Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 699 - 303: Nodes

Profound Truth Realm.

One after another, the armies from each Spirit Domain stepped into the war realm.

Realms of greater power hold more Immortal Sects inside them.

Droves of Integration Realm powerhouses, emerging like coiling dragons, were sent forth, including numerous top venerables and even extreme venerables among them.

In the heart of the Mountain and Sea Realm's continent stands a sky-piercing summit known as Heaven-Reaching Peak.

This peak links the ground beneath to the skies overhead, towering as the highest in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

Right now, a massive, misty silhouette perched atop it, encircled by twinkling stars, its form too obscured for any to discern clearly.

The silhouette stared off into the far-off horizon.

Over the expansive oceans of the Mountain and Sea Realm floats a grand and splendid palace upon the waves.

Endless surges of water and icy columns uphold this palace, making it seem to rise even higher than Heaven-Reaching Peak itself.

A silhouette wrapped in lunar mist watched quietly toward Heaven-Reaching Peak.

Yet, the silhouette's overwhelming aura could still the swells over ten sea areas, as though they were iced over.

Those not yet venturing into the war realm sneak peeks at the pair of silhouettes, and even extreme venerables among them hesitate to gaze straight at them.

Deep in their minds, these two hold the age-old mythic moniker: Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor!

…

Vast Realm.

In scale, the Vast Realm matches the Mountain and Sea Realm, both classified as Spirit Domains.

Ever since the construction of the war realm started six months back between the two realms, the Vast Realm Will has rallied its sects from within.

However, differing from the Mountain and Sea Realm's shared rule under Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, it splits into two dominant factions.

Yet in the Vast Realm, a single sect holds sway, called the Vast Immortal Sect.

Legend has it that the Vast Realm's very name stems from the Vast Immortal Sect.

The Vast Immortal Sect hovers over the Vast Realm's core, its influence spanning dozens of Spirit Domains, serving as the ultimate dream for every cultivator there.

It holds a role akin to the True Martial Immortal Sect in the True Martial Realm.

This conflict sparked between the realms was kicked off by the Mountain and Sea Realm Will along with Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, leaving the Vast Realm to reluctantly face the foe.

Still, the Vast Immortal Sect shows no dread of combat.

As the forces of the Mountain and Sea Realm advanced into the war realm, from the Immortal Mountain of the Vast Immortal Sect, a divine tune echoed like falling bells and thunderous drums.

Just one word rang out: "Battle!"

With those words uttered, the cultivators across the Vast Realm's domains surged with fervor and bellowed together:

"We vow to guard the Vast Realm until our last breath!"

Following that, the cultivators from the Vast Realm's various domains marched into the war realm in the same way.

…

Crossing through the emptiness, landscapes and waterways transform.

Under Ning Qi's command, all cultivators of the Profound Truth Realm endured a transmission that spanned a complete fifteen minutes until light broke once more.

The group touched down on a desolate stretch inside the war realm.

The instant they crossed into the war realm, the turbulent energy chaos hit them right away.

It was as if they were fish used to their home currents and warmth, abruptly cast into a semi-known spot rife with wild shifts in heat, sparking intense unease.

But thanks to Alliance Hierarch Ning Qi's long-term groundwork, they adapted swiftly.

The moment they arrived, sect cultivators loosely arranged into a grand formation.

Roar!

Nearby lurked a savage creature like a tiger shark yet bearing four limbs.

When the group materialized, it appeared to detect their scent across the void.

At once, it whipped its fin tail, resembling a huge spinning wheel, hurtling at them like a shooting star to snap with vicious speed.

Its colossal frame stretched three thousand feet in length and five hundred feet across, its wide-open jaws displaying five layers of crimson fangs, each the size of a minor hill.

A veil of dim fog subtly enveloped it, giving off a deeply sinister vibe.

Rumble!

In a flash, the Profound Truth Realm's cultivators unleashed a joint assault, spells bursting like fireworks that cleaved at the tiger shark beast and detonated on impact.

The beast's onward rush came to an abrupt stop.

Right away, huge fissures split across its form, with gore pouring from the sky.

The tiger shark let out nonstop howls, desperate to flee yet finding itself trapped by unseen bonds.

A fearsome combined blade glow carved it into chunks, wiping out even the spilled blood around.

Facing the wild beast that lunged the second they entered the war realm, the Profound Truth Realm cultivators allowed it just one glimpse before ending it.

The assembly pulled back their forces, finally free to scan the war realm around them.

Far from empty inside, it featured peaks and streams, mirroring the outer world's terrain.

The sole variance lay in the swirling energies, blending known Mountain and Sea Realm forces, oppressive Vast Realm powers, and turbulent Sea of Realms flows.

Hence, battered by the clashing energies of three sides, their abilities faced severe limitations.

Once the tiger shark fell, the Profound Truth Realm's scouts for intel shot off toward every direction.

Employing their practiced tactics, they gathered data across the war realm.

Before long, reports streamed in successively.

Overseeing the intel compilation was Xia Xing, leader of the Celestial Star Upper Sect.

The Celestial Star Upper Sect commanded a star-viewing art that let them peer into hidden spots via Star Power from afar, beyond what eyes or Primordial Spirit could reach.

He stepped up to Ning Qi, saluted, and declared:

"Alliance Hierarch, the first batch of war realm intel has been gathered."

Ning Qi gave a nod and replied: "Share it where all can listen."

Xia Xing cleared his throat softly and announced clearly:

"From our probes, once inside the war realm, Integration Realm experts find their spiritual sense limited to a hundred miles, while technique strength and reach drop sharply, roughly halved."