Chapter 285: Body Fusion Realm
Ning Qi emerged from closed-door cultivation, bringing immense shock to the congregation.
The Boundless Sword Sect was finally about to have its first Body Integration Realm giant in history, who would also be the youngest Body Integration Realm giant in the entire North and South Regions!
Everyone had no time to celebrate and instead immediately sat cross-legged, listening to Ning Qi preach the Dao.
Over these ten years, the others in the Boundless Sword Sect had also progressed rapidly.
Qin Minghao, Wang Ye, Jiang Qingxue, and the other Top Ten True Disciples were also sitting below.
Except for Sun Xing from Five Elements Peak and He Tian, who were later pulled into the Top Ten True Disciples by Ning Qi, the eight other true disciples who had followed Ning Qi to the Profound True Secret Realm had gained much there and received his guidance. These eight had successively broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm over the past ten years, formally stepping into the Void Dao Realm.
This instantly added eight great powers to the Boundless Sword Sect, exciting everyone in the sect.
If comparing solely the number of great powers, then after the Northern Profound Upper Sect’s destruction, the Boundless Sword Sect was now undoubtedly a leader in the Northern Xuan Region.
He Tian and Sun Xing, who had later joined the Top Ten True Disciples, were extremely depressed.
Sun Xing was slightly better off. After all, he was a disciple reincarnated from the True Martial Realm, bolstered by the Enlightenment Realm Tree. His cultivation had already surpassed He Tian’s, and he was close to the Void Dao Realm.
He Tian was the most depressed.
Ten years ago, Ning Qi had pulled him back into the Top Ten True Disciples sequence, for which he was immensely grateful to Ning Qi.
But now, watching his former fellow Top Ten True Disciples all step into the Void Dao Realm one by one, while he remained stuck in place, he flushed red with embarrassment, feeling ashamed to face others.
After all, a true man born between heaven and earth could not linger despondently below others.
Now that the sect leader had emerged from seclusion, Qin Minghao and the other eight were awaiting Ning Qi’s order, after which they could leave the true disciple sequence and formally become sect elders.
Thus, with only He Tian and Sun Xing left in the Top Ten True Disciples, they needed to be replenished again.
True Person Ziyang and Jiang Family great power Jiang Ruhai had also made extraordinary progress over these ten years, standing uniquely even among great powers.
Everyone knew that the progress of the eight true disciples and the two elders True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai was all due to following Sect Leader Ning Qi.
Former Sect Leader Jiang Baichuan was also below. At this moment, his heart was completely at ease, and the other Jiang Family members had even less to say.
Perhaps Jiang Baichuan serving as sect leader had indeed been beneficial to the Jiang Family, but after Ning Qi took over, in merely ten years, the Boundless Sword Sect had changed more than in the previous century!
The congregation was utterly convinced and admiring of Ning Qi.
Ahead, Ning Qi began preaching the Dao. The congregation had no time for further thoughts and followed his lecture one by one, as if receiving enlightenment, even more serious and immersed than schoolboy scholars.
Ning Qi swept a glance over the congregation gathered here.
From true disciples to old ancestors, their realms ranged from the early Nascent Soul Realm to Void Dao Realm Perfection.
Thus, he first expounded the fundamentals of cultivation from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Void Dao Realm, pointing straight to the origin of the Great Dao.
At first, the Void Dao Realm great powers paid little attention, as they had long stepped into the Void Dao Realm and passed the Nascent Soul stage, feeling there was nothing worth hearing.
But soon, these Void Dao Realm great powers also sat up straight, extremely focused.
This was because Ning Qi’s exposition was not just the Boundless Sword Sect’s cultivation methods but seemed to integrate the strengths of numerous schools, proving extremely helpful even to them now.
After all, the use of the Nascent Soul related to everything, and even after passing the Nascent Soul Realm, it could still be cultivated.
Sounds of the Great Dao rang out one after another. Soon, Ning Qi had fully explained the essence of the Nascent Soul Realm, giving the congregation a sense of vast skies suddenly opening up.
Pop!
Suddenly, several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators directly broke through on the spot!
They must have encountered many intractable issues in their usual practice, which they instantly overcame through Ning Qi’s preaching of the Dao.
In an instant, everyone looked at those who had broken through, their eyes filled with anticipation.
After a pause, Ning Qi continued imparting his improved Void Dao Realm technique.
At this moment, the various Rule Divine Chains attached to his body surface extended out again, condensing several figures in the air above.
