Reached Integrated Body Perfection

Ning Qi and Chi Xiazi stood facing each other, suspended in the void.

The two were dressed in white and red, respectively, and both of their clothes emitted a radiant light.

Two lights clashing, neither can coexist.

From the moment Chixiazi appeared, Ning Qi secretly sensed the fluctuations in his aura.

Chixiazi's cultivation level is actually on the same level as those Limit Venerables of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

However, he also held the title of Lord of the Spirit Bird Domain, and was empowered by the power of the Vast Realm, making him far superior to other members of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

Ning Qi extracted information about the Spirit Bird Domain Lord from the people he had previously captured.

The domain lords of the Vast Realm are different from those of the Mountain and Sea Realm; the domain lords of each realm are appointed by the Vast Immortal Sect.

It can also be inherited by descendants and is not entirely linked to cultivation level.

As the strongest sect in the Spirit Bird Domain, the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect has countless members at the Dao Integration Realm.

If we're really talking about cultivation level, then Chixiazi is clearly not qualified to become a domain lord.

However, this method of distribution within the Vast Realm also has its advantages.

After the two realms merged, the war domain that was formed can currently accommodate cultivators with the highest cultivation level of the Integration Realm.

That's why someone like Chixiazi comes in very handy!

He can enter the current war domain, but because he is a domain lord, he will be invincible in the war domain where the upper limit is only cultivators at the Integration Realm!

However, Ning Qi's appearance disrupted this situation.

Chixiazi never expected to encounter a freak like Ning Qi in this war zone.

After being stopped by Ning Qi, Chi Xiazi was also observing Ning Qi.

Upon hearing Ning Qi claim to be the Lord of the Xuanzhen Domain, Chixiazi took another look at his cultivation level and found that he hadn't even reached the Perfection of the Integration Realm!

He couldn't help but wonder if he had encountered someone with an even more powerful background than himself.

It's no wonder that Chixiazi thought this way, after all, he only inherited the position of Domain Lord after his cultivation reached the Perfection of the Integration Realm.

The two World Spirit domains are vast. Generally speaking, those who can serve as domain lords are either the strongest in a domain or, like him, people with the protection of their ancestors.

Ning Qi wasn't even at the Integrated Body Perfection, so Chi Xiazi naturally regarded Ning Qi as someone who, like him, had received the blessings of their ancestors.

Little did he know that Ning Qi's position as Domain Lord was actually earned through his own hard work and management of the entire Xuanzhen Domain.

The only thing that puzzled Chixiazi was that Ning Qi's domain lord power was extremely faint, unlike his own, which shone brightly for thousands of miles.

Seeing that all four of his clones had been destroyed by Ning Qi, Chi Xiazi glanced past Ning Qi and quickly looked at the people of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, discovering that the other two armies were continuing to besiege them.

Upon the arrival of this domain lord, he used the power of the Vast Realm to suppress the entire area.

Although it suppressed the strength of the cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm by one-third, it increased the strength of the cultivators from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect by one-third, and also boosted their confidence.

However, the opposing cultivators completely outnumbered the remaining members of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

Moreover, he, the domain lord, was summoned back by everyone and should have instantly turned the tide and saved everyone from life-or-death danger, but Ning Qi stopped him.

This change naturally dampened the newly gained confidence of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect members once again.

It seems they won't be long before they are completely annihilated by the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Chi Xiazi was anxious. If, under his leadership, not a single person survived in the entire Spirit Bird Domain, how could he, as the domain lord, have the face to return?

However, although he was the domain lord and held the power of a domain, this place was ultimately not the Vast Realm, but the War Realm.

The three energies within are mixed, but Chixiazi can only borrow one-third of the energy from the Vast Realm.

He was also suppressed by the War Realm; every time he borrowed the power of this place, he would be suppressed by the other two energies!

Therefore, Chixiazi could not achieve the same feat in the War Realm, where he could remotely annihilate all the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Chixiazi looked at Ning Qi. For now, his only option was to capture Ning Qi as soon as possible!

Chixiazi's somewhat illusory figure gradually solidified, and he struck out with a palm towards Ning Qi.

As soon as he reached out, terrifying flames erupted from his palm, then grew larger and larger, transforming into a gigantic Vermilion Bird claw that attacked Ning Qi.

This Vermilion Bird Claw, wielded by Chi Xiazi, was even more terrifying than the combined attack of the entire Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

It drew upon the vast energy of the realm here, causing the entire space to tremble, as if one-third of the realm's power had been concentrated in a single claw.

