All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 263 - 124 Chenyinzi (1/3)

Chapter 263: Chapter 124 Chenyinzi (1/3)

["No, Master, please calm down."]

Mingguang Dust was somewhat speechless, but he also understood why his master, Chenyinzi, was so anxious.

Bright Mirror Sect now had one Pure Yang and eight Manifesting Holies, ranking among the top of the forty-nine middle gates in the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent.

Even among the upper gates, some were in a period of decline, having only one Pure Yang and relying on the foundational strength of Lingxiao to safeguard their sect, making their situation very delicate when faced with the current Bright Mirror Sect.

But that was a matter of the previous era.

The current Pure Yang Heavenly Lord and Supreme Elder of Bright Mirror Sect, Cheng Guang Ancient Ancestor, was nearing his end and spent ninety of the last hundred years cultivating within the fragments of the Heavenly Mirror.

Although it is true that cultivating within the Haojing Dongtian can delay aging, for a Pure Yang Heavenly Lord, if they can’t substantially influence this world and lead the Sect upwards, their Fate Pattern will gradually decline.

Seclusion wouldn’t lead to a regression in the ability of those who have reached the ’Immovable’ stage, but it would cut off any chance of breakthrough and step by step bring them closer to death.

Among the Eight Peaks, only three had new blood who had Manifested Holiness in the last three hundred years; the rest were all elders from the glorious era of eight hundred to nearly a thousand years ago, all approaching their last moments.

If they could not cultivate a few new recruits during this final period of glory, when all the older generation of powerhouses have passed away, leaving only three Manifesting Holies at the beginning and middle stages, let alone holding a position in the top twenty powers of North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, Bright Mirror Sect might fall directly into the lower ranks among the forty-nine middle gates!

Having reached this point, Bright Mirror Sect was practically flinging open its doors wide, not letting go of any seedlings with potential.

Even for someone like An Jing, who might have a background in the Demon Sect, as long as the potential was great enough, they held no reservation.

But things were not so simple.

Mingguang Dust informed Chenyinzi about the relationship between An Jing and Xuan Mingjing, as well as the fact that the two had already exchanged Emperor’s Blood.

"Hmm... to think there’s a connection with the imperial dynasty?"

Chenyinzi might not know about Endless Heavens, but he clearly understood that his disciple had another card up his sleeve, a supporter.

Having understood each other’s intentions for so many years, the elder naturally knew his disciple’s relationship with King Jing was out of the ordinary: "That Xuang Guangyun, so young and already a high-ranking Manifesting Holy, on par with me. In less than a hundred years, he could have easily reached Pure Yang, but to think he’d die at the hands of his own people."

"His daughter... we can’t protect her."

With a sigh, Chenyinzi earnestly said, "Even in the peak days of our Bright Mirror Sect, we’ve only crossed hands with one of the Eight Directions King. The imperial dynasty has several times more Pure Yangs than our Manifesting Holies. If they discover this, even Cheng Guang Great Ancestor would have to go over there to apologize."

["Yes, so I plan to send Mingjing to a friend of mine on another continent.]

Mingguang Dust spoke candidly, [She and Brother Guangyun were also close friends. If it wasn’t for her guidance, I might have never found Mingjing."]

"You young generations have your own fateful methods."

Chenyinzi didn’t say much more; he now understood Mingguang Dust’s concerns: "The daughter of King Jing, we can’t protect. But, to clear our ties and take in a seedling related to her from the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect... that indeed has some rationale."

"Yes, it is risky, but still worth a try."

Thinking this, Chenyinzi stood up; all the illusions of buildings on the summit of Dawn Brightness Peak disappeared. The old Daoist had made up his mind: "I will go now to report to Great Ancestor and have him recorded in the register. But as for the Mysterious Mirror... my disciple."

At this point, Chenyinzi’s tone became solemn: "You also need to be careful,"

"Do you remember, your fellow disciple who was the beloved student of your Biying master?"

["Su?] Mingguang Dust recalled for a moment, then nodded: ["The Martial Lunatic who was knocked unconscious by me during the last sect competition... I don’t remember his name, but he was indeed powerful. He just likes to go for the kill, he almost shattered my Lifebound Magic Mirror, for which he took a good beating from Master."]

["What about him?"]

"He’s dead."

