Chapter 272: Rule Realm
Nameless Spirit Mountain.
This place had some spiritual charm, but no one had established a sect here, after all, there were simply too many Spirit Mountains in the Southern True Domain.
But today, with the arrival of the nine from Boundless Sword Sect, it unexpectedly gave birth to myriad phenomena within.
Jiang Qingxue, as a member of the Jiang Family, had extremely abundant cultivation resources behind her.
Before entering the Profound True Secret Realm, she already possessed an Incomplete Mid-grade Spiritual Treasure, and things like Void Dao Purple Gold Pills were not lacking either.
But after entering the Profound True Secret Realm and following Senior Brother Ning, she now felt that the Jiang Family was too poor!
Previously, she thought she lacked nothing, and among the congregation, aside from Ning Qi, she was much wealthier than the others.
However, now, all the True Disciples’ gains surpassed her previous self.
Jiang Qingxue had been counting all along.
Among the True Disciples who followed Ning Qi this time, even the one with the least gains had two Incomplete Mid-grade Spiritual Treasures, five Low-grade Spirit Treasures, three Rule Jades, and plenty of other pills and cultivation methods, enough to last them until Late Void Dao Realm.
And she had gone from being a little rich girl of the Jiang Family to a middle-income earner.
Jiang Qingxue did not feel jealous or envious; she had gained quite a bit following Senior Brother Ning too, but it felt like a dream.
At this moment, she finally understood the feelings of Qin Minghao and Wang Ye; following Senior Brother Ning led only to a path of bountiful gains.
And Wang Ye, who was cultivating the Three Heads Six Arms Fiend Body, was also extremely delighted.
Senior Brother Ning had pointed out two paths for him; the simplest one was the Heavy Soldier Path, which required a set of magic treasures that could form an array for the Fiend Body to wield.
Previously, back at the sect, he had used up all his savings to barely exchange for a set of magic treasures.
But now, he possessed a perfect combination of an Incomplete Mid-grade Spiritual Treasure paired with Low-grade Spirit Treasures.
Wang Ye’s Three Heads Six Arms Fiend Body already possessed terrifying combat power.
Of course, Wang Ye would not be satisfied with this; he would pursue the other path that Ning Qi had pointed out to him, the Heavy Law Path.
Senior Brother Ning had said that only by walking the Heavy Law Path would his potential be greater, and Wang Ye utterly believed Ning Qi’s words.
The other True Disciples were similarly overjoyed with the gains from this trip, just like Jiang Qingxue and Wang Ye.
Among them, many were well aware of their status in Boundless Sword Sect; though they ranked among the Top Ten True Disciples, far better than the ordinary True Disciples below.
However, the sect’s resources were also limited, and resource allocation for True Disciples still favored some.
For example, if Ye Chen were still alive.
Then the Ye Family would do everything to give Ye Chen more resources, even tilting the sect’s public allocations toward him.
They would even push him to advance to Void Dao Realm as soon as possible, and once in Void Dao Realm, Ye Chen would never lack resources for cultivation.
Of course, Ye Chen had already perished, and he could no longer have a bright future like the others.
Thus, the gains from this trip provided them with resources sufficient to last until Late Void Dao Realm.
These True Disciples would not need to worry about resources for a very long time; even if the sect gave them nothing, they would not fear for the future.
And this was merely because they had followed Ning Qi for just over ten days…
They were also well aware that without Ning Qi, if Ye Chen had led the team, with their own abilities, obtaining even one Incomplete Mid-grade Spiritual Treasure or one Rule Jade might have been a luxury!
Therefore, while the True Disciples were delighted, they also felt endless gratitude toward Ning Qi in their hearts, including Jiang Qingxue.
All the True Disciples would occasionally look toward a cave on the Spirit Mountain, where Senior Brother Ning was in closed-door cultivation.
With Senior Brother Ning’s comprehension, he would likely emerge at Void Dao Realm, and it wouldn’t take long!
They too needed to hurry!
The ten-plus days of following had made them realize one thing.
Before entering the Profound True Secret Realm, with its countless treasures, they would have said it was the greatest opportunity they had ever encountered in their lives.
But now, everyone realized that their true greatest opportunity in life was not the Profound True Secret Realm at all, but Senior Brother Ning!
To be in the same sect as a prodigy like Senior Brother Ning, to follow and travel with him—what secret realm could compare!
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Spirit Mountain cave.
Ning Qi hovered in the air, the surrounding spiritual energy trembling with his breathing.
He focused his mind, his consciousness communicating with the main body in the True Martial Realm.
A response immediately came from the direction of the True Martial Realm, and in the void, an invisible mighty power seemed to descend upon him.
