Chapter 238: Second Realm, Spreading The Immortal Path
“Rumble!”
Waves of rumbling sounds came from the distant horizon.
A mountain range that was already majestic was slowly rising higher, occasionally emitting vibrations, with spiritual insight flashing as the ground became even broader, and spiritual plants appearing in unknown places.
Countless people exclaimed in admiration, then calmed down.
When they first saw such a scene, they were immersed in shock and unable to extricate themselves for a long time.
But even the most shocking scene, after lasting a month, would become entirely ordinary.
That’s right, now it had been a month since the Martial World war.
In this month.
The beings of the Martial World recuperated and gradually recovered from the impact of the previous war. Not only that, they became even more prosperous and thriving.
Thanks to the spiritual energy backlash from the fall of the previous one hundred thousand Black Demon Sect cultivators, the Martial World underwent tremendous changes.
If discussing the total effect, it was even greater than the enhancement brought by the previous Spiritual Energy Revival.
However, this time.
Under Ning Qi’s conscious guidance, it was far from as simple and brutal as that time, but rather gradual. This was better for the world’s enhancement, and the impact on billions of living beings was minimal.
The spiritual energy became more than ten times denser, the ground expanded, and rivers turned into seas.
This change would last for a full year.
For the beings of the Martial World, it was clear that cultivation became much easier. Bottlenecks that were previously impossible to break through could now be easily surpassed. Even ordinary people who did not practice martial arts found their bodies becoming much stronger, and newborns generally had greatly improved aptitude.
This was still under the influence of life poison in the current spiritual energy. Once the life poison was completely removed, the effect would be even better.
It could be foreseen.
Next, the Martial World would usher in a population explosion, resources would be unprecedentedly abundant, internal conflicts would decrease accordingly, dynasties or sects would be established, and they would expand into the newly appeared uninhabited lands.
A true golden age of the Martial Way was about to arrive.
Of course.
The gaze of the Martial World beings was no longer limited to the Martial Way.
Since learning of the existence of the Immortal Path, they had been extremely eager for that powerful strength.
That day.
The scene of Ning Qi fighting against ten Nascent Soul Realm great cultivators, destroying heaven and earth, was still fresh in their minds.
“I heard that the World Lord will soon reward merits and bestow rewards to the heroes of the Martial World who performed outstandingly in the war, including Immortal Path cultivation methods!”
“Your news is already outdated. Not only do I know the World Lord will bestow cultivation methods, but he will also pass down the Immortal Dao System, leading our Martial World into the Immortal Path era! That day is not far off, and the location has already been set, at True Martial Mountain!”
“True Martial Mountain? Why there?”
“Don’t you know? The Heavenly Sword Ancient Saint, who once dominated the world, is the World Lord’s reincarnation! And before the Heavenly Sword Ancient Saint awakened his memories, he was the ninth disciple of Dragon Mountain True Person!”
“Hiss! This kind of secret is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“Don’t spread it around, but these things aren’t important. Right now, we just need to wait for the World Lord to pass down the Great Dao!”
Waves of discussion echoed throughout the Martial World, their eyes full of adoration for Ning Qi, and also longing for the Immortal Path.
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Inner World.
Ning Qi sat cross-legged in the void, eyes closed in meditation.
In the distance.
Three illusory nascent souls were on the verge of collapse, with waves of pitch-black chains extending from various parts of the void, firmly locking them down. They were Black Demon True Lord, Black Flame True Lord, and Purple Cloud True Lord.
Strands of primordial spirit power continuously leaked from their nascent soul bodies, swirling around Ning Qi.
This feeling was very painful, worse than death by a thousand cuts, equivalent to scraping the nascent soul bit by bit with a small knife. But the three didn’t even have the strength to wail. In the past month, they wished their nascent souls would perish right then.
Ning Qi was comprehending the mysteries of primordial spirit power.
One month after the war.
After arranging some matters, Ning Qi began closed-door cultivation to digest the gains from this battle.
Among the one hundred thousand Black Demon Sect cultivators, there were thousands of Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, and a full nine Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. This vast cultivation needed time to digest after being devoured by the Martial World. Half a month ago, Ning Qi had finally sorted it all out, allowing the Martial World to gradually absorb it.
His strength had risen greatly once more, with world power surging.
The Martial World was his foundation; the stronger the Martial World, the stronger he became.
And after that.
Ning Qi pondered two things.
First, learning intelligence about the Mountain Sea Realm from the three Black Demon True Lords. Of course, he adhered completely to the principle of voluntary friendliness. If someone was unwilling to speak, he absolutely wouldn’t force them; if others were willing, that was fine.
