Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 864 - 366: A Mystery Even the Wills of Two Worlds Cannot See Through (Part 2)
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
This True Dragon differs greatly from the prior Thunder Dragon. While the earlier Thunder Dragon consisted purely of thunder Divine Techniques, this one encapsulates the diverse Divine Techniques and emotions of the Nine Sons, blending and unleashing them with flawless mastery!
The dual realms' wills sensed a trace of pressure as well!
They had battled fiercely to obliterate the True Dragon Thunder Tribulation, but as the scattered lightning reformed and the overhead thunderclouds, brimming with Myriad Phenomena Origin and primed to assault them, came into view, unease gripped them.
The Vast Realm Will flew into a rage first and fled the vicinity.
Witnessing this, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will cast one last hesitant look toward Ning Qi's position before withdrawing silently.
Right then, the dual realms' wills could only unleash strength up to the Harmonization limit inside the War Realm, and they had persisted for a considerable duration already.
As for the Harmonization cultivators from both realms, they could only chalk it up to misfortune!
Ning Qi positioned himself amid the thunderclouds.
His thoughts stayed crystal clear. Even with his flesh torn apart by countless lightning strikes, his spiritual sense held steady without disturbance.
Through his mind's eye, Ning Qi gazed upon the Nine Sons Thunder Tribulation, observing the Myriad Phenomena Thunder...
Suddenly, he grasped the evolution of these Thunder Tribulations—they manifested everything he had studied and practiced over his lifetime.
Yet the lightning's might surpassed even his own command.
For it intertwined with the rules from the two mighty Spirit Realms!
In that instant, the thunder appeared to manifest all his accumulated knowledge and practice, assaulting him via the very cultivation techniques he devised.
Ning Qi swiftly merged into a state where self and substance unified.
His will harmonized with the countless profound arts born from the Thunder Tribulation, as waves of Thunder Tribulation hammered down relentlessly. He persisted in withstanding them, absorbing them into his being, and relentlessly reconstructing his form.
Simultaneously, Ning Qi leveraged his insights to forge new Divine Techniques, treating this Thunder Tribulation as a training ground where intent could manifest tangibly.
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"He has passed the Tenth Tribulation..." Jiang Yingchu from the Vast Immortal Sect whispered.
"The Eleventh Tribulation..."
Gong Tiandao, Zhou Mountain Immortal Sect's Sect Leader, had his eyelids twitch. "The Fifteenth Tribulation!"
"The Eighteenth Tribulation..."
Zhao Yujun, Moon Sea Immortal Sect's Sect Leader, felt massive waves surging in his heart.
"Oh my god, his Thunder Tribulation hasn't ended— this is the Twentieth Tribulation!"
"Back then, even the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor only endured twenty-seven tribulations; could he exceed the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor?"
The dual realms' will phantoms had retreated from Ning Qi’s zone, positioning themselves separately while fixating on the thundercloud erupting with diverse lightning flashes.
In the two realms, the three ancestors quietly tallied in their minds the number of Thunder Tribulations Ning Qi had overcome.
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Regardless of the clamor outside.
Ning Qi linked his will to the Thunder Tribulation, employing it to drill every technique and Divine Technique he had ever learned or invented, relentlessly unleashing them upon himself.
At last, after the Twenty-seventh Thunder Tribulation descended, he snapped awake.
All lightning surged into his frame instantly, though the thunderclouds lingered overhead, funneling every bolt into him.
Describing it as a tribulation no longer fit.
The tribulation had morphed into his sharpening tool, a method to test his learnings, and a cultivation avenue for endless fusion and renewal.
Noting the dual realms' wills banished from the Thunder Tribulation’s domain, Ning Qi flashed a grin, baring teeth aglow with electric sparks.
Every tooth gleamed, as if primed to unleash potent Divine Techniques at will.
Ning Qi’s gaze burned with determination. "Who said you could finish?"
Abruptly, he accessed his storage realm, unleashing a torrent of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, refining them swiftly before dispersing them across the thundercloud.
A Spirit Gathering Lightning-Inducing Formation materialized, causing the shrinking thunderclouds to siphon Dual Realms’ Rule Powers anew, swelling and densifying once more.
After a brief contemplation, Ning Qi discreetly opened the spatial link to the True Martial Realm.
His original body dispatched various dual realms' forces—some dissected, some blended, some clashing, some jointly explored with True Martial Realm forces—and Ning Qi fused them all within himself.
In a flash, the fading lightning in the thundercloud reignited!
Onlookers stood stunned.
Wasn’t the Thunder Tribulation on the verge of conclusion, only to now amass vast Rule Power from both realms again?
