“So, now that you have asked everything that you need, mind if I ask you something?” Hearing Aina’s question, Heifeng Jiansui nodded. As an apex figure, she would be privy to all kinds of secrets, so Heifeng Jiansui didn’t mind answering.

After I swallowed your Principle Sword Dao, I realized that I gained some degree of power over the current era’s Heavenly Dao! But it has only been a million years since the dawn of the current era, you died a million years ago before as an entry-level Chaos Sovereign. Your corpse… was it swallowed by the Chaosworld to regenerate?” Hearing this, Heifeng Jiansui was shocked! She didn’t require an answer as his expression revealed that her thoughts were confirmed!

“You don’t need to be alarmed. From the beginning, it isn’t too hard for me to understand the age of your soul and from it, your cultivation base. This Chaosworld was too kind to you, even allowing you to keep the entirety of your Chaos Sovereign soul. Is there a World Spirit in this era?” Heifeng Jiansui nodded with an impassive expression as he tried to think of how Aina had calculated this information.

“This is the ninth era of the Nineorigin Chaosworld, a mysterious era where decline reverses in rebirth. Heh, I guess my decision to follow my intuition and reincarnate was a good one after all! Abandoning my peak Chaos Sovereign cultivation to return was worth it!” Hearing her self-assured voice, Heifeng Jiansui was once again surprised by her cultivation.

“Are you surprised? A Chaos Sovereign is the absolute apex of cultivation, and only that realm of power is capable of traversing the boundless universe. With a Universal Constance Soul Dao, I walked sideways across the entire universe! A kid who hasn’t lived even a billion years and yet entered the ranks of entry-level Chaos Sovereigns, you aren’t bad at all.” Without allowing Heifeng Jiansui to reply, she continued on.

“Chaos Sovereign is divided into four sub-realms: early, middle, late and peak based on the size of the Chaosworld formed with the body. Entry-level Chaos Sovereigns have only formed a Chaoseed within themselves, so they aren’t formally Chaos Sovereigns. The cultivators who are unable to give order from chaos to the Dao of they have cultivated and form it into a Heavenly Dao are fated to not be able to advance beyond this realm for their immortal lives. Of course, you aren’t among them.” Saying this, Aina smiled at him.

Heifeng Jiansui glanced at the woman who graciously advised him, realizing that she once stood on a peak higher than him. But now both of them had reincarnated, descending to the bottom on the same level.

Fate was too callous… she who was stronger was now forced to obey him!

“Since there is a World Spirit this era, there is only one fate for this Chaosworld. Within the Daoist sector of this universe, the World Wills of the Chaosworlds will sense it existence and attack, risking themselves for a chance to swallow its essence, grasp sentience and incarnate. And the World Spirit would welcome their attacks, battling to swallow the Chaotic Dao inherent to the attacking Chaosworlds.” Saying this, she glanced at Heifeng Jiansui.

“A newborn World Spirit already possesses the power of a Chaos Sovereign. If it swallows a Chaosworld or two, its might will dramatically rise. Six Chaosworlds will be enough to reach the level of a Supreme Chaos Sovereign. If our World Spirit is willing to compete with other World Spirits, it is even possible to reach the level of an Eternal World.” Saying this, Aina stopped speaking.

“Eternal World… The calamity that ended the previous era and killed me hailed from the Chaturdasha-loka, the Hinduism Eternal World. What exactly is an Eternal World?” Heifeng Jiansui’s question was met with silence before Aina slowly answered.

“It is a bit hard to explain… Let me begin with the concept of a ‘Prime Essence’. The Path of Daoism is distinct from the other three paths due to its essence. The Three Realms of Heaven, Earth and the Netherworld, the Six Paths of Samsara, the Five Elements and the Four Creations, the myriad gods and the Heavenly Court, the paths of talismans and seals, the Gu bugs and the Heavenly Dao itself. All these are only a few of the ‘Prime Essences’ of Daoism. And so, an Eternal World contains all the ‘Prime Essences’, forming a wonderland where the Dao reigns supreme!” Aina spoke confidently as always, but it seemed as if she herself didn’t understand what she was describing.

“I think I get it. Our Nineorigin Chaosworld should have the ‘Prime Essence’ of the Five Elements and the Four Creations, I suppose.” Heifeng Jiansui’s statement elicited a nod from Aina.

“Most Chaosworlds do not have a complete Prime Essence. A World Spirit is born from a Chaosworld when a complete Prime Essence is formed from its Chaotic Dao.” Saying this, Aina took the chance to finish their conversation with a few sentences.

“For the current me, reaching Perennial Lord will require 500 years. After that, I’ll be confident in battling through the chaotic battlefield where worlds collide. If you don’t want to be left behind, keep up.”

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The bedroom that had been cleaned of the furnishings during the earlier battle was fixed up once more. All the destruction the earlier battle was carefully concealed as well. It was only a ridiculously well furnished bedroom now.

“So it’s all done now. Huh, our battle didn’t leave much of a mark.” Heifeng Jiansui was slightly surprised at this. The collateral damage that apex cultivators would inflict on their surroundings was well known.

“Mortals can’t inflict much damage anyway, and our battle wasn’t much of a battle in the first place. Is this truly surprising?” Aina who was stretching herself on the bed coldly replied.

“I suppose. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something… before when we met in the ball, you latched onto me and dragged me off to the bedroom…” Heifeng Jiansui was suddenly interrupted by Aina.

“You still want to sleep with me? Huh, I wouldn’t mind entertaining you but…” Heifeng Jiansui quickly interrupted her.

“Like I want to bed such an old fox. No, I was a reincarnated Chaos Sovereign with a mortal body, so I was a juicy target. But normally, the ones who were capable of rivaling my Daoscripts would be Perennial Lords. Would your ‘false spirit’ have attacked them as well?” At Heifeng Jiansui’s question, Aina chuckled.

“How dumb do you think I am? If it was something like a Perennial Lord’s recently deceased corpse, my ‘false spirit’ would have calculated a method to seize its Daoscripts. As for live Perennial Lords, my false spirit didn’t have a deathwish. You… caught my attention when we first met when you were a year old or so. After our meeting, I immediately began calculating a way of screwing you and seizing your Daoscripts.” Heifeng Jiansui couldn’t help but express fear and disgust at her admission.

“How lucky of me that you waited for my coming of age before attacking.” Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui brought the conversation to an end. No matter what her schemes were, he had triumphed over her and she would serve him now. Of course, this state of affairs could quickly come to an end with a sudden turnaround.

“Anyway, it is bedtime for now. Let’s speak more tomorrow.” Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui indicated to Aina to get off the bed. However, she refused to get off.

Looking at her mature figure that seemed to be inviting him to attack, Heifeng Jiansui once again cautioned himself. This woman certainly wasn’t simple.

“I was supposed to sleep with you tonight. Just let me sleep in your bed today so that we can keep up this charade.” Heifeng Jiansui was slightly surprised at her words. To even care about the instructions given to her by a high-level sect, she probably intended to rise high within, brainwash everyone and turn it into her own influence…

“My room, my bed. Take a futon and sleep on the floor.” Saying this, he immediately pushed her off the bed. Wrapping the sheets around him, he immediately closed his eyes.

Of course, he didn’t intend to sleep. Entering a half-meditative state, he heightened his awareness to the fullest. With an old fox who once turned a Perpetual Emperor into a puppet, who would dare relax and head off to dreamland? If some fool actually dared to, it was likely that he would never wake up again…