Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 399 The Inheritance of Buzhou Mountain

From the Mountain Ancestor receiving the inheritance of Buzhou Mountain to establishing the Zhoushan Immortal Sect.

A rift developed between the Sea Ancestor and the Mountain Ancestor. Then, an event occurred that caused them to break apart, completely shattering their brother-sister relationship and turning them into enemies. This led to the later division of the Mountain and Sea Realm into two parts, one mountain and one sea.

Unfortunately, Haizu always wanted to defeat Shanzu, but no matter how hard she tried, she ultimately failed.

It seems that the mountain is always on the sea, and the sea can never submerge Zhou Mountain.

Within the boundaries of war.

The vast, illusory image of the sacred mountain stretches endlessly upwards, reaching down to the earth.

Hai Zu, Sheng Zu, Ning Qi, and everyone else stared at the phantom of the divine mountain, speechless.

The cultivators under the Mountain Ancestor, including Gong Tiandao, had followed the Mountain Ancestor for a long time, and many of them had personally witnessed the Mountain Ancestor using this divine power, but none of them were as magnificent and vast as the one before them.

In the past, when the two ancestors were fighting in the Mountain and Sea Realm, perhaps out of consideration for the living beings within the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Mountain Ancestor did not fully unleash this divine power, at most only half the size of the current phantom of the divine mountain.

Now, gazing at the ever-expanding phantom of the sacred mountain, everyone was filled with awe.

If there are mountains in the world, this is definitely the largest and tallest mountain in the world!

This world is neither a small world nor a spirit world, but encompasses the entire sea of ​​realms.

The Holy Ancestor murmured, "Could this be the legendary mountain?"

He had seen related descriptions in the Ancient Sacred Road Map and immediately connected them with the image of the sacred mountain before him.

The phantom of the divine mountain summoned by the Mountain Ancestor is not an illusion, or rather, it is formed by the condensation of the rules within the War Realm.

That overwhelming aura seemed more like it had truly summoned the legendary phantom of Mount Buzhou.

Legend has it that after Mount Buzhou collapsed, it did not completely disappear; its true form remained within the Boundary Sea, but no one knew exactly where it was.

Before this sacred mountain that oppresses all living beings and prevents them from ascending to the celestial realm, everyone felt a silent sense of oppression.

Among them, cultivators like the Sea Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor, who are closest to the realm of immortals, are particularly sensitive to that oppressive feeling.

It felt like a weight pressing on their hearts, a blockage in their chests, making it impossible for them to breathe.

On the contrary, cultivators such as Ning Qi, Zhao Yujun, and Gong Tiandao did not feel it as strongly.

"I understand why you can't beat him."

The Holy Ancestor suddenly spoke to the Sea Ancestor, who was far behind him, saying that he still had the leisure to communicate with him.

Upon hearing this, Hai Zu stared at the illusory image of the divine mountain, clenched his teeth, and a look of madness appeared on his face.

She could never defeat the Mountain Ancestor, and this matter remained a heavy burden on her mind, becoming the greatest pain of her life!
The Holy Ancestor continued:
"Are you still going to insist on being on his side, just to protect the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

"Ha, are you really protecting the Mountain and Sea Realm? Let me tell you, even if this war in the Spirit Realm ends in our victory, I will not invade your Mountain and Sea Realm!"

"As for you, now that you finally have me as an external enemy to fight against this guy, if you continue to stick to your principles, once my Vast Realm is defeated, he will have a very high chance of breaking through to the next realm. Do you think you will still have a chance to defeat him?"

The Holy Ancestor spoke calmly and quickly.

His words were not laced with manipulative tactics; on the contrary, they were extremely frank.

Ning Qi looked over and saw that Hai Zu's beautiful face was filled with a deeper struggle, as if she was torn between two options.

Ning Qi immediately understood that Hai Zu seemed to have been moved by the words of the Holy Ancestor, but due to his own position, he was struggling greatly and was hovering on the edge.

As the Sea Ancestor of the Mountain and Sea Realm, she must deal with the Holy Ancestor of the Vast Realm, but she also desperately wants to defeat the Mountain Ancestor.

She seemed to be having a hard time deciding which was more important.

Ning Qi instantly realized that Hai Zu was extremely disciplined.

She seems to be constrained by her own principles, making it difficult for her to make decisions. To put it simply, her moral bottom line is too high and she is not flexible enough.

Ning Qi felt it was necessary to give them a push.

If the three patriarchs don't fight each other, how can he possibly win easily?
It seems that the Mountain Ancestor is indeed extremely powerful. More importantly, the Mountain Ancestor is extremely cold-hearted and does not care about the lives of his subordinates at all.

Since his appearance, he has never inquired about the safety of Gong Tiandao and his many cultivators, as if they were sent to the battlefield to die.

Before everyone's eyes, the phantom of the sacred mountain grew larger and larger, almost filling the entire world.

