Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

As the narrator prompted, Su Yuchen's figure grew infinitely taller, returning to the river of time once again. Looking up, he saw figures of Su Yuchen from the past looking at him.

As Su Yuchen arrived, all his past and present selves merged, and a Daoist figure, neither monk nor Taoist nor layman, sat cross-legged behind Su Yuchen, wielding a long sword.

As the longsword fell, a beam of azure sword light emerged from the chaos, piercing through the mist and descending upon the river of time. The unparalleled sharpness of the sword light eclipsed all other streams of light and seemed to freeze the river of time for a moment.

Wherever the sword light reaches, the past of all worlds seems to become unimportant, the future is already predetermined, and they can only be completely shattered under the sword light, and the world is annihilated.

"boom!"

Guided by the bronze mirror, the sword light spread upwards along the river of time and space, unfurling the mist with a single strike. Su Yuchen's primordial spirit plummeted, falling into a world of the past.

Beyond the world, a colossal shadow twisted erratically, its tentacles, each one capable of warping the will and shattering the mind of anyone below the Great Luo level with a single glance, utterly destroying all reason and invading the fundamental rules of the world.

Within this world, the rules governing the immortal path are gradually collapsing. Although some are trying to repair them, under the erosion of a Grand Luo Dao Lord, it is only a matter of time before everything crumbles.

"The Mysterious Great Luo Dao Lord of All Heavens!"

“The projection of the true self of all the strange ‘other self’.”

"A collection of all the terrifying, chaotic, distorted, disordered, and malevolent thoughts of the Dao."

"One of the most powerful demonic beings in the heavens."

With just a glance, countless pieces of information appeared in Su Yuchen's primordial spirit; this was the essence of a Great Luo Immortal.

The twisted shadow raised its head, revealing a pair of scarlet eyes, and a voice filled with endless chaos and killing intent resounded beyond time and space: "A newly born Great Luo? You have crossed the line! This is my world!"

As he spoke, wisps of chaotic and eerie Dao principles continuously eroded Su Yuchen, attempting to alter his existence, force him to accept the eerie origin, and make him a member of the demonic path.

Su Yuchen shook his head:

“You are too weak. If you were a being like the Human Emperor or the Dao Ancestor, I would leave immediately.”

"Furthermore, you're mistaken. This isn't your world. The foundation of all worlds originates from the Dao Ancestor!"

"And I am the Primordial Martial Dao Lord of All Heavens and Myriad Phenomena!"

As Su Yuchen uttered his name, the River of Time and Space immediately responded. In the chaos, the Dharma Image of the Myriad Phenomena Yuanwu Daluo Daojun sat cross-legged in the chaos, and all the strange and corrosive origins were devoured by the chaos that represented the evolution of all phenomena.

Instead of turning into the bizarre, Su Yuchen took this opportunity to devour the other party's essence and invade the Great Luo Path belonging to the bizarre.

"I am the Primordial Martial Great Dao Lord of All Heavens and Myriad Phenomena! I am the manifestation of the Dao of all worlds, and the embodiment of the struggle and slaughter of all paths."

At this moment, Su Yuchen made a declaration to all the heavens and myriad worlds.

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Above the river of time and space, the scarlet eyes shone even brighter, and a curtain of shadow obscured time and space, surging towards Su Yuchen, wanting to completely engulf him on the eerie path.

As soon as Su Yuchen raised his hand, a phantom of a cyan longsword appeared. The moment he appeared, the surrounding chaotic aura was shattered and devoured by the sword energy, and in an instant, it transformed into a cyan longsword.

Su Yuchen swung his sword down, the sword energy raging across the river of time and space, freezing the world and turning everything within the sword light into amber. An unspeakable killing intent permeated the river of time and space, and terror and chaos, distortion and evil were all eliminated by the killing intent at this moment.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the past shattered and the future severed. In the long river of time, all the past efforts of the strange Great Luo Dao Lord turned into bubbles. Under this sword, all imprints began to disappear.

