Divine Mountain Remnant

The Mountain Ancestor's two bodies merged into one, but did not become a single person. Instead, it transformed into a two-faced, four-armed, four-legged phantom that resembled two people standing back to back and was half-fused together.

A strange light shone around the Mountain Ancestor.

It was blood red with a hint of gray, like a statue of a god of death.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, watching the Mountain Ancestor's transformation from the space below, felt a chill run down their spines.

"Be careful, his power seems to have changed."

The Holy Ancestor frowned.

Hai Zu's icy eyes trembled, almost unable to equate the Mountain Ancestor before her with the Mountain Ancestor she once knew.

At the summit, the current Mountain Ancestor lowered his four eyes, reflecting the expressions of the three people below.

His four eyes gleamed slightly, as if he were enjoying the shocked expression on the face of the Holy Ancestor Haizu.

Suddenly, the Mountain Ancestor put his four hands together, forming a double "mountain" seal.

"You three, you've finally all got together! Now, I'm going to kill you all in there!"

As he finished speaking, the entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou expanded once more.

This expansion occurs simultaneously from both the inside and outside.

It expanded outwards even further, displacing the energy of the boundary Boundary Sea and causing a large amount of gray fog to churn, seemingly touching the black water area within the Boundary Sea at one point.

Rumble!

It contracted even further inward. Previously, the radius of the passport that the Mountain Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor had supported with divine light was ten zhang, but now, it was instantly squeezed and shrank rapidly by two zhang, leaving only a distance of eight zhang.

This was after Ning Qi's energy was integrated into their light wheels; otherwise, if it were the protective shields of the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, they would probably have been compressed by half!

But this was just the beginning. As the Mountain Ancestor formed a hand seal, two mountain shadows condensed inside Mount Buzhou, overlapping and enveloping the three people inside.

In an instant, the suppressive force they were subjected to increased several times over.

The three figures couldn't help but feel a heavy weight on their bodies.

Their protective shield sank another ten feet, leaving only seven feet, and it was still compressing.

Ning Qi gave a soft shout and exhaled sharply.

"Open it up, you colossal pillar supporting the sky!"

Instantly, a terrifying force was projected from within the True Martial toward his location.

The moment that power entered this place, it was like several seeds that instantly took root and sprouted in their area, instantly absorbing the power within Mount Buzhou.

Whoosh whoosh!

The seeds grew at an alarming rate, sprouting branches and, in the blink of an eye, becoming several bare tree trunks, growing horizontally and vertically.

From a distance, it looks as if the shadows of these trees have automatically formed a giant roof beam.

Instantly, the tree trunks creaked and popped due to the pressure from inside Mount Buzhou.

However, they still held on, displaying remarkable flexibility and sturdiness, managing to push the compressed space back to eight zhang (approximately 33 meters) and resist the terrifying compressive force.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor instantly felt the pressure ease.

Hai Zu gazed at the tree trunks that had sprouted from the surrounding space and asked, "Is this the power of that tree from the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

She had come into contact with the seedling of the Jianmu tree before, so she sensed a similar aura from the trunk, but also felt that it was somewhat different.

"Yes, that's it."

The one who responded to Hai Zu was actually Sheng Zu, whose avatar in the True Martial Spirit World had also witnessed Ning Qi summoning him.

Of course, the Enlightenment Tree appeared twice before, both times on its own, not by Ning Qi's own initiative, but the Holy Ancestor took it as Ning Qi's own initiative.

Ning Qi looked up at the sky.

The mountain ancestor cast his four eyes down, catching sight of the tree shadows below, but seemed unsurprised.

He said, "I guessed you would use the power of the Jianmu seedling. I have obtained the Inheritance of Mount Buzhou. Haven't you wondered why I would use this Divine Ability?"

Instantly, one of the two mountain seals he formed in his hand changed.

"The Art of Tracing One's Roots!"

Inside the illusory image of Mount Buzhou, countless dark roots once again emerged from the space, subtly echoing the tree shadows summoned by Ning Qi in some strange way.

All the roots swayed, and surprisingly, they all pointed in one direction.

In the distant Boundary Sea, beyond the illusory image of Mount Buzhou, gray mist churned, gradually revealing a huge sphere.

But strangely, the sphere resembled a huge hollow, with nothing inside.

The Mountain Ancestor said, "I've finally found the world where you're hiding!"

The Mountain Ancestor's original plan was to devour and sacrifice both realms, which would also require the seedlings of the Jianmu tree.

However, Ning Qi Ning Qi seized it and secretly merged the two realms into the True Martial Spirit World.

The Mountain Ancestor was not truly disheartened by the disruption of his plans, for he still had hidden means to reclaim everything.

