Chapter 219: Realm Lord
In an instant.
A powerful aura surged out from Ning Qi’s body. Five-Realm Martial Saints and Four-Realm Martial Saints seemed to differ by only one realm, but in reality, the gap was huge. This was the difference between perfection and imperfection.
Five-Realm Martial Saints had complete Five Elements Qi, which could resonate with each other, making their power greater than the incomplete four elements.
Not only that.
The quality of mana in Five-Realm Martial Saints was also a notch higher.
All these factors combined led to the gap between them. Ning Qi felt his strength had greatly increased.
At this moment.
Ning Qi looked inward at his body.
The Five Viscera were all shining brightly: the lungs containing Metal Qi, the liver containing Wood Qi, the kidneys containing Water Qi, the heart containing Fire Qi, and the spleen containing Earth Qi. Five-Colored Light swirled around them, carrying a lively aura.
Although the Five Viscera were not yet completely perfected, they already had all five elements.
At this point.
The Martial Saint Realm was just one step away from reaching the limit, which was also almost the limit that a Small World could accommodate for experts.
Five Elements Perfection.
This step was naturally extremely difficult for other Martial Saints, perhaps taking thousands of years. Even White Mountain Old Daoist was only a Five-Realm Martial Saint and had not taken this step. But for Ning Qi, it was simple.
His foundation was simply too profound, and his understanding of the Five Elements Dao far surpassed the Martial Saint Realm.
At this moment.
Ning Qi comprehended his body and comprehended Heaven and Earth. Strands of Spiritual Energy were dissected in his eyes, revealing their essence. Each strand of Spiritual Energy actually contained the Five Elements within it. This was the foundation, and also the foundation for the Rules of Ten Thousand Daos in the future.
Enlightenments continuously arose in his mind.
The Five Viscera in his body vibrated continuously.
Originally, the Five Elements Qi within the Five Viscera were independent of each other. Although they resonated somewhat, they ultimately could not interfere with one another.
But now it was different.
With a thought from Ning Qi, bridges were instantly built between the Five Viscera. The originally independent Five Elements Qi completely connected in an instant, forming a profound state of you in me and me in you, with a sense of endless vitality.
Boom!
Ning Qi’s fleshly body shook.
The mana in his body advanced further. After Five Elements Perfection, the quality of his mana was tempered to a higher level.
He slowly opened his eyes, with Five-Colored Light seemingly flowing in them, before gradually calming down.
Ning Qi was still somewhat unsatisfied.
“It’s a pity that this is already the limit of the Martial World. To continue improving and still be accommodated by the world, one must fuse with the power of the World Will.”
He now understood.
Whether it was the few remaining Half-step Divine Ability Realm experts today, or the even higher Divine Ability Realm experts, they all needed the ‘recognition’ of the World Will.
The reason for this.
Was that Divine Ability Realm experts posed too great a threat to the Small World, easily causing irreversible destruction.
Therefore, in the Ancient Era, once a Martial Saint surpassed the limit, they could Break Through Realm and Ascend. In a sense, it was equivalent to the Small World sending away these ‘great Buddhas’ to avoid bearing too much pressure. But now, ascension was tantamount to throwing oneself into the net. Moreover, the World Will of the Martial World had already blockaded it, making ascension impossible even if desired.
“However, reaching Five Elements Perfection and the limit of Martial Saint Realm is already enough for me.” Ning Qi’s lips curved slightly.
With Five Elements Divine Sword Qi perfected, the Five Elements Sword Formation could also unleash its most complete power. His strength was far greater than when he was a Four-Realm Martial Saint.
Now, he had enough confidence to fight against so-called Divine Ability Realm experts.
In other words.
Looking across the Martial World, no one was his match.
“It’s a pity there’s world suppression. If it were in the Spirit Realm, I could attempt to condense my Natal Divine Ability and then try to open the Purple Mansion!”
Ning Qi felt some regret.
But he was not in a hurry.
In a sense, this might not be a bad thing. Opening the Purple Mansion so simply was not what he wanted. From the supreme method deduced by True Martial Ancestor, he had gained inspiration and wanted to forge an unprecedented path.
“If I use myriad supernatural powers as the base and open a world as the Purple Mansion, then the foundation would be terrifyingly deep. From now on, the realms would also differ from the Four Steps to Ascension’s eight realms.”
Ning Qi had ambitions.
This was absolutely a true path to longevity.
But it had to be taken step by step.
“The most urgent thing now is to quickly perfect the World is Me Method, and then head to the High Heavens!”
Ning Qi stepped out of True Martial Hall, then looked up at the sky. His eyes seemed to pierce through the horizon. In recent days, he had also spent time deducing the method left by True Martial Ancestor. He had to admit, True Martial Ancestor was brilliantly talented, but upon close scrutiny, this method still had many rough aspects.
