Testing the Vast Origin Realm Will
The cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect chanted incantations as they formed hand Method Formula. heavenly materials and earthly treasures were continuously processed and then flown forward according to a specific structure to build an altar.
Ning Qi was hiding in the void, already ten meters away from the altar.
He glanced down and saw more than twenty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators standing at the core.
At this point, the altar these people were building had reached its final stage.
The aura emanating from two of them was noticeably stronger than the others in the Integration Realm, and Ning Qi immediately realized that they were Limit Venerables, only one step away from the Dao Integration Realm.
Ning Qi heard one of them say, "Senior Brother Su, only the last crystal spirit jade is left to be placed."
Su Haoran glanced at Wu Feiyu and said, "I don't know when the enemy will arrive, Junior Brother Wu. We must be extremely cautious with this final step!"
Wu Feiyu nodded, and suddenly soared into the air.
The Xuanzhen Domain army saw a person fly out from the White Crane Immortal Sect formation, hover in the air, and look around.
Everyone understood why the other party had flown out; it must be that the White Crane Immortal Sect had reached the most crucial step in constructing the altar.
They weren't worried about being discovered, after all, the concealment array set up by the alliance leader had already withstood the test of two White Crane Immortal Sect teams.
If it weren't for the fact that the White Crane Immortal Sect had already seized the node bead and transformed it into a celestial star, attracting the will of the Vast Realm, and the Alliance Leader was worried that it would see through their disguise, they would have already led them in to fight their way in.
The people of Xuanzhen Domain were worried about Alliance Leader Ning Qi.
Even they don't know where Ning Qi is now, but since we've reached the most crucial step in building the altar, the alliance leader must be near it.
Unfortunately, they couldn't find Ning Qi's location no matter what they tried, nor did they dare to use their spiritual senses to spy on him.
If something serious goes wrong, that would be a real problem.
The Sword Ancestor Sword hovered dramatically on the other side.
Upon seeing one of the other party fly out, they immediately held their breath and focused their attention.
He gripped the spirit sword Ning Qi had given him tightly in his right hand, while gazing at the jade token Ning Qi had previously given him in his left, silently preparing himself.
The crucial moment had arrived. He didn't know where Ning Qi was, but he knew that given Ning Qi's personality, he was bound to cause trouble.
Ning Qi glanced at Wu Feiyu, who was only a meter away from him.
He could even feel the other person's breathing. Ning Qi remained still for the time being to avoid making any mistakes.
Even if he were discovered, he wasn't actually afraid, but Ning Qi still needed to test just how strong the Spirit Realm's will was, as this was related to the future war between the True Martial and the Mountain and Sea Realm.
However, although he was not afraid, Wei Wuyai, who resided within the ring on his hand, was extremely nervous.
After Wei Wuyai, who was Fu Chen's teacher, persuaded Fu Chen to join Ning Qi's side, there was nothing more he could teach Fu Chen.
He then handed over a wisp of his Primordial Spirit power to Ning Qi, leaving his life and death entirely in Ning Qi's hands.
Therefore, Wei Wuyai can be considered to have acknowledged Ning Qi as his master.
However, Ning Qi thought he was too old and did not let him call him master, but instead let him continue to call him domain lord.
Wei Wuyai didn't understand whether Ning Qi really minded being called "master" or was just being considerate of his feelings.
Wei Wuyai was worldly-wise and leaned more towards the latter, so he felt a sense of gratitude towards Ning Qi.
Later, Ning Qi directly helped Wei Wuyai restore his remnant soul's strength from the Void Dao Realm to the early stage of the Integration Realm, so Wei Wuyai simply followed Ning Qi.
Ning Qi didn't refuse. After all, Wei Wuyai was Dao Integration Realm cultivator in his lifetime and was the most knowledgeable person under his command. He could always provide him with some intelligence.
Since Wei Wuyai started following Ning Qi, due to their master-servant relationship, Ning Qi rarely hid anything from him.
Only then did Wei Wuyai truly realize just how terrifying Ning Qi's strength was.
The strength Ning Qi usually displays in front of the people of Xuanzhen Domain is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Wei Wuyai suddenly realized that submitting to slavery was not a disgrace to him.
Instead, he saw hope for recovery in Ning Qi, and it was not impossible for him to even reach a higher level in the future.
