Before long, True Immortal Zhou Yu, who had finished cultivating the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils, also entered the World Prison and began plundering it.
With True Immortal Zhou Yu's eighteen avatars joining in, the pace of plundering increased dramatically.
At this point, True Immortal Zhou Yu was responsible for plundering Celestial Immortals, while Empyrean God Zhou Yu began targeting True Immortals and True Gods.
In truth, many of the True Gods and True Immortals in the World Prison were stronger than Zhou Yu. Quite a few had even mastered fifth-level power.
But Zhou Yu was unafraid. He excelled in the Power of Time and Space; even if he was no match for them, he was still confident he could escape.
The key was that most True Gods and True Immortals had not comprehended the Chaos Heavenly Dao and could not draw power from the outside world. Every bit of power they used was gone for good, so they simply could not outlast Zhou Yu.
The prisoners here responded differently to Zhou Yu's plundering. Some obediently submitted, while others had been imprisoned for so long that they had long since gone mad and would rather die than yield.
However, regardless of their attitude, their treasures ultimately all fell into Zhou Yu's hands, and his wealth swelled at a visible rate.
"This is... a Void Chaos Crystal?"
After plundering a True God dressed in black, Zhou Yu suddenly discovered a treasure among his possessions that looked quite familiar.
It was a black crystal roughly the size of a pigeon egg, with specks of silver light flickering within it.
Countless crystals were piled densely together, like a small mountain.
"You recognize Void Chaos Crystals? This treasure is rather obscure," the black-clothed True God said flatly.
Zhou Yu said nothing more and immediately began searching the black-clothed True God's memories.
"True God Fuhai, you came from the Huntian World?" Zhou Yu looked at him.
"Don't you already know?" the black-clothed True God said. "I don't know you. Could it be that you know someone else from the Huntian World?"
"Something like that."
Zhou Yu did not elaborate.
This black-clothed True God had been born when the Huntian World was on the brink of destruction. With extraordinary talent, he cultivated to become an Empyrean God before later entering the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom to cultivate.
From his memories, Zhou Yu also learned some of what had happened to the Huntian World afterward.
Moreover, in his memories, the Nine Spirits Ancestral God had only ever had eleven children. A twelfth descendant had never appeared.
"It seems everything in the simulation truly was illusory. Only success becomes reality!" Zhou Yu shook his head inwardly.
There was no use thinking too much about it. The Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom had long since been destroyed.
Whoosh!
Zhou Yu quickly left the place.
Aside from learning some details about the Huntian World from True God Fuhai, that pile of Void Chaos Crystals was also no small gain.
The Nine Spirits Ancestral God had created a divine ability for explosive divine power called Ninefold Destruction Divine Power!
To cultivate it required Void Chaos Crystals, and the higher one cultivated, the more Void Chaos Crystals were needed.
The first three levels of Ninefold Destruction Divine Power could only be cultivated by Return to Void Gods and Devils, and required just one Void Chaos Crystal.
The first six levels of Ninefold Destruction Divine Power could be cultivated by Empyrean Gods and required one thousand crystals.
All nine levels of Ninefold Destruction Divine Power could be cultivated by True Gods and required one million crystals.
The Nine Spirits Ancestral God's ultimate goal had actually been to create the twelfth level of Destructive Divine Power. Unfortunately, before he could succeed, the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom descended.
Zhou Yu had learned the complete Ninefold Destruction Divine Power before.
It was simply that he had previously been a Loose Immortal and had no use for it.
Even if he could have used it, he had lacked the crucial Void Chaos Crystals. But this time, Zhou Yu had plundered a vast quantity of them, giving this divine ability a chance to shine.
"The Void Chaos Crystals I obtained from True God Fuhai probably number over a hundred million. That is more than enough for me to cultivate Ninefold Destruction Divine Power," Zhou Yu thought.
After discovering the Void Chaos Crystals, Zhou Yu soon made another gain. From a First-Grade True Immortal, he obtained a Chaos treasure known as the Nine-Colored Chaos Stone.
"The Nine-Colored Chaos Stone is the foundation for cultivating the Nine Turns Immortal Ascension Art." Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.
