Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 692 - 301: Three Matters (2)

Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...

The realms fully connected, birthing a chaotic boundary region teeming with powerful sea beasts from the Sea of Realms, marking the initial battlefield for the war between the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Vast Realm. Ning Qi, attuned to the world, foresaw more stable boundaries emerging to accommodate Unity Realm cultivators and beyond, where the true conflict would unfold. The Mountain and Sea Realm Will decreed that all domains prepare, with sects sending eighty percent of their Primordial Spirit Realm and higher cultivators to the front, loose cultivators included, under threat of celestial punishment. Small sects and independents recoiled at the mandate, many seeking alliances with larger powers to survive. In the Fuyao Realm, Fu Chen and his teacher Wei Wuya, facing conscription, resolved for Fu Chen to join the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect, viewing the war as a perilous yet opportunity-laden trial, though he paused to check intelligence on the Southern True Domain.

In those days, did the three leading Upper Sects keep clashing, and who claimed victory or suffered defeat?

Since that moment, has Ning Qi pushed ahead even further? Has he guided the Infinite Sword Sect to rise as a fresh top Upper Sect?

Fu Chen pulled out the Communication Jade Scroll and swiftly reached out to the informant who had supplied him details before.

Apparently, thanks to the dread inspired by the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, the connection on the opposite end was right there, replying without delay.

As a result, all the major events unfolding in the Northern and Southern Domains across those many years got passed along to Fu Chen once more.

Fu Chen pored over the incoming details, his face shifting through various shades just as it had during the previous encounter.

Wei Wuya inquired with curiosity, "What's occurred there to cause you to reveal that kind of look once more?"

For a stretch, Fu Chen acted as if he hadn't caught his revered master's question, fully absorbed in the contents of the Jade Scroll for quite a while.

Wei Wuya stayed patient; noticing how Fu Chen seemed even deeper in thought than before, he quickly picked up on the clue.

Probably, that far younger Ning Qi had stirred up yet another massive storm, leading to this kind of response.

No telling how much time slipped by before the Jade Scroll slipped from Fu Chen's grasp and hit the floor with a gentle clatter.

His eyes met Wei Wuya's in a dazed stare, his whole demeanor struck down in despair.

Wei Wuya lifted the Jade Scroll with a wave of his magical force and probed it with his Primordial Spirit.

Even though he had served as an Elder in the Harmonization of the Immortal Sect prior to the Profound Truth Realm's fracture, climbing to the highest level of cultivation within the Mountain and Sea Realm, and engaging in numerous Harmonization conflicts that left him in his present remnant spirit state.

Still, the revelations inside the Jade Scroll left Wei Wuya briefly stunned.

"Impossible? Ning Qi alone wiped out seven Integration Realm experts, among them four Integration Sovereigns dispatched by the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect?"

"Then, he razed the Feather Transformation Upper Sect, compelling the entire Celestial Star Upper Sect to pledge loyalty to him?"

Witnessing how Ning Qi brought the Northern and Southern Domains under one banner and earned the title of Domain Master of Profound Truth from every sect, a fierce gleam sparked in Wei Wuya's gaze.

"Domain Master of Profound Truth, what a Domain Master of Profound Truth..."

He uttered it twice, his voice laced with boundless bitterness.

Long ago, his own sect had clashed with another Immortal Sect over the right to claim the Domain Master of Profound Truth position.

Little did anyone expect that after those two Immortal Sects dragged each other to ruin, shattering the whole Profound Truth Realm, a mere youth would fulfill the dream tens of thousands of years onward?

Fu Chen couldn't grasp the full weight of what Domain Master of Profound Truth signified to provoke such a reaction from his master.

Before he had a chance to probe deeper, Fu Chen noticed Wei Wuya fixated on the Jade Scroll, his eyes aglow as though ready to burn right through the item he held.

"Harnessing the might of multiple sects, relocating entire groups, Infinite Sword Sect taking root at the heart of the Profound Truth Realm..."

"Forming the Profound Truth Alliance, with various sects pledging to join..."

"Profound Truth Realm revives, linking up the Profound Truth Void Spiritual Meridians to restore its complete vitality in merely three years, when it ought to have demanded a full century..."

Wei Wuya murmured as he scanned the text, each update on Ning Qi hitting him like a thunderbolt.

Within the cave, Wei Wuya's murmurs resounded without end.

The final glimpse of this elder's spectral form left Fu Chen shocked as tears streamed down his face.

"Master, what's troubling you?"

Wei Wuya appeared more deeply moved than Fu Chen had ever witnessed, a first for the disciple.

Having gone through every bit of Ning Qi's updates, Fu Chen felt his own spirit quake unavoidably, even sparking a urge to strive harder yet lacking the drive to act, but he held his feelings in check unlike Wei Wuya.

He couldn't fathom his master's intense response; it surely tied back to the Domain Master of Profound Truth!

Fu Chen settled quietly nearby, allowing the elder time to steady himself.

After some indeterminate period, Wei Wuya drew in a steadying breath and positioned himself across from Fu Chen.

Fixing his gaze on Fu Chen, he declared, "Little Chen, do you realize what my highest hope for you has always been?"

Fu Chen furrowed his brow in contemplation. Up to now, Wei Wuya had solely focused on his cultivation guidance, pushing him to advance swiftly; Fu Chen had assumed it all aimed at leveraging his power to swiftly rebuild the master's physical body.

Yet with this direct query from his teacher, it clearly went beyond that.

Reflecting on how profoundly the Domain Master of Profound Truth had shaken Wei Wuya, Fu Chen ventured, "Master, are you hoping I'll reconstruct your sect and claim the role of Domain Master of Profound Truth?"

Wei Wuya gave a nod, eyeing Fu Chen with warmth as he said, "Reaching that insight shows my long efforts in instructing you weren't wasted."

Fu Chen abruptly understood that his master indeed nursed a profound fixation on the Domain Master of Profound Truth.

"Master, what exactly does Domain Master of Profound Truth represent? You've never explained the reason your sect battled that other Immortal Sect; was it solely to vie for the Domain Master of Profound Truth title?"

Wei Wuya answered, "Indeed, that conflict erupted over seizing the Domain Master of Profound Truth honor, but in the end, our sects mutually destroyed each other, resulting in the Profound Truth Realm's division."

He went on, "With Ning Qi now holding the Domain Master of Profound Truth mantle, achieving what those two Immortal Sects couldn't in their time, it's downright terrifying."

Afterward, Wei Wuya shared numerous concealed truths, like the legend that the one who secures Domain Master of Profound Truth status gains the Mountain and Sea Realm Will's blessing, unlocking the authority of an entire Domain.

Naturally, they had no way to confirm if that tale held any truth back in the day, leaving its validity a mystery.

Uncovering the reality would demand questioning the true Domain Master directly.

But given the holder's status as Domain Master, why would they ever reveal such secrets to outsiders?

The pair discussed at length, eventually grounding themselves in the present.

Fu Chen questioned, "Master, should I proceed to the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect?"

Wei Wuya creased his forehead a bit and replied, "From the reports, the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect's Ancestor Sikong Qing tried stirring issues for the Infinite Sword Sect years back, only to retreat defeated, apparently bearing grave wounds."