Chapter 231: Martial Realm’s Beings, I Am The Lord Of The Martial Realm
“What a pity, the time is still too short. If there was a bit more time, I could be more composed and wouldn’t need to be this hasty.”
Ning Qi felt somewhat regretful.
He had just elevated his consciousness outside the world and already sensed that the Mountain Sea Realm’s world channel was almost complete, or perhaps the enemy could finish it at any moment and was preparing for battle.
In that case, some methods that required time to take effect couldn’t be used.
“Never mind, I’ll slowly sort it out after surviving this invasion.”
Ning Qi had no intention of underestimating the Mountain Sea Realm.
Although he was very strong now, it was a Spirit Realm sect after all, and it might have unexpected means.
Ning Qi thought for a moment, then waved his hand again.
Vast world power, along with Heaven and Earth Origin, gathered.
In the void, pieces of silver armor immediately condensed. This was almost equivalent to innate spirit armor, and even as the World Lord, Ning Qi shouldn’t excessively consume his origin.
“I bestow upon you martial armor. Go now.”
Ning Qi’s voice was indifferent.
The All Saints were extremely excited. They weren’t fools and could fully sense the powerful defensive power from this martial armor. With such powerful martial armor, their survival ability and combat power would improve further, and their morale soared.
“We thank the World Lord for bestowing the armor!”
At this moment.
The All Saints were all sincerely convinced.
Just think, the new boss they had just followed had helped elevate their cultivation before the war, bestowed a great formation, and now granted spirit armor. What more could be said about this treatment.
Only battle!
The seventy-two Martial Saints who received the array eye inheritance all bowed, then broke through the air toward their respective positions.
As for the remaining Martial Saints, Ning Qi had them patrol all directions for mobile support.
No one dared to slack off.
In the blink of an eye.
The originally bustling Heavenly Peak Mountain became empty, and those Heavenly Human Realm servants were also taken away by their respective masters.
As for how the other Heavenly Human Realm beings would go?
The All Saints didn’t ask. They knew Ning Qi definitely had a way.
In fact.
Just a moment later.
A vast and majestic voice resounded in everyone’s minds.
“All beings of the Martial World, I am the Lord of the Martial World!”
This short sentence made billions of Martial World beings stop what they were doing.
At this moment.
Whether peddlers and laborers hawking their wares, powerful martial artists locked in life-and-death combat, peerless experts in closed-door cultivation, or powerful exotic beasts hunting and tearing… all beings in the Martial World with even a spark of wisdom froze.
The voice that suddenly appeared in their minds was so supreme that they dared not defy it. The adoration and reverence rising from their souls made them not even dare to doubt the identity of the voice’s owner.
Lord of the Martial World!
They didn’t know when their world had gained a Lord of the Martial World, but that reverence rose from the depths of their souls.
Many beings even directly knelt to the ground.
They raised their eyes to the sky, then quickly lowered them, fearing their actions would anger the Lord of the Martial World.
The Martial Saints heading to the array eyes also stopped, standing in the void and bowing in respect.
Ning Qi’s gaze was profound and calm, as if piercing endless void, falling on every Martial World being.
“Beyond the Martial World, a great enemy approaches.”
Endless fear suddenly rose.
In every being’s mind, scenes suddenly appeared— the brutal wars from the ancient era.
Ancient Martial Saints roaring as they self-detonated, using their all to drag dozens of enemies down to dust.
Glorious Martial Saint clans fighting to the last person, their lines severed, vanishing from the river of history forever.
Martial Saints forging ahead, enduring reincarnation after reincarnation, becoming unlike their former selves, arriving alone in the present world, never to see family and friends again.
…
Ning Qi felt that some things shouldn’t be buried in the river of history. The contributions of those ancient sages should be remembered, and it was also to let all beings know what was about to happen.
All beings held their breath, some even starting to shed tears.
Some days ago, all sorts of rumors had arisen in the world, nearly causing them to misunderstand the Martial Saints who truly contributed.
Upon knowing that Martial Saints had crossed the long river of time to awaken in the present world, all for the sake of battling enemies from beyond the heavens to save the Martial World, admiration surged in the hearts of all beings, along with hatred for that unknown enemy from beyond the heavens.
