Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 228 - 217: Break the Situation with Strength, Space-Time Anchors (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 228: Chapter 217: Break the Situation with Strength, Space-Time Anchors (Please Subscribe)

"How is it?"

In the void, the voice of the Cultivator of Fate rang out: "With my Destiny Divine Power, I’ve made the future into a single certainty. As long as one can seize the Dao Fruit of Black Emperor from the Zhi Guangji era, the ascension of Zhuanxu to Daluo is as good as confirmed!"

Once Daluo is achieved, it lasts forever. The Cultivator of Fate’s divine powers had not changed the future, but merely condensed the possibility of Zhuanxu’s ascension to Daluo into the only outcome, reducing numerous choices to a single present option.

As long as he ascends to Daluo, his fate will change; but if Zhuanxu were forced to never reach Daluo throughout his life, he likely would not accept it willingly.

The enmity of thwarting one’s path is unshareable under the heavens!

"Brilliant!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing couldn’t help but praise: "However, I had already promised the Cultivator of Fate that I would inherit the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God. Why, my friend, do you still insist on defiantly trying to reverse fate?"

"That is his fate, not mine!"

The Cultivator of Fate laughed: "This struggle between fate and destiny has in fact begun since the opening of Heaven and Earth! Since you inherited that part of the Dao Fruit from the Cultivator of Fate, why not split the victory with me?"

"Fate can change minor situations, but it can’t change the major ones; it can change circumstances, but not the human heart!"

"Although I don’t understand why you choose to confine yourself, as long as you can break through this setup, then you may dispose of this half of the Dao Fruit!"

Xuanqing immediately nodded: "I understand! Let’s wait and see, then."

If being followed by the Fate Demon God spoke of shackles, then the struggle between fate and destiny was the Heart Demon entangling him for eons.

Without eliminating the Heart Demon, the two Great Dao of fate and destiny cannot merge into a complete Fate Dao.

This was a test for Xuanqing!

"Yes and no!"

The Cultivator of Fate seemed to guess Xuanqing’s thoughts and revealed a mysterious smile: "Indeed, this does count as a test for you, but it is also a contest between me and Pangu across the endless chasms of time and space!"

"The Witch Clan wants to use the marriage between Zhuanxu and Jiufeng to use the fortune of the Human Race to draw back the Ancestor Witch. Naturally, I do not wish to see the Witch Clan’s schemes succeed!"

"After all..."

"Great Dao is a contest. Apart from progressing oneself, holding others back and preventing Pangu’s contingency plans is also a viable strategy!"

In the whole Primordial world, those who wished for Pangu to return were undoubtedly the Witch Clan, and the divine item "Pangu Hall," containing Pangu’s contingency, was also in their hands. Naturally, the Cultivator of Fate did not wish for the return of the Ancestor Witches.

However, the candor of the Cultivator of Fate still surprised Xuanqing. Holding Pangu back was something Hong Jun and Luo Hou would be happy to see.

"Of course, if you agree with my thoughts, you can also concede directly!"

The Cultivator of Fate laughed: "The contest between fate and destiny is only between me and the Cultivator of Fate. Even if you concede, the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God is yours! For you, whether the Fate Dao is governed by fate or fortune, in truth, isn’t of any real significance!"

"Indeed!"

Xuanqing nodded, and then with a twist in his words, he said: "However, I promised the Cultivator of Fate that I would surpass you on this matter for him!"

"I initially thought I’d wait until I thoroughly assimilated that half of the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God before starting, but my friend, it seems you can’t wait any longer!"

"Let’s determine the outcome then!"

If it was before, Xuanqing naturally wouldn’t have imagined countermeasures to the Cultivator of Fate’s techniques, but now, he could be considered half a Fate Demon God!

Utilizing fortune to break fate, or to change it, was not impossible.

Know that in nature, every being has its match; there isn’t a flawless divine power in this world, and the divine power used by the Cultivator of Fate on Zhuanxu was no exception.

