Destiny is ashes

Chapter 948 Sermon (33, thanks to Alliance Leader Mud Truck's Wounds for the donation!)
This is not a fluke.

The previous losers mostly released the power of their internal array to form a domain to suppress the void. But because of this, their domains came into contact with multiple regions of the Heavenly Sea with different time flow rates. As a result, some places were fast and some were slow, and their own power tore them apart.

However, Yu Feng transformed his domain into an ark of varying sizes. Whenever it entered a region with a different flow of time, it would shrink to exist only in that region. In this way, he would not need to control the domain to accelerate or decelerate in a dozen different places at the same time; he only needed to control one place.

Although it was a clever trick, it also proved Yu Feng's control and observation skills in the legal domain.

"They still revealed a bit of their trump card."

After crossing the Heavenly Sea and standing before the Dragon Gate, Yu Feng felt overjoyed but still somewhat regretful: "The Void-Breaking Ark can not only cross the Heavenly Sea, but also break through the gates of many array-based secret realms. I originally intended it as a hidden weapon, but I used it from the very beginning."

Although it was a pity, Yu Feng didn't care too much—hiding his skills was not advisable; he couldn't wait until the next millennium, and he wouldn't hide his skills until the next grand banquet.

Since Yu Feng, many people have failed to cross the sea, but some martial artists with amazing skills have succeeded.

A martial artist from the Sword Court disregarded everything and slashed down with his sword, actually cutting a path through the sea, then casually stepped across it.

The warriors of the Heavenly Path Divine Sect used the Great Void Technique to shield themselves from the interference of the Heavenly Sea, bypassing this obstacle and arriving directly in front of the Dragon Gate. This move was even more difficult than crossing the sea.

Although an unknown rogue martial artist did not display any skills, he forcibly crossed the Heavenly Sea, resulting in severe damage to both his body and soul. However, he still managed to cross the Heavenly Sea, and his flesh and blood and magic domain were completely repaired in just a few breaths.

At this moment, Yu Feng had already stepped into the inner side of the Ancestral Dragon Hall.

A road.

From the Dragon Gate inwards, there is a road leading to the depths of the Ancestral Dragon Palace. It is made of coral, growing from the Cloud Vortex Spring, exuding endless vitality. The corals of various colors are pieced together and laid out to form a real rainbow bridge.

On both sides of the Rainbow Bridge, there is a 'sea' suspended in mid-air.

As a member of the royal family, Yu Feng had witnessed the Great Wilderness Realm devouring other worlds. Some of these other worlds were not flat and round, but rather had spherical stars floating in the endless void. These stars fell into the Great Wilderness Realm and transformed into islands and continents, which were incredibly magnificent and spectacular.

In such a world, there is a particularly peculiar type of planet: the 'Sea of ​​Qi Stars,' composed of a dense and thick atmosphere. Most of them show no signs of life, but some of these Sea of ​​Qi Stars nurture extremely large cosmic beasts.

The 'sea of ​​qi' surrounding the Ancestral Dragon Hall is similar, but even more vibrant.

Countless strange beasts, born with the power to control the void, are densely packed and orderly roaming in the sea of ​​qi on both sides of the rainbow bridge. Among them, the majestic dragon whale is the largest, like a cosmic behemoth stirring up the ocean currents in the starry sky of the sea of ​​qi. Around it, many shrimp, crabs, swordfish, jellyfish and giant sharks, which clearly have dragon blood components, swim freely along the whale's path.

"How could the Ancestral Dragon Palace be raising so many dragon-blooded beasts... No, these aren't beasts!"

At first, Yu Feng was a little confused about the situation, thinking that these creatures were celestial landscape beasts raised by the Ancestral Dragon Palace for ornamental purposes—but soon, he was astonished to realize that these dragon blood creatures all had their own intelligence. They were by no means pets that had been raised. On the contrary, they were more like... members of the Ancestral Dragon Palace.
A group of students learning how to become 'dragons' in the Ancestral Dragon Hall?!
"Even dragons find it difficult to join the Ancestral Dragon Palace, yet there are so many non-dragon beings here!"

