All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 569 - 170 Harvest of Realm

Chapter 569: Chapter 170 Harvest of Realm

"I understand..."

Subdue Evil did not anger or grieve, but just let out a long sigh: "I’ve actually thought about this long ago—having been with you for so long, did you think I hadn’t noticed my own abnormalities?"

"Just, even if I know I’m the new Subdue Evil, so what? Even if I am new, I am still Subdue Evil... My only worry is whether the ’old me’ did something extremely detrimental to the people and land of Embracing the Void in the final battle, something utterly wicked."

"So what if you did?"

An Jing, utterly unconcerned, said, "Is your current heart for upholding justice fake? Honestly, Subdue Evil, I think this current situation is just right—you are a new you, free from your seal, and I am a new me, after awakening Innate Wisdom."

"No matter what kind of persons we were in the past, or what kind of swords, it doesn’t prevent us from now creating a brand-new world, to kill some people who deserve to die."

"Haha." Subdue Evil laughed: "Only about this, I am confident—alright, stop trying to comfort me all the time, I am a sword after all, even if I’m many pieces of a sword, I don’t really care about such matters."

"My worries are that those who have issues with me are not only Heavenly Demons, but also some... righteous forces."

"That is true."

Though saying so, An Jing was contemplating something quite impolite inside.

And that is, does the Huai Xu Realm really have proper... righteous forces?

An Jing found it hard to say. Or rather, dividing major forces into righteous and demon paths seems a bit naive from today’s perspective. What Huai Xu faces now is likely infighting among various order forces, with the sole antagonist, Heavenly Demon, not being the main enemy but rather an excuse and a tool for action.

"The Immortal Gods of the past may have indeed won—Heavenly Demon is no longer the biggest apocalyptic threat, but even without Heavenly Demon, would there not be wars and exploitation among people? Hmph... perhaps that Decay was also not wrong."

[We are deceitful and strange because humans are deceitful and strange; we are vulgar or powerful because humans are vulgar and powerful—how could Heavenly Demon understand its own nature?]

Heavenly Demon is indeed a disaster, but the root of this disaster may also be due to the ’evil acts’ among people.

"Heavenly Demon Transformation... sigh."

Putting his thoughts aside for the moment, Subdue Evil stopped obsessing over how much debt he owed from the past or how many enemies he had provoked, and An Jing began to consider his own condition.

Honestly, it was extremely bad.

Just now, An Jing accidentally touched a piece of bone from his own forehead, stoically explored it and found it to be a half-piece of frontal bone shaved by the Swordsman’s Sword Qi, fortunately without taking a part of the brain.

Putting the bone back in place, An Jing checked and found quite a few ’parts’ missing from his body: the right arm was retrieved, but it lacked much flesh and blood; the elbow bone of the left arm had completely shattered, now just a soft lump of flesh, although it could be forcibly stabilized with Gold Fiend for use as an arm, but obviously it wouldn’t last long.

Speaking of toes, An Jing’s feet also exploded quite a bit from repeatedly triggering thunderous bursts to accelerate speed, although the bones were fine, much of the flesh and toenails were gone. As for the countless number of injuries across his body from Sword Qi penetrations and Xuanyin Qi’s freezing and corrosive wounds, even the internal organs weren’t spared—most had sustained damage.

One could only say, luckily, Martial Artists have robust life force, although they don’t live as long as cultivators, their resistance to damage within their lifespan is truly remarkable—according to Subdue Evil, those from his era with the same level of Qi Refinement or Foundation Establishment, when confronted with such injuries, would have to lie down for at least three years, and even needed good pills and medicine to support them, or it may take even longer.

As for An Jing...

"Three months." An Jing estimated, then exhaled: "As long as I replenish enough nutrients and Spiritual Objects, in three months I should be able to fully recover, and also recast my body for the Magic Prohibition, finishing all the nine Qi Refinement bans of Taibai Luminous Godly Ban!"

"The only issue left. Next, shall we hide here in the seal for a day, and then shuttle to Tianyuan Realm, wait until things stabilize here in Embracing the Void before going out?"

Because Subdue Evil’s Great Void Shuttle ability had upgraded, An Jing could now move much more nimbly.

For instance, now, An Jing could, after waiting a day, teleport to Tianyuan Realm. He could then stay in Tianyuan Realm for two days, storing up two charges for shuttling through the Great Void, then use one charge to return to Embracing the Void Realm.

If by that time, the situation had completely stabilized, Chenyinzi and Virtuous King might be looking for him, then he could leave the seal and come out.

