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

Chapter 387 Ning Qi, the Hand-Selected One
The Mountain Ancestor gazed upon the war zone.

In his eyes, the entire war zone still resembled a chessboard, displaying two colors.

The north is gold, representing the area occupied by the Vast Realm.

The south is represented by blue and green, signifying the area occupied by the mountains and sea.

The two sides are clearly defined, with only a circular area in the center, where the two sides are constantly fluctuating and clashing.

At this moment, the space above the Central Region, due to the intervention of a Sea Ancestor clone, caused the fluctuating colors to tinge with a sea blue.

"In the end, you couldn't resist going in. Based on that alone, you will never be my match."

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Zhongyu.

Everyone stared at the sky and saw a beautiful figure descending.

She was tall and slender, dressed elegantly, and had light makeup.

Her long, icy blue hair was held back by a golden crown, making her look neat and tidy.

Her face was stunningly beautiful, yet cold as ice. Her delicate eyebrows resembled two shallow, icy blue waves, giving one a sense of unapproachability and remoteness with just a glance.

"Is this what Haizu looks like?"

Ning Qi stared at Hai Zu; this was the first time in his life he had ever seen such a powerful female cultivator.

He can rival the Mountain Ancestor, be ranked among the two Ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and rule over the entire sea area within the Mountain and Sea Realm!
Beside Ning Qi, led by Zhao Yujun, all the cultivators under the command of the Sea Ancestor bowed in unison to the Sea Ancestor's avatar that had materialized in the air.

"Your subordinate respectfully welcomes the Sea Ancestor!"

Their momentum was overwhelming, and everyone's face showed excitement, just like the cultivators of the Vast Realm seeing the Holy Ancestor's avatar descend.

As for the cultivators under the Mountain Ancestor, led by Gong Tiandao, they did not bow.

Instead, they looked disappointed.

The Sea Ancestor's avatar has already descended, so why hasn't the Mountain Ancestor's avatar arrived yet? Does the Mountain Ancestor really not value them that much?

At this moment, their mindset became noticeably anxious and uncertain.

On the one hand, they felt that since the Sea Ancestor's avatar had already descended, the Mountain Ancestor, who had long opposed the Sea Ancestor, should also descend.

On the other hand, looking at the unmoving boundary wall in the sky, they told themselves that the Mountain Ancestor would not descend.

In the current situation, if the ancestor's clone doesn't appear, it will seriously affect their morale.

As for the two armies under Ning Qi's command, they also bowed slightly to the Sea Ancestor's clone to show their respect.

As soon as the Sea Ancestor's clone materialized, its pair of icy, unapproachable eyes stared intently at the Holy Ancestor's clone in the air opposite.

"Old man, I won't hold it against you for sending out one clone, but you sent out a second one? Do you really think there's no one in my Mountain and Sea Realm?"

Hai Zu parted her lips slightly, her voice flowing like the tide, echoing throughout the entire Central Region and stirring up layers of reverberation.

The Holy Ancestor's clone frowned slightly.

From the very beginning of the war between the two realms, the Holy Ancestor had been collecting intelligence on the two Ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Based on the intelligence he had obtained, the two ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm were at odds and restrained each other, so they shouldn't have arrived so quickly. How come this woman came so suddenly?

However, considering Hai Zu's personality, Sheng Zu felt relieved.

Although this woman mainly cultivates the arts of ice and water, her personality is the opposite of what she cultivates. She is as fiery as fire, and due to her early experiences, it seems that her nature has been tainted with a touch of madness.

Her arrival and the subsequent assertive voice further confirm the true nature of her character.

The Holy Ancestor's clone spoke in a high voice:
"The war in the spirit realm began because your Mountain and Sea Realm bullied my Vast Realm first. The Vast Realm has suffered repeated setbacks. How can I, the Holy Ancestor, stand idly by and watch the cultivators of my own realm be killed or wounded?"

Upon hearing this, Haizu did not defend or refute what the Holy Ancestor had mentioned.

Instead, she nodded her delicate chin, as if to acknowledge the words of the Holy Ancestor's avatar.

At least in her view, the Holy Ancestor's clone's words were reasonable and well-founded, and its actions showed that it had indeed entered the war zone earlier than her, which also indicated that the other party valued the lives of its subordinates more.

All the cultivators below looked at the two ancestral avatars in the sky and couldn't help but feel excited. Were the avatars of the two ancestral masters about to fight?

Even Ning Qi felt a surge of excitement.

After waiting for so long, he finally doesn't have to carry the banner of the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and at the same time, we can see the strength of the Sea Ancestor.

He had previously obtained three treasures from the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

One of them is the core boundary power of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will, and even a wisp of it is hundreds of times stronger in quality than ordinary boundary power.

