Chapter 319: Farming To Body Integration Perfection
Ning Qi and Chi Xiazi stood facing each other, suspended in the void.
The two men’s robes were one white and one red, both emitting radiant light.
The two lights clashed, unable to tolerate each other.
From the moment Chi Xiazi appeared, Ning Qi had been secretly sensing the fluctuations in his aura.
Chi Xiazi’s cultivation was actually on the same level as those Peak Venerables from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.
But he had the additional identity of Spirit Bird Domain Lord, bolstered by Vast Radiance Realm Power, so he was naturally incomparable to the others in the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.
Ning Qi had extracted information about the Spirit Bird Domain Lord from those he had previously captured.
The Domain Lords of the Vast Radiance Realm were different from those of the Mountain Sea Realm; each realm’s Domain Lords were appointed by the Vast Righteous Immortal Sect.
Descendants could also inherit the position, not entirely tied to cultivation.
And the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, as the strongest sect in the Spirit Bird Domain, had an unknown number of Dao Integration Realm experts within it.
If one truly needed cultivation to become a Domain Lord, Chi Xiazi clearly wasn’t qualified.
However, the Vast Radiance Realm’s method of allocation had its benefits.
After the two realms connected, the War Domain currently formed could accommodate cultivators up to Integration Realm at most.
So someone like Chi Xiazi became extremely useful!
He could enter the current War Domain, and as a Domain Lord, he would be invincible in a War Domain where the limit was only Integration Realm cultivators!
However, Ning Qi’s appearance shattered this situation.
Chi Xiazi never imagined that he would encounter a freak like Ning Qi in this War Domain.
After being blocked by Ning Qi, Chi Xiazi was also observing Ning Qi.
Hearing Ning Qi claim to be the Domain Lord of Xuanzhen Domain, Chi Xiazi took another look at his cultivation and found it hadn’t even reached Integration Realm Perfection!
He couldn’t help but secretly guess that he had encountered someone with an even stronger background than his own?
It wasn’t unreasonable for Chi Xiazi to think this way; after all, he himself had only inherited the Domain Lord position after reaching Integration Realm Perfection.
The spiritual domains of the two realms were vast; generally, those who could serve as Domain Lords were either the strongest in their domain or people like him who were sheltered by their ancestors.
Since Ning Qi wasn’t even at Integration Perfection, Chi Xiazi naturally regarded him as someone like himself, blessed by ancestral protection.
How could he know that Ning Qi’s Domain Lord position was actually earned through his own battles, followed by managing the entire Xuanzhen Domain?
The only thing that puzzled Chi Xiazi was that the Lord of Domain Power on Ning Qi was extremely faint, not at all like his own, which shone for thousands of miles at the slightest movement.
Seeing that all four of his clones had been destroyed by Ning Qi, Chi Xiazi’s gaze passed over Ning Qi and quickly glanced at the people from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, discovering that the other two armies were continuing to besiege them.
With his arrival as Domain Lord, he had used Vast Radiance Realm Power to suppress the entire field.
Although he had suppressed the strength of the Mountain Sea Realm Cultivators by a third, boosted the strength of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect cultivators by a third, and increased their confidence.
But the opposing cultivators could still crush the remaining people of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect with sheer numbers.
Moreover, he, as their Domain Lord, had been summoned back by the congregation and should have instantly turned the tide, saving everyone from mortal peril, but he was blocked by Ning Qi.
This change naturally dimmed the confidence that the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect congregation had just gained.
It wouldn’t be long before they were completely annihilated by the Mountain Sea Realm Cultivators.
Chi Xiazi was anxious in his heart; if under his leadership, not a single person from the entire Spirit Bird Domain survived, what face would he have left to return?
However, though he was a Domain Lord wielding the power of a domain’s Realm Power, this place was ultimately not the Vast Radiance Realm, but the War Domain.
Within it, three kinds of energy were mixed, and the power Chi Xiazi could borrow was only that one-third Vast Radiance Realm energy.
