Vol 29 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Book 29, Daolord, Chapter 2 – Star Map
Ji Ning led Su Youji to follow Lord Woodflower into the Sword Palace The Sword Palace had quite a few cultivators within it, but of course most were black-armored Daolords
“Swordlord Darknorth has arrived”
“It’s Swordlord Darknorth”
“That’s Fla next to him”
“He’s been gone for roughly eighty thousand years, right? I’ him back personally”
“Eighty thousand years ago, all of the World-level geniuses of the Twelve Palaces ere acknowledged by the ancient paGodas were ordered to return, then challenged the Daolord Cloudworld After that, Swordlord Darknorth, Prince Greatjoy, Heartlord Solewind, and Waterlord Firesurge all suddenly disappeared I heard that they had all gained an incredible stroke of good fortune Prince Greatjoy, Heartlord Solewind, and the others all returned together tens of thousands of years ago, as did Flaht that Swordlord Darknorth must’ve died”
The black-arst the all called out in very modest manners, “Swordlord Darknorth”
Virtually all of the black-ar Pseudo Sauaranteed that they would forever remain Daolords of the First Step They thus didn’t spend much time or effort on cultivation, and instead were filled with curiosity about the latest news and going ons
When the al and the others, they were quickly able to deduce as really happening In truth, the Hegemon didn’t really care that they knew so as the secret of the alternate universe was kept hidden, that was enough
“Co towards an ancient paGoda “Su Youji, you can wait outside”
“Understood” Su Youji obediently stood outside the paGoda, while Ji Ning entered
The interior of the paGoda was simple and unadorned Deep within it, atop a stone dais, there were a series of heartlamps that were lit Heartlamps looked quite similar to lotus flowers in shape, and they contained sparks of truesoul fla as the master remained alive, these flames would never die
There were five levels to the stone dais There were many heartlamps on the first level, well over two thousand The second level had far fewer lahty-two heartlamps, the fourth level had merely thirty-five heartlamps, and the fifth level only had two heartlamps
“This stone dais has five levels The first level is for Daolords of the First Step, the second is for Daolords of the Second Step, and so on and so forth The fifth level is reserved for Eternal Emperors” Lord Woodflower looked at the two heartlah “Our Sword Palace has only given birth to a total of three Eternal Emperors One has perished, while the other two are out adventuring…”
Ning nodded The Sword Palace only had around a hundred ‘real’ Daolords The reason why there were so many on the first level, with over two thousand heartlamps present, was because almost all of them were black-armored Daolords
“Senior apprentice-brother, our Sword Palace actually has thirty-five Daolords of the Fourth Step?” Ning asked The fourth step represented Verge-level Daolords; they definitely would be considered incredibly strong major powers
“Think about Daolord Everstarter, who has beenfor countless chaos cycles Do you think he is alive, or do you think he is dead?” Lord Woodflower looked at Ning “The heartlamp remains lit because it cannot sense him, but whether or not he is actually still alive is hard to say”
Ning nodded For example, if he had died in an alternate universe, there would’ve been no way to sense it
“As for Daolords of the Fourth Step e are certain are still alive, there are twenty-two of them,” Lord Woodflower said “The others, we simply cannot tell Daolords of the Fourth Step are all searching for opportunities and fortunes that will assist thee, they will risk their lives and plunge into soions… and some of them will never return”
Ning couldn’t help but sigh as well Daolord Solesky was another exae, he had chosen to brave the dangers of the Waveshi+ft world
“Alright Coht,” Lord Woodflower said “The normal rule is that only Daolords can leave However, you are capable of beco a Daolord whenever you choose, and so on’t force things For noe’ll temporarily keep your heartlamp on the first level”
A dark, gloo stretched out a finger, sending out a stream of his soul into the heartlamp Poof! The ithin the flower petals of the heartla connection which now existed between his truesoul and the blazing flames It almost felt like one of his clones
With but a thought, Ning sent the heartla to the borders of the first level of the stone dais, then set it down
“After you beconificantly at first It shouldn’t take you too long to reach the second step! Reaching the third step will take a bitthe fourth step will be the most difficult of all” Lord Woodflower had a complicated look on his face as he said softly, “As for the Daoe… it’ll be up to luck”
Countless monstrously powerful Daolords had perished Only a miniscule number became Eternal Emperors
“However… failing in the Daoe doesn’t mean that much To be able to roah” Lord Woodflower laughed “If you stifle yourself and choose a weak Dao… even if you are lucky enough to beco killed by one of the powerful Daolords Even if you live forever, that justforever!”
Ning stared at the ancient, dispirited Lord Woodflower Suddenly, he could sense a terrifying sword-intent e couldn’t help but nod