Destiny is ashes

Chapter 983 Desire
You Ruhui was quite surprised when An Jing shared this scene with the Haotian Mirror, but An Jing remained calm: "This means that the Blood Sea Demon Sect, or even the Refining True Path, is colluding with the Great Wilderness Realm—not surprising, as the Heavenly Sect and the Demon Sect, which study bloodlines and true spirits, do indeed have the ability and foundation to cooperate with the Dragon Clan of the Great Wilderness Realm."

"However, the biotechnology of the Great Wilderness Dragon Clan is quite advanced. It integrates Qi refining, biology, and various modification and spirit control techniques, which is completely different from Huai Xu Realm. It is somewhat similar to Tian Yuan Realm, but in general, it is a school of its own and has developed to an extremely high level."

It is clearly the essence accumulated by the Great Wilderness Realm over hundreds of thousands of years through continuous absorption, integration, and improvement of the technologies of other worlds.

An Jing even keenly realized that he might have underestimated the golden Yinglong from before.

Because the opponent's Dragon Ball is the 'energy system' of this base, that is, the 'spirit vortex engine' deep in the cloud vortex.

And this base below, barring any unforeseen circumstances, could also become a kind of 'colonization armor,' another kind of 'true spirit weapon,' to be controlled by the Great Wilderness Dragon Clan.

"Interesting. Could it be that the Great Wilderness Dragon Clan can merge?"

An Jing's eyes gleamed as he continued to read and analyze the essence of the Dragon Clan base, becoming increasingly delighted: "If we can thoroughly unravel its mysteries, the reconstruction of our Mirror Sect will be greatly accelerated!"

"The progress of various puppetry techniques, biological modification techniques, and even the 'Ascension Path' will increase!"

At this point, An Jing was quite pleased, and his previous heavy mood vanished—the Heavenly Dao might indeed have a problem, but that didn't stop it from feeding people! To be honest, An Jing already had an idea. He could completely modify his Taibai Battle Armor, integrate some of the power of the Cave Heaven and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Tree, and then when he arrived in an unfamiliar world, he could just throw it into an uninhabited place to expand it into a Taibai base, providing all sorts of extra power and firepower. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
While it's important to think about the future direction of the world, the most practical thing to do is to seize the technologies we can grasp right now and quickly become stronger.

"This is indeed a good thing; we should take it."

You Ruhui also saw the key to this base, but frowned: "However, this base has lost control and is in a dormant state. How can we activate it?"

"Simple."

An Jing smiled confidently, raised his hand, and grabbed the base: "Why don't I just become its master?"

At this moment, within the Heavenly Punishment Realm, the dragon skeleton and dragon soul that had just been absorbed trembled slightly.

Although An Jing killed all three dragons, he did not spare their soul fragments or their intact corpses, which are now being refined into dragon veins in the cave.

Just as An Jing could borrow the 'supernatural powers' of the small enterprise in the cave, An Jing can now also borrow the aura of the 'Three Dragons'.

An Jing reached out and grabbed at the air, his aura spreading out. He gave the order, and the massive dragon base began to tremble violently. Then, the core part rose into the air and was instantly refined, returning to two dragon pearls, one silver and one gold.

The dragon ball wasn't big, only about the size of a human head, but it was essentially a decompressible ethereal artifact. After weighing it in his hand, An Jing tossed it into his cave: "In the future, we'll probably encounter quite a few dragons from the Great Wilderness Realm. If they still dare to court death, we'll be able to collect quite a few dragon balls from our base."

"Dapeng, I'll let you take action then. If you can defeat one, I'll refine a Dragon Ball for you to play with."

"Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, the Golden-Winged Roc, which had been respectfully cowering to the side, immediately raised its head, cried out in delight, and its eyes filled with tears—as for whether it could win or not? What a joke! Although An Jing had held back, it could at least withstand three of An Jing's moves!

If all dragons are only at this level, then, being at the peak of the Divine Realm, it is confident that, while controlling the 'Golden Sun True Talisman,' it can launch a surprise attack to severely injure, or even kill, a Great Wilderness Dragon!
"What are you planning to do next?"