He too was suppressed by the War Domain; every time he borrowed power from this place, he would be suppressed by the other two energies!
Thus, in the War Domain, Chi Xiazi couldn’t achieve what he could in the Vast Radiance Realm, exterminating all Mountain Sea Realm cultivators from afar.
Chi Xiazi’s gaze turned to Ning Qi; for now, he could only take down Ning Qi as quickly as possible!
Chi Xiazi’s somewhat illusory figure gradually solidified, and he thrust out a palm toward Ning Qi first.
As soon as he extended his hand, terrifying flames rose from that palm, continuously enlarging into a massive Vermilion Bird Claw attacking toward Ning Qi.
This Vermilion Bird Claw unleashed by Chi Xiazi was even more terrifying than what the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect congregation could unleash together.
It drew in the Vast Radiance Realm energy of this place, shaking the entire space, as if one-third of the Realm Power was condensed into this one claw.
A scorching Divine Power was released; even the battling congregation, still at a distance, could feel that the area was like a sun appearing out of thin air, seemingly able to melt everything around it.
As for its attacking power, merely the edges distorted the void.
Even more terrifying was the inescapable sense of sealing and trapping it imposed!
Facing this claw, Ning Qi calmly countered with a strike.
A five-colored Giant Hand of the same size slapped out through the air, with five-colored light flowing over it, like the hand of an Immortal descending to the mortal world.
As soon as it appeared, the void calmed without ripples, and the distorted void around the Vermilion Bird Claw was actually smoothed out by Ning Qi’s five-colored Giant Hand.
Seeing this scene, Chi Xiazi’s eye twitched involuntarily.
Ning Qi’s attack wasn’t as sharp as his, but it also possessed unfathomable power.
Boom!
The claw and palm collided in the void, igniting endless firelight that splashed out like sparks.
On the Vermilion Bird Claw, flames surged to the heavens, and each claw finger actually dug into the five-colored Giant Hand.
Scorching high temperature was released, seemingly intent on melting Ning Qi’s five-colored Giant Hand, which clearly showed signs of melting.
Chi Xiazi’s mouth curved slightly; his attack was clearly superior!
Ning Qi seemed to have anticipated this.
Within his five-colored Giant Hand, there was only a trace of Mountain Sea Realm Power.
It was truly making one unit of power serve as a hundred; he had utilized the Realm Power to its utmost.
It was natural that Chi Xiazi could tear through the five-colored Giant Hand with the Vermilion Bird Claw, after all, he had drawn quite a bit of Vast Radiance Realm energy from this place.
Another trace of Realm Power granted by the Mountain Sea Realm Will surged from Ning Qi’s body, infusing into the five-colored Giant Hand.
The melting signs of the five-colored Giant Hand immediately reversed, becoming indestructible once more.
However, Ning Qi didn’t force out the Vermilion Bird Claw that had dug in; instead, he turned the palm into a prison, clenching his five fingers fiercely to completely grasp it.
Chi Xiazi didn’t launch any other attacks; he clearly wanted to settle it with this one claw.
The power within his body continuously merged into the Vermilion Bird Claw, intent on completely destroying Ning Qi’s attack!
Only after truly engaging did Chi Xiazi see through Ning Qi’s reality.
The five-colored Giant Hand controlled not much Realm Power, so he only needed to continue applying force to win.
The flames on the Vermilion Bird Claw filled the sky, covering Ning Qi’s five-colored Giant Hand like waves, while forcing it to retreat continuously.
However, at this moment, the five-colored Divine Light flowing on the five-colored Giant Hand suddenly changed!
The five colors represented the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth; the Five Elements birth the five colors: gold, green, blue, red, brown.
Among the five colors, except for the red representing fire, the other four colors actually merged one by one.
Earth births metal; brown merged into gold, immediately more than doubling the gold.
Metal births water; gold merged into blue, increasing the blue by another one and a half times.
