The Desolate Era

by S.H.A aifu

Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn’t know was that there really was such a thing as life after death, and that the universe was a far larger place than he thought. A lucky twist of fate (one of the few in Ning’s life) meant that Ning was reborn into a world o

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 3 – Frenzied Battle

Fiendqueen Dustrain was flabbergasted by this. She never would've imagined that the two Daolords before her would actually dare to assault her. Enraged to the point of laughter, she said, "Suicidal fools!"

BOOM! A dense black fog suddenly swept out from her and surged towards Ji Ning and Ninedust.

"Is that all you have?" Ninedust's body became protected by rippling curtains of water that surged forward like waves. They clashed straight against the surging black mist, with both actually being stalemated for a time.

"Descend." The white-robed youth with the golden sword on his back, Ji Ning, let out a low growl. Instantly, the area around him became filled with a partial illusion of an absolutely enormous world. At the center of this world was an enormous sword-shaped mountain that came crashing down with ferocity! The heartworld projection came down. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The black mist, already stalemated by the rippling curtains of water, actually started to be crushed apart by the force of Ning's heartworld projection.

"Nine novessence arts!" Nine energy dragons flew out of Ning's body, howling with rage as they attacked.

The Ripplewater art, the nine novessence arts, and the heartworld projection, all at the same time. The Fiendqueen's black mist was completely overwhelmed and destroyed, and both her and her two Daolord allies were suppressed and weakened by the effects of the three enemy domains.

"They actually have such powerful secret arts?" The Fiendqueen felt her body grow sluggish, almost as though entire worlds were pressing down against her. She felt as though she was an ordinary person trapped in quicksand, with every single movement and motion being incredibly taxing. She could hardly believe this. "Right now, I'm only able to use perhaps 60% of my full power at most! How could they have developed such powerful secret arts?"

"Ahh! Fiendqueen!" Daolord Feiting let out a horrified cry from next to her. He was suffering the same thing she was, but the repercussions for him were far greater. "Fiendqueen, I'm able to unleash at most a tenth of my full strength. What should we do?"

A look of crazed rage appeared in the Fiendqueen's crimson eyes. The two sides had yet to actually engage in battle, but these two had already seized the upper hand!

Secret arts were extremely important types of support skills, but in the end they relied on outside sources of power, making it extremely difficult to truly upgrade them! Ninedust only reached his current level of power in his Ripplewater art due to countless years of accumulating resources, as well as him being lucky enough to acquire the Dragonfish ki within the core of the planet he had been in. As for Ning, he had insights into many different Daos and the guidance of the [Seven Leafpill Chapters, which was why he had been able to master those nine novessence arts.

The Ripplewater art, the nine novessence arts, and a heartworld projection! When the three were applied in succession, their power was comparable to Daolord Allgod at his peak when he personally used the nine novessence arts.

Daolord Allgod had once been ranked as one of the top three cultivators of the Endless Territories, and his nine novessence arts were an important part of the reason for this. He was able to use these arts to suppress the likes of Emperor Melobo, causing Melobo to be dramatically weakened in combat.

"Feiting is just barely on par with ordinary Eternal Emperors in power, but he's actually been suppressed to the point where he can barely fight. However… even though I'm only able to unleash 60% of my power, that'll still be more than enough." The Fiendqueen's face became even more savage as she growled, "Die!"

BOOM! She shot straight towards the Ninedust Sectlord, who was also charging straight towards her. The Fiendqueen growled furiously as she struck out with her crystalline hands, a layer of black light covering them as she reached towards the Ninedust Sectlord.

"Hmph." The Ninedust Sectlord struck out with his longstaff, sending it arcing through the skies in a beautiful line that culminated in a lashing strike against the Fiendqueen's hands.

Both felt absolute confidence in themselves. Both chose to fight head-on!

BOOM! An enormous explosion could be heard. Both the Fiendqueen and the Ninedust Sectlord were all knocked flying backwards.

"What?! Impossible!" The Fiendqueen could hardly believe it. At her level of power, she should've been able to trample over second-tier Daolords even with just 60% of her full strength. How was it that she hadn't been able to gain any advantages at all just now?

"She's actually on par with me, even when two secret arts and a heartworld projection are suppressing her?" The Ninedust Sectlord was enraged by this. "Again!" Whoosh! This time, his aura skyrocketed in power as he raised his longstaff high in the air, then delivered a furious frontal strike with it. The Fiendqueen's face tightened, but she still elected to use her hands to block this blow.

Thud…

This time, the sound of the collision was a very low and deep one. However, Ning could feel his own heart tremble from it. The Ninedust Sectlord's body trembled as his momentum was halted, while Fiendqueen Dustrain was knocked flying backwards, a few flecks of blood visible on the corner of her lips. She said angrily, "I didn't expect you to actually be an Ancient cultivator!"

"Yes." The Ninedust Sectlord was quite proud and confident. "You aren't bad at all."

"If you didn't have these secret arts and the heartworld projection, do you think you would be able to kill me?" A cold light flashed through the Fiendqueen's eyes.

"What I think is that you should fuck off. You aren't able to beat the two of us," Ninedust said.

"Scram," Ning agreed coldly.

In truth, both of them realized that Ninedust had only been able to seize a slight advantage thanks to his usage of that forbidden divine ability. If they really were to continue this fight, they wouldn't be able to do anything to Fiendqueen Dustrain.

"Fuck off? Did you actually just tell me to fuck off?" The Fiendqueen's emerald-colored face was filled with rage. Gritting her teeth, she produced a strange fiery-red globe in her hands. The globe was covered with many twisting, protruding lines. She tossed it high in the air, and the protruding lines on its surface instantly flared with light.

Moments later, it was like a fiery star had appeared in the skies and was emanating streams of blurry red light. The streams of hazy red light covered the entire area. When the nine novessence arts and the Ripplewater art touched the red light, the two instantly could sense their secret arts were dramatically weakened. Ning could even sense that the influence of his heartworld projection was being similarly weakened by the countless streams of red light.

"What type of treasure is this?" Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance.

"Fiendqueen, I'm doing much better now. I'm now able to unleash eighty to ninety percent of my full power." Daolord Feiting revealed a smile, his body now protected by that blurry red light. Although the heartworld projection still continued to have an impact on him, he was clearly doing much better than before.

"Fiendqueen." Daolord Incense Dragon, who had been analyzing the formations from far, walked out of his wooden house. Earlier, the power of the secret arts and heartworld projection had been so great that he had no choice but to remain in hiding. "Let Feiting and I work together to fight Darknorth."

"Fine. The two of you should work together to get rid of him as soon as possible. As for the Ancient cultivator… hmph. He's going to die as well." The Fiendqueen once more charged forwards.

"Haha, let's have a fun fight!" The Ninedust Sectlord once more charged forwards.

Ning stretched out his arms, a Northbow sword in each hand as he slowly strolled towards Daolord Feiting, a smile on his face. "Ninedust, there aren't as many people as famous as Fiendqueen Dustrain. If you can beat her, you'll definitely become famous." As he spoke, he suddenly charged straight towards Daolord Feiting, who was wielding a set of six azure swords as well.

"Kill!" The distant Daolord Incense Dragon waved a finger from afar, causing a thousand golden globes to shoot towards Ning like a storm of meteors. As they flew outwards, they actually came together to form a strange formation-diagram that came crashing towards Ning.

"How laughable." Just as Ning began to battle against Daolord Feiting, Ning suddenly unleashed a heartforce attack. Two surges of heartforce struck out, smashing against the souls and truesouls of both of them. Both of the Daolords managed to endure the hit, but next came the even more bizarre [Dreamstar] art.

"Ah!" Daolord Incense Dragon stumbled backwards, the formation-diagram formed by the thousand golden beads scattering and breaking apart.

"Not good." Daolord Feiting saw a series of illusions appear in front of him as well, and he let out a furious growl as he worked to break it.

Slash! A streak of sword-light chopped straight across Daolord Feiting's body. Although he was protected by a suit of Eternal armor, the terrifying collisive power within Ning's strike was still enough to cause him to spit out a mouthful of blood as he was knocked flying backwards.

Whooooosh! While flying backwards, Daolord Feiting still managed to strike out with his six azure swords, sending them howling through the air towards Ning.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Ning used his two swords to clash twelve times against the enemy's swords, then stabbed past them to strike straight at Daolord Feiting once more.

This time, his strike was delivered using the Omega Sword Dao – Blood Drop. This was the most powerful stance Ning could use with his Northbow swords, especially after they absorbed the golden sand from the shattered world-core. This strike scraped past the six swords and struck Daolord Feiting right on his lower jaw.

Spurt! Blood flew out of Daolord Feiting's mouth as he was sent flying backwards. For a second, he was completely dazed by the force of this attack.

"Get in here." Ning's other longsword struck out, moving to wrap itself around Daolord Feiting and bind him.

"Run, quick!" A formation-diagram descended, blocking Ning's Northbow sword as Daolord Incense Dragon let out a frantic mental shout from afar.

BOOM! Ning's sword collided head-on with Daolord Incense Dragon's formation-diagram. This bought time for Daolord Feiting to come back to his senses, and his face was completely ashen. He knew just how close he had come to dying. He immediately transformed into a gust of wind, moving at fifty times the speed of light as he fled straight towards Daolord Incense Dragon's direction.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 4 – Flight

"Absolutely terrifying. How could he be as strong as this?" As Daolord Feiting fled, his mind was filled with horror and shock. In truth, he was also quite strong. He was a second-tier Daolord who had reached an extremely high level in the Dao of Wind, and in battle his movements were inscrutable and ghostly. His sword was similarly fast and unpredictable.

And yet, just now when he had battled against Ji Ning, he had found himself at a completely disadvantage. During their first clash, Ning had used the [Dreamstar] art against him, not even giving him a chance to use his agility techniques. Right after that, Ning had hit him with a sword-blow.

During the second clash, Ning hadn't used the [Dreamstar] art. They had competed in close combat alone… and it had only taken Ning two strikes! After twelve clashes of sword-light, Daolord Feiting had been completely defeated! It was clear that the disparity in their close combat skills was simply enormous, and Ning's sword-stab against his lower jaw had completely dazed him.

Yes. He had been completely dazed. For a brief instant, he had essentially lost consciousness. Normally, in a battle between two experts who were on the same level, one wouldn't be knocked unconscious by just a few strikes! "The power of that stab of his was simply incredible. There should be few to no second-tier Daolords capable of enduring such a hit."

"Brother Feiting, what happened?" Daolord Incense Dragon had been attacking with magic treasures from afar. He said anxiously, "Why did you run? Our original plan was for you to fight him in close combat and me to assault him from afar with my treasures."

"Screw the plan. I'm no match for him at all. Even when he doesn't use heartforce, there are few to no second-tier Daolords who are a match for him." Daolord Feiting was both nervous and infuriated by what had happened. He sent mentally, "I was actually knocked unconscious by him just now."

When the force of a blow exceeded one's ability to endure it, one would be instantly dazed and rendered unconscious for a brief moment.

In truth, although Ning's sword-arts were quite powerful and his close combat skills were formidable, he really wasn't powerful enough to produce this effect by himself. It was primarily because the Northbow swords were perfectly suited to the Blood Drop stance that the power of this particular attack was so great! If Ning had a Universe treasure, he would instantly become at least ten times more powerful than before! Ning's Northbow swords, after having absorbed a veritable sea of golden sand, had reached an apex in certain areas and had could be said to have reached the foundational level for a Universe treasure. As a result, his Blood Drop stance was more than five times more powerful than it had been in the past.

"Hurry up and run! I can't stop him either," Daolord Incense Dragon said.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning sped towards them at high speeds, bursting through and scattering the thousand golden pearls and the formation-diagram they had formed. Next, Ning charged straight towards Daolord Incense Dragon and Daolord Feiting.

"Fiendqueen!"

"Fiendqueen!" Both of the Daolords began to run while sending mental pleas to Fiendqueen Dustrain.

"Darknorth is too powerful. The two of us cannot stop him!"

"Fiendqueen, we can't hold him any longer."

If the battle between Ning and the two Daolords could be described as a lopsided affair, the battle between the Fiendqueen and the Ninedust Sectlord could only be described as a fierce one! Although the Fiendqueen was a woman, her attacks were clearly more overbearing and dominating, with her close combat skills more perfected. Her hands fluctuated through many different attacks, including finger-arts, palm-arts, and fist-arts.

As for the Ninedust Sectlord, he was also quite fierce and valiant. Whenever he was in a tight spot, he would immediately use his forbidden divine ability. As an Ancient cultivator, his divine body was simply far more powerful than that of any ordinary cultivators. When he also used that special divine ability? Although a common saying is that the higher a level you are at, the more important the Dao would be, his raw divine power was simply too brutal and explosive, generating an enormous amount of strength for him.

In addition, this was the first time for him to fight against an expert on the level of the Fiendqueen. Thus, he was particularly excited and really went all-out, learning quite a bit from the fight as it progressed.

"Fiendqueen, Darknorth is too powerful. We can't hold him!" Daolord Incense Dragon and Daolord Feiting sent mental messages to her as they fled.

"What!?" The Fiendqueen's face turned pale. Even when the two worked together, they still weren't a match for Darknorth?

"Damn. Damn!" The Fiendqueen glared at the Ninedust Sectlord. She knew that there was nothing she could do against this Ancient cultivator. Although she was one of the truly top-tier Daolords and thus didn't worry about most Ancient cultivators, Ninedust wasn't just an ordinary Ancient cultivator, he was one whose Dao was incredibly powerful, making him a tough foe.

"Let's go." The Fiendqueen turned and charged straight towards Ning's direction.

"She's running?" The Ninedust Sectlord was startled by this. Unable to make it to Ning in time, he immediately sent mentally, "Careful, Darknorth! Fiendqueen Dustrain is headed straight for you."

Ning had already exerted his heartworld projection and thus had a clear picture of the world around him. He didn't panic in the slightest as the Fiendqueen charged towards him; instead, he felt slightly excited.

"Come." Ning turned and waited calmly for the Fiendqueen's arrival, his Northbow swords at the ready.

"You overestimate yourself. Die!" The Fiendqueen chopped out with her two crystalline palms, which descended towards Ning while blocking out the skies above him.

Swish! Swish! Two streaks of sword-light, emanating a terrifying sword-intent of complete annihilation, instantly struck head-on against those two giant crystalline hands.

BOOM! Ning was sent flying backwards. When he landed on the ground, he still stumbled three steps backwards before he stabilized himself. He narrowed his eyes, his body still shaking from that blow.

"He took it head on?" The Fiendqueen had sensed a terrifyingly sharp force seek to pierce through her palms and into her body, but she was able to endure it with ease. She stared at the distant white-robed youth and his two golden swords, a look of surprise in her eyes. "I launched those two palm attacks with nearly full power, but he actually took it head-on."

"Don't run!" The Ninedust Sectlord was in hot pursuit from behind.

"Hmph." The Fiendqueen let out a cold snort, then quickly fled off into the distance as the fiery red globe in the skies flew towards her as well.

The two of them didn't elect to pursue her. After the Fiendqueen, Daolord Incense Dragon, and Daolord Feiting fled a suitably far distance, they began to slow down.

The Fiendqueen glanced at the red globe in her hands, then said in a cold voice, "Most of its power has been used up. Roughly thirty million cubes of chaos jewels was used up." This precious fiery globe was something which she had traded away an incredibly valuable bottle of spirit-pills for, all for the sake of acquiring the Voidsea Jadeseals! That bottle had only held a total of three pills within it, and she had acquired it thanks to a stroke of good fortune when roving the Terror Starsea.

The fiery globe could only be activated directly by Hegemon-level Immortal energy. The only other option was to slowly charge it using chaos jewels, and it took a total of fifty million cubes to charge it up. However, it truly was tremendously powerful!

"The two of you were working together. How did you end up being defeated that quickly?" The Fiendqueen glanced at the two Daolords.

"Darknorth was simply too powerful. The two of us combined were still no match for him at all." Daolord Feiting shook his head.

"Even if five Daolords on our level joined together, we still wouldn't necessarily be able to capture him. Just two of us? Forget it." Daolord Incense Dragon shook his head as well.

Darknorth was powerful in close combat and also a Heartforce Cultivator! He really was a tough foe to face and would be virtually invincible amongst his peers.

"With those two around, it'll be virtually impossible for us to capture Solesky." The Fiendqueen let out a sigh.

Ning and Ninedust simply stood there, staring at the three distant Daolords as they gradually disappeared.

"What a delightful battle." The Ninedust Sectlord was very excited. "I've never fought against someone on that level before. Delightful, simply delightful! But my staff-arts still need more work. If I can perfect them a bit further, I should be able to crush that Fiendqueen Dustrain. Haha, I'm already able to fight her to a standstill as is! I guess that means I should be ranked within the top seven in the Endless Territories."

"But… where did she find that fiery globe?" Ninedust was puzzled. "Our intelligence reports didn't indicate that she was in possession of such a powerful treasure. It was so mighty, it was able to resist both of our secret arts and your heartworld projection."

"Right." Ning nodded. "It's probably something she prepared specifically for this mission to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseals."

As they spoke, they turned to move towards the distant forest. With the black mist gone, they were able to clearly see Daolord Solesky and Daolord Badlands within the forest grove. Daolord Solesky's face was still deathly pale, and his aura was much weaker than before.

"Big brother!" Ning called out loudly.

Although Daolord Solesky looked exhausted, he was still in a wonderful mood. He laughed, "I saw everything! Badlands and I saw everything. Darknorth, Ninedust, the two of you truly are powerful. Fiendqueen Dustrain is famous throughout the Endless Territories, and she even had Incense Dragon and Feiting with her… and yet, in the end they were defeated by the two of you. When word of this spreads, quite a few people will be scared silly."

"Impressive." Daolord Badlands looked at Ninedust. "Fellow Daoist Ninedust is an Ancient cultivator, correct? He was actually able to fight the Fiendqueen to a standstill. Incredible!"

Ninedust nodded calmly. He was courteous to Ning, partially because he acknowledged Ning's strength and partially because they had undergone many life-and-death experiences together. Ninedust was by nature an arrogant man; if you weren't his friend, he wouldn't pay any attention to you no matter how strong you were. Daolord Badlands was quite famous as well, but Ninedust really didn't care that much about him.

"Darknorth." Daolord Badlands turned his gaze towards Ning, then sighed. "When we first met, you were an Elder God, right?"

"Yes." Ning nodded. Indeed, back then he had just left the Three Realms and had visited the Badlands Court alongside his big brother Solesky. He really was just an Elder God at that time!

"No wonder I found it so difficult to use Numerancy to divine your destiny." Daolord Badlands shook his head and smiled.

"Badlands, big brother Solesky… how long will it take for you two to leave this formation?" Ning asked.

Within the forest grove, Solesky and Badlands exchanged a glance. Good question. How were they supposed to leave? Entering the formation was fairly easy, but breaking it apart was much more difficult. They had chosen to hide themselves within this hard-to-break formation to avoid Fiendqueen Dustrain, and it had taken her many years with the aid of Daolord Incense Dragon, a formation master, in order to destroy the two outer layers. In the art of formations, Badlands and Solesky were inferior to Daolord Incense Dragon.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 5 – The Palace of Immortals, Rankings Redone

Solesky and Badlands began to work on unlocking this formation while using a temporal acceleration treasure. To enter the formation, they simply needed to find a small opening for them to bore in through! Actually defeating the entire formation was thousands of times more difficult.

In the blink of an eye, more than 120 years went past.

"How is that possible?" Daolord Badlands suddenly let out a startled cry.

"What is it?" The nearby Solesky turned to look at him in confusion, as did Ji Ning and Ninedust from outside the formation.

"I just received word that a short while ago, the Radiant King got into a huge fight with an ordinary and little-known Daolord named Daolord Dreamlore." A look of disbelief was on Daolord Badlands' face. "The Radiant King… lost!"

"The Radiant King lost?" Ning, Ninedust, and Solesky were all stunned by this.

There were three figures in the Endless Territories who were acknowledged by all as being absolutely terrifying to face.

The top-ranked figure, Winesage, was a Heartforce Cultivator. He went without saying.

The second-ranked figure, Palace Lord Dawnstar, had reached incredible heights in the Dao of the Saber.

The third-ranked figure, the Radiant King, was the fastest Daolord alive! In addition, everyone knew how deadly his three killer attacks were.

"I knew long ago that there had to be many low-key Daolords of incredible power who hastened here to the Waveshift Realm." The Ninedust Sectlord said in a disbelieving manner, "But for this 'Daolord Dreamlore' to actually be able to defeat the Radiant King is simply inconceivable. The Radiant King is definitely one of the most terrifying Daolords in all of existence, and he moves so fast as to render the vast majority of Daolords helpless before him."

"What does Daolord Dreamlore's area of expertise lie in? How was he able to defeat the Radiant King?" Ning asked.

"He used a bloodblade," Daolord Badlands said quickly. "When his bloodblade left his sheath, it was so incredibly fast that not even the Radiant King could handle it!"

"But the Radiant King is the fastest of all Daolords!" The Ninedust Sectlord truly couldn't believe this.

"He's the fastest of all Daolords in terms of movement speed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that his attack speed is also the fastest," Ning said. Weapon speed and movement speed… these were two different concepts. Ning sighed in amazement, "I really can't imagine how the Radiant King, the fastest of all Daolords, was actually defeated by this 'Daolord Dreamlore' and his even-faster weapon. How fast was Daolord Dreamlore's bloodblade?"

"It seems the Palace of Immortals needs to release a new ranking soon." Solesky let out a sigh. "It has been a long, long time since the top three Daolord rankings have changed."

"Yes. It really is time for a new list." Badlands was quite eager to see the new list as well.

"Countless Verge-level Daolords have made their way to the Waveshift Realm. The Voidsea Jadeseals haven't made their appearances yet, but an earth-shaking battle has already occurred." Ning shook his head. "Once the jade seals do appear, countless Daolords will fight over them and the entire rankings list will be changed."

"There will probably be more changes in the lower rankings than in the higher rankings. The top three probably won't change that much." Badlands chuckled. "In the past, we always viewed Winesage, Dawnstar, and the Radiant King as being unshakable figures. The Radiant King was defeated, but my feeling is that it is very unlikely that Winesage or Dawnstar will lose their positions."

"Winesage goes without saying. Not only is he also a Heartforce Cultivator, he even has a Universe treasure. He's vastly outstripped all other Daolords in power. As for Palace Lord Dawnstar, he's terrifying in close combat. He's not all that fast, but his saber… his saber is an absolute nightmare to face! Even Winesage had been forced to rely on his heartforce abilities to just barely eke out a win over Palace Lord Dawnstar."

Ning, Solesky, and Ninedust all agreed with this assessment. The top three had all reached the apex in certain areas. The Radiant King had reached the apex of speed… but alas, he had been defeated. Palace Lord Dawnstar had reached the apex of close combat, and was thus even more powerful than the Radiant King.

The most mysterious place in all the Endless Territories… the Palace of Immortals of the Dao Alliance!

The Dao Alliance operated on the principle of governance through inaction. Although many battles took place within its territories, it remained the undisputed number one organization of the Endless Territories! Its roots and its foundation were unfathomably deep.

The Brightshore Kingdom, the Aberrants, the Ancient cultivators… these three organizations all had Hegemons! But even the three Hegemons weren't confident in their chances if they were to face off against the Dao Alliance. In truth, they were quite envious of the Dao Alliance. No one dared to challenge the Dao Alliance's position.

During the Dawn War, the Dao Alliance had risen to sudden prominence with incredible speed, catching up to the Ancient cultivators in power. After the Dawn War ended, the Dao Alliance quickly outstripped the entire race of Ancients. By now, its power was simply unfathomable. It had many generations of powerful Eternal Emperors, such as Emperor Heartsword and Emperor Mirrorsnow, who the Dao Alliance to go out wandering about freely. The Dao Alliance didn't try to control them at all, continuing to operate on a laissez-faire basis. In truth, this was also a sign of its supreme confidence. One could only imagine how terrifyingly deep its foundations were!

"Hahaha!" Loud laughter rang out from a bridge located deep within the Palace of Immortals of the Dao Alliance. The laughter came from two people; a bald alien covered in golden fur, and a black-haired, black-robed elder. Both of them radiated auras of incredible power.

"Old brother Blackcloud, your disciple truly is quite astonishing!" The gold-furred alien roared with laughter. "He just amazed everyone and beat the Radiant King!"

"This disciple of mine is an absolute fanatic." The black-haired, black-robed elder was all smiles as he said, "When he became a Daolord, I allowed him to choose a single treasure from my treasury… and he chose an incredibly evil bloodblade which had been left behind in the Terror Starsea. From that day forth, he became completely infatuated with that bloodblade. In his heart, that bloodblade is probably even more important to him than I am, even though I am his master!"

"Only when one is completely devoted to one's weapons can one unleash their maximum power," the gold-furred alien said with praise.

"Yes. At his current level of power, he is capable of threatening quite a few Eternal Emperors." The black-robed elder nodded and praised, "The appearance of the Voidsea Jadeseals truly is a priceless opportunity for him. If he can acquire one of them, his chances of succeeding in the Daomerge in the future shall become much greater than before."

"Waveshift, that bastard! He was far too stingy. We watched him rise to power and provided him quite a bit of help, but in the end? He only gave us a single Voidsea Jadeseal. He hid the other five in his own Waveshift Realm! I really don't know what he was thinking." The gold-furred alien shook his head. "Thirty thousand chaos cycles ago, my Primaltwin ran into him on accident. He just winked at me before running off. Disloyal brat. I should be considered one of his elders!"

"Waveshift is now far more powerful than the two of us." The black-robed elder let out a sigh. "His skills in the Dao of Numerancy have reached unfathomable and unreachable heights. Many great powers often beg him for assistance, including those lords of alternate universe and those other ancient powers. For us, travelling through the Great Dark to visit other places is an incredibly taxing journey, but for that brat? He goes wherever he wants to go. We simply cannot compare to him."

"Yes, we really cannot. Not even the three Hegemons in our Endless Territories have as easy a life as he does." The gold-furred alien sighed as well. "Those of us in the Endless Territories who want to go out on a trip have to wait a long, long time, but that brat? Ah, forget it. The more I talk about him, the more jealous I feel. I'm starting to wish I would've made my Dao the Dao of Numerancy as well."

"Numerancy? You? Don't make me laugh my socks off. Hurry up and go work on updating the rankings. Since my disciple was involved, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to take part in updating the list. I'll have to trouble you to do it," the black-robed elder said.

"You are using this as an excuse to be lazy!" The gold-furred alien glared at the old man.

"Hurry, hurry! Stop dawdling!" the black-robed elder urged.

The gold-furred alien waved his hand, producing a golden book and then opening it. The book was filled with a list of names. The gold-furred alien poured his Immortal energy into the book, causing the rankings to instantly change. When this happened, the subordinates of the Palace of Immortals instantly received notifications, and they quickly began to spread word of this affair.

The new rankings of the Endless Territories was as follows:

The top Daolord: Winesage.

The second Daolord: Palace Lord Dawnstar.

The third Daolord: Daolord Dreamlore.

The fourth Daolord: the Radiant King.

The fifth Daolord: Sectlord Timedream.

The sixth Daolord: Daolord Skyaxe.

The seventh Daolord: King Gorsch.

The eighth Daolord: Fiendqueen Dustrain.

The ninth Daolord: Starking.

The tenth Daolord: Palace Lord Cloudwalker

The eleventh Daolord: King Cliffbank

The twelfth Daolord: King Wu

The thirteenth Daolord: Daolord Shaka

The Palace of Immortals was incredibly powerful. Within the span of a day, this information was spread throughout the entire Endless Territories. As for the many Verge-level Daolords within the Waveshift Realm, they received word as well. All of them sighed in amazement. The top three rankings hadn't changed in over a thousand chaos cycles… and now, one of the positions had suddenly been seized! This truly was unexpected. It must be remembered that the fight over the Voidsea Jadeseals had yet to even begin. In fact, no one knew a single thing about them thus far!

As for the likes of Ning and Ninedust, the only ones they clashed against were Fiendqueen Dustrain and her two allies. The other Daolords they had run into maintained their vigilance but didn't choose to start any battles. Clearly, everyone was being fairly conservative in the early stages.

"Once the Voidsea Jadeseals actually appear and the fights over them begin… I wonder what new updates to the list the Palace of Immortals shall make?" Countless Daolords were eagerly waiting to see what would happen. Very few of them would succeed in the Daomerge and gain eternity, which made them care even more about this ranking. To the vast majority of Daolords, getting a high ranking on the list would be their crowning moment of glory.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 6 – Polo the Realmsoul

After more than 180 years of hard work, Solesky and Badlands finally managed to break through the formation and emerge from that seemingly-ordinary forest grove.

Whoooosh. A cold wind was howling, with petals of snow drifting about. The forest had already been covered with a thick layer of snow. The Waveshift Realm had various different seasons and different types of weather, such as rain and snow. Ji Ning and the others didn't dare to interfere with the weather-generating formations, especially since the rain and the snow did very little to them. They simply sighed at how amazing Emperor Waveshift had been in the art of formations.

In truth, those who were skilled in Numerancy were generally also quite skilled in the art of formations. Badlands himself was quite talented in this area as well.

Badlands and Solesky emerged from the snow-shrouded forest, smiles on their faces. They were in excellent moods. "We're finally out! We were shut up in there for far too long. Now that Darknorth and brother Ninedust are alongside us, life shall be much easier," Badlands said with a chuckle.

"In the past, the two of us were repeatedly hunted down and attacked by others. Every time we encountered a squad of Daolords, we'd end up being drawn into an ugly fight. That was absolutely horrid." Daolord Solesky shook his head.

The Ninedust Sectlord had an icy frown on his face. "If the two of you follow us… whenever any other Daolord squads find you, a major battle will probably break out!"

"You don't need to worry about that," Daolord Badlands said. "Based on what I was able to see with regards to the Waveshift Realm and based on what I've learned regarding the Voidsea Jadeseals… I feel certain that Emperor Waveshift has already planned things out perfectly. Despite my Numerancy prowess, I'm completely unable to cause any disturbances to Emperor Waveshift's plans. There's no way for me to actually find these seals, and so the two of us shall temporarily hide within Darknorth's estate-world."

"Hide in my estate-world?" Ning nodded. Once they were hidden away, the other Daolords they ran into wouldn't go so far as to cause trouble for them.

"Badlands." The Ninedust Sectlord frowned. "Are you saying that you aren't going to be of any use to us at all?"

"I might be of use at certain critical moments. As for right now? I admit that I really am of no use." Badlands nodded and admitted it. "Emperor Waveshift's abilities far surpassed my own. Even when I become a Daolord of the Fourth Step, I'll still be far from being a match for him. So long as the Voidsea Jadeseals remain hidden, there's no way I'll be able to locate them at all! If I try to engage in any divinations, I might end up falling for some of Emperor Waveshift's schemes."

Ning nodded in agreement. It made sense! Juniors like them had no chance of using Numerancy to disrupt Emperor Waveshift's intricate preparations. It was best for them to just try their luck alongside the other Daolords. That would actually be safer.

Ning took Solesky and Badlands into his estate-world, then continued to journey through the Waveshift Realm alongside Ninedust. Although they did occasionally encounter a few other Daolord squads, with Solesky and Badlands hidden away the other Daolords did not move to attack them.

In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand years had gone past since the Voidsea Jadeseals had made their presences known.

During this millennium, virtually all of the Verge-level Daolords of the Endless Territories had hurriedly made their way to this realm! Some simply weren't able to come here because they were too far away, but the truly powerful Daolords were generally able to make it to the Waveshift Realm over the course of a thousand years, no matter where they were originally located within the Endless Territories. As for those ranked in the top ten, all of them arrived during the first century or two.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The vast Waveshift Realm suddenly began to tremble as an aura of incredible power began to spread out and cover it.

"What's going on?"

A squad of Daolords who were walking through a mountain range raised their heads, puzzled.

A black-haired man dressed in an astral robe who was walking through the wilds raised his head to stare towards the skies.

A skinny old man who was seated on the lotus position atop a beautiful boat that was drifting through the oceans suddenly narrowed his eyes and raised his head.

A squad of Daolords who were carefully advancing through a deep gorge all raised their heads to stare at the skies outside the gorge.

Daolords throughout the entirety of the Waveshift Realm all raised their heads to stare towards the skies.

Ning and Ninedust were seated atop a boat that was 2400 meters wide that was drifting through a lake. They raised their heads to stare towards the skies as well.

"What's that?" Ninedust was stunned.

"Something's happening. Big brother, Daolord Badlands! Something big is happening!" Ning waved his hand, causing Badlands and Solesky to appear next to them. As soon as they appeared, they immediately raised their heads as well.

Blurry streams of rainbow light could be seen in the skies. The rainbow light gathered together in the air, slowly coming together into a humanoid shape. This was a towering male figure dressed in white robes, and he stared downwards towards Ning's squad.

"Daolords!" His voice rang out, echoing throughout every inch of the Waveshift Realm.

In this instant, tens of thousands of white-robed figures appeared throughout the ten layers of the Waveshift Realm. They filled the skies above the various squads of Daolords, with one figure staring at each squad.

"I… am the spirit of the Grand Waveshift Formation which is comprised of all of the formations and barriers within the Waveshift Realm. You could also consider me to be the realmsoul of the entire Waveshift Realm!" The white-robed man continued to speak from his position in the skies. "You can also refer to me as Polo."

"Realmsoul?" The tens of thousands of Daolords within the Waveshift Realm all immediately paid close attention. If a formation reached incredible heights in profundity, it was possible for a formation-spirit to be born from it. For example, the Allgod Estate of Daolord Allgod had given birth to a formation-spirit as well! As for the Grand Waveshift Formation which Emperor Waveshift had set up, it was clearly far more complicated. It only made sense that it was able to form a realmsoul as well.

"On my master's orders, I have been waiting here for countless years." The tens of thousands of white-robed figures all spoke at the same instant, their voices echoing continuously throughout the realm. "Finally, after countless years, Daolord Badlands has activated certain triggers which my master left behind, causing the five Voidsea Jadeseals to emerge into this realm! Now that a thousand years have gone by, all of the truly powerful Daolords should have already reached the Waveshift Realm. Thus, I can now publicize the location of the Voidsea Jadeseals."

"A thousand years have gone by?" Instantly, the Radiant King, King Gorsch, Winesage, and the many other Daolords began to silently curse. No wonder they hadn't been able to find any of the Voidsea Jadeseals. So Emperor Waveshift's original intention had always been to make them wait a thousand years?

"In truth, all five of the Voidsea Jadeseals are located right here in the Waveshift Realm! Two are within the ninth layer and three are within the tenth layer. For none of you to have found it is simply a sign that your luck just wasn't good enough," the realmsoul continued.

"The ninth layer and the tenth layer? B-but…" Ning and Ninedust were instantly rendered speechless. All of the Daolords who had come from the Endless Territories were doing the same thing right now: they were secretly cursing Emperor Waveshift.

When everyone first arrived, they would arrive within the first layer. They'd have to slowly forge their way deeper inside, and even the fastest had only reached the ninth layer by now, because the deeper one went the harder it was to delve any further. The vast majority of powerful Daolords were in either the eighth or the ninth layer. The eighth layer alone held more danger than the first seven layers combined! Thanks to the map Solesky had given them, Ning's group had been able to quickly reach the eighth layer shortly after they had arrived within the Waveshift Realm. However, despite the passage of a thousand years they were still within the ninth layer.

"Now that a thousand years have gone past with none of you discovering any of the Voidsea Jadeseals… I have no choice but to get involved." Realmsoul Polo pointed off into the distance. "The first Voidsea Jadeseal is located right there!"

BOOM! A pillar of light suddenly shot into the skies off in the distance.

"The Voidsea Jadeseal!"

"Quick!"

"Right over there!"

The many Daolords who had been cursing just moments ago all turned red-eyed with desire. Realmsoul Polo had just clearly marked out the location of the very first Voidsea Jadeseal to them! If they were just one second too slow, some other Daolord would end up running away with it.

"A Voidsea Jadeseal!" A man dressed in ancient black robes which were covered in complicated runes was relaxing here. His eyes looked dazed, almost drunk, but when he saw that pillar of white light erupt nearby him his gaze instantly sharpened. He almost instantly vanished while at the same time an awe-inspiring heartworld projection descended upon the area. This was a heartworld projection filled with darkness, murder, and death.

"Right there!" Ning and the others felt their blood boiling eagerly as well as they turned red-eyed with desire. If they could acquire that Voidsea Jadeseal, their chances at passing the Daomerge would increase more than tenfold!

"Descend!" With but a thought, Ning instantly sent his incredibly vast heartworld projection out to descend upon him. His heartworld projection was filled with mountains, rivers, wastelands, and deserts. At its very center it had an extremely prominent sword-shaped mountain that was absolutely enormous. This heartworld projection was large enough that it covered the entire Waveshift Realm!

