Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 425 Ning Qi Battles Mountain Ancestor

The dragon-faced cultivator felt a chill run down his spine, only then realizing that the young man before him had already removed his mask.

He immediately transformed his hands into dragon claws, sweeping them out like scythes towards Ning Qi, who was removing his mask.

However, Ning Qi, who had just appeared, moved slightly and, with the grace of a startled swan, vanished in an instant.

The dragon-faced cultivator only caught a glimpse of Ning Qi's afterimage.

At this moment, everyone saw the true face hidden behind his mask, a face exactly like that of the Mountain Ancestor.

The only difference was that there was a hideous scar on his face, crisscrossing and looking incredibly terrifying.

"!!!"

Everyone who looked at that face couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

At this point, no one dared to deny the power of the Mountain Ancestor.

But what about those horrible scars on his clone's body?

Within the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

Because the phantom of Buzhou Mountain had completely merged with the Haoran Realm, and the will of the Haoran Realm had been sealed, the phantom of Buzhou Mountain was about to devour the intersecting boundary wall, leaving only a thin, transparent shell like glass.

Therefore, one can also see the images projected onto the sky of the Vast Realm from within.

As the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor looked at the face of the dragon-faced cultivator on the sky after he removed his mask, their expressions also changed.

The Sea Ancestor immediately looked at the Mountain Ancestor atop Mount Buzhou and compared him to the dragon-faced cultivator.

“How could this happen…” Hai Zu murmured.

The Holy Ancestor, puzzled, asked, "What did you discover?"

Hai Zu's expression seemed extremely unpleasant. She pointed to the face of Shan Zu on the sky screen of the Vast Realm and said:

"I still remember the scars on that face. Haoshan looked just like that when he first received the inheritance of Buzhou Mountain."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor's heart skipped a beat.

"You mean the one with the scar on his face is the true form of the Mountain Ancestor?"

Hai Zu glanced at the Mountain Ancestor within the illusory image of Buzhou Mountain and discovered that the Mountain Ancestor's face here was flawless, as if carved by a knife and axe, extremely three-dimensional.

She shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but one of them must be an avatar, so the one with the scar on his face must be the real one!"

She looked extremely distressed, finally realizing that she had been struggling with a clone all these years.

What she couldn't understand even more was why, at their level of cultivation, after so many tens of thousands of years, the scar on the Mountain Ancestor's face was still there...

Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor frowned.

"We must inform Ning Qi of this message!"

……

Inside the cave.

The dragon-faced cultivator gazed intently at the two figures of Ning Qi ahead.

No, he should now be called the Mountain Ancestor in his true form, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two figures.

"A clone like mine?"

The thought flashed through Shan Zu's mind.

For cultivators of their level, the ability to create clones is not considered a remarkable supernatural power.

However, the clones that are formed are vastly different!

Some people's clones are merely a composite of energy, only capable of deceiving others' vision.

Some people's clones have one-tenth the power of their original body, and such clones are already considered quite good.

But at their level, weak clones are a complete waste of their energy, except for dealing with those weaker than them.

Therefore, neither Shan Zu nor Ning Qi's clones are as simple as ordinary clones.

In an instant, Shanzu thought of many things.

His dragon-shaped mask had been torn off by the newly appeared Ning Qi, and he showed no intention of using his magic to create another mask to wear.

He seemed to enjoy seeing the scars on his face; a grin spread across his狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face.

"interesting!"

"I had already sealed off the entire cave space with the Devouring World Dragon, and the spatial passage I created was also built by my clone and me. Yet you were able to deceive both of us, easily block the spatial passage I created, and break into this space."

Who are you?
Or rather, you really are Ning Qi, but the Ning Qi who appeared before us was just an avatar of yours?

The mountain ancestor asked again.

After the new Ning Qi appeared, he quickly changed his previous guesses, and this time it was incredibly close to the truth.

Ning Qi's two clones stood on opposite sides, confronting the Mountain Ancestor.

The clone Ning Qi No. 2, made from the blood of his heart, still protected the Holy Ancestor clone and the will of the Vast Realm behind him. Although his attack power was not strong, he could use the Yin and Yang Paths to neutralize all of the Mountain Ancestor's attacks.

The newly appeared Ning Qi is the reincarnation of Ning Qi.

As for Ning Qi's true form, he is manipulating the True Martial Spirit Realm, secretly connecting it to the entire Vast Realm from the other side.

Clearly, the mountain ancestor's doubts were also the doubts in everyone's hearts.

After the Spirit World War began, Ning Qi was very active, but his strength was increasing step by step, which became known to everyone.

But by this time, Ning Qi's strength had clearly exceeded everyone's expectations, and they were beginning to doubt Ning Qi's identity.

Ning Qi, reincarnated, stepped forward, realizing it was time to lay his cards on the table.

The opposing Mountain Ancestor doesn't care, but all the cultivators in the Vast Realm, as well as Sword Ancestor Zhao Yujun and others, definitely need to know the answer.

Ning Qi said, "You guessed right, I was indeed an avatar before."

