Chapter 30: Entering the World Prison

In the void of the Three Realms, there stands a towering peak not inferior to a great world, suspended.

On the peak, a cave dwelling had been opened up; at this moment, True Immortal Zhou Yu whooshed through the void and arrived here.

"For nearly a Chaos Era, my avatar has been residing here."

Zhou Yu surveyed the great peak, feeling moved in his heart.

In this avatar's life, only the first thirty billion years are his clear memories; afterwards, for nearly a Chaos Era, he only knows roughly what the avatar experienced.

Even Zhou Yu wonders whether this avatar truly experienced that time.

Whoosh!

Zhou Yu moved his body and entered the cave dwelling inside the peak.

Here, a figure in black robes sat cross-legged; merely sitting there, the divine power aura naturally emanating was enough to make ordinary celestial immortals feel fear.

This is a True God; in the Three Realms, every True God is an existence of extremely special status.

In terms of strength, a True God is no inferior to a pure Dao Ancestor; when truly fighting, a True God's divine body is hard to destroy, making it even more troublesome than a Dao Ancestor.

Among the true top figures in the Three Realms, none are less than a True God, even an Ancestor God.

"However, my True God avatar is now just an ordinary True God." Zhou Yu also understood this in his heart.

In others' eyes, this avatar has been in seclusion all along, but actually, to Zhou Yu, those ten trillion years are illusory; his realm and strength remain at the moment he first broke through to True God.

His Dao comprehension is average, his divine abilities are also average— isn't that just an ordinary True God?

He estimates he's only a bit stronger than some Chaos True Gods with low talent.

"But no matter how you say it, this is still a True God; to me, it's like ascending to heaven in a single step."

"The road still has to be taken step by step." Zhou Yu didn't think much.

At this moment, his True Immortal avatar also took out the treasures obtained from Shaoyan Chou; Zhou Yu stored them in a Cave Heaven Treasure and then began to examine them slowly.

Among the myriad treasures, Zhou Yu quickly found a stone stele about ninety-nine zhang high.

This stele cannot be probed by mental power or consciousness; only the naked eye can see it.

It stands there, emitting a barely perceptible pressure; though the pressure is slight, it gives a feeling of lofty superiority.

That feeling completely transcends the Celestial Dao.

"This is it, the Nine Directions Chaos Stele!"

Zhou Yu felt considerable emotion; such a treasure falling into the hands of a mere celestial immortal would be truly wasted— if any True Immortal or True God Dao Ancestor obtained it, things would surely be different.

Whoosh!

True God Zhou Yu left a divine-power avatar outside, while his main body entered the Cave Heaven Treasure and arrived before this huge stele.

Zhou Yu reached out to touch the stele; vast True God divine power surged into it, quickly beginning to permeate the characters on its surface.

"Tao Wu Eighteen Demons and Gods," "Insect Beast Nine Solutions," "Sinful Divine Weapon," "Lang Talisman," "Qian Kun Reverse One Heart Array," "Ghost God Scroll," "Unbreakable Body."

On the stele's surface, the Seven Great Methods were all mastered by Zhou Yu.

"These Seven Great Methods are all extraordinary; the Tao Wu Eighteen Demons and Gods and the Qian Kun Reverse One Heart Array are both greatly useful to me." Zhou Yu silently nodded in his heart.

"Tao Wu Eighteen Demons and Gods" is the avatar cultivation method practiced by Shaoyan Chou.

Although Shaoyan Chou, using this method to split, each avatar's strength is considerably weakened; actually, if cultivated to the second layer, each avatar can possess peak strength.

As for the Qian Kun Reverse One Heart Array, it is a formation designed to be used with the Tao Wu Eighteen Demons and Gods, likely also created by some World God or Chaos Immortal.

A World God or Chaos Immortal, even if not specialized in formation arts, would create formations whose intricacy should rival those who have cultivated formation power to the fifth level.

Zhou Yu had long lacked guidance on formation classics; obtaining this Qian Kun Reverse One Heart Array now is like sweet rain after a drought.

