Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 849 - 359: Formation Array (Part 2)

Even in this scenario, Ning Qi has yet to fully unravel the Realm Power of the two realms.

Naturally, his current probing can only reach this depth for the moment. To explore any deeper, he needs genuine direct contact with the wills of both realms.

For the wills of both realms, the Realm Power under his scrutiny amounts to no more than a speck of sand or mote of dust in the Spirit Realm, still distant from the true origin.

Ning Qi feels no urgency. By persistently scheming from the shadows, his reincarnated body will inevitably encounter the wills of both realms in due time.

...

At this juncture, the primary Harmonization cultivators make their descent into the war realm.

Be it from either faction, everyone detects the thick tension hanging in the air.

It's akin to a scorching afternoon when dense black clouds abruptly gather overhead, fierce winds whip up, and a heavy, humid odor assaults the senses.

A massive storm looms on the horizon!

Within the two grand Spirit Realms—Mountain and Sea Realm and Vast Realm—fully eighty percent of cultivators have surged into the war realm, rendering their interiors starkly desolate.

Still, the schemers orchestrating from behind the scenes on both sides show no concern for potential threats.

Mountain Ancestor, Sea Ancestor, and Saint Ancestor—the trio of Ancestors, alongside the wills of the two realms—have already poured the majority of their strength into the war realm.

From their vantage, the war realm's territory layout appears as sharply divided as the Chu River and Han boundary on a chessboard.

Exactly due to this stark clarity, as the master players on this grand chessboard, they now face the imperative to act decisively.

"Mountain and Sea, have you spoken with that Vast Realm Will?" Sea Ancestor inquired.

Mountain and Sea Realm Will responded, "I have talked it over with it. In two hours, we shall simultaneously breach the neighboring boundary walls."

Sea Ancestor's frosty gaze flickered, her long lashes trembling as if brimming with celestial might.

"When will we seize the Central Domain?"

Mountain and Sea Realm Will contemplated briefly.

"Hard to predict."

"Oh? What complicates it?"

Mountain and Sea Realm Will explained, "I never anticipated Vast Realm's resistance to rage so fiercely. Remarkably, they've claimed four war realms just like us, and those realms link together seamlessly."

Sea Ancestor fixed her stare on him, urging him onward.

"And because of this stalemate, once the primary Harmonization cultivators arrived, both sides reinforced the Realm Power along the secured paths."

"With the outer realms fortified, the Central Domain's boundary wall—encircled at the core—has grown thicker as well, so..."

Sea Ancestor's fine brows knit faintly. "So, what then?"

"In other words, the primary Harmonization cultivators can now infiltrate the Central Domain too. Their clashes won't stay limited to the outer zones; they'll dive into the Central Domain fray."

Mountain and Sea Realm Will paused before adding, "This shift is inevitable. As primary Harmonization forces vie for the Central Domain, capturing it becomes far tougher."

Sea Ancestor interjected abruptly, "Can't Ning Qi devise another ploy? He shone brilliantly in the war realms we took before! Maybe he could aid us in claiming the Central Domain ahead."

Mountain and Sea Realm Will shook his head.

"The Central Domain spans enormously as the war realm's heart, packed with elite cultivators from both sides. Relying on Ning Qi alone to claim it first is unrealistic."

Sea Ancestor quieted briefly, apparently concurring with Mountain and Sea Realm Will's view.

"So what's he up to now? He's our precious Divine Weapon, hard-earned."

Mountain and Sea Realm Will replied, "I handed him a withered leaf for cover; with it, he's ambushed numerous Harmonization cultivators from Vast Realm."

Sea Ancestor nodded, casting another look at Mountain and Sea Realm Will's spectral form.

"You went as far as giving him the withered leaf. It seems you've staked much on him, Mountain and Sea. Tell me, are you grooming him to challenge me and Haoshan?"

Sea Ancestor's gaze sharpened in an instant.

Mountain and Sea Realm Will showed no desire to conceal anything from her.

"What, you get to siphon my power and split the cultivators of Mountain and Sea Realm, but I can't foster even a sliver of my own force?"

Sea Ancestor let out a soft laugh.

