The Desolate Era - Volume 37 - Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Book 37, Flamewing God, Chapter 31 – Soon

Ji Ning sent the realmship flying towards Ninedust’s location at high speeds . The silver-robed Ninedust was seated in the lotus position, surrounded by those whirling flames .

“Eh?” Ninedust noticed a streak of light moving towards him from afar . It quickly flew near him, resolving itself into the form of a rather tattered-looking realmship . Three figures emerged from the realmship, with the leader being a white-robed youth who bore a black sheath on his back . It was his good friend, Daolord Darknorth – Ji Ning .

“Darknorth . ” Ninedust was happy to see him, but felt mixed emotions as well . As the original instigator of all the events which had occurred in the Jadefire Realm, the Ancient cultivators had kept him up to date on everything which had happened since . Ji Ning had successfully slain Archon Silksnow in order to rescue him! Alas, he had fallen for Archon Silksnow’s last act of revenge . Hegemons and Emperors from many other realmverses had come here, seeking to take his realmship .

Thankfully, the results weren’t so bad; Ning had managed to take on Hegemon Azurefiend as his retainer and force everyone to retreat! In his heart, Ninedust felt tremendous gratitude towards Ning . He knew how much risk Ning had undertaken on his behalf . A single misplaced step would’ve resulted in Ning’s death .

“Ninedust . ” Ning smiled as he walked over towards the man .

“Why have you suddenly come to see me? Have you gotten bored working away on that formation?” Ninedust laughed . Ning had told him many years ago that he would have to first completely disrupt the formation-diagram in order to take control over the prisons .

“I’m here out of success, not boredom,” Ning said . “You can come out now . ”

“Come out?” Ninedust was stunned . Was he really going to be able to escape this nightmarish prison cell?

Ning gently waved a finger . Whoosh! The flames around the flaming cage instantly parted, revealing an exit . “Hurry up and come out… or are you planning to complete your Daomerge inside?” Ning smirked .

The stunned Ninedust immediately transformed into a streak of light and scurried out .

“I’m actually out . ” Ninedust stood within the empty space outside the cage . He stared at himself, then at the flaming cage by his side in disbelief . “It was actually as simple as that . I came out with no fuss at all . ”

“Yeah, it was simple for YOU . Breaking the formation wasn’t simple at all for me,” Ning immediately said . He had needed both the Autarch’s stone dais as well as the many records regarding Sithe formation techniques . Both were absolutely critical to his success!

“I know you worked hard . Hey, your realmship is still missing some parts, right? Take it! Consider it your wages for the past few years . Don’t even think about asking me for more . ” As he spoke, he tossed a realmship part over to Ning .

Seeing this, Ning didn’t move to decline . They were good friends; he naturally understood how Ninedust felt right now .

Clack clack clack! The realmship immediately swallowed the entire part, and some of the superficial damage began to be repaired once more . Soon, the realmship was in a state where only a few small parts of it remained damaged .

“Master, I’m almost completely repaired now . My internals are in good shape, with just a few missing parts preventing me from fully repairing my exterior,” the realmship-spirit sent mentally . “However, I should be able to teleport and blink just as effectively as if I was in 100% shape . ”

Ning nodded . He was planning to give the realmship to the Autarch . Ning had been worried that the Autarch would be unhappy if the damage to the realmship was too great .

“This gentleman here must be Hegemon Azurefiend . ” Ninedust turned to look at the skinny old man standing next to Ning . Not daring to be disrespectful, he said with a touch of respect, “Ninedust greets you, Hegemon Azurefiend . ”

“Mm . It seems Darknorth and you truly are very good friends . To be able to find a few true lifelong friends on the path of cultivation is worth any price . ” Hegemon Azurefiend had a rather complicated look on his face, but when he realized it he hurriedly smiled: “Darknorth kicked up quite a storm when he came here to rescue you . Quite a few Hegemons and Emperors came . ”

Ninedust felt rather moved by all this . He truly had been the cause of this great affair .

“Darknorth, now that I’m out, shall we leave the Jadefire Realm?” Ninedust asked .

“I still have some business here in the Jadefire Realm . I can’t leave just yet,” Ning said .

“Oh, then I’ll leave on my own . ” Ninedust laughed . “My greatest goal right now is to complete my Daomerge . I need to go out and experience more things . If I stay here with you in the Jadefire Realm, it’ll be detrimental to me with regards to the Daomerge . ”

Ning nodded . “Alright . Be careful out there . ”

“Don’t worry, I won’t be so unlucky as to need rescuing again . ” Ninedust suddenly walked forward and gave Ning a tight hug, then turend and left . “Train hard . I’m planning to start my Daomerge soon . We brothers must both succeed in our Daomerges!”

