Embers of Sword

Chapter 605 New Trends, Old Waves

The reeds filled the sky like white snow, and a flying sword transformed into golden lightning.

The right arm of the Great Master Chongkan exploded, sending blood mist flying everywhere. The golden flying sword swept backward, heading towards the end of the vast reeds.

A figure dressed in black had appeared there without anyone noticing.

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his palm and caught his natal flying sword, which seemed to be returning to its nest like a swallow returning to its nest... He gently stroked the flying sword. A circle of gold thread, invisible to the naked eye, was wrapped around the hilt of the flying sword. The end of the gold thread stretched for hundreds of feet and connected to the sleeve of the scholar in the blue robe.

This is why Chen Jingxuan had been tapping his fingers and tucking his sleeves earlier.

The golden threads of destiny covered the entire mudflat, spanning a radius of ten miles. The primary purpose of laying these golden threads was, of course, to encircle and kill Chongkan, forming a "golden thread cage" at the crucial moment.

But... these gold threads have a second function.

"Excuse me."

Chen Jingxuan looked up at the burst of blood mist in the sky and said softly, "There are more than two opponents in this battle."

The greatest skill of the library is not one-on-one combat, but divination, planning, and strategy.

One cannot use divination to calculate oneself.

Since taking control of the [Hun Yuan Yi], Chen Jingxuan had never used this national treasure to predict his own fate... But the undercurrents in the capital were far too turbulent; before the tide even crashed down, there were already signs of fog obscuring the view and towering waves. Needless to say, anyone with a bit of sense and intelligence would have made preparations in advance, let alone someone like Chen Jingxuan.

Chen Jingxuan's solution was also quite simple.

Since divination cannot be used to calculate oneself.

Then go and calculate for others.

Peeking into the river of destiny requires a tremendous price, and the higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it is to do so. Even if Chen Jingxuan successfully advanced to the Yang God realm, he could not use the [Hun Yuan Yi] to peer into the "Holy Empress" or the supreme powerhouses of "Zhao Chunyang." Even the slightly less powerful "Chong Kan" were beings that could not be directly looked at. No matter how much he paid, he could only see a chaotic void.

However, the price to pay for spying on the fate of cultivators in the Yin Spirit Realm is much smaller.

Therefore... Chen Jingxuan chose to use the [Hun Yuan Yi] to check the future destiny hexagrams of three important people in advance.

The first one was Master Tang, whom he felt he owed the most.

We parted ways in Carp City.

Tang Fengshu returned to the Taoist sect and then disappeared without a trace.

Previously, Chen Jingxuan was preoccupied with numerous trivial matters in the imperial city and had no time to offer assistance. However, after using the [Hun Yuan Yi] to examine his destiny, he immediately staged a dramatic scene of visiting the Daoist sect at night and resigning to replace Tang Fengshu... The reason for his swift and decisive resignation was that he had foreseen another ending in the river of fate: Tang Fengshu would be trapped in the back mountain of the Daoist sect, suffering the torment of the [Heart Cage], and ultimately choose to perish together with Tang Fengshu, dying a heroic death.

Since we are already observing fate, we must change it.

In this great tide, no matter what it takes, he will save Tang Fengshu.

The second important person Chen Jingxuan was checking.

That was Xie Xuanyi.

Chen Jingxuan never expected that Xie Xuanyi was so special... The price he paid for using the [Hun Yuan Yi] to check Xie Xuanyi's fate was even greater than that paid by Tang Fengshu, who was at the peak of Yin God and half a step Yang God.

That makes sense, though.

The price of peering into the river of destiny does not depend solely on the level of one's goal.

In a sense, the greater the causal relationship, the more difficult it is to predict one's fate... A figure of the caliber of Empress Zhao Chunyang can influence the fate of a nation with her own power!
Once a celestial observer successfully foresees destiny, they can choose to influence it through words and actions, personally entering the game and altering fate. Such a person, even with a slight change in mindset, could potentially alter the destinies of hundreds of thousands or millions of people. This is the principle behind the saying "a single hair can move the whole body."

Here is a good example.

At this moment, the nominal emperor of Da Chu, "Chu Yin," is a young girl with almost no cultivation level. She has completed the most basic Qi Refining Resonance simply by relying on the imperial blood flowing in her body.

But they wanted to peek into the fate of "Chu Yin".

The price paid was almost the same as that paid for spying on the Yang God.

Although he was merely a puppet emperor, Chu Yin was responsible for the fate of tens of millions of people in the Great Chu, and his every word and action would affect the dynasty's fortune.

There are always a few "special beings" in the world. Xie Xuanyi is such an extremely special person.

After paying the price to investigate, Chen Jingxuan only saw chaos... but it wasn't all for naught. He saw a ray of golden light streak out from the Southern Frontier and head straight for the Northern Sea. This divination had puzzled him at first, but as the momentum of the Southern Frontier's campaign surged and Renshou Palace ordered Xie Zhen to go south, the meaning of this divination gradually became clear.

finally.

Chen Jingxuan chose to form a battle formation in the North Sea.

He was going to fight to the death with the Great Master Chongkan, but deep down he knew... it was actually a huge gamble.

Among those who participated in this high-stakes gamble were him and Tang Fengshu.

And there's that wisp of chaotic golden thread that travels from the south to the north.

Xie Xuanyi!
These are the three most talented and spirited cultivators of the previous era in the Great Chu Dynasty.

In an era of blocked fortune.

They cannot advance to the Yang God realm.

However, the Beihailing was destroyed, and the accumulated fortune tide that had been stored up for many years was broken. Almost all three of them completed their advancement, and even those who did not advance reached the same height as the "summit".

"Xie Xuanyi..."

Grand Master Chongkan, clutching his right arm, looked at the figure in black at the end of the reeds, his expression somewhat moved.

In a single day and night, he single-handedly wiped out the three major evil sects in the southern border region and killed all seven false saints of the three sects!
Everyone in the world believed that Xie Xuanyi had already advanced to the Yang God realm.

I'm afraid no one could have predicted that.

Despite achieving such "remarkable feats", Xie Xuanyi still failed to solidify the Great Dao.

but……

so what?

Tang Fengshu, who had advanced to the Yang God realm and reached the second level, joined forces with Chen Jingxuan. The two used a variety of methods, including the "Great Dao River" treasure technique, the "Golden Thread Cage," and the hairpin flying sword, but they still failed to break through the Chongkan's [Chaos Breath]. In the end, this indestructible defensive treasure was broken by [Sinking Illness].

In terms of pure offense and defense, the sword cultivator is still the best choice.

Just as Qian Tian Palace Master Yuwen Bo said before, Xie Xuanyi, although he has not yet reached the Yang God realm, is indeed qualified to sit in the position of "Ten Heroes of the World".

"Senior Brother Xuanming."

Xie Xuanyi hovered at the end of the snow-white reeds, stepping on a wisp of sword energy.

He held his natal flying sword in his palm, gazing at the black-robed Grand Master not far away, communicating with the [Primordial Devouring Sacred Realm] in his dantian through divine sense.

"Here I am."

A gentle and calm response echoed within the [Primordial Devouring Holy Realm].

"The other party is the current leader of the Taoist sect."

Xie Xuanyi chuckled and asked, "What are our chances of winning this battle?"

"..."

Xuanming remained silent for a moment.

He could tell that the Taoist standing in the blood mist in the air had an extremely profound cultivation level. Although he was seriously injured, he was still a top expert of the "Eighth Heaven" level. In today's world, he should be one of the strongest beings.

"Less than 10%."

Xuanming said sincerely, "The chances of winning are there, but they are extremely slim."

(End of this chapter)