Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1049 What has happened since ancient times will finally come to pass in my hands today.
Faced with An Jing's calm declaration, both the mysterious figure whose face was not visible and the little candle dragon that had just transformed into 'another An Jing' instantly felt an overwhelming pressure.

Viscous, heavy, almost tangible, Anjing's will is like the water pressure of the deep sea, engulfing and suppressing everything in the instant it spreads.

"and many more!"

Sensing that An Jing's gaze held no intention of speaking and that he was about to draw his sword, the mysterious figure could no longer remain silent.

He spoke immediately, his voice urgent: "An Jing! Hold on! I know you don't believe me, but everything we've done is to make Huai Xu a better place!"

"The Ancestral Dragon Scale contains fragments of the [Hundred Demon Lords], which the Heavenly Demon is about to awaken! This is the fundamental reason why, since ancient times, no one has dared to use it to advance beyond the Heavenly Realm!"

"Using the Ancestral Dragon Scale will not only cause you to be devoured by the infinite will of the Ancestral Dragon within, but will also corrupt you with the Heavenly Demon, creating a Heavenly Demon of the Ancestral Dragon level above the Heavenly Realm—the inversion of [Creation from Nothingness], the [Dragon Demon of the End]! That is equivalent to the personal resurrection of the Hundred Demon Lords!"

After recounting all the information in one breath, the mysterious figure raised his hand and pointed sharply at the astonished Little Candle Dragon beside him: "She is the anchor point! Our goal is to completely banish this corrupted ancestral dragon scale to the Great Wilderness Realm—you should know, your master is in the Great Wilderness Realm!"

"The Great Wilderness devours all the myriad paths of the heavens; it is the 'Furnace of Ultimate Food,' a furnace of heaven and earth, sufficient to digest celestial demons! And Yu Feng is the teleportation coordinate we set up long ago!"

"The blade is the sword! The twist of fate has brought about a dramatic turn of events; this is the power of the fragments of the Demon-Subduing Beast in the Great Wilderness Realm!"

If it were just those previous things about the Heavenly Demon, An Jing wouldn't care at all.

But upon hearing the name 'Fu Xie,' he couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, asking in his heart, 'Fu Xie, is what he said true?'

That feeling is definitely there.

Fu Xie's voice carried a rare hint of solemnity: "But to be honest, it's not important."

[Peace and tranquility urge me on]

Anjing gripped the sword in his heart.

The next instant, a vast and boundless, terrifying sword intent that seemed to transcend endless time and space erupted from An Jing's heart, stirring the void and churning the light of the universe.

For the first time ever, Fu Xie actually activated his power on his own!

[Boy, you're from afar, what's with all this hiding and concealing?!]

Fu Xie's voice echoed throughout the void: "Unveil your face!"

boom!
Although An Jing did activate it for a moment, it was not his power, but Fu Xie's own will, using a trace of An Jing's power to manipulate space and time.

In that instant, An Jing sensed that Fu Xie, who had been almost completely silent since entering the Zhaolin Realm, had unknowingly recovered some of his power due to the 'absence of demonic energy' and 'quasi-ancient' environment of this place.

This single force instantly stirred the void, causing the universe to flow and the light of time to reverse. In an instant, An Jing seemed to see thousands upon thousands of 'Swords of Subduing Evil' of various shapes emerging from the river of infinite time and space, converging their power at this moment!

【Returning to Oneness】!
"Infinite parallel universes!" In that instant, An Jing vaguely understood that the essence of Fu Xie was likely a self-delusion that had dispersed into infinite parallel universes. It was not that Fu Xie itself was forged from the Fu Xie of past generations, but rather that different possibilities of Fu Xie in different parallel universes had merged into one, leading to some conflicts and contradictions.

In some timelines, He is a sword; in others, He is a human; and even in still others... He is a demon!
Fu Xie is waging an endless war against countless demons in infinite time and space—that's why He is in a daze, as if asleep, neither immortal nor worn down to this state.

It's like... the scales of the Ancestral Dragon.

It's just like……

An Jing raised his head, looking towards the Zhaolin Realm and the 'heaven' beyond it. The Heavenly Dao of Emptiness…

Those inert demonic energies, that closed nature that refuses to be understood... Could it be that...?

The stronger Anjing is, the closer he gets to the truth.

However, Fu Xie's sword, which reversed the light of time and was powerful enough to sever cause and effect, was blocked and weakened by more than a dozen ancient marks containing different laws and principles just as it was about to touch the mysterious figure. In the end, it disappeared into nothingness.

"Um?!"

Fu Xie exclaimed in astonishment: "[The power of a Celestial Venerable? So much, so powerful! Who exactly are you?!]"

Fu Xie was surprised when his attack failed, but the mysterious figure was even more terrified. He hadn't even had time to react. If it weren't for the protective marks left by his ancestors and even 'that old immortal' on his body, he would probably have been pierced through by this sword and completely lost his ability to resist!

Even so, all the accumulation of the ancestors of all generations was completely pierced through and consumed by a single blow... Fu Xie truly lives up to its reputation as a fragment of the legendary, incredible Heavenly Sword that cuts through the Dao!

"He's actually quite skilled."

Glancing at the mysterious figure, An Jing paid no attention to the other party's behavior, but instead turned his gaze to Little Candle Dragon: "Speaking of which, who are you?"

He calmly asked, "Is what this person is saying true?"

"My name is Feng Boye, a descendant of the Great Wilderness Candle Dragon."

Little Candle Dragon, Feng Boye stared at the 'incredibly familiar stranger' before her. With the Candle Dragon's supernatural powers, she had seen all of An Jing's past and even knew that he was a 'reincarnated person', but she did not pry into his past life.

At this moment, she nodded slightly: "Although I don't know who he is, this matter is indeed true."

“An Jing, I advise you to step aside and not touch the Ancestral Dragon Scale. Although the Heavenly Demon inside is suppressed by the Huai Xu Ancestral Dragon, its essence is still incredibly powerful.”

"I do not mind."

An Jing said calmly, "I see it. The reason why Zhaolin Realm suppresses all beings within the realm to the Divine Treasury Realm is not for anything else, but to suppress the 'Heavenly Demon' to the Divine Treasury Realm as well."

"He truly had good intentions, even allowing us to advance to the Saintly Manifestation Realm within the Scale Realm, just so that we could crush that 'Heavenly Demon' at the Divine Treasure Realm with our cultivation level—there's no need to talk about fairness and justice with evil spirits and heretics, it's all about bullying the weak."

"so?"

An Jing smiled, his tone carrying a strange doubt: "Then why don't I just defeat the Heavenly Demon? That's the ending that Ancestral Dragon Scale truly wants."

Feng Boye was stunned; she could hardly comprehend the other person's logic: "...Can you do it?"

She couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you figured it out yet? Since the Ancestral Dragon Scale still exists, it means that since ancient times, none of the geniuses and powerful figures of your Huaixu Realm have been able to defeat that remnant of the Heavenly Demon!"

"Yes, because none of them are me."

An Jing lowered his gaze and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "What has happened since ancient times will come to an end in my hands today."

"This is the meaning of my sword's existence."

(End of this chapter)