Chapter 838: Receiving the Light of Heaven (5400)

“Fuxie, yours?”

“It could be mine, but it’s unlikely.”

After a brief exchange, Fu Xie flatly denied the fact that the silver-white lotus had anything to do with him, but its aura was indeed very similar to his.

Fu Xie’s opinion on this is: “It should be another Heavenly Sword, similar to mine. Let’s take a closer look.”

An Jing sensed the surrounding situation, asked others to stand guard, and then arrived at the center of the aerospace fortress.

The main structure of the aerospace fortress was completely shattered, with molten crystals everywhere. Only the floating array pattern was still in operation, and the entire central area of ​​the fortress had become a uniform bowl-shaped glazed pit, reflecting colorful light. The edge of the pit was marked with sharp sword energy traces that spread from the center to the outside.

After taking a quick look, An Jing had a feeling: “This is a wave of spiritual energy spreading outward from the center. In other words… rather than being left over from death or produced by self-explosion, it’s more like sitting in meditation.”

This is true.

The silver-white lotus at the center of the pit swayed slightly, but its source was already very clear.

It was a sword that was rusty and almost broken.

It had long been rotten and stuck in the center of the pit. Wisps of Taibai’s essence transformed into a rhizome-like shape, rising upward, holding up a sword lotus, and the rotten sword body was the lotus root.

Behind the sword, there is a skeleton sitting cross-legged on the sand, with one hand supporting its chin and the other hand pressing on its thigh, as if it is resting.

The skeleton is dry and white in color, but vaguely visible in the deep bone cracks is purple-gold jade marrow, vaguely forming the shape of dragons, snakes, clouds and scrolls. Although the way of immortality is not the way of martial arts, “magic” has actually existed since ancient times, and this is the culmination of the [Dragon Spine], which even constructs the form of magical powers.

The dragon jade marrow has remained immortal after countless years, which is enough to show that the former owner of the skeleton was probably at least at the level of True Lord.

“This is a sword immortal who has reached the realm of ‘no self outside the sword’, at least the peak of the True Lord realm.”

Fu Xie knew its origin as soon as he saw it: “The immortal way is different from the martial way. Although the death of immortals and gods will also transform the world, it is not like the martial arts formation world, which naturally forms a spiritual land pattern and solidifies in the original place. It only adds vitality to the surrounding heaven and earth.”

“From the sword marks, this sword immortal must have died after slaying a demon. I don’t know how many tens of thousands of years have passed. His remains are now almost ordinary, but a trace of immortality is still on his sword, transformed into a sword lotus… This person must be my descendant, An Jing.”

“So it’s the senior who slays demons.”

An Jing’s expression became solemn when he heard this. He bowed slightly to the skeleton and then asked, “If that’s the case, the spirit object won’t move. How do we collect this skeleton?”

“No need, just take what you need.”

Although Fu Xie was somewhat moved to see his successor, he did not care much about it: “He dropped the sword and put it aside. He must have known that he would soon pass away, so he deliberately gave birth to a spiritual object for his descendants. However, this sword lotus is indeed useless to you. You already have the Su Ling Sword Lotus, which is the essence of Taibai Gengjin, and the life magic weapon transformed from the essence of my fragments. Other sword lotuses are meaningless.”

“As for collecting the remains… just leave them there. We immortals seek to live a carefree life. The body is nothing but an external thing. After death, it is no longer us. It is just another cycle of the cycle of things.”

Fu Xie spoke very freely and like a swordsman. Upon hearing this, An Jing did not act pretentiously. He just stretched out his hand, ready to press on the skeleton, inject some Taibai evil spirit into it, and solidify the bones to prevent them from being broken by accident.

However, the moment An Jing touched the skeleton, he couldn’t help but let out a light exclamation, and the Tianxuan Zhen Fu also leaped up.

An Jing exclaimed because he realized that in this seemingly dead and withered skeleton, there was actually a trace of life – this activity was not of the body, but of the soul. In simple terms, this skeleton may have had a “trace of regret” attached to it not long ago.

But now, that trace of remnant has gone… But where can he go? If there is really a remnant active, then the sword lotus and lotus root can naturally help him imitate the old deeds of the great god Zhongtan General of the Three Altars Sea Assembly, and use lotus and lotus roots as his body to travel the world.

As for Tianxuan Zhenfu, he excitedly extended a ray of Xuanyuan pure light – considering how stingy he was, this was a very rare thing – but after realizing that there was no soul in the wreckage, he took it back with some disappointment.

“The regret was still there before, and why did this Tianxuan Zhenfu suddenly become abnormal? What’s going on?”