The mountain ancestor floats within, overlooking all living beings like a deity.

The phantom of the sacred mountain, with its myriad phenomena, has become increasingly solid, and now exudes a breathtaking aura.

The moment that aura appeared, it caused the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor to change color, and even Ning Qi felt his heart pounding wildly.

That aura didn't belong to the realm of war or the spirit world; it seemed to come from a higher plane.

Ning Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is this the aura of immortals?"

He noticed the change in the expression of the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor, and realized that only the aura of immortality could cause both of them to change color at the same time.

Ning Qi's gaze shifted back to the Mountain Ancestor and the phantom of the Divine Mountain.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Ning Qi discovered that the Mountain Ancestor had used the phantom of the divine mountain to block most of the war realm, completely obscuring the space connecting the Mountain and Sea Realm to the war realm.

In other words, it blocked the path for the many cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm present to retreat back to the Mountain and Sea Realm.

As the phantom of the divine mountain blocked the space, they were even forced to retreat towards the direction of the Vast Realm.

Ning Qi, Zhao Yujun, and Gong Tiandao, while protecting their subordinate cultivators, were constantly forced to retreat.

Even the Holy Ancestor no longer spoke to the Sea Ancestor.

He sensed the immortal aura emanating from the phantom of the sacred mountain, and his expression grew increasingly solemn.

In his perception, those immortal auras came from two sources.

One possibility is that it originates from the illusory image of a sacred mountain. If this sacred mountain is indeed the legendary Buzhou Mountain, then it would not be surprising that it carries the aura of immortals.

Secondly, it originated from the mountain ancestor within, which was the most alarming thing for the Holy Ancestor!
He didn't know whether the Mountain Ancestor had generated the aura of immortality through his own cultivation, or whether he had used the phantom of Mount Buzhou to cultivate the aura of immortality within himself, or whether the phantom of Mount Buzhou had actively cultivated the aura of immortality within him.

In short, whichever of the two is true, it all points to one thing.

That means that the Mountain Ancestor is stronger than him and the Sea Ancestor in terms of cultivation, and is closer to the realm of attaining enlightenment and ascension!

The Sea Ancestor hovered behind the Holy Ancestor, his pair of icy eyes trembling slightly.

At first, she kept glancing at the Holy Ancestor and the Mountain Ancestor, but now her gaze is completely fixed on the Mountain Ancestor.

Many years have passed, and she has not fought against Shan Zu for a long time, so she is unaware of how much Shan Zu has improved.

Now she knew, and she never expected that the Mountain Ancestor had reached such a level!

Was the inheritance that the mountain ancestor received back then really that remarkable?
Whoosh!
Suddenly, the Mountain Ancestor, which was suspended in the phantom of the sacred mountain, flew out on its own and left the area of ​​the sacred mountain.

Like a comet, he was engulfed in flames and crashed into the location of the Holy Ancestor.

At this moment, his aura was different from before.

Previously, he was mostly calm and unmoving like a mountain, but now, like the towering Buzhou Mountain behind him, he is showing his sharp edge!

"What, did I scare you? Where did your earlier bravado go?"

He shouted as he poured.

The Holy Ancestor also took the initiative to rush forward.

"Time flows like a river, never ceasing day or night!" He quickly recited a sentence, but it wasn't a response to the Mountain Ancestor; it sounded more like a mantra.

This is also the secret he gleaned from the book "Lunyu" by the ancient sage in the Ancient Dao Sacred Map, who was similar to him in temperament.

As soon as he finished speaking, a wave of ethereal water rippled beneath the feet of the Holy Ancestor's charging figure.

The water ripples flowed through the space, looking extremely unreal, and the surrounding space blurred rapidly after the water ripples appeared.

Compared to the previous "hearing in the morning and dying in the evening," this technique is clearly a step above, triggering the rules of time once again.

Not to mention the other cultivators, even Ning Qi could hardly see the figure of the Holy Ancestor at this moment.

The Holy Ancestor now seems to have entered the river of time, his figure completely submerged within it, with no distinction between day and night, making it impossible for anyone to trace his whereabouts.

Upon seeing this, the Mountain Ancestor, who was hurtling towards the mountain like a meteor, secretly felt a surge of excitement in his eyes.

His forward momentum was not stopped by the fact that the Holy Ancestor had used the time rules again; on the contrary, his speed increased.

This time, the Holy Ancestor's time rules did not affect him either.

In an instant, a meteor streaked across the sky, and the two crossed paths!

Ning Qi saw that after the two crossed paths, they hovered in the air as if they had made a checkmark, but they had changed their positions.

The Holy Ancestor stood before the illusory image of the divine mountain, which still stretched from top to bottom.

The Mountain Ancestor then went to be among the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.

Only after they stopped did the two belatedly realize that the void they had just crossed had changed.

Boom!
All those present heard a strange sound, and when they looked at that space again, they were immediately confronted with a terrifying scene.

