Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 131 Transcendent Level Starship Heng Ming

In the Extreme Eternal Palace, in an empty courtyard.

Yang Ning sat upright on a chair in the courtyard, holding Yuan Xi's hand. Yuan Xi was comforting Xiao Huan, who was still shaken from the brink of life and death.

Yang Ning didn't expect Yuan Xi to be so decisive, actually breaking ties with his own family for his sake.

"Why?" Yang Ning asked softly.

"Follow the husband's family, just like a chicken follows a chicken, and a dog follows a dog!" Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Although we haven't had a formal wedding yet, I already consider myself as yours. When we encounter difficulties, we naturally face them together!"

Silently watching Yuan Xi by his side, who was still firm in her smile despite her anxious mood.

I will definitely protect this family!

"Lin Tianheng has sent people to capture Ning Rong and Su Bai. Three teams of flying ships have also left the Lin family. One team is heading to Ocean Cloud City, one team is going to Earth Heaven Gate, and another team is going to Yue Kingdom," Deep Blue reminded.

As for what these flying ships are going to do, it goes without saying.

The team going to Earth Heaven Gate is to capture Xun Hu, the team going to Ocean Cloud City is to receive the Heavenly Horse Company, and the team going to Yue Kingdom is to capture his parents, relatives, former ministers, and even the Yue Emperor.

Perhaps after today, Yue Kingdom will no longer exist!

"Is this the power of the aristocratic families? With a single glance, thousands of people willingly go to the underworld?" Yang Ning's expression was indifferent.

"Calm down!" Deep Blue said, "We don't have the ability to stop all of this right now, we must endure!"

"I can endure!" Yang Ning said calmly, "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!"

Moreover, he had personally witnessed the creation of the universe by the Dragon Ancestor from Zhao's memories.

It wasn't just the creation of a planet, but the creation of a universe with a diameter of billions of light-years.

And in Zhao's understanding, the cultivation level of this Dragon Ancestor was far from reaching the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao.

"Since the Immortal Dao can create the world, it can naturally resurrect the dead. Lin Tianheng's actions don't scare me. They only make my pursuit of strength more determined!"

"That's good!" Deep Blue nodded. He knew that after Yang Ning's enlightenment, he became very rational, but he still feared that Yang Ning might suddenly act on his emotions.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Ning suddenly spoke, "Yuan Xi, are you really sure you want to sever ties with the Lin family?"

"Of course!" Yuan Xi nodded firmly, "Although I am not a gentleman, I still have my credibility when I speak!"

Xiao Huan on the side quickly nodded, "Young Master, you don't know what kind of days my Miss has been living in the Lin family. If you ask me, we should have severed ties with the Lin family long ago!"

"Xiao Huan!" Yuan Xi scolded angrily, "Don't speak recklessly!"

"I'm not speaking recklessly!" Xiao Huan said, "Even a servant of the Lin family knows about these things!"

"Go ahead, I want to hear!" Yang Ning said, "You know so much about me, but I know nothing about you. That's not fair!"

"Well..." Yuan Xi pouted, but hesitated to speak.

Fortunately, she had Xiao Huan to speak for her.

"If you don't want to say it, then I'll say it!" Xiao Huan spoke up, "My mistress comes from the Man family in the South Sea. Do you know the Man family, Young Master?"

"I know!" Yang Ning nodded. The Man family was the head of the four major families in Extreme Eternal. They specialized in Gu techniques and poison techniques, and were a large family that possessed Supreme Divine Abilities.

As for why the Man La that Yang Ning had encountered before was so arrogant...

He was just an outer disciple, so it was normal for him to have nothing valuable.

"My mistress's name is Man Xueyi. Her innate spirit Gu is the Heavenly Ice Silkworm!" Xiao Huan said, "This Gu can form a Heavenly Ice Meridian in the human body. Back then, my mistress, who had the Heavenly Ice Meridian, was known as a talented female cultivator in the Man family!"

Yang Ning nodded. The meridians were the channels with spiritual energy in the body, and often had extremely powerful catalytic effects on techniques and spells of the same nature. Its effect was no less than that of the Snow Jade Crystal Body of Su Xiao.

Man Xueyi, who possessed the Heavenly Ice Meridian, could be called a genius.

