Fallen Void Profound Spirit, Heavenly Book and Ancient Sword
Practice makes perfect.
This time, Shangguan Ding opened the stone door to the cave in less time than last time.
Chu Tianshu left the cauldron and the Samsara Disc outside, lightly pressed his left hand on the hilt of his sword, and stepped towards the stone gate.
The ancient mirrors embedded in the passageway inside the door seemed to sense someone entering, and they all began to glow faintly.
But Chu Tianshu's mind was peaceful and serene, like the vast emptiness; all those mirrors combined were simply not enough to shake his character.
The passageway was narrow, and Shangguan Ding followed him in after he had passed through.
This time, the mirrors shone even brighter, and each mirror reflected a different scene.
A child Shangguan Ding was so frightened by a colorful toad the size of a human head that he fell from a tree and almost broke his arms and legs, but luckily he was rescued by his playmates.
A young man Shangguan Ding was fighting a sword duel with his fellow disciples. He was ruthless and decisive, but accidentally injured his junior sister's cheek.
When Shangguan Ding, a young man, received news of his junior sister's marriage, he felt bewildered and lost.
There's a scene where the Master of Wind and Moon Cave, with a detached view of the world, divines his fate; there's also a scene where he, with his golden crown and black hair, stands silently before the grave of his deceased junior sister, his black hair gradually turning white.
He traveled to the Seven Mountains of Qingyun Sect, explored the earth's veins, and journeyed tens of thousands of miles. His resolve was as firm as a rock, and he finally found the cave dwelling where he found laughter.
meaning----
Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, worry, fear, and grief—fear can trap a person, as can a carefree childhood, warm family, and the joy of self-satisfaction.
The desire to salvage a regretful state of mind is an immense temptation.
Yue Gude and the others noticed the anomaly in the passage.
"It's actually a good place to cultivate one's mind."
Yue Gude stroked his beard, thinking to himself, "Although the cave's magical artifacts belong to Incense Valley, there's more than one mirror. If my Heavenly Wolf Sect were to exchange some treasures with him, we should be able to get a few more, right?"
A few sides are enough.
If so many mirrors were put together, even Shangguan Ding would be tripped up, and ordinary disciples would really not be able to withstand it.
"Oh----"
Shangguan Ding exhaled a breath of hot air, his fixed gaze regained its liveliness, he blinked, and took another step forward.
He has cultivated to the point where his thoughts flow continuously, each thought like a flame passed down from generation to generation.
Every memory, even the regrets, is like a flame, illuminating his path forward rather than becoming a shackle.
Wherever he walked, the scenes reflected in the mirror condensed, transforming into a small flame in the center of the mirror, which then naturally disappeared.
Chu Tianshu didn't turn around, but his pace had unconsciously slowed down a little.
By the time Shangguan Ding caught up...
The two of them happened to step into the end of the passageway one after the other.
The view ahead suddenly opened up, revealing another space hidden deep within this cave.
As far as the eye could see, there was only desolate Gobi Desert, cold wind, dust, and withered grass.
Chu Tianshu looked up and saw that the sky was dark and the clouds were moving around.
But at the very top of the sky, there was a full moon, filled with all sorts of colors, blue, purple, and red, swirling and shifting.
Each color of light occupies an irregular area, vibrant yet pure, not dazzling, hanging quietly at the end of the sky.
Like mist or gauze, seemingly real yet illusory.
Chu Tianshu floated into the air, only to find that, according to his visual perception, the distance between himself and the iridescent full moon had not decreased at all.
But once you fly higher, you can see much farther when you look down at the earth.
Deep in the Gobi Desert, there stands an ancient stone platform with steps on all eight sides.
On the high platform, seven stone pillars, each a different color, stand in a circle.
At the center of the table is an ancient white stone square tripod, with an ancient sword inserted diagonally inside.
"Oh?"
Chu Tianshu narrowed his eyes, seeing clearly that the malevolent aura was emanating from the ancient sword.
After observing for a moment, he flew directly to the high platform, placed his feet on the mouth of the cauldron, bent down and grabbed the ancient sword.
