All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 529 - 136: Formation Map of Heaven and Earth (1/3)

Chapter 529: Chapter 136: Formation Map of Heaven and Earth (1/3)

The path to enlightenment has come to an end.

Every time An Jing engages in enlightenment, his gains are immense. This time, not only has he come to understand the "Divine Abnormality - Heaven and Earth Root", but he has also, riding on the momentum of his previous victory over a Heavenly Demon, fully cultivated this divine abnormality. He has even cultivated half of the "Heaven’s Virtue" he comprehended before.

His Martial Arts Cultivation has now reached the advanced stage of Inner Strength, and once he has fully mastered the five divine abnormalities, he will reach the pinnacle of Inner Strength. Then, he can attempt to advance to the Martial Meridian.

This process requires the "Martial Meridian Formation Map". Compared to attributes of the five divine abnormalities, or the Divine Intention of the Four Symbols Central System, it’s the Martial Meridian Formation Map that’s the true secret scripture. It’s not that there are no Formation Maps of Martial Meridians out there, but those who possess it – be they families or other powers – treat it as a fundamental secret and never reveal it to the public.

In fact, historically, there were madmen who wanted to share it publically – to An Jing’s knowledge, in the southern parts of the North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, there was a group of Demon Spirits, rebels against their ancestral courts, who disclosed their own lineage’s Fundamental Formation Diagram of Martial Meridian to the Human Clan and foreign species.

But it was useless: they couldn’t understand it.

The realm of Martial Meridians is ultimately too lofty. In Da Chen, the martial spirit is extremely vibrant; country folk all know a move or two, and the adept among them can even slice through mosquitoes with a knife, or shoot lice out of the air with arrows.

But still, they are not Martial Artists, not even martial disciples. They need a chance, an opportunity, to penetrate both body and heart, to condense their Inner Breath.

Above the Inner Breath Martial Apprentice, however, there are the Inner Strength martial masters who need a Fate Pattern. For your average Inner Strength martial master, each Divine Abnormality can greatly enhance their combat prowess, and yet they might not even gather five in their lifetime, let alone the five needed to form a formation.

The Martial Meridian Formation Map has requirements for talent, Fate Pattern, cultivation method, bloodline, and one might say, even the environment and personality from one’s youth. The Small World it constructs has its own unique demands. Publicizing such things, other than allowing enemies to target you, serves no benefit – it’s neither a quick way to raise a loyal force of strong Martial Meridian fighters, nor does it contribute to the popularization of cultivation methods.

Simply put, each Martial Meridian Formation Map is akin to a high-level topic that synthesizes mathematics, materials science, biology, ergonomics, sociology, environmental science, and even philosophy. To tackle it is not difficult, but to master it, generations of persistent and diligent research is needed.

For any power, the Martial Meridian Formation Map is the lifeblood.

But An Jing is different.

"My five divine abnormalities are all devoid of attributes."

An Jing raised his head, gazing towards the center of the battlefield at the sky, which began to close up again, clouds darkening ominously: "The Soul and Spirit as heaven, Yuan Qi as the sun and the moon, the Central System as earth, the channels as the connecting Heaven and Earth’s Root, the Heaven and Earth Root as the ladder that joins heaven and earth... I take the heavens and earth as my methods; there is no need for a Martial Meridian Formation Map – this world itself is my formation."

By this point, the supreme ancestral teachings of the Tianyi Demon Sect, the power of ’Son of Heaven Method’ and ’Grasping Heavenly Moment - Heaven’s Virtue’, also began to manifest.

With this Soul and Spirit and body in harmony, resonating with ’Heaven’s Beginning’ and ’Heaven’s Virtue’, An Jing, even if he was simply bored and went to study a stretch of the sea, could progressively refine a vast expanse of Hanhai True Intent through control over himself and Inner Observation. He could form a vast Heavenly Sea within himself, a Formation Realm within his body.

He is the creator of Formation Maps, rather than just a Cultivator.

As long as he does not pursue being the strongest and merely wishes to continue cultivating, An Jing could even say that right now, just by sketching the terrain of Broken Blade Mountain, without needing half a month, he could devise a "Ten Directions Furnace Su Ling Taibai Sword Formation Map" by himself, possessing all the abilities relevant to the terrain of Primordial Spirit Cave and Ten Directional Furnace, and even eventually, condense a ’Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus’ in his heart, nurturing a Lifebound Divine Weapon to break through the Divine Repository.