"And then?" Yang Ning asked.

"Then, the Lin family and the Man family formed an alliance, and the young master of the Lin family took a liking to my mistress. Because this young master Lin is good-looking, charismatic, and has decent cultivation talent, he immediately caught the attention of my mistress. At that time, everyone advised my mistress that she was already a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, while this young master Lin was only at the Physical Body Realm, and he was not worthy of my mistress. However, my mistress resolutely married the young master Lin!"

Yang Ning's expression became inexplicable, and he had already guessed the ending of the story.

"At that time, the young master Lin was sixth in the family hierarchy and had no ability or resources to become the family head. But with the support of my mistress, his cultivation rapidly improved, and his influence grew rapidly. In the end, he not only became the family head but also broke through the Qi Refining Stage and advanced to the Spirit Law Realm."

"On the other hand, my mistress, because all the resources were supplied to the young master Lin, and she spent a lot of energy on managing the influence and building relationships, her cultivation gradually declined!"

"Later, my mistress gave birth to two sons and a daughter for the young master Lin, but both boys died unexpectedly, leaving only my young miss."

Yuan Xi looked melancholy, and Yang Ning quickly reached out and embraced the girl tightly.

The rest of the story is quite simple. Without sons, Man Xueyi began to be questioned by the Lin family. Coupled with the damage caused by giving birth to three sons in a row, as well as the mental damage caused by accusations, she eventually became unable to hold the position of the family head and had to step down and retreat to the second line. When Yuan Xi was seven years old, she even vomited blood and passed away.

Without Man Xueyi suppressing them, the concubines of the young master Lin directly took over, and the children they gave birth to became the heirs, and the daughter became a princess. They all stood above Lin Yuanxi!

Fortunately, Lin Yuanxi was outstanding. At the age of twelve, he embarked on the path of cultivation and successfully broke through the Qi Refining Stage at the age of eighteen. Then, he joined the Extreme Eternal Sect and temporarily escaped from the control of the Lin family.

Until today, because of Yang Ning's relationship, she finally gave up on the Lin family and declared a complete break with them.

"You don't know, when my mistress was still alive, my young miss could still have some good food. After my mistress left, not only did my young miss suffer from a significant reduction in daily supplies, even her meals would be deducted by the kitchen. Sometimes, she could even find a duck head in her bowl!" Xiao Huan said, grinding her teeth in anger.

Although she only followed Yuan Xi after she joined the sect, she had a feeling of shared resentment.

"Is Xiao Huan telling the truth?" Yang Ning asked.

"Yes!" Yuan Xi nodded gently.

"I understand. I won't let you suffer anymore!" Yang Ning whispered in Yuan Xi's ear.

"Mhmm!" Yuan Xi nodded vigorously.

Her mother wholeheartedly supported a man, but that man betrayed her mother after he grew up.

Yuan Xi, on the other hand, followed in her mother's footsteps, but she didn't care whether Yang Ning would disappoint her.

After all, without his poetry and prose, she would have given up a long time ago!

This life originally belonged to him, and if he wanted it, he could take it!

"I can also be ruthless and take action against the Lin family!" Yang Ning thought to himself.

After all, Yuan Xi was still related to the Lin family, and Yang Ning was afraid that even though Yuan Xi had severed ties with them, there might still be some lingering affection.

Since the relationship between Yuan Xi and the Lin family was like this, he had no more scruples.

Yang Ning asked, "Senior Heng Ming, can we stay in the Extreme Eternal Palace as we please?"

After all, there were people guarding outside the palace, and the three of them couldn't leave at all!

"Of course, you can stay as you please. The Extreme Eternal Palace is meant for people to live in!" Heng Ming said.

"Really?" Yang Ning was surprised. "But I haven't seen anyone here on both occasions I came!"

The Extreme Eternal Palace covers an area of over a million square kilometers, with luxurious buildings, flowing rivers, lakes, and bridges. It can be said to embody the essence of Extreme Eternal architecture.

But in such a large palace complex, there was not a single person. Yang Ning had been wondering about this!

"They moved out!" Heng Ming said.

"Where did they move to?"

