Immortal Gate Level

Are you really me?

A bewildering, lingering voice echoed within the Boundary Sea.

Upon hearing this, Ning Qi and the other two felt a chill run down their spines.

One side of the dual-faced Mountain Ancestor's image, the one with the scarred face, completely shrank, as if it had been absorbed by the other side.

The two are not related as a clone and the original entity, but rather as an equal and opposing relationship.

In their brief conversation earlier, they also mentioned past and future selves.

Ning Qi immediately made many connections, it seemed that after the Mountain Ancestor obtained the Inheritance Mount Buzhou, he separated himself into two Dharma bodies, one of the past and one of the future.

It turns out that the Mountain Ancestor not only wanted to devour both realms and sacrifice all living beings in both realms, but also wanted to devour his own past self, all in order to become an immortal.

Just before and after the Mountain Ancestor's past self was devoured, Ning Qi and the other two felt the force suppressing them loosen.

The future form of the Mountain Ancestor seemed to lack the power to suppress the three, so Ning Qi and the other two seized the opportunity to break free and reappear in the Boundary Sea.

Ahead, a giant with a similar Movement Method to the Mountain Ancestor stood blocking the Boundary Sea.

"Haoshan?"

Haizu exclaimed in surprise and doubt.

Although the two had become enemies, Hai Zu wanted to know whether he was still the same Shan Zu as before.

The mountain ancestor's blood-red eyes fell on the three of them. After absorbing the burial behind him, he became somewhat dazzling.

He was surrounded by a hazy, seven-colored aura of immortality, and a blurry image of a gate was faintly visible behind him.

Gazing at the indistinct gate, the Holy Ancestor couldn't help but exclaim, "That is the Gate to Immortality!"

He and Haizu also yearned to become immortals, so they had some understanding of the signs of immortality.

When a cultivator who has attained the Dao merges with immortality achieves immortality, they first release wisps of immortal aura from their body. This immortal aura then summons a mysterious, the Unseen gate, which is the Immortal Gate.

The origin of that gate is unknown, but legend has it that it was a passage to immortality built by the Heavenly Court in High Antiquity times.

This gate separates immortals from mortals. Behind the gate lies the realm of immortals, while before it dwells only mortals, who cannot escape life and death, and are thus reduced to mere ants.

Even cultivators like the Mountain Ancestor, the Holy Ancestor, and the Sea Ancestor, who have reached the limit of the Dao Integration Realm, are still considered ants in the eyes of immortals.

They simply live longer and are stronger than other individuals, just like mayflies in the eyes of ordinary people.

Because they are still cultivating immortality, and since they are cultivating immortality, they are not immortals.

Although countless tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years have passed since the High Antiquity, the path to immortality established after the Heavenly Court was founded still exists.

All cultivators who aspire to immortality must follow this path; there is no way to escape it!

This is because it is the clearest path to immortality, the only path discovered by the ancient immortals.

Only by gaining the approval of the High Antiquity Heavenly Court can one open the gates to immortality and thus attain immortality.

Everyone stared intently at the illusory gate exposed in the Boundary Sea, including Ning Qi.

After all, becoming an immortal is the dream of all cultivators.

Within this boundary Boundary Sea, throughout the long ages, from the birth of the two realms to the present, it can be said that no one has ever truly taken this step.

"It is your good fortune to witness me ascend to the path of immortality and enter the gates of immortality."

After absorbing the past, the Mountain Ancestor's face became calm and expressionless.

At this moment, he seemed to have no intention of killing Ning Qi and the other two, and instead focused his energy on becoming an immortal.

Even if Ning Qi and the other two escaped the suppression of his past self, he no longer cared.

Two streams of boundary power surged from Ning Qi's body, enveloping the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.

In an instant, the three of them were about to cross the enormous image of the Mountain Ancestor and return to the True Martial Spirit World.

