Chapter 217: Chapter 75 Eternal Destiny (Part 1)
“I really made a fortune this time!”
On the way back to the mansion, Zhang Xuan proceeded with a beaming smile on his face.
A thousand Destiny Plates, from the time he had entered the Source World until now, he had never fought such a lucrative battle!
Before, to obtain one, he had endured all sorts of hardships. This time, a simple intimidation had earned him a fortune.
“Break!”
With a thought, 500 Destiny Plates shattered, transforming into a sky full of Heavenly Mandate Vitality, madly surging towards the Suspended Realm.
The Suspended Realm was his creation, replacing the Source Pool. Previously, it had only absorbed tens of thousands of strands of Heavenly Mandate Vitality. Although it had solidified, as the area and the amount of Origin qi it absorbed grew larger, it had started to become unstable.
Now that he had enough Destiny Plates, he could replenish it completely and stabilize it thoroughly!
Five million strands of Heavenly Mandate Vitality, turning into streams of azure qi, flowed around the Suspended Realm like towering stone pillars, re-stabilizing the now turbulent world.
Crack!
As the Source Pool stabilized, Zhang Xuan felt as if he had touched some barrier, and a crack had appeared.
This kind of barrier only existed between major realms like the Travel Realm and the Primordial Spirit, both belonging to the ninth dan of the Source Pool Realm. There shouldn’t be one here.
And he had only reached the Travel Realm recently, not even breaking through to the Primordial Spirit, so it couldn’t be the Galaxy Realm…
“Let’s try again!”
With a hint of doubt, he sharply focused his mind and looked towards the direction of the sound that had just occurred.
“It seems to be a 999 horsepower Fate Lock!”
Zhang Xuan suddenly realized.
A cultivator in the Source Pool Realm, no matter how strong their accumulated strength, could only reach up to 999 horsepower, just as those in the Jade Bone Realm could only stay at 99 horsepower.
Even he had not broken through that limit, which showed how formidable it was.
Could it be… that he could now break through the shackles of 999 horsepower?
If he could truly do it, even if his cultivation hadn’t reached the Galaxy Realm, he would be a match for it.
“I couldn’t feel it before, probably because there wasn’t enough Heavenly Mandate Vitality and the Source Pool was unstable. Now that the hidden dangers are resolved, maybe I can succeed in one fell swoop! It’s just that I don’t know if anyone has ever broken the 999 horsepower limit.”
Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up.
Knowing that he couldn’t experiment on the road, and now assuming the identity of Yue Longxiao, he immediately hurried back to the mansion.
Upon returning home, he changed back into the appearance of “Ling Buyang.”
“Tell Yue Longxiao that I am severely injured and need to heal. When the people from the Wanxiang Sect headquarters arrive, they can come and call me…”
He instructed Sun Qiang, then Zhang Xuan turned and walked towards his own room.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he carefully looked at the barrier that had just appeared.
It was like a membrane, and beyond it seemed to lie a more vast sea of stars.
He took a deep breath, the power within the Source Pool boiled and he charged towards the membrane.
Boom!
A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, and his face immediately turned deathly pale.
“Raw strength charging seems ineffective…”
He sat down again, sinking into deep thought.
His previous charge had not even stirred the barrier, but it had nearly killed him on the spot. If he continued, his life might not outlast the membrane…
After pondering for a while and coming up with nothing, he slapped his forehead.
“I’m such a fool. If I can’t figure it out, someone else can. Why not use that…”
He smiled lightly, and with his finger as a sword, he stabbed towards the void.
A Heart of Intertwining Threads, full of endless knots.
The Pathos of Heaven Sword Art.
Whoosh!
A vortex appeared, and immediately Empyrean Kong shi’s voice came through.
“Teacher…”
“Empyrean, are you holding up?” Zhang Xuan couldn’t help but ask.
“I’m alright, I found the Heavenly Destiny Inheritance within the Heaven Mandate Domain and am trying to see if I can tame it…” Empyrean Kong shi responded.
“This…” Zhang Xuan’s eyes brightened.
While others trapped in the Heaven Mandate Domain worried about death, he considered whether he could tame the inheritance…
It was just like Empyrean Kong shi, still as ferocious as ever.
“Teacher, have you encountered something?” Empyrean Kong shi’s voice continued.
“There are some matters…”
Zhang Xuan recounted the details about discovering the Fate Lock and the barrier.
“As I suspected, this Fate Lock is indeed the foundation of Heaven Mandate in the Source World, using the Destiny Lock to limit the cultivator’s potential… unless destiny itself can be broken! Otherwise, it’s impossible to break through with raw strength alone.”
Empyrean Kong analyzed.
“Break destiny?” Zhang Xuan nodded.
