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At such close proximity, it could still escape the notice of the Mountain Ancestor, making Ning Qi more wary of it.

This thing is so hidden even to someone as powerful as the Mountain Ancestor. Luckily, when Ning Qi encountered it back then, it wasn’t as formidable.

The immortal light surrounding the Mountain Ancestor continued, still unable to fully expel the black spots from the immortal body.

A fierce glint flashed in his celestial eye, and his internal organs glowed, as he spat out a Five-Element Immortal Talisman.

”Five-Element Source Immortal Thunder Talisman!”

On the talisman, the five elements revolved, conjuring an exceptionally bright electric light.

Crackle!

The electric light from the talisman instantly and surgically targeted the black spots on the Mountain Ancestor’s body.

It was like a specially crafted electric knife, sparing the Mountain Ancestor’s pure immortal body while specifically striking the areas with black spots.

In an instant, wherever the electric talisman passed, all the black spots were like dry scabs, swiftly swept away and completely shattered in the electric light.

In just a moment, the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body was left with some pitted corrosive holes.

Fortunately, he was extremely decisive, consuming the source of immortal qi to ensure their eradication. Otherwise, the black spots’ corrosion of the immortal body might have deepened further.

With the black spots gone, the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body shone bright again, illuminating the Sea of Realms.

He breathed a sigh of relief, looking in all directions.

”Ning Qi, let’s see what other tricks you have now!”

Strands of immortal light began to repair the pitted marks on the Mountain Ancestor’s body and steadily expanded in scope, pushing back surrounding Sea of Realms energy.

His celestial eye scanned around, not yet finding Ning Qi’s trace.

He did not become anxious about this.

Ning Qi was hiding nearby, using all means to shield the fluctuations of his aura.

Suddenly, he saw a pulse at the Mountain Ancestor’s forehead.

The mountain-shaped dharma seal, symbolizing Buzhou Mountain’s ascension, twisted subtly, vaguely transforming into a celestial eye.

Within the celestial eye, triangular runes spun, gradually forming an immortal magic pupil.

Looking at that celestial eye, Ning Qi felt a strong warning arise within him.

He didn’t dare gamble whether he could still evade the gaze of that eye, and for a moment, Ning Qi even had the urge to transfer back to the True Martial Spirit Realm.

After the Mountain Ancestor ascended, the barrier between immortals and mortals, severing time and space, had faded in the Sea of Realms.

So Ning Qi knew he could instantly transfer back to the True Martial Spirit Realm.

Even the Saint Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, who were exiled to the Boundary Sea Black Water Area by him, had already used the door plates he provided to return to the True Martial Spirit Realm.

Yet, as Ning Qi gazed at the Mountain Ancestor before him, he felt a rush of blood within him.

He didn’t want to choose escape, after all, is avoiding really possible?

Ning Qi released another stream of Infinite Evil Qi from his fingertips, and the myriad forces within him began to gradually unify.

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Of course, Ning Qi dared not let the Infinite Evil Qi merge within him.

With Sword Ancestor’s example before him, enduring the evil qi’s invasion for millennia, Ning Qi wouldn’t take that risk.

The evil qi spread out, enveloping him.

The celestial pupil on the Mountain Ancestor’s forehead began to pulse, scanning along the Sea of Realms.

Just as he was about to scan to Ning Qi’s location, the Infinite Evil Qi embedded in the Mountain Ancestor’s body made its move!

First, the evil qi completely absorbed the immortal radiance from the Mountain Ancestor’s body, making him appear like a glowing light bulb that suddenly extinguished without warning.

”What happened?”

The Mountain Ancestor’s attention had been on the Sea of Realms, and the sudden loss of immortal radiance startled him immensely!

Meanwhile, all the repelled Sea of Realms energy surged toward him like a tide.

In the next instant, the Infinite Evil Qi started infiltrating the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body through his pores and orifices.

In an instant, the Mountain Ancestor fell headlong into the Sea of Realms.

Ning Qi was ready to strike but saw the Mountain Ancestor abruptly halt his fall.

”Why is my immortal power beyond my control? What is seizing my immortal power?”

The Mountain Ancestor, at this moment, could barely release a layer of humanoid immortal radiance, unable to emit a full-moon-like light aura.

He felt as if something else was taking control of the power within him.

”Is this your doing, Ning Qi?”