The result satisfied Ning Qi; all three were quite cooperative.
Second, deducing the second realm of the Realm Lord Cultivation System.
Previously, Ning Qi had just stepped into the Realm Lord Realm and had focused entirely on preparing for battle. Now he finally had time to calmly deduce it.
In half a month, he had already gained a rough outline.
This was largely thanks to the cooperation of the three Black Demon True Lords. Without their selfless contribution of their primordial spirit power for Ning Qi to comprehend, it probably wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
Spiritual insights rose in Ning Qi’s mind:
“In the Immortal Dao System, the Nascent Soul Realm is a very key realm. It is the foundation for contacting the power of rules. After the Nascent Soul Realm is the Void Dao Realm, where the nascent soul unites with heaven and earth, thereby comprehending one rule of heaven and earth.”
“After that is the Integration Realm, where the nascent soul and fleshly body become one, and one’s self combines even more closely with the rules.”
“And finally, the Dao Integration Realm, where one integrates with the Dao using their body, thoroughly mastering one rule.”
“It can be seen that the three great realms after the Nascent Soul Realm are all inextricably linked to the power of rules; this is the root of their strength.”
“And the biggest difference between a small world and the Spirit Realm is neither size nor spiritual energy density, but… Rule Origin! A small world doesn’t even have a single Rule Origin. Wanting to step into the later realms is nothing but a pipe dream.”
“So, in the past, the limit a small world could support was Purple Mansion Realm. At most, by greatly increasing spiritual energy density and world size, it could support Nascent Soul Realm experts. As for anything beyond that, it’s impossible—not even worth thinking about.”
Ning Qi thought, then slowly opened his eyes.
“By the same logic, my Realm Lord path will be the same later on. The strength of a Realm Lord depends on the world. To continue elevating the world, it divides into horizontal and vertical, quality and quantity directions.”
“My current Realm Lord Realm is not yet at perfection. If I continue to elevate it, it would be horizontal elevation of quantity, that is, expanding world size, increasing spiritual energy concentration, and so on. Once at the limit, I should be comparable to the Void Dao Realm of the Immortal Dao System!”
“But world size can’t increase infinitely. After reaching a certain point, if it’s too vast without sufficient coupling agents, it will collapse on its own. It’s impossible to grow to the level of the Spirit Realm.”
“So ultimately, vertical elevation of quality is needed, that is… power of rules! With the power of rules to enhance world strength, the world can become even larger!”
He slowly stood up, hands behind his back, standing before the three Black Demon True Lords.
“So… the second realm of this Realm Lord System can be called the Rule Realm.”
“Fusing a Rule Origin into the Martial World can elevate the Martial World’s status. One day, it can be upgraded to an existence like the Spirit Realm. However, how to fuse the Rule Origin into the Martial World will need to be done slowly.”
“There is no hope of finding a Rule Origin in the Sea of Realms or small worlds. The only possible place is the Spirit Realm. Fortunately, my current Realm Lord Realm is not yet perfected, so there is enough time for layout.”
Ning Qi looked at the three and sighed softly.
Although he hadn’t fully sorted out the future path before, he roughly knew that the Mountain Sea Realm couldn’t be avoided, so he had laid down a chess piece in advance. Now it seemed he hadn’t placed it wrong.
Black Demon True Lord seemed to sense something. He looked at Ning Qi before him and gasped lowly:
“Kill us!”
There was a trace of fear and hatred in his eyes, along with some complex emotions. He had thought it was a heaven-defying opportunity, but unexpectedly met his end in a small world.
Ning Qi read much from his eyes.
He smiled faintly:
“Are you thinking that the Martial World will inevitably be conquered one day?”
Black Demon True Lord’s body shook, then he roared desperately:
“Don’t get complacent! My Black Demon Sect is just an insignificant minor sect in the Mountain Sea Realm. There are many powerful sects in the Northern Xuan Region. Since your Martial World’s world coordinate has been exposed, being conquered is only a matter of time!”
“Even one day, the supreme Mountain Sea Realm Will will take a crucial step by sacrificing all subordinate small worlds—you absolutely cannot escape it!”
With that.
He laughed maniacally.
Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord only sighed inwardly, feeling that their senior brother must have gone mad.
Ning Qi watched calmly.
Black Demon True Lord’s last words caused a slight ripple in his heart, but it quickly calmed. If that day really came, he’d deal with it then—cross that bridge when he came to it. As for the earlier words, he didn’t care at all.
“One day, the Martial World will take its place.” Flat yet domineering words rang out.
