Chapter 11: Meeting the God King

When roaming the endless chaos, one must have the ability to 'discern' treasures—it would be laughable to see a treasure and not recognize it. Beixiu World God naturally left behind many records, allowing Ji Ning to immediately recognize the treasure he most urgently needed.

“Come.” Ji Ning willed it.

A dirty, large tripod flew up.

This tripod was obtained by Ji Ning from an imprisoned Celestial Immortal. After acquiring it, the Celestial Immortal had pondered for a long time without understanding its use, and even asked the seniors of his sect, but none recognized it.

“The Five Elements Divine Tripod.” Ji Ning nodded slightly. “I thought that after leaving the Moon Under the Lake, I would need to gather materials and refine a Five Elements Divine Tripod myself. Now I have one ready-made, and this tripod has reached the level of a先天灵宝. Though it wouldn't catch Beixiu World God's eye, if I refined one myself, I probably couldn't make it this good.”

The Five Elements Divine Tripod was used to destroy treasures.

Yes, destroy!

By throwing intact or damaged treasures, even strange objects and minerals, into the tripod, they would be completely ground and destroyed, then condensed into 'Five Elements Essence,' divided into metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Any treasure in the endless chaos could be broken down into the five elements.

Even chaos itself could be divided into the five elements.

The condensed 'Five Elements Essence' was normally used to refine treasures, which could undergo transformations after absorbing it.

The reason Ji Ning urgently needed this tripod was because of Beixiu World God's most important treasure, the 'Ziguang Qiong' divine sword. Although the sword's essence was intact, its surface was cracked and nearly collapsing; the material was too damaged to be used in battle. It had to absorb Five Elements Essence to recover!

By absorbing a certain amount of Five Elements Essence, the surface of the Ziguang Qiong sword could be repaired, making it usable in battle. Its power would then absolutely surpass chaos treasures.

With enough Five Elements Essence to fully restore the sword's body, it could regain its former might.

Just a bit of Five Elements Essence could surpass chaos treasures—of course Ji Ning would do it.

Back then, Beixiu World God's mind was entirely on delaying the collapse of his true spirit and struggling to survive; he had no thought of refining a Five Elements Divine Tripod, nor of gathering treasures and strange objects to condense Five Elements Essence. To him, recovering treasures was useless; life was what mattered.

“Rise.”

Ji Ning naturally knew the technique to use the Five Elements Divine Tripod; he even knew how to refine one, let alone use it.

But this technique was unknown to that Celestial Immortal in the Nine Chaos Regions, nor had his sect heard of it. Generally, only great powers in the endless chaos used the 'Five Elements Divine Tripod'—only true great powers would be willing to throw precious treasures and strange objects into it to be destroyed. Ji Ning only had so many treasures because of the World Prison.

“Humm~~~”

The dirty Five Elements Divine Tripod, which had lain silent for who knows how long, finally emitted light. Five beams of light shot up from its five ears.

“Go.” Ji Ning pointed from afar, and ten Pure Yang supreme treasures were thrown in. He had swept through all the Celestial Immortals and Heavenly Immortals in the World Prison, obtaining far too many Pure Yang supreme treasures. Each Celestial Immortal and Heavenly Immortal carried many; for example, Celestial Immortal Liangqiu had over seven hundred flying swords, and the most exaggerated had tens of thousands.

Ji Ning threw in ten just to test.

“Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~”

Like throwing a snowball into a hot pot, the ten Pure Yang treasures were completely annihilated with a sizzling sound, leaving only residue, while the Five Elements Essence gathered into the 'five elements space' inside the tripod.

“Ferocious.” Ji Ning pointed from afar, and with a whoosh, a dense mass of long shuttles flew in—over ten thousand of them—all entering the Five Elements Divine Tripod.

“Crack crack crack crack~~~” These Pure Yang treasures began to shatter one by one.

“Not good.”

Ji Ning felt his magic power draining rapidly, so he took out a Pure Yang Immortal Pill and tossed it into his mouth. “Beixiu World God didn't tell me that operating the Five Elements Divine Tripod to destroy treasures and condense Five Elements Essence would consume so much magic power.” But he forgot that the clone operating the tripod now only had a third-grade Pure Yang Golden Core.

Beixiu World God, however, was at the World God level. Such consumption was negligible to him.

…

“Go.”

Ji Ning left one clone to refine treasures and repair the Ziguang Qiong sword, while the other seventeen true bodies and clones left the World Prison. Of course, he placed the ninety-eight stone tablets left by Beixiu World God and the Azure Jade Temple in the World Prison. These were what he had brought back; the independent space had already collapsed the moment he left.

