Chapter 297: Lord Of The Profound Truth Domain
Starlight sprinkled down from the sky, shining onto the ten-zhang starlight giant condensed by Tang Mankong and the other two.
At this moment, that starlight was entirely gathered by the giant at its fingertip.
A brilliant starlight illuminated the void, shining across the entire field. Taking advantage of the moment when the congregation lost their perception, it shot toward Ning Qi like an immortal sword at extreme speed.
Swoosh!
Tang Mankong and the other two hid inside the starlight giant, looking toward Ning Qi. The three even revealed triumphant smiles at the corners of their mouths.
In the next instant, everyone recovered their perception and instantly noticed that the starlight had already arrived right in front of Ning Qi’s face.
The congregation was all startled.
At such a close distance, dodging was already too late!
But what the congregation didn’t expect was that Ning Qi seemed to have seen through the attack of Tang Mankong and the other two long ago.
Right in front of his face, a magic mirror formed from the power of rules condensed out of thin air!
The magic mirror appeared neither too early nor too late, perfectly catching the incoming starlight.
Swoosh!
That extremely fast and sharp starlight was reflected back by the magic mirror at an even faster speed than when it came.
The congregation only saw a V-shaped light arrow bend in the void, instantly piercing through the starlight giant’s right arm.
A terrifying power erupted from it, directly severing the starlight giant’s right arm.
At the severed spot, a sizzling sound rang out, as if that starlight carried an extremely high temperature capable of refining everything, instantly spewing out large amounts of white smoke.
“Ah!”
Three screams immediately transmitted from within the starlight giant.
Tang Mankong and the other two Integration Realm experts seemed to be wounded simultaneously due to the giant’s arm falling off, crying out in pain continuously.
The starlight giant’s left arm immediately condensed a starlight blade, slashing down at the spot where the right arm had been burned.
The three cried out in pain again, and only then did the right arm recongeal.
It seemed that the previous starlight could actually suppress their own power.
Seeing this scene, the congregation finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ning Qi could react quickly even without perception!
Earlier, on their side, Niu Ding Tian, Kong Cai Chen, and Sword Ancestor—three Integration Realm experts—had all made moves, only to be suppressed by the starlight giant condensed by Tang Mankong and the other two, causing everyone’s hearts to sink.
Fortunately, Ning Qi was different; he had instead wounded the opponent.
At this time, Tang Mankong and the other two had recovered. The starlight giant’s eyes flickered as it gazed at Ning Qi, filled with uncertainty and doubt.
Just as the congregation thought, Niu Ding Tian, Kong Cai Chen, and Jian Jingjue were all restrained by them, so why had something unexpected happened with Ning Qi?
How exactly had Ning Qi done it?
They had previously used a star shield to reflect Kong Cai Chen’s five-colored divine light arrow, and that was when everyone could still perceive.
But just now, everyone’s perception should have been stripped away.
Tang Mankong and the other two even had a bad premonition—they felt that the magic mirror Ning Qi had released seemed somewhat similar to the star shield they had used.
Thus, the starlight giant glowed, condensing a weakened version of a starlight arrow, and shot it toward Ning Qi once more.
Ning Qi hovered high in the air. Facing the incoming light arrow, he extended one finger, and the fingertip struck first despite starting later, pointing toward the light arrow.
The light arrow immediately twisted like a snake, tamed by Ning Qi, and wrapped around his arm.
The starlight giant froze upon seeing this.
Even though it was a weakened version of a starlight arrow, they were certain that even an Integration Venerable could not catch it so easily.
What left them even more speechless was that Ning Qi hadn’t used the previous magic mirror to reflect it this time, as if he had seen through their probing intent.
Inside the starlight giant.
Tang Mankong and his two brothers’ consciousnesses flowed.
“Big Brother, Second Brother, that Ning Qi seems to have seen through our attacks and ideas. Let’s use close combat instead!” Third Brother Tang Niulang said.
Hearing this, Tang Mankong and Tang Yinghuo couldn’t think of a better method for the time being, so they agreed.
The three simultaneously activated another secret technique.
The starlight giant shouted from its mouth: “Star Annihilation Blade!”
Endless starlight continuously gathered in the giant’s hand, then directly transformed into a massive magic blade.
It had no light at all; instead, it was as deep as a black hole.
As soon as it appeared, the blade possessed an extremely terrifying suction force.
