Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1102 Let everything be as fate wishes (Large chapter with "w" in the title)
Tianyuan Realm.

Since the war between the Holy and the Demonic, the world has been divided in two.

The half of Tianyuan controlled by the human race is currently falling towards the Great Wilderness Realm. Huo Qing and Nian Quan, as An Jing's two closest people in this world, were secretly summoned by the Four Saints immediately after the war.

For others, the content of the summons and exchanges was unknown, not even to the Dao Embryo Heavenly Lords directly under the four Heavenly Venerables.

However, Huo Qing and Nian Quan then returned to An Jing's "Ping An General Store" and started a company under the name of Ping An.

Ping An Company has two businesses. The first is the original general merchandise business.

This business originally had many competitors, but most of them had small assets, were privately owned businesses, and had meager profits. Although the few large department stores in the city belonged to large groups, they were only on the periphery of the groups.

Ping An is completely different. Not only does it have a large amount of funds from unknown sources, but all its approval documents are approved smoothly. No matter what disputes or obstacles it encounters with other companies, "professionals" will come to "assist in resolving" them.

As a result, in just over a year, starting from Xuan Ye City, many safe zones and previously uncivilized wilderness areas have now seen the emergence of physical stores, sales points, and mobile vendors for Ping An General Stores.

They sprang up like mushrooms after rain, supplying large quantities of various supplies that were once quite expensive, such as fasting pills, cheap talisman pills, and repair parts for puppets and drones, all of which were dirt cheap in Ping An General Store.

Some insightful individuals believe that this is the four major corporations' plan to completely abandon the safe zone and wilderness after this great calamity, and fully integrate them into their own organizations.

Originally, the four major corporations set up safe zones and wilderness areas around the four spiritual vein cities to create buffer zones and isolate the dangers of the Heavenly Demons.

Now that the Heavenly Demon has been completely separated, the vast wilderness, even though it is all tainted by demonic energy, still represents immense value in terms of resources and space. It must be fully explored, integrated, and redeveloped.

Development needs a fulcrum, and integration needs a vanguard. Major corporations can build their own infrastructure, but as the most crucial party in the war between the Holy and the Demonic, the 'An Xuan' from another world... or rather, 'An Jing', the power behind him, the Celestial Venerable, will surely return once again.

The friendship between a Celestial Venerable and a Celestial Venerable-level power is worth any price the four major groups would pay, let alone mere concessions.

Therefore, even though An Jing did not return to Tianyuan Realm, the four major groups still took the initiative to cut off such a large piece of the pie as a gift.

Of course, giving a gift is also a responsibility.

Ping An Company, or rather, the future Ping An Group centered on Anjing and Mingjing Sect, will obviously have to assume some obligations.

This is now the company's second main business.

Explore another world.

After An Jing left, Huo Qing and Nian Quan went their separate ways.

Huo Qing went to the Great Wilderness Realm as a spy, cooperating with Ming Guangchen under the identity of Ping An Company. At present, Tianyuan does not know that the 'Lord of Liu Cui, Wuming Demon Lord' who cooperated with them is actually a member of Mingjing Sect, and also An Jing's master.

Because they foresaw that the Great Wilderness Realm was the future of the Heavenly Origin Realm, they had to make all the necessary preparations before their arrival.

As An Jing's friend and one of the founding members of Ping An Group, Nian Quan now directly manages the company and personnel left behind by An Jing. He is using Tianyuan Realm as a base to systematically explore the shattered world remnants that were drawn to the Great Wilderness Realm.

Among those small worlds, some were former Daoist grotto-heavens, some were real small worlds, but most were broken remnants of worlds.

The closer one gets to the Great Wilderness Realm, the more fragments of the world there are, and the more dangerous they become. At the core of many fragments dwell the lairs of celestial demons born from the destruction of the world, or other bizarre and monstrous evil spirits.

Nianquan explored among these ruins.

He piloted the new equipment provided by the group, and even with the support of the Void Warship, repeatedly using the Void Technique to explore and analyze those unknown fragments.

In this process, he slayed demons, honed his swordsmanship, and tempered his will. His swordsmanship, the Heavenly River Sword of Life and Death, became increasingly refined through countless life-and-death battles.

Although he is still quite far from breaking through to the Divine Realm, the sharpness of his sword intent is far beyond what it used to be.

