They arrived in a small palace in the courtyard. Various precious herbs were sprouting on the ground. Stepping into the place from the spatial gate, Heifeng Jiansui saw Nineorigin calling him by wagging her finger.

“This gate directly connects to the Sect Master’s Court in my palace. Nifty isn’t it? Let me show you around here.” Nineorigin pulled him along. Heifeng Jiansui was preparing to wander around the sect sightseeing, but the arrival of a teen into the room stopped his plans.

“Sect Master! I am sick of you running outside without notice! At least bother to notify us when you leave!” The teen speaking in the annoyed voice had long black hair and silky white skin, accentuated in a black robe that wasn’t quite covering her.

But what took Heifeng Jiansui by surprise was her cultivation level of Perennial Lord! This was no remnant from a past era, Nineorigin must have groomed the girl herself!

“Shanshan, don’t worry too much. I can go wherever I want, I will return whenever I want. If I as the strongest don’t even have freedom, is there any meaning to this title?” Nineorigin’s voice was proud as she reprimanded the girl.

Even though she was cowed by the response, this Shanshan didn’t retreat. “But Sect Master, your absence sends the entire sect into frenzy! At least bother to notify us…”

“What entire sect going into a frenzy, not even three days have passed! Back then, I used to go into dangerous ruins for centuries and nobody asked, and now you want me to report my every move like a Outer Sect disciple? Aren’t you getting too full of yourself?” Nineorigin emitted a aura of chaos, turning Shanshan’s face white. She immediately bowed thrice in apology and scrammed.

“Don’t worry about Shanshan, she is just a busybody. Let’s go.” Nineorigin didn’t seem to think much about this.

“Wait a moment, I remember that I didn’t notify my family about going to train with you.” Heifeng Jiansui sheepishly rubbed his head.

“You want me to form another Spatial Gate to teleport you home for permission? Well, ok…” Nineorigin prepared to do exactly that, but Heifeng Jiansui stopped her.

“There is no need to waste so much energy and there is no need to hide anything either. ‘My master from the Nineorigin Sect has summoned me to the sect to grant me some benefits before I attempt my trial’… Isn’t this reason enough? Just give me some paper to write in, seal it with the Sect’s emblem and send it to the Black Phoenix Great World.” At Heifeng Jiansui’s suggestion, Nineorigin nodded.

“You’ll need a place to sit on if you want to write. Come with me…” Following Nineorigin, Heifeng Jiansui once again met the girl Shanshan.

“Shanshan, get me letter parchment and the Sect Seal… Jiansui here has a letter to write.” Hearing this, Shanshan gazed at the newcomer who she had disregarded at the Sect Master’s side. Seeing that he was only a mortal, she was a bit underwhelmed.

In any case, she faithfully obeyed Nineorigin’s orders, taking out some writing supplies along with what was ordered.

Having obtained necessary supplies, Heifeng Jiansui sat down to write the letter. The calligraphy brush dipped into ink and calm and free strokes painted the parchment.

With her experience, Shanshan couldn’t help but praise his accomplishment in calligraphy. There was a hint of sword intent in the strokes, showing that the youth had some accomplishment in the sword.

Finally, the last stroke was made and the letter completed. Shanshan stamped the letter with the Sect Seal and Nineorigin opened a mini spatial gate and sent it to the Black Phoenix Kingdom.

“That letter will fall in the hands of the Black Phoenix Emperor. Now we’ve done this, there is no need to worry, I will train you for the remaining time. So, what do you want to do first?” Nineorigin said this already expecting his answer.

“Can I have access to your Sect’s complete scripture hall?” Nineorigin sighed, it was as she expected.

“Of course. I’ll take you there myself. Shanshan, I am leaving the Sect’s affairs to you as the Deputy Sect Master. You can treat me as if I am going into secluded meditation. Unless a Calamity-level event occurs, don’t disturb me.” Hearing this from the Sect Master, she couldn’t help but revaluate him in her eyes.

Simply for the sake of training this boy, she was declaring that all events before Calamity-Class were not to be reported?

Seeing the Perennial Lord’s gaze, Heifeng Jiansui read through her thoughts before shaking his head. Top level cultivators almost never took active roles as they managed their sect. For her to be surprised at Nineorigin devoting 2 months on him, it seemed that the Sect depended on Nineorigin’s management.

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Facing the library which surpassed even the greatest libraries which he sacked in his previous life, Heifeng Jiansui was surprised. Nineorigin took relish in it as she boasted.

