The Desolate Era - Volume 36 - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Book 36, Daolord of the Fourth Step, Chapter 7 – Success

“You stole their aeonfruits?” Hegemon Brightshore asked .

Ji Ning silently mused to himself, “I didn’t just steal their fruit, I uprooted their tree . ” Still, Ning didn’t feel much sympathy or guilt towards the Aeonians . This was a race that delighted in devouring cultivators! He really had no idea why Autarch Bolin had created such a race of progeny .

“I wish to trade aeonfruits to you,” Ning said, “But I need certain materials . ” As he spoke, he waved his hand . A vast list of characters appeared in the air next to him . These were the materials needed to master the first two stages of the [Lumisword Godwings] . Ning had viewed over three hundred Hegemonic legacies, and from them he had chosen this secret art as being the best match for his [Grand Diffraction Sword] art . He was planning to train in both secret arts at the same time . That way, when he used the Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang in the future, he would be able to use them together and further increase the power of this technique .

“The materials you need are all extremely valuable and rare . ” Hegemon Brightshore frowned upon seeing them . These were materials for a Hegemonic secret art; of course they were rare!

Ning chortled: “That’s why I’m offering aeonfruits for them . ”

“I’ll need half a year,” Hegemon Brightshore said . “I’ll also need fifteen aeonfruits . ”

“Alright . ” Ning accepted without haggling .

Hegemon Brightshore glanced at Ning, surprised, then laughed: “Darknorth, how many aeonfruits did you take from the Aeonians? They value every single of them highly, but it seems you were able to snatch away fifteen of them with ease . No wonder they are searching for you like crazy . ”

“Not that many, actually,” Ning said .

“I have to remind you to be careful . Neither Archon Silksnow nor the Aeonians are easy enemies to face,” Hegemon Brightshore said . “I promised you to help you out once! If you are willing to trade me more aeonfruits, I’ll help you out a second time for ten more of them . ”

Ning blinked . Ruthless . Absolutely ruthless . Ten?! The Aeonians were only able to harvest thirty-six aeonfruits every million chaos cycles . They were only created thanks to an Autarch’s blood!

“Very well . ” Ning still smiled and nodded, but he murmured mentally to himself, “Oh, Hegemon… I’m afraid you won’t have that chance any longer . Neither Archon Silksnow nor the Aeonians are of any threat to me . ”

……

The vast Sacred City of Silksnow was perpetually covered by drifting flakes of snow . At the very top of a towering palace within the city . A skinny, white-robed, white-haired man was standing in front of the railings, his long eyebrows fluttering in the wind . He stared off into the void of space, three Eternal Emperors behind him .

“Hmph . ” Archon Silksnow was boiling with killing intent . “I’ve received word that Daolord Darknorth is currently hiding within the Brightshore Kingdom,” Archon Silksnow said coldly . “I don’t know if it is a Primaltwin or if he managed to revive himself somehow, but I’m absolutely not going to let him survive again . ”

“He’s probably going to spend quite some time in the Brightshore Kingdom,” the red-haired, red-robed woman said hesitantly .

“There’s no way he’ll hide there forever . Sooner or later, he’ll come out . Daolords only live for 108,000 chaos cycles; he needs to go out adventuring, and he needs to attempt the Daomerge . There’s no way he’ll hide inside forever,” Archon Silksnow said .

“But where would he flee to?” The other Emperors were all hesitating . They felt that trapping Ning was going to be extremely difficult .

Archon Silksnow, however, felt quite confident: “Once he leaves the Brightshore Kingdom, there are two possibilities . The first is that he will go through one of the three spacetime tunnels as he leaves . The tunnels which Hegemon Brightshore personally established can send him a tremendous distance, and they lead to three different regions . The second possibility is that he’ll leave on his own power . ”

Archon Silksnow smiled coldly . “I’m going to ask the three of you to stand guard in front of those three spacetime tunnel exits . I will personally stand guard outside the Brightshore Kingdom! So long as he dares to exit it, I’ll immediately kill him . ”

“Very well . ”

“Archon, it’ll be easy if you merely wish for us to watch the spacetime tunnel exits, but you’ll have to watch over the entire Brightshore Kingdom . ” The three Emperors all felt rather worried .

“I have my own plans . ” Archon Silksnow didn’t explain in detail . He had that damaged realmship, but it was in good enough shape that it even had a ship-spirit . The realmship was usable, it just wasn’t able to cover long distances; in fact, it couldn’t even match up to the distance Hegemon Brightshore could teleport through spacetime . Despite that, Archon Silksnow still didn’t dare to divulge the fact that he had it . He truly wanted to kill Ning and Ninedust so that he could repair it a bit further .

As soon as he moved close to the Brightshore Kingdom, he would be able to sense Ning’s location based on the resonance between the parts . If Ning wanted to slowly fly away… impossible!

