Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 997 - 429: Ning Qi’s Harvest (Part 2)

"That’s right, in the eyes of the Realm Lord, be it emperors and generals, merchants and laborers, or even creatures beyond humans, beasts and insects, the Realm Lord sees them all equally without distinction."

The cultivator across sighed again upon hearing this.

"Oh, you truly don’t know how blessed you are. You people have no idea how cruel the outside world can be. We almost got sacrificed by our own Ancestor just now. That Ancestor, for becoming the strongest, didn’t hesitate to sacrifice all of us below!"

"What? There’s such an Ancestor? Does such a person even deserve to be called Ancestor?"

"We have no choice but to call him Ancestor. He’s different from your Realm Lord. If you don’t call him Ancestor, you die!"

Upon hearing this, the young cultivator patted his chest, feeling that these cultivators from the outside world were indeed pitiable, fortunate to live under the light of the Realm Lord.

"Senior, meeting by chance is fate itself. Why not exchange some thoughts?"

"Certainly, I am quite interested in the True Martial Spirit Realm as well."

Scenes like these were happening almost everywhere in the True Martial Spirit Realm, where cultivators from the Three Realms quickly began exchanging insights.

Returning focus to the Inner World.

The energy of the Three Realms circulated endlessly, all flowing towards Ning Qi within the Inner World.

Whether in the skies of the entire True Martial Realm or within the Inner World, there were thousands of auspicious colors and endless rays of sunlight.

Infinite energy and the power of Spiritual Energy Rules actively flowed towards Ning Qi.

Ning Qi felt like he was the core of a realm, also like a filter, purifying the Three Realms’ energy that just converged.

At this moment, with endless energy upon him, Ning Qi let go of attachment to his physical body.

Gradually, his physical form seemed to instantly disappear from the eyes of the Saint Ancestor’s avatar and others, transforming into countless particles of light, entirely merging into the True Martial Spirit Realm.

"Is this merging with the world?"

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar looked astonished, with a face full of disbelief.

"The Spirit Realm inherently has consciousness, why can Ning merge his mortal body with the entire Spirit Realm, how strange."

He looked towards the Mountain and Sea Realm Will and Vast Realm Will, asking, "You both are embodiments of the Spirit Realm’s will, have you ever seen such a bizarre thing?"

Both shook their heads.

"Teacher, we are born of the Spirit Realm, never seen someone replace the will of the Spirit Realm."

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will also said, "I’ve seen only those who seize our power for themselves, like the Mountain Ancestor, but no one can replace us."

Upon hearing this, they both nodded.

Clearly, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will had a deep understanding and pain in this regard, he continued to explain:

"After all, how vast is a realm, with countless beings within, all possessing spirituality, to bear so many living creatures, and not be rejected, how could that be possible?"

"For them to acknowledge your existence, either they willingly accept, or you forcibly make them all submit. Either way is incredibly difficult to achieve, and that’s just one aspect."

Both deeply agreed with this statement.

"Ning seems to follow the former path, allowing beings to willingly regard him as lord. Unless faced with potential world destruction, he probably couldn’t achieve it. While Mountain Ancestor follows the latter path."

The Saint Ancestor hinted suggestively.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will smiled.

"Perhaps this is the cause and effect of reaping what you sow. The Mountain Ancestor, in pursuit of becoming the strongest, sealed my true self and dispatched his cultivators to destroy the small worlds attached to me. Consequently, the True Martial Realm fell into a crisis of world destruction, and thus Ning emerged."

"What about the second aspect?" Vast Realm Will asked.

"The second aspect lies above all beings and the entire world. All beings possess spirituality, as the world will, we, born of the Spirit Realm, can naturally endure their thoughts without being influenced, but..."

"If someone seeks to replace us, he is not us, and must endure the impact of the power of all beings. This is not spoken lightly, for even if a cultivator is strong, if he bears the entirety of a realm’s beings’ thoughts, even for a moment, his divine sense would collapse!"

"Thus, only by making all beings willingly accept you as lord can one truly become the world will, let alone, world will must also bear the responsibility of shielding against Sea of Realms invasion and repairing Spirit Realm damages."