“Half of these books are unnecessary to you, being from the previous era. But the other half includes not only books from the current era, but also cultivation arts belonging to past Perpetual Emperors, Immortal Kings and Perennial Lords! Don’t forget I have access to the locations of all their inheritances and the power of a Chaos Sovereign! Whenever I want to have fun, I just go and excavate their legacies!” Hearing her words, Heifeng Jiansui barely held back from singing her praises.

In his past life, legacies of Perpetual Emperors were nearly non-existent and Heifeng Jiansui had to destroy a few sects to plunder fragments of legacies. Nineorigin was simply too awesome like this…

“Reading all this here will take you centuries or so and we don’t have that time. So I’ll freeze time for you a bit. An eternity or an instant, they would be enough for you, I suppose?” Nineorigin asked this while playing with her hair.

At her question, Heifeng Jiansui no longer held back, wildly praising her to the Heavens!

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Since time was essentially frozen, there was no need to measure it. Thinking this, Heifeng Jiansui immersed himself into the books.

Side-dishes should be eaten before the main course. Thinking this, Heifeng Jiansui began by the manuals of this era.

Like before, he didn’t simply record the books into his mental library and read through them later. Now that Nineorigin had frozen time, he decided to fully comprehend the manuals.

Reading the same information regurgitated in different words could freeze the brain of a lesser person, but Heifeng Jiansui had a purpose so he didn’t falter. The prayers create Gods, the trend of a era influences the Heavenly Dao!

The core of the Nineorigin Chaosworld was its World Spirit, and the World Spirit’s created Sect was the best place to comprehend the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao changed as people changed. From the manuals, Heifeng Jiansui could easily divine the Path of the Heavenly Dao.

“Other than the Supreme World’s Daos, my Quintessence Sword in at the peak. Five Element arts are popular as always, though Nine Origin arts are rare and less used, but still hold their position due to the World Spirit’s influence. Among individual elements, Fire and Thunder are quite popular. Other Great Dao like calligraphy and law runes are on the rise…” Slowly but surely, Heifeng Jiansui’s understanding of the Heavenly Dao perfected itself as he read more and more.

This wasn’t simply due to reading and the Nineorigin Sect’s location, but mostly due to Heifeng Jiansui’s connection to Nineorigin as a disciple. It connected him to a part of the Heavenly Dao, allowing him more karmic merit!

That said, there were some unique arts and techniques formed in this era. Some of them had the potential to enter the ranks of Immortal Lords! Heifeng Jiansui made sure to thoroughly comprehend these arts.

After he was done reading manuals, he analyzed the portion of the Supreme Sword bloodline he took from Langyu. The bloodline was something that went against the Heavens, while Heifeng Jiansui’s path was to create his own Heavens within himself. The two paths crossed each other, so Heifeng Jiansui didn’t think of imbibing it. That said, diluting it enough would make it a good foundation for refining a Nineprime Sword Body in this era. But what to dilute it with?

Other than that, he also acted according to the reason he had given Langyu when he extracted her blood essence: finding out her affinities and searching out techniques suited to her.

Langyu had an extreme talent in sword arts due to her bloodline. Her body had excellent affinity to the Five Elements. The opposing principles of Heifeng Jiansui’s and Clear Jade Daoist’s sword arts would make it a necessity for to train in Yin-Yang as well.

All this was already a big bite to chew through, but Langyu had specifically requested him to allow her to train in poison techniques as well!

With the sword arts being the core, and the Five Elements and Yin-Yang providing the support, where was there any reason to insert poison? It was something only relevant to mortals. Godslaying poisons capable of slaying Immortals could only be found, not refined.

But since Langyu was going to be mortal for quite a while, Heifeng Jiansui decided to create some poison arts for her as aid. She might find it a hassle to train in, abandoning it later. But to give her incentive…

Specifically for Langyu, Heifeng Jiansui created many poison techniques. Body tempering arts that used poison to refine physique, healing arts that used the reversal of poisons, poisonous sword arts… And all of them had the requirement of ingesting more and more horrific poisons! Despite her perceived toughness, she was still a woman, fragile and unused to pain. She would certainly give up soon.

As a necessary sacrifice, the poison techniques were quite crude compared to other arts. While they would be exquisite in the eyes of an ordinary cultivator like Langyu, they lacked a certain ‘style’. Poison was simply too low-grade a law, and dragged down everything else to its level.

Of course, the remaining techniques were more exquisite. Five Phase Heaven Controlling Sword, Yin Yang Reversal Fist, Seven Heaven Ascension Steps… All of them were linked to each other, designed to support and multiply their power in battle. They also formed a unique system of laws, increasing Langyu’s comprehension of laws.

For his first disciple this era, Heifeng Jiansui was putting out heart and soul to create the apex arts suited for her rise!