Countless eerie tentacles broke off inch by inch, collapsing and moving closer to decay and death.

Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent was unable to get rid of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Light that was raging across the river of time and space, the chaos representing all things in Su Yuchen's body began to shift spontaneously, invading the strange laws of the Great Dao and linking with the mark that the opponent was trying to repair, replacing it.

"The newly reborn Great Luo, you deserve to die!"

Su Yuchen remained unmoved, ignoring the other party's futile struggles. Amidst the other party's impotent rage, he seized nearly half of the mark belonging to the other party. At this moment, outside the world of Shrouding the Heavens, two equally strange Great Luo Immortals appeared.

"I've said it before, my Daoist name is Wanxiang. Do you think I could encroach on your path without the permission of the Supreme Dao Ancestor and the Supreme Heavenly Demon? Foolish fellow!"

Su Yuchen said helplessly.

While the other party was stunned, countless past events belonging to Taishang, Laozi, and Daozu began to revive within the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

At this moment, in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, the Supreme One is both the Dao Ancestor and the Demon Ancestor! And the Supreme One is also Su Yuchen!

At this moment, Su Yuchen took over everything that the Supreme Dao Ancestor had in the world of Shrouding the Heavens!

At this moment, Su Yuchen approached the cornerstone of the existence of the Shrouding the Heavens world!

At this moment, Su Yuchen became the core logic and principle of the world's existence, irreplaceable and unchangeable!

At this moment, Su Yuchen, belonging to the future, spreads towards this place, unifying time and space, and occupying all the past!

At this moment, Su Yuchen occupied the existence of the Supreme Dao Ancestor in this segment of the river of time and space, becoming the 'Supreme Myriad Manifestations Primordial Martial Great Dao Lord'!

"I see!" Su Yuchen said in a low voice.

At this moment, everything from the past became clear, and the shift in one's own Great Luo Venerable Name became a fact!

At this moment, Su Yuchen was more powerful than ever before!

With a wave of his hand, the Daoist Dharma Image, seated cross-legged in the chaos, sent two beams of glazed sword light that became one of the rules governing the existence of the world that blots out the sky.

"After this sword strikes, the path to immortality will coexist with the bizarre in this world, and immortals and demons will cultivate together!"

"After this sword strikes, the essence of this world cannot be altered. The path of cultivation is neither the Way nor the Demon, but changes according to the will of all beings."

Su Yuchen bowed respectfully and said to the 'Great Luo Lord of All Heavens', "Fellow Daoist, you have worked hard to demonize this world. But no matter how this world changes, I acknowledge your existence in this world."

As they spoke, countless Su Yuchens rose from the river of time and space, unifying with Su Yuchen, confirming the past, and occupying the future. At this moment, even the spirit treasure sword intent could not sever the mark belonging to Su Yuchen.

With another bow, Su Yuchen stepped into the river of time and returned to the future.

Outside the world of Shrouding the Heavens, the Strange Dao Lord watched this scene, unsure whether to continue corrupting this realm with demonic influence or give up. Everything he had done was already destined to result in the fruits of this realm belonging to Su Yuchen.

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"The choice of the Dao Ancestor?"

After a long while, a sigh was heard outside the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

As the tentacles representing the bizarre and chaotic continue to devour the world's rules, the root of all the strangeness is swallowed by a mass of chaos, which then transforms into something that is neither Tao nor demon, yet both Tao and demon—the world's underlying core rules, which cannot be altered.

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Within the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

The instant Su Yuchen unleashed his sword light.

All the cultivators raised their heads and looked up at the heavens. As two shooting stars streaked across the sky, countless people had a sudden realization: the future of this world had changed!

Chapter 636 Xuanzhu Asks the Dao at Shaolin Temple 1

The mutated world of Shushan.

With Su Yuchen's return, a Dao essence of the foundation of all things lingered and did not dissipate. At this moment, Su Yuchen seemed to be the foundation of everything.