In fact, the Unbreakable Body among the Seven Great Methods is also extremely formidable; with six layers, if a True God cultivates to the sixth layer, his divine body will reach the Primordial Treasure tier, at which point his bodily strength will rival the foremost Vajra-protected Buddha.

Unfortunately, this divine ability demands too much from external objects; cultivating the first three layers in the Three Realms is not difficult, but reaching the sixth layer is vastly harder.

Zhou Yu pondered, and at this moment his refinement of this treasure had also reached its final stage.

Boom!

A tremor appeared; True God Zhou Yu's figure instantly vanished from the spot.

At this moment, Zhou Yu arrived in a hazy chaotic space, knowing he had entered the interior of the Nine Directions Chaos Stele.

Soon, two figures several zhang tall with dark skin flew over.

Zhou Yu looked at the two figures; their aura was considerably stronger than that of ordinary heavenly gods, yet still considerably weaker than his current state.

"Greetings, Guardian."

Both figures bowed at this moment, but soon one figure noticed something amiss.

"Huh, sir, you're actually a True God?"

"Hmph, the seventeenth World Prison has gone several Chaos Eras without a Guardian coming; who knows if there's any trouble—I, acting on the orders of Lord Fu Siqi, have come to guard this prison for a period.

Zhou Yu directly let out a cold snort.

During his second simulation, his identity actually had considerable contact with the Chaos Nation; he also had some understanding of the Nine Directions Chaos Stele— at this moment, Zhou Yu's stern rebuke immediately made the two prison guards dare not say more.

Mainly, the prison guards' spiritual intelligence is not high to begin with; moreover, even if they noticed something wrong it would be useless, for this Chaos Stele has been completely refined by Zhou Yu— he can come and go as he pleases.

In terms of strength, the two prison guards' aura is clearly inferior to Zhou Yu's.

"Lord, please discern." One prison guard hastily said: "During this time we two have guarded diligently; there is absolutely no problem inside the World Prison!"

"Whether there's a problem or not, we'll see after my inspection." Zhou Yu said lightly: "The Chaos Essence Liquid produced over these three-plus Chaos Eras— hand it all over to me!"

Upon hearing this, the two prison guards hesitated a bit, but then quickly handed over eighteen black jade bottles to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu accepted them without courtesy, then gestured that the two prison guards could leave; they did not dare delay, swiftly fleeing this hazy space.

This new Guardian has too great a temper; they'd better stay far away.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's face also showed a hint of a smile.

He waved his hand to take out a jade bottle, opened it, and observed the "Chaos Essence Liquid" inside.

At the first sight of the Chaos Essence Liquid, Zhou Yu understood it was indeed a treasure.

True spirit, soul, divine power, magical power, mental power, and many other forces could all be seen reflected within it.

"Moreover, I previously couldn't be sure, but now I am completely certain that relying on this Chaos Essence Liquid, my two Scattered Immortal Avatars fundamentally do not need reincarnation; they can directly reforge their souls and bodies." Zhou Yu silently nodded in his heart.

Actually, reincarnation is precisely the process of reforging the body and soul; any Dao Ancestor who has mastered the Celestial Dao can easily construct a small cycle of reincarnation.

And the Chaos Essence Liquid is a precious treasure in Chaos; in terms of rank, it is superior to the Celestial Dao, let alone reincarnation beneath the Celestial Dao.

It can be said that the body and soul reborn anew with the Chaos Essence Liquid will be the most perfect, far more perfect than those obtained through reincarnation.

"Haha, let's go reforge the soul and body."

Zhou Yu also didn't hesitate; he directly, with a thought, withdrew from the Nine Directions Chaos Stele.

PS: I'm also not sure whether using Chaos Essence Liquid to reforge the soul and body necessarily requires mastering the Celestial Dao; when Ji Ning helped his parents reforge their bodies, he was already a World God, so it's not a reference.

However, I see many people saying this method works, so here I set it that as long as one has Chaos Essence Liquid, it's enough; after all, the original work also said that Chaos Essence Liquid contains all powers, so being able to self-reforge the soul and body is plausible.

(End of chapter)