Not only that, Yu Feng also noticed that the expressions and movements of these Dragon Blood students were... somewhat strange.

They were swimming in perfect unison toward a corner of the Ancestral Dragon Hall, quiet and swift, as if drawn by some silent call.

Yu Feng was greatly puzzled. The Ancestral Dragon Palace was indeed the ancestral court of all races and true spirits, so it was normal for it to have a large number of non-dragon beings. But what was attracting these beings?

He raised his head, focused, and looked in that direction.

He vaguely heard a voice. "...When hungry, they seek food; when thirsty, they seek springs; when aroused, they mate; when exhausted, they sleep peacefully. This is the nature of living beings."

A young voice stated a perfectly ordinary fact, which puzzled Yu Feng. But soon, the voice changed its tone: "Because you need energy, your blood needs to be continued, and your body needs spiritual energy to convert into energy to supply the tiny source within your body to burn."

"This is a struggle. Living beings draw strength from heaven and earth and bask in the sunlight, and feel joy about it, but this has nothing to do with the 'self.' These are all external things. Living beings are happy because of external things only because they are beneficial to their bodies."

“Recall when you were still mortals, chasing after food, water, and companions. Was that joy a genuine joy from the heart of the ‘self,’ or a sense of peace felt from the temporary pacification of your physical instincts?”

Yu Feng was slightly taken aback. He couldn't say he hadn't thought about this question, but that was something that happened in the Great Wilderness Realm. When he first practiced the Furnace Technique and swallowed a lot of spiritual food to nourish the blood and energy acupoints around his body, he felt his body generate unparalleled joy, and he felt joy because of it.

At that time, the clan instructors used the harshest methods to wake him up, warning him that he must never be controlled by physical euphoria. If he allowed this greed to spread to his soul and even his self, then every cultivator would fall into the form of a demon called 'Taotie'.

So, what is the difference between my physical body and 'me'?
This question briefly existed in Yu Feng's mind at that time, but he did not delve into it further. When he arrived in Huaixu, a world where one could transform one's destiny into spiritual energy, the body and soul were always one. As long as one acted in accordance with one's destiny, one's mind would naturally be joyful.

Subconsciously, he left the Rainbow Bridge and, like the other Dragon Blood students, headed towards a corner of the Ancestral Dragon Hall.

Numerous living beings converged into a river of spiritual light, continuing forward. The river swirled, transforming into a whirlpool that surged around a small island.

On this small island, a young figure sat cross-legged, recounting his story.

Like solidified lightning or frozen lava, an indescribable divine might condensed on this figure. The mere sight of him sent a chill down Yu Feng's spine, an instinctive sense of threat. His long hair flowed in the wind like water, as black as the deepest part of the ocean.

It was human, yet it seemed to be heaven and earth. Yu Feng did not sense any earth-shattering, awe-inspiring pressure, only an indescribable 'quiet,' as if facing a majestic mountain that never spoke, yet its mere existence inspired instinctive awe and silence.

hum...

A deep, almost hallucinatory sword cry suddenly rang out from the depths of Yu Feng's soul. It was the sound of a silent sword heart that had been dormant for countless long years finally being touched.

The figure seemed to sense something and turned its head.

His eyes, deep as ink and like the darkest depths of the sky, were inlaid with a point of scarlet light, like flames and blood. With a single glance, they made Yu Feng lose his mind and completely forget to think.

No, it's not that we've forgotten to think.

Instead, they stopped thinking.

Time seemed to freeze, the flow of cosmic light stretched and extended infinitely. For some reason, Yu Feng suddenly recalled every detail of his journey from the Great Wilderness to Huaixu... In this vacuum-like silence, under the gaze that was like a raging inferno, he vaguely saw and vaguely heard...

A sword rang out, and the light and shadow of the sword flowed!
—It was because of it that he was able to cross the endless void and arrive here!

But it was just a glimpse.

The young figure shifted his gaze and continued to explain the principles of the law to the Dragon Blood students around him in a calm tone.

Yu Feng began to breathe again, drenched in sweat.

(End of this chapter)