Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 939: Chapter 402: The Conditions to Achieve Supreme Power_2

Mountain Ancestor shook his head and said, ”You still don’t understand. You might want to ask that old guy next to you who is well-read. He should have read the Immortal Dao History Books.”

Sea Ancestor couldn’t help but look toward Saint Ancestor, eyes like ice seeking an answer.

Saint Ancestor glanced at the two, but instead of answering Sea Ancestor first, he addressed Mountain Ancestor:

”Generations of talented people emerge, each wave pushing the previous one in the Yangtze River. Meeting someone as ambitious as you, I feel like my many years haven’t been wasted. I want to ask first, you no longer care about my alliance with your junior sister, do you?”

Mountain Ancestor glanced at the cultivators below, including Gong Tiandao, then at the expanding shadow of Buzhou Mountain, and finally responded, ”You could say that.”

”It seems that in this Spirit Realm war, you are indeed the main driver behind it. Do you have complete confidence that you can breakthrough using this?”

Mountain Ancestor mocked, ”You’re not too dumb, at least you didn’t read too many books.”

”Alright, I understand.”

Saint Ancestor seemed to sigh, ”It’s a pity, you’ll never be the true victor.”

”Say what you will, ideals are ultimately insignificant in the face of true power.”

Saint Ancestor turned to gaze at Sea Ancestor, ”Now I understand why he reached this point and why he says you’ll never be the first.”

Sea Ancestor asked, ”Why exactly?”

Saint Ancestor said, ”You can forcibly integrate the Sea of Realms’ energy into yourself. Not just me, I think even he is somewhat awed, but this only proves one thing: it proves you’re ruthless to yourself!”

”But to become the first, being ruthless to yourself is not enough...”

Sea Ancestor said, ”Do you really need to be like him, willing to kill his teacher?”

”Killing his teacher is just the most typical part of his behaviors. The essence is being ruthless to others as well! I’ve practiced for countless years and have seen many people, clearly he is the closest to those mightiest described in the history books.”

”If you had read the real history books, you’d find that those mightiest have a trait of killing even parents, brothers, and children for supreme status. What is a teacher compared to these closest blood relatives?”

Sea Ancestor breathed heavily, stirred by Saint Ancestor’s words again.

She always valued emotions; otherwise, she wouldn’t have opposed Mountain Ancestor for years due to her father’s death, persistently seeking the truth, even forcibly integrating the Sea of Realms’ energy into herself.

Therefore, she never truly understood her senior brother, Mountain Ancestor.

Their worldviews were fundamentally different. How could one understand another’s world with one’s own?

Nonetheless, Saint Ancestor’s words reminded her of those stories of mightiest in the Immortal Dao History Books.

Sea Ancestor had always hated those books, believing them to be fabricated, written by later generations to deliberately slander those mightiest, thinking it impossible for such utterly ruthless people to exist.

Thus, only now did she connect her senior brother with those people.

Sea Ancestor seemed to understand everything yet seemed to understand nothing.

She gazed upward with an exquisite face, showing a hint of sadness.

”Could it be that true might can only be achieved this way?”

Saint Ancestor sighed without answering her.

Perhaps he and Sea Ancestor were the same kind of people.

From the time he has governed Vast Realm, he guided the Vast Realm Will toward a righteous path, enabling all beings within Vast Realm to grow well.

Yet, as good as the wishes and developments are, when faced with attacks from an ambitious person like Mountain Ancestor, all the previous beauty he established faces a shattering challenge.

This left Saint Ancestor feeling quite disheartened.

He has read Immortal Dao History Books countless times, yet he still believes that the world needs to move towards a better direction; otherwise, everything will head towards destruction.

Yet, just as recorded about those mightiest, benevolent rulers were often not revered, but those who created seas of blood and mountains of corpses were most remembered, and many fantasized that they too were such mightiest, able to triumph in every situation, able to make the world bow to their words.

Saint Ancestor even suspects that this world’s trajectory is heading towards destruction.

Why else would a supreme ruler emerge to crush all beings right after a period of good development, forcing them to submit, making all beings suffer?

