Justin Ankar

Chapter 1007 - Rejoined

Sage snatched a few of the little rice grains out of the sky, intercepting them as they tried to rejoin the mass that flowed around Six Grains. He put them into a jade container and then pasted a few sealing talismans on, before sending them to the Inner World to be studied. He was pretty sure this would interrupt the connection between them, but even if it didn’t, the grains had lost most of their energy and were easy for him to overpower. Considering their properties, Sage guessed that Si...

Chapter 1006 - ‘Sand’

The end of the whip snapped towards Six Grains' back and the sand-like material abruptly flowed upwards to intercept it, but it acted too late. The Infernal Qi infused Tigerbriar raked across the man’s back, tearing the man’s robe and ripping up his skin. The robes he was wearing were powerful Magical Tools and not just normal clothing, but it showed not just the power infused into the attack, but also the superior quality of an actual Artifact in comparison. The large claw-like thorns of...

Chapter 1005 - Battle

The huge torrent of water gave the Infernal Banyan some trouble, but it was far from enough to stop him. What they didn’t know was that one of the seeds he’d thrown out contained a Blacksilver Pawn, or at least the core of one, just like he’d left deep down beneath the ground. To control the Infernal Banyan he had to maintain an energy connection with it and if he were to form one externally then his enemies could sense and possibly target it. That’s where the Blacksilver Pawn, and th...

Chapter 1004 - Infernal Banyan

The immense Infernal Banyan root system under the ground didn’t move yet, biding time for him to expand the many smaller ones upon the top of the spire. Until the net spread wide enough he wasn’t going to spring the full trap. Of course, this sudden attack didn’t go unnoticed. Even if he wasn’t assaulting the spire, the release of his Infernal Qi would likely draw aggressive attention anyways. Heading directly to the peak of the spire without interruption was already the best he could...

Chapter 1003 - Spire

Sage stepped back from the clifftop and got some distance from the edge before tossing out a writhing mass of flesh that rapidly expanded as it hit the ground, a ball of tongues with claws extending from their ends like boneless fingers. These weird tentacles burrowed into the ground, writhing and twisting as they dug a hole and slithered into it. The mass of flesh started the size of a fist and rapidly grew to be a yard across while it burrowed into the ground. As it expanded in size, so did...

Chapter 1002 - Extreme Measures

Sage used the Master Seal to change his identity at a fundamental level, becoming a completely different person while acting with his Infernal Qi. He used this alternative identity to abduct those from the Chain Ocean Palace that carried important materials. Afterwards, he switched back to his other human form, using disguising techniques to change his appearance and capturing other debtors with the help of the Purple Mist Sect and Demonic Beasts.

He covered his tracks and hid his ident...

Chapter 1001 - Devious

Sage also got the opportunity to test out another technique in real combat for the first time. The Order of Blood’s Cursed Embrace, which he’d tested against Demonic Beasts on the Inner World, but now it was time for a real test. With no danger on the Inner World, tests were very sterile and what he would consider ‘unproven’. The old man had already been fighting for a few minutes and had been ‘bitten’ a few times already. Since the fight was constantly moving, Sage simply walked ...

Chapter 1000 - Contract

Given that this was Guan Zhenyan, Sage didn’t just read the contract, he had whole teams of people reading and breaking it down on the Inner World. They scoured through the document multiple times from multiple angles. Revision after revision was made and then the altered contract was finally revealed to Guan Zhenyan, “I’ve taken the liberties of making a few changes.”

The projection’s eyes narrowed, and the new contract was read by and then revised by him in just a few minute...

Chapter 999 - Hostages

It didn’t take long before the three from the Chain Ocean Palace had their energy stores drained, were paralyzed, and then trussed up in cocoon-like bundles of webbing. Two of the Purple Mist Sect members picked up the, now four, hostages and carried them like suitcases, one on either side. The other six Purple Mist Sect members spread out, searching the area for any witnesses or evidence that was left behind as well as collecting the Formation Cores. Sage sent the whole Flying Ship to the ...

Chapter 998 - Boarding

The Flying Ship circled around the top of the plateau, while a Flying Sword zipped around, banging up against the wall of the barrier. The prism shaped formations didn’t react to the Flying Sword, which the people from the Chain Ocean Palace attributed to the formation being under the control of Sage and his people. In actuality, the formation could sense energy fluctuations and would automatically move to disperse any energy attack greater than a certain threshold. At this time, the Flying...