The spiritual energy and power of rules in the surrounding void were all sucked into the Star Annihilation Blade, enhancing its power even further.
Sword Ancestor slashed out with a sword again, sword light shooting out to interrupt the three’s actions.
But the starlight giant casually swung the magic blade horizontally, and Sword Ancestor’s sword light deviated on its own like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, turning into assistance and surging into the blade.
The cultivators from the two sects who had wanted to join in the attack immediately halted their intentions.
They stared blankly at the starlight giant—was this the strength of Half-step Dao Integration Realm?
When the two sects had previously conquered Feathered Ascension Upper Sect together, they hadn’t encountered such a terrifying opponent.
Or rather, they had never truly clashed with real experts, because the opponent’s experts had been killed by Ning Qi from the start.
Only now did the congregation truly understand Ning Qi’s power.
The previous seven Integration Realm experts hadn’t acted against the congregation, and Sword Ancestor and the others still had the power to fight.
But the current starlight giant was different.
Even Sword Ancestor and the others, who were also at Integration Realm, were powerless.
The congregation unanimously turned their gazes to Ning Qi’s back. At present, it seemed only Sect Leader Senior Brother could fight it.
The starlight giant gripped the Star Annihilation Blade with both hands, its eyes sweeping toward Ning Qi.
Tang Mankong and the other two were astonished to discover that Ning Qi remained as calm as before in the face of this blade.
The three moved as one, manipulating the starlight giant to take a step forward.
In an instant, the starlight giant tore through space, its ten-zhang body appearing right in front of Ning Qi. The massive Star Annihilation Blade in its hand slashed straight down at Ning Qi.
The pitch-black blade was extremely eerie. Though it hadn’t struck yet, Ning Qi’s figure distorted, as if in the next instant he would be sucked inside.
Amid the congregation’s shock and fear, Ning Qi finally moved!
His distorted figure suddenly stopped distorting, completely steady. Ning Qi’s speed was terrifyingly fast; he didn’t even draw his spiritual sword.
He merely extended his right hand, fingers together like a blade, and lightly slashed toward the massive Star Annihilation Blade.
This was an extremely shocking scene, like an ant trying to shake a great tree!
The ten-zhang starlight giant went without saying; the Star Annihilation Blade in its hand was several zhang long and over a zhang wide. Ning Qi seemed utterly minuscule just standing before the blade.
Yet, Ning Qi slashed toward the Star Annihilation Blade with his right hand.
Crack!
On the left side of the void was Ning Qi in white robes; on the right was the ten-zhang starlight giant.
Hand blade against the black-hole-like giant blade—no terrifying fluctuations erupted, as if all waves had been annihilated.
But the incessant cracking sounds reached the congregation’s ears. They shockingly saw that Ning Qi’s seemingly weak hand blade on the left had shattered the massive Star Annihilation Blade in one strike.
Not only that, dark cracks appeared at the point of contact, as if the void itself had been struck with terrifying fissures from the clash, spreading like a spiderweb across the space between the two.
The congregation was utterly shocked.
Tang Mankong and the other two widened their eyes, their faces showing disbelief!
Ning Qi had blocked their strike with just his physical body hand blade?
He had even shattered their Star Annihilation Blade—how was this possible?
But reality was reality. Even if the three were unwilling to believe it, the immense force from the collision rebounded, a vast power assaulting them. The starlight giant instantly flew backward toward Heavenly Star Upper Sect.
Boom rumble!
The giant crashed into Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s sect protecting grand formation, rippling endlessly. The disciples watching from inside were all jolted, their feet leaving the ground as they jumped.
From this, it was clear just how strong Ning Qi’s power was.
“Impossible!”
Tang Yinghuo’s voice transmitted from within the starlight giant, his roar somewhat mad, as if he still couldn’t accept it.
Tang Mankong inside hurriedly shouted: “Calm down! When we use this Star Fusion Light Technique, we must keep our mindset as peaceful as possible, or it will dissipate. Then we’ll be even less able to deal with Ning Qi.”
Tang Yinghuo could only take a deep breath, quickly shutting his mouth to calm his mind.
The three urged the starlight giant again, climbing up from the sect protecting grand formation and gazing from afar at that white-robed youth.
As they watched, the congregation followed suit.
That previous scene lingered in everyone’s minds, an absolutely unforgettable sight in their lives.
