Sea Ancestor's Cultivation Ground

In the center of the endless sea, a huge and deep sea eye rotates endlessly, its bottom unseen, like a dark Mutant Beast that can devour everything.

Ning Qi and the illusory image of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm appeared here, looking down at the sea eye below, with strange sounds constantly reaching their ears.

Sometimes a shriek, sometimes a muffled groan, sometimes pain, sometimes madness...

Ning Qi asked curiously, "Lord of the Realm, what exactly exists in this sea eye?"

He also read about the sea eye in the Inheritance left by Haizu, but the description of the sea eye was not detailed and was only mentioned briefly.

Therefore, Ning Qi didn't know what this sea eye was, where it led to, or why it appeared below the Moon Sea Immortal Sect.

He always felt that the Sea Ancestor chose to establish his sect here as if to suppress this sea eye.

"Cough!"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm coughed before replying, "This place gathers the Yin energy of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, and it is also the place where the Sea Ancestor attained enlightenment. You'll understand once you go in and take a look. Let's go."

Having said that, he took the lead and disappeared downwards.

Ning Qi naturally followed him inside.

Whew!

The wind howled in my ears, carrying both the tranquility of ocean currents and eerie shrieks.

The two entered the eye of the sea, and the world before them instantly went dark, as if they had suddenly entered another world.

Ning Qi released his senses, but to his surprise, he couldn't sense anything at all.

That's a bit scary!

For him now, whether it's the Mountain and Sea Realm or the Vast Realm, there's almost nothing in these two realms that can still shield him from perception.

But given the strange situation that had arisen, Ning Qi could only silently raise his guard. It seemed that there were still many things he didn't know about between the two realms.

Ning Qi gazed ahead, the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will still be leading the way.

It suddenly turned left and right, and then seemed to disappear into the seawater, but Ning Qi kept following.

A moment later, it broke away from the seawater and returned to the sea eye tunnel.

In short, as the two delved deeper, Ning Qi finally sensed something.

Suddenly, Ning Qi reached out and looked at his skin. Every hair stood on end, and then tiny bumps spread out, instantly covering his entire body.

"Crack!"

Ning Qi's teeth chattered, as he felt a strong, chilling force invade his body, as if the wind was penetrating his entire being.

In that instant, he felt as if his body had been thrown into a strange place, where bones were bones, flesh was flesh, head was head, eyes were eyes, and ears were ears.

All the organs in the body seemed frozen and separated, as if they were not connected to each other.

This strange feeling startled Ning Qi.

He couldn't help but recall the feeling when his clone first entered the Boundary Sea; his current feelings were completely comparable to that.

But that's strange, isn't this within the realm of mountains and seas?

He thought for a moment, then instantly transformed the power within his body, switching to the power of the Boundary Sea.

To Ning Qi's surprise, the strange feeling on his body vanished instantly.

He had a vague feeling that this place was probably also related to the Boundary Sea.

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm ahead remained steadfast as it moved forward. Ning Qi suppressed the doubts rising in his heart; the answer would be revealed in due time.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ning Qi's eyes finally lit up.

A faint blue light appeared ahead.

As the two approached, the faint light rapidly expanded, and they entered it.

Glug!

It sounded like someone jumping into water, but the two found themselves in a space where there was no seawater.

Ning Qi looked around.

Above, the water shimmered, releasing a soft glow that illuminated the space below.

Occasionally, a powerful marine creature swims by, casting a huge shadow.

This space resembles an aquarium, but in reality, it is a space suppressed beneath the ocean.

Ning Qi looked around. Apart from the light overhead, the light became dimmer as he looked down.

This is not merely a matter of light and shadow; Ning Qi sensed a strange energy shifting within it, which could be considered an adjustment of light and shadow at the level of rules.

The deeper you go, the darker it gets.

Looking down, Ning Qi occasionally saw faint, fist-sized beams of light of various colors, seemingly embedded in the sea wall, appearing in pairs.

"Here it is?"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm replied, "This is where the Sea Ancestor draws power from the Boundary Sea. She has imprisoned many Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts here and is studying their talents."

Ning Qi remained silent for a moment.

Is this Haizu's laboratory? It's really well hidden.

However, after a moment's thought, Ning Qi understood.

Within the realm of mountains and seas, if the Sea Ancestor wanted to cultivate forbidden techniques to defeat the Mountain Ancestor, he certainly couldn't do so openly.

Beneath the endless sea, however, lay a suitable space for her.

The two continued their descent.