Chapter 997 - Scattered

In essence, this strange formation unfocused the attack, spreading its power over an extremely wide area and making it easy to resist. The Sky Lance fired a third time at the same spot, trying to blast its way through the barrier around the area. The three from the Chain Ocean Palace were already uneasy about this strange situation and were eager to leave. They were only sent to investigate and the younger woman was supposed to be in charge, but these other two had ignored her reservations an...

Chapter 996 - Payment

The woman stared at him for a long moment while the other woman in the back had become even more venomous in the gaze she had fixed upon Sage. Eventually she seemed to come to a decision and smiled sweetly again.

“You’re quite correct, and the members of the Chain Ocean Palace will always pay their debts,” at this time she paused to let other meanings for her statement to set in before continuing, “Rest assured that we will ensure that Chu Shuai fulfills his obligations in the f...

Chapter 995 - Mirror

The Purple Mist Sect members started to bring out equipment to be used for ‘convincing’ Chu Shuai to repay his debts. For debtors that he planned to release again, Sage was careful not to send them to the Inner World. Especially after he found out about the Chain Ocean Palace, he was extra careful not to ‘disappear’ any of their members. They would think he killed them, or worse, the Chain Ocean Palace would know they’re still alive and know Sage had sent them somewhere. That would ...

Chapter 994 - Invasion

The fiery mantis struck rapidly at the mirrored tower, its forelimbs swinging from right to left and then back again from left to right. A single swing of its arm struck the tower twice with its bladed ‘hand’. With its two arms swinging rapidly, the tower was shaking from the number of hits, rocking from side to side from the accumulated force.

On the outside world, Chu Shuai had realized the danger from these glowing stones. Even with eight of himself there to defend, the lava had ...

Chapter 993 - Escalation

While the huge rock was still in mid-air, Sage had already brought out another one and made it glow with energy before throwing it to join the first. Before the first had even reached Chu Shuai, a half dozen more of the big rocks were in the air. Then Sage took off running once again, circling around as he continued to fill the air with glowing stones. The first of the rocks was smashed into pieces by one of the loops of the fiery chain that was wrapped around Chu Shuai like a cocoon. It arch...

Chapter 992 - Match

Being forced back again, Sage glanced down at the vine in his hands and sent another Qi Technique into it. Tiny feather-like fluffs spewed from the vine by the thousands, the little seed pappus spread into the air wafting towards the eight Chu Shuai. They saw them coming and the chains changed their attack pattern, swirling horizontally like a fan blade to intercept them all. Sage glanced at the vine again and many tiny green spots sprouted upon its length. He chuckled and changed his tactics...

Chapter 991 - Main Event

While everyone on the plateau radiated the same power as a Nascent Soul, the battle itself showed how much variation existed among those in the same rank. Those with a lesser understanding of laws were equivalent to a lower stage in the Nascent Soul realm and that difference became much more clear when they faced off against Chu Shuai, who was in the later stages of Nascent Soul. Some of the Purple Mist Sect members seemed to be outmatched and were on the losing side of their individual clash...

Chapter 990 - Chain Ocean

Wind whipped up the bottom of a jet black robe, the blood red piping along the hem of it swirling back and forth in the wind like the motion of a cobra. The ruby eyes of the lithe man showed a level of ruthless cunning that was enough to strike fear into the heart’s of most who looked into them. They showed the vicious force of will that this man carried within and it was dark enough to send a quiver up the spine.

Across the windswept plateau, a man with golden eyes and a jade green r...

Chapter 989 - Back

Returning to the job of a debt collector, Sage started to descend the Tianxia Capital once again. He’d put aside the jobs that Guan Zhenyan had arranged for him in order to pursue more information about the Ghostwood tree that ended up with only more questions that needed answering. It wasn’t all a loss though as he’d expanded the scope of knowledge available to the Inner World. Despite the high level of the Tianxia Capital, the techniques there weren’t strictly that much more powerfu...

Chapter 988 - Cursed

Sage had inadvertently found himself becoming a squick-loving edgelord and couldn’t help but wonder if he could have avoided this path. He’d been randomly reborn into the Lang Clan and their bug using techniques, but he could have chosen to abandon them when they were wiped out to completely cut ties. All those years ago he could have also chosen to die rather than merge with the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent, he’d felt death approaching and had chosen to merge as it seemed a way out. Maybe ...

