Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 876: Chapter 372: Saint Ancestor Avatar (Part 2)

”Prepare the army, march towards the Central Domain!”

Ning Qi gazed at the Central Domain.

He no longer cared about the fate of the Outer Domain!

Only upon hearing Ning Qi’s shout did the observing cultivators come to their senses.

Since Ning Qi’s tribulation, cultivators from both realms had been in the same situation; everyone had put aside their disputes, focusing on the transformation Ning Qi had brought.

However, the transformation had now ended.

Ning Qi was no longer concerned with the battles in the Outer Domain and was ready to lead his army into the only unsettled area within the War Realm—the Central Domain.

But they couldn’t act as freely as Ning Qi did and had to remain in the Outer Domain to continue the fierce battles.

However, no one dared to stop Ning Qi.

Not to mention Ning Qi and his followers’ current strength, merely the fact that Ning Qi had used the Heavenly Tribulation to destroy thousands of Harmonization cultivators from the Vast Realm had rendered great merit to the Mountain and Sea Realm, and provided a significant advantage to those Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators who continued to fight in the Outer Domain!

It’s fair to say that Ning Qi alone had altered the course of the conventional war!

Ning Qi watched the two-domain army being organized, standing with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, a graceful figure flew toward him.

Though the person had not yet arrived, her voice resonated like raindrops in a deep valley, melodious and tinkling.

”Congratulations, Domain Master Ning!”

Ning Qi looked towards the newcomer, clad in a blue dress, tall, with a long neck and snow-white skin—it was Leng Qingao.

Leng Qingao, with her rosy eyes sparkling, watched Ning Qi.

She was tasked by the Sea Ancestor to support Ning Qi within the War Realm.

Yet, aside from initially preventing Fan City and others from troubling the cultivators of the Profound Truth Realm, Leng Qingao admitted she had not really assisted Ning Qi.

What she hadn’t expected was that so soon, she would only be able to look up to Ning Qi, despite him just having crossed the Harmonization tribulation.

Leng Qingao hadn’t forgotten that Fan City and the gray-clothed Sword Cultivator from the Vast Realm, both of similar strength to her, had been slain by Ning Qi.

Leng Qingao approached boldly, landing in front of Ning Qi and offering her congratulations.

Even though she couldn’t help Ning Qi much now, it was still proper to greet him.

Ning Qi smiled upon seeing her.

”Would you like to join us?”

Leng Qingao was momentarily stunned.

Ning Qi saw her face flush with color, not knowing what she was thinking.

Fortunately, Leng Qingao quickly recovered, her stalled mind seemingly back on track.

”Of course, I could introduce you to our Moon Sea Immortal Sect Leader, Zhao Yujun.”

Upon hearing the words Moon Sea Immortal Sect, Ning Qi felt a stir in his heart.

He was finally about to engage with one of the two strongest sects in the Mountain and Sea Realm!

”I’ll be in your care then.”

Subsequently, Leng Qingao summoned her Spirit Domain cultivators under her command, who, like the cultivators under Ning Qi, formed ranks behind them, ready to enter the Central Domain together.

...

Within the Vast Realm.

The phantom of the Vast Realm Will descended into the Saint Ancestor’s courtyard.

The Saint Ancestor’s gaze swept directly towards it, no longer as calm as before.

”Zhili, you couldn’t save my Vast Realm Harmonization cultivators; what exactly happened in the War Realm before?”

A trace of guilt flashed across the Vast Realm Will’s phantom face.

”Teacher, it was all my fault.”

Upon hearing this, the Saint Ancestor sighed deeply.

”You can’t be blamed; we all underestimated that Ning Qi!”

The Vast Realm Will then recounted everything that transpired within the War Realm to the Saint Ancestor.

The Saint Ancestor listened carefully, then said:

”You say that Ning Qi could invoke the rules within the Vast Realm, and even you couldn’t stop him?”

The Vast Realm Will nodded.

”Shouldn’t the Mountain and Sea Realm have faced the same encounter? What is its view on Ning Qi?”

The Vast Realm Will replied, ”Its relationship with Ning Qi appears very harmonious; it doesn’t seem to mind this point.”

”Harmonious, is it?”

The Saint Ancestor squinted his eyes and asked again, ”You also mentioned encountering something akin to Infinite Evil Qi, which Ning Qi took away as well?”

The Vast Realm Will nodded once more.

The Saint Ancestor paced back and forth, seemingly pondering something.

”Ning Qi, Mountain and Sea Realm Will, Evil Qi...”

He muttered, suddenly producing a set of divination tortoise shells.

The Vast Realm Will watched as the Saint Ancestor focused intently, casting the divination into the void.

