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

Chapter 442 A strange combination of circumstances
Ning Qi continued his journey into the depths of the Boundary Sea.

He himself was integrated with the energy of the Boundary Sea, so the Boundary Sea regarded him as part of the Boundary Sea and did not suffer from the impact and invasion of the Boundary Sea's energy.

When Ning Qi first stepped out of the True Martial Spirit Realm, he had already experienced the terrifying power of the Boundary Sea. Now, facing the threat of the Mountain Ancestor becoming an immortal, Ning Qi had no intention of continuing to test the strength of the Boundary Sea.

Upon entering the Blackwater Zone, Ning Qi felt as if he had entered a land of eternal night.

The Blackwater Zone borders the Gray Fog Zone, and the energy of its inner boundary sea is as silent as black seawater, giving people a sense of unease just by looking at it.

Therefore, Ning Qi referred to the black donkey, a ferocious beast with its own will, that he had encountered before as the Blackwater Zone.

The black water flowed quietly, generally calm and still, as if the night had buried everything.

Ning Qi swam into the turbulent waters, heading deeper into the current.

The Blackwater area is relatively calm, and you won't get lost even in the dark, but the turbulent area is a different story.

Before long, Ning Qi stepped into the turbulent area.

There is no clear boundary between the turbulent area and the blackwater area.

But as soon as you step inside, you can feel the obvious difference.

Ning Qi immediately sensed that the entire Boundary Sea seemed to have become more violent, and the blackness had become much deeper.

The energy of the Boundary Sea formed turbulent vortexes in this area, beginning to pull at him who was caught in them.

Ning Qi did not choose to confront them for the time being, but instead went with the flow.

Immediately, he was dragged along by the turbulent current, being pulled deeper and deeper.

These turbulent vortexes are interconnected, with large rings containing smaller ones, spreading out like layers of ripples.

Sometimes the forces between the rings tend to converge, and once you fall into one, you will be pulled into a larger vortex.

Sometimes the forces within are strangely repulsive, and if you fall into them, you will immediately feel as if your whole body is being torn apart by two terrifying forces. If your physical body is even slightly weak, you will be torn in two.

Ning Qi silently sensed everything, and a feeling of despair unconsciously arose in his heart, causing him to sigh inwardly.

No wonder only the ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea can stay in the Boundary Sea. As for this turbulent area, probably only ferocious beasts at the Dao Integration stage would dare to set foot here.

What's even more terrifying is that these turbulent vortexes are not only pulling at him, but also diminishing his power. Ning Qi even vaguely feels that they are devouring his power.

No wonder the black donkey said it got lost in it and almost died.

In such a terrifying place, even a ferocious beast of the Boundary Sea, such as the Black Donkey, who is at the Dao Integration Realm, would find it difficult to survive. As for any Dao Integration Realm cultivator who banishes him to the turbulent area, he would probably die immediately.

Ning Qi frowned.

He recalled the twisted monster that the Holy Ancestor had summoned from the Boundary Sea during the war.

Twisted monsters are a combination of the remains of various living beings, extremely murderous and evil. They will actively attack the world and the living beings within it, driven by a strong desire for destruction.

I wonder if those twisted monsters were also born from the tearing apart of these turbulent currents?

In short, compared to the world, the Boundary Sea seems to be filled with more unknowns and mysteries.

Suddenly, Ning Qi shuddered, the energy of the Boundary Sea within his body condensed, and he used the rules of swordsmanship to transform himself into a sword.

In an instant, Ning Qi broke free from the pull of the turbulent vortex, his sharp sword intent allowing him to traverse through layer after layer of vortexes.

If he weren't a cultivator at the pinnacle of the Dao Integration Realm, the ruler of a realm, and hadn't fused with the energy of the Realm Sea, it would have been very difficult for him to escape the turbulent currents of the Realm Sea so easily.

Even if he escapes the pull of the turbulent currents, as long as Ning Qi goes deeper, he cannot escape the turbulent currents at all; he simply continues to shuttle through even larger turbulent currents.

Upon entering this place, Ning Qi's vision and perception were greatly restricted.

This place is even darker than the previous Blackwater Zone, and even the perception of external energy has become extremely blurred.

Because turbulence inherently leads to more chaotic energy, the difficulty of sensing other energies within it is self-evident.

Ning Qi transformed into a sword and continued to traverse deeper into the depths.

After some time, Ning Qi stopped. He looked at the Boundary Sea in front of him and narrowed his eyes.

"Right now, the range that my vision and spiritual sense can perceive is at most one mile."

"That's not all. What's even more terrifying is that even though I'm considered part of the Boundary Sea, I've started to be pulled and affected by the turbulence again."

He could indeed transform himself into a sword to escape the previous turbulence, but as he went deeper, the power of the turbulence in the depths increased countless times, and even he began to feel somewhat powerless.

Ning Qi was slightly shocked.

Having cultivated to this level, he should be riding high and laughing at the Three Realms. Even the Mountain Ancestor, who is about to become an immortal, is not intimidating to Ning Qi, and he wants to fight him.

