Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1056 The Eternal War (16)

"The Ancestral Dragon..."

Just as An Jing and the Infinite Dragon locked eyes, a faint yet incredibly clear voice resounded from the depths of his heart.

It is a suppressing evil.

It appeared in An Jing's hand, a silver-blue broken blade that seemed to be formed from the clear spring under the moon and constructed from the purest primordial energy from beyond the heavens.

In that instant, An Jing clearly sensed it.

All along, Fu Xie has always seemed shrouded in mystery, half-dreaming and half-awake...

I'm awake.

Upon seeing the Ancestral Dragon, Fu Xie finally, and it was at this moment, that he truly and completely awakened.

This does not mean that Fu Xie, who had previously communicated with An Jing, was not awake.

He was certainly awake, but it was more like a dream, originating from himself but not from a conscious will.

Just like a person who is half asleep and half awake, although they can perceive the outside world, they are ultimately separated by a hazy veil.

However, the essence of the evil spirit is too powerful. Even this remnant awakening is far more clear-headed and perceptive than the vast majority of living beings in the world.

And now, the real Him has awakened.

In an instant, time flowed on the broken blade.

Just like what Anjing had seen before, endless, even denser and more continuous dreamlike light and shadow rose from Fuxie's broken blade.

—Fu Xie is the sword that slays evil.

—Subduing evil is the sword that subdues evil thoughts.

—Subduing evil is the sword that makes evil bow down.

—Fu Xie is the sword that slays evil spirits.

—Fu Xie is an evil sword lurking in people's hearts.

Every definition gives rise to an infinite number of possibilities; and each of those infinite possibilities, in turn, gives rise to an infinite number of possibilities.

Fractals.

Endless fractal light rose from the broken blade of Fu Xie's original body, and finally, in front of An Jing, it vaguely formed a 'sword' that, like the Ancestral Dragon, released endless light and was composed of infinite self.

Every tiny detail of this sword is a complete embodiment of evil; and this complete embodiment of evil can infinitely divide into even more evils.

Every seemingly insignificant hidden evil is no different from the most magnificent hidden evil; between each hidden evil, there are countless hidden evils constantly emerging.

As a sword.

As an immortal.

As a demon.

As a celestial demon.

As part of the Legend of Sword and Fairy series.

As a demonic sword.

In those lights and shadows, An Jing saw the possibility of Fu Xie slaying all things, slaying all demons, humans, giant beasts, immortals, gods, the world, and even the Heavenly Dao.

--I see.

An Jing gazed at the broken blade in his hand and couldn't help but sigh sincerely, "This is the root of your derangement!" "Yes."

Fu Xie's voice was no longer a single tone, but seemed to be a convergence of countless different sounds, strangely harmonious and unified, carrying a calm and clarity that had endured for millennia: "This is the possibility of my derangement."

An Jing noticed from the beginning that Fu Xie was acting strangely.

His consciousness, thoughts, and even his values ​​were like countless individuals forcibly merged together.

Initially, An Jing thought it was due to the reforging and merging of fragments from past generations of Fu Xie, but after seeing the two fragments of the same origin yet mutually exclusive at Broken Blade Mountain, he overturned this conjecture.

One was corrupted by demonic energy, the other remained pure as ever, yet they were exactly the same.

How can there be two identical fragments that are fundamentally different?
The answer is actually very simple.

Because they come from different parallel universes.

All possibilities are real and true.

Fu Xie is an infinite divine sword that pierces through infinite parallel universes and can cleave through the Heavenly Dao.

【Yes】

At this moment, the voice of the Ancestral Dragon rang out again, acknowledging this judgment: "[Fu Xie and I are both 'Returning to the Void Dao One' beings who have traversed infinite parallel universes. More precisely, we are beings who, with the support of the Heavenly Dao of Embracing Void, were able to reach the 'Returning to the Void Dao One' realm."]

What we see before you now is merely a fragment. But our entirety exists in infinite parallel universes, and remains an infinite existence.

"Moreover," Zu Long's voice became incredibly deep, "we... are still engaged in an endless battle with other celestial demons and other possible timelines."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zu Long showed An Jing those 'futures'.

As light and shadow shifted, a series of grand yet distinctly different paintings unfolded before An Jing's eyes.

In a future, the four great demon kings, under the will of the Hundred Demon Lords, launch a full-scale invasion of Huai Xu. The ten great sects are forced to unite and re-establish the Dao Court. A Heavenly Emperor, blessed by the Ancestral Dragon and wielding a heavenly sword, is born amidst the prayers of the people. He leads all cultivators in a desperate struggle. Their war stretches across the endless sea beyond the ten continents, reaching the hundred continents beyond the ten continents, and the thousand continents beyond the hundred continents, but the flames of war continue endlessly, without end.

In another future, the powers of both the Heavenly Demon and the Ancestral Dragon were suppressed by an even more powerful being, plunging the entire Huai Xu into an era of dual depletion of spiritual and demonic energy. Cultivators and Heavenly Demons alike lost the ability to directly wield the power of heaven and earth, relying solely on their 'True Spirits,' powerful pet beasts, for combat. The entire world transformed into a vast arena, where repeated duels determined the ultimate ownership of the world.

In another future, the surrender faction takes the lead. A newly born Dao Lord in Huai Xu is bewitched by the Heavenly Demon and abandons all living beings. Wielding the supreme Dao Demonic Weapon, He sits atop the Moon of Huai Xu, suppressing all rebellious cultivators, reducing the entire population of Huai Xu to less than a hundred billion, and suppressing everyone's cultivation level below the Golden Core stage, plunging the world into eternal darkness and stagnation.

Of course, there is also a timeline where Huai Xu achieves a great victory, with a super Huai Xu expeditionary force stepping into the boundless void, sweeping across the heavens like a sword, spreading the glory of the Dao Court to all the myriad worlds.

And in all the worlds.

Subduing evil is the most crucial element.

It was He who severed the 'Huai Xu corrupted by the Heavenly Demon' from the 'normal Huai Xu'.

It was He who made all timelines distinct and separate, without interfering with each other.

It was He who severed the direct connection between Huaixu and all other worlds, ensuring that the cycle within Huaixu could continue indefinitely.

Fu Xie not only killed Huai Xu, but also countless infinite parallel universes.

The true form of Fu Xie, every particle and fractal of the Infinite Sword, is a complete Fu Xie. It is both complete and incomplete, containing both immortals and demons, both humans and swords. It is both an immortal sword and a demonic sword, both a sword immortal and an evil sword immortal.

This kind of battle is endless and never ends.

Watching and contemplating all of this, An Jing fell silent.

"Sure enough."

After a long while, he sighed softly: "The Dao Integration... no, all the immortals and gods that have ever existed, all the people, have been continuing this eternal war."

"Perhaps they are dead, but they have never truly left... They haven't disappeared; they are simply still fighting!"

(End of this chapter)