Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 817 - 345: Home Gone? (Part 2)

The entire earth quaked faintly this time. Atop Heaven-Reaching Peak, the Mountain Ancestor seethed with rage and couldn't restrain his curse, "That crazy woman!"

His extended palm, which had been pointing downward, gradually inverted, mimicking the pose of cradling a massive tower.

With the completion of his hand sign, the ground's vital force erupted suddenly around the Profound Truth Realm and the bordering areas of the spirit domains near the ocean. An ethereal barrier resembling the Great Wall sprang into existence!

Moreover, this barrier extended further along the shoreline, as though it aimed to block all the surging ocean waters.

Massive waves slammed against the illusory sea barrier.

The solid sea water collided with the intangible obstruction, generating thunderous booms that echoed without end.

The whole coastal spirit domain shuddered violently, leaving the lingering cultivators on either side stunned and utterly caught off guard by this sudden upheaval.

They weren't privy to the thoughts of the two ancestors, completely baffled as to why these mighty beings had abruptly turned against each other.

Not only they, but even the Mountain Ancestor failed to grasp why the Sea Ancestor had launched an assault on the Profound Truth Realm out of nowhere. He had a faint suspicion it involved Ning Qi somehow.

Yet, Ning Qi was merely a prodigy of exceptional talent. What reason could that madwoman have for targeting the entire Profound Truth Realm over him?

Besides, with the clash between the two realms hanging in the balance, sparking internal strife felt absurdly untimely. If word reached the Vast Realm, they would mock them mercilessly!

The ocean waves kept pounding the sea barrier, but none could breach it.

Up in the skies, the two ancestors clashed fiercely, even though they stood poles apart at the north and south ends of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Still, their fierce exchange sent ripples of shock through all remaining cultivators in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Every cultivator watched the battlefield with wide-eyed terror, unable to tear their gaze away.

Right then, a section of the sea barrier beyond the Profound Truth Realm appeared to be abruptly punctured by an unseen force.

The Mountain Ancestor quickly summoned the divine silhouette of Buzhou Mountain to seal the gaping breach.

Yet, to his surprise, two streaks of light burst forth, catching even him off guard before he could respond.

Those twin beams sliced clean through the Profound Truth Realm in an instant. The landmass plummeted with a deafening roar, yanked away from its prior position below!

"!!!"

Aboard Heaven-Reaching Peak, the Mountain Ancestor's eyes bulged in shock.

"What in the world was that gray radiance earlier? Did that crazy woman devise yet another Forbidden Technique...?"

For a brief instant, his face twisted in bewilderment, and he refrained from deploying any power to retrieve the Profound Truth Realm.

By now, the Sea Ancestor had claimed the Profound Truth Realm successfully and showed no desire to press the fight against the Mountain Ancestor any longer.

Along the coast, the ferocious waves withdrew swiftly like an ebbing tide, leaving no trace that anything unusual had occurred!

Within the Fuyao Realm, Sikong Xuan stared at the spot where the Profound Truth Realm once stood, watching a shadowy void slowly fill with encroaching seawater.

In that moment, a whirlwind of emotions churned inside him: joy, dread, and a deep sense of awe...

The Mountain Ancestor, of course, noticed the massive void in his territory, like a chunk of the linked spirit domains had been gnawed out, creating an ugly scar.

A wave of humiliation washed over him, outwitted by the Sea Ancestor right before everyone's eyes.

With a casual flick of his wrist, the Mountain Ancestor summoned earth essence to the former site of the Profound Truth Realm, instantly forming new terrain.

He possessed the true power to forge continents from nothing!

Alas, even after patching it up, it could never replace the lost Profound Truth Realm!

His gaze pierced across the Endless Sea, bridging the emptiness, as if catching sight of the Sea Ancestor's victorious, faintly unhinged grin on her stunningly exquisite features.

The Mountain Ancestor narrowed his eyes.

"For the sake of the greater good, I won't keep battling you right now!"

The Sea Ancestor picked up on his resolve and shot back with icy arrogance.

"Haoshan, you've been defeated!"

Over the Endless Sea, a vast landmass abruptly surfaced from the depths, buoyed by some invisible force, reshaping into a grand island amid the waves.

The Sea Ancestor cast a glance toward it.

Everything inside remained unharmed, and her crimson lips curved into a brilliant smile as she addressed the Mountain and Sea Realm Will:

"Make sure to relay this to Ning Qi: if he wants all of the Profound Truth Realm's people to live, he'd best accept my conditions. From this day forward, he's no longer under Haoshan's wing but safeguarded by me, this ancestor!"

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will's throat bobbed as he gulped nervously.

A chill ran through his very soul; this woman grew more deranged by the minute!

True enough, it was wiser to cross Haoshan than to tangle with her!

"Don't worry, I'll pass on your message exactly and warn the cultivators under you to steer clear of clashing with Ning Qi."

"Excellent!"

...

Deep within the True Martial Realm.

Realm Lord Ning Qi turned his sight toward the Mountain and Sea Realm's direction, his Divine Eyes gleaming with intensity.

The True Martial Realm linked directly to the Mountain and Sea Realm. He had distinctly felt a disturbance there moments ago, causing the whole realm to quiver lightly.

"What's going on?"

Though he couldn't survey it openly, he could subtly probe via the linking corridor for a peek.

Channeling his realm authority, he cracked open the passage and extended it to the boundary between realms. There, Ning Qi paused.

Just like peeking at a specter while huddled under blankets, he parted the cover slightly to spy without fully revealing himself.

He already sensed the overwhelming auras of the two ancestors. To stay hidden, Ning Qi didn't fully unlock the way but caught the final moments of their confrontation.

"What's the deal here? Have things gotten so bad between the ancestors that they're openly warring now?"

Ning Qi stood puzzled for a second, then shrugged it off. "Never mind, I'll query the Mountain and Sea Realm Will about it later using my reincarnated form."

Since his reincarnated body wasn't present in the Mountain and Sea Realm anymore, he lacked ways to uncover the precise details inside.