Ning Qi directly used the Nascent Soul Fetal Parasitism Technique to merge into each Rule Divine Chain.
The rules he had mastered fully encompassed what everyone in the Boundless Sword Sect cultivated.
Now, Ning Qi personally demonstrated the power of the Nascent Soul and used the method of evolving the Dao through rules to preach above the void for the congregation.
One by one, different Rule Divine Chains, after Ning Qi’s Nascent Soul parasitized them, actually transformed into figures.
They each first sat cross-legged in the void, personally demonstrating how to break through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Void Dao Realm.
Then, each Rule Figure began demonstrating how to more quickly and effectively condense rules from between heaven and earth and integrate them into oneself.
The Boundless Sword Sect congregation below was nearly dumbfounded.
They had never imagined such a vivid, clear, and profoundly moving way of imparting dharma.
Everyone’s gaze turned to the Rule Figure most attuned to them, their Nascent Soul making contact.
In that instant, everyone exclaimed in shock. They had fully immersed themselves, as if they had become that Rule Figure.
They could personally feel how the Rule Figure condensed rules into itself and practiced corresponding offensive and defensive spells in the void.
They could even sense their usual cultivation errors from it, completely guided by the Rule Figure onto a perfectly correct and swift path.
The congregation was utterly engrossed, vowing to etch it into their minds, certain it would benefit them for life!
It was unknown how much time passed before the congregation’s minds returned to their bodies, and Ning Qi’s imparting of dharma ended.
The congregation on site came back to their senses one by one.
The Nascent Soul Realm cultivators gazed fervently, certain their future path was clear, with no cultivation obstacles ahead.
Pop!
He Tian suddenly looked beside him, his face showing shock.
Sun Xing had actually broken through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Void Dao Realm on the spot, becoming one of the great powers.
He Tian instantly felt utterly alone. How was he the only one left in the Top Ten True Disciples still at the Nascent Soul Realm?
It was like a banquet: before, they had all sat at one table, but now the others had moved to the main table, leaving him alone to sit with the children.
It seemed like he had gained something, but his status had changed.
Fortunately, he had memorized the sect leader’s imparting of dharma and was confident he would not lag far behind.
The Void Dao Realm great powers, like the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators before, also had several break through on the spot.
Even those who did not break through felt exceptionally clear-minded, sensing that reaching Void Dao Realm Perfection would be a smooth path.
Everyone immediately stood and deeply bowed to Ning Qi. “Thank you, Sect Leader, for the grace of preaching the Dao!”
Such selfless preaching of the Dao was something even their masters could not achieve!
It was not that their respective masters held anything back, but masters had their own limitations and lacked Ning Qi’s methods of preaching the Dao.
Ning Qi had led the congregation to personally experience the flawless path from the Nascent Soul Realm to Void Dao Realm Perfection. How could they not express thanks?
Ning Qi calmly accepted the congregation’s grand salute.
“Zi Yang Grand Elder, now nine of the Top Ten True Disciples have broken through. Please handle the procedures for them to become elders on my behalf.”
True Person Ziyang slightly bowed his head. He had also benefited greatly from Ning Qi’s preaching of the Dao and would henceforth regard Ning Qi as his master.
“Yes!”
“Vice Sect Master.”
Cang Wanhe hurriedly responded, “Here!”
“The matter of reselecting the Top Ten True Disciples is entrusted to you.”
“Yes!”
Then Ning Qi flicked his sleeve. “If there is nothing else, you may all withdraw first.”
The congregation bowed again, then departed one by one.
Thus, only Ning Qi and the Sword Ancestor remained on site.
After the congregation left, the Sword Ancestor suddenly showed a regretful expression and said:
“Young Ning, I regret it.”
Seeing the old ancestor like this, Ning Qi was stunned and asked, “Sword Ancestor, what do you regret?”
Jian Jingjue remained seated. He patted the floor and said:
“Why wasn’t I born ten thousand years later? If my ox nose master back then had even one-tenth of your preaching ability, I fear I would have broken through to the Body Integration Realm long ago.”
Ning Qi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Seeing the congregation break through one after another, the Sword Ancestor was naturally delighted for these Boundless Sword Sect juniors.
But due to his Great Dao Injury, though he gained some insight from Ning Qi’s preaching of the Dao, he made no progress.
At most, he could expand and perfect his cultivation at Void Dao Realm Perfection on its original foundation.
Over these ten years, Ning Qi had also studied the evil qi the Sword Ancestor had stripped from his own body.
Though he could not eradicate the evil qi, he had found a countermeasure, using the power of heaven and earth rules to suppress it.
