Destiny is ashes

Chapter 677 Haotian Mirror Fragment (5400)

How magnificent and splendid would the headquarters of a great sect that has been passed down for ten thousand years be?
Here, are the weeds on the roadside all spiritual objects, and the stones on the mountain all used to refine weapons?
For the people living here, are all their food, clothing and daily necessities full of spiritual energy, exhausting the imagination of the world?
Although it sounds like the emperor's golden hoe, it is indeed the case.

A large sect that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years and has experienced the overlapping of eras is so confident.

Beixuanjizhou, the vast area of ​​​​Chenli, is the location of the Mingjing Sect's headquarters.

Two majestic peaks stand in the east and west respectively, forming a magnificent mountain gate. It is the gateway to the central part of the Jiankong Mountains. The continuous peaks rising from it will go west through the northwest of Chenli, and its end will reach the coast of the Arctic ice field, where it sinks into the bottom of the endless ice ocean. To the east, it will go all the way to the border of Dachen and face the Xishan mountains across the narrow Leimen Gorge.

Behind this mountain gate is the main mountain of the Mingjing Sect.

The Dao Court established by the ancient immortal Huaixu governs the five colors, five directions and ten continents of Huaixu. The five great immortals travel around the world, and the endless sky river flows without stopping. At that time, all sects modestly called their headquarters "mountain", meaning the people of the world, because the Dao Court is the only heaven, the divine court and the hub of Taoism in the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of years later, "mountain" has become the custom of all sects in Huaixu Realm to refer to their headquarters. This is not just a simple habit, but because mountain is also a "mountain, sea, cave, heaven, sacred mountain and blessed land."

Every sect is a [small world] formed by the stacking of countless [blessed places and caves].

When An Jing arrived at the gate of Mingjing Sect, Chen Yinzi appeared in front of him.

"Master!"

"Good disciple, you are finally here!" The ruddy-faced, white-haired, and kind-looking old man laughed and patted An Jing on the shoulder. An Jing also smiled and bowed to his master, and then Chen Yinzi flew up on a cloud and took him into the Mingjing Sect.

“Hey, this feeling…”

When entering the mountain gate of Mingjing Sect and passing the gate formed by two mountains, An Jing suddenly felt a distortion in the void.

Fu Xie also noticed this: "Interesting, we just crossed a relatively thin layer of Taixu Barrier... This sect can turn into a cave world at any time and break away from Huaixu Realm, but currently it still overlaps with Huaixu Realm."

"It's a bit like a seed buried in the ground. If it sprouts and takes root, growing into trees, flowers and plants, then this sect cave will be completely integrated with the Huaixu world. But it didn't sprout, it's just buried in the soil... This state is really interesting."

An Jing had a different feeling: "The spiritual energy suddenly became much purer. Although there is still a large amount of inert demonic energy, in general, the whole piece is more positive and clear, which is very different from natural spiritual energy."

Obviously, the Mingjing Sect transformed this world and selected the spiritual and evil environment that best suits them.

Moreover...it is worthy of the fact that there have been countless Shenzang Zhenren. There are multiple saints in each generation, and Chunyang has produced several major sects.

With a feeling of emotion, he lowered his head and looked at the land of Mingjing Sect's main mountain.

The entire land of Mingjing Sect's main mountain area is like a plaid shirt. Each square has a different atmosphere and is a completely different blessed place.

An Jing took a quick glance and saw mountains with dark clouds and lightning swirling on top, and the sunny and windy weightless plains where people could take off. He saw mountains floating in the air, vortexes of lava reaching deep into the earth, and countercurrent rain where the water flow reversed and fell from the earth to the sky.

Every spiritual place is a wonder caused by the fall of a true person or a true god. It may be walking on a rainbow, turning dreams into clouds, using the sea and sky as a mirror, or being within reach of thousands of mountains... Every spiritual place is home to extremely strange spiritual objects, and contains unique laws that are very different from those of the normal world.

These spiritual places conflicted with each other and should have collapsed in the contradictions, or been assimilated by the nature of Huaixu and merged into a huge natural cave.

However, the Mingjing Sect used an incredibly wonderful method, using a method of Taixu reflection similar to a mirror corridor, to allow each spiritual place to operate independently of each other, but the qi was integrated together, with the Mingjing Mountain as the core, forming a huge and extremely harmonious [Sect Cave Heaven].

This method of connecting many different spiritual places also made An Jing think of [Demon Pill].

