Undersea Moonrise

Ning Qi didn't know what the Holy Ancestor had said to the Sea Ancestor, but the Sea Ancestor's clone immediately changed its mind and decided to enter the Peach Blossom Spring space.

That's bad enough, but they even invited him to come along!

Haizu didn't give Ning Qi a chance to refuse.

Ning Qi naturally chose the one who knew how to adapt to the times and did not object.

He still wants to obtain information about both sides through the battle between the two ancestral avatars, and at the same time, he wants to know what the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor are planning to do.

So Ning Qi followed Hai Zu and they both entered the Peach Blossom Spring space.

As for the other cultivators in the Central Region, they could only look at each other in bewilderment upon seeing this, and then they resumed their battles.

Within the Peach Blossom Spring space.

Three waves of energy rippled at the entrance, and three figures descended upon it.

Ning Qi first glanced at the Sea Ancestor's clone not far from him.

At this moment, the Sea Ancestor's clone still faced the Holy Ancestor's clone in the distance, leaving him with a proud and upright graceful back view.

Ning Qi then surveyed the entire Peach Blossom Spring space.

Just as he expected, the Peach Blossom Spring space opened by the Holy Ancestor's avatar this time was significantly more stable than the previous one, and the entire space was also much larger.

It's unclear whether the Holy Ancestor's avatar was trying to trap Ning Qi again, or whether it was preparing for the arrival of another ancestor's avatar in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Ning Qi finally looked at the Holy Ancestor's avatar and found that the old man was also looking at him after entering the Peach Blossom Spring space.

"You seem to take good care of this boy?" he said casually to Haizu's clone.

Hai Zu's clone replied, "What, you're also interested in Ning Qi?"

The Holy Ancestor's avatar chuckled, "It's hard not to be interested in geniuses with potential surpassing ours, even if they reach our level. Don't you agree?"

"Enough with the nonsense! I haven't truly fought you yet; let's finish this battle first!"

The Sea Ancestor's clone suddenly teleported again.

At this moment, she no longer restrained her power, but instead unleashed her full potential.

Ning Qi was watching the battle from the sidelines, heard that the entire Peach Blossom Spring space was filled with the sound of endless ocean waves.

The Sea Ancestor's clone appeared before the Holy Ancestor's clone and threw a punch first.

On her right fist, water condensed into a dragon head.

The dragon head is a phantom of a water dragon, possessing various transformations, and also containing the Great Dao will of the Sea Ancestor.

Ning Qi felt his mind shaken. At this moment, it seemed that the water vapor and spiritual energy rules of the entire Peach Blossom Spring space were affected by Hai Zu's punch.

More importantly, Ning Qi experienced a strange, subtle feeling.

The punch from Haizu's clone seemed to contain the ultimate Principle of gentleness.

This great Principle is different from the power of rules mastered by cultivators who have reached the Dao Integration stage; it transcends them.

In general, the Sea Ancestor's clone can use the power of ultimate gentleness to control all forces!

Upon seeing this, the Holy Ancestor's avatar's eyes lit up, indicating that he was also very curious about the power of the Sea Ancestor's avatar.

He neither dodged nor avoided, but simply raised his right hand slightly and brought it to his front in a flash.

On the palm of the Holy Ancestor's avatar, a large golden character appeared out of thin air.

The golden characters were connected with his mind, and they could be turned into words with a single thought, and the words could be written like dragons and snakes, and finally condensed into a huge word "Zhen".

"One word to suppress the sea!"

As soon as the word Zhen came out, a suffocating sense of heaviness was exuded.

The moment the character took shape, the forward momentum of the Sea Ancestor Water Dragon phantom noticeably faltered, as if it had been suppressed by the light emanating from the character.

But it immediately opened its dragon mouth and let out an extremely loud dragon roar!

"Roar!"

The dragon head spewed waves, which, like high-pressure water jets, crashed into the gleaming golden character for "town".

Boom!

The two collided together, and the water column was like a wave. Wave after wave, each wave doubled its power, completely wrapping the word Zhen.

And the Zhenzi of the Holy Ancestor's avatar is in the water column, releasing endless golden light, born from the law!

The two remained locked in a stalemate in the void, while simultaneously accumulating power.

Ultimately, the power of both forces amplified continuously, and then suddenly erupted simultaneously!

Rumble!

There was a loud noise like thunder, and the two figures were instantly rushed back half a mile at the same time, while the word "Zhen" and the water column both dissipated at the same time.

The Sea Ancestor's clone blinked its icy eyes.

"What a sage ancestor! He can even turn words into shackles to suppress the laws of heaven and earth."

Her voice was like the sound of the tide, with a hint of excitement in her tone.

Hai Zu's clone suddenly flipped her jade hand, and a bright blue water droplet condensed in her palm.

In the next instant, she flicked her finger.

