Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 788 - 331: Kill Order (Part 2)

A subtle golden tint envelops the Vast Realm.

Across the full map, various hues mark most regions, yet the area inhabited by Ning Qi stands out with a vast expanse of deep blue.

...

Similar scrutiny of this map comes from entities like the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor.

In the heart of the Vast Realm.

Atop a unique Immortal Peak in the Vast Immortal Sect, an unremarkable old man abruptly halts his brush strokes.

He lifts his head sharply toward the war realm, a faint glow in his eyes that shatters his mundane look, unveiling a touch of otherworldly grace.

This figure serves as the mightiest Saint Ancestor in the Vast Realm.

No servants attend the Saint Ancestor; he cherishes isolation and delights in the arts of writing and drawing, frequently lost in his works.

From time to time, when inspiration wanes, he calls for a gathering to select talents in calligraphy and painting, summoning cultivators from every corner of the Vast Realm to create alongside him.

At times, a contest of dragon-like ink in calligraphy unfolds; at others, a rivalry in scenic paintings; occasionally, both happen together.

All at once, the Saint Ancestor fixes his gaze on the war realm claimed by Ning Qi, whispering to himself:

"I remember that the cultivators from the Vast Realm entering the war realm ought to hail from the Divine Wind Domain, Hundred Beasts Domain, and Spirit Bird Domain, correct?"

"And based on the Celestial Pavilion's forecasts, those from the Mountain and Sea Realm should come from the Spirit Domain's edge; so why haven't they seized this realm, only for it to fall to the Mountain and Sea Realm's cultivators? It's truly baffling!"

A voice arises unexpectedly by his side.

"Teacher, in that war realm, the foes boast powerful prodigies. If they're not eliminated soon, the Mountain and Sea Realm will claim the war realm passage ahead!"

The voice carries an otherworldly lightness, impossible for outsiders to sense, recognized solely by the Saint Ancestor.

"You're right; in battles of strategy, gaining the lead ensures ongoing superiority, and it must not be taken lightly!"

With those words, the elder suddenly questions, "The Domain Master of the Divine Wind Domain was once a disciple I took under my wing long ago; he should have ventured into that realm, hasn't he?"

The spectral voice answers, "Kuang Shanquan owes his position as Domain Master to your favor, and since he's at the Integration Realm, he was bound to enter!"

"Has he not met the adversaries, or is he perhaps already fallen?"

Noting how the war realm's hue shifts entirely to azure-blue, the Saint Ancestor narrows his eyes a bit.

"No, he surely crossed paths with the enemies, yet at that critical moment of peril, he failed to activate the painting I gave him years back?"

The old man probes further, "Were you able to witness their clash distinctly?"

In an instant, the voice falls quiet for a moment, responding only after a pause:

"Forgive me, teacher, but as the Vast Realm Will, I couldn't observe their fight; it occurred in a hidden spot inside the war realm. As you know, teacher, the war realm forged by the Mountain and Sea Realm prevents our will from monitoring every inch."

It turns out the voice conversing with the elder is none other than the Vast Realm Will.

Even so, for the Vast Realm Will to address the elder as teacher remains an oddity.

Hearing this, the Saint Ancestor states, "This isn't your doing."

Without pressing more, he extends his right hand, summoning six turtle shell fragments from thin air.

Quickly, the Saint Ancestor casts the shells onto the antique wooden desk before him, where they land to form a clear divination pattern.

Staring at the signs, the Saint Ancestor forms hand seals for a spell before declaring, "The three Domain Masters aren't fully perished, but they've been taken captive by an individual."

His gaze sparkles intensely as he continues the seals, "My disciple has deployed the Wind God Painting I bestowed upon him, yet astonishingly, the foe endured a blow from my power—no surprise then that the war realm fell to them so rapidly; such a mighty prodigy exists!"

The Vast Realm Will asks, "Teacher, what course of action now?"

The Saint Ancestor waves his hand, causing the six turtle shells on the desk to disappear in a flash.

He then grasps the brush he had set aside, while a piece of Xuan paper drifts smoothly onto the surface.

