Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 385 Showing Power
The enormous monster suddenly disintegrated.

Countless limbs and severed arms of various bizarre creatures, shrouded in terrifying black mist, rushed towards the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Zhao Yujun hurriedly followed, wielding her white bone sword with a fierce determination to kill as many severed limbs as possible.

Ning Qi once again unleashed the Thousand Hundred Sword Pills, precisely striking the monster's remains.

However, with the help of the will of the Vast Realm, the monster seemed to have become more cunning and also possessed the ability to travel through space.

Many others with severed limbs and broken arms attacked the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

In an instant, hundreds of cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm were killed, each one dying a gruesome death.

It looked as if they had been devoured by a monster, which completely consumed their bodies and transformed them into a part of itself.

This naturally made all the cultivators who saw it shudder.

Their comrades, who had just been fighting alongside them, had become part of the monster and continued to attack them.

Zhao Yujun's eyes were bloodshot with rage, because the cultivators under her command had also been affected.

As for Gong Tiandao, who was fighting Jiang Yingchu, he was unable to break free to stop the monster, let alone stop it.

Suddenly, Ning Qi saw a terrifying monster with the body of a centipede and the legs of various creatures converging, charging towards the Sword Ancestor.

His intuition told him that even if his sword pellet could penetrate space, it would be a fraction of a second slower.

Ning Qi could only hope that the Sword Ancestor could block it for such a short time that his own attack could make up for it.

As the current commander of the cultivators in the Xuanzhen Domain, Sword Ancestor would naturally not back down.

Sword Ancestor immediately unleashed a sword strike.

The sword intent pierced through the void, directly severing half of the centipede's limbs.

However, the centipede monster's body still charged towards the Sword Ancestor.

Suddenly, a sword of intent shot out from between the sword ancestor's eyebrows, slashing towards the centipede monster's head—it probably did have a head, after all.

Anyway, the Sword Ancestor's sword strike hit one of the centipede's assembled heads.

Instantly, the centipede's body was struck by this invisible and transparent sword of intent, which immediately gave Ning Qi enough time to follow up with his attack.

Ning Qi's sword pellet was about to strike the centipede monster, but suddenly, the centipede monster's entire body collapsed and disintegrated, turning into ashes and disappearing.

"!!!"

This scene immediately made Ning Qi's pupils shrink.

He was certain that his sword pellet had not hit the centipede monster; it had been reduced to ashes before it even struck.

However, even if the Sword Ancestor has now advanced to the Dao Integration Realm, in theory, he shouldn't be able to destroy it so easily.

Sword Ancestor also looked puzzled by his own attack.

Is this monster really that weak?
Suddenly, he seemed to understand something.

He immediately transmitted his voice to Ning Qi, saying, "Boy, I have been corrupted by evil energy for many years. Although you helped me expel the evil energy, I still absorbed some of it. So it must be the effect of the evil energy that is working on this monster! Quickly use the evil energy to deal with them!"

Ning Qi immediately understood.

He slapped his forehead, seemingly ashamed that he had only just realized this and that he was stupid for not realizing it now!

No wonder he could vaguely sense a familiar aura from these monsters as soon as they appeared; it was the aura of evil!

Ning Qi understood.

He opened his storage space and took out a portion of the evil energy that he had helped the Sword Ancestor expel.

It was an exquisitely crafted bottle used to seal away evil spirits.

Ning Qi held the Evil-Sealing Bottle in his hand, and at the same time took out the golden key that had suppressed the evil energy.

His power alone is not enough to easily manipulate this evil energy; the power of the Golden Key must be added.

Now, he doesn't know where these two things came from; he's just trying them out as a usable method.

Ning Qi activated it with his mind.

The golden key gleamed faintly in his hand.

Instantly, the sealing bottle was opened, and a gray-black evil aura flew out from it.

Evil energy seems to gather and disperse at the same time; it should disperse and escape as soon as it appears.

But a faint light descended from the golden key, freezing the evil aura.

At the same time, the golden key was heating up in Ning Qi's hand, as if it were reminding him of something.

Ning Qi was taken aback.

He then suddenly realized that he could control this wisp of evil energy.

Ning Qi felt relieved. It seemed that this evil energy couldn't escape and could be used by him.

Before he could even control the evil energy, he saw all the monsters attacking the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm below turn their heads back to look at Ning Qi after the evil energy appeared.

Ning Qi's heart skipped a beat.

"So this evil energy really does affect them?"

In an instant, all the monsters let out another terrifying shriek.

This sound was far more terrifying than any of their previous sounds, and it seemed to contain extremely contradictory emotions.

It was a mixture of excitement and fear.

Ning Qi didn't know why they were acting this way. He immediately manipulated this wisp of evil energy, making it like a small gray-black dragon, and sent it hurtling towards the monster.

