Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 909 - 387: A Bright Moon Rises Beneath the Sea (2)

He abandoned the Suppression Word Technique and instead unleashed the Hundred Character Divine Techniques.

More than a hundred brilliant golden characters burst forth from his form, swiftly creating a defensive barrier over a hundred meters wide encircling him.

Differing from his earlier clash with Ning Qi, the Saint Ancestor now fully released the might of these hundred characters.

Not just for defense, the characters appeared to gain life, twisting through the emptiness like tadpoles in water, morphing into ancient writings.

Dao begets One, One begets Two, Two begets Three, Three begets all things!

The hundred characters shifted into a hundred grand essays!

Ning Qi felt a stir upon seeing this display.

Good heavens, did that old man hold back when fighting me?

Or is it that this avatar now embodies more of his true body’s power than the previous one he sent?

Ning Qi figured it was probably the latter.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar stood protected by the hundred grand essays.

Inside this shield, he wielded his index finger like a brush, scribbling fiercely in the void.

As he wrote swiftly, one among the hundred grand essays flared brighter.

The remaining ninety-nine essays flowed into it like merging droplets.

Ning Qi fixed his eyes on that essay, catching glimpses of its content.

"Floods raging, devastating the world... Yu dredged the nine rivers, guiding them to flow into the seas."

This essay depicted flood control, apparently telling the tale of a hero who governed the nation’s floods, passing his home three times without stopping.

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar watched the essay too and suddenly flicked her fingers.

At once, ripples surged across the entire Peach Blossom Spring Space, all converging toward the Saint Ancestor’s avatar.

Ding dong ding dong!

With them came ‘ding dong’ sounds, uncertain if from rushing water or space distortions.

Countless ripples instantly swarmed the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s position.

The grand essay he formed kept radiating brilliant light, its characters swirling, arranging, and directing the spatial ripples.

The ‘ding dong’ noises slowly diminished.

"The power of the sea fused with spatial power is all-pervading; no matter how mighty your shield of words and paintings, how could it block my intrusion?"

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar chuckled lightly, her form blurring in the Peach Blossom Spring Space, blending into the endless sea.

The spatial ripples, recently ordered by the Saint Ancestor’s avatar, thickened again.

That area resembled meatballs tossed into sizzling oil, bubbling and bobbing relentlessly.

Ning Qi distinctly observed some spatial ripples breaching the Saint Ancestor’s defenses, slipping inside.

Resembling water, waves, or unseen spatial energies, some solidified into illusory sea creatures, all assailing the Saint Ancestor’s avatar within.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar grew grave, invoking his Rule to summon a massive Dharma Pen before him.

He seized the Dharma Pen, brushing against the incoming forces.

Swish swish swish!

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar used the Sea Ancestor’s power as ink, managing the crisis with flawless grace.

"Worthy of being the Ancestor of the Vast Realm!"

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar’s voice echoed from an unknown spot, and the battlefield shifted once more.

Ning Qi watched as the spatial ripples around the Saint Ancestor’s avatar froze, fully turning into a boundless ocean that engulfed him.

The following instant, the Saint Ancestor’s avatar and his barrier sank to the ocean floor.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar struggled to surface, yet in those raging sea currents, his strength kept dissolving, trapping him without release.

Additionally, a sinking force dragged him ever deeper.

At that point, no matter how he swung the Dharma Pen, the Saint Ancestor’s avatar couldn’t draw in the torrent of water.

Before facing the Sea Ancestor’s avatar, he never expected the prolonged fight to turn so heavily against him.

The Sea Ancestor kept amplifying her strengths while steadily eroding his power.

The Peach Blossom Spring Space had fully become her watery domain under the Sea Ancestor’s control.

This talent of the Sea Ancestor’s avatar to turn foe’s ground into her territory offered Ning Qi deep enlightenment.

Ning Qi kept observing closely.

In the ocean’s depths, darkness reigned profoundly.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar remained visible due to the radiant glow of his Hundred Character Divine Techniques, which continued to fend off the invading seawater.

Faintly, a hazy light silhouette appeared to ascend from the ocean depths.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar detected it right away, his gaze locking onto the indistinct light shadow rising from the seabed.

