Chapter 235: Worship Of All Beings
Flying Bird Sea Region.
Purple Cloud True Lord grew increasingly anxious. After Black Flame True Lord chased after Gui Changqing and left the battlefield, some time had passed, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
“Damn it, could that old turtle have something unusual on him?”
She didn’t have Black Flame True Lord’s eyesight to see through Old Black Tortoise’s origins at a glance, but she could infer from the facts. For Black Flame True Lord to keep holding back and even voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield, that old turtle must have some opportunity on him.
“That bastard, so insidious!”
“This lord is fighting to the death here, while he goes off alone to seek opportunities?”
This feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
While cursing Black Flame True Lord in her heart, she also wanted to find a chance to go take a look, but Li Yanwu and Tianshan Snow Woman were entangling her tightly, not letting her leave at all.
Their thinking was very simple. In their perspective, there were no twists and turns—Purple Cloud True Lord just wanted to go support and kill Gui Changqing first to break the situation.
Once Gui Changqing died, it would be their turn next, so the two naturally wouldn’t let go.
Tianshan Snow Woman was bleeding from all seven orifices, and Li Yanwu was even worse, with one arm pierced and exploded.
Purple Cloud True Lord’s spear was extremely terrifying.
“Ant, courting death!”
Li Yanwu charged forward fearlessly again, flames condensing into an arm across the sky. Purple Cloud True Lord, who had been about to pierce Tianshan Snow Woman’s head with one spear thrust, was completely enraged. She turned direction, her Primordial Spirit Power turning into a spear tip, intending to shatter Li Yanwu in one strike.
All beings of the Martial World were horrified.
The situation was extremely critical.
Even though they had seen such perils countless times, each time their hearts still tightened.
Tianshan Snow Woman was greatly anxious and wanted to rescue with all her strength.
But the next instant, she was stunned.
She instinctively turned her head to look, only to see a streak of black meteor at extreme speed tearing through the void from the distant horizon. At first it was far away, but in the next instant it appeared in the battlefield, the massive black meteor smashing toward Purple Cloud True Lord.
“Boom!”
A deafening roar echoed over the battlefield, drawing almost everyone’s gaze.
Purple Cloud True Lord was shocked. She instinctively thrust her Purple Illusion Spear, but was still suppressed into the sea bottom by that unparalleled power, coughing up blood. Upon seeing what that so-called black meteor was, she flew into a rage:
“Black Flame! You better give me an explanation!!”
Purple Cloud True Lord was furious and roaring in anger.
Everyone in the Martial World was stunned.
That was no black meteor at all—it was clearly Black Flame True Lord’s ten-thousand-zhang Dharma Image.
Black Flame True Lord was dizzy and disoriented, cracking sounds ringing out nonstop. Terrifying cracks appeared on his Dharma Image, then with a boom it shattered into pieces across the sky. His Primordial Spirit main body appeared, his aura weak and floating. He had no time to explain in detail to Purple Cloud True Lord and roared miserably:
“Purple Cloud, great enemy! Quickly contact the Sect Leader!”
He was terrified.
That abruptly appearing white-clothed youth was too terrifying. The power of one punch had blasted him tens of thousands of li away, even shattering his Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol.
Nascent Soul Realm!
Absolutely Nascent Soul Realm combat power!
“How could a mere small world have such a powerful existence??”
If it were in the Mountain Sea Realm, he naturally wouldn’t fear it, but now, he was very afraid.
One misstep and he would perish on the spot.
Purple Cloud True Lord also sensed something wrong. From Black Flame True Lord’s shattered Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, she could tell this guy hadn’t rushed out himself, but… was blasted over?
Thinking of this.
Her body instinctively trembled.
She immediately beat the Mirage Drum, trying to convey the battlefield situation back.
But an ominous premonition grew stronger. The Mirage Drum shook repeatedly, but that strange fluctuation couldn’t transmit out at all, merely lingering in this realm.
Purple Cloud True Lord instinctively sensed and was stunned:
“World Channel… gone?!”
Black Flame True Lord was horrified:
“What did you say??”
He also sensed with Primordial Spirit Power, and endless panic enveloped his heart.
Such a huge World Channel, gone just like that?!
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the unease in each other’s eyes.
Things had gone terribly wrong!
“What exactly happened?” Purple Cloud True Lord pressed.
Black Flame True Lord was about to explain.
A strange fluctuation appeared over the battlefield, a massive space rift tearing open, ripping apart the entire battlefield.
Then.
Two figures appeared.
One was very familiar to all beings of the Martial World—it was that thousands-of-zhang giant turtle. But it was clear to see crisscrossing cracks on the giant turtle’s shell, suggesting the fierce battle it had just endured. Glimmering green light flickered on it, the cracks continuously vanishing.
