Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 713 - 307: Half-Enemy Realm (Part 4)

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As tensions mounted with the White Crane Immortal Sect's half-enemy realm formation underway, Ning Qi, the Alliance Hierarch, departed alone to confront the threat, leaving his worried allies—including the Sword Ancestor and sect leaders—from the Infinite Sword Sect and beyond to prepare their strikes in support. Sword Shocking slipped away under a separate stealth formation, tasked with drawing enemy attention and unleashing a preemptive sword attack on Ning Qi's signal. Concealed by advanced stealth techniques, Ning Qi infiltrated undetected, testing his evasion against the Vast Realm's will as the Heavenly Star's radiant light spread from the altar, claiming territory without sensing his approach within two thousand meters.

Thus, Ning Qi found himself unable to perform earth escape.

Should he attempt to breach the boundary wall, the boundless Sea of Realms awaited on the other side.

Given the limitations of this reincarnated form, it was clear he stood no chance against the boundary wall forged by the combined might of both realms.

Furthermore, venturing into the Sea of Realms would prove perilous even for his true body.

There lurked countless realm beasts and unfathomable hidden threats.

Ning Qi possessed only scant knowledge of the Sea of Realms' conditions; likely, only mighty Spirit Realms such as the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Vast Realm held profound insights into its depths.

As a result, Ning Qi's true form harbored no interest in delving into the Sea of Realms.

He resolved to venture there solely after fully subjugating the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Ning Qi slowly advanced deeper inward.

Nineteen hundred meters, fifteen hundred meters, eleven hundred meters, one thousand meters...

Upon reaching one thousand meters, Ning Qi halted briefly, noting how the Heavenly Star starlight grew noticeably darker within that thousand-meter zone.

Ning Qi pointed his finger forward, lightly brushing the starlight before him.

Even after some time passed, the Vast Realm Will failed to sense his presence.

A wave of relief washed over Ning Qi's mind.

Apparently, the Spirit Realm Will's detection prowess fell short of expectations, a circumstance that worked in his favor.

Ning Qi pressed on with his advance.

Nine hundred fifty meters, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters...

Now he stepped into the perimeter where White Crane Immortal Sect cultivators were busy building their altar.

Ning Qi repeated his earlier approach to test the starlight.

With no response forthcoming, he kept going.

Three hundred meters, one hundred meters...

At the hundred-meter mark, the starlight in front displayed several additional vibrant hues.

Ning Qi extended his hand to test it, sensing an unusual difference this time.

As his hand made contact with the starlight inside the hundred-meter boundary, he distinctly noticed it behaving like liquid, rippling and surging as if seeking out irregularities, yet it still overlooked his existence.

Ning Qi moved ahead.

Eighty meters, fifty meters, thirty meters...

The starlight before him shone with the intensity of broad daylight, and Ning Qi reached out once more.

The starlight's rippling sensation accelerated; as Domain Master and Realm Lord, Ning Qi could sharply discern traces of realm power blending into the flowing starlight, though it remained blind to his presence.

Ning Qi strode forward with growing assurance.

Twenty-five meters, fifteen meters, ten meters...

Ning Qi had now penetrated the heart of the zone.

He concealed himself in the sky, hovering roughly twenty zhang over the terrain beneath.

On the surface below, Integration Realm cultivators crowded the area.

He probed once again, finding the forward starlight carrying a hint of searing heat, though he couldn't tell if it stemmed from his Mountain and Sea Realm origins or from the unique formation laid by Vast Realm cultivators.

Regardless, during Ning Qi's prior altar setup and Heavenly Star activation at that mid-tier node, no such burning warmth had assailed him.

A doubt flickered in his thoughts: might the Spirit Realm Will possess distinct characteristics of its own?

Setting aside further speculation, Ning Qi focused on the pressing priority.

He attuned himself to the Vast Realm Will; in the ten-meter vicinity, the starlight's heat persisted, while the embedded realm power intensified several folds.

The Vast Realm's realm power lived up to its grand title; as Ning Qi's hand connected with it, he keenly perceived a profound sense of majesty.

This sensation proved utterly remarkable; the awe it evoked differed from the ordinary thrill of summiting peaks to survey lesser hills, beholding expansive lands beneath one's stance, or lifting eyes to the heavens for a fleeting view of distant stars—that mere mortal wonder.

Instead, it embodied a profoundly intricate awe, encompassing reverence for human endeavors, the passage of ages, unstoppable forces, and an all-embracing tolerance...

Ning Qi plainly sensed how the Vast Realm Will appeared more forthright and expansive compared to the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

This strange impression only reinforced his earlier musings.

Undoubtedly, the Spirit Realm Will carried its unique traits!

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will that Ning Qi had interacted with exuded the impartial cruelty of the Heavenly Dao, driving it to seize nearby small worlds for endless self-enrichment, and to clash with the Vast Realm amid the Sea of Realms, igniting full-scale Spirit Realm conflicts.

In contrast, the Vast Realm Will showed no such aggressive designs as its counterpart.

Ning Qi drew in a steadying breath and initiated his push past the ten-meter barrier.