Niu Ding Tian and Kong Cai Chen, wounded, flew back and stopped behind Ning Qi.
Niu Ding Tian was slightly better off and could accept Ning Qi’s power.
Kong Cai Chen, who had never traveled with Ning Qi before, finally understood this time why Niu Ding Tian and Hu Xiao Tian praised Ning Qi so much. He even felt that Ning Qi establishing a teleportation array in their Ox Demon Upper Sect that allowed direct teleportation was a great opportunity.
Kong Cai Chen hadn’t understood before, but now he truly did.
With mid Integration Realm cultivation, Ning Qi could fight and defeat even Half-step Dao Integration Realm—his future had no limits!
Sword Ancestor was also dumbfounded. Over these years, he had sparred with Ning Qi multiple times and knew Ning Qi’s progress speed well.
But now, Ning Qi’s strength had risen another huge level.
Perhaps everyone had this question in their hearts. After all, it hadn’t been long since the last extermination of Feathered Ascension Upper Sect.
Ning Qi extended his right hand, spreading five fingers toward the starlight giant that had just climbed up.
“The Star Annihilation Blade isn’t used like that!”
Hearing this, the starlight giant froze, and the congregation was even more stunned.
Ning Qi seemed to be mocking the Star Annihilation Blade that Tang Mankong and the other two had just used.
Especially the people inside Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s sect protecting grand formation—as disciples, they naturally took pride in their sect’s ultimate technique.
They acknowledged Ning Qi’s strength, but for him to say right in front of them that the Star Annihilation Blade used by their three Integration Realm Old Ancestors wasn’t correct—wasn’t that too much!
Only two people kept staring at Ning Qi, their eyes full of adoration.
They were Xia Xing and another Great Power, both reincarnated from True Martial Realm.
Tang Yinghuo couldn’t hold back and angrily shouted again: “Ning Qi brat, relying on your bit of strength, you dare point fingers at our sect’s methods!”
“Second Brother, calm down. He’s deliberately provoking us to disrupt our maintenance of the starlight giant. Don’t fall for it.”
Hearing this, Tang Yinghuo seemed to understand—turns out Ning Qi was aiming for that.
Just as he felt enlightened, a Star Annihilation Blade appeared in Ning Qi’s hand.
The blade was normal sword size, its entire body pitch black, as if a chunk of void was missing.
Seeing Ning Qi use the Star Annihilation Blade, the congregation couldn’t help but widen their eyes—turns out Ning Qi really knew it.
Though its size was completely incomparable to the one used by Tang Mankong and the other two, the blackness on it was even more profound.
The congregation stared at the blade in Ning Qi’s hand, seemingly seeing a real starry sky inside, followed by countless stars annihilated, forming a star grave, that is, a black hole.
Everyone felt their consciousness and nascent soul dragged into it, sensing an eternal loneliness.
Everyone’s minds froze. When they came back to their senses, they saw Ning Qi stepping through the air step by step, walking toward Heavenly Star Upper Sect, toward the starlight giant.
The blade in his hand wasn’t aimed at the congregation, but at Tang Mankong and the other two.
Thus, the starlight giant stood motionless like a soulless giant puppet.
Ning Qi stood gracefully twenty zhang away, holding the Star Annihilation Blade, waiting for the three inside the starlight giant to awaken their consciousness.
A clear breeze passed over the sky. After a moment, the three finally woke.
Gazing at Ning Qi twenty zhang away, they couldn’t help but break into cold sweat.
“You… how do you know our Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s ultimate technique?” Tang Mankong asked in shock.
Ning Qi calmly replied: “Is your ultimate technique hard? I learned it with one glance.”
As if to prove his words weren’t empty, in an instant, the hundred beams of starlight projecting onto the starlight giant abandoned them and fell onto Ning Qi instead.
Ning Qi in his snow-white robes vanished in the starlight in the blink of an eye. A hundred-zhang starlight giant appeared where he had stood, its top reaching the heavens and its feet on the earth.
As if it could grasp the sun and moon, pluck the stars!
The congregation looked up at the hundred-zhang starlight giant cloaked in endless starlight, mouths agape, minds in turmoil.
Turns out Ning Qi really knew their Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s cultivation method!
The people of Heavenly Star Upper Sect were the most shocked.
