Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 788 - 331: Kill Order (Part 2)

The Vast Realm exhibits a subtle golden shade.

Across the full map, numerous areas are marked with various colors, yet the region occupied by Ning Qi stands out in a broad expanse of azure blue.

...

Entities similar to the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor are also examining this map intently.

Deep within the Vast Realm.

Atop a unique Immortal Peak in the Vast Immortal Sect, an unremarkable old man halts his brush mid-stroke.

Abruptly, he lifts his gaze toward the war realm, a faint glow igniting in his eyes that shatters his mundane look, unveiling a profound immortal essence.

He stands as the mightiest Saint Ancestor in the Vast Realm.

No servants attend the Saint Ancestor; he cherishes isolation and delights in the arts of calligraphy and painting, frequently losing himself in their practice.

From time to time, when inspiration wanes, he calls for a gathering to select talents in these arts, summoning cultivators from every corner of the Vast Realm to create alongside him.

At times, he organizes a contest of calligraphy with dragon-like strokes and ink mastery; at others, a competition in landscape painting; occasionally, he combines the two.

All at once, the Saint Ancestor fixes his stare on the war realm claimed by Ning Qi, whispering to himself:

"I remember that the cultivators from the Vast Realm entering this war realm ought to hail from the Divine Wind Domain, Hundred Beasts Domain, and Spirit Bird Domain, correct?"

"And based on the Celestial Pavilion's predictions, those from the Mountain and Sea Realm should originate from the fringes of the Spirit Domain; so why haven't they seized this realm, only for it to fall to forces from the Mountain and Sea Realm? It's truly baffling!"

A voice arises unexpectedly by his side.

"Teacher, in that war realm, the foes possess powerful prodigies. If they're not eliminated soon, the Mountain and Sea Realm will claim the war realm passage ahead of us!"

This voice carries an otherworldly quality, impossible for outsiders to perceive, recognizable solely to the Saint Ancestor.

"You're right; in battles of strategy, gaining the upper hand early ensures ongoing dominance, and such threats can't be ignored!"

With those words, the elder suddenly questions, "The Domain Master of the Divine Wind Domain was once a disciple I personally took in many years back; surely he entered that realm?"

The spectral voice answers, "Kuang Shanquan owes his position to you, rising to Domain Master, and with his Integration Realm cultivation, he was bound to participate!"

"Has he not crossed paths with the adversaries, or could he already be slain?"

Noting how the war realm's color is steadily turning entirely to azure blue, the Saint Ancestor narrows his eyes a touch.

"No, he must have faced the enemies, yet at that critical life-or-death moment, why didn't he activate the painting I gifted him long ago?"

The elder probes, "Were you able to witness their clash distinctly?"

In an instant, the voice he was speaking with falls quiet for a period, responding only after a pause:

"Forgive me, teacher; as the Vast Realm Will, I couldn't observe their confrontation; it occurred in a concealed spot inside the war realm. You understand, teacher, that the war realm fashioned by the Mountain and Sea Realm prevents our will from surveying every inch."

It turns out the voice conversing with the elder is none other than the Vast Realm Will.

Yet, for the Vast Realm Will to address the elder as its teacher, this is remarkably odd.

Hearing this, the Saint Ancestor states, "This isn't your doing."

Then, ceasing questions, he extends his right hand, summoning six turtle shell fragments from thin air.

Moments later, the Saint Ancestor casts the turtle shells onto the antique wooden table ahead, where they land to form a clear divinatory pattern.

Fixing his eyes on the divination, the Saint Ancestor forms hand seals for a bit before declaring, "The three Domain Masters aren't entirely perished, but they've been taken captive by an individual."

His gaze flares with sharpness, as he continues forming seals, "My disciple has deployed the Wind God Painting I bestowed upon him, yet astonishingly, the foe endured a blow from me; no surprise then that they overran the war realm so rapidly—such a terrifying prodigy exists!"

The Vast Realm Will asks, "Teacher, what course of action now?"

With a wave of his hand, the Saint Ancestor makes the six turtle shells on the table disappear in a flash.

He then grasps the brush he had set aside, while a sheet of Xuan paper drifts smoothly onto the table.

