Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 931: Chapter 398: Buzhou Mountain Legacy_2

Even the Saint Ancestor no longer spoke with the Sea Ancestor at this moment.

He sensed the Immortal Dao aura on the Divine Mountain Illusion, and his expression grew increasingly grim.

In his perception, there were two sources of this Immortal Dao aura.

One originated from the Divine Mountain Illusion, which, if it truly were the legendary Buzhou Mountain, would not be surprising to carry Immortal Dao aura.

The second source was within the Mountain Ancestor himself, which was the most startling to the Saint Ancestor!

He couldn’t determine whether the Mountain Ancestor had cultivated Immortal Dao aura himself, borrowed it from the Illusion of Buzhou Mountain, or if the illusion itself had nurtured the Immortal Dao aura within him.

In any case, whichever of the two was true, it signified one thing.

The Mountain Ancestor’s cultivation was more powerful than his and the Sea Ancestor’s, putting him closer to the realm of achieving immortality!

The Sea Ancestor hovered behind the Saint Ancestor, her icy eyes slightly trembling.

At first, she continuously scanned between the Saint Ancestor and the Mountain Ancestor, but now her gaze was entirely fixed on the Mountain Ancestor.

Years had passed since she last faced off against the Mountain Ancestor, and she was unsure of how much he had progressed.

But now she knew, unexpectedly, the Mountain Ancestor had reached such a realm!

Could the inheritance the Mountain Ancestor received back then be so remarkable?

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the Mountain Ancestor, who had been hovering within the Divine Mountain Illusion, actively flew out, leaving the range of the Divine Mountain.

Like a comet, he enveloped himself in a radiant flame, striking toward the position of the Saint Ancestor.

At this moment, his aura was different from before.

Previously it was steady and unmoving like a mountain, but now, like the piercing peak of the Buzhou Mountain behind him, it was sharp and prominent!

"What, are you scared stiff? Where did your earlier momentum go?"

He charged while shouting.

The Saint Ancestor also voluntarily charged forward.

"Time passes like this, abandoning neither day nor night!"

He quickly uttered a phrase, not in response to the Mountain Ancestor, but like a spell.

This was a spell he had comprehended from "Analects," by an Ancient Saint whose aura resembled his, from the Ancient Road Sacred Map.

After speaking, a wave of void appeared beneath the Saint Ancestor’s advancing figure.

The wave flowed through space, appearing incredibly unreal, and as it emerged, the surrounding space rapidly blurred.

Compared to the earlier "He Who Seeks the Evening’s Death," the power of this spell was evidently a higher level, once again invoking the Power of Time Rule.

Even Ning Qi, let alone other cultivators, found it difficult to discern the Saint Ancestor’s form at this moment.

The Saint Ancestor now seemed to dive into the river of time, completely immersed within, losing all distinction of day and night, making it impossible to track his whereabouts.

As the Mountain Ancestor, who charged like a meteor, saw this, a hint of excitement secretly rose in his eyes.

He did not stop his advancing figure due to the Saint Ancestor’s use of the Time Rule but instead sped up.

This time, the Saint Ancestor’s Time Rule did not affect him.

In an instant, a meteor streaked across the void, and they passed each other!

Ning Qi saw that after they passed each other, it was as if they drew a hook in the air, floating again in two directions, though they had changed positions.

The Saint Ancestor stood before the towering, massive Divine Mountain Illusion.

While the Mountain Ancestor now stood between the Saint Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.

It wasn’t until they halted that the space they had crossed started to change belatedly.

Bang!

All the people present heard a strange sound, and upon gazing at that section of space, they immediately saw a terrifying sight.

The space seemed to vibrate continuously like it had been struck like a gong.

It also resembled the surface of water, sending out ripples!

After the ripples, the space seemed to either contract or expand, ultimately disappearing completely, leaving behind an empty void.

Unlike the previous collapses from their earlier clashes, this time, that section of space was utterly gone.

Nothing remained, not Spiritual Qi, rules, energy, or space; everything became void.

The Mountain and Sea Realm and the Vast Realm Wills, two spiritual realm wills, each stood on one side, attempting to use realm power to repair the space again.

But this time, they failed in their repair attempts!

The space seemed to have vanished forever, forming a strange irreparable, immutable area!

When their realm power touched that area, it felt like they couldn’t grasp it, so how could they repair it?

