Chapter 326: Response of the Harmony King Mansion and the Swallow Heron Sect
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
"Ink Feather Clone Technique?"
Xu Ning took the Sect Master Token and the memory crystal.
When he heard that the origin technique recorded in the memory crystal was called the Ink Feather Clone Technique, Xu Ning was slightly taken aback. He subconsciously looked at the black bird Mo Yu next to him.
"Yes, this origin technique was created with me as the template."
Mo Yu raised its head with a smug look.
"This Ink Feather Clone Technique was developed by me based on the power of Mo Yu's bloodline. It can allow the practitioner to condense a clone and use it to explore the outer worlds."
This time, it was Duan Huiye who spoke.
"Exploring an outer world is an extremely dangerous matter. Normally, you have to use some precious treasures, but those specific treasures are limited. Thus, it is unrealistic to explore an outer world for a long time."
"It was not until we met Mo Yu that we developed this origin technique from its body. After learning it, we could use our clones to explore the outer worlds."
"Explore the outer worlds?"
Xu Ning was intrigued.
When he read the booklet from the Harmony King Mansion, he had learned about the outer worlds.
The outer worlds were said to be worlds outside of this world. Between worlds, space and time were separated, and the rules of space and time were different.
"When you reach the ninth stage of dao realm, you will know why you need to explore the outer world. This is the only way to break through the dao realm bottleneck."
Duan Huiye saw Xu Ning's confusion and explained.
However, he did not elaborate further.
"Thank you Grandmaster for explaining…"
Xu Ning thought about it and thanked him without probing further.
But now, his desire to advance to the ninth stage of dao realm had become even stronger.
He seemed to be close to unveiling the curtain of a new type of martial arts that could allow him to explore a higher level of things.
"For now, you can practice the first half of the Ink Feather Clone Technique. The second half involves your true origin, so you have to advance to the ninth stage of dao realm before you can continue to practice it."
Core Sea Demon Lord Duan Huiyao said.
"Understood."
Xu Ning responded.
Xu Ning knew that the true origin Duan Huiyao was talking about was not an attribute true origin, but the origin power after a true spirit was materialized.
"Come, I will take you to see the other elders and hand over everything to you."
After that, Duan Huiyao left the Core Sea Tower with Xu Ning.
Not long after Xu Ning left, Fang Youli was also brought in.
Fang Youli was being scrutinized alone by Duan Huiye.
Outside the Core Sea Tower, the news that Xu Ning was about to succeed as the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect spread.
This news first spread throughout the Core Sea Demon Sect, then it spread to the outside world.
During this process, Xu Ning was led around by Duan Huiyao to familiarize himself with the entire sect, and he was also supported by the elders of the sect.
In the end, Xu Ning had limited energy. Moreover, Duan Huiyao also told Xu Ning not to spend too much energy on the affairs of the sect. He was told to leave aside some time to cultivate.
Duan Huiyao told Xu Ning that if there was any trouble, Elder Wei could totally handle it.
Although Elder Wei was only an ordinary dao realm eighth stage master, his ability to deal with sect affairs was extremely outstanding.
Xu Ning listened to his words and agreed.
After handing the sect to Xu Ning, Duan Huiyao and Duan Huiye, who had just finished observing Fang Youli, left the Core Sea Demon Sect together and went to the imperial family's forbidden land to conduct another exploration of an outer world.
At this moment.
Inside the Harmony King Mansion.
Mo Lan was chatting with Duan Chaofeng as a guest.
The relationship between Mo Lan and Duan Chaofeng had basically been repaired, and the two sides often helped each other.
More than half a year ago, when Xu Ning asked Duan Chaofeng to find a suitable disciple for him, Duan Chaofeng had sought help from Mo Lan.
Ling Jie was recommended by Mo Lan to Xu Ning.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness!"
Xue Jinghua, who had some grudges with Xu Ning in the past, walked into the parlor where the two were talking.
Xue Jinghua was full of smiles. "The Core Sea Demon Sect sent out news that Xu Ning won the final assessment and became the new sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect!"
"What?!"
Duan Chaofeng suddenly stood up, his eyes full of excitement.
Although Duan Chaofeng had some expectations for Xu Ning, he was still a little dazed after hearing this result.
To a certain extent, the Core Sea Demon Sect was a subsidiary sect of the Duan imperial family. Xu Ning becoming the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect meant that Duan Chaofeng's status in the Duan family would greatly increase.