"To the mountains outside!" Heng Ming said. "In the past, the disciples of Extreme Eternal used to live in the palace, but about sixty to seventy thousand years ago, a disciple of the inner sect didn't want to live in the palace and moved a mountain back. Then, others followed suit and moved out!"

"Uh..." Yang Ning was speechless. Was that really the case?

"No one moved back?" Yang Ning asked.

"No, but living on the mountain is much freer than living in the palace!" Heng Ming said. "They can freely design the formations and buildings inside the mountain peaks, and they can also bring people to live on the mountains. Unlike the Extreme Eternal Palace, once it's built, the formations and formats cannot be easily changed."

Yang Ning nodded. If that's the case, living on the mountain is indeed better than living in the palace.

"Heng Ming senior, can you help me beat someone?" Yang Ning asked again.

For some reason, he always felt that Tower of Eternity had a friendly attitude towards him.

Maybe it was just an illusion, so Yang Ning wanted to give it a try since it wouldn't cost him anything.

If it succeeded, wouldn't it be equivalent to having an Immortal Weapon?

"Beat the Lin family?" Heng Ming's voice was full of resistance. "That won't do. My duty is to protect Extreme Eternal. Although the Lin family is indeed despicable, as long as they haven't declared betrayal against Extreme Eternal, I must protect them!"

"Duty," Yang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Is this duty something you chose to do on your own, or was it imposed on you by someone else?"

"It was a contract I made with Extreme Eternal Immortal Venerable 300,000 years ago!" Heng Ming said. "I must abide by it!"

"So, in subjective terms, you don't actually want to protect the Lin family, and you even want to beat them?" Yang Ning asked.

"You're asking a difficult question," Heng Ming hesitated, thought carefully, and realized it was indeed the case.

"The Lin family embezzles public resources, conducts large-scale transportation, copies the inheritance of Extreme Eternal, and even moved hundreds of Extreme Eternal spiritual veins under the pretext of branching off from Extreme Eternal," Heng Ming said. "They also oppress and humiliate disciples of Extreme Eternal, causing the deaths of countless geniuses. They have also formed alliances with several other families to create the 'Extreme Eternal Charter,' establishing the current system of accepting disciples in groups of four. In the past, Extreme Eternal didn't accept disciples in this way."

"How did Extreme Eternal accept disciples in the past?" Yang Ning asked.

"Naturally, disciples would go to major cities to recruit and select the more intelligent ones among the twelve-year-olds," Heng Ming said.

"But isn't Extreme Eternal cultivating the Great Qi Luck Technique? How can these selected youths have luck?" Yang Ning asked.

"What's so difficult about that? As long as these youths break through the Qi Refining Stage, there are countries willing to treat them as princes and kings!" Heng Ming said.

Yang Ning was stunned, then nodded. Yes!

Once they become Qi Refining cultivators, why would they lack luck?

So, the problem lies not with Extreme Eternal, but with any human organization or power, which inevitably becomes feudal and aristocratic in the end.

"But isn't the current system of Extreme Eternal designed to counter the rise of First Heaven Sect?" Yang Ning thought of something and asked.

"I don't understand that either. Anyway, I feel that the current system is not very good!" Heng Ming said.

Yang Ning nodded. He realized that although Heng Ming was senior in age and experienced, his wisdom didn't seem to have improved much. However, his sense of right and wrong was clear, and he detested evil.

A quite straightforward Immortal Weapon!

This opened up the possibility of cooperation!

"So, you also think the Lin family is not a good bunch?" Yang Ning asked.

"Yes!" Heng Ming nodded. "But they possess the power of Extreme Eternal, so I'm sorry, I can't take action against them!"

"No rush!" Yang Ning asked, "Heng Ming senior, may I ask what material you are made of?"

"Eternal Blazing Gold!" Heng Ming said. "Why do you ask?"

It's made of metal!

"You'll know in a moment!" Yang Ning asked again, "Can the interior of your tower be connected? I mean, can the gaps between each floor be opened?"

"Yes!" Heng Ming became even more confused. "So, what are you trying to say?"

"Can you leave the planet and go into space?" Yang Ning asked.

Heng Ming couldn't figure out what Yang Ning was asking anymore, so he could only nod in confusion. "Of course, I can easily leave Extreme Eternal, absorb the power of the sun, stay in space forever, and even travel through the starry sky with people, going to other worlds!"

