All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 328 - 185: Shattering the Mirror with Light to Prove Unrestrained Freedom (3/3)

Chapter 328: Chapter 185: Shattering the Mirror with Light to Prove Unrestrained Freedom (3/3)

Conquering King still remembered the scene when he fought against Cheng Guang beyond the heavens.

In the infinite and boundless light, a mirror emerged out of nowhere, with light within it and light without.

He gazed at the mirror, only to discover that it had no reflective surface; it was merely a frame, leaving Conquering King utterly baffled.

——If without a mirror surface, how can it be called a mirror?

And in his confusion, Conquering King saw a butterfly amidst the hazy light.

With wings of green fluttering and dancing, the butterfly drifted through the Heavenly Gang Great Flame that would easily dissolve mountains and cities as if it were a dream within an illusion.

For some unknown reason, Conquering King felt that the butterfly was, in fact, himself.

——A mirror can only reflect that which is cast upon it; its meaning is in its inversion, its illumination, its reflection, its falsehood, its truth, its emptiness, its illusion.

The purpose of a mirror is to reflect oneself, to pursue reality through illusion, and to cultivate truth through fabrication.

But if it is not a mirror, then it can reflect things that have never existed before.

When the heart is like a mirror, dreams reflect the vast world. Why should you reflect things that are just like yourself?

"Cheng Guang broke the mirror to prove the carefree way,"

Conquering King spoke deliberately, expressing his judgment, "He has abandoned the ’Haotian Mirror Path of reflecting the vast world and soaring intentions’ and is seeking to forge a new path, to embrace another way to ascend Lingxiao!"

"Actually..." Solemn King raised his brow. Even for them, such courage was surprising and moving.

What is referred to as the heritage of a succession is the path of the Great Dao.

The mountain gateways of the Sects were all formed from the combination of all the strong who have failed to break through starting from the Divine Repository or those who died a seated death.

Within the Sects, there lie numerous martial arts formation maps, true intents of heaven and earth, and even the marrow of the Great Dao left by the predecessors. This heritage, as long as one experiences, studies, and feels it, can be learned, understood, and mastered.

Many have walked this path, proving its reality and solidity, thus it is named a "Path," a "Dao"!

Even Destiny Patterns... because the predecessors left behind fated artifacts, condensed to suppress the core of the Sect, each generation can guide a part of those with potential to awaken a specific Destiny Pattern.

Just like their Emperor’s Blood and Holding Talisman, these are the fundamental seeds that can pass on Destiny Patterns and qualifications for cultivation.

In order to select suitable seeds for Succession Life Instruments and maintain the existence of the Sects, all the Great Sects use their own methods to rule over mortals and select the seeds they desire, forming the vast mortal coil of Embracing the Void’s ten continents.

The Visible Empty Mountain and Bright Mirror Peak of the Bright Mirror Sect are such places of succession.

The strongest members of each generation of the Bright Mirror Sect have all sought to control the ’Heavenly Mirror Shard’ brought out from the Divine Court by the Visible Empty Ancestral Master.

As the core of the Bright Mirror Sect’s succession, the Heavenly Mirror Shard contains a direct connection to the Lingxiao Path. Should someone manage to complete the Lingxiao True Intent of the Haotian Mirror, the Bright Mirror Sect will rise in a leap, becoming an Upper Gate possessing the supreme Lingxiao and its succession!

But how difficult is it to complete the device of the supreme Lingxiao Path? From the first generation False Light Celestial Lord of the Bright Mirror Sect to Cheng Guang, everyone has sought to take this fastest and most straightforward path to the Great Dao.

But the current Cheng Guang... is no longer the same as before.

"Does a mirror not need to be complete to reflect the Great Dao, let alone when the core of the Haotian Mirror has long since been shattered with the Divine Court, leaving the Bright Mirror Sect with only a tributary path?"

The Conquering King’s expression was complex, admiring yet cautious, "Without the complete Haotian Path, Bright Mirror Sect would need a Natural Master to even dream of certifying their ascension to Lingxiao through this... They could be the strongest Middle Gate, but it’s absolutely impossible for them to be an Upper Gate."

"But if it’s the ’Broken Mirror Carefree Path’ that Cheng Guang has begun to carve out—which is still in its infancy—it’s not impossible for a future genius to emerge in thousands of years, using it to certify their path!"

