Entering the World Prison

In the void of the Three Realms, a towering, massive peak hung suspended, no smaller than a Great World.

On this giant peak, a cave dwelling had been carved out. At this moment, the True Immortal Zhou Yu traversed the void and arrived here in a flash.

"For nearly a Chaos Cycle, this avatar of mine has been living here."

Zhou Yu surveyed the giant peak, a sense of emotion stirring within him.

Of this avatar's entire life, only the initial thirty billion years were backed by his own solid memories; as for the nearly one Chaos Cycle that followed, he only knew the general gist of everything this avatar had experienced.

Zhou Yu even found himself wondering if this avatar had truly, tangibly lived through that time at all.

Whoosh!

Zhou Yu moved, entering the cave dwelling within the mountain.

Inside, a figure clad in black robes sat cross-legged. He merely sat there, yet the divine power naturally radiating from him was enough to strike fear into the hearts of ordinary Celestial Immortals.

This was a True God. In the Three Realms, every True God was an existence of extremely special status.

In terms of raw power, a True God was no less than a pure Dao Ancestor, but when it came to actual combat, a True God's divine body was difficult to destroy, making them far more troublesome to deal with than a Dao Ancestor.

Those truly top-tier figures within the Three Realms were all, without exception, True Gods or even Ancestral Gods.

"However, this True God avatar of mine is currently just an ordinary True God," Zhou Yu understood.

In the eyes of others, this avatar had been in seclusion the entire time, but in reality, for Zhou Yu, these ten trillion years were illusory. His realm and strength remained exactly where they were when he had first broken through to the True God stage.

His comprehension of the Dao was average, and the divine abilities he mastered were also quite ordinary—was he not, then, just an ordinary True God?

He estimated he was perhaps only slightly stronger than some Chaos True Gods who lacked innate talent.

"But regardless, this is still a True God; for me, it counts as a leap to the heavens."

"The path must still be walked one step at a time," Zhou Yu thought, not dwelling on it.

At this moment, his True Immortal avatar also took out all the treasures obtained from Shaoyan Chou. Zhou Yu collected them into a cave-heaven treasure before slowly examining them.

Among the dense pile of treasures, Zhou Yu quickly found a stone stele about ninety-nine zhang tall.

This stele could not be probed by means such as Heartforce or divine sense; it could only be seen with the naked eye.

It stood there, radiating a faint, almost imperceptible pressure. Though the pressure was not great, it gave one a sense of being high above all else.

That feeling completely transcended the Heavenly Dao.

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

Zhou Yu felt quite emotional. It was truly a waste for such a treasure to fall into the hands of a Celestial Immortal; if any True Immortal or True God Dao Ancestor had obtained it, things would likely have been different long ago.

Whoosh!

The True God Zhou Yu left a divine power incarnation outside, while his main body entered the cave-heaven treasure and arrived before the massive stele.

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

Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils, Nine Dissolutions of Insect Beasts, Sinful Divine Weapon, Lang Talisman, Universe Reversal One-Heart Array, Ghost God Scroll, Indestructible Body.

The seven great techniques on the surface of the stele were all mastered by Zhou Yu.

"These seven techniques are all extraordinary. Among them, the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils and the Universe Reversal One-Heart Array are of great use to me," Zhou Yu nodded inwardly.

The Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils was the avatar technique that Shaoyan Chou had cultivated.

Although Shaoyan Chou's strength diminished significantly after splitting his avatars using this technique, in reality, if one cultivated it to the second level, each avatar could possess peak strength.

As for the Universe Reversal One-Heart Array, it was an array designed to be used in conjunction with the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils, likely also originating from the hand of some World God or Chaos Immortal.

Even if a World God or Chaos Immortal did not specialize in the path of arrays, the sophistication of an array they created should be comparable to an existence who had cultivated the power of arrays to the fifth level.

Zhou Yu had always lacked guidance in the Array Dao; obtaining this Universe Reversal One-Heart Array was like rain after a long drought.

In fact, the Indestructible Body among the seven techniques was also extremely formidable. It consisted of six levels in total; if a True God cultivated it to the sixth level, their divine body would reach the level of a Xiantian Supreme Treasure, making their physical defense comparable to the Buddha Tathagata, who held the number one defensive body.

Unfortunately, this divine ability had extremely high requirements for external materials. It was not difficult to cultivate the first three levels in the Three Realms, but the difficulty of reaching the sixth level was far too great.

Zhou Yu pondered as he reached the final moment of refining this treasure.

Boom!

A tremor occurred, and the True God Zhou Yu's figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

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

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

Zhou Yu looked at these two figures. Their aura was significantly stronger than a normal Heavenly God, but still quite a bit weaker than his current self.

"Greetings, Warden."

Both figures bowed, but soon one of them noticed something amiss.

"Eh? The Lord is actually a True God?"

"Hmph, this 'Seventeenth' World Prison has not had a warden for several Chaos Cycles. Who knows if there have been any disturbances? I have been ordered by Lord Fu Siqi to come and oversee this prison for a time."

Zhou Yu let out a cold snort.

During his second simulation, he had actually had quite a bit of contact with the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom and had a decent understanding of the Nine Directions Chaos Stele. With this stern reprimand, the two jailers dared not say another word.

The main thing was that the jailers' intelligence wasn't particularly high to begin with, and even if they did notice something amiss, it would be useless; the Nine Directions Chaos Stele had been completely refined by Zhou Yu, allowing him to come and go as he pleased.

In terms of strength, the aura of these two jailers was clearly inferior to Zhou Yu's.

"My lord, please see the truth," one of the jailers hurriedly said. "We two have been diligent and conscientious in our guard duty during this time; there is absolutely no problem within the World Prison!"

"Whether there is a problem or not will be decided after I have inspected it myself," Zhou Yu said indifferently. "Where is the Chaos Spirit Liquid produced over these past three chaotic epochs? Hand it all over to me!"

Hearing this, the two jailers hesitated for a moment, but quickly handed over eighteen black jade bottles to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu accepted them without the slightest bit of courtesy, then signaled for the two jailers to leave. Not daring to delay, the pair quickly retreated from this hazy space.

This new warden had too volatile a temper; it was better for them to stay as far away as possible.

At this moment, a smile finally appeared on Zhou Yu's face.

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

The moment he laid eyes on the Chaos Spirit Liquid, Zhou Yu understood that it was indeed a treasure.

Traces of true spirit, soul, divine power, mana, and heart force could all be glimpsed within it.

Furthermore, while I wasn't certain before, I am now completely sure that with this Chaos Spirit Liquid, my two Loose Immortal clones won't need to reincarnate at all; they can directly reshape their souls and physical bodies, Zhou Yu nodded inwardly.

In truth, reincarnation is merely the process of reshaping the soul and physical body, and any Dao Ancestor who has grasped the Heavenly Dao can easily construct a small-scale cycle of reincarnation.

Yet, Chaos Spirit Liquid is a rare treasure of the chaos, its level higher than that of the Heavenly Dao, let alone the reincarnation processes beneath it.

It could be said that the soul and physical body nurtured anew by Chaos Spirit Liquid would be the most perfect, far surpassing those obtained through reincarnation.

"Haha, time to go reshape those souls and bodies."

Without hesitation, Zhou Yu moved his mind and exited the Nine Directions Chaos Stele.