"Boundless Ocean!"

The water droplet flew through the air toward the Holy Ancestor's avatar, rapidly expanding in size along the way, eventually transforming into a vast ocean.

This vast ocean was not an illusion; it was boundless and merged with the spatial power within the Peach Blossom Spring space as soon as it appeared.

Even more bizarrely, in the end, it became transparent, seemingly formless and disappearing completely into the void.

Ning Qi, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

As expected of the Sea Ancestor, he was able to utilize the Great Dao to such an extent, completely merging with the Peach Blossom Spring space summoned by the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

This is entirely by borrowing the power of the Peach Blossom Spring space of the Holy Ancestor's avatar, to work together to deal with the Holy Ancestor.

How should I put it?

As the art of war says, water has no constant form; one should make good use of its force!

The water flowed completely into space, becoming one with it, and silently seeped into the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar initially thought it was nothing special, but upon seeing this scene, his expression suddenly changed. This attack was enough for him to glimpse the true strength of the Sea Ancestor!

If this force is not stopped, even his clone will be eroded and eventually turn into nothingness.

"Hundred-Word Divine Ability!" the Holy Ancestor uttered softly.

He no longer used the "suppressing" technique, but instead employed the "hundred-word Divine Ability".

Hundreds of large, golden characters emerged from his body, instantly forming a protective shield over a hundred meters in diameter around his skin.

Furthermore, unlike his previous encounters with Ning Qi, the Holy Ancestor unleashed the full power of those hundred words at this moment.

These words were not merely defensive; they seemed to come alive, twisting and turning in the void like tadpoles, transforming into ancient texts.

The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things!

His hundred words transformed into a hundred magnificent essays!

Ning Qi was slightly moved upon seeing this scene.

Good heavens, did that old man hold back when he fought me?

Or is it that this clone he's currently using contains more power than the clone he sent out last time?

Ning Qi thought it should be the latter.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar was protected inside by a hundred Chinese texts.

He was writing furiously in the air, using his index finger as a pen.

As he wrote rapidly, one of those hundred masterpieces suddenly became even more brilliant.

The other ninety-nine magnificent articles, like drops of water, were absorbed into that magnificent article.

Ning Qi stared intently at the article, and vaguely caught a glimpse of some fragments.

"Floods raged, inundating the land... Yu dredged the nine rivers, cleared the Ji and Luo rivers, and channeled them into the sea."

This is a magnificent article on flood control, seemingly telling the story of a hero who passed by his home three times without entering, and who managed to control the floods that plagued the land.

The Sea Goddess's clone was also reading that magnificent article when she suddenly snapped her fingers.

Instantly, spatial ripples spread throughout the entire Peach Blossom Spring space, all of which converged towards the location of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

Ding dong!

Along with this came a series of tinkling sounds, it was hard to tell whether they were the sound of flowing water or the sound of spatial fluctuations.

In an instant, endless ripples enveloped the location of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

The magnificent text created by the Holy Ancestor's avatar continuously emitted light, with each word dancing and smoothing out the spatial ripples.

The tinkling sound seemed to gradually fade away.

"The power of the ocean combined with the power of space is all-pervasive. No matter how strong your shield of calligraphy and paintings is, how can it stop my infiltration?"

Hai Zu's clone chuckled softly as her figure blurred within the Peach Blossom Spring space, seemingly merging with the vast ocean.

The spatial ripples, which had just been straightened out by the Holy Ancestor's clone, became dense again.

That space was like a meatball falling into a pot of oil, constantly bobbing up and down, splashing everywhere.

Ning Qi clearly saw that some spatial ripples had penetrated the Holy Ancestor's protective power and entered it.

They resembled water, waves, and invisible spatial forces. Some of them coalesced into illusory images of all living beings in the ocean, all rushing towards the Holy Ancestor's avatar within.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar looked solemn and actually used the will of rules to condense a huge magic pen in front of him.

He grasped the brush and struck the various forces that were attacking him.

Swish, swish, swish!

The Holy Ancestor's avatar used the Sea Ancestor's power as ink to polish his brush, a move that possessed a subtle and exquisite beauty.

"As expected of the patriarch of the Vast Realm!"

The voice of Haizu's clone came from somewhere, and the scene of the battle changed again.

Ning Qi saw the spatial ripples that were constantly spreading around the Holy Ancestor's avatar suddenly stop and completely transform into a vast ocean, burying the Holy Ancestor within it.

The next second, the Holy Ancestor's clone, along with his protective shield, was sunk to the bottom of the sea.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar tried to break free, but the turbulent currents within the vast sea continuously dissipated his power, preventing him from escaping.

Furthermore, it also carries a captivating suction force, continuously drawing it deeper and deeper.

At this moment, no matter how hard the Holy Ancestor's avatar tried to use the staff, it couldn't absorb so much water.

