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

Chapter 403 The Conditions for Becoming a Supreme Power
Ning Qi had already taken a step the instant Gong Tiandao's array patterns appeared.

The array patterns also appeared beneath his feet.

The shifting light and shadow disrupted the array patterns used by Gong Tiandao.

In the end, only Gong Tiandao and his cultivators, along with a portion of Hai Zu's subordinates who were nearby, disappeared from everyone's sight.

When everyone came to their senses, they realized that they had already fallen into the phantom of the divine mountain, sitting at the foot of the mountain ancestor.

The sudden change in the scene startled everyone present.

Sword Ancestor, Qi Keqing, and the others were still shaken. They wondered what would have happened if they had been teleported away by the array patterns set up by Gong Tiandao.

Meanwhile, the cultivators under the command of the Sea Ancestor, including Zhao Yujun of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect, also showed a hint of lingering fear.

They weren't afraid of Gong Tiandao, but rather of being teleported into the phantom of Buzhou Mountain and falling into the hands of the Mountain Ancestor.

Who knows what fate awaits them if they fall into the hands of the Mountain Ancestor? It certainly won't be a good thing.

Zhao Yujun and the others cast grateful glances at Ning Qi.

If it weren't for Ning Qi, who had extremely high expertise in formations, they would probably all have been teleported away by Gong Tiandao.

Because of Ning Qi's presence, only about one-tenth of them were teleported away.

"Fellow Daoist Ning, thank you!"

Zhao Yujun's beautiful face showed some anxiety, but she still smiled at Ning Qi.

Ning Qi shook his head slightly.

There's no need for thanks between us, especially since I didn't save all of you.

Zhao Yujun said, "Fellow Daoist Ning, please don't say that. I think that besides us, the Sea Ancestor will also be very grateful to you. Without you, the Sea Ancestor would probably face even greater trouble!"

That's absolutely right, but Ning Qi didn't respond. Instead, he said, "Let's withdraw some more men and then continue observing."

Therefore, he and Zhao Yujun led their cultivators to retreat a considerable distance towards the Haoran Realm.

At this point, everyone felt that the war had developed to a point where they could no longer understand it.

Previously, things were fine; they only needed to fight against cultivators from the other world.

But now, after the three patriarchs descended, things have become extremely strange.

One moment it was the Sea Ancestor and the Mountain Ancestor fighting against the Holy Ancestor, but now it has become the Sea Ancestor, the Holy Ancestor, and the Mountain Ancestor fighting together.

How will this war in the spirit world end?

Not only did they have this question in their minds, but they also doubted their own safety.

Damn it, we've all barely made it to the later stages of the war, we don't want to die at the very end, that would be so frustrating!

The crowd continued to gaze at the distant phantom of Mount Buzhou.

The Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were surprised to see that Gong Tiandao had used a teleportation array to send many cultivators to the illusory image of Buzhou Mountain of the Mountain Ancestor.

They were both taken aback.

Only by activating their eyes with the aura of immortality can the illusory image of Mount Buzhou perceive things that are otherwise unseen.

Now that the Mountain Ancestor has summoned all the cultivators here, what exactly is he planning?
The Holy Ancestor was extremely fortunate that he had previously sent many cultivators from the Vast Realm back to the Vast Realm.

Unlike the Mountain and Sea Realm, the two ancestors did not allow the cultivators to return to the Mountain and Sea Realm at all. In fact, the Mountain Ancestor deliberately used the massive phantom of Mount Buzhou to block the passage back to the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Haoshan, release my men!"

Hai Zu's long hair stood on end, and his entire being exuded a chilling aura. A layer of gray boundary sea energy surrounded his body, and coupled with his increasingly crazed expression, he gave off a rather terrifying feeling.

However, this kind of terror was nothing to the Mountain Ancestor who entered the vast phantom of Buzhou Mountain.

Perhaps, for the current Mountain Ancestor, he doesn't care much about not only the Sea Ancestor, but even the Holy Ancestor.

The only thing that bothered him was that Gong Tiandao hadn't teleported all the cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm who were nearby, which would slightly affect the spells he was about to unleash.

It's all that talented kid's fault!

The Mountain Ancestor glanced at Ning Qi in the distance.

His eyes were sharp and piercing, as if they held the very essence of the universe's creation and destruction.

With just one glance, Ning Qi felt a terrifying sensation, like an ordinary person being stared at by a ferocious beast.

Ning Qi hadn't felt this way in a long time.

Even when facing the Sea Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor, he did not feel this kind of oppressive feeling. The Mountain Ancestor had never given him this kind of oppressive feeling before either. But now the Mountain Ancestor gave him this feeling.

Fortunately, the Mountain Ancestor's current focus is not on Ning Qi, who is at most just a cultivator with some talent.

