Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1173 The Supreme Ruler of a Realm, Heaven's Will and Mandate (28)

"Help, help—"

In the realm of Shenjing and Youdu, many Shenjing residents, who were still rejoicing at having incense offerings in Youdu, cried out in alarm and fled, for the spacetime of Youdu was also violently shaken by the aftershocks of An Jing and Yin Gujin's fistfight.
Although these released forces were not intentionally directed at them, they did indeed cause a portion of the capital city of Youdu to collapse.

The continent that was originally floating on the endless sea of ​​suffering in the underworld collapsed as a result, and the affected part of the underworld land sank violently.

The land built by incense and faith was covered by an even stronger faith, turning into nothingness. Many souls that were not floating in mid-air but were bound to the city by incense screamed as they fell into the sea.

However, just as these many spirits were filled with panic, some spirits that were not bound by incense offerings and were suspended in mid-air, and who had been mocked by the previous spirits as 'outsiders,' discovered something incredible.

That is, beneath the entire land of Youdu Shenjing, besides the incense and dust, there are also countless gnarled and intricate tree roots.

Those are... the roots of the Immortal Tree that illuminates the dark and responds to the heavens!
It is mysterious and profound, reaching the bottom of the sea of ​​suffering, seemingly without end. However, golden incense roots extend from these roots and entwine around the 'superior souls' who, because of sacrifices and offerings, are able to settle in the underworld.

These incense sticks and offerings grant these departed souls 'real' power in the underworld, allowing them to eat and enjoy food as if they were alive, rather than having illusory bodies. This also prevents these souls from falling completely into the sea of ​​suffering and being consumed by the netherworld after the collapse of the Netherworld capital.

But for some reason, an immense fear swept over the hearts of all the souls who witnessed this scene.

Although the residents of Shenjing today have all been wiped out by the powerful, there must have been many spirits living in Youdu before, and their numbers were definitely not small.

In particular, the capital city has never lacked wealthy families who could afford to offer sacrifices to their ancestors for eighteen generations. The incense they left behind was enough to allow them to have servants and attendants in the underworld, just like in the mortal world, with everything remaining the same.

But since that's the case...

Where have they gone now?

There was no time to think about the answer.

In this world, the two figures who caused all this destruction are still exchanging blows.

[So that's how it is. You are no longer a mortal, but a supreme being of a realm. Your manifestation of sainthood and your pure Yang form are essentially the same!]

At this moment, based on the feedback from the exchange, Yin Gujin had already understood An Jing's true nature: [Moreover, you also possess the Four Great Immortal Arts—if it were a human, or even a dragon, possessing the Four Great Immortal Arts would indeed make them incredibly powerful, but even so, it would be absolutely impossible for them to stand against Ling Xiao.]

[But if it were a small world, it would be entirely different! A world that is still growing and possesses limitless potential, operating the four great immortal undertakings on such a vast scale—that's exactly what Ling Xiao wanted to become!]

The cultivation of the human race, from beginning to end, can be summed up in one word: "borrowing the false to cultivate the true," or in another: "imitation."

Because it is not a spirit beast, not a true dragon, not heaven and earth, it uses a structure similar to that of the human body to simulate, replace, and imitate, thereby turning the fake into the real. The difference between Martial Dao Manifestation and Pure Yang is that it 'condenses its own true meaning of heaven and earth, manifests it in the great world, and becomes a ruler of a region,' and then 'further condenses the true meaning of heaven and earth, transforming it into a Dao form like the heart of heaven, and then truly glimpsing the original infinity, possessing authority similar to the Dao of Heaven within its own domain.'

As for Lingxiao, he is even more terrifying. His essence is above heaven and earth. He no longer possesses, but controls and masters, and can infinitely promote the divine power of heaven.

But if that's the case, then if there were a 'world will' to cultivate the path of humanity, then it could completely blend into the Manifestation of Sainthood and Pure Yang!

Because he doesn't need to manifest himself in the heavens, he is already the "Great Heavenly Saint" of his own world. He also doesn't need to construct his own Pure Yang Dao Palace, because his world and his body are already his "Great Dao Palace"!
Not to mention, the will of this world is also the destiny of a much larger world!
[Incredible! Is this the true purpose of the Ascension Path? In the past, the Path of Ascension involved ascending to immortality through the human body, and then using the immortal body to simulate heaven and earth. This indeed added an extra step. So you've gone straight to the point, directly becoming the heart of heaven and earth!]

Because combat is the fastest way for martial artists to communicate, a thousand words are not as good as a punch. The clash of power between An Jing and Yin Gujin not only allowed Yin Gujin to see through the essence of the Ascension Path, but also allowed An Jing to see through the essence of Yin Gujin's power.

All celestial officials have no destiny and are theoretically unable to cultivate, but it is precisely that word 'i' (拟) that allows dragon energy talismans to simulate destiny and filter out demonic energy with human dragon energy. This not only enables celestial officials to use their supernatural powers, but also allows them to cultivate.

Although most celestial officials know that the power they have cultivated throughout their lives will belong to the imperial court after their death, so they don't particularly value this aspect, Yin Gujin is completely different. Since he was granted the talisman and the register 4,900 years ago, he has been devoted to cultivation and honing his soul.

Spiritual energy, physical body, supernatural powers, Taoist magic—none of it matters. The Heavenly Officials and Talismans will automatically cultivate for him. He only cultivates his soul and his divine thoughts. Then, when he was appointed a general and manifested sainthood, he obtained the "Path of Nature." Subsequently, when he was in pure Yang, he achieved the "Path of Law."

After becoming the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces, he became Lingxiao, and further comprehended the essence of all spiritual energy, realizing that spiritual energy transcends time and space, and achieved the [Way of Spirit] through the Dao of 'Taiyin Wuji'.

His divine will is incredibly powerful and resilient. Wherever he goes, the laws of heaven and earth change accordingly. With his incredible will, he can directly blur the boundaries between reality and illusion, briefly deny the constraints of heaven and earth on him, and achieve 'complete domination'.

That was the 'Heavenly Dao Divine Power' he cultivated after achieving the Heavenly Realm!
This unfathomable, stubborn, and tenacious divine thought not only spreads throughout the Huai Xu Realm, but also seeks to penetrate An Jing's body and even An Jing's cave heaven through the collision of his fists with An Jing's!

However, to Yin Gujin's surprise, his pure and unparalleled soul and divine sense were no longer as invincible as before. Instead, they dissipated and disappeared when they touched An Jing's true core.

Is this destiny? The Seven Calamities Tribulation is indeed extraordinary.

Thinking this, Yin Gujin burst into laughter, feeling exhilarated: [This is more interesting!]

At that very moment, An Jing also frowned.

He used the Heavenly Punishment Sword Intent to kill the divine thoughts contained in Yin Gujin's fist. Although his defense was watertight, the divine thoughts contained in Yin Gujin's fist branched out, and each time a thought was extinguished, the effect doubled.

In a split second, he and Yin Gujin had already exchanged blows for more than six split seconds, yet Yin Gujin's thoughts were still diverging. Clearly, this Grand Commander's research on the 'path of sex' had reached an unimaginable level, and he could easily count hundreds of millions of cycles of all matter particles in the observable universe.

Although this is still not true infinity and still falls within the scope of Lingxiao, possessing such divine sense, even if it is just a matter of accumulating quantity without any qualitative change by using 'Taiyin Wuji' to connect with the future and infinite parallel universes, his strength is definitely not limited to this level.

(End of this chapter)