Chapter 987 - New

Sage’s Qi nature was still slightly geared towards the wood element because of the Seed of Life and the Life Nebula technique that was the core of his cultivation. The vast majority of Qi Techniques were related to the usage of elemental natured Qi, weapons, or a combination of the two. There were plenty of new wood related techniques that he could have studied, but many of them were only variations upon the moves he already used. Wood related techniques were enduring and persistent, reflec...

Chapter 986 - Stars

The change in Sage’s inner cosmology greatly enhanced the natural environment of the world and the resources it could provide. Now that all the types of Heavenly Material were collected the world had taken a full form. Previously, the Inner World had functioned for tens of thousands of years, but the planet itself was like one that hadn’t been fully terraformed. Since Sage had control over it, he could build things to be the most supportive of life, but there were still many limitations. ...

Chapter 985 - Materials

The first of the three materials Sage got his hands on was called ‘Life Penetrating Flame’. This viridian green flame was quite odd in that it did not burn anything but lifeforce. It only consumed the vital energy of living beings to fuel its fire. This sounded quite terrifying, but it also meant that the Life Penetrating Flame did not have as many auxiliary uses. Few Cultivators would want to make it their innate flame as they’d become helpless against so many things. Puppets, Flying W...

Chapter 984 - Academic

Guan Zhenyan was not happy that Sage decided to take a break from his Debt Collecting duties for a decade, but technically the time limit for him to even start the task was still a few hundred years away. Sage used this fact to shut the man up, especially since Guan Zhenyan was still being exceedingly vague about how many debts he had to collect and how long it would all take. When he tried to spur him into working more, Sage just turned it around and started asking more and more questions. H...

Chapter 983 - Capabilities

Sage had to admit that the demand was reasonable. The idea of telling them the exact limitations of his abilities was terrifying, but at the same time they were likely going to only want to make use of a few of his capabilities. He thought back to what the Discipline Keeper Shin, the cleaver-wielder, as well as the other students and teachers, had seen him use. He’d first given away the Hindsight of his Timeless Eyes. Then he’d showed off the Sound Barrier, along with his Jade Mantle and ...

Chapter 982 - Opposition

Sage found himself escorted to an elevator that took him high above the lower tier and even the upper tier, entering the highest levels of the mountain-like Clear Sky Academy. This was the domain of the highest level students and also the important folk in the Academy. As soon as Sage felt the magic tool elevator bringing him upwards he grew less suspicious. Wasn’t dirty business always done down in the basement?

Of course, he was far from reassured. There was still the chance he need...

Chapter 981 - Passage

Sage had locked eyes with the Discipline Keeper, but he was still in the doorway to the secret passage. He was in position to bolt if the Discipline Keeper gave him the wrong answer and it was now that this became obvious to the Discipline Keeper. The man was holding his club and the illuminated formations upon its surface. Sage could feel the lack of a response from within the passage and as soon as he felt any of the formations closing in on him from the outside he’d take the last step to...

Chapter 980 - Wall

The whole ‘second’ wall was separated from the first, specifically to enable this destructive fire tactic. If they weren’t separated, then all of the trees would have been infected with Nightmare Garden. The gap also made a little space for the beasts to pack into and get caught up. This plan would be quite destructive against the beasts coming up against them, but at the same time it was also a measure of last resort. Once the walls protecting them were burnt away they’d be in big tr...

Chapter 979 - Timing

Feeling the halfway mark of the room right behind him, Sage walked around the strange tree and continued to grow more of the tree wall till the tree at the center of the room was a seamless part of it. Then he stopped growing the Sacred Banyan and switched to outputting another kind of energy, touching the wood wall he’d created and sending it inside. In just a few minutes he used up much of his Poison Qi and now the wall of brambles in front of him was releasing a cloud of multi-colored ga...

Chapter 978 - Breakthrough

Sage’s vision switched to those of the Sea Locust, rapidly switching through the different types and examining each of the two doors. Then he switched back to the Timeless Eyes, though this time both eyes were active. More specifically, he wasn’t looking at the huge double doors or the portcullis-like gate to the den. He was actually looking at the array formations used to protect them.

“How is this all possible? Don’t the Discipline Keepers have full control of the Academies fo...