Seeing this, the two realm wills wiped away sweat.

As spiritual realm wills, they should have been the strongest entities in the two realms.

Yet, the destruction caused by the clash between the two ancestors clearly exceeded their power threshold.

But they also understood why this was the case.

Despite being spiritual realm wills, the inheritance powers received by the Mountain Ancestor and the Saint Ancestor obviously surpassed the spiritual realm, leading to such a situation.

These inheritances allowed the two ancestors to reach their current state.

And because of these inheritances, they had a chance to ascend even further.

Otherwise, if they always remained under the shadow of the spiritual realm will, how could they transcend, how could they move beyond?

The Mountain Ancestor and Saint Ancestor stood off against each other.

The Saint Ancestor gazed at the void, his brow furrowing deeper!

Previously, his "He Who Seeks the Evening’s Death" could affect the Mountain Ancestor’s time, but the most powerful "Time Passes Like This" just now didn’t alter the Mountain Ancestor’s time flow.

Why was this?

His Spiritual Sense swept across the Mountain Ancestor and the Divine Mountain Illusion behind him, and he found his answer.

Could it be the Illusion of Buzhou Mountain behind him, capable even of suppressing the Time Rules?

The Mountain Ancestor chuckled, "You finally realized, do you think I summoned this Divine Mountain Illusion for nothing?"

After speaking, he once again charged straight toward the Saint Ancestor from the void.

To everyone’s surprise, the Mountain Ancestor did not avoid the void area formed by the two in the middle, which even the realm wills could not repair, but charged right through it!

As soon as he approached, everyone noticed a beam of light projected from the Divine Mountain Illusion behind him.

The light swept over and instantly restored the void area into real space.

This scene secretly shocked everyone.

Ning Qi watched the Divine Mountain Illusion, involuntarily taking a higher view of it!

Strangely, after the Mountain Ancestor summoned the Divine Mountain Illusion, he actively left it, yet the illusion didn’t dissipate.

It remained there, unmoving, although compared to when the Mountain Ancestor was within it, its expansion speed slowed significantly, it still extended slowly.

As Ning Qi connected the Divine Mountain Illusion with the Mountain Ancestor using his Golden Pupil of Illusion-breaking, he immediately noticed a subtle connection between the two.

Yet, on the Mountain Ancestor, there was no flow of energy moving to the Divine Mountain Illusion!

In other words, though the illusion was summoned by him, its existence did not rely on drawing cultivation energy from the Mountain Ancestor himself.

Suddenly, Ning Qi glanced at the Mountain and Sea Realm and Vast Realm Wills.

The two realm will illusions stood on either side.

Since the appearance of the Divine Mountain Illusion, they hadn’t moved, as if fixed in the void.

They were naturally formless and shapeless; manifesting in the realm of war was merely avatars summoned by the spiritual realm will.

However, at this moment, both were clearly immobilized, turning into mere tools for repairing the war realm.

What startled Ning Qi even more was sensing their power diminishing!

Or rather, the Divine Mountain Illusion was siphoning their power for its use.

This discovery instantly made Ning Qi feel a tinge of danger; this Divine Mountain Illusion was probably far stronger than he imagined and possibly possessed more powers unknown to him.

Ning Qi silently surveyed the entire war realm.

Thankfully, the array patterns he had secretly implanted previously were still there.

Merely, if the Divine Mountain Illusion continued to siphon the realms’ power, his array patterns would likely become more and more useless!

Boom!

A detonation in the void snapped Ning Qi’s consciousness back to reality.

Ning Qi looked up and saw the Mountain Ancestor and the Saint Ancestor engaged in battle again.

This time, unlike previous instances, the Saint Ancestor seemed to be suppressed by the Mountain Ancestor.

Both equally majestic, their forms matched in size, only their powers differed.

The Saint Ancestor still utilized the powers inherited from the Ancient Saints, intertwined with a hint of Power of Time Rule.

Yet, the Mountain Ancestor still managed to suppress him!

Fists, feet, elbows, and knees, the battle between them was no different than that of warriors in a primeval arena.

"Ultimate Burst Kill!"

The Mountain Ancestor shouted fiercely.

His attacks became incredibly sharp; every strike seemingly gathered the world’s sheer, utmost yang force, unmatched in its keenness!