The Negotiation of the True God of Release

“Although my power has increased greatly, compared to the leaders of the Daoist and Buddhist sects, I’m still lacking. The great calamity approaches. The stronger I am, the better. That Heaven-Gazing Taihao Tower… I must get my hands on it.” Ji Ning was eager, but after his battle with True God Jueyu, he still first carefully recalled every scene of that battle, absorbing some experience.

Three days after his battle with True God Jueyu, Ji Ning finally arrived at the location of True God Shiyu.

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This was a beautiful mountain valley, filled with flowers and grass. A silver-haired man was calmly tending to some of the plants.

Whoosh.

A black bolt of lightning flew over from the distant horizon, arriving in the high skies in an instant.

“Oh?” The silver-haired man lifted his head to look, watching as a white-robed youth descended from the air above.

“You’re the new warden?” The silver-haired man looked at Ji Ning with a puzzled expression.

“True God Shiyu. You actually have the leisure to tend to flowers and plants.” Ji Ning said. “The chaos energy within this World Prison is almost completely being extracted and refined into Chaos Nectar. Those imprisoned Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals, as well as those few True Gods and True Immortals, are all struggling to draw power from the chaos. The amount of power you can absorb is so limited, yet you use it to tend to these plants.”

The environment of the World Prison was quite harsh, perpetually dim and gloomy.

Yet True God Shiyu, imprisoned within this valley, had filled it with the fragrance of flowers, a scene completely different from the areas outside the sealed region. Clearly, this was True God Shiyu’s doing.

“I imagine some of those Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals use the power they draw from the chaos to maintain their cave-treasures. Those cave-treasures contain entire worlds, filled with countless living beings. These Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals condense avatars within them and experience all kinds of lives in those worlds.” True God Shiyu said with a faint, calm laugh. “But that is what the weak do.”

Ji Ning was startled.

“Imprisoned here, they’ve completely lost their drive. All they think about is enjoying themselves.” True God Shiyu sneered coldly.

“What they do isn’t necessarily wrong.” Ji Ning shook his head. “Being imprisoned for such immeasurable years… how many are willing to endure that loneliness? Since they can avoid it and enjoy life in a world of their own, why not enjoy it?”

“The weak,” True God Shiyu sneered coldly. “They have completely given up any hope of ever getting out.”

“Oh? You haven’t?” Ji Ning looked at him.

“I have never given up. So long as either my Wuji Force or my Taiji Force reaches the sixth level, I can shatter these chains, and even break apart this entire World Prison. I will regain my freedom.” True God Shiyu made no attempt to hide it. All the immortals and fiends imprisoned here, including the Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals, initially longed to break through, to sever the chains, and shatter this World Prison to escape.

“If you reach the sixth level in either, that would be the World level.” Ji Ning nodded. “That would indeed be possible. But you’ve been imprisoned here for a very long time already.”

“Nearly five Chaos Cycles.” True God Shiyu nodded, staring at Ji Ning. “I know what you’re going to say. You’re going to say that if one can’t reach the World level within a single Chaos Cycle, they will never reach it. Right?”

Ji Ning looked at him.

This was common knowledge.

He had searched the memories of many prisoners from the Nine Chaosworlds Alliance, and he knew this was common knowledge. Even the vast amount of information World God Northrest had left for Ji Ning contained this common knowledge. If one didn’t become a World God within a single Chaos Cycle, there was almost no chance of ever doing so.

“But nothing is absolute. There is always a sliver of hope.” True God Shiyu gritted his teeth, staring at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning nodded.

Yes.

It wasn’t absolute!

For example, if a certain powerful figure cultivated using overly simplistic techniques, without any guidance, and spent several Chaos Cycles relying purely on sheer willpower and determination to train to the Elder God level. Once they obtained detailed techniques and some guidance from a World-level expert… they might swiftly break through to the World level.

Or, if an Elder God or Ancestral Immortal suddenly encountered some fortuitous event, they might also break through.

In short…

It all required some opportunity!

The major powers of the Three Realms, for instance, lacked sufficiently good techniques and lacked guidance from powerful experts. Take the senior apprentice-brother ‘Houyi’ as an example. Although he had lived for over a Chaos Cycle, he had created his own Heartforce techniques step by step and devised his own archery arts. But if he had top-tier techniques, if he had guidance from an expert of the Heavenly Palace of Azure, he would have a very good chance of breaking through to the World level.

“This True God Shiyu is trapped in the World Prison with no guidance and no opportunities. He’s been here for nearly five Chaos Cycles and still wants to reach the World level… it’s almost impossible,” Ji Ning silently sighed.

“I’ve come here for only one reason,” Ji Ning said, looking at him.

