Chapter 12 The Foundation of the Three Realms

Three Realms, Daxia World, Yanshan.

Ji Ning had once moved the entire Yanshan away, but that was to deal with that great calamity. After the calamity, Ji Ning also opened up a great world, the 'Northmoon Great World', and from then on the Ji clan took root in the Northmoon Great World.

As for 'Yanshan' in the Daxia World, it was after all the place where Ji Ning had grown up, so it was rebuilt. Qiuye, Uncle Bai, Xiaoqing, Mingyue, and the others usually lived there.

Wingsnake Lake, Brightheart Island.

Whoosh.

Ji Ning, Ji Yichuan, and Yuchi Xue appeared in the sky above Wingsnake Lake.

“It’s just like it was back then.” The couple Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue looked down at the lake from midair. “Wingsnake Lake hasn’t changed at all.”

“It’s just that the Wingsnake died long ago.” Ji Ning laughed from the side.

“Ning’er, what exactly has happened all these years?” Yuchi Xue looked at her son.

“I’ll tell you later. Mother, Father, look—your granddaughter is coming.” Ji Ning pointed into the distance.

A black-robed girl flew directly over from afar, her face full of joy. Behind her, Qiuye, Uncle Bai, Xiaoqing, Qingya Xiaoyu, Mu Zishuo, and the Immortal Diancai all flew over one by one.

“Young master.”

“Senior apprentice-brother.”

“Master.” They all called out joyfully.

Then Qiuye and Uncle Bai froze, especially Uncle Bai. He stared blankly at the two figures standing beside Ji Ning, and tears suddenly streamed down.

Ji Yichuan also looked at Uncle Bai and smiled. “Xiaobai.”

“Big brother.” Uncle Bai looked at Ji Yichuan.

They were as close as brothers, having faced life and death together many times, their bond extremely deep.

“Sister Xue.” Uncle Bai looked at Yuchi Xue. “You, you both…”

“Master.” Qiuye was also extremely agitated and quickly bowed.

“Qiuye?” Yuchi Xue smiled and nodded. Of Ji Ning’s two personal maids, Chuncao had died long ago, while Qiuye had always followed Ji Ning.

Ji Ning stared at the black-robed girl and shouted, “Mingyue, come pay your respects to your grandfather and grandmother!”

Ji Mingyue was also a bit stunned. She had heard of her grandparents but had never seen them. Hearing Ji Ning’s order, she stepped forward, knelt down crisply, and said, “Mingyue pays respects to Grandfather and Grandmother.”

“Big brother, Sister Xue, this is Mingyue, the child of Ji Ning and Yuji.” Uncle Bai quickly said from the side.

“Our granddaughter?” Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue were overjoyed. When they had died, Ji Ning was still a youth, and now he already had a child.

“Get up, get up.” Yuchi Xue quickly stepped forward to help her granddaughter up. She looked at Mingyue, the more she looked the happier she was. Mingyue’s appearance was influenced by Ji Ning and Yuji; though she resembled Yuji more, she also had some of Ji Ning’s features.

“Mm, beautiful, my granddaughter is truly beautiful. It seems your mother was also a beauty. Ning’er, where is your wife? Earlier Xiaobai said your wife was called Yuji?” Yuchi Xue laughed.

Suddenly the surroundings fell silent.

Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan didn’t know, but Uncle Bai and the others knew that Yuji had been publicly killed by the Black-robed Godking on the battlefield.

Ji Ning said calmly, “She’s gone.”

Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue immediately understood—many, many stories had happened over the years.

“Grandfather, Grandmother, it seems there’s a lot you don’t know. Let me tell you.” Ji Mingyue immediately began to enthusiastically accompany Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan. “When you left, I heard my father hadn’t even entered the Black-White College yet. I’ll start from there. Haha, you’ll be stunned by what you hear…”

Ji Ning watched from the side with a smile.

There was nothing to hide about his past. As Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue listened to their granddaughter Ji Mingyue’s narration, occasionally Uncle Bai, Xiaoqing, Qingya Xiaoyu, and others added a few words. Even Ji Ning’s junior apprentice-brother Mu Zishuo and his master Immortal Diancai helped explain.

Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue were completely shocked.

This was nothing less than a legend.

Though they had long known their son was a genius, that sword-arts genius youth from Yanshan had become so dazzling, even sitting as an equal with the highest immortal and demon leaders of the Three Realms, and ultimately influencing that great calamity. Now his power was unfathomably deep.

They also understood that Yuji’s death was not just the scattering of her soul, but the annihilation of her true spirit. Even resurrection was impossible.

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A few days later.

Ji Ning held a Three Realms Immortal-Demon Feast on Brightheart Island in Yanshan, and the top immortals and demons of the entire Three Realms all came.

Of course, those familiar with Ji Ning, like the Mt. Fangcun lineage’s Jidian, Sun Wukong, and Hongxue, as well as some old friends like Beishan Baiwei and the former senior apprentice-brother of the Black-White College, the Slovenly Daoist, all came. This was the first time Ji Ning had truly held such a grand feast. In the end, Ji Ning even gave a discourse on the Dao, greatly benefiting the many immortals and demons of the Three Realms.

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On the other side.