Once Daluo is attained, it’s attained forever—past, present, and future; if someone wished to annihilate him in his weaker days, the fully realized Daluo in the future wouldn’t just sit idly by.

That’s why Xuanqing wished to forcibly change Zhuanxu’s fate. The future Zhuanxu would traverse endless spacetime to prevent it.

"However, all things are relative. If one’s power is strong enough, fate can still be reversed, the future Zhuanxu need not be as mighty as I am now!"

With a thought, Xuanqing once again used the "Reverse Destiny" divine power, descending into the junction of spacetime, engaging in combat with the future Zhuanxu.

One cannot change the past now, nor the present in the future, but what Xuanqing did was forcibly twisting what was to happen.

In the endless spacetime, a paradoxical timeline emerged. The present and the future intertwined, directly affecting the established grand scheme.

Within this timeline, Zhuanxu faced both the state of ascending to the Northern Emperor and being slain by Xuanqing, an eerie overlay of these two states.

Suddenly, Xuanqing shattered the future Zhuanxu’s Black Emperor Dharma Form with a strike, seizing a fragment of spacetime power to form the Heavenly Blade, and slashing toward the current Zhuanxu.

Boom!

In an instant, the river of time violently trembled, and the paradoxical timeline collapsed, the force of the end spreading from the future spacetime onto Zhuanxu.

"Since the future is doomed to death, then let me kill Zhuanxu first, and then Zhi Guangji. I want to see what changes will indeed occur in the future?"

Under the pull of cause and effect, Xuanqing arrived in a small world, carrying the corpse of Zhuanxu, directly arriving where Black Emperor Zhi Guangji currently hid.

"Xuanqing my friend, what are you doing?"

Xuanyuan never expected that after communicating with the Cultivator of Fate, Xuanqing would decisively act, first forcefully severing Zhuanxu’s future of becoming the Northern Emperor, then directly causing chaos in space and time by killing the present Zhuanxu, and then charging towards Black Emperor Zhi Guangji.

"To place in a desperate situation to seek survival!"

Xuanqing smiled: "If one must forcibly alter fate, then Zhuanxu must first die once!"

Within Divine Skills of the Cultivators of Fate, Zhuanxu must become the Daluo by becoming the Northern Emperor, which is the only path. However, if Xuanqing eliminates both the present and future Zhuanxu, the future will become a blank slate.

Without Zhuanxu’s existence, there would naturally be no way for him to attain Daluo, become the Northern Black Emperor, or form a marital alliance with Jiufeng!

As long as he shatters the Dao Fruit of the Black Emperor, no matter if it is Zhi Guangji or Zhuanxu, the Divine Skills of the Cultivators of Fate will be erased from the endless space-time.

"Force is an interesting way to break the game!"

The voice of the Cultivator of Fate echoed from the void once more: "However, this is Pangu’s approach, not the way of breaking the game by the hand of the Fate Demon God!"

The Fate Dao is known for its unpredictability, focusing on weaving destinies and manipulating the future, while Pangu’s Dao is to nullify all possible futures and woven fates into nothingness.

In short, one force breaks all laws!

Now, Xuanqing has inherited half of the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God. Even as an Evil Corpse, he can wield this power, and neither the future Zhuanxu nor the present Zhi Guangji can match him.

Boom!

In just a moment, Xuanqing slayed Zhi Guangji, leaving only the Great Seal symbolizing the Northern Emperor floating in the shattered void.

The Cultivator of Fate slightly frowned, for Xuanqing’s method indeed broke his Divine Skill.

But in his plan, there was never the option of slaying Zhuanxu regardless of the circumstances.

He looked towards Xuanqing coldly: "You killed Zhuanxu; do you dare to sever ties with the Human Race? He is the grandson of Xuanyuan, a disciple of the Chan Sect’s Yu Ding Zhenren, and the future husband of Jiufeng. How dare you?"

"Why shouldn’t I dare?"

Xuanqing laughed: "Life stems from death, and death is but the beginning of life! Death is not the end of life. On the surface, it appears that I killed Zhuanxu, but in this world, who dares to ascertain that Zhuanxu is truly dead?"

