Destiny is ashes

Chapter 350: The Number of Demonic Tribulations (13)

Since An Jing came to Northern Xinjiang, he had no intention of hiding his identity.

The prerequisite is that he must appear in the sight of "everyone", rather than being blocked by Dachen officials or warriors alone.

Faced with Xu Tai's respectful and straightforward inquiry, An Jing chose to directly tell the other party his identity and purpose, and then ignored the other party's shock and the crowd's whispers, and continued to observe the monster in his hand.

The original form of this monster should be a deer.

But the facial features of this deer, or rather, the area centered on the brain, disappeared, turning into an abyss that collapsed inward and seemed to lead directly to another time and space.

Its originally grayish-yellow fur also faded, turning into an indescribable pale and slightly dirty appearance.

"This monster is a little different from the ones we had back then. The monsters we had back then were all pure black, swallowing everything into darkness.

Fu Xie commented on the monster and explained the details to An Jing: "Well... no, it shouldn't be considered pitch black, but it is an indescribable color, a color that infects everything. It's just that our perception of black is that color, so it is black."

"This monster is the most common 'Erosion Monster'. It mostly appears in environments with dense demonic energy. It is a creature that is eroded by nature. The abyss on its head leads directly to the underworld. It is also its body. If this abyss is destroyed, the monster will die."

"Yuandong is the real body?"

An Jing was a little curious. He did see the abysses on the heads of these monsters gradually fade away and finally turned into the heads of ordinary deer. "Strange, what's the principle behind this?"

Fu Xie thought about it and found that he still remembered this part of the memory, so he said confidently: "The demon is not a real creature, but a kind of... well, how to say it? An unnatural phenomenon."

"You should also know that in ancient times, the devil descended upon the world, and countless demons roamed the world, cutting off the inheritance of that time."

"At that time, most of the demons were invisible and incorporeal. They were just a wisp of empty thought, a strange spiritual connection. They were unstable and could not exist alone in the world, but they could merge with people's thoughts and transform their hearts, causing them to completely transform and degenerate into another personality, as if they had become a different person."

"This is the original form of the Heavenly Demon, and also the first batch of great Heavenly Demons [Supreme Heart Demons]."

"At that time, we didn't even realize the existence of the Heavenly Demon. Killings and disasters broke out frequently among the major sects. While we were fighting each other, we thought it was the cycle of cause and effect, and another round of disaster was coming."

"It was not until later, when the strongest men from various sects discovered that the war situation in the Ten Continents was getting out of control and more and more people were falling into evil ways and going insane, and it was impossible to explain it by the law of cause and effect, that the shadow of the inner demon was discovered."

When he said this, Fu Xie's tone was very solemn: "That period was the most terrifying. No one knew who had fallen, or why they had fallen, or even how the demons existed."

“It was not until a great Buddhist monk sacrificed himself and took the soul of a cultivator who was corrupted by a demon to reincarnate together that the existence of the inner demon was discovered.”

"They have completely merged their original souls, or eaten them up, and bred a Heart Demon seed. Once this Heart Demon seed matures, it will open up a passage between the Purple Mansion Sea of ​​the human soul and the mysterious things in the vast and boundless void, and the power of the Heavenly Demon will come from the depths of the void."

"And if the carrier of this inner demon seed dies - whether it is killed or dies naturally, it will fall into the netherworld and then open up a passage there, which is the 'Abyss Cave'. The power from the other side of the boundless void will gather in the netherworld and gather into a terrifying force."

"Because of the killing calamity, too many demon seeds took root and sprouted in the underworld... By the time we discovered it, it was too late."

"So that's how it is..." An Jing seemed to be thinking: "If it is said that the world corresponds to the human body, then the living world is the human body, and the nether world is the human soul. The demon first erodes the souls of local creatures, and then invades the nether world through the circulation of souls, and then controls the entire body and distorts the way of heaven - this can even be regarded as the inner demon of the world!"

"Then what about the immortal heaven?" An Jing asked with great interest, "What does it correspond to?" "It corresponds to the true spirit." Fu Xie praised, "Not bad! An Jing, you are really insightful. You immediately saw through the action pattern of the demon and the essence of the division of the three realms!"

"But at that time, we had no intelligence. When we discovered the changes in the Netherworld, the evil energy had already spread throughout the world along the reincarnation of the Netherworld and the living world. The creatures that were invaded and transformed by the evil energy of the Netherworld would have a 'hole' at the center of their minds, which would connect to the [Great Abyss] of the Netherworld and gain power from it."

"The so-called true body of the demon is this 'cave', this 'channel'. It is useless to destroy its flesh with a sword. You can only use pure vitality, sharp divine will, or targeted magic to cut off this channel to kill it."

"The way of the sword flourished in that era, because the sword's will was naturally capable of destroying everything, including the demon's abyss. Moreover, it could be comprehended at an early age, allowing ordinary practitioners to kill demons."

Fu Xie recalled the ancient times, his tone was dark: "My sword bearers and many immortal gods, under the leadership of the Taoist master at that time, transformed the entire Huaixu Tianhe natural moat, completely blocking the arrival of the 'Supreme Heart Demon', but the 'Infinite Abyss' of the netherworld has already taken shape, and the Heavenly Demon can still emerge from it, so we can only seal it away."

"After that, after that..."

Fu Xie was stuck. Apparently, he had forgotten this part.

——No, Fuxie, which era are you from or are you a sword?
Upon hearing this, An Jing felt somewhat confused—because Fu Xie had previously stated that in the era in which he lived, the Dao Court had already collapsed.

But according to what Fu Xie said just now, when he, the sword-wielder, was active, there was still a Taoist master between heaven and earth?
But it is not impossible to explain... because the Fuxie who spoke just now is the 'Fuxie Sword Spirit'. He probably has many sword holders.

Perhaps, the history of the 'Fuxie Sword' is longer than one can imagine. The first sword holder came from the era of Daoting, and the subsequent 'Fuxie Sword Immortal', the back that he saw, was born in the era after the collapse of Daoting.

But having said that...

An Jing fell into deep thought. He keenly discovered the terrible truth hidden in Fu Xie's words: "How many times has Huai Xu experienced a demonic catastrophe?"

The oldest demonic calamity, [Supreme Demonic Calamity of the Heart], broke out in the era when Dao Sect still existed. At that time, countless great cultivators fell, and the entire cultivation world was caught in a war that swept the universe, causing extremely serious damage.

Although they survived this calamity, the Dao Sect and Dao Court might very well collapse due to the aftereffects of this calamity, just like the Tian Yuan Realm.

And after that, there must have been several more demonic disasters that broke out in the Huaixu Realm.

No. This demonic calamity might not even occur in just one world.

The Tianyuan Realm, other worlds, and those worlds where the Fuxie fragments are located are probably all experiencing demonic calamities.

The most recent demonic calamity was the one that led to the complete demise of the way of spiritual root refining and qi training. It destroyed the methods of the old immortals and gods, and created a completely new formation, martial arts, and destiny path.

Since then, there seems to be no more demonic disasters.

But even so, the history of martial arts was not peaceful and sound, and it also went through five eras... The time was so long that historical records became unreliable.

Although Fu Xie still remembered a little, he only remembered fragments and was not sure of the specific circumstances.

(End of this chapter)