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Chapter 333 - 190: Martial Artist? Human-Shaped Demonic Qi Purification Device! (2/3)

Chapter 333: Chapter 190: Martial Artist? Human-Shaped Demonic Qi Purification Device! (2/3)

"It’s not surprising."

An Jing was even calmer than Subdue Evil.

Perhaps this was because he was a native of Embracing the Void, but also because An Jing had his own speculation, "From the moment you said that the Fate Pattern could purify Demonic Qi, I roughly had this idea."

"And later, when Master told me that the Fate Pattern was a gift from heaven, and that we Martial Artists are essentially seedlings planted by the Heavenly Dao, this speculation became even more apparent."

At this point in the conversation, An Jing and Subdue Evil simultaneously expressed in their Divine Sea, "The Fate Pattern Martial Artists of the Embracing the Void realm are the human-shaped demonic qi purification devices deployed by the Heavenly Dao!"

"Yes! The Immortal Path values life."

Subdue Evil said with great emotion, "At that time, all our cultivation skills were centered around existence and continuation, and the path we sought was nothing more than longevity, freedom, and wanderlust."

"Back then, all Cultivators had to avoid calamities and disasters, dissolve karma and causality."

"How is that like Martial Artists, who can’t wait to gather all the karma in the world onto themselves?"

"Not just that, Subdue Evil." An Jing’s expression became serious, "You also know about the lifespan of Martial Arts practitioners, right?"

"Inner Breath extends life by two score years, Inner Strength by three score years, Martial Meridian by six score years, and Divine Repository by ten score years."

"The longest-lived Divine Repository can nearly make it to a thousand years, but it’s almost impossible to break through the thousand-year limit. Manifesting Holy True Lord lives for three thousand years, while Pure Yang Heavenly Lord for six thousand years. Although I don’t know about Lingxiao, the probability is about ten thousand years or so, and the Emperor’s Blood in Da Chen changes even faster."

"Subdue Evil, what about the lifespan of those on the Immortal Path at the same level?"

"It’s too different." Subdue Evil reflected and said, "At the Qi Refinement Foundation Establishment stage, it’s about the same as Martial Artists, but once you step into the Purple Mansion Divine Skill realm, the Immortal Path can use Divine Skills to forge a body of longevity, and the lifespan is counted in millennia... If it’s the method of Evergreen Wood, the Divine Repository realm can live past ten thousand years!"

"As for the Golden Core True Lords, they are called ’True Lords’ because their spirits have condensed into the imperishable metallic nature, very close to eternal life. If they achieve Immortal Industry, they truly attain immortality, never to die of age!"

"Yes. The gap is too big. The lifespan of the Immortal cultivation of Purple Mansion and Golden Core is probably longer than that of the Martial Artists’ Lingxiao."

As An Jing ran, his heart throbbed, pushing his body to move like the wind, while his brain connected all the information he knew, "Subdue Evil, if Martial Artists are the seedlings planted by heaven and earth, then there must be a time for harvest."

"No, maybe ’harvest’ isn’t the right word."

"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, the Great Dao has no sentiment. Heaven and earth love all beings equally. The reason why the Demonic Qi of Embracing the Void does not harm all beings might be because the Heavenly Dao of Embracing the Void bears it all, protecting all creatures."

"If there were no support from the Heavenly Dao of Embracing the Void, this world might have been devoid of life a long time ago."

"And Martial Artists are the chosen ones, they carry a great responsibility, in this world where, fundamentally, cultivation is impossible, they have the capability to cultivate and become stronger. As a price, Martial Artists must use their lifespan to purify Demonic Qi, refine the Spiritual Fiend of heaven and earth, and after death, return all these to heaven and earth."

"Martial Artists follow Heaven’s Mandate in their cultivation, growing at an extremely fast pace. My master broke through to Manifesting Holy realm in an instant... Subdue Evil, this would be impossible according to the Immortal cultivation laws."

"Certainly impossible." Subdue Evil seemed to understand what An Jing was getting at, nodding in agreement, "In my era, Purple Mansion practitioners would retreat, even unto death, and need years or even decades. There were even Purple Mansion practitionners who sealed their five senses and six consciousnesses, spending three hundred sixty years to refine their metallic nature, ultimately completing top-grade elixir and obtaining the Pathway to Heaven."

"And your master, in an instant, achieved Great Heaven’s Sanctification, not caring about what grade the elixir completed at, it all depended on the foundation accumulated before."

"Martial Artists break through much faster than Immortal cultivation." An Jing nodded, making a judgment, "But precisely because of this, Martial Artists’ lifespans are also very short... just like, a special grass that quickly grows and dies in the desert."

"Some are only grass, some can grow into large trees, but no matter what, they will all quickly die and decay, only the roots, or rather the ’sect’s gates,’ remain, solidifying the desert’s sands, the decaying body becomes soil, and then gradually restores the heaven and earth back to its original state!"

"I’ve heard Master and Jin Yanhua mention the term ’Tribulation of the Fallen Immortal’ several times... I didn’t quite understand it at first."