Ning Qi said, “Sword Ancestor, I have a method to suppress the evil qi erosion in your body. Are you willing to try it?”
Hearing this, the Sword Ancestor’s sword eyes flashed with divine light, and he hurriedly asked, “Is this true?”
“Of course!”
Then, Ning Qi took out the evil qi that the Sword Ancestor had sealed in a jade slip back then and placed it on the ground.
The jade slip was originally flawless azure, but due to the sealed evil qi, it had turned pitch black, giving an extremely ominous feeling.
Ning Qi placed his right hand on the jade slip and lightly lifted it, immediately drawing out the evil qi from within.
The Sword Ancestor watched nervously from the side, fearing Ning Qi would also be invaded by the evil qi, which would make him the sinner of the entire Boundless Sword Sect.
But the next second, the Sword Ancestor saw the evil qi as docile as a kitten in Ning Qi’s right hand, kneaded at will without harming him.
The Sword Ancestor’s attention was on Ning Qi’s right hand. His five fingers were like divine pillars, each emitting different rule power—precisely the five elements rules of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The five elements rules mutually generated and restrained, forming a self-sustaining cycle in Ning Qi’s palm, like a special small world.
“This is?” the Sword Ancestor asked.
Ning Qi smiled. “This is a supreme method I created, named Five Elements Divine Chain.”
As he spoke, Ning Qi pushed his palm forward.
The evil qi fell to the ground like a ball, bouncing repeatedly, yet it neither dispersed nor stained the surroundings.
Outside the evil qi, five-colored divine light enveloped it, firmly binding and suppressing it.
What surprised the Sword Ancestor even more was that after the Five Elements Divine Chain left Ning Qi—clearly severed from its connection—it did not dissipate.
Generally, whatever spell a cultivator cast would disperse once the connection was severed.
Yet this Five Elements Divine Chain autonomously absorbed rule power from between heaven and earth to replenish itself, continuing to suppress the evil qi within.
“Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!”
The Sword Ancestor uttered “wonderful” three times in a row.
He looked at Ning Qi and continued, “This method should incorporate formations.”
Ning Qi slightly nodded.
“The Sword Ancestor sees through it clearly.”
The Sword Ancestor said again, “Ordinary formations require necessary maintenance and supplementation by people to sustain operation and replenish spiritual energy, along with various spirit stones or spiritual treasures as the formation’s core.”
“But your Five Elements Divine Chain is based on rules and completely needs none of these. How is this achieved?”
Ning Qi said, “Heaven and earth inherently have rules!”
The Sword Ancestor was stunned, his sword eyes flickering with light. He uttered “wonderful” three times again.
“With these words of yours, Dao Integration is within reach!”
After their discussion, Ning Qi said, “Sword Ancestor, shall we try it?”
Jian Jingjue’s face showed undisguisable excitement. “Of course!”
Over these ten thousand years, he had been suppressing the evil qi with his own Sword Dao.
Without comprehending One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, he would have long been unable to suppress it.
Now that Ning Qi had a better method, he was naturally willing to try.
“But young one, let me say this upfront: if you fail, it is no matter, but from now on, the Boundless Sword Sect will rest on your shoulders alone, including the upcoming Spirit Realm War.”
The Sword Ancestor said nonchalantly.
Hearing this, Ning Qi helplessly said, “Then perhaps we should forget it?”
The Sword Ancestor immediately jumped up, assuming an attacking stance and jutting his chin at Ning Qi.
“Young one, you fooled the old ancestor and now want to leave?”
Ning Qi rubbed his forehead. This ten-thousand-year-old lamp probably only showed this side before him. He was convinced.
“Alright then, let’s begin, but if there’s any abnormality, Sword Ancestor, you must tell me immediately.”
The Sword Ancestor directly sat before Ning Qi. “Enough with the nagging. My fate is mine, not heaven’s. Even if I die, it’s my choice whose hand it is in. Rest assured!”
Ning Qi had no choice but to proceed as instructed.
He first condensed a Five Elements Divine Chain the size of a person, glanced at the Sword Ancestor, still uneasy, and continued expanding it to ten zhang in size.
The five elements rules flowed ceaselessly upon it, drawing five elements rules from between heaven and earth.
Then, Ning Qi continuously compressed the Five Elements Divine Chain’s volume until it rested on his fingertip, merely the size of a bean.
Gazing at the ultra-compact Five Elements Divine Chain that could no longer be compressed, Ning Qi said, “Sword Ancestor, here it comes!”