The Martial Saints’ bodies trembled slightly, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.
Though what they did was for themselves, it was also for all beings. Otherwise, like those traitors before, they could have simply surrendered to the enemy.
Now Ning Qi had revealed all their deeds, which was the greatest respect for them.
They were even more grateful to Ning Qi from the bottom of their hearts.
Ning Qi’s voice was like a dao sound:
“All beings of my Martial World must have the heart to protect the Martial World. From this moment, all beings above Heavenly Human Realm, follow the guidance to the corresponding garrison locations to resist the foreign enemy!”
“If the Martial World endures, all beings endure. If the Martial World perishes, all beings perish!”
The vast voice made everyone completely boil over.
It was a throbbing from soul and bloodline.
“Lord of the Martial World, we follow your command!”
Countless beings respectfully knelt, expressing their reverence this way. From today, the Martial World would enter a new epoch. Everyone knew there was such a supreme World Lord in the Martial World.
Such might was beyond their imagination.
And those beings above Heavenly Human Realm, whether human race experts or exotic beast beast kings, all had more information appear in their minds at this moment.
It was information on the array eyes.
With Ning Qi’s ability, he could instantly assign all Heavenly Human Realm and above strength beings worldwide to the seventy-two array eyes. The current Martial World, counting all exotic beasts and human race, should have over ten thousand Heavenly Human Realm beings.
In the upcoming great war.
At least this level of strength would be needed to play a role.
The reason was simple.
When world power boosted them, Heavenly Human Realm could temporarily exert Martial Saint level strength, but those below Heavenly Human Realm couldn’t resonate with spiritual energy. Even with world power boost, it would be useless.
“War! War! War!”
“Enemies from beyond the heavens, let my Mad Wind Sword Sect test your mettle!”
“Willing to live and die with the Martial World!”
Roars resounded throughout the Martial World.
Regardless of the reason, at this moment, almost all beings above Heavenly Human Realm decided to fight. Some were inspired by the successive sacrifices of Martial World ancient sages, some because no eggs survive when the nest is destroyed—they had to fight even if unwilling, some because they were warlike by nature and wanted to join this unprecedented world war…
Even not just Heavenly Human Realm, some Core Elixir Realm martial artists chose to fight, to contribute their modest strength.
Ning Qi sensed this and placed marks on every Martial World being who chose to fight.
This was the tribulation of the Martial World.
Every Martial World being had the responsibility to meet the enemy.
Of course, Ning Qi wouldn’t be stingy with rewards. Beings who earned merit afterward would receive corresponding rewards, forming a positive cycle in the future.
Apart from semi-mandatory for above Heavenly Human Realm, below that Ning Qi left entirely to their own choice.
The entire Martial World boiled over because of Ning Qi’s few words.
At this moment.
All beings cast aside racial prejudices, dynasty differences, sect disparities. They already knew a great war was coming to the Martial World. If mishandled, it would be world destruction, all perishing.
At this critical moment, only unity could overcome the crisis.
Powerful beings teamed up to head to the seventy-two array eyes. Even exotic beast kings and Heavenly Human Realm martial artists who were previously like water and fire could be seen traveling together.
Ning Qi perceived all this.
He sighed inwardly.
Indeed, only powerful external pressure could make intelligent beings temporarily set aside internal strife.
…
Time passed.
The entire Martial World was thoroughly mobilized.
The name of the Eight-Nine Profound Light Celestial Array had resounded throughout the Martial World. Seventy-two Martial Saints sat at the array eyes, each with around two hundred Heavenly Human Realm combat forces accompanying them. Moreover, thousands of Core Elixir Realm martial artists gathered at each array eye, all coming voluntarily.
As for those with even lower realms, lacking flight ability, they were willing but powerless.
At this moment.
With all Martial Saints in position, Ning Qi activated the great formation.
The next instant.
Dazzling starlight descended from the high heavens, illuminating the world. Among them, seventy-two heaven-piercing light pillars were especially conspicuous. The Martial Saints hosting the array eyes only felt an incomparably powerful force boosting them.
