Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 874 - 371: Infinite Evil Qi (2)

Sizzle sizzle!

The massive thunderstorm overhead fiercely repelled the gray-black particles fused into its depths.

Yet, much like a virus infiltrating the flesh, these particles resisted expulsion with stubborn tenacity.

Ning Qi at last sprang into action.

Up in the heavens, a grand majestic will stirred to life, merging seamlessly with the thunderclouds.

With Ning Qi’s will infused, bolstered by the thunderstorm’s lightning, it ruthlessly expelled the gray-black viral particles.

Those gray-black particles regrouped, brimming with boundless malice directed at Ning Qi.

They coalesced and scattered repeatedly, darting through the thunderclouds with unknown motives.

Facing this bizarre entity that appeared to harbor its own consciousness, Ning Qi felt intense curiosity, though he couldn’t yet unravel its secrets.

As Ning Qi kept directing the thunderstorm to pursue the gray-black evil qi, he reached out to the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

"Realm Venerable, do you know what this is?"

Much to Ning Qi’s shock, the wise Mountain and Sea Realm Will drew a blank this time.

"Kid, where did you encounter this?"

Ning Qi answered, "When I found it, it had already hidden inside my Infinite Sword Sect’s Sword Ancestor for more than ten thousand years."

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will fell into deep thought after hearing this.

"This is an odd one, maybe not originating from beyond. Seal it away fast before it gains more power."

Hearing those words, Ning Qi had no choice but to agree.

Unbeknownst to Ning Qi or the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, as the gray-black evil qi raged wildly, the nearby Vast Realm Will’s phantom image had its gaze faintly illuminating.

The Vast Realm Will’s phantom stared at the gray-black evil qi that could assemble and dissolve, resist and devour the thunderstorm, feeling both baffled and hesitant, murmuring:

"Is this evil qi the fabled Infinite Evil Qi?"

Even he lacked full certainty.

Still, the Vast Realm Will recalled a tale shared by the Saint Ancestor long ago.

Great fortunes abound in the Sea of Realms, yet perils lurk just as fiercely!

One such horror is a sinister evil qi dubbed Infinite Evil Qi.

It wields innate forces of ruin and obliteration, posing a dire threat even to the Spirit Realm’s survival.

What defines its infinity?

First, this evil qi endlessly devours all sorts of energies to bolster itself.

Second, once it builds unstoppable force, no power can erase it!

The Vast Realm Will mulled over the Saint Ancestor’s account, doubting its full veracity.

But seeing this evil qi clash head-on with Ning Qi, it bore striking resemblances to Infinite Evil Qi.

Should it prove to be that nightmare, even as Mountain and Sea Realm’s foe, he yearned for Ning Qi to annihilate it completely.

Failing that, its unchecked growth would inevitably doom both grand Spirit Realms.

Not even a full-scale realm war between the two mighty realms could guarantee mutual destruction.

Yet if Infinite Evil Qi truly emerged, the Spirit Realm might crumble and vanish entirely!

The Vast Realm Will’s phantom shadow watched the skies in silence, relieved that Ning Qi possessed such overwhelming might.

He witnessed Ning Qi unleashing the thunderclouds’ full fury, the vast canopy overhead surging like furious ocean waves battering cliffs or colossal sacred peaks, relentlessly crushing the fleeing evil qi in every direction.

Not even the Sword Ancestor had foreseen his inner evil qi proving so relentlessly stubborn.

Even now, Ning Qi struggled to capture it effortlessly.

After roughly half an incense stick’s time, Ning Qi at last confined the evil qi.

His eyes shut then snapped open, activating the Golden Pupil of Illusion-breaking to peer at the clustered gray-black evil qi.

Through the Golden Pupil of Illusion-breaking’s vision, Ning Qi sensed a subtle anomaly, hard to put into words—a profound intuition.

This entity holds immense value for him!

An unbidden conviction surged within Ning Qi’s heart.

He abruptly recalled the golden key acquired from the Profound Truth Secret Realm.

Previously, he had displayed it to the Sword Ancestor, and that key wielded a suppressive force over this evil qi.

With that realization, Ning Qi swiftly linked to his storage space and retrieved the golden key.

His spiritual sense enveloped the golden key, wielding it like a blade to cleave toward the gray-black evil qi.