There were more than a hundred thousand Daolords clustered outside the Waveshift Realm. None of them dared to actually venture inside, and so they waited outside in the hopes of a miracle occurring.

"What's going on?!" The countless Daolords all stared in shock towards the Waveshift Realm as an absolutely enormous heartworld projection appeared in the skies above it! This illusory world was so vast that it was actually greater than the entire Waveshift Realm in size, and it was filled with an aura of murder and darkness! But moments later a second, third, fourth, and more heartworld projections all appeared in the skies above the Waveshift Realm, each of them vaster than the entire realm.

"Why are there this many heartworld projections?!" The Daolords were all stunned. Every single heartworld projection represented a Verge-level Heartforce Cultivator!

Everyone wanted to determine the exact location of the first Voidsea Jadeseal as quickly as possible, and there was nothing faster than using a heartworld projection to do just that! Heartforce, godsense, secret arts… all of those things would take time as they had to slowly fly out in a straight line! The heartworld projection, however, was the projection of a cultivator's heartforce. It could instantly cover an area that was as vast as the heartworld itself was.

In other words… if Ning was willing to pay the necessary cost, he could stretch his heartworld projection to cover an entire territory!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 7 – The First Voidsea Jadeseal

To use a heartworld projection to cover the Waveshift Realm was very easy. At present, there were a total of over twenty Heartforce Cultivators located within the Waveshift Realm! All of them sent out their heartworld projections to scan the Waveshift Realm and to clearly scan the region where the first Voidsea Jadeseal was located.

There were many heartworld projections covering this realm, Ning's included, but none of the heartworld projections contained any offensive elements to them. Thus, none of the heartworld projections interfered with the others! If there was a decision to actually fight with them, the power of the various heartworld projections would clash against each other, and the projections of second-tier Heartforce Cultivators like Ji Ning and Daolord Soleman would've been instantly crushed flat.

As for Winesage, Sectlord Timedream, and Palace Lord Cloudwalker, all three of them were supreme Heartforce Cultivators. If they sent their heartworld projections against each other, the end result would simply be that none of them would be able to scan the area at all.

A 'fight' with heartworld projections would result in it being impossible for anyone to scan the area. Thus, everyone behaved in a 'peaceful' manner and quietly scanned the region.

"Eh?" Ji Ning was able to 'see' it now. He saw a tall mountain range which held a dazzling pillar of white light within it. "The Voidsea Jadeseal is located right inside that mountain." Ning turned to look at Ninedust, Solesky, and Badlands. "The mountain is protected by various protective barriers and seals. There is no way for our heartworld projections to go past those barriers."

Heartworld projections covered vast swathes of land, but there were certain types of formations and barriers that could disrupt them. In fact, there were some formations that were so strong and so secretive that heartworld projections couldn't even detect their presence. Other formations, however, were 'publicly visible'. As for the ones covering this mountain range, it completely blocked out all forms of scrying!

"Let's move there as soon as possible. If we're too slow, someone else will probably end up seizing it," Ning immediately said.

"Let's go."

"Let's move right away."

Ning and the others immediately began to fly as quickly as possible, with Badlands assisting them in using Numerancy to divine the best route to their destination. There were some extremely well-hidden formations here, after all; if they weren't careful, they might end up trapped within one of them.

"The Voidsea Jadeseal is right there! It's quite close to us." A seven-man Daolord squad was filled with excitement. The seal really was quite close to them!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! All of them transformed into streaks of light as they flew towards that direction at maximum speed.

"Brother Winesage, brother Timedream, we can't let the Voidsea Jadeseals fall into their hands. Brother Timedream, your heartworld projection is the strongest. Use it to suppress them or perhaps even kill them if possible," a mental voice rang out.

"Agreed. Timedream, you do it."

"Agreed. Sorry for this, my Heartforce Cultivator friends."

Sectlord Timedream was ranked fifth amongst the Daolords, second only to the Radiant King! But he was different from Winesage. Winesage trained concurrently in heartforce, whereas Sectlord Timedream focused all of his efforts in heartforce! His heartworld projection was much larger than even those of Winesage and Palace Lord Cloudwalker.

"SUPPRESS!" BOOM! A heartworld projection above the seven Daolords suddenly exploded with power. All other heartworld projections, including those of Winesage and Ji Ning, were all instantly crushed apart. Of course, this was only achieved with such ease because everyone had their heartworld projections in scanning mode with no offensive elements to them, making them easy to destroy.

This was a blurry, illusory world which held a single supreme god who was seated up high, with countless living beings prostrating before him in submission.

"Submit. Submit. Submit." Countless voices rang out in the minds of the seven Daolords as the terrifying heartworld projection pressed down upon them like an infinitely vast mountain.

"Ahhhh!" A gray-robed old lady let out a miserable scream as she was extinguished by the projection.

"How could it be this strong?!" Another Daolord let out a miserable scream as his body disintegrated under the crushing power of the projection.

The other five Daolords, however, managed to survive.

Only a small number of second-tier Daolords had techniques similar to an 'invulnerable form'; Ning, for example, had no such technique. Not even the Ninedust Sectlord had access to such an ability before he broke through to become a Daolord of the Fourth Step. These five had no choice but to endure the heartworld projection head-on.

"What a powerful heartworld projection." The five Daolords exchanged a glance, their faces pale. They felt as though they were trapped in quicksand. They were now moving at a ridiculously slow pace, and they were perhaps able to at best fly at 1% of their normal speed.

"It must be Sectlord Timedream who has made his move." The five of them were utterly amazed. They were second-tier Daolords, and thus they didn't really understand how vast the gap was between them and the most supreme Daolords of the Endless Territories. All they knew was that challenging those Daolords was suicide. It must be remembered that even supreme Daolords different in power. Daolord Shaka, for example, was currently ranked as number thirteen. If some of the more low-key Daolords were included in the ranking, he'd probably be pushed even further back.

Sectlord Timedream, however, was different. He was the most powerful 'pure' Heartforce Cultivator.

"Damn." One of the five, a short and chubby alien, suddenly produced a black metal medallion in his hands. A fierce light flashed through his eyes as he suddenly crushed it.

Boom! A halo of black light appeared around his short and pudgy form, completely protecting him and ensuring that he wasn't disturbed by the heartworld projection in the slightest.

"Time to go." The short alien dramatically sped up as he endured the pressure of the heartworld projection.

"Daolord Redgem!"

"Redgem, you bastard!"

The other four Daolords turned pale. Although they had certain treasures as well, they were useless against the weight and pressure of a heartworld projection. Some were meant to flee through transcending spacetime, some were offensive in nature… none of them were useful right now. What would they do with an offensive treasure? Attack the empty space? Heartworld projections were illusory projections of power; only treasures like the one Daolord Redgem had used, a treasure that could completely protect the entire body and prevent anything from affecting it, would be of use. Those treasures, however, were incredibly rare.

Swoosh. Just three seconds later, Daolord Redgem reached that mountain range and charged straight inside it.

"No!"

"Why is this happening?"

"My Voidsea Jadeseal!" The other four Daolords were incredibly anxious. Although they all belonged to the same squad and had long ago sworn lifeblood oaths not to harm each other, none of them were obligated to give up this opportunity to any of the others. All of them desperately wanted to acquire a Voidsea Jadeseal and they would use whatever abilities they had. Whoever was the first to acquire a seal would be the one it would belong to.

"Brother Winesage, brother Cloudwalker, I've crushed two of the seven Daolords to death. Of the remaining five, Daolord Redgem has used some sort of strange treasure to resist my heartworld projection and has already charged into the mountain range," Sectlord Timedream sent to the other two.

"Those five don't matter! We have one major problem right now," Winesage sent back, "King Gorsch is very close to that mountain. He should make it inside within a hundred seconds."

"King Gorsch?" Sectlord Timedream instantly spread out his heartworld projection a bit further. Previously, he had kept it tightly focused and concentrated on the seven closest Daolords. As soon as he spread it out, he instantly discovered a silver-robed figure whose entire body was bathed in blazing red flames. King Gorsch had an icy look on his face and a berserk look in his eyes as he charged towards the pillar of light at maximum speed.

"King Gorsch? What should we do? There's no way we can stop him. Given how strong he is, once he gets there he'll probably end up grabbing the Voidsea Jadeseal. Once he takes possession over it, it'll be very hard for us to take it back," Sectlord Timedream sent back.

"Stop him and slow him down as much as possible."

"Hmph. Even if he does get it, he can forget about escaping with it."

Winesage, Timedream, and Cloudwalker were all thinking the same thing. It was very difficult for supreme Daolords to be killed, by all the other supreme Daolords would go all-out in their attempts to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseals. They would all take out their most important life-preserving treasures! Face with such maddened attacks, even experts like King Gorsch could well perish. By comparison, however, King Gorsch would still be a far tougher foe to deal with than the likes of Daolord Redgem.

Boom! In the end, it was Sectlord Timedream once more who reached out to suppress King Gorsch with his heartworld projection. The midair King Gorsch instantly sensed a terrifying power press down upon him, causing his speed to drop dramatically. A savage look appeared on his face as he howled angrily, "Timedream, you dare bar my path?"

"You guessed it." Sectlord Timedream's voice rang out by King Gorsch's ears. "Gorsch, forget about acquiring this Voidsea Jadeseal!"

"No one can stop me! Anyone who tries will die!" King Gorsch endured the pressure of the heartworld projection as he continued his charge, flames continuing to roll off of his body and clash against the heartworld projection. He was still able to move at 70% of his maximum speed, and he continued his headlong charge towards the mountain range.

As this was happening, the other Daolords in the ninth layer were also making haste towards the mountain. Some were far, some were close, but the only Daolord who the likes of Winesage and Sectlord Timedream really cared about was King Gorsch.

"The Voidsea Jadeseal isn't too far away from me. I have a shot." A man dressed in thick gray armor was flying forwards at high speed, his eyes glowing with green light. He was an Aberrant special lifeform whose true form was that of a strange boulder. By nature, he liked to live a peaceful and quiet life, which was why he wasn't very well-known in the Endless Territories. What no one realized was that he was actually the most powerful Daolord amongst all the Aberrants. Only something like the Voidsea Jadeseal was enough to cause a private, peace-loving figure like him to choose to leave his home and come here to the Waveshift Realm.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 8 – King Gorsch

Swoosh. A black vessel was flying at through the skies at high speed, with Ji Ning and the others atop the flying vessel. The vessel sometimes slowed down but sometimes sped up. Every so often, it would twist and turn.

"We're too far away, and the ninth layer is filled with far too many dangers. It'll probably take us seven or eight months before we reach that mountain. By then, the Voidsea Jadeseal would've been taken long ago." The Ninedust Sectlord was rather anxious.

"We still have a shot," Ning disagreed. "My heartworld projection has been keeping watch on the world. Winesage, Sectlord Timedream, Fiendqueen Dustrain, and the others are much farther away than we are. They're furiously trying to get there as soon as they can as well. All of the Daolords close to the mountain are frantically trying to get inside the mountain. No matter who ends up with the Voidsea Jadeseal, it won't be easy for them to escape."

"Agreed." The nearby Daolord Badlands had been seated with his eyes closed as he engaged in some Numerancy. He suddenly opened his eyes and nodded slowly. "I've finally finished my divinations."

"You've finished your divinations?" Ning, Ninedust, and Solesky turned to look at him, their eyes lighting up.

"I can vaguely 'see' the insane battle which is about to erupt. One Daolord after another will perish," Daolord Badlands said. "The struggles over this Voidsea Jadeseal will be incredibly intense and lethal! No one will be able to leave with it with ease."

"Good." Ning and the others were actually delighted by this. Many Daolords would die? Who cared! All of them wanted to acquire one of the jade seals.

"Hahaha, we might actually be able make it in time after all." Solesky was excited.

"Considering the size of the ninth layer, our group is actually fairly close to that mountain. Daolord Skyaxe and big brother Soleman are more than ten times as far away as we are," Ning said. "And we're much closer than Winesage as well."

The closer you were, the better your chances would be.

Within the mountain. Daolord Redgem had been the first to charge in. He swept the area with his gaze, only to see nothing in the surrounding mountains.

"Where is the Voidsea Jadeseal? Where?!" Daolord Redgem was frantic. He knew that every single second he wasted might result in his death. "Come out!" He swept out his godsense, but the barriers within the mountain range made it so that he was unable to find it at all.

"Break! Break! Break!" The anxious Daolord Redgem manifested a total of eighteen arms, sending all of them to strike out at the nearby mountains in a wanton fashion. Boom! Boom! Boom! Stones split apart and shattered. In virtually just the blink of an eye, every part of the entire mountain range had been blasted and struck. Deep within the mountain, a stone pillar suddenly revealed itself as the surrounding stones were blasted apart. The stone pillar held atop of it a milky-white jade seal that was round and glowed with light. The jade seal was absolutely beautiful and intoxicating to behold.

"My Voidsea Jadeseal!" Daolord Redgem was incredibly excited. He instantly charged forwards as he sent all eighteen of his arms to smash against the stone pillar. BOOM! An enormous sound could be heard as the formations protecting the pillar were destroyed. In truth, the formations on the stone pillar were meant to hide it, and they themselves weren't all that powerful.

"Ahahah! The Voidsea Jadeseal is mine!" Daolord Redgem grabbed the round seal. It looked like nothing more than an unusual piece of jade. Its surface glowed with incredibly pure light and no runes or patterns could be seen atop it. When Daolord Redgem grabbed it, he sent just a tendril of his Immortal energy into it and instantly could sense that was beginning to form an 'illusory body' within the jade seal that was absolutely identical to his true body.

Daolord Redgem immediately put the seal away. He suppressed his joy, his gaze turning cold and baleful. "Now, I need to come up with a way to immediately escape the Waveshift Realm! The realm is protected by the Grand Waveshift Formation, making it impossible for me to use any sort of temporal or dimensional escaping method. If I want to escape this place, my only choice is to physically fly out of it."

"I'll go back the same way I came in. I remember the exact path I took, so I won't run into any dangerous regions. Time to go all out!" Daolord Redgem gritted his teeth, then took out an escape-type Dao-seal and shattered it.

He was an unremarkable figure within the Waveshift Realm, but he was still a second-tier Daolord who was on the same general level as Kongsan or Ji Ning. He had more than ten protective treasures on him, and escape-type treasures were naturally included.

Swish! He instantly transformed into a streak of light and began to charge outwards. When he escaped the mountain, he instantly saw his four Daolord companions off in the distance. They were still being suppressed by Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection and thus were unable to fly at as much as 1% of their normal speed. They still had yet to even reach the mountain!

"Redgem!" Their eyes turned red as they glared at him.

"Hmph. Gentlemen, I found the Voidsea Jadeseal so it naturally belongs to me." Daolord Redgem's body was still protected by that barrier of black light. Now that he had also used an evasion-type Dao-seal, he was moving more than a hundred times the speed of light.

Swish! Daolord Redgem completely ignored his compatriots as he hurriedly moved to flee.

"You want to run?" An enraged roar rang out from off in the distance as a figure completely bathed in crimson flames charged towards him, radiating an aura of overwhelming power.

Rumble… the crimson flames suddenly spread out, giving Daolord Redgem no chance to dodge as they instantly surrounded him.

"King Gorsch?" Daolord Redgem's face tightened slightly, but his eyes were filled with madness. "No one can stop me!" The Dao-seal he had used to resist the heartworld projection still had some power left and thus it was also able to resist the terrifying crimson flames.

Swoosh! Daolord Redgem was simply too fast. Although he was weaker than King Gorsch, in a real battle there was no way King Gorsch would be able to stop him through speed alone.

"Halt!" King Gorsch let out an enraged roar as he waved his hand. Instantly, an enormous illusory formation descended to cover an area of a hundred million kilometers, with Daolord Redgem naturally being caught inside.

"No…" A look of despair appeared on Daolord Redgem's face when he saw the formation descend, and he let out an enraged howl.

"Did you really think a Voidsea Jadeseal would end up with someone like you?" King Gorsch smirked, his hands suddenly expanding to become incredibly vast. His hands were so large as to blanket the skies, and he delivered a smashing blow towards Daolord Redgem. His hands were so vast that there was no way for Daolord Redgem to dodge at all.

BOOM! As the enormous palms came smashing down, they crashed straight against Daolord Redgem! The barrier of black light surrounding Daolord Redgem's body began to tremble.

"Die for me." King Gorsch launched one frenzied attack after another, and Daolord Redgem was able to do nothing but endure the blows despite his despair. Alas, King Gorsch's attacks were simply far too strong. Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection and King Gorsch's crimson flames were already comparable to full-force attacks from second-tier Daolords, but the actual, frenzied strikes of King Gorsch were a full level higher!

Boom! Boom! Boom! After taking a total of twenty-one palms, the black light covering Daolord Redgem's body finally began to dim and fade.

"No…" Daolord Redgem clutched the seal tightly, his eyes filled with despair and resentment. "If I can't have it, no one can!"

He wanted to shatter it… but alas, he wasn't able to damage it in the slightest! This was an item created from the incredibly precious material known as voidsea jade, a priceless treasure. Even Emperor Waveshift had been forced to rely on secret smithing techniques to forge it and had been just barely able to slice it apart. There were no Daolords who were capable of actually destroying this thing!

BOOM! Yet another massive palm came crashing down. This time, Daolord Redgem died almost instantly, with both his soul and truesoul being completely extinguished.

"Haha, it's mine!" King Gorsch waved his hand, collecting all of Daolord Redgem's treasures and grabbing the Voidsea Jadeseal. He poured just a bit of his Immortal energy into it, verifying that it was indeed what he sought.

"The Voidsea Jadeseal is mine!" King Gorsch's eyes turned mad with excitement. "No one can take it from me!"

"Time to go!" King Gorsch didn't waste any time at all, immediately departing from this area.

"King Gorsch has already acquired the Voidsea Jadeseal." The Heartforce Cultivators within the Waveshift Realm were all chatting mentally with each other and thus quickly learned this information.

Although Sectlord Timedream was using his projection to suppress that region, making it impossible for Ning and the others to investigate the area, Sectlord Timedream had to tell all the other Heartforce Cultivators what was going on. Otherwise, they would use their own heartworld projections to cause trouble and interfere with his actions.

"It fell into the hands of King Gorsch?" The Ninedust Sectlord began to worry. "He's incredibly powerful, and a member of the Aeonians. Once the Aeonians activate their Aeonian bloodlines, they can become even more powerful. It'll be incredibly hard for anyone to seize the seal from him."

"Don't worry. Sectlord Timedream and the others won't let King Gorsch just do as he pleases," Ning said.

In truth, Ning was worried as well… but all they could do for now was to hurry.

Boom!

Just as King Gorsch was fleeing, a terrifyingly strong heartworld projection came crashing down upon him, suppressing him. Right at this moment, the four Daolords who had been accompanying Daolord Redgem suddenly felt the pressure being lifted off of them, allowing them to instantly relax.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 9 – Calamitous

"Timedream!" King Gorsch let out a furious howl.

"Gorsch, you can forget about leaving with the Voidsea Jadeseal!" Sectlord Timedream was filled with the desire to kill as well.

Right at this moment, another squad of Daolords arrived in the area. This was a squad of eight Daolords, and their gazes instantly turned towards the enraged King Gorsch.

"King Gorsch has the Voidsea Jadeseal on him," Sectlord Timedream sent mentally to them.

Redgem's four companion Daolords shouted frantically from afar, "King Gorsch has the Voidsea Jadeseal!"

"Let's join forces to kill him!"

"Right. Let's swear lifeblood oaths to work together and not to attack each other. As for who will end up with the Voidsea Jadeseal after King Gorsch is dead, it'll be up to whoever is the fastest!"

"Agreed." The twelve Daolords didn't hesitate at all, immediately joining together into a new alliance. They understood that Sectlord Timedream was using them, but they didn't mind being used, because they did indeed want to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal! Once they did, they would immediately flee. Daolord Redgem had a shot at escaping, and he had only died because he had been trapped inside a formation. This type of trap formation treasure was extremely rare; if they were lucky, they'd be able to escape without encountering another one.

"Damn." King Gorsch found the situation tricky as well. For twelve second-tier Daolords to join forces against him… they would indeed pose a huge threat.

"I need to leave as soon as possible and flee as far as I can. I can't waste time here." King Gorsch knew that if he spent too much time here, more and more Daolords would arrive and attack him. There were 'only' twelve now, but if he delayed any further there might be twenty or even fifty.

Swoosh! While fighting back, King Gorsch continued to flee and strive to pull away from them.

Time continued to pass, one day at a time. King Gorsch's movements were all fully tracked by the heartworld projections, but just tracking him was of no use. The Waveshift Realm was simply too vast, and it was filled with many dangers! It would take time for others to move towards him, making it difficult for anyone to stop him!

King Gorsch had long ago thrown off the pursuit of the first twelve Daolords. He had suffered seven more attacks along the way, and in his frenzied struggles he had slain six Daolords.

"These Daolords have all gone mad. When they realize they can't beat me, they immediately start to use their most precious treasures." King Gorsch had suffered severe injuries and was forced to rely on spirit-pills to recover.

Normally, these supreme Daolords would only use their life-preserving treasures in true life-and-death situations. But now, they were using their most important treasures without any hesitation at all! This caused even King Gorsch to be put in a precarious situation.

"King Gorsch." A deep, rumbling voice rang out from afar.

King Gorsch was startled. He stared up ahead, only to see a man dressed in heavy gray armor whose eyes glowed with green light. The man said in a low voice, "I've been chasing after you for a full day. I've finally caught you."

"You've caught me? Then you can die now." The crimson flames surrounding King Gorsch exploded wildly, instantly reaching out towards the heavily-armored man. The crimson flames crackled around the man, but he seemed to completely ignore them as he strode forward, moving lightning-fast through the skies and causing space itself to shudder around him.

"Die!" King Gorsch waved his right hand, sending a blow of incredible power towards the heavily-armored man.

BOOM!

The heavily-armored man didn't pull out any weapons at all. All he did was just lower his head and smash right into the palm.

Thud. A deep and low sound could be heard. King Gorsch's palm-strike hit the heavily-armored man on his neck, but the man's body just trembled slightly as he continued his headlong charge. King Gorsch himself was sent flying backwards by the terrifying shockwave generated from the collision.

"What?!" King Gorsch immediately turned pale. "Not only did he easily take my full-strength strike head-on, he's still continuing his charge?"

His attacks were legendary for their dominating nature, but he had already been put on the defensive with the first clash.

"Die." A giant warhammer suddenly appeared in the heavily-armored man's right hand. The warhammer was pitch-black in color, and he sent it smashing straight towards King Gorsch.

King Gorsch had been tied down. After fleeing nonstop for nine days, he had finally been forced to stop, and the person who stopped him was known as Daolord Tigrone.

King Gorsch did his best to struggle, going so far as to set alight his Aeonian blood. He even used up one of his most valuable life-preserving treasures, but he still wasn't able to shake off Daolord Tigrone. All he could do was flee as the latter continued the chase. The repeated assaults from Daolord Tigrone, however, ensured that King Gorsch's escaping speed was dramatically lessened.

"King Gorsch has been tied down."

"Superb!"

Sectlord Timedream, Winesage, and the other Heartforce Cultivators all felt relieved. They were simply too far away from King Gorsch, and there was no way to stop him merely through their heartworld projections.

"This Daolord Tigrone is quite powerful. He seems to be even stronger than Gorsch."

"The supreme Daolords who prefer to live low-key lives have all shown up here. It won't be easy for anyone to acquire a Voidsea Jadeseal."

"The two in the ninth layer will be comparatively easier. The other three are in the tenth layer."

The Heartforce Cultivators continued to chat mentally to each other. Actually acquiring a seal was just the first step; escaping with it was what really mattered. In addition, escaping from the tenth layer would be much harder than escaping from the ninth layer. Escaping with the first two seals would thus be comparatively easier, while escaping with the final three seals would be murder.

Ning, Ninedust, and the others aboard the black vessel all let out sighs of relief as well.

"Daolord Tigrone is incredibly powerful. His protective divine ability seems to be even more powerful than mine; King Gorsch's attacks aren't injuring him in the slightest," Ning said. "And his weapon is a heavy warhammer. Each time King Gorsch blocks the warhammer head-on, he's knocked flying backwards. Daolord Tigrone is clearly stronger than even King Gorsch."

"Where did he even come from?" The Ninedust Sectlord muttered, "How can he be this strong?"

"Supposedly, he's an Aberrant special lifeform. He had always been quite low-key amongst the Aberrants; who would've thought that he had actually reached an incredible level of strength?" Ning was conversing with the other Heartforce Cultivators and so knew quite a bit.

It was guaranteed that this battle would propel Daolord Tigrone to the heights of fame as his name spread throughout the Endless Territories.

Time continued to pass, one day at a time. King Gorsch continued to run, while Daolord Tigrone continued to pursue and attack! Every so often, other Daolord squads would also appear, and all of them sought to kill King Gorsch! In his madness, King Gorsch actually managed to kill another two Daolords.

The frenzied pursuit went on for more than seven months."

"Daolord Tigrone, if you are willing to spare me, you can ask for any treasure you want. In fact, I'll give you all the treasures I have, save for the Voidsea Jadeseal!" As King Gorsch continued to flee, he frantically tried to dissuade Daolord Tigrone from causing his trouble. Daolord Tigrone's constant interference made it so that he was fleeing much more slowly than before, allowing Ning's squad and Winesage to slowly draw closer and closer to him.

If this continued, sooner or later he would be completely surrounded.

"The only thing I want is the jade seal." Daolord Tigrone completely ignored his offer.

"I'll give you all of my treasures as well as a billion cubes of chaos nectar. When I get back to my race's kingdom, I'll immediately prepare a billion cubes for you!" King Gorsch was frantic. "I can immediately swear a lifeblood oath if you stop causing me trouble!"

He wasn't able to beat the man. Flee? In truth, Daolord Tigrone was actually a bit slower than King Gorsch, but Sectlord Timedream was continuously using his heartworld projection to suppress King Gorsch, preventing him from speeding up and ensuring that he wasn't able to shake off Daolord Tigrone.

"Hahaha… King Gorsch, long time no see." A dazzling streak of light suddenly appeared off in the distance, looking as though a sun had suddenly arisen.

'Eh?" King Gorsch's face turned ashen when he saw who it was. It was a white-robed youth who had dazzling long golden hair and handsome features. "The Radiant King." King Gorsch's heart shook.

Daolord Tigrone was already tough enough to deal with. Now, the Radiant King had come as well? The Radiant King had once ranked in the top three. Although he had been shoved down to the fourth spot due to Daolord Dreamlore, he was still terrifyingly powerful and the fastest of all Daolords. If King Gorsch wasn't even able to shake off Daolord Tigrone, there was no way he would be able to shake off someone like the Radiant King, the fastest person in this entire realm.

"Hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal. You are no longer able to keep it." The Radiant King slowly walked forwards, seeming to move slow but in truth moving far faster than the other two.

"N-no… this Voidsea Jadeseal is mine!" King Gorsch let out a low growl.

BOOM! His aura once more exploded as a bloody pattern appeared on his face, his eyes filled with madness.

"Those who bar my path will die!" King Gorsch had gone mad. He had decided to first kill the Radiant King.

Daolord Tigrone's protective divine ability was the most terrifying protective ability King Gorsch had ever seen! No other Daolords, not even Winesage, would dare to allow King Gorsch to strike them with impunity, but Daolord Tigrone did… and he wasn't injured at all!

The Radiant King was incredibly fast, but his defenses were much weaker by comparison.

"Hmph." The Radiant King let out a cold laugh. Whooooosh. Instantly, a dazzling amount of light was released from him as countless Radiant Kings appeared in the skies.

One hour later, a shocking bit of information spread throughout the Waveshift Realm. King Gorsch… had been killed!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 10 – A Distant Finger

King Gorsch had died? The number one Daolord of the Aeonian race, King Gorsch, had actually died? This news swept through the Waveshift Realm and stunned all of the Daolords in it.

"King Gorsch fled for nearly eight months. During this period of time, Daolord Tigrone didn't injure him all that much; he mainly served to tie King Gorsch down. The ones who truly hurt him and beat him down were the various Daolord squads that interrupted and attacked him throughout his flight. They knew that their chances were slim, and so virtually all of them used the most powerful treasures they had available. Those repeated attacks caused King Gorsch to suffer extremely heavy injuries."

"The Radiant King and Daolord Tigrone fought him for a full hour. Eventually, King Gorsch's ignition of his bloodline powers began to have aftereffects, resulting in him weakening. Right at that moment, the Radiant King used an incredibly powerful treasure to kill him with one blow," Ji Ning said.

"I never would've imagined that the legendary King Gorsch would die, just like that." Daolord Solesky shook his head and sighed.

"It is guaranteed that a large number of Daolords will die in the Waveshift Realm," Badlands said. "Everyone knows that, but they still came rushing in."

Swoosh. The black vessel continued its advance.

"A pity. We would've caught up to King Gorsch in roughly half a month." Ning frowned. "Now that the Voidsea Jadeseal is in the hands of the Radiant King… catching up to him will be difficult!"

King Gorsch died. The Radiant King acquired the seal, then immediately began to flee. He was simply too fast; even though Sectlord Timedream used his heartworld projection to slow the Radiant King's movements, the latter was still able to move more than a hundred times faster than the speed of light! There was no way for Daolord Tigrone to catch up. Daolord Tigrone used all the resources he had at his disposal, but the Radiant King did the same. The Radiant King quickly threw off Daolord Tigrone's pursuit.

Flee! Flee! Flee! This was the only thing the Radiant King cared about. As for Ning and the other Heartforce Cultivators, they were able to clearly lock down upon his position and quickly spread the word to the other Daolord squads, who moved to intercept and attack.

The Radiant King ignored their attempts to stop them, avoiding them and fleeing whenever possible. His only goal was to throw off all pursuers as quickly as possible. When he was unable to do so, he would kill them at maximum speed while sparing no expense! The Radiant King's three killer moves were all legendary for their speed!

In the blink of an eye, two years had gone by. Given the Radiant King's terrifying speed, there were no Daolords capable of tying him down! Even though the Starking managed to intercept him, the Radiant King still threw him off! He spent two years to flee from the ninth layer to the eighth layer. Since he was returning via the same way he had come, he was able to avoid many of the dangerous regions he had previously scouted out.

By now, there were virtually no powerful Daolords in the eighth layer. After another half year, he made it back to the seventh layer… and by then there was no one capable of posing a threat to him.

"I didn't expect that the first Voidsea Jadeseal would end up in the hands of the Radiant King."

"He's simply too fast. No temporal or dimensional teleportation abilities can be used in the Waveshift Realm, and so there is no one faster than him here. He held a huge, unfair advantage over everyone." The other Daolords all felt quite helpless.

Emperor Waveshift had spent an enormous amount of time and effort creating and setting up this Grand Waveshift Formation. All dimensional and temporal abilities were sealed away here!

There were a number of supreme Daolords who had spacetime teleportation devices which were comparable to the spacetime disc which Ning had acquired from the Brightshore Hegemon, but there was no way to use them here. King Gorsch, the Radiant King… all Daolords who acquired Voidsea Jadeseal talismans would be forced to physically flee. If they escaped, the treasure would be theirs. If they failed, they would be doomed.

The Twelve Palaces of Brightshore. The Spacetime Palace.

Aside from Prince Greatjoy, the other dazzling genius the Spacetime Palace had recently produced was known as Gorho.

Gorho had been captured alongside Ning, but he was comparatively slower in his cultivation. He had just become a Daolord roughly ten thousand years ago, and had only recently become a Daolord of the Second Step.

"Eh?" Gorho was located within the 'Spacetime Dreamrealm' of the Spacetime Palace. He had been seated in the lotus position within a chaos planet and quietly meditating, but he suddenly opened his eyes.

"Father…" Gorho could sense something deep within his very bloodline tremble.

"Father… father…" Gorho's eyes instantly reddened. "H-how could he have died…" After becoming a Daolord, he had created an avatar which had been stationed amongst the Aeonians. He naturally was amongst the first to receive word of King Gorsch's death. He was the most promising descendant of King Gorsch, who cared about him greatly and had paved the way for him.

Gorho felt tremendous love and affection towards his father. His father was the most important person in his life.

"Radiant King!" Gorho's eyes were blood-red but filled with tears. He howled, "Radiant King, I'm definitely going to kill you! I'm going to KILL YOU!"

In this moment, his world was filled with nothing but hatred.

Countless Daolords had worked themselves into a frenzy over the first Voidsea Jadeseal. In the end, the Radiant King left with it and successfully escaped, no longer taking part in any of the other battles that were to come. In truth, he himself had been terrified by this experience. When he had fled, he had been waylaid by one group of Daolords after another. He had previously held many of those Daolords in little regard, but when they joined forces they were still tremendously dangerous to him.

"Alas." Ning and the others shook their heads and sighed. "All that chasing for nothing." There was nothing they could do. They had been pulling closer and closer to King Gorsch, but the Radiant King had steadily pulled away from them.

"It's fine. There are five of those Voidsea Jadeseals. That was just the first one," the Ninedust Sectlord said. "We still have a shot."

"But those two hunts were simply terrifying," Daolord Solesky said.

"Yes, yes they were." Ning shook his head and sighed.

Daolord Redgem.

Daolord Qianqing.

Fiendking Nobleguard.

All of them had been famous Daolords. Now, they were nothing. King Gorsch had slain nineteen Daolords during his flight, while the Radiant King had killed seven more after slaying King Gorsch and escaping.

In total, twenty-six Daolords had perished… and that wasn't including King Gorsch! Of the twenty-six, there were twenty-four who had been on the same level as Kongsan! The other two were on the same level as Solesky and Clearwind.

"So many powerful Daolords have died in an incredibly short period of time. One of the top ten died as well!" The Ninedust Sectlord said heavily, "Of the four remaining seals, one is in the ninth layer while the other three are in the even more dangerous tenth layer. I really wonder how many Daolords will end up dying. Quite a few of the top ten will die, I think."

Suddenly, a blurry streak of rainbow light appeared in the skies. Ning and the others all raised their heads, only to see a white-robed man's figure slowly coalesce from the light.

"Realmsoul Polo." Countless images of Realmsoul Polo had appeared within the Waveshift Realm, and each one of them stared down at a group of Daolords.

"The first Voidsea Jadeseal has already been taken away by the Daolord known as the Radiant King." The realmsoul's voice echoed throughout heaven and earth. "It seems as though there is no way any of the other Daolords will be able to take it from him. Thus… I'll go ahead and make public the location of the second Voidsea Jadeseal."

All of the Daolords immediately held their breaths. This was the second and final Voidsea Jadeseal within the ninth layer. After their previous experience, they all now knew how deadly the fight over it would be and how hard it would be to take it away safely. The weaker Daolords probably wouldn't even dare to enter the tenth layer and seek out the seals there.

"The second Voidsea Jadeseal is the last one the vast majority of you Daolords will have a shot at acquiring," Realmsoul Polo said. "This is because only the most supreme of Daolords have a chance at surviving the region where the final three seals are located. If weaker Daolords attempt to go there, they'll definitely perish."

"Definitely perish?" Ning and many of the others were shocked. The vast majority of them were second-tier Daolords or even weaker third-tier Daolords like Solesky and Patriarch Clearwind. Judging from what the realmsoul had just said, even second-tier Daolords would definitely perish if they entered. They wouldn't even have a chance at the final three seals!

"Thus, Daolords… do your best if you want to earn the second seal. Once this opportunity is gone, you won't have another one!" Realmsoul Polo seemed to want to cause as much chaos as possible. He waved his finger, then pointed directly towards Ning's location. "The second Voidsea Jadeseal is right there!"

BOOM! A pillar of light erupted from behind them!

Ning, Ninedust, Solesky, and Badlands all turned their heads, only to see that the beam of light rising up from a nearby river. Obviously, the Voidsea Jadeseal was right inside the river!

"It's right there!"

"We were that close to it?"

"It's right next to us?"

Ning, Ninedust, Solesky, and Badlands were all stunned. The seal was incredibly close to them; they would probably be able to dive into the river in less than a second!

"Move, move, move!" Ning sent a frantic mental message to the others. "Be careful of the heartworld projection!" As he spoke, he immediately unleashed his nine novessence arts and also used his own heartworld projection to cover and protect his people. Based on what Ning knew, Sectlord Timedream would probably immediately use his heartworld projection to crush and suppress them. Him and Ninedust would be able to endure it, and Solesky would probably be able to just barely survive it thanks to his invulnerable aquaform, but Badlands' avatar wouldn't be able to endure it.

