Destiny is ashes

Chapter 882: The Cavern is formed, the Four Extreme Heavenly Swords (4800)

Inside the peaceful cave, there is a vast emptiness and chaos.

In the void where there is nothing, there is neither black nor white, nor yin and yang. Everything is indescribable. The primordial chaos that is intertwined up and down, left and right, is like the void, or even worse than the void.

Until a force erupted from nothingness.

The power of the Sun Wuji, the Moon Wuji, and the void blended together and turned into the original primordial light in this void cave. This light was like a tide, and the moment it appeared, it filled the entire cave inside and out, flowing unsteadily and differentiating into clear, turbid, bright and dark.

An Jing's internal formation world [Tai Shi Yuan Tian Di Sheng] is an formation diagram that uses Tai Shi Yuan Sha to derive the yin and yang of creation and destruction, and then derives the power of the four seasons and five elements. It tells the story of Tai Shi Yuan Sha being the seed of Tai Yi, creating the heaven and earth, and destroying the cycle of all things.

Among them, the vortex representing 'destruction' is maintained by the 'true meaning of Shenxiao's destruction', and the one representing 'creation' is maintained by An Jing's own vitality. Its four seasons and five elements are exactly the four other martial vein formations created by An Jing [Grass and trees wither and flourish and return to the hot earth], [Cold water and smoke wield snow blades], [Jade mirror floats with light and carries the spring colors], and [Taibai condenses dust and blocks the west wind].

In fact, in addition to these martial arts formation diagrams, An Jing had many other designs, but they were all very one-sided.

He perfected his understanding of the martial vein realm by creating different martial vein formation diagrams, and the martial vein path to the divine treasure that he finally designed for himself was the four seasons of [spring, summer, autumn and winter].

Four seasons, four images, four directions, four poles... If one could fully master the power of the four seasons, not only would one be able to grasp the essence of the 'five elements', but one would also be able to understand the 'passage of time', 'transformation of space', 'birth and extinction of all things', 'change and substitution of matter' and other more critical elements. Not only would one be able to achieve perfection in the Shenzang realm, but it would also be of great help to the future manifestation of the saint. It could help An Jing pass the secret method of 'Nine Tribulations Ascending to Heaven' and be promoted from a martial arts practitioner to the middle or even high level of the Shenzang realm in one step!

And now, with the opening of the cave, An Jing's original construction of the array world and array diagram in his body has all changed from the 'design of magical powers and techniques' to the 'reincarnation of the real heaven and earth'!
In particular, the arrival of Xuanyuan Jingyan accelerated the formation of the real world in the small cave by hundreds or thousands of times!
At this moment, the vortex of destruction in An Jing's original formation world turned into the original sun and moon in the blank and chaotic cave world.

The light of the sun and the moon rotates, faintly reflecting the divine power of Taiyin Wuji and Taiyang Wuji, making the entire cave space faintly transformed into a Tai Chi diagram with alternating light and darkness.

The light accumulated from the past determines how people now think about the future, which is the yin in the yang; people now think because of their expectations for the future, which is the yang in the yin.

The boundary between yin and yang is soft, invisible, and does not exist. It is the ripples of water, the waves of water, and the relativeness of water.

In water, clear water will float and turbid water will sink.

In water, light is above and darkness is below.

In the water, the yang rises and the yin lies dormant.

In water, heat floats on the outside and condenses on the inside.

Because of water, the unchangeable Taiyi will also appear "easy".

This is...Taiyi differentiates and Taiyi produces water.

【Taiyi gave birth to water. Water in turn assisted Taiyi, thus forming the sky. The sky in turn assisted Taiyi, thus forming the earth. The sky and the earth assisted each other again, thus forming the gods. The gods assisted each other again, thus forming yin and yang. Yin and yang assisted each other again, thus forming the four seasons】

This water is not real water, but the essence of flow and change. The original one has changed, and the unchangeable original has changed, causing infinite possibilities to emerge from the fountain of creation, just like water that soaks all the future and possibilities. This change that covers all time and space is the 'clear sky'.

The infinite changes in the 'clear sky' caused Taiyi to produce a relatively 'turbid land', that is, some fixed laws that will never change - simple changes cannot create life. Only a stable and consistently operating environment of heaven and earth can allow the seeds of all living things to germinate, and then give birth to more changes, establish more, better and more solid laws, and allow the heaven and earth to expand infinitely.

