All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 366 - 16 "Supreme Celestial True Solution

Chapter 366: Chapter 16 "Supreme Celestial True Solution

"How eloquently put."

An Jing appraised, "But when put into practice, it’s nothing but a reenactment of the laws of nature, promoting some nonsensical ’survival of the fittest’, ’adapt or die’ creed."

He had been listening intently to Bai Qinghan as he spoke, only shaking his head with a sharp critique after the tale was told, "What people seek is peace of mind, hence they establish laws and morals, develop skills and cultivation, and align themselves with the strong for a worry-free existence."

"The devilry of Heaven’s Will Demon Sect lies in using freedom to eradicate people’s peace of mind... All actions are permitted, including Killing Life; the strong don’t protect the weak, it’s a struggle where nature selects the fittest. At its core, it’s about using the name of freedom to make people anxious for survival, to spur anxiety to drive internal competition, and from that competition to force progress, compelling everyone to see others as enemies and to continuously conquer other free individuals."

"Blood Pill Great Medicine, Hundred Lives Tribulation... I originally had no idea why these seemingly harmonious secret techniques were twisted thus, but now it seems the answer may be quite simple: they were warped by internal competition."

At this point, An Jing spoke with some disdain, "I also understand why those people left Heaven’s Will Mountain to become their own ’Heaven’ — they needed to establish laws and control rules somewhere, to become the supreme within their realm and regain their sense of security."

"They seem free, but in reality, they are slaves to their need for security, dedicating their lives to striving for their own peace."

"You’re right," Bai Qinghan, though not quite understanding the term ’internal competition’, could guess the meaning from the context and roughly grasp what An Jing wished to convey.

She repeated the term ’internal competition’ a few times and sighed, "The Divine Sect never preached cannibalism, but acting in the name of freedom ultimately leads some to choose to exploit the weak. No one can live forever; if such behavior is beneficial in the short term, then it will never disappear."

"But I always feel that the true doctrine of the Divine Sect isn’t ’freedom’, but something more fundamental... yet I can’t figure out what that is."

An Jing nodded slightly.

Bai Qinghan thought deeply.

Indeed, she was not deceived by the superficial aspects of Heaven’s Will Demon Sect but tried to delve into the essence of its core teachings — from this perspective, Bai Qinghan truly lived up to the name of Goddess, far surpassing the Western Patrol Envoy who merely scratched the surface.

But An Jing went even further.

As one who truly defected from the Sect, he had keenly sensed that the core ideology of Heaven’s Will Demon Sect was neither freedom nor survival of the fittest, nor was it any subsequent internal competitive strife.

Those were all offshoots derived from the initial grand ideas of the Ancestor of Heaven’s Will, mere tributaries.

And that initial grand idea...

"Rebellion? Questioning?"

An Jing also had a vague notion; as one who had comprehended the Imperial Heaven and Houtu Method and grasped Grasping Heavenly Moment, through contemplating the core of the Cultivation Technique, he faintly felt, "Grasping Heavenly Moment is about breaking the established time, then redefining my time... No, that feels incorrect..."

While pondering, An Jing recalled what Jin Yanhua had once said about the origins of Heaven’s Will Demon Sect.

The Ancestor of Heaven’s Will, originally a Lingxiao of the Shangxuan Sect, for unknown reasons defected from the Shangxuan Sect, rallied the discontents from various Sects of Zhongheng Dao Continent, founded the Heaven’s Will Cult, and crossed the Heavenly Sea to reach North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent.

The Ancestor of Heaven’s Will established the gates of Heaven’s Will Mountain by the banks of the Western Sea, opposed to what was then not yet the Heavenly Ancestor of the Divine Court. Even after the Divine Court became the Heavenly Ancestor and perished during the great calamity, the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect still exists to this day.

—Why has the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect lasted for so long?

—Why can it attract those ’discontents’?

An Jing had a revelation, "To understand an entity, the best approach is to consider its true opponents."

