Chapter 241: Establishing The Enlightenment Dao Realm Tree, Origins Of All Daos In Me
“Twenty years have passed, and every table and chair in the Seeker’s Courtyard remains just as before.” Luo Wentian sighed with emotion.
His words were filled with boundless joy.
Things have changed, but people remain.
Fortunately, the people are still here, just with different statuses and positions, and their strength has become even more powerful. The former senior brothers have all become senior elders, no longer as ignorant as before.
Twenty years have passed, and even the youngest Li Ling has already stepped into the Purple Mansion Realm, and in the past few years, he has taken on disciples.
Luo Wentian’s former disciple Luo Nianchu has even become a leading figure among the new generation of the True Martial Immortal Sect.
Of course.
This is premised on not counting Yuan Tiansheng.
He had long stepped into the Purple Mansion Realm, with strength sufficient to stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhuang Chen, at the peak of the True Martial Immortal Sect, and he could fully transform into human form, but he had never taken that step, wanting to consult Ning Qi’s opinion after he came out of seclusion.
The Little White Ape scratched its head and honestly moved tables and chairs for the martial uncles, and even more familiarly climbed the tree to pick tea leaves and brew Enlightenment Tea.
It was extremely excited, scratching its ears and cheeks.
Twenty years ago, Ning Qi finally took it as a disciple under his wing. After such a long time without seeing his esteemed master, and such a long time away from the Seeker’s Courtyard, the longing in its heart was the deepest. Now that Ning Qi had come out of seclusion, it was so happy it wanted to tumble several somersaults.
The congregation all smiled warmly.
“In these twenty years, I haven’t drunk less Enlightenment Tea, but it always felt like something was missing. Now I realize it was because it wasn’t drunk in the Seeker’s Courtyard.” Xiong Shi laughed heartily. He still managed the sect’s punishments, usually stern and unsmiling, increasingly serious and somber, but today he laughed repeatedly.
Qin Yun sighed with emotion:
“Today, Second Senior Brother’s smile is truly more than what I’ve seen in the past three years combined!”
A warm current surged through Ning Qi’s heart.
Seeing those familiar faces again, he felt that the faint detachment brought by twenty years of closed-door cultivation vanished in an instant.
He listened to the senior brothers laughing and chatting idly, recounting changes in the Immortal Sect and the Martial World, watching them frolic freely, just as before.
The courtyard was filled with laughter and cheerful voices.
Outside the courtyard, peach blossoms bloomed in profusion.
This scene made Ning Qi feel a profound inner tranquility.
The senior brothers gathered together for a full three days and three nights.
They still felt somewhat reluctant to part.
They cherished this opportunity, all knowing that Ning Qi’s future closed-door cultivation years would likely not be few, and if they themselves could not keep up with Ning Qi’s footsteps in the future, opportunities to gather would become increasingly rare.
“The next True Martial Peach Gathering, who knows when it will be.” Jiang Baishan sighed deeply.
The originally lively atmosphere suddenly stagnated.
The congregation all felt a touch of sorrow.
Before Ning Qi entered closed-door cultivation twenty years ago, he had not blockaded the Seeker’s Courtyard, so everyone could come and go freely, but the many senior brothers tacitly did not come. The Seeker’s Courtyard was not the key; what mattered was that the people were all there.
Jiang Baishan smiled awkwardly, but Ning Qi smiled and said:
“Why be like this? In the future, we will all ascend to the realm of Longevity and Immortality, naturally having infinite time, no need to be limited to the present moment.”
The congregation just smiled.
They never doubted Ning Qi’s potential, but even the most talented Zhuang Chen knew that being able to step into the Nascent Soul Realm or Integration Realm in the future would already be quite good, as for Longevity and Immortality, that was far easier said than done.
Ning Qi slowly stood up, his gaze looking toward the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
This tree was nurtured by him single-handedly, costing much effort and blood, sweat, and tears. After several metamorphoses, it had become one of the top-tier foundations of the True Martial Immortal Sect. Now it was lush and verdant, long exceeding ninety-nine zhang, with layer upon layer of branches and leaves emanating Dao Rhyme, far more precious than any Enlightenment Tea Tree recorded in the True Martial Realm.
The congregation did not understand.
They only heard Ning Qi’s gaze seeming to pierce through time and space, his voice gentle yet containing great power:
“I intend to use the Enlightenment Tea Tree as the foundation to establish the Enlightenment Realm Tree.”
As his words fell.
Thunder rumbled above the Nine Heavens, as if in response.
At this moment.
All Beings in the Martial World instinctively stopped their actions, looking toward the High Heavens with astonishment in their eyes, then reverence surged forth.
In the Seeker’s Courtyard, the various senior brothers all looked at Ning Qi in shock.
Ning Qi’s robes fluttered, his demeanor transcendent.
Wherever his gaze reached, the Enlightenment Tea Tree erupted in verdant green light, growing increasingly intense, with dense vitality aura gradually covering the entire True Martial Immortal Sect.
