Second Realm, Intending to Pass Down the Immortal Path

"Boom!"

A series of booming sounds came from the distant horizon.

A majestic mountain range was slowly rising, trembling from time to time. Amidst flashes of spiritual light, the earth was also becoming more expansive, and Spirit Plant appeared in unknown places.

Countless people were amazed, then calmed down.

When they first saw this scene, they were so shocked that they couldn't shake it off for a long time.

But even the most spectacular scenes will become commonplace after a month.

That's right, a month has passed since the Martial World War.

During this month.

The martial arts world recuperated and gradually emerged from the effects of the previous war, and not only that, it became increasingly prosperous and thriving.

Thanks to the Spiritual Qi replenishment brought about by the previous deaths of 100,000 Black Demon Sect cultivators, the martial world has undergone tremendous changes.

In terms of overall effect, it is even greater than the improvement brought about by the previous Spirituality revival.

But this time...

Under Ning Qi's conscious guidance, the process was far less simplistic and brutal than the previous one, but rather gradual and progressive. This approach was better for the world's improvement and had the least impact on billions of lives.

The Spiritual Qi became more than ten times denser, the earth expanded, and rivers turned into seas.

This change will last for a year.

For the people of the martial arts world, it is obvious that cultivation has become easier. Bottlenecks that were previously insurmountable can be easily broken through. Even ordinary people who do not practice martial arts have found that their bodies have become stronger, and newborns have generally improved their aptitude.

This is still under the influence of the life-destroying poison in the Spiritual Qi; once the life-destroying poison is completely removed, the effect will be even better.

It is foreseeable.

Next, the martial arts world will experience a population explosion and unprecedented abundance of resources. Consequently, internal strife will decrease, and dynasties or sects will be established to explore newly emerging uninhabited territories.

A true golden age of martial arts is about to begin.

certainly.

The focus of people in the martial arts world today is no longer limited to martial arts.

Ever since they learned of the existence of the Immortal Path, they have been desperately craving its immense power.

That day.

The scene of Ning Qi's earth-shattering battle against ten Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators was still vivid in his mind.

"I heard that the Realm Lord will soon be rewarding those who have distinguished themselves in the war, bestowing honors upon the martial heroes, including immortal Cultivation Method!"

"Your information is outdated. I not only know that the Realm Lord is going to bestow Cultivation Method, but also that he will pass on the Immortal Dao system, leading our martial world into the Immortal Dao era! This day is not far off, and the location has already been set— True Martial Mountain!"

"True Martial Mountain? Why?"

"You didn't know that? The once world-renowned Heavenly Sword Ancient Saint was the reincarnation of a Realm Lord! And before the Heavenly Sword Ancient Saint awakened his memories, he was the ninth disciple of Real Person Dragon Mountain!"

"Wow! This is the first time I've ever heard of such a secret."

"Don't let this get out, but none of that matters. All we need to do now is wait for the Realm Lord to pass down the Great Dao!"

Discussions resounded throughout the martial arts world, their eyes filled with admiration for Ning Qi and a yearning for the path to immortality.

inner world.

Ning Qi sat cross-legged in the void, closing his eyes in deep thought.

far away.

Three illusory Primordial Spirit were teetering on the brink of collapse, with jet-black chains extending from all directions of the void, binding them firmly. These were none other than the Black Demon True Lord, the Black Flame True Lord, and the Purple True Lord.

Strands of Primordial Spirit power continuously emanated from their Primordial Spirit bodies, swirling around Ning Qi.

This feeling was excruciating, even worse than being slowly sliced to death. It was like scraping one's Primordial Spirit piece by piece with a small knife. But the three of them didn't even have the strength to scream in agony. For the past month, they had wished that their Primordial Spirit would simply perish.

Ning Qi was trying to comprehend the mysteries of the Primordial Spirit's power.

One month after the war.

After giving some instructions, Ning Qi went into seclusion to digest the lessons learned from the battle.

The Black Demon Sect had 100,000 cultivators, including several thousand at the Purple Mansion Realm and nine at the Nascent Primordial Spirit Realm. This immense cultivation would take time to digest after being absorbed by the Martial World. Half a month ago, Ning Qi finally sorted everything out and allowed the Martial World to gradually absorb it.

His strength increased significantly once again, and his boundary power surged.

The martial arts world is his foundation; the stronger the martial arts world becomes, the stronger he becomes.

And then...

Ning Qi, on the other hand, was pondering two things.

Firstly, he learned about the Mountain and Sea Realm from the three Black Demon True Lord. Of course, he did so entirely on a voluntary and friendly basis. If anyone was unwilling to speak, he would never force them; others were willing to speak.

Ning Qi was very satisfied with the result; all three cooperated well.

