Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 947: Chapter 406: Spirit Realm Cataclysm

Within the Mountain and Sea Realm, Spiritual Qi rampaged and the Rules were in chaos.

The entire continent had already become riddled with scars, scorched earth stretching everywhere.

Ning Qi lifted his gaze and saw, in the sky, the occasional surviving Cultivator fleeing madly into the distance.

But in the void, Celestial Fire burned the heavens, flames of all colors flowing like rosy clouds, steaming and scorching any living being that tried to fly up.

There were also violent storms cooperating with it, like oil poured onto a raging fire.

Higher up, one whip of lightning after another lashed downward; heavenly punishment descended, destroying powerful beings one by one.

The whole land was split apart, ravines bottomless to the eye, who knew how many lives had already been buried within.

Everywhere in the mortal world were wretched screams, regardless of man or woman, old or young!

Once, they had regarded the Mountain Ancestor as a God, as the strongest hero of the Mountain and Sea Realm, believing they could receive the Mountain Ancestor’s protection and enjoy a peaceful life.

They had even gone so far as to shape statues to worship, offering to them day and night.

But now the Mountain Ancestor did not care at all whether they lived or died, or rather, he had from the start treated their lives as stepping stones for himself to ascend to the peak.

For the sake of achieving the strongest, what did it matter if more lives below were sacrificed?

Even the Endless Sea commanded by the Sea Ancestor was suffering through countless calamities as well.

The waters of the Endless Sea rose, with Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning, the Four Symbols overlapping; giant waves like merciless hands toppled and submerged the islands in the sea one after another.

Under the Sea Ancestor’s command there were over a hundred Spirit Domains; by Ning Qi’s rough estimate, half of them had already sunk into ruin.

Fortunately, the Profound Truth Realm had been snatched away by the Sea Ancestor and placed at a relatively close distance to the Moon Sea Immortal Sect, so it was able to remain safe for the time being.

However, if Ning Qi had not rushed back in time, it would not have escaped destruction either.

Upon the Profound Truth Realm, the many Cultivators left behind to guard it saw Ning Qi appear.

Before this, they had all gathered at the Profound Truth Alliance headquarters, which was also the center of the Profound Truth Realm, activating the Array Ning Qi had left within, hoping to resist the decline and collapse of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Even though they had activated the Array Ning Qi left, when they looked at the Spirit Domains in the distance constantly sinking, and at the giant waves slowly yet powerfully rolling toward this place, each of their hearts was filled with panic and unease.

Before the war of the Spirit Realm began, their Profound Truth Realm had only been a Spirit Domain without even a single Immortal Sect.

And the Array left behind by Domain Master Ning Qi at that time could only resist the attacks of Immortal Sects; how could it possibly deal with a great upheaval engulfing the entire Mountain and Sea Realm?

Their minds were at sixes and sevens, until they discovered that a spatial passage suddenly opened high in the sky, and a familiar white‑clothed figure descended.

”Sect Leader?”

”Domain Master?”

Everyone rubbed their eyes, almost thinking they were dreaming.

”Be at ease, do not panic.”

Only when they heard Ning Qi’s calm tone, and saw him extend a hand toward them in response, did their terrified hearts finally settle.

The Domain Master has returned, so we should be fine now, right?

No one dared even to blink, all of them tilting their heads back, carefully watching Ning Qi.

After Ning Qi appeared, light radiated from his body.

The Realm Power within him spread outward; at once, those who had just felt the Profound Truth Realm trembling immediately sensed that the Profound Truth Realm had become like a stabilizing divine needle in a sea of waves—no matter how the Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning raged, it remained unmoved.

Not only that, the light radiating from Ning Qi’s body continued to spread outward.

Wherever it spread, the Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning halted there, turning calm and tranquil, the scene utterly peaceful.

Their hearts surged with excitement; they wanted nothing more than to shout out loud, yet they were afraid of disturbing the Domain Master’s spellcasting.

They could only pay silent tribute to Ning Qi with their eyes, each gaze shining, filled with disbelief.

They had not expected Ning Qi to return at such a moment, and had even less expected that the Domain Master’s strength had undergone such a heaven‑shaking transformation.

”Tell me, what realm do you think the Domain Master is at now? I remember when he left he was only at the Integration Realm, right?”

Someone sent a voice transmission to ask a nearby friend.

Now that Ning Qi had returned and taken the crisis weighing on everyone’s hearts upon himself alone, they had the mood to gossip again, quietly opening up a voice‑transmission group chat.

That friend replied, ”How would I know that? But I’m afraid the Domain Master has already advanced to the Unity Realm!”

”Are you kidding me? We’ve seen Unity Realm Cultivators from afar since moving here; they’re indeed very strong, sure, but they don’t have this kind of Divine Techniques and power.”

The man who spoke was stunned for a moment, and on second thought found it true as well.

”If you ask me, the Domain Master’s power is probably about to catch up to the Sea Ancestor who moved our Profound Truth Realm here!” someone else said seriously.

”For real?”

”I can’t say for sure, but a mere Unity Realm definitely can’t quell such a terrifying heavenly disaster...”

”Hiss, the way you put it, I’m getting goosebumps all over; I don’t even dare to think about it!”

”Yeah, I admit the Domain Master’s Cultivation speed is astonishing, but what you’re saying is a bit too scary.”

”Then you tell me, just how strong must one’s Cultivation be to calm the Spirit Realm’s heavenly disaster?”

Everyone fell silent.

”Don’t forget, this Spirit Realm disaster has lasted so long, and not a single person has returned from the war in the battle Realms— even the Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor haven’t come back—yet the Domain Master returned alone!”

Hearing this, everyone’s hearts trembled again.

Indeed, the catastrophe of the Mountain and Sea Realm had reached the point of nearly destroying the Realm; why was it that only their Domain Master had returned?

The Domain Master surely cared about their safety, but even from this alone it showed that his current strength had truly become terrifyingly great.

All of a sudden, someone else said weakly, ”Why do I feel that the aura of the Domain Master before us is different from before, there’s a kind of indescribable feeling.”

The others rolled their eyes at him, even though some of them felt the same way.

How to put it—previously the Domain Master had been more approachable; now, he radiated awe‑inspiring might, and just looking at him for a moment longer made them feel as if they were offending him.

However, no one had the leisure to dwell on the changes in Ning Qi; the fact that the Domain Master could think of their safety in a moment of crisis and rush back to the Mountain and Sea Realm already filled them with boundless gratitude.