One was the Mountain-Stabilizing Seal given to him by the Mountain Ancestor. Ning Qi used it to withstand the attack of the Zhonghe Dao and then survived the Heavenly Tribulation.

The last item was a treasure called the Heart of the Ocean, which was given to him by the Sea Ancestor.

This was something Ning Qi obtained by completing a task assigned by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm in order to gain earlier access to the power of the Mountain and Sea Ancestor and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm. It can be considered as indirectly contacting the Mountain Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.

Those three items were secretly transmitted back to the True Martial Realm when he was undergoing his Heavenly Tribulation, and handed over to his main body for analysis and research, hoping to obtain more information about their strength through these three items.

Now that the Sea Ancestor's avatar has descended, Ning Qi has thought of this matter again.

The main body should have analyzed the three elements quite thoroughly by now.

However, he did not immediately ask the main body, as the two ancestral clones were about to fight, which was clearly not the right time.

Ning Qi felt a growing sense of disdain for the Mountain Ancestor, who still hadn't sent out any ancestral clones.

That guy is really sneaky!
Ning Qi naturally categorized the Mountain Ancestor as a cunning old man. After all, even the Sea Ancestor had sent out an avatar, while he, the strongest cultivator in the Mountain and Sea Realm, was still hiding in the back. What else could he be but a cunning old man?
It seems I'll have to be more careful about the mountain ancestor in the future.

Ning Qi has now met the will of the two realms, the avatar of the Holy Ancestor, and the avatar of the Sea Ancestor. They each have their own personalities, and Ning Qi has formed a portrait of each of them in his mind. Overall, they are all quite loyal and righteous.

However, the mountain ancestor made Ning Qi more wary!
As Ning Qi was thinking about these things, high in the sky...

The Sea Ancestor's clone suddenly looked down.

She saw the current situation on the battlefield, glanced at Zhao Yujun, the sect leader of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect she had founded, and finally her gaze clearly fell on Ning Qi.

With just one glance, Ning Qi had the illusion that he was trapped at the bottom of the sea, cold and deep!
Ning Qi's consciousness stirred, and he instantly got rid of that feeling.

He boldly met the gaze of Haizu's clone.

Their eyes met in mid-air. Looking into those icy eyes that seemed to be shrouded in ice, Ning Qi detected a hint of appreciation in them.

Immediately, Hai Zu withdrew his gaze and said to the Holy Ancestor's avatar in the air opposite him:
"No need for further words. Since this is a battlefield, let's settle this with victory or defeat!"

After taking a clear look at everything in the room, she stopped paying attention and instead carried out her mission cleanly and efficiently.

With a tap of his jade foot, the Sea Ancestor's clone instantly teleported behind the Holy Ancestor's clone.

Her jade-like hand slashed horizontally towards the neck of the Holy Ancestor's clone!
A thin layer of water light covered the entire jade hand, and this water light seemed to transform the jade hand into an indestructible water blade!

Ning Qi silently sensed the movements of Hai Zu's clone.

Undoubtedly, the teleportation technique that Haizu's clone had just used also carried fluctuations of spatial traversal. However, when Ning Qi compared it with his own spatial traversal, there was a noticeable difference in the power within Haizu's spatial traversal, a power that even Ning Qi couldn't fathom.

Ning Qi sensed Hai Zu's hand chop again; it seemed simple, but it was not.

On Haizu's hand blade, within the thin layer of watery light, countless rules of the Great Dao were condensed, further enhanced by her beliefs and will.

The next second, the Holy Ancestor's clone also raised his hand, seemingly arriving before the enemy, and blocked the Sea Ancestor's clone's hand blade with his palm.

Boo!
The aged hand collided with the jade-like hand, and the space around them seemed to ripple and sway at that moment!
Many cultivators with low cultivation levels felt dizzy and wanted to vomit after just one glance, and quickly withdrew their gaze.

The other monks continued to watch.

above the sky.

The two patriarchs repeatedly struck each other with their palms.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar's palm was filled with golden light, while the Sea Ancestor's jade hand shimmered with a thin layer of watery light. Every collision between the golden and watery light, even the smallest ray of light that fell, would pierce through the surrounding space.

This penetration wasn't a one-time event; rather, it created ripples that caused the space to fluctuate continuously and spread outwards.

Fortunately, both ancestral avatars restrained their power.

The force of their battle would completely disappear once they left a mile away, which protected the people below from the aftershocks.

The two exchanged blows with their palms for countless moves. Ning Qi could clearly see that neither of them was using their full strength; they were both cautiously probing each other's power.

There's no need to discuss Ning Qi's previous battle with the Holy Ancestor's clone; to put it bluntly, this was also the first time the Holy Ancestor's clone and the Sea Ancestor's clone had fought.

Their battle was more refined, because they were aware of each other's strength and thus held back their power.

"thirty!"

Ning Qi secretly said.

