Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

The Sea Ancestor sat decorously atop the Spirit Jade Coffin, looking at Ning Qi with suspicion, only to nod slightly.

In the next moment, she saw Ning Qi’s entire body erupt with a brilliant golden Immortal Radiance, appearing exceptionally dazzling within the silver celestial glow emitted by the Immortal body of the Mountain Ancestor on the Spirit Jade Coffin.

Ning Qi took a deep breath and directly dashed out of the range of the silver celestial glow, flying toward the Golden Celestial Gate a hundred feet away.

Under the slightly shocked gaze of the Sea Ancestor, Ning Qi entered the Immortal Radiance range emitted by the Golden Celestial Gate. The powerful resistance that severed the Immortal and Mortal and obstructed space and time caused Ning Qi’s figure to pause sharply.

Yet it was merely a pause. Immediately afterward, the Immortal Radiance akin to a flowing gold surrounding Ning Qi seemed even more splendid than that emitted by the Golden Celestial Gate.

Ning Qi’s figure seemed unstoppable, flying straight toward the Saint Ancestor in front of the celestial gate.

The Saint Ancestor, who was pushing the Golden Celestial Gate and had already pushed it halfway open, looked at Ning Qi, who landed beside him, and suddenly felt a bit unreal.

”Kid, how did you do it?”

Once the celestial gate is condensed, it can sever the Immortal and Mortal and obstruct space and time.

Whether it was earlier when the Mountain Ancestor became an Immortal or when he saw Ning Qi and the others being forced back, it was all real and true.

But now, Ning Qi suddenly burst through the terrifying obstruction, appearing beside him in front of the Golden Celestial Gate. Who wouldn’t be shocked by this?

It was as though a truth acknowledged by all beings, an unbreakable rule, had once again been broken by Ning Qi.

There were not so many reasons, nor was there a need to find reasons. Ning Qi’s presence indicated that everything had already changed.

Ning Qi did not answer him; now was not the time for the two to communicate.

In the palm of his left hand appeared an object, a golden key, at this moment emitting scorching Immortal Power in his hand, precisely the one he had obtained before.

The golden Immortal Radiance around Ning Qi was autonomously emitted by the golden key.

Since Ning Qi obtained the golden key, up to this point, Ning Qi gradually discovered its various wonderful uses.

The first time was when Ning Qi discovered it could suppress Infinite Evil Qi, thereby helping the Sword Ancestor rid his body of Infinite Evil Qi, allowing the Sword Ancestor to recover.

The second time was when the Mountain Ancestor became an Immortal and summoned the celestial gate; Ning Qi was amazed to find that the golden key seemed to have some kind of resonance with that celestial gate.

Ning Qi thereby realized that this golden key seemed to come from the Upper Realm.

The third time was when Ning Qi cracked the Divine Techniques for probing celestial gates. During the process when Ning Qi measured the rank of his own condensed celestial gate, he used a portion of the golden key’s power.

It can be said that during that time, Ning Qi did not exert too much effort himself; it was completely due to the power of the golden key that the immortal Golden Celestial Gate was condensed.

Ning Qi further confirmed from this that the golden key is definitely related to the celestial gate and might even be able to manipulate the celestial gate.

Therefore, step by step, Ning Qi began to focus on the celestial gate.

Now, appearing in front of the Golden Celestial Gate condensed by the Saint Ancestor, the resistance above the Golden Celestial Gate no longer affected him.

He stayed in front of the Golden Celestial Gate, seemingly more at ease than the Saint Ancestor undergoing the celestial gate’s probing beside him.

After all, the Saint Ancestor needed to fully open the Golden Celestial Gate to become an Immortal.

Ning Qi became increasingly curious about the origin of the golden key in his left hand.

He still didn’t know the exact function of the golden key, but Ning Qi faintly felt that it likely belonged to a powerful Immortal from the Upper Realm.

Ning Qi tightly gripped the golden key in his left hand, and his right hand slowly reached out to touch the Golden Celestial Gate.

”Is this the real celestial gate?”

It was Ning Qi’s first true encounter with a celestial gate, even though he himself had not become an Immortal.

He seemed more like a troublemaker, leaving the Saint Ancestor, who was pushing the Golden Celestial Gate, at a loss for what to do.

Touching the Golden Celestial Gate, Ning Qi felt the Immortal Radiance and Immortal Power flowing upon it.

Both were incredibly pure, clearly superior in quality to the Immortal Power within the Mountain Ancestor.

Just from the celestial gate itself, one could discern the cosmic hierarchy the Upper Realm imposed on Lower Realm cultivators, dictating who had what kind of treatment.

The vast majority of people might accept this status quo, perhaps even becoming delighted by it.

However, Ning Qi was digging deeper, unwilling to let others define him.

Ning Qi felt the brilliance of the celestial gate as the Immortal Power seeped into his body, transferring to the golden key in his left hand.

In that second, Ning Qi seemed to perceive something different.

He looked toward the opened celestial gate, where, amidst the dazzling golden celestial influence, a vague image seemed to emerge.

”Kid, should I keep pushing the gate?”

The Saint Ancestor’s hand was still placed on the Golden Celestial Gate, but unlike Ning Qi, he felt a strong sense of crisis.

Because, within this celestial gate, there truly was something. He absolutely did not mishear the previous sounds.

The Saint Ancestor understood that behind the celestial gate, there must be an Immortal capable of observing him at the celestial gate, even detecting some of his movements.

”Hold on.”

Ning Qi was not impulsive, preventing the Saint Ancestor from continuously pushing the gate.

The Saint Ancestor heightened his Spiritual Sense to the utmost, not knowing whether the Immortal within the celestial gate had become aware of Ning Qi’s presence.

But after waiting for a long time, it seemed that, unlike before, there was no celestial sound transmitted.

It was as if the person within was utterly unable to detect Ning Qi’s presence, and that was indeed strange!

The Saint Ancestor quietly transmitted his thoughts to Ning Qi: ”It seems the one beyond the celestial gate cannot perceive you.”

”Really?”

At this, Ning Qi was taken aback.

He couldn’t help but lift his left hand, glancing at it, realizing he had underestimated the golden key’s capabilities.

The celestial gate was vast, and so long as anyone within the Sea of Realms became an Immortal, they could not escape the celestial gate’s Dharma Eye.