. Simply in terms of scale… probably only the Nuwa World, created by Mother Nuwa herself in the Three Realms, could be compared. Considering all these factors, it was clear just how difficult obtaining Chaos Nectar was.

In the Nine Chaos Nations, Chaos Nectar generally belonged to the Nine Chaos Emperor.

The Nine Chaos Emperor would occasionally grant some to his subordinates.

…

Every bottle used was one bottle gone. It had to be used sparingly. There might come a time when the miraculous effects of Chaos Nectar were discovered. Of course, the second level of the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods had incredibly tempting power, and Ji Ning was extremely eager. He immediately began his training.

The hazy chaos-space was only a few hundred feet in length and width.

Even though this chaos-space is small, it's extremely profound. Ji Ning looked around. Earlier, when I was outside, even after my divine power entered the stele, I couldn't discover anything. There's a chaos-space within the stele, and even a World Prison inside that. It was only after my divine runes seeped in that I was pulled inside.

And the strange thing is…

It seems this place isn't under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Daos.

With his current level of power, Ji Ning could faintly sense the workings of the Three Realms' Heavenly Daos.

To escape the jurisdiction of the Three Realms, one could go to the endless void. Although the Chaos Heavenly Daos still existed there, they operated in a different region than the Chaos Heavenly Daos of the Three Realms. The Chaos Heavenly Daos also existed within the endless chaos, and they also existed within this stele.

However, the workings of the Three Realms' Heavenly Daos couldn't reach beyond the Three Realms, nor could they reach inside this stele.

The stele is clearly inside my aquatic estate, yet the Three Realms can't control it. It seems the mighty figure who refined this stele… is an existence that stands above the Heavenly Daos. Ji Ning didn't dwell on it any longer.

A green jade bottle appeared in his hand. It contained some Pure Yang Immortal Pills.

The first level of the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods is the easiest. It just requires consuming some Pure Yang Immortal Pills. Ji Ning removed the stopper from the green jade bottle, set it aside, and began to train.

Streams of golden light began to condense on the surface of his body, intertwining with each other and gradually forming golden runes. As time passed, the golden runes on his body increased… In the blink of an eye, it was as if Ji Ning had donned a layer of golden monk's robes. The profound aura radiating from the golden runes spread out.

Whoooosh…

Large numbers of golden runes began to arrange and combine with each other, then transformed into streaks of flowing golden runes. These streaks began to fuse together on a more exquisite level.

An indescribable fluctuation spread out.

Boom!

As they flowed, these streaks of golden runes finally merged into a single enormous divine rune. This enormous divine rune completely enveloped Ji Ning, then, with a whoosh, it directly penetrated his divine body.

Miracles began to appear…

My truesoul… Ji Ning felt as if he were drunk, hazy and dazed, but he could still sense that his truesoul was gradually splitting into one part, two parts, three parts…

His soul also began to split… Sensing the lack of power within himself, Ji Ning would immediately consume some Pure Yang Immortal Pills.

…

In a dazed and confused state, Ji Ning didn't know how much time had passed.

Whoosh.

In the chaos-space, Ji Ning suddenly split into seventeen streams of golden light. Each of these seventeen streams transformed into a white-robed youth.

Eighteen white-robed youths all sat cross-legged, their auras identical, their strength completely the same.

It worked. Each one exists independently, with a complete truesoul, a complete soul, and even the Pure Yang Golden Core from Ki Refining is present. Ji Ning was overjoyed. The eighteen clones all shared the same memories. In essence, they were still one person. Even if one clone died, the other seventeen would be unaffected.

Furthermore, by relying on the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods, he could train the lost clone back. However, training it back would require an additional soul and Pure Yang Golden Core, which was a considerable cost.

This time, the cost of training the first level was very low for him.

That was because Ji Ning was the original body. By splitting into eighteen, his overall strength had decreased, which was how he had formed the eighteen clones.

Completely identical.

Even the divine rune is the same.

The eighteen Ji Nings simultaneously looked at their palms. The Starseizing Hand rune appeared in each of them.

Ordinarily, a True God could split off clones. Their power would only decrease slightly, and they would still retain their divine abilities and techniques. However, such clones had a fatal flaw—their souls were not independent. If too many clones died, the soul would become incomplete, leading to complete dissipation. But Ji Ning didn't have that danger now.

However, his power had decreased…

Second level. Ji Ning no longer hesitated. He took out a bottle of Chaos Nectar.

…

The eighteen white-robed youths all sat cross-legged, forming a large circle. The Chaos Nectar was in the center of the circle.

Drip.

A single drop of liquid flew out from the black bottle. This droplet seemed transparent, yet within it, countless worlds appeared to be faintly visible. Tiny bubbles within the droplet would occasionally be born, then occasionally burst. The small worlds within those bubbles also gave birth and destroyed.

An unimaginable aura of life and power radiated from this droplet.

In terms of sheer energy, perhaps a single Greater Golden Core could rival it.

But the Chaos Nectar seemed to contain everything—truesoul, soul, heartforce, ki, divine power… all forms of power seemed to be stored within Chaos Nectar.

Chaos could open up worlds and give birth to all things.

Chaos Nectar was the essence extracted from chaos itself. It was profoundly mysterious and extremely precious.

Grug, grug, grug…

Drops of Chaos Nectar flew out, each heading towards one of the eighteen white-robed youths. As soon as a drop of Chaos Nectar entered Ji Ning’s body, he felt an unprecedented coldness. Even his soul felt frozen. Yet, beneath this coldness… there was comfort. He felt clearer than ever before. Every inch of his muscles, bones, and even his soul felt incredibly clear, as if they had been completely cleansed.

Ji Ning naturally activated the techniques of the Taowu Eighteen Fiendgods, guiding the Chaos Nectar.

His soul, his Pure Yang Golden Core…

Immediately began to grow rapidly, like a tender sapling. Even the divine power within his body began to grow quickly.

…

The auras of the eighteen cross-legged white-robed youths were rapidly strengthening.

In reality, this supreme technique was easiest to enter.

It was based on the original body’s strength decreasing to form the eighteen clones.

The second level was a thousand, ten thousand times harder, precisely because of the difficulty in finding the various rare treasures needed to rapidly improve the soul, heartforce, and so on.

The third level required not only rare treasures but also enlightenment. It was even more immensely difficult. However, once the third level was achieved, the eighteen clones could once again merge into one, and the resulting increase in power would be astonishing. In truth, many people in the Nine Chaos Nations had obtained this technique, but aside from the Nine Chaos Emperor himself, not a single person had successfully trained the third level.

…

The chaos-space was silent.

The stopper of that bottle of Chaos Nectar had long been opened. A faint residue of Chaos Nectar could still be seen at the bottom of the black bottle.

It’s done.

Eighteen white-robed youths simultaneously opened their eyes.

From this moment on, I finally have the capital to contend with the Seamless Gate. Ji Ning finally felt that the terrifying pressure from the Seamless Gate had lessened just a little. He finally had a real hope of saving his senior apprentice-sister.

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