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

Chapter 408 Sea Ancestor's Cultivation Ground

In the center of the endless sea, a huge and deep sea eye rotates endlessly, its bottom unseen, like a dark beast that can devour everything.

Ning Qi and the illusory image of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm appeared here, looking down at the sea eye below, with strange sounds coming from time to time.

Sometimes it screamed, sometimes it was muffled, sometimes it was painful, sometimes it was madness...

Ning Qi asked curiously, "Lord of the Realm, what exactly exists in this sea eye?"

He also read about the sea eye from the legacy left by Haizu, but the description of the sea eye was not detailed and was only mentioned briefly.

Therefore, Ning Qi didn't know what this sea eye was, where it led to, or why it appeared below the Moon Sea Immortal Sect.

He always felt that the Sea Ancestor chose to establish his sect here as if to suppress the sea eye.

"cough!"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm coughed before replying, "This place gathers the Yin energy of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, and it is also the place where the Sea Ancestor attained enlightenment. You'll understand once you go in and take a look. Let's go."

After saying that, he took the lead and disappeared downwards.

Ning Qi naturally followed him in.

Whoosh!

The wind howled in my ears, carrying both the tranquility of ocean currents and eerie shrieks.

The two entered the eye of the sea, and the world before them instantly went dark, as if they had suddenly entered another world.

Ning Qi silently released his senses, but to his surprise, he could not sense anything at all.

That's a bit scary!

For him now, whether it's the Mountain and Sea Realm or the Vast Realm, there's almost nothing in these two realms that can still shield him from perception.

But given the strange situation that had arisen, Ning Qi could only silently raise his guard. It seemed that there were still many things he didn't know about between the two realms.

Ning Qi looked ahead, the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will still be leading the way.

It suddenly turned left and right, and then seemed to dive into the seawater, but Ning Qi still followed.

A moment later, it broke away from the seawater and returned to the sea eye tunnel.

In short, as the two delved deeper, Ning Qi finally sensed something.

Suddenly, Ning Qi reached out and looked at his skin. Every hair stood on end, and then tiny bumps spread out, instantly covering his entire body.

"Crack!"

Ning Qi's teeth chattered, as he felt a strong, chilling force invading his body, as if the wind was penetrating his entire being.

In that instant, he felt as if his body had been thrown into a strange place, where bones were bones, flesh was flesh, head was head, eyes were eyes, and ears were ears.

All the organs in the body seemed to be frozen and separated, as if they were not connected to each other.

This strange feeling startled Ning Qi.

He couldn't help but recall the feeling when his clone first entered the Boundary Sea; his current feelings were completely comparable to that.

But that's strange, isn't this within the realm of mountains and seas?

He thought for a moment, then instantly transformed the power within his body, switching to the power of the Boundary Sea.

To Ning Qi's surprise, the strange feeling on his body disappeared instantly.

He had a vague feeling that this place was probably also related to the Boundary Sea.

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm ahead remained steadfast as it moved forward. Ning Qi suppressed the doubts rising in his heart; the answer would be revealed in due time.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ning Qi's eyes finally lit up.

A faint blue light appeared ahead.

As the two approached, the faint light rapidly expanded, and they entered it.

Gudong!

The sound resembled jumping into water, but the two found themselves in a space without seawater.

Ning Qi looked around.

Above, the water shimmered, releasing a soft glow that illuminated the space below.

Occasionally, a powerful marine creature swims by, casting a huge shadow.

This space resembles an aquarium, but in reality, it is a space suppressed beneath the ocean.

Ning Qi looked around. Apart from the light overhead, the light became dimmer as he looked down.

This is not merely a matter of light and shadow; Ning Qi sensed a strange energy shifting within it, which could be considered an adjustment of light and shadow at the level of rules.

The deeper you go, the darker it gets.

Looking down, Ning Qi occasionally saw faint lights, each about the size of a fist, of various colors, seemingly embedded in the sea wall, appearing in pairs.

"here it is?"

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm replied, "This is where the Sea Ancestor draws power from the Boundary Sea. She has imprisoned many ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea here and is studying their talents."

Ning Qi remained silent for a moment.

Is this Haizu's laboratory? It's hidden really well.

However, after a moment's thought, Ning Qi understood.

Within the realm of mountains and seas, if the Sea Ancestor wanted to cultivate forbidden techniques to defeat the Mountain Ancestor, he certainly couldn't cultivate them openly.

Beneath the endless sea, however, lay a good space for her.

The two continued their descent.

