Destiny is ashes

Chapter 965 The Primordial World (13)

The purple-blue candlelight illuminated the entire world.

"Is this the original Huai Xu?"

An Jing floated quietly beneath the sky of Zhaolin Realm. He did not rush to land, nor did he immediately set off to explore this world. Instead, he deliberately floated in mid-air, surveying the surrounding world.

He couldn't help but exclaim from the bottom of his heart, "So...beautiful!"

To mortals, the Scale Realm appears to be a world with extremely high color saturation, unlike the Void Realm which is only different through a filter.

But from his perspective, everything is completely different.

Because in the Realm of Radiant Scales, everything is not only primitive, but also free of 'demonic energy'.

In other words, the laws in this world are not only simple and clear, but also free from 'mosaic', interference from 'clouds and holy light'.

This is a concept that ordinary martial artists simply cannot comprehend.

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As a martial artist's skill level increases, their eyes can see more things, more light and color, more details and more scope. As a martial artist's 'eyesight' improves, many ordinary things in the world will have a completely new meaning.

Most normal people can only see a world composed of three primary colors, while martial artists can generally see a world with four colors or even higher, more complete, and with more colors.

Therefore, martial artists can gain a deeper understanding of the reality of the world.

Ordinary people can only see ants on the ground and bees in the air, and think they are moving and flying randomly. However, martial artists have the memory and comprehension ability to understand the movement patterns of ant nests and the flight logic and related algorithms of bees. They can then glean more wisdom from this and apply it to their own martial arts.

In the eyes of martial artists, the flow of clouds and mist is not an unfathomable chaos. The essence of the turbulence of air, the emergence of wind, the rushing flow of a great river, and even a series of seemingly unrelated numbers, an invisible force that makes people fall downwards and be absorbed by the earth, all contain 'beauty' and 'law'.

These things that ordinary people can only understand through imagery and describe through poetry are, in the eyes of martial artists, or rather, all cultivators, a kind of tangible existence, like a sculpture, that can be touched, pondered, and depicted, possessing 'beauty', and that can be recreated with one's own hands.

They apply these principles to their martial arts, imprinting them into the divine essence within their bodies. Using these principles, they construct their own 'internal array,' much like crafting and sculpting a unique sculpture that represents 'beauty.'

Martial artists and cultivators are artists who explore the beauty of the world and the Great Dao.

The Great Way is hidden in all things, even in excrement and urine; only the discerning eye of the seeker can see it.

If one can obtain inspiration from 'beauty', quickly understand it, transform it into one's own, and create a 'work of art', that is what is called 'enlightenment'!
The Huai Xu Realm, created by the Dao Court, is filled with the beauty of the Great Dao.

However, the demonic energy interfered with the observation and ruined all of this 'beauty'.

Demonic energy has corrupted spiritual energy, thus preventing cultivators of the immortal path from utilizing it.

This is actually just a simple description to make it easy to understand.

In reality, pollution is only one part of the demonic methods used; it can also obscure, blur, and distort.

It's like a book whose words are stained, obscured, and blurred by ink, making it impossible for readers to understand the knowledge it's trying to teach. Forcing oneself to read and practice it will only lead to mental confusion and even demonic possession.

However, pollution can be removed, obscuring can be unblocked, and blurriness can be resolved and restored through various special methods.

The most terrifying thing is distortion.

Because distortion is almost impossible to detect, distorted demonic energy is also a real power.

If a person uses a spirit distorted by demonic energy, they will be corrupted, "possessed by demons," and become a demon, or even a celestial demon.

The essence of being distorted, corrupt, and far removed from the right path.

This is An Jing's understanding of 'demon' within his current realm of understanding.

The realm of the Scales is free of demonic energy.

So beautiful...

"Everything was laid out before my eyes, clear, simple, and even... touchable."

At this moment, An Jing raised his hand, without using his destiny, without using his spiritual root, he didn't even use all the spiritual energy he already possessed, and he didn't even activate his grotto heaven.

Relying solely on his wisdom and the natural influence of his soul on evil spirits, An Jing raised his hand and pointed in the air.

Concentric circles, illusory and rippling like water, began to expand and vibrate from his fingertips, spreading outwards in all directions. Within these concentric circles, there were many more subtle undulations.

Like a raindrop falling onto a lake, splashing out a crown-like shape, and now, right at An Jing's fingertip, with the constantly vibrating ripples, countless wisps of natural Taibai energy from heaven and earth began to gather, thus constructing a...

The Taibai Crown. This structure is almost identical to the [Immortal Foundation - Taibai Heavenly Punishment], the highest level of Foundation Establishment in the 'Taibai Haoling Divine Forbidden Realm'.

Without relying on any external power, An Jing created a 'Celestial Foundation' solely through his own will!
"So, this is the original Qi Refining Technique?"

An Jing suddenly realized.

