Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 925: Chapter 395: Ancient Road Sacred Map (2)

Suddenly, the descending seawater immediately transformed, morphing into sea spikes that once more surged towards the "Light" divine text formation.

This is a contest between light and water!

Can the sun evaporate the seawater, or can the seawater extinguish the light?

Everything is uncertain, or rather, it depends on their distance and quality and quantity...

Light is silent, but seawater roars.

Swish, swish!

In the high sky, the two actually collided.

At this moment, they seemed incompatible, yet also seemed to merge into one.

The ocean of Tao principles surged higher, and the light divine text formation fell into the ocean of Tao principles.

Both were flickering uncertainly at the same time.

The ocean ripples gently, with many waves, and the light divine text formation flickers on and off.

Ning Qi realized the two ancestors were competing over their own Dao.

Suddenly, Sea Ancestor coldly called out, "The highest good is like water!"

These four words embodied the ultimate truth of the world.

The Tao principles of the sea in the high sky sometimes flowed like a gentle stream, sometimes roared like the muddy waves of the Yellow River, sometimes stayed calm without waves, and sometimes erupted like an abyssal tsunami, various changes, still bound to the way of water.

Yet they all clearly strengthened under the empowerment of Sea Ancestor.

There was a tendency to completely extinguish the light divine text formation.

Saint Ancestor frowned slightly, yet his mouth didn’t stop.

"The world needs light, thus light exists."

As soon as he spoke, the light divine text turned as bright and hot as a star, piercing through the darkness and loneliness of the universe, appearing before all living beings in the world.

In an instant, half of the ocean’s Tao principles were evaporated.

It seemed as though Saint Ancestor had gained the upper hand.

However, Sea Ancestor below showed a somewhat contemptuous expression.

Ning Qi followed his gaze and saw, in the high sky, when did not only a thick cloud start to rise?

The power of the cloud cooperated with the ocean’s Tao principles below, reflecting the sky with the image of the ocean, and the clouds veiled the light, continuously descending threads of Tao principle rain, completely connecting top and bottom together.

Instantly, the light divine text formation within was covered, and it extinguished altogether.

Saint Ancestor was greatly astonished.

He had truly forgotten this episode, that water could become clouds thanks to the sun’s evaporation, and clouds could again obscure light, this was the principle of Heavenly Dao.

Whether he admitted it or not, he lost to the Sea Ancestor, obviously Sea Ancestor held a superior move.

Ning Qi was also quite astonished upon seeing.

This is how "the highest good is like water" is used?

He thought "the highest good is like water" would be closer to the Dao, but unexpectedly it really was closer, and still closer to the natural cycle of water.

Alright, isn’t the water cycle also a kind of Dao, didn’t you see Saint Ancestor already considering admitting defeat?

In the high sky, under the attacking cycle of cloud rain and ocean’s Tao principles, Saint Ancestor decisively abandoned his light divine text formation.

He withdrew his own power, but Sea Ancestor did not intend to let him go.

Sky and water as one, cloud rain, and ocean’s Tao principles suddenly united, constantly compressed and condensed, eventually transforming into a drop of clear water, spinning swiftly in the void.

While spinning, it still trembled, seemingly capable of countless forms.

Don’t underestimate the small water droplet, it holds the power of the ocean within.

It can reflect all things in the world, refract light, nourish all living things, and show all shadows...

In short, after battling Saint Ancestor for so long, her understanding of her Dao became increasingly refined.

While Ning Qi, the observer, understood even more!

Ning Qi recorded all the battles of the two ancestors in his mind, utilizing his extraordinary perception to continually internalize it as his own knowledge.

Sea Ancestor said that through combat with Saint Ancestor, she was further advancing her Dao, Saint Ancestor had the same idea, but Ning Qi was integrating the Dao of both into his entire system.

Whether it was his Realm Lord’s true form, or this reincarnation body, both were absorbing all divine techniques and power of the two ancestors, and innovating.

Ning Qi’s eyes seemed electric, at this moment there was nothing but the operation of the Dao in his eyes, no Saint Ancestor, no Sea Ancestor.

Both ancestors originated from two different spirit realms, true prodigies of their realms, climbing from ordinary people to the highest peaks.

For such individuals, Ning Qi still held respect.

He didn’t have such fate!

With the blessing of perception, although having cultivated until now, it had not even been a thousand years, unlike those two old stubborn ones, their days of cultivation must be counted in at least five hundred thousand years!

