Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1019 The Way to Soaring to the Heavens
In the deepest part of the boundless sky and sea, the boundaries of time and space have long been blurred.

This place is the eye of the storm, a place where cause and effect intertwine, a furnace where a celestial being, with supreme power, shattered heaven and earth and reconstructed the laws of all things.

At the zenith, the sun of Huai Xu was slowly dimming and being eroded, and all things were about to fall into the darkness of eternal night. Crimson light and pitch-black demonic energy intertwined in the ever-deepening depths of the celestial sea, transforming into the most eerie and somber celestial canopy.

In the center of the sky, a holy figure was rising higher and higher.

Height is meaningless, and if one had to put it in perspective, it was less of a promotion and more of a fall.

Delve deep into the core of Huai Xu, and fall into... the true core of the primordial Huai Xu, the [Immortal Heaven].

At this moment, as beams of divine light pierced through, towering figures, powerful enough to suppress the fate of an entire continent, tore through the void from all directions and descended upon this place.

The Heavenly Mother Bloodstone, the River-Suppressing Cauldron, the Star-Painting Elder, the Heaven-Severing Venerable… the leaders and representatives of the Ten Heavens Sect, the highest beings in the Huai Xu Realm, their will transformed into tangible divine light, illuminating this chaotic land.

However, faced with such a terrifying spectacle that could make Huai Xu tremble, and send chills down the spines of many small realms and even some large realms, the blood-red 'holy' figure at the center of the storm, the 'God One Cult Leader' who was performing the act of 'devouring the heavens and earth,' simply spread his arms and let out an extremely joyful laugh.

Why are you all so serious?

Her voice was clear and melodious, as if the goddess of the heavens had descended, yet it also carried a knowing and playful air. Countless blood-red veins extended from her flawless and holy body, piercing the sky, the earth, and the invisible sea of ​​laws of heaven and earth. With each pulse, she drew upon boundless divine power.

Life is essentially a cycle of eating and being eaten. Heaven eats us, and we can eat Heaven in return!

Ultimately, all of you have indulged me, supported me, sponsored me, and pushed me to this point, just to see... whether this path is viable, and whether I will fall from grace, whether I become a celestial being or a demon?

She opened her arms wide, threw her head back, and laughed heartily: "Now I'm going to report my results—I feel great, everything is great!"

[Look, this is the method to "Refine the Dao to the Nine Heavens" without needing the Heart of Heaven and Earth, without needing to create a new path—I couldn't have done it without the strong support of the great figures of the various Heavenly Sects!]

but.

No one responded to Him.

A pair of eyes.

A pair of eyes looking down.

At the summit of the celestial sea, above the clouds overlooking the heavenly beings, countless eyes gazed down upon the turbulent world. Their gazes were not indifferent, nor smug, nor filled with pity, nor were they malevolent.

They simply gazed and waited.

We await whether the leader of the God One Cult will take that step.

Words are meaningless, accusations are meaningless, rebuttals are meaningless, and contempt and encouragement are also meaningless. Now that things have come to this, whether you secretly support the Blood Sea Demonic Cult or not, it's all the same.

Let's continue.

From within the Heavenly Mother Bloodstone, a similarly melodious and ethereal voice, like that of a celestial being, resonated: "Red Goddess, since you've come this far, we'll give you a chance."

[Let's see if you can seize this opportunity to advance further in the Nine Heavens of Refining Dao, getting closer to the Heavenly Soaring Realm... or like everyone else in the past, stop at the limit.]

If you win, we'll let you eat us, so what?

But if you lose, it proves that the 'Crimson Sea of ​​Blood' is nothing special.

At that time, I will give you some dignity, and let you return to your humble origins and commit suicide to mend the sky.

Upon hearing this, the smile on the face of the God One Cult Leader gradually faded and disappeared.

[What a pity, the Ancestor lost back then.] He gazed at the Heavenly Mother Bloodstone, at the faint phantom within it: [But this time... it's not so certain.]

What exactly is Lingxiao?
Stripped of all esoteric explanations, its core essence lies in grasping the 'potential infinity'.

A martial artist at the Martial Meridian Realm is like an abacus. Although they can manipulate their own supernatural abilities and unleash various incredible powers through certain methods, it is ultimately just calculation, just a 'technique'.

The divine treasures and manifestations are about constantly increasing the complexity of one's abilities. In their hands, various principles of law can be manipulated and transformed, becoming as if they come alive. They can weave different principles of law, such as sword energy and tracking, into simple models in a sequence of first, then second, and then third. Then they can easily create more complex models of law, such as 'tracking sword energy' and 'ten thousand swords returning to their origin', which are 'laws'.