Duan Chaofeng laughed loudly.
Reminiscing about the time he got to know Xu Ning, Duan Chaofeng felt that he was quite lucky.
He had formed a deep friendship with Xu Ning before he became strong.
"That's great."
At this moment, Mo Lan also stood up with a smile on her face.
Although the conflict between her and the Swallow Heron Sect had not been resolved officially yet, Xu Ning's hostility towards her was no longer as strong as before.
Moreover, now that she was close to Duan Chaofeng, this also brought Xu Ning closer to her.
"Why don't we go to the Core Sea Demon Sect right now to see Xu Ning?"
Duan Chaofeng was a little anxious.
"Don't worry, let's wait a few days."
Mo Lan dissuaded, "Now that Xu Ning has just been appointed as the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect, there must be a lot of affairs he must handle. If we rush there, we will trouble Xu Ning."
Duan Chaofeng realized his errors after getting reminded by Mo Lan.
He was indeed a little too excited just now.
"Then let us wait."
Duan Chaofeng said.
After the new spread, excitement was bubbling in the Harmony King Mansion.
Not long after, the Swallow Heron Sect also received the news.
Deputy Sect Master Cheng Zengtao, He Mingye, Si Ying, and other elders were the first to know about this.
"The Sect Master has also become the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect!"
Cheng Zengtao announced the news. "Fang Youli has done a great job!"
"Nice!"
The elders of the Swallow Heron Sect couldn't contain their excitement.
Xu Ning was now the Sect Master of the Core Sea Demon Sect and the Sect Master of the Swallow Heron Sect.
With this, the Swallow Heron Sect would enjoy great benefits in the future.
Thus, a fervent mood spread in the Swallow Heron Sect.
After sorting out the entire Core Sea Demon Sect, the first thing Xu Ning wanted to do was to gather the resources of the sect.
Xu Ning was now qualified to use all the resources of the Core Sea Demon Sect.
Xu Ning first instructed Elder Wei to prepare resources worth 100 million units of energy to help him break through to the dao realm ninth stage.
"Time to absorb!"
With all resources prepared in front of him, Xu Ning secluded himself in a quiet space.
The prompts of energy absorption echoed in Xu Ning's ears.
Finally, the resources worth 100 million units of energy were completely absorbed by Xu Ning..
Combined with the 10 million units of energy Xu Ning had previously accumulated, Xu Ning's total energy reserves had reached 110 million units.
These 110 million units of energy could allow Xu Ning to advance his realm to the origin true realm and also let him cultivate the Ink Feather Clone Technique.
Xu Ning opened the Martial Arts Panel and clicked "+" next to his realm.
…
Consume 100 million units of energy to advance your realm?
Yes / No
…
"Yes!"
Xu Ning chose yes.
The next moment, Xu Ning felt his mental will and his supreme consciousness beginning to condense formlessly.
Normally, a person's consciousness was merged with their physical body, but after advancing to the origin true realm, their mental will and supreme consciousness would become an independent entity to a certain extent.
Although his will and consciousness would still disappear once his physical body was destroyed, there was a subtle difference from the previous merged state.
The intangible fusion of the mental will and supreme consciousness was called a true spirit.
The materialization of a true spirit would allow Xu Ning to communicate with the world origin to an extreme extent.
The damage that could be caused by Xu Ning using a wisp of origin power would even exceed all the origin power he could control when he was in the eighth stage of dao realm.
This was an important sign of a deeper understanding of the world origin.
And the resonance between the true spirit and the world origin would produce a kind of true origin power. This was not an attribute true origin, but an origin power attached to the true spirit.
In the Ink Feather Clone Technique, the emergence of an independent consciousness could only be done by separating one's true origin.
'Is this the origin true realm… The close connection between the world origin and the true spirit…'
Xu Ning closed his eyes and experienced this mysterious feeling.
Because of the advancement mechanism of the Martial Arts Panel, after Xu Ning advanced to the ninth stage of dao realm, he reached the peak of the realm directly.
Xu Ning felt that in addition to the current world origin, he also felt that in the space-time turbulence separating the worlds, there were existences of other world origins.
With Xu Ning's current state, he couldn't determine the coordinates of those worlds in a short period of time.
However, Xu Ning was confident that in a hundred years, he would definitely be able to figure out two or three exact coordinates of the different worlds.