Or rather, True Martial Ancestor had only provided a general idea and a relatively crude plan.
But the specific details needed to be perfected by later generations.
Ning Qi was deducing it step by step based on his own situation.
“The World is Me, but I am not the World. This is what I want. Perhaps the path I deduce should not be called a supreme method, but rather an unprecedented road!” With this thought, Ning Qi’s mind cleared, and infinite confidence surged.
His path to the future had gradually become clear.
He wanted to use the Martial World as the base to create a cultivation system that fused with the world, relying on the Immortal Dao System but with differences.
“One day, I will transform the Martial World into the Spirit Realm, or even the legendary supreme Immortal Realm! At that time, even True Immortals before me would be negligible.” Longing rose in Ning Qi’s eyes. He already had many ideas in his heart.
The threat of the Mountain Sea Realm was indeed terrifying, but he had confidence to resolve it.
Ning Qi sat cross-legged under the Enlightenment Tea Tree, deducing the method. Now, he did not need to spend energy on cultivation. He had more time to deduce this world-reliant cultivation system.
Strands of Spiritual Insight rose like a flooding river.
“This cultivation system, for now, let’s set aside. The First Realm Lord Realm has no issues: fuse with the world, become an incarnation of the world, and become the World Lord of a realm. Since that’s the case, let’s call it Realm Lord Realm. Distinct from the Immortal Dao Cultivation System, it can be called the Realm Lord Cultivation System.”
“If my deduction is correct, just the Realm Lord Realm far surpasses Purple Mansion Realm, enough to correspond to the Nascent Soul Realm of the Immortal Dao System.”
Ning Qi now had the True Martial Inheritance, with many foundations for reference. His judgment might not be completely accurate, but it was close.
He had even more confidence in his heart.
As long as he perfected the First Realm Lord Realm of the Realm Lord Cultivation System, the current threat of the Mountain Sea Realm could be resolved.
He focused his mind.
Strands of Spiritual Insight poured like a waterfall.
“How to become the World Lord of a realm—the key lies in the World Will, fusing with it, but at the same time maintaining one’s dominant position and independence. This is a problem. Perhaps… splitting the Spirit into two is a good choice.”
“Realm Lord Realm and Purple Mansion Realm have many similarities, but Realm Lord Realm has the world’s Spiritual Power as reserves, far beyond what Purple Mansion Realm can compare to. Even relying on World Origin, Natal Divine Ability can be casually formed…”
“The various profound methods for opening Purple Mansion can be referenced.”
One difficulty after another flowed through his mind, then was quickly resolved.
No one knew that an unprecedented cultivation system was being pioneered from Ning Qi’s hands.
Even True Martial Ancestor probably would not have thought of this. Back then, when he created the World is Me Method, he only thought of fusing with the Spirit Realm to gain even longer lifespan. He did not expect that this method truly began to shine in Ning Qi’s hands.
But undoubtedly, True Martial Ancestor had saved Ning Qi too much time.
Otherwise, if Ning Qi deduced it from scratch bit by bit, it might still take decades or centuries.
And now.
Standing on the shoulders of predecessors, the deduction was extremely fast!
…
Turbulence gathered in the Martial World.
The effects of Spiritual Energy Revival had gradually emerged. The world was no longer dominated solely by Great Yan Dynasty. The private territories assigned to the Ancient Saints had also greatly expanded after the great changes of Heaven and Earth.
After the Ancient Saints recovered their cultivation to peak state, their confidence soared, and many were no longer satisfied with those private territories.
Some Ancient Saints banded together, either establishing kingdoms or sects, and even encroaching on the vast territories originally belonging to Great Yan Dynasty.
Regarding this.
Great Yan Martial Saint acquiesced.
Because after the great changes of Heaven and Earth, Great Yan Dynasty was destined to be unable to control such vast territories. Many places had already lost contact with the Imperial Court. Since that was the case, it was better to do a favor.
In a short time.
The world’s forces were reshuffled.
Several new dynasties emerged. Although not as powerful as Great Yan Dynasty, they could not be underestimated.
“Great Yu Dynasty?” Ning Qi chewed on this name, raising an eyebrow.
He remembered White Mountain Old Daoist telling him about the origin of King Yu Bead. He also knew that the former Demonic Sect was actually established by remnants of Great Yu Dynasty. He did not know if the one establishing Great Yu Dynasty now knew that he had destroyed the Demonic Sect back then. If they knew, there would probably be some reckoning.
But soon.
Ning Qi stopped caring. His current strength had already reached the pinnacle of the Martial World. His gaze was no longer within the Martial World.