Ning Qi followed the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm downwards and gradually saw what was below.

This place is less a training ground for the Sea Ancestor and more like an eighteen-story prison.

From top to bottom, it expands in a cone shape, with the space becoming more expansive towards the bottom.

Within the surrounding sea walls, separate water prisons were set up, each imprisoning a Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts.

Upon seeing Ning Qi arrive, their eyes gleamed with an incomparably sharp, greedy, and ferocious light, glowing red, green, yellow, and purple. Saliva dripped from their mouths, and they occasionally let out roars of different sounds, as if they had been starving for an unknown period of time.

Ning Qi finally realized where the strange sounds in the sea eyes came from; it must be their voices.

Ning Qi briefly sensed their power.

From top to bottom, it almost progresses in stages.

At the top is Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts in the Integrated Body Early Stage, while at the bottom, its power has reached the Perfection state of the Fusion Realm.

Among them were several exceptionally gifted Mutant Beast, whose auras clearly surpassed those of those at the Perfection of the Dao Integration stage.

Ning Qi even discovered a Twisted Monsters, but compared to those summoned by the Holy Ancestor in the War Realm, its twisting was less severe and far less ferocious and terrifying.

It's more like it's in the early stages of becoming Twisted Monsters, with its own flesh and tendons broken and twisted outwards.

Ning Qi was genuinely curious: how long had it taken Hai Zu to construct this space, and how had she managed to capture these Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts?

There are at least a thousand Fierce Beasts in this area.

With so many Fierce Beasts of high cultivation and high level, if Ning Qi hadn't entered the Boundary Sea before, he would have definitely thought that the Sea Ancestor had captured Fierce Beasts from outside the boundary of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, Ning Qi had explored the Boundary Sea and knew that the Boundary Sea regions adjacent to worlds such as the Mountain and Sea Boundary or the Vast Realm were actually gray fog areas.

There's no way that so many powerful Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts could exist in the Gray Fog Zone!

So, where exactly did Haizu capture these Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts?

Ning Qi was puzzled. He and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm had already descended to the center of the bottom of the space.

The entire space resembles an inverted bowl, with a faint light shimmering at the bottom, and a giant starfish pattern seemingly engraved below.

No, it's not an engraved starfish, but a giant, living starfish lying on the bottom, only appearing as a flattened pattern due to the lighting.

Ning Qi felt that the space was rather dark.

If the Sea Ancestor cultivated here year-round, and she also forcefully integrated the power of the Boundary Sea into herself, it would be impossible for her not to go mad.

Ning Qi looked at the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will.

The other party did not seem to intend to stay.

He stomped hard on the starfish below, and instantly, the starfish seemed to come to life, waving its claws and thrashing about.

However, no matter how it danced, it could not break through and enter this space.

Suddenly, its five starfish points, following a specific pattern, plunged into five specific positions.

Suddenly, Ning Qi sensed a violent tremor in the space, as if the seawater from the outside world was about to crush this place.

Meanwhile, the Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts of the surrounding water prisons let out painful howls. The power within their bodies was constantly draining away, and it was surging towards Ning Qi and the feet of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm along specific channels.

Ning Qi sensed that it contained not only the power of the Boundary Sea, but also the extremely yin and gentle power that the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm had previously mentioned.

That was the power of the Sea Ancestor, which used its utmost yin and gentleness to integrate the power of the Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts into one.

Water benefits all things without striving, therefore it is close to the Way, and therefore none in the world can contend with it.

A few words from the Sea Inheritance involuntarily surfaced in Ning Qi's mind.

The scene before us seems to confirm all of this.

Ning Qi looked down at his feet again.

The giant starfish beneath my feet, resembling a skeleton on the seabed, also seemed like some kind of mechanism for activating a secret.

The combined power of all the Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts gradually coalesced beneath his feet into a blackish-gray lotus bud pattern.

Snap!

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm snapped its fingers.

Suddenly, a delicate fragrance wafted into his nostrils, lotus buds opened, and strangely enough, the bottom of the entire space was suddenly illuminated, generating an extremely strong suction force that drew Ning Qi and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm into it.

A dizzying sensation swept over them, as if they were being sucked in or teleported. They didn't know how much time had passed before they felt themselves being thrown out.

Ning Qi mobilized the power within his body and floated in the void.

The illusory image of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm also hovered beside him.

To Ning Qi's surprise, the two ended up in another space.

This place was completely different from the previous space. At the end of their sight, there were birds singing and flowers blooming, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a green field. It was as if they had entered a new world.

