Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 1104: Chapter 481: Seeing Ning Qi Is Like Seeing the Great Dao (Part 2)

But why?

Lin Chen hadn’t forgotten his purpose for coming here; he just wanted to kill Ning Qi’s consciousness and soul, but he couldn’t find the core.

“Where is his spiritual core? Tell me, and I’ll kill it. Then you’ll naturally be freed.”

Lin Chen did not agree to the Mountain Ancestor’s request but chose to force Ning Qi’s spiritual core instead.

The Mountain Ancestor did not dare to answer and instead pointed upwards.

He was afraid of being taught another lesson by Ning Qi’s Dao cage and dared not make any obvious resistance before breaking free.

Of course, if he broke free, he would run as far as he could.

This guy Ning Qi was extremely sinister; he didn’t want to provoke him further. Just being alive was a stroke of luck.

Lin Chen followed the gesture of the Mountain Ancestor and looked up to the sky.

A great face suddenly appeared in the originally void sky; it was Ning Qi, coldly overlooking the two.

“Ning Qi, you’ve finally appeared. Watch me cut your soul!”

Lin Chen transformed his immortal sense into an immortal blade and drew his knife upwards.

From afar, he seemed like a crescent moon, slashing towards the high heaven.

Swish!

However, before Lin Chen could strike, Ning Qi reached out a giant palm, pressing down on the immortal blade Lin Chen had transformed into.

“You’re really brave, daring to intrude into my sea of consciousness…”

Ning Qi chuckled.

The clash between Lin Chen’s immortal blade and the giant palm occurred.

The imagined scene of the immortal blade severing the palm did not materialize; it was as if he was using the sharpest knife to cut through flowing water or soft cotton.

Drawing a blade to sever flowing water only makes it flow more; no matter how sharp a knife, how could it truly cut flowing water?

In the blink of an eye, Ning Qi’s giant palm had completely enveloped the immortal blade, using an ultimate soft power to subdue it.

No matter how much the immortal blade erupted within his palm, it couldn’t cause the slightest harm.

Next, the giant palm transformed into a Yin Yang Dao Map, suppressing Lin Chen within it.

Lin Chen felt his immortal sense instantly return to its original form!

To achieve his goal in one fell swoop, he had used all his strength, plunging his entire soul into Ning Qi’s sea of consciousness.

As a result, he had no way out; his immortal sense was him.

Trapped within the Yin Yang Dao Map, Lin Chen remained unwilling.

He didn’t understand why he had lost; he still wanted to break through the suppression of the Yin Yang Dao Map.

Lin Chen’s talent was also extremely astonishing; otherwise, he wouldn’t have cultivated to such a realm.

He carefully sensed his own state, feeling enveloped by two Grand Daos.

Supple and firm, fast and slow, attack and defense, pain and pleasure, life and death, Yin and Yang…

Though there were two Grand Daos, they seemed to encompass all the Daos of the world, all descending upon him.

Lin Chen felt it was the most brutal punishment in the world.

Whether execution or beheading, it was no worse than this cruel fate.

But trapped in these two Grand Daos, one moment it was like ascending to the Immortal Realm with every pore exuding immortal radiance, and the next, he was dragged to the Underworld to endure torture, continuously tormenting him.

Lin Chen was tortured until he had no temper left.

He even terrifyingly discovered that through this Yin Yang Dao Map, he seemed to glimpse the method he had cultivated.

Lin Chen felt utterly insignificant in that moment, like an ant before an elephant, like a mortal observing the universe, seeing Ning Qi as if witnessing the Great Dao!

“So this is that guy’s true power… He possesses more than one Dao!”

“If he continues cultivating with this Dao, how many Tao Fruits could he possibly condense?”

Lin Chen completely lost consciousness.

…

Ning Qi reopened his eyes.

The time was so short, as if he had closed them in one second and reopened them in the next.

He tossed his head forcefully, shaking his body.

An unexpected figure appeared in Ning Qi’s hand; he was holding Lin Chen as if holding a chicken.

The Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor were naturally shocked at this sight.

Goodness, did Lin Chen lose this quickly?

They had only just begun facing off against Wei Immortal; had Lin Chen already been captured? Did he survive?

Opposite them, Wei Immortal looked at Ning Qi and at Lin Chen in Ning Qi’s hand.

He could sense that Lin Chen was still breathing.

“Thank you!” Wei Immortal said with deep gratitude.

He understood that Ning Qi had heard his request and had not killed Lin Chen.

Ning Qi casually tossed him toward Wei Immortal.

