All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 590 - 191: The Previous Ex Nihilo Already Existed

Chapter 590: Chapter 191: The Previous Ex Nihilo Already Existed

Heavenly Mandate is not only an opportunity for the possessor of the Heavenly Mandate but also for those who follow the possessor.

"My origin..."

Slowly opening his eyes, An Jing felt that it was time to reveal a bit about himself to his true friends and comrades in the Tianyuan Realm, especially given Huo Qing’s shockingly impulsive remark.

After all, his power was already comparable to Foundation Establishment; should a real issue arise, he could just flee into the Wilderness and raise a team nonetheless.

Moreover, with Divine Abnormalities such as Heaven and Earth Root, he could disguise himself as hundreds of different people, which would be extremely difficult for Tianyuan Realm’s technologies to trace.

"You can regard me as... well, a successor of an ancient legacy from the Dao Court Era."

However, An Jing couldn’t tell the entire truth, as reality was too unbelievable, and Huo Qing would probably wish he was never aware: "We secluded ourselves deep in the Wilderness, relying on the Teleportation Formation to come and go, but possessing Taixu Divine Power, I can move freely. Thus, I attempted to enter society and seek ways to revive and strengthen our legacy."

"So that’s how it is..."

Huo Qing indeed seemed enlightened; he really didn’t want to know the truth. An Jing’s words sufficed as an explanation for many issues: "So just now, you were..."

"During my last Enlightenment, I realized quite a bit, and just now I was digesting one of the outcomes."

An Jing was honest about this part: "Honestly, this breakthrough and Unity of Heaven and Man were beyond my expectations—I didn’t expect the effects to be so apparent—Tianyuan Realm is not in a good state."

Due to the assistance from the Heavenly Dao of Tianyuan Realm, An Jing understood how dire the situation was.

The nearly collapsing Heavenly Dao of Tianyuan Realm badly needed an ’Ancestral Dragon’ and an ’Ex Nihilo’—after all, aside from Martial Arts, the path of True Spirit was best suited for restoring the ecological balance of Heaven and Earth.

Moreover...

"Huai Xu, there’s likely already an Ex Nihilo."

An Jing solemnly thought to himself about Subdue Evil: "Arriving at the Tianyuan Realm, I felt an unprecedented ease of the Ancestral Dragon Seed—it was like breathing with an oxygen cylinder underwater all along and only after reaching the shore and taking a deep breath did I realize what a relief it was."

"The Huai Xu Realm couldn’t suppress me; I am Heavenly Mandate, and the Heavenly Dao has always cared for me, even lovingly... Even if it wants to suppress me, now is absolutely not the time. So, this feeling of oppression is definitely not from the Heavenly Dao but because ’there’s no place.’"

"My Ancestral Dragon Seed is essentially a basic prelude to ’Ex Nihilo.’ It isn’t counted as a Heavenly Mandate, and yet, there is still no place."

"No place..." Subdue Evil muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled: "But the problem is, up to now, we’ve never heard any news of an Ex Nihilo being born."

"That’s right."

An Jing also felt it inexplicable: "Since the death of the Ancestral Dragon, there have been no occurrences of Ex Nihilo. If there had been, the Ancestral Dragon Hall would have definitely reacted."

"And, if there truly were an Ex Nihilo born, why would the Heavenly Dao grant me a related Heavenly Revelation?"

"Unless..."

An Jing sank into contemplation.

The Huai Xu Heavenly Dao is aware that I can travel between multiple worlds.

Huai Xu Heavenly Dao does not impede, and even encourages, this kind of shuttling.

Under the circumstance that Ex Nihilo already occupies a position, Huai Xu Heavenly Dao still grants relevant Heavenly Revelation...

With this in mind, a possibility arises.

In the Huai Xu Realm, Ex Nihilo has already been born, but due to various reasons, is unable to fulfill its duties.

Heavenly Dao is also troubled by this erroneous process and is stuck unable to move forward, until it waits for oneself, waiting for one’s destiny that could shuttle to another world devoid of a Heavenly Mandate.

Then, bestowing oneself with the seeds of the Ancestral Dragon, letting the other world raise oneself.

This is a win-win, a thorough win-win.

Firstly, the Tianyuan Realm, a theoretically destiny-barren world, also gained its own Heavenly Mandate. And it’s precisely the most needed and urgently desired Ex Nihilo.

Secondly, the Huai Xu Realm will also obtain a Heavenly Mandate in oneself, which outwardly seems like the Seven Fiend Tribulation, but in reality, it serves certain Ex Nihilo functions, replacing the stuck Ex Nihilo and accomplishing corresponding effects.

Heavenly Dao is not rigidly unchanging; it too finds ways to circumvent difficult issues.

"This way, it makes sense now."

Having understood this, An Jing comprehended the difficulties encountered by the Heavenly Dao of both realms—knowing the problem is the key to solving it; otherwise, it is easy to misjudge the needs and stray off course.

On the other side, after Huo Qing repeated ’So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is!’ several times, he no longer concerned himself with An Jing’s background but instead recorded with the most devoted and focused attitude the Natural Formation circuits gradually dissipating around An Jing’s body.

In fact, Huo Qing had been recording even before An Jing woke up, and only paused during the time An Jing awakened—An Jing, not being insensitive, understood that the other party also had their chance, naturally would not disturb the other party’s Enlightenment.

After all the Spirit Qi Patterns had dispersed, Huo Qing, still unsatisfied, stopped recording, and An Jing, with raised interest, asked: "Is this very important?"

"Very, very important!"

Huo Qing, looking at the Jade Slip in his hand, regretting yet satisfied, said: "An Jing, you also know a bit about Formation, right? The so-called Formation, is nothing more than using Talismans and Daoist Talismans, using the simplest patterns of heaven and earth to construct the desired effect; this process essentially is akin to programming, each Formation is an incredibly complex set of instructions."

"We, as Array Masters, are said to be Array Masters, but in essence, we are merely Formation laborers; many patterns of heaven and earth, and talismans, to us, are just tools for working, why they should be combined so, and why such encoding would yield various extraordinary effects, we actually don’t know."

"Uh..."

Here, Huo Qing hesitated for a bit, then still retracted his statement: "It’s not exactly that we do not know, rather, how should I put it, it’s just that we only have some simplistic understanding, to ensure we can repair mistakes, clear errors."

"The true fundamental principles, let alone schools, even in big companies, are absolute secrets not passed down; many Array Masters in companies are family inheritances, passed down from generation to generation!"

"And this!"

Saying this, Huo Qing, with a face full of emotion, raised the Jade Slip in his hand, staring at it as if it were the hope of the future: "An Jing, if every Array Master has an issue, then the Natural Formation is an answer that automatically responds!"

"Only Natural Formation, would reveal all its principles without reservation; every Formation Pattern just needs to be sensed, touched, it will then operate and display itself, how should I put it? It’s like a natural river Formation, achieving the effect of water retention and flood discharge, you don’t need to think about the principles, you just need to observe, ponder, and you will understand why it can retain water and discharge floods."

"But in case of a man-made dam, you look at it superficially, at most knowing their structure and materials, but the specific internal structure, how_resilient they are, how_inside water turbines operate, and how they are maintained, you can’t tell at all from just looking, you can’t learn just by watching!"