Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 680 - 298: Ghost Axe (Part 2)
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It's no surprise that Ning Qi shattered the arrays of the Blood Demon Upper Sect and Feather Transformation Upper Sect with such ease earlier; his strikes carry a terrifying might, and when paired with his mastery as an Array Grandmaster, dismantling any formation turns into a mere task.
Among all, the folks from Celestial Star Upper Sect harbor the greatest fear; thankfully, Sect Leader Xia Xing submitted back then. If not, their sect's arrays would have been completely wrecked by a single slash from the Domain Master's blade.
As moments ticked by, the six teams of Array Cultivators sent out by Ning Qi one after another finished refining the Array Base.
The grand array of Infinite Sword Sect sprang to life in spectacular fashion.
These six array groups linked up seamlessly, merging into one cohesive structure, and right then, a profound shift swept through the Sword Sect.
The ground quaked fiercely, while the mountains, rivers, fields, and ridges inside it glowed with dazzling light.
High in the sky, myriad stars burst into view, with endless rivers of Star Power cascading down like mighty falls.
Celestial Star Upper Sect, experts in harnessing Star Power, watched with a sour taste in their mouths; even when their three Integration Realm Ancestors powered it up, their grand array could summon just a hundred stars.
Yet the formation freshly set by the Domain Master now summoned a thousand stars all at once—there's no contest, absolutely no way to measure up!
Thanks to the influx of spiritual energy shifting southward, it got swiftly seized by Infinite Sword Sect's grand array; every bit of spiritual energy across thousands of miles rushed in reverse, fully restoring all the formations.
Soon enough, a spiritual energy void stretched out for ten thousand miles around Infinite Sword Sect.
All onlookers stood in stunned silence.
With Profound Truth Realm making its comeback, who knows how vast the spiritual energy now floods between heaven and earth.
Thoughts raced through minds—they suspected the spiritual energy just gulped down by Infinite Sword Sect's grand array could sustain every sect in Profound Truth Realm for an entire year!
However, the upheavals at Infinite Sword Sect hadn't wrapped up yet.
As spiritual energy poured into the void, the grand array appeared to grow even more flawless.
The array hummed without pause overhead, and abruptly, threads of Rule Divine Chains were yanked from the emptiness by the grand array, then hauled inside bit by bit, fully integrated.
Eyes bulged wide, nearly bursting from sockets.
Refining rules straight from heaven and earth marks a Great Power in the Void Path Realm; weaving those rules into one's body defines a Giant of the Integration Realm.
Myriad cultivators hit walls before reaching Void Path Realm, but here—an array yanks rules from nothingness and fuses them within? This defies all reason!
The Void Path Realm Great Powers present traded bitter grins; after lifetimes of toil in cultivation, they never dreamed an array would outshine their achievements.
Who could possibly assault Infinite Sword Sect's grand array anymore?
Minds whirled, convinced that even a Perfection of Unity Realm powerhouse might fail to crack it!
Moreover, this grand array's evolution wasn't the finale, since Domain Master Ning planned to shift the whole Infinite Sword Sect to Profound Truth Realm's heart.
Should that vision come true, bolstered by its prime position, the grand array's might could soar even higher.
The grand array's changes slowly wound down, and all eyes turned at once to Domain Master Ning Qi, burning to learn his next move.
"Those cultivators with Body Refinement or Dharma Body, please step forward," Ning Qi declared with steady calm.
Wang Ye moved up first; he'd refined the Three-headed Six-armed Soldier Fiend Body, honed to perfection by Ning Qi, now advancing to mid-stage Void Path Realm, his power eclipsing typical Void Path Realm Great Powers in standard sects.
With Wang Ye in the lead, dozens more figures shot forward swiftly.
Infinite Sword Sect spans immense grounds, and plenty among them focus on Body Refinement paths.
Ning Qi gave them a subtle nod, then instructed, "Unleash your Dharma Bodies and get set to move Infinite Sword Sect."
"Yes!"
The dozens of Body Refining Cultivators obeyed Ning Qi's command, soaring to key spots along Infinite Sword Sect's borders, each morphing into hundred-zhang titans, poised in quiet vigil.
Following that, Ning Qi unveiled his own Dharma Body.
All beheld a colossal figure three thousand zhang tall rising beyond Infinite Sword Sect, dominating the skies and lands, resembling a sky-piercing pillar from a distance.
Wang Ye and the rest's hundred-zhang forms looked like mere insects beside it, to say nothing of the other cultivators.
Ning Qi's roar thundered out, echoing across thousands of miles like rolling peals.
"Everyone, let's channel the Ghost Axe Mountain-moving Technique in unison."
"Yes!"
With Ning Qi's words echoing, the group scattered to Infinite Sword Sect's various edges per his guidance, then started executing the Ghost Axe Mountain-moving Technique that Ning Qi had imparted earlier.
Spotting all in place, Ning Qi bellowed once more, "Power up the grand array!"
His three-thousand-zhang giant's hands clamped onto a section of Infinite Sword Sect's grand array, with countless Rule Divine Chains sprouting nearby, weaving through the array's expanse.
The Ghost Axe Mountain-moving Technique from the group built up force steadily, syncing with Ning Qi's efforts, surging into Infinite Sword Sect and channeling into the grand array.
Rumble!
Clouds of dust billowed wildly, as Infinite Sword Sect acted like a solid iron plate, slowly tugged by the united might of Ning Qi and the others, carving a ten-zhang-deep, rock-hard slab of soil from the earth, lifting gradually.
Wang Ye and his peers had no moment to gape in awe, instantly directing their hundred-zhang frames to hoist the full weight of Infinite Sword Sect.
This sight struck awe into hearts; Infinite Sword Sect claimed one-fifteenth of Beixuan Domain's former lands, and though Ning Qi's grand array didn't cover that full fifteenth, just the vital core, it remained staggeringly huge.
The entire sect hoisted skyward from the soil, from afar evoking a gigantic palm spanning the cosmos.
It eclipsed the heavens above, shrouded the broad lands below, extended to sight's limits on either side, and stretched boundlessly ahead and behind.
Faces flushed red across the crowd, not from strain, but sheer thrill.
A sect of such epic scale could actually be uprooted with its lands intact—utterly beyond belief!
The towering Ning Qi form abruptly dissolved, reverting to his spot within Infinite Sword Sect.
A subtle grin crossed his features as he addressed the group, "Press on; after clearing this spiritual and rule vacuum, the path forward gets far simpler."