However, just recently, Nianquan noticed something amiss in a newly discovered fragment of a small world.

It was a world where gravity was reversed. In that desolate realm composed of numerous cities and fragments of continents, Nianquan fought his way into the core of the Heavenly Demon's Nest, a massive altar made of flowing steel scraps and flesh.

Hundreds and thousands of celestial demons were chanting around the altar, while in the center of the altar, a deep abyss, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, was piercing through the void.

It was twisted, pulled, and pointed in one direction into the endless void.

The direction of the Great Wilderness Realm.

There is no doubt that things are already quite clear.

The Heavenly Demon is actively and consciously manipulating this fragment of the world, adjusting its ethereal coordinates, as if piloting a huge ship made up of countless pieces of garbage and wreckage, accelerating its approach towards the Great Wilderness Realm!
The Heavenly Demon is actively heading towards the Great Wilderness Realm.

They were not forcibly attracted there by the power of the Great Wilderness Realm, but rather they actively sought out the Great Wilderness Realm.

This discovery left Nianquan feeling both confused and deeply uneasy.

too weird.

According to the judgment that the Four Sages of Tianyuan and Anjing had told them in the past, the Great Wilderness Realm was a place where all things returned to nothingness, like a garbage disposal plant, to shatter all worlds that might be corrupted by demons, as well as all the heavenly demons within them.

This is most likely the original definition of the Great Wilderness—the Immortal Venerable who centered his teachings on the 'Way of Food' intended to use the Great Wilderness to completely digest and shatter all demonic creatures.

But now it seems that the Heavenly Demon actively got involved?

Although it's possible that the pitcher plant's scent is what lures people in, Nianquan still felt a sense of unease.

—Is it really the scent that's enticing?
—It's also possible that the smelly garbage bag attracted flies!

The Great Wilderness Realm is indeed more dangerous than anyone imagined.

"I need to report this."

Nianquan always had the habit of imagining the worst-case scenario, and then he would swing his sword and face it head-on.

After a brief moment of alertness, he regained his composure.

It doesn't matter, he's a sword cultivator!

Now, he has returned to the Tianyuan Realm.

At this moment, the Tianyuan Realm, as a war machine, was fully mobilized.

The dark and gloomy atmosphere that had shrouded the world was dispelled and illuminated by the radiance of the four spiritual vein cities.

If viewed from the void, the spiritual network array extending from the Tianyuan Realm resembles a giant spider web, enveloping the entire world, precisely adjusting its course in the void, and shifting the coordinates of the entire Tianyuan Realm within the void.

Within the world, the four major blocs, now completely transformed into war machines, are exhibiting a far more ruthless side than in the past.

On the streets of the Lower City and Safe Zone, giant steel puppets moved about. There were no longer any chaotic gangs or poor people here, because the conscription department would be forcibly mobilizing them. Unemployed people with a certain strength would be directly conscripted and sent to undergo the Ascension Transformation.

On the streets and alleys, huge holographic projections are playing recruitment videos on a loop.

In the scene, a young man from the wilderness undergoes a 'voluntary' transformation into a higher realm after being selected by the group.

From then on, the young cultivator, whose flesh and blood were weak but whose spirit steel was eternal, greatly improved his strength and wiped out a large number of demons while exploring the ruins of the outer world. He made great contributions and he and his family, who were far away in the rear, moved into a spacious and bright apartment in the upper city and lived a happy life.

Want to live this kind of life? Unless you make the most important choice of your life!

Join the group, join the Ascension Army!

Become a hero and slay demons!

Protect the world, protect your family!

The propaganda was full of fervor and enthusiasm. Whether it could actually fool people is another matter, but that's what they said anyway, and besides, even if it didn't fool them, the group would still arrest them.

Right there on the street, Nianquan saw a young student from the lower city district being taken away on the street because the puppet detected his adaptive physique. His parents rushed over after some time, but it was no use. It was mandatory. If the parents were also qualified, the whole family would be sent to undergo the Ascension Path transformation, and they would all be included.

Moreover, because physical constitution can be inherited, this situation is not uncommon.

Although their strength will greatly increase after undergoing the transformation by the Ascension Path, and they will also gain access to resources that would be greater than what they could achieve through their own cultivation in the future, their personal freedom will be completely lost, and they will be completely controlled by the group.

