Chapter 46: The Nine-Angled Electric Serpent Escape Art

After the excitement, Ji Ning pondered how to cultivate this technique.

This 'Nine-Angled Electric Serpent Escape Art' was unquestionably the number one escape art in the Nine Directions Chaos Country, having reached the limit of speed. Such an inconceivable escape art came with astonishingly high thresholds and costs.

First, the first hurdle.

It was to transform the divine body, allowing the nine-angled electric serpent to roam within the divine body without harming it.

But this was too difficult...

For example, the Solar Golden Rainbow was a 'Solar Golden Flame' that had developed intelligence! The Solar Golden Flame surpassed the Nine Great True Fires; even True Gods and Dao Ancestors dared not withstand it with their bodies. Even using treasures or spells to resist might result in being burned to death! The Golden Crow was born deep within the Solar Star. A mortal falling into the sea would drown, but fish were at ease in the water. The Golden Crow, within the Solar Golden Flame, was as if in its own home, naturally immune to any harm. Thus, it could control the 'Solar Golden Rainbow'.

The wild nine-angled electric serpent had power on the same level as the Solar Golden Flame!

Even if Ji Ning had the Eighty-Nine Arcane Art protecting his body, he would be instantly electrocuted to ashes! Therefore, he had to transform his divine body... and this transformation was the most dangerous part of cultivating this escape art, truly a matter of nine deaths and one life. For if it was even slightly off, the divine body would be reduced to ashes under the nine-angled electric serpent!

The second hurdle.

If the nine-angled electric serpent could roam within the divine body without harming it, then one could cultivate the divine pattern of the 'Electric Serpent Egg' on the body, giving the nine-angled electric serpent a 'home' to coil within the egg. And by means of this divine pattern, one could gradually change the 'nine-angled electric serpent', causing a fundamental transformation in its nature, like a sword sheathed in its scabbard, no longer harmful.

Otherwise, the nine-angled electric serpent was too狂暴 to be controlled freely. It had to be tamed, made harmless, before it could become gentle and be used for the escape art!

The Golden Crow's 'Solar Golden Rainbow' was similar. Once tamed and controlled by the Golden Crow, the Solar Golden Rainbow lost its innate terrifying aggressiveness and became extremely gentle, completely under the Golden Crow's control, going wherever it wished.

But the process of taming and changing the 'nine-angled electric serpent' was also very dangerous, because during the taming and transformation, the nine-angled electric serpent remained狂暴. At this time, external forces were needed as assistance. According to the 'Nine-Angled Electric Serpent Escape Art' technique, one could use 'Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit', 'Ten-Thunder Divine Crystal', or 'Chaos Spiritual Liquid' to carry out the taming.

The Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit: In the chaos, there were countless stars. The Solar Star was filled with endless flames, and on some stars grew great trees. In fact, on the Lunar Star there was a cassia tree. And there was a divine tree called the 'Thousand-Rotten Divine Tree', the most miraculous tree known in the Nine Directions Chaos Country.

The Thousand-Rotten Divine Tree... when it grew, it would reach its limit and begin to wither and rot. When it completely withered and rotted, it would sprout anew and grow again. It would become taller and stronger, then wither and rot once more...

Each withering and rotting would cause the next growth to be taller and filled with boundless power. Eventually, after withering and rotting a thousand times, this divine tree would reach an extreme. At this time, the tree would bear fruit, called 'Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit'. The fruit took a chaos cycle to gestate and mature. Once mature, it would fall instantly. If it touched anything non-chaotic upon falling, it would turn to ashes. So one had to wait early and catch the fruit.

After the fruit matured, the Thousand-Rotten Divine Tree would wither and rot again, beginning a new cycle.

The 'Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit' possessed endless miraculous powers. In the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom, it was also monopolized by the three World Realm existences, including the Nine Directions Kingdom Lord.

The 'Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystal' was even rarer compared to the Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit.

Occasionally, seas of thunder would appear in the endless chaos, where vast amounts of lightning gathered... Within them, extremely powerful 'Thunder Sea Serpents' would emerge, on the same level as the Sun Golden Flame. If a Thunder Sea Serpent gained sentience, it would grow nine horns and be called a 'Nine-Horned Electric Serpent.' Only a sentient Nine-Horned Electric Serpent could be tamed.

If the sea of thunder was vast enough and there were enough Nine-Horned Electric Serpents, they might condense into 'Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystals.' Nine-Horned Electric Serpents most enjoyed coiling around Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystals.

With just one Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystal, one could also tame a Nine-Horned Electric Serpent.

Unfortunately...

The chaos was boundless and vast; only occasionally could a sea of thunder be discovered. Seas of thunder containing 'Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystals' were even rarer. Once discovered, they would immediately be taken away by great cultivators through various means!

'Chaos Spiritual Liquid' was even more miraculous. It was produced by opening up a vast great world, setting up a grand formation based on that great world, and extracting from the chaos. Only six bottles of Chaos Spiritual Liquid could be extracted in one chaos epoch! Moreover, Chaos Spiritual Liquid had no other attributes and served special functions in many aspects. After all, chaos could evolve into all things, and this Chaos Spiritual Liquid could also be used to tame Nine-Horned Electric Serpents.

To tame a Nine-Horned Electric Serpent normally required nine Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruits, or one Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystal, or six bottles of Chaos Spiritual Liquid.

……

"The Thousand-Rotten Divine Fruit and the Ten-Thousand-Thunder Divine Crystal have never been heard of in the Three Realms. But I do have the Chaos Spirit Liquid." Ji Ning pondered. "Whether it's transforming the divine body or the final taming, I need the Nine-Fanged Electric Serpent... and in the Three Realms, there is such a creature."

