Chapter 230: Collective Great Advancement
Heavenly Peak Mountain.
The congregation felt slightly anxious, pacing back and forth in place. The previous Heaven and Earth anomaly made them think Ning Qi had already succeeded, but now that the anomaly had subsided and Ning Qi showed no movement at all, they couldn’t help but wonder if their earlier speculation was wrong.
“Perhaps… that was the Martial World Will’s counterattack?”
Such speculation made the congregation even more uneasy.
Suddenly.
The congregation’s gazes all turned uniformly toward the horizon, only to see a pitch-black rift abruptly tear open, making their hearts tighten. Some even instinctively circulated Spiritual Power, ready to enter combat state at any sign of trouble.
But the next moment.
The congregation was stunned.
A white-robed figure stepped out leisurely from the space rift, hands clasped behind his back, with unparalleled elegance and a sense of transcendence.
Who else could it be but Ning Qi.
While the congregation was astonished, they also felt exceptionally shocked. Walking out from a space rift—what an inconceivable method. The Martial World Martial Way had developed for so many years, yet they had never heard of such a divine and miraculous supreme technique.
Only Gui Changqing had some understanding. He knew that even in the Spirit Realm, probably only those Great Powers who controlled great Supernatural Powers could do this so casually.
He too was instinctively shocked.
But immediately after, wild joy surged in the congregation’s eyes. Ning Qi’s appearance here—didn’t that mean… he had already succeeded?
Their expectant gazes turned to Ning Qi.
The Young Daoist at the corners of his mouth curved into a faint smile. His gaze was calm, yet it carried a sense of oppression from the Soul and Bloodline.
The congregation was enlightened and respectfully bowed:
“We pay respects to the World Lord!”
The many servants on Heavenly Peak Mountain saw All Saints bow in unison, their hearts filled with panic and uncertainty about the identity of the youth before them. In their horror, they prostrated themselves on the ground to express their own respect.
Ning Qi overlooked All Beings, his gaze piercing through the Void.
Now as the World Lord, the beings of the Martial World were no different in his eyes; in a sense, they were all his subjects.
“Everyone, rise.”
A gentle Power swept over, and All Saints found they simply could not resist.
Their hearts were even more amazed by this powerful Power.
White Mountain Old Daoist’s mouth nearly split to his ears. He never imagined Ning Qi could reach such an unimaginable height. The return on this investment was terrifyingly high. Of course, he felt more gratification—seeing such a Prodigy rising, and he had contributed a share.
The congregation entered the hall.
They had many questions in their hearts but didn’t dare ask. Ning Qi was no longer the same as before.
It was Great Yan Martial Saint who cautiously spoke first:
“Dare we ask the World Lord, from now on, how to deal with the Mountain Sea Realm…”
Ning Qi scanned the congregation.
He already had plans in his heart. Now that he had become the World Lord, the invasion by a sect from the Mountain Sea Realm was not really a major crisis in strict terms—even he alone could resolve it. But doing so would not benefit the future.
In the future, for the Martial World to continuously promote, it would inevitably face battles with Cultivators from other Worlds.
Shouldering everything himself would instead hinder the path ahead.
“Just now, I perceived the outside world. The Mountain Sea Realm World Channel is almost successfully constructed; their invasion is imminent.”
Ning Qi’s voice was like a great bell, shaking the congregation’s minds and even instinctively filling them with fear. They recalled the turbulent Ancient Era with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but seeing the calm on Ning Qi’s face, they gradually calmed down.
“Does the World Lord have any method to repel the enemy?” One gaze after another looked expectantly at Ning Qi.
“Only battle.”
Ning Qi said indifferently.
But the congregation sensed great confidence in his words. Linking it to the Soul and Bloodline oppression from Ning Qi, they couldn’t help but relax a bit. No matter what, the current Ning Qi should be far stronger than the World Will of the Ancient Era—this had already far exceeded their expectations.
“First, continue the unfinished Baptism.”
As Ning Qi’s words fell, surprise lit up in everyone’s eyes.
If there was anything most regrettable about this time, it had to be the traitors suddenly erupting and interrupting the Baptism. Thus, only some low-Realm Martial Saints had gains, while the others were left in a half-hearted state.
It was quite frustrating.
Hearing Ning Qi say they could undergo Baptism again now naturally made them happy.
“We thank the World Lord!”
The congregation bowed in unison, sincerely submitting.
Ning Qi said indifferently:
“Calm your minds and condense your spirits.”
The congregation sat cross-legged, their minds emptying.
Ning Qi waved his hand slightly, and the Inner World World Power echoed from afar. Strands of Heaven and Earth Origin mixed with vast Spiritual Energy descended upon Heavenly Peak Mountain. His methods were naturally far more flexible than the previous Martial World Will, and much more targeted.