Their eyes flashed with disbelief, horror, fear, and submission—complex emotions intermingling. They dared to guarantee that nothing in their lives had ever shaken their souls like today.
Tang Mankong and the other two were now speechless, even though their condensed starlight giant had Half-step Dao Integration Realm strength.
Under Ning Qi’s revealed hundred-zhang starlight giant, they were but slightly larger ants.
In the hundred-zhang giant’s hand, it still gripped the Star Annihilation Blade Ning Qi had condensed earlier.
That blade was still so small, like a toothpick in its hand.
From the nine heavens came an emotionless Dao sound.
“Let you truly see how the Star Annihilation Blade should be used.”
With Ning Qi’s words, all the starlight on the hundred-zhang giant surged into the Star Annihilation Blade in its hand.
Ning Qi’s figure reappeared, his Star Annihilation Blade even blacker and deeper.
Suddenly, the Star Annihilation Blade flew out, its body transforming, releasing countless star illusions inside that smashed toward the starlight giant condensed by Tang Mankong and the other two below.
In just an instant, the ten-zhang starlight giant was engulfed in star illusions, as if trapped.
What despaired them more was that starlight continuously drained from their condensed starlight giant, devoured by the surrounding countless star illusions.
Afterward, the star illusions were devoured by the darkness behind them, the star grave reappearing, simultaneously devouring Tang Mankong and the other two who had revealed themselves.
The three were directly stripped of their Half-step Dao Integration Realm strength by Ning Qi!
The congregation could no longer perceive the three’s auras, as if they had completely vanished.
Afterward, at the position where the three had been, a Star Annihilation Blade reappeared and flew back into Ning Qi’s hand.
The congregation looked on, chilled to the bone.
Where had the three gone?
Sucked into the blade, or already dead?
Ning Qi gently stroked the blade.
His fair, slender fingers on the pitch-black, deep blade created a unique beauty.
The congregation clearly sensed that the blade was even stronger than before!
Not only that, this blade had previously been condensed by a person, but now it fully possessed entity.
As if it were real, in Ning Qi’s hand, slashing enemies in heaven and earth, refining enemies into a blade!
Everyone swallowed saliva—was this the true Star Annihilation Blade?
Ning Qi didn’t reveal the three’s whereabouts, and the congregation didn’t dare ask. Their eyes fixed on the blade twitched uncontrollably.
Ning Qi looked toward Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s sect protecting grand formation, lightly raising the blade in his hand as if to slash.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s grand formation split open from the middle, revealing all the disciples of Heavenly Star Upper Sect below.
A young Great Power flew out and said to Ning Qi:
“Our Heavenly Star Upper Sect is willing to serve Sect Master Ning as master, looking only to Boundless Sword Sect. We beseech Sect Master Ning to grant this.”
Ning Qi’s blade paused, his eyes passing over the young man before looking at Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s disciples below him.
Those people now gazed at Ning Qi and the flying youth, pupils shaking.
That person was Sect Leader Xia Tianhe’s nephew, that is, Xia Xing.
At this time, Xia Tianhe had yet to return from Fuyao Region, and the three Integration Realm Old Ancestors were dead. The congregation had fallen into a leaderless state of inner despair.
Now Xia Xing stepped forward to submit to Ning Qi and Boundless Sword Sect, bringing a glimmer of light to the despairing congregation.
No one wanted to die, and no one jumped out to oppose Xia Xing at this moment.
Seeing Ning Qi look toward them, another young Great Power on good terms with Xia Xing immediately bowed and said: “I am willing to submit to Sect Master Ning.”
The others, hearing this, bowed one after another: “We are willing to serve Sect Master Ning as master, looking only to Boundless Sword Sect!”
In an instant, all Heavenly Star Upper Sect disciples bowed their heads to Ning Qi.
Ning Qi glanced over Xia Xing.
Xia Xing subtly winked at Ning Qi, as if saying: “World Lord, quickly let me take control of Heavenly Star Upper Sect.”
Ning Qi was helpless—they were all his own people; he really couldn’t bring himself to act.
Since Xia Xing was willing to take control of Heavenly Star Upper Sect, then agree!
However, the act had to be complete. Ning Qi calmly said: “Words are no proof!”
Xia Xing immediately formed a magic seal pointing to the sky, a wisp of nascent soul power surging from his head like green smoke straight upward.
He said: “I, Xia Xing, with nascent soul power swear to the heavens, vowing lifelong service to Ning Qi as master!”