One by one, the Immortal Sect disciples looked toward True Martial Peak, seeing a towering Spiritual Tree flashing with light, and vaguely, a figure not of this world stood above it, as if Heaven and Earth bowed to it.
Almost all the disciples’ minds flashed with that name.
“World Lord!”
The Immortal Sect boiled over, countless gazes filled with reverence.
Ning Qi smiled at the dumbfounded senior brothers:
“Wait for me to go and return shortly.”
He stood with hands behind his back, heading toward the High Heavens. Below him, the massive Enlightenment Tea Tree also uprooted entirely, rising into the sky with him.
The congregation’s gazes followed.
On the Enlightenment Tea Tree were vigorous and developed roots. At this moment, without spiritual soil to nourish them, there was no sign of withering; instead, they were even more vibrant with vitality.
Unnoticed when.
Ning Qi had already sat cross-legged atop the tree crown.
The numerous Immortal Sect disciples did not know Ning Qi’s purpose, merely sighing in awe and anticipation from their hearts. Luo Wentian and the others’ bodies trembled slightly. Ning Qi’s brief words gave rise to all sorts of guesses, and now, they were about to be realized before their eyes.
The Enlightenment Tea Tree carried Ning Qi toward the High Heavens.
With a thought from Ning Qi, vast Spiritual Power and surging World Power converged, pouring onto the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
In an instant.
Changes began.
Boom!
A rumbling sound accompanied it.
The already massive Enlightenment Tea Tree began to grow at an astonishing speed!
A thousand zhang!
Three thousand zhang!
Ten thousand zhang!
…
Leaves like boulders, roots like coiling dragons. The Enlightenment Tea Tree had become like an ancient mountain, unimaginably massive, and growing at an astonishing speed every moment.
The Immortal Sect disciples were all horrified.
Clearly, the Enlightenment Tea Tree was getting farther and farther from the sect’s location, yet it appeared increasingly clear.
Verdant light containing infinite vitality illuminated the world.
The Enlightenment Tea Tree transformed into a cyan great sun, hanging high in the Void.
At this moment.
All Beings in the True Martial Realm were shocked. They saw the cyan great sun that appeared out of nowhere above the High Heavens, giving rise to reverence in their hearts. Connecting it to the previous rumbling sounds, they involuntarily bowed in worship.
One by one, powerful cultivators opened their eyes.
Purple Mansion Realm True Persons and Mana Realm cultivators all surged into the sky. With their extraordinary eyesight, they could already see that the so-called cyan great sun was a boundless giant tree, from which dense vitality surged, cleansing the world.
One after another, gazes were filled with shock.
At True Profound Mountain, True Person Bai Shan looked at the sky in shock:
“Hiss! This Young Ning, when he says it, he does it, and with such a grand gesture?”
He recognized it: that giant tree was clearly the Enlightenment Tea Tree from the Seeker’s Courtyard, but now, for some reason, it had become this majestic.
Infinite World Power Origin converged, Spiritual Energy turning into tides.
The Enlightenment Tea Tree underwent an unprecedented qualitative change. The results of Ning Qi’s twenty years of closed-door cultivation all lay here. Various profound methods nourished it, allowing the Enlightenment Tree to further metamorphose, growing every moment.
Unnoticed when.
That cyan great sun had already overshadowed all light in the world, becoming the world’s sole existence.
That giant tree towered to the heavens, almost completely filling the entire Void.
By now.
Even mortal beings could see the true form of the cyan great sun.
Those dense roots were like coiling dragons, rooted in the Void. Each leaf was like a mountain range, its trunk like a heavenly pillar. Every vein emanated Dao Rhyme. One by one, cultivators thirstily wished to comprehend the truths contained within.
Dense vitality filled Heaven and Earth, soft cyan light illuminating the world, making bodies comfortable and minds clear and refreshed. This scene was destined to be engraved in everyone’s minds.
“World Lord!”
Countless beings paid reverence.
Who else but the World Lord could have such a grand feat? Though they did not know the purpose of the World Lord’s action, All Beings chanted his name, offering reverence.
Ning Qi sat atop the giant tree, slowly opening his eyes.
There was some satisfaction in his eyes.
Over the twenty years, he had been pondering one question: how to gather the wisdom of All Beings.
He had thought of many methods, such as engraving a Great Formation in the world, or using the Power of All Beings’ wishes as foundation, or creating a source profound art to control everything, but all had unsatisfactory aspects.
One day.
He rarely dreamed.
He saw a towering divine tree, each leaf like a world, and thus gained inspiration.
Ultimately, he created this current method, which he called the Myriad Dao Source Self Method, and its key carrier was the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
The first step was to transform the Enlightenment Tea Tree into the Enlightenment Realm Tree.
Ning Qi originally wanted to call it the World Tree, but there was a taboo in the dark, so he ultimately called it the Enlightenment Realm Tree.
At this moment.
The Realm Tree was formed, omnipresent, almost occupying the entire True Martial Realm. That clear sense of oppression made countless beings revere and suffocate, and in places unseen by All Beings, the Realm Tree even communicated with Realm Sea Spiritual Energy, drawing in Spiritual Energy from outside the world, with efficiency far higher than before.
