Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 868: Chapter 368: Shocking Reversal (Part 2)

Only the Mountain and Sea Realm Will’s shadow beside Ning Qi felt the most genuine.

After all, the Heavenly Tribulation of Sword Ancestor and others was conjured by the rules of the Mountain and Sea Realm, as the Will of the Mountain and Sea Realm, he could fully perceive the transformations of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Once Fan City charged within, the lightning bolstered by these rules seemed as if completely rewritten.

The control by the Mountain and Sea Realm Will was gradually slipping away.

The Mountain and Sea Realm Will’s shadow showed an expression of shock, murmuring, ”How could this be?”

Previously, it was acceptable that Ning Qi’s Heavenly Tribulation was beyond his control due to the mixed forces of the Vast Realm rules and even those of the Sea of Realms.

But now, why would a cultivator who narrowly survived Ning Qi’s tribulation alter the Heavenly Tribulation?

He truly couldn’t comprehend!

Ning Qi silently glanced at the Mountain and Sea Realm Will’s shadow nearby.

It seemed necessary to swiftly resolve Fan City, otherwise, the more curious the Mountain and Sea Realm Will became, the deeper they would delve into the foundation.

He also looked towards Fan City, who had charged into the Heavenly Tribulation.

In truth, he shared similar feelings with Fan City, also felt that Sword Ancestor’s tribulation lightning now seemed too feeble.

But Ning Qi sensed even deeper; he could not only manipulate the mutated tribulation lightning but also manipulate Fan City.

In his eyes, Fan City was like a remotely controlled bomb.

Below the thundercloud.

Sword Ancestor and others looked at the suddenly changing tribulation cloud, starting to shift towards the tribulation cloud Ning Qi had previously faced, feeling anxious within.

Whether it was that charred black figure at the extreme of Harmonization or the tribulation cloud, both made them feel on the edge of life and death.

”Kid, isn’t this a bit too much? We’re not you!” He transmitted to Ning Qi.

Ning Qi calmly replied, ”With me here, you can be completely at ease.”

Sword Ancestor glanced at Qi Keqing and others around him.

He found Qi Keqing’s expression even more steadfast than his own, Sword Ancestor smiled helplessly.

Why did it feel like this guy trusted Ning Qi even more than he did?

Immediately, he prepared to face the tribulation.

He bowed his head once more, glancing at the fleeing crowd below, his heart surged with grandeur—besides Ning Qi, who else in the Mountain and Sea Realm dared to face this tribulation?

As the weather shifted, the sky’s thundercloud grew thicker and lower because of Fan City’s entrance.

The number of lightning snakes running through it increased and grew larger.

Fan City, bathed in thunder light, appeared frenzied, suddenly pointing downward.

At once, the lightning snakes around him struck downwards.

Sword Ancestor and others were directly hit!

Among them, some relied on their physical bodies to endure, some used magical artifacts for support, others employed divine techniques to combat the tribulation lightning...

Yet, without exception, no matter what cultivation methods they practiced, no matter how they confronted it, the descending lightning easily penetrated everything.

In an instant, a large hole was pierced in all of their bodies.

Sword Ancestor and others turned pale, immediately repairing their injuries.

This Heavenly Tribulation is terrifying!

They didn’t know the power of a regular Heavenly Tribulation, but this mutated tribulation was truly overwhelming.

And this was merely the leftover lightning from Ning Qi’s tribulation!

More frustratingly, before they could repair their injuries, the Heavenly Tribulation in the sky descended again.

Fan City within the tribulation completely rewrote the rules of the Heavenly Tribulation, entirely following his own will, like a limb under his command.

Even when Ning Qi faced his tribulation earlier, the Heavenly Tribulation gave him a chance to breathe, but Sword Ancestor and others now faced a tribulation entirely controlled by Fan City.

If he wanted it to descend, it would, giving no time for anyone to repair their bodies.

”Hahaha...”

Fan City laughed wildly within the thundercloud, an unprecedented frenzy.

His eyes were deeply crimson, filled with hatred, looking at everyone below.

The tribulation cloud seemed to twist because of his distorted heart, and expanded because of his escalating hatred.

Today, he intended to annihilate everyone beneath the thundercloud!

Countless lightning pierced through the dark clouds, striking downward, targeting every figure below.