“Come on!”
Ning Qi immediately pressed it to the Sword Ancestor’s forehead.
“Five Elements Seal!”
Upon touching the forehead, it rooted there, blooming with miniature five elements divine light on the Sword Ancestor’s brow.
The Sword Ancestor’s towering body shuddered involuntarily.
He immediately felt the evil qi suppressed by his Sword Dao in his body and Nascent Soul seemingly taken over.
The Sword Ancestor cautiously withdrew his own Sword Dao rules. The Five Elements Divine Chain circulated, completely suppressing all the evil qi.
Seeing this, the Sword Ancestor could not help but let out a long howl. After ten thousand years, he was finally temporarily free!
In that instant of relaxed mind, the Sword Ancestor shot into the sky, his aura climbing steadily.
In the void, ten-thousand-meter Sword Dao Rule Divine Chains manifested.
Then, like swimming fish, they suddenly rushed toward the Sword Ancestor, attaching to his body surface!
The Sword Ancestor had also stepped into the Half-step Body Integration Realm!
Ning Qi gazed at the Sword Ancestor’s soaring figure and thought of a line of poetry.
Long caged in the coop, now returned to nature.
This was probably the true portrayal of the Sword Ancestor’s heart at this moment.
The Sword Ancestor’s metamorphosis continued, as if he wanted to directly step into the Body Integration Realm.
But the next second, his aura suddenly stalled, his entire body wilting like a deflated balloon, returning him to his original form.
The miniature Five Elements Divine Chain on his brow emitted endless light, suddenly expanding to match his body size perfectly, as if the evil qi in his body had rapidly surged with his breakthrough.
The Sword Ancestor landed before Ning Qi again, his entire body pitch black, his expression gravely solemn.
Ning Qi was also startled.
Fortunately, the Five Elements Divine Chain held the upper hand, and with the Sword Dao Rule Divine Chains on his body surface activating, they finally resuppressed the evil qi in his body. The Five Elements Divine Chain shrank back to his brow.
The blackness on the Sword Ancestor receded, leaving him drenched in sweat as if fished from water.
He said to Ning Qi:
“This evil qi is truly insidious, surging abruptly with my cultivation growth. Fortunately, your Five Elements Divine Chain is powerful, with no mishaps.”
Divine light shone brilliantly in Ning Qi’s eyes.
After watching the Sword Ancestor for a good while, he said:
“Sword Ancestor, I am now also at Half-step Body Integration Realm, so the Five Elements Divine Chain follows me and can suppress Half-step Body Integration Realm evil qi.”
“Thus, your cultivation must stay consistent with mine. Do not think of breaking through to Body Integration Realm first.”
The Sword Ancestor looked chagrined.
In his previous risky attempt, he had truly thought himself free, but unexpectedly…
However, being able to match Ning Qi’s cultivation now was not bad!
At least, he was not inferior to this prodigy junior.
Afterward, the Sword Ancestor recounted to Ning Qi the intelligence of events in the North and South Regions over the ten years.
Over these ten years, the Northern Xuan Region had grown increasingly chaotic.
After the Northern Profound Upper Sect’s annihilation, the remaining eight upper sects eyed its former dominant position.
Chaos ensued among them. Even knowing the Boundless Sword Sect’s current strength, they could not restrain their ambitions. All wanted to become the new overlord.
Even from the Southern True Domain, the Feathered Ascension Upper Sect had sent people to the Northern Xuan Region, seeking to intervene and lay out plans.
They had all sensed the impending Spirit Realm War and wanted to seize more resources in the limited time to bolster their strength in preparation.
However, with the Sword Ancestor guarding the Boundless Sword Sect, plus aid from the Ox Demon Upper Sect in the Southern True Domain, no one dared disturb them.
Thus, the Boundless Sword Sect had consistently followed a strategy of keeping a low profile and nurturing strength, ignoring the outside world and silently accumulating power.
Hearing of the events over the ten years, Ning Qi nodded.
The Sword Ancestor’s next words gave Ning Qi a sense of urgency.
The will from the Mountain Sea Realm grew increasingly anxious, making the sects in the entire Mountain Sea Realm increasingly urgent.
All sects and factions were now frantically conquering small worlds!
The small worlds under Mountain Sea Realm were being destroyed one by one, at a speed dozens of times faster than before.
At this rate, it was feared that within a millennium, all small worlds would be slaughtered clean.
Everyone had already sensed the urgent atmosphere.