Ning Qi followed the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm downwards and gradually saw what was below.

This place is less a place for the Sea Ancestor to cultivate and more like an eighteen-story prison.

From top to bottom, it expands in a cone shape, with the space becoming more expansive towards the bottom.

Within the surrounding sea walls, separate water prison spaces were set up, each imprisoning a ferocious beast from the Boundary Sea.

Upon seeing Ning Qi arrive, their eyes gleamed with an incomparably sharp, greedy, and ferocious light, glowing red, green, yellow, and purple. Saliva dripped from their mouths, and they occasionally let out roars of different sounds, as if they had been starving for an unknown period of time.

Ning Qi finally realized where the strange sounds in the sea eyes came from; they must be their voices.

Ning Qi briefly sensed their power.

From top to bottom, it almost progresses in stages.

At the top is a ferocious sea beast in the early stage of fusion, while at the bottom, its power has reached the perfect state of fusion.

Among them are several exceptionally gifted beasts, whose auras clearly surpass those of those at the peak of the Dao Integration stage.

Ning Qi even discovered a twisted monster, but compared to those summoned by the Holy Ancestor in the War Realm, its twisting was less severe and far less ferocious and terrifying.

It's more like it's in the early stages of becoming a twisted monster, with its own flesh and tendons broken and twisted outwards.

Ning Qi was really curious about how long it took Hai Zu to build this space, and how she managed to capture these ferocious beasts from the Boundary Sea.
There are at least a thousand ferocious beasts in this area.

With so many ferocious beasts of high realm and cultivation, if Ning Qi hadn't entered the Boundary Sea, he would have definitely thought that the Sea Ancestor had captured the ferocious beasts outside the boundary of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, Ning Qi had explored the Boundary Sea and knew that the Boundary Sea regions adjacent to worlds such as the Mountain and Sea Boundary or the Vast Realm were actually gray fog areas.

There's no way that so many powerful ferocious sea beasts could exist in the Gray Fog Zone!
So, where exactly did Haizu capture these ferocious beasts from the Boundary Sea?

Ning Qi was puzzled. He and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm had descended to the center of the bottom of the space.

The entire space resembles an inverted bowl, with a faint light shimmering at the bottom, and a huge starfish pattern seemingly engraved below.

No, it's not an engraved starfish, but a giant, living starfish lying on the bottom, which just looks like a flattened pattern due to the lighting.

Ning Qi felt that the space was rather dark.

If the Sea Ancestor had cultivated here year-round, and had forcefully integrated the power of the Boundary Sea into herself, it would be impossible for her not to go mad. Ning Qi looked at the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Boundary's will.

The other party did not seem to intend to stay.

He stomped hard on the starfish below, and instantly, the starfish seemed to come to life, baring its fangs and claws as it began to writhe.

However, no matter how it danced, it could not break through and enter this space.

Suddenly, its five starfish points, following a specific pattern, plunged into five specific positions.

Suddenly, Ning Qi sensed a violent tremor in the space, as if the seawater outside was about to crush this place.

Meanwhile, the ferocious beasts of the surrounding water prisons let out painful howls. The power within their bodies was constantly draining away, and it was surging towards Ning Qi and the feet of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm along specific channels.

Ning Qi sensed that it contained not only the power of the Boundary Sea, but also the extremely yin and gentle power that the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm had previously mentioned.

That was the power of the Sea Ancestor, which used its yin and gentleness to integrate the power of the ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea into one.

Water benefits all things without striving, therefore it is close to the Way, and therefore no one in the world can contend with it.

A few words from the Sea Ancestor's legacy involuntarily surfaced in Ning Qi's mind.

The scene before my eyes seems to confirm all of this.

Ning Qi looked down at his feet again.

The giant starfish beneath my feet, resembling a skeleton on the seabed, also seemed like some kind of mechanism for activating a secret.

The combined power of all the ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea gradually coalesced beneath his feet into a blackish-gray lotus bud pattern.

Snapped!
The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm snapped its fingers.

Instantly, a delicate fragrance wafted into his nostrils, lotus buds opened, and strangely, the entire bottom of the space shone brightly, generating an extremely strong suction force that drew Ning Qi and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm into it.

A dizzying sensation followed, as if they were being sucked in or teleported. They didn't know how much time had passed before they felt themselves being thrown out.

Ning Qi mobilized the power within his body and floated in the void.

The illusory image of the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm also hovered beside him.

To Ning Qi's surprise, the two ended up in another space.

This place was completely different from the previous space. At the end of their sight, there were birds singing and flowers blooming, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a green field. It was as if they had entered a new world.

