378: Chapter 96 Principle of Life_2 378: Chapter 96 Principle of Life_2 Xie Xuanyi sneered, “What is there to fear?”
Lu Yuzhen raised an eyebrow, “Let’s go!”
With those words, he waved his sleeve, and countless sheets of white paper rustled across the ground, forming a cloud that lifted the two of them up.
“Alas, how lamentable, the Great Yue Kingdom has now thoroughly perished.”
Standing atop the cloud, Lu Yuzhen looked down at the remnants of the ancient country and regretfully said, “Under the severe damage of Emperor Qi’s Ruyi Dao Fire, everything has turned into nothingness, it’s a pity your realm is too low…
If there were a Yang God Realm practitioner here right now, perhaps some of these ancient relics could have been salvaged.”
Xie Xuanyi looked at the tragic sight with some regret in his heart.
Fortunately,
before departing, Shan Man had recorded the history of the ancient country into a jade scroll and gifted it all.
The ancient country perished, but its history remains.
A thousand years of the Great Yue Kingdom, disappeared into the crevices of history…
Yet if one could leave this place and return to the human world,
then this “past” would be reknowned by people once more.
Xie Xuanyi stood on the cloud of white paper and suddenly spoke, “So are you really planning to gather the entire ancient country into the White Paper Cave Heaven?”
Lu Yuzhen smiled and replied, “Although the most important creation from this trip is the 9 million souls…
if there are freebies to be had, why not take them?”
…
Xie Xuanyi looked towards the distant sky.
He had to admit, Lu Yuzhen is a crazy genius, using the Undying Spring to counteract the massive Ruyi Dao Fire.
By scattering the white paper early, he could resonate from within the Purple Mansion Heart Lake with every piece of paper that fell on the outside.
If not for such an early strategy.
The moment when Emperor Qi ignited the Dao Fire…
at least half of the 9 million souls would have perished or been injured!
“Boom.”
As they approached the peak of the sky, a dull sound of thunder rang out, and Xie Xuanyi, with a solemn expression, watched the True Dragon slithering at the heavens, with over ninety percent of the Dao Fire landing on its body.
The fire was extremely powerful, and even the iron body of the True Dragon couldn’t handle it intact, burning pit after pit onto the long dragon’s body.
“Both of us being outcasts, how have you ended up in such a plight…”
Lord Lu watched the True Dragon, his eyes filled with sorrow and heartache.
This time,
he didn’t let Xie Xuanyi, the “bearer of the Undying Spring Eye,” take action.
As the cloud passed,
he extended his palm, gently caressing the True Dragon’s scarred flesh through the air…
the vapors of the Undying Spring condensed in his palm, lightly covering each touch with a thin layer of water.
The massive body of the True Dragon made such touches not sufficient to heal the Dao Fire’s burning wounds, but at the very least, they could somewhat ease the injuries.
It can be seen,
the Undying Spring, though a divine artifact,
must also obey certain rules.
The higher the realm, the more severe the injury, the greater the cost to reverse the injury and restore vitality.
Simply put,
the Undying Spring can counteract the iron rule of “Life and Death.”
But it also needs a sufficient amount and quality!
Sitting atop the cloud, Xie Xuanyi experienced an unprecedented tranquility in his Heart Lake.
Just as Lu Yuzhen had said earlier, resisting the Ruyi Dao Fire was a rare Divine Soul trial…
his Divine Soul had already reached the peak of the Yin God Realm, just one step away from reaching the mountain peak, this confrontation with the Ruyi Dao Fire was like facing a great tribulation ahead of time.
“Destroy and Rebuild, without emptiness, there is no advancement.”
The most important thing was,
he vaguely saw the direction of the great path he had been desperately seeking.
In his previous life,
he practiced swordsmanship, seeking extreme lethality, and thus, he comprehended the Rule of Destruction.
And in this life, through fortune and fate, he had obtained the Undying Spring.
Xie Xuanyi experienced a power diametrically opposed to the “Rule of Destruction.”
This was the “Power of Life.”
When leaving the Xuanshui Cave Heaven, the former master had once said,
[“Everything in the world is born from the chaos of yin and yang.”]
[“Where there is yin, there is yang.
Where there are beings, there is inevitably destruction.”]
At that time,
Xie Xuanyi didn’t fully understand, but now, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration…
Everything has two sides of yin and yang.
The “Power of Life” represented by the Undying Spring is precisely the “yang side” to the Rule of Destruction’s “yin side.”