Without delay, the Saint Ancestor begins to write, etching a single character onto it: "Kill!"

"Convey my decree: send forces immediately back into the war realm, and they absolutely must eliminate this individual!"

"Understood!"

The Vast Realm Will acknowledges, curling up the paper with the "Kill" character, and it departs with haste.

The Saint Ancestor stares at the war realm; his vision pierces through the void, as if he can glimpse the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

He murmurs, "Though the Mountain and Sea Realm ignited this conflict, our Vast Realm will undoubtedly bring it to an end!"

...

In the True Martial Realm.

Ning Qi’s primary body has attained the Great Success stage of the rules.

He casts his sight over the whole True Martial Realm, where a hundred rule origins swirl about, causing the realm to expand twofold in an instant from the union of those paths.

The inhabitants of the True Martial Realm revere him in worship, though Ning Qi pays them no mind for now.

Abruptly, he lifts his hand and points with a finger.

A chain of Five Elements Rule Divine erupts from his fingertip right away.

This petite Rule Divine Chain gleams with radiant Five Elements Divine Light, like a ring of enchanted halos spinning through the atmosphere.

At present, even as this Five Elements Divine Chain shines in multiple hues, Ning Qi has seamlessly woven a hundred rules into it, organized according to the Five Elements.

With a simple flick, the Five Elements Divine Chain shoots upward at an angle, piercing straight through the True Martial Realm's boundary wall into the Sea of Realms.

The Five Elements Divine Light drifts amid the dim Sea of Realms, swiftly drawing in the diverse rules around it, steadily forging more rule origins for the True Martial Realm.

After sensing it briefly, Ning Qi realizes that the Five Elements Divine Chain can now produce five rule origins in a single year.

Prior to this breakthrough, the Five Elements Divine Chain managed two rule origins every year and a half; its output has now more than doubled.

Ning Qi looks toward the emptiness, his vision seemingly breaching the True Martial boundary wall to view the immense Mountain and Sea Realm, the attached war realm, and even the distant Vast Realm.

The two Spirit Realms stand connected through their interface, appearing from afar like a dumbbell shape amid the Sea of Realms.

Concealed by his mighty spell, the True Martial Realm remains undetected by the Mountain and Sea Realm thus far.

Though still lagging behind the two Spirit Realms in scale, the freshly enlarged True Martial Realm now shows undeniable potential to overtake them.

As crane and clam clash, the fisherman benefits!

Despite the dire crisis looming over the True Martial Realm, it has seized a chance for swift growth.

...

Deep in the war realm.

Ning Qi’s reincarnated form hovers mid-air.

Observing how the space he carved out in the war realm is swiftly shrinking under pressure from surrounding nodes until it vanishes, a strange grin spreads across Ning Qi’s face.

Keep battling, keep clashing—the fiercer the struggle between these two realms grows, the more advantageous it becomes.

Out of nowhere, Ning Qi feels immense energies surging through the world.

This sensation feels profoundly familiar, marking the presence of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

Why has it shown up unannounced? Has it noticed something wrong here?

That can't be; with sections of space still unsevered, the wills of the realms should stay separated—by all reason, the foe couldn't have sensed a thing!

This idea races through Ning Qi’s thoughts; in the next moment, he fades from his spot, rushing to a close node.

No matter what, since it seems headed his way, he needs to investigate.

Moving swiftly, Ning Qi rips open space, landing close to a node held by his allied forces.

The instant he arrives, a tremendous will condenses above the heavens.

"Domain Master Ning!"

"What command does the Realm Venerable bring?"

Ning Qi hurries beneath the node, bowing as he asks, while masking his aura even deeper.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will scans Ning Qi, finding his energy unchanged, so it doesn't probe more.

Rather, it declares, "Domain Master Ning, I've arrived with crucial intelligence to relay to you!"

"Speak freely, Realm Venerable!" Ning Qi replies.

Maybe because Ning Qi guided his troops to conquer this war realm quickly, or due to the notice from the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor.

Right now, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will treats Ning Qi with notable warmth, a far cry from its earlier attitude.

"You're exceptionally lucky; thanks to your outstanding feats, both the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor wish to accept you as their disciple!"