The Mountain Ancestor was consumed with hatred, his sacred image as an immortal shattered.

He directly associated his changes with Ning Qi.

Ning Qi silently sensed the Infinite Evil Qi, maintaining a connection with the evil qi invading the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body.

In essence, he experienced the process of the Infinite Evil Qi’s assault on the Mountain Ancestor as if from a third-party perspective.

Once inside the Mountain Ancestor’s body, the Infinite Evil Qi quickly occupied his various apertures, especially the forehead, heart, and dantian—critical areas.

Subsequently, it swiftly seized the immortal power within the Mountain Ancestor, vying for control.

Even from a third-party perspective, Ning Qi was startled by the brutality of the evil qi.

Perhaps when Sword Ancestor was poisoned by this evil qi, they experienced this process initially, albeit when both were weaker back then.

The evil qi exerted its dominance, like the most terrifying predator in the Sea of Realms, treating the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body as its prey.

It absorbed the Mountain Ancestor’s power, fought for control, and simultaneously caused destruction within his body, with remarkable effects.

The Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body flickered, barely maintaining immortal radiance, resisting the invading Sea of Realms energy.

Ning Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.

”Even now, he still resists the Sea of Realms energy. Does his immortal body so reject the Sea of Realms energy and refuse to remain in the Sea of Realms?”

Ning Qi quietly approached the Mountain Ancestor.

Since his earlier utterance, the Mountain Ancestor had been completely occupied with the changes happening within his body.

The internal chaos made his soul almost fly away, but gradually, he searched his mind’s inheritance and found out the situation.

”Damn it, this is Infinite Evil Qi, Ning Qi, you scoundrel! How dare you use this thing against me?”

The Mountain Ancestor was almost swearing.

Upon becoming immortal, he thought himself invincible, yet upon emerging, he faced such relentless blows.

He felt he was surely the most wretched immortal of all time!

Yet ironically, he had no solution.

Because that was the world as it was.

The world barely resisted the invasion of the Sea of Realms, with only a handful of spirit realm immortals.

Even the collapse of Buzhou Mountain in ancient times was connected to the changes brought by the Sea of Realms.

Sea of Realms energy doesn’t just erode every world within it, but also the Immortal Realm!

In the past, once cultivators became immortal, they could shatter the void and directly ascend to the Immortal Realm.

However, since the Sea of Realms’ emergence, the Immortal Realm shattered and split into several parts.

Someone like the Mountain Ancestor, although recognized by the Immortal Door and listed as immortal, still had to traverse the Sea of Realms, reach those realms, and only then truly escape the Sea of Realms, entering the Immortal Realm.

Hence, these immortals viewed the Sea of Realms energy and its twisted creatures as the vilest things.

To the Mountain Ancestor, Infinite Evil Qi was even more terrifying.

According to his inherited knowledge and messages from the Immortal Door during ascension, Infinite Evil Qi might be the root cause of the Sea of Realms’ changes!

They mentioned once that the Infinite Evil Qi was supremely malevolent!

The Mountain Ancestor sensed the internal situation, realizing only the legendary Infinite Evil Qi could torment him, an immortal, in such a way.

The only relief was the small amount of Infinite Evil Qi.

After perceiving all, the Mountain Ancestor suddenly clasped his hands together.

”There’s no other way, surviving is key to being an immortal; survival is the most important thing!”

Ning Qi, seeing his posture, stopped cautiously.

The Mountain Ancestor suddenly shouted, ”Residual Mountain Engulfs Sea!”

Bang!

A tremendous sound erupted from within the Mountain Ancestor, his immortal body seemed to transform into semi-transparency.

A mountain shadow emerged anew from the Mountain Ancestor’s body, slowly enlarging and enveloping his entire immortal form.

The residual mountain illusion was like an eternally indestructible divine mountain, standing tall in the Sea of Realms, sealing the Mountain Ancestor’s immortal body.

The mountain-shaped imprint on the Mountain Ancestor’s forehead reactivated, flickering continuously, as if resonating with the released mountain shadow.

”Buzhou Mountain’s remnants?”

Ning Qi slightly frowned, unsure why the Mountain Ancestor would summon the previously absorbed Buzhou Mountain remnants.

The reappearing black mountain shadow gave Ning Qi a distinctly different feeling.

Though pitch black as ink, it radiated an immensely holy aura and an unapproachable majesty.