Ninedust’s voice still echoed in the air, but he himself had already vanished . Ning could sense the determination in Ninedust’s voice when the latter spoke of the Daomerge .

“Succeed in the Daomerge together, eh?” Ning turned and went back the way he came . Friends for life didn’t need to actually be together for their entire lives; it was enough for them to keep each other in their hearts .

……

Time flowed on like water . Ninedust continued his adventures through the outside world, encountering quite a few strokes of karmic fortune . As for Ning, he remained within the Jadefire Realm and focused on analyzing those black chains and their formations . But of course, he had also swept the prison regions clean of all the treasures it held… and this time, he truly made a killing!

Although he had acquired a few treasures from threatening the Hegemons and Emperors of the Sixteen Realmverses Alliance, the combined value of those treasures was perhaps at best comparable to a single Hegemon’s networth . The treasures within the prison regions, however, were far more numerous… and Ning had swept through all of them .

……

In the blink of an eye, another five chaos cycles went past .

Within a dark region in the Great Dark which was incomparably distant from the Flamedragon Realmverse . This was a dark void which held an enormous triangular region within it that was filled with dazzlingly beautiful palaces, each of which emanated blinding golden light . This was the residence of one of the truly supreme leaders of the cultivator civilizations… the home of Autarch Titanos .

Autarchs were extremely difficult to track down . Autarch Titanos was one of the easier ones to find, because he almost always resided within his estate .

Whoosh . Whoosh . Whoosh . A howling sound could be heard coming from within a private room inside the largest, most towering palace in the region .

A skull-sized gray globe which was covered with countless runes was levitating up and down in the air, emitting a strange whooshing sound as its internals continuously changed .

“How beautiful . How lovely . ” The bald, black-robed old man next to the globe was staring at it greedily, his golden eyes filled with joy and the two fleshy antennae on his head quivering in excitement .

“It truly is perfect . Just a small amount of power is needed . Once the insides of the globe continuously guide the power and transform it, its able to unleash absolutely terrifying levels of destructive power . Sithe frabrication techniques were simply incredible . Although we had an overwhelming advantage in individual power during the Dawn War, we still nearly ended up being defeated by the Sithe . The Sithe truly were and are incredible . To this very day, I still don’t fully understand their technologies . ” The bald old man stared greedily at the orb, as though he was staring at the person he loved the most .

“Heh heh… last time, I wasn’t careful and put in too much power, wrecking this treasure . Thank goodness that I, Titanos, am awesome . Although I still don’t fully understand this thing, I was still able to repair it! Ahahaha…” The bald old man stared at the continuously changing runes on the surface of the globe, feeling increasingly delighted as he did so . His gaze was able to see through everything, allowing him to observe the intricate transformations occurring within the gray globe .

These transformations were absolutely beautiful to him . Suddenly, the gray globe lifted up into the air and floated in front of him . The fleshy antennae on top of the bald old man’s head reached out to gently stroke the globe .

“Although I managed to successfully repair one, I’m still not able to create them from scratch . ” The bald old man shook his head . “The Sithe’s underlying foundation of knowledge remains far superior to that of our cultivator civilizations . I can’t even imagine how long it would take for us to fully repair all of their shattered treasures . ”

The bald old man waved his hand, causing the gray orb to vanish into thin air . Whoosh . He pushed open the door to the private room, then strolled out with his long black robes dragging behind him .

“Master . ” When he reached the palace gates, an azure-robed youth immediately came to greet him . The youth said joyfully, “Master, you repaired it?”

“Of course! When have I ever failed? Don’t you know who I am? I’m an Autarch!” the bald old man said smugly .

“Right, right,” the azure-robed youth said hastily .

“Xian, my boy… that Daolord Darknorth from the Flamedragon Realmverse asked me to help out just a few dozen chaos cycles ago, yes? I told you I’d be done soon!” the bald old man said smugly .

“It was pretty quick, this time . ” The azure-robed youth nodded . This was one of the faster response times for Autarch Titanos .

“Well, I’m off to the Flamedragon Realmverse,” the bald old man said, then waved his sleeves . Whoosh . Space rippled before him like water . The bald old man stepped into the rippling space, then disappeared without a trace .