The idea of ​​surviving the thirty-six tribulations of heaven and surpassing everyone in the history of both realms will cease to exist from now on.

The Mountain Ancestor hovered within the illusory image of Mount Buzhou, flying to a high place, his entire being scrutinizing the Sea Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor with a look of looking down.

"Qinghai, why are you still so naive?"

He smiled faintly and continued, "If you had dared to use the power of the Boundary Sea earlier and fight me to the death, things wouldn't have developed to this point."

Do you know why you always lose to me?

Hai Zu coldly asked, "Why?"

The Mountain Ancestor shook his head dismissively, "Because although you have become the Sea Ancestor who seems to be able to contend with me, you still lack the mindset of a true strongman, the number one!"

"You've always been bound by your own bottom line, always living in your emotions, always dwelling on the past. Hmph, with so many constraints, how can you become number one?"

On Haizu's stunningly beautiful face, even her delicate, light blue eyebrows stood up straight.

She said, "I don't know what you gained from the inheritance back then. I only know that you weren't that kind of person before. Is becoming the number one really that important? So important that you have to abandon everything, so important that you'd even do something as inhuman as killing your master?"

The Mountain Ancestor shook his head and said, "You still don't understand. Why don't you ask that well-read old fellow next to you? He should have read the history books of immortals, right?"

Hai Zu couldn't help but look at Sheng Zu, his icy eyes seemingly yearning for an answer.

The Holy Ancestor glanced at the two of them, but did not answer the Sea Ancestor's answer first. Instead, he said to the Mountain Ancestor:

"New talents emerge in every generation, and the Yangtze River's waves push the old ones forward. To meet such an ambitious fellow as you, I feel my life hasn't been in vain. I'd like to ask you this first: you no longer care about my alliance with your junior sister, right?"

The Mountain Ancestor glanced at Gong Tiandao and the other cultivators at his feet, then at the expanding phantom of Mount Buzhou, before replying, "You could say that."

"It seems that you were indeed the main instigator behind this war in the spirit world. Are you absolutely certain that you can use this opportunity to break through?"

The mountain ancestor sneered, "You're not too stupid; at least you haven't read that many books."

"Okay, I understand."

The Holy Ancestor seemed to sigh, "Unfortunately, you will never be the true victor."

"Say what you will, but ideals are ultimately worthless in the face of real strength."

The Holy Ancestor turned and stared at the Sea Ancestor, saying, "Now I know why he has come to this point, and why I said you will never be the number one."

Haizu asked, "Why exactly?"

The Holy Ancestor said, "You were able to forcibly merge the energy of the Boundary Sea into your own body. Not only me, but even he must have felt somewhat shocked. But this only proves one thing: you are ruthless enough to yourself!" "But to become the number one, being ruthless enough to yourself is not enough..."

Hai Zu said, "Does it really mean that we have to be like him, even willing to kill our own master?"

"Killing his master was just the most normal part of his many actions; his true nature is to be ruthless to others as well! I have cultivated for tens of thousands of years and have met many people. Clearly, he is the closest to the supreme powerhouses described in historical records."

"If you were to read the real history books, you would find that all the strongest people had one thing in common: in order to seize the highest position, they would kill even their parents, brothers, and children. What are teachers compared to these blood relatives?"

Haizu's breathing became somewhat heavy; she was once again stirred by the words of the Holy Ancestor.

She has always been sentimental; otherwise, she would never have fought against the Mountain Ancestor for so many years because of her father's death, persisting in searching for the truth, and even going so far as to merge the power of the Boundary Sea into herself.

Therefore, she had always found it difficult to understand her senior brother, Shanzu.

The two people have completely different worldviews. How can someone with their own world understand another person's different world?

However, the words of the Holy Ancestor reminded her of the stories of the strongest beings in the history books of immortals.

Hai Zu always disliked and rejected these historical records, believing them to be fabrications deliberately written by later generations to smear those supreme beings, and that such a person with such a depraved personality could not possibly exist.

That's why she's only now fully connecting her senior brother with those people.

Haizu seemed to understand everything, yet also seemed to understand nothing at all.

She looked up with her beautiful face, revealing a hint of sadness.

"Is this the only way to become a true strong person?"

The Holy Ancestor sighed and did not answer her question.

Or rather, he is the same kind of person as Haizu.

Since he took control of the Haoran Realm, he has even guided the will of the Haoran Realm onto the right path, allowing all beings within the Haoran Realm to achieve good development.

However, no matter how good the wishes are or how well things are developing, when faced with an attack from a powerful and ambitious figure like Shan Zu, all the good things he has built up will face the challenge of being shattered.

This made the Holy Ancestor quite depressed.

He had read countless books on the history of immortals, yet he still believed that the world needed to move in a better direction, otherwise everything would be destroyed.