At this point, Heng Ming still had some regrets. "Unfortunately, I'm restricted by the contract and can't leave Extreme Eternal. I can only wander around nearby."

Yang Ning's eyes lit up even more.

"May I ask, how big is the interior space of your tower?"

"From top to bottom, there are a total of eight small worlds. Each small world can easily accommodate an Extreme Eternal," Heng Ming pondered and said.

"Can you also freely change your size?" Yang Ning asked again.

"Look at what you're saying. I am already an Immortal Weapon. Isn't that a basic function?" Heng Ming replied.

Yang Ning couldn't close his mouth from joy!

Solar-powered, capable of traveling in space, and with eight extremely large internal spaces.

What is this? Isn't this a Transcendent Level space station with no need for energy, construction, and equipped with artificial intelligence?

Of course, describing an Immortal Weapon as a space station would be downgrading it. It would be more accurate to say it is a starship!

In any case, the Transcendent Level starship, the Heng Ming, has all the power functions and carrying capacity of a space station, including the weapon system, the Tower of Eternity.

Moreover, the pagoda is hollow, and its base can be opened, which means that the Tower of Eternity can transform into a cannon with eight acceleration tracks and interchangeable calibers!

Transcendent Level starship, the Heng Ming!

"Heng Ming senior, is there a possibility that you don't have to do anything, just float in space, and then I add something to you, like connecting electricity and installing a metal pillar, and let it freely fall from the sky?" Yang Ning asked, "This way, even if it hits something, it wouldn't be considered an attack initiated by you, right?"

"Well," Heng Ming pondered and asked, "Do I not need to use my mana?"

"No need!"

"Do I not need to aim where to strike?" Heng Ming asked again.

"No need!"

Heng Ming thought for a long time and didn't know what the purpose of doing this would be. What can a metal pillar do when it falls to the ground? It wouldn't even be able to kill an ant!

"Then it shouldn't be considered an attack initiated by me!" Heng Ming said.

After all, I'm just quietly floating in the sky.

"Understood!" Yang Ning turned his head and asked, "Yuan Xi, do you know how to draw arrays?"

"I don't!" Yuan Xi blinked her eyes, "But I can learn!"

"Then learn it. It's very simple!" Yang Ning said, "There's an app called Deep Blue Array Drawing on your phone. Download it, it can assist in drawing arrays! Oh, by the way, do you have the materials?"

Deep Blue Array Drawing is naturally the software developed by Yang Ning just now. It is a software that works in conjunction with the Deep Blue Eye and can project rune circuits onto the eyes. Cultivators can simply trace them.

With Yuan Xi's control over spiritual energy in the Divine Ability Realm, coupled with ready-made rune circuits, it can be said to be easy.

As for the issue of materials, Yang Ning remembers that Yuan Xi collected many artifact refining materials for him. But they are all left on the Hongye Mountain, and they can't leave now!

"I have them with me!" Yuan Xi immediately took out a ring.

Her original plan was to accompany Yang Ning in his cultivation until he broke through the Qi Refining Stage, and then hand over the artifact refining materials to him.

But she didn't expect to be summoned by the Sect Master in the middle, and then the Sect Master's words of "fiancé" directly stimulated the two of them, resulting in the current situation.

"Since that's the case!" Yang Ning said, "I'll design it, and you can make it. Let's give the Lin family a big gift!"

"Isn't it too soon?" Yuan Xi expressed some concern, "With our cultivation, we can't even harm the Lin family!"

"It's possible, trust me!" Yang Ning said seriously.

Yuan Xi immediately stopped asking.

One special aspect of the power of technology is that the more energy and mass it has, the greater its power.

From bullets to particles, the basic principles are the same, all belonging to kinetic impact. However, the difference in power is like night and day.

Indeed, Yang Ning is only in the Physical Body Realm, and Yuan Xi is only in the Divine Ability Realm. According to common knowledge in the Immortal Cultivation World, with their cultivation, they would never be able to unleash attacks at the level of the Spirit Law Realm.

But by utilizing scientific concepts, stacking infinite energy and mass, and combining them with the cannon of the Tower of Eternity, it is entirely possible to unleash attacks at the Spirit Law Realm level, or even higher levels!

(End of this chapter)