Chapter 451 - 276: The Ascension Trap, Master Goes Mad_1

Chapter 451: Chapter 276: The Ascension Trap, Master Goes Mad_1

Jiang Ming carefully discerned.

Ran Xin, Luo Qingchen, Wang Qiutong, Shi Lei, and the others’ causality lines were crystal clear, not one had disappeared, indicating that none had fallen during the trial.

This was a good situation.

However, the vast majority were too far away.

The closest was a slightly familiar causality line, belonging to the master he had met in the Nine Domains Secret Realm World.

Jiang Ming remained still, sensing the operation of the rules of this world and found them consistent with the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield; there was no need to adapt to control the power of the rules here.

He rose into the air to above the Nine Heavens, looking in all directions, observing the vast sky, undulating mountains, his figure flickering slightly as he followed the causality lines.

In Cloud Sun City, above the third floor of All Under Heaven Bookstore, there was a pavilion where an elder with white hair and beard lay leisurely swaying on a wicker chair.

Suddenly, the elder’s half-closed eyes shot open, and he saw Jiang Ming arriving.

He was slightly taken aback before smiling, “Jiang Ming, you’ve come here too.” “Master!” Jiang Ming bowed and then sat opposite him, eager to ask, “After you broke through World Imprisonment and ascended, did you come straight to this place?”

“Yes!” the master nodded, slightly lost in the memory of that time.

“Have you seen them?” Jiang Ming pressed on.

Sigh...

The master sighed deeply, clearly aware of whom Jiang Ming was asking about. Jiang Ming’s heart sank. Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

“They’re all dead!” After a while, the master finally spoke.

“All dead?” Jiang Ming frowned, “Impossible, with the Academy Senior Brother’s cultivation level, even if the others died, he should have been able to survive.”

The master shook his head slightly and began recounting the past.

Back then, after the calamity of the Nine Domains Secret Realm had ended and not long after Jiang Ming and the others had left, he broke through World Imprisonment and ascended.

Ascension, that was supposed to symbolize becoming an immortal.

Even with the master’s composure, the excitement was faint, but after ascending, he had arrived in a valley.

There were no wondrous flowers or herbs, no enchanting immortal lights, no peaceful immortal realm, no carefree immortal ways, only suppression.

Yes, suppression!” the master’s eyes flashed with cold intensity, “I was very surprised, extremely surprised. There was one ascender before me whom I didn’t recognize, but witnessed being killed in resistance. When I appeared, a team tried to trap me with formations, of course, I resisted. Thankfully, I had accumulated enough strength; caught in a dire situation, I broke through two realms in succession, and only then did I barely escape.”

“This...” Even the Master, whose horizons had been greatly broadened, was at this moment dumbfounded.

“Cosmos, World Gate, Warzone of Ten Thousand Tribes, World of secret realms, Multi-universe, Genius War...” The Master’s lips twitched again and again.

For a time, he was somewhat bewildered.

“Divine Spirits actually exist!” The Master raised his head, his Divine Eyes seeming to peer through the limits of the universe, “All the myriad clans of the Various Heavens are but Chess Pieces! Haha, interesting, very interesting indeed, ha-ha, truly damn interesting!”

His beard bristled, and his white robe fluttered.

Eventually, his expression darkened, and his narrowed eyes shot out a ferocious gleam, “Divine Spirits, huh? I would like to see for myself, and one day, I will mold them into my chess pieces and place them on the chessboard.”

At this moment, he was the embodiment of madness, filled with the bold aspiration to command even the sun and moon to change the sky.

After a while, he became calm again.

Jiang Ming asked again, “Master, based on your investigations, aside from those who ascended from our world, are the other ascenders from various smaller worlds?”

The Master nodded, “They come from many worlds, the creatures are diverse, but all meet the same end.”

Jiang Ming’s heart sank.

Again, he activated the Eye of Heavenly Mandate, his gaze extending beyond the horizon as he pushed his deductions to the limit, but ultimately to no avail.

Jin Yinhua from the Nine Yin and Nine Yang World, the Ninth Princess Yan Feng, not there.

Yan Hongyi from the Tianxuan World, and so on, also not there.

Alas...

Jiang Ming let out a forlorn sigh.

Based on the situation in the World of secret realms, after ascension and breaking free from one’s own destined imprisonment, it’s likely they would all end up here, yet except for the Master, none were present.

The only possibility left was: Death!

“What a Great Qian Dynasty!”

“What a game of Divine Chess!”

The edge in Jiang Ming’s eyes revealed a destructive intent potent enough to demolish heavens and earth, his surging power deeply moving the Master.

After regaining his composure slightly, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and slowly said, “Master, could you tell me more about this world?”

“Sure!”