Buzz!!
Suddenly, rings of light burst forth from the sword hilt, hindering Chu Tianshu.
The seven light waves were divided into seven colors, each color so vibrant it seemed to drip water, and it was incredibly eerie.
"Stop putting on airs. This sword is fierce, not evil. You, this Evil Spirit, are nothing but a parasite. Without someone to offer sacrifices to you, how much strength can you possibly possess?"
Chu Tianshu opened his Heavenly Eye on his forehead, his emerald pupils rotating, drawing in the Heavenly Dao's Good Affinity into his body and blessing his palms.
"Or do you think you can tempt me into becoming your sacrifice?!"
He suddenly clenched his five fingers together, gripping the sword hilt tightly.
The moment Chu Tianshu drew his sword from the cauldron, a large number of flower petals burst forth from his body.
The falling petals drifted higher and higher, farther and farther, spreading for miles, never ceasing.
The sword trembled repeatedly amidst the thick, rain-of-flowers atmosphere, like a wicked dragon struggling to escape.
On the back of Chu Tianshu's right hand, veins bulged as he tightened his grip as if capturing a dragon. His left palm pressed against the sword, and he channeled his inner energy to slash it inch by inch.
He completely erased the evil energy from the sword.
A new piece of information about Evil Spirit spirits appeared on the screen of the Youdu Token.
[Evil Spirit: Fallen Void Profound Spirit]
Originally a cultivator from a sect, he came from the world that had been long bound by "Transcendent Flowing Light". When he left the world, he was fortunate enough to be sheltered in the Zhu Xian Stone Sword, leaving behind a wisp of his spirit.
However, the world deeply influenced by "Transcendent Flowing Light" has an exceptionally complex internal and external spacetime structure. The remnant spirits degenerate layer by layer in spacetime, and even with protection, they lose their reason and turn into evil.
Special Feature: Blood Sacrifice Fallen Void.
The changes in the void can transform myriad forces into a gentle breeze, and can shatter the heavens with only a fraction of its power.
However, the void is mysterious and difficult to fathom. Unless a cultivator possesses a very high level of cultivation or extraordinary talent, they cannot even see the threshold of this path.
The Fallen Void Profound Spirit lowers the barrier to entry; cultivators only need to sacrifice their essence, energy, and spirit to briefly shake space and amplify their power.
Chu Tianshu noticed the message on the token and was greatly surprised.
Transcendent Flowing Light is one of the major phenomena in the Youdu. In any world affected by the flow of light, the internal flow of time will accelerate.
The so-called deeply affected world, its internal time, is unknown in terms of how fast it is.
Having drifted out of such a world, the contrast between the inside and outside is unimaginable.
This Evil Spirit not only survived such an experience, but also managed to develop the characteristic of lowering the threshold for the Void Path.
Is it because the Evil Spirit itself is powerful?
I'm afraid not.
That can only be because this ancient sword itself has a very deep connection with the Dao of the Void.
Chu Tianshu used his Heavenly Eye to examine the sword, immersing his mind in it.
Light!!
With the Evil Spirit gone, he suddenly felt as if he had seen a ray of light.
This light was born in indescribable darkness, flowing silently down from the heights of that darkness.
Where the light streak passed, darkness and light intermingled, creating many textures, some curved and some straight, within the light streak, as if it were a structure formed by the deformation of the void.
The farther the light trail travels, the more intense the dark erosion becomes.
Finally, the light ceased to flow and merged with the darkness, gathering all traces of void distortion within and forming a sword.
Chu Tianshu came to his senses, feeling an intense soreness in his Heavenly Eye. He quickly closed it and rubbed his temples.
"This thing—is not a sword at all."
He could sense that although the sword was quite hard, with his current cultivation level, a powerful strike would be enough to break it.
But that's only because the sword's internal structure is in a state of peculiar balance, which makes it so "fragile".
The true value of this sword lies in the secrets of the void hidden within it.
Starting with the most subtle void deformations, the techniques gradually become more profound.
