His foot stepped on the ground, yet he felt as if it was soft and without any forceful support.

From the outside, this core territory seemed just like a piece of flat land, but upon truly entering, Ning Qi discovered it was as if he had arrived in the cosmic starry sky.

At the center, a small tree sank and floated.

The side facing Ning Qi scattered green light, full of vibrant life force.

The opposite side, however, was like the darkness of the universe, conveying a power of deathly silence.

Swish, swish!

Under Ning Qi’s feet, several roots suddenly thrust toward him.

They appeared unremarkable, yet their speed was extreme, as if a lightning whip striking and twining toward Ning Qi.

Ning Qi formed his fingers into a sword, "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques!"

He swiftly leaped into the air to evade the roots’ attack.

This small tree could stabilize the powerful will of the Mountain and Sea Realm; he dared not confront it without understanding, lest he follow the old path of the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will being sealed.

Several Sword Qi precisely struck the rising roots, yet the previously indestructible Sword Qi slashed onto the roots, merely creating a shallow mark before shattering completely.

Then at an even faster speed, they lashed toward Ning Qi!

Ning Qi’s figure flashed several times, leaving behind a few afterimages in the air.

His afterimages had just appeared, only to be torn apart by the roots swiftly.

The roots continued to stab toward the evasive Ning Qi, meanwhile, appearing as if multiple root shadows rose in the void, spanning the void, attempting to capture Ning Qi.

Even more frightening was the small tree shaking at the center.

On its withered and thriving sides, leaves fell and transformed into terrifying divine techniques slashing toward Ning Qi.

Some were similar to Ning Qi’s Sword Qi divine techniques, some to Sea Ancestor’s Moon Rising from the Sea Bottom, and others to Mountain Ancestor’s Thousands of Mountains and Ten Thousand Cliffs technique, and so forth.

Each leaf displayed the different divine techniques of the two ancestors.

Why it possessed the power of the two Mountain and Sea Ancestors was unknown.

Ning Qi slightly frowned.

Could it be that the two Mountain and Sea Ancestors have also influenced this tree?

Ning Qi landed in a place in this small world where light and darkness intersected.

Various attacks relentlessly assailed him, filling the entire space, leaving him seemingly with no way out.

Above the dome, the Mountain and Sea Realm’s main will wriggled like clouds. At this moment, seemingly because of Ning Qi’s appearance, the tree’s seal on it slightly loosened.

Shoo, shoo, shoo!

Swish, swish, swish!

All the divine techniques, all the roots, hit Ning Qi.

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will felt its heart leap to its throat, fearing that Ning Qi would also fall in an instant, pinned here just like it.

However, where those attacks landed, the colors of Yin and Yang suddenly flowed.

Only to see a dense Yin and Yang energy emanate from Ning Qi, forming two Yin Yang fish encircling him.

"That is..."

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will exclaimed in shock.

Ning Qi remained suspended there, a Tai Chi Diagram pattern automatically emerged around him, continuously enlarging.

The Yin and Yang colors rotated, with Ning Qi amongst them, like a deity.

The constantly rotating Yin Yang fish seemed to possess unfathomable power or encapsulate the ultimate truths of heaven and earth, resisting all the small tree’s attacks!

The Yin Yang energy continually expanded, at this moment it seemed Ning Qi had taken center stage of this core territory, not the small tree, nor the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm fixed above the sky.

Even Ning Qi was bewildered by his current state.

He never deliberately activated the Supreme Lunar Solar Divine Art he had created—it just naturally mobilized the power within him.

Unexpectedly, the Yin Yang Diagram autonomously manifested.

The rotating Yin Yang Diagram appeared more distinct than ever before, operating ceaselessly.

As if the environment here extraordinarily suited its Tao Principles, so it automatically activated.

The black part symbolized darkness, representing ultimate Yin and softness, while the white area symbolized light, standing for utmost Yang and hardness.

Rustle!

After Ning Qi’s Yin Yang Diagram emerged, the energy within the entire space seemed to rotate along with the Yin Yang energy surrounding Ning Qi. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Previously launched attacks by the small tree fell onto Ning Qi’s Yin Yang Diagram, dissipating silently.