Because that independent space was centered on the sword's essence; once the Ziguang Qiong sword was taken away, the space would naturally destroy itself, leaving no trace.

…

A white-robed youth appeared on the frozen star.

The other sixteen clones were inside his随身洞天 treasures, especially fifteen of them cultivating the 'Ice Fire Quenching Golden Core Technique.'

According to Ji Ning's plan, with eighteen clones in total, seventeen would upgrade their golden cores, and one would not. The one that did not upgrade—the one left in the World Prison to operate the Five Elements Divine Tripod—was to prevent total annihilation if the other clones outside were destroyed in the current tribulation.

If they were destroyed, using the remaining clone and 'Chaos Liquid,' he could restore the other seventeen clones. Then, relying on Nine Yang Pulp and Ice Marrow, he could cultivate them back.

But if that clone were upgraded to a second-grade golden core, the 'Half-Step Dao Ancestor' level, then the restored seventeen clones would also be Half-Step Dao Ancestors, requiring ten times more Chaos Liquid. Ji Ning had very little Chaos Liquid now and couldn't afford it.

“Three hundred twenty thousand catties of Nine Yang Pulp and three hundred twenty thousand catties of Ice Marrow are enough for my fifteen true body clones and seventeen second-essence clones to cultivate.” Ji Ning nodded. The rest of the Ice Marrow and Nine Yang Pulp he placed in the World Prison.

Whether for his true body or second essence, Ji Ning kept a seed.

To prevent accidents.

In the midst of tribulation, no one knew what would happen. Even with his greatly increased strength, Ji Ning remained cautious.

“Time to meet the God King.”

Whoosh.

Ji Ning left the frozen star.

…

Now, the war in the Zhulu Grand World was the key to the struggle for fortune!

The deaths of many brothers and friends made Ji Ning eager to help, and he now had enough strength to deal with the so-called 'Myriad Envoys' with confidence. But before that, he had to rescue Senior Apprentice Sister Yu Wei. Otherwise, once he revealed his strength in the Zhulu Grand World, the God King might scheme again, using Yu Wei to threaten him.

So…

Rescue Senior Apprentice Sister first.

Then go to the Zhulu Grand World!

“Whoosh.”

Over the North Sea of the Grand Xia World, a white-robed youth appeared out of thin air.

Although the Gate of Infinity had lost the battle in the Grand Xia World, there were still repeated skirmishes and sabotage. The True Immortal Dongyan died in such a clash.

“Hm?” Ji Ning released his heartforce and soon found a Gate of Infinity stronghold in the North Sea.

“I am Beiming. I wish to see your Gate of Infinity God King. Report this immediately.” Ji Ning transmitted directly.

The stronghold was guarded by a Celestial Immortal, who was startled by Ji Ning's transmission. He knew of the fame of Beiming Heavenly Immortal Ji Ning in the Grand Xia World—a figure who had once roamed the Three Realms, causing the Gate of Infinity to be on edge.

Ignoring everything else, he quickly reported to his sect leader.

…

Zhulu Grand World.

The black-robed God King and Demonhand Dao Ancestor stood on the city wall, gazing at the endless wilderness where the vast army of the Gate of Infinity was challenging them to battle.

“They're staying behind closed doors, afraid to fight.” The black-robed God King smiled.

“Yesterday, several True Gods and Dao Ancestors of the Nuwa camp descended; they must be discussing this war.” Demonhand Dao Ancestor sneered. “Hmph, what can those great powers do? The Myriad Envoys were created by the Myriad Lord. Can the Nuwa camp create such puppets?”

“How could they? The Myriad Lord once wreaked havoc across two realms, nearly destroying both chaos worlds.” The black-robed God King laughed. “Even the clan-protecting formation left by Nuwa couldn't stop them. They're destined to lose… Hm?”

Demonhand Dao Ancestor looked at the God King in confusion.

But the black-robed God King smiled: “It's nothing. A little fellow wants to see me.”

“Little fellow?” Demonhand Dao Ancestor was puzzled. “Who?”

“That Ji Ning who once forced me to bow my head…” The black-robed God King chuckled softly.

“Ji Ning?” Demonhand Dao Ancestor nodded. “Just a minor Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal. Settle these trivial matters quickly. This war is the key to the struggle for fortune—that's the important matter.”

“Yes, Uncle-Master.” The black-robed God King replied.