Moreover... given the current situation, how long they can live in the future depends entirely on the intensity of the battles in the Tianyuan Realm.

In order to deal with the potential threats in the 'Great Wilderness Realm', all forces in Tianyuan are carrying out forced mobilization.

Unlike facing the Heavenly Demon, whom they knew inside and out, the Great Wilderness Realm was far too powerful, and the four major groups dared not hold back at all.

And that's not all.

In order to make full and effective use of all resources, the group will capture some wilderness people, forcibly turn them into ghost cultivators and integrate them into the spirit network server to enhance the computing power of the Taixu warship. They call this "protection", but let's not talk about what they are actually protecting. In reality, they are simply turning people into part of the ship, a modern human emperor banner. Once you go in, it is very difficult to get out, and you may never be able to get out.

Not a demon, but even more powerful than one.

However, on the other hand, the group also rewards the truly elite members.

For example, after the great battle, Nianquan himself enjoyed the benefits of an entire team, with all the healing, talismans, and pills provided to him for free.

All he needs to do is cultivate diligently, become stronger, explore more places, slay more enemies, and refine his skills.

For Nianquan, all kinds of Taoist scriptures are completely open to the public, and various Golden Elixir True Lords and Taoist Embryo Heavenly Lords will give lectures at fixed times and locations.

The group has mastered an algorithm that can evaluate a person's potential. Different potential levels are treated differently. Nianquan is the highest level, Jia Shang, who is essentially a Daoist disciple of a top power in the Daoist era.

The entire system is frantically exploiting the world to feed the most gifted individuals.

Even these strongest individuals are not the masters of the system; they cannot enjoy themselves, nor can they even have leisure time.

Those Spirit Network servers and those Void Warships will eventually go to the front lines. The strong and geniuses will use these magical treasures to fight against the Heavenly Demons. If they die, they will be recycled and become part of the magical treasures.

Nianquan figured it out.

The general public is not the main body of this group.

The strong are not the main body of this group.

It could even be said that no single 'individual' is the main body of this group system.

A group is a group; it is the group itself, and also the core of the system.

What is alive is the 'group' as a whole, not any individual. Each person within it, regardless of rank or status, is merely a part used to maintain its own existence.

alienation.

This is not the alienation of capital, but the ultimate alienation of the individual, the collective, and the subject by a power group in order to ensure the survival of the collective.

This is a system built by the Four Sages to prevent cultivators from losing their immense power after their death, thus ensuring the survival of human civilization. The system continuously alienates individuals, making them a part of itself, and eventually becoming something else entirely…

The New Order stands against the Heavenly Demons and all external enemies.

"What's the difference between this and a Heavenly Demon?"

Nianquan muttered to himself, "Any mutated, insane system is no different from the Heavenly Demon."

Nianquan knew.

This system is his enemy—it is this system that harmed his mother, harmed him, and killed everyone—because of this system, there are those large companies that disregard human life, those crazy cultivators, and those people who don't treat people like human beings.

No matter how powerful you are, you can't change all of this; at best, you can only destroy it.

Even if it is destroyed, without solving the problem of the Heavenly Demon and the problem of the Four Saints, it is just repeating what needs to be destroyed again.

This is an infinite loop.

This is a dilemma that a single world cannot escape.

unless……

at the same time.

Huo Qing was also walking on the street.

As an envoy representing Tianyuan Realm and Anjing, Huo Qing explored the Great Wilderness Realm with Ming Guangchen for a long time. Now that he has returned, it can be said that he has achieved a stage of success.

Ming Guangchen took in a large number of refugees from the surrounding areas of Liucui Island and those who had fled from the rule of the King of Jingchu. With the technical support provided by Anjing from the Mingjing Sect, Liucui Island has been built into a well-organized place, resembling a paradise on earth.

Originally, Ming Guangchen's plan was conservative; he intended to first establish a foothold on Liucui Island before making further moves.

However, Huo Qing's arrival brought with him a wealth of new technologies from the Mingjing Sect and the Tianyuan Realm—the puppet production line, the spirit network array plate, and more efficient methods for resource exploration and utilization. This allowed Ming Guangchen to gain an unprecedentedly deep understanding of the intelligence details of various forces in this world.

Now, they have a thorough understanding of the situation in the Great Wilderness Realm, or at least the area surrounding the Tianyu Dynasty.