They seemed to gain God’s Perspective, able to perceive every part of their garrison area via the pervasive starlight, and even respond to others.
This miraculous feeling left them in awe, revering Ning Qi even more.
At this moment, all Martial World beings witnessed this shocking scene.
Starlight blanketed the sky, dreamlike and illusory.
Countless people knelt in prayer.
Since the day Ning Qi manifested the miracle of the Lord of the Martial World, many beings had developed adoration for this supreme World Lord, and now it went a step further.
A moment later.
The starlight faded.
The many warriors of the Martial World raised their vigilance to the limit.
They knew enemies from beyond the heavens could arrive at any time.
…
Ning Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
These past days, what he worried most was that the Eight-Nine Profound Light Celestial Array wasn’t complete yet when the Mountain Sea Realm enemies arrived. That would disrupt all plans, even forcing Ning Qi himself to be tied down in the Martial World.
Fortunately.
The feared event didn’t happen.
Sensing the great formation’s power, Ning Qi smiled faintly.
“With this array, as long as the Mountain Sea Realm enemies aren’t too exaggerated, delaying for a time is no problem at all.”
He stood with hands behind his back atop True Martial Mountain, overlooking the world.
Beside him were Luo Wentian and other close ones.
Luo Wentian and the others were still a bit windswept, feeling it unreal, even bewildered. In just a few short days, such drastic changes had occurred—their little junior brother had actually become the Lord of the Martial World.
Their cultivation had even been elevated to the Five-Realm Martial Saint level.
This was the limit of what Ning Qi could currently help them with. These realms mostly required energy accumulation, which could be infused via Heaven and Earth Origin, but Five Elements Perfection required them to slowly build foundation and break through themselves. If Ning Qi forced it, their future achievements would be low.
Even so, these elevated realms would require them to spend massive time later to refortify their foundations.
Among the group, probably only Zhuang Chen and Yuan Tiansheng could withstand such rapid elevation.
If not for the special circumstances, Ning Qi wouldn’t have done this.
“Little Nine, don’t we need to go garrison the array eyes like Master, Little Eight, and the others?” Luo Wentian asked. He could hardly hold back. Now his cultivation was elevated to Five-Realm Martial Saint, yet he was still holed up on True Martial Mountain, only able to watch others meet the enemy. He was unwilling.
This was also the others’ thinking.
Ning Qi scanned the group and said:
“You have other tasks.”
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
“Go destroy the world channel!”
Hearing Ning Qi’s solemn words, everyone’s breathing quickened. They knew this would inevitably be an extremely arduous task.
But not one feared it. Even if it meant death, they would have no regrets.
Ning Qi smiled:
“No need to look so ready to face death. If it were a nine-deaths-and-one-life matter, how could I send you.”
Even as World Lord, there was closeness and distance. Truly dangerous things—he wouldn’t let Luo Wentian and the others go to their deaths.
Ning Qi stated his real purpose:
“At the time, I’ll send you outside the world channel. You need to do your utmost to destroy the channel. If anyone comes to stop you, I’ll handle it.”
Ning Qi was just having them lure the enemy.
With him watching, there wouldn’t be danger.
It could also let them experience combat to solidify their hastily elevated shallow foundations.
Everyone excitedly assented.
Ning Qi smiled as he watched them go prepare. Battle intent gradually rose in his heart too.
“Nascent Soul Realm True Monarch… I wonder just how powerful. This time, I should get to experience it.”
These past days, all his mind had been on the various arrangements and familiarizing with Lord Realm power. He hadn’t had time to deduce the future path. He wanted to urgently resolve all troubles, then focus fully on pursuing his own path.
Come on, battle!
…
Time slowly passed.
While Martial World beings prepared for war.
In the Mountain Sea Realm, Black Demon Sect.
The sect atmosphere was equally high-spirited.
The expedition to World Number Jiazi 1673 had been set a month ago. During this time, Black Demon Sect’s atmosphere was incredibly high. Elite disciples naturally didn’t worry about expedition spots, those with connections were pre-selected, while ordinary disciples had to fight desperately for this opportunity.
