Chapter 322: Langya Three Immortal Sects
Ning Qi held the Soul Seeking Node Disc in hand, traveling alone swiftly through the War Domain.
He had given Qi Ke Qing of Fuyao Region a compass with only the most basic functions, and also handed the compass he had used before to Sword Ancestor, letting Sword Ancestor lead the Xuanzhen Domain Army to attack and capture various nodes.
After that, Ning Qi made another Soul Seeking Node Disc for himself.
The War Domain was formed by the mixed Boundary Sea Energy of two realms.
Within it, three types of energy flowed ceaselessly everywhere, and where the energy was dense, small, medium, and large nodes formed.
Ning Qi used the energy fluctuation data to continuously improve the compass’s functions.
He thought for a moment, preparing not only to detect node locations on the compass, but also to detect cultivator positions.
Of course, Ning Qi set this threshold extremely high—either only the aura fluctuation of a realm lord could display on the compass, or an entire army.
These two were also considered flowing energies in the War Domain, with the characteristics of being concealable or revealable, so implementing this function was slightly difficult.
But Ning Qi would achieve this function sooner or later, making him almost like having a Heavenly Eye in the War Domain.
Ning Qi continuously used Spatial Teleportation supernatural power, traveling through the realm.
He glanced at the Soul Seeking Node Disc.
The current compass no longer looked like a compass, more like a radar.
With his position as the center, it displayed five points.
Among them, three points were nearby nodes, their positions always stationary.
The other two points were moving, one representing the Fuyao Region Army led by Qi Ke Qing, the other the Xuanzhen Domain Army led by Sword Ancestor.
Ning Qi could teleport to either’s position at any time, so he felt assured traveling alone.
Now, both armies were heading toward two nearby nodes, while Ning Qi chose a different path from both, heading to another node.
He concealed his aura, pointed at the void ahead, and that void immediately rippled like water waves. Ning Qi plunged into it, his figure instantly disappearing.
Soon after, near the node Ning Qi had selected, the void fluctuated slightly, and Ning Qi’s figure emerged directly from it.
He stood in the void, released his spiritual sense, perceived the nearby node, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
This was a small node, with several Sea of Realms Fierce Beasts wandering inside, undiscovered by anyone.
Ning Qi did not take this node; his current goal was no longer these nodes.
He only marked the node’s position on the compass, preparing to make a node distribution map of the War Domain, to check later if these nodes had been completely cleared.
Ning Qi pointed at the void again, activating Spatial Teleportation, heading to the next node.
After crossing seven or eight nodes like this, a large node appeared ahead of Ning Qi.
A great battle was ongoing at this node. Ning Qi’s spiritual sense swept over, immediately seeing clearly the two battling sides.
Just as he and Qi Ke Qing had anticipated, in the War Domain, as time passed, whether Mountain Sea Realm Cultivators or Haoran Realm cultivators, they would all form groups and march together.
The two armies battling ahead, judging by their scale, were no longer forces from one Immortal Sect or a combination of several sects, but entire realm armies!
Ning Qi did not recognize either battling side, but from aura perception, he discerned their compositions—the one on the left should be a Haoran Realm realm army.
This Haoran Realm Army, all cultivators wore robes with Hundred Beasts patterns.
The one on the right was a Mountain Sea Realm realm army. Ning Qi saw that many cultivators wore moon-white robes, and seeing the supernatural techniques they used, he immediately knew they were Langya Domain Cultivators from the Mountain Sea Realm.
Intelligence about Langya Domain surfaced in Ning Qi’s mind.
Compared to Fuyao Region and Xuanzhen Domain, Langya Domain was closer to the Mountain Sea Realm center, so its realm was broader and much more prosperous.
It had three Immortal Sects: Star Fixing Immortal Sect, Crimson Sword Immortal Sect, and Divine Brush Immortal Sect.
These three Immortal Sects had few conflicts and could fully integrate into one army, which was unusual.
The supernatural techniques of Star Fixing Immortal Sect were all related to the chess dao.
Thus, Star Fixing cultivators often had chess shadows when attacking, with black and white qi, extremely skilled in Formation Setting.
Crimson Sword Immortal Sect was similar to the Boundless Sword Sect under Ning Qi’s control, but they specialized in Fire Dao Sword Dao.
As for Divine Brush Immortal Sect cultivators, they had a scholarly aura, and their magic weapons were usually brushes.
Their attacks could be a single character suppressing the opponent, or a strange article turning into character swords to kill the opponent, or a brush stroke sweeping the void, painting in the void to instantly construct an Illusionary Realm, trapping the enemy within.
So it was understandable that these three Immortal Sects could unite, integrating all Langya Domain Cultivators.
Their coordination was extremely orderly. In Ning Qi’s view, it was much stronger than the Fuyao Region Army led by Qi Ke Qing.
Of course, to catch up to the Xuanzhen Domain Army he led, they were still half way off.
Ning Qi’s gaze shifted to the Haoran Realm cultivators.