Specifically, a huge problem arose within the Dayu Kingdom.

Tianyu is now in the final years of its dynasty.

As one of the four major powers in the Great Wilderness, the Tianyu Dynasty was actually quite powerful. It once resisted the Heavenly Phoenix in the east and the Nine Dragons in the west, drove the Qilin away from the Central Plains, and occupied the most central and fertile land in the Great Wilderness.

However, tens of thousands of years have passed, and just like the once-prosperous dynasties of the human race, the Great Yu has also fallen into internal difficulties.

In the past, to avoid repeating the mistakes of the ancients and to prevent military generals with large armies from colluding with foreign enemies to rebel, the founding emperor of Tianyu chose to enfeoff members of the royal family, ordering them to guard the four directions. In this way, military power was always kept in the hands of the royal bloodline, and the royal family also had ways to restrain the regional states. As a result, it was impossible for outsiders to hold military power and become powerful, thus maintaining stability for tens of thousands of years.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. This move also led to a situation where local vassal kings and princes were no longer subject to checks and balances within their own territories, allowing them to exploit the people and engage in rampant corruption. The inspections and assessments sent by the central government became increasingly formalistic, with local authorities deceiving their superiors and concealing the truth. Land annexation intensified, disasters were concealed, taxes were levied at every level, the people suffered, refugees sprang up everywhere, and the national treasury was empty. The problems had long been deeply entrenched and difficult to reverse.

The current Tianyu emperor can be considered diligent and hardworking. Sensing the crisis, he intended to reduce the power of the vassal states and reorganize the court.

But what he faced was the united resistance of the powerful princes who had long since become too influential.

Meanwhile, the Tianfeng Divine Dynasty secretly supported the peasant rebels in the East, who were driven to revolt because they could no longer survive. The rebels have now spread like wildfire, sweeping across the Southeast and heading straight for the Southern Capital of the Imperial Dynasty. In the North, the Qilin tribes defeated the Northwest garrison, and their iron cavalry descended from the Tianshan Mountains, reaching the outskirts of the capital city.

Tianyu is now beset by internal and external troubles. If it weren't for the internal strife within the Nine Dragons Emperor and the conflict between the Heavenly Phoenix and the Qilin, it would probably have collapsed long ago.

But everyone could see that this brief calm was just the calm before the storm. Once the internal strife within the Nine Dragons Emperor's realm ended, the Heavenly Phoenix and the Qilin determined their victors, and the rebels of Tianyu, along with the vassal kings and the central army who were either tacitly approving or supporting the conflict, ended their struggle, a world war that would sweep across the entire Great Wilderness Realm and involve all living beings would begin.

At that time, the Tianyuan Realm will likely perish within it, becoming the key to everyone's struggle.

The Tianyuan Realm may become the fuse that truly ignites the Great Wilderness World War!
Is this the will of Heaven, or is this a consensus among the Heavenly Ways of several worlds?

"The resources in that world are extremely abundant, even excessively so. No matter how much the kings exploit them, the population is still rising rapidly, which is one of the reasons for the wars."

As Huo Qing walked the streets of Xuan Ye City, he couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions: "But because there are too many resources, no one treats them as resources or human lives as human lives. This is different from us. We have too few resources, so human lives are meaningless. Only the most outstanding geniuses are worth enjoying them."

"And they, because there are too many of them, don't care, using them like dirt and sand."

During his year on Liucui Island, Huo Qing personally participated in and witnessed two wars that laid the foundation for Liucui Island.

The first war was a major battle to completely eradicate all the ratmen forces on the island.

On Liucui Island, there were originally dozens or even hundreds of rat-people tribes of varying sizes, and even a small kingdom established with the support of Tianfeng.

Ming Guangchen's initial base was built by seizing the territory of a ratman tribe. He then continuously incorporated and integrated them, eventually establishing 'Mingjing City'.

He even guided all the rat-people who had submitted to his faith to unite, and through the "method of the One's command to the gods," he nurtured a new god who would protect the entire island from the power of the people's wishes.

The birth of this new god also impacted the ancestral spirits worshipped by all the rat-man tribes. In order to ensure their own survival, the ancestral spirits chose to unite with the power of the Heavenly Phoenix Kingdom and launch a general attack on Mirror City.