However, the key to everything lies with Ning Qi.

As long as he can capture Ning Qi, nothing will change.

He didn't know where Ning Qi had taken the two realms that should have belonged to him, and he searched the void using all the Secret Method he had mastered, but to no avail.

However, now, in order to rescue the Holy Ancestor Haizu, Ning Qi appeared inside Mount Buzhou and used the power of the Jianmu seedling. This allowed the Mountain Ancestor to use the Jianmu roots that had remained in the Mount Buzhou phantom to track down the world where Ning Qi was.

Gazing at the enormous void within the distant Boundary Sea, a ferocious smile appeared on the Mountain Ancestor's two faces.

"I must say, you concealed yourself perfectly. Such a vast world, yet I was completely unaware of its existence."

His gaze was also somewhat shocked, because neither the Mountain and Sea Realm nor the Vast Realm was as large as the current void, not even as large as the two combined.

Even the now-expanded phantom of Mount Buzhou appears somewhat smaller in comparison.

Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor Hai Zu also noticed the void in the distant Boundary Sea.

Ning Qi frowned slightly. He had underestimated the Mountain Ancestor's abilities. He hadn't expected that the other party could still track him down to his True Martial Spirit World!

"Ning Qi, Ning Qi, I still have to thank you. Everything you did before was to fulfill my wishes. Now I will completely devour that world and take the final step!"

The Mountain Ancestor laughed wildly.

He was confident that if he could swallow the world within that void, his achievements would far surpass his previous goals.

The Mountain Ancestor's hand Law Seals changed again, and the entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou resembled a giant ship floating in the Boundary Sea, rushing towards the True Martial Spirit World that had appeared in the distance.

"Kid, stop him!"

Neither the Holy Ancestor nor the Sea Ancestor expected that the Mountain Ancestor had such a trick up his sleeve.

They had previously been relieved of their worries Ning Qi had saved both realms, but now a great deal of anxiety was rising in their hearts.

Ning Qi, however, did not show any sign of worry like the two ancestors.

He asked, "Have you tried attacking his location?"

The Holy Ancestor Haizu nodded.

"We've tried, but the inner world of this Mount Buzhou phantom seems to have a special barrier, even harder to break than the world barrier."

"Furthermore, as it contracts, its barrier becomes thicker, and combined with the various forces within, it becomes virtually impossible for our attacks to get close."

Ning Qi said, "Nothing is impossible. Come with me."

After Ning Qi finished speaking, a tree root emerged from his palm.

He and the Holy Ancestor Haizu flew into the sky, the tree roots in their hands plunging into the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

Upon seeing Ning Qi's movements, the Mountain Ancestor sneered:

"It's no use. Mount Buzhou and Jianmu once grew together, but Jianmu was ultimately a tree planted on Mount Buzhou. How could there not be a way to suppress its ability to travel through time?"

After the Mountain Ancestor finished speaking, the entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou began to shrink in a strange way.

Rumble!

A terrifying roar also echoed from within the Boundary Sea.

The entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou stopped expanding outwards and began to compress violently inwards.

Because of this shrinkage, the various suppressive forces within its interior space surged once again.

However, the tree trunks around Ning Qi and his companions continued to creak and groan, showing no signs of breaking.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were even more worried.

Ning Qi, however, remained calm.

He seemed oblivious to everything, and the roots that sprouted from his hand continued to reach into the space inside Mount Buzhou.

The tree roots touched the interior space and, under the watchful eyes of the group, drilled out a hole from which roots could penetrate.

The root continued to wriggle and grow, gradually expanding upwards, carrying with it the space supported by the tree trunk that Ning Qi and the other two had created.

As Shuangmian Shanzu watched this scene, his pupils contracted slightly.

As the phantom of Mount Buzhou rapidly shrank, the speed at which the tree roots drilled through the hole also seemed to slow down.

The expressions on Shan Zu's two faces softened.

After an unknown amount of time, the phantom of Mount Buzhou shrank from a phantom larger than the Spirit Realm to the size of a small hill.

It is not far from the location of the True Martial Spirit World.

The root in Ning Qi's hand also seemed to have become weak and powerless, unable to go any further.

He and the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were still thirty feet away from the Mountain Ancestor!

"Haha, as expected, the Inheritance didn't lie to me. Even if you completely master the Jianmu seedling, you still can't stand against me!"

The Mountain Ancestor had never actually witnessed the full power of the Jianmu seedling, nor had he ever truly controlled the Jianmu. However, based on the Inheritance he had received, he knew there was a way to suppress the Jianmu.

However, the next second, Ning Qi chuckled and said, "Is that so?"