The Saint Ancestor begins to write at once, etching a single bold character: "Kill!"

"Pass on my decree: send forces immediately back into the war realm, and ensure this person meets their end!"

"Understood!"

The Vast Realm Will acknowledges, curling the paper with the "Kill" inscription, then hurries away.

The Saint Ancestor peers toward the war realm; his vision cuts through the void, as if glimpsing the Mountain and Sea Realm Will itself.

He murmurs, "Though the Mountain and Sea Realm may have ignited this conflict, our Vast Realm will surely bring it to a close!"

...

Deep in the True Martial Realm.

Ning Qi's primary body has attained the pinnacle of rule mastery.

He casts his sight over the whole True Martial Realm, where a hundred rule origins whirl about, causing the realm to expand twofold in an instant from the fusion of those paths.

The realm's inhabitants bow to him in awe, though Ning Qi sets them aside for now.

Abruptly, he lifts his hand and points with a finger.

From his fingertip, a chain of Five Elements Rule Divine bursts forth.

This compact Rule Divine Chain gleams with radiant Five Elements Divine Light, like a ring of enchanted hoops spinning through the sky.

At present, even as this Five Elements Divine Chain shows a spectrum of colors, Ning Qi has woven a hundred rules into it, organized via the Five Elements.

With a casual flick, the Five Elements Divine Chain shoots upward at an angle, piercing straight through the True Martial Realm's barrier into the Sea of Realms.

In the dim Sea of Realms, the Five Elements Divine Light hovers, swiftly drawing in the scattered rules around it, forging more rule origins for the True Martial Realm.

Ning Qi senses it briefly, realizing that the Five Elements Divine Chain can now produce five rule origins annually.

Prior to this breakthrough, it took a year and a half for two rule origins; the output has now more than doubled.

Ning Qi looks into the emptiness, his vision seemingly breaching the True Martial barrier to view the immense Mountain and Sea Realm, the attached war realm, and even the distant Vast Realm.

The pair of Spirit Realms now connect through their interface, appearing from afar like a dumbbell shape adrift in the Sea of Realms.

Thanks to Ning Qi's grand spell shielding the True Martial Realm, the Mountain and Sea Realm remains unaware of it.

Against these two Spirit Realms, the freshly enlarged True Martial Realm lags behind, but relative to before, it brims with real potential to overtake.

When cranes and clams clash, the fisher reaps the benefits!

Despite the dire threat looming over the True Martial Realm, it has seized a chance for swift growth.

...

Amid the war realm.

Ning Qi's reincarnated form hovers in midair.

As he watches the space he carved out in the war realm shrink swiftly under pressure from surrounding nodes, fading away, a strange grin crosses Ning Qi's features.

Keep battling, keep clashing—the fiercer the struggle between the two realms grows, the more advantageous it becomes.

Suddenly, Ning Qi feels immense powers surging through the world.

This sensation feels intimately known to him, heralding the Mountain and Sea Realm Will's presence.

Why has it shown up unbidden? Has it sensed irregularities here?

That seems unlikely; some uncut spaces remain, blocking the wills of both realms from linking—by rights, the foe shouldn't notice a thing!

This idea races through Ning Qi's thoughts; in a blink, he vanishes from his spot, darting to a close node.

No matter what, since it's heading his way, he needs to uncover the reason.

In a rush, Ning Qi rips open space, materializing near a node held by his allied forces.

The moment he arrives, a tremendous will condenses overhead without delay.

"Domain Master Ning!"

"What commands does the Realm Venerable bring?"

Ning Qi hurries beneath the node, offering a respectful bow as he asks, masking his aura all the more carefully.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will scans Ning Qi, sensing no shifts in his energy; it moves on without deeper inspection.

Instead, it declares, "Domain Master Ning, I've arrived with vital intelligence for you!"

"Speak freely, Realm Venerable!" Ning Qi replies.

Maybe because Ning Qi's forces claimed this war realm swiftly, or due to the regard from the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will now treats Ning Qi with notable warmth, a far cry from its earlier attitude.

"Fortune smiles on you; thanks to your exploits, the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor wish to accept you as their disciple!"