“Speak.” True God Shiyu looked at Ji Ning with cold indifference. He didn’t think much of this warden.

“Your Heaven-Gazing Taihao Tower.” Ji Ning spoke directly.

True God Shiyu’s expression changed. He stared at Ji Ning, sneering coldly, “You actually know about the Heaven-Gazing Taihao Tower… So what, you want this Chaos treasure? You’re just a minor warden, in charge of watching over the World Prison. Scram. Stop bothering me.” He couldn’t be bothered to waste words with Ji Ning. How could he possibly hand over such a precious treasure to anyone?

“In that case, I have no choice but to use force.” A divine sword appeared in each of Ji Ning’s hands.

“You dare to fight me?” True God Shiyu was shocked. “You… you’re not from the Nine Chaosworlds Alliance?”

The Nine Chaosworlds Alliance generally sent first-rate Celestial Immortals to serve as wardens. How would a first-rate Celestial Immortal dare to fight him?

“The Nine Chaosworlds Alliance has been destroyed.” Ji Ning held his divine swords. “This World Prison is now under my control. You are a prisoner. I don’t wish to kill you. Hand over the Heaven-Gazing Taihao Tower.”

“Dream on.” True God Shiyu let out a cold shout.

“Then we have no choice but to fight.”

Swoosh.

Ji Ning’s voice still echoed through the valley when a streak of sword-light, as swift as a bolt of lightning, had already arrived before True God Shiyu. It was the fastest and most ferocious strike of Ji Ning’s Brightmoon Sword-Art — the Blood Drop Stance!

“Such fast swordwork!” True God Shiyu was greatly alarmed. He no longer dared to be careless. A pair of short staffs appeared in his hands, glowing with golden light. The tips of the staffs were triangular spikes, extremely sharp.

“Clang~~~”

True God Shiyu wielded the twin staffs, and a vast Taiji diagram faintly appeared around them as he managed to block Ji Ning’s strike. After blocking it, the twin staffs in his hands suddenly spun, and the Taiji diagram instantly transformed into a mass of black light, crushing down towards Ji Ning with a mad momentum.

“Boom.” Ji Ning’s sword-light spun, transforming into a black hole as he executed his Soleheart Stance to defend. He felt an incredibly ferocious and bizarre power crushing down upon him, and he couldn’t help but be sent flying backward.

“Such tremendous power!” Ji Ning landed, his heart shocked. He immediately understood that this True God Shiyu must have trained in some divine ability, a burst-type ability similar to the Starseizing Hand, perhaps even with greater explosive force. Otherwise, the power behind those twin staffs wouldn’t have been so overwhelmingly strong.

The distant True God Shiyu also wore a solemn expression, staring at Ji Ning without daring to be careless. He said softly, “Fast swordwork. Surpassing the limits of the Heavenly Dao? Pity. It’s useless.”

“Is that so?”

Ji Ning’s body flickered as he manifested Three Heads, Six Arms, holding six divine swords.

“Hmph.” True God Shiyu also manifested six arms, holding six short staffs, though the aura of the other four staffs was slightly weaker.

The two afterimages clashed once more. This time, True God Shiyu was even more shocked, because Ji Ning now used the Blood Drop Stance, the Shadowless Stance, and the Heavenbreaker Stance in succession. What threatened True God Shiyu the most was the Shadowless Stance; it was already extremely fast, and combined with its bizarre and unpredictable nature, it was very difficult to defend against.

Moreover, with six divine swords launching a frantic assault, the three sword-stances配合 perfectly. Although True God Shiyu’s divine abilities were formidable, he could only fight with extreme caution.

The two of them battled on for a very long time.

Rumble~~

The battle raged through the valley. The flowers and plants had long since been reduced to ash. True God Shiyu no longer cared about them. Tending to plants was just a way for him to alleviate the loneliness in his heart; he was unwilling to waste too much power to maintain an entire world, which was why he used a small amount of power on plants.

“It’s useless. Your sword arts are formidable; I admit they are extremely formidable. I roamed the Nine Chaosworlds Alliance for countless years and encountered countless True Gods and True Immortals. But none of them could compare to your sword arts. Sword God-level sword techniques, and speed surpassing the limits of the Heavenly Dao… but your divine body is too weak, and your divine abilities are too mediocre.” True God Shiyu’s voice rang out through the valley.

Swoosh, swoosh.

After a single exchange of blows, both were sent flying backward from the shockwave.

Ji Ning stopped and looked at True God Shiyu. He said softly, “It seems I’ll have to rely on long-range attacks.”

“Long-range attacks?” True God Shiyu was startled.

Instantly, thirty-six divine swords of the Heavens appeared around Ji Ning, and surging Daofather-level ki power was poured into them.

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