However, during this trip to the Boundary Sea, facing the boundless turbulent currents of the Boundary Sea, Ning Qi couldn't help but feel his own insignificance, as well as the vastness and terror of the Boundary Sea.

Recalling his previous experience of becoming an immortal, he learned that to enter the immortal realm, one must shed all the energy of the mortal sea.

The Boundary Sea is boundless, and one must escape it to become an immortal. But can all living beings truly escape such a terrifying Boundary Sea?

Ning Qi also thought of what the Holy Ancestor had said: the Boundary Sea is like silt, and cultivators are like lotus roots growing in the silt. Only those who cultivate into lotus flowers that emerge from the silt unsullied can become immortals.

but……

The Mountain Ancestor did not abandon the source of the energy in his body's Boundary Sea that he had summoned from the Boundary Sea, which was forced out under the illumination of the Golden Immortal Gate.

He was willing to compromise and allow the Immortal Sect to be downgraded a level in order to preserve it, and he roared at the Immortal Sect, saying that there was no one or anything that was immune to the corruption of the Boundary Sea...

Thinking about all this, Ning Qi couldn't help but doubt the path to immortality.

Ning Qi shook his head, clearing his mind of all distractions.

He shouldn't be thinking about becoming an immortal now, especially since he's not following the traditional cultivation system, but rather the realm lord system.

"We can't keep searching blindly like this. The turbulent currents of this Boundary Sea are too terrifying. Finding someone in it who can deal with the Mountain Ancestor is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

Ning Qi turned around and looked back in the direction he had come from, muttering to himself:
"Fortunately, I am the realm lord and have connections with the True Martial Spirit Realm and the avatars I left behind; otherwise, I would probably have lost my way and been completely trapped in the turbulent currents of the Realm Sea..."

Ning Qi suddenly closed his eyes and established a connection with the True Martial Spirit Realm and his clone.

Although he can no longer return to the True Martial Spirit Realm, they can still communicate with each other.

Ning Qi planned to ask the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the ferocious beasts he recruited from the Boundary Sea, as they had more information about the Boundary Sea.

……

True Martial Spirit Realm.

The vast world continues to move towards the other side of the boundary sea, away from the Mountain Ancestor.

Strangely, this massive shift of the world did not cause any disturbance in the Boundary Sea.

Firstly, Ning Qi himself possesses the energy of the Boundary Sea, which makes the True Martial Spirit Realm also regarded as part of the Boundary Sea.

Secondly, it's because when the spirit world moves, the energies surrounding the world also follow it constantly.

The world is like a series of fruits growing in the Boundary Sea. In addition to the fruit's own shell, the fruit is surrounded by two layers of Boundary Sea energy: a gray mist zone and a black water zone, and only outside of that is the turbulent flow of the Boundary Sea.

Based on the distance the True Martial Spirit Realm has moved, it should have entered the turbulent area of ​​the Boundary Sea long ago. However, because its outer two layers of protection also moved with it, it remained safe.

Ning Qi couldn't explain what was going on, and neither could the two spirits, Shan Hai and Hao Ran. They could only say that perhaps the world was born from the Boundary Sea, or that the Boundary Sea was temporarily protecting the world, or that after the world was born, a protective layer automatically formed to isolate it from the Boundary Sea.

Let’s not mention these for now.

Within the True Martial Spirit Realm.

Ning Qi summoned both the Holy Ancestor's avatar and the multi-headed ferocious beast from the Boundary Sea that he had subdued.

The ferocious beasts in the Boundary Sea include the Bee Queen, the Black Dragon, the Five Great Demon Kings, and the Black Donkey that was subdued when they entered the Boundary Sea later.

"You said you entered the turbulent area of ​​the Boundary Sea, intending to lure the powerful beings within to fight against the Mountain Ancestor?"

The Holy Ancestor's avatar stared at Ning Qi with a look of fear on his face.

He still maintains a connection with his original body and knows that Ning Qi has banished him and Hai Zu to the Blackwater region of the Boundary Sea.

But at this moment, the Holy Ancestor's clone did not discuss such a shameful topic, but instead shifted to what Ning Qi needed to do.

Ning Qi said, "Neither of us has become an immortal, so we don't know how powerful cultivators are after they become immortals. Therefore, it would be good to first lead a wave of powerful beings from the Boundary Sea to test the strength of the Mountain Ancestor."

The avatar of the Holy Ancestor fell into a brief silence.

Ning Qi's gaze swept across the other ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea, focusing on the Bee Demon Queen Feng Baihua.

"Baihua, you said before that you sent a swarm of bees to explore the depths of the Boundary Sea and found a place that seemed to contain a terrifying entity, right? Now tell me the details."

Dozens of ferocious beasts from the Boundary Sea stared at each other, their expressions all showing shock.

They never expected that their master would enter the Boundary Sea so quickly, and even more so, that he would venture into the depths of the Boundary Sea, which they all feared.