The tortoise shells floated mid-air, presenting a hexagram before the Saint Ancestor, as if reflecting the will of the heavens.

The Saint Ancestor gazed at the divination diagram with a somewhat grave expression that seemed to slightly relax, yet it was unclear what he discerned from it.

”Zhili, our Vast Realm has suffered considerable losses recently. In the upcoming struggle within the Central Domain, I fear we are at a disadvantage. I will send a clone to assist.”

The Vast Realm Will was taken aback and hurriedly said:

”Teacher, even you must intervene?”

The Saint Ancestor smiled faintly, saying, ”Even if I don’t intervene now, sooner or later I will have to, so why not take the initiative to assess the situation?”

He then looked towards the Vast Realm Will.

”Your nature is benevolent. After becoming my disciple, you have done many good deeds for all beings in the Vast Realm. However, in terms of the war in the Spirit Realm, you are still not as seasoned as I am.”

”Yes!”

After speaking, the Saint Ancestor made no visible movement.

A shadow emerged from his slightly aged form, transforming into a clone that stood beside the Vast Realm Will.

”Let’s go, and meet the people from the Mountain and Sea Realm, meet Ning Qi!”

”Yes, Teacher!”

...

The series of events triggered by Ning Qi also caught the attention of the two Ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Mountain Ancestor stood atop the Heaven-Reaching Peak, with his thick eyebrows slightly furrowed.

The Mountain Ancestor could accept that Ning Qi achieved the Harmonization state so quickly.

But the Heavenly Tribulation Ning Qi summoned was beyond Mountain Ancestor’s expectations, not to mention Ning Qi’s subsequent manipulation of the tribulation lightning to help his subordinates transcend!

The Mountain Ancestor felt some regret, as this talent was snatched away by the Sea Ancestor.

He looked towards the south, in the direction of the Endless Sea.

Even if he wanted to snatch the Profound Truth Realm and Spirit Domain back from the Sea Ancestor now, it would only become more difficult.

Because that mad woman had previously valued Ning Qi so much, she would not easily let him succeed now.

With Ning Qi’s assistance, the mad woman’s forces completely gained the upper hand in the war realm, a situation the Mountain Ancestor did not wish to see.

The Mountain Ancestor suddenly gazed upwards into the sky.

At the end of his gaze, there was emptiness, seemingly nothing, yet his expression was extremely solemn.

”Whether the Mountain and Sea Realm can ascend this time, whether I can achieve a breakthrough to become an Immortal True Immortal, all hangs on this fight!”

In the Endless Sea.

Since witnessing Ning Qi draw the power of the Sea of Realms into the Celestial Tribulation, the Sea Ancestor had maintained an inexplicable smile.

With icy eyes blinking, the Sea Ancestor gazed through the void.

”Ning Qi, just how many more surprises can you bring me?”

...

Within the war realm.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will seemed to have become somewhat silent.

His silhouette stood before the Central Domain’s boundary wall, within his eyes reflecting the figures of the two armies led by Ning Qi and Leng Qingao.

”Do you really intend to go in now?”

Leng Qingao was quite respectful to the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

She did not answer this question, because she knew the other party was conversing with Ning Qi.

Ning Qi’s gaze was intense.

”I already know the situation within. Staying in the Outer Domain is merely a waste of time.”

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will’s silhouette nodded slightly.

”Alright, once you step in, knowing your nature, there will surely be immediate change within, but I hope you restrain yourself a little, otherwise you will force us to intervene sooner.”

Ning Qi instantly grasped his implication.

It seems the Mountain and Sea Realm Will now does not wish him to quickly trigger the final battle of the two realms.

However, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will was cryptic, speaking ambiguously, and Ning Qi was still unsure of his true intention.

Ning Qi speculated that what made the Mountain and Sea Realm Will so evasive was likely related to the situation with the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor.

After spending some time together, Ning Qi no longer harbored such intense hatred towards the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Initially, when he reincarnated into the Mountain and Sea Realm, it was to overthrow the entire realm, intending even to erase its will together.

But throughout their interaction, Ning Qi gradually understood certain matters of the other party.

Overall, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will treated him well.

The entire Mountain and Sea Realm was not something it could completely control, with the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor interfering no matter what was done.

Thus, Ning Qi did not entirely blame the Mountain and Sea Realm Will for the desire to consume the True Martial Realm.

Currently, Ning Qi has not fully understood everything, but as time passes and he gains more initiative, he will eventually uncover the intricacies of all things.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will’s silhouette stopped speaking and instead pressed a palm against the Central Domain’s boundary wall.

Suddenly, the boundary wall on the southern side rapidly undulated and melted into a grand door, facilitating entry for Ning Qi and others.

”Go!”

Ning Qi took the lead and stepped inside.