Chapter 44 The Palm of the Hand

That was a palm exuding an aura of perfection.

Broad and thick yet not appearing clumsy, fair-skinned yet not pallid, its knuckles were well-defined, and its nails were as crystal-clear as jade. The lines on the palm were orderly.

Like the most intricate array patterns etched upon it.

Anyone who merely glanced at it would inevitably realize that its owner's physique had reached an extremely high level.

But An Qisheng's words had not yet faded.

Everyone in the starry sky, including the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate, had a change in expression. Their gazes turned cold, and a fire faintly ignited in their hearts.

Naked humiliation!

Just one hand, and he intends to suppress us all?

"Your Excellency is being far too arrogant!" Feng Qingcang stepped forward, his astonishingly potent blood energy resembling blazing fire incinerating the heavens. Between the surging tides of blood energy, a long spear could be vaguely seen rising and falling.

It was none other than the Shocking Sun Mountain's treasured artifact, the 'Shocking Sun Spear.' In ancient times, the Shocking Sun King once wielded this spear, rampaging across the world and laughing proudly at the lands of Jiuzhou.

Even within the long river of time, it was extremely famous.

Its 'Sky Scorching Spear' technique remained one of the most supreme inheritances in Dongzhou, and was one of the biggest reasons Shocking Sun Mountain was ranked among the top ten.

"Daoist Yuanyang truly possessed unparalleled talent. It seems that in your eyes, we are not worth mentioning," Zhao Hongmeng sighed softly.

He stepped forward, carrying a ruler upside down. As the aura of righteousness swirled around him, the sounds of scholars reciting scriptures faintly echoed.

The Heavenly Tome Academy inherited its lineage from the 'Master,' one of the ancient philosophers. Initially, it differed greatly from other cultivation sects.

Only later did it split into two branches, one dedicated to assisting the imperial court, and the other to cultivation. The Heavenly Tome Academy was the latter.

It wasn't just the two of them; the others were also angered.

In an instant, the starry sky was filled with various auras. The presence of several King Sealing spiritual treasures vibrated the void.

They held high positions and were greatly revered. Even if they had to come, they had naturally made many preparations and would not easily take risks.

During the battle in Skypride City, they had not brought King Sealing spiritual treasures, but now, without exception, they all had!

Therefore, even with the absence of the Refinement Platform, the Emotion Severing Path, and the Soaring Heaven Sect, the power they wielded far surpassed what they had shown before!

For a time, the surging auras were enough to shake the heavens and the earth.

"Brother Feng, fellow Daoists, there is no need to be angry." At this moment, the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate spoke.

He had cultivated for a longer time, and his cultivation methods were quite unique. Even if his emotions fluctuated, he would quickly calm down.

While the others were enraged, he remained calm and even reached out to stop them.

"Brother Mo?"

Feng Qingcang's expression was stern, and in the depths of his eyes, flames seemed to burn. His voice was low and rumbling like muffled thunder: "He has humiliated us to this extent, and you still want to endure it?!"

Zhao Hongmeng, with the ruler in his hand, also looked at the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate.

This old Daoist was too old, having nearly reached three thousand years of age. His strength was perhaps the greatest among them. In the battle of Skypride City, everyone was injured,

But he alone retreated unscathed.

"Not in a hurry."

The Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate merely waved his hand, casually drew a horsetail whisk from the void, held it in his hand, raised his brow, and looked at An Qisheng:

"This Daoist's proposal does pique my interest. Perhaps you could elaborate."

His expression was calm, just like his aura, ethereal and ever-changing like the cloud sea in the sky. His voice contained flowing Daoist profundities.

As the sound waves spread, large swathes of starlight dissipated.

"You all have just seen the number of my blessed lands, and you may have some guesses. Indeed, in thirty years, I have experienced six hundred and seventy tribulations........"

An Qisheng's expression was calm. The auras of the various King Sealing spiritual treasures did not seem to bother him in the slightest as he spoke indifferently:

"As you all have guessed, I possess a method to overcome tribulations."

Thirty years was not very long, but it was enough for An Qisheng to thoroughly integrate all that he had learned: the Profound Star, the Lasting Floating Realm, the Human Path, and the Myriad Sun Realm.

Countless cultivation methods, supernatural powers, different systems, and focuses, with the Taiji Diagram as the core, ultimately merged into one.

Naturally, this was inseparable from the many blessed land tribulations that had incessantly assailed him over those thirty years.

The essence of the blessed land tribulations was the correction and crushing of the heavens and earth.

Using the correction and crushing of the heavens and earth as a furnace, he forged his own supernatural powers and physique. The gains An Qisheng reaped were beyond anyone's imagination.

Thirty years of integration and unification was, in fact, the accumulation of his two lifetimes, spanning four realms, and including entering his own dreams, exceeding a thousand years.

