Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 315 The True Meaning of "The Emptiness of All Phenomena": The Transformation from "Wraith" to "Saint"
Finally, Emperor Yan's gaze fell on Kagura Shimizu, the most inconspicuous of them all, but this time the gaze lingered longer than ever before.

"Your aura is so pure, it's astonishingly pure."

"But it is not just pure."

Emperor Yan's tone carried a hint of hesitation, for even he had never seen such an aura before.

It was an aura so pure it was almost unreal, like moonlight shining through the clouds at night, so pure it contained no impurities.

There are no human desires or entanglements, no arrogance or conceit of the strong, only a kind of almost divine clarity.

It seems to be able to wash away all filth and purify all sins.

“Holy, pure, without the slightest impurity.”

“You possess a divinity that ordinary people do not have.”

Emperor Yan ultimately gave this evaluation.

This is also the highest praise he gave to Aizen, Gojo Satoru, Tobirama Senju, and Ame no Sora. In her aura, there is only a transcendent tranquility.

This purity does not stem from ignorance or naivety, but from the awareness to maintain light even after experiencing the deepest darkness in the world.

Like a lake after a storm, after being washed by raging waves, it reflects the sky even more clearly.

This seemingly most unremarkable woman is actually the closest to being the "strongest" among them all.

Along with the Flame Emperor's evaluation, Aizen, Gojo Satoru, and the others all turned their gazes to Kagura Shimizu.

As her "companions," they naturally knew the story behind the "Priestess Kikyo" template she had obtained, and because of this, they were able to better understand Emperor Yan's evaluation of Kagura Shimizu.

Kikyo's life is an intertwining of light and darkness:
At eighteen, the prime of a young girl's life, she spends her days in simple clothes, carrying a bow and walking alone on the path of exorcising demons.

The "beautiful, powerful, and pure priestess" was like an invisible shackle, robbing her of all the feelings and dreams she should have as a young girl.

It wasn't until she met Inuyasha that she experienced the excitement and joy of an ordinary young girl for the first time.

However, fate did not treat this pure soul kindly.

The twisted obsession of Onigumo, the endless resentment of the yokai, and the vicious jealousy of the shrine maiden Tsubaki—all seemingly unrelated clues eventually intertwine into an inescapable web, pushing her towards the abyss of death.

Fifty years later, when she returned to the world in the form of clay, an even crueler reality awaited her.

Her identity as something "that shouldn't exist" meant that even though she had good intentions and helped the villagers, all she received in return was the undisguised fear and disgust of the world.

Her journey to Bailing Mountain allowed her to achieve self-redemption.

The Seven Deadly Sins, like Kikyo, are dead, but they accept reality more readily than Kikyo. For them, living is the most important thing, and it doesn't matter what form or method they take. They are also fearless about death.

Since we are alive, we should live as we please and not care about the opinions of others.

Bai Xin Shangren lived for others and ultimately died for others. He wept for his weakness before his death, believing that he was unworthy to become a Buddha. But does a person who is truly single-minded and without any confusion really exist?
the answer is negative.

Confusion and selfishness are emotions that all human beings should have. What is there to be ashamed of if one lives for oneself?

Kikyo found her answer through her encounters with Hakushin and the Seven Musketeers.

Birth is death, and death is life. We live and we will eventually die, but death is also a new beginning. Humans are constantly going through the cycle of birth and death.

Thinking about it this way, it's enough to have no regrets in this life.

During her trip to Mount Bailing, Kikyo truly accepted her fate. She was no longer the Kikyo filled with resentment, but the real Kikyo.

This realization allowed her to let go of her obsession with Inuyasha, and destroying Naraku became her only remaining wish in the world.

But in the end, after spending time with the amber and seeing that they needed it, she gave up her life of using the amber, chose to die, and became the light of hope within the jade.

When the amber was taken away in fragments, Kikyo chose to leave the light inside the amber, thus preserving its life.

Although Kikyo lost the battle against Naraku, she made her choice based on her own will.

At that time, she wanted to save one person's life.

That's enough.

This whispered utterance before his death contained the deepest sense of relief; it was spoken not only to Inuyasha but also to himself.

For Inuyasha, it was "It's enough that you arrived in the end"; for himself, it was "I've done enough".

This profound understanding of living in the face of death allowed Kikyo to transcend from humanity to divinity.

All the darkness and resentment eventually transformed into a warm light that graces the world, like cherry blossoms in the afternoon sun, radiant and eternal.

But that belongs to the story of "Kikyo".

Although Kagura Shimizu obtained the template of this shrine maiden, she was ultimately not the shrine maiden who had experienced everything.