A scorching divine power was released, and even though the combatants were far away, they could feel that the area was like a sun that had appeared out of nowhere, seemingly capable of melting everything around it.

As for its offensive power, even at the very edge, it distorted the void.

What's even more terrifying is that it creates a feeling of being trapped and unable to escape!

Faced with this claw attack, Ning Qi calmly retaliated with a strike.

A giant, five-colored hand of the same size was seen striking out from afar, its surface shimmering with five-colored light, resembling the hand of an immortal descending to earth.

As soon as it appeared, the void was calm and still. The distorted void around the Vermilion Bird Claw was actually calmed down by Ning Qi's five-colored giant hand.

Upon seeing this, Chixiazi's eyes twitched involuntarily.

Ning Qi's attacks, though not as fierce as his, still possessed unpredictable power.

Boom!

A claw and a palm collided in the void, igniting endless flames that scattered like sparks.

Flames roared from the Vermilion Bird's claws, each finger and claw actually piercing into the five-colored giant hand.

The intense heat seemed to melt Ning Qi's five-colored giant hand, which showed clear signs of melting.

Chixiazi's lips curled slightly; his attack was clearly superior!

Ning Qi seemed to have anticipated this.

His five-colored giant hand contained only a trace of the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

He truly treated every penny like a hundred dollars, pushing the limits of his power.

It's natural that Chixiazi was able to break through the five-colored giant hand with the Vermilion Bird Claw, after all, he had drawn a lot of the vast energy of the Vast Realm here.

A wisp of the power bestowed by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm surged forth from Ning Qi's body once more, flowing into the five-colored giant hand.

The melting signs of the five-colored giant hand immediately reversed, and it became indestructible again.

However, Ning Qi did not force out the Vermilion Bird Claw that had grabbed him. Instead, he turned his palm into a cage, and with a sudden snap of his five fingers, he completely seized it.

Chixiazi did not launch any other attacks; he clearly intended to finish the job with a single strike.

The power within his body continued to flow into the Vermilion Bird Claw, aiming to completely destroy Ning Qi's attack!

Only after the actual battle did Chixiazi see through Ning Qi's true strength and weakness.

The opponent's five-colored giant hand did not control much boundary power, so he only needed to continue to increase his strength to win.

Flames erupted from the Vermilion Bird's claws, engulfing Ning Qi's five-colored giant hand like waves, forcing him to retreat continuously.

However, at that very moment, the five-colored divine light flowing on the five-colored giant hand suddenly changed!

The five colors represent the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements give rise to the five colors: gold, green, blue, red, and brown.

Of the five colors, apart from the red color that represents fire, the other four colors blended together one by one.

Earth produces gold, and the brown hue blends into the gold, instantly more than doubling the gold's intensity.

Gold generates water; the gold blends into the blue, and the blue increases by one and a half times.

Following the principle of mutual generation of the five elements, they continued to merge. Finally, when the wood was thrown into the fire, the giant hand of the five elements had completely transformed into a crimson color, just like the claw of the Vermilion Bird!

The Five-Colored Giant Hand Divine Ability was originally a technique called the Great Five Elements Divine Light, but it has become infinitely variable in Ning Qi's hands.

It can no longer be called the Five-Colored Giant Hand; it should be called the Giant Hand of Fire.

Chixiazi felt a surging force suddenly attack him, increasing at an alarming speed.

His Vermilion Bird Claw's forward momentum faltered, and he was instead pushed back repeatedly.

Chixiazi's heart skipped a beat!

Ning Qi, on the other side, was inferior to him in both cultivation level and the amount of boundary power, but Ning Qi's understanding of the Dao was far superior to his.

Ning Qi's divine light transformation technique complemented each other, instantly multiplying the Law Power, making him able to contend with him.

However, Chixiazi still didn't understand one thing: why did Ning Qi choose to use fire to fight him instead of water?

Wouldn't it be better to use water to control fire?

The thought flashed through his mind, and Chixiazi activated his boundary power, instantly stopping his retreat.

He has more elemental power; there's no reason he should be suppressed by Ning Qi!

However, the next second, flames surged across the Vermilion Bird's claws, which had just stopped its retreat.

Within Ning Qi's giant hand of fire, a terrifying suction force condensed, continuously devouring the power on the Vermilion Bird's claw.

The giant hand of fire continued to grow, gradually overwhelming the Vermilion Bird's claws.

