In an instant, the Lord of the Fire Realm, the Lord of the Poison Realm, and the Lord of the Scenery Realm revealed expressions of utter terror in their eyes.
They never expected that their prey would possess such terrifying strength.
Xiao Ning ignored the three people's reactions. With a thought, the divine imprint of the Lesser Destiny Technique flew out from his primordial spirit, shooting out strands of destiny power that enveloped the three Heavenly Monarchs.
The power of destiny, transcending all heavens, contains a terrifying force that flows within it, like an invisible millstone, spinning violently, thoroughly refining and purifying the essence of the three Heavenly Lords, transforming it into the purest primordial energy, and integrating it into the Lesser Destiny Technique's divine power imprint.
"Please let me go, please let me go! I shouldn't have offended you, I repent, please give me another chance."
"No! I have endured countless tribulations and finally cultivated myself into a Heavenly Lord. Even the heavens cannot defeat me. I cannot perish here!"
"Spare me! I'm willing to submit, to be your lackey, to serve you from now on, and never betray you! Spare me!"
As the three Heavenly Kings suffered severe depletion of their vital energy and the shadow of death loomed over them, they finally became afraid, abandoned their dignity as Heavenly Kings, and began to beg for mercy.
"Now you're scared? Too late!"
Xiao Ning remained unmoved. With a wave of his hand, he sealed the three of them completely with the power of spacetime, preventing them from making a sound. Then he focused all his energy on refining them.
The vast Heavenly Lord's essence was continuously absorbed by the Lesser Destiny Technique mark, causing it to undergo astonishing and unpredictable changes.
In the darkness, Xiao Ning's consciousness extended infinitely, as if communicating with a colossal portal in an unknown space, eternal and boundless, supreme and invincible, inspiring awe in all who beheld it.
This was the first time Xiao Ning had ever seen such a portal, but he immediately guessed that it must be the supreme and number one divine object of the world of immortality—the Gate of Immortality.
The Gate of Immortality that appeared at the end of Xiao Ning's consciousness was just a phantom, not a physical entity.
Xiao Ning knew that this was because his Lesser Destiny Technique was still too weak. Next, as long as he cultivated the Lesser Destiny Technique to its peak and transformed it into the Greater Destiny Technique, he could completely communicate with the true form of the Gate of Immortality and obtain power that would be invincible in the world.
A Heavenly Monarch-level expert possesses an incomparably powerful origin, immortal and indestructible, beyond the reach of heaven and earth, and extremely difficult to refine.
But for Xiao Ning, this was an incredibly simple matter. If it weren't for a sudden change of heart and the desire to take in three lackeys, these three would have followed in the footsteps of the Lord of Tang Realm and the Lord of Zhen Realm.
In just a short while, the three Heavenly Monarchs were completely obliterated by the power of destiny, their bodies and souls vanished, and a massive amount of their Heavenly Monarch essence was absorbed by the Lesser Destiny Technique imprint, greatly increasing its power.
After subduing the three Heavenly Lords, Xiao Ning did not linger. He left the Lava Plane and continued his journey into the depths of the Bottomless Abyss.
At the deepest part of the bottomless abyss lies a plane called the Plain of Despair, a plane of immense size, almost comparable to the heavens.
This is an incredibly terrifying place, filled with an aura of despair that seeps into the very marrow of one's bones. Even ordinary Heavenly Lord level experts who enter here will have all their vital energy drained away in an instant, resulting in their death and annihilation, with no chance of survival whatsoever.
This place is also where the great Heavenly Lords of the Heavenly Court refine the Thirty-Three Heavenly Treasures.
The Heavenly Court currently has five Heavenly Lords: the Chaos Heavenly Lord, the Eternal Heavenly Lord, the Calamity Heavenly Lord, the Slaughter Heavenly Lord, and the Thunder Emperor Heavenly Lord.
These five Heavenly Lords each possessed cultivation levels equivalent to eight or nine Chaos Eras. Their strength far surpassed that of the Lord of the Fire Realm, the Lord of the Poison Realm, and others—the kind of beings who could be instantly killed in a single encounter. This is why they were able to remain unharmed in the Plains of Despair.
However, their cultivation level still cannot compare with Xiao Ning's.
In the world of immortality, although the Heavenly Lords and Immortal Kings are hailed as being above heaven and earth, they cannot escape the erosion of the corrupting energy due to the presence of the malignant aura of the Gate of Immortality, and thus cannot truly achieve immortality.
Generally speaking, the lifespan of a Celestial Lord is ten Chaos Eras, and the lifespan of a Celestial King is twenty Chaos Eras.
Whether it is a Heavenly Lord or a Celestial King, their cultivation level must exceed their lifespan.
This principle is similar to how a young hero in the world of martial arts might be lucky enough to receive enlightenment from a senior master, thus gaining decades or even hundreds of years of cultivation at a young age.
A Celestial Lord's cultivation can reach a level equivalent to nineteen Chaos Eras, while twenty Chaos Eras is the level that only Immortal Kings can achieve.
Xiao Ning's current cultivation level is so high that he is only one step away from transcending the Eternal World, making him the number one person in the Eternal World, even stronger than a Celestial King with the cultivation of twenty Chaos Eras.
After reaching the level of ten Chaos Eras, each advancement in cultivation is equivalent to a complete transformation, resulting in an astonishing increase in strength.
With Xiao Ning's cultivation level, he is absolutely invincible.
Boom!
A crack suddenly appeared in the dimensional barrier of the Plains of Despair.
Xiao Ning's figure landed on the Plain of Despair.
On the Despair Plain, the land was barren and yellow, devoid of any life, animals, or plants. Everywhere there were endless stretches of yellow earth and desolate mountains, a scene of utter desolation.
"Is this the Plains of Despair?"
Looking down at the ground beneath his feet, Xiao Ning frowned.
"The land here is not ordinary soil, but a divine object called 'Barren Soil,' which is as precious as a sacred immortal artifact."
Then, he activated the Lesser Destiny Technique, combining his divine sense with the power of destiny, and quickly sensed a tremendous and powerful fluctuation hidden deep within the Plain of Despair.
With a thought, Xiao Ning's figure flashed and appeared deep in the Despair Plain. Looking down, he saw a magnificent palace in the sky.
The entire Jade Palace was formed by connecting thirty-three incomparably powerful shadows.
These thirty-three shadows all emitted a dazzling light, and their forms included knives, swords, axes, hammers, towers, wheels, bells, and cauldrons...
Each of these shadows exudes an aura of boundless creation, its majesty overwhelming.
Clearly, this is the Thirty-Three Heavenly Treasure that the Five Heavenly Lords are currently refining.
The Thirty-Three Heavens Treasures are composed of thirty-three independent treasures. If all of them reach the level of Saint-grade Immortal Artifacts, they are not simply thirty-three Heavenly Lords. When they are combined, their power can sweep away any existence below the Immortal King level.
However, the refining of the Thirty-Three Heavenly Treasures is not yet complete. Among the thirty-three treasures, some are still at the level of King-grade Immortal Artifacts and do not possess the overwhelming power to sweep away everything.
"This is the treasure of the Thirty-Three Heavens? The magic weapon created by the Creation Immortal King after comprehending the Gate of Eternal Life is indeed extraordinary."
Through the Lesser Destiny Technique, Xiao Ning glimpsed the River of Fate and became familiar with the Creation Immortal King and his Creation Artifact, the Thirty-Three Heavens Treasure.