Being able to break through the Divine Repository indicates that the formation map is definitely not weak; it is at least five or six grades stronger than what An Jing’s ancestors had. Hang Mofeng, a great General of Da Chen who has furthered his studies in Martial Arts Academy and True Martial Platform, the Martial Meridian Formation Maps he cultivates might not be much stronger than this formation map that An Jing could effortlessly create.

But then comes the problem.

To cultivate a super Divine Abnormality like ’Grasping Heavenly Moment - Heaven’s Virtue’, one must at least be a Divine Mandate genius who has experienced enlightenment twice, and there’s a high likelihood of being chosen by heavenly fate.

Could such a person graced by Heavenly Mandate actually bother to comprehend the mere terrain of one place?

Their goal is always the more vast heavens and earth; their vision determines their future achievements.

Being able to see a mountain and seeing a province are different, seeing a path and seeing a domain are also different, being able to see the entire Da Chen and the entire North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent are naturally completely different.

Then, would being able to see all ten continents of Embracing the Void, and seeing the world beyond Embracing the Void, have a fundamentally different gap between them?

The answer is affirmative.

"First reach Perfection, then try to visit several worlds, seeking potentially better Martial Meridian Formation Maps."

Having made the decision, An Jing shook his head and stepped forward, leaving the center of the battlefield.

Seeing that An Jing’s Enlightenment had ended, many of the Iron Li Iron Cavalry who were still hesitant chose to surrender—those truly die-hard elements had seen the unfavorable turn of events and run back to Linjiang City long ago. Now those who remained, rather than not wanting to surrender, were more curious to see what An Jing, the one who defeated them, was really like.

As for whether to surrender... what else could they do if they didn’t? The Martial Army were not illiterate brutes; they could recognize a Heavenly Demon, and the transformation of Netherworld Ghost Gods into Heavenly Demon creatures had been enough to terrify them.

Winning was one thing; it was not strange for various powers to use Heavenly Demons to win, after all, the losing side would be the price paid to the Heavenly Demons. But having lost, who would want to become a sacrificial offering to the Heavenly Demons?

"Eldest Senior!"

At this moment, Cang Linzu appeared from who knows where in the Netherworld, holding a gigantic banner in his hands—it was the Great Banner of the Iron Cavalry units.

Using the Ghost Communication Divine Ability, he ran to An Qianshan’s rear at the first opportunity. Originally, he planned to help the Da Chen Martial Army harass the Iron Cavalry rear, but unexpectedly saw An Jing defeat Han Hao using atmospheric missiles and Destruction Divine Thunder.

The Iron Li Iron Cavalry instantly collapsed, and Cang Linzu took advantage of the chaos to launch a sneak attack, snatching the Great Banner from Han Hao, causing further disarray among the Iron Cavalry. Many Iron Cavalry who had planned to retreat were stopped in their tracks by the lack of banner commands and eventually had to become captives of An Jing.

"Good job!"

Seeing this scene, An Jing’s eyes lit up. He laughed heartily, taking the nearly thousand-pound Great Banner from Cang Linzu’s hands; the Iron Cavalry’s banner in his hands was like a gigantic black iron tree, rustling loudly in the cold wind.

Although the war was won, the enemy still retained a considerable amount of strength. The Heavenly Demon was still out there, Yujiang had fallen, and the Ice Dragon retained most of its power. If the majority of the Martial Army hadn’t surrendered, then in reality, the entire Iron Cavalry would have only lost some of the Earth Vein cavalry elites and a main general, still having relatively intact Wind Chasing Cavalry and Frost Riders with the capability to defend the city.

Generals of Han Hao’s caliber were definitely not abundant on the Iron Li side, but it would also be impossible to say they couldn’t find any. Moreover, if push came to shove, the Heavenly Demon could also create a clone of itself to take command.

But now, with Han Hao’s death and the loss of the Great Banner, the vast majority of the Iron Cavalry chose to surrender, and the whole Iron Cavalry was shattered, losing its organization.

Next, An Jing would want to suppress Linjiang City, completely eliminating the threat of this region in the area, which became a lot simpler.

With the war coming to a close, and with Hang Mofeng escorting the prisoners back to camp, An Jing, after checking the situation on the Primordial Spirit side, took some ’key prisoners’ and left the battlefield.

These so-called key prisoners were essentially officers and clerical staff among the Iron Cavalry. An Jing had many questions for them, such as the missions from the Royal Court of the Iron Li people, what exactly were the life-and-death orders from the Sects, all of which needed to be extracted from them.

However, among these prisoners, there were also some tribal leaders from the supply points responsible for logistics captured.

An Qianshan, was one of them.

After three years, this was the first time the An Family had reunited since the Frost Calamity.