Given the current unclear situation, Ning Qi felt it best to return to the True Martial Spirit World with his two ancestors before making any further decisions.

However, the three people who had just been moved were quickly bounced back.

Even if Ning Qi switched to using the power of the Boundary Sea halfway through, he still couldn't overcome the Mountain Ancestor's Dharma Form before him.

Perhaps it's because they can't cross the immortal gate that appears behind the Mountain Ancestor!

The Immortal Sect is a barrier between immortals and mortals; once it appears, it will seal off the area where it is located.

Whether within the world or beyond the Boundary Sea, those who have not become immortals cannot cross this threshold.

A look of shock appeared on the faces of Ning Qi and the other two.

The Mountain Ancestor coldly replied, "Since I dared to let the three of you escape, did I not anticipate that you might flee?"

The Holy Ancestor also stopped Ning Qi, who Inheritance the ancient sage's methods and had a deeper understanding of becoming an immortal.

"Boy, stop for now. Once the gate to immortality opens, none of us can cross it."

Haizu asked the Holy Ancestor, "Are we just going to watch him become an immortal? Is there no other way to stop it?"

What she wanted to ask was also what Ning Qi wanted to ask.

The Holy Ancestor shook his head, pointed to the immortal gate that appeared behind the Mountain Ancestor, and said:

"Once a celestial sect appears, it will protect those who aspire to immortality, Non-Self can make that sect disappear..."

Ning Qi's spiritual perception was heightened to its limit as he observed the immortal gate.

At first, it was somewhat illusory, like a gate formed from the immortal aura condensed around the Mountain Ancestor.

But now, the shadow of the door is gradually becoming solid, like two white marble door pillars, with countless intricate patterns carved on them. Each one, when viewed with spiritual sense, seems to contain infinite Dao principles.

The Mountain Ancestor snorted coldly, "You are not entirely ignorant. I will settle accounts with you after I enter the Immortal Sect!"

After speaking, the Mountain Ancestor stopped paying attention to the group and turned his enormous Dharma body behind him, gazing at the Immortal Gate.

"The Jade Gate? Hmph, don't try to fool me with the worst immortal sect!"

Ning Qi and the other two were even more surprised upon hearing this.

Are there different levels within the immortal sects?

Hai Zu, reflecting on his own Inheritance, did not mention this matter, only saying that the gate to immortality had opened and that one could become an immortal by stepping through it.

The Holy Ancestor received the Inheritance of the ancient sages, which was mentioned in some parts, but not in much detail.

Ning Qi recalled the Star Lord's Inheritance he had obtained from the Ancient Dao Sacred Map, and immediately began to peruse it again.

The Lord of the Stars also mentioned the Immortal Gate, but his ascension to immortality was achieved by opening a gate in the starry sky.

The Inheritance of these three individuals do not align with the immortal gate opened by the Mountain Ancestor, making one even more bewildered about becoming an immortal.

However, considering that everything in the world is divided into levels, and that everyone cultivates differently, the path to immortality should, in principle, also follow this system.

They couldn't help but continue watching.

Suddenly, the Mountain Ancestor looked at the physical form of Mount Buzhou that he was holding in his hands.

The next second, he muttered something, uttering a series of obscure syllables, and then ended with the word "shou".

"Receive!"

The Mountain Ancestor's Dharma Body opened its huge mouth, and the physical body of Mount Buzhou immediately began to spin rapidly, flying towards its gaping maw.

Glug!

With a gurgling sound, the Mountain Ancestor had already swallowed the physical form of Mount Buzhou into its belly.

In an instant, the immortal aura surrounding the Mountain Ancestor became even stronger.

He summoned the phantom of Mount Buzhou, sacrificed many cultivators, and devoured a great deal of energy from the War Realm and the two realms.

Then, the remnants of the legendary Mount Buzhou were summoned from the Boundary Sea and merged with it.

The sheer amount of energy contained within it could probably propel an ordinary mortal to the peak of the Dao Integration Realm.

