The Voice Behind the Immortal Gate

Not far from the True Martial Spirit World, a spherical space suddenly appeared in the Boundary Sea.

This spherical space is not large, only about fifty miles in diameter, and is semi-transparent.

It was a space that Ning Qi created alone in the Boundary Sea using his power as a Boundary Lord, specifically for the Holy Ancestor to use in condensing the Immortal Gate.

At this moment, only three people are in this space.

Ning Qi and Hai Zu hovered in mid-air, looking up at the Holy Ancestor who was flying into the sky.

The power within the Holy Ancestor was rapidly transforming into Immortal Power.

A wisp of golden immortal aura emanated from him, swirling around the Holy Ancestor, while a blurry gate appeared behind him.

"It's starting!" Hai Zu said, sounding slightly nervous.

This is not a test, but a true unification of the immortal sects.

It involves too many things, whether the Holy Ancestor can truly break through, and whether Ning Qi's judgment can open up a new path to immortality.

Of course, this also relates to Haizu's own choices.

She firmly believed in Ning Qi, so she was unwilling for Ning Qi to remove the Boundary Sea Energy from her body.

Ning Qi remained silent, simply observing the progress of the Immortal Sect's formation.

True immortal sects can separate immortals from mortals and block time and space.

Ning Qi had the Holy Ancestor condense the Immortal Gate within this space, which was entirely under his control, so that he could better perceive the situation of the Immortal Gate.

While the Holy Ancestor was condensing the Immortal Gate, he still kept an eye on the two of them from above.

"Boy, I sense that the power gathering within me isn't the only thing forming in this immortal sect..."

The two of them had agreed beforehand that the Holy Ancestor would inform Ning Qi of any situations that might arise.

Ning Qi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Since the upper realm can control the immortal sects, the process of the immortal sects' formation must involve the upper realm.

The only thing Ning Qi couldn't understand was how those people from the fairy realm managed to do it.

After all, any cultivator in the lower realm who wants to become an immortal will take this path; no one can escape the immortal gate.

And to encompass so many people, all from different times and spaces, could it be that the Immortal Realm of the past truly ruled over everything in heaven and earth?

The next second, a dazzling golden light flashed by.

Behind the Holy Ancestor, the aura of immortality surged.

The blurry image of the immortal sects seemed to become clear in an instant, as if different immortal sects had been formed based on the Holy Ancestor's aptitude and Cultivation Method.

A celestial gate inscribed with divine script seemed to have transcended time and space, descending behind the Holy Ancestor.

Rumble!

Ning Qi frowned slightly.

He didn't sense any energy flowing through the space he had created at all!

This means that the energy above the Immortal Gate probably doesn't come from the outside world, which is very strange.

The Immortal Power within the Holy Ancestor could never have condensed into such a large immortal gate, let alone the fact that the immortal gate would later help those who became immortals undergo baptism and attain enlightenment and ascension.

However, Ning Qi didn't have time to think about anything deeper.

Because he had already felt terrifying pressure from the newly descended immortal gate.

Separating immortals from mortals, blocking time and space...

Ning Qi and Hai Zu were both forced to retreat slowly from the void, as if an invisible wall was pushing them backward.

"Shall we also try to gather some Immortal Power?"

Ning Qi suddenly said.

Haizu did as instructed.

The energy within their bodies instantly transformed, condensing into several streams of Immortal Power.

Immortal Power flowed through their bodies, instantly spreading throughout them as if they had put on a protective layer.

Strangely, as soon as they finished doing all this, the overwhelming pressure lessened by more than half.

The two figures immediately stopped in their retreat.

Although it didn't completely stop the figure, the pushing force was noticeably gentler.

Ning Qi's eyes lit up, and he immediately used his Immortal Power to withstand the weakened thrust.

As expected, he completely stopped his retreat and stood still in mid-air.

"It really works?" Haizu asked in surprise.

Ning Qi narrowed his eyes.

"The immortal sects truly separate immortals from mortals. It seems they really do. As long as the other party possesses Immortal Power, it won't be too difficult."

Hai Zu asked suspiciously:

"These immortal sects are just like those noble families in the mortal Aristocratic Clan. As long as you're a commoner, they absolutely won't let you into their residences. But if you have even a little bit of blood in them, they're not so hostile."

Ning Qi smiled and said, "Whether immortal or mortal, human nature is the same."

Hai Zu also used his Immortal Power to withstand the force and returned to Ning Qi's side.

She turned her head to look at Ning Qi Qi's handsome young face, feeling a slight sense of admiration.

Previously, Hai Zu never dared to confront the Immortal Sect, and even when he saw Shan Zu become an immortal, he felt a sense of submission.

Only Ning Qi dared to challenge everything.

Above.

The solidified immortal gate was the same as the one the Holy Ancestor had tested before.

Divine inscriptions are engraved on it, transitioning from earth to jade to bronze in an instant.

The bronze immortal gate stands horizontally in the void, as if turning a page of time.