He smiled and continued, "Now I don't need to pretend anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table!"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm frowned slightly and glanced at Ning Qi in front of them.

The clone then secretly transmitted its voice to the two of them, explaining everything clearly, just as it had done when informing the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"What? You said you are... "

Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm were overwhelmed with emotion.

Even though they were well-informed and had been shocked many times since they joined the war, they were still far more shocked than when they learned of Ning Qi's identity.

The shock they felt was far greater than when they witnessed the Mountain Ancestor's ambition to sacrifice the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Mountain Ancestor looked at the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm.

Clearly, Ning Qi had told the two men his true identity, but he hadn't intended to tell them his true identity.

He narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp, and smiled:

"Very good, now that we know it's you, things will be much easier!"

Previously, he had been worried about an enemy of equal rank who was secretly hiding beside them. That enemy never showed himself, which was why he was wary.

Ning Qi's admission that he was there put the Mountain Ancestor at ease.

Now, he has become invincible in both realms, suppressed the Sea Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor, and has even arrived at the core of the Vast Realm.

It also easily sealed the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm that remained in the Vast Realm.

The only obstacle that stood in his way was Ning Qi, the genius born from the Spirit Realm under his command, whom he had never expected.

"Haha, that's how interesting the world is; there are always unexpected surprises!"

The Mountain Ancestor suddenly burst into laughter. He also took a step forward, shrinking the distance to an inch, and his burly figure instantly teleported to Ning Qi's reincarnation's side, throwing a punch at Ning Qi.

"Let me see just how strong you are to dare to show yourself at this moment."

With this punch, all the power of the entire cavern space converged towards the straight fist in the Mountain Ancestor's hand.

The Devouring Dragon was still consuming the energy of the entire cavern space; his punch seemed to have the assistance of the whole world!

Ning Qi's reincarnation suddenly took a deep breath, and his eyes burst forth with a dazzling divine light.

The Mountain Ancestor's fist struck in front of Ning Qi, but a dragon scale-like body strangely appeared between them, blocking the Mountain Ancestor's fist.

The entire cavern space trembled violently.

Upon seeing this, the Mountain Ancestor was slightly taken aback.

The Devouring Dragon he released actually appeared on its own initiative, no longer driven by his will, but instead stood in front of his fist to protect Ning Qi, making Ning Qi seem like its master.

This……

Everyone stared at the scene, their faces showing disbelief.

Is this some kind of outrageous act? How exactly did Ning Qi manage to do it?
As everyone continued to look, a divine light burst forth from the Mountain Ancestor's eyes, as if he were trying to seize control of the Devouring World Dragon.

But between the two, more and more dragon scales emerged, transforming into a suit of armor, layer upon layer, covering Ning Qi's body.

At the same time, it also actively formed a dragon scale shield to block the mountain ancestor's fist!
Ning Qi looked at the Mountain Ancestor with a smile and said, "Sorry, this dragon is mine now!"

He reached out and beckoned, and instantly, a huge dragon shadow appeared in the entire cave space. The dragon shadow moved rapidly, and its head converged towards Ning Qi.

Countless dragon scales began to detach from the giant dragon automatically, transforming into a tornado that flew towards Ning Qi ahead of everyone else.

As the Devouring Dragon collapsed, the force of the punch thrown by the Mountain Ancestor weakened.

Immediately afterwards, the dragon head also rushed towards Ning Qi, like a dog wagging its tail.

Ning Qi reached out and stroked the dragon's head, intending to retrieve the core treasure inside.

This Devouring Dragon is a divine power unleashed by the Mountain Ancestor using the branches of the Jianmu tree as its core.

The seedling of the Jianmu tree possesses the power to devour the world, which is why it was able to quickly seal the core of the Haoran Disc, as well as the main will of the Haoran Realm and the avatar of the Holy Ancestor.

However, Ning Qi had completely subdued the Jianmu seedling and even integrated it into the Enlightenment World Tree and the True Martial Spirit World.

Ningqi can recycle any branches or withered leaves of the Jianmu seedlings that have fallen outside.

So how could the Mountain Ancestor possibly use the power of the Devouring World Dragon to deal with Ning Qi?
Against Ning Qi, this attack of his was nothing more than walking into a trap!

"Impossible! This is my magic! Even if you stole the Jianmu seedling, you could never compete with the inheritance of Buzhou Mountain!"

Upon seeing this scene, the Mountain Ancestor's ferocious face radiated a menacing aura, inspiring fear in all who beheld him.

He actually managed to sneak into the huge dragon head first, and his punch turned into a claw, grabbing the withered yellow branch inside the dragon head.

A terrifying force instantly seeped into the bare branches of the Jianmu tree, turning them black.

Ning Qi immediately sensed that his connection with that branch had been severed.

Moreover, the dragon scale armor he wore also seemed to want to break free and return to the Mountain Ancestor.

Ning Qi instantly stored the Dragon Scale Armor and the Dragon Scale Shield in front of him into his storage space.

His clone shared the same storage space as his main body, so his main body instantly sensed it, took it out, and integrated it into the True Martial World.