Following the principle of Five Elements mutual generation, continuously merging, finally, wood fed into fire, and that Five Elements Giant Hand had completely transformed into the same red as the Vermilion Bird Divine Claw!
The supernatural power of the five-colored Giant Hand was originally a spell called Great Five Elements Divine Light, which changed endlessly in Ning Qi’s hands.
At this moment, it could no longer be called a five-colored Giant Hand; it should be called a fire Giant Hand.
Chi Xiazi only felt a surging force multiplying at a terrifying speed, suddenly assaulting him.
The forward momentum of his Vermilion Bird Claw halted, and it was pushed back continuously.
Chi Xiazi’s heart trembled involuntarily!
Ning Qi opposite him was inferior in both cultivation and the amount of Realm Power, yet his comprehension of Dao laws far surpassed Chi Xiazi’s.
Ning Qi’s Divine Light transformation, mutually aiding and generating, instantly doubled the spell’s power, allowing it to contend with him.
But Chi Xiazi still had one thing he didn’t understand: why did Ning Qi choose to counter him with the fire element instead of water?
Wouldn’t water counter fire be better?
This thought flashed quickly through his mind, and Chi Xiazi urged his Realm Power, instantly halting his retreat.
He had more Realm Power; there was no reason he should be suppressed by Ning Qi!
However, the next second, on that Vermilion Bird Divine Claw that had just stopped retreating, the sky-filling flames churned.
Within Ning Qi’s fire Giant Hand, a terrifying suction force actually condensed, continuously devouring the power from the Vermilion Bird Divine Claw.
The fire Giant Hand continuously enlarged, faintly overpowering the Vermilion Bird Divine Claw.
Chi Xiazi’s eyes nearly bulged out, seemingly unable to believe this scene.
Crack!
The fire Giant Hand spanned heaven and earth, instantly crushing the Vermilion Bird Divine Claw in a flash, with surging colossal force sweeping toward Chi Xiazi.
Chi Xiazi was slapped toward the ground by one palm, like a meteorite with a flaming tail, burning the ground below into a scorched black expanse.
The reversal of the battle between the two was so swift that the three sides’ cultivators watched in stunned silence.
The Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect congregation and the Fuyao Domain Army led by Qi Ke Qing didn’t quite understand why Ning Qi could counter and suppress Chi Xiazi’s Vermilion Bird Divine Claw with his fire Giant Hand.
Even within the Xuanzhen Domain Army, most people couldn’t comprehend it.
In their view, Chi Xiazi was so strong, his Way of Fire taking the form of the divine beast Vermilion Bird, with Vermilion Bird palms drawing fire; in the Dao of fire, he should be invincible!
But after the clash, the result was the complete opposite, truly hard to fathom.
Only the Boundless Sword Sect congregation watched with hearts full of admiration, especially the Sword Ancestor, whose sword eyes gleamed with excitement.
Jian Jingjue had once imparted two Sword Daos to the Boundless Sword Sect congregation.
One was One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, the other Sword Dao Controls All Daos.
What Ning Qi had just unleashed was the technique of Sword Dao Controls All Daos that he taught, only the manifestation wasn’t Sword Dao, but using Fire Dao to control the opponent’s Vermilion Bird fire!
Thus, Chi Xiazi was restrained by Ning Qi.
Because Ning Qi’s control over the Fire Dao far surpassed Chi Xiazi’s, and combined with the method of one Dao breaking myriad Daos, Chi Xiazi’s attacks could only be countered by Ning Qi!
Ning Qi stood in the void, glancing at the fire Giant Hand that had just dissipated, and sighed.
Below, Chi Xiazi rose into the sky amid flames, returning to the high air in the blink of an eye.
Though he had taken a palm from Ning Qi, his body showed no damage whatsoever, protected by Vast Radiance Realm Power.
Ning Qi immediately understood that the strength of this Reincarnated Body of his could achieve at most this much.