If he continues to follow Fu Chen, his recovery will be virtually impossible.
But following Ning Qi gave him hope.
This time, after entering the War Zone, Ning Qi naturally brought him in as well.
Only a handful of people in the entire Xuanzhen Domain knew of Wei Wuyai's existence.
Aside from Fu Chen, only Niu Man, who brought Fu Chen to see Ning Qi, knew about it, and only Jian Jingjue knew about it; no one else knew of his existence.
Wei Wuyai followed Ning Qi all the way, and seeing Ning Qi easily suppress the medium-sized nodes, he was also delighted.
Identifying this war zone will allow Ning Qi to become stronger faster.
However, once he arrived at this place, Wei Wuyai couldn't understand it.
It seems like his little master is constantly experimenting with something.
He ventured out alone, entering the range of the hazy will of the Vast Realm, shrinking from a distance of ten thousand meters to a mere ten meters in front of him.
At each crucial distance, Ning Qi would extend his finger to test the distance, which Wei Wuyai didn't quite understand.
If Ning Qi wanted to destroy the altar, he could do so from a hundred meters away; why risk his life and keep getting closer to the center?
In short, Wei Wuyai had doubts, but dared not ask or say anything.
Ning Qi must have his reasons for doing this!
However, Ning Qi was only ten meters away from the center of the altar, and Wei Wuyai was immediately extremely nervous.
Just one meter away from Ning Qi, Wu Feiyu, the ultimate Venerable of the White Crane Immortal Sect, searched diligently for quite a while.
He couldn't detect any enemy presence, either in his field of vision or through his spiritual sense.
So, Wu Feiyu looked down at Su Haoran and said, "Senior Brother Su, everything is fine!"
Upon hearing this, Su Haoran immediately took out a crystal spirit jade the size of a human head and said, "Junior Brother Wu, come down. Let's activate the altar together. Once the altar is truly activated, the will of the Haoran Realm will descend, and we will have nothing to fear."
Wu Feiyu then leaped down and landed in his original spot, nodding to Su Haoran.
Su Haoran tossed the crystal spirit jade in his hand, which landed precisely on the top of the altar.
This is the Earth Star, which corresponds to the Celestial Star. As the Earth Star returned to its position, the altar was activated in an instant.
Above the sky, the celestial stars formed from the boundary nodes immediately shot down a vertical beam of starlight.
The starlight, like arrows, struck the crystal jade at the top of the altar.
Immediately, the crystal jade began to absorb the starlight from the sky.
The altar below and the members of the White Crane Immortal Sect also exerted their efforts, continuously drawing energy from the ground and injecting it into the crystal jade.
The spiritual Spiritual Qi within the crystal jade began to rise, like White Mist swirling in the mountains on a clear morning after a long rain.
The pure rise, the impure descend!
The earth trembled violently, but every cultivator of the White Crane Immortal Sect stood firmly rooted to the ground, as immovable as a mountain.
Upon seeing that the cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect had already activated the altar, the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Domain immediately tensed up.
When will the alliance leader make his move?
At this moment, taking advantage of the fact that the White Crane Immortal Sect members below were focused on the altar, Ning Qi directly broke into the ten-meter range of the starlight.
Wei Wuyai, who was standing there, had his heart pounding in his chest, if he could.
The starlight descended from the sky, dazzling like a laser beam, almost tangible.
The previous starlight spread and radiated across a large area, but the consciousness of the Vast Realm within it was hazy and did not truly descend upon this place.
But with the appearance of this beam of starlight, which was as solid as a tangible substance, it also meant that a trace of the will of the Vast Realm had truly coalesced.
It is urging Earth to take complete control of this territory.
Ning Qi was only nine meters away from the dazzling starlight. He stared at the crystal jade on the altar and licked his lips.
"Very good, the will of the Vast Realm still hasn't detected my presence!"
Ning Qi continued to approach, eight meters, six meters, four meters...
The closer he got to the will of the Vast Realm, the more he felt a powerful force pressing down on him like a mountain, and the heavier it became.
The intense heat I felt before was now on a whole new level.
Wei Wuyai also indirectly felt the pressure Ning Qi was under; even he, hidden in the ring, felt a slight unease.
He silently calculated what would happen if it were someone else.