An Jing asked Xi Yitian and Fu Xie at the same time. Both of them hesitated for a moment and then gave the answer: [It seems that this sword immortal did leave a trace of residual sword intent, which should be passed on. This is also recorded in our Huaixu Realm. So the sword intent disappeared, which should mean that the target of inheritance has been found.]

[The question is, if it is really a legacy, why didn’t Jian Lian take it away? This place has been closed for a long time, and was only recently opened by the Stardust Dragon incarnated by Miao Yunying’s child…]

Xi Tianjun knew a lot about Huaixu and martial arts, but not about Tianyuan Xiandao. However, this was enough for An Jing to think of Zhou Changhe: “That guy, the Fuxie sword intent that suddenly appeared on his body… No, maybe it’s not the Fuxie sword intent, but the ‘Sword Intention of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Sword’ is very similar to Fuxie… Or is he the successor of Fuxie’s way?”

“Perhaps there is a possibility that the Fuxie sword intent on Zhou Changhe’s body only appeared after Miao Yunying opened the Taixu channel!”

Thinking about it this way, it is not surprising. After all, Miao Yunying has been in the Tianyuan Realm for some time. Although Zhou Changhe’s strength is good, based on the traces at the scene before, it can be inferred that it is enough for him to use five fingers. If he really has inherited the Fuxie sword intent and practiced it for a long time, he must use at least one hand.

“The meaning of the Tianxuan Zhenfu is quite clear.”

The communication between Fu Xie and Tianxuan Zhenfu was a tacit understanding between the spirits of the weapons. Although there were no obvious words, he soon got the truth from the other party: “Tianxuan Zhenfu means that it has found a similar aura – you also know that Tianxuan Zhenfu was the formation base of a pure yang formation back then, and similar formation bases are various types of Zhenfu.”

“This Chunyang is not the Chunyang of the Dao Palace. The Chunyang there refers to ‘the original Qi, transcending the division of Yin and Yang, and reaching the pure Yang of the Great Dao’, which is similar to the ‘transcendence of heaven and earth, the true form of the Great Dao’ of the Dao Embryo and Yuanying. The Chunyang Great Array refers to ‘the utmost purity, and the unity of the Dao’. Its array foundation also has some of the original meaning of the Great Dao. Even the Yuanshen Tianzun will pay attention to it.”

“In short, during the demonic calamity of that year, the Pure Yang Array collapsed, and many True Talismans also collapsed. Only a few True Talismans still remained in the world. The Tianxuan True Talisman was the best preserved among them. It was sleeping in a secret place and was discovered by the Luofu Group. They noticed its special nature and brought it back to Xuanye City.”

“But there are other true symbols lost in various places in the wilderness.”

“You mean?” An Jing looked at the skeleton thoughtfully, “This senior also had a real talisman on him in the past? But isn’t the real talisman from the Tianyuan Realm? Why is there one in this ancient immortal ruins?”

“The magic array is not limited to one realm. Just like the array in your body can also interfere with the outside world, a sufficiently powerful array can transcend one realm.”

Fu Xie was not surprised at all: “Back then, the great formation of Huaixu Daoting even used countless large and small caves in Tianhe as nodes of the great formation. Before Tianyuan Realm, there were also dozens of immortals and gods in the great realm. It is normal to use the caves as part of the great formation.”

“And you see, this ancient immortal ruins is clearly about to be destroyed in time and space, but it is still following the Taixu orbit and heading towards the Tianyuan Realm. This proves that the relationship between the two sides is very close. It is not surprising that there is another real talisman here.”

An Jing was a little puzzled: “If that’s the case, then the purpose of the Tianxuan True Talisman… is to retrieve the other True Talismans? But the formation is no longer able to…”

“It’s just a quiver, it has no intelligence, what purpose can it have?”

Fu Xie laughed: “Of course, we have to find the other true symbols and reorganize the formation of a lifetime – of course, this is impossible. As you said, the formation of that year has been destroyed, and most of the other formation bases have also been destroyed. Not to mention reorganization, even I can hardly see what the effect of its original formation was.”

That’s quite a pity.

An Jing actually realized that every time the Tianxuan Zhenfu refined the magic energy and accumulated power, it was often for a great cause that he didn’t know about. Now that he knew that the other party was most likely trying to restore the old formation, An Jing felt a little more sympathy in his heart: “It’s a bit like some guys who desperately save money to prepare for a grand banquet when an old friend returns, but they don’t know that their friends may never come back.”

“But at least, this time, it might be able to find a similar one.”