In an instant, the gray-black evil qi bizarrely cleaved apart into two segments.

Witnessing this, Ning Qi stood dumbfounded.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will and Vast Realm Will shared his astonishment.

"What’s that key? How can it counter this malevolent power?"

No answers came, but both realm wills regarded Ning Qi with heightened esteem.

This fellow boasts incredible luck, securing treasures beyond even their recognition!

The two realms’ wills’ gazes shimmered faintly.

At this pace, he could emerge as the ultimate wildcard in the Spirit Realm conflict.

Not just the evil force or the golden key—Ning Qi himself grew ever more enigmatic!

Whether blessing or curse, neither realm will could predict.

Though Ning Qi had grown mighty and slipped their grasp, he remained feeble against the true manifestations of their wills.

Besides, the three ancestors hadn’t yet plunged into realm war.

Ning Qi’s power now merely rivaled the Sect Leaders of the two realms’ top three sects...

Trailing the three ancestors or overtaking them lay far beyond reach!

Ning Qi wielded the golden key via spiritual sense repeatedly, carving through the gray-black evil force until its defiant presence crumbled.

Now, Ning Qi had fragmented the evil force into multiple portions, sealing them within bottles forged from spirit stones.

Finally, he bound the golden key to those seal bottles and returned everything to his storage space.

With the evil force secured, all eyes turned back to Ning Qi as the center of attention.

Ning Qi eyed the tribulation clouds still brimming with potent energy, plus the Thunder Pill orbiting him.

"What if I harvest the tribulation thunder too?"

A bold, unprecedented idea flashed through Ning Qi’s mind, unheard of in this world.

He now commanded heavenly tribulation freely, and the Thunder Pill stemmed from remnants of his own crossed tribulation.

Ning Qi concentrated intently.

Abruptly, those below watched the sky’s tribulation clouds contract swiftly inward.

But the next instant, amid their stares, the clouds paused midway.

They spotted Ning Qi’s followers soaring skyward from below.

Naturally, not the freshly tribulated Sword Ancestor and company, but Ning Qi’s forces from Profound Truth Realm and Fuyao Realm.

The Sword Ancestor, Qi Keqing, and others touched down, gaping in shock at the suddenly ascending followers.

Other cultivators stood utterly speechless.

What’s going on? Are they lining up for tribulation now? This is pure Harmonization tribulation!

In Mountain and Sea Realm and Vast Realm alike, tribulation struck only during the leap from Integration to Harmonization. Those below Integration never faced it.

For lower cultivators in both realms, lacking rule mastery, comprehension depth, bodily resilience, or stable spiritual sense, heavenly tribulation proved insurmountable.

Of course, ancient myths whispered of tribulation greeting any who trod the immortal path.

But myths they stayed!

Ning Qi watched cultivators from both realms ascending.

He had no intent to subject them to full Harmonization tribulation. Yet, wielding supreme control over the thunder, he could refine the leftover tribulation cloud energy into tempered lightning to cleanse their bodies and primordial spirits, forging superior cultivation foundations.

Beneath the crowd’s bewildered stares, Ning Qi boldly swept his hand!

Rumble!

High above, tribulation clouds erupted with thousands of thunderbolts, savagely hammering the airborne cultivators.

All endured the tribulation thunder strikes near-simultaneously.

Immersed in lightning, they clenched jaws against agony and ecstasy!

Body impurities purged ceaselessly by thunder, flesh reforged unyieldingly, primordial spirits clarified, spiritual senses sharpened razor-like.

Every pre-Harmonization cultivator below watched, consumed by burning envy.

Damn, trailing Ning Qi is pure heaven!

Integration peak experts survived nine thunder layers unscathed; they’d rise as elite Harmonization powerhouses in Mountain and Sea Realm.

But that wasn’t all—now Integration and Primordial Spirit Realm folks joined in!

Hell, such lavishness is criminal!

Hearts soured with jealousy across the board.

Why flaunt your breakthroughs right in our faces?

Grumbling aside, all grasped that Ning Qi and his followers forged an unstoppable force in Mountain and Sea Realm.

Ning Qi’s Profound Truth Realm lingered as a distant speck of a spirit domain, yet its explosive ascent shone clear to all!

And it all stemmed from Ning Qi’s meteoric rise!