Chapter 6: Breakthrough, World Realm!

"Boom!!!"

Heaven and earth trembled, chaotic force surged.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Two figures appeared in the square before the divine mansion—a bald man with three eyes and a formation-spirit maiden. Both looked up.

"Such surging chaotic force," the maiden sighed. "Far greater than when ordinary cultivators break through to the World Realm."

"Ji Ning is no match for ordinary World Realm cultivators," the three-eyed bald man said, also looking up.

Note that this was still within the bounds of the Ten Thousand Gods Mansion, yet they could see the surging chaotic force. One could imagine how immense the commotion outside was! Compared to this, the commotion when Fire Fairy Su Youji broke through was far smaller.

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"A breakthrough? It must be that Ji Ning of the Heavenly Cang Palace." The formation spirit of the Ten Thousand Mountains, 'Wan Shan,' also appeared atop a high mountain peak, clad in a white robe, looking up.

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"The chaotic force seems quite turbulent," Su Youji sensed even within the mansion. "Has someone broken through? Is it my master?"

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Outside the Ten Thousand Gods Mansion, the commotion in that chaotic world was indeed far greater. A massive chaotic vortex appeared high in the sky of the entire chaotic world, enough to make one's heart pound just by looking at it.

"Quite a stir." The blood-robed youth A Luoyi, the gold-robed youth Fu Kai, and the bone-armored World God all looked up coldly.

"It should be that monstrous Ancestral God breaking through," Fu Kai said in a low voice.

"It's about time. A good breakthrough—once he breaks through, he'll soon come out." A Luoyi's eyes glinted coldly. "No wonder he could match a World Realm cultivator at perfection even as an Ancestral God. The commotion of his breakthrough is almost comparable to mine."

"Mm." Fu Kai nodded.

Both of them had extraordinary backgrounds and were no ordinary beings; their breakthroughs had also caused similarly astonishing commotions.

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Within the mansion, in the Five Thousand Sword Dao Hall.

Ji Ning sat cross-legged, surrounded by endless surging chaotic force that continuously poured into his body.

"Rumble~~~"

Within the golden core space, once serene with an ocean of primal energy and beautiful islands, everything now collapsed and returned to chaos.

The golden core space transformed into a sea of chaos.

"Sword Seed!"

A seed appeared out of nowhere.

This seed was the sword seed naturally condensed upon reaching the fifth level of sword force, the 'Sword God Realm.' Normally invisible to the naked eye, it now manifested within the chaos of the golden core space.

This chaotic space was centered on the sword dao.

"Sword Force, Sixth Level—Sword World!" A low chant echoed through the chaotic world.

"Whoosh~~~"

The seed, surrounded by sword qi, began to sprout. Gradually, it split open, and a sapling emerged. The sword seed quickly transformed into a small tree, which grew rapidly, its countless roots spreading wildly in all directions. Ji Ning's insights into the sword dao served as nourishment, allowing this tree representing the 'sword dao' to grow continuously.

"Rumble~~~" The dao tree grew swiftly—ten zhang, a hundred zhang, three hundred zhang, six hundred zhang, a thousand zhang…

Ji Ning's comprehension of the sword dao was astonishing, causing the 'dao tree' to grow.

Just as an ordinary tree stabilizes the soil.

The 'dao tree' was the foundation of the chaotic immortal's 'golden core chaotic space.' Only with this dao tree could the golden core chaotic space continuously expand.

The dao tree represented the dao comprehended by a cultivator!

Ji Ning walked the sword dao, so this 'dao tree' represented the sword dao tree! Of course, other 'dao trees' could also grow in Ji Ning's golden core chaotic space, such as the water dao, lightning dao, etc. But clearly, his current realm was insufficient; other daos had not yet reached the World Realm level, at most forming dao seeds that could not take root, sprout, and grow.

The height of the dao tree also represented the level of a cultivator's realm.

For a normal cultivator who had just become a World Realm, the dao tree was typically a few hundred zhang tall. After consolidation, it could generally reach a thousand zhang.

A thousand zhang in height meant a realm comparable to an ordinary World Realm cultivator.

Ten thousand zhang meant a realm comparable to a top-tier World Realm cultivator.

Thirty-six thousand zhang was World Realm perfection.

In the World Realm, the dao tree within the golden core chaotic space had a limit of 'thirty-six thousand zhang.' No World Realm cultivator's dao tree could exceed this. Only with a fundamental breakthrough, finding one's own path and breaking the limit, would the dao tree grow thicker and taller—that was the realm of a Dao Lord of Life and Death.

