But the story of the Tribulation-Breaking Sword is not over.
Yuzhou City.
Inside Yongan Pawnshop.
Jing Tian woke up with a sword in his arms.
"Is this time the Heavenly Emperor? And Fuxi again?"
As the words were spoken, a surge of spiritual energy welled up from his mortal body, flowing from his Niwan Palace to his limbs and bones.
Refine the body.
"Being a descendant of gods is so convenient."
Humans in this world were created by Nuwa by mixing earth and water, adding her own blood and spiritual power, and using willow branches to shape them in her own image.
Although unlike Shennong, who used the Dadi, rocks, grass, and trees as his body and infused them with his own energy to create beasts (including beasts and insects) with various magical abilities, and unlike Fuxi, who used the fruits of the divine tree that absorbed the pure energy of the divine realm as his body and infused them with his own powerful energy to create gods, the gods created were born with powerful spiritual energy.
However, it possesses the strongest comprehension among the three races.
Unlike beasts, which are mentally chaotic and require enlightenment, or gods, whose strength is determined by their innate nature and cannot reproduce (after mating and reproducing, the god's body will lose spiritual power and gradually die).
The reason for this is that Nuwa, the creator of humankind, was transformed from the Pangu's Divinity.
He is known as one of the Three Shennong, along with Fuxi, who was transformed from the Pangu's Essence, and Shennong, who was transformed from the Pangu's Vitality.
Nuwa Spiritual Power, which blossoms and bears fruit from her physical body and Spiritual Wisdom through later refinement, also possesses this quality. When accumulated to a certain point, it can become an immortal, just as a beast can become a demon by activating Shennong's Spiritual Power.
Now, Jing Tian has easily accomplished what ordinary humans would take a hundred years to achieve, thus attaining an immortal body.
"What a pity, Fei Peng was not created by Fuxi."
Fei Peng was Jing Tian's first incarnation, a divine general who suppressed the Well of Gods and Demons.
In the realm of gods, not all Shendu fruit spirits hatched by Fuxi using his energy.
After Pangu died, his essence, energy, and spirit differentiated into the Three Sovereigns, but the spiritual power originally contained within Pangu's body also dissipated, differentiating into the Five Elements: water, fire, thunder, wind, and earth, which scattered throughout the world.
Fei Peng was born of heaven and earth, with the wind as its father and the clouds as its mother.
This granted him powerful spiritual energy, free from the constraints of the Divine Tree Fruit, and Jing Tian was able to successfully extract it from the depths of his soul. However, Jing Tian only glimpsed the [Pangu's Divinity] through Nuwa Spiritual Power.
Unable to obtain the Pangu's Essence.
The Pangu's Essence is not as easy to obtain as the Pangu's Vitality, which can be obtained by simply finding a Beast.
As for the difficulty of directly discerning the Pangu's Essence from the world that Pangu transformed, it is like finding a needle in a haystack.
It would be very difficult for Jing Tian to regain Li Lin's body without using a cheat code.
In this world, gods and demons can achieve immortality, surpassing the longevity of immortals and monsters, because they use other means to compensate for their own deficiencies.
The divine tree took root in Chunzi, one of the Shennong's Nine Springs, and grew by transforming the Turbid Qi of the world into pure air, and thus bore fruit.
The immortality of the [god], or rather the [Tree Fruit God], is precisely achieved by focusing on the [essence] of Fuxi and the [vital energy] of the Divine Tree Fruit, thus giving rise to the god and achieving immortality.
The immortality of the [Demons] is different from others. It is achieved by relying on Chi You to open up a strange world with disordered space and time, which the [Demons] call the [Demon Realm].
Therefore, they are the most special race, the only one that will not become ghosts after death and fall into reincarnation, but will be reborn in the demon realm at some point in the future.
Completely different from gods, immortals, humans, and demons.
The immortals were granted divine status by Fuxi through various forms of immortal wine, elixirs, and other gifts of essence.
Without Fuxi's help...
[Immortals] can only become gods by undergoing a long period of tempering and finding the unique solution to their own path to immortality from heaven and earth (not referring to [Tree Fruit God], but to innate gods born from spiritual power who possess flawless immortality).
Or perhaps they will be cast into the demon realm and become a demon.
The immortal body that Jing Tian had refined at this time could, in fact, become a divine body at any time, just Fei Peng's innate divine body.
However, Jing Tian hoped to achieve this using the essence and spirit of Pangu.
Just like the Three Sovereigns of this world.
They are complete in essence, energy, and spirit; they are interdependent, each possessing inexhaustible essence, energy, and spirit.
In fact, the creations of the Three Sovereigns were also complete in spirit and energy.
However, what humans and demons lack is the innate three elements that can support their immortality. They only possess one of them, and the materials used to create them are too ordinary, unlike the Tree Fruit God who possesses two of them, thus failing to form a three-element cycle.
"But there are other ways." Jing Tian's ears twitched as he heard the deliberately suppressed footsteps outside the pawnshop. He leaped off the bed and met the person who opened the door.
"Oh! Someone's here!" The newcomer was startled, and the shadows cast on the ground undulated.