After finding You Ruhui, An Jing had nothing to do for the time being, so the two of them sat on the back of the Golden-Winged Roc and flew towards the lair of the 'Netherworld Dragon Worm'. Although only one True Talisman was needed for the Ten Forbidden Lands, it wouldn't be a bad thing to get a few more.

"Don't work too hard."

You Ruhui took out several boxes of pastries from the cave, picked up a ham mooncake made of spirit beast, and was about to put it into An Jing's mouth.

An Jing, having often been fed spiritual food by Gu Yeqi during his cultivation at the Mingjing Sect, subconsciously swallowed it. After realizing what had happened, he smiled and said, "Thanks, it tastes good... I'm not tired, it's not time for me to be tired yet." Since You Ruhui had brought out some snacks, An Jing simply sat down and rested on the back of the Golden-Winged Roc. "Your cultivation speed in the Zhaolin Realm is quite fast, isn't it? I think you'll be at the Divine Treasure stage soon."

"It's indeed fast. When I faced that silver dragon before, I was even thinking about whether I should break through in the heat of battle."

You Ruhui nodded slightly, glancing sideways at An Jing. The martial artist sat comfortably on the back of the roc, casually grabbing a few pastries and stuffing them into his mouth, his gaze fixed on the distant clouds, his eyes reflecting the purple-blue glow of the sunset.

Judging from his movements and expression, she felt that the person in front of her hadn't changed at all compared to several years ago.

How exactly did she do it? You Ruhui felt incredibly curious. Not to mention An Jing's legendary deeds, she herself had only spent a few years training and fighting in the East Sea, yet her mind and will had grown and changed rapidly. She was almost completely different from the weak and tearful princess she used to be.

She had desires, power, and goals, and thus, like all martial artists of the Void Realm, she was determined to walk her own path.

But An Jing, as the chosen one, has experienced so much. Even when facing life-or-death crises and slaying one powerful enemy after another, he can still calmly, like all those who enjoy life, gaze at the beautiful scenery in the distance with great interest in this perilous world full of divine beasts and powerful beings.

Is it because it's powerful?

That's not the only reason... So why is An Jing able to be so relaxed and at ease?

"Don't be so somber."

Noticing You Ruhui's gaze, An Jing smiled, picked up a mooncake, and offered it to You Ruhui: "I know you're thinking about very serious things like the relationship between the Imperial Court, Prince Jing, the Heavenly Demon, and the Great Chen Dynasty, and the essence of the Imperial Blood... But what does it matter?"

He calmly said, "If you think it's right to kill, then kill. Once you've made a decision you believe is right, don't hesitate, don't look back, and don't waver."

"If you find out you've made a mistake afterward, apologize and make amends. If you really can't make amends, either default on the debt or wait until you become stronger in the future to pay it back. Don't fight internally, and don't think about harming yourself. Everyone in this world makes mistakes. If you make a mistake, you should punish yourself. That's what pleases the Heavenly Demon."

"If it's truly impossible, and you'll never be able to do it in this lifetime, then forget about it. Or learn to wait... that's a choice that won't be wrong."

"In this world, all troubles are self-inflicted. If you can truly achieve harmony between your actions and your heart, like a dream... you will become your own god and heaven, and become even stronger."

"This is the true meaning of the Cave Heaven Technique."

You Ruhui silently opened her mouth and ate the mooncake, while An Jing smiled and flicked away the crumbs. After finishing, You Ruhui said quietly, "Do you talk to everyone like this?"

"I say this when I'm facing all the confusion and when the person in front of me is someone I want to care about."

An Jing said calmly, turning his head again to look at the distant sunset: "If only I could see such beautiful scenery every day and live a peaceful life day after day... Such a trivial wish cannot be allowed by this world."

"Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. In this world, whoever blocks my path, I will crush them."

His aura surged forth, and only then did You Ruhui realize something was amiss.

An Jing stood on the roc, calmly addressing the increasingly bright and intense glow of the rosy clouds ahead, which revealed a hint of pale gold: "Who comes here?"

"If you don't give your name, take this sword."

(End of this chapter)