Vol 27 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Book 27, Twelve Palaces, Chapter 5 – Hope

A divine ability? Ji Ning’s greatest advantage was his azureflower y, but there was no way to use it to execute divine abilities For now, his [Golden Idol] and [Three Heads, Six Arh

A legacy? He was still acy of Emperor Mirrorsnow

“Senior apprentice-brother Woodflower,” Ning said

“Have you“There’s no need to choose right away Think it over You’ll only have one opportunity to pick so After that, you’ll have to pay a heavy price”

“I actually want to ask a question Is it possible for the Twelve Palaces to acquire a copy of the fourth Mirrorsnow Painting?” Ning asked

“You already have the first three?” Lord Woodfloas surprised

“Yes” Ning nodded There was no need to hide this; the Sword Palace had acies, and Lord Woodflower hi Daolord as comparable to Eternal Emperors in power

“I don’t think the Sword Palace has a copy” Lord Woodflower pondered for a o to the Are and take a look for yourself If they really don’t have a copy, you can ask them to help out They’ll help you find a fourth copy in the Endless Territories Given the ht of the Twelve Palaces, I trust that they shouldn’t find this to be an overly difficult task But of course, you’ll need to pay for it”

“Understood” Ning relaxed slightly

“Emperor Mirrorsnoas an extremely powerful Eternal Eh “His legacy is an excellent one”

Ning suddenly gave voice to so hi which has been botheringfrom the Samsara Daolord level to the Eternal Emperor level should represent an incredible increase in power… and I would i an Eternal Emperor should be have been an extraordinary Daolord as well Why, then, do I often hear about Daolords slaying Emperors?”

Lord Woodfloas startled, and a complicated look appeared on his face

“You were going to be told about this eventually” Lord Woodflower looked at Ning “Samsara Daolords all have their own paths, and different paths will result in different levels of difficulty in beco Eternal Emperors

“If you choose a sist your peers As a Daolord of the Fourth Step, you probably won’t be as strong as I hen I was a Daolord of the Third Step However… that will alsoeternity

“If you choose a difficult path, you will be extreht even be able to slay some of the weaker Eternal Ee on this difficult path and gain eternity will be even more difficult”

Lord Woodflower looked at Ning “That is why there’s an old axio true for countless chaos cycles… the more powerful the Daolord, the less likely he will be successful in his Daoe”

“TheDaolords that have appeared over the course of countless years have ale Thus, junior apprentice-brother Darknorth… you need to think over what path you would like to take Shall you choose a path that is a simple one? Or a path that is a difficult one?” Lord Woodflower looked at Ning “The difficult path le step you take as a Daolord will be very dangerous, and your Daoe will be even more difficult! However, you’ll also be incredibly powerful and will be a dazzling figure ast your peers The simple path will be easier to walk, and in the end you will have a slightly larger chance of co eternity”

Ning was stunned by this revelation

Still… it made sense He himself had already found the direction in which his Dao of the Sould lead His path involved analyzing and dissecting all sword-arts he encountered in order to better understand the fundaoal was to infuse all of the mysteries of all sword-arts into his own Dao of the Sword

This path was an insanely ambitious one To understand the fundamental essence of the sword and to absorb all of its mysteries meant that in the end, he would have developed what could be described as an ‘ultimate’, perfect sword-art

Perfection was not so easily achieved

Ning had chosen an extre could’ve chosen to walk a si was extremely skilled in defensive techniques If he focused all his efforts on defense, things would be much easier for him

“Why should cultivators fear difficulties?” Ning laughed “Even if you choose the simpler path, perhaps less than one in a hundred thousand Saain eternity It is best to follow your own heart and elorious That way, if you do become an Eternal E and no one to be afraid of”

“Right!” Lord Woodflower laughed loudly “In the Endless Territories, there are three alemons All three were freakishly powerful Daolords ere capable of slaying Eternal E through to becohs, no one has ever been able to shake them and their positions To show our respect for them and in order to differentiate them froedoer than our Twelve Palaces have existed”

Ning nodded A thought suddenly flashed through histhe question which he cared about more than all other questions “Senior apprentice-brother Woodflower… if a truesoul is destroyed, is the al time to save it?”

In terms of hty Hegemon was second to none in all the Endless Territories Would it be possible for him to reverse the flow of spacetime and rescue Yu Wei?

Lord Woodfloas startled He gave Ning a hard look “In the Endless Territories, there is indeed a legend that says it is possible to invert spaceti you to reach out into the distant past and bring back to life a person whose truesoul has already been destroyed in the present day However, I’ve heard that the person who uses this technique would have to pay an utterly ruinous price I don’t know if the alemon can accomplish this task, but even if he truly can he wouldn’t make it public To invert spaceti which would probably cause him to suffer heavy injuries There’s no way he wouldlike this public”

Lord Woodflower continued to look at Ning “Still… it is indeed true that if you can reach a profound enough level of insight, you can invert spaceti someone back to life However, it will be so difficult that very few of the ancient powers capable of doing it would actually be willing to carry it out”

“Understood” Ning felt excited

Hope

He finally saw some hope!

Ning had always clung onto a dream which even he kneas unlikely He had felt that theoretically, sohts in the manipulation of spacetime should be able to invert it and reach into the past to save a deceased truesoul However, there was no proof backing up this theory of his… but today, Lord Woodflower had personally verified that this was indeed possible And in fact, the alht be so