Before he fought the Sea Ancestor's clone, he never imagined that the longer he fought the Sea Ancestor, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Haizu can continuously amplify his own advantages and continuously decompose his power.

The Peach Blossom Spring has been completely transformed by the Sea Ancestor into a vast ocean.

The power of Haizu's clone, which transforms the enemy's territory into its own domain, gave Ning Qi much to ponder.

Ning Qi continued to keep an eye on things.

All that could be seen at the bottom of the vast ocean was darkness and depth.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar was visible within, as his Hundred-Character Divine Ability still shone brightly, resisting the invasion of the seawater.

In the blur, another indistinct light and shadow seemed to rise from the seabed.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar sensed it instantly and immediately looked at the blurry light and shadow appearing on the seabed.

He squinted slightly; even with his strength, he couldn't see clearly.

However, that shimmering light seemed to be his reflection, or something else entirely.

"This woman is definitely not as simple as she seems. I must have been influenced by her power. So this must be the power of illusion?"

Ning Qi was high in the sky when he activated his Golden Eye of Truth.

At first glance, Ning Qi, like the Holy Ancestor's clone, couldn't discern what had appeared on the seabed.

However, the next second, Ning Qi quietly used the power of the four directions within his body—the power of mountains and seas, the power of vastness, the power of the Boundary Sea, and the power of True Martial —and injected it into the Golden Eye of Illusion.

He finally saw what was inside.

It was a radiant, moon-like image of Dharma!

A bright moon rises from the sea?

Logically speaking, shouldn't it be "the moon rises over the sea"?

Ning Qi was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of Divine Ability this was.

"Haiyue, Yuehai, no wonder the Sea Ancestor named the sect she founded the Moon Sea Immortal Sect. It turns out that the 'moon' in the name is not just a figurative reference!"

Previously, Ning Qi had encountered so many cultivators under the command of the Sea Ancestor, and even the Moon Sea Immortal Sect Master Zhao Yujun, but Ning Qi had never seen any related Divine Ability abilities or techniques from her.

It seems that this Divine Ability was a hidden strength of the Sea Ancestor, which he did not pass on to anyone else.

Under Ning Qi's gaze, the water around the bright moon rippled, and the moonlight on the moon itself shimmered with a hazy hue.

Ning Qi was certain that very few people could truly understand the essence of this Divine Ability.

The bright moon suddenly moved, flying directly towards the location of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

Immediately, Ning Qi saw that the bright moon was like a magic mirror, reflecting the current state of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

The bright moonlight perfectly replicated the scene just like the one depicted by the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

Whoosh!

After the image reflected the current state of the Holy Ancestor's avatar, it automatically peeled off a painting.

The scroll floated on the seabed and entered the protective shield of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

Immediately, Ning Qi saw two Saint Ancestor clones attacking each other within the scene.

The Law Power of the seabed surged, constantly stirring up currents of water.

The moonlight shone down, and everything calmed down once more.

Ning Qi couldn't sense the exact location of Hai Zu's clone; it seemed to be omnipresent.

The entire paradise, the vast ocean, even the bright moon, and the phantom battling the Holy Ancestor's avatar all seemed to be manifestations of the Sea Ancestor.

"..."

For the first time, Ning Qi found Hai Zu somewhat troublesome.

In the end, the phantom that had been stripped away by the bright moon was no match for the Holy Ancestor's clone and was annihilated by its single strike!

The Holy Ancestor's avatar spoke, "Haven't you had enough fun yet? For cultivators at our level, no matter how many illusions appear, they can never defeat us!"

"Is that so?" Hai Zu's clone responded.

The bright moon on the seabed radiates its light.

In an instant, ten images of the Holy Ancestor's clones were replicated and simultaneously entered the protective shield of the Holy Ancestor's clones.

At this moment, the hundred-word Divine Ability shield of the Holy Ancestor's avatar seemed unable to block these illusions.

Or perhaps these illusions have no physical form at all; they are all reflections of the Holy Ancestor's own power. In short, they are extremely bizarre.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar was surrounded by ten phantom images. He opened and closed his old eyes and said, "Nine-Syllable Mantra for Subduing Demons!"

Instantly, the Divine Ability he had used in his battle with Ning Qi reappeared.

Nine gleaming, unique golden characters flew out from the mouth of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

Each word shone with a golden luster, and as soon as it flew out, it transformed into a large sphere, as dazzling as the sun.

The nine characters were linked together and flew around the Holy Ancestor's avatar, instantly annihilating the nine illusions that had attacked!

However, the next second, the moon shadow appeared out of nowhere from the seabed and crashed into the protective shield of the Holy Ancestor's clone.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar was instantly knocked out of the seabed, and along with the Nine Golden Suns he summoned, it flew towards Ning Qi's location!

Ning Qi: "???"