Yes. Just as the demon pill needs to integrate thousands of natural qi to restore the innate true spirit, the essence of the Mingjing Sect's [Sect Cave Heaven] is the same. That is, it uses the remains of all warriors who practice the Mingjing Sect's way to build a thing that can restore the innate [Great Way], similar to the blood of the demon clan's true spirit.

"Tao fruit."

Fu Xie said with certainty, and He suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I was wondering why the sects were so prosperous during the martial arts era - this is the method of condensing the Dao fruit!"

Sensing An Jing's doubtful thoughts, Fu Xie explained, "In fact, just like the Huaixu Great World needs the death of your human warriors to replenish itself with the laws of their internal formations and repair the Heavenly Dao, this sect's cave heaven is essentially also a small world. The True Immortals and even Heavenly Lords who died in the past generations have left their laws and principles behind, which have merged into a huge 'Mingjing Sect's Dao'."

"This is the Dao Fruit, or in other words, the man-made Heavenly Dao."

Fu Xie explained enthusiastically that he had always felt that the martial arts of Huaixu Realm was just a last resort compared to the original immortal way, but now, even he had to admit that the martial arts technology of this era had caught up with the immortal way in many aspects: "If you must say, the way of the Mingjing Sect is just an extremely turbid mixture, but because every member of the Mingjing Sect practices some of the same magical powers, the spiritual lands and blessed places they left behind are connected together through the power of these homologous magical powers, and will soon naturally precipitate and become the purest understanding of the great way."

“And that is the raw material for creating Dao Fruit… If this method can be successful, it will still be a bit difficult to achieve Ling Xiao, but if there is Dao Fruit, every generation can create a Pure Yang Heavenly Monarch, there will be absolutely no problem.”

"This is the most advanced Pure Yang foundation. It requires the efforts of several Pure Yang Heavenly Monarchs and all the cultivators in the entire sect to create it!"

"Only a sect that has a Pure Yang Heavenly Monarch in every generation has the confidence to gain a firm foothold and step into the Lingxiao realm!"

"I see."

Hearing this, An Jing suddenly realized: "This is also the result of Mingjing Sect's accumulation over the years... It seems that this is the way many sects accumulate their foundation and improve their sects."

"Besides that, this fruit is also open to all disciples, right?"

He lowered his head again, and among the many different spiritual places, An Jing could still vaguely feel it.

I felt the taste of [Inheritance].

"noticed?"

Sensing An Jing's gaze, Chen Yinzi stroked his beard and smiled, "There aren't many people in the Mingjing Sect's mountain. Most of the disciples live in the Jiankong Mountains. The area inside the mountain gate is considered a 'holy land' and a place for trials. Without permission and true teachings, you can't enter or leave at will."

"At the core of these spiritual places, there will be a trial. Those who pass it generally can obtain spiritual objects, and those who pass it perfectly can obtain the inheritance of their ancestors and inherit their luck and karma."

“So sometimes, we will open it to all disciples, including those from the inner and outer sects, and let them choose their own adventures.”

"If we can get a few moves, that would be the best. If we can really get the whole set of inheritance, then it would be a pearl in the ocean, an unexpected and excellent genius, a true seed."

"How interesting."

An Jing looked at these strange spiritual places with great interest: "Should I do the same?"

"You do not need."

Chen Yinzi said, motioning An Jing to raise his head: "Because your goal has never been those predecessors who are destined to be surpassed by you in the future. They will not entrust their own way to you, because that is too arrogant and simply looks down on you."

"Your goal is the true foundation of our Mingjing Sect."

An Jing raised his head and looked in the direction where his master was looking.

There, a towering mountain stood, with a Taixu divine mirror faintly flashing on the top.

That is the fragment of the Haotian Mirror.

"Then..." He said softly, "I'm really looking forward to it."

Soon, An Jing arrived at the foot of Mingjing Mountain.

“Every true disciple must come here.”

At this point, even the Manifesting Saint Master cannot fly. Chen Yinzi led An Jing along the ancient mountain path and climbed all the way up: "If it were an ordinary disciple, it would only take a jade slip to register. But An Jing, you are a true disciple, so I need a witness from the Master to register you in the divine mirror."

Climbing upwards, there were chain-like magical blockades all the way. Chen Yinzi pinched the seal and raised his finger with ease. Golden chains of divine patterns appeared on his fingertips and he easily pierced through those chains.