The changes and rotations of heaven and earth are the original "God", which is also the way of heaven.

And the way of heaven in this cave...

It is the will of peace.

An Jing's will arrived here at the moment when the way of heaven in Xiaodongtian was formed.

Different from the martial vein formation diagram and the internal formation world, the internal cave heaven is said to be inside the body, but in fact it is located in the void.

The internal formation world of martial arts, before the manifestation of the divine, is essentially an aggregate of spiritual evil constructed by the large formation within the body.

The base of the formation is composed of the body and soul, filled with one's own spiritual evil, connecting the sky and the sea above and the earth's veins below, with one's own body as the center, and turning one's own body into a man-made small mountain gate, a small field, and a small blessed land.

In this way, every move he makes will have the power of heaven and earth, just like An Jing. When he has a martial pulse, with a single thought, all weapons made of metal will become his material within his domain, and his body is as strong as a condensed metal mountain, able to withstand thousands of troops. In terms of combat power alone, he is much more powerful than the immortal foundation of the immortal way, but he simply does not live long, because building the foundation is the transformation of the essence of life, and it is mainly for longevity. The magical powers and techniques are actually external.

As for martial arts, it can basically be said that everything from top to bottom, inside and outside is made up of "external ways".

For example, the internal array world does not mean that there is really a small world inside the body, but that the magical field is compressed between the flesh. When one reaches the peak of Shenzang, he will be like Ming Guangchen, who uses the magical power to condense the "Six Yang" in his own internal array world as a trump card, a half-virtual and half-real magical creation.

This creation using supernatural powers is what the Shenzang cultivator needs to borrow the true meaning of heaven and earth when he shows his prowess in the great sky, turning it from virtual to real, solidifying it into a true and real existence of the self-law. At the same time, it is also the ultimate trump card of Shenzang [manifestation of supernatural powers].

Just like Ming Guangchen's trump card [Magic Power Manifestation·Six Yang Mysterious Light Eight Scenery Palace], and the trump card of Xie Gusu, a Shenzang Zhenren whom An Jing once fought [Magic Power Manifestation·The Moon Sets and the Sun Hides in the Cangming Sea], in essence, they are all the 'pictures of the real world' that they will become after their future great saints appear and their internal formation realms turn from virtual to real. A design that starts from the martial vein formation diagram, is gradually optimized, and finally becomes a design for the heaven and earth.

When the saint is revealed, the internal formation world of the True Lord will change from virtual to real and become a real world that can nurture life, grow spontaneously, coexist and live as long as the heaven and earth. It will also be easier to control the surrounding heaven and earth, just like a deep well. The water comes from the heaven and earth, but is independent of the sea and rivers. It is naturally much easier to freeze the well water than in the river.

This is very similar to the 'golden elixir and golden nature' of the immortal way, both of which are the essence of immortality, but the array of the saint belongs to the sky, while the golden nature belongs to oneself. The former can fundamentally change the laws of heaven and earth in a breath, while the latter must use time to slowly progress, spread itself, and dye the world with ink.

In the final analysis, it is still nothing but "ice" and "ink", which need to rely on the great world, that is, "water" to exist.

But...what if it was 'water' from the very beginning?

In the void.

A peaceful little paradise.

It is not a deep well, but a comet of solid ice that has been independent from the beginning, separated from the sea, and flew upstream.

The original Taiyi is immovable and motionless, neither exists nor perishes. Because it is perfect, it has no future; because it is flawless, it has no derivatives.

Until [Tai Yi gave birth to water].

Water means change. It flows and changes, just like time. As it flows, it changes everything, causing all phenomena to change, generations to shift, existence to birth and death, and giving rise to many things.

Just like An Jing's will, the moment it descended into his own small cave, the ice comet melted - completely opposite to martial arts, as the will of the cave, what was needed was not freezing and domination, but dissolution and boiling, to make everything move.

In other words, martial arts is like this, just like the ruling party and the opposition party. When in opposition, you need to stick to your own ideas and not be influenced by the ruling party. But when in power, you need to promote and spread your own ideas and change others.

"What should I do next?"