Ning Qi gathered his mind and continued to watch.

Sea Ancestor extended a single index finger, pointing at the nearly invisible weak water droplet above the sky.

"Go!"

The droplet lightly soared through the void, flying towards Saint Ancestor.

Saint Ancestor’s expression subtly changed.

Though dignified as the Saint Ancestor of the Vast Realm, he was an undisputed existence within it, always believing himself about to truly break through Harmonization, achieving the position of Immortal True Immortal.

Even after the spirit realm war began, Saint Ancestor maintained this belief, thinking the Mountain and Sea Realm no different.

The Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor always opposed each other within the Mountain and Sea Realm, under circumstances of their discord, Saint Ancestor saw no reason for his loss, and no reason to be weaker than the distracted two, believing that the Vast Realm would definitely win the spirit realm war.

But now he retracted this viewpoint, developing another perspective.

Perhaps it is precisely because there are two ancestors in the Mountain and Sea Realm, their mutual competition provides greater opportunities than his solo reign in the Vast Realm.

This opportunity isn’t about cultivation strength, but rather mutual promotion through competition.

In the Vast Realm, Saint Ancestor had no such opportunities, not even a single challenger appeared.

He had been immersed too long in his era of personal invincibility!

So long he hadn’t tasted the flavor of failure in ages, until encountering Ning Qi.

Ning Qi step by step defeated him, from his paintings, to calligraphy, and even his avatars...

Saint Ancestor was uncertain when Ning Qi could defeat his true form, but it probably wouldn’t be far away.

The birth of Ning Qi surely wasn’t coincidental, perhaps it was precisely due to the contest of the two ancestors in the Mountain and Sea Realm that Ning Qi, such a monstrosity, was born.

If Ning Qi knew his thoughts, he would only give him a sideways glance and add: "Drop dead!"

He wasn’t born due to the conflict of Mountain and Sea Ancestor!

Saint Ancestor faced the approaching droplet.

This time, he didn’t use any divine techniques, but rather took a slightly ancient scroll from the void in one hand.

The scroll wrapped slightly yellowing paper, some areas even showed traces of insect bites.

Ning Qi was slightly stunned at the sight.

This old man is using paintings again to fight, damn it, how many paintings has he drawn?

Sea Ancestor was unmoved, still manipulating the droplet of water to shoot towards Saint Ancestor.

Suddenly, Ning Qi’s eyebrows almost twisted together.

That scroll was suspicious, if it was really painted by Saint Ancestor, how could it be so ragged?

After all, for a cultivator like Saint Ancestor, anything drawn by himself wouldn’t have any preservation issues.

Thus...

Ning Qi understood; Saint Ancestor took out a painting not drawn by himself!

But what ultimately is this painting?

Ning Qi widened his eyes, looking at Saint Ancestor.

The droplet shone like a diamond, its light refracted into rainbow colors.

Saint Ancestor held the scroll in one hand, injecting his power into it.

Immediately, the scroll slowly unfolded, its speed like a snail crawling, unnaturally slow.

In contrast, Sea Ancestor’s droplet had already reached Saint Ancestor.

Ning Qi’s view suddenly blurred for the first time.

When he looked again, what traces of water remained in the void had completely vanished.

While the ancient scroll that Saint Ancestor had brought out had closed, seemingly never having opened.

"Hmm?"

Ning Qi was dumbfounded.

His mind continuously replayed that previous scene, slowed repeatedly, picking out crucial parts for reflection, but as soon as he thought about it, it naturally blurred.

Even more terrifyingly, Ning Qi discovered his memory of the scroll was consistently blurring.

For the first time, Ning Qi felt fear in his heart.

"What could it possibly be, that even I can’t recall?"

Sea Ancestor sensed the droplet completely losing contact with her, and at this moment asked, "Just now, what was that?"

Saint Ancestor weighed the painting in his hand, smiling, "I don’t mind telling you, since you will soon forget."

Sea Ancestor was silent.

Saint Ancestor said, "This is an ancient painting I inadvertently came upon, named the Ancient Road Sacred Map!"

"Ancient Road Sacred Map?"

Ning Qi caught Saint Ancestor’s words, but as Saint Ancestor said, even someone as powerful as Sea Ancestor would soon forget, naturally others were in the same category.

Ning Qi just felt this was undoubtedly an important thing and he must record it!