Clearly substantial attacks, yet upon touching the Yin Yang Diagram, they transformed into the two states of Yin and Yang, merging within.

At the center, the small tree shook more intensely.

It seemed incredulous that its power was being absorbed by Ning Qi!

Clearly it sensed the power of the World Will from Ning Qi, innately restraining it, but now, it was instead restrained by Ning Qi.

Suddenly, countless thorns extended from the small tree.

They glimmered with a ghostly light, continuously extending from the tree bark, pulling longer, growing sharper, becoming more and more piercing.

The mountain and sea realm’s main will above the dome and its outside split form shook violently.

Those wooden thorns were precisely what pinned its main will.

Clang!

The group of thorns shot out, the sound like a dragon’s roar, their flight resembling a swarm of bees, mercilessly piercing toward Ning Qi.

They flickered in and out of view in mid-air, seemingly both real and illusionary, each appeared to hold the power of ten thousand ways, moving with the utmost speed, easily traversing space.

Nevertheless, at this moment, Ning Qi grasped something.

In his mind, images flashed of overcoming numerous celestial tribulations, images of forging myriad ways under tribulation, of cultivating various divine techniques, recollections of the Saint and Sea Ancestors’ legacies, afterimages of the three ancestors’ battles and their divine techniques...

Over Ning Qi’s Golden Pupil of Illusion-breaking, the Divine Text Eye granted by the Saint Ancestor was overlaid.

Yet, now, both powers on his eyes were dissolving, merging into Ning Qi’s pupils.

Ning Qi’s eyes became unbelievably clear, also becoming distinctly black and white.

From his perspective on this world now, there were no small trees, nor rules of the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will, only the Great Dao...

Yin and Yang, hardness and softness, water and fire, decay and flourishing, light and dark, life and death...

Various epiphanies delighted his heart, Ning Qi opened and closed his eyes repeatedly.

Suddenly, his figure seemed to vanish, leaving only the Yin Yang Diagram in place.

The Yin Yang energies rotated, driving the operations of the Great Dao in this core world.

The previously distinctly divided dark and bright space, the small tree of half new green and half withered yellow, was all covered by the Yin Yang energies, or rather, they became part of the Yin Yang Diagram.

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will saw this scene, appearing utterly stunned.

The whole space seemed to have transformed into a revolving Tai Chi.

At the most central point, the small tree was undergoing a terrifying change.

Previously, it was half new green and half withered yellow, but now, the new green and withered yellow were alternating, new green turning into withered yellow and withered yellow turning into new green.

Ning Qi’s figure had long vanished.

And the transformation on the small tree occurred three times in total, an overwhelming power erupted from it.

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to bow in fear.

"Oww!"

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will suddenly let out a miserable cry.

Its form atop the dome had suddenly shrunk by more than half.

It turned out the small tree had generated a stronger suction force, seizing more than half of its power from the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will in an instant.

The Mountain and Sea Realm’s will’s heart was about to collapse, how could it end up this way.

It distinctly saw Ning Qi seemingly gaining the upper hand, yet why did that small tree suddenly seize more than half of its power.

"Ning..." it cried out, "Rather than being devoured by this divine tree, I might as well give it to you!"

Ning Qi finally reappeared.

His figure appeared beside the small tree.

He just had a sense of merging into the entire heaven and earth, a feeling even more comforting than merging with the True Martial Realm before.

In fact, he had just integrated into the small tree too, making the tree synch with him, seemingly restoring its withered and thriving state.

However, Ning Qi also sensed the will on it and what was residing upon it.

Within it was the Primordial Spirit Power of the Mountain Ancestor!

It was precisely due to alarming the remnant Primordial Spirit Power of the Mountain Ancestor that the small tree erupted, seizing the majority of the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will’s power.

Ning Qi glanced upward.

He noticed the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will was being sucked down from the dome, constantly being devoured by the small tree.

Ning Qi pointed a finger at the small tree.

Yin and Yang energies with the Power of Life and Death emanated from his fingertip, surprisingly halting the small tree’s devouring of the Mountain and Sea Realm’s will.