185: Creation out of thin air

After a long while, Wu Ning calmed his restless mind.

He didn't rush to leave seclusion but instead began to familiarize himself with the power of the Dao Lord Realm, his new Realm.

This was to prevent inadvertently releasing a trace of Qi upon exiting, which might accidentally annihilate others.

Wu Ning raised a hand, and the power of the Great Dao surged within him.

Soon, a peach appeared in his hand.

Unlike the previous creation within his Inner World, this peach was directly created by him using the power of the Great Dao.

Inner World creation, however, was a gradual evolution, from nothing to something, more like imitating natural creation, though the entire process was controlled by a person.

These two methods were entirely different.

For instance, to create a peach in the Inner World, he would first have to use various Daos to evolve an embryo, cultivate it into a peach tree, then let it blossom and bear fruit, and finally grow a peach.

Wu Ning took a bite of the peach in his hand; it tasted almost no different from an ordinary peach.

This was the method of a Dao Lord—creation out of thin air!

Although an ordinary Immortal could also conjure a peach out of thin air, that was merely an illusion; once destroyed, it would turn into a mass of energy.

True creation is from energy to matter, from the microscopic to the macroscopic; the entire process is actually extremely complex.

Wu Ning now somewhat understood the System's method of conjuring things out of thin air.

Besides this, Wu Ning also discovered another change.

When he was an Immortal Emperor, he could cast the Divine Ability, Speak the Law.

But upon reaching the Dao Lord Realm, a single word became law, and a single action became Dao.

A Dao Lord inherently possesses the ability to Speak the Law, no longer needing to cast a Divine Ability, or rather, every word and action of a Dao Lord can be a Divine Ability.

Promotion to Dao Lord is not just a leap in life form, but also a sublimation of status.

Every Dao Lord expert is no longer merely a living entity in the conventional sense, but more like an independent world.

One person is a world, one person is heaven and earth, one person is all living beings!

Such power is unimaginable without reaching this Realm.

Wu Ning stayed in the main hall for three months, then put away his Sky Covering Umbrella and walked out of the long-sealed palace.

...

Main Hall's Affairs Office.

Wu Tian Ce looked at the intelligence report in his hand, frowning deeply.

"This is already the third incident, and still no clues have been found?"

A Quasi Immortal Emperor Elder below shook his head slightly, "Currently, no clear clues have been found, but what's certain is that this matter is definitely man-made!"

"The places where Xiao Yun and the other two disappeared have been thoroughly investigated, leaving no trace; to clean up so thoroughly, it must be man-made."

"We just don't know who is behind these attacks on our Wu Clan."

"Damn it! If I find out who's behind this, I'll cut off their head and use it as a chamber pot!"

Everyone grew furious.

In just a few hundred years, three Quasi Immortal Emperors of their Wu Clan had inexplicably disappeared, and no trace of them had been found to this day.

Cultivating a Quasi Immortal Emperor is extremely difficult, requiring a vast amount of time and immense resources; in the past, they might not even lose one in millions of years, yet now, three have successively disappeared in just a few hundred years.

The person behind this truly deserves death!

North Uncle said in a heavy voice, "I just contacted the clan; Si Qi's soul lamp has gone out, and Tian Yu's situation isn't looking good either."

"Xiao Yun disappeared not long ago, so he should be fine for a short period."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Wu Tian Ce pondered for a moment, then said, "From today onwards, have all clan members be careful; it's best not to leave the Taichu Star Region unless there's a major reason, and if you must leave for an important matter, there must be at least three Quasi Immortal Emperors accompanying you."

"The person behind this is clearly targeting our isolated members; it was precisely because we didn't take it seriously before that Tian Yu and Xiao Yun successively met with trouble."

Everyone nodded solemnly.

At this moment, Wu Qing Yue said in a solemn voice, "Additionally, I found out something very important: someone is offering a high reward for our Wu Clan members in the Virtual God Realm's black market!"

"Although people have often done this before, this time the offer is exceptionally high; the life of an Immortal King can fetch three hundred million Immortal Crystals, which is ten times higher than previous prices!"

"I suspect this is also the work of the person behind the scenes."

Wu Tian Ce snorted coldly and said, "It's probably nine times out of ten; to spend such a huge sum, it seems they have some life-and-death feud with us!"

"It's also possible that this person has a significant background, which is why they are so generous," Wu Qing Yue added.

"Everyone, this is an opportunity; perhaps we can use this to set a trap to lure out the assassin, capture them, and perhaps through the assassin, we can find some information about the person behind this."

An Elder seated towards the back suddenly spoke.

"Why go through such trouble?"

Just then, Wu Ning appeared out of thin air in the main hall, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

"Dao Child, you've come out of seclusion?"

Wu Tian Ce said in surprise.

Wu Ning nodded slightly; in fact, he had been here for a while already.

"Greetings, Dao Child!"

Everyone reacted, then successively stood up to pay their respects.

In the Wu Clan, the Dao Child's status was very high; they dared not be negligent.

"Everyone, please rise."

Wu Ning waved out a stream of power to help them up, a move that startled everyone.

They felt as if they had no power to resist in front of the Dao Child; for that brief moment, they seemed to have lost even control over their own bodies.

Simply terrifying!

"Could it be that he really Broke Through to the Immortal Emperor Realm?"

Wu Tian Ce thought to himself; he had only felt this kind of sensation from some of the clan Elders.

But reason told him that such a Prodigy could not possibly exist in the world.

"Congratulations, Dao Child, on your great progress in cultivation."

Wu Tian Ce said with a smile.

Wu Ning smiled faintly, then continued the previous conversation, "I heard what you were discussing earlier; leave this matter to me."

"This..." Wu Tian Ce hesitated slightly.

He wasn't worried about whether Wu Ning had the ability to resolve the matter, but rather felt that the matter was too thorny; if not handled well, it would affect Wu Ning's prestige within the clan.

Wu Ning naturally saw through his thoughts at a glance and said directly, "Clan Uncle, you need not worry; I possess a supreme treasure skilled in deducing Karma and fate. Even Immortal Emperor experts would find it difficult to escape its detection, so it should quickly uncover the person behind this."

Everyone's eyes lit up, "Deducing Karma and fate? The Dao Child actually possesses such a supreme treasure?"

Wu Tian Ce was also somewhat surprised, then no longer thought too much and directly agreed.

"Since that's the case, then this matter will trouble the Dao Child."

"Clan Uncle, you overstate it; as the Dao Child, these are things I should do."

Wu Ning waved his hand and didn't stay here long, taking a single step and disappearing directly from the main hall.

"The Dao Child is truly elusive!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim; they couldn't understand how Wu Ning had left.

...

"Ink Treasure, investigate for me, what exactly happened with the disappearance of the Wu Clan's Quasi Immortal Emperors?"

Above Taichu Ancient City, Wu Ning directly took out Ink Treasure.

"Yes, Master!"

Ink Treasure replied excitedly.

Being alone in the System space for over five hundred years had truly driven it crazy.