332: Chapter 68: The Dao is as One Desires 332: Chapter 68: The Dao is as One Desires “Regicide” was uttered.
Xie Xuanyi could tell that this ancient general of the Great Yue Kingdom, named Zhong Wu, although doing his best to hide it, still had a trace of complacency flash through his eyes.
Emperor Qi…
was just one step away from Ascending.
To be able to kill such an existence.
It indeed was something to be proud of.
Xie Xuanyi looked at Zhong Wu.
By coincidence, in a sense, he was also a regicide.
Years had passed, yet the spirit of this great general had not been corrupted…
He must have been at least a Yang God Realm Great Practitioner during his life.
It is said that a thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao had not yet collapsed, and the Primordial Energy had not yet been exhausted.
The entire world thrived with prosperity.
Back then, cultivation was much simpler than it is now.
However, the year the Great Yue Kingdom perished must have been the “Recent Ancient Era” when the great tide had receded, and True Immortals had already disappeared.
In that era, becoming a Yang God was also no easy task…
“Just you killed Emperor Qi?”
Ao Ying frowned slightly.
The four towering statues were indeed shocking, but the Corpse Mountain that had just been piled up in front of the grand hall’s door was even more impactful.
Emperor Qi alone was capable of refining the entire Great Yue Kingdom!
“To be precise, it was not me, but…
us.”
Zhong Wu sat under the silver white throne, his hands resting on his knees, raising his head and said reflectively, “As you can see, I am not the only regicide.
However, all of them have already fallen, their dharma bodies shattered, and their spirits also broken.”
The four towering statues.
The only one preserved intact was the spear-thrower.
“Who are you?”
Zhong Wu squinted his eyes, looking at the two people in front of him, and slowly asked, “How is Great Yue doing?
How long has passed outside?”
“We are outsiders.”
Xie Xuanyi replied, “The Great Yue Kingdom has perished.
A long, long time has passed outside…”
“Great Yue has still perished, hasn’t it?”
A trace of regret flashed through Zhong Wu’s eyes.
He murmured softly, “What a pity.
I still couldn’t save this place.”
Ao Ying pursed her lips, carefully asked, “What happened back then?”
“Back then?”
Zhong Wu tilted his head, looking at his throne, and grinned, “Back then, the four of us surrounded and attacked Emperor Qi…
He was at the critical moment of Ascending, his strongest and also his weakest moment.
To kill an ‘Ascendant,’ there’s only such a brief instant, gone in a flash.”
“It’s just a pity.”
“Even though we seized that moment, we still paid an extremely tragic price.”
Zhong Wu sat on the steps of the grand hall, his tone somewhat sorrowful, looking at the blood, severed fingers, and shattered armor that littered the hall.
“The combat power above the Heavenly Person is too overpowering.”
“In just an instant, all my comrades and close friends were dead…”
“Emperor Qi’s physical body was pierced by a long spear, his Ascension failed, but he still launched the Tao Rules, freezing the entire grand hall, even the whole royal palace.”
Yin God Realm, understanding the Dao, mastering the Tao Rules.
Upon reaching the Yang God, one is to weave the Tao Rules into a complete set of regulations.
A thousand years later, the records within various powers of the Dachu Dynasty, be they “Lifebound Cave Heavens,” “Heavenly Origin Secret Realms,” or even the Palm Buddha Country of Da Li Dynasty, are essentially the same thing…
Yang God Realm, Heavenly Person Realm, even True Immortal Realm form their independent worlds!
The higher the realm.
The more perfect the rules of the Cave Heaven, the more stable the internal world.
Clearly.
This world at the bottom of the well, is the “complete Cave Heaven” created by Emperor Qi!
Thus…
The fact that Great True Master Chong Kan, who had already touched this level of realm, was pacing back and forth at the well’s mouth in his black robe, despite harboring a strong killing intent towards Ao Ying, he still did not jump into it directly.
This is the reason why Yang God Realm Great Practitioners within Dachu rarely leave their abode.
At this level.
Rules are condensed into a complete Cave Heaven, commanding wind and rain, and the Dao river surrounds the dharma body!
A move is like a thunder strike!
The chessboard has not yet determined the advantage of the first move.
Let alone a Yang God Great Practitioner engaging in a game, rashly stepping into a stranger’s well-ruled and mastered Cave Heaven, could easily lead to missteps, or even a downfall!
Ao Ying’s expression fluctuated.
What Zhong Wu said sounded very real.
Because the Tao Rules permeate this Great Yue Well, exactly matching with Emperor Qi’s Lifebound Cave Heaven…
But the lingering spirit under this throne made her feel uneasy.
“If this place is Emperor Qi’s Lifebound Cave Heaven, with his power, why would he leave a shred of your spirit?”
Ao Ying furrowed her beautiful brows, slowly asking, “He could freeze this royal palace, he could have easily killed you as well.”
“If so, how could he have been pierced by a spear?”
Zhong Wu sighed deeply and earnestly said, “A lion, no matter how powerful, always has a moment of exhaustion.
Even just a light, fluttering straw, if it falls at the right time in the right place, can crush a camel.”
Ao Ying fell silent.
Zhong Wu was right…
even a straw can crush a camel.
The prerequisite being that the camel has only its last breath left.
“So, what are Emperor Qi’s Tao Rules?”
It was at this moment.
Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke.