"My name has shifted, but the foundation of my existence has not shifted. Therefore, the Dao Ancestor had no ill intentions."

"That's true. How could someone like Him, who possesses everything, possibly look down on a newly born Great Luo?"

"In doing so, I have usurped the authority of the Dao Ancestor, but it has also given me more control over the authority to control all things."

"I should have seen it long ago. In Lu Xiaofeng's world, how could he have so coincidentally comprehended the acquired Yin and Yang, and then possessed the innate Yin and Yang, the Way of Tai Chi?"

"What exactly is the Dao Ancestor thinking?"

“I have seized a portion of the Dao Ancestor’s authority, and I also have the authority over all things. Everything seems to indicate that I can devour the Dao Ancestor’s ‘other self’ in this world and take over everything.”

"And this Dao Ancestor, 'Other Self,' has also seized a portion of Amitabha Buddha's authority!"

"Using the power of all things to devour part of the Buddha's power? Even within Buddhism, there are struggles and battles over the power of the Primordial Warrior?"

After a long time, Su Yuchen, who couldn't figure it out, gave up thinking about it. Fortunately, his foundation was already solid, so he would deal with everything when the day came.

Su Yuchen flipped his palm and took out a bronze mirror. As his primordial spirit reflected in it, the calm mirror surface became shimmering, with world coordinates dotting the surface like stars.

Among these, only the coordinates of the mutated Shushan, Fengyun, and Zhetian worlds shone brightly, while the coordinates of the other worlds remained gray, with only one slightly bright but not fully lit.

Clearly, the projection of this world captured from the long river of time and space is not yet fully determined, or rather, there is not enough faith to draw its own imprint to the world.

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A sweep of divine sense revealed that in the front courtyard of the cave, two people and a dragon were quite tipsy. A cup of enlightenment tea was drawing their souls into the Dao principles. As for what they could comprehend, that depended entirely on their own fate!

"That little monk Xuanzhu has been gone for quite some time now, and even the previously lively 'Natural Disaster in the South China Sea' has not appeared. I wonder how he is doing now?"

"He is a pawn I've placed in Buddhism; I can't let him go to waste, that would be a real shame!"

Thinking of this, Su Yuchen casually drew a circle, and a circular light technique, aided by his ability to foresee the future, was projected onto Xuanzhu.

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Inside the Shaolin Temple.

In a spacious courtyard, a lush Bodhi tree shades most of the sky, leaving only a small gap for sunlight to filter through the leaves and fall to the ground, creating dappled patterns of light.

Beneath the tree, at a stone table, the young monk Xuanzhu, dressed in white, rested his chin on his right hand, his eyes vacant, seemingly lost in thought.

Looking at him now, the young monk was very different from when they had met before. The most dazzling thing was the golden wheel of merit behind his head, which was formed by refining merit through Buddhist secret methods and shimmered with a faint golden light in the sunlight.

The natural disaster victims who occasionally passed by the door saw this scene. Some were filled with envy and jealousy, secretly cursing the monk and going crazy with envy for his appearance; others looked on with envy and wanted to get closer, but hesitated and dared not come in.

Seemingly sensing the gaze from outside the door, Xuanzhu, lost in thought, unfurled a pair of white-gold wings behind him. The three-meter-long wings reflected the sunlight, further emphasizing his otherworldly nature.

"Pah! Birdman!"

Hearing someone mutter curses under their breath, Xuanzhu was not angry at all. Instead, he chuckled, spread his wings, and transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.

The defensive array above Shaolin Temple sensed the rapidly increasing energy and, just as it materialized, it sensed the pure Buddhist aura emanating from Xuanzhu. With no one in charge, the array fell silent once more.

At that moment, as the phantom images of Bodhisattvas and Arhats disappeared one by one, several elders in Shaolin Temple simultaneously raised their heads and looked in the direction of the Bodhidharma Hall.

Before long, a streak of white-gold light landed at the entrance of the Dharma Hall.