"That’s still alright, just being in its infancy, it’s far from a complete path."

The Solemn King felt a sense of vigilance upon hearing this, but also a little relief, "At least Cheng Guang himself has no chance of certification, that’s enough."

"Indeed," sighed the Conquering King, "Suppressing the Taiming Sect is already exhausting enough, let alone another Bright Mirror Sect’s ascent to Lingxiao... Ha, I even got injured this time, Shenjing should compensate us more."

Meanwhile.

The procession of the Bright Mirror Sect.

"How is Guangchen now?"

One of the Eight Peaks’ Peak Masters of the Bright Mirror Sect and a good friend of Chenyinzi, Universal Brightness True Lord from Rising Light Peak, inquired about the silent Chenyinzi. The old lady was somewhat worried, "He was originally the ninth Manifesting Holy of our Bright Mirror Sect, and by rights could independently start his own peak, forging the ninth peak of Visible Empty Mountain... but now..."

"It’s not a big problem."

Chenyinzi had been calculating and communicating with Cheng Guang Ancient Ancestor up until now, and coming back to his senses, he sighed softly but wasn’t too tense, "This rascally kid used some Great Void secret technique and ran off to the far reaches of the heavens... The Great Ancestor (Cheng Guang) says he will adjust the Haotian Mirror Shard to shine upon all heavens, seeing if he can guide the boy back..."

Even so, Chenyinzi knew that this method was slim, but after all, the Manifesting Holy True Lord had transformed from void to solid, with a realm existing within him that was self-sufficient, unaffected even by being in the Great Void outside the heavens, at most he would just drift along with the currents.

And because of the Fate Pattern’s guidance, Guangchen and his Formation Realm would inevitably return to Embracing the Void—it was just uncertain how long it would take, possibly thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

"What about An Jing then?"

On the other side, a severe and straightforward middle-aged man spoke up. Biying True Lord, the Peak Master of the Unmorning Peak, had a mediocre relationship with Chenyinzi, but he had lost his most proud disciple a while ago and now seeing Guangchen, another future hope of the Bright Mirror Sect, break through to Manifesting Holy only to be schemed against by other sects and forced to the Great Void outside the heavens, he was unsure whether to feel angry or sad.

At this moment, he didn’t pursue the fact that Chenyinzi decided An Jing’s True Transmission position without discussing it with them. Theoretically, such a decision should have been made jointly by all the Peak Masters, but with An Jing’s talent and performance, denying him would be as absurd as having one’s head muddled by being directly under the Haotian Mirror’s focus. Biying was genuinely worried about An Jing’s current situation, "He too has disappeared, said to have been teleported to the Northern Border, but for what reason?"

"Guangchen said."

Chenyinzi replied with a strange expression, "My good grand-disciple went to the Northern Border to find his mother."

For a moment, all eight Peak Masters fell silent.

Chenyinzi was aware that this news seemed unexpected because among the eight present Peak Masters, three faced calamitous fates: one had his entire village slain by bandits at the age of three, another lost both parents to a plague at seven, and yet another was simply abandoned at the gates of the Bright Mirror Sect upon birth, with no one knowing who his parents were.

"Fellow Masters,"

Aware that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, but Chenyinzi nonetheless reminded them, "A Divine Mandate marked with calamity can also be a blessing, just as one cannot advance without transcending the Human Tribulation."

"If An Jing can truly resolve all his karma... Just like Guangchen’s breakthrough to Manifesting Holy, his mother might very well still be alive."

At this point, Chenyinzi felt more emotional, "According to the current information, he sold himself to the Demon Sect, escaped from Hanging Fate Manor, and faced many Human Tribulations, all to find his mother."

"Such pure filial piety, one who is both filial and courageous, joining our sect, is truly a blessing for the Bright Mirror Sect!"

"Certainly a blessing," Universal Brightness True Lord said, "But how should our sect aid him? We just signed a pact with Da Chen and cannot send people into Da Chen’s territory..."

Speaking so, she huffed angrily, with a hint of Evil Qi, "If Da Chen honors the pact, they should proactively seek out An Jing’s mother and return her along with An Jing to our Bright Mirror Sect!"