Chenyinzi spoke calmly, "Suran was, like you, a threefold Divine Repository Manifesting Holy Seed, the future hope of the Bright Mirror Sect... Yet he met an inexplicable death in the Extreme Northern Frost Plains, falling to a Heavenly Demon."

"With the Heavenly Demons and Netherworld Ghost Gods locked in fierce combat, how could they find the time to cause chaos in the mortal realm? This matter is strange, but even if Biying pleaded with Cheng Guang Ancient Ancestor to leave seclusion and use the Heavenly Mirror to scan, no cause or connection could be found."

"It is as if... it could not scan ’that place’ behind you either."

Mingguang Dust fell silent. He understood his master’s meaning.

Chenyinzi had lifted him from a life as a Medicine Slave to the True Demon Sect, raising him from the dust, teaching him how to be a person, the values of martial arts, and the principles of dealing with the world. He was both a teacher and a father. If possible, he would not want to conceal ’Endless Heavens’ from him.

But the origins of Endless Heavens were beyond the ordinary. Even the Pure Yang Heavenly Lord could not see through it using a shard of the Treasure Mirror, and his speaking of it would be pointless—Chenyinzi would not remember.

Yet now, Chenyinzi’s reminder was critically important.

Suran, a fellow Manifesting Holy Seed, had been treacherously assassinated with an unknown method while carrying out a top-secret mission of the Sects. It represented not only that there was a traitor within the Sects but also that it was highly likely related to the internal struggles within Endless Heavens...

As the future hope of the Bright Mirror Sect and an Endless Heavens Traveler, he was indeed a thorn in the eye for many Middle Gates and even Upper Gates, a thorn in the flesh for other factions within Endless Heavens.

Especially the Upper Gates’ "Xu Shen Mountain Taiming Sect" controlled by Dust Li, precisely the Upper Gate that commanded the Netherworld Ghost Gods.

If it was them, creating several Heavenly Demons in a region... might not be difficult.

"I shall do it."

Thinking of this, he bowed deeply to his master: "Disciple is currently in Kanming City, teaching An Jing the True Transmission Secret Methods and the life-nurturing Secret Transmission, waiting for a friend to come and escort Mingjing away, not doing anything else."

"After this matter is settled, disciple will return to the mountain for seclusion, attempting the Great Heaven’s Sanctification to relieve a bit of your worry."

"Hmm."

Chenyinzi gently stroked his beard, "Perhaps it’s also Heaven’s Will; research into the Secret Transmission ’Fate Altering Technique’ has been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time."

"The mirror is the reflection. Yet, the reflective mirror is also a mirror of the self. You were able to cultivate the ’Mirror Self’ precisely because through ’Fate Altering Technique,’ you grasped another version of yourself that was completely opposite, yet originated from you, allowing for self-reflection," said the old Daoist softly.

"Evil is me, good is me, the Way is me, and the demon is me. Before the mirror is me, within the mirror is me."

"Void is the mirror, the mirror is the void; I am in the void, the void contains me."

"The world is also a mirror; I was originally in the mirror, so why differentiate between emptiness and existence?"

Upon explaining the fundamental directive of the Divine Skill ’Mirror Self,’ the old Daoist spoke softly, "This young man endowed with the Heavenly Fiend Divine Mandate, born of the Demon Sect yet detests evil intensely, might just be perfectly suited like you... He might further the ’Fate Altering Technique’ Secret Transmission on your foundation, turning it into a true ’Divine Mandate Skill’!"

"That’s due to master’s excellent guidance," said Mingguang Dust sincerely.

"Be on your way."

Shaking his head, although Chenyinzi was smiling, he waved his hand in a gesture of feigned annoyance, "You never come to visit your master unless it’s for some trouble... Off you go, off you go. I still need to pay a visit to the Great Ancestor."

"Next time, I will definitely bring a gift when I visit master," the reflection of Mingguang Dust said, smiling as it vanished.

"An Jing..."

After Mingguang Dust had left, Chenyinzi repeated the name, and he too began to smile, playing with the chilly pun, "Indeed, it is quite a good name. With our Bright Mirror Sect’s turbulent situation, we indeed need a ’Person of An Jing.’

At the heart of the conversation, An Jing was on his way back to the city.

But upon his return, he discovered that the officials were waiting for him at the gate of the Siheyuan.