Indeed, he had no intention of killing Lin Chen, even though Lin Chen had harbored ill intentions and launched a sneak attack.

Firstly, after observing the two for so long, Ning Qi had searched Lin Chen’s immortal sense and knew they weren’t outright villains.

Lin Chen had merely valued the Buzhou Mountain fragment too much, valued his own goals too much, which led him to attack.

Of course, if Lin Chen had attacked Ning Qi’s important people, threatened Ning Qi’s weak points, like his master Taoist Longshan, Sword Ancestor, or his senior sister Ye Qinghe, Ning Qi would never forgive him.

Secondly, Ning Qi intended to absorb these two, adding strength to the True Martial Spirit Realm.

One True Immortal Third Grade, one True Immortal Second Grade, both True Immortals; how could Ning Qi let them go?

The two had also mentioned that they hadn’t joined the Immortal Realm, and they were loose cultivator True Immortals of the Sea of Realms.

Wei Immortal caught Lin Chen with both hands and immediately used his own immortal power to stimulate and awaken Lin Chen.

After a while, Lin Chen’s eyelids fluttered and he opened them in extreme exhaustion.

“Brother Wei?”

“Why don’t you get up and thank them for sparing your life?” Wei Immortal said with a stern face.

Lin Chen wobbly stood up, finally regaining his senses.

He stared at Ning Qi, instinctively glancing away as if he no longer dared to look straight at him.

Seeing Ning Qi was like seeing the Great Dao!

Lin Chen used to act as though no one but Wei Immortal was worthy of his regard.

But after being imprisoned by Ning Qi’s Dao, especially after realizing how terrifying Ning Qi’s Dao was, he cowered like a quail.

It’s not hard to understand his behavior.

Cultivators aim to become immortals, and after becoming immortals, their goal is to attain the Dao.

Every immortal faces the difficulty of condensing the Tao Fruit; without condensing the Tao Fruit, one cannot be called an immortal.

They all long to witness the Dao themselves.

It’s said that when the Immortal Realm still existed, there was a Sea of Dao. Any immortal who achieved merit could personally visit the Sea of Dao and observe the Myriad Daos, making it much easier to condense the Tao Fruit.

But after the fragmentation of the Immortal Realm, the Sea of Dao was no more, and all immortals had to comprehend the Dao on their own.

Lin Chen was clearly making relentless efforts for this as well; he excelled in assassination and had longed to condense a Tao Fruit of assassination, but he had never had the opportunity.

Yet, being trapped in Ning Qi’s Yin Yang Dao Map, Lin Chen was tormented half to death, but it seemed he had gained some insight.

Thus, his demeanor upon reuniting with Ning Qi was as it was.

A cultivator sees the Dao as encountering a great teacher; seeing Ning Qi was like witnessing the Great Dao!

“Thank you for sparing my life!”

Lin Chen said weakly.

This encounter was a complete surrender for both of them.

Ning Qi reached into the void, and the grayish fragment of Buzhou Mountain fell back into his hand.

Wei Immortal and Lin Chen had not reclaimed it, even though Lin Chen had launched an assassination. They had merely placed it before Ning Qi.

Wei Immortal and Lin Chen looked at the Linglong Mountain in Ning Qi’s hand with expressions of great reluctance.

The Linglong Mountain might have to be renamed!

They had come this far with many sacrifices and had placed great hopes upon it.

Obtaining the Buzhou Mountain fragment allowed them to become immortals and cultivate to this level.

They wanted to acquire other Buzhou Mountain fragments, thereby becoming stronger to revive lost loved ones.

But now, the mountain was gone, and they still had to join Ning Qi’s camp.

Seeing their expressions, Ning Qi smiled faintly and said:

“Why the long faces? This mountain in my hand won’t be kept solely for myself; you can still benefit from it.”

“Hmm?” The two looked at Ning Qi, surprised.

For a long time, everyone they encountered wanted to grab everything, kill for treasures, and enjoy exclusively.

Ning Qi actually said he’d share the Buzhou Mountain fragment. Could it be true?

Behind Ning Qi, the Saint Ancestor and Sea Ancestor exchanged a glance.

The Saint Ancestor coughed.

“Rest assured, this guy is famously generous. We had much further to go before becoming immortals, but thanks to him sharing everything with us, we advanced so quickly.”

Hearing this, Wei Immortal and Lin Chen still had suspicions, but their expressions improved a lot.

Wei Immortal suddenly said, “A gamble is a gamble; we will honor our previous commitment, but there’s one thing I must clarify.”

“What is it?”

“Within you lies the infinite Evil Qi that immortals deeply loathe; are you a demon?”