In that battle, the Tianfeng faction even dispatched a massive Taixu Heavenly Ship and a genuine True Monarch expert to confront Ming Guangchen head-on.

Then, Ming Guangchen kicked those people to death.

Because some time ago, Ming Guangchen had thoroughly figured out the local 'furnace baking method'.

An Jing and Ming Guangchen have shared their own summarized principles: martial arts is about "recreating oneself," immortality is about "redefining oneself," and ascension is about "re-understanding oneself."

Ming Guangchen deeply agreed, saying that destiny truly lived up to its name... but a problem arose.

What is the method of baking a furnace?
Ming Guangchen arrived at the answer.

It's 'growth'!
The oven method is a way to make oneself stronger, grow, and become even larger! It's a method of devouring and growing!
Like a behemoth, like a sacred tree, like a world unto itself—devouring heaven and earth, taking root in the universe, expanding its own size…

This is the essence of the oven drying method.

The powerful spirit masters of this realm all possess divine and demonic forms, capable of transforming into incredible behemoths, their every move causing the heavens and earth to tremble. Having understood this, Ming Guangchen decisively suppressed his original martial arts array and instead used the fundamental methods of the Mingjing Sect as the core to completely transform his physical body.

He transformed into a "Cloud and Mist God" composed of clouds and light, blotting out the sky and the sun. With one hand, he suppressed the Heavenly Phoenix's celestial warship, and with the other, he quelled the rebellion of all the ratmen.

The second war, however, came from the Tianyu Dynasty.

Perhaps because the officials sent to collect taxes on Liucui Island were brought back in disgrace, or perhaps because he did not want his brothers and sisters to laugh at him for having a rebel who dared to resist taxes, the vassal king of Liucui Island, the King of Jingchu, was furious and decided to send troops to annihilate Mingguang Chen.

This outburst of anger was no mere outburst; the King of Jingchu, within his own territory, aided by the earth's veins and the nation's fortune, had become a powerful figure at the level of a Heavenly Lord of Suppression. He also had a Heavenly Lord-level retainer under his command, the [Blazing Heavenly Lord].

This Heavenly Lord forged a true spirit and divine body by fusing all fires, and then returned to his original state, achieving the position of the God of Flames. With a single thought, he could cause the temperature of an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles to soar. Wherever his gaze fell, nothing was spared from burning. He could evaporate all the water in the entire Jingchu Kingdom, ignite and melt all the wood and stone, and completely transform it into a fiery hell.

For a celestial ruler like him to melt the small Liucui Island into lava would have been an easy task.

In fact, that's exactly what He did.

Without saying a word, Lord Lie Fen descended directly above Liu Cui Island and unleashed a powerful divine power, "Heaven and Earth Burn Together," intending to reduce everyone on Liu Cui Island, regardless of age or gender, to ashes.

But what he saw was merely a mirage in the mirror.

Ming Guangchen had anticipated this, so he used the great supernatural power of the Mingjing Sect, the "Creation Mirror of the Capital," to create a mirage in the original location of Liucui Island.

The real Liucui Island had already been moved by him beforehand.

It can only be said that Liucui Island truly lives up to its name as an island floating in the sky and sea; it can still be moved to some extent. However, if it were truly in Huaixu, then there would be no way to move it.

In short, Ming Guangchen, though scheming, tricked Lie Fen Tianjun of a great supernatural power.

The moment it was confirmed that Lord Lie Fentian had made his move, Ming Guangchen's true form appeared above the capital of Jingchu, with 'Six Suns Evening Light' aimed at the Jingchu royal residence below.

If this attack lands, the King of Jingchu himself might survive, but the entire royal palace and everyone in the capital would die.

Although Ming Guangchen is a kind person, he is still a martial artist from Huaixu Realm. When it comes to fighting, he doesn't care about being a commoner or not.

The calamity has arrived; those who deserve to die and those who don't will all perish!
At this moment, the King of Jingchu himself will be separated from his territory and return to the realm of a True Monarch.

In a battle between people of the same level, it would be very difficult for someone from the Great Wilderness Realm to fight a martial artist from the Huaixu Realm one-on-one.

Even if Lie Fen Tianjun returns and destroys Liu Cui Island, Ming Guangchen himself will remain unharmed and will incur a great enmity.