Chixiazi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Snap!

A giant hand of fire swept across the heavens and earth, crushing the Vermilion Bird's claw in an instant, and its surging power swept towards Chixiazi.

Chixiazi was slammed to the ground with a palm strike, leaving a fiery tail like a meteorite, scorching the earth below black.

The turn of events in the battle reversed so quickly that the three cultivators were dumbfounded.

The members of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect and the army of the Fuyou Domain led by Qi Keqing were not quite sure why Ning Qi was able to overpower Chixiazi's Vermilion Bird Divine Claw with his giant hand of fire.

Even within the Xuanzhen Domain army, most people couldn't understand it.

In their view, Chixiazi was so strong that his Fire Dao was modeled after the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird. The Vermilion Bird controlled the fire, so he should be invincible in the Fire Dao!

But the outcome of the battle was exactly the opposite, which was truly unpredictable.

Only the members of the Wuji Sword Sect watched with longing, especially the Sword Ancestor, whose sword eyes revealed excitement.

Jian Jingjue once taught two Sword Dao to the people within the Wuji Sword Sect.

One is to break through all laws with a single sword; the other is to control all paths with the Sword Dao.

Ning Qi just used the sword technique of controlling Sword Dao that he taught him, but the form of expression was not Sword Dao, but fire path to control the opponent's Vermilion Bird fire!

That's why Chixiazi was able to be restrained by Ning Qi.

Because Ning Qi's control over the path of fire far surpasses that of Chi Xia Zi, and with the addition of a method that can break through ten thousand paths, Chi Xia Zi's attacks can only be countered by Ning Qi!

Ning Qi stood in the void, glanced at the giant hand of fire that had just dissipated, and sighed.

Below, Chixiazi rose from the flames and soared into the sky, instantly returning to its high altitude.

Although he was struck by Ning Qi's palm, he was completely unharmed, protected by the power of the Vast Realm.

Ning Qi immediately understood that this was the most he could do with the strength of his reincarnated body.

To defeat Chixiazi, who controls the domain power, one would need to use an equivalent amount of the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Suddenly, Ning Qi raised his hand and threw it high into the air.

In the blink of an eye, something landed in the sky above this place, radiating boundless light.

That was the node bead of this place. Ning Qi obtained it from the five demon kings, but he never had time to transform it into a celestial star.

Today, the stars returned to their positions, casting their light and instantly erasing the oppressive force brought about by Chixiazi's appearance.

The cultivation levels of the armies from the Fuyou Domain and the Xuanzhen Domain returned to their previous levels, while the strength of the people from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, which had been boosted by Chixiazi, was instead suppressed back to normal.

Chixiazi's face twisted slightly. He glanced at Tianxing, knowing that the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm had taken notice of this place.

Previously, Ning Qi didn't have much boundary power left, and Chi Xiazi knew that as long as the two continued to fight, he would win sooner or later.

But now...

Ning Qi glanced at him and said calmly, "This is my first time fighting against someone at the Domain Lord level. I hope you can last a little longer."

After he finished speaking, a terrifying light burst forth from behind him, shooting straight into the sky.

Countless streams of Spiritual Qi and the power of rules surged forth, pouring into the light and instantly forming two wings as broad as clouds.

One purple and one blue, the purple and blue wings were Ning Qi's Divine Ability wind and thunder wings, which he had not used for a long time.

After reaching the Integration Realm, Ning Qi Body Tempering with the rules, and he had transformed this technique into a physical Divine Ability that he could use at any time.

The wind and thunder roared, a speed that is the fastest in the world.

With the wind and thunder wings behind Ning Qi flapping, he was almost invisible to the crowd.

All that could be seen was Chixiazi launching attacks in various parts of the void. With each attack, a flame would ignite the void in the area where the attack took place.

Purple and blue light flashed around him, moving so fast that they appeared as mere specks of light.

The flames were all shattered by the purple and blue light spots, and Chixiazi suddenly arched his body, unable to attack anymore.

His figure was knocked several feet away by Ning Qi, and before he could recover, Ning Qi's attack came again.

For a moment, all the people saw was Chixiazi being bounced around in the void like a sandbag.

"Hateful!"

Chixiazi let out an angry shout.

In the surrounding void, the energy of the Vast Realm gathered more and more, all of which poured into his body.

A protective shield, entirely composed of boundary energy, rose around him, finally blocking Ning Qi's attack and bringing him to a stop in mid-air with great difficulty.