Whether they were undergoing tribulation or not, whether they were Integration cultivators or Harmonization cultivators, or even those below Integration.

Fan City was consumed by madness, with only one thought in mind: destruction!

This thundercloud, originally conjured by Sword Ancestor and others collectively facing the tribulation, was vast, now due to Fan City’s influence, it covered a wider area, and how many cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm were below was unknown.

At this moment, everyone regretted not having been born with an extra leg, wondering why they hadn’t yet escaped the thundercloud’s reach.

With the tribulation lightning striking down, they all felt like they were facing the end of the world.

Ning Qi had been quietly watching the movements of the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, unexpected that at this moment, the shadow remained in contemplation.

To the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, understanding these changes clearly had more value than the lives below.

Yet Ning Qi couldn’t let Fan City run rampant; if chaos continued, that entire region full of subordinates would perish, and what then would he do?

And so, Ning Qi pointed distantly at Fan City.

With just this gesture, the scene of impending doom before him seemed to hit the pause button, dynamic turned static, as if time had stopped!

In the void, the descending tribulation lightning all halted, suspended three feet above everyone’s heads.

Everyone looked at the suddenly halted tribulation lightning, not understanding what had occurred, but quickly distanced themselves.

Sword Ancestor and others looked in Ning Qi’s direction.

Seeing Ning Qi adorned in Yin and Yang colored robes, standing proudly in the void, extending a sword finger towards the thundercloud.

Indeed, it was his doing!

This kid was becoming more and more enigmatic, increasingly difficult to grasp his true power.

They then looked up into the thundercloud.

The charred figure therein now resembled a gambler who had lost everything, staring blankly at the paused tribulation lightning below.

”Why has it come to this, how could this happen?”

He continuously waved his arms, attempting to replicate the previous glory of commanding the ten thousand lightning bolts, but none of the tribulation lightning heeded his orders anymore.

Not only had the tribulation lightning below ceased, but even the thundercloud above seemed to stagnate at this moment.

Fan City was the only one able to move.

The next second, everyone witnessed an astonishing scene.

All the tribulation lightning, like the tentacles of a deep-sea octopus, retreated skyward.

Could spilled water be gathered?

Everyone watched this scene, hearts pounding wildly; this seemed a divine miracle!

No matter who they were, no matter their age, even regardless of the bizarre tales they had heard, none could match the shock of experiencing this firsthand!

Who had ever heard of tribulation lightning reversing? No one!

Yet here it happened right before their eyes.

Fan City within the thundercloud looked at the tribulation lightning retreating into the cloud, his charred face’s mouth wide open in disbelief.

All the tribulation lightning transformed into various colored lightning snakes darting within the thundercloud.

Suddenly, Fan City felt his body no longer under his control, as though an unmatched power was drawing him towards the center of the thundercloud.

Fan City struggled, waved his hands, kicked his legs, but couldn’t break free.

Using the last of his strength, he twisted his neck, looking back towards Ning Qi’s location.

A lone figure stood defiantly there, holding a sword finger aimed at him, with an expression of deep tranquility.

”I should have known, I should have realized...”

Fan City murmured internally, understanding now.

If even he could wield the leftover tribulation lightning from Ning Qi to control the tribulation lightning, then couldn’t the true owner of the tribulation, Ning Qi, do the same?

Momentary madness had blinded Fan City’s judgment, only now did he come back to his senses.

But having made one mistake, every step thereafter compounded it, so what could he do now?

His first thought was self-destruction; his body may be beyond his command, but his will remained free.

Having reached the Harmonization realm, a cultivator’s will could kill, could affect the heavens, conjuring divine techniques to move mountains and fill seas.

Fan City concentrated his will, attempting self-destruction.

But he found it utterly futile, as the surrounding thundercloud now sent all lightning snakes towards his body.

Those lightning snakes, blades capable of annihilating flesh and will alike, stroked across his body, even slicing his will.

The life Fan City had painstakingly salvaged was torn apart again.

Was he regretful?

No, for someone like him who had risen to a position of power, there was never regret, only winners and losers.

Victory meant being above all others, free to oppress the weak, losing implied one’s skill wasn’t sufficient.

In the sky, thunderclouds rolled, and Fan City’s figure was no longer visible.