Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 747 - 317: Battle Against the Domain Master
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
The moments Qi Keqing shared with Ning Qi felt all too brief, leaving her grasp of his true nature far from complete.
Yet, she managed to glean insights about this Alliance Hierarch of the Profound Truth Realm by noting the behaviors of those nearest to him.
Within the Profound Truth Realm stood close to thirty Upper Sects, alongside countless lesser sects.
Their collective decision to elevate Ning Qi as Alliance Hierarch clearly demonstrated his superiority beyond what Qi Keqing had ever pictured.
Qi Keqing had scrutinized the vast forces of the Profound Truth Realm closely, noticing how every gaze directed at Ning Qi brimmed with profound reverence.
Such genuine admiration echoed the kind she had witnessed among her own Fuyao Realm troops.
Still, she fell short of inspiring that level in her followers.
Were even one-third of the Fuyao Realm army to regard her with similar esteem, Qi Keqing would have inwardly rejoiced.
This held especially true amid betrayals from figures like Sikong Lan during pivotal times.
As a result, Qi Keqing firmly resisted the Elder surnamed Li's plan to reveal the Profound Truth Realm's mighty host in her reply to him.
Deep down, she trusted that someone of Ning Qi's caliber wouldn't stand by idly while they battled in isolation.
In truth, Ning Qi sprang into motion far swifter than Qi Keqing expected.
Right now, the formidable legion from the Profound Truth Realm under Ning Qi's command had nearly eradicated the Sea of Realms' savage beasts and the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect's cultivators at the key central point.
Their overwhelming surge halted fighters mid-clash, drawing all eyes toward Ning Qi.
Qi Keqing beheld Ning Qi summoning a colossal five-hued palm, akin to a deity's grasp, plunging into the torrent of spells unleashed by the Profound Truth Realm's forces.
This immense hand seemed unstoppable, functioning like a vast ladle as it swept relentlessly through the magical deluge.
Before long, the five-colored giant hand emerged from the depths.
As Ning Qi unfurled it, five Sea of Realms beast kings appeared, each bearing a unique form!
These five beast kings had clashed intensely with the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect's envoys for quite some time, enduring relentless assaults from Ning Qi and his allies afterward, which left their energies severely depleted.
Thankfully, Ning Qi seized them just in time, preserving their last wisps of vitality.
With heavy-lidded eyes, they gazed upon Ning Qi, a flicker of thankfulness shining in their stares.
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Abruptly, within Ning Qi’s five-colored giant hand, the hues blazed intensely before forming into five slender Five Elements Chains.
The five beast kings had no chance to respond as the tiny chains snapped around their throats.
Ning Qi's released five-colored giant hand faded away, stranding only the Five Elements Chains in the emptiness to restrain the five fierce beast kings.
"You have only one choice, submit or die!"
Those chilling words stabbed into the five beast kings' cores like sharpened blades.
Despite their massive builds rivaling minor peaks—the tiger, leopard, wolf, lion, and eagle—they dangled helplessly in the air like helpless pups, their fates no longer their own.
Golden feathers adorned the Eagle Demon King's brow, giving the distant illusion of arched brows.
It remained silent, merely twisting its head to glance at its fellow beasts.
The Tiger Demon King's coat flowed long in black-and-white stripes, sleek and lustrous, while wings beat futilely on its back.
Pitch-black from head to tail, the Leopard King shrouded itself in subtle mist, poised to vanish into shadows and nothingness.
Golden gleams sparkled in its jewel-like eyes, and its huge paws clawed at Ning Qi’s Five Elements Chain, only to meet a bolt of divine thunder that wrung a pained screech from it.
Even suspended, the Lion King exuded regal might like an unyielding peak, fixing a quiet glare on Ning Qi.
The last, the White Moon Wolf King, sported pristine white fur tinged with soft blue light, flashing razor teeth and parting its jaws as though ready to unleash a howl.
Bound tight by the Five Elements Chains, the five beast kings paid no heed to Ning Qi’s ultimatum.
As beast kings, their liberty and pride outweighed all else!
Ning Qi paid their defiance no mind, merely flexing his fingers a touch.
Suddenly, the Five Elements Chains encircling the beast kings' necks constricted sharply, unleashing bolts of Five Elements Divine Thunder that scorched them into a tangled, singed heap.
Though the five beast kings resisted yielding, their bodies betrayed them with agonized howls, muffled into low, throaty groans by the choking chains.
With a subtle twist of his wrist, Ning Qi turned the five beast kings' heads to confront him directly.
"Still unwilling to submit?"
Ning Qi regretted the thought of slaying these five defiant beast kings.
Yet, he possessed other means to bend them.
As they stared at him under his control, Ning Qi's eyes flashed in a blink, unleashing the Primordial Spirit Possession Technique!
His Primordial Spirit Power divided into five threads, lancing straight into the beasts' forehead centers.
The five beasts went rigid at once, the rebellion in their gazes slowly fading away.
It was as though a colossal figure loomed inside their Primordial Spirits, seizing their essences in a flash.
In that instant, they lost sight of their identities, their pasts, adrift between existence and oblivion, their souls snuffed out amid boundless gloom and isolation.
At last, the shadows lifted, and light pierced through once more, restoring their recollections in its glow.
Ning Qi had undone the Five Elements Chains from around the beasts’ necks.
One after another, the five beast kings knelt before him, crying out, "Master!"
The Black Serpent and the Bee Demon Queen, previously tamed by Ning Qi, stood stunned by the sight.
Luckily, their earlier choice to yield to Ning Qi spared them from enduring such a fate as well.