The Summit of the Three Realms

But none of them noticed that a man who had suffered repeated setbacks and seemed pitiful in their eyes had already reached the very peak of the Three Realms.

Yes.

The peak of the Three Realms!

The absolute summit of all cultivators within the entire Three Realms!

At that summit stood the Buddha Tathagata, the Three Pure Ones, the Human Sovereign Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, and the impossibly monstrous Great Divine Archer Houyi. And now, another figure had joined that summit… the seemingly ordinary figure of a white-robed youth!

The Sword Immortal of the Northlands! Ji Ning!

“The heavens have changed,” Mother Tortoise murmured to herself.

“Yes. They have changed. The Three Realms now has one more supreme expert,” Jade Cauldron said softly. “And he has been cultivating for less than a thousand years. This is a true legend—even more legendary than Houyi.”

The seven Dao Ancestors of the Daoist Sect all felt a daze.

They were witnessing a legend.

A man who had walked from mortality to the peak of the Three Realms in less than a thousand years! He now stood at the highest point of all cultivators, shoulder to shoulder with the Three Pure Ones, the Buddha Tathagata, and the three Human Sovereigns.

“Let’s go.” Ji Ning looked at them. “The Buddha Tathagata is in danger. We must immediately go support Fuxi and find a way to rescue the Buddha. I’ll first take you into my cave-heaven treasure…”

“Yes.” Jade Cauldron and the others could not help but agree. Facing a leader-level existence, they naturally placed themselves in the role of followers.

Ji Ning nodded.

With a wave of his hand, he collected Jade Cauldron and the others into his cave-heaven treasure, then transformed into a streak of black lightning and sped toward Fuxi’s location.

Inside the formation.

The ugly, thick-skinned green Tumor-Eye Emperor urgently sent a telepathic message: “Master, great master, something terrible has happened. Something terrible.”

“Mm?” The Great Demon God Cixiu and the Knife Sovereign were currently besieging the Buddha Tathagata. Hearing this, the Great Demon God Cixiu turned his head and glanced.

“All dead… all dead.” Tumor-Eye Emperor quickly said. “It’s only because I was born with a dual-body constitution that I lost one life and still have one left. Emperor Quietdark, Emperor East, Emperor Fusha, and the others, along with the True Gods and Dao Ancestors they led, are all dead.”

“Impossible. Fuxi is tied up by Lord Tieya and the others. The Tathagata is right here under my hands… who could have killed them?” The Great Demon God Cixiu was displeased.

The place where he had trapped the Tathagata was also a dangerous location in the Golden River World.

To get here from outside, one had to enter the Golden River World, then slowly fly for a long time before arriving! The reinforcements of True Gods and Dao Ancestors from Nuwa’s camp would take a long time. The closest possible support would be the Northlands team and the Jade Cauldron team. At best, their strongest were close to leader-level.

They absolutely could not have killed four Emperors leading a group of True Gods and Dao Ancestors.

“It was the Northlands.” Tumor-Eye Emperor quickly said. “It was the Northlands Sword Immortal. His power was too terrifying. The formation we had set up was as fragile as paper before him. His palms easily pierced through it. With two big hands, he killed eight of us in one go. Emperor Quietdark and the other eight must have also died at Ji Ning’s hands.”

“What?!” The Great Demon God Cixiu’s expression changed greatly.

He was no fool. He immediately understood what this meant.

“Another Patriarch-level combatant?” The Great Demon God Cixiu frowned. “These natives don’t have good cultivation methods. I guess this Ji Ning should have trained to the True God level. Just a True God… yet able to display power comparable to a Patriarch. And he’s been cultivating for less than a thousand years. Even in the endless Chaos, such a monster is rare. Now this is troublesome. Another one of these has appeared.”

“Alright. I understand.” The Great Demon God Cixiu shouted.

“Yes, yes, yes.” Tumor-Eye Emperor quickly retreated.

The Great Demon God Cixiu waved his hand, and the Wuxiao Celestial Immortal appeared beside him.

“Great Demon God, have you killed the Tathagata?” Wuxiao Celestial Immortal asked quickly.

“I have some very bad news for you,” the Great Demon God Cixiu said. “The Northlands Sword Immortal Ji Ning now has Patriarch-level combat power.”

“Wha… what did you say?” Wuxiao Celestial Immortal was stunned.