Furthermore, the Mountain Ancestor possesses his own insights into cultivation, as well as the mysterious and unpredictable Inheritance of Mount Buzhou. It can be said that no one can stop his path to immortality.

Ning Qi and the other two understood this.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor had complex expressions.

On one hand, they worried that if the Mountain Ancestor entered the Immortal Gate and became True Immortal, they would surely die, but they were powerless to stop it.

On the other hand, looking at everything before him, he felt a sense of anticipation.

Even if they cannot become immortals, witnessing such a scene of immortality, which has not been seen in countless years in this Boundary Sea, is still a feast for the eyes.

Ning Qi had a similar thought in mind.

Fortunately, he could sense that his connection with the True Martial Spirit World had not been severed. However, the appearance of the mysterious Immortal Gate had isolated the space between them, preventing him from teleporting back.

The Mountain Ancestor was no longer paying attention to them, so they were still safe at the moment.

Even if the Mountain Ancestor truly becomes an immortal later, Ning Qi feels he still has a chance to escape.

While manipulating the True Martial Spirit World to continue moving away from this place, he was also thinking about how to get the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor away from this place.

Given his ability to be regarded as one with the Boundary Sea, Ning Qi could easily take the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor into deeper parts of the Boundary Sea, such as the turbulent zone.

Ning Qi was very observant. He had previously seen the Mountain Ancestor glance towards the depths of the Boundary Sea before opening the Immortal Gate. Furthermore, the Mountain Ancestor had been carefully crossing the Boundary Sea, constantly calming the Boundary Sea he caused.

Ning Qi absolutely did not believe that what Shan Zu did was meaningless.

The Mountain Ancestor probably knows things they don't, things that come from his Mount Buzhou Inheritance.

Those things instilled fear in the Mountain Ancestor, which is why he temporarily abandoned suppressing the three of them and destroying the True Martial Spirit World, eager to become an immortal.

Based on this information, Ning Qi felt that they should not be under any immediate security threat, so he decided to observe the scene of the Mountain Ancestor becoming an immortal.

Of course, Ning Qi would not give up on finding a way to deal with the Mountain Ancestor.

He had previously drawn some of the Mountain Ancestor's power from the root of the Enlightenment Tree, and was still analyzing it.

Moreover, he also left something within the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

Ning Qi's gaze reflected the enormous image of the Mountain Ancestor, and he subtly altered the frequency of the power within his body, bringing it closer to that of the Mountain Ancestor.

After swallowing the physical body of Mount Buzhou Mountain, the seven colors on the surface of the Mountain Ancestor fluctuated, and then bloomed like a hundred flowers in spring. The seven colors continued to increase and transformed into countless colors in the world.

These colors resemble ribbons of color fluttering around the Dharma body of the Mountain Ancestor.

Each of these represents the Dharma practiced by the Mountain Ancestor, which includes many rules of the world, as well as the past, present, and future, and also everything about the Mountain Ancestor himself.

Ning Qi's eyes shone with golden light as he focused on the Immortal Sect while also touching the colored bands on the surface of the Mountain Ancestor's body.

However, as the Mountain Ancestor devoured the physical body of Mount Buzhou, his power continued to change, and even Ning Qi, with his comprehension, gradually found it difficult to analyze.

The remnant of Mount Buzhou flew from the depths of the Boundary Sea, containing countless energies and secrets. Now, it is merging into the Mountain Ancestor's body, changing everything about the Mountain Ancestor.

Rumble!

Within the Boundary Sea, the Gate to Immortality became increasingly solid, its pillars originally made of white marble, now adorned with intricate immortal patterns.

However, with the addition of the power of Mount Buzhou within the Mountain Ancestor's body, the two gateposts gradually began to change.

Strands of immortal aura gathered around the Mountain Ancestor began to coil around the gatepost, merging into the immortal patterns within it.