In the endless Chaos, the Tiancang Domain, within the Tiancang Palace.

A month had passed since Ji Ning arrived at Tiancang Palace, and it was the day of Ji Ning’s entrance ceremony.

“Ji Ning! Ji Ning!” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord called out loudly from afar.

“Big brother.”

Ji Ning walked out of his cave dwelling, with Su Youji and Danbao by his side. Ji Ning laughed, “I heard your voice from far away.”

“I came to see you a few days ago, but Danbao said you were in seclusion?” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord laughed.

“Big brother came to see me?” Ji Ning turned to look at Danbao.

Danbao quickly said, “Heavenly Unity Dao Lord said it wasn’t important and told me not to disturb you.”

Heavenly Unity Dao Lord nodded. “It wasn’t too urgent. But Ji Ning, this is your fault. You captured the three-step Dao Lord ‘Hufeng Dao Lord’ of the Clearwind Sacred Hall alive. A three-step Dao Lord! You captured him alive, such a big thing, and you never told me before. If Brother Dongmu hadn’t told me in detail later, I wouldn’t have known.”

Ji Ning was startled and quickly said, “It’s my fault.”

At the time, Ji Ning indeed hadn’t considered it a big deal, because in his view, the Clearwind Sacred Hall was no threat. Even if the ‘Clearwind Sacred Lord’ came, could he do anything to the Tiancang Palace’s lair? Even if real trouble came, he had a Lord of Chaos’s talisman to kill the Clearwind Sacred Lord directly.

Because he had no fear, he didn’t take it seriously. Ji Ning had been preoccupied with reviving his parents and had indeed forgotten to mention it.

“It’s not really a problem. My true body sits here, so I’m not afraid of Clearwind.” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord was a bit excited. “But you captured a three-step Dao Lord alive. Tsk tsk, just thinking about Clearwind’s expression makes me happy.”

“I captured that three-step Dao Lord. How to deal with him, Big Brother Heavenly Unity, you can arrange as you see fit,” Ji Ning said.

“You captured him, how could I make the decision?” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord quickly said.

“Big brother, don’t be polite. If you need to use this to blackmail the Clearwind Sacred Hall and bleed them dry, you have full authority,” Ji Ning said.

Heavenly Unity Dao Lord shook his head. “You don’t know the Clearwind Sacred Lord’s temperament. He’s not easy to blackmail. Forget it, such a big matter, Clearwind certainly won’t let it go. We’ll see then.”

Ji Ning nodded. “By the way, Big Brother, I have a matter to ask for your help.”

“What matter?” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord asked.

“I want to collect some techniques, secret arts, divine abilities, and the like,” Ji Ning said. “All schools and styles, everything.”

Heavenly Unity Dao Lord looked at Ji Ning. “You want to found a sect?”

“No, it’s for my homeland. My homeland has no good techniques, so I want to gather more,” Ji Ning said.

“The Tiancang Palace has some very basic ones that can be freely taught,” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord said. “But for the slightly more powerful ones, Tiancang Palace has rules…”

Ji Ning said, “Everything according to the rules! I want all techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts below the Dao Lord level. How much chaos nectar is needed, everything according to the rules.” Not to mention Tiancang Palace, even the Dao Alliance had a large number of divine abilities and secret arts for external sale. For example, Wan Shen Dao Lord’s Nine Source Divine Water secret art was sold by the Dao Alliance to the Mangya Kingdom.

Ji Ning only needed those below the Dao Lord level; deeper ones were not needed for now. In fact, Tiancang Palace only had a few powerful inheritances.

“Below Dao Lord? That’s easy.” Heavenly Unity Dao Lord nodded. “But Tiancang Palace has accumulated an endless amount over the ages. All together, if I let you teach them freely, it would be three million cubes! It’s not that I want to cheat you, Big Brother, but I have no choice. This is the accumulation of countless brothers over generations.”

“Fine,” Ji Ning nodded. “Three million cubes.”

Tiancang Palace was an ancient sect that had dominated a territory for who knows how many chaos cycles. Its collection of techniques, divine abilities, and secret arts below the Dao Lord level was still very ample. That’s why it was considered a sacred land. By obtaining all of Tiancang Palace’s countless techniques, Ji Ning would at least have a foundation for the Three Realms. After all, the cultivators of the Three Realms were mainly at the Ancestral Immortal/Ancestral God and World level; becoming a Dao Lord was too difficult.

In fact, even if he didn’t buy from Tiancang Palace, he could buy from the Dao Alliance, but it would be troublesome and probably more expensive.

As for some inheritances needed by Dao Lords?

Even Tiancang Palace only had a handful of types, left by Heavenly Unity Dao Lord, Yudou Dao Lord, and others, or occasionally obtained—they were not easily passed on. Ji Ning planned to eventually leave a few inheritances in the Three Realms himself. For example, his own 'Moonbright Sword Art' was absolutely a top-tier inheritance! But of course, not just anyone could learn it; without passing through many trials, how could one easily obtain the sword Dao he had painstakingly realized?

“Having obtained the accumulation of Tiancang Palace over countless ages, the foundation of my Three Realms is secured.” Ji Ning rejoiced inwardly.

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