Chapter 32: Unexpected Harvest: Apex True God

Soon, after completing the cultivation of "Tao Wu Eighteen Demons and Gods", True Immortal Zhou Yu entered the World Prison and began looting.

With eighteen True Immortal Zhou Yu avatars joining, the looting speed increased dramatically.

At this time, True Immortal Zhou Yu was responsible for looting Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Deities, while True God Zhou Yu began targeting True Immortals and True Gods.

In fact, many True Gods and True Immortals inside the World Prison were stronger than Zhou Yu, some even wielding fifth‑tier power.

But Zhou Yu was undaunted; he excelled in temporal‑spatial power, so even against stronger foes he still had a chance to escape.

The key is that most True Gods and True Immortals have not comprehended the Chaotic Celestial Dao, so they cannot draw power from the outside; their strength wanes by the fraction, and they cannot outlast Zhou Yu.

Facing Zhou Yu's looting, the prisoners here reacted differently: some obeyed meekly, others, having been imprisoned too long, had gone mad and chose death over submission.

Nevertheless, regardless of the situation, their treasures ultimately fell into Zhou Yu's hands, and Zhou Yu's fortune surged at a visibly rapid rate.

"Is this… Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystal?"

After looting a Black‑clad True God, Zhou Yu suddenly discovered among the spoils an item that looked oddly familiar to him.

It was a pitch‑black crystal about the size of a pigeon egg, speckled with tiny silver glimmers.

Countless such crystals were piled densely there, resembling a small mountain.

"You recognize the Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystal? This treasure is still quite obscure," the Black‑clad True God said lightly.

Zhou Yu said little and immediately began looting the Black‑clad True God's memories.

"Floating Sea True God, are you from the Mixed Heaven World?" Zhou Yu asked, looking at him.

"Don't you already know? I don't know you; do you know anyone else from the Mixed Heaven World?" the Black‑clad True God replied.

"I suppose so."

Zhou Yu said nothing more.

This Black‑clad True God was born when the Mixed Heaven World was on the brink of destruction; his extraordinary talent let him become a Heavenly Deity, and later he entered the Nine‑Region Chaos Nation to cultivate.

From his memories, Zhou Yu also learned some later events of the Mixed Heaven World.

Moreover, in those memories, the Nine‑Spirit Ancestor God had only eleven offspring from beginning to end; the twelfth heir never appeared.

"It seems everything in the simulation was indeed illusory; only success can become real!" Zhou Yu shook his head in his mind.

Thinking about it was useless; the Nine‑Region Chaos Nation had long been annihilated.

Swish!

Zhou Yu left quickly.

From the Floating Sea True God, besides learning parts of the Mixed Heaven World, that pile of Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals was also a sizable gain.

The Nine‑Spirit Ancestor God devised a divine‑power‑burst technique called "Ninefold Destruction Divine Power"!

To cultivate it requires Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals, and the higher the level, the more crystals are needed.

The first three folds of Ninefold Destruction Divine Power can be cultivated by Returned‑Void Demons, needing only one Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystal.

The first six folds can be attained by Heavenly Deities, requiring a thousand crystals.

The first nine folds are cultivable by True Gods, requiring a million crystals.

In fact, the Nine‑Spirit Ancestor God's ultimate goal was to create the Twelfth Fold of Destruction Divine Power, but he failed before the Nine‑Region Chaos Nation fell.

Zhou Yu had studied the complete Ninefold Destruction Divine Power.

However, he was previously a Scattered Immortal, so he couldn't use it.

Even if he could use it, he lacked the crucial Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals, but this time Zhou Yu looted a large quantity, giving this technique a purpose.

"The Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals I obtained from the Floating Sea True God must number over a hundred million, more than enough for me to cultivate Ninefold Destruction Divine Power," Zhou Yu thought.

After discovering the Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals, Zhou Yu quickly made another gain: from a First‑rank True Immortal he obtained a chaotic artifact called the Chaotic Nine‑Color Stone.

"The Chaotic Nine‑Color Stone is the foundation for practicing the Nine Turns Ascension Technique," Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.

