Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 710 - 307: The Border Realm

To accomplish mighty feats, one must first hone their instruments.

This truth is clear to all, yet crafting such an instrument eludes most.

Indeed, within the ranks of cultivators from the Profound Truth Realm, no one else but Ning Qi possesses the ability to pull it off.

Though countless others have entertained similar ideas, they simply fall short on the skills required.

The Sword Ancestor bent forward to scrutinize the Soul-Searching Plate clutched in Ning Qi’s grasp, observing how the pointer fixed steadily on the northwest.

He blurted out in awe, "Kid, you’re really something!"

Ning Qi grinned, then gestured toward the northwest with a sweep of his arm, declaring, "Let’s set off now!"

In an instant, the Profound Truth Realm’s forces altered their path as one, hurtling through the air toward the northwest.

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A minor node positioned in the northwest.

Right then, the surviving two squads of the White Crane Immortal Sect had only just reached this place.

Leading them were two Extreme Venerables: Su Haoran for one group and Wu Feiyu for the other.

Each squad boasted at least twenty Integration Realm experts under their lead, more than a hundred at the Void Path Realm, and close to two thousand Primordial Spirit Realm fighters.

Despite this vast assembly, a veil of uneasy dread over the unseen peril lingered on every face.

Even Su Haoran and Wu Feiyu, mighty Extreme Venerables though they were, wore grim expressions at that hour.

The White Crane Immortal Sect stood as one of the Immortal Sects in the Spirit Bird Domain, a medium-scale Spirit Domain in the Vast Realm’s northwestern expanse. Across the whole Vast Realm, its power ranked solidly in the middle.

Yet upon entering the War Realm, their other two squads had stumbled into disaster after disaster, with zero survivors returning to relay the news.

Not only did no one make it back alive with reports, but they hadn’t gleaned even a scrap of intel on the foe!

The initial squad barely managed to shatter their Communication Jade Scroll, signaling a peril so overwhelming they couldn’t transmit further details.

Following that, all three squads hurried to the scene.

Back then, Su Haoran had spotted this tiny node and planned to claim it.

But the crisis demanded haste, so he shelved the node capture and rushed to aid them instead.

Not much later, word came from the second squad.

"Danger, do not proceed, let’s gather first!"

Evidently, the second squad, nearer to the first, had sensed something amiss.

Still, they remained in the dark on the full story, opting to unite before plotting next steps.

Thus, Su Haoran made for the second squad’s position, linking up with Wu Feiyu’s group after a grueling two-hour flight.

The squads merged and pressed onward to the second squad’s spot.

Yet in that instant, another urgent dispatch arrived from the second squad: "Don’t come, run!"

Su Haoran and Wu Feiyu halted at once.

They shared a look, an unfamiliar chill of terror seeping into their cores after so long.

The first squad’s wipeout had been total, and even with the second squad bracing for it, they failed to relay any useful enemy details.

This was utterly horrifying!

Unbidden, the pair began speculating on the adversary’s nature.

They ruled out the Sea of Realms’ savage beasts or rival sects from the Spirit Bird Domain.

Such beasts from the Sea of Realms could never block two Extreme Venerable-led squads from transmitting alerts.

Within the Spirit Bird Domain, sects rarely turned to all-out fratricide like this; it wouldn’t explain how two squads got silenced without a word.

That left just one grim conclusion: they’d clashed with intruders from the Mountain and Sea Realm!

But hadn’t the Vast Immortal Sect’s Heavenly Star Pavilion warned that War Realm foes hailed from the Mountain and Sea Realm’s weaker fringe Spirit Domains?

Were they free to exit the War Realm, they’d seize that messenger from the Vast Immortal Sect and demand answers.

Is this your idea of a fringe Spirit Domain?

Could forces from such a backwater truly slaughter mid-tier Spirit Domain elites without letting a single alert slip through?

A profound helplessness gripped Su Haoran and Wu Feiyu.

After endless deliberation, they refused to venture toward the second squad’s doom site, united as their forces now were.

Besides, the second squad had explicitly urged escape!

Ultimately, Su Haoran chose to join Wu Feiyu in targeting the small node he’d uncovered.

Capturing it and summoning the Vast Realm Will would at least fortify their fragile safety net.

Hence, the duo guided the White Crane Immortal Sect’s remnants in a frantic dash to the node.

Two hours of relentless flight later.

The two squads of cultivators touched down at the small node, where Sea of Realms beasts lurked—three ravenous wolves, to be precise.

But their combined might made short work of the wolves, securing the Node Pearl with ease.

Their ritual to invoke the Vast Realm Will mirrored Ning Qi’s approach.

Su Haoran and Wu Feiyu pooled their energies, channeling it rapidly into the Node Pearl, which triggered an abrupt darkening of the heavens.

Unseen forces rushed in, infusing the Node Pearl before it ascended, morphing into a radiant Heavenly Star anchored to the Boundary Wall overhead.

The Vast Realm Will’s might beamed downward without delay, easing the strain on the White Crane Immortal Sect and slashing their power suppression by thirty percent.

Next, Su Haoran and his allies set about erecting an altar.

Only once the altar stood complete, draining every trace of Realm Sea energy and Mountain and Sea Realm energy, could the Vast Realm Will claim total dominion here.

Even as they toiled on the altar,

Ning Qi guided the Profound Truth Realm’s army stealthily to within ten thousand meters, shrouded by a veiling array that kept them undetected by the White Crane Immortal Sect so far.

He came to a sudden stop, and the Profound Truth Realm’s forces halted in eerie silence behind him.

Every gaze locked onto the Heavenly Star gleaming above the distant Boundary Wall, subtle shifts rippling across their features.