Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1112 Mysterious Heavenly Dao Spirit, Shadow of the Imperial Court

The first radiance is mysterious, profound, and weighty, permeating and penetrating everywhere. It is the pinnacle of skill, the ultimate perfection, and a density without the slightest flaw.

Its name is water, and it is also mysterious, which is the manifestation of the Dao. It disperses into Qi, condenses into weapons, and when used to its fullest potential, it can generate countless supernatural powers.

【Law】

The so-called 'Dharma' is a method or a means; any action that uses power to achieve a goal can be called Dharma.

It is the framework, and also the rules; it clarifies the riverbed, shapes the ice, creates the container for the fog, and establishes unchanging principles and precepts for all changes. It is cognition, and also imitation; it is law, and also a form of control.

The source of the law is breathing, eating, sleeping, and sexual desire. Because the inviolable rules of the original life, the original precepts, are the means to achieve the goal of 'existence and continuation' simply by following them, and these are the natural actions.

However, these are ultimately just 'people'.

If one wants to become an 'immortal' or a 'god', one needs a new 'law', a higher law, a stronger law, a stricter law, a more profound law... a law that can restrain human nature, a law that can suppress animalistic nature, a law that can elevate, a law that can liberate, a law that can resist depravity, and a law that can help one achieve self-realization.

Thus, the first legislators established the first 'precepts'.

Limiting output allows for precision. Limiting accuracy allows for power. Limiting range allows for force. Limiting the target area allows for enhanced effect.

'Subtlety beyond common sense' 'Incredible burst of power' 'Exquisite and profound strength' 'Unending brilliance'...

That's what law is all about. The same power, with different laws, different restrictions, different precepts and molds, can form different kinds of 'techniques'.

Cultivators use methods to shape the Dao, and then use edicts and laws to refine these methods, transforming them into tangible techniques. Methods are the framework of Qi, the veins of the Dao, the essence of techniques, and the language of supernatural powers. It is a kind of darkness painted on white, like characters on white paper; it is the profound chapter of the Great Dao, writing down limitations, and thus bearing and defining all things. Therefore…

Extinguish ignorance, anger, impatience, restlessness, rashness, delusions, physical desires, and mental cravings.

Using the law to bind the Tao can grant supernatural powers; using the law to bind oneself can subdue demons; using the law to bind Heaven can purify the world.

Based on the legal lower limit, and then...

It can be surpassed.

By practicing the Dharma, operating according to the principles of the Dharma, and cultivating with the true Dharma, one transcends the monkey, transcends the mortal world, and transcends one's past self. Step by step, with the rules as the steps and the precepts as the basis, one ascends to higher levels, becoming more clear, pure, and sublime, thus achieving transcendence and attaining immortality and divinity.

Because practitioners impose shackles on themselves and their power, it is through these shackles that ordinary power can be purified, sublimated, and ultimately achieve transcendence from the mundane.

Law is the beginning and source of skill, the power to control all forces, the desire to discipline all desires, and both order and transcendence.

Because what we face is infinite power and desire, and imposing discipline on the infinite is itself an eternal quest and elevation, we can reach the infinite.

This is the essence and origin of 'Dharma'.

【——The Profound Chapter of Mysterious Light Purifies the World and Subdues Demons——】

"Yes."

Upon seeing this, An Jing understood completely: "The weapon is the forging and re-creation of oneself; it is the initial destruction and creation."

“The law is the precepts, the order, and the initial ascension and transcendence.”

"The Five Emperors Method is by no means just the Five Elements and Five Paths, but five more fundamental ways of thinking that lead to infinity. Moreover, it is not as simple as the five 'transcendent paths' that I know. It contains many methods, just waiting for me to discover and understand them."

【——Taibai Dispels Calamity and Breaks the Heavenly Barrier of the Bright Spirit——】

【——The True Scripture of Qinghua for Salvation from Suffering and Longevity——】

【——The Profound Chapter of Mysterious Light Purifies the World and Subdues Demons——】

【——The blazing light illuminates the true essence of the world——】

【——The Primordial Heavenly Origin, Protecting the World with Profound and Spiritual Dharma——】

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

Tools, elixirs, methods, talismans, and arrays.

The Five Emperors' Laws had already come together in An Jing's heart at this moment.

At this moment, An Jing's mind was as if it had merged into a boundless and vast ocean. It was leisurely and expansive, coexisting with the ancient heaven and earth. It was the collection and combination of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, all laws, rules, paths, and trials, just like the Dao itself, endless and boundless.

The Way of Heaven, or rather, the Five Emperors' Law, which contains the power and ideas of all cultivation throughout history, is integrated into one.

Then, it connects with Anjing's soul.

In that instant, An Jing seemed to sense an endless mass of ink surging towards him, trying to permeate and assimilate him, or rather, to make him a part of it... This was by no means a bad thing. Just as humans live in human civilization, just as human civilization is situated in the universe, the so-called immortal path is just like that. Only by aligning with the Dao can one truly become the Dao itself. Therefore, before aligning with the Dao, one must first 'understand the Dao'.