The congregation felt a Power far more vast than the previous Baptism surrounding them.
The low-Realm Martial Saints felt it even more clearly.
During the previous Baptism, they still needed to select the corresponding Five Elements Qi to integrate into their bodies, but now, that Five Elements Qi was almost impatiently rushing into the Five Viscera. The feeling was even smoother than during the Spiritual Energy Revival back then.
In other words.
These Martial Saints faced almost no bottlenecks.
Under this Baptism, at the very least, they could step into Five-Realm Martial Saint.
But advancing further to Five Elements Perfection was not so simple. That required sufficient insight into the Five Elements Dao and deep Foundation.
Even so, it was already extremely terrifying.
Hum!
Hum!
Waves of breakthrough fluctuations continuously rang out in the hall. The congregation felt as if they were in a dream—this breakthrough… was too easy, even making them somewhat frightened, especially the New Saints. They simply couldn’t imagine the changes happening in their bodies.
This was an unprecedented heaven-defying Opportunity.
And those Martial Saints who were already at the Fourth Realm or even Fifth Realm also reaped no small harvest.
Their Foundation was even deeper.
After rising to the Fifth Realm, they could further breakthrough toward the realm of Five Elements Perfection, or even attempt to condense the Divine Ability Embryo and step into Half-step Divine Ability Realm.
As for the few who were already at Five Elements Perfection, as well as Li Yanwu and Gui Changqing, the two at Half-step Divine Ability Realm, they were treated differently.
An incomparably profound scripture rang in their ears. The mysterious Dao sounds helped them quickly comprehend and integrate it. To their shock, it turned out to be a supreme Method leading straight to the Divine Ability Realm—no, it should be said, Purple Mansion Realm!
This was naturally something Ning Qi took from the True Martial Inheritance.
The Martial World Martial Way developed to its Peak was only the so-called Divine Ability Realm, which had flaws. It was better to directly give them Purple Mansion Realm Methods. Anyway, from now on, Ning Qi planned to promote the Immortal Dao System, so he naturally wouldn’t stint on these meritorious ministers.
Not only that.
Strands of Supernatural Powers also evolved in their minds.
This was almost like copying from the answer key. Those with good Comprehension could easily comprehend the Divine Ability Embryo, and those with powerful Comprehension could even ascend to the heavens in a single step, directly opening the Purple Mansion with Supernatural Power and stepping into Purple Mansion Realm.
Time slowly passed.
Breakthrough auras continuously rose.
For the Martial World All Saints, this was a great Metamorphosis. It was only because of this special period that Ning Qi did this. Once this crisis was over, he would not so easily grant Baptism to help others advance.
After all, this brought him no benefits.
Spiritual Energy only circulated within the Martial World; he gained no elevation. Unless these Martial Saints advanced their Realms by drawing on Spiritual Energy from outside the World, only then would it benefit the Martial World.
Essentially, this was still dividing the Martial World’s existing ‘cake’ without making the ‘cake’ bigger.
This was also why, in the past, once Martial World beings reached the Divine Ability Realm, they would be rejected by the World.
It wasn’t just because the World intensity was only at that level, but because beings of this level were a great burden on the Martial World. They would cause severe destruction and ‘absorb’ even more Martial World Spiritual Energy during Cultivation.
Since that was the case, better to send them away.
But now, with Ning Qi as the Lord of the Martial Realm, there was no need for that. After all, he was an intelligent being; the mere Purple Mansion Realm was completely under his control and couldn’t cause any trouble.
Soon.
One by one, Martial Saints rose from the Baptism.
Joy filled their eyes. At this moment, the auras erupting from them had all reached Five-Realm Martial Saint, accounting for about sixty percent.
And before, many of them were only First Realm Martial Saints.
Next, another batch of Martial Saints rose.
Their auras had reached Five Elements Perfection. Their Foundation was deep enough; with Ning Qi’s help, they reached this Realm, but unfortunately, their Foundation couldn’t advance further. This group accounted for about thirty percent.
As for the last ten percent of Martial Saints.
There were eight.
Great Yan Martial Saint, Gui Changqing, White Mountain Old Daoist, and the other few were also Peak Experts renowned in the Martial World, originally all at Five Elements Perfection.
Divine Ability auras erupted from them all.
Soon.
The breakthroughs ended.
Five had condensed the Divine Ability Embryo—what used to be called Half-step Divine Ability Realm could now be termed Half-step Purple Mansion Realm. And three had successfully opened their Purple Mansions, stepping into Purple Mansion Realm.
Among these three, two were unsurprisingly Li Yanwu and Gui Changqing. They had only been half a step away to begin with; advancing further with this Baptism was only natural.
But the other one somewhat surprised Ning Qi.