"Rumble~~~" Amidst the chaos, the dao tree grew increasingly thick and majestic, with numerous branches and leaves. Each leaf represented a different sword technique of Ji Ning, stemming from his prior comprehension of over five thousand sword techniques and his own creations.

Ji Ning's dao tree was indeed lush and flourishing.

Five thousand zhang… eight thousand zhang… ten thousand zhang…

The dao tree continued to grow.

The dao tree, containing all of Ji Ning's insights into the sword dao, clearly had sufficient momentum. When it reached over twenty-one thousand zhang, it finally stopped growing, its branches and leaves spreading freely in all directions.

Among them, three branches were the thickest.

They represented the 'Nameless Sword Art,' 'Primal Sword Intent,' and 'Brightmoon Sword Art.' The branch representing the Nameless Sword Art emanated a vast, calm sword intent; the branch representing the Primal Sword Intent was fierce and overwhelming, with endless killing intent; and the branch representing the Brightmoon Sword Art seemed like endless void, making it hard to discern its true nature.

"Twenty-one thousand zhang? It seems my sword dao insights are stronger than a top-tier World Realm cultivator's, but still some distance from World Realm perfection." Ji Ning knew that the higher one went, the harder it became. Still, his insights were not too far from World Realm perfection.

"My dao realm is slightly inferior to World Realm perfection, but even a higher realm needs to be expressed."

Two World Realm cultivators at perfection could display sword techniques as different as heaven and earth.

Ji Ning's fourth stance of the Nameless Sword Art, 'End of the Horizon,' and the second stance of the Primal Sword Intent, 'Ten Thousand Gods,' were comparable in sword technique skill to Fog Rock Star Lord and Black Lotus Divine Emperor. In terms of close combat skill, Fog Rock Star Lord and Black Lotus Divine Emperor were on the same level; Black Lotus Divine Emperor only had the advantage of an Eternal Divine Weapon.

"Boom, boom, boom~~~"

The entire chaos began to expand wildly, continuously devouring external chaotic force.

At this point, first-grade, second-grade, and third-grade golden cores made no difference. Once one became a chaotic immortal, everything turned into chaos.

Normally, the chaotic space of a chaotic immortal was fixed in size, expanding naturally as insights improved and the dao tree grew. But because Ji Ning had merged seventeen clones into one, his heart force, golden core space, and so on were essentially seventeen-in-one, making the vastness of this chaotic space naturally superior.

The 'chaotic immortal force' formed would also be more refined.

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Cultivating multiple clones that could merge indeed greatly enhanced one's strength.

Ji Ning's seventeen clones merging was not too exaggerated.

With techniques like the 'Thousand Bodies Sacred Scripture,' which had a thousand clones, the enhancement upon merging was astonishing. Those who cultivated the Thousand Bodies Sacred Scripture could, in the World Realm, rival a newly broken-through Dao Lord of Life and Death in divine body alone—showing how heaven-defying this method was. Because Ji Ning only merged seventeen clones, his strength increased by just one level.

"Huff."

Ji Ning sensed that his golden core space was now a sea of chaos, with a dao tree over twenty thousand zhang tall suppressing the entire chaos, while vast amounts of chaotic immortal force formed.

"This feeling is really exhilarating." Ji Ning felt his soul, nourished by the chaotic immortal force, rapidly growing stronger.

"Mm, the qi refiner path has already broken through."

"The divine demon path should also break through."

Ji Ning's realm was high enough that he easily sensed every part of his divine body craving transformation.

"Boom~~~" The chaotic force outside, which had begun to subside, suddenly became狂暴 again, frantically devouring vast amounts of chaotic force.

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"Hm?"

"This is…"

Outside, Fu Kai, A Luoyi, and the bone-armored World God all changed expression slightly.

"It seems he's breaking through in both the qi refiner and divine demon paths simultaneously." A Luoyi said coldly. The qi refiner path was generally easier to break through, while the divine demon path was usually harder. For example, A Luoyi had first become a chaotic immortal, then over ten thousand years later, broke through to become a World God. Ji Ning's realm was so high that he sensed it more easily, allowing him to become a chaotic immortal and World God in quick succession.

"Even if he breaks through, he still has to die." Fu Kai's eyes were full of killing intent. Ji Ning's breakthrough meant he would soon come out.

The three of them had waited too long!

The killing intent in their hearts had been suppressed too long!

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