He had also obtained the Nine Turns Immortal Ascension Art during his second simulation. It was a qi-refining method capable of producing a Second-Grade Celestial Immortal, but its prerequisite was the Chaos treasure, the Nine-Colored Chaos Stone.
Previously, Zhou Yu had not possessed a Nine-Colored Chaos Stone, nor had he heard of such a treasure in the Three Realms, so he had never considered cultivating this method.
Now, however, his true body and Second Primal Spirit could give it a try.
A Second-Grade Celestial Immortal was still weaker than an Empyrean God, but a Second-Grade True Immortal was far stronger than an Empyrean God!
A year later, Empyrean God Zhou Yu stopped plundering the many prisoners.
His True Immortal avatars could slowly deal with some troublesome prisoners. As for this Empyrean God avatar, Zhou Yu was unwilling to waste too much more time.
This avatar was too powerful. In terms of the divine soul alone, it was tens of billions of times stronger than a Loose Immortal.
With such a divine soul, combined with the comprehension granted by Potential Boost and Cultivation Genius, as well as the unbelievable cultivation benefits brought by Heaven Rewards Diligence, Zhou Yu also wanted to know how quickly he could improve if he devoted himself wholeheartedly to comprehending the Dao.
"I'll cultivate the divine ability first, then begin meditating in peace," Zhou Yu pondered.
He definitely had to prioritize cultivating Ninefold Destruction Divine Power. The Three Realms were so chaotic now that even with an Empyrean God avatar, Zhou Yu still felt it was not enough. The stronger he was, the more at ease he could be when cultivating in seclusion.
On a mountain peak in the World Prison.
Empyrean God Zhou Yu sat cross-legged, with one million Void Chaos Crystals laid out before him.
As he circulated his divine power, the black crystals flecked with silver light shattered one after another, and a vast amount of black Chaos power poured into Zhou Yu's divine body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Zhou Yu willed it, black Divine Patterns appeared across the surface of his divine body. These Divine Patterns combined together, gradually forming the shape of a divine beast. The strange beast radiated a terrifying aura of destruction.
At a certain moment—
"Haha, I succeeded."
Zhou Yu abruptly opened his eyes, which shone with a light that seized the soul.
His gaze swept forward, and the divine power within his body erupted in a particular manner. The strange beast formed of Divine Patterns seemed to roar toward the heavens.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Even the incomparably stable space before him began to tremble.
Zhou Yu looked toward a vast plain. In the next instant, the plain was silently annihilated by an immense force, turning into a deep valley.
"This divine ability truly is powerful."
Zhou Yu was astonished. He immediately rose and found a prisoner at the level of a Top-Tier True God, then fought him.
Previously, Zhou Yu had been completely outmatched by this prisoner, but now the two fought on even terms.
"With the help of this divine ability, I can also be considered a Top-Tier True God." Zhou Yu finally had a firm grasp of his own strength.
This was not surprising. Daoist Sanshou had become a Top-Tier True God solely through the Star-Plucking Hand.
Now it seemed that Ninefold Destruction Divine Power was indeed the lifelong work of the Nine Spirits Ancestral God, a divine ability no weaker than the Star-Plucking Hand.
However, reaching this level through a divine ability also had a drawback: it could not be sustained for long.
There were many ways to reach the strength of a Top-Tier True God. The most common was comprehending a certain fifth-level Power of Origin.
Fifth-level Power of Origin consumed an almost negligible amount of power, whereas divine abilities attained such explosive force through the lavish consumption of divine power.
In a contest of endurance, the power of a divine ability certainly could not compete with the Power of Origin.
Moreover, in a life-and-death battle, relying solely on a divine ability also put one at a disadvantage in technique.
The only advantage of this divine ability was that its explosive power was fierce enough, even somewhat surpassing ordinary fifth-level power. Thus, even with inferior technique, it still qualified as a Top-Tier True God.
"It is still a major improvement. My Empyrean God avatar was previously quite ordinary among True Gods, but now it can be called top-tier. That is already quite rare." Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.
He still had to walk the path step by step. With this divine ability, if he comprehended fifth-level Power of Origin in the future, he would be considerably stronger than an ordinary Top-Tier True God.
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