"Do as you please, just don't meddle in my vengeance against Mountain and Sea!"

"Fear not—I'd welcome one of you falling, so I might reclaim some of my strength."

...

As the two-hour mark neared, Ning Qi at last finished etching array patterns across much of the Southern Domain.

Concealed in shadows, his pupils mirrored the expansive array patterns etched on the boundary wall, visible solely to him.

Without so much as shifting his gaze, Ning Qi's eyes brimmed with boundless principles right then.

"I sense something's lacking still."

Ning Qi rubbed his chin, brow furrowed in profound contemplation.

"The boundary wall's array patterns stand ready, ceaselessly drawing in stray Spiritual Qi and Rules, along with the energy and Realm Power from both realms, yet..."

Ning Qi abruptly turned toward the inner realm.

"If array nodes could be set up within the internal space too, perfection would be achieved."

A spark ignited in his eyes suddenly.

"Right, how did I overlook those hidden nodes I sliced and infused into the True Martial Realm?"

Those hidden nodes, shrouded by extreme space folds for utmost secrecy, fully severed the energies of Mountain and Sea Realm and Vast Realm, holding only Sea of Realms energy.

Thus, Ning Qi severed them entirely and merged them into the True Martial Realm.

Although he cleaved the space, he avoided cutting it utterly bare.

These hidden nodes resembled oranges tucked away in genuine space.

Ning Qi had scooped out the pulp entirely, yet preserved the rind adjacent to the true war realm intact.

Those rinds had shrunk fully into imperceptible air motes.

Reflecting on them now, Ning Qi grinned.

"Why not conceal the array nodes inside them?"

This realization thrilled Ning Qi to the point of near jubilation, elated at perfecting his magnificent array.

He drew forth the freshly crafted True Martial primary watch and triggered its map function.

The azure map unfolded, allowing the primary watch to pinpoint those hidden nodes' positions.

With that, Ning Qi proceeded to those hidden node sites, implanting the grand array nodes secretly from all others.

After setting up the Southern Domain, Ning Qi came to an abrupt stop.

The realm's ground trembled once more, drawing Ning Qi's gaze northward.

Deafening thunderous roars echoed without end.

Differing from prior events, this disturbance dwarfed all before it in scale.

Around the war realm's periphery, Vast Realm held the north while Mountain and Sea Realm claimed the south.

Just two segments of the outer boundary wall lingered unlinked!

The current uproar stemmed from the two realms linking their barriers.

Staring at the northern boundary wall—a formidable divider between worlds—it quaked ferociously.

Myriad lightning bolts twisted overhead, crashing from the heavens in swirling tempests of thunderous haze and electric fog!

Realm Power from both realms erupted, slamming into the boundary wall in unison.

Ning Qi's senses proved razor-sharp.

Unceasing bolts resounded like clashing worlds.

Throughout the domain, cultivators held their breath in silence.

Flashes from far-off lightning lit their faces, hearts thumping as one.

At last, the realm started to dissolve.

For the first time, Realm Power from both realms clashed on this immense scale.

In a flash, the whole Southern Domain churned like water dumped into an inflatable ring, twisting and surging wildly!

No doubt, the Northern Domain endured the same chaos.

Crack, crack!

Realm Power from both sides ignored all else, repulsing each other like opposing magnets.

For the first time, even Ning Qi sensed the terrifying clash of the two realms' Realm Power.

Though not the complete might of Mountain and Sea Realm or Vast Realm Wills, it showcased the awesome power of colossal Spirit Realms.

Fortuitously, Sea Ancestor's Harmonization allies, seasoned by sea-faring existence, adjusted swiftly.

They steadied the cultivators at once, with Sword Ancestor and his group leading the effort.

Mountain Ancestor's forces, by contrast, struggled far more.

Rumble!

The boundary wall finally crumbled under the onslaught.

Realm Power from both realms withdrew as if by mutual accord, ebbing back like receding waves.

"Slay!"

Myriad battle cries erupted across the freshly joined war realm outskirts.

Primary Harmonization and lesser cultivators alike surged at their foes.

From a distance, it resembled pitch-black clouds hurtling toward one another across the firmament.