Jing Tian looked towards the undulating terrain, where towering mountains were shrouded in a tight red dress.
Of course, Jing Tian was not a lecher.
He was simply trying to discern that this world was more like the TV series or game "Chinese Paladin 3".
Based on the fact that Mao Mao and Bi Ping, who did not exist in his memory, and Li Yuan, another manager of the pawnshop who treated him like his own child, as well as the shop assistants A Long and Da Lin, he already knew that this world was mainly a game.
From Da Mi Mi, he also learned that this world was also influenced by some TV drama settings.
"You scoundrel—" The woman was about to throw a punch, but when she saw the handsome face illuminated by the moonlight, she stopped as if possessed. "Hi, hello, my name is Tang Xuejian."
Jing Tian continued to survey the mountains, but his image had changed from that of a 'scoundrel' to that of a shy 'hi' love interest.
This is actually not hard to understand.
Tang Xuejian was created by Xi Yao using the Divine Tree Fruit as her heart, the branches and leaves as her body, and herself as her model. The purpose of creating her was to have her accompany Fei Peng's reincarnation.
Even without that factor, no woman could resist Jing Tian's face.
The awakening of memories releases their dormant charm.
"Tang? People from Tang Family Fortress, so you're not a thief?" Jing Tian asked.
"Yes." Tang Xuejian's personality was actually extremely fiery, but at this moment she was as gentle as water, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.
Her lingering filial piety reminded her of her purpose. She carefully took something out of her bosom and handed it to Jing Tian. "This is Grandpa's favorite teapot, but unfortunately, I accidentally broke the lid. I need to find a matching one. Could you..."
"This kind of begonia-red purple clay teapot is very rare," Jing Tian said, stroking the surface of the teapot, ignoring the lingering warmth of the girl's body, and focusing on the texture. "I have good news and bad news."
"What's the bad news?" Tang Xuejian asked.
"Each of these Yixing teapots is unique; no two have the same lid," Jing Tian said.
'Tang Xuejian, what's wrong with you?' Tang Xuejian asked herself in her heart. She should be feeling down, but right now almost all her thoughts were on Jing Tian.
Hearing that the teapot seemed beyond repair, she felt a surge of joy, because their relationship had become pure, without the teapot involved.
As she was thinking, the ground suddenly shook violently, and she lost her balance for a moment.
Jing Tian quickly helped her up. "Don't you want to know the good news?"
"Huh? Right, what's the good news?" Tang Xuejian asked in a flustered manner.
"The good news is, I can fix this cover," Jing Tian said. "I glued all the antiques in this room on, but no one can tell."
"Is that so? That's great." Tang Xuejian saw that her words were not what they really meant; she wanted to stay there a little longer.
"How about this, I'll come to the pawnshop to find you again after dawn tomorrow."
Jing Tian nodded, his gaze shifting from Xue Jian's waist.
He did not stop Xue Jian from leaving.
According to the original timeline, Xue Jian discovered Tang Yi's conspiracy with the Thunderclap Hall because the recent earthquake caused Jing Tian and Xue Jian to accidentally kiss, and at the same time, Jingtian was also poisoned by the caltrops she was carrying. Xue Jian went to get the antidote.
Now, Xue Jian no longer sneaks into the Hundred Herbs Hall.
As for stopping Tang Yi's conspiracy, it was unnecessary for Jing Tian to do so.
In this world, the Evil Sword Immortal had long since fled. Luo Rulie met him, became his underling, and learned a set of demonic arts.
Xue Jian's grandfather, Tang Kun, died because Luo Rulie wanted to annex Tang Family Fortress. He couldn't defeat Luo Rulie and fell ill. Tang Yi did not use any underhanded tactics.
Tang Yi is the son of Tang Kun and his maid. He is born out of wedlock, and even though he is skilled enough to raise the Five-Poison Beast, he is still excluded from the list of heirs.
It was he who demonstrated his value to Luo Rulie by helping him refine a Five-Poison Pearl in exchange for the Tang Sect's temporary safety, future independence, and the support of the Thunderclap Hall when he competed for the position of sect leader.
If he hadn't been born that way, he would have been the sect leader.
Furthermore, the Five-Poison Pearl are merely a byproduct of the Five Five-Poison Beast; they are not a case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
In the original timeline, Xue Jian was discovered and hid in Chamber of Secrets. He pretended not to know because he didn't want to hurt his niece, which allowed Xue Jian to escape smoothly.
On the other hand...
Although Jing Tian can be considered a member of the Tang Sect, he is also a member of Yongan Pawnshop, a subsidiary of Tang Family Fortress.
But Yongan Pawnshop originally belonged to Jing Tian's father, Jing Yi.
To be precise, it belongs to the Jing family, but they've put up a Tang Family Fortress sign.
Tang Tai, Tang Kun's younger brother and Xue Jian's third uncle, took advantage of Jing Yi's early death to send his distant relative Zhao Wenchang to Yongan Pawnshop, turning Jing Tian from the pawnshop's heir into a manager of jewelry—keeping the pawnshop's valuable jewelry and other valuable items, and also a shop assistant.