"Is this guy insane?"
The Mountain and Sea Realm Will muttered.
Neither he nor the Vast Realm Will could pierce the thundercloud's chaos anymore, oblivious to Ning Qi’s state.
This reconstituted Thunder Tribulation raged wildly, as though Ning Qi had violated some sacred boundary.
Still, Ning Qi pressed on undeterred.
He commanded his original body to channel substantial Sea of Realms power from beyond the True Martial Realm, merging it into the thundercloud.
Rumble!
The murky clouds exploded like oil hit by water drops!
Ning Qi hovered inside, beholding the spectacle with a smirk.
He had weathered twenty-seven tribulations forged from both worlds' Rule Powers. Now, blending True Martial Realm and Sea of Realms might—what would unfold?
Ning Qi adhered to one creed: go all out or not at all!
He sought to forge this reincarnated form into the mightiest Harmonization in classic cultivation lore, rejecting anything less than supremacy by harnessing every possible asset for an unbeatable Harmonization.
He refused limits from the Mountain and Sea Realm or Vast Realm. With his soul imprint anchored in the True Martial Realm, he wouldn’t bow to it either. Hence, incorporating the Sea of Realms that birthed all worlds proved essential!
The thunderstorm lit up the whole War Realm.
Every thunderclap threatened to rend the War Realm asunder.
Both worlds' wills froze briefly, compelled to summon extra Rule Power from their core Spirit Realms to stabilize the War Realm's framework.
Ning Qi vanished into the fresh thunderstorm.
It felt like traversing blade mountains and fire oceans, subjecting him to unimaginable agonies.
His body shattered and rebuilt time and again.
Without the encircling Yin Yang Diagram, Ning Qi would have perished in this novel storm!
"The Twenty-eighth Tribulation!"
The three sect leaders' voices quivered while numbering twenty-eight.
From this point, Ning Qi had conquered more tribulations than any of the three ancestors from both realms!
In both realms, the Mountain Ancestor and Saint Ancestor wore grave, enigmatic looks, their gazes wavering.
Suddenly, the Sea Ancestor parted her red lips, gripping her head as she burst into wild laughter.
"Hahaha..."
Laughing, she declared, "He’s just like me, he’s just like me!"
No one grasped why the Sea Ancestor laughed or the meaning behind her words.
"Thirty Tribulations!"
"Thirty-six Tribulations!"
Then, Ning Qi’s mind reached an extraordinary realm. As the Thirty-six Layers of Thunder Tribulation obliterated his form for the last time, scattering even his spiritual sense, Ning Qi seemed to transcend space and time.
He escaped bodily confines, unbound by past, present, or future notions.
From the thunderclouds, a majestic will stirred, stretching across the entire thunder tribulation.
Ning Qi had fused inseparably with the thunder tribulation!
He attained a selfless, transcendent state; he embodied the dark clouds, the thunder tribulation itself!
Ning Qi appeared reborn in a novel guise.
A rules-forged body? Thunder tribulation incarnation? Sea of Realms ferocious beast? World will?
Not even he knew his new nature.
Regardless, Ning Qi sensed the War Realm's full scope, felt the two linked Spirit Realms, and spotted the True Martial Realm lurking in the Sea of Realms’ corner...
Moreover, he detected the Sea of Realms enveloping the Mountain and Sea Realm, Vast Realm, and True Martial Realm...
At length, Ning Qi probed further, but contact plunged his awareness into void.
"Who am I?" Ning Qi pondered in bewilderment.
In that instant, a shriveled leaf in his arms flickered faintly, yanking the dazed Ning Qi back.
All thunderclouds shrank, lightning converged, flowing toward Ning Qi.
Inside the Yin Yang Diagram, Ning Qi’s body remade itself.
A sacred, unbreakable form!
The two realms' wills fixed upon the reborn Ning Qi.
He donned a Yin Yang Robe etched with 365 star silhouettes.
Beyond the outer shifts, Ning Qi exuded transcendence, veiled in an impenetrable mystery neither could fathom.
"Did he just draw upon the power of the Sea of Realms?"
The Vast Realm’s will phantom queried hesitantly.
The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will phantom reflected Ning Qi’s image in its eyes, experiencing heart-pounding thunder for the first time.
Even at their peaks, the Mountain Ancestor, Sea Ancestor, and Saint Ancestor hadn’t faced as many thunder tribulation layers as Ning Qi.
A shared thought struck both wills.
They knew without doubt: should Ning Qi keep advancing, he would surely eclipse all three ancestors from both realms!