The Desolate Era - Volume 37 - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Book 37, Flamewing God, Chapter 30 – Friends For Life

“Darknorth . ” Azurefiend had been seated in the lotus position, but he hurriedly jumped to his feet to pull Ji Ning back . The Flamewing God was capable of killing even Hegemons with ease; a puny Daolord would be nothing to it . How could Azurefiend not be worried?

Unfortunately, Ning moved far too fast . With a single step, he appeared right next to the Flamewing God, who turned to look at the tiny little speck that had just appeared next to it .

“Be careful!” Azurefiend and Whitethaw both held their breaths . Ning was now so close that they wouldn’t be able to intervene in time!

“You want some too?” The Flamewing God looked at the tiny human before it, a happy look in its eyes .

“From this day forth, why don’t you stick by my side?” Ning raised his head to stare at the titanic beast before him .

“Hm . Alright . But you have to give me food,” the Flamewing God said .

“No one would be able to give you this much spirit-fruit every day . However, I promise that you’ll have much more and much better food than you have in your estate-treasure,” Ning said .

The Flamewing God felt delighted for a moment, but it then turned to look helplessly at the black chains behind it . “But I’m trapped here . I want to leave with you, but I’m unable to . ”

“Let me take a close look . ” Ning flew over as he spoke, landing on the Flamewing God’s giant body and moving towards one of the black chains attached to its wings .

Azurefiend and Whitethaw both stared blankly at this sight . “B-but…” Azurefiend was dazed . “Flamewing is a Chaos Primordial . Why is it being so obedient? Aren’t Chaos Primordials supposed to be easily angered and moved to eat anything that approaches them?”

Taming a Chaos Primordial was an incredibly difficult task . It had a child’s intelligence and a child’s temper . It was entirely possible that it would be happily jesting with a cultivator one moment, then devour that cultivator in the next . Not even the Sithe were able to tame it; the only thing they could do was send three Exalts to capture it with overwhelming power .

“I don’t know . All I know is that it seems to be very obedient towards my master . ” Whitethaw felt puzzled as well . He transformed into a streak of light, wishing to move closer to Ning and protect him .

“Eh?” Flamewing had been squatting there while eating fruit, but now he raised his head to glare at the approaching Whitethaw in a baleful manner .

“Be good, Flamewing . He’s my Protector while the other guy is my retainer . Don’t hurt them,” Ning said from his position atop Flamewing’s back .

“Eh, alright . ” Flamewing immediately calmed down and ignored Whitethaw . The terrified Whitethaw finally landed on Flamewing’s back as well .

“Master, you have to be careful . This Flamewing God might be playing nice now, but it might very well turn on you in the next moment,” Whitethaw said hurriedly .

“That won’t happen . ” Ning was very calm, and his gaze continued to be focused on the black chains .

“But this is a Chaos Primordial!” Whitethaw still didn’t feel safe .

Ning shook his head . He turned to sweep Whitethaw and the distant Azurefiend with his gaze, then said: “Starting today, Flamewing shall be one of my followers as well . ”

“Master, you…?” Whitethaw instantly understood .

“Darknorth, are you saying that the Flamewing God has already submitted…” the distant Azurefiend sent a stunned mental message to Ning .

Ning nodded . No longer paying any further attention to their astonishment, he focused completely on analyzing the black chains .

……

Protector Whitethaw and Hegemon Azurefiend truly were stunned by this . Ning had tamed a Chaos Primordial? This was absolutely inconceivable . Chaos Primordials were incredibly rare, and not even Hegemons knew how to tame them . The Sithe weren’t capable of it either . Most likely, only the supremely exalted Autarchs were capable of such a thing!

To tame a Chaos Primordial, one had to both be lucky enough to encounter one while also having a method of taming it . Clearly, their master ‘Ji Ning’ had one such method which had allowed him to tame it without anyone being the wiser .

“He’s tamed the Flamewing God… absolutely incredible . Simply incredible! A pity that the Flamewing God is trapped here . If he could come up with a way to release it… haha, the Flamewing God would ensure that Darknorth’s reputation would skyrocket to incredible heights . Who would dare cause trouble for him? He could simply order Flamewing to attack and wipe that person out . ” Hegemon Azurefiend sighed in awe .

Not even Realmslord Windgrace would be able to withstand Flamewing’s retribution . No one would ever dare to antagonize a major power who commanded a Chaos Primordial .