His gaze hadn’t lingered on Zhong Wu too much.
After leaving Corpse Mountain, he had let go of the hand covering Qing Li’s eyes, but since seeing that throne, the little one’s attention had been entirely captivated.
Her expression became blank, and even when Xie Xuanyi called her a few times using Divine Thought, she did not respond.
She stared intently at the throne.
Thus, Xie Xuanyi also looked towards the throne.
He came here for the Divine Fruit.
And the power that allowed him to see the Divine Fruit from miles away with a mere glance…
He was sealed within the Great Yue Well.
Zhong Wu sat on the first level of the thousand-step grand hall.
He slowly lifted his hands and placed them beneath his skull, leisurely uttering two words.
“Ruyi.”
Ruyi?
Ao Ying had never heard of this path.
However, this was normal since the methods of cultivation of the demon domain and the human race were different, yet the paths all led to the same destination…
It was said there are three thousand such Tao Rules in the world, but in reality, there were far more.
“What is Ruyi?”
Xie Xuanyi’s gaze still focused on the throne above.
“Ruyi, is simply Ruyi.”
Zhong Wu did not elaborate further but said indifferently, “When you jumped into the well, you must have seen…
Whatever you saw in the Great Yue Well, that is his Dao.”
A baffled Ao Ying stood frozen in place.
Her expression complex, she looked at Xie Zhen.
If she remembered correctly, Xie Zhen said he saw a fruit.
Wait…
Could this legendary Path of Wishing be the Peeping Heart Skill?
Or does it
have the power to turn the ‘illusions’ that people desire into reality?
“Emperor Qi was able to control the Great Yue Kingdom because his ‘Path of Wishing’ allowed everyone to see hope.”
Zhong Wu slowly closed his eyes, feeling the distant, fragmented memories.
He solemnly said, “All beings have desires, all beings seek, all beings wish for fulfillment.
To cultivate such a Tao Rule is to deserve a place on the throne.”
Indeed.
A ruler seated on the throne
could naturally fulfill the wishes of his subjects at will.
And the existence of Emperor Qi, who cultivated the so-called “Ruyi Dao,” could satisfy most of the mortal desires of this world…
What a terrifying power!
People naturally held him in high esteem.
Even if treated as fodder,
they did so willingly.
“But…
how could such a person be called a ‘tyrant’?”
Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly, not quite understanding.
“The Path of Wishing inevitably faces discontentment,”
Zhong Wu cynically laughed, “The desires of this world are never fully satiable…
Human desires are like an abyss, the more you try to fill it, the more it fractures and cracks, eventually beyond repair.
The existence of the Ruyi Dao only makes it harder for beings to fill this chasm of desire.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi remained silently listening.
From beginning to end,
his gaze still rested on that towering throne above.
“Wait, are you saying…
this entire grand hall is permeated with ‘Ruyi Dao’?”
Ao Ying suddenly realized the terrifying aspect of the Path of Wishing.
This hall, being able to remain sealed for a thousand years without aging,
was because of the Ruyi Dao…
The power of this Tao Rule could even contest time!
With this in mind.
If one could capture a portion of the Tao Rule here, or seize the insights left by Emperor Qi…
This would be a tremendous turn of fortune!
“Do not entertain such foolish thoughts.
I advise you to turn around and leave now, do not approach that throne, nor touch Emperor Qi’s remnant body,”
Zhong Wu’s smile suddenly vanished, and he coldly said, “Though the lance pierces his body, he might still harbor lingering thoughts, and the entire grand hall is sealed by the Ruyi Dao.
This degree of Tao Rule power…
if anything unexpected happens, no one knows what will occur.”
“But I really want that fruit,”
Xie Xuanyi sighed softly.
He moved his gaze away from the throne and turned towards Zhong Wu, speaking earnestly, “Above the Great Yue Well, I saw a fruit born of the void, entwined by numerous Gang Qi, its entirety shimmering with gold, containing the ‘Vajra’ Dao Rules, a divine fruit known in ancient histories as Divine Fruit.”
“Divine Fruit…”
Ao Ying, shocked, looked at Xie Zhen.
So, this boy saw such a divine object!
What a lofty aspiration!
But why didn’t I see anything?
“What are you trying to say?”
Zhong Wu no longer appeared idle, now standing up defensively, his body glowing with silver radiance.
“I want to say,”
Xie Xuanyi handed over a soulless Qing Li, appearing as if his soul had departed, to Ao Ying.
He pointed towards the lofty throne.
“This grand hall has preserved itself for so long; these remnants of the ‘Ruyi Dao’ must be very powerful…”
Xie Xuanyi said regrettably, “Emperor Qi fulfilled many people’s wishes in his lifetime, I wonder if he could satisfy one more for me…
If all of the Ruyi Dao were used to materialize that ‘Divine Fruit’, would that be enough?”
He said,
Xie Xuanyi took several steps forward.
The pitch-black night was once again ignited by the sword energy light fire.
He slowly approached the grand silver-cast throne, coming very close to Zhong Wu.
“You just said not to touch the remnant body on the throne, lest Emperor Qi might resurrect…”
Xie Xuanyi earnestly said, “If I insist on touching it…
what would happen?
Would Emperor Qi completely die?”
Zhong Wu paused for a moment.
Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, “I’m asking you, Emperor Qi.”
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(Another release tonight.
Exactly at 12 o’clock.)