The Ninedust Sectlord immediately unleashed his Ripplewater art as well, then charged straight towards the river. "Do your best, everyone. Whoever is the first one to find the Voidsea Jadeseal will become its owner."

"Let's see who is the first to find it!" Ning, Solesky, and Badlands all flew towards the river as well.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 11 – The Focal Spot

"The second Voidsea Jadeseal is the only shot we have. We have to acquire it, no matter what the cost!" This was what the vast majority of the frantic Daolords within the ninth layer were thinking. Realmsoul Polo's words had let them realize that the final three seals were out of their grasp, with only the most supreme of Daolords having a shot at them. This naturally meant that they were all the more frantic to acquire the second seal!

Moments later, Realmsoul Polo pointed towards a certain direction. "There's where it is."

"Let's go, hurry!"

"We need to go there at maximum speed!"

All of the Daolords within the ninth layer frantically charged towards that direction. As for the Daolords who were in the eighth layer, they all shared the same hope: "Perhaps the ones who acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal will flee in our general direction with it."

Boom! Boom! Boom! One heartworld projection after another descended upon the location of the second Voidsea Jadeseal.

The most supreme Daolords, including Sectlord Timedream and Daolord Tigrone, were just as anxious as the weaker Daolords. Daolord Tigrone's displayed prowess in continuously holding the upper hand in his fight against King Gorsch had caused the Palace of Immortals to once more update its rankings. King Gorsch had completely vanished from the list, with Daolord Tigrone assuming his original position at number seventh.

"Daolord Darknorth is the closest to that position."

"Darknorth and Solesky of Vastheaven Palace are over there!"

The Heartforce Cultivators all conversed with each other regarding this. Prior to this, Ning had been a member of this informal association as well, but with him being the closest to the second Voidsea Jadeseal he was obviously now the common enemy of all other Daolords.

"I'll suppress them," Sectlord Timedream immediately sent mentally.

"Delay them and trap them as quickly as possible," Winesage sent mentally. Winesage was feeling quite frantic as well. Judging from how things were shaking out with the first and second seals, power mattered but luck mattered just as much! Although Winesage was without question the most powerful Daolord present, if he was too far away he would have no shot at acquiring on, no matter how much he wanted one.

BOOM!

Although this took time to describe, in truth it happened almost instantly. Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection came crashing down, suppressing Ning, Ninedust, Solesky, and Badlands as they ran.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The nine novessence arts and the Ripplewater art blasted out, fighting back against Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection. Ning's own heartworld projection came crashing out as well, doing its best to disrupt Timedream's.

Ning's own heartworld projection ended up crumbling repeatedly, but the nine novessence arts and the Ripplewater arts were able to hold on despite shuddering and shaking. Ning, Solesky, Ninedust, and Badlands weren't impeded or slowed down in the slightest, and they charged straight towards that nearby river.

"Everyone, Daolord Darknorth and his squad are closest to this second seal. Their squad includes Daolord Solesky and Daolord Badlands." Sectlord Timedream immediately sent this information to the squads of Daolords who were closest to that area. "They have incredibly powerful secret arts and a heartworld projection at all, allowing them to just barely negate the power of my heartworld projection. You have to be careful when fighting them, gentlemen."

"Daolord Darknorth's squad?"

"Vastheaven Palace truly is lucky."

"We have to stop them."

The nearby squads of Daolords all frantically charged towards Ning's position.

"Damn!" Winesage had an ugly look on his face, his black robes fluttering in the wind. "The second one is almost as far from me as the previous one was."

The first Voidsea Jadeseal had been very far away from Winesage; Ning's group had been much closer by comparison. The second Voidsea Jadeseal was a bit closer, but as everyone had chased after King Gorsch they had naturally began to draw closer and closer to each other. Compared to where the other Daolords were located, Winesage was still very far away from Ning's squad!

"What the hell is going on? Am I experiencing bad luck to balance out my overwhelming advantage in power?" An anxious look was in Winesage's eyes.

Swish! Although he was enraged and anxious, he still charged straight towards Ning's direction. They were fairly far away, and there were a number of supreme Daolords much closer than him. Despite that, he still moved towards Ning's direction. So long as he had a chance, he wouldn't give it up.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The four of them dove into the water, one after the other. Ninedust was the fastest, Ning was second, Solesky was third, and Badlands was last. However, since they were all so close to the river, there really wasn't much of a difference between them as they dove in.

"Where is it?"

"Where is the Voidsea Jadeseal?"

Ninedust was the first to dive into the water, and he stared downwards as he frantically sought the seal.

"It's coming from over there!" This river was so incredibly wide and deep it had some underwater mountains and valleys at the bottom. The white pillar of light was coming from one of those underwater valleys.

Swoosh! Ninedust immediately charged towards that gorge.

"It's over there!" Ning was just a heartbeat slower, and he immediately flew towards that gorge as well. Solesky and Badlands quickly followed right behind him.

They were all very good friends, but this matter involved their chances at the Daomerge. None of them would give up this opportunity for mere friendship! They had agreed long ago that the seal would go to whoever managed to acquire it! Even when Solesky had first asked Badlands to help out, the latter had agreed to send his avatar partially out of a desire to acquire a different treasure known as the 'Heartshift Pearl'. Heartshift Pearls were also useful in the Daomerge, but it was unfathomably inferior to the Voidsea Jadeseals, which allowed you to artificially induce a Daomerge.

In truth, Badlands didn't care all that much about the Heartshift Pearl, but he did desperately want a Voidsea Jadeseal.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! The four charge deep into the underwater gorge.

"Where is it? Where is the seal?" After charging into the gorge, Ning's first instinct was to use his heartworld projection to scan every inch of it. Alas, he wasn't able to find any trace of it at all.

"Break!" The Ninedust Sectlord struck out with his longstaff, sending it outwards in an incredibly powerful smashing blow towards the surrounding area. But of course, he made sure to avoid hitting Ning, Solesky, or Badlands. They had long ago sworn a lifeblood oath not to harm each other.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The entire underwater gorge began to crumble apart as the water and the stone were both vaporized by the strike.

Solesky and Badlands began to frantically assault the underwater gorge as well, as did Ning.

"Nothing. Nothing!" Ninedust was incredibly anxious.

"It has to be in this gorge. It has to be!" The four continued their furious assault against the gorge.

BOOM! Daolord Solesky delivered a vicious punch, causing the dense stone face of one particular mountain to break apart. Inside there was a stone pillar, and atop the stone pillar hovered a round piece of jade that emanated a milky-white aura of light. It was the Voidsea Jadeseal!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Ning, Ninedust, and Badlands all turned to look towards Solesky's position.

Daolord Solesky stared blankly for a second, then immediately punched out again and smashed apart the protective formation around the stone pillar. He easily shattered the formation, then reached out to grab the Voidsea Jadeseal.

"But…" Ninedust was stunned.

"Big brother Solesky…" Ning had a mixed look on his face.

"I wasn't unable to divine any of this through my Numerancy at all…" Badlands shook his head.

Although they were all lifelong friends, this was a supreme Daomerge treasure. None of them would give way.

"I'm the fastest and the strongest… and yet, in the end you were the one to win the treasure, Solesky. I really didn't expect this." Ninedust shook his head. "I have nothing to say."

Daolord Solesky was overwhelmed with delight. The four of them had been working together to destroy the gorge and find the Voidsea Jadeseal, but he just so happened to be right next to it. A single lucky punch from him had shattered the stone pillar hiding the Voidsea Jadeseal! It naturally fell into his hands. Ninedust and Ning didn't even have a chance to try and intercept him.

"Everyone, I won out of pure luck. However, what really matters right now is escaping with this thing. I'm confident that the nearby Daolords will soon arrive," Daolord Solesky sent frantically towards Ning and the others.

"What are you thinking? Are you hoping for us to help you in your escape?" The Ninedust Sectlord frowned and said in an icy voice, "The escape will be incredibly dangerous. Even King Gorsch died when trying to flee with the seal! If we try to help you escape, we'll probably die as well, and even if we survive we won't be the ones to benefit from the Voidsea Jadeseal. Why the hell should we help you? That's not even mentioning the fact that you are so weak, you wouldn't even be able to help us out when fighting those enemies."

Although they were on the same team and had sworn oaths not to harm each other, that didn't mean they all had to risk their lives for each other!

"I… I realize I asked for too much." Daolord Solesky's face went blank for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

"Big brother Solesky, don't fight back." Ning waved his hand, causing Daolord Solesky to be drawn into his estate-world.

"Darknorth, what the hell?" The Ninedust Sectlord was stunned.

"Big brother Solesky once saved my live, and we are both brothers of Vastheaven Palace. How can I just wash my hands of him?" Ning shook his head. "Don't worry about this, brother Ninedust. I'm not exactly helpless. I'll flee for as long as I can. If I feel like I really don't have a chance to escape, I'll just hand the seal over."

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 12 – Fleeing

"Y-you…" The Ninedust Sectlord was speechless. He actually had harbored ulterior motives; he wanted to wait for Daolord Solesky to be killed by other Daolords, then counter-attack and take the seal for himself.

In truth, he really didn't have much of a relationship with Solesky. However, him and Ji Ning and experienced life-and-death experiences for many years, and he really did view Ning as an extremely close friend. He was by nature an arrogant and solitary figure, willing and capable of doing anything and everything necessary to achieve his goals. If he didn't like someone, he wouldn't give a damn about them even if they were stronger than him… but once he did acknowledge a person, he would be willing to risk his life for the sake of that friend.

"Damnit. You drive me crazy. Fine, let's escape together." The Ninedust Sectlord gritted his teeth.

"You…" Ning was stunned.

"But I want to make my position clear – if I'm unable to hold them off any longer, we need to voluntarily hand the Voidsea Jadeseal over. I'm not gonna commit suicide for someone else." The Ninedust Sectlord let out a cold snort. "For Daolord Solesky to have a brother like you who is willing to risk your life for him… he really has some bullshit luck. If it wasn't for you, his chances of escaping with the seal would be virtually negligible."

Ning was both overjoyed and moved by this. This escape would be an incredibly dangerous endeavor. King Gorsch had died just a while ago, and this time the Daolords would probably be even more frenzied in their attempts.

"Thanks, Ninedust." Ning silently committed this display of friendship to memory. He knew that this would be a day he would never be able to forget.

"When we work together, it won't be easy for anyone to stop us," Ninedust sent mentally. "Alright, let's cut the crap. Time to run."

Although they had briefly bickered, given their level of power their mental conversations happened almost instantaneously. Less than a single second had passed since Ning had collected Daolord Solesky. It was now time to flee.

Splash! The flying black vessel suddenly burst through the surface of the river, with Ning, Ninedust, and Badland atop the vessel. Ning took control over the vessel, not hesitating at all in sending it back the way they had previously come. That way, they would be able to avoid all of the natural dangers within the Waveshift Realm.

"You can't!" Daolord Badlands opened his eyes and suddenly let out a furious shout.

"What's wrong?" Ning turned to look at Badlands.

"I engaged in some detailed Numerancy just now. If we go back the same way we came, I think we are destined to fail. I can't divine any way to survive if we go back that way, and I can foretell that the battles we will encounter shall be far more terrible than the ones King Gorsch endured." Daolord Badlands pointed towards the left instead. "All other directions will result in guaranteed failure. I can sense that our only chance will come from that direction."

"Oh?" Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance. They had all sworn lifeblood oaths when establishing the squad to tell each other the truth. There was no way Daolord Badlands was lying to them.

In truth, they themselves knew that due to everyone having chased after King Gorsch, all the various Daolord squads were now much closer to each other than before. As a result, there was a very high concentration of Daolords in the area around Ning. Their flight would be much more dangerous than King Gorsch's failed attempt.

Daolord Badlands was now telling them that all other paths, including the path they had originally traversed to come here, would result in certain failure. This was a testament to how dangerous this would be.

"The heavens always leave a chance; they never seal off hope entirely. It seems our only hope lies in that direction." Ning didn't hesitate at all, immediately sending the vessel flying at high speeds towards the direction Daolord Badlands had just pointed.

"What?!"

"They aren't going back the same way they came! They're advancing towards an unexplored area."

Sectlord Timedream, Winesage, and the other Heartforce Cultivators continued to mentally converse with each other. When they had pursued King Gorsch, they had paid close attention to the path King Gorsch was taking. While doing so, they had also mentally memorized the paths which the various squads of Daolords had taken, including Ji Ning's. Daolords naturally had terrifyingly good memories, and they thus remembered exactly what route Ning had taken.

"I had thought they would go back the same way they came! I arranged for other Daolords to intercept and attack them, but they're instead fleeing in a different direction. Quite crafty."

"Hurry up and stop them."

"Tie them down! The longer we can tie them down, the more Daolords will be able to make it there."

Sectlord Timedream began to converse mentally with the various other Daolord squads, arranging them like chess pieces. And in truth, those Daolords were willing to serve as chess pieces for the chance of acquiring a Voidsea Jadeseal.

"Daolord Darknorth is a Heartforce Cultivator and has many unpredictable heartforce attacks we would be forced to take head-on. His avatar was capable of slaying Daolord Mistbearer, and his true body should be even stronger. My Dao-heart is lacking; I'm not going to take part in this ambush. Good luck, fellow Daoists."

"Alas, it seems like I won't have any chances this time."

The weaker Daolords and the ones with flawed Dao-hearts began to slow down. They weren't willing to face a Heartforce Cultivator head-on!

Although King Gorsch was formidable, they were at least able to see and defend against his attacks when they worked together. Heartforce attacks, however, were invisible and could only be taken head-on. If you were able to endure the attacks, you'd live; if you failed, you would die!

Whoooosh! Many other Daolords, however, continued to rush there at high speeds. Only a fairly small percentage were afraid of Ning! The most powerful second-tier Daolords didn't really fear each other. As for the supreme first-tier Daolords, they felt no fear at all.

Swoosh. Ning continued to flee at high speeds aboard the black vessel. Previously, when he had his heartworld projection active, he had marked down the various paths which the other Daolord squads had taken. This now proved to be quite useful.

"There they are!" Ninedust bellowed.

"The first Daolord squad." Ning waved his hand and put away Daolord Badlands, then stared intently towards the front. They had fled for roughly the time needed to boil a kettle of tea… and a squad of Daolords had appeared. This was the first one, and there were eight of them off in the distance.

Whooooosh. The sides drew closer and closer.

"Attack!"

"Kill them."

"Darknorth is nothing."

The eight Daolords were filled with a murderous intent and had savage looks on their faces. As they saw it, King Gorsch was much stronger than this Daolord Darknorth ever could be.

"Go."

"Die!"

"Vanish." Six of the eight Daolords didn't hesitate in immediately taking out rare treasures. These six were second-tier Daolords, while the other two were fairly weak and were just trying their luck out.

"Kill!" The Ninedust Sectlord was brimming with killing intent as well.

"Dreamstar!" Ning immediately executed his [Dreamstar] art. Given that these eight dared to attack him head-on, the [Heartforce Eradicator] probably wouldn't be of much use against them! Thus, Ning chose to immediately use the [Dreamstar] instead.

Invisible waves of heartforce instantly surged out towards the eight Daolords.

"Uh…"

"I…"

Even the Junior Radiant King, Daolord Yanmi, had been briefly affected by Ning's usage of the [Dreamstar] art… and Ning's true body was even stronger! These Daolords were obviously not a match for the Junior Radiant King, and six of them were instantly driven into an spellbound state. Only two of the Daolords were able to maintain their clarity of mind.

Now that they had fallen into a state of stupor, they obviously wouldn't be able to activate the power within their treasures. Ning himself would need a moment of time to take out and activate the Sword Hegemon's Dao-seal! Its power would be unleashed in accordance with his guidance; without it, it would just burst out in a straight line that would be much more easily dodged.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Terrifying black light, awesome thunder, endless blades of icy light… without guidance from their masters, they began to randomly collide against each other. Even the two Daolords who were able to maintain their clarity of mind were disrupted.

"Fools like them think to stop us?" The Ninedust Sectlord let out a bellow, then struck out with his longstaff. His longstaff stretched out to become a million kilometers long, howling through the skies and splattering apart a dangerous streak of bloody light.

"What?!"

"He was able to shatter the power of that Dao-seal?"

"How is this possible?" The two clear-minded Daolords were shocked by what they saw. Only supreme first-tier Daolords would be able to unleash such power with a casual strike. That attack had more might within it than a powerful Dao-seal!

"Die!" The Ninedust Sectlord charged forwards valiantly.

"Die." Ning continuously executed the [Dreamstar] while also sending out his nine novessence arts like nine energy dragons towards the eight.

Even though the Ripplewater art and the nine novessence arts were being suppressed Sectlord Timedream, they were still able to strike out across a great distance towards those Daolords!

"Run, quick!" By now, three of the six dazed Daolords had come back to their senses. They immediately screamed mentally to each other, "His illusions are too powerful. Flee!"

Alas, how could they possibly flee more quickly than the nine novessence arts or the Ripplewater art? They were instantly surrounded and bogged down. The three still-dazed Daolords were unable to resist at all, and two of them died on the spot! A heartbeat later, the Ninedust Sectlord's staff came howling for them…

"Run! Run!"

"He's a supreme Daolord!"

"A supreme Daolord and a Heartforce Cultivator, working together! We aren't a match for them!"

They had thought that this squad would be easy pickings, but it was even more terrifying than King Gorsch had been! If they were facing King Gorsch, the six items they had just tossed out would've been more than enough to put him in a tight spot. However, against the combined forces of Ning and Ninedust, it had been of no use! They made up for each other's weaknesses. This was the reason why Daolord Soleman had joined forces with Daolord Skyaxe.

"Hahaha!" The Ninedust Sectlord flew back to the flying vessel. "I enjoyed the hell out of that battle. How absolutely wonderful! If we had enough time, we would've finished off those four as well. There's no way they should've been able to escape." In the end, four of the eight had died. The other four had managed to escape.

In the Waveshift Realm, it was generally fairly easy to kill second-tier Daolords, as normal dimensional/temporal escape methods were of no use. The only choice was to fly, which meant that many of the slower ones would easily lose their lives if they were unable to beat an opponent.

"Darknorth, when the two of us work together, we might just be able to fight our way out after all." The Ninedust Sectlord chortled with laughter. "Hah! Our reputations are really gonna be spread throughout the Endless Territories."

"There really aren't many who can stop us when we work together." Ning grinned as well. In his heart, he felt tremendous gratitude towards Ninedust.

His big brother Solesky had shown him great benevolence in the past; there was no way Ning would just abandon him, but the same hadn't been true for Ninedust. Although both of them were in high spirits, they also knew that this would be a very dangerous escape attempt… and the dangers had just begun.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 13 – Fight

The ease with which Ji Ning and the Ninedust Sectlord had slaughtered the first squad to attack them, forcing the attackers to flee in disarray, caused the Heartforce Cultivators who were 'spying' on the fight to feel stunned.

"What's going on? Who is that silver-robed man? How can he be this powerful?" Winesage asked anxiously.

"Does anyone know who the silver-robed man is?"

"Does anyone know where he comes from?"

"All I know is that he is an Ancient cultivator who is on par with me," Fiendqueen Dustrain replied.

"Since when did the Ancient cultivators suddenly give birth to such a terrifyingly powerful Daolord?"

The Heartforce Cultivators instantly began to spread this information to the other Daolords and ask them about it. Of the many Daolords present, there actually were a few who knew about Ninedust.

"The Ancient cultivators do have an incredibly talented Daolord known as Redwater who is skilled in staff-arts and walks the Dao of Water. He has become the new Sectlord of the Ninedust Sect! However, when I knew him he wasn't nearly this powerful."

"Yes, when I used my heartworld projection to suppress them, I overheard Daolord Darknorth refer to him as 'Ninedust'."

"The Ninedust Sectlord?"

"Daolord Redwater, the Ninedust Sectlord?"

There were simply far too many Daolords clustered within the Waveshift Realm. Even the most low-key of Daolords would still be known to some. All Daolords had to experience danger and train in order to grow more powerful. They'd naturally run into other Daolords during the process.

The many Daolords present all understood that to withstand Darknorth and Ninedust would be no easy task! Ninedust was already on par with King Gorsch, while Darknorth was a Heartforce Cultivator. The two complimented each other very well.

"Fuck off!" Ning let out a furious roar as his heartforce surged out in a wave via his [Dreamstar] art towards the five Daolords who had come to stop them.

After going through the Ancient Hegemon's relic site, studying the Dreamdust script, and traversing the Thundersouth Palace as well as using the Stone Censer of Reunion for many years, Ning had reached an extremely high level in the [Dreamstar] art. By now, his illusions were on par with even the illusions that had been within the Thundersouth Palace, and even Ninedust had repeatedly been tricked by the illusions in Thundersouth Palace!

When Ning used this technique, the vast majority of second-tier Daolords would be affected by it. And in truth, this was nothing much. When Daolord Featherdress had used her [Featherdress Soulthrall Song, no non-Heartforce Cultivator Daolord was able to resist it, including the other supreme first-tier Daolords! This was what made Heartforce Cultivators so terrifying.

"Ahhh!"

"Where am I?"

Four of the five Daolords were trapped within illusions. The remaining one, upon seeing this, didn't dare to attack.

"Let's go." Ning and the others didn't want to waste any time. They immediately used their flying vessel to escape at high speeds.

"What just happened? How could we all have been trapped in illusions?"

"My Dao-heart is incredibly powerful. How did I end up within an illusion as well?"

When the other four Daolords came to their senses, they were so frightened they felt cold sweat drip down their banks.

"If it hadn't been for Daolord Darknorth, the five of us could've joined forces to cause the Ninedust Sectlord quite a few problems. Ugh. They've joined forces. Blocking them is going to be extremely difficult." After personally experiencing the power of this combination, the squad instantly understood how terrifyingly strong the Ning-Ninedust team was.

It was true. The Ning-Ninedust team was virtually unstoppable. Both of them had extremely powerful secret arts, and Ning's heartworld projection was able to push back repeatedly at Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection. Although his own projection was repeatedly destroyed by Timedream's, their secret arts were strong enough to allow them to endure the rest. Thus, they weren't slowed down in the slightest.

As far as combat power went? Although they were repeatedly outnumbered by second-tier Daolords, Ning would cast his heartforce illusions upon them from far, and the majority of them would immediately fall for it! There was just no way to slow them down at all.

In the blink of an eye, Ning's group had spent nineteen days in flight. On the way, they had suffered quite a few attacks by Daolord squads, with two of the attacks being quite difficult to deal with. They had fought at maximum speed and managed to kill five of the Daolords.

"Eh?" Ning and Ninedust suddenly stared towards the front.

"Something's off." Ning's eyes narrowed as he stared towards a red-robed youth who was flying towards them from afar. The red-robed youth's eyes were extremely bright, and they glistened like the stars. Ning had a heavy look on his face. "He actually dares to intercept us by himself. He knows how strong we are, but he still dares to challenge us. He is very possibly a supreme Daolord."

"Yes. Even worse, he doesn't seem to be one of the more famous ones. We have no idea what his skills lie in." Ninedust had a bad feeling as well. This was the first time during their flight that a sole Daolord had moved to intercept them by himself!

"Brother Darknorth. Brother Ninedust. My Daoist title is 'Snowjoy'. I feel rather embarrassed; this is our first time meeting each other, and we're about to get into a fight right away." The red-robed youth laughed brightly. "Why don't you hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal. Now that I'm here, you won't be able to escape."

"You think quite highly of yourself." Ninedust smirked.

As for Ning, a cold light flashed through his eyes as he immediately sent out his [Dreamstar] art. The red-robed youth, however, just continued to stand there with a smile on his face in front of them. When the [Dreamstar] art swept past the man, the man simply continued to smile. His smile had a strange charisma to it, and his eyes only shone even brighter as he looked at Ninedust. "Brother Ninedust?"

"Hmph." The Ninedust Sectlord let out a cold snort. "So you are actually skilled in illusions as well."

"Alas, my illusions can in no way compare to brother Darknorth's. He is a true Heartforce Cultivator, after all." The red-robed youth smiled.

Ning's face tightened as he sent mentally to Ning, "Ninedust, my [Dreamstar] did nothing to him."

"He is probably a supreme Daolord! Supreme Daolords almost all have incredibly powerful souls and Dao-hearts. Their souls won't be easily shaken by illusions. Don't worry. Leave it to me." The Ninedust Sectlord glared coldly at the distant red-robed youth, then barked, "Daolord Snowjoy? Hmph! Let's see if you really are strong enough to bar my path."

"After you." The red-robed youth smiled gracefully, then flew over.

"Attack!" The Ninedust Sectlord swept through the skies, his longstaff expanding to become ten thousand kilometers long as he slammed it towards the opponent in front of him. The space around him actually twisted into a vortex, with that longstaff being at the center of the vortex as it smashed towards the red-robed youth.

The red-robed youth instantly manifested a total of six ivory-white arms. His six arms spread out like the plumes of a peacock, launching palm-strikes, finger-strikes, claw-strikes, and other attacks towards the Ninedust Sectlord.

Thud! An extremely soft and light collision could be heard. The red-robed youth's body trembled slightly before he then continued to press the attack against Ninedust.

"Die." The Ninedust Sectlord spun his staff around his waist as he prepared for another strike. The longstaff was like a Flood Dragon leaving the waters, causing great waves to appear in the area that crashed downwards towards the red-robed youth.

Boom!

Hiss!

Bang!

The red-robed youth's attacks were extremely graceful. No matter how ferocious the Ninedust Sectlord's attacks were, the youth was able to defend against them with extremely delicate strikes. He was able to use his six hands alone to defend against Ninedust's longstaff without suffering the slightest of disadvantages.

Ning grew increasingly anxious as he watched. If this continued, the battle could go on for several days without any resolution.

Swoosh! Ning suddenly vanished as he used his Shadowless evasion skill to move closer to the red-robed youth.

"You wish to ambush me?" The red-robed youth's godsense had been activated this entire time, and so he naturally was able to notice as Ning drew close to him. He let out a soft laugh. "you are a Heartforce Cultivator. If you hid far away, I wouldn't be able to do anything to you… but you actually dare to deliver yourself into my hands?"

"Kill!" Six streams of light appeared simultaneously as Ning manifested [Three Heads, Six Arms] and sent his six Northbow swords to attack his opponent.

"Screw off." The red-robed youth casually waved a single hand to slap back at him.

Bang! The tips of the swords collided against the center of the red-robed youth's palm. The youth's face instantly changed. He had thought that he would be able to deliver a heavy blow to Ning with a single hand, but Ning had used the most powerful attack available to him – the Blood Drop stance. This stance, when used with the Northbow swords, contained incredible power!

Although Ning felt the tremendous power contained within that palm-strike, the defensive prowess of his sword-arts allowed him to deflect and ablate much of that power with one sword. He also had the Hegemon armor, allowing him to take on as much of the strike as possible so as to ensure that his other five swords were not disrupted by the attack. Thus, the other five Northbow swords continued to fly mercilessly towards the red-robed youth.

"I told you to screw off!" The red-robed youth was irritated now. He sent three of his ivory-white palms towards Ning in a fierce assault, his palms growing in size as he slapped out towards Ning.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning was knocked flying backwards.

Boom! The Ninedust Sectlord suddenly landed a blow with his longstaff against the red-robed youth's waist, knocking him flying backwards as well. The youth spat a mouthful of blood out.

"Damn." The red-robed youth quickly righted himself in midair, a look of anger in his eyes as he smiled coldly towards the distant Ning. "Impressive, Darknorth. I didn't expect you to be this strong in close combat! You caught me slightly off-guard… and you didn't even spit out any blood after taking a hit from me! Impressive, impressive."

Ning was stronger than he had expected. He had to use at least thirty to forty percent of his power to deal with Ning, but this meant that he would no longer be able to fend off the Ninedust Sectlord.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 14 – Daolord Shaka Bars Their Path

"The two of you are more powerful than I had expected. I've just developed an ultimate attack that I've yet to display in front of other Daolords. The two of you shall be the first one to see it." the red-robed youth said in a cold voice. His body began to glow with rays of astral light that coalesced to his left and his right, forming two starlight bodies.

The red-robed youth and his two starlight bodies looked absolutely identical to each other.

"A Stargod clone?" Ji Ning and Ninedust both exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, these are Stargod clones." The red-robed youth smiled coldly. "This is the supreme technique of the Starking, the 'Stargod clones'."

The Starking was ranked ninth amongst the Daolords, and he was famous for his killer technique, the 'Stargod clone'. Every single Stargod clone had 50% of the true body's power! The Starking was able to create a total of seven such Stargod clones.

"The Starking's 'Astral Dao' is an extreme one that has obvious flaws, rendering him weak in close combat. However, it allowed him to develop his Stargod clone technique, letting him be ranked amongst the top ten in the Endless Territories." The red-robed youth smirked. "My own Astral Dao is more perfect than his. It has no flaws at all. Although I'm only able to create two Stargod clones, I'm vastly superior to the Starking."

Ning and Ninedust traded a glance. This unknown Daolord Snowjoy was indeed quite formidable in close combat. Although he had been defending this entire time, he was still able to match Ninedust blow for blow. Now that he had two more Stargod clones with him, what were they to do?

"Kill!" The red-robed youth and his two Stargod clones simultaneously attacked the Ninedust Sectlord.

The furious Ninedust Sectlord charged forwards as well, his longstaff lashing directly outwards. His attack looked simple, but it possessed unstoppable power! The red-robed youth dodged slightly, using his palms to brush aside the attack, but the Ninedust Sectlord's longstaff suddenly twisted and swept outwards to both sides of him, simultaneously striking at the red-robed youth and the two Stargod clones at the same time.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two sides exchanged just a few dozen stances before one of the Stargod clones managed to land a palm-strike directly against the Ninedust Sectlord's chest, knocking him flying backwards. The Ninedust Sectlord's chest had partially dissolved into a stream of water before quickly reforming. Although he didn't have a killer attack like the Stargod clone technique, his invulnerable aquaform was a far stronger supreme defensive technique than Snowjoy possessed.

"He can't hurt me, but his true body combined with the two Stargod clones can tie me down." The Ninedust Sectlord gritted his teeth, then struck out with his right hand and produced that strange formation-diagram within his palm.

Rumble! The formation-diagram in his palm immediately flew out and expanded in size to cover an area of ten million kilometers. The enormous formation-diagram was shaped like a square within a circle and filled with layers of flowing barriers. Thousands of layers of formations continuously overlapped with each other.

"A trap formation?" The red-robed youth, who had been extremely confident this entire time, suddenly turned tense. A look of stunned anger appeared on his face.

"Let's go!" The Ninedust Sectlord immediately pulled Ning with him in a frantic retreat, the layers of formations parting in front of them. Swoosh! They entered the black vessel, then quickly fled at maximum speed.

"Stop running! Stop running!" Trapped within the enormous formation, the red-robed youth was able to do nothing besides roar angrily. He had been so close… so close! The Voidsea Jadeseal had been within reach, but this trap formation had cut off his chances.

"Break! BREAK!" The red-robed youth furiously assaulted the trap formation. He wasn't that skilled in the art of formations, and when he saw that this one was composed of thousands of layers of barriers he knew that breaching it through raw force was the only chance he had! He had to continuously consume the power within the formation. Only when its power was depleted would he have a chance to escape.

However… he had no idea that this was something left behind by a Hegemon of the Ancient cultivators! This formation was an incredibly strong one. He was trapped in it for a full hour before managing to escape. By then, Ning and the Ninedust had fled far, far away.

"The situation looks pretty bad."

"The Ninedust Sectlord has a trap formation of incredible power."

"Daolord Snowjoy's stuck inside it."

Word quickly spread, and the many Daolords converging on this area began to grow anxious. It took them time to slowly fly through the ninth layer, making it difficult for any group to intercept another group. They had been extremely lucky to have a supreme Daolord manage to intercept Ning's squad, but who would've thought that the Ninedust Sectlord would be able to use a trap formation against him and escape with ease?

Flee, flee, flee! Ning's group continued to frantically flee at maximum speed. Both Ning and Ninedust knew that using a trap formation against such an opponent was an excellent ploy, but Ninedust's formation treasure could only be slowly recharged through the usage of ten million cubes of chaos jewels! They didn't really care about money at a time like this, but it would take two or three days for the recharging process to be completed.

Another month went by in the blink of an eye. Daolord Snowjoy was once more in hot pursuit of them, but wouldn't be able to catch up. For now, the group didn't encounter a second supreme Daolord.

"It's only been a month. Based on the path in front of us, we'll still need another two years before we can escape the ninth layer. I hope things will progress smoothly." Ning, Ninedust, and Badlands were all standing aboard the deck of the black vessel.

Daolord Badlands suddenly frowned. He repeatedly engaged in his Numerancy calculations, only to shake his head again and again.

"What's wrong?" Ning and Ninedust asked.

"Things are becoming increasingly dangerous!" Badlands explained, "My calculations are telling me that the situation is going to worsen no matter which way we go!"

Ninedust snickered, "They know where we are and are surrounding us from all sides. Of course things are only going to become increasingly dangerous! Our only chance is for us to escape the ninth layer. But… if they are going to try and stop us, they need to prepare to die!"

"Someone's coming." Ning stared towards the front.

"Eh?" Ninedust turned to stare forwards as well. A golden streak of light suddenly appeared off in the distance… and the faces of both Ning and Ninedust instantly changed.

"Fellow Daoist Darknorth. Long time no see." A golden-armored, golden-haired man stood off in the distance, a brilliant smile on his face and violet light shimmering in his eyes. "You've improved quite quickly!"

"Daolord Shaka." Ning had an ugly look on his face. When Kongsan had failed in his attempt to kill Ning, Kongsan had asked Daolord Shaka to help out. Ning had been forced to use his Hegemon Dao-seal to survive!

The Sword Hegemon's Dao-seal was incredibly powerful. It had slaughtered Kongsan outright! Daolord Shaka, however, had managed to survive and escape thanks to using a valuable life-preserving treasure.

"You actually dare to bar my path? Aren't you worried that I might hit you with a second seal?" Ning said coldly.

"Ahaha!" Daolord Shaka laughed loudly. He naturally had never forgotten the terrifying scene from a few years back. "Are you really trying to tell me you had TWO such treasures? And even if you do have a second one, so what? I knew just how dangerous this trip to the Waveshift Realm would be and so I paid an incredibly heavy price to procure a protective treasure. Even if you use a second Dao-seal, I'll still be able to escape."

"Forget him." The Ninedust Sectlord frowned, then sent mentally, "Let's leave. Don't waste any time with him."

"Let's go." Ning agreed with this idea. Swoosh! The black vessel instantly sped up to a hundred times the speed of light as the two completely ignored Daolord Shaka.

"Fleeing?" Daolord Shaka instantly sped up to over a hundred times the speed of light, waving his hand and sending a streak of golden light straight towards the black vessel.

"Fuck off!" The Ninedust Sectlord brandished his longstaff, smashing the streak of golden light aside.

"Hahaha…" Daolord Shaka smiled coldly as he flew closer and closer towards the black vessel. "You won't be able to escape." One golden feather after another flew out from him, numbering six in total. They all transformed into streaks of golden light that furiously assaulted the black vessel.

"Damn that Daolord Shaka." The Ninedust Sectlord charged out of the black vessel, but Daolord Shaka was able to easily evade him thanks to his great speed. Shaka moved faster than a hundred times the speed of light; there was no way for Ninedust to catch up to him at all.

"Go!" The Ninedust Sectlord waved his right hand, causing that formation-diagram to fly out once more.

Time continued to slowly flow on.

In terms of raw power, Daolord Shaka actually wasn't a match for Ninedust! However, he was simply too fast. Although he was trapped within the formation for a full hour, he managed to once more catch up to them in under a day! He refused to engage Ning and the others in close combat, simply launching repeated long-distance attacks from afar. This ensured that they would move very slowly, at less than half of their maximum speed.

Running and fighting at the same time… of course they would be much closer! Finally, they managed to recharge the formation treasure with chaos jewels and once more trapped Daolord Shaka, but a day later he once more caught up to them!

"They won't be able to escape."

"They aren't going anywhere."

All of the Heartforce Cultivators watching knew exactly what the situation was. Ever since Daolord Shaka had managed to catch up to Ning's squad, they had been dramatically slowed down.

Another five days went by.

"Damn." Just as Ning and Ninedust were once more dealing with Daolord Shaka, another figure suddenly appeared off in the distance and began to fly towards them. It was the red-robed youth, Daolord Snowjoy.

"You are finished!" Daolord Shaka roared with laughter.

"You won't be able to escape." Daolord Snowjoy walked towards them, a cold smile on his face.

Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance. They didn't fear Shaka or Snowjoy despite the two both being supreme Daolords, but when these two joined forces they would be able to completely tie down Ning and Ninedust, making their escape even slower. Most likely, even more Daolords would begin to arrive! It must be remembered that thus far, not a single one of the top-ranked Daolords had arrived yet.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 15 – Sectlord Timedream and the Kingfreak

Daolord Snowjoy slowly walked towards them through the skies as he made his way towards the black vessel. As for Daolord Shaka, he attacked from afar using his magic treasures, using his long-distance attacks to tie down Ji Ning and Ninedust.

"Keep moving while fighting. We can't let ourselves get tied down by them like this," the Ninedust Sectlord immediately said.

Ning remained in control of the black vessel, watching as Ninedust battled against Daolord Snowjoy and Daolord Shaka by himself. This was a two-on-one fight, and Ninedust was at a distinct disadvantage.

"Ninedust…" Ning sighed. In truth, there really was no need for Ninedust to involve himself, as he wouldn't gain anything from it at all. The Voidsea Jadeseal wouldn't be his, regardless of whether they succeeded or failed!

"What should we do? I can't get involved in a fight at their level. In the end, I'm still not strong enough." Ning felt quite resigned as well. Both Daolord Snowjoy and Daolord Shaka were able to ignore the effects of his heartforce techniques! As for his close combat abilities, Daolord Snowjoy would be able to overcome and suppress him with just a single one of his Stargod clones.

"We've been completely bogged down. Things are going to get worse and worse from now on." Ning was truly worried.

Far off in the distance, there were two figures riding a white vessel that was advancing towards Ning's position at high speed. The first was an alien man who wore a crown and who was dressed in beautiful golden robes. This man had dark-red eyes and emanated the stately aura of a king. Ordinary Daolords would feel an uncontrollable urge to bow down and prostrate themselves before him. He was Sectlord Timedream! The most accomplished Heartforce Cultivator in all the Endless Territories!

Next to him stood a short, squat, and ugly man who carried an enormous scimitar on his back. He was known as the Kingfreak, and was ranked eighteen amongst the Daolords of the Endless Territories! Although he was ranked fairly low amongst the supreme first-tier Daolords, he was still one of them. No supreme Daolords could be underestimated, as they all had their own specialties.

"Sectlord, we're closing in on them. We should be able to catch up in under two days," the Kingfreak said in his hoarse voice.

"Excellent." Sectlord Timedream's lips crooked upwards slightly. "Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy have tied them down, but they won't be able to kill Ninedust or Darknorth. As for Winesage and the others, they are still quite far away. Winesage will have to spend at least ten days before making it here. Hmph. By then, I would've acquired the Voidsea Jadeseal long ago."

"You are the only one who deserves it, Sectlord," the Kingfreak said hoarsely.

"There are three more seals in the tenth layer." Sectlord Timedream looked at the Kingfreak. "As soon as I acquire the second Voidsea Jadeseal, I'm going to immediately use it! After that, I'll accompany you into the tenth layer and fight for one of the remaining three. No matter what, I guarantee that I'll help you acquire one of them."

"They will all be yours, Sectlord," the Kingfreak said.

"No. I'll take any other treasures, but if we can acquire a second Voidsea Jadeseal it will go to you," Sectlord Timedream said.

Anyone else who saw this interaction would be completely shocked. Sectlord Timedream had founded an enormous sect and was the exalted leader of it, with countless living beings in his thrall! Those who obeyed him would live; those who disobeyed him would perish. He was supreme throughout his world, and was incredibly skilled in manipulating the hearts of men.

If the 'Godking' of the Three Realms could be described as delighting in the torment of others, Sectlord Timedream was even worse. In fact, he had become so incredibly depraved that he truly could be described as a demon amongst demons. Despite his extremeness, he had achieved incredible things in the field of heartforce.

The Dao was neither good nor bad. The good could reach high levels in it, as could the bad.

As for the Kingfreak? He was Sectlord Timedream's right-hand man. The Sectlord couldn't be everywhere and do everything, and so many things were left to the Kingfreak to handle. As for the Kingfreak, he was a mass murderer who was legendary for his ruthless callousness, a man of unpredictable temperament! The many disciples of the Timedream Sect were all terrified whenever they saw him, for fear of offending him and thus perishing for the offense.

When the two worked together, they wouldn't fear even the likes of Palace Lord Dawnstar or Winesage! One could imagine what an incredibly famous duo they were in the Endless Territories. Both were fiendish madmen… but they held genuine and deep affection for each other.

The Kingfreak was unswervingly loyal to Sectlord Timedream, and whenever they were out adventuring he always let the Sectlord have the pick of the treasures they encountered! Sectlord Timedream was a bit more selfish and often gave himself the best things first, but in his heart the Kingfreak truly was second only to himself in importance.

Two days later.

"Ninedust! Darknorth!" A booming voice rang out in the skies.

They were in a vast, snowy plains right now. A thick layer of snow had fallen over this area, and it stretched off as far as the naked eye could see.

Ning's group had continued to fight and slowly flee. During the past two days, they had used the trap formation an additional time, but Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy had quickly caught up to them.

"Who is it?" Ning and Ninedust both turned to stare off into the distance, as did Daolord Snowjoy and Daolord Shaka.

Two distant figures were walking towards them side-by-side. The first was a red-eyed man dressed in beautiful golden robes who emanated an aura of ineffable majesty. The other was an ugly-looking man who carried an enormous scimitar on his back.

"Sectlord Timedream? The Kingfreak?" Ning and Ninedust both felt their hearts sink.

Of the current top five Daolords, Winesage and Palace Lord Dawnstar had fairly good reputations. Daolord Dreamlore had been fairly low-key before this trip, only becoming famous after defeating the Radiant King. Clearly, he wasn't the vile sort either.

Sectlord Timedream, however, was a truly demonic figure… and the Kingfreak was his most dangerous of lackeys!

"Ah, Timedream and the Kingfreak have arrived." Daolord Shaka sent mentally, "Brother Snowjoy, now that they've arrived I expect that Ninedust's group won't be able to hold out against us. However, we need to work together to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal. Otherwise, it'll probably end up in Timedream's hands."

"Agreed." Daolord Snowjoy turned somber as well. "Let us work together. Once we seize the seal, we'll work together to escape, no matter who the seal ends up with!"

"Agreed." Daolord Shaka nodded. The two immediately swore lifeblood oaths and entered into an alliance.

Even if Daolord Snowjoy did acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal, he would need Daolord Shaka's speed in order to escape! Right now, fleeing as quickly as possible once the seal was in hand was what mattered the most. The Radiant King had been able to escape precisely because of how fast he was.

As for Daolord Shaka, he needed Daolord Snowjoy's strength! Shaka himself was fairly weak compared to other supreme Daolords, after all. He wouldn't be able to resist any of the truly formidable ones.

When the two worked together, they made up for each other's weaknesses.

"Be good boys and hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal." Sectlord Timedream slowly walked over, his voice cold. "My calculations indicate that you should only be able to use that trap formation once every two or three days. You won't be able to activate it again for some time. There's nowhere for you to run. Hand it over."

"Haha! Four supreme Daolords. What luck!" The Ninedust Sectlord hefted his longstaff, roaring with laughter from his position atop the flying vessel. "Fighting against four supreme Daolords, all by my lonesome… just thinking about it gets my blood pumping! Come, come! All four you of you can attack at the same time! I want to see just how tough all of you are, and I want to see if you can do anything to me!"

"If that's the case… let's attack!" Sectlord Timedream said coldly.

"Kill!" Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy were the first to charge. Everyone was entering into close combat, as they were all fairly close to each other and the first to seize the Voidsea Jadeseal would gain an enormous advantage.

"Kill." The Kingfreak drew his enormous scimitar from his back-sheath and charged towards the Ninedust Sectlord as well.

"Come on!" The Ninedust Sectlord awaited them, longstaff at the ready.

BOOM! As they fought, ripples of power began to blast out in every direction, annihilating the snow in the surrounding area and spreading out until they were blocked by some barriers off in the distance. Ninedust began to fight Daolord Shaka, Daolord Snowjoy, and the Kingfreak all by himself in a one-on-three fight.

Bang! Daolord Snowjoy landed a palm-strike on Ninedust's chest.

Slash! The Kingfreak landed a slashing blow with his scimitar on Ninedust's thigh.

Stab! Daolord Shaka plunged his longspear into Ninedust's right arm.

Ninedust was sent stumbling backwards by this barrage of attacks, with the injured parts of his body dissolving into water and then reforming anew, completely unharmed.

The distant Sectlord Timedream frowned when he saw this. "This damn Ancient cultivator really is quite valiant, and he's mastered an invulnerable aquaform. Other supreme Daolords on his overall level of power won't be able to injure him at all; they won't even be able to make him use up much of his divine power! Even Winesage would find it difficult to kill him, despite possessing a Universe treasure."

This invulnerable aquaform allowed Ninedust to transform his divine body into an endless stream of water. You could cut through it, but it would just continue to flow unabated. There was just no way to kill him.

In truth, Daolord Solesky had also mastered a similar aquaform, albeit one based on fragmentary records. However, his Dao was a bit too extreme in being defense-oriented. In attack power, he was weaker than even Patriarch Clearwind! Despite that, his defensive prowess was such that even Fiendqueen Dustrain had only been able to heavily injure him in her pursuit of him.

Ninedust's invulnerable aquaform was far superior to Solesky's, allowing him to ignore the attacks of the Kingfreak, Snowjoy, and Shaka. The attacks of the three supreme Daolords were having no effect on him.

"The Voidsea Jadeseal is in my hands. You can forget about taking it from me!" The Ninedust Sectlord roared wildly with laughter. "Stop dreaming! You won't be able to break my invulnerable aquaform no matter how hard you try."

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 16 – The Final Hegemon Dao-Seal

"Ninedust!" The distant Sectlord Timedream suddenly let out a shout. His voice was ephemeral and indistinct, reverberating within Ninedust's ears and even in his mind and soul.

"Not good." Ninedust was shocked as a beautiful gorge appeared in front of him, filled with a sea of flowers and rivers. However, he had clearly been in the middle of a vicious fight against three Daolords on a snowy plains.

"Break for me!" Ninedust roared mentally. Boom! He finally managed to break through the illusion and force the real world to appear before him once more.

Bang! Bang! Ninedust felt a terrifying level of power crash against him. Caught completely offguard, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood and be knocked flying by the strikes. He also felt a chain actually securely wrap itself around his body.

"Ninedust!" The distant Ji Ning was frantic as well. It had all happened too quickly. Battles between Supreme Daolords occurred at incredible speeds. Although Ninedust had been trapped within the illusion for merely a brief instant, it had been enough for him to suffer two strikes and also be caught and bound.

The Kingfreak was holding the other end of the chain that was now securely fastened around the Ninedust Sectlord.

Whoosh. The Ninedust Sectlord's divine body suddenly transformed into an endless stream of water that flowed through and past the chains, then reformed outside of them.

"What an impressive Timedream." The Ninedust Sectlord's face was ashen as he stared hard at Sectlord Timedream. "He really is the strongest Daolord in the art of illusions in the modern era."

"Unfortunately, I'm still not strong enough. If I was, you wouldn't have been able to break free from my illusions," Sectlord Timedream said calmly. He was still not satisfied with his performance. In this day and age, he was the strongest pure Heartforce Cultivator; Winesage was stronger than him overall, but was inferior in heartforce alone. However, this was merely in 'this day and age'; from a historical standpoint, there had been many other Heartforce Cultivator Daolords who were far superior to him.

The truly supreme Heartforce Cultivator Daolords would almost always be the undisputed most powerful Daolords of their eras.

"Ninedust, are you alright?" Ning sent worriedly.

"I'm fine. Twas but a minor injury! I'm an Ancient cultivator; my divine body is far superior to that of ordinary cultivators," Ninedust sent mentally to Ning. In substance and in power, his body was indeed unfathomably superior to that of ordinary Daolords of the Fourth Step.

"Press the attack and make him suffer more injuries!" the distant Sectlord Timedream sent mentally to Shaka, Snowjoy, and Kingfreak. "Ninedust's invulnerable aquaform is difficult to deal with; not even Winesage would be able to kill him through direct attacks. I'll continuously use heartforce illusions against him and make it impossible for him to maintain his aquaform, while the three of you will repeatedly injure him over and over. When his divine power is depleted, he'll die."

Shaka and Snowjoy exchanged a glance. Both of them knew that killing a supreme Daolord was far too difficult, especially one with an invulnerable aquaform! They would indeed need Sectlord Timedream to repeatedly disturb Ninedust and cause him to lose control over his body for brief periods of time. When that happened, his body would briefly transform into its original form, that of an Ancient cultivator's. Only then would they be able to harm Ninedust. If Ninedust was fully awake and mentally alert, he could perpetually maintain his invulnerable aquaform. In that case, there would be no way to injure him at all.

Boom!

Bang!

Sectlord Timedream continued to cast heartforce illusions from afar, while Shaka, Snowjoy, and Kingfreak pressed the assault furiously.

"Ninedust!" Ning frantically unleashed his own heartforce, seeking to protect Ninedust. Bang! Sectlord Timedream's overwhelming surge of heartforce completely crushed through Ning's protection. At his current level, Ning was completely unable to protect the Ninedust Sectlord.

"I'm fine, Darknorth! I'm fine. Thus far, I've used up very little divine power," the Ninedust Sectlord sent mentally.

Time continued to flow on, one second after another. The four enemy Daolords completely ignored Ning. As they saw it, Ninedust was their true foe, and they also felt certain that the Voidsea Jadeseal was in Ninedust's hands! They could see that Ninedust was the most powerful member of Ning's squad, which meant that the seal should logically be in his hands. If it was in someone else's hands, why would he go so far as to risk his own life to protect the team?

In the blink of an eye, another half-day had gone by.

"Hahaha! Man, the three of you really are starting to sting me with your hits." The Ninedust Sectlord transformed into an vast stream of water, with the vague outline of a person appearing at the center of this river. Moments later, a spirit-pill appeared in the figure's hand, followed by the figure swallowing it. "I really did use up quite a bit of divine power over the course of this fight. Time to eat a spirit-pill."

"Damnit."

"Ninedust's divine body is far too powerful, and he also has a tough protective divine ability. We've been beating on him for hours but have barely harmed him. He was able to recover with just a single pill."

"There'll be no end to this!"

Daolord Shaka, Daolord Snowjoy, and the Kingfreak were all growing anxious.

"Alright, let's keep fighting. I have to say, Timedream's heartforce illusions are pretty powerful. They're serving as a great way to temper my Dao-heart." The Ninedust Sectlord was in an excellent mood.

"Ninedust, the longer we keep you tied down, the more Daolords will come. Soon, a fifth supreme Daolord will arrive, followed by a sixth! In the end, you won't be able to handle us all," Sectlord Timedream said coldly.

"If that's the case, I'll just toss out the Voidsea Jadeseal," Ninedust snickered. "Timedream, multiple Ancient cultivators have died by your hands. Do you really think I would ever give the Voidsea Jadeseal up to you?"

"Damn you." Sectlord Timedream had an ugly look on his face. It must be remembered that Winesage and the others were hurrying over as well. Once Winesage arrived, who would be able to out-compete him?

"Freako." Sectlord Timedream sent mentally to the Kingfreak, "Use the redscatter venom on him."

The Kingfreak couldn't help but turn to look at the Sectlord Timedream. He sent back mentally, "Sectlord, we only have that one bottle. Are you sure?"

"Use it." Sectlord Timedream nodded.

The redscatter venom was the most terrifying type of poison the two had ever discovered, and they had found it while adventuring within the Terror Starsea. This was a deadly poison which had been developed during the Dawn War, and it was the greatest killer trump card Sectlord Timedream had available to him. This type of poison was a nightmare to any and every Daolord! Ever since Sectlord Timedream had acquired it, he hadn't been willing to use it… but for the sake of the Voidsea Jadeseal, anything was worth it!

BOOM! The Ninedust Sectlord was once more struck by the heartforce illusion. The endless flows of water around him instantly halted, then gradually began to reform into his 'normal' body, which Shaka, Snowjoy, and Kingfreak continued to attack. Right as the Kingfreak launched an attack, he suddenly produced a bottle of dark-red liquid and shattered it.

Whoosh. A stream of dark-red liquid instantly invaded the Ninedust Sectlord's body. This stream of liquid was visible to the naked eye, but it also seemed illusory. It seeped directly into his body and pervaded his soul. This was a terrifying type of poison which had been developed during the Dawn War to deal with enemies.

"AHHHH!" The Ninedust Sectlord transformed back into human form, then began to roll around the ground and scream in agony. His face was a mask of pain, with streaks of ugly red lines stretching out throughout his body.

"AHHHHHHH!" Ninedust continued to howl in agony. He had never experienced such incredible, indescribable, terrifying pain before.

"Ninedust!" Ning felt as though his heart had stopped. He couldn't even begin to imagine what sort of pain and torment could cause a supreme Daolord like Ninedust to scream so miserably.

"Release Ninedust! Release him!" Ning charged out and called out frantically, "We'll give you the Voidsea Jadeseal!"

"There is no antidote to the redscatter venom. Once it touches you, you'll suffer utter agony for a total of twelve days. This poison was meant for to be used against powerful Eternal Emperors! There's no way Ninedust's Dao-heart or soul would be strong enough to resist it. He isn't even able to maintain his invulnerable aquaform any longer. Kill him, then take the Voidsea Jadeseal from him," Sectlord Timedream laughed coldly.

The faces of Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy both turned pale. Redscatter venom? They had never even heard of it, but they couldn't help but shiver in fear when they saw Daolord Ninedust scream in pain like that.

Ninedust's screams were echoing in Ning's ears, but there was no way for him to rescue Ninedust at all. This caused Ning to feel a sense of regret and powerlessness.

As Ninedust continued to scream in agony, he would occasionally turn to glance towards Ning. His eyes were filled with agony and desperation, and his lips trembled as he struggled to speak. "Kill me!"

"Attack!" The Kingfreak charged towards Ninedust.

"Kill him." Shaka and Snowjoy exchanged a glance. This wasn't a time to show mercy. They had to seize the Voidsea Jadeseal!

Ning was too weak. There was no way he could stop them at all. He hurriedly sent mentally, "Big brother Solesky! Big brother Solesky! Let's hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal."

"Big brother Solesky?"

"Big brother Solesky!!!"

Daolord Solesky was in secluded meditation within Ning's estate-world, not accepting any communication from the outside world.

"What?!" Ning was frantic. Solesky had actually gone into secluded meditation at a time like this?

"Halt!!" Ning drew his six Northbow swords and charged forwards, grabbing the Ninedust Sectlord. Ninedust continued to scream in agony, his eyes filled with pleading as he stared at Ning. He really did want for Ning to kill him and spare him any more of this. With but a thought, Ning pulled Ninedust away into his estate-world.

Right now, Ninedust was completely defenseless and unable to fight back at all. He would probably die in short order if he stayed out here, and so Ning had no choice but to drag him away.

"Are you looking to die, kid?" The Kingfreak brandished the great scimitar in his hands. BOOM! Ning was smashed flying backwards, while the Kingfreak staggered one step back.

"Die." As Ning was knocked flying backwards, he produced a deep blue crystalline leaf in his right hand. This was the second and final Dao-seal the Sword Hegemon had bestowed upon him!

Crack. He shattered the deep blue leaf.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 17 – The Dao-Seal's Power

The deep blue crystal leaf shattered, and a flood of terrifying power that had been hidden inside it was completely unleashed! Although it held only a fraction of a full-force strike from the Sword Hegemon, the power of this blow still vastly surpassed a full-power blow from one of the eight lords of the Sacred Cities. There was no way even the most supreme of Daolords would be able to resist this level of power!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Ninedust was now within Ji Ning's estate-world, and he continued to scream in pain. His face remained a rictus of agony as those dark red lines continued to spread throughout his body. Clearly, the terrifying pain he was in hadn't lessened in the slightest after entering this estate-world.

"Ninedust!" Ning felt both regret and fury in his heart. "All of you can go die!!!" Ning was filled with a murderous intent as he activated that flood of incredible power. Instantly, an enormous, horrifying illusion of a greatsword appeared in the area around Ning!

The illusory greatsword lay horizontal, causing spacetime to freeze and severing karma itself. Its incredible, terrifying presence caused the Kingfreak, Daolord Shaka, Daolord Snowjoy, and even Sectlord Timedream to turn pale.

"How is this possible?! He used up one of those things when he killed Kongsan. How does he have another one?!" This was the second time Daolord Shaka had ever encountered this terrifying illusory greatsword. Gritting his teeth, he immediately produced the most powerful protective treasure he had purchased prior to entering the Waveshift Realm, causing a palm-sized black seed to appear in his hand.

"Brother Snowjoy, don't move!" Daolord Shaka sent mentally. Crack! The black seed shattered into tiny pieces of dust as the power within it was released. Vine-like tendrils furiously sprouted out the shattered black seed, spreading out in every direction and quickly covering both Shaka and Snowjoy from head to toe, forming a vine cube that was roughly thirty meters in diameter! Shaka and Snowjoy were completely covered and protected by this rattan vine cube.

"Ninedust has been poisoned by our redscatter venom and is no longer a threat. After we kill him, the Voidsea Jadeseal will be ours." Sectlord Timedream had begun to move closer towards Ninedust's direction as well as Shaka, Snowjoy, and Kingfreak had charged forward. All of them knew that the Voidsea Jadeseal was about to fall into someone's hands; if he moved closer, his chances would be much greater.

"What?! Darknorth actually pulled Ninedust into his estate-world?" Sectlord Timedream smirked. "He's courting death. We were completely focused on Ninedust earlier and couldn't be bothered with him. We should be able to wipe him out in a few seconds."

Although Ninedust was suffering indescribable torment, the fact that he was able to mouth out the words 'kill me' showed that he was able to maintain a modicum of consciousness. Ning was on his side, and so he wouldn't resist being drawn away into Ning's estate-world. The others, however, wouldn't have that chance.

"Die, then." Sectlord Timedream followed the Kingfreak, Shaka, and Snowjoy in charging straight towards Ning. Much like how Solewind was decent in close combat, Sectlord Timedream was a first-tier Daolord in close combat as well.

BOOM!

The heavens turned dark. The world went silent. Time and space froze. Karma itself was severed.

An overwhelming, awe-inspiring aura of power manifested as a giant illusory greatsword appeared out of thin air. Sectlord Timedream was shocked, his earlier confidence gone. Both he and Kingfreak were vile men who had wandered the Endless Territories for many years. As a result, they had battled against a number of mighty major powers in the past, and had encountered a number of terrifying Dao-seals. However, the illusory greatsword in front of him gave him a sense of terror that was greater than anything he had ever felt before!

The Sword Hegemon's field of expertise lay in annihilatory attacks, after all!

"FREAK!!!" Sectlord Timedream screamed mentally as he reached out, producing a dazzlingly beautiful snow flower in his hands.

"Sectlord." The terrified Kingfreak was frantically retreating as well, seeking to reunite with Sectlord Timedream.

Whoosh. The snow flower bloomed, expanding to cover the surrounding area and protecting both Sectlord Timedream and the Kingfreak.

Generally speaking, the most valuable would be kept in Sectlord Timedream's hands! Only if they found a second copy would the treasure go to the Kingfreak. Treasures like the redscatter venom that had to be used in close combat, Timedream would let the Kingfreak hold on to, as the Kingfreak was responsible for charging into the fray as the vanguard. This flower, however, was a protective treasure that would cause a formation to appear once activated. The formation could be used to trap foes, but it could also be used to resist outside attacks. This was the most powerful tool Sectlord Timedream at his disposal.

The beautiful flower wrapped itself around the Kingfreak and Sectlord Timedream, protecting them in multiple layers of formations.

Not a single one of the four supreme Daolords were able to escape from Ning's illusory greatsword. They had instead chosen to produce the most powerful protective treasures they had to resist it. Escape on their own? All of them knew this was impossible!

"Die." Ning stared intently at Sectlord Timedream and the Kingfreak, as well as that enormous flower around them. He wanted to kill the two of them most of all, because they were the ones who had poisoned Ninedust!

BOOM! The illusory greatsword chopped directly against that enormous flower. The flower instantly began to tremble as it swiveled, its layers of petals furiously shifting aside the force of the attack. As the petals continued to spin, waves of terrifying might began to blast outwards in every direction.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The nearby Daolord Snowjoy and Daolord Shaka were protected within their vine globe, and the waves of power smashed against them as well. The vines, however, were incredibly tough and managed to resist the force.

"Absolutely terrifying. We're facing just a tiny amount of its full power that's been diverted in our direction. How can it still be this strong?" Protected by the vine globe, Snowjoy and Shaka had ashen looks on their faces.

"How can this be?" Sectlord Timedream's face turned ashen as well from his position within the flower formation. He was in command of the formation and thus could clearly sense what was happening to it.

The flower formation possessed incredible powers of endurance, and it operated on the principles of shunting aside power and enduring the rest, with more than 90% of any attack being diverted away. And yet, the chopping attack of this illusory greatsword was clearly still unleashing more power than the flower formation could endure. Its petals were already beginning to rip and tear.

"It's about to crumble." Finally, one petal completely crumbled apart. A second then crumbled, followed by a third… and as it did, the amount of power that was being shunted to the nearby vine globe began to gradually lessen as well.

"Not good."

"Quick!"

The Kingfreak and Sectlrod Timedream almost simultaneously produced a pair of unique protective treasures to protect themselves. Although this formation was the only Hegemon-level treasure they had, they did have several treasures that were comparable in might to the eight lords of the Sacred Cities. As for the weaker treasures, those were merely on par with the Kingfreak and Sectlord Timedream themselves and thus were of no use to them.

Rumble… whoosh… whoosh… Finally, the flower formation completely burst apart and shattered apart into small pieces. The remaining power of the illusory greatsword chopped straight towards the Kingfreak and Sectlord Timedream!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The barriers erected around them immediately began to break apart as the two of them were both knocked backwards.

Thud! Sectlord Timedream slammed into the snowy ground, kicking up a wave of snow around him. He spat out a mouthful of blood, but a look of wild joy was on his face. "Survived. I survived!"

"Survived. We both survived." The Kingfreak was filled with joy as well.

Only those who had faced that strike personally would understand how terrifying it had been. The illusory greatsword of the Sword Hegemon was a frontal, head-on, crushing attack! Even the remaining fragments of its energy had been enough to terrorize and terrify the Kingfreak and the Sectlord.

"It first destroyed a Hegemon-level formation, then destroyed four other protective treasures… and it still had enough power to injure the two of us! What a terrifying treasure." Sectlord Timedream glared at the distant Ning, his eyes filled with murder. "He destroyed quite a few of our treasures. Kill him, Freak."

"I will." The Kingfreak was enraged as well. How could he not be? The puny Daolord Darknorth had brought him to the brink of death! He immediately unsheathed his great scimitar and charged straight towards Ning.

Sectlord Timedream watched from afar, not following this time. In truth, he really had been badly frightened by Ning's usage of that Hegemon Dao-seal. "He probably doesn't have a second one… right?" For a person to have a single copy of such a treasure was already incredible. Two? Two would be inconceivable. Three? What, was it as common as dirt?

In truth, given Ning's level of power it would've been extremely difficult for him to acquire such treasures through adventuring. The Sword Hegemon had only chosen to give him two due to taking him on as an honorary disciple! This was because the Sword Hegemon had known that his death was impending and unavoidable, which was why he was willing to spend an enormous price to create these Dao-seals. In normal situations, not even figures like the Brightshore Hegemon would be willing to gift Dao-seals of such terrifying power to mere honorary disciples.

The more power a Dao-seal packed, the harder it would be to craft. In ordinary combat, the Sword Hegemon would've been able to unleash ten or twenty full-strength blows with ease, but to compact and compress all of that power into a Dao-seal was incredibly difficult. If he merely put in a small portion of his full power, perhaps the same level of power as the eight lords of the Sacred Cities possessed, things would be much easier… but infusing a full-force blow into a Dao-seal truly required an enormous amount of effort and expense!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 18 – Omega Sword Dao – Level Three

Ji Ning only had a total of two Dao-seals from the Sword Hegemon. The first had been used up against Kongsan and Shaka, while he had used up the second one here in the Waveshift Realm. He really was out of treasures on this level now.

"Damn." Hidden within his vine treasure, Daolord Shaka felt a sense of pain in his heart. He had paid an extremely high price for this seed, precisely because he had felt himself to be in life-threatening danger during his last encounter with Ning.

"Daolord Darknorth actually focused all of his power against Timedream and Kingfreak, and I just suffered a few collateral shockwaves? That means I just completely wasted this seed for nothing." Daolord Shaka felt endless regret. This vine globe's protective powers were immense, but it was a single-use item. Now, it had been used up without actually making much of a difference.

"Let's wait a while longer. Darknorth might have a third seal!" Daolord Shaka mused to himself.

"Brother Shaka, why aren't we going out yet?" The nearby Daolord Snowjoy said anxiously. "The Kingfreak is already attacking. Once he kills Daolord Darknorth, the Voidsea Jadeseal will end up in his hands."

"Don't be anxious. Let's watch for a while longer," Daolord Shaka said immediately. "Darknorth might have another one."

"Another one? Could he really have another such treasure?" Daolord Snowjoy didn't believe it.

"Don't worry, I'm much faster than Timedream and Kingfreak. I'll definitely intervene at the critical moment," Daolord Shaka said.

Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy continued to watch from behind the protective vine globe as the Kingfreak charged straight towards Ning.

"Die, kid." The Kingfreak's eyes were filled with fury and murder. "I won't give you any chance this time."

"No, Kingfreak. You'll be the one to die." Ning manifested three heads and six arms, wielding all six of his Northbow swords.

BOOM! The Kingfreak's enormous scimitar glittered with cold light as it chopped straight towards Ning. Although Ning was skilled in defense, the disparity in power was too great and he was still sent flying backwards! The Kingfreak quickly charged forwards once again in pursuit of Ning.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The two battled fiercely, with Ning just barely able to defend. Thanks to his defensive sword-arts and his Hegemon armor, he was able to just barely hold on, even though he was fighting against a higher-tier Daolord.

"He doesn't have any more Dao-seals with that level of power." The distant Sectlord Timedream revealed a delighted look as he charged forwards as well. "Freak, this kid is taking you pretty long. Let me help you out."

"He's weaker than me, but he has a very powerful protective divine ability," the Kingfreak sent mentally. "Sectlord, if we work together we'll be able to defeat and capture him with ease."

"Attack."

"Kill."

Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy charged out of the vine globe they had been watching from as well. Based on how badly Ning was being beaten, they felt certain that Ning didn't have any more terrifying Dao-seals left. They naturally chose to immediately come out and fight over the Voidsea Jadeseal as well.

Ning was in dire straits! The Kingfreak, Sectlord Timedream, Daolord Shaka, and Daolord Snowjoy were all attacking him. They wanted to kill him.

"AHHHHHHH!!!!" Ning suddenly let out an enraged howl as his aura expanded dramatically!

Ninedust had been helping out strictly out of a sense of loyalty to Ning, but he was now suffering unspeakable torment and was in such pain that he begged for death. When Ninedust silently mouthed the words 'kill me' towards Ning, Ning felt as though his heart was being stabbed by knives. He was filled with pain, regret, and guilt!

He wanted to hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal to end this battle, only to discover that his big brother Solesky had gone into secluded meditation. He truly had been driven to his wits end!

When he used the Sword Hegemon's Dao-seal…

When that overwhelmingly awesome phantom of a giant greatsword had appeared and emanated that terrifying aura of sword-intent, Ning's soul had suddenly trembled. The bottleneck that had trapped him for so many years had suddenly loosened, with many new insights slowly beginning to enter his mind.

Many years ago, when he had used the Stone Censer of Reunion in the Thundersouth Palace, he had managed to reach the third stage in all five of his sword-intents – the Blood Drop sword-intent, the Shadowless sword-intent, the Soleheart sword-intent, the Heavenbreaker sword-intent, and the Yin-Yang sword-intent. However, he had been unable to fuse them together into the third-level Omega Sword Dao. Right at this moment, however, his mind, heart, and truesoul were all in a completely berserk, frenzied state.

When the illusory greatsword manifested, these many emotions mixed together with the insights he gained from that terrifying sword-intent. And so… although the Hegemon's Dao-seal hadn't slain anyone, when the Kingfreak attacked Ning, Ning didn't move to flee despite having no more seals available to him. Instead, he 'foolishly' chose to engage the Kingfreak in close combat… and as he fought, a new surge of sword-intent slowly took form in his mind.

When the sword-intent was completely and fully formed, the third stage of his Omega Sword Dao finally took shape!

The rage, regret, and guilt Ning had suppressed inside his heart fully exploded.

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Ning reared his head to let out a frenzied roar, his primal cry echoing in heaven and earth.

"Prepare to die!" Ning turned his gaze towards the attacking Kingfreak, Sectlord Timedream, Daolord Shaka, and Daolord Snowjoy.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! One energy dragon after another flew out of Ning's body as his nine novessence arts burst forth, transforming into an utterly terrifying Yin-Yang Chaosworld. His Omega Sword Dao – Yin Yang was already on par with the formations which Daolord Allgod had used at his peak, and when used via his Omega Sword Dao they exploded with terrifying levels of power.

Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection was actually forcibly held at bay!

"Expand, my heartworld!

"Grow, my Dao-tree!

"Evolve, my divine body!"

Ning didn't hesitate at all, pouring all of his chaos spirit-pills into his body. Chaos spirit-pills were pills that could be used in combat to quickly replenish divine power and Immortal energy. Chaos jewels were far slower in comparison. While chaos nectar was fairly fast, it was quite marvelous and using it in such a way was far too wasteful. For example, if you wished to merely replenish your divine power, a thousand cubes of chaos jewels would have the same effect as roughly a hundred million cubes of chaos nectar! This difference was a shocking one!

Ten spirit-pills that were worth roughly ten thousand cubes of chaos nectar would be enough to achieve the same effect. Although this was more 'expensive' than using chaos jewels, they didn't bring any burden to the divine body, which could rapidly and fully absorb all of their energy.

Ning was currently using the high level spirit-pill known as the chaos spirit-pill, with every single pill being worth ten thousand cubes of chaos nectar!

But of course, replenishing divine power was different from fueling the body with the energy it needed to evolve. The amount of energy Ning needed right now was staggeringly vast, which was why most Daolords would prefer to absorb chaos energy from the outside world instead. If they wanted to be a bit extravagant, they might use chaos jewels! Using spirit-pills would be an even more extravagant method. As for using chaos nectar? That was virtually impossible.

Whoooooosh. The towering Dao-tree within his body began to grow. It had originally been 252,000 meters tall, and it now began to grow taller and thicker. Even its branches began to thicken as the entire Dao-tree expanded in size, stopping only when it reached a height of 297,000 meters!

297,000 meters was the absolute limit for Daolords of the Third Step. But of course, although Ning was 'merely' a Daolord of the Third Step, his path was that of the Omega Sword Dao. As a result, his Dao-tree was unfathomably thicker than that of other Daolords, which meant that his roots were far deeper and more stable.

Boom! His heartworld began to furiously expand. A hundred chaos spirit-pills instantly appeared in the center of the heartworld, and the heartworld began to ravenously devour their power and expand at high speeds.

Boom!

When Ning had broken through to become a Daolord of the Second Step, he had relied on chaos jewels and had succeeded after just a few brief moments. This time, he was using the energy of the chaos spirit-pills to make his breakthrough. Thus, his divine body was completely transformed in almost the blink of an eye! Every single cell in his body was evolving simultaneously as there was enough energy to support this, making the process incredibly fast.

His divine power and his Immortal energy broke through at the same time as well. His heartworld absorbed the most energy; Ning had prepared a hundred chaos spirit-pills for it, and it took a fairly long period of time to absorb the energy.

The azureflower mist energy began to slowly transform, but it too would take some time. He had a total of 1111 drops of the azureflower mist energy, after all, and every single drop was condensed from all of his divine power and Immortal energy combined. If he was to use chaos spirit-pills to completely replenish his azureflower mist energy… even Ning wouldn't be able to afford that much.

With Ning at the center, nine energy dragons flew out to form the Yin-Yang Chaosworld. This smashed straight into Timedream's heartworld projection and came crashing towards all four Daolords.

At the same time, streaks of sword-light began to appear in the skies. Some of the streaks looked like towering, dominating mountains. Some looked incredibly, terrifyingly sharp. Still others looked inscrutable and unpredictable, moving about at high speeds.

Thousands of streaks of sword-light appeared. This was the manifestation of Ning's third-stage Omega Sword Dao! The stronger a Dao, the more powerful an aura it would manifest. The power of the aura of Ning's Dao alone was already on par with roughly 20% – 30% of his true close combat ability.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The tightly clustered streaks of sword light flew straight into the Yin-Yang Chaosworld, then attacked the four Daolords.