Millennia of accumulation, yet it only took thirty years to erupt!

"Thirty years, nearly seven hundred tribulations!"

Even though they had anticipated it, upon hearing this number, everyone's heart shook.

Miao Meng, who had been silent since arriving in the starry sky, also showed some change in expression, revealing astonishment and doubt.

Blessed land tribulations were extremely difficult to overcome. The danger did not decrease based on the level of your cultivation.

With her talent, she had been struggling in the blessed land tribulations. It was not until she met the Great Sun Holy Body and cultivated together with him that she found some relief.

However, one to three tribulations every hundred years was still an unbearable burden.

To undergo nearly seven hundred tribulations in thirty years... let alone do it, just thinking about it would make one's scalp tingle.

"A method to overcome tribulations?!"

After the shock came overwhelming excitement.

Within the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate's deep eyes, a breathtaking light flickered. His voice carried a strong emotional tremor:

"What you say... is it true?"

"The stars are free, the blessed lands are free. Whether it is true or false, you all should know in your hearts."

An Qisheng sat still, and stretched out his palm.

Boom!

The starlight in the starry sky instantly surged, and was then obscured by shadow.

A palm as large as a star mountain descended from above, covering the starlight, majestic and boundless.

"You only need to jump out of my palm, and the method to overcome tribulations can be taken. Whether you wish to spread the method to the world, or keep it for yourselves, is up to you......"

The giant palm slowly descended, unhurried, yet possessing a commanding presence, unbelievably heavy:

"If you cannot jump out, then you must agree to three things for me.......”

A method to overcome tribulations.

Three things...

The Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate's heart stirred. He looked back and saw that everyone, including Feng Qingcang, had fallen silent, and their uncertain expressions.

Indicated that they were tempted.

'What does he want to do?'

The old Daoist muttered to himself, feeling that this Daoist Yuanyang was strangely unprecedented.

Even now, he had not sensed the slightest malice from Daoist Yuanyang. It seemed that he truly was just making a bet with them.

"In that case......"

Feng Qingcang looked up at the dazzling blessed lands surrounded by starlight, and his heart was inexplicably touched:

"Then I shall see what great divine powers you possess!"

He had already agreed.

In fact, the giant palm pressing down could turn into a world-shattering attack at any moment.

If there was no other choice, they could only fight head-on.

Moreover, they would not believe that Daoist Yuanyang's one hand could suppress them all.

Even a King Sealer couldn't do it!

Whoosh!

The giant palm descended, and apart from the immense pressure it brought, it seemed to have no divine power.

But the moment it fell, everyone except for Miao Meng

Had disappeared from this void.

Seemingly without any resistance.

"This......"

Miao Meng's expression was slightly stunned, and her expression was somewhat subtle.

Before she could examine it closely, the giant palm had already disappeared into the void, along with Zhao Hongmeng, Feng Qingcang, and the others.

In the starry sky, the auras and traces of those individuals seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Whoosh~

Her mind flickered slightly. With a step, she ascended to a high point in the starry sky.

Looking out, she saw that

On the Dao Platform surrounded by starlight, a white-haired and upright Daoist sat still, lowering his eyes to examine the lines on his palm.

She concentrated her gaze and could vaguely see that between his palms, divine light flickered, blood energy surged, and the auras of spiritual treasures permeated, intertwined with each other, emitting a continuous sound of muffled thunder.

It was as if someone was striking a drum with a heavy hammer, but could not break the drum surface, resulting in such a sound.

"Heaven and earth originally had no name, people gave them names. Just like something formed before heaven and earth, forcibly naming it as the Dao......"

While Miao Meng was stunned, she heard An Qisheng's voice in her ear.

"Hmm?"

She was slightly surprised.

"Everything in this world is defined by humans, but do humans really understand?"

An Qisheng looked at Miao Meng indifferently, his gaze clear and profound:

"For example, you, the so-called shattering of the Vacuum First Line, did you really tear apart space?"

He slowly raised his hand.

Under the starlight, Miao Meng could clearly see that between his fair and slender palms, Feng Qingcang and the others were displaying various supernatural powers.

Some were flying away, some were erupting with blood energy, some were activating their spiritual treasures, trying to tear apart the void. The scale of their actions was unbelievable, yet they still could not fly out of that palm.

But in the next moment, she saw an extremely incredible thing.

"How could this be?"

Miao Meng's expression shook violently.

An Qisheng did not hide anything, and she saw everything, saw the true situation on his palm.

No blood energy, no divine power, no activation of spiritual treasures, no tearing of the void, not even any attempts to fly away.......

Feng Qingcang and Zhao Hongmeng, and the other sect leaders, were all as if they had fallen into a dream, the expressions on their faces changing, some struggling, some looking ferocious, as if they were fiercely fighting against someone.

