All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 253 - 114 (Thanks to the Silver Alliance who are painfully eager to do math problems!)

Chapter 253: Chapter 114 (Thanks to the Silver Alliance who are painfully eager to do math problems!)

"Let’s not talk about Evil Fate or Abnormal Fate; besides a few truly detrimental Decaying Fates that only have side effects, the essence of these kinds of fates are simply Miscellaneous Fate bound with side effects and excessive Evil Qi. Some special cases might be considered Strange Mandates."

"Just as a person initially has no fate, they can awaken their Fate Pattern through Personal Fortune Transformation. Miscellaneous Fates are weak, but they can also advance through continuous self-improvement."

"I have seen a young blacksmith, obsessed with forging, who after continuously crafting twenty-seven Fine Soldiers, awakened the ’Great Artisan’s Fate’."

"After that, he still tirelessly researched Forging Skills, refined the wind furnace, explored Formations, and blessed his forging with the Art of Magic and geomancy. Ultimately, in the realm of Inner Strength, he forged a ’Divine Weapon’!"

As he reached this point, Mingguang Dust also revealed an admiring expression, "The day the Divine Weapon was completed, the celestial phenomena changed, meteors fell from the sky as if divine beings used the stars as hammers to forge a heavenly weapon — and the craftsman’s Fate Pattern advanced as a result, henceforth known as the ’Heaven Star Craftsman’."

"If it weren’t for his old age making it impossible to advance to Divine Repository, I wouldn’t doubt that he could elevate his Fate Pattern to a ’Strange Mandate’ and become a true Divine Craftsman!"

"Impressive!" An Jing also nodded in agreement, "Truly remarkable!"

A Divine Weapon is an Artifact with its own spirituality, equivalent to at least the nascent form of a magic treasure, a peak Spiritual Artifact made of special materials, or even a magic treasure that can grow.

Generally speaking, only those at the Purple Mansion or Divine Repository level can possess it, and even a True Lord manifesting holy powers with a Golden Core wouldn’t be out of place wielding a strong one.

To forge a Divine Weapon at the realm of Inner Strength and yet be unable to advance one’s Fate Pattern, who else could?

An Jing truly felt admiration.

"Fate Pattern is a seedling bestowed by the Dao of Heaven," Mingguang Dust emphasized again: "As long as it is diligently cultivated, watered and fertilized, it will grow strong."

"To engage in Martial Arts and achieve deeds is akin to watering and fertilizing one’s Fate Pattern. If one doesn’t carry out such deeds, no matter how rare and strong the seedling is, it will wither into nothingness."

"Only a Fate Pattern strong enough can nurture Divine Skills," An Jing asked, to which Mingguang Dust nodded, "The Fate Pattern is like a tree, and Cultivation is like fertilizing and watering."

"Only through diligent Cultivation and if the tree is strong enough, can it bear the ’fruits of Martial Arts.’"

"That is to say, ’Divine Skills’!"

With this, An Jing completely understood.

Heaven and Earth bore humanity, and humans are children of Heaven and Earth. Close to Heaven and Earth, the Spirit Root is the sprout of a True Spirit, nurtured within the microcosm of one’s body and extending to the macrocosm of the greater world. Therefore, those without a Spirit Root are doomed to be unable to achieve the Foundation Establishment Realm that connects to the greater world and completes the ’Heaven and Man Cycle’.

In Embracing the Void, the sprout of the Spirit Root cannot operate, so Heaven and Earth bestow a seedling to continue the journey.

To follow one’s fate and carry out actions is to water it—this must not be ceased, for cessation causes the seedling to wither. To cultivate diligently is to fertilize—though not mandatory, it is indispensable. Without fertilizer, the seedling grows slowly, and it will never become a tree or bear fruit in its lifetime.

Martial Artists must cultivate diligently and act in accordance with their fate, making the sapling grow strong. Only a mature Fate Pattern tree can bear the fruit of the Dao, which is, indeed, Divine Skills!

"Miscellaneous Fate is just too immature, inherently flawed. Even with skilled techniques, the puny sapling cannot bear fruit."