Secondly, it involves deducing the second realm of the Realm Lord's cultivation system.

Previously, Ning Qi had just stepped into the Realm Lord realm and had begun to prepare for battle with all his might. Now he finally has time to calm down and deduce the outcome.

In half a month, he had already made some progress.

This was largely thanks to the cooperation of the three Black True Lord. If they hadn't selflessly offered their Primordial Spirit power for Ning Qi to comprehend, things probably wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

A series of flashes of inspiration rose in Ning Qi's mind:

"In the immortal cultivation system, the Primordial Spirit Realm is a crucial realm, as it is the foundation for contacting the power of rules. After the Primordial Spirit Realm comes the Void Dao Realm, which involves merging the Primordial Spirit and earth, thereby comprehending a rule of the world."

"Next comes the Integration Realm, where the Primordial Spirit and physical body become one, and the self is more closely integrated with the rules."

"And the final stage is the Dao Integration Realm, which requires one to merge with the Dao and completely master one of its rules."

"It is evident that the three realms beyond the Primordial Spirit Realm are all inextricably linked to the power of rules, which is the fundamental reason for their strength."

"The biggest difference between a small world and the spirit world is neither size nor the density of Spiritual Qi, but... the Origin rules! A small world doesn't even have a single Origin rules, so wanting to step into the subsequent realms is nothing short of a fool's dream."

"Therefore, in the past, the limit of a small world could only support a Purple Mansion Realm expert. At most, it could support Primordial Spirit Realm expert after increasing the concentration of Spiritual Qi and the size of the world. As for anything beyond that, it was impossible, not even worth considering."

Ning Qi thought to himself, then slowly opened his eyes.

"Similarly, the path of a Realm Lord also becomes the same in the later stages. The strength of a Realm Lord depends on the world. If the world wants to continue to improve, it is divided into two directions: horizontal and vertical, and qualitative and quantitative."

"My current Realm Lord level is not yet Perfection. If I continue to improve, it will be a horizontal increase, that is, expanding the size of my world, increasing the concentration of Spiritual Qi energy, and so on. Once I reach my limit, I should be able to rival the Void Dao Realm of the Immortal Dao system!"

"But the size of the world cannot increase indefinitely. After reaching a certain point, it becomes too vast and without sufficient coupling agent, it will disintegrate on its own and cannot grow to the level of the Spirit Realm."

"Therefore, ultimately we must improve the quality vertically, which means... the power of rules! Only by increasing the strength of the world with the power of rules can the world become even larger!"

He slowly rose and stood before the three Black True Lord with his hands behind his back.

"Therefore... the second realm of this Realm Lord system can be called the Rule Realm."

"By integrating the Origin the rules into the Martial World, its status can be elevated, eventually making it an existence on par with the Spirit World. However, how to integrate the Origin the rules into the Martial World will require a gradual process."

"There's no hope of finding the Origin the rules in the Boundary Sea and the Small Worlds. The only possibility is the Spirit Realm. Fortunately, my Realm Lord level is not yet Perfection, so I still have enough time to make my plans."

Ning Qi looked at the three of them and sighed softly.

Although he hadn't fully figured out the path ahead, he roughly knew he couldn't bypass the Mountain and Sea Realm, so he made a move in advance, and now it seems he made the right decision.

As if sensing something, the Black True Lord looked at Ning Qi in front of him and breathed heavily:

"Kill us!"

There was a hint of fear and resentment in his eyes, along with some complex emotions. He had thought it was a tremendous fortuitous opportunity, but he never expected to be defeated in a small world.

Ning Qi read a lot from his eyes.

He smiled slightly:

Are you thinking that the martial arts world will be conquered sooner or later?

The Black True Lord's body trembled, and then he roared desperately:

"Don't be so smug! My Black Demon Sect is nothing more than an insignificant little sect in the Mountain and Sea Realm. There are many powerful sects in the Northern Profound Domain. Now that the world coordinates of your martial world have been exposed, it's only a matter of time before you are conquered!"

"There might even come a day when the supreme will of the Mountain and Sea Realm will take a crucial step, sacrificing all its subordinate smaller worlds as offerings—there's no way you can escape it!"

That's all.

He laughed maniacally.

Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord could only sigh inwardly, thinking that their senior brother must have gone mad.

Ning Qi watched calmly.

The Black True Lord's last words stirred something within him, but he quickly calmed down. He would deal with it when the day came; things would work themselves out. As for what he had said before, he didn't care at all.

"One day, the martial arts world will take its place." The calm yet domineering words rang out.

The three True Lord were shocked and looked at Ning Qi in astonishment, their mouths opening and closing as if they wanted to say something.

"Unfortunately, you are destined not to see it."

