Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 957 - 411: Seizing the Mountain and Sea Realm

It was precisely because he had alarmed the Primordial Spirit Power left behind by the Mountain Ancestor that the small tree suddenly erupted, actually seizing more than half of the power from the Mountain and Sea Realm Will.

Ning Qi looked up toward the dome.

He discovered that the Mountain and Sea Realm Will had actually been sucked down from the dome and was constantly being devoured by the small tree.

Ning Qi stretched out his hand and pointed at the small tree.

Yin and Yang energy emerged at his fingertip, carrying the Power of Life and Death, and actually brought the small tree’s devouring of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will to a halt.

At the core of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The small tree swayed; the energy in the entire space was like wind, or like clouds that gathered and dispersed unpredictably.

Especially the main body will of the Mountain and Sea Realm—it was like a mass of cloudlike smoke, pulled down from the dome by that small tree and continuously drawn into it.

In just an instant, more than half of the Mountain and Sea Realm’s main body will had been devoured by the small tree.

And because it had devoured so much Spirit Realm origin power, the small tree had clearly grown about ten centimeters taller.

Every new leaf shone green like jade!

Moreover, the side that had previously been withered yellow had completely turned green, regaining vitality.

And the branch that had been snapped off by the Mountain Ancestor began to grow again, sprouting anew.

Ning Qi had just been immersed in comprehending the Path of Yin and Yang; upon discovering the change in the small tree, he immediately snapped back to awareness.

Ning Qi extended a finger; Yin and Yang energy emerged at his fingertip, carrying a faint aura of life and death intertwined, and in an instant, he brought the small tree’s devouring of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will to an end.

This world instantly became as if time had been frozen.

Outside, the avatar of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will had grown much more Illusion-like, but he still stared fixedly at the Inner World that served as the core, his eyes involuntarily widening.

In his eyes was reflected a shocking scene.

Ning Qi had become the center of the world before him, one finger pinning down that swaying mysterious small tree.

The entire world turned black and white, with Ning Qi at its center.

The aura on Ning Qi’s body had become so indistinct that even he, in his current state, could barely Perceive it; for a time, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will could not figure out what exactly had happened to Ning Qi, nor to what level Ning Qi’s strength had grown.

However, he saw that as the Yin and Yang energy at Ning Qi’s fingertip fell upon the small tree, it cut, like a blade, the connection between the small tree and the Mountain and Sea Realm’s main body will, preventing his main body will from being completely devoured by the small tree.

Ning Qi had actually saved his main body will!

A sense of absurdity that he could hardly believe rose in the heart of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will; there was lingering fear, there was relief, and then confusion followed.

He had already learned Ning Qi’s identity; Ning Qi was clearly also a World Will, so why had Ning Qi not been sealed and devoured by the small tree? Why was it instead that Ning Qi had reversed it and suppressed that mysterious small tree?

No matter how he thought, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will could not make sense of it.

He merely stared at the shifting black and white on Ning Qi’s body and indeed sensed within it a terrifying Great Dao of mutual generation and mutual restraint, capable of accommodating all paths.

Since the outbreak of the Spirit Realm war, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will had witnessed many things along the way, had seen the power of the Mountain and Sea Ancestors, and had seen the opposing Vast Realm Will and the Saint Ancestor.

The Mountain Ancestor, the Sea Ancestor, and the Saint Ancestor—these three had all surpassed the Harmonization realm and become Near-Immortals.

They could even wield Immortal Dao Aura; if the three were given enough time, all of them could truly take that step and achieve the realm of Immortal True Immortal.

Yet at this moment, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will felt that Ning Qi harbored a potential even greater than that of the three.

Within that Yin and Yang energy, a wisp of Immortal Dao Aura faintly arose as well, continually pouring into Ning Qi’s body.

Ning Qi’s aura grew ever more ethereal, to the point where even he, the Spirit Realm Will, could increasingly not see through it.

Suddenly, Ning Qi flicked his fingertip.

A strand of Yin and Yang energy seeped into the mysterious small tree at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The small tree immediately began to shudder violently, and then, from within it, an Illusion was actually forced out.

Ning Qi had long since Perceived all of this, so he was not surprised.

It was the Mountain and Sea Realm's Will itself that, upon observing the Illusion, experienced a moment of stunned disbelief.

The Illusion emerged from the tree, revealing its true form—it was none other than the Primordial Spirit Power of the Mountain Ancestor.

Through a forbidden Secret Technique from the Buzhou Mountain lineage, the Mountain Ancestor had managed to split off a wisp of his Primordial Spirit, implanting it within the little tree.

This fragment of the Mountain Ancestor's Primordial Spirit Power now drifted through the world, a disorienting expanse of black and white, seemingly still grappling with its surroundings.

The Mountain Ancestor’s main Primordial Spirit had entrusted this specific wisp with a singular, critical mission.

Its directive was to nurture the mysterious small tree's growth, ultimately using it to seize control of the Mountain and Sea Realm's core will.

This explained the sudden, explosive surge observed from the tree moments before.

And now, Ning Qi had forcefully expelled the Mountain Ancestor's Primordial Spirit Power from the tree.

The first action taken by the Mountain Ancestor's Illusion was to fix its gaze upon Ning Qi, a flicker of startled incredulity crossing its spectral face.

"How can it be you?"

Having spoken, its gaze then surveyed the immediate vicinity.

It discerned that only a meager portion of the Mountain and Sea Realm's main will remained, now huddled and concealed behind Ning Qi.

The Mountain Ancestor’s Illusion then turned its attention to the mysterious small tree, discovering it had also fallen under Ning Qi's possession.

"Mm?"

The Mountain Ancestor’s Illusion swiftly grasped the unfolding situation; despite not fully comprehending the events, it immediately initiated an assault upon Ning Qi.

Its Primordial Spirit Power instantaneously coalesced into a singular, sharp Wooden Thorn.

Whoosh!

It shot directly towards the center of Ning Qi's brow.

However, Ning Qi, having foreseen this attack, had already positioned two fingers before his brow, effortlessly intercepting the projectile.

Clang!

The Wooden Thorn, now held captive in Ning Qi's hand, thrashed violently, emitting a metallic ringing sound akin to forged steel.

The visage of the Mountain Ancestor appeared on the Wooden Thorn; its eyes once more locked onto Ning Qi, an expression of utter disbelief etched upon its spiritual form.

"Who precisely are you? How has your strength escalated so dramatically in such a brief span?"