“We’ll keep watch over the three spacetime tunnels and the area outside the Brightshore Kingdom . Daolord Darknorth… you have nowhere to run . ” Archon Silksnow narrowed his oily green eyes, cold light flashing from them .

……

Ning, however, didn’t care at all . Nearly five months went by . Hegemon Brightshore visited quite a few places, finally acquiring all the materials which Ning needed .

Thankfully, Ning had only requested the materials needed for the first two stages of the [Lumisword Godwings] . If he wanted to fully master it, the materials needed would cost tens of time as much . The entire Flamedragon Realmverse probably didn’t have enough; he’d have to go elsewhere to slowly search for it .

“Lumisword Godwings . ” Ning sat in the lotus position within a flat plains within his estate-world . Above his head hovered an absolutely dazzling pair of golden wings which radiated an aura of incomparably sword-ki .

The wings were spread out revealing countless feathers . Each feather radiated an absolutely staggering amount of power . The wings and the feathers were all formed by sword-light which had taken material form . Within Ning’s Jindan chaos region lay the actual golden wings, which were akin to a type of magic treasure . All the precious materials that had been consumed were used to forge this set of wings .

This pair of wings hung there within the Jindan chaos region . As Ning carefully molded and remolded it over and over again, a large number of materials were continuously consumed and transformed into feathers which flew into the wings .

As more time flowed on, the wings began to grow more and more complicated as well as larger in size . Clearly, its power was increasing as well . The Godwings above Ning’s head began to glow with absolutely dazzling light . Most likely, ordinary supreme Daolords who saw it would be so terrified their legs would turn to jelly .

The [Grand Diffraction Sword] and the [Lumisword Godwings] were somewhat different in nature . The [Grand Diffraction Sword] was rather unpredictable and ephemeral, almost like the waves of the sea in that it came crashing down upon foes in an endless cycle . Its power was spread out across countless streams of sword-ki . The [Lumisword Godwings], however, focused all of its power into that pair of wings .

The first scattered its power, the second condensed it . This was why Ning had determined that these were the two secret arts which would be most appropriate for him to use in forming his Yin-Yang Chaosworld .

“It truly is complicated . It really does require an extremely high level of insight into the Dao of the Sword . ” This was an extremely complicated secret art . Ning had spent over thirty thousand years training in it… and if one factored in his usage of a temporal acceleration treasure, he had actually spent over three million years before succeeding! The complexity of this secret art was self-evident .

Whoosh! Whoosh! Up above the sea of diffracted light within Ning’s Jindan chaos region, a simple yet beautiful golden pair of golden wings could be seen flying about . Its power was now completely restrained and reserved, unlike before when it was plainly visible .

“I’ve finally mastered it . I’ve now mastered both of my secret arts; the [Grand Diffraction Sword] and the [Lumisword Godwings] . ” Ning revealed a look of delight .

“Time to test out their power . ” Ning stood there on the plains, staring into the empty skies . With but a thought from him, a large amount of power began to flood out of his body and form a pair of golden wings in the air . The wings were absolutely dazzling, a veritable work of art, but they didn’t emanate any sword-ki at all .

A moment later, yet another flood of power surged out of his body . This time, a large amount of arcing sword-light appeared . Soon, the countless arcs of sword-light completely filled an area of tens of thousands of kilometers around Ning . They swept through each other, sometimes merging together and sometimes bouncing off each other as they flew about . As for the golden wings, it flew within this storm of sword-light with incredible speed . The golden wings flew more than ten times faster than Ning himself could fly . This was a level of speed which one could not achieve through ordinary movement alone .

Swish . Swish . Swish . The golden wings seemed to be present everywhere within the region . They were absolutely beautiful, yet also simple and plain without emanating the slightest hint of sword-ki at all . As it flew, however, it cut through everything in its path . It was so powerful that even Ning himself was a bit shocked by it .

“Yin-Yang Chaosworld . ” Ning immediately controlled the two secret arts together, mixing Yin and Yang to manifest a world of his Sword Dao!

BOOM! The golden wings were like an exalted emperor, flying through every part of the region with abandon . Wherever they appeared, countless streams of arced sword-light surrounded them, and the two seemed to form a natural, perfect whole .

“If I then combine my Yin-Yang Chaosworld with my heartworld projection… any foes would probably be scared senseless even before I personally attacked! With this technique at my disposal, I’m no longer vulnerable to group attacks, no matter how many come at me!” Ning was quite delighted . His nine novessence arts actually hadn’t been a very good fit for his Omega Sword Dao – Yin-Yang, as they had been primarily elemental in nature . Using secret arts based on the Dao of the Sword was the most appropriate choice! As for the two secret arts Ning chose, one just so happened to be Yin-attribute while the other was Yang-attribute .

“Now that I’ve mastered my secret arts… it is time to attack . ” That very day, Ning put away his Immortal estate . Then, under the watchful gazes of all the cultivators of the Sword Palace, he left by himself .