The other figure was unrecognized by most beings of the Martial World.
But the supreme majesty emanating from that white-clothed youth instinctively brought a name to their minds. In that moment, countless people trembled with excitement.
The All Saints’ reaction next made them instinctively tear up:
“We pay respects to the World Lord!”
Roaring cheers like mountainous waves and oceanic tides resounded over the battlefield.
So this was the World Lord’s true appearance.
Countless Martial World beings were excited, feeling that supreme majesty even across the heavenly canopy. A sense of adoration naturally arose.
While the Black Demon army trembled in fear.
Especially Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord. After hearing that title of “World Lord,” they both thought of something.
“You are the consciousness of this small world, you have birthed wisdom!”
They stared intently at Ning Qi.
They began to tense up.
The consciousness of a small world that had birthed wisdom was completely different from one with only instincts.
They had originally thought the Black Demon Sect had encountered an external enemy, leading to the World Channel’s destruction. Now it seemed the root cause was in this small world.
Black Flame True Lord felt gigantic waves in his heart.
He vaguely realized that even if this small world had opportunities, they had likely all been taken by this World Lord. Regret welled up in his heart.
Ning Qi watched indifferently.
With his arrival here, both sides had ceased fighting.
Black Flame True Lord pressed:
“Was it you who destroyed the World Channel?”
Ning Qi said calmly:
“What awaits you is annihilation.”
All Martial World beings boiled over.
They finally knew what Ning Qi had gone to do—he had first destroyed the World Channel.
Purple Cloud True Lord said calmly:
“World Lord, since you have birthed wisdom, you must know how vast the Spirit Realm is. If you keep us in this realm, it will be complete enmity. Afterward, armies a thousand or ten thousand times larger will descend and raze this realm to the ground!”
“If you let us leave, we can cooperate. From now on, we ensure this realm’s peace. This is the best strategy.”
She seemed extremely confident.
All Martial World beings were furious.
Come when they want, leave when they want—what did they take the Martial World for?
But hearing Purple Cloud True Lord speak of armies a thousand or ten thousand times larger descending, they felt a wave of powerlessness. After all, weakness was the original sin.
Did they really have to let the enemy trample the world and slaughter their kin before letting them leave?
Gazes turned to Ning Qi one by one.
Ning Qi’s lips curved in mockery:
“Armies a thousand or ten thousand times larger? Just with your Black Demon Sect?”
Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord’s expressions changed drastically. The other party seemed extremely familiar with the Black Demon Sect’s foundations.
Ning Qi’s gaze turned extremely cold. He looked at the Black Demon army like a god pronouncing judgment:
“For slaughtering Martial World beings, you shall be executed.”
In that instant.
Endless Star Profound Light surged from all over the world. Ning Qi pointed, and billions of Star Profound Lights turned into Sword Qi, falling like rain. The rolling demonic clouds were torn apart almost instantly, tens of thousands of Black Demon Sect cultivators enveloped by Sword Qi, screams unceasing.
Too strong!
Strong to the point of suffocation!
Martial World beings’ minds went blank, shock filling their hearts as they watched this scene with fast and furious pleasure.
The Black Demon Sect army’s screams were so pleasing at this moment.
The two True Monarchs’ scalps numbed. They had no thought for others and almost simultaneously unleashed their Primordial Spirit Power fully, turning into escaping light to flee. This was the Nascent Soul Escape Art, which would damage the Nascent Soul to some extent, but at this moment they couldn’t care less.
Ning Qi stood with hands behind his back.
In his world, letting these two escape would be the strange thing.
Every place was his Purple Mansion.
In the void, massive Spiritual Power Divine Chains extended, locking onto the two True Monarchs like mountains pressing down, immediately slowing them to a crawl.
The two True Monarchs used every means, snapping chain after chain.
But in the next instant, more surged out.
World Power surged in, this unseen power horrifying the two True Monarchs. They were then firmly bound in the void. With a thought from Ning Qi, in that instant, clusters of Black Flame burned along the Divine Chains.
This was what Ning Qi had just glimpsed from Black Flame True Lord.
He had promised to vent for Gui Changqing, and naturally wouldn’t forget.
Seeing Black Flame True Lord’s miserable howls, Gui Changqing beamed with joy, his mood delighted.
All Martial World beings were excited.
With Ning Qi’s move, it was devastating.
In an instant, the two True Monarchs suppressed, the Black Demon Sect army suffering heavy casualties.
Countless people looked at that supreme figure with adoration. At this moment, Ning Qi was destined to become the faith of countless beings, cheers shaking the heavens everywhere in the Martial World.
The All Saints’ morale soared.
Ning Qi smiled and nodded.
The next instant.