"Ok?"

Ning Qi tried to land, but an incredibly complex array pattern suddenly bounced him back.

The illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will watched from the sidelines without interfering.

Ning Qi glanced at him and found that he didn't intend to explain. He just coughed and seemed to have an encouraging look in his eyes.

Ning Qi immediately fell downwards again.

This time, however, he became cautious and stopped as soon as the array patterns appeared.

Ning Qi's eyes flashed with golden light, and he activated his Golden Eyes of Truth.

It shone with golden light, scanning the intricate array patterns below.

Ning Qi was immediately captivated by it, as if he had seen the most beautiful and captivating thing in the world.

A moment later, Ning Qi was jolted.

"What kind of formation is this? I have never heard of it before, nor have I ever seen it before!"

Ning Qi felt that he had reached the highest level in the Dao of Arrays, but the array patterns in front of him were beyond his comprehension.

Even if he stares intently at one spot, that spot will change in an instant, to a terrifying degree.

For a moment, Ning Qi seemed unable to discern many of the array patterns, but the next instant, he felt as if he had misjudged them, the changes in which were completely illogical.

With his comprehension, no matter what appears before him, it's impossible that he wouldn't understand even a little bit of it.

Ning Qi was certain that such array patterns should never exist in the world.

This doesn't seem like something from this world!
After arriving at this place, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm seemed to have improved somewhat. He coughed again, his face becoming a little rosier, and said, "Don't you think that the array patterns here are not something that should exist in this world?"

Ning Qi nodded slightly.

"Lord of the Realm, please enlighten me."

Shan Haijie suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, you can be fooled too. Have you ever considered that this might not be an array pattern at all?"

"Ok?"

Ning Qi was taken aback.

Not array patterns?

He never even considered that possibility!

From arriving at the Moon Sea Immortal Sect to entering the Sea Eye, they traversed multiple realms before finally arriving at a seemingly peaceful world.

An incredibly complex array pattern appeared before him, preventing him from falling any further. Then, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm told him that this was not an array pattern.

Ning Qi found it completely unacceptable!

However, he was extremely adaptable and immediately looked again.

He pushed the Golden Eye of Illusion to its limit, even using the divine runes left to him by the Holy Ancestor and a trace of immortal aura.

This time, the array patterns below surged and changed unpredictably in Ning Qi's eyes, like a kaleidoscope.

However, based on the answer given by the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Ning Qi observed that these array patterns were indeed not man-made array patterns. They seemed to be naturally formed, possessing the ability to change in any way.

It contains countless patterns, making it easy for people to mistake it for array patterns.

If it's not array patterns, then what is it that can form such patterns?
Ning Qi's heart pounded; he knew he was about to approach the true secret of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

That secret is related to the Mountain Ancestor, the Sea Ancestor, and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Why was the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm sealed by the two ancestors? It seems that the Sea Ancestor had previously told the Holy Ancestor that they seemed to have obtained something.

All the secrets are now before your eyes!

Ning Qi believed that once the mystery of this place was solved, everything would be revealed.

Ning Qi quietly shifted his power under his feet, gently touching the pattern that resembled an array.

The power of the True Martial Realm, the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the power of the Vast Realm rotated among the three realms. However, as soon as they came into contact, Ning Qi felt as if his own power was being devoured.

If he hadn't retreated quickly and decisively, the power within his entire body would likely have been drawn out and devoured by the pattern.

Ning Qi stared at the constantly changing patterns beneath his feet, and then converted the power within his body into the power of the Boundary Sea.

Ning Qi separated a wisp and flew towards the patterned barrier.

That wisp of power from the Boundary Sea, about the size of a hair, slowly touched the patterns in the air.

The moment they made contact, Ning Qi's eyes caught it; the pattern seemed to come alive, and he suddenly inhaled.

But in the next instant, the pattern seemed to dislike it and spat out the power of the Boundary Sea.

Upon seeing this scene, Ning Qi felt a strange sensation.

For some reason, the space he had just been in came to mind—the space where the Sea Ancestor imprisoned the ferocious beasts of the Boundary Sea and cultivated the power of the Boundary Sea.

He believes that the various spaces he visited were not set up by chance, but were interconnected.

However, Ning Qi has not yet figured out the mystery behind it.

He didn't understand why the strange patterns in front of him would repel the power of the Boundary Sea.

Beside him, the illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm's will said again, "Try using the key from the inheritance given to you by the Sea Ancestor."

(End of this chapter)