It seems I’ll need to pay more attention to Mountain Ancestor in the future. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Up until now, Ning Qi has already encountered the Two-World Will, the Saint Ancestor’s avatar, and the Sea Ancestor’s avatar. Each has their own personality, and Ning Qi has formed a mental image of them. Overall, they seem to have some sense of sentiment and loyalty.

However, Mountain Ancestor was the one who made Ning Qi a bit more wary!

Just as Ning Qi was pondering these thoughts, high above in the sky.

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar suddenly looked down.

She took in the current state of the battlefield and glanced at Zhao Yujun, the Sect Leader of the Moon Sea Immortal Sect that she founded. Finally, her gaze noticeably settled on Ning Qi.

Just one glance, and Ning Qi felt as if he was trapped at the bottom of the sea, cold and deep!

With a thought, Ning Qi instantly shook off that feeling.

He boldly met the Sea Ancestor avatar’s gaze.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and within those ice-blue, seemingly frosty eyes, Ning Qi discerned a hint of admiration.

Then, the Sea Ancestor withdrew her gaze and said to the Saint Ancestor avatar in the air opposite her:

"No need for more words. Since this is a battlefield, let’s determine the truth in wins and losses!"

After seeing everything clearly on the field, she stopped paying attention, executing her mission cleanly and decisively.

The Sea Ancestor’s avatar tapped the air with her jade foot and instantly teleported behind the Saint Ancestor avatar.

She made a horizontal slice at the Saint Ancestor avatar’s neck with her jade hand!

A thin layer of water light covered her entire jade hand. Because of this water light, it seemed as though that jade hand had transformed into an indestructible water blade!

Ning Qi silently sensed the movements of the Sea Ancestor avatar.

Undoubtedly, the instant movement technique the Sea Ancestor avatar just displayed also carried the fluctuation of space travel.

However, when Ning Qi compared it to his own space travel, there was clearly an elusive power present in the Sea Ancestor’s space travel that he couldn’t comprehend.

Ning Qi also sensed that hand blade from the Sea Ancestor, which seemed simple yet was far from it.

On the Sea Ancestor’s hand blade, that thin water light was imbued with countless rules of the Dao, alongside her conviction and willpower.

The next moment, the Saint Ancestor avatar also raised a hand, seemingly arriving later but acting first, blocking the Sea Ancestor avatar’s hand blade with a palm.

Pop!

The aged hand clashed with the jade-like hand, and in that moment, the space around them seemed to ripple, twisting and shaking!

Many cultivators with weak cultivation felt a dizziness that prompted nausea just from a glance, and they quickly averted their gaze.

More cultivators continued to watch.

High above the sky.

The two ancestor avatars continuously clashed with their palms.

The Saint Ancestor avatar’s palm was filled with golden light, while the Sea Ancestor’s jade hand emitted a thin water glow. Each collision between the golden light and water glow, even a single speck of radiance, would pierce through the space around them.

This piercing wasn’t a one-time event; it continually stirred ripples, causing the space to constantly oscillate and expand outward.

Fortunately, both ancestor avatars were restraining their power.

Their battling force vanished completely once it left a mile radius from them, protecting those below from being harmed by the aftershocks.

In this way, they exchanged countless moves, and Ning Qi clearly noticed that neither was using their full strength but instead cautiously probing the other’s power.

Not to mention Ning Qi’s previous battle with the Saint Ancestor avatar; to be frank, this was the first time the Saint Ancestor avatar and the Sea Ancestor avatar fought each other.

Their battle had to be fought with greater precision because they both understood the other’s strength, leading them to restrain their powers.

"Thirty!"

Ning Qi thought to himself.

The "thirty" he referred to were the number of moves exchanged between the two ancestor avatars.

Simultaneously, Ning Qi’s eyes widened slightly as he foresaw a change.

Sure enough, on the thirty-first move, the Sea Ancestor’s water-glowing jade hand collided once again with the Saint Ancestor’s palm.

This time, they didn’t separate, and instead, the move changed.

The Sea Ancestor’s jade hand instantly became fluid, wrapping around the Saint Ancestor avatar’s palm completely and further chopping towards his neck.

But the Saint Ancestor avatar reacted swiftly, transforming into a streak of golden light, retreating backward out of the Sea Ancestor’s entanglement.