To be honest, the King of Jingchu still wanted to enjoy his wealth and honor, but he had no intention of playing the swap game with Mingguang Nianchen.

He had no choice but to negotiate.

Only then did Ming Guangchen realize the real reason why Lie Fen Tianjun had taken action.

It turns out that a major event recently occurred in Tianyu Tiandu—the Tianyu Emperor and the Crown Prince clashed in a major battle over the issue of reducing the power of the princes. The Crown Prince was defeated and killed, and his son and grandson also perished. Only the Crown Prince's daughter was sent away by a loyal minister, and her whereabouts are unknown.

It is highly likely that the missing princess mingled among the refugees who fled to Liucui Island.

Although it cannot be confirmed, in order to completely eliminate this political threat and avoid getting involved in the struggle for the throne, the King of Jingchu decided to take drastic measures and completely wipe out the entire Liucui Island.

—Why is it another princess?
Although Ming Guangchen had such thoughts in his heart, overall, it was a good thing that he could demonstrate his value in the united front and that Liucui Island could now legitimately communicate with the Tianyu government and receive refugees.

Huo Qing returned with this good news.

He also personally participated in both wars. In the first war, he led the Feathered Dao team of Tianyuan Realm to repel the elite surprise attack of Tianfeng Divine Dynasty. In the second war, he presided over the illusion array that concealed the entire Liucui Island, and his performance was remarkable.

"A few years ago, I was practically rotting away in the gang. How could I have imagined that I would now be able to participate in the struggles of True Monarchs and Heavenly Monarchs, and even influence the fate of both realms?"

"My fate was completely changed. While my own efforts certainly played a part, the changes brought about by Anjing were even more significant."

Thinking this, Huo Qing met Nian Quan on the street.

"How's it going, buddy?"

Overjoyed, Huo Qing raised his hand and greeted Nian Quan with a smile. Nian Quan turned around at the sound of his voice, saw that it was Huo Qing, and smiled as well: "I'm doing alright. Everyone's been very busy lately."

"It's good to have something to do; it's much better than being a good student in the past."

Huo Qingdao noticed Nianquan's expression and frowned, "Speaking of which, why do you still look so serious?"

Nianquan pondered for a moment, then told Huo Qing about his discoveries in the world's ruins and his speculations about the Heavenly Demon.

Huo Qing's expression turned serious: "You mean... the Heavenly Demon is actively and consciously driving those world fragments towards the Great Wilderness Realm?"

"But I didn't see any Heavenly Demons in the Great Wilderness Realm; it was mostly battles between people."

"This is the most terrifying thing."

Nianquan's tone was extremely serious: "In my opinion, there must have been many Heavenly Demons who went to the Great Wilderness Realm in the past, but where did they all go?"

"Whatever the answer is, it's terrifying, and we must be absolutely vigilant."

Huo Qing nodded, fully understanding the implications. He said in a deep voice, "This news must be told to An Jing."

"But An Jing only sent us a message about the Cave Heaven Technique and his recent situation a while ago. We don't know when he will come over."

“Yes.” Nianquan sighed, looking up at the sky shrouded in the glow of the spiritual network: “When will that be?”

at this time.

hum-

A vast and boundless void fluctuation, like an invisible giant wave, swept in from the heavens, instantly engulfing the entire Tianyuan Realm.

Above the sky, the intricate canopy originally constructed of spiritual net patterns seemed to be broken by a boulder thrown into a lake, creating layers upon layers of light blue concentric circles like ocean tides.

"The Heavenly Demon is back?!"

"No, it's not a demon...it's a human!"

On the streets, all the patrolling puppets, all the hurried ascension cultivators, all the high-ranking members of the groups, and even the True Lords and Heavenly Lords of the Cave Heaven and the Great Void, all stopped what they were doing at this moment.

They all looked at the neon lights in the sky above Tianyuan Realm, a spectacle unlike anything they had ever witnessed.

A colossal abyss appeared out of nowhere!
And so a figure descended upon the center of the cave.

"Aha."

Seeing this, Huo Qing and Nian Quan exchanged a glance and smiled at each other: "You came as soon as you said you'd come."

At this moment, all forces used various spells, detection methods, and formations to lock onto that figure.

Tracing the cause and effect, analyzing the five elements, from fortune to cosmic light, from spiritual evil to soul, all available means were employed, just to find out who the visitor really was.