This is only the beginning of the method. As the martial artist's power advances, they can construct a perfect 'virtual core' within their body, which can continuously support more subsequent structures. This is the foundation of a prodigy. The sword energy released by the martial artist will also possess a certain intelligence, able to predict the enemy's movement and automatically switch to the five elements attack that counteracts the enemy's attributes.

In the end, the martial artist completely transformed himself into a complex, interconnected 'collection of laws and principles' that was almost like a natural phenomenon. It was like a mountain gate array that protected the entire sect, or a supercomputer capable of simulating all natural phenomena. It possessed special abilities such as 'target acquisition', 'defense', 'manipulation of space and time', 'using any kind of magic or martial art to launch targeted counterattacks', 'maintaining the natural ecosystem', 'regulating spiritual energy', and 'maintaining internal balance'. It was a 'supernatural' entity that was both derived from and transcended nature.

The entire system is interconnected and runs automatically, even after death.

This is the 'True Meaning of Heaven and Earth,' a supernatural central entity that has almost become a physical entity.

The Pure Yang Heavenly Lords, taking this a step further, transformed themselves into a 'Dao Image,' becoming a vast and complex aggregate composed of countless 'principles,' a minor Heavenly Dao. This is the essence of the so-called 'Heavenly Lords.' They can truly act on behalf of the Heavenly Principles, and moreover…

They glimpsed the beginning of infinity. This is the biggest difference between the peak of the Heavenly Monarch and the Soaring Sky.

No matter how powerful the Heavenly Lords are, in this world they are merely finite manifestations of nature. Their attacks have a limited range, their will has undetectable areas, and their laws become so complex that they can no longer be maintained.

No matter how much the Heavenly Lord expands his domain and array realm, he can never become the Supreme Ruler.

Because they only perceived the boundlessness of heaven and earth.

Only Lingxiao can truly unleash the power of 'Boundless'.

A flame that never goes out.

The wind that never stops.

Water that will never dry up.

The thunder never stops.

A blade that will never wear out.

A rock that will never be destroyed.

If Ling Xiao wanted to cast his blessing or curse on the entire continent, he wouldn't need to go through the trouble of screening and identifying each entity. He only needed to issue a command, and his power would endlessly generate and spread until the 'goal' was achieved.

The Blood Sea Demonic Cult's "Blood Infestation" is the most direct manifestation of this power, which cannot be stopped except by the power of Lingxiao.

But that's the limit.

For Lingxiao to take another step forward, he needs a perfect foundation.

This has nothing to do with how strong one's power is. A Heavenly Monarch can accumulate his power indefinitely, but that power cannot be infinitely derived. At the peak of Lingxiao, one needs to perfectly understand everything in one's own world and comprehend the 'Origin of the Dao'. This is why the ancient immortals named this realm 'Origin'.

However, the Heavenly Way of Embracing Emptiness is closed.

Huai Xu Tian Dao refuses any existence from prying into its origin, and refuses all Ling Xiao's 'understanding' of it.

Therefore, for countless millennia, all the powerful individuals who have reached this level have had to find alternative paths.

To hold the reins of the “Heart of Heaven and Earth” and to “hold” it.

He risked falling from grace to seize it.

Using the [Heavenly Demon Technique], to 'invade'.

Or perhaps it is to create a new path that is unprecedented... such as 'Kendo', to 'prove'.

But all of these are ultimately just scratching the surface.

The simplest, most primitive, and most effective method is like that of the God One Cult Leader.

[Devouring Heaven and Earth].

Forcibly tearing open the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Dao, swallowing a part of it, in order to... 'achieve'!
[Haha] At this moment, under the watchful eyes of many Ling Xiaos, the leader of the Divine One Sect lowered his head, covered his eyes with his hands, and laughed: [Hahahaha]

Beside Him, the enormous phantoms of the three great demons, [Decay], [Heartfelt Conviction], and [Bitter Solitude], appeared, their blood spirits and demonic shadows surging like a tide: [Alas, how could I not understand... In the end, I am also a warrior of the Void Realm. The demons' pointless seductions are indeed meaningless.]

[Alright, everyone, what are you all standing there for? Didn't you want to come and kill me? I devour the Heavenly Dao, so you can slay demons and monsters, and rightfully collect the 'Fragments of the Heavenly Dao' that I've devoured—isn't that your ultimate goal in letting me go?]

Come on, let's fight!

She raised her head, her crimson eyes sweeping over every Celestial Venerable present: "But be careful... your teammates cannot be completely trusted."

【because……】

There's only one person who can 'eat' me!

The moment the words fell.

A tremendous upheaval occurred in the middle of the sky and sea.

In Zhonghengdao Continent, on that boundless coastal land, all the creatures that were crying out, fleeing, or fighting desperately heard a deafening roar that seemed to come from the depths of their souls.

boom--! ! !
(End of this chapter)