A cool, luminous glow gradually emerged from the white marble doorposts, growing deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, the gate to the immortal path before the Mountain Ancestor's body had been completely transformed, with the white marble pillars replaced by two bronze pillars.

Between the gateposts, two ancient and simple bronze doors faintly emerge.

"The Bronze Gate?"

Ning Qi and the others were all shocked, never expecting that the Immortal Path would undergo such a transformation.

They instantly realized that the bronze gate must be of a higher grade than the white marble gate; otherwise, why would the Mountain Ancestor allow it to transform?

Hai Zu felt uneasy. She thought that if she could become an immortal, she would probably only be able to condense that white jade gate at most, and maybe not even that.

Because, compared to the Mountain Ancestor, she felt that she could not reach the Mountain Ancestor's level.

It's unknown whether there are any lower-ranking beings among the disciples of the White Jade Immortal Sect.

As for the Holy Ancestor, he also squinted, his mind seemingly preoccupied with something.

The three remained silent, as did the Mountain Ancestor, all standing within the Boundary Sea, gazing intently at the Bronze Immortal Gate.

The bronze gate emitted a faint blue light, with layers of celestial halos emanating from it, and celestial mist also sprouted, making it hazy and indistinct, so that it could not be seen clearly.

Creak!

Suddenly, the bronze gate seemed to open a crack, revealing a beam of divine light that shone on the mountain ancestor standing before it.

It seemed that if the Mountain Ancestor took just one more step, he could push open the bronze immortal gate and enter.

However, the Mountain Ancestor's Dharma body was shrouded in celestial light, yet he made no move.

"You think you can get rid of me with just a bronze immortal gate? What a joke!" the Mountain Ancestor said indignantly.

Ning Qi and the other two only heard him continue:

"Mount Buzhou was once the only path to the Heavenly Realm, helping you establish your system for becoming immortals. Even the menial servants of Mount Buzhou could enter the Immortal Gate, and at the very least, receive the treatment of a White Jade Gate!"

"And now you actually use the Bronze Immortal Sect to dismiss me, a descendant who Inheritance Mount Buzhou? Have you forgotten the agreement on the crossing between immortals and mortals that you signed back then?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Qi and the other two exchanged bewildered glances.

What was the treatment of a menial servant at Mount Buzhou compared to the one at Hanbaiyumen?

Immortal Ascension System? Immortal-Mortal Crossing?

They could understand the first part of what was said, but they couldn't understand the second part at all.

It can only be said that the fortuitous opportunity of the Mount Buzhou Inheritance obtained by the Mountain Ancestor was far more powerful than they had imagined.

The aura surrounding the Mountain Ancestor surged even more violently, with countless streams of immortal power bursting forth and crashing towards the Bronze Immortal Gate.

The bronze gate creaked and groaned, but did not open.

As Ning Qi and the other two saw the power within the Mountain Ancestor continue to erupt and impact the Immortal Gate, pieces of bronze began to fall off the bronze gate.

Gradually, a silver light suddenly appeared in the blue, and then the entire immortal gate widened by three zhang and increased in height by five zhang, finally taking its final shape.

A silver celestial gate appeared before the Mountain Ancestor's Dharma Image, releasing silver light that illuminated his Dharma Body.

Ning Qi clearly sensed that the silver light particles were more condensed and denser than those of bronze, with each particle being almost twice the size of a bronze particle.

The Mountain Ancestor stopped in front of the Silver Immortal Gate and frowned.

"The Silver Immortal Sect? That's not enough!"

After he finished speaking, the power within him increased again, and countless immortal auras emanated from him.

Almost instantly, the physical form of Mount Buzhou within his body released a phantom image, enveloping the Dharma image of the Mountain Ancestor.

On the forehead of the mountain ancestor, there is a new "mountain" shaped mark.

A beam of dim light descended from the "mountain" seal, reflecting back onto the entrance to the silver gate.