"The greatest difference between a small world and the Spirit Realm is not size, nor the density of spiritual energy, but... the Rule Origin! A small world does not even possess a single Rule Origin; aspiring to ascend beyond its limits is nothing but a dream."

"Thus, in the past, the limit of a small world could only support the Purple Mansion Realm, at most, with increased spiritual energy density and enlarged world size, it may support experts of the Primordial Spirit Realm. Beyond that is impossible, don't even think about it."

Ning Qi thought, slowly opening his eyes.

"Simultaneously, my path of the Realm Lord is the same. The strength of a Realm Lord depends on the world. For the world to continue to elevate, it divides into horizontal and vertical, quality and quantity."

"My current Realm Lord Realm is not yet at Perfection. If we continue to elevate, it means a horizontal increase in quantity, namely expanding the world size, enhancing the density of spiritual energy, etc. When reaching the limit, I should be able to equate to the Void Path Realm in the Immortal Path system!"

"However, the world size cannot infinitely expand; once reaching a certain extent, it goes beyond manageable size without a sufficient coupling agent, leading to inevitable collapse, impossible to grow to the level of a Spirit Realm."

"Therefore, in the end, it still requires a vertical improvement in quality, which is... Power of Rules! With the Power of Rules to enhance the world's strength, can the world become more immense!"

He slowly got up, standing with hands behind his back in front of the three Black Demon True Monarchs.

"Therefore... the Second Realm of this Realm Lord system could be termed, the Rule Realm."

"Integrating the Rule Origin into the Martial Realm can elevate the status of the Martial Realm, and one day uplift it to exist on par with the Spirit Realm. However, how to integrate the Rule Origin into the Martial Realm still needs to be undertaken slowly."

"There's no hope of finding the Rule Origin from within the Sea of Realms and small worlds; the only possible place is the Spirit Realm. Fortunately, my current Realm Lord Realm is not yet at Perfection, and I have ample time to strategize."

Ning Qi gazed at the three, sighing lightly.

Although he hadn't entirely mapped out the future path, he roughly knew that the Mountain and Sea Realm could not be circumvented, so he pre-emptively placed a pawn, and it seems to have been a correct move.

Black Demon True Monarch seemed to have perceived something, looking towards Ning Qi, breathing heavily:

"Kill us!"

There was a slight trace of fear, resentment, and complex emotions in his eyes. What he thought was an unparalleled opportunity turned into defeat in a small world.

Ning Qi read many things in his eyes.

He smiled faintly:

"Are you thinking that the Martial Realm will eventually be conquered?"

Black Demon True Monarch's body trembled, and he roared regardless:

"Don't be arrogant! My Black Demon Sect is merely an insignificant small sect in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and in the Beixuan Domain, there are numerous powerful sects. Since your Martial Realm's world coordinates are already exposed, being conquered is only a matter of time!"

"Eventually, the will of the supreme Mountain and Sea Realm will take a critical step by using all subordinate small worlds as sacrificial offerings, and there is no way for you to escape!"

Having said that, he burst into maniacal laughter.

Black Flame True Monarch and True Monarch Ziyun could only inwardly sigh, thinking the senior brother had gone mad.

Ning Qi gazed calmly.

Black Demon True Monarch's last words stirred slight ripples in his heart, but he immediately calmed them, thinking to confront matters when the time comes. As for what was said earlier, he did not care in the slightest.

"Someday, the Martial Realm will take its place." The plain yet domineering words echoed.

The three True Monarchs were shaken to their cores, looking at Ning Qi in shock, mouths opening and closing, wanting to say something.

"Unfortunately, you are destined not to see it."

Before the three could respond, a surge of Realm Power swept across, instantly turning their shattered primordial spirit bodies to dust. What should be known was known; Ning Qi naturally wouldn't keep them, better to turn them into nutrients for the Martial Realm's growth.

Ning Qi did not waste this primordial spirit power, preserving it along with the previous remnants from the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Perhaps it might prove useful when merging a Rule Origin in the future.