The invisible and intangible will controls everything in the cave. An Jing watches the bright and dark sun and moon rotating into the shape of Tai Chi in the cave. He can see that with the blessing of Xuanyuan Jingyan, the cave that might have taken several years or even longer to dissolve and become active is quickly becoming perfect. His own small heaven has omitted a lot of troublesome preparatory work and can directly start "creating all things".

This made An Jing feel troubled: he had never thought about these issues at all.

In his plan, creating his own cave was at least a five-year plan, but who knew that the heavens would speed up so much that he didn't even have a schedule. How was he going to do this?
Fortunately, there is Fu Xie, and he has a guide he can ask for advice.

"I remember that there was a Taoist master from the ancient times who used a sword to open up the void. The first step is called [Dividing the Beginningless]." As soon as he opened his mouth, he had the flavor of a sword cultivator. Fu Xie himself was unaware of it and told An Jing about his experience: "And the second step [Moving Yin and Yang] is to use the sword to separate Yin and Yang, rotate them, and form a cycle to prevent the original spirit evil of the cave from escaping and dissolving into the void."

"You have completed this step. This cycle of the moon and the sun is perfect."

“So the next steps are [Establishing the Four Poles], [Creating the Celestial Pivot], and [Manifesting the Supreme]!”

"These are the five methods of creating cave heavens. I think they will definitely be helpful for the cave heaven method you want to create for your fellow immortal warriors!"

"The third step, 'Establishing the Four Poles', is to place a part of the divine will on different swords to suppress the four poles and four directions of the cave heaven, stabilize the laws of heaven and earth, operate the four seasons, derive the four images and four qi, the four seas and four spirits - of course, the four evil spirits can also be used."

"I vaguely remember that the four extreme heavenly swords used by the ancient Taoist master were the four swords of 'Slaughter, Slaughter and Absoluteness'. They were extremely powerful, to the point of being unbelievable."

At this point, Fu Xie's tone was extremely down-to-earth: "At this point, the cave can actually exist for a long time. The foundation and roughcast are done, and the rough construction is completed. The next step is fine decoration."

"When did you start studying civil engineering?"

An Jing couldn't help but complain: "Also, the ancient Taoist you mentioned, isn't he called Shangqing Lingbao Taoist? The second and third signatories of the method of creating the cave heaven with a sword are probably Taiqing Daode Taoist and Yuqing Yuanshi Taoist, right?"

“I don’t know about that.” Fu Xie was always happy to admit that he had lost his memory and didn’t know about such things. “Anyway, this technique has a great origin. It is not only practiced by earth and wood immortals, so there are many revisions. I originally learned the sword cultivation version. Anyway, you are also a sword cultivator, so you will definitely understand!”

Understanding is definitely possible.

At this moment, Fu Xie explained the 'Five Steps to the Cave Heaven' to An Jing in detail. There were many details in it, and An Jing had already understood it in martial arts: "This 'Four Extremes' is very similar to the 'divine power' of the martial vein. In essence, they both create a 'formation base' in the cave heaven that can suppress the cave heaven. Martial artists use their physical organs as divine power, while the cave heaven can use mountains and rivers, or divine weapons, or even the divine sword that you mentioned, Fu Xie, as the formation base!"

“And the subsequent ‘Creating the Heavenly Pivot’ and ‘Manifesting the Supreme’ may be related to the cultivation of Shenzang, Manifesting the Saint, and even part of Chunyang.”

"There must be a connection. The formation and the cave heaven method are closely related." Fu Xie was thoughtful: "Now it seems that the Saint Demon's statement that martial arts is a man-made Saint Demon is not necessarily wrong - the cave heaven method is essentially to use the power of the universe to create a small world of one's own, which requires the power of the universe, so the cave heaven cannot be built frequently, and a large cave heaven needs thousands of years to accumulate."

“And the warrior has such a short time, but he has to master the authority similar to the cave heaven… If the warrior does not die quickly and return the way to heaven, then he will really be a holy demon who usurps the power of heaven!”

An Jing nodded slightly: "So, from any perspective, martial arts must have a short life."

"Although the Cave Heaven Method also requires the supply of power from heaven and earth, it only involves taking a wave of floating wealth and leaving. It does not involve property rights, so it is not subject to too much restriction."