The Holy Ancestor, sensing the connection between himself and the Immortal Sect, said:

"I feel it scanning me, and at the same time, more power is gathering across space."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bronze immortal gate transformed into a silver immortal gate.

Ning Qi and Hai Zu felt an extremely strong pushing force coming towards them again, and the two had to gather more Immortal Power to fight against this power that separated immortals from mortals.

"As the level of the immortal sect increases, does the power to separate immortals from mortals also become stronger?"

Ning Qi thought to himself.

Not long after, the Silver Immortal Gate reached its zenith, revealing a dazzling golden hue from within.

The silver light seemed to be scorched by the golden light, refining away impurities and leaving only the most immortal color.

The Golden Immortal Gate was born before their very eyes.

Compared to the previous bronze and silver immortal gates, the Golden Immortal gate is dazzling to the extreme. The divine runes engraved on it float slightly, as if they are the scripture of the Great Dao, which can carry the Dao.

It made a rumbling sound, and Golden Immortal light shone from it, illuminating the Holy Ancestor in front of the gate.

In an instant, the Holy Ancestor was bathed in Golden Immortal light, as if he had transformed into a golden figure.

Below, Ning Qi and Hai Zu had only just gathered enough Immortal Power to resist the pressure transmitted from the Silver Immortal Gate.

In an instant, the two felt as if a boulder had struck their chests, and caught off guard, they were both thrown back a hundred steps!

"Was the Golden Immortal Sect's backlash really that terrifying?"

Ning Qi stopped gathering Immortal Power and instead waved his hand at the void.

A jade-green coffin traversed space and appeared before him and the Sea Ancestor; it was the spirit jade coffin containing the Mountain Ancestor's immortal body.

As soon as the Mountain Ancestor's immortal body appeared, the terrifying force that had been attacking seemed to pause for a moment and bypassed him, even though the immortal body was already a corpse.

This scene made the three of them burst into laughter.

Damn it, the Golden Immortal Sect is practically discriminating against them! They're even treating their Dao Corpse bodies better than them?

As the spirit jade coffin appeared, the full moon immortal body of the mountain ancestor inside seemed to be stimulated by the Golden Immortal gate in the void, and it actually began to actively release surging immortal Immortal Power.

The Immortal Power spread out, forming a full moon that enveloped Ning Qi and his companion.

"That saves us the trouble of gathering our Immortal Power."

Ning Qi chuckled and decided to make the most of the resources.

He beckoned to the jade coffin once more.

The immortal coffin instantly flew to their side, lying horizontally in the void.

Ning Qi gestured to Hai Zu to invite him to join in.

"Lord Hai, how about we use this coffin as our seat?"

Hai Zu gave Ning Qi a deep look, seemingly unable to fathom Ning Qi's thought process, and hesitated to sit down.

This was the first time she had ever seen a coffin used as a seat, let alone one containing a true immortal body.

Ning Qi didn't care about such formalities and simply sat down on the coffin.

Seeing this, Hai Zu could not refuse and had no choice but to sit down.

And so, a strange sight appeared in the void.

A Golden Immortal gate stretched across the sky, as dazzling as the sun.

Before the immortal gate stood an old man, his entire body dyed gold, like a god descending to earth.

Below, a man and a woman sat on a jade coffin.

The jade coffin emitted the appearance of a full moon, and the two people resembled beings from the moon palace.

This scene almost stunned the Holy Ancestor, who was in the process of forming the Immortal Gate, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

He did not forget to continue conveying his feelings to Ning Qi.

"Boy, I've just replenished all the Immortal Power that the immortal sect lost..."

"Does the Immortal Sect help those who have become immortals replenish their power?"

Ning Qi pondered, and couldn't help but recall the scene when the Mountain Ancestor became an immortal; it seemed that it was indeed so.

Then, the voice of the Holy Ancestor echoed from high above.

"I sensed that the immortal sect's testing of me was even more rigorous. The replenished Immortal Power seemed to be scanning my entire body, penetrating from the surface of my skin into the depths of my bone marrow, and finally reaching into my Divine Soul."

Even when the Holy Ancestor spoke, golden immortal light gushed from his mouth.

Now, compared to the Mountain Ancestor who previously condensed the Silver Immortal Gate, his body is filled with vast Immortal Power. Just by feeling it, one can tell that he is much stronger than the Mountain Ancestor.

Fortunately, Ning Qi and Hai Zu were no longer at their former cultivation levels; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to stay here at all.

Time slowly passed, and the Golden Immortal gate ultimately did not advance any further; its golden radiance overflowed and spread throughout the entire void.

It did not destroy the space Ning Qi had constructed, nor did it exceed the limits of that space.

However, Ning Qi sensed that the Golden Immortal Gate had frozen the entire space.

He tried to compress the void or enlarge the space, but to no avail.

Ning Qi didn't seem to care much, and instead addressed the Holy Ancestor above:

"Your Majesty, it's time to proceed to the next step!"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor said nothing more.

He slowly stepped towards the gate to immortality.