Using the positions of the main body and split soul as spatial anchors, Ning Qi quietly condensed a space channel connecting the Mountain Sea Realm and the True Martial Realm.
This process took him a full quarter of an hour.
Between the two realms, it was like adding a tiny connection point, just big enough for one person.
Since Ning Qi in the Mountain Sea Realm was a reincarnated body, even the Mountain Sea Realm Will did not detect the anomaly occurring here with Ning Qi.
Suddenly, several light orbs appeared around Ning Qi.
All were spiritual treasures and Rule Jades he had obtained in the Profound True Secret Realm.
Ning Qi only took out all the sword-shaped spiritual treasures and Rule Jades from his storage space, tossing them into the space channel.
In an instant, hundreds of radiant lights turned into streams of light, vanishing into the space channel, which closed immediately.
He had opened the space channel only to send these treasures to the True Martial Realm, so it had been open for merely an instant.
True Martial Realm.
At the highest point.
Within the inner world created by Realm Lord Ning Qi.
The Thunder River encircled the entire inner world like a living entity, with thunder of various colors flashing and booming, yet the beings of the True Martial Realm could not perceive its existence.
The greatest sound is silent; the greatest form is formless.
At this moment, Realm Lord Ning Qi opened his eyes.
Hundreds of radiant lights flew out from the inner world’s channel, hovering before him.
His divine eyes swept over the hundreds of radiant lights.
Among them, over a hundred Rule Jades and forty-nine spiritual swords.
This was not all of Ning Qi’s gains from the Profound True Secret Realm; he only needed these to give birth to rules in the True Martial Realm.
Thus, what the reincarnated body sent over had been carefully selected.
Among the forty-nine spiritual swords, the most extraordinary was naturally the High-grade Spiritual Treasure Water Fire Dao Sword, which possessed water and fire rules.
This was the treasure used by the Dao Integration Realm Limit master of the Profound True Secret Realm.
And among the over a hundred Rule Jades, the one that most attracted Ning Qi’s attention was not the most colorful, but a bushel-sized, perfectly round spherical Monochromatic Rule Jade.
There was only this one Monochromatic Rule Jade in the rule-chaotic Profound True Secret Realm!
Such a large Monochromatic Rule Jade could support several people in cultivation, allowing them to immediately comprehend the rules upon it and step into the Void Dao Realm.
However, for now, Ning Qi did not do so.
To him, that would merely be draining the pond to catch fish; he had a better way to use it.
Realm Lord Ning Qi separated out a strand of world power, enveloping it.
Immediately, the bushel-sized Rule Jade overflowed with dense Lightning Rule power.
As soon as it appeared, the Thunder River flowing outside the inner world stagnated, as if frozen.
The True Martial Realm seemed vast, but it did not even qualify as a Spirit Realm.
After Ning Qi’s continuous enhancements, the strongest being it could now birth was limited to Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
This was precisely because the True Martial Realm lacked rule origins.
Now, the Lightning Rule power emanating from that Rule Jade immediately triggered changes in the Thunder River, showing just how desperately the True Martial Realm craved rule power.
However, Ning Qi did not release the rules from this Lightning Rule Jade to integrate into the Thunder River.
He swept his gaze over the other Rule Jades, then separated out another strand of world power.
A Rule Jade similarly possessing Lightning Rule power was enveloped by Ning Qi’s world power and brought forward.
But it had three colors, not just Lightning Rule power, but also life rules and Sword Dao Rules.
Only in that Profound True Secret Realm could such mismatched yet harmonious items form.
Precisely because of this, multicolored Rule Jades were extremely unstable.
If given to cultivators in the Mountain Sea Realm to use, they had to maintain balance among the rules within.
Otherwise, once the balance was broken, the Rule Jade would immediately explode and dissipate between heaven and earth.
Thus, many cultivators both loved and hated them.
Even Body Integration Realm giants and Dao Integration Realm old ancestors were powerless against them, after all, not everyone could master all the rules on a Rule Jade.
But now in Ning Qi’s hands, Ning Qi felt that with his power as Realm Lord, he should be able to suppress the unrest of multicolored Rule Jades.
Thus, the world power enveloping that three-colored Rule Jade suddenly seeped precisely into the Lightning Rule within it.
In an instant, cracks appeared within this Rule Jade, showing signs of shattering and dissipating.
However, Ning Qi separated out another strand of world power, enveloping it.
The signs of shattering and dissipation immediately halted, and the cracks were instantly compressed and fused, as if they had never existed.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Ning Qi’s face.
As he had expected, with his power as Realm Lord, he could separate the rules from the Rule Jade intact and undamaged.