Having already received the Sword Ancestor's previous attack, the Sword Ancestor was not idle at this moment either.

He took the initiative to fly out, repeatedly using his sword intent to kill the nearby monsters.

The closest one had just devoured three cultivators from the Sea Ancestor's ranks and had now become extremely terrifying. No one else dared to stay nearby; they had long since retreated far away from it.

If Ning Qi's evil aura hadn't attracted the monster's attention, the monster would probably have devoured even more cultivators.

At this moment, the Sword Ancestor's sword struck, instantly shattering the monster that had devoured three cultivators and transformed them into itself.

The Sword Ancestor's fierce attack excited the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

They never expected that Ning Qi had such a fierce general under his command!
Ning Qi's evil aura, like a swimming dragon, swiftly traversed the space.

This evil energy was already extremely difficult to deal with, and now, with Ning Qi's mental control, it has become even more ferocious.

It passed through the first monster.

Almost everyone was keeping track of Ning Qi's movements.

In an instant, everyone saw Ning Qi's attack pass through the monster, but the monster did not collapse directly like the monster that the Sword Ancestor had killed.

Instead, his body withered instantly, turned to dust by the wind, and his life force was absorbed by the evil energy, seemingly becoming nourishment for the evil energy and merging into it.

"!!!"

Others couldn't sense this difference; they only felt that Ning Qi's methods seemed different from the Sword Ancestor's, and they didn't understand why there was such a difference between the two.

However, Ning Qi clearly sensed this.

"Could it be that this evil energy and this monster share the same origin?"

He thought to himself, filled with doubt and unease.

Ning Qi didn't think too much about it and continued to manipulate the evil dragon.

Like a sword or a needle, it constantly pierces below.

Each time it breaks through space, it kills the nearby monsters one by one.

And that wisp of evil energy grew stronger and more bizarre.

Ning Qi sensed that there was a noticeable increase in the force of struggle within it, as if it wanted to escape his will.

However, with the golden key suppressing it, no matter how many monsters' life force that evil energy devoured, it could not escape Ning Qi's control.

Before long, Ning Qi had completely wiped out all the monsters in the Central Region.

His power was once again revealed to the cultivators of both realms, and the sudden appearance of the Sword Ancestor was naturally extremely eye-catching, attracting everyone's attention.

After the twisted monsters were all killed, all the cultivators were watching closely, wondering if the monsters would re-form.

This time was different from before. Everyone waited for several breaths, but there was no sign of the monster reforming. Ning Qi understood in his heart that this evil energy was indeed their nemesis.

He manipulated the evil energy and flew back.

The evil energy flew into the sealing bottle, and Ning Qi glanced at it.

The dark gray evil energy became even darker and more active.

It thrashed about inside the bottle, appearing extremely restless, hissing like a snake.

Ning Qi sealed the bottle cap and put it back into the storage space.

Whether it's this evil energy, the twisted monster that just appeared, or the golden key, he still doesn't understand what they are.

By the way, Ning Qi touched his chest, where there was still a whole withered leaf, a treasure given to him by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm to shield him from the perception of the spirit world.

Ning Qi can only hope to explore these things in the future; right now, he needs to resolve this war between the two worlds.

However, he suddenly became interested in exploring the Boundary Sea.

How many secrets are hidden in the Boundary Sea?

How many more mysteries remain, and more importantly, how much stronger can he become?
Above the void, the two realms' wills that were engaged in battle had long since ceased.

They realized it the moment Ning Qi used his evil energy to kill the monster.

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm was slightly moved, but it said nothing.

Meanwhile, the illusory image of the will of the Vast Realm had a flashing gaze and an extremely ugly expression.

"I never expected that he would find a way to deal with this twisted monster. Damn it, I have to report this to my teacher again!"

He had previously witnessed Ning Qi helping Sword Ancestor and others overcome their tribulations, thus forcing out this evil energy.

He asked the Holy Ancestor Master, and this evil energy seemed to be the legendary Boundless Evil Energy, but he wasn't too sure at the time.

The fact that Ning Qi is now using it to deal with this twisted monster has further convinced the will of the Vast Realm of its suspicion that the evil energy is the boundless evil energy.

The phantom images of the wills of the two realms stood in the air.

The will of the Vast Realm glanced at the battlefield below.

He had just used his will to manipulate that twisted monster to attack a wave of cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the effect was indeed remarkable.

A rough estimate suggests that around five hundred cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm were killed.

Meanwhile, the cultivators from the Vast Realm also took advantage of this opportunity to kill approximately five hundred cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Together, the two forces wiped out about a thousand cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm, which helped the Vast Realm regain some of its disadvantage.

However, this timeframe is too short.

Moreover, most of the cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm they dealt with were relatively weak, far less powerful than the thousand Dao Integration cultivators that Ning Qi had taken away in his previous Heavenly Tribulation.