Kikyo comprehends the true meaning of "emptiness of all phenomena" on Mount Hakurei, sees through the fact that life and death, purity and defilement are one, lets go of all selfish desires and attachments, and completes the transformation from "vengeful spirit" to "saint" with a pure heart of saving the world.

Her pure and flawless aura is the result of profound enlightenment after fifty years of love and hate.

And what about Kagura Shimizu?

She never experienced the "unforgettable" love like Kikyo and Inuyasha, never felt the heart-wrenching pain of being "killed" by her beloved, and never felt the despair of wandering the world as a clay doll. Those experiences that ultimately allowed Kikyo to transcend—the self-doubt, the confusion about existence, and the search for redemption—were merely fragments of memory from a template for her, not visceral experiences.

Memories can be inherited, but enlightenment must be experienced firsthand.

How can she reach the level that Kikyo ultimately attained?
Kagura Shimizu naturally sensed their gazes, but she didn't speak. She simply stood there quietly, as always, her eyes as clear as water.

Amane Mio gazed at her, a slight smile playing on her lips.

That's right, Kagura Shimizu didn't experience Kikyo's many hardships, but she didn't need to.

Because she was born to be like Kikyo.

But unlike Kikyo, who was bound by her identity as a shrine maiden and once longed for an ordinary life and love, Kagura Shimizu has lived an ordinary life for more than ten years.

She has no yearning for love and little interest in worldly desires. This purity is not derived from the model of Kikyo, but is her innate nature.

Kagura Shimizu does not believe in gods, and does not consider herself a "god" even after gaining power.

She remained unchanged, just as she was before the spiritual energy revival and after it, as if she were still the same ordinary witch.

In Amayuu Mio's eyes, she was a human who should not have been born into the real world, but she actually appeared.

She discovered this after she found Kagura Shimizu.

"It's a pity that I didn't descend to this world in my true form, otherwise I would really like to fight you."

"If this place alone has so many talented people, there must be even more geniuses in the world."

After observing their auras, Emperor Yan sighed.

Ye Xuan's manifested body was simply too powerful.

Even without using the Asura Armor, the power of this body alone is enough to easily crush everyone present.

This gap cannot be bridged by quantity, just like the insurmountable chasm between adults and children.

If his true form were to descend, he might be able to derive some enjoyment from fighting these people, especially that guy with the particularly profound aura.

Although she couldn't compare to that little witch in terms of purity, her ambition to rise above the world was quite to his liking.

If such a small country has so many promising individuals, then there must be so many geniuses in the world that even he is excited.

If his true form could descend, he would likely have no shortage of opponents for a long time to come.

Especially since Ye Xuan still exists in this world.

"Oh?"

"Your Excellency is being far too arbitrary."

"There is indeed an objective difference in strength, but you seem to have overlooked one point."

"Sometimes, the difference in strength is not the sole determinant of victory or defeat in a battle."

Aizen smiled and said this when he heard the word "weak" so undisguised in the Emperor Yan's tone.

Although he couldn't see through the true strength of the Flame Emperor, the fact that the other party could accurately judge their strength based solely on the ethereal "aura" and even conceal his form without his knowledge suggested that such a being was likely far stronger than him.

But this would not prevent Aizen from taking the opportunity to communicate with them. On the contrary, he would never let go of the chance to come into contact with a higher level of power.

Of course, this is on the premise that the other party has no malicious intent.

Otherwise, given his personality, he would never have rashly spoken up to test the waters.

"Yes, that's true."

The Flame Emperor's face showed deep agreement with Aizen's words.

If the difference in strength could determine the entire course of a battle, then he wouldn't have been defeated by Lu Fa in the first place.

Those intrigues and tactical calculations can sometimes turn the tide of battle at crucial moments.

However, asking him to consider those complicated things would be a bit too much for him; it would be better to just become stronger directly!

If he had the power of this body back then, no matter how much cunning that old scoundrel Lufa tried, he wouldn't have been able to defeat him.

Emperor Yan naturally understood the importance of strategy, but he preferred to crush all obstacles with pure force.

For him, instead of racking his brains to figure out how to break the enemy's schemes, it would be better to directly improve his strength to the point that all schemes would become meaningless.

With an absolute difference in strength, all external factors can be ignored; if those external factors can still have an impact, it can only mean that one's own strength is not strong enough.

Upon hearing Lan Ran's words, Ye Xuan couldn't help but glance at him, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

In the original future, after breaking the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows through the Hogyoku, they were still influenced by the power, gradually abandoning their most proficient strategy and relying more on pure strength to crush others.

Although Aizen hadn't theoretically done anything wrong at the time, it was only because his opponent was Ichigo Kurosaki; if he had maintained his usual mindset, he might not have won, but at least he wouldn't have lost so decisively.

(End of this chapter)