To defeat Chi Xiazi, who controlled domain power, he would need equivalent Mountain Sea Realm Power.
Suddenly, Ning Qi raised his hand and hurled it fiercely toward the high sky.
An object instantly landed above the sky of this place, radiating immeasurable light.
It was the Node Bead of this place; after obtaining it from the Five Great Demon Kings, Ning Qi hadn’t had time to turn it into a Heavenly Star.
Now, with the Heavenly Star in position, sprinkling its light, it instantly erased the suppressive force brought by Chi Xiazi’s appearance.
The cultivation of the Fuyao Domain Army and Xuanzhen Domain Army returned to their previous levels, while the boosted strength of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect people due to Chi Xiazi was instead suppressed back to normal.
Chi Xiazi’s face faintly twisted; he stared at the Heavenly Star, knowing the Mountain Sea Realm Will had noticed this place.
Previously, Ning Qi had little Realm Power on him, and Chi Xiazi knew that as long as they continued fighting, he would eventually win.
But now…
Ning Qi glanced at him and said indifferently, “This is my first time fighting someone at the Domain Lord level; I hope you can last a bit longer.”
With that, terrifying light erupted from behind him, shooting straight into the clouds.
Countless spiritual energies and Power of Rules swarmed in, surging into the light, instantly forming two wingspans as wide as clouds.
One purple, one cyan; the purple-cyan twin wings were Ning Qi’s long-unused supernatural power Wind and Thunder Wings.
After reaching Integration Realm, with rules tempering the body, Ning Qi had transformed this technique into a fleshly supernatural power, usable at any time.
Wind and thunder roared, representing the utmost speed in the world.
With the wind and thunder wings behind Ning Qi flapping, the congregation could hardly see his figure.
They only saw Chi Xiazi opposite launching attacks at various points in the void, each strike igniting flames that burned through the void at those locations.
Around him, purple and cyan lights flashed like phantoms, so fast they were only streaks of light points.
Every flame blossom was shattered by the purple-cyan light points; Chi Xiazi suddenly arched his body, unable to attack any longer.
His figure was struck several zhang away by Ning Qi, and before he could recover, Ning Qi’s attack came again.
For a moment, the congregation saw Chi Xiazi like a sandbag, constantly bouncing wildly in the void from strikes.
“Damn it!”
Chi Xiazi let out an angry shout from his mouth.
Vast Radiance Realm energy gathered more and more from all directions in the void, all surging into his body.
A magic shield entirely condensed from Realm Power propped up around him, finally blocking Ning Qi’s attacks, allowing him to barely halt his figure in mid-air.
Looking at him again, Chi Xiazi’s fiery red Dao robe was already tattered and barely covering his body.
Fortunately, he had mobilized more Realm Power; otherwise, if Ning Qi continued attacking, he would have been fully exposed, disheveled in the wind.
The Realm Power in his body instantly repaired the Dao robe, and Chi Xiazi looked at Ning Qi again.
The wind and thunder wings behind Ning Qi fully retracted, and like teleportation, he smashed a fist onto the defensive magic shield Chi Xiazi had propped up.
Chi Xiazi sneered coldly.
His magic shield was entirely constructed from Realm Power, with extremely thick defense, and it could disperse attacking power; how easy would it be for Ning Qi to break it?
If Ning Qi were truly that fierce, Chi Xiazi wouldn’t have been able to prop up this magic shield to block his previous attacks.
Sure enough, Ning Qi’s fist struck the magic shield, causing it to tremble with ripples spreading across it, but ultimately failing to break it.
Ning Qi’s fist remained on the shield’s surface, showing no intent to attack further.
Chi Xiazi was about to say something when his gaze suddenly noticed Ning Qi’s fist face.
On the fist face, something seemed faintly clamped, like a round object.
“Not good!”
Chi Xiazi’s eyes widened; though their clash was brief, he had already seen that Ning Qi’s every action had deep meaning.
