215: Chapter 1 Bitter Sea_2 215: Chapter 1 Bitter Sea_2 These Divine Thoughts were clearly much more powerful than those of the Yin God’s venerable ones.
Some of the Yang God Great Sword Immortals’ Divine Thoughts even conversed for many sentences with Xie Xuanyi, asking about the recent situation in the Sword Palace.
It is less to say that this is a thread of Divine Thought.
Rather, this thread of Divine Thought had already merged with Xuanshui Cave Heaven, becoming a remnant soul.
They inherited the personality of the original master and possessed “their own” will.
What they did here was not merely preaching and teaching.
It was also a silent “guardianship” for the millennial foundation of Da Sui Sword Palace!
After an unknown stretch of time,
Xie Xuanyi finally saw the end of the cerulean sea.
Everything Duan Zhao said was true.
Although this cerulean sea was very broad, as long as one kept crossing straight ahead, one could see “the other shore”; and separated by a dozen li, one could see…
an extremely tall figure in a black robe, standing on the other shore.
The figure was as sublime as a mountain range.
At the moment Xie Xuanyi saw the figure, the lotus boat stopped moving forward.
No matter how much he urged it using Sword Qi, the boat was as if it had thrown down an anchor, firmly nailed in the center of the cerulean sea.
“You’ve come.”
The towering figure in the black robe spoke softly.
The voice sounded like the ringing of bells and drums, buzzing through the air.
He did not ask Xie Xuanyi why he hadn’t comprehended Sword Intent, nor did he inquire about Xie Xuanyi’s master, like he did with Duan Zhao.
A casually uttered three words.
As if meeting an old friend for the first time.
And even…
with a touch of gratification.
Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly, gazing intently.
The black robe was lifted by the wind and did not reveal flesh and blood…
It seemed to be just a garment as heavy and thick as a mountainous black robe.
Within the black robe, there was no host.
His gaze slowly moved upward.
He saw a face shrouded in mist and a pair of eyes as dazzling as the stars.
“Who are you?”
Xie Xuanyi was somewhat puzzled.
Looking into these eyes, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.
Those eyes resembled the Sect Leader, the Law Enforcement, the eldest senior brother, and everyone he had seen.
It was not until he inadvertently glanced down and saw his own reflection in the cerulean sea, adorned with the “All Beings” aspect,
That Xie Xuanyi understood whom these eyes resembled.
These eyes, they resembled himself the most.
“I am the Sword Intent left by the ‘Primordial Master’ of Xuanshui Cave Heaven.”
The figure in the black robe spoke softly, with a hint of a smile, “I can be anyone, or I can be nothing at all.”
“The Path of All Beings?”
Xie Xuanyi snapped back to reality, muttering to himself.
The history from a thousand years ago was too ancient; it had crumbled beyond verification.
This black robe claimed to be the Sword Intent left by the Primordial Master of Xuanshui Cave Heaven?
The term Primordial Master, he had never even heard of it…
Not even the Sect Leader had ever mentioned it to him.
“Correct.”
The figure in the black robe said calmly, “The Primordial Master once observed the myriad states of beings and the ebb and flow here, comprehending this thread of Sword Intent…
Now, I stand on the ‘other shore’ of the Sea of Suffering in Xuanshui Cave Heaven, watching one after another successor struggle to cross.
No matter who it is, as long as they can reach the end of Xuanshui Cave Heaven, they can meet me.”
Xie Xuanyi could feel that this black robe’s Spirit Wisdom seemed even higher and more lucid than those of the Yang God Great Sword Immortals’ Divine Thoughts!
The original master was gone.
The remnant thoughts left in Xuanshui Cave Heaven inherited the original master’s ideas.
They all claimed themselves by the name of the original master as if continuing the life of the original master…
But the black robe directly called itself “Primordial Master’s Sword Intent.”
It was very clear about its identity, as well as its destiny.
“Did you just say, this is the Sea of Suffering?”
Xie Xuanyi sharply caught a key piece of information, turning back to look at the boundless cerulean sea behind him.
The Sea of Suffering…
This term indeed was intriguing.
Who knows how many people want to come to Xuanshui Cave Heaven once, where this cerulean sea contains countless fortunes and Sword Intents.
Yet the black robe called it the Sea of Suffering?
“All beings suffer.
Since they need to struggle to cross in order to reach the other shore…
then this sea is naturally the Sea of Suffering.”
The black robe said softly with a laugh, “Out of tens of millions, only one can reach Xuanshui Cave Heaven and witness a thread of fate.
Another tens of millions, and again only one can reach the other shore…
Does this lotus sea not qualify as suffering?”
Xie Xuanyi was speechless.
Looking at the black robe, he involuntarily thought of the monks from Fan Yin Temple, who liked to debate the Dao, and he sighed with a headache before asking out of curiosity, “Was the Primordial Master male or female, and could there be any connection with Fan Yin Temple?”