“Didn’t you hear?” The Great Demon God Cixiu roared angrily. “That Ji Ning, the one you people toyed with over and over again, now has Patriarch-level power. In the words of the Three Realms, that means leader-level strength! You idiots of the Seamless Gate—don’t you know that for some prodigies, you should give them as few setbacks as possible? The more setbacks, some prodigies will sink, but others will become even more terrifying. A bunch of fools… complete fools! This Ji Ning has been cultivating for less than a thousand years. If you had just left him alone, ignored him, let him live a peaceful, happy life with his wife, how could he have grown so fast? Now that he has reached our level, having such a great power appear… I don’t care whether you Seamless Gate wins or loses against Nuwa’s camp, but you’ve ruined my plans! This bone is getting harder and harder to gnaw. You Seamless Gate… are truly idiots! Fools! Idiots! Fools!”

Wuxiao Celestial Immortal murmured to himself: “Ji Ning? Leader-level?”

“Are you lying to me?” Wuxiao Celestial Immortal quickly asked.

You see, when a situation is already at a stalemate, even a single straw can break a camel’s back. And now, a new leader-level existence had suddenly appeared. The impact on the overall situation was enormous—more than ten times the importance of winning or losing a war over a major world like the Zhuolu Major World.

“Would I lie to you?” The Great Demon God Cixiu sneered. “Of the four Emperors under my command, only Tumor-Eye Emperor survived with one life because of his natural dual-body constitution. All the rest are dead. Killed by Ji Ning.”

“Tell the Seamless Gate to think of a way quickly.” The Great Demon God Cixiu waved his hand and withdrew Wuxiao Celestial Immortal, who was still in disbelief.

After withdrawing Wuxiao Celestial Immortal, the Great Demon God Cixiu turned his gaze back to the distant Buddha Tathagata.

The Buddha Tathagata was currently going all-out against the golden-armored one-armed man. The two were fighting to a stalemate. The golden-armored one-armed man’s saber-light was world-destroying, yet the Buddha Tathagata defended flawlessly.

“The Northlands has become a leader?” The Buddha Tathagata laughed. “Hahaha! The heavens truly favor our side!”

“What heavens? A Chaosworld is merely derived from a single Worldheart, and you call it ‘heavens’? Stupid natives.” The Great Demon God Cixiu sneered. “Never mind. Although a new leader-level has been born, he’s just reached this level and must still be very inexperienced. As long as I destroy you, Shakyamuni’s true body, it will be enough to offset the threat Ji Ning poses.”

With that, the Great Demon God Cixiu attacked once more.

The Buddha Tathagata, who had barely been holding out against the golden-armored one-armed man, immediately began to waver. He used every divine ability he had, exhausted every trick, to barely block the siege of these two alien Patriarchs.

“I have to give it my all just to hold on, but this way, I’m consuming my divine power too quickly. I’ve already used up half… it seems I really will die here. But Ji Ning’s breakthrough is also a joyous occasion.” The Buddha Tathagata remained calm and serene.

While the Great Demon God Cixiu was cursing Wuxiao Celestial Immortal, Ji Ning, riding his nine-horned lightning serpent, had already arrived at Fuxi’s location.

“Mm?” Ji Ning stopped, looking down.

In the distance, a massive hemispherical dome covered several million li. Within that seal, faintly visible, Fuxi and the others were battling three towering golden-armored figures.

Ji Ning stretched out his hand, and a Northsea Sword appeared in it.

Swoosh.

He dove down, transforming into a streak of light that rushed to the front of the sealing formation. Then he thrust his sword at it. “Boom~” The sealing formation trembled and was pierced. Ji Ning rushed inside, and the hole in the seal closed behind him.

Inside the formation.

Fuxi, leading three other human great powers, was attacking madly. But the three burly golden-armored men had layers of water-light flowing over their bodies, which blocked all attacks. Even when wounds appeared, they healed like water, flowing together again.

“Northlands?” Fuxi and the other three showed joy when they saw Ji Ning appear.

“Be careful,” Fuxi warned. “These three aliens have a very special unity technique. They seem like three, but in truth they are now like a single being. And they can’t be killed no matter what.”

Ji Ning took a look.

He understood immediately.

“The Watercliff Tribe?” Ji Ning mused silently. The inheritance of World God Northrest had given him tremendous knowledge of the endless Chaos. He recognized these three aliens at a glance—they were the notoriously hard-to-kill Watercliff Tribe, practically possessing quasi-immortal bodies. Even though they were only True Gods, they could still entangle Fuxi and the others.

“Kuafu and the others are here, right?” Fuxi quickly asked. “Your team should help quickly, tie up these three aliens so I can break the formation. The Tathagata’s situation is very bad; if we take too long, he might not last. Remember… try to just tie them up. They’re very hard to kill.”

“They’re here. Leave these three to me.” Ji Ning waved his hand, and a swish of figures appeared beside him. Apart from Kuafu and his team, there were also Jade Cauldron and his group.

“Jade Cauldron is here too?” Fuxi immediately smiled. “Good. The combined forces of your two teams should be enough to hold these three aliens in check.”