Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 797 - 335: Brahma Heaven Is Slapped in the Face (2)

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Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Sword Ancestor, Qi Keqing, and Zhu Yanchuan decide to capture the Central Domain node first, opting to avoid direct confrontation with the Vast Realm’s converging armies due to the potential presence of Domain Master-level cultivators. They observe a red dot on their compass indicating the Celestial Fire Realm's army pursuing a Vast Realm force, with two other allied armies approaching, but proceed with their plans. In the Northern Central Domain, Commander Brahma halts the Celestial Fire Realm's pursuit of the Xiahe Realm’s army after detecting another Vast Realm force nearby, leading to a tense standoff where he orders an immediate retreat upon realizing they’ve fallen into a trap.

Simultaneously, thanks to his father's authority, Brahma Heaven managed to rally the remaining two domain forces that had ventured into the Central Domain with them—the cultivators from the Earth Gold Domain and the Vine Wood Domain.

'Heh, you're only considering escape at this point? It's far too late—glance back!'

Fei Bing uttered with icy detachment, his words slicing through like a frigid gale, freezing the hearts of those from the Celestial Fire Domain.

At his words, they all extended their divine senses rearward.

The moment they scanned, what was once mere worry now plunged into utter hopelessness.

For yet another force from a domain of the Vast Realm had materialized eighty miles to their rear.

At this juncture, all three armies from the Central Domain's Vast Realm had converged here!

Confusion gripped them inwardly—how could this be unfolding?

Their sole remaining hope hinged on the fact that if the Vast Realm's other two domain forces had shown up, then the neighboring armies from the Earth Gold Domain and Vine Wood Domain ought to be en route as well.

Surveying the encirclement by the three armies, Brahma Heaven compelled himself to stay composed and turned his gaze to Fei Bing:

'You cultivators of the Vast Realm employ every sly method against me, Brahma Heaven. Do you truly merit the grand title of Vast Realm? Incapable of facing us squarely with your single domain's might, you stoop to these卑劣 schemes!'

Fei Bing and the Xiahe Domain cultivators showed peculiar looks upon hearing this.

Observing their reactions, Brahma Heaven pressed: 'What, with the truth staring you in the face, will you still deny it?'

Fei Bing let out a cold snort: 'You're Brahma Heaven, aren't you? Perhaps you ought to change it to Rice Paddy. Do you really warrant the full encirclement by three Vast Realm armies?'

The taunt caused Brahma Heaven's complexion to shift from ashen to flushed with rage.

He had never anticipated that the foes would insist the three Vast Realm armies weren't pursuing him at all!

This revelation struck the supremely arrogant Brahma Heaven with deeper humiliation than death itself.

'You're deceiving me—if not to hunt me down, why would the three armies forsake their node conquests to rush here?'

Fei Bing shrugged with feigned helplessness, casting a look at the troops trailing him.

He sneered: 'What say you all—isn't this fellow utterly laughable?'

'Commander Fei Bing, if every soul in the Mountain and Sea Domain is as idiotic as this one, I can't fathom why they'd dare initiate spiritual warfare against the Vast Realm.'

Fei Bing chuckled: 'Indeed, if only their ranks were filled with such simpletons.'

Abruptly, as if recalling the true purpose of their arrival, his grin vanished, and a subtle dread flickered in his frostbound eyes.

The Mountain and Sea Domain wasn't solely made up of fools like Brahma Heaven; the intelligence relayed via the Vast Realm Will still stirred unease in Fei Bing's core whenever he dwelled on it.

In the Lower Realm, a Domain Master called Ning Qi had utterly subjugated it and breached domains.

This signified the total annihilation of the three Lower Realm domain armies from the Vast Realm!

The thought made Fei Bing's slim fingers quiver involuntarily.

Among those three domains in the Lower Realm's Vast Realm, his closest ally was Kuang Shanqing.

As a close companion, Fei Bing grasped every detail of Kuang Shanqing's life and abilities.

He was aware that Kuang Shanqing served as Domain Master and as a distinguished disciple under the Vast Realm's Saint Ancestor.

Fei Bing knew too that Kuang Shanqing held the Wind God Painting, a gift from the Saint Ancestor himself.

It was exactly for these reasons that, despite never encountering Ning Qi, Fei Bing harbored profound terror toward him.

Just how formidable was Ning Qi? Could even the Saint Ancestor's bestowed Wind God Painting fail against him? Impossible...