This ability was simply too amazing—even Body Integration Realm giants and Dao Integration Realm old ancestors could not achieve it!
This meant that all the over a hundred Rule Jades before him, he could separate their rule powers undamaged.
Then aggregate all rule powers of the same nature together.
This further meant that Ning Qi could help others separate Rule Jades.
He couldn’t help but think of the several True Disciples from Boundless Sword Sect; though they had gained much this time, they were probably now staring at their Rule Jades with regret.
If he could separate Rule Jades undamaged, many would be willing to pay a great price for such a service.
For instance, if someone had a three-colored Rule Jade but only had talent and affinity for one of them.
If using it himself for comprehension, he would have to comprehend all three simultaneously, maintaining balance in their consumption.
But lacking talent and affinity for the other two, the suffering would come!
If someone now told him they could separate the desired rule power undamaged, let alone offering the other two rule powers as payment, he would willingly hand over another spiritual treasure.
Because he could immediately comprehend and absorb from the separated Rule Jade without restraint, rapidly advancing or even breaking through in cultivation.
As for why Rule Jades were so troublesome, yet cultivators preferred comprehending from them rather than from heaven and earth?
Naturally, because the rules between heaven and earth were far harder to grasp and comprehend than the rule power within Rule Jades.
Ning Qi temporarily set aside the idea of earning rewards by helping others separate Rule Jades.
His world power separated out, quickly beginning to separate the rules from all the Rule Jades.
With the fine control of primordial spirit power, precise separation was not difficult; the hardest part was maintaining stability.
In mere moments, Ning Qi had separated all the Rule Jades completely.
The over a hundred Rule Jades, after separation, still numbered over a hundred, but all had become Monochromatic Rule Jades.
Among them, the largest Rule Jade remained the Lightning Rule Jade.
Ning Qi stored away the other Rule Jades, then focused his gaze on the Lightning Rule Jade.
His world power activated it, and immediately, from the massive Lightning Rule Jade, Lightning Rule power overflowed, the entire Rule Jade melting like substance, transforming into an incredibly pure stream of rule power.
If a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator were to comprehend it with their primordial spirit right away, they could immediately step into the Void Dao Realm and grasp Lightning Rule power.
However, Ning Qi did not do so.
His world power could already nurture all things and create worlds.
Thus, world power fused into the Lightning Rule power, continuously compressing and nurturing it; gradually, a surge of vigorous vitality suddenly birthed upon it.
Immediately, lightning filled the inner world, and the surrounding Thunder River clung to the inner world wall like a tail-wagging puppy begging for food, greedily watching the lightning emanating from within.
As if obtaining just a trace would allow them to advance and sublimate.
However, Ning Qi remained unmoved.
His mind fully immersed into the Lightning Rule power, his comprehension operating at full capacity, continuing to nurture the vitality within.
Ning Qi was like one studying the most origin matters; he discovered electricity, understood how it was produced, experimented endlessly, and finally unlocked its deepest mysteries—he too could now produce electricity!
“Sizzle!”
Within the inner world, Ning Qi suddenly spread his palm, and in its center, a dazzling light flashed, void lightning born.
It was like cradling a newly born life—not his own power, but the life growing, breathing, releasing of its own accord…
A profound and mysterious sensation welled up in his heart as Ning Qi gazed at the lightning in his palm.
This was the origin of Lightning Rule…
Though weak, it was invincible within the True Martial Realm.
Ning Qi’s world power withdrew from it, and immediately, that trace of Lightning Rule origin rushed toward the edge of the inner world.
As it approached, the Thunder River went berserk, like starving madmen seeing delicacies thrown toward them.
Whoosh!
The Lightning Rule origin pierced the inner world wall, directly burrowing into the Thunder River.
Immediately, the Thunder River engulfed it, but the next second, they were like starving people instantly stuffed full, unable to eat the food thrown to them.
Myriad thunder surged, thunderclouds appearing in the skies of both inner and outer worlds, countless lightning weaving, emitting terrifying booming sounds.
Within the True Martial Realm, countless beings immediately looked up at the sky.
They gazed at the strange thunderclouds above, even as lightning dragons overlooked all beings.
Yet all beings felt no fear; instead, for some reason, they felt a sense of satisfaction.
Countless beings were puzzled, not understanding the source of this feeling, attributing it only to the supreme Realm Lord.
Immediately, endless beings prostrated on the ground, continuously kowtowing to the divine miracle.
Within the inner world.
Not only the beings of the True Martial Realm, Ning Qi felt the same sensation.
He felt himself more complete and perfect from within to without.
However, the current changes were not yet over.
He took out all the spiritual swords, and immediately, world power covered them, infinite Rules of Sword erupting.
