The Legend of Ning Qi

The entire Vast Realm radiated a faint golden light, resembling a twinkling star within the Boundary Sea.

Ning Qi and the black donkey had already entered the boundary wall of the Vast Realm.

Its boundary is extremely thick, just like the steamed buns bought from an unscrupulous steamed bun shop.

I took a bite and no filling came out; I took two bites and still no filling; I almost bit through it! Finally, the filling came out, but the bun was gone.

Of course, the boundary wall of the Vast Realm is different from those unscrupulous buns. Its thickness is due to the vastness of the world inside, which is to better protect the creatures within.

They didn't see the black donkey riding under Ning Qi; its two long, pointed black ears were swaying rapidly like a windmill, showing great excitement.

It has lived Boundary Sea since birth, and its greatest wish is to return to the world.

Now that it has met Ning Qi, its wish has been fulfilled so quickly; how could it not be excited?

The man and the donkey continued their journey into the vast and boundless realm.

Soon after, they finally broke into the interior of the Vast Realm.

They stopped at the area where they had just crossed the boundary wall, looking down at the scene inside.

Within the vast realm, a vibrant scene of life unfolded.

The Spiritual Qi flows smoothly, the rules are in harmony, and the Great Dao operates in the the Unseen, naturally giving rise to a sense of grandeur throughout the world.

Ning Qi gazed at the scene inside, pondering for a moment.

After such a long battle, he has figured out the relationship between the Holy Ancestor and the will of the Vast Realm.

The fact that the Holy Ancestor was able to take the will of the Vast Realm as his disciple through his own power is already a remarkable achievement.

Looking at the world under his rule, everything was well-organized and thriving. Ning Qi understood that in the art of governing the world, the Holy Ancestor should be above him.

Ning Qi did not use his own path to influence the world, but instead provided everyone with a path to advancement.

Planting Enlightenment Tea Trees, establishing the True Martial, imparting Cultivation Method... none of these can be considered as using his own Dao to influence the world.

Or rather, Ning Qi himself has already forged a different path; he is the world, and the world is him.

The path he followed was no longer the traditional path of the Holy Ancestor, Mountain Ancestor, and Sea Ancestor, so naturally he could not do what the Holy Ancestor and the others did.

In contrast, the Holy Ancestor took it upon himself to guide the will of the Vast Realm, and it was through the combined efforts of the two that the Vast Realm came to be as it is today.

Upon seeing the situation in the Vast Realm, Ning Qi suddenly had an idea.

The Holy Ancestor is a master at governing the world. If Ning Qi can win him over, he can be given a management position to oversee the world's education.

Thinking of this, Ning Qi smiled, feeling that this idea did indeed have merit.

Furthermore, if Ning Qi could subdue not only the Holy Ancestor but also the Sea Ancestor, it would be a great help to Ning Qi.

After all, his initial goal of destroying the Mountain and Sea Realm has shifted to integrating the two realms into the True Martial.

With so many beings in the two spirit realms, managing them all by himself was exhausting for Ning Qi.

If he could subdue the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, wouldn't that save him a great deal of effort?

As for the Mountain Ancestor?

Ning Qi has not yet met this person; he needs to assess the situation before making a decision.

Beneath Ning Qi, the black donkey trembled violently. Ning Qi glanced at it and saw that it was also looking up at Ning Qi.

"Hero, am I dreaming?"

Ning Qi said, "You can dream when you're alone. We're not done with what we need to do right now."

He stared at the black donkey with a glint in his eyes, as if he were wielding a knife.

"Remember, this world is at war with the world I live in. If you can't control yourself, you'll be discovered immediately, and you'll end up as a roasted donkey."

Upon hearing this, the black donkey instantly woke up.

It almost acted impulsively just now because it came into the world, and desperately wanted to break away from Ning Qi and wander around the world on its own.

In particular, it seemed to have just seen a beautiful female donkey on the ground, and the instincts that had been dormant in its body for many years instantly gave it a desperate idea to ride it.

Fortunately, Ning Qi's words interrupted the black donkey's idea.

It had not forgotten its identity as Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts, nor had it forgotten how the beings or the will of the world would treat it if such Fierce Beasts were to intrude into the world.

So the black donkey shook its head vigorously, erasing the image of that beautiful female donkey from its consciousness.

It wasn't stupid; it knew that only by following Ning Qi could it truly return to the world, and nothing else was safe.

Seeing that it understood, Ning Qi looked away, patted the donkey's head lightly, and continued:

"Come on, show me around the Vast Realm. As long as I'm here, your presence won't be detected, nor will it be sensed by the spiritual will within!"

"I understand!"

And so, the black donkey continued to carry Ning Qi, swiftly traversing the high sky.

Occasionally, they would get closer to the earth to listen to what the cultivators of this world were talking about.

Now, all the cultivators from the Vast Realm who went to the War Zone to participate in the war have been brought back by the Holy Ancestor.

