At this moment, Qin Ning was completely unaware of these matters.
That thunderclap had shattered the formation, making it impossible for him to maintain control, so he had no choice but to leave.
He wasn't afraid of Lin Kaiyuan and his group; rather, his previous actions had alarmed quite a few people, drawing them to this place.
This place held many mysteries, and he needed to press forward. Wasting time with these people would ruin his grand plans!
“So many people?”
As Qin Ning walked, he suddenly frowned.
He could sense that at least a hundred people were continuously streaming into this place.
Those people scattered in all directions, beginning their search.
“It seems I must quickly find the Spirit Platform, advance to the Zimen Seventh Gate realm, then find Xiao Qing and return to Lingyun City!”
Qin Ning made up his mind. Gazing at the vast underground grassland stretching before him, he immediately dashed away.
Approximately half a day later, Qin Ning's figure appeared at the edge of the grassland.
At the edge of the grassland, tall mounds of earth rose up.
He's here!
Qin Ning let out a breath, stepping straight forward, entering amidst the numerous mounds.
Rumble...
Suddenly, at this moment, the mounds began to move.
But Qin Ning paid them little mind. His steps were light yet incredibly steady. All the moving mounds glided beneath his feet, not affecting him in the slightest.
Time was running out. Qin Ning finally passed through the mounds, and the scene before him suddenly changed.
A square palace appeared before his eyes.
From the outside, the palace resembled a square wooden box.
Qin Ning stepped inside the palace.
The colossal palace stretched for hundreds of meters in length and width, supported by sturdy stone pillars.
In the center of the stone pillars, a stone platform, about ten meters long and wide and three meters high, emitted a dazzling, blinding light.
“The Spirit Platform!”
Seeing the Spirit Platform, Qin Ning's lips curled slightly. He strode onto the stone platform.
After carefully sensing it, Qin Ning frowned.
“Indeed, after tens of thousands of years, the spiritual energy here has diminished a hundredfold.”
Qin Ning let out a breath: “But it’s just as well. I’m currently at the Jingmen Sixth Gate realm. If there were too much spiritual energy, I wouldn’t be able to absorb it all!”
With that, Qin Ning immediately closed his eyes.
At the Jingmen Sixth Gate realm, his four limbs, hundreds of meridians, five zang organs, and six fu organs were all tempered by spiritual energy, significantly enhancing his strength.
However, compared to the Zimen Seventh Gate realm, the first six realms could be said to be very weak.
When he deployed the Shangmen Fourth Gate realm to fight against Shen Linfeng and Chu Yuqing, he could be said to have done so with great ease and comfort.
However, facing Ling Kun's Zimen Seventh Gate realm was much more troublesome.
The Zimen Seventh Gate realm opened a vortex-like flow of qi, condensing the Life Gate. Each martial artist's Life Gate was unique, but the Life Gate was also the most vulnerable spot on a martial artist's body.
In the first six realms, after opening the four limbs and hundreds of bones, the six fu organs and five zang organs, impurities in the body always needed a place to be expelled, and this was the function of the Life Gate.
The advantage was that other parts of the martial artist's body became indestructible. Compared to the previous six realms, the body's resilience, reaction speed, and strength had greatly improved, allowing for short bursts of light-footed movement.
But it also has a drawback: by condensing the Ming Men, if someone discovers where a martial artist's Ming Men is located and strikes it, that martial artist will surely die.
Therefore, the seventh realm is called the Zi Men realm.
If the Ming Men is well-hidden, the martial artist can be said to have full-body defense, becoming twice as strong as in the sixth realm, Jing Men.
If it is discovered by others, then the Ming Men must be carefully protected.
Qin Ning had no idea where his own Ming Men would condense.
At this moment, his entire body and mind were completely relaxed. Within Qin Ning's body, his four limbs, hundreds of meridians, and all his internal organs stretched out.
Power was transmitted layer by layer, as every drop, every wisp of spiritual energy from that spiritual platform permeated his body.
Boom…
In an instant, the spiritual energy within the spiritual platform began to accelerate, and a tingling sensation appeared throughout his body. A look of pleasant satisfaction appeared between Qin Ning's eyebrows.
“Impacting the Ming Men, where will my Ming Men be located...?”
Qin Ning guided the spiritual energy from the spiritual platform into his body.
It was also in this very place, though it's a long story, that year he and a good friend met a genius here and took that person as a disciple.
After hundreds of years, that disciple had become a renowned figure on the continent.
Later on, in this place, his disciple also took on disciples. When he returned to visit this old place, he also stopped here and built this place into a training ground for his grand-disciples.
Among them was one grand-disciple Qin Ning could never forget. The kid's name was Ming Yuan, a very intelligent and quick-witted boy.
At that time, this spiritual platform was a reward for the most outstanding grand-disciples, to enhance their strength.
Back then, the spiritual platform absorbed spiritual energy from an underground spiritual vein. Not to mention the ninth realm, even a martial artist of the Ling Hai realm would be envious.
However, after tens of thousands of years, the spiritual vein had long since dried up, and not much spiritual energy remained, but it was just right and perfectly suited for him.
Whoosh whoosh…
Time flowed like water and clouds, and ten days quickly passed.
That spiritual energy was moving, sweeping through all parts of Qin Ning's body, but ultimately surged directly into his mind.
A rumbling sound echoed as the streams of spiritual energy poured into the Feng Shen Zhu in Qin Ning's mind and gradually dissipated.
“This…”
At this moment, Qin Ning clearly felt his overall strength surge, finally reaching the seventh realm, Zi Men.
Upon reaching the sixth realm, Jing Men, he had possessed one hundred horsepower, but now, his strength had doubled, reaching two hundred horsepower.
Not only that, his entire body's flesh and skin were also making a leap forward.
His body became lighter, and the spiritual energy flowing within his body was several times more abundant.
Two hundred horsepower!
In terms of physical strength alone, the seventh realm was no longer much different from a martial artist of the ninth realm.
But at this moment, what surprised and delighted Qin Ning most was not this, but his Life Gate.
Guided by that stream of spiritual energy, his Life Gate was now led into the Feng Shen Pearl in his mind and gradually dissipated.
In other words, he had no Life Gate!
The seventh realm, Death Gate, was about condensing the Life Gate, with all of the body's weaknesses concentrated in the Life Gate, but he... had no Life Gate!
In other words, in the seventh realm, Death Gate, he inherently had no Life Gate, no weakness.
Standing up, Qin Ning clenched his fists, and an imposing aura surged forth.
“This is it!”
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
The voice was filled with surprised delight, even a hint of triumph.
Qin Ning looked over, recognizing the familiar figures who had suddenly appeared.
“You again!”
Seeing the siblings Lin Yuxing and Lin Qiaoner arrive with over a dozen people, Qin Ning’s eyes filled with killing intent.
“Qin Ning, didn’t see this coming, did you?”
Lin Yuxing chuckled, “I had originally planned to let those others kill you, but ultimately, this young master couldn’t bear to miss it. I wanted to witness your death with my own eyes!”
Triumph shone in Lin Yuxing’s eyes.
“Qin Ning, didn’t expect this, did you?” Lin Qiaoner sneered. “You didn’t think we’d still be able to track you down all the way here, after you ran so far, did you?”
Qin Ning scoffed, then with a flick of his wrist, a piece of black iron appeared in his hand.