If it were Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator, they would be completely suppressed and unable to move within a ten-meter radius.
A Void Dao Realm expert can only enter a range of eight meters at most.
Ordinary Nascent Soul Realm experts can only step into a height of five meters at most.
Just as Wei Wuyai finished his calculations, he suddenly felt Ning Qi move forward again.
Wei Wuyai was almost in tears. What exactly was his young master trying to do?
Even if the goal was to destroy the altar, wouldn't five meters be enough? Besides, the will of the Vast Realm was so close; he was afraid that if Ning Qi approached again, his remnant soul might be completely shattered.
Ning Qi didn't care what Wei Wuyai thought; he just continued to move forward.
Three meters, two meters, one meter...
He was only one meter away from the beam of stars condensed by the will of the Vast Realm!
Ning Qi's breathing was slightly heavy, but he could still manage. Wei Wuyai, however, felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.
Perhaps the fluctuations emanating from the ring made Ning Qi sense his presence. Ning Qi directly transferred a wisp of Spiritual Qi to him, instantly making Wei Wuyai feel as if he had returned from heatstroke to a cool place, where he could then eat watermelon.
Ning Qi glanced down and saw that the cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect were not having an easy time either.
Everyone was desperately cooperating with the descending will of the Vast Realm, allowing the Crystal Jade to continuously absorb the energy of the Boundary Sea and the Mountain and Sea Realm within this area.
Sweat rolled down their faces and fell to the ground, but no one had time to wipe it away.
Ning Qi looked at the crystal jade again.
Fortunately, he had prior experience, and the pure and impure energies within the crystal jade began to separate, gradually converging towards the upper and lower ends.
The two energies, pure and turbid, represent the energy of the Boundary Sea and the energy of the mountain and sea boundary.
The clear energy represents the boundary energy between mountains and seas, while the turbid energy represents the Boundary Sea.
The crystal jade is the container that seals both of them.
It's not enough to simply absorb the energy of both; they must first be separated.
Otherwise, mixing the two could lead to an explosion, and all the previous efforts would be in vain.
Only by separating the two and allowing them to form a yin-yang symbol, mutually restraining each other, can they be considered truly suppressed.
Ning Qi had already decided on the right time to strike: when the pure and turbid energies were completely separated!
At that moment, whether it was the sliver of clear will gathered from the Vast Realm or the two teams from the White Crane Immortal Sect, they would all be subject to the greatest restraint in order to achieve a state of yin-yang balance between the two energies within the Crystal Spirit Jade.
Ning Qi extended a finger and placed it within a one-meter radius of the starlight.
His fingers felt like they were sinking into molten iron, sticky and clinging, as if he were walking into a swamp, with a feeling of being dragged along.
Fortunately, he was able to detach himself from it.
After thinking for a moment, Ning Qi slowly moved his body and came within half a meter of him.
The will of the Vast Realm still hadn't detected his presence, which relieved Ning Qi.
When Wei Wuyai saw his probing gesture, he was speechless with shock.
He didn't understand what Ning Qi was doing, but he knew that Ning Qi was incredibly brave and audacious. Just for that courage alone, Ning Qi was the person he admired most in his life.
The beam of starlight formed from the will of the Vast Realm was as intense as a laser beam, Ning Qi could touch it simply by stretching out his arm.
But he had no intention of trying it out; instead, several more questions arose in his mind.
If the will of the Vast Realm hadn't condensed into a beam of starlight, and its attention hadn't been focused on the Earth beneath it, would it have been discovered?
Undoubtedly, if the people of the White Crane Immortal Sect were to complete the ritual, and the will of the Vast Realm were to descend, he would surely be discovered.
However, the difference between the two is significant.
The current will of the Vast Realm is merely a beam of starlight; once it truly descends upon this place, its range will far exceed that of a beam of starlight.
Ning Qi had another question: this node was only a small node, unlike the medium-sized nodes he had occupied before.
After all, in the realm of mountains and seas, the reward for completely occupying a medium-sized node is only ten medium-sized rule fragments.
Small nodes, on the other hand, can only completely occupy ten small rule fragments.
The small rule fragments are only the size of an apricot, and there are at most two medium-sized rule fragments in total.
Therefore, although small nodes are still nodes, the spirit realm's will obviously not pay as much attention to them.