Before the Golden Immortal Gate, Golden Immortal steps automatically appeared beneath his feet, as if actively inviting him to approach.

Tap tap tap!

Clear footsteps echoed on the Golden Immortal steps, reverberating throughout the entire void.

Ning Qi and Hai Zu sat on the spirit jade coffin. Ning Qi manipulated the spirit jade coffin, trying his best to close the distance between them and the Holy Ancestor.

At this moment, no matter how much Immortal Power Ning Qi used within the Mountain Ancestor Immortal Body, the Spirit Jade Coffin could only advance to the level before the Immortal Rank.

They were never able to reach the Holy Ancestor, nor could they reach the Golden Immortal Gate.

As for the exact distance, Ning Qi estimated that the Golden Immortal gate condensed by the Holy Ancestor was a hundred feet in size, and the Golden Immortal light illuminated the entire space.

If it were a cultivator at or below the Dao Integration stage, they would definitely be forced back outside the space.

Ning Qi and his companion remained a hundred feet away, unable to advance any further.

Ning Qi did not act rashly and continued to try to get closer.

Now is the crucial moment; what he cares about most is what will happen after the Holy Ancestor opens the gate to immortality.

"I'm about to push open the gates of immortality!"

"Ahead," the Holy Ancestor said slowly.

After speaking, he exuded a heroic and vigorous aura, completely shedding his previous refined image. His white hair turned black, and his wrinkled skin instantly regained its vitality and youthfulness.

The Holy Ancestor manifested his youthful Dharma form and walked step by step toward the Golden Immortal Gate.

As he ascended the final step of the immortal ladder, the Holy Ancestor's Dharma form became almost on par with the Golden Immortal Sect, resembling a golden giant.

"Open it!"

The Holy Ancestor placed his hands on the Golden Immortal gate, using the completely transformed Immortal Power within his body as the source, and circulated the Three Saints Inscribed Dao Immortal Script Cultivation Method.

Creak!

The gates of the Golden Immortal Gate trembled.

The thick, divinely inscribed immortal gates seemed unable to detect any abnormalities in the Holy Ancestor, and unlike the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor's previous formations of immortal gates, there was no regression.

Therefore, it seems that the Holy Ancestor did not encounter much resistance in promoting the Immortal Sect.

Click click click!

Ning Qi and Hai Zu saw that the originally perfectly sealed Golden Immortal gate was opening from the center, with the two doors gradually sliding backward.

In the center, a crack in the door widened.

Behind the crack in the door, there was neither darkness nor anything else.

Just like the Silver Immortal Gate that the Mountain Ancestor promoted when he became an immortal, behind the Golden Immortal Gate was also a dazzling display of immortal light.

Ning Qi watched this scene, pushing his perception to its limit.

"It should be happening soon, right? Is someone manipulating things behind the Immortal Sect?"

The Holy Ancestor continued to push the two gates open with his thick arms, and one-tenth of his body had already entered the Immortal Gate.

Gradually, the door opened halfway, engulfing half of the Holy Ancestor's body.

A voice that only the Holy Ancestor could hear suddenly emanated from within the Immortal Gate, resounding within his mind.

"Who among the mortal realms has become an immortal? State your name!"

The Holy Ancestor was taken aback.

He didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Ning Qi and Hai Zu.

The two of them were also looking intently at him.

Upon seeing their expressions, the Holy Ancestor immediately understood that they couldn't hear what he was hearing.

"Kid, I heard some mysterious voice asking me to state my name."

Upon hearing this, both Ning Qi and Hai Zu were startled.

Was there really someone behind him?

Ning Qi gestured to the Holy Ancestor, signaling him to continue.

The Holy Ancestor turned around, but then he heard a sound in his mind that almost made him let go of the hand that was pushing the Golden Immortal Gate.

"You mortal, how can you be distracted by such a sacred matter as becoming an immortal? Who are you talking to?"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor's heart nearly leaped out of his throat.

Someone from the Immortal Sect was monitoring his ascension to immortality, and it seemed that they could even sense what he was doing.

This was undoubtedly an attempt to manipulate events, but unexpectedly, at the crucial moment, damn it, the door was forcibly opened, and someone said, "We've been watching you for a long time, why aren't you paying attention?"

The Holy Ancestor was momentarily at a loss for words.

After thinking for a moment, he surprisingly chose to continue informing Ning Qi instead of answering the questions from the immortal sect.

"Kid, the person behind the door seems to be able to sense what I'm doing!"

Ning Qi and Hai Zu were naturally surprised again upon hearing this.

Ning Qi took a deep breath and abruptly stood up.

He looked at Haizu beside him, "You stay here, I'll be right back."

Hai Zu sat gracefully on the jade coffin. When she saw Ning Qi get up, she was about to get up as well, but she stopped herself because of Ning Qi's words.

"Lord of the Realm, where are you going?"

Ning Qi pointed ahead and said calmly, "I also want to go and see that immortal sect!"

"What?"

Hai Zu was completely dumbfounded.

Weren't they already unable to get any closer to the Golden Immortal Gate?