"What did you do?"

Miao Meng stopped.

She could perceive very clearly that the white-haired Daoist in front of her had no killing intent or malice towards her in any sense, but her heart was still palpitating.

It was like a mortal encountering a fierce tiger. Even if the tiger had no intention of harming them, they would still feel fear.

"All of a person's knowledge comes from the environment, from inheritance, and ultimately, from perception......

Touching fire will cause burns, touching ice water will cause a feeling of coldness...... But, what if that was fake?"

An Qisheng's expression was natural, even somewhat nonchalant, as he explained casually:

"They can feel themselves displaying supernatural powers, erupting with blood energy, tearing apart the void, but that is not their understanding,

It's mine!"

What is inheritance?

It is merely generations of cultivators summarizing and categorizing their knowledge of the environment and the heavens and earth, and then passing it down through generations.

Later generations supplement it, strip away the 'errors' within it, and constantly improve and summarize it.

These things are undoubtedly extremely precious.

But have the ancient philosophers, the ancient emperors and honored ones, truly understood the heavens and earth?

The things they passed down are undoubtedly extremely precious, but they themselves cannot perceive and understand the essence of the entire universe.

Each one will have no errors, but the things they left behind have conflicts, even are vastly different.

Because of the conflicts in cultivation methods and paths, countless sects hate each other.

They all believe that the others are heretics.

But in fact, their cultivation methods and paths have no errors. They cannot fully perceive, and are merely blind men touching an elephant.

Some touched the leg, some touched the teeth, some touched the tail, some touched the ears.......

They truly touched the heavens and earth.

But it was only a part of the heavens and earth.

But what if that part was grasped by others, and changed?

The crushing of knowledge is a more cruel, more intense confrontation than the crushing of supernatural powers.

"Knowledge?"

Miao Meng was somewhat puzzled. She naturally knew this word, but she could not understand the true meaning of this scene.

"Forget it, just take it as if I won."

An Qisheng shook his head and did not explain further.

If the Dao is one foot tall, then his is infinitely higher. His understanding of the heavens and earth has already surpassed these people.

It was so high that they could not understand it.

The moment they chose to accept it, he had already won.

King Sealing spiritual treasures are certainly powerful, but without someone to activate them, they would not be much stronger than a revived Marquis Sealing spiritual treasure. Trying to rely on the treasure's autonomous counterattack to escape.

That was obviously impossible.

"You, are you deceiving them?"

Miao Meng reacted and looked at An Qisheng with a somewhat strange gaze.

Even if this Daoist Yuanyang had returned to the Marquis Sealing realm, it would not be easy to suppress six sect leader-level experts with King Sealing spiritual treasures.

At least, it would never be possible to suppress them with a turn of the hand.

But at this time, he said that he had won, then obviously, Feng Qingcang and the others had been deceived......

"Deceive?"

An Qisheng sighed softly:

"I have done so much, yet you cannot see anything......"

Amidst the fluttering of his sigh, the stars disappeared.

Miao Meng still wanted to say something, but An Qisheng's figure had already disappeared with the dissipation of the starlight.

With a slight daze, the outside world reappeared in Miao Meng's eyes.

Surrounded by the disciples of the Myriad Dharma Tower, the sounds of discussion and exclamation had not yet dissipated, but the several great sect leaders who had burst forth with power, shaking the entire Myriad Dharma Mountain,

Had already disappeared.

Even Miao Meng, with her calm mind, was somewhat at a loss. She knew that if not for her relationship with Yuan Duxiu, she would have been suppressed between Daoist Yuanyang's fingers at this time.

"This, is it over?!"

"Where is Daoist Yuanyang? Where are the other sect leaders?!"

"What happened?!"

There was an uproar in the Myriad Dharma Mountain. Everyone's hearts were filled with disbelief, and they did not know what had happened.

Even Chu Yunyang and Zhao Zhen, who had been spying on this battle from afar, were stunned.

Even they had not expected

That six sect leader-level experts who had come with spiritual treasures had been planted silently!

For a time, the two looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

At the same time, this name was deeply imprinted in their hearts.

"Daoist Yuanyang......"

"Hoo~"

In the distant sky, Yuan Duxiu put away his spiritual treasure and let out a long breath. The Myriad Dharma Tower had arrived.

He took a deep breath.

With several movements, he returned to the Myriad Dharma Tower.

But as soon as Yuan Duxiu returned to the Myriad Dharma Tower, he sensed something was amiss.

In the past, even though he was Miao Meng's Daoist partner and had swept through a generation of true disciples, the hostility of the Myriad Dharma Tower's disciples towards him had never been erased.

But at this time......

"An illusion?"

Even after returning to Miao Mountain, Yuan Duxiu was still frowning.

Along the way, in addition to reverence, there was also a hint of surprise in their eyes?

What had happened?