"I must go pay my respects to the Thunder God Celestial." Ji Ning thought to himself.

In the Three Realms, there was one great power who could control the Nine-Fanged Electric Serpent—the Thunder God Celestial!

He was a tremendously powerful great being, who had long lived in seclusion and cultivation. He rarely intervened in the calamities of the Three Realms. In fact, there were many such reclusive cultivators... all of them silently preparing, ready to unleash their power in the final cataclysm and shatter the opposing camp.

……

The Sword Immortal Realm, Mount Wu Bao.

In the thatched hut, Ji Ning rose and said, "Nine Fangs."

A streak of light flew from afar and landed before the hut. It was the Nine Fangs Celestial.

"Come with me to the Thunder God Major World." Ji Ning said.

"Yes." replied the Nine-Fang Heavenly God.

Then the two of them boarded the Void Boat, directly traversing the void and leaving the Sword Immortal Realm, heading towards the Thunder God Great World.

...

In the boundless ancient times, before the primordial era was opened, the chaos gave birth to ten Primordial Gods and eighty-one True Gods. Each of these eighty-one True Gods was born mastering a Great Dao. Among them, the 'Thunder God Heavenly Venerate' was born controlling the Thunder and Lightning Dao, naturally possessing great talent in lightning. However, although his divine body could withstand much lightning, it could not endure the 'Lightning Sea Serpents' and 'Nine-Horned Electric Serpents' of the chaos, after all, he only had a True God's body.

For instance, the Primordial God Zhurong could withstand the Sun's Golden Flame and the Sun's Golden Rainbow. But even the Primordial God Zhurong had no way to tame the 'Sun's Golden Rainbow'.

The Golden Crows were skilled at it; it was innate.

"Boom crack!"

A vast great world.

At a glance, streaks of lightning bolts struck down from the high sky; in one look, one could see over a thousand lightning bolts.

The Void Boat was in midair, and even if lightning bolts struck the Void Boat, they could not penetrate it in the slightest.

"Let me have a look." Ji Ning released his heartforce.

"The Thunder God Heavenly Venerate is over there. Let's go." Ji Ning said. Although the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate was extremely powerful, considered one of the top Dao Ancestors, his cultivation in heartforce was still inferior to Ji Ning's.

Swoosh.

The Void Boat traversed the void and soon arrived before a floating mountain peak. This floating mountain peak was surrounded by a vast amount of lightning, and on the peak were soldiers and generals in armor standing guard.

"Who goes there!" a Celestial Immortal soldier directly shouted.

"I am Ji Ning, wishing to pay respects to the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate." Ji Ning said respectfully.

"Ji Ning?"

That group of soldiers and generals were all startled; they had certainly heard of the fame of the North Sea Sword Immortal Ji Ning. They immediately said, "North Sea Sword Immortal, please wait a moment. I will go report this at once." Immediately, a soldier went to report. Ji Ning and the Nine-Fang Heavenly God, with clouds appearing beneath their feet, stood silently in the clouds, waiting. This was the domain of a top-tier Dao Ancestor, and they dared not be careless.

Soon.

"The Heavenly Venerate said to let the North Sea Sword Immortal go see him." that Celestial Immortal flew over and said.

"Nine-Fang, wait for me here." Ji Ning said. Then Ji Ning flew into the floating mountain peak, and that Celestial Immortal even said, "North Sea Sword Immortal, please follow me."

Guiding all the way.

Ji Ning secretly sighed. As a great power, one's own place was usually made very beautiful. Places like the Eastern Dao Palace, the Western Spirit Mountain, even the Mount Fangcun, and even the Heavenly Court... were all very beautiful. But the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate's place was entirely dark in color, and moreover, this floating mountain did not have a single plant.

"The Heavenly Venerate is over there." the Celestial Immortal soldier quickly said.

Ji Ning looked over; in the distance, he vaguely saw a towering and massive figure sitting, probably a full ten thousand zhang tall.

A body of ten thousand zhang was the body that True Gods were born with, a normal height.

"Good." Ji Ning smiled and nodded, then walked over. Soon he arrived before the steps, and Ji Ning said respectfully, "Ji Ning pays respects to the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate."

That figure, clad in dark armor, towering and stalwart, opened his eyes. His eyes contained lightning, and he looked down at the tiny Ji Ning below, saying, "Ji Ning, I have heard of your name. Putuo is indeed skilled at teaching disciples. Speak, why have you come to me?"

Ji Ning breathed a sigh of relief; it sounded like the other party would still give face to his master, Patriarch Putuo.

"This junior urgently needs a Nine-Horned Electric Serpent." Ji Ning said respectfully, "Among the great powers of the Three Realms, only the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate possesses Nine-Horned Electric Serpents. This junior wishes to implore the Heavenly Venerate to grant me one Nine-Horned Electric Serpent, and this junior is willing to exchange it for a先天灵宝 (Primal Spirit Treasure)."

The towering Thunder God Heavenly Venerate closed his eyes, saying indifferently, "Leave at once."

Ji Ning was taken aback.

This Thunder God Heavenly Venerate wouldn't even discuss it and directly told him to leave. What could he do?

"Heavenly Venerate, this junior is willing to exchange treasures. Please, Heavenly Venerate." Ji Ning anxiously said.

The Thunder God Heavenly Venerate opened his eyes, his gaze icy: "If you don't leave, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Ji Ning was caught in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.

"Scram!" the Thunder God Heavenly Venerate coldly looked down at Ji Ning and shouted.

Ji Ning's face turned pale. He immediately bowed and turned to leave.