It was at this moment that An Jing's will, the 'authority of heaven' that he had taken back from the hands of the Holy Demon Phantom, that is, a part of the 'fragment of the heart of heaven and earth of Tianyuan Heaven', suddenly shattered.

No. It was not simply shattered, but dispersed, turning into countless dots of avenue light, all at once like the Xuanyuan Pure Flame, seeping into the entire cave!

"what!"

Seeing this scene, An Jing was immediately shocked. He subconsciously thought that this was Tianyuan Tiandao trying to force the issue: "Forget it. I have to suppress the four extremes myself. Otherwise, how can I say that this cave is mine?"

"If it's not my cave, I'd rather not build it. If you want it, take it. I'll build another one myself!"

Although the words were a bit harsh, this was also An Jing's true thought - even if Tianyuan Tiandao just wanted to invest and take a share, An Jing was unwilling to do so. He would definitely go to the heavens in the future, and being bound by the Tianyuan Realm would definitely not be a problem. He would not turn a blind eye to the Tianyuan Realm, but it was definitely not because Tianyuan Tiandao had invested in him, but simply because he couldn't stand it!

But this time, An Jing wrongly blamed Tianyuan Tiandao.

Because, deep in his soul, the destiny of "heaven" also began to leap up, and a flame containing seven-colored calamity light flew out and fell into the cave!
It was at this moment that the Xuanyuan Jingyan, which had been nourishing the cave and was about to go out due to exhaustion, suddenly became strong again for a moment.

Then, it was blessed by the authority of the dual heavenly ways of Huaixu and Tianyuan, and faintly appeared between heaven and earth, transforming into a purple-blue flaming star.

This star was like a candle flame, with a lotus formation rotating inside. The moment it appeared, an invisible force cleansed the heaven and earth, blocking all the evil spirits.

"Anti-Demon Firewall? It's similar to the Candle-illuminated Sun in the Great Wilderness Realm!"

An Jing was stunned. He realized that the small cave where he was floating in the void was enveloped by an extremely strong and targeted force. In the void, the twisted and deep malice faded away like darkness in front of a candle. "No, no... This is the embodiment of the principle of 'Eating Evil and Returning to the True'!"

"Yes, my little cave is newly created and suspended in the void, but I have no means of defense against the demons. How could Huaixu and Tianyuan Tiandao bear this? They specially stepped in to strengthen my defense!"

Realizing this, An Jing immediately apologized to the Heavenly Dao of the Two Realms in his heart. At the same time, as the master of the cave heaven, he naturally understood the function of this 'Candlelight Star'.

The evil-devouring one is true, needless to say, everything is the same as it was in Huaixu and Tianyuan.

But for the Heavenly Dao, the Candle Star has other functions.

That is, to smelt the great demons that perished in one's own realm, and transform them into something like 'magic materials', which can be used to increase the foundation of the cave and create wonders in the blessed land!
In the future, if An Jingruo kills other demons and collects their demonic energy into the cave, he can condense corresponding magic materials and rare objects!

And this time, it happened.

An Jing killed the Holy Demon Phantom.

The realm of divine weapons.

An Jing's soul went to the cave, while his body was still floating in the air.

Not much time had passed, just a few breaths after the Xuanyuan Jingyan poured into An Jing's body - all the demonic energy that was still burning between heaven and earth rushed towards An Jing, like a huge black vortex.

[Ah?! An Jingmo has fallen?!]

At this moment, Gan Yuanhai and his three companions, who had been staring at this scene in amazement from beginning to end, were even more horrified. It was hard for them to imagine what had just happened - with their knowledge, they could only think of the possibility of 'An Jing's Devil's Fall'.

And actually.

Inside the cave.

An Jing practiced the 'Sword Cultivator's Version of the Creation Cave Heaven Method' taught by Fu Xie, burning up the demonic energy brought by the Holy Demon Shadow, and then slowly condensing the divine will between heaven and earth, and shaped it into shape using the method of [Condensing Qi into Weapons].

A divine sword that exudes boundless evil spirit and contains the boundless rage after the power of heaven and earth has been usurped.

Its color is red, its shape is flame, its spirit is fierce, and its blade is black.

Its name is...

[Four Extreme Heavenly Swords: Heavenly Punishment]

(End of this chapter)