Similarly,
the two great paths of a Sword Cultivator, also exactly align with this principle.
One method pursued the ultimate in killing power, crafting Sword Qi Cave Heaven, emphasizing flying swords to suppress the cave heaven to achieve the Yin God Realm.
The other method involved abandoning external objects to cultivate oneself, to mold the Golden Body Divine Embryo and pursue endless life, forging oneself into a “Supreme Sword.”
These two methods perfectly matched the “Yin and Yang,” “Destroy and Rebuild!”
“…Have you gained some insight?”
Standing next to Xie Xuanyi, Lu Yuzhen, seeing the young man in black meditating with tucked legs and a restrained breath, couldn’t help but sigh deeply.
He had guessed it early on.
This battle would definitely benefit Xie Xuanyi.
But the young man’s “amazing insight” was truly astounding.
How long had it been?
He pursued insights consecutively.
“Eh?”
Lu Yuzhen narrowed his eyes, hands behind his back, watching the faint glow flickering at Xie Xuanyi’s brow.
Above the sky, the clouds ignited by the Ruyi Dao Fire shattered into ashes.
The souls of the deceased feed.
Drifted towards the clouds following the light.
This scene was exceedingly beautiful, but the person involved was completely unaware.
Xie Xuanyi sat above the cloud, eyes closed, digesting the enlightenment appeared in his Heart Lake.
His surroundings were filled with souls of those long dead from the Great Yue Kingdom, saved by the Undying Spring Eye during a great calamity of fiery Dao destruction.
Like fireflies drawn to light,
They flocked to the “Undying Spring Eye.”
These souls, their bodies long gone.
A wisp of soul was a wisp of incense, a wisp of willingness.
Taoist, Sword Palace, Buddhist Sect, even Demon Country.
All holy lands, major forces, top clans, focused on cultivating “willingness” …
Once a Great Practitioner advanced, their Lifebound Cave Heaven would descend to earth.
The higher the realm, the larger the cave heaven, theoretically, this Lifebound Cave Heaven was meant to “foster” followers.
Starting from the Yang God Realm, each step upward required immense opportunities, immense causality, immense transformations!
A portion of willingness aided more than hundreds of efforts.
That’s why Loose Cultivators had such a hard time progressing, even if there were exceptionally gifted ones who relied on their own efforts to reach the Yang God Realm, they struggled to continue alone.
Countless fireflies raced towards Xie Xuanyi’s brow.
Xie Xuanyi didn’t know what was happening.
He felt as if he had plunged back into the North Sea.
But this time, the North Sea wasn’t cold.
“Life…
Destruction…”
Xie Xuanyi murmured softly, in his mind, chaos emerged from the void, gradually transitioning from darkness to clarity, and then splitting into two parts.
Eventually, two chasing yin and yang fishes appeared.
The “Benefit Fruit” of the Undying Spring Eye saving the souls of Great Yue manifested at this moment.
In the cracks of the void.
More and more spirits, emitting a faint golden glow, raced towards Xie Xuanyi’s brow.
Flocking continuously.
More and more.
Finally,
In the center of Xie Xuanyi’s brow, a golden, glowing water droplet appeared.
This droplet resembled the shape of the Undying Spring, but it wasn’t the Undying Spring…
it was a broken “Tao Rule fragment.”
“Is this…
the Principle of Life?”
Lu Yuzhen saw this scene and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
Life, Destruction.
These two Tao Rules were top-tier great principles!
Mastering either was a rare and massive opportunity in a thousand years.
In this world, those who had a droplet of the Undying Spring were peak cultivators whose Dao was already perfect, and attempting to cultivate the Principle of Life through the “Undying Spring” was extremely difficult, despite united efforts and rebirth for further cultivation, it might not be satisfactory.
Some transformations, despite efforts, didn’t bloom.
Luck played a big part.
But at this moment…
Xie Xuanyi had “fortunately” stumbled upon this chance.
With the Realm of Cave Heaven, he gathered two top-tier Tao Rules.
This meant that the incomplete Sword Dao he had been contemplating was now completely restored and perfected at this moment.
As long as the “Principle of Life” was fully gathered and transformed into a great principle, this Lifebound Cave Heaven could descend and ascend, achieving both Yin God and Divine Embryo!
“Ts…”
Lord Lu’s expression was wistful.
After a moment, he revealed a slight smile.
He softly said to himself, “This is also good…
It wasn’t in vain that I made such elaborate plans.”