The Sea Ancestor avatar stood in place, her expression somewhat displeased.

The technique she just executed was a Daoist skill named Sea Dragon Binding Buckle.

Though it seemed simple, it embodied various Daoist principles of ensnaring and confining, yet the Saint Ancestor avatar managed to escape.

She dared to claim that this technique, in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, could only be escaped by Mountain Ancestor alone.

This included her subordinate Zhao Yujun and Mountain Ancestor’s subordinate Gong Tiandao.

Even if executed by the Sea Ancestor’s avatar, and in the current realm of war that restricted their powers, Zhao Yujun and Gong Tiandao still couldn’t escape this skill and would surely be captured by her!

Evidently, the Saint Ancestor’s power was on par with the two ancestors of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

In truth, although both realms are Spirit Realms, disparities exist between the Spirit Realms and even within the Spirit Realm between ancestors.

Before launching the Spirit Realm war, they had calculated that the Vast Realm should be inferior to theirs.

But now, it’s clear that this was not the case.

The Sea Ancestor avatar also understood that it was the Saint Ancestor and the Vast Realm Will who concealed their true powers, leading to their misjudgment.

To achieve this, obviously, the Saint Ancestor had profound skills in obscuring heavenly mysteries and was an adept hand at it!

These thoughts flashed through the Sea Ancestor avatar’s mind.

A smile appeared on her cold, ice-like beautiful face.

This was good too; she had gained an opponent for trial combat, allowing her to verify what she had learned and cultivated over the years.

Unlike in the Mountain and Sea Realm, where Mountain Ancestor was her sole opponent, and the two hadn’t formally battled in countless millennia.

Their most recent clash was when she tried to wrest the entire Profound Truth Realm from Mountain Ancestor to have Ning Qi under her command.

But that hardly counted as a formal match, more like a premeditated ambush.

The Saint Ancestor avatar reformed from the golden light in the distance.

The Saint Ancestor avatar appeared more solemn.

Partly because of the appearance of the Sea Ancestor avatar, partly due to the situation below.

Indeed, the Vast Realm lacked manpower!

The Mountain and Sea Realm had two ancestors, and Ning Qi, who could rival his avatar, which made the current battle situation unfavorable for the Vast Realm.

However, the current priority remained the battle with the Sea Ancestor’s avatar.

A scroll appeared in his palm, which he suddenly opened.

The scroll unfurled with a rustling, revealing a Peach Blossom Spring Realm painting, which upon appearing in the Central Domain space, seemed to open another space entry within the domain.

The space entry flickered with pink light, as if tinged with the color of peach blossoms on the painting.

"Since Madam is the Sea Ancestor, how about you follow me into this realm for a decisive match? If we continue fighting here, this domain won’t last much longer!"

The Sea Ancestor avatar frowned.

This old fellow wanted her to follow him into another space to fight. How could she be that foolish?

If the environment and space changed, wouldn’t that be willingly stepping into the opponent’s home field?

Seeing the Sea Ancestor avatar’s expression, the Saint Ancestor understood her thoughts instantly.

The Saint Ancestor suddenly pointed at Ning Qi and said, "Earlier, before you appeared, that kid had a match with me in the Peach Blossom Space. What’s this, your subordinate dare to enter and fight me, but as an ancestor, you don’t?"

Below, Ning Qi was momentarily speechless.

He sensed the fluctuations from the scroll in the Saint Ancestor’s hand.

Indeed, he had previously fought with the Saint Ancestor avatar in the Peach Blossom Space, but now, the scroll in the Saint Ancestor avatar’s hand seemed far more extraordinary and powerful than before.

Previously, it was no more than a random piece, but now, Ning Qi felt the scroll was not that simple.

"Kid, is what he said true?" the Sea Ancestor glanced at Ning Qi, inquiring.

"Sea Ancestor, this scroll shouldn’t be the same as the one I fought him with before."

Ning Qi cupped his hands towards the Sea Ancestor avatar, voluntarily mentioning.

The Sea Ancestor was evidently inclined to refuse.

But the Saint Ancestor avatar’s lips moved slightly, seemingly transmitting some secret technique sound to her, though it was unknown what was said.

The Sea Ancestor unexpectedly beckoned to Ning Qi with her long finger and said, "Kid, join me inside!"