This is also something Ning Qi can't figure out; he still can't be sure just how strong the Spirit Realm's will's insight is.
Ning Qi wanted to find a few answers: to what extent would the spirit realm's will be unable to detect him, and at what point was it at the critical point of detection?
Will his improved abilities affect this judgment? This is also a factor that needs to be considered!
With these three questions in mind, Ning Qi gazed at the crystal jade below, where the pure and impure energies had been completely separated.
He knew it was time to make his move!
This node is significantly weaker than the medium-sized node that Ning Qi suppressed before, so the two teams of cultivators from the White Crane Immortal Sect are strong enough to suppress it.
But they still poured all their efforts into trying to suppress the two energies within it as quickly as possible.
Ning Qi didn't wait any longer, and directly took out a jade pendant, crushing it with a "crack"!
He looked toward where the Sword Ancestor was.
The sword, Jian Jingjue, hovered ten thousand meters away from the altar.
As Ning Qi crushed the jade tablet, the jade tablet in his hand that was paired with it also shattered, and his sword-like eyes immediately turned fierce.
With a powerful strike, he unleashed the power he had been accumulating in his right hand.
Whoosh!
The world changed color, and the void, as white as paper, was instantly cleaved with a dark crack.
A Sword-Ray, three zhang wide and four hundred zhang long, slashed towards the altar without any obstruction.
Where the Sword-Ray slashed, all the cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect along the way, whether they were at the Primordial Spirit, Void Dao, or Integration stage, perished under the Sword-Ray before they could even react.
The altar was also shattered, with only the Earth Star Crystal Jade at the top still floating, unbroken by his attack.
However, the separated clear and turbid energies within it instantly became turbid again, seemingly with the possibility of returning to chaos.
The cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect finally realized what was happening.
Su Haoran's face turned deathly pale, then an unnatural blush appeared.
He glared angrily at the Sword Ancestor who had appeared, and as if he had lost his mind, he flew over and attacked.
"Senior Brother Su, no!"
Wu Feiyu's face was ashen, and blood gushed from the corner of his mouth, but he dared not leave without permission. The Earth Star on the altar had reached a critical juncture of transformation, and he could not simply leave.
He also glanced at Jian Jingjue with his spiritual sense. To his utter surprise, even after his personal inspection, an enemy still managed to break through to the vicinity and deliver this incredibly stunning sword strike at the crucial moment.
With a single sword strike, hundreds of members of the White Crane Immortal Sect were instantly killed, including two Nascent Soul Realm experts.
Su Haoran disregarded everything and broke free of the Formation to fight the enemy, which caused him great trouble.
Among them, quite a few people followed Su Haoran into battle.
However, most of the cultivators in the White Crane Immortal Sect understood the situation and did not move, but wanted the ceremony to continue.
Even if the altar is damaged by the enemy, it doesn't matter. The most important thing right now is the Crystal Spirit Jade, which contains all the energy of the Boundary Sea and Mountain and Sea Boundaries in this area.
With just one final step remaining, the will of the Vast Realm will be able to fully descend upon this place. At that time, what enemy will we not be able to defeat?
Jian Jingjue, who had unleashed a powerful strike, now seemed to have lost his strength and began to retreat.
In short, he had completed the task Ning Qi had given him; now it was up to Ning Qi to take over.
When Ning Qi saw Su Haoran and the others, wounded, leap into the air and charge towards the Sword Ancestor, he remained completely calm.
This left Wei Wuyai, trapped inside the ring, speechless. Wasn't he going to make a move?
Ning Qi looked at the beam of starlight that seemed within reach.
At this moment, a perceptible sense of urgency seemed to emanate from within the starlight, causing the beams of light to flow more rapidly.
Ning Qi finally couldn't hold back and reached out to touch the beam of light, touching the will of the Vast Realm.
The instant they made contact, Ning Qi felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He almost lost his balance and was nearly struck down.
At the moment of contact, he seemed to sense an immense, overwhelming will. "Who is it?"
Ning Qi steadied himself and glanced at his retracted hand. His palm had been blasted open, with flesh torn and bloody at the edges.
After all these years, and after being reincarnated into the Mountain and Sea Realm, he was finally injured for the first time, wounded by the will of the Spirit Realm!
Ning Qi used all the power within his body to repair the wound on his hand.