Having reasoned this far, An Jing could be certain, "But now it seems, some Embracing the Void Martial Artists still possess the techniques of Immortal cultivation, and they certainly don’t want to die, wishing to switch from Martial Arts to the Immortal Path."

"This is an act against Heaven’s Will. And in a world like Embracing the Void, if there really are those who use the power of the Fate Pattern, purify Spirit Qi and become Immortals, yet never return the purified Spirit Qi to heal heaven and earth, then that is truly too damaging to the environment, no different from a Heavenly Demon, right?"

"So ’Tribulation of the Fallen Immortal’ is synonymous with a fall into demonhood; if someone falls... heaven, earth, Immortals, and men will all slay them."

"It makes sense... but wait a minute!" As Subdue Evil speculated with An Jing up to this point, he became more cautious, "In that case, An Jing, can you still practice the Immortal Path’s methods?"

His tone became grave, "If the Heavenly Dao of Embracing the Void is truly so weakened that it cannot even sustain one Immortal... should we stop practicing the secrets of the Immortal Path?"

"It’s not quite that bad."

Subdue Evil’s caution was natural, but as a person of the Heavenly Mandate, An Jing had a more profound understanding, "Immortals are pure, martial artists are turbid. Qi Refinement cannot be practiced in a turbid world, and if the world were not turbid, nobody would blaze a trail for the martial path."

"Wherever one is born, one should follow the heavenly way of that realm for cultivation, which is only logical."

"But I am different. I possess the power of multiple realms and do not rely solely on the sustenance from Embracing the Void, not to mention, I haven’t used the power of the Fate Pattern to purify the Spirit Qi for immortal cultivation—I cultivated in the Tianyuan Realm using a Spirit Root to draw in Spiritual Power and personally purchased Spiritual Objects to absorb the power of Spiritual Objects for cultivation!"

At this point, An Jing spoke with conviction, "I didn’t take advantage of Embracing the Void, I even brought back Spirit Qi from other worlds to Embracing the Void! If the Heaven’s Way of Embracing the Void is sentient, it would surely offer me its divine protection!"

"Oh, I am a person of the Heavenly Mandate indeed, it did offer protection. In any case, I am also the Seven Fiend Tribulation, as long as I continue to face tribulations and stir up calamities, making cause and effect rush furiously, the Heaven’s Way of Embracing the Void would probably prefer I live a bit longer."

This was actually true.

An Jing’s words made a lot of sense, convincing Subdue Evil to nod in agreement.

If it were any other person of the Heavenly Mandate, it wouldn’t be so easy to say.

But if it were the Seven Fiend Tribulation... a person of the Heavenly Mandate who could continuously stir up turmoil, create entangled causality, and perpetually purify Demonic Qi, especially one who could bring additional Spirit Qi back from other worlds.

In that case, Subdue Evil thought that if he were the heavenly way, he would indeed very much wish for An Jing to live a bit longer.

Unfortunately, the heavenly way might be willing, but others between heaven and earth would hardly approve.

Therefore, with every replacing of the great epoch, the Seven Fiend is always the first to die, and might even have to die several times.

"In any case."

An Jing concluded, "I can cultivate both Immortal Martial Arts, perhaps, I can avoid the Tribulation of the Fallen Immortal and delve more deeply into the true essence behind the strange laws of Embracing the Void, thereby better assisting the Heaven’s Way of Embracing the Void in solving these issues!"

"Subdue Evil, this is the cause and effect that rests on us... Your Great Void Passage that can breach worlds freely and return accurately might be of a value beyond our expectation!"

It was precisely because An Jing knew that his master, Mingguang Dust, once entered the great void beyond skies, could never return to Embracing the Void, that he realized the significance of Subdue Evil’s ability to establish fixed location Great Void Passages across worlds.

This is certainly not a Divine Skill any common Immortal God could possess! If possible, wouldn’t those from Lingxiao rush to other worlds to cultivate as Immortals?

Probably, it’s not that they don’t want to, but that they can’t!

"The ability to connect multiple realms... Subdue Evil, you may be more important than you and I can imagine!"

An Jing said solemnly, "I suspect that it is precisely because you are so important that parts of you were so meticulously sealed and revered on altars across realms."

"And it is exactly for this reason that those Heavenly Demons or Mysterious Persons took away your memory!"

"Indeed."

Subdue Evil, who had lost his memory, could not recall, but he quite agreed with An Jing’s deduction, "It seems that gathering my fragments is indeed of utmost importance."

"I just wanted to ask about this."

An Jing reminded, "You mentioned last time in Hanging Fate Manor that there is another shard of you in the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, and not far from here, probably in the Western Mountain, Dust Li, or the Northern Border."

"Can you sense it now?"

"Let me try," Subdue Evil replied with uncertainty.

At that time, his perception was quite vague, but having accompanied An Jing for some days, Sword Spirit had regained some strength.

In the Divine Sea of An Jing, the broken sword trembled slightly.

It wasn’t long before Subdue Evil stopped trembling, and with a trace of astonishment, conveyed his Divine Sense to An Jing’s heart lake, "I really found it! It’s in the Northern Border, a bit distant, but within the Hanhai Domain!"

"Not just that... My fragment is gradually becoming active?"