The remains of Daoting Sword Immortal were found in the Aerospace Fortress, which was related to the Fuxie Sword Intent and the Tianxuan True Talisman. Naturally, it was extremely important. It just so happened that this was indeed the node where the power of Taixu condensed. After thinking about it, An Jing decided to pick the sword lotus.

This sword lotus contains the essence of Taixu. Once it is picked, silver light will overflow, and there is a hint of Taixu sword intent in it. An Jing doesn’t need it. With Fu Xie in his body, his understanding of Taixu sword intent is not as much as his understanding of traveling through Taixu once. However, for others, especially Nianquan, this ray of Taixu sword intent is probably an important gain that far exceeds anything else.

Seeing that Nianquan seemed to have some feelings, An Jing smiled and handed the item to him directly: “It’s more appropriate for you to hold it.”

“This, are you really giving it to me?”

Sensing the sword intent and essence of the Grand Void Sword Lotus, Nianquan knew that An Jing definitely didn’t need it, but he still felt a little unworthy: “I haven’t contributed much to this exploration…”

“Take it. This is obviously your chance to build your foundation. Once you succeed in building your foundation, you can contribute more.”

An Jing waved his hand. How could he not understand the method of paying for opportunities first and then giving trials? The teams in the Four Cities Competition basically had a foundation-building leader with several Qi-refining masters. Some of them were at the peak of foundation-building and were going to advance to the Purple Palace, and naturally some were at the peak of Qi-refining and were going to achieve foundation-building.

Huo Qing and Nian Quan’s strength has been increasing rapidly, but it is impossible for them to keep up with An Jing. However, what An Jing got from them was not military help: Huo Qing steadily built up his power, practiced formation martial arts, and studied the magic of the netherworld; Nian Quan broke through the upper levels, took the official route of the academy, and designed future plans. The two of them, one inside and one outside, were the arms that An Jing used to exert his power in the air.

Now that the opportunity has arrived, it is time to make my arms stronger.

Naturally, other people would have no objection to An Jing’s distribution, because this Taixu Sword Lotus was originally the condensation of the surrounding Taixu power by sword intent. After removing it, the Taixu nodes can also begin to be opened up.

[This place is nice] Xi Tianjun said: [It is likely because the Daoting Sword Immortal passed away here in the past. The Taixu node here can indeed be regarded as ‘big and grand’]

[Right here, An Jing. Set up the Taixu Altar. It’s time to… draw in a bit of the power of the Haotian Mirror.]

Let’s get started.

An Jing didn’t need to do these tasks himself. They followed the design drawings that had been prepared long ago and the materials provided by An Jing. No one asked why the Taixu Formation Plate was much larger and more sophisticated this time than the last time.

However, unlike the Taixu Formation Plate which was only used to connect to the Xuanwang, this one had to span the boundless Taixu and was connected to the Taixu altar in the mountain cave of Mingjing Sect. It had only just begun to resonate and assemble when it caused ripples in the surrounding Taixu and awakened many beings.

Not long after, An Jing discovered that there seemed to be several teams of Yan puppets around, approaching the direction where he and others were.

“Are they going to stop us?”

An Jing originally felt that his monster-killing habit had come back. Although the Yan Kui was easy to deal with, it would definitely take some effort.

But who knew that the Tianxuan True Talisman emitted waves, and after sensing these waves, all the Yan puppets stopped their movements, and then neither approached nor moved away, but patrolled the surroundings directly, like guards.

“Wow, it actually has this effect.”

An Jing was a little surprised that the Tianxuan True Talisman could actually control the ancient immortal ruins to a certain extent, or in other words, control the ancient Yan puppets from the Daoting era?

Obviously, this is probably the real purpose of the group and the Guiyi Army fighting for the Tianxuan Zhenfu: because this thing is the core formation base of the cross-border formation, it has terrifyingly high authority. Many secret realms and blockades, as well as some confidential areas, cannot be opened by ordinary means, but the Tianxuan Zhenfu can easily open them!
This is a universal key that is suitable for the Tianyuan Realm and many cave heavens!

There were also some nearby spirit beasts who sensed the fluctuations of Taixu’s power and rushed over from their surrounding nests to observe – but unlike Yan Kui, these spirit beasts immediately tucked their tails between their legs and tried to run away the moment they saw An Jing. They were not stupid beasts, and seeing An Jing standing there without concealing his aura at all, they would definitely go around him.

An Jing did not pursue them, mainly because he was not too hungry, so these small animals such as polar bears and snow deer were able to survive.

An Jing even saw a few people approaching the direction where he and the others were, but when he realized that there were already people there, and that they were a team from Jingwei College, he bypassed them.