The round object in Ning Qi’s hand was definitely nothing good!
Ning Qi’s mouth curved slightly as he quickly glanced at the Heavenly Star above his head.
The Heavenly Star’s light shone below, naturally also falling on him.
“Mountain Sea Realm Venerable, are you still not lending me your Realm Power? If you don’t lend it soon, I’ll lead the two armies and abandon this large node!”
To kill Chi Xiazi, it was naturally impossible on the surface with the power of Ning Qi’s Reincarnated Body.
Last time, he had communicated with the Mountain Sea Realm Will: if he encountered a Vast Radiance Realm Domain Lord who could borrow Vast Radiance Realm Power, what then?
Ning Qi had wanted the Mountain Sea Realm Will to grant him corresponding Spirit Domain Realm Power to carry at all times, mobilizable anytime, and even use this power to inversely understand the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
But the Mountain Sea Realm Will was extremely stingy, only allowing mobilization when their Domain Lords were stationed in the spiritual domain; in the War Domain, these Domain Lords were no different from other cultivators.
So when Ning Qi asked this question, the Mountain Sea Realm Will gave him another method.
That was the round token in Ning Qi’s hand, the Mountain Sea Imprint!
At this moment, the Mountain Sea Imprint clamped on Ning Qi’s fist face contacted the Vast Radiance Realm Power and instantly shattered, as if triggering something in the void.
Suddenly, a beam of white light shot down from the Heavenly Star above, enveloping Ning Qi and making him appear even more transcendent and otherworldly.
Ning Qi’s figure retreated, and the white light followed like a shadow.
Ning Qi felt the Realm Power transmitted from the Mountain Sea Realm Will and revealed a satisfied smile.
He had finally forced the Mountain Sea Realm Will to descend with Realm Power.
He actually still had quite a few traces of Realm Power granted by the Mountain Sea Realm Will on him, but if he used them all up on Chi Xiazi, wouldn’t he be using his own things to help the Mountain Sea Realm Will conquer the Vast Radiance Realm?
As a professional at fleecing, he wasn’t willing!
As Mountain Sea Realm Power continuously surged in, Ning Qi’s aura rapidly climbed, growing ever stronger.
Chi Xiazi ahead was stunned.
So Ning Qi hadn’t borrowed the Mountain Sea Realm Will’s power during their previous battle?
An extremely ominous feeling rose in his heart; his whole body’s magic shield retracted, turning into a robe lightly clinging to his skin.
Chi Xiazi sped toward Ning Qi, wanting to interrupt him from borrowing more Mountain Sea Realm power!
“Vermilion Bird Myriad Wings Slash!”
Chi Xiazi roared angrily, flames around his body condensing into endless Vermilion Bird divine feathers, pouring toward Ning Qi like divine arrows.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Each Vermilion Bird divine feather was condensed with Vast Radiance Realm Power; myriad feathers crossed the sky, slicing the void to shreds, completely covering Ning Qi’s position to prevent escape.
Who knew Ning Qi had no intention of dodging at all; a five-colored rainbow light also propped up around him, condensed from Mountain Sea Realm Power.
Puff puff puff!
The fiery red Vermilion Bird divine feathers struck the rainbow light in saturation attack, like raindrops hitting a lake surface, only rippling without harm.
Ning Qi stood proudly within, raising his head and muttering to himself, “Not enough, give me more!”
A voice faintly transmitted from the white light falling on him, “Don’t be too greedy; about enough!”
Ning Qi said coldly, “You want the horse to run but don’t want it to eat grass; isn’t that making things difficult, Mountain Sea Realm Venerable?”
He glanced at Chi Xiazi and continued, “That guy opposite controls all the Vast Radiance Realm energy here, and he still has Vast Radiance Realm Power boosting him, with cultivation at Peak Venerable level; Realm Venerable, look at my situation—aren’t you ashamed?”
That will was stunned; with Ning Qi putting it this way, it really had nothing to say, so it ultimately didn’t stint on Ning Qi’s Realm Power anymore.