Those dragon scales were originally the leaves of the Jianmu tree seedlings, which were transformed into dragon scales by the Mountain Ancestor using his magic.

But once inside the True Martial Spirit Realm, all the dragon scales instantly reverted to withered leaves.

A branch of the Enlightenment Tree drooped down, and all the withered leaves immediately flew to the branch, reattaching to it, turning from yellow to vibrant green.

The return of these withered leaves seems to have strengthened the Enlightenment Tree even further.

The Mountain Ancestor held a branch of the Jianmu sapling in his hand, and a terrifying aura poured into the branch, turning it into a jet-black color.

And in the next second, the branch transformed in his hand into an incomparably sharp divine sword!

As he regained control of the branches of the Jianmu seedling, the Devouring Dragon also turned dark, becoming a black dragon with an ominous aura.

Mountain Ancestor, wielding a divine sword and riding on the head of a black dragon, slashed at Ning Qi with his sword.

The sword's edge is silent, slicing through the void, its sharpness just beginning to emerge.

Even before Ning Qi was struck, everyone could see that the entire cavern space was cleaved in two by the sword's edge, leaving it scattered and broken.

"Oh no, the cave can't hold on any longer!"

The Holy Ancestor's clone still showed the shock of having just learned Ning Qi's identity, but the current situation allowed him to recover.

Ning Qi's clone in front of the two frowned slightly.

The Jianmu seedling had completely become his property, but unexpectedly, the Mountain Ancestor was able to resist his attempt to reclaim the branches of the Jianmu seedling.

“Mount Buzhou and the Jianmu tree are interdependent, so it is likely that there are many methods for controlling the Jianmu tree in the heritage of Mount Buzhou.”

Ning Qi immediately made the connection. He quickly glanced at the cave space and found that the entire spatial boundary was collapsing.

Without hesitation, he turned around, grabbed the two of them, tore through space, and escaped from the place.

The three figures appeared in a quiet and simple courtyard. This courtyard was the place where the Holy Ancestor lived in seclusion, and it was also the space they entered before entering the cave space.

"Boy, the cave space is likely to be destroyed, and my secluded space will soon become your battlefield. If this space cannot withstand your battle, the entire Vast Realm will probably collapse instantly!"

Both the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm looked towards Ning Qi.

He then asked, "Was what you told me before true? Did you really integrate the Mountain and Sea Realm into your True Martial Spirit Realm?"

Ning Qi understood his meaning. The Holy Ancestor was afraid that the Vast Realm would not be able to hold on, and he also had the idea of ​​integrating the Vast Realm into the True Martial Spirit Realm.

He said, "Have you thought this through? The Vast Realm hasn't reached that point yet, and I'm confident I can defeat the Mountain Ancestor. If you really let the Vast Realm Plate merge into the True Martial Spirit Realm, then the Vast Realm will cease to exist. This process is irreversible."

Ning Qi certainly hoped that the Vast Realm would merge into the True Martial Spirit Realm, but it was better to say the bad things first.

After all, the strength of the Holy Ancestor and the will of the Vast Realm should not be underestimated. When the two cooperate, the power they can unleash is truly astonishing.

In addition, the entire Haoran Realm has not yet developed to the level of the Shanhai Realm. Many living beings still exist in the Haoran Realm, unlike the Shanhai Realm, which has been almost completely destroyed by the Mountain Ancestor!
The Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm exchanged a glance, and the Holy Ancestor's avatar spoke again:
"With the war going on for so long, I'm afraid Zhili and I will be unable to maintain the Haoran Realm. Moreover, who knows what other terrifying methods that Mountain Ancestor has up his sleeve?"

They looked towards a secluded spot, where they could still see the outside world.

The massive phantom of Mount Buzhou sits in the Boundary Sea, clinging tightly to the Vast Realm, constantly devouring its boundary walls.

The will of the Vast Realm and the Holy Ancestor's avatar were powerless to stop the erosion of the Buzhou Mountain phantom.

Therefore, for the sake of all living beings in the Vast Realm, the two of them had already made a decision.

Ning Qi nodded slightly, and with a tap of the space in front of him, he seemed to connect with the True Martial Spirit Realm.

Immediately, a phantom figure emerged from the space.

He first saw Ning Qi, then looked at the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm beside him.

"Lord of the Realm, what business do you have with me?"

The illusory figure spoke with slight respect.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar and the will of the Vast Realm were delighted to see this illusory figure.

They recognized the phantom as the former will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Previously, Ning Qi had only made empty claims that he had integrated the Mountain and Sea Realm into the True Martial Spirit Realm, without providing any evidence.

But now that the phantom of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm has appeared, the two of them are completely certain that Ning Qi was not lying.

However, both of them felt something was off when they heard the other call Ning Qijie.

After all, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm and the will of the Vast Realm are the supreme beings of their respective realms.

The two couldn't help but recall Ning Qi's earlier words when he revealed his identity to them: "I am the Lord of the True Martial Spirit Realm!"
The two hadn't thought about the title "Lord of the True Martial Spirit Realm" in detail yet, and didn't quite understand Ning Qi's meaning.

(End of this chapter)