Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 793: Chapter 334: Calm Before the Storm

Boundary of the Central Domain in the Southeast War Realm.

Suddenly, a teleportation gate opened, and a white-robed figure appeared.

Soon after, three armies of cultivators followed, crossing realms.

They hovered neatly in the void, all gazing at the white-robed figure ahead.

Ning Qi held the communication jade scroll in his hand, silently browsing the information sent back by the cultivators of the True Martial Realm.

It was precisely because of this information that Ning Qi grasped the situation of this domain.

According to the intelligence sent back by everyone, Ning Qi learned that the Central Domain, much like the Lower Realm, consisted of Six Domains, divided equally between the two realms.

Among them, the Mountain and Sea Realm included the Celestial Fire Realm, Earth Gold Realm, and Vine Wood Realm, while the Vast Realm had the Yangchun Realm, Xiahe Realm, and Autumn Fruit Realm.

Among the Six Domain armies, the Celestial Fire Realm and Xiahe Realm were the strongest, hence only the commanders of these strongest domains led their cultivators independently.

As for the other four domains, they adopted a strategy of two-domain combined forces to explore the entire Central Domain.

At this moment, the Three Domain cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm had already captured nine nodes in the Central Domain, averaging three nodes per domain.

Ning Qi put away the communication jade scroll, then took out the Soul-Searching Plate and infused it with magical power.

With the complete data from the Lower Realm as support, the gap between the Central and the Lower Realm wasn’t large, so even upon reaching the Central Domain, the data Ning Qi previously obtained was still useful.

Thus, in just a short moment, a map of node distribution in the Central Domain automatically appeared on the compass.

Ning Qi focused intently on the map.

The map showed thirty-six nodes glowing with different lights, each lighting up sequentially.

Among them, nine nodes were dyed cyan-blue, precisely the nodes captured by the Three Domains of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Aside from these, another ten nodes were tinted with a faint golden color, these ten being territories taken by the Three Domains of the Vast Realm.

This meant that the cultivators of both realms had taken nineteen nodes in the Central Domain, leaving seventeen nodes yet to be claimed, including six hidden nodes.

The Central Domain was vaster compared to the Lower Realm, so for the cultivators of the two realms to capture so many nodes so swiftly was quite impressive!

After all, they did not have a compass like Ning Qi’s that could detect the location of nodes.

Behind Ning Qi, Sword Ancestor, Qi Keqing, and Zhu Yanchuan stood together.

The cultivators of the Three Domains were led by these three, and to coordinate the armies of the Three Domains well, the three had to stay together to deliberate upon reaching the Central Domain.

At this time, the three also took out their compasses, checking whether they could detect the nodes in the Central Domain.

Injecting spiritual power into their compasses, with a buzz, the needles of their compasses immediately reacted, pointing in different directions.

Such an outcome was due to Ning Qi setting specific functions for the compasses in their hands.

To avoid showing the same node position, causing the three armies to converge on it, which would waste the combined forces of the three armies.

As for the Three Domain armies behind them, they were silent, standing like statues, awaiting orders from Ning Qi and the others.

Ning Qi’s eyes flashed.

Suddenly, six light points gradually appeared on the map of the compass in his hand.

These light points moved continuously, sometimes sparse, sometimes clustered, like fog dispersing and condensing, representing the positions of the Six Domain armies in the Central Domain.

Upon seeing these light points, Ning Qi adjusted their colors based on the intelligence sent back from the True Martial Realm.

The Three Domain armies of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Celestial Fire Realm, Earth Gold Realm, and Vine Wood Realm, were marked in red, gold, and green respectively by him.

As for the enemy Three Domain armies of the Vast Realm, since there were currently no True Martial Realm cultivators acting as internal informants, Ning Qi couldn’t mark them distinctly like the Three Domain armies of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

But it didn’t matter; after all, they were all cultivators of the Vast Realm.

"You three, lend me your compasses for a moment. I’ll add some functions for you!"

Hearing this, Sword Ancestor and the other two were slightly startled, looking up at Ning Qi with slight surprise.

Another new function? How strong will it be?

In terms of age, even the youngest of the three was several tens of times older than Ning Qi.

They were well-experienced, but at this moment, their experience seemed pale in the presence of Ning Qi.

It’s as if Ning Qi had broader knowledge and understanding, leaving the three resembling new recruits who could only respond with confusion and compliance.

The three immediately manipulated their spiritual qi, sending their compasses to Ning Qi.

Yet, Ning Qi did not take them; he simply formed a Daoist seal with both hands.

Suddenly, three small, extremely intense fireballs rose in the void, each enveloping a compass.

With spiritual sense, the compasses appeared as if small boats at sea, tumbling inside.

All of a sudden, three blue beams of light emitted from Ning Qi’s hands, entering the fireballs and penetrating the compasses instantly.

The entire process of casting the spell on the instruments was rapid, taking only a moment before the fireballs converged, and the three compasses emitted a soft glow, suspended in the void.

Watching the smooth and skillful technique of Ning Qi, whether it was the three Sword Ancestors or the artifact refiners among the cultivators of the Three Domains, they were captivated as if entranced.

Such skill was close to Dao, to such an extent that even just watching provided an aesthetically pleasing experience.

Ning Qi had enhanced the three compasses with the complete map of node distribution in the Central Domain and the distribution of the Six Domain armies, as reflected on his own compass.

Of course, Ning Qi discreetly concealed the existence of the six special nodes in the Central Domain, as per usual.

After all, these six nodes were a place where the will of the two realms would not intrude, which Ning Qi intended to claim for himself, merging their space into the True Martial Realm, something not to be disclosed at any cost.