Unexpectedly, Ning Qi ruined it once again!

The will of the Vast Realm was so frustrated it felt like vomiting blood.

Suddenly, his phantom trembled slightly, as if it were about to dissipate.

The next second, the strange phenomenon was suppressed again, but it was detected by the illusory image of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Ok?"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm was not stupid; after a little deduction, it understood why the other party was acting this way.

The illusory image of the Vast Realm's will narrowed its eyes slightly.

"Even with just a sliver of my willpower, I managed to control that twisted monster, but I still suffered a backlash? These things are truly terrifying. No wonder my teacher said that we should never provoke them unless absolutely necessary!"

He thought of the evil aura Ning Qi had used, and for a moment he was filled with doubt.

It's unclear whether it was because he tried to control the twisted monster, or because he was also injured by Ning Qi's evil aura.

"My teacher told me not to get involved with these things, as there might be further consequences. I guess I'll have to ask my teacher about it."

He glanced down again.

The battle between the cultivators from the two realms still shows that the Mountain and Sea Realm has the upper hand.

Now that the Twisted Monster has been eliminated and the Holy Ancestor's clone is gone, Ning Qi and Zhao Yujun, the sect leader of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect, have freed up their forces. Only Jiang Yingchu remains as their strongest warrior. How can they win this war?

Just as the illusory image of the Vast Realm's will was anxious, suddenly, a ripple appeared in the sky above the Central Region.

The spatial passage opened instantly.

A beam of light shone down, and a figure emerged from it.

It turned out that the Holy Ancestor had sent another avatar!
Upon seeing this, everyone—from the anxious will of the Vast Realm to Jiang Yingchu, who was under immense pressure, and the numerous cultivators of the Vast Realm—was overjoyed.

As expected, the Holy Ancestor would not abandon them.

Seeing this, Ning Qi and the others felt slightly helpless.

Is this never going to end? We finally managed to deal with one clone, and then the opponent summoned a twisted monster, and now they're doing it again?
However, the other party's ancestor does seem more reliable than their two ancestors from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

If the cultivators on his side can't win, he will immediately rush to the battlefield, unlike the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, who have not yet shown themselves.

……

Within the boundaries of mountains and seas.

Earlier, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm appeared simultaneously beside the Mountain Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.

"How is the battle going?" the Mountain Ancestor asked.

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm replied, "Haoshan, the opposing ancestor has even sent an avatar to the War Realm, and has even attracted the twisted creatures within the Realm Sea. Aren't you going to set off?"

The Mountain Ancestor frowned slightly.

"That old man can actually attract twisted creatures?"

"Fortunately, Ning Qi and I have just dealt with the twisted creature, otherwise our cultivators would probably have been wiped out."

For the first time, a look of shock appeared on the Mountain Ancestor's face.

"What did you say? Ning Qi dealt with that twisted creature?"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm flashed its eyes as it stared at him and said, "This is not entirely Ning Qi's ability. He accidentally obtained a kind of evil energy, which just happened to be able to kill those twisted monsters."

"What kind of evil energy could kill a twisted creature? Could it be..."

The illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will shook its head. "I don't know either. I don't know much about this kind of information, but it seems that the old man from the Vast Realm and the Vast Realm's will are knowledgeable about this."

The mountain ancestor pondered for a moment.

“I understand. Now that they have dealt with the twisted creature, let them hold on a little longer. If we can deplete more of their Holy Ancestor’s power, we will have a better chance of winning before the final battle begins.”

He suddenly paused, then said, "Why didn't you let the crazy woman send a clone to rescue her?"

The illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will seemed to wave its hand.

"I can't get her to do anything."

After saying that, he took another deep look at the mountain ancestor.

"Haoshan, in order to achieve final victory, are you really willing to sacrifice the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm within the War Zone?"

The mountain ancestor stands atop the Heavenly Peak.

After what seemed like a moment, he looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice, "What does it matter if some ants are sacrificed in order to reach that supreme position?"

"Half of them are your subordinates, having followed you for many years!"

"So what? Since they are under my command, shouldn't they be even more willing to die for me, to contribute their lives to my attainment of immortality?"

The illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will fell silent for a moment.

He left behind his last words and then disappeared before the Mountain Ancestor's eyes.

"I think I understand why the madwoman is against you. In order to obtain the strongest power for yourself, you no longer care about the lives of others, and even want them to sacrifice themselves to help you become the strongest. So what good will it do them if you become the strongest?"

The Mountain Ancestor gazed at the vanished will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Hmph, womanly compassion. You are clearly the will of the spirit world, yet you still have emotions you shouldn't have."

"This is the law of the universe: one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand. If one wants to stand in a high position, one must step over the corpses of everyone else."

(End of this chapter)