However, just like the supreme powerhouses recorded in the history books of immortals, the benevolent and virtuous rulers among them are often not admired. On the contrary, those supreme powerhouses who stirred up seas of blood and mountains of corpses are the most remembered. Many people fantasize that they are such supreme powerhouses, who can be invincible and whose words can make the world bow down.

The Holy Ancestor even suspected that the world might have been heading towards destruction from the very beginning.

Otherwise, why would there always be a supreme being who stands above all living beings, stepping on their heads, forcing them to submit, and forcing all living beings to suffer?

He even suspected that these supreme beings were specifically created to instigate the destruction of the world.
For a moment, even the Holy Ancestor felt that the world he saw was too small, even though he had read extensively and cultivated to such a level.

However, the Spirit Realm is still far too small compared to the entire Sea of ​​Realms.

"Alright, you two, stop wallowing in self-pity. Let me tell you what a true powerhouse is, and what the true Dao of Heaven is."

"Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. The masses are ignorant and need strong men to govern the world!"

The mountain ancestor uttered a vast and profound Daoist sound.

In an instant, all kinds of energy in the void, including the void itself, seemed to be in harmony with his voice.

The entire war realm was shaken, and even the Mountain and Sea Realm behind it was shaken, as if in response to the voice of the Mountain Ancestor.

Many cultivators swayed, even feeling their own power rapidly draining away, flowing in the direction of the Mountain Ancestor, towards the illusory image of Mount Buzhou.

Ning Qi's expression changed slightly.

His golden eyes, which had been infused with the aura of immortality, clearly saw that all the energy in this world was surging into the illusory image of Mount Buzhou and into the body of the Mountain Ancestor.

He looked to his side and saw that Zhao Yujun and the other cultivators under the Sea Ancestor's command had turned pale with fear!

Ning Qi looked behind him and saw that the power within the two domains' armies, including Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing, was also being lost.

Ning Qi immediately sensed himself and discovered that the power within his body was also slightly overflowing.

However, with a quick thought, he drew upon the power from all directions he had gained after transcending the tribulation, and immediately stopped the energy from overflowing.

"Quickly, use the Tribulation-Born Myriad Paths Technique that I taught you when I helped you overcome your tribulations."

Upon hearing this, Sword Ancestor and the others immediately activated the Tribulation and Myriad Paths Technique.

Instantly, the loss of energy in their bodies stopped, and everyone was overjoyed.

They all looked at Ning Qi, unsure of what to say.

Did the Domain Lord foresee everything all along? Why is it that the Tribulation-Born Myriad Paths Technique can resist the power of the Buzhou Mountain phantom?

If Ning Qi knew what they were thinking, he could only give a wry smile.

How could he possibly foresee everything? He merely knew, based on his own realm master system, that beings born into this world would have flaws.

Cultivators like Sword Ancestor Qi Keqing, who came from the Mountain and Sea Realm, all the cultivation they gained, even after mastering the power of rules and achieving the Dao Integration Realm, were merely using the energy of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Mountain and Sea Realm has its own will; what if it wants to take everything back?

So, are they capable of fighting back? Obviously not!

Therefore, after Ning Qicai overcame his own tribulation, he immediately helped Sword Ancestor and others overcome their tribulations, freeing them from the control of the Mountain and Sea Realm, in preparation for his later rebellion against the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Unexpectedly, it has now been used to resist the power of the Mountain Ancestor.

Ning Qi and the others looked at Zhao Yujun and the other cultivators under the Sea Ancestor beside them and found that in just a short while, one-tenth of their power had been lost!

This is simply amazing!
Fortunately, they all closed their eyes tightly, gritted their teeth, and began to use the secret technique passed down by the Sea Ancestor to resist the power of the Mountain Ancestor and Mount Buzhou.

However, the effect was clearly not as ideal as the techniques of Sword Ancestor and others; it only reduced the rate of loss.

Ning Qi was powerless to help, as it involved the power of origin, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't.

Ning Qi looked again at the illusory figures of the Mountain Ancestor and Mount Buzhou.

Suddenly, blood-red flowers bloomed within Buzhou Mountain, transforming into crimson snowflakes.

Upon seeing this, the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were filled with rage!

Those clusters of blood were none other than Gong Tiandao and other cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm who had just been teleported in.

The mountain ancestor actually sacrificed them in front of everyone, sacrificing his subordinates and followers.

Gong Tiandao was the most powerful among them, and he still had one head left.

His head wobbled as it flew, looking up at the mountain ancestor above.

"Mountain Ancestor..."

However, a powerful force descended from the Mountain Ancestor, directly shattering his head and sending his soul flying out.

He blew on it again, dispersing it.

"Once you become my subordinate, you should be willing to give your life for me when needed. You should have known that from the beginning!"

(End of this chapter)