They no longer needed to risk their lives to return to the War Zone; the subsequent wars were left to the Holy Ancestor and the Will of the Vast Realm.

Now, these returning cultivators are constantly recounting their experiences within the war zone to other cultivators who did not participate in the battle.

"If it weren't for the Holy Ancestor's descent of an avatar, we would all likely have perished in the War Realm."

"Really?" Some people didn't believe it.

Someone immediately retorted, "How could it be fake? Look how many cultivators have returned from the Wind God Domain."

Upon hearing this, the man scanned the entire room and immediately shut his mouth.

The Holy Ancestor said that all the surviving cultivators who participated in the war have been rescued.

That person knew quite a few cultivators throughout the entire Wind God Domain, but now many of them were missing.

Undoubtedly, they all perished in the war zone.

Besides, if the cultivators of the Vast Realm were truly that powerful, why would they need the Holy Ancestor to go and rescue them?

Others followed up with the question, "Is their Mountain and Sea Realm really that powerful?"

The cultivator who was giving his sermon at the front scoffed upon hearing this.

"Hmph, the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm are on par with us cultivators of the Vast Realm; in fact, one could say our organizational skills are superior. But..."

His expression changed, as if recalling unpleasant memories, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said:

"Our crushing defeat this time was all due to one person!"

Who is that person?

Someone immediately asked angrily.

Who is that person?

Others joined in the angry shouts, and gradually the voices merged into one, creating a cacophony of noise and fervent rage that continued unabated.

"That man's Ning Qi!" a fellow cultivator who was also participating in the battle said calmly.

"Ning Qi?"

"Who is Ning Qi? We seem to have never heard of this person before. Aside from the Mountain Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, aren't the strongest people in the Mountain and Sea Realm Zhao Yujun and Gong Heavenly Dao, the sect leaders under their command? Where did this Ning Qi come from?"

The first person still appeared to be gritting his teeth.

"Ning Qi is an unparalleled genius born in a remote spiritual domain of the Mountain and Sea Realm. It is because of his existence that our Mountain and Sea Realm is in such a miserable state."

"We clearly had several chances to turn the tide of the battle, but they all changed because of Ning Qi. This kid... this kid..."

His chest heaved violently, but he couldn't say anything more.

The calm cultivator who had previously provided additional information said, "Let me explain. You have very poor control over your emotions."

The man nodded upon hearing this.

The calm cultivator pressed his right hand down, and the angry questions that had just been rising and falling in the room instantly subsided.

This person must be highly respected among the crowd.

He continued, "Ning Qi invented a Compass within the War Realm that can detect the map and nodes of the War Realm, putting us at a disadvantage from the very first step compared to the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm."

"Secondly, Ning Qi took advantage of this to kill the cultivators from the same region as him in the Vast Realm, continuously occupying those regions and causing them to fall into the hands of the Mountain and Sea Realm first. We then further lost the initiative. Fortunately, the plans of the Holy Ancestor and the Realm Lord later turned the tide."

Everyone listened, and high above, the black donkey carrying Ning Qi was also listening.

The black donkey kept glancing down and then back at Ning Qi.

If I remember correctly, the man on its back is also named Ning Qi, right? Could it be that these cultivators are talking about him?

But how could that be? The master on its back is someone who can freely travel between different worlds, and the Ning Qi they're talking about isn't anything special.

Upon realizing this, the black donkey immediately thought it must be someone with the same name and continued listening.

Ning Qi rode on the donkey's back and looked around.

"Is this the Wind God Realm?"

He remembered that the first domain lord he killed in the War Realm was from the Wind God Domain, right?

I think so; he didn't really remember their names.

The crowd below continued to recount various legends about Ning Qi.

"Since Ning Qi is so powerful, why doesn't he join forces with a group of high-level cultivators to kill him?"

"If you can think of this, surely the Holy Ancestor and the Realm Lord could too. Of course they tried it. When Ning Qi was still in the Integration Realm, we sent twenty people who had severed their Dao Integration Realm to kill him. However, if they hadn't been carrying the Holy Ancestor's treasures, they would have been killed by Ning Qi."

A hissing sound immediately came from the crowd.

"Is Ning Qi really that terrifying?"

"That's nothing compared to what's to come!"

The calm cultivator's eyes narrowed, as if he too was recalling a terrible memory.

"He survived an unprecedented Tribulation Lightning, annihilating thousands of Dao Integration Realms in my Vast Realm, yet he himself successfully advanced to the Dao Integration Realm!"

"What?"

"He prevented the Holy Ancestor's avatar from summoning the Dao Integration Phantom, and even fought the Holy Ancestor's avatar in one space for a long time without being defeated."

"..."

The people below were hearing it as if their hearts were suffocating.

Just moments ago they dared to angrily demand to know who Ning Qi was, but now, upon hearing that Ning Qi could fight the Holy Ancestor's avatar without being defeated, they have fallen completely silent.