This army did not know which Spiritual Domain’s cultivators they were, but their coordination was also astonishingly impressive, on par with the Langya Domain cultivators.
Whenever they attacked, beast shadows soared into the sky, or spiritual energy condensed into beast shadows, or rules transformed into Hundred Beasts, filled with terrifying wildness and oppressive force.
The combined attack from all cultivators flew toward the Langya Domain cultivators, instantly filling the void with Hundred Beasts ready to devour people!
Seeing this, Ning Qi couldn’t help but think of the Five Great Demon Kings he had subdued before.
When Tiger Leopard Wolf Lion Eagle Five Great Demon Kings led their subordinates in battle against Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect cultivators, their coordination was consistent with these Haoran Realm cultivators.
These Haoran Realm cultivators came from a mid-tier Spiritual Domain in Haoran Realm, while the Mountain Sea Realm side came from a tail-end Spiritual Domain, so the Haoran Realm cultivators were almost suppressing the Langya Domain people.
In the Langya Domain Army, even though the three Immortal Sects coordinated perfectly, complementing each other’s strengths, they still struggled against the opponents.
The three sects were led by Crimson Sword Immortal Sect, with the other two as support.
The leaders of the three Immortal Sects were: Crimson Sword Immortal Sect’s Zhu Yanchuan, Star Fixing Immortal Sect’s Qiu Dingbang, and Divine Brush Immortal Sect’s Ma Shuangjue.
The three stood together, attacking while anxiously using telepathic communication.
Zhu Yanchuan said, “Junior Brother Qiu, Junior Brother Ma, the opponents are cultivators from Haoran Realm’s Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain. Their overall strength far surpasses ours. Although my Crimson Sword Immortal Sect is unparalleled in offense, Langya Domain cultivators are overall inferior. If we continue fighting like this, we will surely lose many people!”
Ma Shuangjue said, “Senior Brother Zhu, we know the current situation, but before the battle arrays, when two armies confront, the aura always follows the principle of one burst of energy, then weakening, and exhaustion on the third. If we retreat, they will be at full strength while we are exhausted, and the losses will be even greater!”
He looked toward Qiu Dingbang and said, “I wonder if Junior Brother Qiu can lead Star Fixing Immortal Sect to deploy a Trapping Formation to completely trap the Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain people. If we can trap them for a moment, we will have a chance to retreat!”
Qiu Dingbang said bitterly, “Senior Brothers, Star Fixing Immortal Sect is skilled in formations, but the enemies are too strong. They have seized the Node Bead, and with the three mixed energies in this War Domain, Formation Setting is already extremely difficult. Even if we deploy a Trapping Formation, we can block them for at most three breaths. How far can we escape in three breaths?”
Zhu Yanchuan frowned tightly, “Junior Brother Ma, your Divine Brush Immortal Sect excels in characters and paintings, not also skilled in constructing Illusionary Realm Trapping Formations? If you and Junior Brother Qiu combine to set the formation, how long can you hold?”
Ma Shuangjue said, “As Junior Brother Qiu said, the opponents are too strong. Even adding us, we can trap them for at most two more breaths—five breaths still isn’t enough for us to retreat!”
Zhu Yanchuan slashed out another ten-thousand-meter fiery sword light, shattering two leopard shadows hundreds of zhang in size that were attacking.
He was drenched in sweat, face flushed red, even his breathing somewhat disordered, clearly showing signs of overusing his spiritual energy rules.
“Damn it, we sent so many cultivators to find other Spiritual Domains of Mountain Sea Realm—still no news?”
Upon hearing this, Qiu Dingbang and Ma Shuangjue both swept their communication jade slips with spiritual sense. There was no response inside, so they both shook their heads.
Ma Shuangjue said, “Senior Brother Zhu, this War Domain is vast beyond measure. Our spiritual sense can only cover a hundred li range, and without a map, even exploring nodes requires searching one by one, let alone finding people from other Spiritual Domains.”
Qiu Dingbang also said, “The Spiritual Domains that entered the Southeast War Domain must be from the southeast region of Mountain Sea Realm. Think about which Spiritual Domains are in the southeast region—nothing more than Fuyao Region, Xuanzhen Domain, Baisha Domain, and so on…”
“Our Langya Domain, compared to those domains, has three Immortal Sects, already considered extremely strong among them. Even we are coping so difficultly—if our people find them, what can they do?”
Hearing Qiu Dingbang’s words, Zhu Yanchuan and Ma Shuangjue’s expressions both froze.
They hadn’t thought of this problem before. Now carefully considering it, it was indeed as Qiu Dingbang said, and both felt powerless.
Judging by the current enemies, the other Haoran Realm cultivators who entered the Southeast War Domain would surely have strength similar to these Hundred Beasts Domain cultivators.
And domains like Xuanzhen Domain and Fuyao Region would definitely encounter other Haoran Realm armies, probably coping even more difficultly!
Thinking of this, in an instant, all three felt some despair.
