Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 906 - 386: Ning Qi Chosen by Mandate

The Mountain Ancestor stared intently at the War Domain.

Within his gaze, the full expanse of the War Domain resembled a chessboard split into two distinct colors.

Gold dominated the north, marking the lands held by the Vast Realm.

In contrast, azure and blue filled the south, denoting the regions under the Mountain and Sea Realm's control.

A sharp divide separated the two sides, except for the central ring-shaped area where fierce battles raged on between them.

Right now, thanks to a Sea Ancestor’s avatar stepping in, a shimmering sea-blue glow enveloped the skies over the Central Domain.

"You ultimately couldn’t resist entering the scene. Just because of this, you will never be my match."

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Central Domain.

All eyes turned skyward, beholding the descent of a radiant figure.

Her stature was tall and elegant, clad in magnificent robes accented by delicate makeup.

Long hair in ice-blue tones was secured by a golden crown, falling neatly into place.

Her features were breathtakingly gorgeous, yet frosty like ice, with slender brows like gentle ice-blue sea waves. A single look instilled a profound sense of remoteness.

"Is this the visage of the Sea Ancestor?"

Ning Qi locked his eyes on the Sea Ancestor, having never before met such a formidable female cultivator.

Able to rival the Mountain Ancestor, one of the two Ancestors ruling the Mountain and Sea Realm, she commanded the vast marine territories there!

Next to Ning Qi, led by Zhao Yujun, every cultivator serving under the Sea Ancestor prostrated toward her avatar hovering above.

"Subordinates welcome the Sea Ancestor!"

Their presence surged powerfully, faces alight with thrill, much like Vast Realm cultivators beholding the Saint Ancestor’s avatar arrive.

Meanwhile, the cultivators following Gong Tiandao under the Mountain Ancestor held back from saluting.

Disappointment etched across their expressions instead.

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar had come, yet the Mountain Ancestor’s had not—did he consider them unworthy?

Their resolve wavered noticeably in that instant.

On one side, they figured that with the Sea Ancestor’s avatar present, the long-time rival Mountain Ancestor would surely follow.

On the other, seeing the unmoving Boundary Wall overhead, their hearts whispered that the Mountain Ancestor would stay away.

In this tense standoff, lacking an Ancestor’s avatar truly shook their fighting spirit.

As for the two realm forces under Ning Qi’s lead, they offered slight bows to the Sea Ancestor’s avatar out of courtesy.

The freshly arrived Sea Ancestor avatar’s commanding, untouchable icy stare swept straight toward the Saint Ancestor’s avatar across the sky.

"Old fellow, I won’t hold this against you for sending one avatar, but now you’ve sent a second—do you truly think there’s no one in the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

Her red lips parted faintly, her voice rolling like ocean waves, resounding across the entire Central Domain.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar creased his brow slightly.

Ever since the realm war erupted, the Saint Ancestor had collected data on the Mountain and Sea Realm’s two Ancestors.

From that intel, he’d deduced the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor clashed often, checking each other and unlikely to show up quickly—so why had this woman appeared so suddenly?

Still, knowing the Sea Ancestor’s nature, the Saint Ancestor wasn’t shocked.

Though she cultivated ice and water paths mainly, her fiery temper clashed with them, like blazing fire. Early life trials had also tinged her with a touch of wildness.

Her immediate bold proclamation upon arriving only confirmed that fierce streak.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar boomed out:

"The Spirit Realm war was initiated by your Mountain and Sea Realm’s offense against my Vast Realm first. My Vast Realm suffered repeated setbacks; how could I, the Saint Ancestor, ignore the casualties of my realm’s cultivators?"

Hearing this, the Sea Ancestor skipped any argument or denial of the Saint Ancestor’s claims.

Instead, she dipped her refined chin, accepting the words from the Saint Ancestor’s avatar.

In her eyes, at least, his reasoning held water, and his earlier arrival at the battlefield showed deeper care for his followers’ safety.

Down below, every cultivator watched the two Ancestor avatars overhead, barely containing their thrill—was a clash between Ancestor avatars imminent?

Even Ning Qi sensed a spark of excitement.

Having waited such a long time, he no longer needed to shoulder the banner for the Mountain and Sea Realm’s cultivators, and now he could finally behold the Sea Ancestor’s mighty prowess.

Earlier, three treasures had been granted to him by the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

The first was a core realm power from the Mountain and Sea Realm Will—a strand vastly superior in quality to regular realm power.

The second was the Mountain Stabilizing Seal bestowed by the Mountain Ancestor, with which Ning Qi endured assaults from countless cultivators before surviving the Celestial Tribulation.

The last was a treasure called the Heart of the Ocean, presented by the Sea Ancestor.

Ning Qi had earned these by completing missions for the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, thereby indirectly tapping into the powers of the Sea and Mountain Ancestors.

During his Celestial Tribulation, these three treasures had already been secretly returned to the True Martial Realm, where his original body dissected and examined them to uncover deeper secrets of their power.

Now that the Sea Ancestor’s avatar had arrived, Ning Qi’s thoughts returned to this issue.

His original body should have just about unraveled all three by this point.

Still, he held off from consulting his original body right then; obviously, with the two Ancestors’ avatars poised for battle, the moment wasn’t suitable.

At the same time, Ning Qi’s scorn toward the Mountain Ancestor—who hadn’t yet dispatched an avatar—intensified.

That guy was truly sly!

Ning Qi naturally classed the Mountain Ancestor among the cunning sort, since even the Sea Ancestor had sent an avatar; for the top cultivator of the Mountain and Sea Realm to skulk in the rear, what could he be if not crafty?