Whoosh. Ning's aura began to stabilize as it ascended to a higher level. Just a few heartbeats later, his divine power and his Immortal energy had both completed their breakthroughs. Ning's body blurred as he once more manifested [Three Heads, Six Arms]. Six Northbow swords at the ready, he glared at his foes.

"Kill!" Ning rode the countless streaks of sword-light and commanded his Yin-Yang Chaosworld in a direct attack.

"What?"

"How can this be?!"

The Kingfreak, Timedream, Shaka, and Snowjoy were all supreme Daolords. None of them had viewed Ning as an opponent, and they had only thought to kill him as soon as possible so as to take the Voidsea Jadeseal. They were all wary of each other, as they viewed each other as competitors. As for Ning? He was nothing more than a dead man to them.

However… the aura Ning had just exploded with, along with the terrifying power of his Yin-Yang Chaosworld, was a sign that this Daolord Darknorth had just reached a shocking level of might.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 19 – Crushed

BOOM! The Yin-Yang Chaosworld came crashing down, swallowing the Kingfreak and Daolord Shaka within it. These two had charged to the very front.

"What a powerful secret art." The Kingfreak and Daolord Shaka both could feel the weighty pressure surrounding them, causing them both to drastically slow down.

"Timedream, hurry up and push this secret art aside!" Daolord Shaka barked mentally.

"My heartworld projection cannot stop it!" Sectlord Timedream was furiously trying to batter the secret art aside, but the nine novessence arts continuously smashed his heartworld projection aside. Although the difference between the nine novessence arts and his heartworld projection wasn't that great, Timedream's heartworld projection was still defeated time and time again.

"I'll have to do this instead." Sectlord Timedream willed it, and his heartworld projection instantly changed to become illusory and overlap with the nine novessence arts rather than fight them head-on.

Heartworld projections were a unique form of energy that were completely different from the energy which secret arts used! They were completely capable of perfectly overlapping with secret arts and causing their power to increase, but they could also be used to cause trouble from within.

"Tie it down." Sectlord Timedream's eyes flashed with cold light. As the energies completely overlapped, the heartworld projection began to furiously wrap its energies around the nine novessence arts, causing them to be weakened so dramatically as to be negligible against supreme Daolords.

"Oh?" Ji Ning could sense each of his nine novessence arts be dramatically weakened and constricted, causing their power to plummet. "The heartworld projection? Hmph. Once my heartworld fully expands to its maximum size, I'll crush you head-on." Ning was filled with murderous rage right now, and he attacked the Kingfreak with his six Northbow swords.

Close combat was his true forte! Secret arts were merely meant to assist and reinforce him.

"Hmph. Even if you've broken through to become a supreme Daolord, you are merely on par with us. How dare you act so arrogantly? You want to fight the four of us head-on? Even the Radiant King or Palace Lord Dawnstar would choose to retreat in the face of us four." The Kingfreak smirked. He could tell that Daolord Darknorth seemed to have made some sort of breakthrough, but the four of them were supreme Daolords; why would they fear him?

"Die!" The Kingfreak gripped his scimitar tightly in both hands, then sent it howling through the air with a baleful aura surrounding it. The giant scimitar left a crescent streak of light in the skies as it chopped down furiously towards Ning. If it wasn't for the Waveshift Realm itself suppressing spacetime effects, his attack would've been far more terrifying thanks to certain spacetime elements it normally contained.

Whoosh. Ning's six arms suddenly moved to grip a single Northbow sword. He lifted it high into the air, then delivered a furious chop of his own, one which caused even spacetime to tremble.

BOOM!!!!

Ning's sword seemed to contain the ponderance and weight of an ancient god-mountain, and it struck head-on against the Kingfreak's enormous scimitar.

The Kingfreak felt a surge of terrifying power crash towards him. He couldn't help but be smashed downwards by this incredible power and be sent hurtling towards the snowy ground beneath him. He crashed into the ground, leaving behind an enormous crater as he landed in a kneeling position. The only reason he didn't fall down was because he used his hands to prop himself up.

"How can he be this powerful?" The Kingfreak was shocked. He sent mentally to Sectlord Timedream, "Be careful, Sectlord. This Daolord Darknorth's attacks are incredibly ferocious; my feeling is that he is on par with Daolord Skyaxe in raw strength. I'm at a complete disadvantage in a head-on clash."

Daolord Skyaxe used a single greataxe and was legendary for his ferocious, overbearing power.

"Die." After delivering that furious chop, Ning immediately charged downwards, wanting to pursue the Kingfreak.

"Daolord Darknorth, you seem to have become quite strong." Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy hurriedly intervened, while Sectlord Timedream actually retreated slightly, becoming the most distant of the four Daolords. In truth, Daolord Shaka didn't really care that much about this; if he was able to seize the Voidsea Jadeseal, they'd immediately be able to escape.

Swish! Daolord Shaka produced a series of golden feathers in front of him. All six of them transformed into streaks of golden light that shot towards Ning. At the same time, he manifested a total of six awl-wielding arms and charged straight at Ning himself.

He was the fastest of the four Daolords, faster than even Daolord Snowjoy.

"Break!" Ning didn't carea bout Daolord Shaka at all. He manifested [Three Heads, Six Arms] and spun his six Northbow swords slightly, executing the Soleheart sword-intent with all six swords. An enormous black hole immediately appeared before him, devouring and destroying all in its path. When the six golden feathers touched the black hole, they were immediately knocked flying backwards.

"Die!" Daolord Shaka shot towards him, golden awls at the ready, moving faster than a hundred times the speed of light.

Whoosh. Suddenly, six dazzling streaks of sword-light lit up. Every single streak of sword-light looked quite ordinary, but just as they reached Daolord Shaka the tips of the swords began to rotate slightly. Instantly… boom! They tore through all obstacles, moving much faster as well. They actually surpassed a hundred times the speed of light, and their power vastly exceeded Daolord Shaka's as well.

Omega Sword Dao – Blood Drop!

After becoming a Daolord of the Third Step, Ning's Blood Drop stance, especially when executed via the highly suited Northbow swords, had reached an incredible level of power. Now, not even time could stand in front of this strike. Ning's sword-arts had now transcended both space and time! They were on par with the most powerful strike Emperor Mirrorsnow had ever devised.

However, the Waveshift Realm suppressed all techniques that transcended spacetime. Still, the Blood Drop stance destroyed all Daos before it, and thus it was still able to forcibly breach the normal Daolord limit of moving a hundred times the speed of light.

When actually flying via the Blood Drop evasion art, however, Ning was only able to move at a hundred times the speed of light. In the end, his own body wasn't nearly as formidable as his Northbow swords. The main reason he was able to strike faster than a hundred times the speed of light was primarily because of the Northbow swords themselves.

"Ahhh!" Daolord Shaka let out an agonized cry, staring in disbelief as three of the swords stabbed into his body. He then looked at Ning, his eyes filled with disbelief. "How can he be this fast?" He had absolute confidence in his speed, but he was defeated in speed. Daolord Shaka simply couldn't understand or accept this.

Moments later… whoosh! Daolord Shaka transformed into countless light shadows that reformed far off in the distance.

"What? He actually beat both Kingfreak and Shaka in succession?" The distant Sectlord Timedream turned pale. "And he only needed one blow in each case?"

"Darknorth, it seems you can now rank in the top five. Haha, very well then! I've come to the Waveshift Realm because I wanted to fight the strongest in the universe." Daolord Snowjoy actually charged forwards, and as he did so the starlight emanating from his body began to manifest into a pair of Stargod clones. All three of them surrounded and simultaneously attacked Ning.

"Fuck off." Ning's sword-light flared mightily. The battle between the two was absolutely shocking, with Ning clearly holding the upper hand but Daolord Snowjoy and his two Stargod clones managing to hold on.

In an actual battle, even Ninedust had been put on the defense by Daolord Snowjoy! Daolord Snowjoy's defenses could be described as flawless. Even the Radiant King or Palace Lord Dawnstar wouldn't necessarily be able to shake him.

"Of the four of us, Daolord Snowjoy is indeed the strongest in close combat." The Kingfreak, Shaka, and Timedream all admitted to this fact.

"Heartworld, descend!" Ning let out a furious roar. Boom! An incredibly vast heartworld projection suddenly came crashing down from the skies. This world had mountains, rivers, grasslands, deserts, vast oceans, and an incredibly vast sword-shaped mountain at the very center of the world. Its aura and might was now clearly far greater than in the past, and when it came crashing down it merged into a seamless whole with Ning's nine novessence arts.

BOOM! Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection instantly crumbled, resulting in Daolord Snowjoy, Shaka, Kingfreak, and Timedream all being put under an immense amount of pressure.

Ning's nine novessence arts and heartworld projection were both terrifying, resulting in Daolord Snowjoy and the others being unable to exert more than 50% of their true power!

"How could his heartworld projection be this strong? Break! Break!" Sectlord Timedream repeatedly tried to cause his heartworld projection to descend, send it crashing against Ning's projection repeatedly. This really did help relieve the pressure on the three of them! Timedream's heartworld projection was on par with Ning's after all; while Ning's projection was slightly larger, there wasn't that much of a difference in terms of power.

BOOM! Although the pressure had been somewhat relieved, Daolord Snowjoy was still only able to unleash roughly 70% of his true power. In just a few short clashes, he was smote by Ning's Heavenbreaker stance six times in a row and was sent flying!

When faced with a flawless defense, the best way to deal with it was to burst through it with raw power.

"Kill!" After knocking Daolord Snowjoy aside, Ning immediately turned to charge towards the Kingfreak. The Kingfreak was the weakest of the four, and Ning wanted to kill him more than any of the others.

"He's fighting us one-on-four and holds the upper hand?" Shaka, Snowjoy, Timedream, and Kingfreak were all rather stunned. They all felt a sense of a pressure, especially after Ning combined his nine novessence arts with his heartworld projection.

"If this continues, he's going to break us down one by one. We need to work together to attack him jointly," Sectlord Timedream sent mentally. "If the four of us join forces, even Winesage wouldn't have been able to withstand us prior to finding that Universe treasure."

"Fine." Daolord Shaka agreed.

"Agreed." Although Daolord Snowjoy was a very proud figure, he agreed as well.

Rumble… a strange ripple of power shot out of Ning's body and invaded the Kingfreak's body. This was the [Dreamstar] art! The [Dreamstar] art had reached a brand new level of power, as it was unleashed via the heartforce nurtured within Ning's heartworld. The Kingfreak had been holding his scimitar in a double-handed grip, seeking to defend against Ning's attack, but his movements now clearly slowed down.

Whoosh. Ning was in three-headed, six-armed form, and he sent his six Northbow swords in a series of furious strikes against the Kingfreak.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning launched a total of nine attacks in the blink of an eye, every single attack using the Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker. This was Ning's most savage and dominating attack! Although the Kingfreak did have a suit of Eternal armor protecting him, the power of Ning's attacks continued to hammer down upon him without him being able to defend at all. By Ning's fifth strike, his divine body had already completely disintegrated, and Ning didn't stop until his ninth strike.

The Kingfreak's corpse really had been reduced to dust, with only his armor and his scimitar left behind. A supreme Daolord, the 'Kingfreak'… had just perished!

"No…" Sectlord Timedream's eyes bulged out, and he let out an agonized, high-pitched scream.

"How is that possible?!" They were just about to join forces against Ning, but the Kingfreak was almost instantly killed. Both Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy were rather stunned by this.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 20 – The Terrifying Darknorth

"Timedream!" Ji Ning turned his murderous gaze towards Sectlord Timedream. The more guilt he felt towards Ninedust, the more badly he wanted to kill the Kingfreak and Timedream. "Die!" He howled through the air as he shot towards Timedream.

Sectlord Timedream's face instantly turned ashen. His forte lay in heartforce; in close combat, he was slightly weaker than even the Kingfreak. How could he be a match for Ning? He frantically retreated while sending mentally to Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy, "Brother Shaka, brother Snowjoy, come and help me! If I die, the next ones to fall shall be the two of you. Given the power of his heartworld projection and the suppressive force of his secret arts, neither of you will be able to fly faster than a hundred times the speed of light. There's no way he won't be able to chase you down!"

Daolord Snowjoy charged straight towards Ning, laughing loudly. "Daolord Darknorth, you were actually able to force me to retreat just now, but that was only because you caught me offguard. Let's try again!"

"Brother Shaka!" Sectlord Timedream continued to urge Shaka onwards.

"Timedream, Ji Ning's heartforce illusions are extremely terrifying," Daolord Shaka sent mentally. "I'm afraid to go too close to him."

"What's there to be afraid of? Freak had a flawed Dao-heart, which was why he fell so easily. Look at Daolord Snowjoy; does he look the slightest bit worried?" Sectlord Timedream sent back.

The Kingfreak was the only one of the twenty supreme Daolords who was the servant of another. He was willing to serve Sectlord Timedream and was completely loyal to him, viewing the Sectlord's life as being more important than his own life. This was precisely because Sectlord Timedream had spent countless years slowly guiding him and molding him, resulting in the Kingfreak's unswerving loyalty. As a result, the Kingfreak's Dao-heart did indeed have certain flaws… and it was Sectlord Timedream himself who had laid the seeds for that flaw.

"Timedream, don't try to take me for a fool." Daolord Shaka sent disdainfully, "I'm not a match for Darknorth. There's no way I'm going to engage him in close combat… but don't worry. I'll help you from afar with my magic treasures."

A total of six golden plumes appeared, one after the other, then transformed into six streaks of light that shot towards Ning.

Ning and Daolord Snowjoy once more began to battle against each other. Rumble… Ning once more cast the [Dreamstar] art.

"It's useless against me. I've tempered myself countless times in life-and-death situations. Your illusory arts aren't even close to being able to shake me." Daolord Snowjoy was filled with the urge to do battle, as he truly did love combat. He knew that Sectlord Timedream was making use of him, but he still charged forwards unwaveringly.

"Yes, my illusions still aren't strong enough." Ning did understand this. If he wanted to be able to sweep through all supreme Daolords with his illusions, he would have to reach the same level as Daolord Featherdress. Perhaps the strength of Ning's heartforce was on par with Daolord Featherdress', but his [Dreamstar] art was a far cry from being on par with the completed [Featherdress Soulthrall Song].

"Even if I don't use illusions, you still aren't a match for me." Ning was incomparably savage in battle, and his six Northbow swords were filled with incredible might as he blew through Daolord Snowjoy's attacks like they were rotted wood. Although Ning's Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker was a brute-force attack, it was also ephemeral and unpredictable, making it impossible for Daolord Snowjoy to dodge and forcing him to take the attacks head-on each time.

Bang! Bang! Bang! After receiving several blows in a row, Daolord Snowjoy and his two Stargod clones were all knocked flying backwards.

"Timedream, hurry over here and help me out!" Daolord Snowjoy roared mentally. "I can't stop him by myself!"

"Brother Snowjoy, at least he won't be able to kill you. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to temper yourself1" Sectlord Timedream sent mentally.

"If you refuse to come help, I'm going to leave. The person Darknorth really wants to kill right now is you!" Daolord Snowjoy said coldly.

"Damn." Seeing this, Sectlord Timedream had no choice but to grit his teeth and swallow his rage. "Haha, since you've asked for my help, brother Snowjoy… although I'm rather weak in close combat, I'll still come help out!"

Moments later, both Daolord Snowjoy and Sectlord Timedream attacked Ning together, with Daolord Shaka's six golden plumes striking towards Ning as well.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning's heartworld projection and his nine novessence arts continued to apply pressure to the two of them, but Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection was able to alleviate some of the pressure as Timedream sent it crashing against Ning's projection.

Six Northbow swords in hand, Ning faced off against all his foes: Daolord Snowjoy, his two Stargod clones, Sectlord Timedream, and the six incredibly fast golden plumes that moved more than a hundred times the speed of light.

"I refuse to believe that you can hold on forever against the attacks of three supreme Daolords!" The distant Daolord Shaka truly didn't wish to accept such an outcome. These six golden plumes he was controlling from afar were amongst the most valuable treasures this Aberrant form of his was in control of, and he had already bound them into lifeblood treasures. Generally speaking, when he encountered tough foes he would use them to attack from afar. The plumes were unpredictable and incredibly sharp, allowing him to chop through his foes with howling strikes.

"Damn." Sectlord Timedream manifested six arms as well, with each arm holding onto a pitch-black claw-weapon. This was a very special type of weapon, and the tips of the claws were covered with spots of white light. When he brandished his claws, they danced out in a dreamlike manner that made Ning feel as though he was daydreaming; in fact, Ning even felt as though he was growing drowsy. However, as one of the most supreme Heartforce Cultivator Daolords, Ning was able to easily endure this special attack.

This fight laid bare the differences between Ning and Sectlord Timedream! Ning simply hadn't been training long enough; the only heartforce abilities he had were his [Heartforce Eradicator] and his [Dreamstart] art. These were indeed killer techniques, but Ning hadn't yet spent any time in coming up with ordinary heartforce-infused combat techniques or techniques which could infect the foe with heartforce. He just hadn't had the time.

"Die, die, die!" Sectlord Timedream's lips continuously mumbled this word, sending them echoing with Ning's mind like a demonic chant as he repeatedly used his claws to lash out towards Ning.

"Timedream, my heartworld is even faster than yours! For you to use such puny tricks against me is an absolute joke." Ning was filled with the desire to kill this man. He used just a portion of his sword-light to defend against Daolord Shaka's treasures and Sectlord Timedream's attacks; the only one bringing Ning some real pressure was Daolord Snowjoy.

Daolord Snowjoy, in defenses alone, was ranked amongst the top three Daolords. Even though Ning had the advantage of his nine novessence arts and his heartworld projection, he was only able to knock Daolord Snowjoy back rather than truly defeat him. As for right now, when Ning was surrounded by three opponents? He wasn't even able to knock Daolord Snowjoy back.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Daolord Snowjoy and his two Stargod clones continued to furiously assault Ning.

"Daolord Snowjoy, hurry up and depart!" Ning was growing impatient as well. His six Northbow swords flowed outwards in dominating strikes, allowing him to hold a slight advantage even though it was a three-on-one fight! However, if this continued he would have no chance of actually winning this fight. And in truth, Ning didn't even really want to fight Daolord Snowjoy. Daolord Snowjoy was a worthy foe, but what Ning really wanted to do was to kill Timedream.

Ninedust was still suffering terrifying pain within Ning's estate-world. He was a supreme Daolord, but he had begged for Ning to kill him! How horrifying was the pain he was in? Ning swore to himself that he would kill Sectlord Timedream, but Daolord Snowjoy was barring his path. "Why won't you fuck off?"

"Haha, Daolord Darknorth, I'm impressed at your strength. You are able to fight us, one against three! However, with brother Snowjoy here, you won't be able to harm us at all," Sectlord Timedream laughed coldly.

"The first one I'm going to kill is you." Ning didn't even try to disguise his murderous intent.

"If this continues, even more supreme Daolords will arrive here. In the end, you'll be the one to die!" Sectlord Timedream didn't attempt to hide his murderous feelings either. If you raised a dog long enough, you'd eventually grow attached to it. The Kingfreak had been his most devoted retainer and had followed him for countless years. Whenever Timedream found a second copy of a good treasure he already wanted, he was willing to give it to the Kingfreak. This was a testament to how deep their relationship was.

Ning had killed the Kingfreak. Sectlord Timedream was filled with the desire to kill Ning as well!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning repeatedly clashed against Snowjoy and Timedream in midair. Whoosh! Ning suddenly retreated, flying backwards at a hundred times the speed of light.

"Why is he fleeing?" Sectlord Timedream immediately shouted, "Chase him down! Don't let him escape! Slow him down as much as we can. Once the other Daolords arrive, he won't be able to hold us off."

"Chase him down." Daolord Snowjoy and Timedream all chased after Ning, but they were much slower than him and were quickly shaken off.

Whoosh. The distant, escaping Ning suddenly vanished into thin air.

"How did he suddenly vanish?" Sectlord Timedream's face turned pale. He couldn't help but begin to slow down, due to his habitual caution.

"Eh?" Daolord Snowjoy continued the pursuit, studying the area carefully with his godsense.

"Why did he suddenly vanish?" The distant Daolord Shaka was puzzled as well.

Sectlord Timedream vigilantly scanned the area. "Eh?" He suddenly sensed a premonition of incredible, life-threatening danger approaching him. His face instantly turned pale.

Slash! An incredibly soft blade struck out, wrapping itself around his waist like a rope and tying him up almost instantly. A heartbeat later, someone appeared in front of Sectlord Timedream.

It was a white-robed youth with three heads, six arms, and murderous eyes.

"Ji Ning!" Sectlord Timedream revealed a look of shock and terror. "How is this possible? Y-you… your evasion arts can avoid even godsense?"

Omega Sword Dao, Shadowless sword-intent!

After becoming a Daolord of the Third Step, Ning's Blood Drop stance was able to surpass both space and time! As for the Shadowless stance, it had also reached incredible heights and was now able to perfectly avoid even godsense, allowing Ning to catch his enemies completely offguard and then capture them! This was a terrifying killer move. Over the course of countless chaos cycles, every so often one of the elite Daolords would be able to come up with this type of killer move, and in each case they would instantly be ranked amongst the top three Daolords of that era.

This killer move was even more terrifying than the three killer moves of the Radiant King!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 21 – The Shadowless Evasion Art

"Die!" Ji Ning's sword wrapped itself around Sectlord Timedream's waist, binding him in a soft grasp as his other five swords simultaneously shot towards the Sectlord.

Whoosh. Sectlord Timedream's entire body transformed to become almost translucent as he became a crystalline shadow, quickly escaping his bonds and fleeing far away.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Ning's five swords carried all-encompassing destructive force. This was his Omega Sword Dao – Blood Drop, and it destroyed all in its path! The five streaks of light pursued after the humanoid streak of light and stabbed it head-on.

Swish! The humanoid streak of light reformed far off in the distance into Sectlord Timedream. His face was ashen, and he clutched at his chest, a few specks of blood appearing at his lips.

Although he had his dreamform technique, it clearly wasn't as formidable as the likes of the abilities which the Ninedust Sectlord or Daolord Shaka possessed. The Ninedust Sectlord's invulnerable aquaform was truly formidable, while Daolord Shaka's was also superior, allowing the latter to transform into endless streams of light. The strength of a protective ability was in large part dependent on the cultivator's specific Dao.

For example, Ning's path was that of the Omega Sword Dao. Although it gave him incredible strength in battle, he didn't have a special ability like aquaform, lightform, dreamform, the ability to transform into darkness incarnate, etc.

Sectlord Timedream's dreamform was a bit weak, but it was still enough to allow him to escape from Ning's hands.

"This evasion art…?" The distant Daolord Snowjoy and Daolord Shaka all turned pale.

"Run, immediately!" Daolord Shaka bellowed mentally, "Snowjoy, we need to flee right now."

"Is this one of the legendary assassination arts?" Daolord Snowjoy was still gripped by shock and terror. He immediately followed Daolord Shaka in immediately fleeing off into the distance.

"Help me out, the two of you!" After having just barely escaped the last attack, Sectlord Timedream sent mentally to the two of them, "If you work with me, we might be able to withstand Darknorth. If you are willing to help me, I'm willing to split all of the treasures I own with you two!"

"Sectlord Timedream, please pardon us for being unable to assist you."

"Brother Timedream, you need to come up with something on your own."

Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy couldn't even be bothered to pay any attention to Timedream. They moved in unison, Daolord Shaka 'carrying' Daolord Snowjoy in fleeing more than a hundred times the speed of light and quickly disappearing.

Ning glanced sideways at them, not bothering to chase after them. Of the three, Daolord Shaka was the toughest to kill as he was able to move more than a hundred times the speed of light and was also able to transform into light itself; to kill him was extremely troublesome. This was much like how Sectlord Timedream, Shaka, Kingfreak, and Snowjoy had worked together to kill Ninedust, but Ninedust had been able to rely on his invulnerable aquaform to render them helpless. In the end, they had to rely on the redscatter venom to deal with him.

Any and every supreme Daolord was extremely difficult to kill. Generally speaking, they all had extremely powerful life-preserving abilities! Fortunately, the Waveshift Realm served to suppress many spacetime effects, making it difficult for the supreme Daolords to flee. This was the only reason why there was a chance for some of them to perish.

As Daolord Shaka flew away, he continued to be surrounded by those six enormous golden plumes. Every single plume was extremely large, roughly thirty or so meters in size. When the six joined together, they curled together into a ball that completely protected him as he fled.

"With this magic treasure surrounding me, Daolord Darknorth won't be able to breach my defenses and appear right next to me." Daolord Shaka had an ugly look on his face as he continued to fly at high speed, Snowjoy in tow.

"He actually has an assassination art." Daolord Snowjoy was still in a state of disbelief. "This type of terrifying evasion art has once more appeared in the Endless Territories."

The term 'assassination arts' referred to arts akin to Ning's Shadowless evasion art. Many generations ago, there was a supreme Daolord who had come up with this type of evasion art. His evasion arts allowed him to stealthily move close to his foes, and not even godsense was able to detect him. By the time his opponents did detect him, it was far too late! This was quite terrifying, and as a result quite a few supreme Daolords died by this assassin's hands.

Each time he went out on an assassination mission, his target perished. As a result, the existence of his assassination art had remained a secret. Only much later on did he fail in an assassination attempt, resulting in the existence of his special evasion art being leaked out. As a result, all the other supreme Daolords began to maintain maximum vigilance at all times, making it much harder for him to assassinate any others.

"Starting today, when we're roaming the outside world we should hide within a flying vessel," Daolord Snowjoy said. "The flying vessel is protected by wards; even if he wishes to ambush us, he needs to first break the wards apart. There won't be a way for him to silently sneak up on us."

"Using secret arts to cover a wide area and assault everything within it is another way to prevent him from drawing too close to us. Unfortunately, Darknorth's heartworld projection and secret arts are all quite formidable. Even Sectlord Timedream's heartworld projection was crushed by them." Daolord Shaka shook his head. "Ugh. This Darknorth fellow is far too terrifying. I'm using my magic treasures to protect us from all sides, but he can stealthily appear right outside them without me being the wiser."

"Right." Daolord Snowjoy felt nervous as well. Now that the two of them knew that Ning had an assassination art, both of them felt quite vexed. Anyone who Ning targeted would live in a perpetual nightmare, because by the time they saw Ning, Ning would already be right next to them.

"Timedream is so screwed," Shaka said.

"Thankfully, his focus is on Timedream and not us," Snowjoy said.

"If he was to come after us… although we'd stand a good chance of surviving, we'd definitely suffer some serious injuries," Shaka said.

Sectlord Timedream continued to furiously flee as countless strands of silk seemed to swirl around him. Clearly, he wanted to ensure that Ning wouldn't be able to ambush him again. As he fled, he sent frantic mental please to Ning: "Brother Darknorth, I beg that you spare me. I'm willing to give you all of my treasures."

"Timedream." Ning wielded all six Northbow swords in his three-headed, six-armed form as he continued the pursuit. "I was willing to reveal my Shadowless evasion art in front of Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy, precisely because I wish to kill you! There's no one who can rescue you!"

Keeping the Shadowless evasion art secret was incredibly important to him, as only when it was a secret would it be fully effective. Once word of it spread, all the Daolords would be on their guard. Although it would still be dangerous, it would no longer be lethally effective.

However, Ning felt confident in his chances nonetheless. He not only had heartforce techniques, he also had tremendously strong close combat abilities! The Shadowless evasion art was a killer move of his, but if it had to be revealed it had to be revealed. If he was strong enough, he didn't have to worry about his techniques being revealed to all. Even if they knew about his techniques, he'd still be able to crush them in a frontal battle.

"Darknorth, I have many life-preserving abilities. It won't be easy for you to kill me either." When Timedream saw Ning draw closer and closer to him, he barked mentally, "Don't push me too far."

"I'll pushing you to your wit's end!" Ning actually sped up the pursuit.

"Then go die!" Timedream's face turned savage as he produced a black stone which was covered with countless golden spots that came together to form a strage diagram. Sectlord Timedream crushed the black stone, causing an overwhelming torrent of power to instantly flood out and form a dazzling halo of golden light around him.

"Eh?" Ning frowned. Swish! He disappeared without a trace.

"Where is he? Where is he?!" Sectlord Timedream was anxious and angry. His heartworld projection was weaker than Ning's, and Ning was using his own heartworld projection and nine novessence arts to prevent the Sectlord from scanning the area. As a result, he naturally wasn't able to find Ning's true location.

"Die!" Sectlord Timedream let out an enraged roar as he caused the dazzling halo of golden light around him to explode outwards in every direction, striking all within their path.

BOOM! Roughly a hundred thousand kilometers away, some of the energy struck an obstacle. Moments later Ning appeared, Northbow swords at the ready. Sword-light gleamed in front of him, transforming into a black hole that allowed him to easily defend against the attack.

"Sectlord Timedream, even if the full power of that strike was concentrated on me, it would only be able to cause me a few injuries at most," Ning smirked. "As for when its spread out like this? It poses no threat at all!"

The power contained within that treasure was roughly on par with 60% – 70% of a full-power strike from one of the eight lords of the Sacred Cities. Ning was now a supreme Daolord and just one stage away from their level. Even if one of the eight lords personally intervened, they wouldn't be able to kill Ning with one blow, given the fact that he was protected by the Hegemon armor! An area attack? Completely out of the question.

"Damn." Sectlord Timedream gritted his teeth, then turned and continued to flee at high speed.

"His evasion art is impossible to deal with. Whenever I take out a treasure, he'll use this 'Shadowless' evasion art and I won't even be able to hit him!" Sectlord Timelord was turning frantic. "Even if I had a Hegemon-level treasure, I still probably wouldn't be able to kill him."

Even the most powerful of treasures needed a target. When Ning used his Shadowless evasion art, he was able to completely and totally vanish. Given that he was able to move at a hundred times the speed of light, he would be able to easily move a million kilometers away in the blink of an eye. There was simply no way for him to aim at or hit Ning. When he unleashed the power in a dispersed area attack, it would quickly become a hundred times weaker than normal.

Whoosh. Ning once more flew straight towards him.

"He's faster than me, and his heartworld projection is stronger than mine. How am I supposed to escape?" Sectlord Timedream was about to go crazy. He was both slower and weaker than his opponent. His strength lay in heartforce, but Ning was also a powerful Heartforce Cultivator.

"Emperor Waveshift. Damn you, Emperor Waveshift!" Sectlord Timedream felt hatred in his heart. "If we were in the outside world, I would've torn a hole through spacetime and fled long ago." He had plenty of treasures that would allow him to flee through spacetime, and more than one at that!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 22 – End of the Road

Time flowed on, with six hours going past in the blink of an eye. During theses six hours, Sectlord Timedream used a total of nine offensive items, all of which had the power of lords of the eight Sacred Cities. Some were stronger, some were slightly weaker. However, Ji Ning's usage of the Shadowless evasion art rendered Sectlord unable to aim the treasures. As a result, Ning was able to block the attacks effortlessly; he wasn't even knocked backwards by them.

"He just disappeared again." Sectlord Timedream continued to flee in terror. He glanced backwards, unable to discern where Ning had gone.

Boom! An explosive sound rang out as the countless threads surrounding him shuddered as something slammed into them.

"Darknorth's here again!" Sectlord Timedream stared ashen-faced at Ji Ning, who had just appeared. Ning had already burst through those threads and was charging straight towards him.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Swish! Whoosh! The streaks of sword-light shot towards him, some fast, some slow, some savage.

Sectlord Timedream was being completely dominated. Even Daolord Snowjoy wasn't a match for Ning in close combat, to say nothing of Timedream. Timedream was, by comparison, much weaker in close combat.

Whoosh. He once more transformed into a stream of light-silhouettes that then reformed off in the distance. This was his dreamform.

"Die." Ning's sword-light didn't slow down in the slightest as it pursued with its chops, stabs, and strikes against the humanoid silhouette. Although Timedream's dreamform was able to dissipate a great deal of his attack power, it clearly was far inferior to the likes of the invulnerable aquaform.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Sectlord Timedream reformed off in the distance, his face ashen. He hurriedly gulped down a few spirit-pills, a look of despair in his eyes. In six short hours, he had been forced to use his dreamform to flee over a hundred times. Each time, he had been heavily injured and needed to rely on spirit-pills to heal himself.

"I want to see just how many spirit-pills you have." Ning was still brimming with a murderous intent.

"Daolord Darknorth, spare my life. Spare my life! I'm willing to be your retainer for a chaos cycle, and I'll give you all of my treasures. What do you think?" Sectlord Timedream once more begged for mercy, and this time he actively offered to serve as a retainer for a chaos cycle. He was an extremely proud man; it was a testament to how much despair he felt that he was willing to serve another as a retainer and hand over all of his treasures. He wanted to save his own life, but he was out of all other ideas. He had used up an enormous number of spirit-pills. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to last for so much as another day.

"A retainer? You are weaker than me, and your heartforce is inferior to mine as well. What would be the point of taking you on as a retainer?" Ning barked coldly.

"You are going too far!" Sectlord Timedream roared coldly.

"Damn right I am!" Ning didn't even try to disguise his hatred. Given how long he had chased after Timedream, how could he stop now?

It would be nice, having someone as powerful as Timedream as his retainer… but Ning would never forget that it was Sectlord Timedream who was primarily responsible for Ninedust being forced to suffer such agony. The guilt Ning felt towards Ninedust prevented him from sparing Timedream!

"Spare my life!

"Damn you, Waveshift.

"Why, why, why?!

"I can't accept this! This is ridiculous!

"Ahahaha…

"Winesage! Winesage! Hurry up!

"Why? WHY?!"

As death slowly moved closer and closer to Sectlord Timedream, he began to go completely insane. Although Winesage was moving closer and closer to Ning, he was still a few days ago. Sectlord Timedream wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. As for the other supreme Daolords, they didn't even dare to move too close to Ning.

Shaka, Snowjoy, Kingfreak, and Timedream… these four supreme Daolords had attacked Darknorth. And what had happened? Kingfreak died! Shaka and Snowjoy had been terrified into fleeing! And Timedream had been chased to the brink of death!

Something like this was more than enough to terrify the vast majority of Daolords. Second-tier Daolords wouldn't even dare to think about getting involved, while even the supreme Daolords grew nervous! Most likely, only Winesage felt no fear at all, but he still had to make it here in time.

"How can it be that things will end up with me dying here?" Sectlord Timedream's aura continued to weaken. He once more transformed into a humanoid light-silhouette, then raised his head to stare despondently at the skies.

Ning's merciless sword-light once more came howling towards him, chopping towards the humanoid light-silhouette. The humanoid light-silhouette slowly began to dim.

"Darknorth, today I'm going to die by your hand… but in the future, you will die as well! Ahaha…" Sectlord Timedream's light-silhouette let out a berserk laugh as he continued to grow dimmer and dimmer. In the end his silhouette completely vanished, leaving just a few magic treasures behind.

Ning waved his hand, collecting the left-over treasures. Prior to dying, Sectlord Timedream had used up all of his Dao-seals and other disposable treasures. Since he wasn't going to be able to escape, he didn't want to let his death to benefit Ning any more than necessary. Only a few unbreakable treasures and precious materials ended up in Ning's hands.

Ning stood there in midair, staring at the distant mountain peaks. He remained very calm. He could still sense the Ninedust Sectlord within his estate-world, and a hint of guilt appeared on his face. He murmured softly, "Brother Ninedust, hold on. Keep holding on."

"And big brother Solesky…" Ning could also sense Daolord Solesky remaining in secluded meditation within a different estate. "Once you come out, I'll expect an explanation from you."

He had indeed made a breakthrough, which was why he had managed to turn defeat into victory! He had defeated Shaka and Snowjoy, then slain both Kingfreak and Timedream. But if he hadn't made that breakthrough, both he and Ninedust would've been finished!

Big brother Solesky, I'll demand an explanation from you!

Ning was fairly calm after having killed Timedream, but the countless other Daolords within the Waveshift Realm were all in a state of shock. He had fought four supreme Daolords by himself and won! Two had fled in terror while the other two, 'Kingfreak' and 'Sectlord Timedream', had died?!

When King Gorsch had died, it had been because he was outnumbered. Ning, however, had been the outnumbered one… and he had instead killed two of his attackers, supreme Daolords both! This was completely different.

"Daolord Darknorth also trains as a Heartforce Cultivator! His heartworld projection is even stronger than Sectlord Timedream's was."

"Daolord Darknorth is skilled in one of those legendary assassination arts. Godsense cannot locate him, allowing him to quietly appear in front of you without any trace at all. He's utterly terrifying."

"Daolord Darknorth is also extremely strong in close combat. In close combat, he was able to defeat four supreme Daolords at once."

All sorts of news spread throughout the land. Countless other Daolords were in a state of horror as yet another terrifying supreme Daolord appeared within their midst!