Spirit Realm War was inherently cruel. As vanguards, they never thought of achieving merits, and deeply knew that after entering the War Domain, they were mostly cannon fodder—preserving their sect members’ lives would already be good.
If they encountered Spiritual Domains of equal strength from the opponent’s Spirit Realm or weaker ones, it would be fine, but if they met stronger Spiritual Domains, survival would entirely depend on luck.
Clearly, their luck was bad, encountering a stronger Spiritual Domain from Haoran Realm.
Zhu Yanchuan and the other two launched another barrage of continuous attacks. At the front of the army, many Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were killed by the opponents, and everyone’s hearts were bleeding.
Zhu Yanchuan said again, “If I had known the War Domain was so dangerous, I should have sent people to contact various domains at the start, trying to integrate the realm armies as much as possible. That way, perhaps we could hold out for a few more months.”
Qiu Dingbang and Ma Shuangjue smiled bitterly.
Who knew the situation inside when they first entered? By the time they truly understood, it was too late!
Qiu Dingbang said, “I only hope those we sent out can find some Spiritual Domain armies not yet engaged in battle. If they come to help, we still have a way to survive!”
…
Ning Qi appeared here. With his current strength, he naturally did not attract the attention of the two armies’ cultivators.
Both armies had three Immortal Sects, but no realm lord was present, so they could not perceive Ning Qi’s arrival.
Ning Qi suddenly pulled out a communication jade slip and sent several messages into it.
Immediately, among the battling Langya Domain Army ahead, many cultivators’ expressions changed, then ecstatic joy appeared in their eyes.
These were the True Martial Realm cultivators whom Ning Qi had reincarnated into Langya Domain.
“Realm Lord, you’ve come?”
“Realm Lord, Langya Domain Crimson Sword Immortal Sect cultivators salute you!”
“Star Fixing Immortal Sect cultivators salute you!”
“Realm Lord, we are being attacked by Haoran Realm Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain people. The situation is extremely critical, but this subordinate will definitely obtain some Haoran Realm-related information before dying and transmit it back. Please rest assured!”
“…”
Several messages flowed back to Ning Qi’s communication jade slip like water.
He quickly scanned all the messages and looked toward that Haoran Realm Army.
“Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain?”
Ning Qi did not mention his location in the messages, but since they could contact him, everyone knew Ning Qi must have arrived nearby.
This War Domain was different from Mountain Sea Realm; no matter how far, Ning Qi could contact the True Martial Realm reincarnated cultivators.
After entering the War Domain, everyone’s cultivation was suppressed. Ordinary Peak Venerables could detect only about a hundred li. Though Ning Qi could detect farther, contacting True Martial Realm reincarnators was still extremely difficult.
Everyone was delighted that Ning Qi had arrived, but no one reported to the three Immortal Sects.
After all, Realm Lord Ning Qi was their top priority. Whether the Realm Lord would act was entirely up to him; they would never expose his presence, let alone beg for his help.
Ning Qi’s eyes reflected the Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain cultivators.
Among them, one cultivator had a burly figure like a small mountain, standing at the back of the army, calm and composed.
His aura was extremely oppressive, with fierce beast ferocity, human race killing intent, and even a thick, lingering Blood Fiend Energy.
Ning Qi did not know the man’s name, but judging by his status, he should be the leading cultivator of Hundred Beasts Spiritual Domain.
That man did not act against the Langya Domain crowd, perhaps feeling his subordinate army could handle it, so he just stood calmly at the back, rarely even glancing at the Langya Domain Army.
In his hand, he held a bead emitting soft white light, continuously tossing it up and catching it, like playing with a toy.
Seeing this, Ning Qi lightly snorted.
“The Node Bead is in his hands, but instead of catalyzing Heavenly Star, he’s tossing it like a ball. Is he trying to attract more Mountain Sea Realm cultivators here?”
He smiled faintly. This person would never imagine that his confidence would cause his hard-won success to fall short.
If the opponent catalyzed Heavenly Star and established an altar, thoroughly summoning Haoran Realm Will to fully occupy this place, even current Ning Qi would need considerable effort to take it.
But since the opponent was so confident, Ning Qi would not hold back.
Ning Qi immediately concealed his figure and quietly appeared above this person.
He slightly beckoned, and the Node Bead that had just left the opponent’s hand shuttled through the void, appearing in Ning Qi’s hand.
That person had actually linked the Node Bead with his own mana, establishing a connection between them. Even a Peak Venerable could not easily snatch it from him.
But at this moment, the connection between the Node Bead and him was instantly severed, and the man’s expression changed drastically.
As the commander of an army, any change in him naturally could not escape the three from Langya Domain.
The somewhat despairing Zhu Yanchuan and the other two saw the man looking anxious, the Node Bead no longer in his hand, and their eyes lit up.
“Junior Brother Qiu, Junior Brother Ma, look at that Qi Baishou!”
“Where is the Node Bead in his hand?”
“What’s going on?”