It can be said that the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword is a textbook of the Dao of the Void.
"Light and darkness intertwine, the void possesses a menacing nature, and the environment is constructed... the other three of the Four Wonders were probably all imitations of this sword, made to resemble it."
"So, the so-called five volumes of Heavenly Book— "
When they were at the Heavenly Wolf Sect, Chu Tianshu had transferred his internal energy into Fang Wuchen's body to help him master the Great Void Fire Seed as soon as Fang Wuchen, so he naturally understood how the Taiji Profound Clear Dao worked.
Although Fang Wuchen's cultivation level wasn't high, Chu Tianshu, with his level of understanding, could still sense it.
If one were to reach a higher level in the "Taiji Profound Clear Dao," perhaps even a whole level higher than Fang Wuchen —no, a whole level higher than Shuhui —then perhaps one would obtain the key to comprehending the inner mysteries of this sword.
But the keys aren't complete.
"The Demonic Sect, the Heavenly Sound —I fear that even combining all four volumes of the Heavenly Book would only be the key to understanding the mysteries within this sword."
This sword is the fifth volume of the Heavenly Book.
Although all five volumes are equally famous, the fifth character to appear far surpasses the first four, which seems to be a common occurrence in various realms.
Chu Tianshu's mind raced, and only after figuring things out did he slowly exhale a breath of stale air.
Within a radius of several miles, the petals had all fallen to the ground, but the cold wind blowing from afar still softened as it reached this area.
Shangguan Ding slowed his pace upon arriving, cautiously surveying his surroundings, and asked, "Fellow Daoist Chu, how is it?"
Chu Tianshu, with a complicated expression, floated down from the cauldron and handed over the sword.
"Look at this sword."
Shangguan Ding reached out and took it, examining it carefully, his expression growing increasingly solemn.
"This sword—"
Shangguan Ding frowned and said in a deep voice, "Nothing special."
"The shape of this sword does bear some resemblance to the Zhu Xian Sword, the foremost of the Four Wonders depicted in ancient texts."
"But perhaps because it drifted outside the boundary and encountered some mishap, wasting too much time, and then had the evil spirit within its blade slain by Fellow Daoist Chu, this sword, in my perception, doesn't even qualify as a magic weapon?"
Chu Tianshu gave him a strange look.
Oh, right.
Shangguan Ding's vision and knowledge were naturally incomparable to Chu Tianshu's.
Most importantly, the cultivation techniques passed down in Incense Valley seem to have no direct connection with the Heavenly Book.
"Valley Master."
Chu Tianshu considered for a moment, "I've heard that Patriarch Qingyun once comprehended Nameless Ancient Scroll before founding the Taiji Profound Clear Dao."
Have you found the Nameless Ancient Scroll?
Shangguan Ding smiled, looking confident and assured.
"Fellow Daoist Chu is testing me. The answer to this matter is actually quite simple."
Shangguan Ding said, "The Patriarch Qingyun never entered the cave, so his enlightenment was merely a coincidence, a meeting across time and space."
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"Then all he can see is the gate to the cave."
"I have already determined that the pattern on the main entrance of the cave is part of the Nameless Ancient Scroll, and that there must be another pattern and text on the back of the cave, which is the other part of the Nameless Ancient Scroll."
When they came in, the two of them hadn't closed the door.
Once you walk back into the passage and close the cave entrance, you'll be able to see the back of the cave entrance.
They are highly experienced in exploring and retrieving treasures in the Incense Valley, employing various stealthy methods to hide in its corners.
We've figured out a whole set of tricks for finding the best things in the nooks and crannies.
Hmm.
Chu Tianshu hesitated for a moment, then spoke frankly.
"The entrance to the cave may contain a Heavenly Book, but what I want to say is that the true essence of the five Heavenly Book, the most profound one, is now in your hands."
Shangguan Ding looked down at the sword in his hand.
Is this sword a secret manual? How come he didn't realize it?
Wait, what if this sword is a martial arts manual?
Does this mean that, according to the prior agreement, this sword will also be shared and studied by everyone?