Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 626 - 062 Comprehending the Rules

Chapter 626: Chapter 062 Comprehending the Rules

"If you say that those true rules are fate, then the inexplicable familiarity and seemingly experienced sensation that arises when encountering certain matters, they are innate memories formed by a cycle of fate—even if the memory is unfamiliar, the body instinctively is familiar; when faced with danger, instinct will trigger some kind of movement.

If this hypothesis stands, then when I encountered that blood-red, long-haired creature, my instinct executed a fireworks-like Purple Flame technique—this is indeed a memory stemming from instinct.

And from whom does this memory of instinct originate? Naturally, it should be the Lei Yan King!

So, manipulating the Purple Flame to form rotating Mars-like sparks, like those dense bursts of fireworks, this technique, must be Lei Yan King’s method of attack."

Zhou Yan suddenly understood this and immediately began to try to emulate this technique. fr\eewebno vel .c(o)m

As soon as the thought arose, the Purple Flame emerged from his hand, transforming into rotating sparks of flame, scattering like a Heavenly Girl, the spinning sparks of fire forming a screen, dense like stars in the sky, enveloping heaven and earth.

"This—"

The moment Zhou Yan used it, he immediately felt an endless ’Silent Annihilation’ intuition.

"Silent Annihilation Purple Flame!"

Within the Purple Flame Void, a vast amount of Origin Energy suddenly vanished, morphed into the power of Enlightenment and bestowed itself upon Zhou Yan; Zhou Yan’s mind was suddenly awakened from memory, and he had somehow grasped part of the ’Silent Annihilation Purple Flame’ technique.

Although the technique was subconscious, Yun Shu’s pretty face immediately turned pale with fear, looking at Zhou Yan with utter dread.

If the Killing Spirit Divine Dao left a shadow in her heart, then at this moment, Zhou Yan’s display of the rotating Purple Flame made her feel an incredibly terrifying danger.

This was a peril impossible to confront.

"Rotating, clusters of firelight, the ’swastika’ Rune... Is this, is this actually an attack that derives Runes using Purple Flame? What a brilliant idea! So Lei Yan King could think of deriving changes in Runes based on his own abilities, no wonder this technique is so formidable!"

After Zhou Yan confidently grasped the understanding, his soul was shocked!

He suddenly found out that the so-called ’rotating’ Purple Flame attack, the Silent Annihilation Purple Flame Tao, was actually a simulation of the variability of Runes, right?

And to simulate it perfectly, the understanding of form and intention must reach the extreme!

Form and intention...

Struck by a sudden revelation, Zhou Yan stood dumbfounded.

It turned out, in the end, form and intention is the root of everything!

How ludicrous that he had cultivated for so long and yet had not discovered that form and intention is the utmost foundation of Runes!

All the Tao, none are as powerful as the true Rune Tao, and form and intention, are the ideal ways to emulate the Rune Tao!

This Sudden Enlightenment made Zhou Yan feel as if his body had opened up nine orifices, his thinking became exceedingly agile, clear-headed and refreshed, as if the three flowers had converged at the crown and the five Qi had merged into the body.

And it was at this moment that Zhou Yan noticed that, unbeknownst to him, Yun Shu had been scared stiff!

...

Yun Shu’s emotions were complex.

She thought Zhou Yan was gathering Purple Flame to slay her. But unexpectedly, after the Purple Flame appeared, Zhou Yan’s gaze deepened, as if he was experiencing Sudden Enlightenment.

And in just a brief moment, boundless anomalies appeared above Zhou Yan’s head! Those anomalies depicted the Desolate Star Domain, the endless void!

Such spectacles were shocking, unheard of!

Yun Shu’s entire heart was focused on Zhou Yan, so much so that even facing the possibly imminent fate of being slain, she didn’t care at all!

Because there was never a moment when she felt that a man could be so charismatic, that he could make a woman indifferent to life and death for him.

Yun Shu never believed in so-called emotions, because in her view, what is the point of Daoist partner or Dual Cultivation? It wasn’t nearly as entrancing as cultivating Enlightenment, appreciating the amazing experiences of Sudden Enlightenment.

That had always been her conviction.

Therefore, even with her graceful figure and angelic looks, Yun Shu liked to deliberately reveal a bit, to seduce others and then leave them in agony, showcasing her charm while ensuring she kept her own purity and played the male cultivators in the palm of her hand.

This had never changed.

Because she liked to see the look of submission in men’s eyes, she reveled in their obsession with her beauty and temptations.

Indeed, deeply in her heart, she had rarely respected a man, because she had seen too many men, and thus even those geniuses regarded as incredibly talented by others seemed unremarkable to her.

Even those men, Yun Shu truly looked down upon, considering them despicable for having their faces slapped yet shamelessly coming back for more, truly the waste of the cultivation world, squandering the name of ’genius.’

Before meeting Zhou Yan, Yun Shu had always carried on like this.

Hence, men like Man Cheng and Lu Qing didn’t dare to covet her—their actual desires notwithstanding, they never dared to show it.

But all that had changed at this moment.

Because at this moment, Yun Shu suddenly understood those hearts of the cultivators who had been subdued by her charm and braved death to approach her.

Right now, Yun Shu was like that. When Zhou Yan deployed the Purple Flame, Yun Shu knew that she still had no way out. But observing the endless Tai Xu anomalies triggered by Zhou Yan, proving his astonishing talent and shocking power, combined with Zhou Yan’s inexplicably restrained yet dominant personality, Yun Shu was utterly infatuated.