His heartforce was strong enough that all second-tier Daolords were in a state of terror, as well as a few supreme Daolords! Even if you were skilled in escape, so what? If you weren't able to resist Ning's heartforce, you'd still perish.

His assassination arts struck fear in the hearts of supreme Daolords, while his close combat skills were without flaw. He was even more terrifying than the Radiant King, Sectlord Timedream, Palace Lord Dawnstar, and the others! He was someone who was so terrifying, he could be spoken of in the same breath as Winesage! If Winesage didn't have a Universe treasure, his position might be in danger.

Virtually all of the supreme Daolords of this era were within the Waveshift Realm, and this naturally attracted the attention of the various organizations, the Palace of Immortals included.

Atop an Immortal bridge which was deep within the distant Palace of Immortals.

A black-robed elder and a bald, golden-furred alien were seated on this bridge, drinking some wine. Next to them hovered a large mirror which was displaying images of what was happening inside the Waveshift Realm. They were able to clearly see the scenes of Ning fighting against four supreme Daolords as well as his slaying of Timedream.

"Old brother Blackcloud, this Darknorth kid is pretty tough. He's even tougher than your disciple," the gold-furred alien said in a praising tone.

"In close combat alone, my disciple should be on par with him. The thing is, this Darknorth kid is extremely balanced in every area. He's without flaw. My disciple's attacks might be a bit more powerful, thanks to that bloodblade of his…" The black-robed, black-haired man paused momentarily as he gave his evaluation. "Still… only people like him who are balanced and flawless are able to survive for long periods of time. His sword-arts are completely without flaw and are perfect in every aspect."

"Agreed." The bald, gold-furred alien nodded.

"This Daolord Darknorth also concurrently trains as a Heartforce Cultivator, and has extremely strong heartforce." The black-robed elder nodded. "I feel as though I'm seeing the second coming of Winesage. Winesage was like this as well, but he now has a Universe treasure."

"Without it, it'd be hard for me to say which of the two is stronger; they'd have to fight it out," the gold-furred alien said. "Now that he does have that Universe treasure, he's the undisputed number one."

"A pity. The exalted rank of number one Daolord is 'owned' by a Daolord of the Dark Kingdom." The black-robed elder shook his head. "Although Darknorth is a member of the Brightshore Kingdom, he's still a member of our Dao Alliance."

The Dao Alliance was a very relaxed organization. One could join the Brightshore Kingdom or even the Ancient cultivators without causing much of a fuss. However, joining the Aeonian Kingdom or the Dark Kingdom was a no-no; those organizations were mortal enemies.

"I have to change the listings again." The gold-furred alien produced that golden book once more. "I've changed the listings more in the past few years than I have in the past thousand chaos cycles."

He flipped the book open. The book was filled with lines of names. He filled the book with his Immortal energy, and the names instantly began to change once more. As they did, all of the other subordinates of the Palace of Immortals received notification and began to spread the news.

In the Endless Territories, this was the latest listing:

The top Daolord: Winesage

The second Daolord: Daolord Darknorth

The third Daolord: Palace Lord Dawnstar

The fourth Daolord: Daolord Dreamlore

The fifth Daolord: the Radiant King

The sixth Daolord: Daolord Skyaxe

The seventh Daolord: Daolord Tigrone

The eighth Daolord: Fiendqueen Dustrain

The ninth Daolord: the Starking

The tenth Daolord: Palace Lord Cloudwalker

The eleventh Daolord: King Cliffbank

The twelfth Daolord: King Wu

The thirteenth Daolord: Daolord Shaka

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 23 – Another Hegemon

This updating of the Daolord rankings was quickly spread throughout the Endless Territories.

Atop an icy chaos planet. This planet had been frozen into a solid ball of ice for trillions of years, and a cold, knife-sharp wind swept across its surface.

Two figures were seated atop this planet facing each other. The first was a white-bearded old man who had six horns on his head and who was dressed in snowy robes. This was the Brightshore Hegemon. The other person in front of him was a single-horned young man dressed in deep blue robes. The youth had a few scales on his face, and his eyes seemed to contain the stars themselves. He radiated an aura of peace and calm.

"Brightshore, this realmverse of yours really has quite a few incredible Daolords." The horned youth smiled. "That Winesage is not only a Heartforce Cultivator, he also has a Universe treasure. The only thing that 'Darknorth' kid needs is a Universe treasure; once he gets that, he'll be every bit Winesage's equal."

"Haha." The Brightshore Hegemon began to laugh. "Welkin, do you know how long Darknorth has been training for?"

"How long?" The horned youth was startled. The public ranking didn't even include each cultivator's special techniques, much less details such as how long they had been cultivating for.

"Less than a chaos cycle," the Brightshore Hegemon said. "To be more precise… for less than a hundred million years."

"What?!" The horned youth said in shock, "How is that possible? I've visited countless places while wandering through the vast Great Dark, including quite a few alternate universes. To train to become a Daolord of the Fourth Step, especially one of such power… without question, every single person I met spent an enormous amount of time to reach such a level. Samsara Daolords… each step they take is extremely difficult and more difficult than the last! To go from the third step to the fourth step in particular requires an inordinate amount of time. How could he have accomplished it in less than a hundred million years?"

"But it's the truth. He belongs to my Brightshore Kingdom." The Brightshore Hegemon grew even more smug. "Impressed yet?"

"Such a short time period." The horned youth said softly, "He must have encountered some special circumstances, such as entering a region where time naturally flows much, much faster than normal. It might seem to us as though less than a hundred million years have gone past, but in reality he must've trained for thousands of times longer."

"Perhaps." The Brightshore Hegemon chuckled. "Even if that's true, that's still a very short period of time."

The endless Great Dark contained infinite possibilities. Even Hegemons had to slowly drift through it, and venturing forth to another realmverse was incredibly difficult. There would also be a number of unique, special danger zones within it. Normally, cultivators could at most train a hundred times faster than the normal flow of time, but some of the natural zones produced by the Great Dark could accelerate time to be ten thousand times faster than normal, or even faster! This was the ineffable power of nature.

In truth, no one in the Endless Territories knew that Ning was actually just a Daolord of the Third Step! It actually made sense for him to train this quickly from the first step to the third step, given that he had the help of the Stone Censer of Reunion.

"I didn't expect to encounter such a monstrously talented Daolord upon visiting you in your realmverse." The horned youth quickly calmed down, as by now he truly had seen far too many amazing things. "Still, it's extremely difficult for these supreme Daolords to succeed in the Daomerge. Given how talented they are, if they were to succeed they would instantly reach our level."

"Right." The Brightshore Hegemon nodded. Their level… even in the endless Great Dark, they stood amongst the very pinnacle of power amonst experts. It was far, far too difficult for supreme Daolords to reach their level.

"The emergence of the Voidsea Jadeseals within the Waveshift Realm has caused me to hear the whispers of fate, awakening me from my slumber," the horned youth said. "The Waveshift Realm definitely isn't as simple a place as you might imagine."

"I can vaguely sense something as well." The Brightshore Hegemon also frowned. "I really wonder what Waveshift was planning."

"Waveshift has reached such a level in the Dao of Numerancy that far, far too many major powers are requesting his assistance. I wouldn't be surprised if he is in command of even more mysteries than the two of us," the horned youth said. "Let's just watch and see for now. Let's see what secrets the Waveshift Realm holds, for it to cause us to sense something! After this matters is resolved, I'll be leaving."

"You have recovered from your wounds?" The Brightshore Hegemon asked.

"More or less." The horned youth smiled. "I've spent so much time sleeping within your universe. Now that I'm awake, it's time for me to leave. It's a true pity. I was THIS close to becoming master of that alternate universe. If I succeeded, I would have become an Otherverse Lord! Alas, in the end I was surrounded and attacked by others. Fortunately, I managed to flee in the nick of time. Otherwise, I would've died there.

"Every time there's a war over control of an otherverse, a large number of people will perish." The Brightshore Hegemon shook his head. "I've chosen to remain in my homeland this entire time. My information network isn't as good as yours. To date, I haven't taken part in so much as a single one of those struggles."

"Brightshore, given how strong you are, even if you failed you would still be able to escape successfully. Even I'm not a match for your spacetime fleeing abilities," the horned youth said. "That's why I told you, long ago, that you should go off adventuring by my side. When you visit more places and make more friends, you'll naturally have a larger information network. Eventually, you might become an Otherverse Lord yourself. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"I worry too much about my clansmen," the Brightshore Hegemon said.

"You take too many burdens onto yourself," the horned youth said. "Look at me. Look at how free and relaxed I am! I'm also a Chaos Godbeast, but I've been to far more places than you have. My life isn't nearly as tiring as yours. We Chaos Godbeasts were meant to venture through the stars by ourselves! Who gives a damn about the others? It's enough for me to be happy, right?"

"Everyone has their own preferences." The Brightshore Hegemon smiled.

"Oh, right. Have you found those six materials I asked you to look for?" The horned youth asked, "Those six ingredients once turned up within this universe of yours."

"I've found five of them," the Brightshore Hegemon said. "These items are all incredibly rare."

"I've visited so many places but still haven't been able to acquire all six." The horned youth shook his head, unhappy. "Only when I have all of these ingredients will I be able to fully master my Empyrean Yang-Nine Ki! Ugh… if I had already mastered it during that last struggle, I might've become an Otherverse Lord long ago."

"The Empyrean Yang-Nine Ki is one of the most supreme secret arts in existence. It won't be mastered as easily as that," the Brightshore Hegemon laughed. "I fear you'll need to continue your travels through the Great Dark and visit a few more places."

"I won't be the only one. This universe of yours will soon be annihilated by the Yin-Yang Samsara Wheels Wheels. By then, you'll have to lead these young fellows in wandering through the vast world as well," the horned youth said.

"The Yin-Yang Samsara Wheels." The Brightshore Hegemon hesitated, then slowly nodded. "They are one of the most terrifying natural calamities the endless primordial chaos has ever given birth to. Cultivators are not able to resist their power. I'll try to buy as much time as I can, but if there really is nothing to be done then I really will have to go out wandering as well."

"Let's not talk about such depressing subjections." The Brightshore Hegemon smiled. "Let's keep our focus on the Waveshift Realm. Given that even you sense something strange about it, it definitely holds a significant secret within it."

"Quite." The horned youth grew eager as well.

In front of them was a floating image of the scenes going on within the Waveshift Realm, and at the center was the scene of Ji Ning fleeing at top speed.

Right now, Ning was the center of attention of almost all the major powers of the entire Endless Territories. Even some of the reclusive Eternal Emperors were watching him.

Swoosh! Ning didn't know and didn't care about this. All he wanted to do was escape the nine layers as soon as possible.

Boom! Boom! Boom! One heartworld projection after another descended upon him, with the strongest one at the center being controlled by Winesage. Ning had no choice but to shrink his own heartworld projection in order to resist theirs.

Ever since Timedream died, there were three Heartforce Cultivators left amongst the most supreme Daolords; Ji Ning, Winesage, and Palace Lord Cloudwalker. Cloudwalker was the lord of the Palace of the Heart of the Brightshore Kingdom, which meant he naturally was a member of the kingdom and bound by the lifeblood oath not to kill another member. Thus, Cloudwalker had yet to do anything to Ning.

In terms of just heartworld projections alone, Ning was actually slightly superior to Winesage! But if he expanded his heartworld projection and made it too large, the power of his projection would drop.

Right now, over twenty second-tier Heartforce Daolords were working together to suppress Ning. Just four or five of them working together equaled a first-tier Daolord in might! However, these heartworld projections were a force of energy that couldn't actually be 'merged' together, and so if Ning shrank the 'footprint' of his own heartworld projection, his foes wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

"You won't be able to escape, Darknorth." A cold voice rang out far away. "Shaka and the others managed to tie you down for long enough. We've already set up an enormous cordon around the surrounding area, and I'm quite close to you. I think you and I should have a little duel. If I'm unable to defeat you, I'll let you leave and cease my pursuit of you. Without my presence, the other supreme Daolords probably wouldn't be able to do anything to you at all."

"Winesage." Ning continued to flee at a hundred times the speed of light. He barked back, "You want to fight me? Then come catch up to me first!"

Ning certainly wasn't going to slow down. He wasn't certain in his chances against Winesage, after all!

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 24 – Ji Ning and Winesage

Ji Ning continued to flee. On the way, he encountered multiple squads of Daolords, but none of them dared to engage him! Everyone knew how he had been able to fight against four supreme Daolords and kill two of them; this meant that Daolord Darknorth definitely was far too strong for them to compete against.

"It'll all be up to Winesage." This was what countless Daolords were thinking.

Palace Lord Dawnstar's ranking was now second only to Ning and Winesage's. He was carrying his giant machete on his back while seated in the lotus position at the peak of a mountain, staring off into the distance as a streak of light flew past. It was Ji Ning. Ning even cast a glance at Dawnstar.

"Be careful, Darknorth." Dawnstar smiled at him.

"Thank you," Ning said, then continued to flee.

Dawnstar smiled as he watched Ning depart. He was a member of the Brightshore Kingdom; there was no way he would stop Ning.

"The Palace of Immortals has actually ranked Darknorth above me. I want to see just how tough he is." Dawnstar transformed into a streak of light that stayed a respectable distance behind Ning. "Winesage was just barely able to defeat me. Now that he has a Universe treasure, I wonder what level of power he has reached."

Dawnstar was quite eager to see what the results of Ning's battle against Winesage would be. It must be understood that the ranking given by the Palace of Immortals did contain certain unspoken rules. For example, if you defeated someone in open combat you would take their rank, such as when Daolord Dreamlore defeated the Radiant King!

Another way to gain a ranking was to be acknowledged by countless other Daolords. Ning's feat of fighting against four supreme Daolords at once and even killing Timedream and Kingfreak was something which Palace Lord Dawnstar and the others would not have been able to do. Thus, the many other Daolords all acknowledged that Ning was second only to Winesage and as such he was ranked number two on the list.

Generally speaking, without a 'real' resolution to a fight one wouldn't be given a ranking. The Ninedust Sectlord and Daolord Snowjoy were both extremely strong, but thus far neither of them had actually defeated one of the top-ranked Daolords! Ninedust had been surrounded by Kingfreak, Snowjoy, and Shaka; he hadn't actually been able to beat any of them, while his fight with Fiendqueen Dustrain had also been inconclusive. Where should he be ranked at? Eight? Nine? Ten? This was a matter of dispute.

You had to either be publicly acknowledged by the other Daolords, or defeat a ranked Daolord in an open battle!

"He's publicly acknowledged to be superior to me," Dawnstar mused to himself. "Given my Dao-heart, his heartforce shouldn't be able to shake me at all. As for close combat… I really do not fear Darknorth at all! They've actually ranked him above me? I'll have to find a chance to spar with him, then beat him."

Palace Lord Dawnstar was an incredibly proud person. He naturally didn't want to accept the results of this new ranking at all.

"Winesage and Dawnstar were already ranked above me. Now, even Darknorth is ranked above me." A red-robed youth clutching a blood-colored blade was glaring off into the distance, a desire to do battle radiating from him. "I actually beat the Radiant King. The only problem is, I haven't actually run into Dawnstar or Darknorth yet!"

Daolord Dreamlore was very conceited. He didn't want to bother with challenging ordinary Daolords; the first one he challenged was the Radiant King, despite the fact that none of the treasures of the Waveshift Realm had even appeared! In the end, he had actually won!

Right now, he wanted to challenge Dawnstar and Darknorth! If he won, he would then go on to challenge Winesage!

"No one can stop my saber." Daolord Dreamlord was filled with the urge to do battle.

Whoosh. He flew through the skies at high speed, but he was still quite a distance aways from Ning and Dawnstar. Right now, Ning and Dawnstar were located close to each other, while Winesage was just two days away from Ning's position. As for Daolord Dreamlore, he was still more than ten days away.

Winesage knew exactly where Ning was, but Ning didn't know where Winesage was. More than twenty second-tier Heartforce Daolords were using their heartworld projection to suppress his, forcing him to keep it smaller in size and making it impossible for him to actually locate Winesage.

Whoosh. Ning was flying just a few meters above the waters of a vast, turbid river. "Eh?" Ning's face suddenly tightened slightly. He came to a halt, staring off into the distance.

Another figure had appeared above the surface of the river. This was a man dressed in ancient black robes that were covered with certain diagrams. The man's hair was rather tousled, and his eyes looked rather bleary. He looked very unkempt, but just by standing there he somehow became the center of this vast world. It was as though he was the hegemon of this land.

"Winesage," Ning murmured softly.

"Darknorth." Winesage smiled, his gaze slowly sharpening. "You won't be able to escape this fight."

"Interesting. The top seed against the second seed." The Brightshore Hegemon and the horned youth continued to watch things play out from their position atop that frozen planet.

"Winesage is approaching the end of his lifespan. He doesn't have much time left. Once he dies, Darknorth will be ranked number one. A chance to watch the two of them fight is a rare opportunity indeed." The bald, gold-furred alien and the black-robed, black-haired elder within the Palace of Immortals of the Dao Alliance were watching eagerly as well.

In the Endless Territories, everyone from Daolords to Hegemons were paying attention to this fight. Of course, the Daolords wouldn't be able to actually watch the fight in person or know the details of it, but they were still waiting to see what the results would be.

The top Daolord against the second Daolord! The former had stood atop the rankings for countless years and now was in possession of a Universe treasure. The other had trained for a very brief period of time and had risen to sudden prominence, and had just slain the Kingfreak and Timedream just a short while ago. His momentum seemed unstoppable!

Above that vast river. Ning and Winesage stared at each other from afar, neither daring to underestimate the other.

"It has been a long, long time since I have lost to anyone. Dawnstar and the Radiant King were very close to me in power, but they are still a bit weaker." A desire to do battle burned in Winesage's eyes. Although his voice was quite calm, it still echoed in the air above this river. "The reason they are weaker is because neither of them are Heartforce Cultivators! You, however, are a Heartforce Cultivator. You stand a chance at beating me."

"But of course… that's only in the event that I decline to use my Universe treasure." Winesage laughed calmly. "Don't worry. For now, I won't use it! If you can't even beat me when I don't use my Universe treasure, you should just go ahead and hand the seal over. It's rare for me to encounter a worthy opponent. I don't want to kill you."

Winesage's words were calm but filled with arrogance and invincible pride. Even without his Universe treasure, he was still invincible amongst his fellow Daolords! Now that he had one, he truly did look down upon all of his so-called peers. He now generally spent his time with ancient Eternal Emperors and rarely interacted with Daolords.

"Haha, you don't want to kill me? We haven't even fought yet. What makes you so sure you can kill me? Even if you use your Universe treasure, you still won't be able to do anything to me." Ning let out a cold snort. "Let's cut the crap. Take this!"

Whoosh. Ning vanished into thin air.

"That's the assassination art?" Winesage's face tightened slightly. Boom! Instantly, an awesome aura of bloody light swept out from Winesage, as well as a heartworld projection that was filled with the essence of darkness and death. The two joined together.

Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosive sounds rang out.

Ning had merged his nine novessence arts with his heartworld projection, while Winesage had merged his bloodlight arts with his heartworld projection. The two clashed against each other, with Ning holding the slight advantage. However, the bloody halo of light around Winesage was still able to maintain a diameter of roughly ten thousand kilometers.

Ning's silhouette suddenly appeared outside of that field of bloody light. "Your secret arts are pretty strong," Ning praised. The energy of the bloodlight art and the heartworld projection worked together seamlessly to destroy all within their path. If Ning was to enter its range, he would be attacked by it. His past opponents, such as Timedream and Shaka, had weaker secret arts and heartworld projections than Ning. As a result, they had suffered for it in battle.

"You secret arts are even stronger, but its auxiliary effects are inferior to mine." Winesage nodded. "This secret art of mine is known as the Asura Domain, and my heartforce and perfectly join together with it. Foes that clash against me not only have to deal with the pressure from my heartworld projection and the Asura Domain, they also have to endure heartforce attacks from me."

"Asura Domain?" Ning nodded. He had heard of some of Winesage's supreme attacks before. When Heartforce Cultivators were unable to effectively use either brute-force attacks or illusions, they would need to use softer and more insidious methods. Winesage's Asura Domain was a good example of this. This was a technique that combined both secret arts and heartforce, giving it both a terrifyingly strong suppressive effect as well as a corrosive, soul-invading effect. Any cultivator caught within it would grow increasingly irritable as the fight went on. This impact on their emotions would make it difficult for them to stay in top fighting shape and unleash their full power, resulting in them losing.

Ning's own plan was to master the [Heartsword] technique and do the same. He had gained a basic level of insight into it long ago, but the later stages were extremely difficult. To date, he hadn't spent enough time on it.

It would take him very, very long to advance from the third step to the fourth step as a Daolord. He would have plenty of time to work on the [Heartsword] art.

"Talk is cheap. All the talk in the world won't make you one whit stronger. Show me what you actually have." Ning immediately manifested [Three Heads, Six Arms] and held six Northbow swords in his hands.

Boom! Ning unleashed his nine novessence arts and his heartworld projection at the same time. Ning and Winesage quickly began to move closer and closer to each other, their secret arts and heartworld projections crashing against each other like two worlds colliding.

"Fuck off!" Ning was incomparably valiant as he charged straight towards Winesage, immediately using his Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker. His six Northbow swords were filled with seemingly inexhaustible power, and all of that power exploded like a series of volcano towards Winesage.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 25 – A Duel of Supremes

Winesage continued to stand there. His face remained placid, but his eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't move to dodge the Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker. Instead, he manifested a total of six arms and slowly raised them up high. All six of his hands seemed to contain a strange, marvelous amount of power within them. If mere World-level cultivators were present, their souls and truesouls could well be wiped out just via watching this attack.

Ji Ning, being a major power on the same level as Winesage, naturally didn't have to worry about this.

"Exterminate!" Winesage's six hands simultaneously flipped open and struck outwards.

Bang! Ning's six Northbow swords furiously struck down as well. It was a head-on collision of frontal attacks.

Boom! Ning and Winesage were both knocked backwards. A terrifying shockwave of power swept out in every direction, causing even distant spectators like Palace Lord Dawnstar to be affected by it. Dawnstar revealed a look of surprise: "Winesage's [Extermination Palms] are incredibly dominating, but Darknorth was actually able to block it head-on. The two actually fought to a standstill?"

"Not bad at all. Take another attack from me!" Winesage found his footing atop the water, then charged forwards once more as his six arms spread out in a slow, gentle manner like the wings of a roc.

Whoosh. Winesage moved closer and closer to Ning, carrying a surge of ghostly power with him. His body gave birth to a myriad of shadowy after-images, and his six arms seemed to transform into countless blurs, almost as though he had thousands of arms. Every single hand used different stances, such as claws, palms, or gentle pushes…

Winesage glided towards Ning like a ghost or a dream, his countless hands all reaching out towards him. If the [Extermination Palms] represented the utmost in hard, aggressive, Yang-style destruction, then this technique represented the utmost in soft, gentle, Yin-style attacks.

"Bring it!" Ning was overjoyed upon seeing this. He charged straight towards Winesage, his six Northbow swords transforming to become unpredictable, ephemeral, and translucent, vanishing and reappearing without rhyme or reason.

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

Each time Ning's swords and Winesage's palms collided, the collision was very gentle and soft. Both were using very soft, Yin-style attacks… but each strike was filled with murderous intent.

Ning's Shadowless evasion art was born from his Shadowless stance. By now, his Omega Sword Dao – Shadowless was able to make use of all types of energy. It was skilled in energy redirection and completely unpredictable, making it the most soft and Yin-style of attacks.

The two were like a pair of dancers. Each clash was whisper-soft and the movements were gentle beyond compare, but both moved like incredibly fast blurs. Winesage gave birth to countless fluctuating shadows while Ning would occasionally disappear and then be forced to reappear due to the Asura Domain.

"Interesting." The distant Palace Lord Dawnstar laughed. "Winesage has three killer attacks; the [Extermination Palms, the [Asura Dance, and the [Awakening Dream, with each attack being more deadly than the last. Although the [Extermination Palms] are very dominating, they don't contain enough variability and flexibility. The [Asura Dance] and the [Dreamwaker Finger] are more unpredictable… but Darknorth is an extremely powerful Heartforce Cultivator. The Asura Domain is virtually useless against him, making it so that the [Asura Dance] isn't able to reach its full potential as well."

The [Asura Dance] was one of Winesage's most powerful attacks. When he fought against Dawnstar and the others, he would generally first unleash his heartworld projection and his Asura Domain! When the Asura Domain was used in combination with his [Asura Dance, his foes found it extremely difficult to do anything to him.

"It seems he'll have to rely on the [Dreamwaker Finger]." Palace Lord Dawnstar nodded. "Winesage relied on this stance to become acknowledged as the number one Daolord of the Endless Territories."

Much like how Daolord Featherdress' most powerful killer attack was the [Featherdress Soulthrall Melody, Winesage's most deadly attack was his [Dreamwaker Finger]. Supposedly, it was a killer attack he suddenly came up with after getting drunk and waking up the next morning. In the face of this strike, even the likes of Palace Lord Dawnstar and the Radiant King were defeated… and so, Winesage became the undisputed number one Daolord of the Endless Territories.

But of course, Palace Lord Dawnstar and the Radiant King both had terrifying killer attacks of their own. The reason why Winesage was still able to beat them was principally because they would be affected by his heartworld projection and Asura Domain when they fought him! Even before the battle had begun, they would already be reduced to 60% – 70% of their true power. It was understandable for the two of them to lose to him.

This was why, from a historical standpoint, the vast majority of number one Daolords were Heartforce Cultivators! Even though foes might be able to endure their heartforce illusions and other heartforce attacks, the foes would still be weakened by the heartworld projection, which put the two on uneven playing fields.

Whoosh. Circular waves rippled out from the surface of the water. Ning and Winesage had just separated after another clash. Winesage stood there on the surface of the water, a smile on his face. "Dawnstar and the Radiant King also managed to just barely withstand my first two killer attacks. My final attack is known as the [Dreamwaker Finger]. If you can withstand it and remain undefeated, that means you are even stronger than Dawnstar and the Radiant King. In that case, I'll use my Universe treasure to defeat you… but of course, if you fall to the [Dreamwaker Finger, you won't be worthy of seeing my Universe treasure."

"The [Dreamwaker Finger]?" Ning said calmly, "I also have a killer attack that I have yet to display. Let's see whose is stronger."

Technically speaking, Ning's three attacking stances (the Shadowless stance, the Heavenbreaker stance, and the Blood Drop stance) were all on the same level. However, his Northbow swords had evolved after absorbing the golden sand from the cracked planetary core, causing the power of the Blood Drop stance to increase fivefold.

Fivefold. What did that mean? As a Daolord of the Second Step, Ning was able to transcend space with ease. As a Daolord of the Third Step, he was similarly able to break past the limit of a hundred times the speed of light with ease. Even Daolord Shaka had been defeated in a single blow by this attack.

Because of the special properties of the Northbow swords, the Blood Drop stance was Ning's most powerful attacking stance.

"Oh?" Winesage began to move. "Then take my blow."

Winesage was like a giant roc who flew towards Ning at lightning speeds. His six hands reached out like talons, each hand coming from a different direction! This seemed like a very casual and gentle attack, but spacetime in the local area began to tremble and shake. It must be remembered that the Grand Waveshift Formation caused spacetime within the Waveshift Realm to be extremely stable, preventing even spacetime techniques from tearing the local spacetime apart. For Winesage's supreme attack to be able to affect spacetime locally was testament to its tremendous power.

Although the attack was very light and soft, it seemed to summon all the might of the local spacetime. Each of the six attacks contained an inconceivable amount of power.

The [Extermination Palms] and the [Asura Dance] both contained certain profound elements of the Dao of Destruction, but the [Dreamwaker Finger] contained the true essence and power of destruction within it. In the instant that it touched the opponent, its full power would be instantaneously unleashed.

"Omega Sword Dao – Blood Drop!" Ning didn't hesitate at all, immediately unleashing his most powerful attack. His six Northbow swords all executed this move, flying out like dazzling streaks of light! Every single streak of light seemed to be capable of tearing through space and time, causing spacetime in the area to tremble and shake. In the final instant before contact, the tips of the six Northbow swords began to spiral slightly. Boom! They instantly increased in speed, tearing past a hundred times the speed of light.

"Eh?" Winesage's face changed. "He broke through the limit and struck faster than a hundred times the speed of light. But Darknorth trains in the Dao of the Sword! Since when was the Dao of the Sword capable of breaching the limits on speed?"

Generally speaking, those who were able to breach that limit and move or strike faster than a hundred times the speed of light actually trained in the Dao of Light, such as the Radiant King or Daolord Shaka! This Dao was a Dao of speed to begin with.

Someone who trained in the Dao of the Sword was able to breach this limit as well? This forced Winesage to feel slightly anxious, but it was too late now. There was no backing out of this attack!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ning's six sword-tips drilled straight towards the tips of Winesage's six fingers. They collided head-on! BOOM!

A terrifying amount of force was released on both ends, resulting in an unbelievable explosion!

"WHAT?!" The distant Palace Lord Dawnstar was so stunned his eyes bulged out. "This is impossible!" He watched as Winesage was actually knocked flying backwards, smashing into the surface of the river and causing the surrounding water to disappear. As for Ning, he continued to pursue Winesage with six Northbow swords in hand!

"The [Dreamwaker Finger] was actually defeated?" Palace Lord Dawnstar could hardly believe it. "He lost in a frontal exchange?!"

"If Winesage didn't have that Universe treasure, Daolord Darknorth should be ranked as the number one Daolord in the Endless Territories. Impressive, truly impressive." The two elders within the Dao Alliance's Palace of Immortals both sighed in amazement.

"I've wandered through many places and have seen many Daolords who have dazzled me. Today, I've seen two more. The one named Darknorth… for him to reach such a level despite merely having trained for less than a hundred million years is simply incredible." Both Hegemon Welkin and the Brightshore Hegemon were watching this fight as well.

Winesage slammed into the waters of the river, a look of disbelief on his face. "My [Dreamwaker Finger] was actually defeated?" In the past, prior to him acquiring the Universe treasure, he had reigned undefeated… but today, his supreme technique had actually been defeated? And in a head-on clash, no less. He truly was rendered speechless!

"His swords are not only incredibly fast, they also contain incredible power." Winesage had a mixed look on his face. "When my life comes to an end, the most powerful Daolord of this era shall be Darknorth."

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 26 – Eternal Emperor

He had gained the upper hand in a frontal clash, but Ji Ning wasn't excited or smug about it. This was because he knew that Winesage's attacks were every bit his equal in terms of profundity. He had an advantage in that his Northbow swords made his Blood Drop stance fully five times more powerful than normal. In the end, however, the Northbow swords were not Universe treasures; they were simply 'qualified' to potentially develop into Universe treasures in the future, and they were exceptionally strong when executing the Blood Drop stance.

For him to win was normal. If he had lost, he would've been shocked!

Whoosh. Winesage flew back to the center of the river, returning to his normal two-armed form. At the same time, a pair of black gloves appeared on his hands.

"Eh?" Ning's subconscious began to warn him of tremendous danger. He hurriedly came to a halt.

Winesage slowly levitated to stand above the water, a smile on his face. "I really didn't expect this. If it wasn't for my Universe treasure, I wouldn't be able to keep safe my position atop the rankings. Daolord Darknorth, I admire you very much. You truly are worthy of forcing me to use my Universe treasure." The black gloves in Winesage's hands began to emanate a terrifying aura of power.

As for Ning, he warily eyed those black gloves. His Darknorth Swords were only strengthened when using the Blood Drop stance; it didn't strengthen his other stances nearly as much. True Universe treasures, however, would allow each and every stance to be filled with incredible power.

"Come on." Ning's eyes were filled with the desire to do battle. "I've heard long ago that Universe treasures are very powerful, but I've never tested one out for myself. Show me just how tough a Universe treasure is!"

"As you wish." Winesage waved his right hand. Whoooosh. His black right glove swept out, causing spacetime to shudder as darkness completely covered the world around them.

"What a terrifying palm." The distant Palace Lord Dawnstar was stunned. "I've heard legends of Universe treasures for countless years, but this is my first time actually seeing the power of one of them in person. In the past, Winesage and I were on par with each other, but I'm now no longer a match for him. The difference in power between us is quite apparent."

Dawnstar truly felt powerless upon seeing this palm. His saber and his skills were focused on attacking! He was supposedly the best close combat expert in the Endless Territories, an offensive specialty… but when he saw Winesage use his Universe treasure to execute the [Extermination Palms, Dawnstar could sense that the power of this attack was far more terrifying than his own. If he had been surpassed even in his area of specialty, how could he not feel powerless?

"Eh?" An illusory figure suddenly appeared in the skies above the Waveshift Realm. It was Realmsoul Polo. "Winesage has a Universe treasure! Although in terms of enlightenment and understanding he remains inferior to the eight lords of the Sacred Cities, in power alone he's already reached their level." Polo had a somber look on his face as he looked at that palm come crashing down. "Such incredible power… it threatens the very stability of the Grand Waveshift Formation. Mm… at least Winesage has the good sense not to cause disruption on a large scale."

Realmsoul Polo was in charge of overseeing this entire realm. When Ning had used the Hegemon Dao-seal, he had unleashed a level of power that surpassed that of Winesage's strike. Polo, however, hadn't cared because that Dao-seal was a single-use item. Winesage, however, would be able to rely on his own power to unleash thousands of chops. If he wished to cause wanton destruction, he could possibly disrupt the stability of the entire formation.

"If he does disrupt the formation, I'll have no choice but to give him a little warning," Polo mused silently.

This strike was used the same [Extermination Palms] technique as before. Ning already understood the principles it operated off of, but the power had increased to a completely different level. This was the level the lords of the eight Sacred Cities had reached! Six Northbow swords in his hands, Ning immediately executed the Omega Sword Dao – Soleheart to defend. He wasn't so arrogant as to try to take this attack head-on! The difference in power was simply too great.

BOOM! Ning could feel a terrifying amount of power explode against him. Although his Northbow swords had already deflected much of the force, the remainder of it had slammed into him, sending him flying backwards as the water around him was completely annihilated. Ning continued to fly until he slammed into the riverbed, the water around him completely evaporated!

Whoosh. Ning rose to his feet, his face rather ashen. "What a terrifying strike. Thank goodness I've reached the third stage of the Omega Sword Dao, and have the Hegemon armor protecting me. Otherwise, I would've suffered a heavy injury or even died!"

Rumble… the 'surviving' waters of the river came flooding into to replenish the empty area around him.

"He didn't even spit up blood?" The distant Winesage was shocked as well. Not only had Darknorth survived, he hadn't even been injured to the point of vomiting blood?

"Fellow Daoist Darknorth, take a few more strikes from me!" Winesage continued to press the attack. Boom! Boom! Boom! He used a series of palm-strikes, fist-strikes, and finger-strikes against Ning. Ning was forced to rely exclusively on defensive stances; given the overwhelming disparity in power, he didn't have any way to fight back at all.

Ning was hit by one attack after another. This was a crushing assault!

"What incredible defenses."

"Ji Ning's defensive prowess equals his offensive prowess." Palace Lord Dawnstar sighed in amazement when he saw this. He was skilled in offensive attacks, but his defensive techniques were much weaker than Ning's. "He should also have an incredible strong defensive divine ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to take hits like that."

"So this is what a Universe treasure is like." After fighting for a while, Ning felt his entire body turn numb from pain. However, he now knew much more about Universe treasures.

Universe treasures provided a tremendous boost in strength, but as with all sources of external power it had its limits. Although Winesage had now reached the level of the lords of the eight Sacred Cities in power, he would definitely be at a disadvantage when fighting them. This was because the eight lords were equal to him in power but superior to him in profundity of technique.

In comparison to the eight lords, the techniques which Winesage and Ning were using would seem a bit clumsy. However, Winesage deserved to be proud; the eight lords of the Sacred Cities stood at the true pinnacle of the Endless Territories and were second only to the three Hegemons in power. Given their status, they normally would never act against Daolords.

Eternal Emperors innately felt a sense of superiority when meeting Daolords, because they knew that even the most supreme of Daolords would eventually die if they failed their Daomerge. There was no way for them to live longer than 108,000 chaos cycles.

"Winesage, your Universe treasure truly is formidable. I'm unable to resist its power at all. Since I've experienced it for myself… it's time for me to say farewell," Ning said loudly. A heartbeat later, he vanished into thin air. The area around them was still covered by the nine novessence arts as well as Ning's heartworld projection, but Ning himself had vanished. Winesage was completely unable to locate him and thus didn't even know what direction to pursue in.

A while later, Ning appeared more than a million kilometers away. "Winesage, farewell," Ning called out.