The young monk guarding the gate seemed completely unsurprised. With a flick of his sleeve, a set of robes adorned with demon-subduing techniques was revealed, the sleeves becoming so wide they seemed to blot out the sky, blocking the path of the others: "Today, the head monk will not be giving a sermon. You may all go yourselves!"

The others were swept away with a flick of his sleeve, and when they saw Xuanzhu with a solemn expression, hands clasped together, motionless, their faces immediately turned ugly. The leaders turned and left immediately, clearly knowing that saying anything would be a waste of breath.

"Damn it, they're giving us special treatment again! We're all monks, why are they trying to differentiate between us?" someone in the crowd grumbled.

"Ha, you don't know anything! Didn't you see he was wearing white? That's a privilege only direct disciples receive. In terms of seniority, you should call him 'Uncle-Master'," someone said.

The young monk guarding the gate raised an eyebrow and said unhappily, "Xu Hu, you are impure in your six senses and have violated the precepts with your speech. You are punished by copying the Heart Sutra one hundred times. Go to the Discipline Hall to receive your punishment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared on the waist tag of the cursing little monk, clearly indicating some means of notifying the disciplinary hall.

The cursing monk Xu Hu looked unpleasant but dared not say anything more. He knew that during the copying of scriptures, one could not use one's inner energy, take shortcuts, or go to the Dharma Hall to listen to lectures. Not to mention, one would be denied all benefits, and if there was any danger during this period, one's death would be in vain.

"I'll have to stay in my meditation room for the time being. It seems I can only ask those two guys, Xu Yin and Xu Yan, to bring me food from the temple every day," Xu Hu thought to himself.

He then left hastily after offering a gesture of respect.

Several monks in the crowd who had a grudge against Xu Hu exchanged glances, then immediately left the crowd and followed him. They couldn't kill anyone in Shaolin Temple, but they could at least annoy him!

Seeing this, the others knew the matter was settled, so they put their hands together in prayer and then dispersed.

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"Amitabha! Brother Xuannan, you've worked hard!"

"I never expected that my junior brother's Kasaya Subduing Demon True Skill has improved so much in just a few days. He will surely do immeasurable good deeds when he goes down the mountain in the future."

Xuanzhu started showering people with compliments as if they were free, and although the little monk Xuannan's expression remained unchanged, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

Seeing this, Xuanzhu smiled slightly, thinking how easy it was to fool this 'NPC' little monk. She quickly regained her composure, after all, this was the Dharma Hall, and her master, the monk Lingxiu, might be watching her.

"May I ask, junior brother, is Master here? I have some questions that I cannot resolve, so I have come here specifically to ask Master for guidance?" After blowing for a while, Xuanzhu finally asked.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Nan bowed his head and clasped his hands together, saying, "Senior Brother's cultivation has progressed rapidly, but he has a mental block that he cannot break through. I'm afraid this action will hinder his future cultivation. You must be careful!"

"Huh?" Xuanzhu's expression changed in surprise, looking at Xuannan with disbelief. Could this little monk have been feigning ignorance all along? Was he actually some kind of powerful Buddhist figure? A Nascent Soul cultivator? A Divine Illuminator? Or perhaps someone without form or self?

Seemingly aware of what Xuanzhu was thinking, the little monk showed a hint of embarrassment and said, "Amitabha! These are all things I overheard Master talking about. Senior brother, please go in quickly and don't keep Master waiting."

Chapter 637 Xuanzhu Asks the Dao at Shaolin Temple 2

"Amitabha! Your disciple Xuanzhu requests an audience!"

At the entrance of the meditation room, Xuanzhu respectfully put his palms together in a gesture of respect.

Without a sound, the door to the meditation room opened, and an aged voice said, "Come in!"

Xuanzhu entered the meditation room with his palms together, bowed to the old monk on the bed to his left, and said, "Disciple greets Master."

The old monk raised his long eyebrows, his eyes seemingly seeing through the ways of the world. Only when he saw Xuanzhu did a smile appear on his face. He said with a laugh:

"You're fooling your own junior brother again."