James did not disclose the details of his plan.He looked at Thea and said, “Thea, chaos is about to befall the Elixir Realm. You should leave first. Head back to the Eidolon Realm and wait for me there. I’ll be back in a few thousand years.”“James…”Thea looked at James and said solemnly, “I’m no longer the young and naive girl that didn’t understand anything. I’m a powerful cultivator right now—a Quasi-Emperor at the Ninth Tribulation. Besides, I also have the Four-Quadrant Art. Even if I go against a Grand Emperor, I won’t go down so easily. I can stay to help you.”Thea’s intention from the beginning was always to help James.Her goal had remained the same since they were in Sol to the current catastrophes of the human race.Even up to now, she hoped to fight beside James. Even if she were to die, she wanted to perish with him.James replied solemnly, “I’ve learned that this Elixir Pavilion isn’t the one we’re looking for. Initially, I didn’t want to interfere with the batt
“Thank you, Grand Emperor,” James expressed his gratitude while waving his hand. Powerful energy emanated from his palm, subsequently merging with the void in front of him. A crack materialized into an opening. Once James stepped into the opening, the crack disappeared along with him.In another realm, another fissure appeared out of thin air, allowing a rather handsome man into the realm. Wearing a white robe, James walked out of the crevice. He saw stars, millions of them. Many abandoned planets were floating around. Each of them was enormous, comparable to those of the Elixir Realm. He could sense the violent energies circulating around him.“Thump!” The sound of an explosion spread from a distance. Following the explosion, a flash of red colored the night sky. James followed the direction of the sound. A planet, devoid of humans, had just been blown into pieces, discharging violent energies. The power of that eruption was equivalent to that of someone who had attained the Grand E
The Oscars had researched the mysterious characters on the ancient scroll for many Great Eons only to fail. That was why they eventually sold it. As for Emperor Jabari who had always immersed himself in heritage and ruins, he could understand the script naturally. However, this did not mean that the Emperor was an expert, for he could only identify the scripts and their most superficial meaning. The rest was unbeknownst to him.James was not worried. As long as the Emperor was around, the scripts on the Ancient Scroll would eventually be deciphered. As he gazed at the abandoned planets in front of him, he asked, “Grand Emperor, where should I head to now?“The Emperor’s voice spread from the Celestial Abode, “It’s up to you. This is the Desolateness Ruins after all. The Ruins isn’t a planet, it’s this night sky. The reason you are here is to cultivate. Going anywhere else doesn’t change that.”“Indeed.” James nodded as he looked at his surroundings, an abandoned world after an attac
Since James’ physical energy had merely reached the Divine Rank, he was unable to withstand the power of this abandoned world by relying on only his physical strength. He barely managed to resist even with the Crepe Myrtle Divine Sword at hand.“James,” Emperor Jabari said from the Celestial Abode, “Although the environment here is dire, it encapsulates violent energies. As the Elemental Inversion Formation can absorb all forms of power, this is a good place for cultivation. You should look for a place to start your cultivation.”“Right.” James nodded. He continued forward. After a short while, he reached the peak of a mountain that was so solid that even the most violent of energies was not its worthy opponent. He crossed his legs and started focusing his mind. Elemental Sage Energy materialized in his body, followed by the Five Elements of Genesis. As the Five Elements of Genesis gathered at the top of his head, he summoned them into the Elemental Inversion Formation, in which elem
James continued his cultivation. The extent of the violent energies in this place suited him well.Hiss! A cold wind blew toward him. Following an uncanny growl, James stood up immediately and left the Time Formation. He looked toward the distance from the peak of the mountain he was on. A cloud of black mist could be seen. The mist transformed into different shapes, first resembling that of a human and then followed by an animal.James was slightly taken aback. “What’s that?” Emperor Jabari from the Celestial Abode answered him, “It’s a fiend.”“A fiend?” “Yes”. Emperor Jabari confirmed and elaborated on his answer, “This place was once a huge realm inhabited by many living beings. When they died, they left their soul sigils. These sigils continuously merged with one another, forming a fiend as time passed. In other words, what you see in front of you is an evil spirit.”James understood upon hearing the Emperor’s elaboration. Prior to this, the reason why the Sanctuary headed t
It turned into black gasses that floated in the air. James stared at these floating gasses. They gathered again and transformed back into the evil spirit.“How eerie.” James furrowed his eyebrows. This evil spirit was much harder to get rid of than he had thought. It was not destroyed even after being penetrated with such a complex sword technique. Staring at the spirit, he fell into deep thought.At this moment, the newly formed spirit charged at James. Its speed was so fast that it exceeded James’. Without a flaw, each attack inflicted new injuries upon James. Fortunately, his body was strong, otherwise, he would have given up long ago.He started thinking of ways to deal with the evil spirit. “Nothing I’ve tried is powerful enough to harm the evil spirit. Perhaps what I need to use is power without form.”An idea came to James. He held up the Crepe Myrtle Divine Sword and summoned the Elemental Sage Energy within his body. The Energy embedded itself into the Divine Sword, materi
James cultivated as he fought. His Sage Energy increased spontaneously. He could soon fully comprehend the Sword Moves from the Crepe Myrtle Divine Sword and even merge all of the Moves into one ultimate Move. Then, he realized he could no longer upgrade his sword techniques because he had reached the limit. Prior to this, the more Sword Moves he internalized, the stronger the power of his Moves. However, now that the power of the Moves was stagnant, he felt no difference even if he internalized more Moves.James was stupefied and decided to ask for an explanation from Emperor Jabari in the Celestial Abode. Emperor Jabari explained, “That’s because the power of your sword techniques is almost near the existence of the Path and can no longer increase. If you want to push your limits, then you have to first understand the power of the Path.”James understood immediately. Since the First Sword Realm had been completely exhausted, he had to go for the Second Sword Realm. However, since
Many a time, he was almost destroyed by evil spirits. Fortunately, he had Emperor Jabari on his side, allowing him to avoid such calamities.He started his journey in searching for the Desolateness among the planets. He stepped into many dangerous spots on his way, almost falling prey to dangerous formations. At times, some formations were so dangerous that even Emperor Jabari had to spend some time breaking them.In this eerily silent world, he moved forward, step by step.A thousand years had passed in the outside world. All this while, James had ascended through his ranks from the initial Sage Rank’s Twenty-Fifth Stage to the Thirty-Third Stage. He was now very close to attaining the Divine Rank and paralleling with the powerful figures of the rank. However, he had no luck in finding the Desolateness that Emperor Jabari told him about.Amid the bald massifs, he stopped to take a break and sat on a black rock.“Emperor, I’ve searched for so many years, but have still not found t