"The opponent of Heaven’s Will Demon Sect is not the other Upper Gate Sects, but rather Shangxuan Sect and Northern Star Dynasty."

"The key features of these two powers are to forge the Heavenly Court, to establish order... But that’s not right either, the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect isn’t about rebelling against order, they want to establish their own order — so are they also aiming to construct a Heavenly Court?"

"No."

An Jing suddenly realized that besides the Heavenly Court, there was another commonality between the Shangxuan Sect and the Northern Star Dynasty.

"The Heavenly Court is essentially the Dao Courtyard, and to establish the Heavenly Court is to restore the order of the ancient Dao Courtyard..."

He muttered to himself, "This is the most similar aspect between the Shangxuan Sect and the Northern Star Dynasty... These two powers, and even the ’Divine Court’ that previously contended with the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect, are all Heavenly Ancestors aiming to restore the order of the ancient Dao Courtyard!"

"But the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect is different—according to Xiaobai, the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect has completely discarded all of the ’Dao laws’ set by the Embracing the Void Great Immortal and started from scratch!"

"Transgression, boundary-breaking, surpassing, shattering the usual norms..."

In An Jing’s mind, he recalled his past life. It was a war that swept across the whole world, shattering all boundaries and fixed ideas people had, eliminating the concept of nation-states, and establishing a destiny community that previously existed only in human imagination.

It was not about destroying one nation and building another new one; it was about destroying one nation and building a completely new entity that nobody knew about...

That was the true new heaven and new world.

An Jing suddenly realized, "Could it be that the purpose of the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect is to seek out a ’new heaven’ that transcends the order of the ancient Dao Courtyard?!"

Whir—

The thin album between An Jing and Bai Qinghan suddenly lit up with a glow.

North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, the Western Heavenly Sea.

[Hmm?]

Suddenly, a bright star within the azure Star Lake shone brilliantly, causing the figure who was inspecting the flow of the Heaven Star in the universe to turn their head, their eyes showing a surprised expression: [The old relic... The slight stir in the ancestral teaching’s will? Has someone understood the true meaning of our Divine Sect’s teachings?]

[This is the natural-born king of our Sect’s four extremes method, the seeds of heaven and earth two phases, even this position of Sect Hierarch... Let’s see who it is.]

The figure raised their hand with eager interest, and instantly, the Star Lake rotated, resembling the flow of the Heavenly River. Countless intricate and complex qi threads interlocked, like an infinitely vast web entangling together, forming in a Great Formation of this world that could not be destroyed.

Within this Formation, a red and golden glow shone, causing the figure to slightly widen their eyes: [It’s actually... one of our Divine Generals?]

[Good.]

The figure laughed heartily: [Worthy of the Divine Mandate, even outshining those within our Sect in comprehending the true intent of Heaven’s Will! It seems I have greatly underestimated him, truly a person who takes the initiative to break free from fetters, crossing boundaries and transcending limits!]

At this moment, the figure had completely abandoned the idea of bringing An Jing ’back to the mountain’ — had this young Divine Mandate who comprehended the true meaning of Heaven’s Will’s teachings belonged to any other Upper Gate Heavenly Ancestor, he would have been designated as a Daoist Disciple by now.

But in the Heaven’s Will Sect, the more important such a person was, the less they were restrained by any shackles or barriers, allowing them to run freely between heaven and earth.

As for whether they align with the Divine Sect?

It doesn’t matter.

As long as he has understood this truth, wherever he leans towards, whatever he wishes to become, whatever he wants to do, it’s all up to his freedom.

He is the Divine Sect!

[We must not let others know this.]

The figure raised their hand, pointing in the Star Lake—immediately, the many tendrils of surveillance netting that were observing this red and golden star were all severed, and even the many methods used within the Heaven’s Will Sect itself were cleanly cut off by the figure.

Linjiang City.

An Jing frowned slightly and picked up the album in his hand.

And upon it, the words "Human Immortal Body Refining Treasure Secret" gradually faded away, being replaced by the newly shining six characters of "Supreme Celestial True Solution."