Ning Qi forcibly fused them into one!
A majestic Sword Intent was born within the inner world, illusory and real, but no one could ignore the power upon it.
Among the beings of the True Martial Realm, all sword users’ swords trembled and resonated; each looked at their sword in confusion, not understanding what had happened.
Soon, another illusory image appeared in Ning Qi’s hand.
He released his world power, letting it fly out.
Within the True Martial Realm, infinite sword light threaded through the thunderclouds, covering the entire True Martial Realm.
Sword cultivators of the lower realm, whether cultivators or mortal swordsmen, could no longer grip their swords; they all unsheathed in unison, performing sword dances in the air, waves of sword light.
They seemed to gain life in that instant, celebrating for the formless existence.
Ning Qi did not stop.
He took out the Water Fire Dao Sword and flicked it with a finger.
At the same time, the previously separated water and fire Rule Jades were separated out one by one, turning into two streams of water flow, merging into the Water Fire Dao Sword.
Upon the Dao Sword, the water and fire lights shone even brighter.
A steady and profound aura self-generated upon it, water and fire intermingling, uniting the world.
The reason the Water Fire Dao Sword was the most precious treasure of the Profound True Secret Realm lay in the water and fire rules upon it.
If it only had two rules, it would not be so valuable; more importantly, the water and fire rule powers upon it mutually generated and restrained, able to fuse—this was the key.
Thus, Ning Qi valued it most, saving it for last.
The Water Fire Dao Sword hovered in the air, and Ning Qi suddenly extended both hands; the Water Fire Dao Sword shrank, and Ning Qi clasped his palms together, gripping it between them.
World power surged within his body, and Ning Qi immediately felt a fusing rule power alternating in his palms.
This sensation was extremely wondrous, like witnessing hundred lifetimes of struggle between water and fire, observing thousand lifetimes of their evolution.
The birth of all life could not be without water and fire.
Ning Qi suddenly released his palms, two-colored cycling lights radiating out.
The entire inner world flickered with water and fire lights, then reflected onto the outer world like rosy clouds.
Sky blue as water, sky glow as fire!
Amidst it, lightning and sword light also threaded through.
On this day, the True Martial Realm quaked greatly, spiritual energy submitted, the world reborn.
Accompanied by the booming across the entire world, all beings felt themselves ever more perfect, their minds suddenly gaining many comprehensions of lightning, Sword Intent, water, and fire.
This heaven-granted opportunity once again incited all beings to worship.
Ning Qi clasped his hands behind his back, his figure endlessly rising, arriving at the True Martial Realm world wall.
Beyond it lay the Boundless Sea of Realms.
Previously, to birth rule power in the True Martial Realm, he could only draw rules from the Sea of Realms, but that was always like grinding iron into a needle—painfully slow.
Now, four origin rules had been born within the True Martial Realm.
It was like laying down seed springs in the True Martial Realm; it could now directly and continuously absorb corresponding rules from the Sea of Realms.
And as Sea of Realms rule power surged in, Realm Lord Ning Qi was the first to receive the baptism of rule power.
Ning Qi was silent, but his aura was as vast as the starry sky.
In his eyes naturally flickered four colors; with each blink, it seemed he could shoot out a rule strike.
His white robe naturally surged with Four Symbols, forming a robe of utmost beauty.
Within the True Martial Realm, the entire world’s area shattered its former limit, expanding several times over.
All beings looked on in first shock, then endless joy.
They knew the Realm Lord had grown stronger again, so the entire True Martial Realm developed accordingly, their upper limit becoming higher.
Ning Qi turned back, overlooking the entire True Martial Realm.
With rule power now integrated within, he had naturally broken through to Rule Realm.
The True Martial Realm’s changes were still ongoing and would not stop in the short term; unlike before, this would be a slow and steady process.
It would continuously grow by absorbing Sea of Realms Rules.
Henceforth, the True Martial Realm could accommodate the birth of Void Dao Realm experts, but only those comprehending existing rule powers; others temporarily could not.
Ning Qi sensed his own strength; four rule origin Great Daos were within his body.
With a slight ponder, his current level was equivalent to initial entry into Rule Realm.
In Rule Realm, accommodating one rule origin was initial entry, equivalent to invincible in Body Integration Realm;
Accommodating a hundred rules forming a small cycle was Major Accomplishment in Rule Realm, invincible in Dao Integration Realm.
Accommodating ten thousand rule origins, the True Martial Realm would fully promote to Spirit Realm, becoming True Immortals.
The entire True Martial Realm had also left the category of small world; though not yet a Spirit Realm, it could be called a Sub-Spirit Realm.