Finishing all this, everyone understood how challenging it was for Ning Qi to reach this step.

This difficulty is much greater than the birth of the Spirit Realm.

After all, he walks against fate with the body of a living being, bearing everything of the entire world!

Ning Qi’s body transformed into particles of light, completely dispersed, merging into the present True Martial Spirit Realm.

He seemed to become the wind, transformed into water, and became the earth that carries everything, yet also the sun in the sky, spreading light.

At this moment, Ning Qi felt his consciousness and even body infinitely extending, able to sense the feelings of all beings in the world.

Joy and sorrow, love and hatred, various desires.

The thoughts and emotions of all beings rushed towards him, but the particles of light Ning Qi scattered, like a colorless Treasure Pearl, inherently bright, unstained by the mundane.

At this moment, he seemed to experience a hint of the heavenly heart of the Great Dao.

This was not the insight as a human previously but the insight as the world itself.

Like the universe nurturing beings, encompassing darkness and light, the cycle of all things—birth, existence, destruction, emptiness—wherever there is life, there is death.

Ning Qi, capturing the heavenly heart, suddenly became extremely transcendent, surpassing his self-limitations, reaching a realm of selflessness.

Reaching this realm, viewing the world, everything changed.

The world is naturally what it is, whether good or bad, light or darkness, are all parts inherently within the world.

The world wouldn’t be biased towards anything; if such an obsession were born, it would no longer be the world!

Ning Qi vaguely felt like he grasped something important yet seemed to gain nothing.

At this moment, he appeared to merge with the entire True Martial Realm, the beings of the True Martial Realm, and even beyond to the Sea of Realms.

In the depths of his mind, Ning Qi naturally sensed the shadow of Buzhou Mountain nearby.

Inside was the Mountain Ancestor’s deep obsession, countless grievances within Buzhou Mountain, the firm resolve of the Saint Ancestor and Sea Ancestor—all perceived by Ning Qi.

In his current state, Ning Qi felt the shadow of Buzhou Mountain seemed to guide him to the depths of the Sea of Realms.

He followed this guidance, vaguely sensing a vast area within the Sea of Realms.

His Spiritual Sense traversed the Gray Mist Area, Black Water Area, Chaotic Flow Area, seemingly glimpsing the world from a grain of sand, witnessing the entire forest from a leaf.

In the Sea of Realms, Ning Qi perceived starry lights shining in one place, an endless abyss in another, a golden divine city...

"Who dares to spy on my Undying Divine City?"

Suddenly, a terrifying wave of will emerged, instantly knocking Ning Qi out of his mysterious state.

Ning Qi instantly returned to his senses, feeling he was back within the True Martial Spirit Realm.

His figure reassembled in the Inner World, frowning slightly.

"Were those illusions or real images just now?" Ning Qi wondered to himself.

"Ning, what’s wrong?"

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar inquired.

Ning Qi slightly shook his head, saying, "It’s nothing, I just seemed to see your true form getting beaten miserably by the Mountain Ancestor."

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar: "..."

Vast Realm Will: "..."

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will almost burst into laughter.

Ning Qi suddenly looked at Vast Realm Will, saying:

"You’re called Zhili, right? Now merged with the True Martial Realm, you can no longer be a Realm Venerable and can only become the spirit of the True Martial Spirit Realm, like the Mountain and Sea."

Vast Realm Will bowed, "Zhili understands, being alive is already a fortune, I entrust myself to Ning’s arrangements."

Ning Qi nodded, then said, "Very well, I appoint Mountain and Sea as the Mountain and Sea Spirit of the True Martial Realm, and since you’ve been enlightened by the Saint Ancestor, having the ability of Zhili, I appoint you as the Spirit of Education."

Vast Realm Will hesitated, looking at the Saint Ancestor’s avatar.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar smiled, "Why aren’t you thanking the Realm Lord yet? You’ve been guiding the path of propriety for the Vast Realm, and now the Realm Lord lets you assume your original role, why not be happy?"

"Yes, thank you, Realm Lord!"

Zhili bowed deeply to Ning Qi!