He even suspects these mightiest came specifically to push the world towards destruction?

For a moment, Saint Ancestor felt that the world he saw was too small, despite being well-read and cultivating to such heights.

But the Spirit Realm is too small considered in the Sea of Realms.

”Alright, you two stop wallowing in self-pity, let me tell you what true might is, what true Heavenly Dao is.”

”Heaven and earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs. Ignorant beings need mighty individuals to hold the world steady!”

Mountain Ancestor uttered with a vast Tao Sound.

In an instant, the void seemed to resonate with his voice, including energies within itself.

The entire war realm trembled, even the Mountain and Sea Realm trembled in response to Mountain Ancestor’s sound.

All cultivators staggered, feeling their body’s energy rapidly draining, with the drain directed towards Mountain Ancestor, flowing towards the shadow of Buzhou Mountain.

Ning Qi’s expression slightly changed.

With his Golden Pupil of Illusion-breaking infused with Immortal Dao Aura, he clearly saw that all energies in this realm poured into the shadow of Buzhou Mountain, into Mountain Ancestor.

He looked to his side, where Zhao Yujun and cultivators under Sea Ancestor’s command appeared terrified!

Ning Qi then looked behind, realizing that Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing and the dual domain armies were also experiencing energy loss.

Ning Qi immediately perceived himself, noticing his energy leaking out even slightly.

But his thought quickly moved, wielding the fourfold strength acquired post-tribulation, halting the energy overflow instantly.

”Quick, perform the Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths Technique I taught you during your tribulation.”

Sword Ancestor and others heeded, promptly executing the Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths Technique.

Instantly, the energy loss within them ceased, and everyone rejoiced.

They each looked towards Ning Qi, unsure of what to say.

Did the Domain Master foresee everything early on, and why could the Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths Technique counter the shadow of Buzhou Mountain’s power?

If Ning Qi knew their thoughts, he would only smile wryly.

How could he have foreseen everything; he merely followed the Realm Lord system, understanding that those born to worlds have flaws.

Like Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing and those Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators, all their cultivation achievements, even after mastering Power of Rules to reach Unity Realm, were merely using Mountain and Sea Realm’s energy.

Mountain and Sea Realm has its will; if it wants to reclaim everything, could they resist? Clearly, they couldn’t!

Therefore, after Ning Qi’s own tribulations, he assisted Sword Ancestor and others in theirs, preparing for rebellion against Mountain and Sea Realm later.

Unexpectedly, it incidentally served in resisting Mountain Ancestor’s power beforehand.

Ning Qi and Sword Ancestor glanced again at Zhao Yujun and cultivators under Sea Ancestor’s command, realizing their energy was reduced by a tenth within moments!

This was simply astonishing!

Fortunately, they were closing their eyes tightly, gritting their teeth, and began executing the Secret Technique passed by Sea Ancestor to resist Mountain Ancestor and Buzhou Mountain power.

Yet evidently, it wasn’t as effective as Sword Ancestor and others’ cultivation technique, merely slowing down the loss rate.

There was nothing Ning Qi could do about it, involving origin power—he couldn’t help even if he wanted to.

Ning Qi again looked towards Mountain Ancestor and the shadow of Buzhou Mountain.

Suddenly, blood flowers bloomed in Buzhou Mountain, turning into blood-red flying snowflakes.

Saint Ancestor and Sea Ancestor saw this and their eyes almost bulged!

Those blood flowers were none other than cultivators just transmitted in like Gong Tiandao among others from Mountain and Sea Realm.

Mountain Ancestor actually sacrificed them before everyone, sacrificed his subordinates, sacrificed those who followed him.

Gong Tiandao, the strongest among them, barely had his head remaining.

His head teetered, flying as it looked towards Mountain Ancestor above.

”Mountain Ancestor...”

However, a grand power descended from Mountain Ancestor, directly shattering the head, releasing a divine soul.

He then blew a breath, dispersing it.

”Being my subordinate means offering your entire life when needed, you should have known this from the start!”