It was a Martial Saint who had always been taciturn before—Tianshan Snow Woman.
With silver hair draped over her shoulders, peerlessly beautiful and otherworldly, yet emanating a cold aura throughout her body. She had rarely exchanged with All Saints before and was one of the Peak Experts at Five Elements Perfection. This time, with the Baptism, she directly stepped into Purple Mansion Realm, becoming one of the Three Giants under Ning Qi. Her Talent was very strong.
This made Ning Qi cast a few more glances her way. In the future, she might be worth cultivating.
As for White Mountain Old Daoist, his Foundation was somewhat lacking, ultimately stopping at Half-step Purple Mansion Realm, which was still quite good.
At this point.
The strength of the Martial World All Saints had also achieved a great elevation, a great Metamorphosis.
“We thank the World Lord for the grace of Baptism!”
The congregation expressed heartfelt gratitude, their gazes toward Ning Qi filled with reverence—even the three at Purple Mansion Realm were no exception.
Stepping into Purple Mansion Realm did not give rise to improper thoughts in their hearts; instead, they felt even more Reverence. The closer they got, the more they could sense Ning Qi’s greatness. Even a stray wisp of aura he occasionally emitted made the three dare not have any presumptuous thoughts.
What’s more, their Power originally came from Ning Qi.
The congregation was all excited.
The elevation from this Baptism far exceeded their expectations. For a moment, their worries about the subsequent Mountain Sea Realm invasion faded a lot.
After all.
When the true great battle came, they could still gain temporary Power amplification. At that time, even Heavenly Human Realm would have strength rivaling Martial Saint Realm. Thus, with the current number of Heavenly Human Realm in the Martial World, creating at least ten thousand Martial Saint-level combat power temporarily would not be a problem.
On the day of Spiritual Energy Revival, Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artists also surged, dozens of times more numerous than before.
Ning Qi slowly nodded:
“The Mountain Sea Realm invasion is imminent—half a month at the shortest, two months at the longest. There will surely be War. Your Cultivations have greatly increased; you must not slack off.”
The congregation’s voices were passionate:
“We are willing to die for the Martial World!”
Ning Qi clasped his hands behind his back:
“I intend to establish the Eight-Nine Profound Light Celestial Array, deployed across the Martial World. Each of you will guard one place, monitoring anomalies in the World and echoing each other. If foreign enemies appear, inform immediately.”
This Eight-Nine Profound Light Celestial Array was something Ning Qi had just deduced. After stepping into Realm Lord Realm, his Comprehension underwent another Metamorphosis; deducing such a Formation was not difficult for him.
This array was tailor-made based on the current seventy-plus Martial Saints.
He planned to select the strongest seventy-two among them to establish array nodes at core lands across the Martial World, then have them each command Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artists to suppress the nodes, forming a super Great Formation covering the Martial World.
Thus.
Once enemies from the Mountain Sea Realm invasion appeared, they could be detected immediately and then confronted.
After remote echoing, they could even teleport via the array nodes, avoiding being isolated.
Not only that.
This array could also draw star power from the heavens to form Profound Light against enemies. It could be said that even in the Spirit Realm, this would absolutely be a world-shaking Spirit Formation, enough to become a Sect’s Foundation.
Ning Qi pointed out with a finger, and clusters of light immediately merged into All Saints’ minds.
Those were the many details of Formation Setting, as well as the specific array nodes they needed to guard, with clear responsibilities.
Merely glimpsing a corner of the Great Formation revealed its wonders.
All Saints’ confidence greatly increased:
“We shall strictly obey the World Lord’s command!”
Although the foreign enemies were unknown, the Martial World’s strength now far surpassed that of the Ancient Era. Since that was the case, what was there to be dissatisfied with?
Only battle!
Ning Qi nodded inwardly.
Having All Saints lead troops to meet the enemy was not because he was bored and wanted to play some test. Rather, he knew that Mountain Sea Realm Cultivators must have means to evade the World Will’s gaze, and Ning Qi had no time to slowly wear them down.
He had more important things to do.
“Cut off the World Channel and trap them in a jar!”
“Otherwise, if I unleash powerful strength right away, it might draw even stronger enemies. Only by suddenly severing all connections, preventing the Mountain Sea Realm from spying on this side, can I go all out.”
“At that time, in my World, whether to kill or slaughter will depend entirely on my mood.”
Thoughts turned in Ning Qi’s mind.
Not only that, he had some other things to accomplish, involving his future path and Promotion. He already had some vague ideas; he couldn’t miss this opportunity of connecting with the Mountain Sea Realm and might lay out in advance.
Therefore.
He needed the Martial World All Saints to resist the enemies for a period.
Helping them elevate their Cultivation and setting up the Eight-Nine Profound Light Celestial Array were all for this reason.