However, the spiritual energy surrounding that figure only trembled slightly.

hum!
Like the ringing of a great bell, an invisible ripple spread outwards.

In an instant, all the spells shattered!

A powerful and domineering spiritual aura erupted, carrying an incomparably thick aura, directly shattering all the probing divine senses, spells, and spiritual light.

Those who used the methods of cause and effect and fortune to detect the situation were all, without exception, shaken to their core, and spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, looking in the direction where the figure was descending with surprise and doubt.

It's so huge, it's just... it's like an entire world has descended upon us!

Those shattered spiritual energy fragments couldn't even get close or interact with it; they were directly decomposed by its aura. A knowledgeable Heavenly Lord immediately exclaimed in surprise: "Primordial Primordial Energy! And it's an extremely dense Primordial Primordial Energy that's about to return to its origin!"

This highest level of spiritual energy is already at its peak, making further transformation extremely difficult. Only the most exceptional geniuses can bring about a second qualitative change in it.

The result of this qualitative change is that no normal magic can get close to him!

In an instant, all laws collapsed, were decomposed, twisted, and restored. The remaining spiritual light, centered on that figure, formed a light shield composed of seven-colored spiritual light, while that figure remained as steady as Mount Tai, without even the slightest tremor.

However, all sorts of spells continued to come wave after wave; before the previous wave could be destroyed, the second wave would already be sweeping in.

The figure seemed to be getting impatient, and he raised his fist.

Punch.

When this punch was unleashed, the surrounding dust, wind, and rain seemed to pause. Wherever the force of the punch passed, countless spells shattered and were completely crushed into the most primordial spiritual energy clouds.

But this was not the end, because the fragments of spiritual light formed after the shattering of the spiritual energy also hovered in the air, were governed and condensed by a will, and transformed from their original form that was about to dissipate into a huge supernatural power once again.

one……

giant!

A massive Taibai battle armor slowly materialized from nothingness. First came the platinum-gold bones, then the yin-yang meridians flashing with lightning, followed by the blood and flesh flowing with a dark blue radiance, and finally the armor forged from blood and iron covering the entire body.

No, it's no longer the Taibai Battle Armor. It possesses the power of the five elements and belongs to Yin and Yang. If we had to name it, it should be called the [Tai Shi Battle Armor]!
If a cultivator on the path to immortality were to witness this scene, they would likely be instantly mesmerized. The details revealed in that instant are something that many people could never achieve or attain in their entire lives.

That perfect structure completely overturned all the limitations of human design, and the more proficient one is in this field, the more one understands its horror.

Once this armor is deployed, all spiritual energy within a radius of tens of thousands of feet centered on it is suppressed.

In an instant, the sky cleared and the earth brightened.

The feeling of traversing the Taixu Abyss Cave, constructed by the combined efforts of the Dragon Gods, was quite familiar to An Jing, much like when he traversed the Taixu Passage of Fuxie when his strength was not high. He felt slightly dizzy.

"This thing the dragons came up with is a bit too wild. What kind of technology is this?"

An Jing's physique was even more terrifying than that of other dragons of the same level. Even he felt dizzy, so the other dragons in the Divine Treasury would probably vomit. Fu Xie sighed in his heart, "This is the supernatural power used by the dragons to migrate across the void in the past. Theoretically, it would take thousands of dragons to activate it together. I didn't expect that these four dragon gods would be enough."

This supernatural power is indeed enough to warrant the Heavenly Venerable's intervention, and it didn't even require many materials. It can only be said that the Dragon Gods are indeed grandmasters in this field.

It was at this time.

Four vast wills rose from the depths of the cave heavens of the four major spiritual vein cities of the Tianyuan Realm and descended upon this place.

The Four Saints have descended.

【Anjing】

The one who spoke was the leading immortal, Xi Yu, who said in a deep voice: "You've returned too early. You're only at the Purple Mansion level now. What good will your arrival do...?"

He paused here, for He had already discovered An Jing's current strength and true nature, and was immediately astonished: "What kind of Purple Mansion is this?!"

To be honest, this is what most people think when they learn about Anjing's current data—you call this the Purple Mansion? Is this also a divine treasure?
There are very few Purple Mansions comparable to those of True Lords, let alone now, even during the heyday of the Daoist Court!

