Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 923: Chapter 394: The Legend of Ning Qi (Part 2)

In the entire Wind God Realm, there were quite a few cultivators that people knew, but now many of them are missing.

Undoubtedly, they all perished in the War Realm.

Moreover, if the cultivators of the Vast Realm were truly so formidable, why would the Saint Ancestor have to rescue them?

Some also followed up by asking, ”Could it be that the Mountain and Sea Realm is really that strong?”

The cultivator who was lecturing in front sneered at these words.

”Hmph, the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm are on par with us of the Vast Realm, one could even say our organizational ability exceeds theirs. But...”

His expression changed, recalling some unpleasant memories, he gritted his teeth and said:

”This time the reason for our great defeat is due to one person!”

”Who is that person?”

Immediately someone angrily asked.

”Who is that person?”

The others also shouted in anger, and gradually the voices joined into a clamor, emotionally charged and unceasing.

”That person’s name is Ning Qi!” a cultivator who also fought calmly stated.

”Ning Qi?”

”Who is Ning Qi? We’ve never heard of this name. The strongest in the Mountain and Sea Realm should be the Mountain Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, and under them, the sect leaders Zhao Yujun and Gong Tiandao. Where did this Ning Qi come from?”

The first person, still showing gritted teeth, replied.

”Ning Qi is an unparalleled genius born in a remote Spirit Domain of the Mountain and Sea Realm. It is precisely because of his presence that our Mountain and Sea Realm has suffered so miserably.”

”We obviously had several opportunities to turn the tide of the battle, but each time it changed because of Ning Qi, this child... this child...”

His chest heaved violently, but he couldn’t continue.

The previously calm cultivator supplemented, ”Let me explain, your emotional control is too poor.”

The person nodded at these words.

The calm cultivator gestured with his right hand, and the angry inquiries that were just surging instantly subsided.

It seems this person must hold great prestige among them.

He continued, ”Ning Qi invented a compass in the War Realm that can detect the map and nodes of the War Realm, causing us to lag behind the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm right from the start.”

”In the second step, Ning Qi took advantage of this to first slay the cultivators of our Vast Realm who were in the same region as him, continually occupying those areas, making the territory fall into the hands of the Mountain and Sea Realm. We further lost the initiative, though later the plans of the Saint Ancestor and Realm Venerable helped us pull back from disadvantage.”

The crowd listened attentively, high above, a black donkey carrying Ning Qi was also listening.

The black donkey occasionally glanced down, then looked back at Ning Qi.

If it remembered correctly, the master on its back was also named Ning Qi, could it be that these cultivators were talking about him?

But how could this be? The master on its back could freely traverse different worlds, and the Ning Qi they spoke of didn’t seem to have any extraordinary abilities.

Thinking of this, the black donkey felt it must be a coincidence of identical names and continued listening.

Ning Qi, riding on the donkey’s back, glanced around.

”So this is the Wind God Realm?”

He remembered the first Domain Master he killed in the War Realm seemed to be from the Wind God Realm, right?

It should be, though he actually didn’t remember their names too well.

Below, the crowd was still recounting various legends about Ning Qi.

”If Ning Qi is so formidable, why not unite a group of high-level cultivators to slay him?”

”If you can think of that, don’t you think the Saint Ancestor and Realm Venerable would have thought of it too? Of course, they tried. When Ning Qi was still in the Integration Realm, we sent twenty cultivators self-severing to the Harmonization Realm to kill him, but if they hadn’t carried the Saint Ancestor’s artifact, they would have been counter-killed by Ning Qi.”

Immediately, a series of gasps arose from the crowd.

”Is Ning Qi truly terrifying to such an extent?”

”That’s not even the scariest part, it’s what came next!”

The calm cultivator’s eyes contracted sharply, as if he was recalling terrifying memories.

”He weathered an unprecedented Heavenly Tribulation, annihilating over a thousand Harmonization Realm cultivators of our Vast Realm, and yet he advanced smoothly to Harmonization!”

”What?”

”He prevented the Saint Ancestor’s avatar from summoning a Harmonization phantom, and even battled the Saint Ancestor’s avatar in a space, undefeated for a long time.”

”...”

The crowd below listened, as if their hearts were suffocating.

Just now, they dared to angrily ask who Ning Qi was, but now, hearing that Ning Qi could fight the Saint Ancestor’s avatar undefeated, they had completely fallen silent.

After all, in their hearts, the Saint Ancestor was the one True God, the strongest cultivator, so powerful that anyone who heard of him would not dare to harbor rebellious thoughts, reaching a level of reverent admiration upon hearing his name.

Therefore, the news that Ning Qi could fight the Saint Ancestor’s avatar undefeated left them utterly shocked and unable to accept it.

