Destiny is ashes

Chapter 543 The Way of the True Man
If man is a kingdom, then this kingdom must be a country full of flaws and major hidden dangers.

There are too many ancient defects that have been passed down through the bloodline, including those in breathing, thinking, vision, the nervous system, and even the spine, which make humans who walk upright feel uncomfortable.

These congenital defects have never been noticed by anyone because they exist naturally. Everyone takes them for granted and does not take them seriously. Some even take pride in them and think that there must be some special and superior explanation that proves that humans are the most powerful of all creatures.

Stupid, mean, pathetic.

Human beings are the leaders of all spirits because they can overcome their own stupidity and defects, make up for the flesh with wisdom, make up for instinct with morality, and make up for desire with determination.

If you don't even dare to admit your mistakes and flaws, how can you dare to say that you are pursuing the great way, that you are right, and that you are a cultivator?
With the power of thunder and lightning, An Jing completely destroyed the physical structure of his old body, reorganized his meridians and internal organs, and made his body more "reasonable" and more "shortcut".

【Real Person】

At this moment, An Jing understood a little bit why cultivators who reached the Shenzang realm would be honored as "True Man".

A real person is truly upright and unique. He shapes himself with his own will and is born with his own wishes!

I am ignorant and was born by parents whom I could not choose. I am just one of the common people, a mere 'human'.

Only those who use their own practice and strength, their own choices, and bring their true selves, the ones they desire to be, into this world can be called [real people]!
In the entire [Martial Vein] realm, what you need to do is to constantly sharpen your body and mind, and sharpen yourself from a human being to a real person!
Continuously absorbing the Yin and Yang Qi of Ren and Gui contained in the heavenly thunder, An Jing's water spirit roots became more and more lively and solid. Although it is still not as good as An Jing's original ones, it is a fact that his spirit roots continue to grow and become stronger. It is foreseeable how far his spirit roots will grow when there is another heavenly tribulation in the future.

But this was actually not An Jing's biggest gain from this heavenly calamity. After reshaping his body, An Jing finally understood what the so-called "Incarnation" meant.

[There is a thing that is mixed and formed, it was born before the heaven and the earth, it is quiet and lonely, it is independent and does not change, it goes around without end]

[All things in the universe are immutable, and those that do not change are the very essence of change]

"How can the Tao be eternal and unchanging?"

An Jing had a clear understanding: "Adapt, change, innovate, move with the will of heaven, change at any time... break and then build, change after experiencing disasters. This disaster can be a human disaster or a natural disaster. When you encounter difficulties, don't insist on sticking to the old and outdated things, but constantly accept new things, so that you can continue to grow and become stronger!"

"The growth of the spiritual roots and the transformation of the body are just appearances!"

“This is the true [Incarnation]!”

Although the third thunder was still continuing, it had been safely overcome.

In fact, [Nine Tribulations Ascension to Heaven] is not actually used in this way - even the dragon clan needs to use dragon balls and other auxiliary methods to mitigate the power of the tribulation, filter out the destructive power of the tribulation, and absorb the rhyme of creation contained therein.

Although the effect is not as good as An Jing's, the Nine Tribulations is originally a virtual reference. It means to practice slowly and use safe amounts to achieve qualitative changes.

An Jing is not a dragon after all, and his lifespan is not as long as that of a dragon, so he simply accepts everything and accelerates his growth at the fastest speed. Only in this way can he fully understand the true meaning of 'destruction and then establishment, and the Tao becoming flesh'.

Besides this, An Jing was actually thinking about one thing.

"The Nine Tribulations Ascension to Heaven is a modification of the Ancestral Dragon's Heavenly Fate True Spirit True Law. I am the Seventh Tribulation, but I do have the Ancestral Dragon Seed in my body."

"At this point, I am indeed the [Seven Stars and Seven Devils], and it is not difficult to disguise myself as the [Nine Li Soldiers], but the secret method that my teacher gave me, [Changing Fate and Changing Name], is not just a disguise, but it can really make your fate exert power beyond its own meaning."

With his eyes tightly closed, he resisted the heavenly tribulation and cultivated the thunderbolt within. An Jing suddenly realized, "So, why can't the Seven Stars and Seven Evils be created out of nothing?"