In the ancient ruins, snatching other teams’ Taixu nodes is also a means of competition, but it also depends on who the opponent is – bullying people of smaller forces is fine, but if you meet a top-notch seed player like An Jing and still want to fight him, you are just crazy. It is better to take a detour and look for other Taixu nodes.

They avoided inevitable defeat, and An Jing also saved a lot of time in meaningless fighting.

at the same time.

The other side of Yinshan Hub.

“That’s all…”

Qi Luoyang stood in the middle of a small island surrounded by an unfrozen river, staring at the Taixu force that was like mist in front of him. He nodded slightly and said to the team members behind him: “Set up the formation here.”

Unlike what everyone knows, in the Four Cities Competition, the strongest teams, those from the highest-level families and companies, all failed to connect to the Taixu node at the first opportunity.

What they did was to search… to search for nodes that were solid enough and strong enough.

Then, run it through.

As the array was laid out, communications became clearer, and invisible forces were connected through the Taixu channel opened by the array.

[Well done, Cun Yao]

A calm and majestic voice sounded from the other side of heaven and earth. At the same time, a pillar of light from the void that was invisible to ordinary people and could only be seen by those at the True Lord level shot up into the sky, like an anchor or a chain, entwined in the void and running across the cave!

It was at this moment that Qi Luoyang and the others in the mountains were blessed with an extremely powerful force, which was undoubtedly the protection of heaven and earth: [This is my domain of law, ‘Three Yuan Return Flow’, which can give you the power to command heaven and earth. With you as the master, you can set up a large formation and use the power to display the three magical powers of ‘Heaven Law, Earth Command, and Water Command’.]

“Yes, sir!” After hearing the ancestor’s words, the other members of the Qi family team had already knelt down to listen to the order – the only purpose of their being sent here was actually to form a formation, use the formation to activate the power of the Great True Lord, and protect Qi Luoyang.

“This is cheating!”

Qi Luoyang spoke subconsciously, saying angrily: “I am already strong. If I add your blessing, wouldn’t I be able to sweep the ruins? What’s the point of this!”

【Hand-over?】

On the other side of the void, the tone of the Great True Lord of the Qi Family became strange: [Cun Yao, you don’t think that only our Qi Family would use such means? This is for your self-protection, and…]

Even to his closest offspring, the future successor, the Great True Lord did not say enough: [Of course, there must be others whose goals are different from ours. If they attack you, you can teach them a lesson.]

The other side.

In a deep pit surrounded by hills, the young man in white from the Demonic Kingdom also set up a formation.

Suddenly, a beam of light pierced straight into the other end of the void, drawing in the ever-changing power of ignorance in the chaotic darkness.

【it is good】

These short words contained endless power. At this moment, the demons of the Demon Country team were all ignited with layers of flames that devoured the light: [Kill]

Although it was only one word, the huge plan had already flooded into their minds, making them suddenly clear about everything and knowing the locations of the many competition teams at the Silver Mountain hub.

It is not difficult to kill someone, but it is difficult to find him. The young man in white was overjoyed: “Yes, sir!”

A corner of the cave.

“Chief Engineer, are we really going to allow them to continue to destroy the stability of Taixu, erode the transmission power, and even swallow up Dongtian?”

Inside the Huaizhen Hall of Shangyuan Cave, a group of Pure Land people were observing water curtains, which locked onto the movements of all the teams participating in the four-city competition.

A young Pure Land citizen couldn’t help but speak, and the chief engineer frowned and said in a deep voice: “This is also an opportunity… There is no construction without destruction. The Central Taixu Hub is extremely damaged. If it cannot be controlled, it is better to hand it over to these demons. When they fight each other to a certain extent… the cave will have a last burst of light and perform the final ‘restart’ and ‘unlock the backup system’.”

“And then, that will be our chance!”

……

As the Taixu nodes were continuously unsealed, beams of light lit up. Each beam of light was filled with extremely powerful force, just like a harpoon thrown when hunting a giant whale, firmly hooked above the cave.

The entire Yinshan hub trembled slightly because of this.

The sky was shaking, the clouds were rolling, and above the clouds, there seemed to be a pair of eyes lighting up, overlooking the world beneath the clouds.

same.

Where An Jing was, a ray of light also lit up, penetrating deep into the void.

But, it’s different from other light beams.

It is not the guiding power of light.

Instead, the light actively sought, and the moment it sensed the pull, it rushed over on its own, turning into a long river and flowing straight into the cave!

Suddenly.

Above the vast and rolling clouds, countless stars shine together, just like the God of Sky opening his eyes.

(End of this chapter)