This is most likely not the origin of the cultivation methods created by the 'Dao Court' and the 'Dao Court Immortals and Gods', because they came from the 'Divine Court Homeland' in the far distance, which is definitely a universe completely different from the present Huai Xu.

However, in a spiritual universe similar to Huaixu, the pioneers in that universe would likely have relied on their wisdom and soul to gradually perceive and explore the fluctuations of spiritual energy in heaven and earth, and then attempted to master them, incorporate them into their bodies, and create the earliest 'Qi Refining Techniques' and 'Cultivation Methods'.

This is impossible in Huai Xu now.

Because Huai Xu has now been created and is governed by the Heavenly Dao.

Here, spiritual energy can only be activated through specific methods, and its activity level is greatly reduced. It's like a hardened piece of land; although it has nutrients, only a certain level of cultivation system can cultivate and plant on it.

In a primitive grotto-heaven like Zhaolin Realm, a world where "spiritual energy is extremely active and sensitive, and can be sensed and directly controlled by a person's soul," that is, in the "beginning of the world," everything is different.

Cultivating here is like fertile black soil, where seeds can sprout easily. Only in such an environment can primitive races without any foundation create their own cultivation methods from scratch.

An Jing did not create entirely from scratch; he inherited much of the wisdom of the Daoist court and was himself a True Person of the Purple Mansion.

However, the fact that one can build a foundation for one's Dao out of thin air using only one's soul is terrifying enough.

This means that, given An Jing's level of understanding of the Great Dao, even if all his cultivation were wiped out, leaving only his soul, and he were thrown into an empty world, he could still rely on his own strength to cultivate the martial meridian foundation in the first instant, and then quickly regain the True Person realm!
"This is probably what is meant by the 'laws of heaven and earth' becoming clearer."

With the very first breath upon entering the Realm of Radiant Scales, An Jing had already fully understood everything.

He even astutely analyzed the essence of "destiny" based on the difference between "Huai Xu" and "Zhao Lin"!

If demonic energy is a distorting filter that covers the world, then...

Therefore, destiny is a special kind of 'reduction filter' and magnifying glass'.

It varies from person to person, can restore the influence of demonic energy, and amplify the observation of some legal principles, allowing people to control and understand spiritual evil in a normal way, and possess additional, special destiny-related supernatural powers.

However, because of this, martial artists with destiny are subject to the filter that bestows it, which is the Way of Heaven.

Because the filter bestowed by Heaven is itself a kind of influence, albeit a benign one, there is almost no 'original Huai Xu Realm unaffected'.

But the Zhaolin Realm is different.

This world is not only devoid of demonic energy, but because it is separated from Huai Xu, even the influence of destiny has become extremely small—the functions of filters and magnifying glasses have all been reduced!
For others, the loss of the 'magnifying glass of law' given by Heaven might mean the loss of some of their power.

But for An Jing...

"What a simple, orderly, beautiful, concise and well-organized world it is, like a cluster of crystals."

Lowering his gaze, An Jing smiled and nodded, his aura subtly rising slightly: "My Dao of the Cave Heaven has improved once again."

Cultivating in the Zhaolin Realm is undoubtedly faster than in Huaixu now. This is not only because of the concentration of spiritual energy, but also because the spiritual energy here is more sensitive and clear, making it easier and more convenient to use, and it can also stimulate more 'beauty and inspiration'.

If one is truly a prodigy, as long as they stay in the Zhaolin Realm for a longer period of time, they will definitely gain something and make rapid progress.

No wonder the Scale Realm wants to split up, believing that this will give those who arrive early enough an advantage to match the latter.

An Jing's combat strength should be among the strongest of those who entered the Zhaolin Realm, second only to Jin Yanhua, who suppressed his strength and forcibly held his level. In other words, he must have arrived very late, and Sister Jin will arrive even later.

Although You Ruhui also possesses a grotto-heaven and his strength can rival that of the Divine Treasury, his realm is merely the Martial Vein, and he will likely reach that realm much sooner.

An Jing could sense that You Ruhui's will was still active at the other end of the 'Emperor's Blood,' but perhaps because the Emperor's Blood inheritance was essentially derived from the Ancestral Dragon, it was greatly interfered with in the Zhaolin Realm, and he was unable to communicate with the other party.

An Jing knew very well that Zhaolin Realm was a true replica of the original Huai Xu primordial era, a place that could be considered mythical in the oldest records of Huai Xu. Every blade of grass and every stone here could be a treasure from the outside world, but the ancestral divine beasts and primordial behemoths here were equally terrifying.

"We must find Ru Hui as soon as possible, and then find Sister Jin to reunite with her."

An Jing thought to himself.

At the same time, it also seemed to confirm that An Jing's vigilance was not unfounded.

Phew——!
Below, in the golden jungle, a mournful and high-pitched cry of an eagle suddenly rang out!

(End of this chapter)