"In Huaixu, it is the Seven Evil Tribulations, and in Tianyuan, it is creation out of nothing. There is no conflict!"

This is just an idea. There is still a long way to go to turn the idea into reality, but An Jing already has the idea, and the next step is to act.

The heavenly tribulation was about to end. Above the sky, the cloud vortex dissipated, the eight winds ceased, and the last trace of lightning disappeared from the gradually disappearing rain and foggy sky river and poured into An Jing's body.

At this moment, the charred flesh and blood shells of An Jing's body, which were burned by thunder, cracked layer by layer, and the dead skin peeled off, revealing new flesh as crystal clear as white jade and iron. Silvery-white Taoist patterns flashed, and inside there were blood-colored tendons and blue veins tangled, like the blue veins under the skin.

This time, he gained a lot. The heavenly tribulation brought down by the Tianyuan Heavenly Dao was both a calamity and a law. It was also his opportunity, which made him understand many things.

"Robbery is expensive."

When he opened his eyes, there was a dark blue light flowing in An Jing's pupils, and the divine light was flickering, as majestic as the divine thunder in the sky.

The heavenly tribulation of the Tianyuan Realm not only nurtured his ancestral dragon seed, but also caused the Seven Evil Tribulations to follow.

"The catastrophe is destruction, an end, a denial and annihilation. It is very expensive, and the heaven and earth cannot bear too many times. It is precisely because each [end] is extremely important that the Seven Evils Tribulation is destiny."

He raised his new arm and looked at his body that had been further refined. He murmured to himself, "I was lucky to be reborn after suffering a catastrophe. There are many things that will reappear even if they are destroyed... Then an [end] that cannot bring new things is meaningless. That's why the seven evil catastrophes in the past all failed. They were just destroyed, and after the end, it was still the same as before..."

"What do you mean?" Fu Xie seemed to have sensed something. He felt that An Jing seemed to have realized something very important, and as someone who was best at killing and destruction, he also sensed thoughts that were extremely close to him.

An Jing laughed. He raised his head and looked up at the sky, waving his hands at the sky: "The meaning is very simple."

He waved his hands and said slowly: "The calamity cannot be wasted. I have endured this calamity, and I will return it to the heaven and earth. This is the reward that the Tianyuan Realm has given me."

"It looks like we'll have to work harder in the future. We'll have to kill more people from both realms."

"That's it."

Fu Xie understood: "Then we really need to kill more people."

After the tribulation was over, the water spirit roots in An Jing's body grew, the Ancestral Dragon Seed became stronger, the progress of his [Innate Tao Body] also improved, and even the Seven Evil Tribulations were touched. It was truly a huge gain.

But now is not the time to summarize this.

"Huo Qing, come here!" An Jing looked around and found his brother, then called out, "It's time to go! Hurry up, or everyone will come!"

"Here it comes!" Huo Qing, who watched the whole process and also recorded the natural array of thunder tribulation, was simply fascinated - if An Jing defeated the thunder tribulation head-on, the gains would definitely not be that great, but An Jing withstood all the thunder tribulations, making his record more complete than ever before.

He brought the jade slip and drove Teng Shuangbai at the fastest speed to An Jing's side, and then saw the young man summon a golden bell and tripod magic weapon: "Kanming Bell, hide our figures, it's time to go!"

"Magic weapon! A magical weapon with spiritual power!" Seeing this scene, even though Huo Qing had been shocked countless times, he couldn't help but be stunned now: "An Jing, you actually have a magical weapon with spiritual power to protect your body?!"

"It's not mine, I'm just using it temporarily." An Jing replied, and Huo Qing was speechless - if it's not yours, then it must belong to your elder, master, or patron, what's the difference between this and yours?
But it doesn't matter. With the magic weapon protecting him, he can finally put his mind at ease: "I never thought that one day I would be protected by a magic weapon!"

"Hey." An Jing smiled and said, "There will be many things you can't imagine in the future."

A moment later, a golden light flashed, and Kan Mingzhong disappeared with An Jing and Huo Qing.

after a while.

Teams of different origins appeared in the charred valley after the thunderstorm.

(End of this chapter)