Ning Qi naturally felt a trace of urgency as well. After all, though the True Martial Realm’s coordinates were in his hands, once the vast majority of small worlds were destroyed, the True Martial Realm would become conspicuously prominent, and the Mountain Sea Realm’s will would notice its existence!
…
Within the True Martial Realm.
Realm Lord Ning Qi arrived before the Realm Wall again.
He released an enormous Five Elements Divine Chain toward the Sea of Realms.
Within the gray Sea of Realms, five-colored divine light faintly appeared.
The Five Elements Divine Chain was like a sailboat at sea, arduously fishing, with strands of rule power captured by the net and sent back to the True Martial Realm.
Besides sealing, Ning Qi mainly used this Five Elements Divine Chain to draw Rule Origin from the Sea of Realms.
Having painstakingly researched this method, now putting it to use, it immediately showed results.
Ning Qi watched the rule power sent by the Five Elements Divine Chain.
He estimated in his heart that roughly once a year, the Five Elements Divine Chain could autonomously condense one Rule Origin for the True Martial Realm!
From now on, he no longer needed to rely on devouring spiritual treasures or Rule Jades to generate Rule Origin, freeing his hands with an automatic blood-making machine.
Moreover, at this speed, in just a few more decades, plus the fourteen rules he had already mastered, he could condense a hundred rule powers for the True Martial Realm!
With a hundred Rule Origins condensed, the World Lord’s main body could step into the minor accomplishment of rules!
Upon entering minor accomplishment, Ning Qi would be invincible in the Dao Integration Realm.
As for now, with so many rule powers condensed, Ning Qi’s main body might even qualify to clash with a Dao Integration Realm.
…
Time passed, and another thirty years went by.
Within the Boundless Sword Sect.
Through his heaven-defying comprehension, Ning Qi created numerous methods and passed down more good things to the sword sect.
For instance, various single-target attack techniques and combined battle techniques, allowing sect disciples to fight alone or in groups. Even against powerful enemies in the future, they would have fighting power.
At the same time, Ning Qi opened other paths for disciples not adept at attack.
Pill Refining, Artifact Refining, and Formation Setting—these three arts began taking root in the Boundless Sword Sect.
Any disciple skilled in these could enjoy treatment equal to the other true disciples.
Thus, over these thirty years, all fields within the Boundless Sword Sect flourished vibrantly, a scene of prosperity.
Whether true disciples or elders, Ning Qi had established a complete ecosystem for them, cooperating mutually to advance. The sect’s foundation was greatly elevated.
With what Ning Qi had established, the Nascent Soul Realm true disciples in the sect ushered in an explosive surge, their numbers multiplying several times.
The Void Dao Realm great powers naturally increased by more than ten.
The Boundless Sword Sect’s entire foundation had surpassed the former Northern Profound Upper Sect and even the three top-tier upper sects of the Southern True Domain.
As for Ning Qi himself.
On this day, heaven and earth in the Boundless Sword Sect shook.
Everyone in the sect looked toward one direction—that was the place they admired, where their sect leader was in closed-door cultivation.
Some years ago, that seclusion site had been destroyed by the sect leader’s breakthrough and later rebuilt. Today’s massive shaking certainly meant the sect leader had another huge breakthrough.
Everyone’s eyes lit up. They shot into the sky one after another, gazing afar while speeding toward that direction.
Those nearby had already seen the scene within.
At this moment, on the ground, the sect’s spiritual energy seemed to have a source, gathering toward it like seven-colored mist spreading over the surface.
Above the sky, countless Rule Divine Chains had manifested. Examining any one closely revealed it was fully three thousand zhang long.
Counting the different rules within precisely, everyone was shocked—about forty-five.
The “about” was because some were dim and indistinct.
Gazing at the dense, colorful Rule Divine Chains like a heavenly net, the congregation flying among them seemed like trapped birds.
Though Sect Leader Ning Qi had not emerged, the current spectacle already made everyone’s hearts pound out of their chests!
With this display, the sect leader was probably about to break through to the Body Integration Realm!
Suddenly, the seclusion gate opened, and Ning Qi’s figure shot straight into the sky.
Countless Rule Divine Chains above the sky all flew back to him. The congregation saw those Rule Divine Chains shrink into his body like his own flesh and blood, muscles and bones.
That body of his was the world’s most perfect body, the world’s most precious treasure, as if birthed by heaven and earth.
In an instant, Ning Qi’s entire body was utterly translucent, seeming like the Boundless Sword Sect’s sole existence.
He was the center of heaven and earth; his breath was the breath of heaven and earth.
Body Integration Realm achieved!