When everyone looked at him again, Chixiazi's fiery red Daoist robe was now tattered and barely covered his body.

Fortunately, he mobilized more boundary power; otherwise, if Ning Qi continued to attack, he would have been completely exposed and left disheveled in the wind.

The power within his Inner Realm instantly repaired his Daoist robes, and Chixiazi looked at Ning Qi again.

Ning Qi's wind and thunder wings completely retracted, and as if teleporting, he punched the defensive magic shield erected by Chi Xiazi.

Chixiazi gave a cold laugh.

His protective barrier was entirely constructed from boundary energy, making it extremely thick and capable of dispersing attack power. How easy would it be for Ning Qi to break through it?

If Ning Qi were truly that powerful, how could Chi Xia Zi have maintained this protective barrier and blocked Ning Qi's previous attacks?

As expected, Ning Qi's punch struck the magic shield. The shield trembled, and ripples spread across it, but he ultimately failed to break through it.

Ning Qi's fist remained fixed on the magic barrier, showing no intention of attacking again.

Just as Chixiazi was about to say something, his gaze suddenly fell on Ning Qi's fist.

Something was faintly visible on the surface of his fist; it appeared to be a round object.

"Not good!"

Chixiazi's eyes widened. Although his fight with Ning Qi was brief, he had already discerned that every action Ning Qi took had a deeper meaning.

The round object in Ning Qi's hand is definitely not a good thing!

Ning Qi's lips curled up slightly as he quickly glanced at the starry sky above him.

The starlight shone down upon him, naturally falling upon him as well.

"Lord of the Mountains and Seas, are you still not going to lend me your realm power? If you don't, I will lead my two armies and abandon this large node!"

To kill Chixiazi, it was obviously impossible on the surface with Ning Qi's reincarnation power alone.

He had communicated with the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm before. What should he do if he encountered the Lord of the Vast Realm, who could borrow the power of the Vast Realm?

Ning Qi originally wanted the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm to grant him the corresponding spiritual domain power, which he could always have on him and mobilize at any time. Moreover, he could also use this power to understand the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm in reverse.

However, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm is extremely stingy. It can only be mobilized when their domain lords are stationed in the Spirit Realm. Once they arrive in the War Realm, these domain lords are no different from other cultivators.

So when Ning Qi asked this question, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm gave him another way.

That was the round token in Ning Qi's hand, the Mountain and Sea Mark!

At that moment, the Mountain and Sea Mark, which Ning Qi had sandwiched between his fists, shattered instantly upon contact with the power of the Vast Realm, as if something had been stirred up in the the Unseen.

Suddenly, a beam of white light shot down from the celestial star above, enveloping Ning Qi and making Ning Qi appear even more otherworldly.

Ning Qi retreated, and the white light followed suit, like a shadow.

Ning Qi felt the boundary power transmitted from the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Finally, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm was forced to descend upon its power.

He still possessed a considerable amount of the power bestowed upon him by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, but if he were to use it all on Chi Xiazi, wouldn't he be using his own resources to help the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm conquer the Vast Realm?

He, a professional at exploiting loopholes, was not about to agree!

As the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm continued to surge in, Ning Qi's aura rapidly increased, becoming increasingly powerful.

Chixiazi, standing ahead, looked on in astonishment.

So Ning Qi didn't use the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will in their previous battle?

A very ominous feeling rose in his heart, and the protective aura around his body suddenly disappeared, turning into a robe that lightly clung to his skin.

Ning Qi attacked Ning Qi at lightning speed, trying to interrupt his use of more power from the Mountain and Sea Realm!

"Vermilion Bird's Thousand Wings Slash!"

With a furious roar, Chixiazi's body condensed into endless Vermilion Bird divine feathers from flames, which rained down on Ning Qi like divine arrows.

Whoosh whoosh!

Each Vermilion Bird divine feather was imbued with the power of the vast realm. Ten thousand feathers soared through the sky, shattering the void into fragments and completely covering Ning Qi's location, preventing him from escaping.

To everyone's surprise, Ning Qi had no intention of dodging at all. A five-colored rainbow light, formed from the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm, also rose around him.

Puff puff puff!

The fiery red Vermilion Bird Divine Feathers unleashed a saturated attack upon the rainbow light. If raindrops struck the lake's surface, they would only create ripples; could they possibly cause harm?

Ning Qi stood proudly among them, raised his head and muttered to himself, "Not enough, more!"