In his hand, the roots of the Enlightenment Tree suddenly struggled violently. The roots, which had just seemed to be in a state of weakness, suddenly burst forth with unprecedented power as if they had taken a powerful tonic.

Ning Qi and his two companions instantly moved closer to the Mountain Ancestor at the mountain peak.

"Impossible! How could this be? The Inheritance I received couldn't be wrong!"

The Two-Faced Mountain Ancestor wore an incredulous expression; he simply couldn't believe what he was seeing.

But the changes in everything Ning Qi was controlling had not yet stopped.

Inside Mount Buzhou, countless roots that the mountain ancestor had summoned earlier automatically emerged.

Now, they seem like squads of soldiers, awakened by some command.

Whether it's the phantom of Mount Buzhou summoned by the Mountain Ancestor using Secret Method, or these black roots within it.

In fact, they are all projections of reality; they do not truly not exist.

They are the true projections of Mount Buzhou's power, projected into this boundary Boundary Sea.

At this moment, all those seemingly illusory roots flew towards Ning Qi's hand and the nearby tree roots and trunks, flowing into him like rivers flowing into the sea.

The entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou seemed to have instantly lost a portion of its power, which Ning Qi absorbed into his own.

The Mountain Ancestor's eyes widened in horror. He never expected that Ning Qi, even inside the illusory image of Mount Buzhou, could still resist his existence.

Even the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor couldn't do it, but Ning Qi could. The Mountain Ancestor really didn't understand why this was the case.

What worries him more now is not the lost roots, but rather Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor Hai Zu, who are constantly getting closer to him.

The eyes of the two-faced mountain ancestor seemed to turn blood red in an instant.

"I had no choice, you all forced me to this!"

He, with two bodies and two faces, actually broke away from the Mount Buzhou and stepped into the Boundary Sea.

He actually stepped out of the Boundary Sea for the first time.

Within the Boundary Sea, black water and gray mist surged together, creating a small ripple like waves on water.

The Mountain Ancestor appeared in the Boundary Sea, and also on the outer wall of the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

His four eyes looked strangely in all directions of the Boundary Sea, not focusing on Ning Qi.

His figure paused noticeably, but he quickly adjusted again.

Suddenly, the dual-faced Dharma image expanded within the Boundary Sea, becoming the same size as the Mount Buzhou, which was originally a small mountain.

"Collect it!"

With a fierce roar, the Mountain Ancestor suddenly grabbed the illusory image of Mount Buzhou with four giant hands.

In an instant, the entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou shrank rapidly again, continuously compressing.

Ning Qi paused, his hand gripping the root. He had intended to lead the two ancestors to attack the mountain ancestor high above, but unexpectedly, the mountain ancestor had escaped from the Mount Buzhou.

Now, only the three of them remain within the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

At this moment, the Mountain Ancestor was like a giant, compressing the entire illusory image of Mount Buzhou into a cone-shaped small mountain model, which fell into his hands.

"Summon the real into the virtual!"

The dual-faced form of the Mountain Ancestor holds up the illusory image of Mount Buzhou within the Boundary Sea.

In his palm, the phantom of Mount Buzhou erupted with a ripple-like wave, as if summoning something within the Boundary Sea.

the Unseen some direction in the Boundary Sea, a response seemed to come from this place, emitting a faint, low hum.

Splash!

At this moment, the entire Boundary Sea seemed to be stirred up, as if some giant creature in the sea was turning over and gathering towards this place at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this, Ning Qi seemed to have thought of something.

In the blink of an eye, a broken mountain range flew towards them from afar.

It was like the phantom of Mount Buzhou in the hands of the Mountain Ancestor. Originally, it was extremely large, comparable to the Spirit Realm, but as it crossed the Boundary Sea, it shrank continuously until it was the same size as the small phantom model in his hand.

Whoosh!

The broken mountain was about to fly into the palm of the Mountain Ancestor and merge with the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

Ning Qi sensed a terrifying crisis, and the root in his hand also erupted with all its might, quickly breaking through the blocking and suppressing forces.

Finally, before the incomplete real mountain body of Mount Buzhou merged with the illusory image, Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor Hai Zu broke through the wall inside the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

The three of them also appeared in the Boundary Sea.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were immediately attacked by the power of the Boundary Sea, and their bodies became unstable.

The Sea Ancestor adapted quickly, while the Holy Ancestor took a while longer to truly master the balance.

They all looked at Ning Qi with some surprise, because Ning Qi was completely unaffected.

At that very moment, the remnant of Mount Buzhou merged with the phantom in the Mountain Ancestor's hand.

Suddenly, a storm-like energy surge appeared within the Boundary Sea.

As the three flew out, the Mountain Ancestor's other three hands immediately pressed down on them.