Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 712 - 307: Half-Enemy Realm (Part 3)
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He placed unwavering trust in Ning Qi, yet a thread of concern for him persisted.
This feeling extended beyond just him; virtually every person within the Infinite Sword Sect echoed the Sword Ancestor's sentiments.
In particular, those nearest to Ning Qi, such as Lu Ziyue, Vice Sect Leader Cang Wanhe, True Man Ziyang, Jiang Ruhai, and the original Top Ten True Inheritance disciples, felt it deeply.
Exclusively the reincarnations from the True Martial Realm stayed remarkably composed, and even though Qin Minghao wasn't among them, he mirrored their calm since he had already uncovered Ning Qi's real identity long ago.
The True Martial Realm Master!
Individuals from various other sects also harbored a measure of unease.
After all, ever since aligning with the Alliance Hierarch, all of them had reaped tremendous advantages.
Setting aside the gains from trailing Ning Qi, simply the way he regarded them equally to the Infinite Sword Sect filled them with profound gratitude.
Finding such a leader proves rare beyond measure.
They lacked knowledge of conditions in different realms, but they confidently asserted that sects in other Spirit Domains tied to Immortal Sects would never receive equivalent treatment from those Immortal Sects.
Beyond that, as the half-enemy realm took shape, the Alliance Hierarch shockingly chose not to dispatch anyone ahead but instead geared up to face the threat by himself!
Ning Qi easily discerned the Sword Ancestor's inner concerns.
He declared, "Old Sword, I'll rely on your One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques before I strike, so don't falter when the moment comes!"
Half in annoyance, the Sword Ancestor overlooked Ning Qi's shift from addressing him as Sword Ancestor to Old Sword, simply replying, "Go."
He realized persuasion of Ning Qi was futile, leaving him to offer full backing instead.
Ning Qi swept his gaze over the assembly again, meeting their returning stares brimming with tangled feelings and diverse sentiments.
Anxieties, reverence, awe, confidence... and beyond.
Moments later, Ning Qi's form faded entirely from sight.
No one detected the manner of Ning Qi's disappearance or grasped his destination.
Nevertheless, the concealing formation surrounding them persisted, leaving the White Crane Immortal Sect unaware that the army watched them covertly from a distance of ten thousand meters.
The sole certainty for everyone was Ning Qi's inevitable arrival at the altar site.
As a result, all began forming hand seals, channeling their energies, poised to react the instant the Alliance Hierarch engaged, striving to wipe out as many foes as possible.
In the meantime, Sword Shocking stealthily slipped away, separating himself from the main force.
Upon Ning Qi's exit, a personal stealth formation had been applied solely to him, allowing detachment from the army.
His mission set him apart from the troops; he would strike prior to Ning Qi, drawing the focus of the White Crane Immortal Sect cultivators and opening a window for Ning Qi.
Moreover, Ning Qi had handed him a jade charm, set to trigger a sword assault on the White Crane Immortal Sect once activated.
Sword Shocking advanced soundlessly in the direction away from the army, his eyes locked on the altar.
In his mind, he mused, "Kid, you've got the makings of an Immortal, but you charge ahead in every battle. Perhaps your swift advancement ties into this boldness."
As a Sword Cultivator himself, he endorsed such a mindset.
Bold, resolute, and charging onward!
Yet at this point, it appeared Ning Qi's Sword Heart shone even purer than his own.
Ning Qi had invoked the most superior stealth technique at his command upon himself.
Sealing off every trace of aura, odor, magical energy, soul essence, laws, vitality, and the rest...
Then, through spatial traversal, he crept nearer to the White Crane Immortal Sect's forces undetected.
In truth, he was running an experiment as well.
Probing whether he could evade the Spirit Realm's awareness while unleashing his maximum power.
This mattered greatly for his upcoming clashes with the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Vast Realm.
The War Realm served as the prime arena for him to grasp the intents of the two Spirit Realms, conducting numerous trials against the Spirit Realm's will.
Right now, the Heavenly Star over the Celestial Dome Boundary had called forth the Vast Realm's will, which had yet to fully manifest, presenting a prime chance for testing.
Ning Qi hid within the emptiness, shifting his location piece by piece.
Moving from ten thousand meters distant to nine thousand.
Neither the White Crane Immortal Sect cultivators nor the Vast Realm's will overhead picked up on his approach.
Reaching eight thousand meters brought no immediate reaction.
Seven thousand, five thousand, three thousand...
Ning Qi entered the two-thousand-meter perimeter, breaching the outer alert zone of the White Crane Immortal Sect's defensive cultivators.
The foes stayed utterly ignorant of him.
Ning Qi silently surveyed the scene, paying special heed to the Vast Realm's will upon the Heavenly Star.
The Vast Realm's will kept amassing, rendering the Heavenly Star ever more brilliant.
Its radiance spilled across every inch below, extending further outward.
To seize ground in the War Realm, this Heavenly Star clearly served more than ornamental purpose.
The falling starlight carried the Spirit Realm's intent, able to detect all beneath it.
The thickest rays struck the altar's building area first.
Hence, it formed the vital core and drew the heaviest scrutiny from the Spirit Realm's will.
Following that, the starlight radiated from the altar as its hub.
Intensity of focus shifted by proximity, with nearer zones under stricter watch, while distant ones, though not ignored, fell into mere vigilance.
At the moment, the starlight extended past five thousand meters, falling short of the Profound Truth Realm army.
Still, Ning Qi lingered at two thousand meters, tucked into the void, remaining unseen by the Vast Realm's will.
Afterward, Ning Qi proceeded deeper, marking progress in hundred-meter increments.
He had originally intended to merge spatial traversal with earth evasion arts to burrow forward from underneath, deeming it the securest path.
But within this War Realm, a strange space forged by the two realms amid the Sea of Realms, no true ground existed—only the Boundary Wall.