After all, in their hearts, the Holy Ancestor was the only true god and the strongest cultivator, so strong that no one dared to harbor any disloyal thoughts even upon hearing his name; he had reached the point where everyone was sincerely convinced upon hearing his name.

Therefore, hearing that Ning Qi was able to fight against the Holy Ancestor's avatar without being defeated was already too shocking for them to accept.

The people narrating above exchanged a bitter glance and did not continue.

They wouldn't disclose the matter of the Holy Ancestor's avatar summoning Twisted Monsters, since it involved the Boundary Sea outside the Vast Realm and was not suitable for dissemination.

Moreover, the Lord of the Realm has also imposed a gag order on them; anyone who leaks information will be executed.

What happens next?

There were still people in the audience asking questions.

But no one dared to continue the story, all saying, "Later, the enemy's ancestor also sent out an avatar, which is why the Holy Ancestor sent us back to the Vast Realm first, to avoid a futile sacrifice."

What about Ning Qi?

"He's perfectly fine!"

All the listeners looked at each other, scratching their heads, feeling a void in their hearts.

Is that the end of the story? Why did it stop at the crucial moment?

They dared not ask any further questions, because these cultivators were all more powerful than them, and it was already quite generous of them to have told them so much about the battle.

While they felt a void in their hearts, they remembered one name: Ning Qi!

Someone capable of contending with the strongest avatar of the Holy Ancestor in their hearts.

The black donkey loved listening to stories, and it felt extremely upset when it missed the crucial part.

Is that Ning Qi Ning Qi was on his back?

This question had been lingering in its mind, but it was difficult to ask Ning Qi about it.

"They're gone!"

Ning Qi clamped his hand on the donkey's belly.

The black donkey had already adapted to Ning Qi's command and immediately continued to run within the Haoran Realm.

However, Ning Qi pointed him in a clear direction this time.

The black donkey's eyes lit up as it gazed at a magnificent, golden island complex built in the sky in the distance, and it immediately flew towards it.

That place should be the center of the entire Vast Realm, the location of the Vast Immortal Sect!

Within the boundaries of war.

Ning Qi's reincarnation kept a close eye on the battle between the two ancestors.

By now, the two patriarchs were clearly getting heated in their battle.

The sound of the ocean waves mingled with the constant chanting of poems and essays.

As the two clashed, the Spiritual Qi within the entire war zone surged and its rules became chaotic, almost as if the end of the world had arrived.

This caused great distress to the cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm who remained there.

Ning Qi had already landed in the army led by Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing. With his protection, the armies of the two regions remained unmoved and did not feel too uncomfortable.

Not far away, Zhao Yujun, the sect leader of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect, was also protecting the cultivators under the command of the Sea Ancestor.

Compared to Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing and others, even with Zhao Yujun's protection, they felt unsteady on their feet, like ordinary people sailing on a boat amidst huge waves.

As for Gong Heavenly Dao, the sect leader of Zhoushan Immortal Sect under Shanzu, he was almost cursing in his heart!

Damn, life is getting harder and harder.

These cultivators under the Mountain Ancestor's command could not be protected by Gong Heavenly Dao alone, compared to the protection provided by Zhao Yujun next door.

Because Zhao Yujun is from the lineage of the Sea Ancestor, he is naturally adapted to the power of the Sea Ancestor. Therefore, they only need to defend against the waves of power from the Holy Ancestor, and they can also activate the Dharma lineage passed down by the Sea Ancestor to fight against it.

Ning Qi, on the other hand, has become even stronger.

Ning Qi himself was capable of fighting against the ancestor's avatar and even had a chance of winning, so resisting the impact of the two ancestors' power was naturally no problem.

On the contrary, the cultivators under the command of the Mountain Ancestor, such as Gong Heavenly Dao, all looked like pickled eggplants.

When the Holy Ancestor clashed with the Sea Ancestor, they had to withstand the impact of the two ancestors' power. Many of the cultivators turned pale, and many even vomited on the spot, as if they had suffered a serious illness, and were about to collapse.

They all undoubtedly cast envious glances at the cultivators on Ning Qi's side.

How easy it is to follow the right person!

But they didn't follow the wrong person, did they? Wasn't the Mountain Ancestor strong?

It's just that the Mountain Ancestor will descend; he's not even willing to send a clone down once.

Moreover, Gong Heavenly Dao wasn't putting in that much effort; he didn't use all his energy to help them.

Therefore, each of the cultivators under the Mountain Ancestor had unspeakable suffering in their hearts.

In fact, Gong Heavenly Dao had already been eyeing Ning Qi's side for a while.

He really wanted to ask Ning Qi for help.

But when he thought about his previous attitude towards Ning Qi, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Of course, these are secondary. The most important thing is that Ning Qi's strength has increased too quickly, so quickly that even he has to start looking up to him.

Faced with such an existence, Gong Heavenly Dao had no confidence to test it.

How embarrassing would he be if he were rejected?

Awkwardness was one thing, but if he angered Ning Qi, he wouldn't know how to handle it!