An Jing murmured to himself, "Only upon reaching Lifebound Fate, can one master fundamental Divine Skills and thereafter achieve Divine Repository!"

"This is ’Dual Cultivation of Life and Nature’."

"Indeed." Seeing An Jing grasp the concept immediately brought Mingguang Dust considerable satisfaction.

He did not see himself as teacher material; it was only because An Jing was naturally intelligent that he could barely guide him onto the path of cultivation, "Therefore, we martial artists must not only practice diligently but also follow our fate. Only then can we advance vigorously on the path of martial arts."

"Those secluded minor schools and factions hidden in the mountains either perish in silence or send out a few seeds every generation to walk the world and carry on the legacy."

"...All martial artists must walk through the mortal world." An Jing fell silent for a few moments before sighing, "No wonder the world is so chaotic."

"Yes," Mingguang Dust nodded in agreement with what An Jing had said: "After all, not everyone’s fate pattern is like that of the Heaven Star Craftsman, who only needs to focus on forging... Just like your ’Mars Guarding Heart,’ it’s a fate pattern that inevitably calls for creating war, slaying thousands, and toppling the order of a region in order to advance."

"That is also why, when I first saw you, I wanted to extinguish your life... Such malevolent and evil fates should not exist in the world, and they do not allow you to be a good person."

"I never intended to be a good person." An Jing was somewhat surprised at this, "With so many evil people in this world, if I use evil to control evil, and eliminate them all, wouldn’t that also be a good deed?"

"Yes, and that is also why I now accept you," admitted Mingguang Dust: "But that requires tremendous willpower and an extraordinary mind. How could I be sure of this before I got to know you?"

"Aside from the Demon Sect, most sects would try to eliminate a ’Fiend Destiny, Star Detriment Destiny’ like yours as much as possible, or they would train you to become a sharp blade."

"Hm?" Hearing this, An Jing furrowed his brow, "But I remember, Master, you are... "

"Correct, my fate pattern is ’Sun and Moon Without Light’."

The blind Divine Repository True Person started to laugh, "When I lost my eyes in the Poison Worm Demon Land of the True Demon Sect, my heart was filled with evil Qi."

"I wanted to make the blind Heaven understand that even if I could not see the light of the world, I could still send every single person into the Nether Sea, dim the sun, the moon, and the stars, and blind all spirits and living beings."

—Wow, such murderous intent.

An Jing, looking at the serene-faced Mingguang Dust before him and comparing it to his own initial awakening of his fate pattern, suddenly understood what the other was trying to say, "But now, you are not a blade... The path of fate is not just one!"

"Right. In the sect, everyone except my master thinks that my fate pattern is ’Six Yin Towards Yang,’ but I am still ’Sun and Moon Without Light’."

Mingguang Dust nodded, "An Jing, this is what I want to tell you—there is more than one path for the fate pattern."

"Fate patterns are the roots bestowed by heaven. They don’t really have any predestined names; it’s we martial artists who give them meaning with our own language."

"My fate pattern indeed involves making the sun, the moon, and all living beings dark and blind, but this does not mean I really have to blind or kill everyone... I can also become a dazzling ’sun’ myself, causing the sun and moon to pale in comparison and making everyone who looks at me blind and unable to see."

"This is also ’Sun and Moon Without Light,’ and this is the new path I have chosen for myself, which can also advance my fate pattern."

"At the same time, ordinary martial artists are unable to discern what my true fate pattern is, making it difficult for them to target my fate pattern to deal with me—I am ’Sun and Moon Without Light.’ If they all treat me according to the methods used against Yang System fate patterns, who will lose if not them?"

At this point, Mingguang Dust raised his Sword Finger, and between his two fingers, a hazy and illusory talisman was condensing: "This is the first cultivation method I want to impart to you."

"It is a ’Life Nourishing Secret Skill’ created by my lineage, not inferior to the fate pattern secret techniques of the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect."

"Its name is ’Fate Altering Technique,’ perfectly suited for your overly conspicuous ’Fiend God’s Destiny’ that is easy to target!"