The narrators above exchanged glances with a bitter expression, not continuing.

The later incident about the Saint Ancestor’s avatar summoning twisted monsters wouldn’t be disclosed. After all, this involved the Sea of Realms outside the Vast Realm, and it wasn’t suitable for dissemination.

Furthermore, the Realm Venerable has imposed a forbidden command on them, stating that if anyone leaks information, they will be eradicated.

”What happened next?”

There were still audience members below asking questions.

But no one dared to continue the story, saying, ”Later, the opposing Ancestor also dispatched their avatar, so the Saint Ancestor sent us back to the Vast Realm first to avoid futile sacrifices.”

”And Ning Qi?”

”He’s naturally doing just fine!”

All the listeners looked at each other, scratching their heads, feeling an inexplicable emptiness in their hearts.

Is the story over just like that? Why did it stop at the critical moment?

They dared not continue asking because these cultivators had higher cultivation than them, and it was already generous to hear so much of the battle descriptions.

Alongside the emptiness in their hearts, they remembered one name: Ning Qi!

A figure capable of confronting the most powerful avatar of the Saint Ancestor in their hearts.

The black donkey loved listening to stories. Not hearing the critical part, it felt particularly restless.

Is Ning Qi on its back the same Ning Qi?

This question lingered in its mind but seemed inappropriate to ask Ning Qi.

”Let’s go!”

Ning Qi nudged the donkey’s belly.

The black donkey had already acclimated to Ning Qi’s command and immediately continued its venture within the Vast Realm.

But this time, Ning Qi pointed out a clear direction for it.

The black donkey looked at the distant, splendid group of Immortal Islands suspended in the air, its eyes lit up, and it swiftly flew towards that place.

That should be the center of the entire Vast Realm, the location of the Vast Immortal Sect!

...

Within the War Zone Realm.

Ning Qi’s reincarnation body continuously watched the battle between the two Ancestors.

By now, the two Ancestors were evidently getting heated in their combat.

The sound of waves and the chants of articles and poems echoed incessantly around the ears.

The entire War Zone Realm trembled with spiritual Qi, its rules chaotic, almost feeling like it reached the end times due to their battle.

This made the cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm who remained within, bitterly complain.

Ning Qi had long fallen with the army led by Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing, with his protection, the troops from both domains were unmoved like mountains, feeling not much discomfort.

And not far away, the Sect Leader of Moon Sea Immortal Sect, Zhao Yujun, was also sheltering the cultivators under the Sea Ancestor.

Compared to Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing and others, even with Zhao Yujun’s protection, they felt unsteady, similar to mortals on a boat among great waves.

As for the Sect Leader of Zhou Mountain Immortal Sect under Mountain Ancestor, Gong Tiandao, he was almost cursing aloud!

Gosh, life is getting increasingly difficult.

The cultivators under Mountain Ancestor could not compare to the shelter provided by Gong Tiandao and the neighboring Zhao Yujun.

Because Zhao Yujun belonged to the Sea Ancestor’s line, naturally adapted to the Sea Ancestor’s power, thus only needing to defend against wave after wave of the Saint Ancestor’s power impact, and could even invoke the lineage power passed down by the Sea Ancestor to counter it.

Moreover, Ning Qi was even stronger.

Ning Qi himself could fight against an Ancestor’s avatar, with a faint chance of victory, naturally, the force impact of these two Ancestors was nothing to worry about.

Whereas the cultivators under Gong Tiandao and Mountain Ancestor were like wilted eggplants.

When Saint Ancestor and Sea Ancestor clashed, they had to resist the force impacts from both Ancestors, leaving many cultivators pale and even vomiting on the spot, like falling seriously ill, teetering on the edge.

Unquestionably, they cast envious glances towards the cultivators on Ning Qi’s side.

It’s so easy to follow the right person!

Yet, they didn’t follow the wrong person either, wasn’t Mountain Ancestor powerful?

Except Mountain Ancestor was yet to descend, not even willing to send an avatar this once.

Moreover, Gong Tiandao wasn’t that diligent, not putting all his strength into helping them.

Therefore, the cultivators under Mountain Ancestor suffered silently.

Actually, Gong Tiandao had long been glancing over at Ning Qi’s side.

He really wanted to speak up, asking Ning Qi to help them.

But upon recalling his previous attitude towards Ning Qi, he felt too ashamed to do so.

Of course, that’s secondary; the main reason is Ning Qi’s power is growing too fast, so fast that even he needs to look up.

Facing such an entity, Gong Tiandao completely lacks the confidence to try.

If refused, just how awkward would he be?

Awkwardness aside, if he angered Ning Qi, he wouldn’t know how to cope!