It was just that purifying the Spiritual Energy was not so rapid.
Ning Qi slowly stood up.
Surging World Power condensed into an invisible sword.
Ning Qi swung the sword to sever himself, his face slightly paling, and then a large mass of light flew out from his body. That was part of his thoughts and Spirit, containing even his light of comprehension.
He smiled faintly, slowly pressing this light mass into the Enlightenment Realm Tree.
This would become the will of the Realm Tree, orderly guiding All Beings.
In an instant.
Infinite cyan light erupted, then converged in a moment.
The already boundless Realm Tree grew even further, undergoing an inconceivable metamorphosis. Beings in the Martial World watched in horror as those coiling dragon-like roots extended toward the Ground, as if to truly root into the world.
Billions of beings felt tension in their hearts; they had no ability to resist such a divine tree.
Fortunately.
Further changes occurred.
The massive divine tree gradually turned formless. All Beings clearly saw the giant tree rooting down, yet could not touch it, even Purple Mansion Realm True Persons could not, as if the Realm Tree had completely fused with the world, becoming one, omnipresent yet invisible.
They looked again: under the blue sky and white sun, where was the heaven-supporting giant tree?
But the world had gained some change they could not perceive.
Amid the astonishment of All Beings.
A vast Dao Sound resounded in every being’s mind:
“Today, this seat establishes the Enlightenment Realm Tree. From now on, All Beings of the True Martial Realm may borrow the power of the Realm Tree to enlighten and cultivate.”
The word became law.
Thunder exploded in the Nine Heavens.
All Beings only felt that some originally obscure and vague connection instantly became clear. They immediately sensed a colossal entity seated in the world—what else but the divine tree they had seen before?
At this moment.
They clearly felt the wonders of the Enlightenment Realm Tree.
They discovered that as long as they calmed their minds to sense the Realm Tree’s location and establish a connection, they could gain a magical power added to their bodies, making their thinking agile, comprehension greatly increased, and many daily difficulties resolved effortlessly.
And the cultivators collectively boiled over.
This state was simply like divine assistance, no less than constantly consuming those Spiritual Pills and Precious Herbs that amplified comprehension, or even better.
Moreover.
When they circulated profound arts to refine Spiritual Energy, they found the speed far, far faster than before.
In comparison, the difficulty of cultivation had decreased by more than tenfold?
Countless beings excitedly paid reverence; this was supreme great merit.
The Enlightenment Realm Tree was sufficient to let All Beings of the True Martial Realm reach heights originally impossible.
All Beings prostrated in worship:
“We pay our respects to the World Lord’s benevolence!”
Their hearts surged with emotion, itching to experience it immediately.
Ning Qi stood with hands behind his back, overlooking the world, feeling an indescribable sense of achievement.
The corners of his mouth curved slightly, then he burst into laughter.
With the Enlightenment Realm Tree formed, it laid the foundation for his supreme Great Dao. This act was undoubtedly a great merit for All Beings of the True Martial Realm, but for Ning Qi, it also had supreme uses.
“In a sense, the Enlightenment Realm Tree is a vast ‘network’ covering the True Martial Realm. All Beings can borrow my comprehension for cultivation through this ‘network’, gaining amplification. In return, their cultivation results, any ingenious ideas, comprehensions from practice, will feedback to the Realm Tree, becoming nourishment for my growth.”
“One person’s power is limited, but the Power of All Beings is extremely vast.”
“This is the Myriad Dao Source Self!”
“This is truly gathering the wisdom of All Beings! It can maximize the play of my Heaven-Defying Comprehension!”
“Beyond that, the Enlightenment Realm Tree is fused with the world’s cultivation. From now on, it can maximally intake and output Realm Sea Spiritual Energy every moment, strengthening the world. Cultivators’ cultivation bound with the Realm Tree will also directly refine Spiritual Energy from beyond the Realm Sea.”
“From now on, the True Martial Realm can accommodate far more cultivators than the limits of other worlds. Moreover, the more cultivators, the faster the True Martial Realm grows, in turn accommodating more cultivators, forming a positive cycle.”
“Thus, it is mutually beneficial, a win-win!”
Of course, the only drawback for beings of the Martial World was that borrowing the power of the Enlightenment Realm Tree meant their cultivation would have no privacy, all for Ning Qi’s use. But with gains come losses; it depends on themselves. Ning Qi would not force it; whether to connect with the Enlightenment Realm Tree was their own choice.
However, few would likely refuse.
Even in the near future, the True Martial Realm might develop a cultivation system reliant on the Enlightenment Realm Tree—who knows. The ingenious ideas of intelligent beings should never be underestimated.
Ning Qi grew increasingly satisfied with his creation.
The Enlightenment Realm Tree perfectly solved the two problems he had pondered before.
Thereafter, he only needed to quietly wait; when the time came, he would naturally reach the world’s limit and step into the perfection of World Lord realm.
All Beings cultivate for me; such pleasure is not for outsiders to know.