The space vibrated incessantly, like a struck gong.

It's like the surface of water, constantly rippling!

After the ripples subsided, the space seemed to shrink and expand, eventually disappearing completely, leaving behind a void.

Unlike the space that collapsed after the two fought before, this space is completely gone now.

Everything is gone—spiritual energy, rules, energy, space—everything has become nothingness.

The wills of the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Will of the Vast Realm each stood to one side, simultaneously activating their realm power to try and repair the space there once again.

But this time, their repair failed!

That space seemed to have vanished forever, forming an eerie area that was neither repairable nor changeable!

When their boundary power reached that place, it was as if they couldn't touch it at all, so how could they repair it?
Upon seeing this, both realms' wills wiped away a bead of sweat.

As the will of the spirit world, they should, in theory, be the strongest beings in both realms.

However, the destruction caused by the battle between the two ancestors clearly exceeded the scope of their power.

But they all understood why this was the case.

Because, although they are the will of the spirit world, the inherited power obtained by the Mountain Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor is clearly superior to that of the spirit world, which is why this situation has occurred.

The two ancestors achieved their current status through this kind of inheritance.

It is through this kind of inheritance that further progress becomes possible.

Otherwise, if they remain subservient to the will of the spirit world, how can they transcend it or take a further step?

The Mountain Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor faced each other.

The Holy Ancestor gazed at that void, his brows furrowing even deeper!

Previously, his "morning hears, evening dies" could affect the Mountain Ancestor's time, but just now, the strongest "Death is like this" did not change the Mountain Ancestor's time flow.

Why is this?

His spiritual sense swept over the mountain ancestor and the phantom of the divine mountain behind him, and he found the answer in his heart.

Could it be that the phantom of Mount Buzhou behind it can even suppress the rules of time?
The Mountain Ancestor laughed and said, "So you've finally figured it out. Do you think I would summon this phantom of the divine mountain for no reason?"

After he finished speaking, he once again rushed straight towards the Holy Ancestor from the void.

To everyone's surprise, the Mountain Ancestor did not avoid the void created between the two, a void that even the wills of the two realms could not repair, but passed straight through it!

As soon as he approached, everyone noticed that the phantom of the sacred mountain behind him was projecting a beam of light in that direction.

The light swept across the area, instantly restoring the void to a real space.

This scene secretly shocked everyone.

Ning Qi stared at the illusory image of the divine mountain and couldn't help but look at it with renewed respect!
Strangely enough, after the Mountain Ancestor summoned the phantom of the divine mountain, he voluntarily detached himself from it, but the phantom of the divine mountain did not dissipate.

It still stands there, unmoved, but compared to when the mountain ancestor was there, its outward expansion has slowed considerably, though it is still gradually expanding.

Ning Qi's pair of discerning golden eyes connected the illusory image of the divine mountain with the mountain ancestor, and he immediately discovered a subtle connection between the two.

However, no energy from the Mountain Ancestor was flowing into the phantom of the divine mountain!

In other words, although the phantom of the sacred mountain was summoned by him, it was not drawing on the mountain ancestor's own cultivation energy to maintain its own existence.

Ning Qi suddenly looked at the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Vast Realm.

The illusory images of the wills of the two realms each stand on one side.

They hadn't moved since the phantom of the sacred mountain appeared, as if they were frozen in the void.

They were originally formless and shapeless; those who appeared in the realm of war were merely avatars summoned by the will of the spirit world.

However, both were frozen in place at this moment, and had become mere tools for repairing the war zone.

What surprised Ning Qi even more was that he sensed that the power of both of them was weakening!

Or rather, the phantom of the divine mountain is drawing upon the power of both for its own use.

This discovery immediately made Ning Qi feel a sense of danger. This phantom of the divine mountain was probably much stronger than he had imagined, and perhaps possessed more power that he did not know about.

Ning Qi silently glanced at the entire war domain.

Fortunately, the array patterns he had secretly carved earlier were still there.

However, if the phantom of the divine mountain is allowed to absorb the power of both realms, its array patterns will likely become increasingly useless!
boom!
A loud rumble in the void pulled Ning Qi's consciousness back to reality.

Ning Qi looked up and saw that the Mountain Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor were fighting each other again.

This time was different from before; the Holy Ancestor was being suppressed by the Mountain Ancestor.

Both were equally imposing, and their bodies had shrunk to the same size, but the power they wielded was different.

The Holy Ancestor still used the power inherited from the ancient sages, mixed with a little bit of the power of the time rules.

However, the Mountain Ancestor was still able to suppress him!

Their fight, involving fists, kicks, elbows, and knees, was no different from that of warriors in gladiatorial arenas during the primitive era.

"Extreme Explosive Kill!"

The Mountain Ancestor roared.

His attacks became incredibly sharp, each strike seemingly embodying the most powerful and masculine force in the world, making them incomparably sharp!
(End of this chapter)