But all his strength, when it reached the injured area, melted away like snow meeting charcoal, having no effect whatsoever.
Wei Wuyai, inside the ring, was stunned!
I never expected Ning Qi to provoke the will of the Vast Realm.
Seeing that Ning Qi was injured and unable to recover, he became anxious.
"Lord of the Domain, are you alright?"
"Fine."
Ning Qi didn't have time to continue repairing, because the will of the Vast Realm had already discovered his presence.
Several fine strands of light, as thin as hair, separated from the beam of starlight before him, undulating and dancing in the void, binding towards Ning Qi's location.
Ning Qi still did not reveal himself.
Just then, a terrifying, invisible, and immense force surged towards him from all directions, as if trying to force Ning Qi out of his sight and completely suppress him in his current location.
Ning Qi's figure could no longer be hidden, and he appeared.
His appearance naturally startled the cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect below. There was an enemy? And he had gotten so close to them, right above their heads.
As they were pondering how to respond, they also noticed the movement of the will of the Vast Realm, and thus breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the will of the Vast Realm has intervened, there's no problem!
Ning Qi appeared, and the first thing he did was not to attack the White Crane Immortal Sect cultivators below, but to swing his arm down.
The Xuanzhen Domain army had been waiting for the alliance leader's order since the Sword Ancestor made his move, but they did not see Ning Qi's whereabouts.
Now, the leader of the alliance has finally appeared and is waving his arm.
The power accumulated by the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Domain was immediately unleashed in an organized manner.
Countless attacks rained down like arrows, hurtling towards the White Crane Immortal Sect cultivators who had been drawn in by Ning Qi's appearance.
Rumble!
The void seemed to be burning red, half of it was completely covered by attacks of various lights.
Faced with the attack that crashed down like a tidal wave, despair filled the eyes of all the cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect.
Su Haoran, who was flying out to attack the Sword Ancestor, also noticed the commotion behind him.
He roared, "Who are you, you vile villain!"
Then he immediately led the cultivators who had flown out to rush back as fast as they could.
They had only flown a short distance, but under the attack of the Xuanzhen Domain army, it was already impossible to save the remaining cultivators of the White Crane Immortal Sect.
Therefore, they directly targeted Ning Qi, who was the closest to them.
"I'll kill this man even if it kills me!"
Su Haoran's body was suddenly filled with a large amount of Blood Qi, and the cultivators behind him also unleashed their Blood Qi one by one.
"Xuanyuan Blood Sword!"
Several figures, bathed in blood-red light, slashed towards Ning Qi with lightning speed.
The void was stained with blood, and the terrifying force shook the heavens. Their technique seemed to have also affected the will of the Vast Realm.
The starlight condensed from the will of the Vast Realm became even more violent!
The starlight, each hair-thick and aimed at Ning Qi, instantly became as thick as a chopstick, its power enough to crush a newly-entered Dao Integration Realm expert.
Ning Qi's left hand had not yet recovered, and he faced the dual attacks of the will of the Vast Realm and the Xuanyuan Blood Sword from Su Haoran and others.
Ning Qi's figure disappeared from everyone's sight once again.
Space travel!
This scene caught everyone off guard, including the will of the Vast Realm that had been lowered.
Only Wei Wuyai, who was attached to Ning Qi, seemed to have sensed an equally terrifying power that erupted from Ning Qi just a moment ago.
This helped Ning Qi escape his current predicament.
He didn't understand what it was, only that Ning Qi's terrifying nature had exceeded his imagination.
The Xuanyuan Blood Sword pierced through the spot where Ning Qi had been standing, yet there was no sensation of it hitting a physical object.
Su Haoran and the other cultivators, covered in blood and their figures broken and battered, stood in one side, seemingly on the verge of madness.
What's the point of burning out their life force if they can't find a goal?
Meanwhile, the will of the Vast Realm continued to probe Ning Qi's location, finding it incredible that Ning Qi had managed to escape its lock and suppression.
It is imperative to find out the whereabouts of such an enemy.
From that beam of starlight, countless tiny, hair-like streaks of starlight burst forth, spreading out into the surrounding void.
It continued to urge Earth to complete the ritual while searching for Ning Qi's figure.
As for the attack from the Xuanzhen Domain army, it completely ignored it.