Previously, during the barrier at the Jade Bone Realm, he had tried using all sorts of methods, but his strength seemed to be stuck in place, and no matter how much his cultivation broke through, he couldn’t advance even a little bit.
It must be the same now.
After saying goodbye to Empyrean Kong, Zhang Xuan fell into contemplation.
“Since I transversed here, on the Master Teacher Continent, I have been advancing step by step, breaking the preordained fate time and time again…”
According to the fate of this body, being discarded by the Zhang family after extracting the bloodline and thrown to an ancient land essentially meant ruin—if he hadn’t transversed, he might have already turned to dust and vanished without trace. There wouldn’t be any later glory of unifying the world and becoming the Nine Heavens Emperor.
Fate’s trajectory for him is meant to be broken.
It’s just unknown if he could succeed this time.
“Since I’ve seen the barrier, then it can definitely be broken…”
In the world of video games, as an NPC, one cannot change the set parameters, but once one steps outside the game itself, changes become all too easy, and any programmer can achieve them.
If the Source World is likened to such a game, 99 horsepower, 999 horsepower, are just like the limits of the speed of light from his past life.
Normal people breaking it is almost impossible, but Zhang Xuan might not be so normal.
“Humans can change destiny because of choices, and the biggest influence of these choices is emotions.”
Ordinary people talk about changing destiny by either meeting benefactors, being appreciated, choosing a path suitable for themselves, or catching the tide of the era…
But, anyway, all involve emotions.
Benefactor’s appreciation, because of getting liked by a benefactor; choosing a suitable path, due to inner desire; reaching the pinnacle of the times, surely someone supports, someone mentors, a community accepts…
“Mo Dao Martial Skill, can condense into Mo Dao Destiny, if I can condense a Pathos of Heaven destiny for practice, is it possible… could I break the current shackles?”
He could practice Mo Dao Destiny because he had learned Mo Dao Martial. Similarly, could Pathos of Heaven cultivation method and sword art also form a destiny?
With a flick of his wrist, a long sword appeared in his palm, and Heaven-Sentiment Sword Qi spread along the blade.
Previously, when he performed sword arts with his fingers, it could only serve as a bridge to Kong, but to truly channel the sword art as he wished, a long sword was necessary.
Bang!
The sword qi was too powerful, and the sword itself could not bear it, shattering instantly.
Zhang Xuan frowned.
Having come to the Source World, he hadn’t used sword arts, nor had he looked for suitable weapons. If ordinary long swords wouldn’t work, where could he find a suitable one?
“I’ll modify one!”
Looking at himself, only the material of the Cold Nether Armor was decent. With a thought from Zhang Xuan, the armor appeared within the Suspended Realm.
With a gentle tap, the most powerful defensive weapon from the Han Yuan Dynasty changed its form in the blink of an eye, becoming a long sword.
The Suspended Realm is his world, where he can change the form of objects with but a word, and it’s very simple.
He reached out his hand, and the long sword fell into his palm. Zhang Xuan swung it once, and immediately, a spatial rift several thousand miles long appeared in the Suspended Realm.
Now infused with 5 million strands of Heavenly Mandate Vitality, the Suspended Realm was much more robust than the previous Empyrean, and although it is not as stable as the Source World, the differences are not that huge. A world so robust, yet split by a single sword strike, was terrifying.
“Not bad!”
Zhang Xuan’s eyes brightened.
Although he hadn’t researched sword forging in these past five years, becoming master of a realm and establishing a world, the many great paths were readily available.
Any ordinary blacksmith could change armor into a long sword, let alone him.
As long as the material remained unchanged, any weapon forged by his hand would only be of higher grade!
That is to say, the long sword forged from the Cold Nether Armor had already far surpassed it in grade and reached another realm.
Returning to his room, feeling the piercing chill emanating from the sword, Zhang Xuan nodded satisfactorily.
This was definitely the strongest weapon he had ever wielded; compared to it, the previous Crimson Heaven Sword was nothing.
Among the Nine God Monarchs in Empyrean, merely tossing it casually would injure them with the sword qi leaking out.
“Let’s call you ‘Cold Nether Sword’!”
With a name given, the Cold Nether Armor emitted a light wind sound as if excitedly trembling.
Just freshly forged, it already possessed its own Spirit Creation.
“Heaven grows old if it has feelings, the right path in the world is ever-changing!”
With the sword in hand, Zhang Xuan uttered softly, and the essence of the Pathos of Heaven was displayed, with the cultivation technique operating as well, emitting a powerful Sword Intent bursting forth from the blade.
The long sword also emitted a pleasing ringing, as if it had received approval from some kind of power, trembling excitedly.
Boom!
Following this burst of sword qi, it vanished into the vast world, and the sky seemed to sense something, turning dark and ominous, with countless storm clouds quickly converging, densely packed with lightning, as if a storm was about to descend at any moment.