The wind rustled through the flowers, their transparent wings fluttering slightly behind them.

“Master, I still remember the location of the Boundary Sea. I will transmit the map to you with my thoughts.”

Ning Qi nodded.

A thought flew out from Feng Baihua's forehead and instantly entered Ning Qi's mind.

Ning Qi sensed her intention and immediately felt a sense of direction.

He couldn't help but marvel at how these kinds of demonic beasts possessed an extremely strong ability to explore other places in the Boundary Sea. In particular, Feng Baihua, as the Queen of Bee Demons, had a huge swarm of bees under her command, which were connected by secret techniques, so she would not lose her sense of direction.

Fortunately, I subdued it instead of killing it, so it might come in handy later.

As for the other ferocious beasts, those who had relevant information also informed Ning Qi in detail.

Finally, Ning Qi combined their information and obtained two locations.

"Alright, you may stay here for now. I will ask you questions if I need to."

"Yes, Master!"

Just as Ning Qi was about to close his eyes and contact his main body outside, the Holy Ancestor's clone suddenly spoke up again: "Boy, wait!"

"What?" Ning Qi looked at him.

The expression on the Holy Ancestor's avatar's face was somewhat conflicted, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. Where did those twisted monsters you summoned when you fought me come from? You should know some of the areas, right?"

The Holy Ancestor's clone replied with a wry smile, "That's exactly what I wanted to say."

Ning Qi sat in the main seat, gently tapping the armrest with his fingers.

"Go ahead and tell me, you know we don't have time to waste."

The Holy Ancestor's clone took a deep breath.

He said, "Do you remember when I spat out a beam of black light during the battle with that Mountain Ancestor in the core area of ​​the Vast Realm?"

Ning Qi thought about it for a moment. The battle was chaotic back then, but it was true.

He hadn't paid much attention to it at the time, but now that he thought about it, he felt that the Holy Ancestor must have a deeper meaning, so he said, "I remember, you seemed to have thrown that black light beyond the Boundary Sea?"

The Holy Ancestor's avatar said, "Yes, I thought the Vast Realm was about to be destroyed, so the black light I spat out was to stop the Mountain Ancestor!"

"How can we stop it?" Ning Qi asked curiously.

"Heh, just like you, I also want to summon terrifying creatures from the Boundary Sea to take revenge on the Mountain Ancestor who destroyed the Vast Realm..."

"Hmm?" Ning Qi was slightly surprised. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

The Holy Ancestor's clone smiled wryly and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect you to be able to save the Vast Realm. I also had doubts about whether you could defeat the Mountain Ancestor later, so I didn't mention it. Consider it an act of revenge."

Ning Qi: "What exactly did you summon? Does this mean I don't need to lure the enemy out?"

Ning Qi thought to himself, "Good heavens! If I had known this old man had made a plan, why would he have gone through all that trouble?"

The Holy Ancestor still smiled bitterly.

"I don't know either, but I can tell you that it's at least a huge army of twisted monsters, and there are definitely some that are even more terrifying than the twisted monsters we've seen before!"

Ning Qi was processing this news in his mind.

When will they arrive?

"Judging by the time, they should be here soon, right?" the Holy Ancestor's clone said uncertainly.

Ning Qi asked, "But there's still one thing I don't understand: why didn't you use this method at the beginning?"

The Holy Ancestor's clone glanced at his disciple Zhili beside him.

Na Zhili had already been appointed by Ning Qi as the Spirit of Instruction in the True Martial Spirit Realm. Seeing that the two were looking at him, he stepped forward and said:
"Lord of the World, do you still remember when I parasitized that twisted monster with the will of the world?"

Ning Qi nodded.

“Those twisted monsters have been fighting me. Their consciousness is clouded by killing intent, as if they only target the enemy in front of them. I remember you parasitized them with the will of the world for a while, controlling them to disperse and kill the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.”

Zhi Li said awkwardly, "Fortunately, the Realm Lord stopped me back then, otherwise I would have more blood debts now."

He paused for a moment before getting to the point.

"Lord of the World, you may not know this, but after I used the world's will to parasitize those twisted monsters, my teacher gave me a severe scolding."

Ning Qi knew that crucial information was about to arrive, and everyone around him listened intently.

Zhili continued, "The teacher said that those twisted monsters have always lived by destroying the worlds within the Boundary Sea. I controlled it with the will of the world, which would allow the terrifying beings in the Boundary Sea to sense the location of the world, which is why they scolded me!"

"Fortunately, the World Lord annihilated them instantly with boundless evil energy, so perhaps the terrifying beings among them did not perceive the location of our world."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

Zhi Li has made it clear enough: the black light behind the Holy Ancestor's clone is clearly meant to attract an army of twisted monsters, or even something more terrifying.

This was originally his revenge against Shan Zu for destroying the Haoran Realm, but now it has inadvertently helped Ning Qi.

However, there are still huge risks involved, because the ultimate goal of those twisted monsters is to destroy the spirit world!
(End of this chapter)