After the colorful mirror chains were cracked, they expanded like unzipped packages and turned into rainbow cloud bridges, carrying An Jing and others upwards: "In this process, An Jing, you will also be enlightened by the magic mirror, understand the source of your own destiny, and gain some 'superpowers' related to my Mingjing Sect."

"From then on, you will be the true disciple of our Mingjing Sect, and you can mobilize part of the power of the Mingjing Sect at the critical moment!" "Then, you will understand why our Mingjing Sect is called 'Mingjing Sect'!"

An Jing was actually very curious about this question.

A sect, why is it a sect?
As the Tianzong, Dachen has mastered the heart of heaven and earth, and the imperial court itself relies on the power of imperial blood inheritance and many magical powers. In essence, the real Tianzong is not the Dachen Imperial Dynasty, but the royal family of the Dachen Imperial Court. The imperial dynasty is just a means and tool for the Tianzong to control Beixuan Jizhou.

But the Dachen Dynasty is by no means an easy target. Although it is only a tool of the imperial court, it is also an extremely important part of the Tianzong.

The Dachen Imperial Court is the 'Emperor's Blood'. The Dachen Imperial Dynasty is the 'Heavenly Official Who Grants the Certificates'.

As long as one has the emperor's blood, no matter whether he is drawing arrays and talismans, or refining weapons and elixirs, he is a member of the imperial court - similarly, no matter whether the work is flood control or bandit suppression, whether it is handling official business or killing the enemy first, all the ordained celestial officials are essentially officials of the Dachen Dynasty.

Every group of people gathered together has a "common point". Only when they have this common point can they be called a force.

So, what do all sects have in common?

Similar concepts?
Similar amendments?
Same power and technique?
If it were in the Daoting era, this idea might not be wrong, because there are only five kinds of spiritual roots, and a sect will always have those who are good at it and those who are not good at it. Many people have considered this before becoming apprentices, and those who come to the sect must roughly meet the requirements. Then they will practice the same skills, receive the same education, and naturally become disciples of the same sect in the end, firmly believing that the practice of their own sect can better pursue the great way and immortality.

But now is the era of martial arts.

Compared to the sameness of the way of immortality, the way of martial arts is actually completely different.

Everyone's awakened destiny is different, and there are not many destiny related to mirror, brightness and light. There are even many that are the opposite... For example, Master An Jing's Ming Guangchen's 'Sun and Moon Without Light', if it weren't for the secret method of changing destiny, he would definitely not be able to adapt to the methods of the Mingjing Sect.

Not to mention, martial arts can hardly lead to immortality, which cuts off a common point among all martial artists, or in other words, all intelligent life.

The environment for recruiting disciples has become countless times more complicated for no reason. It is indeed difficult to say what the sects in the martial arts era should do when recruiting disciples. How can a group of stinky stones in the ditch, who all have completely different personalities and are difficult to change, become martial artists from the same sect with the same ideals and pursuing the same path?
But now, An Jing knew.

It is not the sect that selects warriors who meet the requirements, but the sect has the ability to turn people into warriors who meet the requirements!
When An Jing and Chen Yinzi climbed to the top of Mingjing Mountain, they could only see a flat piece of land in the palm of their hands, and a strange rock on the top of the mountain in the shape of five empty fingers.

And in the center of the palm of the hand that holds up the world, a divine mirror in the void is spinning.

"Please ask for the divine mirror!"

Chen Yinzi raised his hand and saluted the Void Divine Mirror in a very serious manner: "Please help me, Divine Mirror, and enlighten the great way for the younger generation!"

“Please ask the divine mirror to help us enlighten the younger generation!”

"Please ask the magic mirror to help the younger generation..."

His voice was like the sound of a huge bell or the roar of a mountain or the sea. Its sound resounded throughout the entire Mingjing Sect's main mountain, setting off a series of echoes.

Hearing Chen Yinzi's call, the originally silent Void Divine Mirror slightly tilted, like a living eye, with the colors containing thousands of stars and the endless glory of heaven and earth, "looking" at An Jing.

In an instant, An Jing also saw himself in the mirror.

And in the next moment, the self in the mirror suddenly exploded and scattered - or rather, it suddenly spread, from an extremely solid mirror image, into a spiritual evil human figure constructed by countless dust particles. In the human figure, countless evil nodes like starlight flickered and moved slowly, rotating and changing like the galaxy in the sky!