To merge with the Dao itself, which permeates all beings, is a rehearsal of accord with the Dao. To become a vessel of the Great Dao, and then to master the Great Dao, is the process of enlightenment, and also the process of self-knowledge. Without merging with it, and then understanding its inner workings, just as one cannot understand why one's body reacts in ways one does not understand, one will also be unable to fully comprehend the Dao itself.

But a martial artist is like unyielding ice.

Therefore, even when submerged by the sea of ​​ink, An Jing still did not integrate into it.

In contrast, he was frozen.

Ink Ice. Just like an iceberg appearing on the endless sea, it is rapidly expanding and turning into a glacier.

Anjing's will spread, coordinating, and mastering the Daoist principles brought about by the Five Emperors' Law.

Yes, at this moment An Jing had completely understood everything. He pushed his Eternal Battle Body and Cave Heaven Technique to their limits, and began to analyze and merge this enormous inheritance, which was enough to instantly overwhelm the soul of any ordinary cultivator, at a speed that was unimaginable to ordinary people.

Then, it becomes one's own power!
now.

Outside the building, the weather changed dramatically.

Everyone in Chonggang Town, and even within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, was looking up, dumbfounded, staring in awe at the sky. The vast and mighty spiritual energy of heaven and earth was converging from all directions, forming a huge vortex of spiritual energy in the sky that was rapidly surging and whipping up countless bolts of lightning.

At the center of the vortex, a funnel-shaped tornado hangs down, thousands of feet long, winding its way down and connecting the sky and the earth.

At its widest point, the funnel in the sky was thousands of miles in diameter, even reaching the distant Xuan Ye City, encompassing the entire Chonggang Town and most of the safe zone. People stared in disbelief as the slender tornado of spiritual energy fell vertically from the sky and precisely connected with the spire-shaped top of Ping An Company's building.

Endless spiritual energy was surging wildly into the top of the spire.

For a moment, everyone forgot what to say.

"Is this... enlightenment?"

"But... how could it be so exaggerated! The sky and earth have changed color, and strange phenomena have appeared for thousands of miles!"

"That...that's the Purple Mansion Realm, right?" A True Lord murmured to himself in the distance, while his colleagues beside him even forgot to remind him not to lose his composure, for they themselves had already lost their composure: "Could it be that we're about to ascend to the True Lord Realm in one step?"

Although it is wrong, it is not far off.

Above the heavens, beyond the vast void, the eleven Celestial Venerables, who were discussing strategies, all looked towards the Tianyuan Realm.

[My sect leader...] The Haotian Mirror flickered slightly, its light filled with amazement and satisfaction: [It's starting again.]

[A completely new path to enlightenment... perhaps more than just enlightenment!]

However, at the same time.

In the center of the funnel.

An Jing, who was in the process of enlightenment, ignored the strange phenomena outside and looked at the shadow in front of him.

The shadow of Xuan Tianji.

“I have already seen through the essence of the Five Emperors’ Law… Xuan Tian Sacrifice, or rather, the Daoist thoughts left behind by Xuan Tian Sacrifice, I already know what you did with the ‘Purifying the World and Clearing the Spirit’s Mysterious Chapter’.”

An Jing looked at the shadow and said calmly, "You used the Xuanzhang as your law to create the imperial court, control all your fellow practitioners, and become the emperor. You also used the Longevity Elixir to refine and entrust a part of your will and power to your bloodline, turning it into imperial blood."

“Based on the Tianyuan Grand Array, you controlled the creation from nothing and established the earth veins and celestial sea of ​​Dachen. You even created the entire Heavenly Official system based on the ‘True Spirit Seal’.”

"The Heavenly Official System... the Xuan Tian Emperor and the Civil and Martial Emperor Throne, which will never be interrupted, are essentially receiving your power and then returning that power and the will of all people to you—and the patterns that are constantly being sculpted and engraved on the Heavenly Sect called the 'Great Chen Dynasty,' this 'creation of man,' this unprecedented 'Great Dao Artifact,' are your Tai Bai Dao!"

"The Five Emperors' Method is entirely for self-improvement and honing oneself. It has nothing to do with outsiders. It is the true path of not taking a single thing and not giving up a single bit. But you are practicing the true method in reverse, sacrificing yourself, worshipping demons, neither withering nor flourishing, controlling all spirits with laws and precepts, and then turning all living beings into your own resources."

An Jing said calmly, his tone sharp: "Xuan Tianji, this is you. You were clearly on the righteous path and should have been a supreme being, capable of opening up a path for all ages, but you insisted on going against the demonic path and ended up like this."

"What a pathetic thing you are."

Upon hearing An Jing's words, the illusory figure slowly raised its head and met An Jing's gaze.

You have seen me, you have seen us, but your accusations are wrong. I am not Xuan Tianji, but I am also.

This face, somewhat similar to, yet distinctly different from that of the young Xuan Tianji, remained calm and composed as He said: "Oh, of course I am. I am the Dao thought left behind by Xuan Tianji, and also the new Dao Spirit. I have my own dreams, my own beliefs, and my own will, but ultimately, I am us, I am the Holy Ancestor, the Imperial Court of Great Chen, and an extension of the Imperial Court."

Although I haven't achieved complete success, I still exist.

[To future generations, I believe this is the true law, a law that can reverse the tide and destroy evil.]

(End of this chapter)