"If the situation was unclear at that time, and the battle outside was still ongoing, even if some people were assaulting the Earth Vein seals with Heavenly Demon powers, then he would immediately use his second shuttle opportunity to return to the Tianyuan Realm, wait another two days to accumulate two more shuttles and then return to Huai Xu—thus he would cycle back and forth.

Now that he has enhanced his Subdue Evil, it has become difficult for An Jing to encounter dangers he can’t avoid entirely unless he chooses not to hide or escape.

"For safety’s sake, let’s stick with this plan."

Subdue Evil, although not afraid of fighting, wouldn’t rashly charge head-on: "With the Kanming Bell outside as a forewarning, our safety is still guaranteed."

[Ding dong ding dong! (Alrighty!)]

"This Kanming Bell, after gaining Spiritual Wisdom, is quite adorable."

Listening to the bell ringing of the Earth Vein, An Jing also smiled relaxedly.

Though he was severely injured, An Jing made many gains as well.

Not to mention anything else, An Jing’s realm had greatly improved due to his experimental advancement in Martial Meridian during the battle.

Using five non-elemental Divine Abnormalities as the base, and Yin Yang Dual Attribute as the core, An Jing, based on his own understanding, ’created’ a new Martial Meridian Formation Map. Originally, this was something that would usually take several generations or even dozens of generations to create through continuous trials, yet An Jing nearly instinctively created it.

However, in the end, in order to kill the swordsman from the Taiming Sect, An Jing directly used the method of Wounding Sword Qi from "Yin Yang Cycle of Life and Destruction," blasting out Netherworld Sword Qi, which was the opponent’s, together with all his Spiritual Fiend as ammunition, which while unleashing powerful lethality, also destroyed his own temporary Martial Meridian.

However, his body has thus reached the realm of Martial Meridian full-on, even if the Martial Meridian Formation Map dissipated, the strength of this body wouldn’t disappear.

’Fostering Destruction’ isn’t bad at all, it could arguably score six or seven points, fully qualifying as a Martial Meridian Formation Map, but in An Jing’s heart, the complete Martial Meridian consisted of seven Divine Abnormalities with the full complement of Yin Yang and Five Elements, along with various attributes cooperating perfectly in the formation diagram, so destroying it didn’t feel regrettable at all.

And this advancement in Martial Meridian indeed gave An Jing a lot of experience.

The ability of five non-elemental Divine Abnormalities to freely switch attributes was extremely flexible; An Jing even determined that if needed, he could even use the ’Yin Yang’ Dual Attribute combined to form ’Taiji’, and use Five Elements combined to form ’Mixed Element’, ’Four Symbols and Six Harmonies’ and ’Seven Elements and Eight Extremes’ would be easy to achieve.

This ability, aside from being versatile against enemies, also made it incredibly convenient for An Jing to disguise false identities— casual combinations of Yin Yang and Five Elements, adjusted by attribute strength and inclination, were enough to let him disguise as hundreds and thousands of entirely different people.

"Subdue Evil, I feel like I need to start preparing to refine True Spirit Blood."

Thinking this, An Jing clenched his right fist; his flesh and blood were gradually regenerating over his silvery white bones, bringing an itchy feeling: "Future battles will get increasingly difficult, I must quickly advance to a truly powerful Martial Meridian, otherwise, who knows what trials Heavenly Mandate will send my way."

"Have you regained some memories, any advice for me?"

Indeed!

"It’s also a coincidence, An Jing, didn’t you realize that the entire Immortal Palace’s seal is the Taiji Hunyuan Formation that includes a full array of Yin Yang and Five Elements?"

Subdue Evil gestured for An Jing to turn his head, speaking with emotion: "Moreover, the core of the seal, ’Doulu Immortal Fire’, is extremely gentle Immortal Fire... normally inaccessible to people, but I can guide a trace of Immortal Spirit Flame for you to use, assisting your body tempering cultivation!"

"At the very least, it can alleviate some of your injuries."

"Doulu Immortal Fire, sealing Immortal Palace...Body Cultivation?"

For some reason, An Jing repeated these words with a strange expression, glanced at his hand, then turned his head back, looking in the direction of the Doulu Immortal Fire, mumbling softly, "Why does it sound a bit like being thrown into the Eight Diagrams Doulu Furnace for a roasting... I won’t end up with metal arms and fiery eyes, would I?"

"Plus refining True Spirit Blood, why does it feel even more so?"

"What did you say?" Subdue Evil didn’t quite catch An Jing’s muttering.

"Nothing." An Jing shook his head: "Just a sense of déjà vu from Innate Wisdom."

He stood up: "As such, let’s begin— never thought that one day, I’d also have the chance to be roasted by the Doulu Eight Diagrams fire!"