It can be vaguely seen that it is another form of expression of An Jing's body, a 'mirror image' that is more real than the reflection of light and closer to the Tao!
But that's not all. The image in the mirror is still changing rapidly, from a real reflection to a star-shaped figure at the spiritual node. After that, almost abstract lines, blocks of mixed colors, an extremely sharp sword, a virtual shape outlined by lines, a burning bloody sun, and a continuous human-shaped virtual image that runs through a long time, just like in the long river of time...

hum!
Seeing these scenes, even An Jing, who had attained enlightenment several times and practiced the Pure and Quiet Sword Observation, could not help but feel dazed at this moment - the image reflected by the fragments of the Haotian Mirror not only had his physical image, but also his soul image, two-dimensional image, image in a dream, abstract image, and image of the four-dimensional river of time...

What the Haotian Mirror projects is indeed peace and tranquility, but it is definitely not the image that can be seen in a mirror in the usual sense.

At this time, An Jing remembered the explanation about the Haotian Mirror that he had seen in the Faraway Sky.

[Qiankun Creation Haotian Mirror: It suppresses the ten directions of the universe, can illuminate the roots of all things, see through the true nature of creation, and can also reflect the heaven and earth, which is vast and endless, so it is called Haotian Mirror. Using it to suppress the essence can make the cultivator understand the root of his own creation and cultivate the original supernatural power]

These images are still constantly changing, almost endlessly. An extremely powerful will is using the mirror as a source to deduce the essence of the person in front of the mirror, evolving his many possibilities, and then determining an image of 'An Jing of the Mingjing Sect'.

In the hazy and illusory reflection of the Taixu Mirror, An Jing's image changed dozens or even hundreds of times.

But here is the problem.

No matter how you deduce, the image in the mirror can never be determined.

At this moment, at the top of Mingjing Mountain.

When Chen Yinzi saw An Jing take a step forward, enter the mirror, and disappear in the mirror world of the Haotian Mirror fragments, he nodded with satisfaction.

As the fundamental foundation of the Mingjing Sect, the power of the Haotian Mirror fragment is unimaginable for other sects that do not have Lingxiao foundation and fragments.

The so-called clear mirror can reveal one's true self and help one understand the past and the present!
If you know your current state, you will understand your condition. If you know your past situation, you will understand all the results of today and naturally plan your future actions.

The Haotian Mirror can deduce a possible future by observing the warrior's 'present'. What is reflected in the mirror is not the real self, but the 'self in the eyes of the observer'. In other words, the Haotian Mirror can deduce a perfect form that the observer imagines himself to be, and then plan a path for the warrior on 'how to become a perfect self'.

Of course, this kind of perfection is only temporary, because as long as you become stronger, see a bigger world, understand more and more profound skills and methods, you can naturally imagine a stronger self.

However, this kind of [observing oneself, changing oneself, and becoming more perfect], which is also the magical power of [clear mirror reveals one's true form], will be imprinted in the bones of every true disciple of the Mingjing Sect and become their symbol of being [heirs of the Mingjing Sect]!

And it's not just the true transmission, even the inner and outer gates have similar treatment, however, the true transmission is deduced using the fragments of the Haotian Mirror, while the inner and outer gates are deduced from the true transmission.

"An Jing's foundation is already excellent. If he has a magic mirror to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps, I wonder how powerful he will become."

Stroking his beard, Chen Yinzi was full of expectations: "I don't know what An Jing's ideal self is like. With his talent, he must be well aware of his own shortcomings and deficiencies, and willing to admit them. The most important thing in my Mingjing Sect is sincerity. If you know you are wrong, you must admit it. Only in this way can you become a perfect warrior who uses the mirror to reflect yourself and is always vigilant!"

It sounds simple, but in fact, it is an extremely difficult practice.

Because human beings are creatures that will not admit their mistakes most of the time. So many people learn from history, but they never change their ways and always create unexpected events that have already happened, not to mention warriors with even greater tempers.

But Chen Yinzi believed in An Jing's Taoist heart.

However, a long time passed and An Jing still did not come out.

"what?"

Feeling something was not right, Chen Yinzi frowned and looked in the direction of the fragments of the Haotian Mirror: "What happened? Could it be that the perfect self in An Jing's mind is so complicated?"

It’s actually not that complicated.

Everything is simple.

After deducing for a long time, the fragments of the Haotian Mirror finally reflected an image that was exactly the same as An Jing in front of him.

A powerful, perfect young warrior without any flaws.

A voice faintly sounded: [How can you be considered perfect? ​​]

"Now."

An Jing answered easily, he already knew what was going on now: "I am perfect now."

(End of this chapter)