A voice faintly emanated from the white light falling on him, "Don't be too greedy, that's enough!"

Ning Qi coldly replied, "You want the horse to run fast, but you also want it to eat little grass? Aren't you asking the impossible, Mountain and Sea Realm Lord?"

He glanced at Chixiazi and continued, "The guy on the other side controls all the energy of the Vast Realm here, and he also has the power of the Vast Realm on him. His cultivation level is at the limit of the Integration Realm Venerable. Realm Venerable, look at my situation now. Shouldn't you be ashamed?"

The will was taken aback. Ning Qi had said so much that it was speechless, so it ultimately did not demand more from Ning Qi's boundary power.

The light above the celestial stars shone even brighter, drawing energy from the mountains and seas of this place, all converging towards Ning Qi.

Ning Qi's strength surged once again, not only reflected in the amount of boundary power he possessed, but also in his growth in cultivation.

Ning Qi still has a long way to go before reaching the Perfection state of the Integration Realm, but now, the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm is constantly surging in, and the energy of this place is also being injected into him.

His cultivation level then increased rapidly at a perceptible pace.

Ten percent, twenty, thirty, fifty percent...

Ning Qi's physical body was powerful, like a starving man who had been thirsty for a long time, desperately absorbing the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm to replenish himself.

Sensing the improvement in Ning Qi's cultivation, Chi Xiazi now desperately unleashed various spells to attack him.

"Vermilion Bird Burns the Heavens!"

"Forging Demons with Blazing Fire!"

"..."

Various attacks landed on the magical shield Ning Qi had erected, and the rebounding energy burned and collapsed the nearby void, leaving only black holes.

But they still couldn't break through Ning Qi's defenses!

Ning Qi stood proudly on the spot, seemingly impervious to all laws.

"Not enough, have more!"

He continued to exploit the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm while simultaneously provoking Chixiazi outside.

"Your Vast Realm is indeed inferior to my Mountain and Sea Realm. Is this all the realm power you can mobilize?"

Chixiazi's eyes also turned bloodshot. Upon hearing this, he instantly pulled out something, which appeared to be a crystal.

He crushed the crystal in his grasp, the fragments flying everywhere and all merging into his body.

The energy of the Vast Realm here also rushed towards him like crazy, and not only that, it also attracted the energy of the Vast Realm further away, causing it to move towards this place.

Chixiazi's cultivation level could not be improved, but the boundary power on his body became increasingly dense.

Seeing this, Ning Qi's face showed a worried expression, and he immediately said to the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm:

"Lord of the Realm, that guy over there has probably gathered the energy from three node realms. If you don't send more, I'm afraid I won't be able to take him down!"

"You try it first, kid!"

Ning Qi remained completely unmoved.

He hasn't even reached the Perfection of the Integration Realm, what's the point of moving?

He refused to believe that, given the presence of a large node, the presence of the Vast Realm Lord Chixiazi, and Chixiazi's continuous extraction of energy from the nearby Vast Realm, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm could be so stingy.

Feeling the boundary energy surging into his body even faster, Ning Qi smiled slightly.

His expression, as seen in Chixiazi's eyes, was almost demonic.

Chixiazi was momentarily dazed, feeling as if he had been used by Ning Qi.

Ning Qi let him attack him without any resistance, which was really unlike Ning Qi's usual style!

But Chixiazi dared not leave just yet. He wanted to help the remaining people of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect. He knew that the key to this place was Ning Qi.

If Ning Qi were to gather even more boundary power, not only would the cultivators of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect be doomed, but even he, the domain lord, would likely be doomed!

Thinking of this, Chixiazi attacked even more desperately. The spherical magic shield on Ning Qi's body was dented in by more than half, and even came extremely close to Ning Qi's body surface, but it could not take the last step.

Ning Qi's cultivation level continued to rise, and finally, the surroundings seemed to fall silent.

The protective barrier on his body, which had been dented by the attack, suddenly sprang back to its Perfection.

Chixiazi's attacks landed on it, but could not penetrate it even slightly.

"Boy, I've bestowed so much power upon you; if you still can't win, don't even think about returning to the Mountain and Sea Realm!"

Hearing the threatening intent from the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Ning Qi paid it no heed.

He looked at Chixiazi, his pupils as deep and unfathomable as the universe.

Chixiazi, who was attacking wildly, suddenly froze. In the next instant, he felt as if he had been choked by something and could not move at all!