Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1106 Another Possibility

"In short, everyone can rest assured."

An Jing calmly replied, "You have plenty of time to think things through. We won't take over Tianyuan Realm hastily right away. This is a place you've protected for so many years."

"Perhaps to avoid being corrupted by demonic thoughts, or perhaps for other reasons, you have not explained your predicament to the people of this world."

"But now, let's be honest."

An Jing's figure hovered above the sky. His gaze swept over the countless Tianyuan people below, some astonished, some bewildered, and some terrified. He said loudly, "A real world, a world without lies, may initially bring pain, frustration, and even unacceptability. But it will also be the world furthest from depravity, because true depravity never bothers to hide itself from being discovered."

“I believe everyone wants to know why their lives are the way they are, and why… you made that decision.”

【……really】

After a long silence, the Immortal Xi Yu spoke again, his voice carrying a hint of relief: "Originally, we could have said that this news had to be suppressed to avoid causing greater turmoil. But perhaps, we should have been honest with the world long ago."

But before that...

As His will focused, beams of light instantly flew from the depths of the four major spiritual vein cities: Xishan City, Xuanye City, Qingyu City, and Sanyuan City. These beams of light were completely different yet shared the same origin, containing a vast and boundless Daoist essence.

Among them, three were the most eye-catching: one was overflowing with crimson flames, one was flowing with azure light, and one was sinking gold in the thick earth. The three beams of light converged in the sky. Feng Xiyu focused his mind, and these three colors of light, azure, and gold, gathered into a ball that looked like a blue jade disc.

These are the three methods we possess: the Red Emperor, the Green Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor.

Feng Xiyu's will intertwined with An Jing's, and he calmly said, "Besides this, there is also the fundamental inheritance of our respective sects... An Jing, this is what you deserve. After the last Holy Demon War, we should have handed it over to you."

[And now, I cannot express my gratitude enough. Perhaps only you could bring seven such powerful Celestial Venerables as 'reinforcements'...]

An Jing, you are truly the savior of the world.

An Jing reached out and took the jade disc containing numerous top-tier cultivation techniques, including the Three Emperors' Method.

In response to Feng Xiyu's sentiments, he showed no modesty: "Of course, I am naturally one."

However, the moment his fingertips touched the jade disc, An Jing felt a surge of immense causal power. His will trembled slightly, and everything before him shattered instantly, turning into one hazy vortex of mist after another.

Endless fragments of illusion intertwine and transform into flowing light and shadow, forming one different world and omen after another.

In that instant, An Jing saw it, saw another possibility.

That is, if the main development path is located in the Tianyuan Realm, then there might be more details.

An Jing is indeed the chosen one of the Huai Xu Realm, but without a doubt, he is also the chosen one of the Tian Yuan Realm. It's just that the Heavenly Dao of the Tian Yuan Realm is too weak, so it can only grant him a position, not power.

However, if An Jing continues along this line, he will also be able to see another possibility for himself, as well as other details in the Tianyuan Realm that he has not seen in 'this world line'.

The first point of contention lies in the choice.

An Jing didn't spend a long time in the Tianyuan Realm, nor did he devote much energy to developing his influence in inter-realm trade. Instead, he mainly focused on deciphering key clues and stirring up trouble in the Huaixu Realm. However, if he had been more cautious and spent more time in the Tianyuan Realm, many things would have been different.

He saw it.

An Jing saw the consequences of focusing solely on managing trade between the Tianyuan Realm and the other two realms. While in Kanming City, An Jing had already received some "divine revelation" from the Tianyuan Realm's Heavenly Dao. With this sudden inspiration, he began to leverage the power of Ming Guangchen and Jin Yanhua to acquire resources as much as possible.

With the help of Ming Guangchen and Jin Yanhua, An Jing stirred up trouble in the lower city of Tianyuan Realm, disguising himself as the "black glove" of a big shot in the upper city, and quickly obtained a large amount of military resources. He even bought many drones and advanced reconnaissance talismans.

The technology behind these drones and talismans is exceptionally advanced, at least in some specific areas, probably hundreds of years more advanced than that of the Huai Xu Realm. Only in resource-scarce worlds that require optimization and meticulous design can such a level of design emerge.