An Jing didn't seem to mind. He laughed and said, "Immortal Xi Yu, Immortal Zhi Yang, Immortal Hao Xu, Immortal Yin Zheng... All four sages have come? Looks like I have quite a bit of face?"

Of course.

The Lord of Mount Luofu, Immortal Zhiyang, said in a deep voice: "You are indeed qualified. Moreover, in less than two years, your strength has actually broken through to this level... Unbelievable! To be honest, I only feel terrified."

[Anjing Little Friend]

The Lord of Xuandu, Immortal Yin Zheng, calmly said, "Whatever your reason for coming here, since you're already here, we also have some questions for you."

[Regarding the last Holy-Demon War, the visitors from the ancestral land, Senior Haotian Mirror, and the whereabouts of the Northern Heaven Cave Heaven... we all want to know more about them.]

"what."

An Jing laughed as well, and said easily, "I'd like to talk to you about these things too. Of course, you don't need to invite me."

He raised his hand, thumb down, pointing to the ground: "I'm right here, talking to you, to the four major corporations, and to everyone in the Tianyuan Realm."

"Right now, right now."

【Young friend Anjing…】

At this moment, Immortal Zhiyang's tone turned solemn: "What do you mean by this...?"

He didn't finish speaking.

An Jing did not reply.

Because the Four Sages saw an even more colossal existence.

Because Anjing's 'meaning' has been conveyed.

Following closely behind An Jing, the first to descend from the Taixu Abyss Cave was Haotian Mirror.

The vast mirror light poured down like a celestial river, swirling and expanding, and an ancient divine mirror that seemed to reflect all the heavens and myriad worlds appeared in the sky above the Tianyuan Realm.

The Four Saints immediately understood—they knew An Jing couldn't have come without his ancestor.

However, Immortal Yin Zheng still spoke solemnly: "Senior Haotian Mirror, and True Man An, please move to the grotto. Some things are indeed not to be discussed with outsiders..."

[Outsiders? Who are the outsiders?]

But the next moment, Immortal Yin Zheng also stopped speaking, because once again, one... no, two figures appeared in the abyss!

The old Fei of Mount Tai and the Myriad Transformations Divine Pivot of Mount Tianji have descended.

The aura of destruction, as dark as an abyss, and the infinitely profound and ever-changing meaning surged simultaneously, causing the atmosphere of the entire Tianyuan Realm to become stagnant and heavy at this moment.

The four sages fell silent. After a moment, Immortal Haoxu spoke earnestly: "The Taishan Fei... and the Heavenly Mystery Dao Soldiers? Are you two friends of Senior Haotian Mirror?"

We wouldn't call them friends, since we haven't known each other for very long, but they are definitely newly formed allies.

Old Fei spoke directly, and Wan Hua Shen Shu also smiled and said, "Don't worry, we're all family, we're all from the Dao Court. Just tell me if you have any difficulties."

Haotianjing was even more direct: "Don't ask us, ask An Jing. He's the sect leader of our Mingjing Sect; he's in charge. I only have one soldier; I won't make decisions."

Immortal Zhiyang remained silent for an even longer time, then focused his will on An Jing: "Fellow Daoists, and Sect Master An, may we have a word to say? This matter concerns the remnants of the Holy Demon, which inherently possess demonic nature..."

That doesn't matter.

Once again, Immortal Zhiyang didn't finish his sentence.

This time, four figures descended from beyond the heavens and earth, from the abyss beyond the void.

Time stood still at that moment.

Cause and effect were thrown into chaos at this moment.

At this moment, all things in heaven and earth, the universe and its light, fell into absolute disharmony and disharmony, because everything was no longer natural, but entirely the will of the Dragon God.

Today, in the past, in the future, in the future.

The Dragon Gods of the Four Seasons have descended.

At this moment, everything fell into a rather awkward silence.

The enormous Primordial Battle Armor stood silently in the center, surrounded by the seven Celestial Venerables, while other figures were descending one by one in the Taixu Abyss Cave.

An Jing gazed at the sky, knowing that the cave where the Four Saints resided was also watching him.

【……good】

Exhaling, the Immortal Xi Yu's tone, for some reason, changed from solemn to relieved. He even laughed, heartily and easily: "Seven Celestial Venerables have come, showing such great sincerity, what more can I say?"

Let everything be as fate desires.

(End of this chapter)