As his words fell, that wisp of nascent soul green smoke actually formed a magic seal in the void and flew toward Ning Qi, entering his brow.
Ning Qi felt no discomfort, only establishing a nascent soul connection with Xia Xing—he could kill him with a single thought.
Of course, there was already a similar connection between them. As a True Martial Realm reincarnated person, Xia Xing was just going through the motions.
But the others didn’t know the truth. Seeing Xia Xing act so decisively, not only were the remaining Heavenly Star Upper Sect people shocked, even Ox Demon Upper Sect and Boundless Sword Sect were extremely shocked.
Good grief, he really did it!
Ning Qi nodded slightly and said: “You’re good. What’s your name?”
“My name is Xia Xing, Sect Leader’s nephew.”
Ning Qi looked again at the Heavenly Star Upper Sect congregation below, slightly lowering the Star Annihilation Blade in his hand, its tip pointing straight.
The Heavenly Star Upper Sect congregation immediately each swore heavenly oaths, not daring any hesitation, even if unwilling inwardly.
Countless wisps of nascent soul power rose like green smoke: “I, XX, with nascent soul power swear to the heavens, vowing lifelong service to Ning Qi as master!”
Just like Xia Xing before, countless nascent soul contracts surged toward Ning Qi.
Ning Qi felt no discomfort; instead, his mind grew clearer, establishing master-servant connections with the Heavenly Star Upper Sect congregation below.
Under Ning Qi’s powerful nascent soul perception, no one could escape his notice, so no one in Heavenly Star Upper Sect dared fake it.
The oaths rose and fell gradually.
The Ox Demon Upper Sect and Boundless Sword Sect congregation hadn’t expected such an outcome.
Heavenly Star Upper Sect hadn’t either. At this moment, they had all taken Ning Qi as master. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thoroughly severing all emotions about the three Integration Realm Elders’ deaths from their hearts.
Because those emotions were, to a greater or lesser extent, disrespectful to their master Ning Qi!
For the rest of their lives, they absolutely could not harbor any malice toward Ning Qi!
Ning Qi looked at Xia Xing and said: “From now on, you will serve as Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s sect leader. Are you willing?”
Xia Xing bowed and replied: “I am willing.”
“Have you all heard clearly?”
The Heavenly Star Upper Sect congregation below immediately responded in unison: “We heard clearly!”
Boundless Sword Sect and Ox Demon Upper Sect disciples hadn’t contributed this time, but they were extremely satisfied with the current situation.
Xia Xing said: “Now that Heavenly Star Upper Sect and the two sects are allies, and allies have come, we are willing to host. Please enter the sect for a talk!”
Ning Qi flew first toward Heavenly Star Upper Sect.
Then Xia Xing followed in, followed by the two sects’ disciples.
Led by Xia Xing, they toured Heavenly Star Upper Sect.
Meanwhile, the other Heavenly Star Upper Sect people prepared the welcoming banquet.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes.
The Heavenly Star Upper Sect congregation had fully accepted reality from their hearts.
Someone mentioned the sect leader Xia Tianhe who hadn’t returned yet, asking what to do.
Xia Xing said: “We’ll take down Uncle first, then force him to serve Sect Master Ning as master too.”
Everyone looked at him, stunned.
When Xia Tianhe returned, who knew if he’d be scared to death or angered to death? Anyway, his sect leader position was gone, taken by his nephew.
Afterward, Ning Qi also established a teleportation array inside Heavenly Star Upper Sect before taking Boundless Sword Sect back.
Naturally, it stirred up giant waves again in Boundless Sword Sect.
News of Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s defeat and collectively serving Ning Qi as master spread throughout the north and south regions.
The remaining sects in Southern True Domain immediately knew the situation had changed!
They were merely ordinary upper sects, with Void Dao Realm as their strongest.
So they were like startled birds, all dispatching envoys to befriend Boundless Sword Sect, willing to look only to Boundless Sword Sect.
Among them were many Great Powers who were True Martial Realm reincarnated, so Ning Qi accepted the sects’ overtures.
Anyway, with his own people inside, he could monitor the sects at any time, unafraid of duplicity.
Gradually, Ning Qi was revered as the Domain Lord of the two regions. All sects knew Xuanzhen Domain would reappear, so they also called Ning Qi the Xuanzhen Domain Lord!