Before the three could react, a surge of dimensional power swept over them, instantly turning their tattered Primordial Spirit into dust. Having learned what he needed to know, Ning Qi naturally wouldn't keep them any longer; it would be better to transform them into nourishment for the growth of the martial world.

However, Ning Qi did not waste these Primordial Spirit powers; instead, he preserved them along with the remnants of the previous primordial Primordial Spirit realm cultivators.

Perhaps in the future, the Origin of integration might come in handy.

"According to the information obtained from the Black Demon True Lord and the others, they initiated a blood sacrifice during the subsequent construction of the world passage, resulting in the near extinction of all living beings in the Black Demon Sect. Afterwards, all the remaining powerful individuals crossed realms to wage war."

"In other words, the Black Demon Sect is now completely deserted and has become a dead zone."

"The Black Demon Sect is protected by a powerful array, and no one dares to provoke it for the time being. Only when the internal Spirit Stone are exhausted will someone come to test the waters. At that time, they will discover the true strength of the Black Demon Sect. The Black True Lord's words were simply because their Black Demon Sect's secret treasury stores the world coordinates of the martial world. They obtained this from the Golden Spirit Sect. If other sects were to obtain it, they would naturally covet it as well."

"However, there's no need to worry too much. Even if other sects do obtain the Martial World Coordinates, if they're not strong enough, they'll just be easy prey. As for the so-called superior sects, by the time everything is ready, it will probably be decades or even centuries."

Ning Qi had planned everything out clearly. For the time being, there was no need to worry about external enemies; he only needed to focus on improving the martial arts world.

"Unfortunately, the seeds I planted within the Black Demon Sect haven't fully matured yet, otherwise I could have had better control over everything."

Those marks were left by Ning Qi when he transformed into a hundred-armed giant. If they were attached to a cultivator, they could grow with the cultivator.

He never expected that the Black True Lord would be so ruthless as to turn the Black Demon Sect into a dead zone, causing the mark to temporarily lose its effect.

Thinking about it this way, he actually hoped that a sect could break through the Black Demon Sect's protective formation as soon as possible, so that he could further expand his plans in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

He shook his head.

Ning Qi dismissed these thoughts.

He has more important things to do right now.

The path to immortality was passed down.

This is both a reward for the strongest in the martial arts world and an essential step towards becoming a member of the martial arts community.

To expand the small world, it is necessary to continuously absorb external Spiritual Qi, namely, the Spiritual Qi of the Boundary Sea.

However, the Spiritual Qi within the Boundary Sea is chaotic and disordered, and it's not easy to straighten it out.

Ning Qi deduced that there were two possible paths.

One method is through filtering the Spiritual Qi of the world itself, which is currently the main method, but it inevitably has its limits.

Secondly, it allows cultivators to directly refine the Spiritual Qi in the Boundary Sea. In this way, as the number of cultivators in the Martial World increases, the world will grow faster and faster, even surpassing the world itself, since cultivators need to consume Spiritual Qi for both combat and cultivation.

Moreover, this has an additional benefit. In the past, the world needed to use its own Spiritual Qi to support cultivators, which was a heavy burden. If cultivators could directly absorb the Spiritual Qi of the Boundary Sea, the number of cultivators supported by the martial world would greatly increase in the future.

However, Ning Qi still needs to deduce and establish a stable way for cultivators to access the Spiritual Qi in the Boundary Sea.

Ning Qi already had an idea.

But for now, let's lay the foundation for immortality first, and then improve it step by step later.

A thought crossed my mind.

Ning Qi has disappeared into the inner world.

True Martial Mountain.

A gathering of powerful forces.

The remaining martial arts world consisted mainly of dozens of Martial Saint and dozens of Spirit Beast kings who emerged from the True Martial Hall, along with numerous Celestial Person Realm martial artists and Beast Kings, as well as many Yuan Pill Realm martial artists who participated in the battle; the group stretched as far as the eye could see.

If True Martial Mountain hadn't undergone such a transformation, it might not have been able to accommodate so many powerful individuals.

Even so, it was packed to the brim, with many people even sitting on the floor.

But no one was impatient; on the contrary, they were respectful.

We have gathered here today to pay homage to the Lord of the Realm.

Waiting patiently.

A rift opened in the void, and as the transcendent and majestic figure in white slowly stepped out, all the powerful figures in the martial world were filled with excitement, and they all bowed in salute.

We pay our respects to the Realm Lord!

With an attitude of utmost respect, Ning Qi's achievements and strength absolutely deserve the heartfelt admiration of every martial arts being.

At the same time, a desire rose in the eyes of each powerful individual.

They already knew Ning Qi's purpose in gathering them here.

Spread the Dao of Immortality, benefit all living beings!