The light from the Heavenly Star intensified, drawing the Mountain Sea Realm energy of this place, all gathering toward Ning Qi.
Ning Qi’s strength surged once more, manifesting not only in the amount of Realm Power on him, but also in his cultivation growth.
Ning Qi still had a long way to go to Integration Realm Perfection, but now, with Mountain Sea Realm Power continuously surging in and this place’s energy injecting into him.
His cultivation rose at a perceivable speed, skyrocketing.
Ten percent, twenty, thirty, fifty…
Ning Qi’s fleshly body was powerful, like a starving man parched for long, desperately absorbing Mountain Sea Realm power to replenish himself.
Chi Xiazi sensed his cultivation rising and desperately unleashed various spells, attacking Ning Qi.
“Vermilion Bird Fentian!”
“Departure Fire Demon Forging!”
“…”
All sorts of attacks landed on the magic shield Ning Qi propped up, the rebounding and splashing energy burning nearby void into collapse, leaving only black holes.
Yet they never broke Ning Qi’s defense!
Ning Qi stood there as if immune to all spells.
“Not enough, give me more!”
While continuing to fleece the Mountain Sea Realm Will’s wool, he stimulated Chi Xiazi outside.
“Your Vast Radiance Realm is indeed inferior to my Mountain Sea Realm; is this all the Realm Power you can mobilize?”
Chi Xiazi’s eyes also turned blood-red; hearing this, he instantly took out something, like a crystal.
He crushed the crystal, and the fragments flew, all integrating into his body.
The Vast Radiance Realm energy here went mad, rapidly gathering toward him; not only that, it even drew Vast Radiance Realm energy from farther away, teleporting it here.
Chi Xiazi’s cultivation naturally couldn’t rise, but the Realm Power on him grew even thicker.
Seeing this, Ning Qi’s face showed a trace of worry, immediately saying to the Mountain Sea Realm Will:
“Realm Venerable, that guy’s Realm Power probably gathered energy from three node territories; if you don’t send more, I’m afraid I can’t take him down!”
“You kid try first!”
Ning Qi remained unmoved.
Not even at Integration Realm Perfection yet—what was there to move for?
He didn’t believe that with one large node, plus the Vast Radiance Realm Domain Lord Chi Xiazi in front, and Chi Xiazi continuously drawing nearby Vast Radiance Realm energy, the Mountain Sea Realm Will could still be stingy.
Feeling the Realm Power surging into him even faster, Ning Qi smiled faintly.
His expression, in Chi Xiazi’s eyes outside, looked like a devil’s.
Chi Xiazi was momentarily dazed, suddenly feeling like he had been used by Ning Qi?
Ning Qi had let him attack all this time, which didn’t match Ning Qi’s previous style at all!
But Chi Xiazi didn’t dare leave just to help the remaining Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect people; he knew the key here was Ning Qi.
If he really let Ning Qi gather more Realm Power, forget the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect cultivators—even he, as Domain Lord, would likely face disaster!
Thinking of this, Chi Xiazi attacked even more desperately; the spherical magic shield on Ning Qi’s body surface was dented by more than half, even extremely close to Ning Qi’s body surface, but it always couldn’t cross that final step.
Ning Qi’s internal cultivation was still climbing; finally, the surroundings seemed to quiet.
The dented magic shield on his body surface suddenly rebounded, restoring to perfection.
Chi Xiazi’s attacks landed on it, unable to breach even a bit.
“Kid, I’ve granted you so much Realm Power; if you still can’t win, don’t think about returning to the Mountain Sea Realm!”
The threat from the Mountain Sea Realm Will sounded in his ear, but Ning Qi didn’t care.
He looked at Chi Xiazi, his pair of pupils deep as the universe.
Chi Xiazi’s frantically attacking figure suddenly froze, and in the next instant, he felt like he was being strangled by something, unable to move even a bit!