There is only one payment.
This was still under the circumstances that Jing Tian had another manager looking after him, and Zhao Wenchang needed Jing Tian's help to appraise antiques.
Tang Kun and the others from Tang Family Fortress turned a blind eye to Tang Tai's actions.
In fact, Jing Tian is already showing consideration for Xue Jian by not attacking Tang Family Fortress directly.
"You agree, right, Zhao Wenchang?" Jing Tian said to the old man he was stepping on. "If it weren't for Aunt Li, I would have killed you right now."
Zhao Wenchang happens to be the husband of Li Yuan, another steward who has always treated him like her own son.
"You... you... you..." Zhao Wenchang stammered, "Are you trying to rebel?!"
"Ah Tian, you...you should spare Wenchang. I'm here in Tang Family Fortress, Wenchang won't pursue this matter," Li Yuan said. "Wenchang and I don't have any children. This pawnshop will be yours sooner or later after we pass away."
"A hundred years?" Jing Tian scoffed. "Aunt Li, since you're in charge of the accounts, you should know that Zhao Wenchang's biggest hobby is buying antiques. He buys large quantities at a time, but they're all fake."
"Only occasionally will you find one or two genuine items."
"If we let him cause any more trouble, the pawnshop won't be able to stay open for even a year."
"Ah!" A Long exclaimed in surprise, "No wonder I haven't received my wages yet."
Li Yuan blushed with embarrassment.
"Ah Tian, Zhao Wenchang isn't scary, but the Tang Sect behind him is not to be underestimated," Da Lin advised. "Anyone who comes out of there will be poisoned if they touch their clothes!"
"My sword is not without its weaknesses." With Jing Tian's cold snort, a clear sword cry rang out, and a dark blue sword light bloomed from his waist, swirling around his body.
"Sword Immortal!" Zhao Wenchang's face turned bright red.
In Yuzhou, many disciples of the Shu Mountain Sect come and go, and he is well aware of their strength.
Even Tang Family Fortress had to fear its sharp edge.
Ordinary internal energy cultivation techniques and poisons are ineffective against those who cultivate immortality.
"Moreover, the eldest daughter of the Tang family is my friend." Jing Tian stepped over Zhao Wenchang and disappeared into the dim night.
Yes, night.
Pawnshops have always opened very early.
It was a tough job, a life looked down upon by the people of Tang Family Fortress. Not only did they have to travel all over the country, but they also had to be eloquent and able to identify treasures.
As for the eldest daughter of the Tang family, it cannot be said that she was wrong.
Tang Xuejian was the only person in Tang Family Fortress who did not discriminate against Tang Yi and politely called him Seventh Uncle.
If it weren't for the original timeline, and she had discovered the connection between Tang Yi and the Thunderclap Hall, she wouldn't have been expelled from the Tang Sect.
Therefore, Tang Xuejian will still be the respected young lady of Tang Family Fortress.
Now, Jing Tian is going to do something under the cover of night.
He was about to receive a treasure that rightfully belonged to him.
"They're here."
Beside the bridge.
Jing Tian looked at the shooting star.
It lost its radiance and landed steadily in his palm.
It was a long, amber-colored pendant, shaped like a person, and it seemed to have another half.
"Although I had expected this after seeing Xue Jian, it's still outrageous that this [Human-Faced Pendant] exists in this world."
He wasn't looking at Xue Jian's waist because of lust, but because of the pendant.
The "Human-Faced Pendant" is an original creation of the TV series.
It appeared in both Chinese Paladin 1 and Chinese Paladin 3.
Legend has it that when Pangu separated heaven and earth, all things in the universe were divided into yin and yang.
Thus, the distinction between heaven and earth, day and night, and male and female came into being.
The harmony of Yin and Yang, their complementarity and mutual support, enable all things to thrive and flourish.
There is a legend that every person born into the world is actually only half a body.
A person must find their other half, their one and only other half, in order to make life complete.
As long as you hold one half of the pendant and find the owner of the other half, the two of you will receive boundless blessings from heaven.
May you stay together forever, and live a life of love and devotion for a hundred years.
In the first installment of the Legend of Sword and Fairy series, Anu and Tang Yu Xiaobao used it to transform into a pair of lovebirds.
In the game "Chinese Paladin 3", Xi Yao asked the Old Man of the Moon for the gift and threw it into the mortal world.
In the TV series "Chinese Paladin 3", the Evil Sword Immortal is outside the Dao, and even Chong Lou is no match for him.
Only by making a wish using this pendant can you defeat it.
"If that's really the case, wouldn't I have to use cheat codes?"
After all, the realm beyond this path is too vague.
If Jing Tian were to gather Pangu's Essence, Qi, and Spirit and still remain within the realm of divination, that would be absurd.
Also, Li Xiaoyao will travel through time and steal the pendant to prevent Jing Tian from selling it.
Which Li Xiaoyao is this? Could it be the same Li Lin?
After all, in the world where Aquaman was doing his mission, Li Lin was Li Xiaoyao.
But Jing Tian, with his eyes closed, did not know the answer.