Almost instinctively, Xu Ning already knew the way to break through the dao realm.
He had to comprehend the origin of other worlds and comprehend the true origin of the infinite worlds from the common nature of the two origins.
'No wonder the Grandmaster and the Demon Lord asked me to practice the Ink Feather Clone Technique. They must have grasped the coordinates of some outer worlds and wish for me to explore the outer worlds after advancing to the limit of the dao realm. From there, I can perceive a new world origin to become a grandmaster. They are laying the foundation for my future martial path.'
Xu Ning now understood Duan Huiyao and Duan Huiyao's kind intentions.
Although they did not communicate much in the past, they did not hold anything back from him.
This made Xu Ning feel grateful towards the two.
'It's just that neither the Grandmaster nor the Demon Lord expected that in the month I inherited the position of the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect, I had already reached the realm they expected me to reach…'
Xu Ning thought to himself.
'Next, I'll learn the Ink Feather Clone Technique…'
Xu Ning had already engraved it into the Martial Arts Panel with the help of the memory crystal, but because the Ink Feather Clone Technique required true origin, he couldn't directly advance it, so he could only wait until now to advance.
A notification came from the Martial Arts Panel.
…
Consume 10 million units of energy to advance the Ink Feather Clone Technique?
Yes / No
…
Although the Ink Feather Clone Technique was extremely profound and difficult to practice, it was still an origin technique, so the energy consumed was still at 10 million units.
"Yes!"
Xu Ning confirmed once again.
Afterwards, all the knowledge about the Ink Feather Clone Technique suddenly surged into his mind, and Xu Ning completely mastered this profound origin technique.
'This Ink Feather Clone Technique can only materialize one clone at a time…'
Xu Ning had a complete understanding of the Ink Feather Clone Technique. 'And the materialized clone will be injected with a strand of true origin, and this strand of true origin will be affected by the true spirit. It will carry all of my memories, as well as have the same independent consciousness as my main body. It can also communicate with my main body at the same time. However, this clone will not escape the control of my main body. Once the true spirit moves back, it can take back everything of the clone.'
'But if the clone is damaged, the true origin that is separated will have to be replenished, and it will also cause some damage to the original body…'
Afterwards, Xu Ning felt his heart racing and activated the Ink Feather Clone Technique.
The next moment, an identical version of himself appeared beside him naked.
Xu Ning then moved his consciousness and covered himself with clothes.
'The strength of this clone can be decided by me… If I want it to be in its strongest state, it can be adjusted to have the same strength as myself. If I want it to be in its weakest state, I can also turn it into a mortal…'
Xu Ning truly felt the magical properties of the Ink Feather Clone Technique.
Afterwards, Xu Ning tested it again before putting away his clone.
'In this world, apart from the Grandmaster and Yu Zhiyin, I'm afraid no one is my opponent now…'
Xu Ning thought to himself, 'Even the Demon Lord is inferior to me now…'
Now, Xu Ning became one of the three strongest people in State Wansheng.
'Next, I have to let go of the management rights of the Core Sea Demon Sect…'
Xu Ning's goal had changed again. 'Next, my goal should be to break through to the grandmaster realm!'
Afterwards, Xu Ning's figure flashed and disappeared.
The current Island Heart Peak was Xu Ning's peak.
Today, Elder Wei brought Duan Chaomian, Yu Qiao, and the other three new elders to see Sect Master Xu Ning.
Whoosh!
On the Island Heart Peak, Xu Ning suddenly appeared in front of them.
The moment Xu Ning appeared, he looked at Elder Wei and the others.
For a moment, Elder Wei and the others had their minds blown.
The terrifying look in Xu Ning's eyes just now made them feel that they were not facing Xu Ning, but Duan Huiyao from the Core Sea Demon Sect.
"Greetings, Sect Master!"
After being stunned momentarily, the six people woke up from their daze and quickly greeted Xu Ning.
Right now, these six people were more than just shocked as their mind went into an upheaval.
They all knew that Xu Ning had broken through to the dao realm ninth stage!
Moreover, he seemed to be at the peak of the origin true realm.
One had to know that after advancing to the origin true realm, it would take a long time for one's true spirit to communicate with the world origin, but it seemed like Xu Ning had crossed this stage.
Instantly, their respect for Xu Ning increased to the level they had for the Core Sea Demon Lord..