Whoosh . Azurefiend flew over as well . Now that he knew that Flamewing had been tamed, he no longer felt as worried as he had previously . “How does it look, Darknorth? Are you able to break these chains?” Azurefiend asked . If Ning was unable to breach the chains, then this would all be for naught, and the tamed Chaos Primordial would not be able to overawe the outside world .

Ning frowned as he stared intently at the black chains . The chains were actually formed from countless black threads that were woven together, each of which was covered with countless tiny formations . The formations weren’t that complicated; given Ning’s current level of mastery in the Dao of Formations, he would be able to resolve them with ease . The problem was that the seeming-ordinary formations engraved upon the chains were all wrapped together and merged into a larger and even more complicated formation .

Every single chain had a suppressive effect as well as an energy absorption effect . The suppressive effect caused the Flamewing God to be completely tied down, preventing it from even changing in size .

“What marvelous formations . ” Ning suddenly moved . Swish! Swish! Swish! He flew to one black chain after another, this time moving quite quickly as he carried out his inspections .

“Mmm . As I thought, all six of the black chains are virtually identical, and they also work together . ” Countless thoughts flitted through Ning’s mind as he sought to come up with a way to resolve this formation .

In truth, he already had certain ideas when he saw the chains from afar . Now that he was able to inspect them closely, he completely understood how all of the formations operated . However, understanding was one thing; resolving the formations was another .

“How does it look?” Azurefiend asked again . “Can you solve it?”

“Azurefiend, you are even more impatient than I am,” Ning teased with a laugh .

“How can I not be? That’s a Chaos Primordial! If you came bring this Chaos Primordial into the outside world, you can literally do whatever you want . ” Azurefiend was quite excited . “It’ll belong to you, but as your retainer… ahaha! Hurry up and tell me if you can solve it or not!”

Ning nodded . “I can!”

Azurefiend was delighted . “Incredible! Impressive indeed . My head hurts just looking at those black chains and their formations… but you think you can solve them? There probably are very few Hegemons who are a match for you in the Dao of Formations . ”

Ning laughed . Of course! His mastery of the Dao of Formations had already reached the Archon level . Only someone who had relied on the Dao of Formations to complete the Daomerge and become a Hegemon would be able to surpass him in this regard! But to do that was no easy task . No one in the Sixteen Realmverses Alliance had ever been able to do such a thing!

“How long would it take, approximately?” Azurefiend asked .

“Hard to say . A few chaos cycles, probably,” Ning said .

“That’s fast! You can complete it in just a few chaos cycles?” Azurefiend praised .

Ning secretly muttered to himself . It might be just a ‘few’ chaos cycles, but that was because his Primaltwin was under the affects of accelerated time . It would be equivalent to a few hundred ‘accelerated’ chaos cycles!

These chains and their formations were extremely complex . The only reason why he stood a chance at breaking them was because he had access to many other similar Sithe formations and a very high level of insight into the art of formations, as well as the assistance of the Autarch’s stone dais . Despite that, it would still take him a few hundred chaos cycles!

Still, Ning didn’t really mind . By now, he was finding it extremely difficult to make any breakthroughs in his Omega Sword Dao . The only step waiting for him was the Daomerge! Thus, his goal right now was to focus more on other Daos, including formations, water, fire, time, space, etc . The more insight he gained into these Daos, the more assistance they would be to him in the Daomerge . All Daos shared certain commonalities, after all .

“Flamewing, I’m going to leave for a short while . I’ll be back soon,” Ning said as he flew off its body .

“Oh?” The Flamewing God suddenly raised its head to stare at Ning’s departing figure . “You aren’t going to abandon me, are you?” For some strange reason, it truly wanted to stay by Ning’s side .

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon,” Ning said . In his heart, he couldn’t help but sigh . Flamewing was a Chaos Primordial, born with incredible strength but no true understanding of how to use it . It had never ‘trained’ before, and it didn’t even notice that Autarch Bolin had used a technique to invisibly infiltrate its soul and truesoul . Still… to live a life of ignorant bliss was a form of joy as well .

Whoosh . The giant red copper gate appeared once more, with Ning, Whitethaw, and Azurefiend both flying through it .

“Why are we leaving?” Azurefiend asked while flying out .

“It’ll take quite some time for me to breach those chains . Before beginning, I need to go release Ninedust,” Ning said .

“Ninedust? Oh, that friend who you risked your life for in jumping into the Jadefire Realm?” Azurefiend laughed .

“Yes . We’re friends for life . ” Ning nodded .