Especially at this moment, Yun Shu felt herself completely falling.

It seemed that even if Zhou Yan asked her to die at this moment, she wouldn’t frown and would die for Zhou Yan immediately.

Yun Shu remained immersed in such feelings, feeling ethereal yet blissful.

For a long time, a very long time.

Until the anomaly above Zhou Yan’s head suddenly disappeared, like a mirage dissipating into mist, Yun Shu felt her hopeful gaze dissipate somewhat, and her mind also cleared up a lot.

The previous feeling of endless infatuation vanished, and Yun Shu returned to normal.

But Yun Shu’s heart was still shocked.

Because she never believed she would be enchanted by a man, but the fact was more convincing than any argument.

"This... This might be some kind of method from Zhou Yan, truly formidable. I, who had never shown the slightest interest in men, almost fell for it!"

Yun Shu’s mind was filled with doubts, and she instinctively took a few steps back, distancing herself from Zhou Yan.

At this moment, Yun Shu saw the handsome and warm smile of Zhou Yan.

All her guard suddenly "popped" and shattered. That moment, because of Zhou Yan’s smile, Yun Shu felt that giving her all for him was worth it.

...

"Yun Shu, don’t worry. What I experienced just now was an epiphany, not directed at you. I’ve said I wouldn’t mind the past, so how could I go back on my word?"

Zhou Yan no longer sensed Yun Shu’s thoughts, as it was a method that intruded on another’s privacy, and if detected by the other party, it could cause an irreconcilable hatred.

Now that their relationship had eased, Zhou Yan refrained from doing so.

Seeing Yun Shu’s complexion being somewhat irregular and still pale, he couldn’t help but explain with a gentle smile.

Yun Shu then nodded somewhat frantically, her pale face unexpectedly showing a flush of red.

Zhou Yan felt something odd, but didn’t think much of it, and thoughtfully said, "We’re about to head to the Nine Origin Heavenly City soon. You had mentioned earlier that there’s a Transmission Array Plate that can take us directly back, which is good. It means we can arrive just in time to start formal training."

"Yes, Zhou Xuanzhe, don’t worry about that. I have already prepared everything; we can descend directly in the Heavenly Capital Middle Mansion area and then use the Ancient Transmission Array there to enter the Nine Origin Heavenly City. The Heavenly City is built on the outskirts of the Sword Burial Ancestor Star. With the Transmission Array Plate, it’s easy to get there; it won’t take half a day."

Talking about this matter, Yun Shu’s mood immediately brightened, quickly covering up her previous infatuated thoughts.

If Zhou Yan discovered that, it would truly be too embarrassing.

Yun Shu thought to herself.

At this moment, she was no different than a young girl with her first crush. free\we\bnov(e)(l).com

Zhou Yan nodded, turning to glance back at the Heavenly Punishment Forest in front of him. The place was incredibly vast, with the huge forest standing tall, its end not in sight.

In such an environment, people seemed particularly insignificant.

However, Zhou Yan already had some understanding of the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm from Yun Shu’s previous statements, so he didn’t continue to inquire—after all, Zhou Yan didn’t want everything to proceed in an orderly fashion along a predetermined path, which was so similar to his experience on Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain, wasn’t it?

With his insight, Zhou Yan’s comprehension deepened gradually.

Being the one who had condensed the Grey Dragon Sword Soul in the Purple Flame Void, Zhou Yan, with this enlightenment and a large amount of Enlightenment energy, pondered a mysterious Tao.

"If we say that the Breeding Ground’s world, with all its rules and operations, is a circle, then the starting point and the end point are actually at the same place. It’s like the rotation and revolution of the sun, moon, and stars, having a predetermined trajectory.

With each passing moment of time, the directions and variations of rotation and revolution may differ, but the trajectory remains the same for thousands of years, always there."

"As time passes, the fate of the cultivators in the Breeding Ground is like the predetermined trajectory of rotation and revolution, unable to change. But as the planets rotate and revolve over time, they also constantly undergo changes."

"If the development of fate is the set orbit of motion, and the planets are like cultivators themselves, with their own development being the rotation and the future being their experiences on that path, then no matter what changes occur in those experiences, the trajectory must follow the orbit. And to leave the orbit, one must either become another planet on a different orbit, or crash!

Does Transcendence mean finding a way like the ’second cosmic velocity’ on Earth in Master’s memory to escape gravity and jump out of this orbit?"

This enlightenment gave Zhou Yan a feeling of ethereal ascension as if he could rise up to the heavens if he wished and break free from the bonds of this world.

The sensation was ineffable and deeply moving!

"Ah? I didn’t expect you to truly comprehend the Tao of Transcendence and grasp how to leave the Prison Plane. Since that’s the case, I will help you suppress the potential crisis, the ’Heavenly Mortal Five Decays’ for three years. In these three years, strive well."

Suddenly, a golden light emitted from the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment in his Soul Dantian, materializing into the figure of a man in Golden Armor.

This figure released a golden, starry energy that poured into Zhou Yan’s soul.

Zhou Yan’s soul vibrated, and his nearly fully opened nine orifices were suddenly cleared as if they were being aired out, and they opened wide.

Instantly, Heaven and Earth became incredibly clear, and torrents of energy surged fiercely toward him. His natural absorption rate of the pure energy from Heaven and Earth skyrocketed by thousands of times!

This massive change left Zhou Yan completely stunned!