The "thirty" he mentioned was precisely the move used in the battle between the two patriarchs.

At the same time, Ning Qi's eyes widened slightly; he sensed that something was about to change.

As expected, at the thirty-first move, Hai Zu's jade hand, gleaming with moisture, collided with Sheng Zu's palm once again.

This time, however, they did not separate again, but instead their moves changed drastically.

In an instant, Hai Zu's jade hand flowed like water, completely entangling the Saint Ancestor's clone's hand, and then slashed at his neck.

The Holy Ancestor's avatar reacted swiftly, transforming into a golden light and retreating backward, escaping the Sea Ancestor's entanglement.

The Sea Ancestor's clone stood in place, looking somewhat displeased.

Her move just now was a technique called the Sea Dragon Binding Knot.

Although it looks simple, it contains all sorts of entangled and binding Dao principles, yet the Holy Ancestor's clone managed to escape.

She dared to say that in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, apart from the Mountain Ancestor, no one could escape this technique.

This includes Zhao Yujun under her command and Gong Tiandao under Shanzu's command.

Even if Hai Zu uses an avatar to perform this technique, and given that the War Realm still restricts their strength, Zhao Yujun and Gong Tiandao still cannot escape this technique and will inevitably be captured by her!

Clearly, the Holy Ancestor's strength was on par with the two Ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Although both realms are spirit realms, there are still differences in strength between spirit realms and between the ancestors within spirit realms.

Before launching the war in the spirit world, they had calculated that the Vast Realm should be inferior to them.

But now, that's clearly not the case.

The Sea Ancestor's clone also realized that it must be because the Holy Ancestor and the will of the Vast Realm had concealed their strength, which caused their misjudgment.

To be able to do this, it is obvious that the Holy Ancestor was extremely skilled at concealing the secrets of heaven!
These thoughts flashed through Haizu's mind.

Her stunningly beautiful face, usually so cold and aloof, broke into a smile.

This is good, as it gives her another opponent to test her skills and prove what she has learned and cultivated over the years.

Unlike in the Mountain and Sea Realm, where her only opponent was the Mountain Ancestor, and the two hadn't officially fought each other for countless millennia.

Her most recent encounter with the Mountain Ancestor was when she tried to seize the entire Xuanzhen Domain from him in order to bring Ning Qi under her command.

However, that wasn't a formal confrontation; it was more of a premeditated sneak attack.

The golden light formed by the Holy Ancestor's avatar re-condensed in the distance.

The expression on the Holy Ancestor's avatar's face became more solemn.

One reason is the appearance of the Sea Ancestor's clone, and the other is the battle situation below.

Their Haoran Realm is indeed severely lacking in manpower!
The Mountain and Sea Realm has two ancestors, and Ning Qi has emerged who can rival his clone, which has made the current battle situation completely unfavorable to their Vast Realm.

However, the most important thing right now is the battle against the Sea Ancestor's clone.

A scroll of painting appeared in his palm and was suddenly opened.

The scroll unfurled with a swish, revealing a scene of paradise. Its appearance in the Central Region was like opening another spatial entrance within the region.

The entrance to the space shimmered with pink light, as if it had been tinged with the color of peach blossoms in a painting.

"Since you are the Sea Ancestor, why don't you come with me into this realm and settle things once and for all? If we fight here again, this realm won't last much longer!"

Haizu's clone frowned.

This old man actually made her follow him into another space to fight. How could she be such a fool?

The environment has changed, the space has changed, isn't that taking the initiative to enter the other party's home turf?
Upon seeing the expression on the Sea Ancestor's clone's face, the Holy Ancestor immediately understood what she was thinking.

The Holy Ancestor suddenly pointed at Ning Qi and said, "Before you appeared, that brat fought me in the Peach Blossom Spring Space. What, even your subordinate cultivators dare to enter and fight me, yet you, as the Ancestor, dare not?"

Below, Ning Qi was speechless.

He sensed the fluctuations emanating from the scroll in the Holy Ancestor's hand.

He had indeed fought with the Holy Ancestor's clone in the Peach Blossom Spring before, but the scroll in the Holy Ancestor's clone's hand now was clearly more powerful and extraordinary than the one they had fought before.

Previously, it was at most a casual work, but now, Ning Qi felt that the painting was not so simple.

"Boy, is what he said true?" Hai Zu looked at Ning Qi and asked.

“Hai Zu, this painting should not be the one I used to fight him with.”

Ning Qi cupped his hands in greeting to Hai Zu's clone and took the initiative to bring it up.

Haizu clearly intended to refuse.

However, the Holy Ancestor's avatar's lips moved slightly, as if conveying a divine message to her, though it was unclear what he said.

Hai Zu suddenly beckoned to Ning Qi with his long, slender finger and said, "Boy, come in with me!"

(End of this chapter)