Like the slain Kuang Shanqing, Fei Bing's devotion to the Saint Ancestor was unshakable, viewing the Saint Ancestor as the epitome of unconquerable power.

Yet now, that guy's Ning Qi appeared to have tarnished the Saint Ancestor's revered status!

Fei Bing's glacial gaze swept over the opposing Brahma Heaven.

He commanded coldly: 'All Xiahe Domain forces, heed me—though we've taken refuge here, with a Mountain and Sea Domain army in our path, we shan't release them, not even if it's merely to exact early retribution for our fallen Lower Realm brethren!'

'Yes!'

Brahma Heaven and his group stood perplexed at this declaration, unable to grasp the adversaries' words.

What of the Lower Realm, what revenge? Had the Vast Realm's Lower Realm cultivators been wholly eradicated?

Fei Bing channeled his dread of Ning Qi into seething animosity toward Brahma Heaven's Celestial Fire Domain force, while hurriedly dispatching orders to the leaders of the two inbound domain armies.

'Hua Jieyu, Qiu Daoyu, ensure none slip away—let's unite forces swiftly to eliminate them, seize this node without delay, and fully invoke the Vast Realm Will! The quicker we finish, the sooner Vast Realm aid might reach us!'

'No worries, brother Fei Bing!'

'Got it, brother Fei Bing!'

Two prompt replies echoed back.

In that very moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the area shifted dramatically, saturated with murderous intent, akin to the ruthless autumn gusts that fell the withered foliage across the land!

...

The forces from Earth Gold Domain and Vine Wood Domain had fused together.

At that point, the leaders of both domains sensed their Communication Jade Scrolls humming.

They shared a grin, remarking: 'This has to be word from brother Brahma Heaven!'

Each hailed from domain master lineages in their respective areas, carrying forward the old bonds their elders shared with Brahma Heaven, so despite his grating demeanor, they addressed him as brother.

Naturally, their own dispositions were scarcely superior!

All three were pampered heirs whose fathers' supreme status in their capitals bred no humility—instead, they frequently tyrannized their underlings.

The Earth Gold Domain's leader went by Jin Duanshan, while Vine Wood Domain's was Mu Zhutian.

Pulling out their Jade Scrolls, they examined the incoming messages.

As they read, panic seized them both!

'This is bad—brother Brahma Heaven's been hemmed in by those Vast Realm scum!'

'We have to hurry to his aid, or we'll disappoint Uncle Fan City!'

They promptly directed their troops to charge northward with utmost haste.

The vast ranks of cultivators from both domains streaked through the skies like celestial warriors, hurtling forward at breakneck speed.

...

Ning Qi contemplated the expansive void he'd carved out ahead, a pleased grin lighting his features.

Operating solo like a solitary predator, this marked the second concealed node he'd claimed in the Central Domain.

Once he secured the remaining four hidden nodes, severing all the enclosed space and dispatching it to the True Martial Realm, Ning Qi would have fulfilled his mission in the Central Domain.

Ning Qi retrieved the Compass to assess details on the subsequent hidden node.

Abruptly, he spotted the indicators for the Central Domain armies' locations—now four beacons encircling a crimson one.

Those four signals lay to the north, perilously near the upper domain's direction.

At present, that red marker pulsed erratically, on the verge of winking out entirely.

Meanwhile, the markers for Earth Gold Domain and Vine Wood Domain dashed toward that clustered position.

Ning Qi watched, momentarily taken aback.

'Now I see why the Vast Realm's three armies bolted north in panic—they got the alert of my domain-crossing via the Vast Realm Will.

But why are Mountain and Sea Domain's three forces also surging north? Such ferocity!

The Celestial Fire Domain in particular caught up to the Vast Realm's three armies ahead of the others—impressively bold, yet from the looks of it, they're teetering on complete destruction.'

Ning Qi furrowed his brow slightly, harboring no fondness for the three domain forces.

His concern stemmed solely from the presence of a True Martial Realm reincarnator amid the Celestial Fire Domain's ranks, stirring a restless unease in him.

He might disregard the three domain forces, allowing them to clash to the bitter end against Vast Realm foes.

Yet as Domain Master, could he simply permit the slaughter of True Martial Realm reincarnators?

True Martial Realm reincarnators might scorn death, able to resurrect in the True Martial Realm even if slain in the warfare realm.

Nevertheless, Ning Qi, in his role as Domain Master, refused to remain idle—especially since they proved invaluable to him within the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Thus, Ning Qi rent open space without delay and leaped toward the fray!