He narrowed his eyes a bit, for even his mighty vision failed to pierce the obscurity.

Yet that glow resembled his own mirror image, while also hinting at something unfamiliar.

"This woman clearly isn’t ordinary; her abilities must be clouding my senses. Could this be some kind of Illusion Power?"

From his lofty position above, Ning Qi invoked the Perception Eyes of Gold.

In a single look, Ning Qi, just like the Saint Ancestor’s avatar, failed to identify the entity manifesting at the seabed.

But the very next instant, Ning Qi quietly infused his inner powers—Mountain and Sea, Vast Realm, Sea of Realms, True Martial Power—into the Perception Eyes of Gold.

At last, he gained a crystal-clear view of what lay within.

It turned out to be a Dharma Aspect shining as brilliantly as a full moon!

A moon emerging from the seabed?

Normally, doesn’t the moon rise over the ocean’s surface?

Ning Qi felt a slight shock, curious about the nature of this Divine Techniques.

"Sea Moon, Moon Sea; it’s no surprise her sect bears the name Moon Sea Immortal Sect—the moon reference holds true meaning!"

Before this, Ning Qi had faced numerous cultivators loyal to the Sea Ancestor, including Zhao Yujun, leader of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect, yet he never saw her deploy any such related Divine Techniques.

This Divine Techniques must be a secret art held by the Sea Ancestor herself, withheld from her followers.

As Ning Qi watched, ripples danced around the luminous moon, its moonlight casting a subtle, ethereal tint.

Ning Qi felt certain this Divine Techniques was beyond the true grasp of most.

Suddenly, the luminous moon surged forward, heading straight for the Saint Ancestor’s avatar.

Right away, Ning Qi noticed the moon mirroring the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s present form, acting like an enchanted mirror.

The moon’s reflection shone vividly and sharply, perfectly copying the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s exact condition.

Crash!

After the Dharma Aspect captured the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s image, a painting automatically detached from it.

The scroll hovered at the seabed before burrowing into the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s protective barrier.

In that instant, Ning Qi witnessed two Saint Ancestor avatars clashing fiercely inside.

Mighty magical energies at the seabed churned up endless waves.

The moonlight then bathed the area, restoring tranquility once again.

To Ning Qi’s astonishment, he couldn’t pinpoint the Sea Ancestor’s avatar’s precise position; she felt everywhere at once.

The whole Peach Blossom Spring Space, the vast ocean, the glowing moon itself, and even the illusion fighting the Saint Ancestor’s avatar—all seemed like extensions of the Sea Ancestor.

"..."

For the first time ever, Ning Qi deemed the Sea Ancestor a real challenge.

In the end, the illusion stripped away by the luminous moon couldn’t endure against the Saint Ancestor’s avatar and fell to a Suppression Word Technique!

With a resounding voice, the Saint Ancestor’s avatar declared: "Haven’t you played enough? At our cultivation realm, illusions can never overcome us!"

"Is that so?" responded the Sea Ancestor’s avatar.

The luminous moon at the seabed unleashed its moonlight.

Immediately, it produced ten replicas of the Saint Ancestor’s avatar, each piercing into his protective shield.

Right then, the barrier from the Saint Ancestor’s Hundred Character Divine Techniques appeared powerless against these illusions.

Or maybe these illusions carried no real form; they were mere reflections of the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s own strength, profoundly enigmatic.

Encircled by the ten illusions, the Saint Ancestor’s avatar blinked his ancient eyes and proclaimed: "Nine Word Demon-Subjugating True Mantra!"

The Divine Techniques from his clash with Ning Qi manifested anew in a flash.

Nine brilliant golden characters burst from the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s lips.

Every character shimmered with golden brilliance, coalescing into a massive orb as dazzling as the sun.

The nine words connected seamlessly, orbiting the Saint Ancestor’s avatar and obliterating the nine approaching illusions on the spot!

Yet the next moment, the seabed’s luminous moon shot sideways, slamming into the Saint Ancestor’s avatar’s protective shield.

The Saint Ancestor’s avatar got hurled upward from the seabed, dragging the invoked Nine Word Golden Sun along, hurtling straight toward Ning Qi!

Ning Qi: "???"