"According to the information obtained from Black Demon True Monarch and others, during their last portal construction, they initiated a blood sacrifice, wiping out almost all life in the Black Demon Sect, and then the remaining potent individuals crossed realms to fight."

"This means that the current Black Demon Sect is empty, already a Death Realm."

"The Black Demon Sect is protected by a Sect Protection Array; nobody dares provoke it in the short term. Only when the internal Spirit Stones are exhausted might someone come to probe, then they'll discover the reality of the Black Demon Sect. Black Demon True Monarch mentioned that only because their sect's secret vault stored the world coordinates of the Martial Realm. This was obtained from the Golden Spirit Sect, naturally arousing greed from other sects when known."

"But there's no need to overly worry. Even if another sect gets the Martial Realm's coordinates, if their strength isn't sufficient, they'll only be courting death. If it's the so-called Upper Sect, it would likely take decades or a century to prepare everything."

Ning Qi calculated everything clearly, realizing there was no imminent concern regarding external enemies, only the need to focus on elevating the Martial Realm.

"It's a pity, the seeds I left in the Black Demon Sect haven't fully matured, or else I could have grasped everything better."

Those marks were left when Ning Qi transformed into the Hundred-armed Giant, able to grow along with cultivators if attached to them.

Unexpectedly, the Black Demon True Monarch was so deranged to turn the Black Demon Sect into a Death Realm, rendering the marks temporarily ineffective.

Thinking this, he rather hoped some sect would break the Black Demon Sect's Sect Protection Array sooner, allowing him to further layout in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

He shook his head.

Ning Qi discarded these thoughts.

He still has more important matters at hand.

To pass down the Immortal Path.

This is both a reward for the strong of the Martial Realm and a necessary path to elevate the Martial Realm.

To expand the small world, continuous absorption of external spiritual energy is essential, namely, the spiritual energy of the Sea of Realms.

However, the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms is chaotic and disordered, not easily aligned.

Ning Qi deduced that there are two paths forward.

The first is through the world's own spiritual energy filtering, which is currently the main approach but inevitably has its limits.

The second is letting cultivators directly refine the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms. As the number of cultivators in the Martial Realm increases, the world's expansion will accelerate, even surpassing the world itself, as cultivators need to consume spiritual energy both in combat and cultivation.

Moreover, this has an additional benefit; in the past, the world had to use its spiritual energy to nourish cultivators, a heavy burden. If cultivators could directly draw spiritual energy from the Sea of Realms, the number of cultivators sustained by the Martial Realm could significantly increase.

But, this necessitates Ning Qi deducing a stable path for cultivators to access the spiritual energy in the Sea of Realms.

Ning Qi already has an idea.

But for now, it's best to lay down the Immortal Path Foundation Stone, then gradually perfect it step by step.

With a single thought.

Ning Qi vanished from the Inner World.

...

True Martial Mountain.

Mighty figures gathered.

The remaining dozens of Martial Saints and Spirit Beast Beast Emperors emerging from the True Martial Hall primarily, along with numerous Celestial Human Realm martial artists and Beast Kings, further dotted with participating Primordial Core Realm martial artists, making it impossible to see the end at a glance.

Had the current True Martial Mountain not transformed, it might not even have accommodated so many strong individuals.

Yet, even so, it was packed to the brim, with many seating themselves on the ground.

No one was impatient; rather, everyone was respectful.

The gathering today was to meet the Realm Lord.

Silently waiting.

A rift in the void opened, and with the transcendental, majestic figure in white stepping out slowly, all Martial Realm strong individuals were filled with excitement, bowing low in respect:

"We pay homage to the Realm Lord!"

The attitude was extremely respectful, rightfully deserving of every Martial Realm lifeform's heartfelt admiration with Ning Qi's achievements and power.

Simultaneously, desire burgeoned in the eyes of the strong.

They knew Ning Qi gathered them here for a purpose.

To impart the Immortal Path, benefiting all life!

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