The long-suppressed Martial World army charged forward with a roar, hatred driving them toward the Black Demon army pierced and routed by Star Profound Sword Qi. Gui Changqing and the other two attacked the two True Monarchs again.
Ning Qi just watched quietly.
Though he could handle it alone, there was no need.
Some emotions needed venting; he just needed to watch over them.
Over the Flying Bird Sea Region.
Deafening fluctuations continued nonstop, but this time it was Martial World beings slaughtering the Black Demon army. Mana Realm and Purple Mansion Realm cultivators fell one by one, their Spiritual Power scattering into the world.
With a thought from Ning Qi.
He intercepted the unique Mountain Sea Realm imprint belonging to every Black Demon Sect disciple, while their mana dissolved back into Spiritual Energy.
This was a huge harvest!
One must know.
The Black Demon Sect army’s strength was merely suppressed, but in the Mountain Sea Realm, they were solidly fifty thousand Mana Realm and three thousand Purple Mansion Realm. Just the mana contained in these cultivators’ bodies exceeded the total Spiritual Energy of an entire small world by far!
After all, with the Martial World’s current scale, even ignoring sustainability, it absolutely couldn’t support so many experts.
And now.
Vast Spiritual Energy surged and scattered, evenly distributed by Ning Qi to every part of the Martial World.
Numerous beings were astonished to discover the world’s Spiritual Energy density had risen several times!
The Earth Veins were nourished, the world becoming even larger. But this time, with Ning Qi guiding it, it was gradual growth that would last for a time, unlike the brutal surge on the day of Spiritual Energy Revival.
Ning Qi’s lips curved in a smile.
He could feel his own strength further elevating.
The path of World Lord had its root in the world.
The stronger the world, the stronger Ning Qi naturally became.
The slaughter continued.
The two True Monarchs wailed.
Ning Qi was somewhat expectant. If he absorbed two such Nascent Souls, there might be unexpected benefits. But before that, he had to squeeze out the last bit of value from these two Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
…
Black Demon Sect.
Blood light illuminated the sky, screams of Black Demon Sect disciples unceasing. Looking at the bloodstain great formation that still hadn’t reached perfection, Black Demon True Lord had completely lost it:
“Not enough! Not enough!”
At first he had only sacrificed the menial and outer disciples, but later even inner disciples were dragged in.
Disciples screamed, begged, cursed, but to no avail.
In normal times, Black Demon True Lord would naturally make them know pain worse than death, but now he had no such mind.
Nascent Soul Realm elders trembled in fear, feeling the Sect Leader had gone mad, afraid he’d grab them next and throw them into the great formation to refine.
Fortunately.
After throwing in all menial and outer disciples plus over half the inner disciples, that insatiable bloodstain great formation like a glutton finally neared perfection.
Boom!
A beam of blood light shot to the heavens, dyeing even the demonic clouds over Black Demon Mountain blood-red.
“It’s done! Hahaha, finally done!” Black Demon True Lord laughed maniacally.
Though not much time had passed, he was truly afraid of accidents. The heaven-reaching opportunity was right before him; missing it would mean lifelong regret.
The nine Nascent Soul Realm elders all bowed in congratulations:
“We congratulate Sect Leader on seizing the opportunity and achieving Great Power!”
The remaining disciples also felt relief at surviving the calamity. They surged out from everywhere, the Black Demon Sect filled with flattery, as if the previous bloody scene had never happened. In the Black Demon Sect, the law of the jungle was truth—as long as you didn’t die, everything was normal.
Black Demon True Lord sneered coldly.
With a wave of his hand, Primordial Spirit Power spread to every corner of Black Demon Mountain, dragging all cultivators out.
“For this expedition, the Black Demon Sect goes all out—only victory, no defeat allowed!”
His demonic voice rolled.
The disciples roared in response.
They had already realized from the Sect Leader’s attitude that this small world was no simple matter. If they could get a sip of the soup, the benefits would far exceed before.
Led by the nine Nascent Soul Realm elders, all Black Demon Sect disciples quickly assembled. Though fewer in number than the previous expedition army, the quality was even higher, especially the Nascent Soul True Monarchs, far exceeding in number.
Black Demon True Lord hesitated no longer.
He released the world aura he had been holding, the light cluster immediately rushing into the blood sacrifice space great formation. In that instant, the blood light grew denser, a familiar aura surging out.
Black Demon True Lord grinned ferociously:
“Little thing, this Sect Leader said long ago we’d meet again soon!”
His Nascent Soul left his body, watching the many Black Demon Sect cultivators step into the great formation, then stepping in himself without hesitation.
The blood sacrifice great formation erupted in blood light, then gradually contracted until vanishing.
The entire Black Demon Sect fell completely silent.
Like a death domain, only some inexplicable glows hidden in places, flickering.