After him! Winesage continued to pursue, unwilling to give up, but Ning was able to move at a hundred times the speed of light, the same rate at which Winesage himself flew when using his magic treasure. Given that the two moved at the same speed, and given that Ning was able to use the Shadowless evasion art to disappear at will, there was no way for Winesage to catch up to him at all.

This pursuit went on for a full day. Winesage clearly had no chance at all, but he still refused to give up. His situation was different from Ning's. For Ning, the 108,000 limit was something which incredibly far off in the future, but for Winesage it felt imminent. He had already been alive for more than 100,000 chaos cycles! This was why he so desperately wanted the Voidsea Jadeseal.

Boom! As Ning was flying past a series of snow-topped peaks, he suddenly felt an aura of eternity manifest out of nowhere and cover the area around him.

"This aura…?" Both Ning and the pursuing Winesage were stunned. This aura was a vast an ancient one that radiated eternity and immortality.

Rumble… radiant, incandescent light suddenly appeared above the Waveshift Realm. The light appeared directly above Ning and slowly began to descend, containing a degree of power that was simply inconceivable. Both Ning and Winesage felt a sense of inexplicable terror; the aura of might around this rainbow light surpassed even that of a Hegemon's.

The countless streaks of rainbow light began to circle around the region which Ning was in, as that aura of supremacy descended.

"What's this?" Ning and Winesage exchanged a glance, both looking stunned.

"The prime essences of the Daos of the universe have come to offer their congratulations," Ning murmured. "Yet another Daolord has succeeded in his Daomerge to gain eternity?"

"Someone succeeded in the Daomerge and gained eternity?" The distant Winesage revealed a look of disbelief. "Someone succeeded in the Daomerge? Yet another Eternal Emperor has been born?"

Although he was an incredible figure, his chances at the Daomerge remained incredibly slim. When he saw the prime essences of the universe descend upon the area in celebration, he understood that a new Eternal Emperor had to have been born.

"The Daomerge gave birth to a new Eternal Emperor!"

"Someone succeeded in the Daomerge?"

"Who completed the Daomerge?"

The countless Daolords of the Waveshift Realm watched as the dazzling rainbow light descended, all of them stunned by that invincible, supreme aura that came with it.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 27 – Emperor Solesky

"In every generation, only a few Daolords will become Eternal Emperors," Winesage mused. "I never expected to see one right here!"

"Right." Ji Ning scanned the area as well.. "I wonder which Daolord made the breakthrough. He's probably hiding someone."

The descent of the prime essences of the universe covered the area around them, which meant the new Eternal Emperor should be here as well.

Swoosh. The distant Palace Lord Dawnstar flew over as well. He had been following them this entire time, but now he finally revealed himself. He was dressed in ordinary clothes and carried a great machete on his back. He was the pride of the countless cultivators of the Brightshore Kingdom… but of course, the Brightshore Kingdom now had another idol to be proud of: Daolord Darknorth!

"Dawnstar." Ning revealed a smile.

"Darknorth." Palace Lord Dawnstar smiled as well. "Haha. I didn't have the chance to congratulate you on how powerful you have become. After this matter in the Waveshift Realm is concluded, we'll be inducting you as the new Palace Lord of the Palace of the Sword."

The title of Palace Lord of the Twelve Palaces was determined strictly based on power. By now, Ning's power had already outstripped that of any and all Daolords in the Sword Palace.

"Your Brightshore Kingdom is growing stronger and stronger. Both the second and third positions belong to you," the nearby Winesage said with a smile.

"If you didn't have that Universe treasure, you might be thrown off your pedestal by Darknorth," Dawnstar said, then scanned the area. "Haha, I never would've expected for a new Eternal Emperor to be born here in the ninth layer of the Waveshift Realm. Every person in the ninth layer is an extraordinary Daolord. This new Eternal Emperor will be a very powerful one."

"Right." Ning nodded.

"Agreed. This Eternal Emperor won't be one of the ones who are killed with ease." Winesage nodded as well.

Daolords of the Fourth Step were generally divided into four tiers.

The lowest tier was the 'ordinary' tier.

The third-tier Daolords included Daolords like like Patriarch Clearwind and Daolord Solesky.

The second-tier Daolords included the likes of Kongsan and Palace Lord Woodflower.

The supreme first-tier Daolords included Winesage, Ning, Dawnstar, Ninedust, Snowjoy, and the others.

Daolords of the Fourth Step who succeeded in the Daomerge and became Eternal Emperors would also result in four different tiers of emperors.

Ordinary Eternal Emperors were the weakest and were virtually unseen, primarily because almost all of them had been wiped out. Alternately, they had gone into hiding or had fled long ago.

The elite Eternal Emperors included the likes of Emperor Mirrorsnow and Emperor Melobo. Most of the living Eternal Emperors in the Endless Territories fell into this category, and they were comparable to the supreme first-tier Daolords in might. Most of them had been alive for extremely long periods of time, and thus they had collected many life-preserving items and techniques. To kill them was very, very difficult.

The next tier consisted of the lords of the eight Sacred Cities and the likes of Patriarch Vulturas.

The most supreme Eternal Emperors were known as Hegemons. There were three of them in the Endless Territories!

The one advantage Eternal Emperors had was that of time. They were alive for so long that they were able to accumulate many treasures. For Ning to face off against the eight lords of the Sacred Cities was like a second-tier Daolord facing off against a supreme Daolord! There was an enormous difference in power, and that wasn't even factoring in the fact that the eight lords of the Sacred Cities were ancient freaks who had acquired treasures similar to Hegemon Dao-seals. Most likely, they all had many terrifying trump cards to use. There was just no way to battle them.

"Eh?" Winesage scanned the area suspiciously. "Who is the Eternal Emperor? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

"Yes, it's time for him to come out." Ning and Palace Lord Dawnstar scanned the area as well.

Suddenly, Ning's face turned pale.

"What is it?" Both Dawnstar and Winesage noticed the change in Ning's face.

Ning had a complicated look on his face. It was unclear if the expression was of joy or rage. He waved his hand, causing two figures to appear atop the snowy peaks. The first was that of Daolord Badlands. The other was that of Daolord Solesky… or to be precise, Eternal Emperor Solesky.

"Emperor Solesky," Ning said.

"Ji Ning." Solesky still looked as sloppy and disheveled as ever, but his aura was now completely different. He had a stately, eternal majesty to him, as his Dao had gained eternity. Emperor Solesky said hurriedly, "It's not what you think it is."

"You used the Voidsea Jadeseal?" Ning asked.

"I used it." Solesky nodded. "But…"

"Used it?" Winesage looked at Solesky, then interrupted him. "You are the former Daolord Solesky, correct? I really didn't expect this. Daolord Darknorth and Daolord Ninedust risked their lives, so I felt certain that one of them had the seal. In the end, it was with you all along?"

"Daolord Solesky was already famous for his invulnerable aquaform," Palace Lord Dawnstar said. "Now that he is an Eternal Emperor, his invulnerable aquaform is assuredly even better than before. Most likely, it will be extremely difficult for even the eight lords of the Sacred Cities to kill him. As for us Daolords, we have no chance at all. Emperor Solesky, congratulations. You have gained true eternity for yourself."

"Daolord Solesky made the breakthrough."

"Him?"

"He's legendary for being tough to get rid of."

The Heartforce Cultivators all chatted mentally to each other, causing news to quickly spread throughout not just the Waveshift Realm but the entirety of the Endless Territories.

Daolord Solesky. In the past, many Daolords wished to capture him and learn more regarding the Waveshift Realm from him. As a result, many knew of him! Although his attacks were fairly weak, his defenses were incredibly strong, allowing him to survive quite a few blows from even Fiendqueen Dustrain. One could imagine how tough his defenses were!

Now that he had become an Eternal Emperor and his invulnerable aquaform had also reached the eternal level, how much tougher would he have become?

Many powerful Ancient cultivators resided within a location inside the distant Terror Starsea. The exact location of this Ancient homeland was a mystery, with very few knowing the answer! Even the Ancient cultivators who were granted entry didn't know the exact location.

An absolutely peerless beauty was seated atop an ancient throne, a royal scepter in her hands. To each side of her sat two rows of Ancients who were all Eternal Emperors.

At the very center of this room was a levitating image that displayed the scene within the Waveshift Realm.

"Who would've thought that Daolord Solesky would actually be the one to become an Eternal Emperor?"

"He's not that strong, but he's good at staying alive. In the future, we Ancient cultivators will probably need to get along with him."

"To succeed in the Daomerge is far too difficult."

The Eternal Emperors of the Ancient race all spoke out in praise.

As for Hegemon Netherlily, she said calmly from atop her high throne, "Emperor Solesky's emergence is a minor matter. He's not that powerful, and his existence has no impact on the situation in the Endless Territories at all! The Waveshift Realm… I can vaguely sense that something ten thousand times greater than the emergence of Emperor Solesky is going to happen."

"Greater?" The Ancient cultivator Eternal Emperors were all rather surprised.

"You are too weak. You won't be able to sense it," Hegemon Netherlily said. "The secrets held within the Waveshift Realm are absolutely extraordinary. This is why I've been using my attunement to karma to keep an eye on everything happening within it."

The existence of the Grand Waveshift Formation prevented the other Eternal Emperors from being able to scry the realm in detail, but Hegemon Netherlily was able to accomplish it.

And of course, Hegemon Windrain and Hegemon Brightshore were able to do the same.

Within the Windrain Kingdom, the most sacred place of the Aberrant lifeforms, gentle rain fell down from the skies. This truly was a world of wind and rain, and it was filled with creeks, valleys, and beautiful rivers.

"Eh?" An enormous face appeared in the midst of a vast forest filled with countless trees. It was a special lifeform that was so incredibly vast, its body spanned the majority of the Windrain Kingdom. An image suddenly appeared in the air in front of the face. This was an image of what was happening within the Waveshift Realm.

"A new Eternal Emperor was born? Daolord Solesky might've broken through to become an Eternal Emperor, but this won't have an impact on the Endless Territories as a whole, much less cause me to sense something." Hegemon Windrain continued to watch from afar. "Waveshift… what the hell was he planning? What secrets are hidden within it?"

The Dao Alliance's roots and foundation were incredibly deep, and its two leaders had a very wide web of influence. Despite that, they weren't even close to living as relaxed a life as Emperor Waveshift.

Hegemon Windrain, Hegemon Brightshore, Hegemon Netherlily… they were far more powerful than Emperor Waveshift, but for them to go from place to place through the Great Dark was extremely difficult for them, whereas Emperor Waveshift was able to accomplish it with ease. It could be said that the most influential Eternal Emperor to ever leave the Endless Territories was Emperor Waveshift.

"Waveshift Realm." Hegemon Welkin had been slumbering in the Endless Territories for many years in an effort tto heal his wounds. Both he and Hegemon Brightshore were paying close attention to the Waveshift Realm as well. Both of them could also vaguely sense that something big was going to happen there, something which would have an important impact on them.

The three native Hegemons of the Endless Territories and the outsider Hegemon Welkin, as well as the most powerful and ancient Eternal Emperors, were all able to sense that something was going to happen. This was why they were so focused on the Waveshift Realm.

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Book 32, Waveshift Realm, Chapter 28 – Crimsonwave Temple

Despite the relative indifference of the Hegemons, Ji Ning and the other Daolords were paying rapt attention to the fact that Daolord Solesky had succeeded in his Daomerge and become an Eternal Emperor.

"True eternity." Ning looked at Emperor Solesky, a complicated feeling in his heart. If it hadn't been for happened to Ninedust, Ning would be celebrating… but instead he was trying to keep a tight lid on his temper and prevent it from exploding. His big brother Solesky really had used up the Voidsea Jadeseal and let him and Ninedust protect him like idiots! For Ning to do this was one thing, but Ninedust didn't have much of a relationship with Solesky; wasn't Solesky ashamed to allow Ninedust to die on his behalf in the outside world? They had already agreed to hand over the Voidsea Jadeseal if they were unable to continue the fight. So what the hell happened?

Ning had wanted to ask this question for quite some time now, but for the sake of the Daomerge Solesky had completely entered a state of secluded meditation. Even his avatar had gone into seclusion, completely absorbed with the Daomerge. There had been no chance to speak to him at all.

"Darknorth." Emperor Solesky wanted to explain.

Winesage barked, "Emperor Solesky, when you claim you used up the Voidsea Jadeseal, are you perhaps trying to help Darknorth and Ninedust out?" He did indeed find this rather suspicious. As he saw it, both Ning and Ninedust were much stronger than Daolord Solesky had been. How could Solesky be the one to end up using it, while Ning and Ninedust risked their lives to defend him? What would be the point? Was it possible that Emperor Solesky was lying in an attempt to deceive them?

"I really did use it up," Emperor Solesky said hurriedly. "I'm not helping them out. They were helping me out! I swear on my very life itself that I've already used up the Voidsea Jadeseal and in the process completed the Daomerge. If anything I just said was false, let my soul be shattered and my truesoul forever dissipate!" Emperor Solesky said in a loud voice.

Winesage shook his head. Given that Solesky had just sworn a lifeblood oath, there was no way he was lying. "Alas… all that for nothing."

"At least there are three more remaining," Palace Lord Dawnstar said.

Suddenly, a series of figures began to appear in midair. All of the Daolord squads throughout the Waveshift Realm were able to see a version of this white-robed man appear before them! It was Realmsoul Polo once more.

Realmsoul Polo stared downwards, his gaze focusing on Emperor Solesky. "Emperor Solesky, my master has decreed that Eternal Emperors are forbidden from breaching the Grand Waveshift Formation and entering this realm! However, since you were originally just a Daolord when you entered, your presence here will not be ruled a violation of the rules. Still, you must immediately depart from the Waveshift Realm. I'll open up a corridor for you to leave through."

"Realmsoul Polo, please give me half a day first." Emperor Solesky lifted his head and said in a clear voice, "I definitely will not damage any of the formations within the Waveshift Realm." He knew that he had to give Ning a satisfactory explanation. Otherwise… although they wouldn't go from being brothers to being mortal enemies, the relationship between the two of them would be dramatically impacted by today's events.

"Fine, but only half a day." Polo agreed to his request.

There were many Daolords in the Waveshift Realm, and virtually all of them were Verge-level Daolords. For them to attempt the Daomerge here was reasonable. If an Eternal Emperor from the outside world dared to enter by force, Realmsoul Polo definitely would've launched a counterstrike! His master, Emperor Waveshift, had left quite a few tricks and traps behind. However, if a Daolord within the realm actually made a breakthrough, Polo would simply congratulate them.

"What?"

"Daolord Solesky used up the Voidsea Jadeseal?"

"Not Daolord Solesky; he's now Emperor Solesky!"

"Ninedust and Darknorth fought all that time just for his sake?"

The many Daolords in the realm were all rather speechless. Both Darknorth and Ninedust were supreme Daolords who had beaten back one squad after another of Daolords. Even Sectlord Timedream and the Kingfreak had died! The many Daolords in the Waveshift Realm would've accepted either of them acquiring the Voidsea Jadeseal, but who would've thought that it would be Daolord Solesky who would end up with it?

"Daolord Solesky really is a lucky man, for him to have become lifelong friends with Daolord Darknorth early on. This time, it was Daolord Darknorth who helped him acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal."

"His lucky truly was incredible."

The Daolords all sighed in amazement and envy. Given how strong Daolord Solesky had been, as an Eternal Emperor he would no doubt be able to live an extremely long life. There were no Daolords, at least, capable of posing a threat to him.

After the airborne Realmsoul Polo finished speaking with Emperor Solesky, the realmsoul continued, "The competition over the first two Voidsea Jadeseals has come to an end. Now, it is time for the final three seals."

The countless Daolords within the Waveshift Realm all listened intently.

"The final three seals are all located within the tenth layer of the Waveshift Realm." Realmsoul Polo stared downwards at the Daolords. "I believe that thus far, none of you have managed to reach the tenth layer."

"Right." The Daolords all nodded. The Waveshift Realm had a total of ten layers, something which Emperor Waveshift had made known back when he was still around here. However, thus far no one had been able to enter the tenth layer.

"The tenth layer is over there." Realmsoul Polo pointed towards a certain direction off in the distance.

Rumble…

A distant mountain range began to shake and rumble, then split apart as an enormous edifice began to emerge from deep within it. A terrifying, awesome aura of power emanated from this enormous building, with the aura being so strong that every single Daolord within the Waveshift Realm was able to sense it clearly. Even those who were very far away from it and were unable to see it clearly due to many different formations blocking their vision were able to sense it. It was like a terrifying, slumbering beast that was slowly waking up and making its presence felt.

"How terrifying." For now, Ning didn't pay his big brother Solesky any heed as he focused on attuning to that distant, incredible, terrifying aura of power.

The airborne Realmsoul Polo also stared off into the distance, watching as the enormous thing slowly rose. Finally, it made itself fully visible. It was an ancient temple that was a mixture of black and gold, and anyone who looked at it would sense its incredible age.

"The tenth layer is actually that ancient temple over there!" Realmsoul Polo said. "This temple is known as the Crimsonwave Temple!"

"The tenth layer is the Crimsonwave Temple, and all three of the Voidsea Jadeseals are located within it," Realmsoul Polo said.

Hegemon Brightshore and Hegemon Welkin had been seated, but they now both shot to their feet in astonishment, staring at the enormous image in front of them and the scene of the ancient temple's emergence. The temple had three ancient characters written directly above it. The characters were extremely complicated, much like the Dreamdust language and the azureflower seals.

As for the three characters, they stood for: 'Crimson' 'Wave' and 'Temple'.

"Crimsonwave Temple?" Hegemon Brightshore and Hegemon Welkin shared a glance, stunned looks in both of their eyes.

"The legendary Crimsonwave Temple?" Hegemon Welkin murmured softly, "The legendary Crimsonwave Temple has actually appeared within your realmverse… how did Emperor Waveshift manage to move the Crimsonwave Temple into his Waveshift realm?"

"Is it really the Crimsonwave Temple?" Hegemon Brightshore was stunned as well.

"It's the Crimsonwave Temple!" Hegemon Netherlily shot to her feet from her throne, two blurry streams of light emanating from her eyes.

"Crimsonwave Temple?" The ancient Eternal Emperors all had puzzled looks on their faces.

"What's a Crimsonwave Temple?"

"Hegemon, what is this Crimsonwave Temple of which you speak?"

All of them were puzzled. Hegemon Netherlily, however, just stared at the ancient temple as she murmured softly, "Myself, Brightshore, Windrain… all of our treasures combined are not worth as much as Crimsonwave Temple. Emperor Waveshift… you truly are incredible."

"The legendary Crimsonwave Temple?" The enormous face within the vast forest of countless trees revealed a stunned look as well. "The Crimsonwave Temple was actually relocated into our realmverse, the Endless Territories?"

"Impressive abilities. Simply impressive!" The gold-furred alien and the black-robed, black-haired elder within the Dao Alliance were shocked as well. They stared at the levitating mirror in front of them and at the image of that ancient temple within the mirror.

"When did that brat Waveshift manage to relocate the Crimsonwave Temple into his little world, and without anyone noticing to boot?"

"If it wasn't because he voluntarily exposed it, none of us would know a thing."

"It must've cost him a fortune."

In the Waveshift Realm itself, Ning and the other countless Daolords simply stared expectantly as the tenth layer, the 'Crimsonwave Temple', made its appearance. They were eagerly focused on the three final Voidsea Jadeseals, and they didn't really know what the name 'Crimsonwave Temple' represented.

"My master has wandered the endless Great Dark. Crimsonwave Temple was the greatest treasure my master has ever gained, after experiencing countless dangers and travails." Realmsoul Polo stared downwards, his voice echoing throughout the Waveshift Realm. "The Endless Territories is my master's homeland and thus he sent Crimsonwave Temple here as an offering to it."

Realmsoul Polo was extremely proud. These words were meant to be heard by the highest-level members of the six powers. Indeed, Emperor Waveshift had offered his greatest treasure, 'Crimsonwave Temple', to the Endless Territories.

"The final three Voidsea Jadeseals are located within the Crimsonwave Temple. Only supreme Daolords will stand a chance at surviving it." Realmsoul Polo looked downwards at the countless Daolords, a hint of a smile on his face.

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 1 – Solesky and Ji Ning

The tens of thousands of copies of Realmsoul Polo began to disappear from the skies above the Waveshift Realm.

"Let's go to Crimsonwave Temple."

"Let's go."

"The realmsoul has already made it clear that only supreme Daolords are capable of surviving Crimsonwave Temple. We're not on that level of power yet. If we go, we'll die."

"I won't be satisfied if we don't even go take a look! Plus, there's always a chance, no matter how slim. We might be able to seize that chance."

"Even if we don't go inside, we can wait around outside the palace. We still might have a chance."

Although the realmsoul had made the situation perfectly clear, there were still many Daolords who elected to head towards the Crimsonwave Temple. And of course, none of the supreme Daolords hesitated at all.

"Shall we head to Crimsonwave Temple together?" Winesage asked.

"Let's. We're quite a ways away from Crimsonwave Temple, and there will be many dangers along the path. If we join forces, we'll move faster," Palace Lord Dawnstar agreed.

"I'm fine with that. Badlands, what say you?" Ning looked at Daolord Badlands, who smiled and nodded: "This is just an avatar. I've been prepared for death this entire time. I might as well go to check out the Crimsonwave Temple first."

"Let's move." Winesage smiled slightly. He had naturally heard of Daolord Badlands long ago; the presence of Badlands' would naturally be of help.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Winesage and Dawnstar simply flew, while Ning road aboard his flying vessel as he wished to have a private conversation with Emperor Solesky. At present, the only ones within that vessel were Ning, Badlands, and Emperor Solesky.

Within the flying vessel. Badlands had long ago moved to the front deck to stare off into the distance, allowing Ning and Emperor Solesky to stand at the other end of the vessel.

"Big brother Solesky." Ning spoke up. "When you were fortunate enough to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseal, we agreed that although Ninedust and I would do our best to protect you, if we were unable to do so you would immediately hand the seal over. That way, we'd be able to avoid a true disaster befalling us."

"Yes." Emperor Solesky had a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"But in reality? Both Ninedust and I were at the brink of death, but you entered secluded meditation and surrounded yourself with many layers of wards and barriers, refusing to allow anyone to disturb you at all." Ning looked at Emperor Solesky. "Tell me. Why?"

Although Solesky was now an Eternal Emperor, Ning still viewed him as a brother. He needed an explanation.

"Ugh…" Emperor Solesky shook his head. "I admit, I'm at fault for what happened! We did indeed agree that I would hide inside the estate while you and Ninedust would flee while defending against the attackers! To tell you the truth, when I saw the Voidsea Jadeseal I did indeed feel a strong, selfish desire to keep it for myself and never give it up to anyone else. There are no Verge-level Daolords who would be completely immune to its allure."

Ning simply listened. He acknowledged this point; otherwise, why would so many incredible Daolords have lost their lives here? Even the likes of King Gorsch, Sectlord Timedream, and the Kingfreak had died due to this struggle.

"I made a certain decision. I chose to immediately use the Voidsea Jadeseal," Emperor Solesky said in a low voice. "This was my plan. I was going to use the Voidsea Jadeseal to simulate a Daomerge! Since it was a mere simulation and not an actual Daomerge, I could stop it at any moment. I didn't go into true seclusion!"

"My original plan was to finish using it up, then immediately notifying the two of you. I would then be able to swear a lifeblood oath to the others that I had already used up the Voidsea Jadeseal," Emperor Solesky said. "Once those pursuing Daolords were certain that I had already used it up… although they wouldn't be happy about it, they wouldn't continue the pursuit."

Ning nodded. "What you say makes sense." If the seal was used up, then Ning, Ninedust, Badlands, and Solesky could've all sworn lifeblood oaths and informed Daolord Shaka, Daolord Snowjoy, and the others that the seal had been consumed. Their opponents would've been forced to give up, as further battle would've been pointless; the seal would've already been gone.

"After I came to that decision, I began to use the Voidsea Jadeseal within a temporal acceleration estate," Emperor Solesky said. "Roughly a month later, it was used up."

"A month?" Ning's face tightened. "Then why didn't you tell me and Ninedust about it?" Back then, he and Ninedust had yet to fall into danger! If they had publicized the fact that the Voidsea Jadeseal had been used up, the ensuing battles would not have occurred.

"I really was planning to make it public…" Emperor Solesky had an ashamed look on his face. "But as I completed a full Daomerge simulation with the Voidsea Jadeseal, the insights I gained were identical to the insights I would've gained from the real Daomerge. Certain insights I had spent countless years working on in the Dao of Water began to deepen, and towards the end I entered a very special prajna-type meditation state."

"I… really did not wish for that state to come to an end. Once the state ended, the flow of insights would've ended as well," Emperor Solesky said. "Thus, I immediately separated myself from the outside world and began the actual Daomerge, allowing myself to engage in the Daomerge while in that prajna meditative state. In the end… I succeeded at one go with my Daomerge and gained eternity."

Ning was silent.

"Ji Ning, I admit that I was at fault," Emperor Solesky said in an embarrassed manner. "I was planning to listen to your call and hand it over as soon as you told me to, or immediately publicize the usage of the Voidsea Jadeseal if I was able to use it up, but… do you know how rare it is for one to enter a prajna-state like that? I could sense that I had a chance at succeeding in the Daomerge! I figured, since you had been able to hold on for a full month, you'd probably be able to hold on for another month…"

"Well. I've given you a lot of excuses, but in the end I was just selfish and excited. I saw a chance at the Daomerge and so I risked everything to achieve it," Emperor Solesky said with shame.

Ning turned to stare towards the outside of the vessel, where Winesage and Palace Lord Dawnstar were flying at high speed. His feelings were very complicated right now.

Should he be angry? He simply wasn't able to get worked up. The Voidsea Jadeseal had belonged to big brother Solesky to begin with; there was nothing wrong with him using it up! The Daomerge simulation could indeed be disrupted, and Solesky hadn't fully secluded himself; Ning simply had to message him in order to have him come out! But he ended up in that prajna-state, a state which was incredibly rare. Most likely, no one who was about to attempt the Daomerge would choose to voluntarily end a prajna-state upon entering it. Who knew when the next chance would be?

"Ji Ning." Solesky looked at Ning.

"No one is completely unselfish," Ning murmured softly. "And the Daomerge is the ultimate tribulation for all Samsara Daolords. I can't blame you for not wishing to halt a prajna-state upon entering the simulated Daomerge!"

"In the end, I still went against my promise." Emperor Solesky remained ashamed. "I caused you and Ninedust to fall into a perilous situation."

"You don't owe me." Ning shook his head. "You do owe Ninedust. He was poisoned by Sectlord Timedream's redscatter venom."

"Redscatter?" This name caused Emperor Solesky to feel puzzled.

"It is a terrifying poison meant for dealing with Eternal Emperors. Ninedust is suffering endless torment right now, and was in such pain that he screamed for me to kill him," Ning said slowly.

"What?!" Emperor Solesky's face turned pale. Ninedust was a supreme Daolord. How much pain did he have to be in, for him to ask for death?

"You were in that prajna-state of yours and refused to end it, choosing to continue with your Daomerge. I can't blame you for that." Ning looked at Solesky. "But big brother… you owe me."

"I owe him, and I owe you," Emperor Solesky said. "I won't forget either debts."

"I suppose the silver lining for me is that I managed to make a breakthrough," Ning said. "And I didn't really lose anything." Ning spoke in a casual manner… but in truth, he had lost quit a bit. He had been forced to use up his final Sword Hegemon's Dao-seal, after all. Not even the likes of Sectlord Timedream or Daolord Shaka had Dao-seals like that! That dominatingly offensive Hegemon Dao-seal was far more rare and difficult to make than the more stable defensive-type Hegemon Dao-seals.

And in truth, Ning had long ago reached the final bottleneck and was about to make a breakthrough at any moment. Even without this near-disaster, he would've soon broken through. To go from the second step to the third step wasn't all that hard, after all.

"Alright. Now I know the situation." Ning nodded. "Realmsoul Polo won't let you stay here forever. You should leave."

"Alright." Solesky nodded. He really didn't know what else he could say.

"Oh, right. Big brother, I haven't congratulated you yet." Ning smiled. "Congratulations on succeeding in your Daomerge! Countless Daolords have fallen to this great tribulation, and its rare for even a single powerful Eternal Emperor to emerge in each generation of Daolords. Big brother, you are now strong enough to truly wander the universe without fear for all eternity."

Solesky revealed a slight smile as well. In his heart, he also felt quite excited… but the guilt he felt towards Ning and the others prevented him from displaying any of it. "I'll leave now. I'll wait for you outside the Waveshift Realm," Emperor Solesky said.

"Alright." Ning nodded.

Whoosh. Emperor Solesky immediately flew out of the flying vessel and towards the outside world. A rainbow tunnel soon appeared above him; clearly, Realmsoul Polo had opened it up just for him. Emperor Solesky immediately flew into the rainbow tunnel and flew out of the Waveshift Realm.

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 2 – The Fruits

Less than half a day after Winesage, Palace Lord Dawnstar, and Ji Ning joined forces to travel together, Ning received a message from his servant.

"Master, I just received an order from the Hegemon." The green-robed alien located within Ning's personal estate called out respectfully to Ning. He was responsible for maintaining contact between Ning and the Brightshore Kingdom.

"The Hegemon?" Ning asked.

"Yes. The Hegemon ordered me to deliver a message to you," the green-robed alien said respectfully.

"Speak," Ning said solemnly. In all these years, the Hegemon had only spoken to Ning twice. The first time was when the Hegemon had asked himself, Solewind, Greatjoy, and Firesurge to help protect Skyfire Brightshore on his journey to the alternate universe. The second time was when the Hegemon had given Ning that spacetime disc. Other than that, the Hegemon had never reached out to him.

"The Hegemon said that aside from the Voidsea Jadeseals, the Crimsonwave Temple also contains many precious fruits. The Hegemon hopes for you, Master, to harvest as many of those fruits as you can. The more the better! After you do so, the Hegemon would be willing to buy them from you using either chaos jewels, chaos nectar, rare ingredients, precious Dao-seals, rare treasures… anything is up for trade."

Ning narrowed his eyes.

"The Hegemon also said that any treasure within the Brightshore Kingdom is up for trade. In fact, he'll also help you negotiate for treasures held by the other organizations, including Universe treasures! So long as you have enough fruit, the Hegemon will help you trade for them," the green-robed alien said.

"What?" No matter how calm Ning normally was, he was truly stunned now. Apparently the Brightshore Hegemon was absolutely willing to pay any price for the sake of the fruits within the Crimsonwave Temple.

Of course, despite the enticing offer there was still no way for anyone to forcibly bind a Universe treasure. The Universe treasure had to approve of its next master! The Brightshore Kingdom's Sword Palace already had a Universe treasure, the shattered sword in its storeroom. However, to date no one had been able to bind it or be acknowledged by it. Thus, in truth that Universe treasure was of very limited value.

"The Hegemon emphasized for you to do your best to harvest as many of the fruits within the Crimsonwave Temple as you can," the green-robed alien repeated.

Ning pondered silently for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Time went on, one day after another. Ning and the others continued to advance before finally, Ninedust completely recovered from the poisoning. In truth, he had already stopped screaming in agony by the ninth day of his torment. Clearly, his Dao-heart was slowly growing stronger in response to the agony, allowing him to repress the pain and prevent him from screaming by the ninth day.

"Come, come, come! Brother Ninedust's Dao-heart has been rendered truly incredible by this misfortune. In the future, your chances at the Daomerge shall be significantly better than they were before this. Cheers!" Palace Lord Dawnstar offered a toast.

Aboard the flying vessel where Ning, Dawnstar, Winesage, Badlands, and Ninedust. They were seated in a circle and drinking together.

In truth, this journey was quite an exhausting one for Dawnstar and Winesage. The closer they moved to Crimsonwave Temple, the more dangerous the path became, after all. Thankfully, Ning, Dawnstar, and Winesage all joined together. This alliance of the top three Daolords allowed them to advance much faster than they otherwise would have.

"Haha." Ninedust roared with laughter. "This was indeed a blessing in disguise for me. My Dao-heart was strengthened by quite a bit. However, to tell you the truth… when I think back to the torment I suffered, I would rather have gone without this 'blessing'. Ugh. What torture that was! Right, Darknorth. Where's Solesky? Where the hell is he? I have one hell of a bone to pick with that guy!" A cold light flashed through Ninedust's eyes.

"He's succeeded in his Daomerge and gained eternity," Winesage said with a sigh.

"He gained eternity?" Ninedust stared.

"Envious, right?" Palace Lord Dawnstar said. Clearly, he felt quite jealous as well.

"Darknorth, how did he end up gaining eternity? Did he use up the Voidsea Jadeseal when we were fighting for our lives?" Ninedust immediately asked.

"This is what happened…" Ning began to narrate the details of what had happened to Ninedust.

Ninedust ground his teeth as he listened. "That son of a bitch. He entered a prajna-state, then went into a secluded meditation and attempted his Daomerge. There's nothing wrong with that in principle, but he completely screwed me over." Although he was still quite furious, the rage he felt towards Solesky didn't blaze quite as hot as it had in the past.

"He'll definitely repay you for what he owes you," Ning said.

"Right, what happened after that? Your aura seems to be far more powerful than it was in the past! And how did you end up alongside Winesage and Palace Lord Dawnstar? What the hell happened?" Ninedust asked.

"After you were hit by the poison, Darknorth immediately charged out to face those four supreme Daolords by himself… and he broke through to become a supreme Daolord as well, sweeping all four of them away! He beat Daolord Shaka and Daolord Snowjoy into a retreat, with the Kingfreak and Sectlord Timedream perishing to him," Palace Lord Dawnstar said with a smile.

"Whaaaat?" Ninedust was shocked. He couldn't help but turn and smack Ning on the chest, then say with a laugh, "Not bad! You actually killed Kingfreak and Timedream? Nice, nice, nice! At least you took revenge on my behalf. Heeeey… doesn't that mean you are now stronger than me?" Ninedust stared at him.

"The current Daolord rankings have brother Winesage ranked as number one, Darknorth as number two, and me having fallen to number three," Palace Lord Dawnstar said with a laugh.

"The three of you are the top three Daolords of all the Endless Territories. I'm now the weakest one?" Ninedust rubbed his jaw, then glanced sideways at the nearby Badlands. "Oh wait. There's one guy weaker than me here."

"My skills lie in the Dao of Numerancy, not in battle," Daolord Badlands said calmly. "If I chose to go into hiding, you wouldn't even be able to find me, Ninedust."

This group of Daolords continued their advance. More than a year went by, with them moving closer and closer to Crimsonwave Temple.

The Endless Territories. Vastheaven Territory. Vastheaven Palace.

"Darknorth." A sonorous voice boomed out within Vastheaven Palace.

"Eh?" The golden-robed avatar of Ning, along with the avatars of Emperor Solesky and Daolord Battlemaster, all flew into the air and into the skies. They saw a gold-furred alien slowly walk towards them, causing space to tremble and ripple around him like streams of water. He seemed to walk slowly, but his movements were terrifyingly fast, far faster than the movements of Daolord Shaka or the Radiant King. He reached Vastheaven Palace in the blink of an eye.

"Milord Emperor…?" Ning spoke out.

"Mind if we sit down to have a chat?" the gold-furred alien said.

"Of course! Please come in and sit down, fellow Daoist." Emperor Solesky's avatar immediately felt a sense of pressure; clearly, this gold-furred alien was far more powerful than them. Soon, Ning's avatar and Solesky's avatar led the gold-furred alien into the palace.

"My name is Goldisle," the gold-furred alien said. "Solesky, now that you have become an Emperor, I'm certain that you'll soon be paying a visit to the Palace of Immortals. Darknorth, as a supreme Daolord, once this matter in the Waveshift Realm is over you should also come pay the Palace of Immortals a visit. By then, you'll both know who I am."

Ning and Solesky exchanged a glance. They knew that this person was most likely a high-ranking member of the Palace of the Immortals.

"The foundation of the Palace of Immortals is far mightier than that of the other five powers." The gold-furred alien looked at Ning. "Darknorth, based on my estimations, you should have already been contacted by Hegemon Brightshore of the Brightshore Kingdom. He probably wants those fruits in the Crimsonwave Temple very badly! I'll tell you this – the Palace of Immortal wants those fruits just as much."

"Why can't you go harvest it for yourself?" Ning asked.

"Only Daolords are able to enter Crimsonwave Temple," the gold-furred alien explained, then continued, "In truth, Crimsonwave Temple was sent here by Emperor Waveshift. It should technically belong to our Dao Alliance, but since Emperor Waveshift established a rule that only Daolords may enter, we shall follow the rules he set. The Dao Alliance has the most Daolords, and I am confident that we are able to pay the best price."