Naturally, the question was not serious.
Xie Xuanyi did not expect the black robe to respond.
“…”
As expected, the black robe only shook its head, remaining silent.
Those dazzling eyes looked at Xie Xuanyi, full of compassion and pity.
“So, have I now reached the other shore?”
Xie Xuanyi stood at the bow of the lotus boat, separated by a dozen miles from the towering figure in the black robe.
Between the gaps in their dialogue, Xie Xuanyi tried many methods but could never get the boat to advance any further.
The crossing had been extremely smooth, plain sailing.
But at this moment, the boat came to a hard stop, as if it was impossible to move forward even a hair’s breadth.
“Of course…”
The figure in the black robe started speaking with a smile, shaking his head, his voice full of tenderness.
The next moment, he gave a very calm reply, “No.”
Seeing the other shore is not the same as stepping onto it…
What would happen if I took one more step forward?
The thought emerged in Xie Xuanyi’s heart, and then he tentatively took a small step forward.
He had wanted to imitate Duan Zhao, to run across the sea of lotus with his physical body, but the motion stopped halfway, hanging in suspension.
Xie Xuanyi could feel it.
This vast sea seemed not to accept him.
The Sword Qi and Divine Thought he sent out into the sea disappeared without an echo.
Judging by this trend…
as soon as he left this lotus, his “epiphany” would end.
“Interesting.”
Xie Xuanyi withdrew his foot, looking at the Sword Intent left by the Primordial Master with a light smile, “How do I know when I have reached the ‘other shore’?
How many have reached the ‘other shore’?”
“How to reach the ‘other shore’…”
The figure in the black robe also laughed, as if this question was also very interesting to him.
He pondered for a moment, then said slowly, “I don’t know how to answer that question.
I can only say that those who reach the other shore will know it for themselves.”
“As for how many have reached the ‘other shore’…”
“After stepping onto this sea of suffering, the number of people who reach the other shore is not large.”
The Sword Intent from the Primordial Master spoke softly, “Whether one can reach the other shore has nothing to do with the realm of cultivation but with the state of mind.
As long as your heart is perfect, then even if your realm is low, you can still reach the other shore…
speaking of progress, the youth who came here not long ago has gone further than you.”
“But in time, when he truly begins to cultivate the Sword Dao…”
“He will probably not be able to reach the previous position.”
“Perhaps he will only be able to walk a short distance, not even matching the little girl who came some days before.”
Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.
He sat down on the lotus boat and quietly asked, “Then what lies beyond the other shore?”
He looked towards the towering figure in the black robe.
Behind the black robe was chaos, indistinct and unclear.
“…”
The figure shook his head again, indicating that he would not answer this question.
Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath and made a decision.
He had rung the bell this time, wanting to meet more than just this mysterious figure standing on the other shore.
“Did a ‘Lotus Honored One’ come to the other shore sixty years ago?” Xie Xuanyi asked directly, “How can I meet her?”
“The Lotus Honored One?
She has been to the other shore, one of the few who have landed.” The Sword Intent from the Primordial Master answered the question with profound meaning, “Do you want to meet her?
If the Lotus Honored One’s Divine Thought has left but a trace of breath, only enough to sustain one meeting, would you still want to see her?”
This question left Xie Xuanyi silent.
His visit to see the Lotus Honored One…
was naturally for the Law Enforcement of Tongtian.
But if everything was as the Sword Intent from the Primordial Master had said.
The Lotus Honored One had only one meeting’s worth of thought left.
Then this one meeting should be reserved for the Law Enforcement.
“I understand.”
Xie Xuanyi sighed deeply, stood up, bowed, and then prepared to leap from the bow of the lotus boat.
“Wait.”
At this moment.
The Sword Intent from the Primordial Master, exceptionally rare, spoke.
A gentle breeze swept in from the farthest end of the other shore, making the lotus in front and behind sway.
Xie Xuanyi watched the towering figure in the great robe with some astonishment, those dazzling eyes brimming with compassion.
“Xie Xuanyi.”
The Sword Intent from the Primordial Master actually called out Xie Xuanyi’s name directly.
This call made Xie Xuanyi shiver, not from the cold.
Xuanshui Cave Heaven had been sealed for sixty years.
The Sword Intent from the Primordial Master stood on the other shore, could it be that it had just been watching Da Sui Sword Palace for sixty years?
“All things in the world are born from chaos of Yin and Yang.”
The black robe spoke meaningfully, “All things have Yin, thus there is Yang.
All beings are born, thus they perish.
Do you…
understand what I mean?”
Xie Xuanyi silently looked at the towering mountain, lost in thought.
The black robe flicked its sleeve.
The lotus crumbled, and the sea of suffering overturned.