The Nine Turns Ascension Technique was also his gain from the second simulation; it is a breath‑cultivation method that can achieve Second Grade Heavenly Immortal status, but it requires the Chaotic Artifact "Chaotic Nine‑Color Stone" as a prerequisite.

Previously Zhou Yu lacked a Chaotic Nine‑Color Stone and had never heard of such a treasure in the Three Realms, so he never considered cultivating this method.

Now, however, his true self and second primordial spirit can try to cultivate it.

Second Grade Heavenly Immortals are still weaker than Heavenly Deities, but Second Grade True Immortals are far stronger than Heavenly Deities!

…

A year later, True God Zhou Yu halted his looting of the many prisoners.

His True Immortal avatars could gradually deal with some troublesome prisoners, but as for the True God avatars, Zhou Yu was unwilling to waste much more time.

This avatar was so powerful that, in terms of Divine Soul, it surpassed a Scattered Immortal by billions of times.

With such a Divine Soul, plus the comprehension granted by "Potential Boost" and "Cultivation Genius", and the incredible cultivation aid from "Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence", Zhou Yu wondered how fast his progress could be when he meditated on the Dao.

"First perfect the divine technique, then begin quiet contemplation," Zhou Yu mused.

The Ninefold Destruction Divine Power must be prioritized; with the Three Realms in such chaos, even though Zhou Yu now has True God avatars, it's still insufficient—greater strength allows more secure seclusion cultivation.

The World Prison atop a mountain peak.

True God Zhou Yu sat cross‑legged there, with a million Void‑Empty Chaotic Crystals laid before him.

As he circulated his divine power, each pitch‑black crystal specked with silver shattered, flooding Zhou Yu's divine body with massive black chaotic energy.

Wham! Wham! Wham!

As Zhou Yu's thoughts turned, black divine patterns appeared on his divine body's surface; they combined, gradually forming the shape of a magnificent beast that radiated terrifying destructive aura.

At a certain moment—

"Ha ha, it's done."

Zhou Yu suddenly opened his eyes, emitting a light that seized the soul.

He scanned the surroundings, and his internal divine power burst forth in some manner; the beast formed by the divine patterns roared upward as if howling to the heavens.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The previously solid space ahead now trembled.

Zhou Yu looked toward a vast plain, and in the next moment that plain was silently obliterated by a vast power into a deep valley.

"This divine ability is indeed strong."

At this moment Zhou Yu marveled in his heart; he immediately rose and found a top-tier True God-level prisoner to fight.

Previously Zhou Yu was no match for this prisoner, but now the two fought back and forth.

"By relying on this divine ability, I can also be considered a top-tier True God." Zhou Yu felt completely confident in his strength.

This is not surprising; like the Three Longevity Daoist, relying solely on the Plucking Stars Hand makes one a top-tier True God.

Now it seems, the Ninefold Destruction Divine Power is indeed the lifelong painstaking work of the Nine Spirits Ancestor God, and is a divine ability not inferior to the Plucking Stars Hand.

However, reaching this level via divine ability also has a drawback: it is not lasting enough.

There are many ways to attain top-tier True God strength; the most common is to comprehend a certain fifth-layer primordial power.

The fifth-layer primordial power consumes almost no strength, whereas divine ability obtains this explosive power through massive consumption of divine power.

In a contest of consumption, divine ability certainly cannot outlast primordial power.

Moreover, in a fight relying solely on divine ability, one is also at a disadvantage in technique.

This divine ability's sole advantage is its explosive power, which is strong enough to even exceed ordinary fifth-layer power somewhat; thus, even lacking skill, it remains top-tier True God.

"This is also considerable progress; previously my True God Avatar was quite ordinary among True Gods, but now it can be called top-tier, which is quite rare." Zhou Yu felt moved.

The path still must be taken step by step; with this divine ability, if he in the future also comprehends the fifth-layer primordial power, he will be considerably stronger than an ordinary top-tier True God.

(End of chapter)