In Black Demon Sect, if your strength was enough, you could seize it!
Thus, many battles erupted, with no lack of schemes.
Besides that, one-time consumables like talismans, or pills to replenish mana, sold extremely well.
Affected by this, prices in nearby territories rose sharply.
Some sects noticed the anomaly and realized Black Demon Sect might be expeditioning a small world. Dark currents surged—Black Demon Sect was top-ranked in this territory. Eating this fat meat would make one rich.
But Black Demon Sect responded forcefully, even sending Nascent Soul Realm True Monarchs to kill as example.
Today.
The sect protecting grand formation had risen, and the many disciples who got expedition spots excitedly set out.
Black Demon True Lord’s domineering voice resounded over Black Demon Mountain:
“Where is the Black Demon Expeditionary Force?”
Various escape lights lit up, powerful figures shuttled the skies, landing before Black Demon Cliff, respectfully bowing:
“We are willing to be vanguard for the Sect Leader!”
Before Black Demon Cliff.
Led by Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord, two Nascent Soul Realm beings, followed by three thousand Purple Mansion Realm true disciples, and finally densely packed fifty thousand Mana Realm inner disciples. These disciples all wore spirit armor, fully armed, carrying various magic tools.
Their eyes were full of fanaticism and desire.
Destroy the small world, gain Mountain Sea Realm Will’s favor—this was their sole purpose this trip.
Black Demon True Lord overlooked the crowd and laughed:
“Very good! Very good!”
His gaze fell on Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord. The two immediately bowed in unison:
“Please, Sect Leader Senior Brother, safeguard our fleshly bodies for us!”
This time they were sending nascent souls to conquer the small world, so their bodies naturally stayed in the Mountain Sea Realm.
Words just fallen.
The two sat cross-legged in the void, their bodies gradually going still. The next moment, two supremely powerful auras rose, two translucent little figures no taller than an arm appearing before everyone—their appearances exactly Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord.
This was the essence of a Nascent Soul Realm True Monarch’s cultivation, their strongest state.
Nascent Soul!
In this state, they could freely unleash primordial spirit power, casually control earth, wind, water, fire supernatural powers. Even if the small world suppressed them from reaching peak, they could still burst with strength surpassing Purple Mansion Realm, at worst Purple Mansion Realm peak.
Generally speaking, invincible in small worlds.
But there were exceptions. Some small worlds were special, able to suppress nascent souls. In that case, it was like meat buns beating dogs—going in but not coming out. Thus, Nascent Soul Realm True Monarchs generally didn’t risk expeditioning small worlds.
They just sent disciples to conquer and enjoyed the final victory fruits.
And now.
Black Demon Sect’s two True Monarchs were preparing to go together.
“Junior Brother Black Flame, Junior Sister Purple Cloud, if successful this time, you will be Black Demon Sect’s great meritorious ministers.” Black Demon True Lord chuckled as he stored the two still bodies into his storage spirit ring, encouraging them.
The two’s eye corners twitched slightly, respectfully smiling:
“Sect Leader Senior Brother exhausted himself planning everything, deserves the foremost merit!”
Black Demon True Lord laughed heartily.
“Having such thoughts comforts my heart.”
He laughed wildly, domineeringly. The crowd all bowed their heads.
He waved his hand.
A pitch-black treasure mirror immediately appeared in mid-air—the Black Demon Sect’s sect-guarding magic treasure, one of them, the Sky-Touching Mirror. This mirror could fix the void and evolve life and death. The several Nascent Soul Realm elders eyed the mirror enviously.
In an instant.
The Sky-Touching Mirror anchored the dao beacon condensed from life poison, turning into an incomparably deep vortex. The already-built world channel successfully connected.
Black Demon True Lord shouted:
“Where is the expedition vanguard army?”
“Willing to die for the Sect Leader!”
Three hundred true disciples and five thousand inner disciples stepped forward in unison. Their eyes burned with zeal—the vanguard was the most dangerous, but also had the highest chance for merit.
“This Sect Leader awaits your triumphant return!”
Words just fallen, the vanguard army stepped forward in unison, vanishing into the deep vortex.
War, began!