Ming Guangchen, who obtained these talismans, was not ambushed by the True Persons of other sects in Chenli. He even discovered the Shangxuan Sect swordsman hiding in the void ahead of time. He fought and retreated all the way, avoiding all the killing traps, and actually returned to Mingjing Sect with Anjing ahead of schedule!

While this certainly reduced Anjing's opportunities for independent development, it also made trade between the two worlds smoother.

An Jing was never one to hide anything. Aside from destiny, he openly acknowledged his identity as the Master of the Evil-Subduing Sword and his ability to travel to other worlds.

Although there are significant internal disagreements within the Mingjing Sect, these disagreements stem solely from a lack of a solution, leading each faction's "idea king" to offer their own ideas and solutions.

But with Anjing as the core of the interdimensional trade, why would we need Tianmo/Dachen/Shangxuan/risk their lives/self-destruct?
Just three days after An Jing arrived at Mingjing Sect ahead of schedule, Tianmo, Dachen, and Shangxuan were shocked to discover that their 'insider,' who had been in good contact with them, had suddenly changed his attitude and resolutely cut ties!
—What the heck is this?

—Why was it cut?

Weren't you planning a chaotic melee within the Mingjing Sect, a decisive battle between Chenli and Taiming Sects, and other sects? Why have you suddenly stopped fighting amongst yourselves and are now united against external threats?

All factions immediately wanted to find out what had happened, but no matter what kind of spies or agents they were, once they entered the Mingjing Sect, they all disappeared without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

While they were still in shock and uncertainty, the tentacles of the Mingjing Sect had already silently reached into the Tianyuan Realm and into Xuanye City.

Although the Mingjing Sect can only be considered a mid-level sect in the Huaixu Realm, it is considered a major force in the Tianyuan Realm, even larger than the Guiyi Army.

Such a force, the strategist of the entire sect, would have no surprises if everyone advised An Jing and arranged his operations. Its operational efficiency and expansion speed far surpassed those of Huo Qing and Tie Shou.

Within a few months, the speed at which Ping An General Store opened and spread far exceeded expectations, spreading like weeds. In the lower city, the safe zone, and even the wilderness where there were many beasts and few people, no local force could stop this torrent of Mingjing Sect's dumping.

But then again, who has it?
It's important to understand that the Mingjing Sect's dumping of goods wasn't just a massive amount of spirit stones, but also various cultivation materials that weren't particularly rare in the Huaixu Realm but were extremely rare in the Tianyuan Realm, such as spiritual food. These kinds of things were basically standard equipment for sects in Huaixu, and even the smallest side sects would specifically allocate territory for them to ensure their supply within the sect.

But in the Tianyuan Realm, being able to eat normal vegetables and meat is already considered good; where would one find spiritual food to eat!
The four major groups of Tianyuan Realm and the four sacred grotto heavens behind them noticed this anomaly immediately and took it very seriously.

An Jing might not have known this before, but now he does: all the pure spirit stones produced in the four major spiritual vein cities were purified by the Four Saints of Tianyuan using their own power. These are limited and need to be recycled repeatedly.

But now, a mysterious force is frantically dumping pure spirit stones into the market on a scale far exceeding the annual production of the four major spiritual vein cities.
There are only two possibilities: either someone has discovered the legendary natural, unpolluted spirit mine in the wilderness, or... it's the temptation of the Heavenly Demon!

The inspectors from the cave quickly pinpointed the source of the Ping An General Store—three young men: An Jing, Huo Qing, and Nian Quan.

However, the survey results left them feeling dizzy.

Are these three little guys, whose combined cultivation level is barely at the threshold of becoming a True Person, really the people in charge of that giant resource group that caused the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in Xuan Ye City to triple in a short period of time by consuming and spitting out spirit stones?
Of course, some skeptical individuals decided to test the waters themselves, and their methods were far from clean.

He attempted to forcibly seize Huo Qing's memories using a secret technique to uncover the secrets behind them.

Then he died.

A beam of light shone from nothingness, extinguishing the soul and karma along with it without even revealing its true form, as cleanly and decisively as if it had never existed.

(End of this chapter)