However, there were indeed some waves within the Martial World now.
Martial Saints no longer stayed high in the clouds and successively appeared in the world. After Spiritual Energy Revival, Martial Artists also found cultivation much easier. Martial Artists of various realms showed explosive growth, and many martial prodigies that were rare once in a century emerged.
The people of the world were filled with hope, feeling that a golden age had arrived.
But there were also bad voices.
There were rumors that extremely powerful enemies from outside the world were about to invade, and the Ancient Saints had appeared in the world to meet them.
This rumor shocked many people.
Ning Qi knew this was the Ancient Saints gradually revealing the existence of the Mountain Sea Realm in this way, to give the people of the Martial World some psychological preparation.
Mainly, the existence of Life Poison made some things impossible to state clearly.
Perhaps the Martial Saints also had concerns, fearing chaos in the world.
While deducing the Realm Lord Cultivation System, Ning Qi was also striving to strengthen True Martial Sect’s strength.
After obtaining the True Martial Inheritance.
With the orthodox Immortal Dao Cultivation System, the young disciples of True Martial Sect could follow this path and build an even more solid foundation.
And within the inheritance, besides cultivation secret techniques, there were also various auxiliary paths, such as formations, Pill Way, Artifact Way, and so on. Ning Qi now spent most of his heart power on deducing the Realm Lord Cultivation System and had no time for other things, but simply refining some Spirit Pills was no problem.
One Heaven-Connecting Pill was enough to bring a Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artist to Heavenly Human Realm Perfection, showing its efficacy.
To quickly elevate True Martial Sect’s strength, Spirit Pills were the best method.
With the many Pill Formulas recorded in the True Martial Inheritance, Ning Qi only needed to slightly optimize them. Perfectly, after the great changes of Heaven and Earth, many Spiritual Medicines had grown. Many had already been collected within True Martial Sect’s territory. Ning Qi refined them into Spirit Pills, enough for those close to him.
Not to mention.
There was also the time acceleration in True Martial Hall.
Ning Qi did not hold back.
His Master, Senior Brothers, and others were all brought to the inner hall for cultivation. However, to not expose the existence of True Martial Hall, he did not explain the treasure’s origin in detail to them.
Plus the various powerful secret techniques in the True Martial Inheritance.
Luo Wentian’s and others’ strength advanced by leaps and bounds.
Now, half of them had broken through to the Second Realm Perception Realm, which was the Heavenly Human Realm of the Martial World cultivation system.
As for the other True Martial Sect members, their strength also grew rapidly.
Now True Martial Sect had resources, methods, and famous teachers. It would be hard not to progress rapidly.
However.
All these changes were only known to True Martial Sect.
Since Spiritual Energy Revival, True Martial Sect no longer opened its sect gates to the outside. Originally, Ning Qi needed True Martial Sword Stele and Myriad Dao Tower to accumulate foundation for himself, but now with True Martial Inheritance, they seemed somewhat redundant.
But Ning Qi did not abandon this path.
Gathering the wisdom of all beings to open the future path was the perfect way he had envisioned to complement his Max Level Comprehension. The facts of True Martial Sword Stele and Myriad Dao Tower had already proven his thinking completely correct. Now planning to deduce the Realm Lord Cultivation System, these two fit even better.
Ning Qi already had many ideas in his heart on how to better utilize the wisdom of all beings, which would be far more efficient than the current True Martial Sword Stele method.
But all this had to wait until he became the World Lord and pacified the external threat before proceeding step by step.
Otherwise, it would be rootless duckweed.
Ning Qi was not anxious. One must eat rice one bite at a time; haste would not help.
…
Time passed day by day.
The rumors about enemies from outside the world in the world grew increasingly intense.
“The enemies from outside the world are extremely powerful, something we cannot face at all. They have no malice and only want to help our world become stronger, but the Martial Saints have blocked them outside the world!”
This rumor was very foolish, but many believed it.
Malicious speculations about the Martial Saints increased in the world. If not for absolute strength to suppress, great chaos would have already erupted.
But even so.
The world was still restless.
“It seems there is indeed someone among the Ancient Saints who wants to be a guide, testing the waters. This person’s status and strength must not be low, or they couldn’t do this.” After learning this, Ning Qi’s gaze was calm.
Give him a little more time.
The First Realm Lord Realm of the Realm Lord Cultivation System could be successfully deduced. At that time, he could head to the High Heavens to fuse with the World Will.
At that time.
Any traitor would just be a clown.
But a sudden message disrupted Ning Qi’s plan.
Seven days later.
The Martial Saint Assembly would be held at Heavenly Peak Mountain!