"Any treasure! We'll make available any of the treasures within the Palace of Immortal's treasury for you to choose from. So long as you have enough of the fruit, you can trade for whatever you wish." The golden-furred alien continued, "Even if the treasure you seek is outside of the Endless Territories and is in the hands of other organizations in otherverses, we'll work to help you find whatever it is you tell us you need, no matter how rare it is. But of course, you have to procure enough fruit for us." The golden-furred alien looked at Ning.

Ning felt stunned. This was one hell of a struggle!

"I can promise to you that the Dao Alliance will give you a higher price than any of the other five organizations can offer." The golden-furred alien smiled. "Based on what I know, Darknorth, you are quite talented in the [Heartsword] art as well, yes? Here's a copy of the complete [Heartsword] sutra; consider it a show of sincerity from the Dao Alliance."

Ning was secretly amazed. Not at being given a free copy of the [Heartsword] sword-arts; although it was valuable, giving him a copy for free cost the Dao Alliance absolutely nothing at all. For them to know that he was skilled in the [Heartsword] sword-arts, however… this was impressive. It must be remembered that he had relied on the [Heartsword] sword-arts to attain the rank of Swordlord within the Sword Palace! Very few people even in the Brightshore Kingdom knew of this. The Dao Alliance's intelligence network truly was incredible.

"The Dao Alliance won't force you to do anything. Let it all be of your own free will," the gold-furred alien said with a smile.

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 3 – Separate Paths

"I've said everything I came to say." The golden-furred alien rose to his feet. "I'll be waiting for you outside the Waveshift Realm, Darknorth." He then turned and took a single step forwards, space twisting and distorting about him as he completely disappeared.

Ji Ning was quite shocked. This sort of dimensional teleportation was something vastly beyond his capabilities. He mused to himself, "This Eternal Emperor named Goldisle has to be at least on the same level as the eight lords of the Sacred Cities."

"However… I really will have to acquire as many of the fruits within Crimsonwave Temple as I can. My protective divine ability, the Sword Hegemon's secret art, and the ingredients I need for the Northbow swords… most likely, I'll have to rely on the Crimsonwave Temple's fruits to procure what I need for them." Ning calculated silently to himself, "I need to upgrade my protective divine ability a bit more, while the Northbow swords are currently only providing a significant enhancement to the Blood Drop stance. My weaknesses are quite glaring. A true Universe treasure is perfect in any manner."

"And the Hegemon's secret art. My nine novessence arts are no longer cutting it; they are of increasingly limited use to me," Ning mused.

The nine novessence arts had been created by Daolord Allgod. When Ning had been at the first step, he had no access to any formations and thus used them in brute-force attacks of incredible power.

Upon becoming a Daolord of the Second Step, Ning's Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang became of tremendous use to him. Even when Ning didn't actually use the nine novessence arts, the sword-intent of the Omega Sword Dao – Yin Yang had reached twenty to thirty percent of the power of the arts.

Now that he was a Daolord of the Third Step, the might of his Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang was roughly at sixty to seventy percent of the power of his nine novessence arts.

As Ning's level of insight increased, his Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang would grow increasingly powerful. The nine novessence arts themselves, however, wouldn't change at all. He'd eventually have to discard them.

"I'm already a Daolord of the Third Step! For now, the nine novessence arts are still of use to me, but once I become a Daolord of the Fourth Step… by then, they'll be of negligible use," Ning mused. "I need stronger secret arts."

"My protective divine ability… the Sword Hegemon's secret arts… the Northbow swords… all of them require rare materials!" Ning felt rather eager. "Perhaps these fruits might even move me closer to reviving my wife."

Reviving Yu Wei. This was what Ji Ning truly wanted above all else.

The Waveshift Realm. Ning, Ninedust, Winesage, Dawnstar, and Badlands made for a truly formidable alliance. With Daolord Badlands helping guide them away from many dangerous areas, they were actually the first group to arrive before Crimsonwave Temple.

"There it is. Crimsonwave Temple." Ning and the other four raised their heads to look at the ancient temple before them. The temple was a mixture of gold and black, and they could sense the aura of age which emanated from it. Three strange characters hovered in the air above the temple, and they seemed quite similar to the azureflower seal script as well as the Dreamdust script. Anyone who saw them would immediately understand that the three characters represented the name 'Crimsonwave Temple'.

Ning stared at the three characters for a long period of time. He could sense that every single character contained boundless mysteries within them.

"The azureflower seal gave me access to the azureflower mist energy. The Dreamdust script was of assistance to my mastery over illusions. As for the Crimsonwave Temple… I can sense that these three characters are also filled with endless mysteries. Analyzing them, however, will be quite taxing." Ning carefully examined them. The 'crimson' character seemed to fill the skies with a blazing red aura. The 'wave' character made Ning feel as though he saw an endless sea of waves. The 'temple' character seemed to emanate an extremely solemn and stately aura, almost as though Ning was standing at the helm of an endless swarm of soldiers.

This script was an extremely advanced, high-level one that was far more advanced than any language which was commonly used in the Endless Territories. Every single one of these three characters contained extremely high-level mysteries of the Dao within them.

"So we were the first to reach Crimsonwave Temple." Ninedust roared with laughter. "Everyone, I imagine you all know by now how precious the fruits within Crimsonwave Temple are! We Ancient cultivators also wish to acquire these fruits. I hope that you'll be willing to sell us any of the fruits you find, but of course it'll all be up to you."

"Everyone seems to want the fruits within the Crimsonwave Temple." Palace Lord Dawnstar said casually, "But for us Daolords, what really matters is still the Voidsea Jadeseals."

"Agreed." Ning, Winesage, Ninedust, and Badlands all nodded. The fruits were probably of grave importance to Eternal Emperors, but Ning and the others here were all Daolords! To them, the supreme Daomerge treasure known as the Voidsea Jadeseal was what truly mattered.

"Come, let's go take a look."

"We are the first to arrive. We need to seize this opportunity to find the seals."

"First come, first serve."

They all laughed merrily as they entered Crimsonwave Temple.

Crimsonwave Temple was an incredibly vast place. As soon as the five of them entered, they turned pale.

Right in front of them sat two incredibly large corpses, each 540,000 meters tall. Their enormous black feet were pointed directly at the group, the toenails looking dagger-sharp. The two corpses were completely black in color and completely nude, covered only in light green fur. Their faces were very ugly, while their eyes were flecked with a dark-gold color. The skin on their heads, however, looked almost like a strange hat formed by scales. The awesome auras emanating from the two corpses were so powerful as to cause Ning and the others to tremble.

"These are Hegemonic auras!" Ning, Ninedust, Dawnstar, Winesage, and Badlands traded glances, their faces pale.

"Were the two of them Hegemons?" Ninedust spoke out.

"The auras are so strong that even in death, they bring me a sense of pressure." Ning said solemnly, "They should be Hegemons."

"Why don't they have any armor or clothes on them at all?" Dawnstar was puzzled.

"Were they perhaps looted?" The nearby Winesage chuckled. "The armor used by Hegemons are undoubtedly extraordinary."

"Something's wrong." Daolord Badlands frowned. "These two corpses look absolutely identical!"

"Right." Ning and the others noticed this as well. There were some members of the same race who looked very similar to each other, and thus Ning and the others hadn't paid too close attention to their appearances. But as Daolord Badlands had pointed out, these two corpses truly were absolutely identical. Even the wrinkles on their faces were identical!

Whoosh. Suddenly, a streak of rainbow light appeared in front of the entrance to Crimsonwave Temple, reforming into a towering white-robed man's figure.

"Realmsoul Polo." Ning and the others turned to look at him.

"Your group was the first to reach Crimsonwave Temple." Realmsoul Polo weighed Ning's group with his gaze, then pointed to the two corpses. "As for these two corpses… if you wish to call them 'Hegemons', I suppose they could just barely qualify as having reached that level. They are very close to being comparable to Hegemons in power, after all. On the other hand, they truly can't be considered 'real' Hegemons! This is because they are the most powerful guardians which were produced by the Sithe race. The Sithe created them at enormous expense to watch over important locations, with Crimsonwave Temple definitely being one of them. That's why it had two of these guardians here! They were eventually slain and Crimsonwave Temple was conquered. After a series of twists and turns, it ended up in my master's hands."

Ning and Ninedust were secretly startled. These were the most powerful guardians produced by the Sithe? It was possible to create Hegemon-level guardians?!

Ninedust and Ning couldn't help but think back to that corpse they had seen within that cave in the Terror Starsea. That corpse had been filled with countless stone tunnels and many powerful planets. For the sake of killing that thing, two of the Hegemons of the Endless Territories had fallen!

"This is the most valuable possession my master has ever acquired, and he only gained it after experiencing countless dangers and hardships." Realmsoul Polo looked quite proud. "The other organizations of the Endless Territories could work together and still fail to acquire this Crimsonwave Temple."

"Alright. Now look over there." Realmsoul Polo pointed off into the distance.

Whoosh! Previously, the palace interior had been so dark that they were unable to see what lay at the other side of it. Crimsonwave Temple was extremely large, after all, and it was filled with many regions. Now, three tunnels filled with dark blue light suddenly appeared.

"These three tunnels lead to three different locations within Crimsonwave Temple. You can try them out for yourself… and if you are lucky, perhaps you'll be able to obtain the fruits within Crimsonwave Temple." Realmsoul Polo said calmly, "However, acquiring those fruits is extremely difficult, just as difficult as acquiring the Voidsea Jadeseals will be."

"Let's go." Ning and the other four didn't hesitate at all, immediately moving towards the three tunnels. For now, it was still the Voidsea Jadeseals which truly enticed them.

"Everyone, we should part ways here. Otherwise, if we jointly acquire the jade seals, there will be no way to divide them up," Winesage said. "I'll choose this tunnel." He chose one of the three and moved towards it.

"It'll be up to your own respective skills." Palace Lord Dawnstar chose the leftmost tunnel.

"Ninedust, let's take the right one," Ning said.

Ninedust hesitated. "Darknorth, there should be a Voidsea Jadeseal in each tunnel. If we go together, how should we split it?" They were good brothers, but they had to agree on something in advance. Otherwise, this might end up harming their relationship.

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 4 – Nine Sections

"If it wasn't for you, there's no way we would've been able to protect the first Voidsea Jadeseal, and big brother Solesky wouldn't have become an Eternal Emperor," Ji Ning said. "This next Voidsea Jadeseal will be yours! Haha, but of course if we find a second one it'll go to me."

Ninedust frowned. "Darknorth…" There were only three Voidsea Jadeseals left. It was virtually impossible for them to acquire two of them, especially seeing as how Winesage and Dawnstar had already gone into those two tunnels. Later on, even more supreme Daolords would arrive. For them to even acquire a single Voidsea Jadeseal would be a stroke of tremendous fortune. Two? Their chances were very, very low.

"Darknorth, you'll also need a Voidsea Jadeseal in the future when you attempt the Daomerge in the future," Ninedust said. "I think it's better for us to just leave it up to speed and strength. May the best man win?"

"Enough, Ninedust. If you view me as your friend, then stop standing on ceremony with me," Ning said seriously.

Ninedust looked at Ning. A moment later, he smiled. "Alright!" In this moment, Ninedust felt true gratitude in his heart. The Daomerge was, without question, the greatest tribulation any and every Daolord would ever face! He firmly memorized this moment of grace and buried it deep within his heart.

Ning relaxed as well. Finally, he had convinced the man! Ever since they had entered the Waveshift Realm, Ninedust had been their mainstay in battle. The fight against Fiendqueen Windrain, the escape with the Voidsea Jadeseal in tow… each time, it had been Ninedust who had taken the brunt of the fighting and done the most work. Was Ning supposed to just take the next Voidsea Jadeseal for himself, now that he had broken through in power? Ning simply couldn't do such a thing! It would violate his Dao-heart!

In addition, of the various supreme Daolords who had gathered here, Ning cared the least about the Voidsea Jadeseals. This was because the Voidsea Jadeseals were not omnipotent. Second-tier Daolords would be able to use a Voidsea Jadeseal to fully simulate a Daomerge, but supreme first-tier Daolords would only be able to do a partial simulation!

As for Ning himself? He was just a Daolord of the Third Step. When he became a Daolord of the Fourth Step, his Omega Sword Dao would become even more overpowered; he would most likely be at the same level of power as the eight lords of the Sacred Cities. If he succeeded in his Daomerge, he would eclipse even Hegemons in power!

If the Voidsea Jadeseals weren't able to do a full simulation for even the other 'supreme' Daolords, it probably wouldn't even be able to simulate a tenth of his own Daomerge.

However… although he cared the 'least' about the Voidsea Jadeseals, that wasn't saying much; he still cared immensely! Even though a jade seal would only allow him to simulate a very small portion of his Daomerge, it would still save him a bit of time when he attempted the real Daomerge. That extra window of time and opportunity could well determine whether his Daomerge would succeed or fail!

"Let's find and seize the Voidsea Jadeseal first. As for the fruits, we'll worry about them later after we learn more about them," Ning said.

"Alright." Ninedust nodded. Right now, even if Ning asked for all the fruits to go to him, Ninedust wouldn't mind.

Swoosh! Swoosh! They quickly flew deeper into the tunnel of dark blue light they had chosen.

Rumble… as they flew through the dark blue tunnel, they felt almost as though they were flying through a dimensional doorway. Whoosh! An enormous world appeared in front of them as they flew out of the tunnel.

The enormous world had a dimensional walkway within it, with countless armored soldiers clustered on each of the two sides of the tunnel. At the end of this levitating pathway was an ancient throne, while a golden globe of light hovered above the entire pathway.

"Eh?" Ning and Ninedust traded a glance. A dimensional walkway?" Ning was surprised. When he and Ninedust had been in the Eastroad Territory, they had traversed a dimensional walkway and ended up being teleported into that estate deep within the Terror Starsea. Who would've thought they would encounter another one here in Crimsonwave Temple?

"There are some differences." Ninedust stared off into the distance. The dimensional walkway within the Eastroad Sect had been surrounded by empty space, which was why it had been named the Void Pathway! But this vast world before them seemed far more real, and its aura was far more powerful. The area around this dimensional walkway was covered with dark soil and dirt, with many strange trees sprouting from the ground.

The trees were all very short and stooped, and the branches were twisted like the bodies of sea serpents. Only a single tree would grow within a million kilometer region, and every single tree only bore dark blue fruits. The fruits emanated an enticing fragrance that spread out in every direction.

"This enormous world has a total of 108,000 of these trees," Ninedust said. As he spoke, he reached out with his right hand. Whooooosh. His right hand expanded to become a million kilometers long as he reached out towards the closest tree, seeking to pluck some of the fruit..

Suddenly, a barrier of light that seemed like the heavenly firmament itself sprang up. When Ninedust's right hand touched the barrier, he was completely unable to move past it in the slightest.

"Realmsoul Polo already said that harvesting the fruit will be just as hard as acquiring the Voidsea Jadeseals," the nearby Ning said.

"This barrier is quite strong. I wasn't able to shake it at all with my attempt just now." Ninedust shook his head.

Whoosh. Rainbow light gathered next to them, forming into a white-robed man. It was Realmsoul Polo, who smiled. "So the two of you have reached the first world."

"Realmsoul." Nine and Ninedust both looked at him.

"Look over here." Realmsoul Polo pointed towards the left, then waved his hand. Instantly, the mist far off in the distance to the left began to dissipate, revealing yet another dimensional hallway that was also covered with countless warriors. Winesage was standing right there, with a second Realmsoul Polo by his side.

"Winesage?" Ning and Ninedust were both surprised.

"Now look here." Realmsoul Polo now pointed towards the right, causing the mist off in the distance to once more dissipate and reveal a third dimensional walkway. This one was filled with just as many of those armored warriors, with Dawnstar standing amongst them.

"Palace Lord Dawnstar?" Ning and Ninedust were starting to understand.

"The two of you, along with Winesage and Dawnstar, have separately entered three of the major sections within the first world of the Crimsonwave Realm," Realmsoul Polo said. "The different regions within the first world are all linked together, and so the two of you should move to acquire the Voidsea Jadeseals as quickly as possible. If you waste too much time, the others might end up winning it."

"Where is the Voidsea Jadeseal?" Ning asked.

"Look at the throne over there." The realmsoul pointed towards the black throne at the end of the dimensional walkway. "When you finish breaking through the many waves of warriors barring your path and reach that throne, you'll be teleported to the second world. The Voidsea Jadeseals are within the second world."

"Understood." Ning's eyes lit up, as did Ninedust's.

"Then the fruits here…" Ning immediately changed to the next topic of conversation.

"If you wish to harvest the fruit, you must first acquire one of the command seals," Realmsoul Polo said. "The command seals are in the third world."

Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance. The Voidsea Jadeseals were in the second world, while the command seals needed to harvest the fruit were in the third world? That meant that harvesting the fruit would probably be more difficult than acquiring the Voidsea Jadeseals.

"Let's move." It didn't really matter; they had to seize every moment. Winesage was more powerful than both of them, and he would probably advance more quickly. After he won a Voidsea Jadeseal, he'd probably go after one of the others.

Boom! A pillar of golden light descended upon them, illuminating the six armored warriors in the first row before them. The six warriors opened their eyes, now glowing with golden light, then charged towards Ning and Ninedust with weapons at the ready.

Ning transformed into his three-headed, six-armed mode and drew all six of his Northbow swords. As for Ninedust, he brought his longstaff to the ready and immediately charged forwards as well.

Boom! Boom! Boom! As soon as the battle erupted, Ning and Ninedust felt a sense of pressure. "Every single one of these warriors is comparable to a second-tier Daolord." Ning immediately came to this conclusion. An attack from six second-tier Daolords was more than enough to cause most supreme Daolords to feel a sense of pressure.

"Heartworld projection, descend! Novessence arts, manifest!" Ning didn't hesitate or hold back in the slightest. His mighty heartworld projection came crashing down, suppressing his foes. As for his nine novessence arts, they followed the principles of his Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang as they furiously wrapped around the warriors, rendering them almost immobile. However, right at this moment even more of the golden light rained down from the skies. This time, it covered virtually the entire dimensional walkway… and as it did, it seemed to completely block off the power of Ning's nine novessence arts and his heartworld projection, rendering them useless.

"What the hell? It actually blocked off my heartworld projection and the nine novessence arts?" Ning raised his head to stare at the golden globe of light above them.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The six armored warriors let out furious, murderous shouts as they began to launch attacks at Ning and Ninedust without any hesitation at all.

Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance. The warriors they had fought in the Void Pathway within the Eastroad Sect had been much weaker. Even the warriors they had encountered at the very end were merely equivalent to the lowest-ranked second-tier Daolords in power, and they weren't able to ignore the nine novessence arts like this.

"Even the first warriors here are already comparable to second-tier Daolords," Ning sent mentally. "And they are clearly far more numerous as well. All of them are fighting like madmen, seemingly intent on our deaths. Even my heartworld projection and nine novessence arts have been nullified. No wonder Realmsoul Polo said that only supreme Daolords even stand a chance at surviving this place! It won't be easy at all for us to survive this first world."

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 5 – The Grovekeepers

Ji Ning and Ninedust clearly surpass the six warriors in power, but the six warriors had bodies comparable to top-tier Eternal treasures. Each time they were knocked backwards, they would quickly regroup and charge towards the two once again.

"Why the hell are they continuing to attack?" Ninedust sent mentally.

"We're clearly overpowering them, but they continue to press the assault." Ning frowned as well. "Let's just keep advancing. Forget about them."

"Alright." Ning and Ninedust clearly held the upper hand, and so they smashed their way through and continued the advance. As they did, however, six more rays of light shone down from that golden globe above them. Instantly, six more warriors opened their golden eyes and began to charge towards them. The six original warriors didn't let up the pursuit either, continuing to press the assault. Now, there were a total of twelve warriors assaulting them.

"That's not good." Ning and Ninedust both turned pale. "We're clearly stronger than them, but they aren't even alive. Their bodies can't be damaged in the slightest. If they continue to harass us like this, if we advance we'll have to face eighteen of them, then twenty four of them. More and more of them will come to life and start attacking us." Ninedust began to grow anxious. "Even if we work together, we won't be able to last for very long if a hundred of these things attack us."

"Agreed." Ning was worried about the same thing.

Boom! Ning attacked in a ghostly manner, his six arms striking out with six Northbow swords and striking one of the warriors. That warrior was knocked flying backwards until it flew outside the dimensional walkway. Its golden eyes instantly dimmed. Moments later, some sort of invisible string seemed to jerk it back into the dimensional walkway where it rejoined the other warriors. This time, however, it no longer attacked.

"Aha!" Ning's eyes lit up. "Knock them off the walkway. That's all we need to do!"

"Oh, is that it?" Ninedust was delighted as well.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The two of them were clearly much stronger. Now tha they knew what to do, they began to focus on knocking the armored warriors out of the dimensional walkway. In each case, the eyes of the warriors would go dim before they were pulled back into the ranks of the other warriors, now completely immobile.

Ning and the others continued to press the advance. Each time, they faced a total of six warriors! Some specialized in sword-arts, some specialized in whip-arts, some specialized in staff-arts, some specialized in axe-arts, some specialized in long-distance attacks… Ning and Ninedust were faced with all sorts of varied attacks.

Ning and Ninedust continued to press the assault for more than three days. Finally… from this day forth, they had to fight seven warriors each time!

Seven warriors… eight warriors… the number slowly began to rise. Each warrior continued to merely have the power of a second-tier Daolord, but the way they worked together became increasingly intricate and marvelous! Knocking them off the dimensional walkway became harder and harder, especially given how incredibly large the walkway was. The width alone was roughly a million kilometers! Each time, Ning and Ninedust had to fight with their full power.

Nine months later.

Twenty-six of the armored warriors were surrounding and assaulting the two of them in perfect concert. Their bodies were completely invulnerable, allowing them to focus on attacks without neededing to defend at all. Ning and Ninedust worked together as well, slowly driving one warrior after another to the ends of the dimensional walkway. They fought for more than two hours before finally sending the last one flying.

"I'm so done right now. I'm exhausted." Ninedust slumped to the ground. "I need a break. I can't take any more, I really can't."

Ning sat down as well, staring at what lay ahead of them. They had only traversed roughly half of the dimensional walkway, and the further they advanced the more difficult it would be.

"This is torture." Ninedust shook his head. "We've been fighting nonstop for nine full months, and I've been using chaos jewels to replenish my energy. Sure, I have plenty of them, but fighting at full power for this long is mentally exhausting. I'm more tired right now than I ever have been in my entire life. How about you, Darknorth?"

"I'm kind of tired as well," Ning said. In truth, he wasn't nearly as bad off. He was a Heartforce Cultivator, after all, and his close combat skills were exquisite. This was why he wasn't as exhausted as Ninedust was. Still, Ning elected to rest alongside Ninedust for a time, as the two were able to advance faster when fighting together. If he tried to fight by himself, he'd move much more slowly.

"Hahaha…" Suddenly, a deep, rumbling laugh rang out from the distant black soil. Ning and Ninedust sat up straight in surprise as they turned to stare at the black soil off in the distance.

Suddenly, the black, earthy ground began to slowly bulge upwards, forming into a humanoid figure of dark soil. The black earth golem was the size of a mountain, and he cracked his mouth into a grin. "Haha! Tired already, kids? Honestly, the two of you really don't know your limits. Why have you come to attempt this pathway by yourselves? You should work in groups of four or five. Wouldn't that be much faster?"

"Who are you, senior?" Ninedust called out.

"Me? I was manufactured by the Sithe. I've been here my entire life, taking care of these trees. The Sithe called me the 'Grovekeeper'." The black earth golem boomed with laughter. "But the Sithe were wiped out long ago, and my current master is Emperor Waveshift. Of course, my mission remains the same – to take care of these trees. The nine regions within Crimsonwave Temple have a total of nine Grovekeepers, and I'm one of them."

Ning and Ninedust both nodded slightly.

"Senior," Ning called out, "Who were the Sithe, exactly? They seem to have been quite powerful."

"Powerful? Hah! Of course they were powerful! Their war encompassed countless realms. I don't even know how many of you cultivators died as a result of it." The black earth golem continued, "But of course, the Sithe were still defeated in the end. They were wiped out! The Crimsonwave Temple experienced quite a few things before ending up in Emperor Waveshift's hands."

Ning and Ninedust were intrigued. So the great battle in the Terror Starsea known as the 'Dawn War' had been fought against the Sithe race?

"The Sithe paid an unbelievable price to create Crimsonwave Temple," the black earth golem said. "Crimsonwave Temple holds more marvels than you can imagine, and it was used to plant all of these divine trees around us! The nine regions here represent nine different types of divine trees, and each type is incredibly useful. The Sithe were completely wiped out, with their most powerful experts being completely slaughtered and their treasures taken away. That was also what happened to Crimsonwave Temple."

"Their most powerful experts were all wiped out?" Ning and Ninedust couldn't help but sigh. The Sithe had been incredibly powerful, so powerful that they were able to create Hegemon-level guardians and locations like Crimsonwave Temple! And yet, all of their supreme experts had been wiped out, essentially driving their race to extinction. In the end, for any race, what truly mattered was the presence and existence of their supreme experts.

"Did Emperor Waveshift set down the dimensional walkway, or did the Sithe?" Ning asked.

"The Sithe, of course." The black earth golem explained, "Emperor Waveshift certainly doesn't have the ability to do so! The Sithe used these dimensional walkways to train and temper their Daolords. All of these varied golems here provide an excellent source of combat experience, after all."

Ning and Ninedust were startled. Right. It made sense. This place was indeed a superb place to train. Ning had only recently become a Daolord of the Third Step, but he was lacking in actual combat experience. As he fought against all of these warriors, Ning had accumulated more and more actual battle experience and as a result was able to discover some of the weaknesses still inherent to his sword-arts. Upon discovering those weaknesses, he was able to find a way to improve his sword-arts and thus more quickly move towards becoming a Daolord of the Fourth Step.

As for Ninedust, he would be able to come up with even more powerful techniques. Daolord Shaka, the Radiant King… these 'supreme Daolords' all had reached the same level of enlightenment into the Dao, so why was it that they varied so much in power? It was because they all had developed different attacks!

Ning's Dao was that of the Omega, and thus it represented the true apex of what was possible. This was why, whenever he wanted to truly upgrade his technique, he would have to first reach a higher level of enlightenment. This wasn't true for the others.

"I believe the Sithe had many similar locations which they used to train Daolords," the black earth golem said. "Their Daolords were all extremely powerful, with many reaching the 'supreme' level of power. Unfortunately, their ambitions were too vast. They sought to enslave all cultivators and take control over the destinies of all living things."

"And so, in the end they had to be wiped out." The black earth golem shook his head. "Let me give you another word of advice. It'll be virtually impossible for the two of you to fight through to the third world by yourselves. I urge you to work together with a few more supreme Daolords."

"Alright. Thank you." Both Ning and Ninedust nodded. At present, what they really cared about was the Voidsea Jadeseal in the second world. The command seals in the third world were of secondary concern.

"The various fruit trees within the nine major regions all ripen at different intervals, going from every 30,000 chaos cycles to every 100,000 chaos cycles," the black earth golem said. "This is why Crimsonwave Temple will only be opened up once every 30,000 chaos cycles at most! However, this is the first time Crimsonwave Temple has been opened up in a very long time, and so all of the fruits in all nine regions are ripe for the harvesting. Seize the opportunity! If you miss it, you'll have to wait another 30,000 chaos cycles… and by then, you'll only have access to the fruits in two of the regions."

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Book 33, Crimsonwave Temple, Chapter 6 – Command Seals

Anywhere from 30,000 chaos cycles to 100,000 chaos cycles? Ji Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance, the same thought running through both their minds: when the competition over the Voidsea Jadeseals concluded, the two of them would definitely have to do their best to acquire some of the fruit.

Ji Ning felt particularly eager. Although the Voidsea Jadeseal was perhaps more valuable, Ning also knew that it would be of limited use to him. The Daomerge for his Omega Sword Dao was simply going to be so incredibly difficult that he felt zero confidence in his abilities to succeed in it. As a result, he viewed the fruits with great importance as well.

Given how badly the various Hegemons and the Dao Alliance wanted the fruits, they might be of use to him in reviving his wife. As for the Daomerge? If he failed, he'd die. By now, Ning had seen past both life and death. If he could revive his wife and then happily live together alongside her and their daughter Brightmoon for over 100,000 chaos cycles, he really wouldn't mind failing his Daomerge. His greatest wish was to bring his wife back. Ordinary mortals were only able to live for a hundred years; to be able to spend over 100,000 chaos cycles alongside his loved ones was a true blessing. What did he have to complain about?

"Dare I ask, senior," Ning said, "How many of those fruit-picking command seals are there?"

"A total of nine in total, and they are each attuned to one of the nine regions," the black earth golem said. "Each of the nine regions holds a different types of tree within them. Once you earn a command seal, you'll be able to see all of the divine trees and fruits located within a certain region."

"How much fruit is within each region?" Ning and Ninedust were surprised.

"Well… let's use this current region, the third region, as an example. If you can acquired the third command seal, then I'll harvest all 108,000 fruits on your behalf and give them to you," the black earth golem said.

Ning immediately decided that he had to do his absolute utmost to acquire the command seals! Every single command seal represented an enormous number of fruits.

"Senior," Ninedust immediately asked, "What good are these fruits? What can they be used for?"

"Pill-making!" The black earth golem explained, "They can be used to forge certain legendary pills that will drive any Eternal Emperors mad with desire."

Ning asked, "Senior, which of the fruits in the nine regions are the most valuable?" Since there were nine command seals in total, he'd definitely have to try and find the most valuable one.

"Hey, this kid's pretty smart." The black earth golem chortled. "Then I'll go ahead and tell you – the ninth command seal is the most valuable one. The fruits in the ninth region ripen once every 100,000 chaos cycles! The sixth, seventh, and eighth command seals are equivalent in value; those fruits ripen once every 90,000 chaos cycles! The third, fourth, and fifth command seals correspond to fruits that ripen once every 60,000 chaos cycles, while the fruits for the first and second command seals are the least valuable, ripening once every 30,000 chaos cycles."

Ning's eyes lit up as he memorized this. "Thank you, senior."

"Darknorth, if we join forces we should be able to seize at least a few of those command seals," Ninedust said.

"Haha…. quite a few supreme Daolords will be taking part in this. Count your blessings if you can even seize one of them," the black earth golem laughed merrily. He then quickly dissipated, his body reverting to chunks of dirt that fell down to the ground.

"That little chat with the Grovekeeper really brought my spirits up," Ninedust chortled. "Let's keep charging."

"Right." Ning was filled with eagerness as well. "Attack!" The two charged forwards, side-by-side.

After chatting with the Grovekeeper, Ning now understood more about this place. This was a place which the Sithe had used to train their Daolords and give them more combat experience, helping them discover flaws in their techniques. Naturally, there was no way they would allow heartworld projections or secret arts to be used, as that would defeat the entire purpose.

From this alone, it seemed clear that the many varied techniques these warriors used would indeed give Ning many new insights into his Omega Sword Dao.

At the entrance to the Crimsonwave Temple.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! One figure after another charged through the entrance, not even wanting to waste time admiring the characters 'Crimson' 'Wave' 'Temple' above them.

"Eh?" There were seven figures in total, and they all stared in shock at the two hideous, towering, black-skinned, green-furred, golden-eyed figures in front of them. The aura in particular caused all seven of these supreme Daolords to shudder.

"Hegemons?" All seven of them were stunned.

Streams of rainbow light manifested next to them, resolving into a white-robed man who smiled at them. "Do not be alarmed. These two are not Hegemons, but they did have power comparable to a Hegemon's. They are the most powerful guardians which were produced by the Sithe race, who created them at enormous expense to watch over Crimsonwave Temple. However, the two of them were killed and Crimsonwave Temple ended up in my master's hands."

The seven supreme Daolords were just as stunned as Ning had been when he had heard this information. Realmsoul Polo couldn't help but feel smug; he was extremely proud of his master.

"Where are Winesage and Darknorth?" A silver-robed figure amongst the seven spoke out. This was Palace Lord Cloudwalker.

"They've gone inside to seek out the Voidsea Jadeseals. These three corridors head to three different places, and there is a Voidsea Jadeseal at the end of each." Realmsoul Polo pointed towards three deep blue hallways that appeared at the other side of the temple. The seven supreme Daolords instantly turned anxious upon hearing this. The realmsoul continued, "But don't be impatient; the Voidsea Jadeseals are not so easily won. Although you've arrived nearly a year later than them, you still stand a very good chance at earning the seals. But of course, that's only if you work together."

"Which tunnels did they choose?" Daolord Dreamlord, bloodblade in his arms, spoke out in a cold voice.

"They separated and chose to go through all three tunnels," Realmsoul Polo said. "The rest is up to you and luck." After finishing his words, he dissipated.

The seven supreme Daolords in the temple exchanged a glance. "Damn the two of them. Winesage and Darknorth repeatedly used their heartworld projections to slow us down, forcing us to gather together to resist them in unison. Otherwise, we would've reached Crimsonwave Temple long ago."

"Let's cut the crap. What should we do next?"

"Have you decided where we should go?"

"We arrived later than them to begin with. If we work by ourselves, we won't have any chance at all."

The seven supreme Daolords weren't fools. They quickly decided to separate up into two squads. The first squad consisted of Ninestone, Palace Lord Cloudwalker, Shaka, and Snowjoy.

The second squad consisted of Dreamlord, Tigrone, and Skyshatter.

"Which one should we choose? They've already gone up ahead of us. I wonder which path Winesage choose?" Both squads worried the most about running into Winesage. Even someone as incredibly powerful as Ning, who was able to suppress the 'old' Winesage in might, had been completely crushed by Winesage when the latter had used his Universe treasure. Ning's only choice had to been to rely on the speed and concealing properties of his Shadowless evasion art in order to escape.

"If we run into Winesage, we'll be in serious trouble." This is what both squads were worried about.

"Based on my understanding of Winesage…" Daolord Skyshatter had an ugly scar on his face, and his voice was very cold. "Although he looks calm and collected, he's an extremely arrogant and domineering person who views himself as without peer amongst Daolords! Now that he has a Universe treasure, he's only going to feel even more arrogant than he did in the past. He would naturally choose the central hallway."

"Mm. Then let's avoid that one." There really was no other options; the Waveshift Realm placed tight restrictions on spacetime techniques, and the situation inside Crimsonwave Temple was even worse. It was completely impossible for them to use temporal inversion to see what happened here.

"Then we'll take the left," Palace Lord Cloudwalker said.

"We'll take the right," Daolord Dreamlore said.

The dimensional walkway of the first world inside the Crimsonwave Temple. Ning and Ninedust had already battled their way past countless warriors, but more waves of those warriors continued to assail them. Right now, there was a total of twenty-nine warriors surrounding and assaulting them.

Whoooosh. The Ninedust Sectlord transformed into an enormous wave of water, his invulnerable aquaform having transformed into a vast sea. If he so chose, he would be able to easily transform into a sea that covered hundreds of millions of kilometers, if not more. The vast sea swept through all of the warriors, slowing them down and making it difficult for them to effectively work together.

In terms of impeding these armored warriors, the Ninedust Sectlord's 'invulnerable aquaform' was far superior than the techniques Ning had available to him. No matter how strong Ning was, he was only able to block a few of the warriors at once, whereas Ninedust's invulnerable aquaform was able to have an impact on all of them.

"Kill!"

"Kill!" This was a site which the Sithe had used to train their Daolords; a mere 'invulnerable aquaform' wouldn't be able to defeat it that easily. The warriors moved closer to each other and the golden light in their eyes shone even more brightly, causing golden light to spring up amongst them and cause them to join together into a whole. This caused the impact of the vast waves to be greatly lessened.

As for Ning, he remained the mainstay in this fight. He furiously and laboriously seeking out opportunities to smash one warrior after another off of the dimensional walkway, despite the formation the warriors were using.

"Eh?" After knocking yet another warrior off, both Ning and Ninedust noticed something behind them. Three more figures had suddenly appeared at the other end of the dimensional walkway.

The first figure was a red-robed youth who was carrying a bloodblade in his arms, surrounded by a towering, baleful aura. This was Daolord Dreamlore, a man who had been very low-key up until he had defeated the Radiant King in his first major battle.

The second man was a muscular man dressed in extremely thick gray armor whose eyes glowed with green light. This was the most powerful Daolord the Aberrants had, Daolord Tigrone. His divine body was so tough that not even King Gorsch had been able to injure him in the slightest. Daolord Tigrone had been the main reason why King Gorsch had died.

The last one was an insidious, scar-faced man who looked extremely mysterious. All Ning knew was that he was a Daolord of the Dark Kingdom known as Daolord Skyshatter. His real level of power was a mystery.

"Darknorth!"

The gazes of Daolord Dreamlord, Daolord Tigrone, and Daolord Skyshatter all fell upon Ning.

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