"Um?"

Ning Qi tried to land, but an incredibly complex array pattern in front of him suddenly bounced him back.

The illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will watched from the sidelines, without interfering.

Ning Qi glanced at him and noticed that he didn't seem inclined to explain. He simply coughed, his eyes seemingly offering encouragement.

Ning Qi immediately fell downwards again.

This time, however, he was cautious and stopped just as the array patterns appeared.

Ning Qi's eyes flashed with golden light, and he activated his Insightful Golden Eyes.

It shone with golden light, scanning the incredibly complex array patterns below.

Ning Qi was immediately captivated by it, as if he had seen the most beautiful and captivating thing in the world.

A moment later, Ning Qi was jolted.

"What kind of Formation is this? I've never heard of it before, nor have I ever seen anything like it!"

Ning Qi felt that he had reached the highest level in the Dao of Arrays, but the array patterns in front of him were beyond his comprehension.

Even if he stares intently at one spot, that spot will change in an instant, to a terrifying degree.

For a moment, Ning Qi seemed unable to discern many of the array patterns, but the next instant, he felt as if he had misjudged them, the changes in which were completely illogical.

With his comprehension, no matter what appears before him, it's impossible that he wouldn't understand even a fraction of it.

Ning Qi was certain that such array patterns should never exist in the world.

This doesn't seem like something from this world!

Upon arriving at this place, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm seemed to have improved somewhat. He coughed again, his complexion slightly rosier, and said, "Don't you feel that the array patterns here don't seem to belong to this world at all?"

Ning Qi nodded slightly.

"Lord of the Realm, please enlighten me."

Shan Haijie suddenly laughed, "Haha, you can be fooled after all. Have you ever considered that this might not be an array pattern at all?"

"Um?"

Ning Qi was taken aback.

Not array patterns?

He never even considered that possibility!

From arriving at the Moon Sea Immortal Sect to entering the Sea Eye, they traversed multiple realms before finally arriving at a seemingly peaceful world.

An incredibly complex array pattern appeared before him, stopping him from falling any further. Then, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm told him that this was not an array pattern.

Ning Qi absolutely could not accept it!

However, he was extremely adaptable and immediately looked again.

He pushed the Golden Eye of Illusion to its limit, even using the divine runes left to him by the Holy Ancestor and a trace of immortal aura.

This time, the array patterns below surged and changed unpredictably in Ning Qi's eyes, like a kaleidoscope.

However, based on the answer given by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Ning Qi observed that these array patterns were indeed not man-made; they seemed to be naturally Tiansheng, possessing the ability to change in any way.

It contains countless patterns, making it easy to mistake for array patterns.

If it's not array patterns, then what is it that can form such patterns?

Ning Qi's heart pounded; he knew he was about to approach the true secret of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

That secret is related to the Mountain Ancestor, the Sea Ancestor, and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Why was the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm sealed by the two ancestors? It seems that the Sea Ancestor had previously told the Holy Ancestor that they seemed to have obtained something.

All the secrets are now before your eyes!

Ning Qi believed that once the mystery of this place was solved, everything would be revealed.

Ning Qi subtly shifted his power under his feet, gently touching the pattern that resembled an array.

The power of the True Martial Realm, the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the power of the Vast Realm rotated among the Three Realms. However, as soon as they came into contact, Ning Qi felt as if his own power was being devoured.

If he hadn't retreated quickly, cutting through the chaos with a swift move, the power within his entire body would likely have been drawn out and devoured by the pattern.

Ning Qi stared at the constantly changing patterns beneath his feet, then transformed the power within his body into the power of the Boundary Sea.

Ning Qi separated a wisp of his hair and flew towards the patterned barrier.

That wisp of power from the Boundary Sea, about the size of a hair, slowly touched the patterns in the air.

The moment they made contact, Ning Qi's eyes caught it; the patterns seemed to come alive, and he suddenly inhaled.

But in the next instant, the pattern seemed to reject it and spat out the power of the Boundary Sea.

Upon witnessing this scene, Ning Qi felt a strange sensation.

For some reason, the space he had just been in resurfaced in his mind—the space where the Sea Ancestor imprisoned the Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts and cultivated the power of the Boundary Sea.

He believes that the various spaces he frequents are not set up by chance, but are interconnected.

However, Ning Qi has not yet figured out the mystery behind it.

He didn't understand why the strange patterns before him would repel the power of the Boundary Sea.

Beside him, the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will spoke again, "Try the key from the Inheritance given to you by the Sea Ancestor."