Life and death are relative. To the living, ghosts are undoubtedly dead, but to the ghosts, aren’t the living also dead?

"Reversed Reincarnation, Resurrection against Fate!"

Xuanqing bellowed, unleashing a Devastating Divine Thunder, and within the void, the Power of Reincarnation immediately spawned a new timeline.

On this timeline, Zhuanxu began cultivating as a ghost, entered the Ghost Immortal Path, transitioned from death back to life, and with the Yellow Springs Dao, attained Daluo.

Boom!

The Ghost Immortal Great Dao runs through it all, the Heavenly Tribulation of Daluo descends, forging a brand new destiny.

"I lost!"

The Cultivator of Fate smiled helplessly: "I did not expect you could perfect the Ghost Immortal Great Dao, allowing cultivators of the Ghost Immortal Path to become true Daluos!"

"But..."

"You didn’t defeat me with the Power Great Dao; that’s something I can’t accept."

The crux of his debate with the Daoist of Power was whether Fate or Chance is the stronger Dao. He wanted to witness the contention between Fate and Chance.

"How doesn’t it count?"

Holding the Heavenly Emperor Seal of the Northern Emperor in his hands, Xuanqing laughed: "They say luck is part of one’s strength! Thus strength must also be part of one’s luck! With timely effort, all under heaven may stand together; when luck departs, even heroes are not free!"

"With my current strength, my means to break the cycle, my feature of nullifying fate, can’t all these things be considered my luck?"

"Innate Sacred beings inheriting the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, Chaos Demon Gods imbued with the Chaos Dao, aren’t they likewise the destiny and fortune of heaven, earth, and the universe?"

"Pangu wielded the Power Great Dao, able to refine the Three Thousand Great Dao, it is strength, but also luck. Daoist, you being born with the Fate Dao is the same!"

"After refining half of the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit, my new understanding of the Ghost Immortal Great Dao can also be regarded as luck!"

Xuanqing’s words had a sophistical tone, but Fate and Chance inherently complement each other, with the Three Thousand Great Dao interweaving and influencing each other.

Everyone has their own Fate and Chance. One can use Fate to increase Chance, and Chance to change Fate. Only when the two unite can the complete Fate Dao emerge.

"I am defeated!"

The Cultivator of Fate spoke again, but this time, with sincere submission.

His figure transformed into a black chess piece and fell into Xuanqing’s hand: "Refine me, and you will naturally become the complete Fate Demon God!"

With his obsession dispersed, the Cultivator of Fate vanished without a trace, while the black chess piece transformed from the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit he wielded.

Xuanqing did not anticipate things would go so smoothly, by merely neutralizing the Cultivator of Fate’s methods, he completely gave up his obsession.

He had thought that after his true self’s emergence, he would need to use wits and strategy against the Cultivator of Fate, treating the world as a chessboard, and exerting immense effort to subdue him.

"This is Fate, I suppose!"

Xuanqing’s Evil Corpse concluded on this matter, and with the Cultivator of Fate conceding, his true self could naturally assimilate the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit quickly.

However, Xuanqing sensed in the dark that once he fully mastered the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit, he might be able to trigger the divine axe light that struck at the Fate Demon God before Pangu’s creation of the world.

Under that axe, gods and demons change places, the Heavenly Dao steps back, all beings are equal, and no matter who it is, under that axe, will fade to nothingness instantly.

Of course, he must set anchor points beforehand to utilize the power of Fate, along with the momentum of the Heavenly Dao, to ensure the axe light appears at the correct space-time and location.

The anchor point set by the Cultivator of Fate was Jian Mu, and the momentum turning the Heavenly Dao was the destiny ripples created from the union of the Human and Witch Clans.

At this moment, with the Cultivator of Fate’s obsession dissolved and him not yet fully assimilating the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit, he could still eliminate the anchor points set by the other.

Looking at the chess piece in his hand and gazing at the sky, Xuanqing had a bold thought: "Perhaps I can make that axe light appear in the right space-time and location!"

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