The three True Lords’ hearts shook, all looking at Ning Qi in shock, mouths opening and closing as if wanting to say something.
“Unfortunately, you’re destined not to see it.”
Before the three could react, surging world power swept over, instantly turning their damaged nascent soul bodies to dust. He had learned all he needed to know, so Ning Qi naturally wouldn’t keep them. Better to turn them into nourishment for the Martial World’s growth.
However, Ning Qi didn’t waste this primordial spirit power, but preserved it together with the remnants from the previous Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
Perhaps it could be useful when fusing Rule Origins in the future.
“According to the intelligence from Black Demon True Lord and the others, the last time they built a world channel, they used a blood sacrifice, causing almost all living beings in the Black Demon Sect to die. The remaining experts then crossed realms to wage war.”
“In other words, the Black Demon Sect is now empty, a dead domain.”
“The Black Demon Sect has a Sect Protecting Grand Formation outside. In the short term, no one dares to provoke it. Only when the internal spirit stones are exhausted might someone probe. At that time, they will discover the Black Demon Sect’s reality. What Black Demon True Lord said was nothing more than because their Black Demon Sect’s secret vault stores the Martial World’s world coordinate, which they obtained from the Golden Spirit Sect. If other sects obtain it, they will naturally covet it too.”
“But no need to worry excessively. Even if other sects really obtain the Martial World coordinate, if their strength isn’t enough, they’ll just be delivering food. As for so-called upper sects, by the time everything is prepared, it will probably be decades or even centuries later.”
Ning Qi had calculated everything clearly. For now, there was no need to worry about external enemies; he just needed to properly elevate the Martial World.
“It’s a pity that the seeds I left in the Black Demon Sect haven’t fully grown yet; otherwise, I could better grasp everything in my hands.”
Those marks were left when Ning Qi incarnated as the hundred-armed giant. If attached to cultivators, they could grow along with them.
He hadn’t expected Black Demon True Lord to be so ruthless, turning the Black Demon Sect into a dead domain, causing the marks to temporarily lose effect.
Thinking this way, he instead hoped some sect would break the Black Demon Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation sooner, so he could further layout in the Mountain Sea Realm.
He shook his head.
Ning Qi cast aside these thoughts.
Right now, he had more important things to do.
Passing down the Immortal Path.
This was both a reward to the Martial World experts and a necessary path to upgrade the Martial World.
To expand a small world, it needed to continuously absorb external spiritual energy, namely Realm Sea Spiritual Energy.
But the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms was chaotic and disordered, not easy to sort out.
Ning Qi had deduced two paths.
The first was filtering through the world’s own spiritual energy. Currently, this was naturally the main part, but it inevitably had limits.
The second was having cultivators directly refine the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms. This way, as more cultivators appeared in the Martial World, the world’s expansion speed would accelerate, even surpassing the world itself. After all, cultivators consumed spiritual energy whether in battle or cultivation.
Moreover, this had extra benefits. Previously, the world needed to use its own spiritual energy to sustain cultivators, which was a heavy burden. If cultivators could directly draw Realm Sea Spiritual Energy, the number of cultivators the Martial World could sustain in the future would greatly increase.
However, this still required Ning Qi to deduce it further, establishing a stable path so cultivators could touch the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms.
Ning Qi already had ideas.
But for now, first lay the foundation of the Immortal Path, then perfect it step by step later.
With a thought.
Ning Qi had disappeared from the Inner World.
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True Martial Mountain.
The experts gathered.
The remaining dozens of Martial Saints of the Martial World and dozens of spiritual beast Beast Emperors from the True Martial Hall took the lead, followed by numerous Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artists and Beast Kings, as well as many Core Elixir Realm Martial Artists who participated in the war. At a glance, there was no end in sight.
If not for the current True Martial Mountain having already undergone metamorphosis, it might not even accommodate so many experts.
Even so, it was packed full, with many even sitting on the ground.
But no one was impatient; instead, their attitudes were respectful.
They gathered here today to pay homage to the World Lord.
In silent waiting.
A rift opened in the void, and as that transcendent and majestic white-robed figure slowly stepped out, all Martial World experts felt their hearts surge with excitement. They bowed in unison:
“We pay respects to the World Lord!”
Their attitudes were extremely respectful. With Ning Qi’s merits and strength, he was absolutely worthy of heartfelt adoration from every Martial World being.
At the same time, longing rose in the eyes of the experts.
They already knew the purpose of Ning Qi gathering them here.
Passing down the Immortal Path to benefit all beings!
