Chapter 2313: Empty Realm of Disaster

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The prophecy of the ancestor of fate divination, Bu Lian, describes him as a teacher of the human emperor, a sage of the world, and a guide for the human race in the distant past.

Even after several great eras, his divided consciousness was still deeply hidden within the fate of the demon race, choking the throat of their destiny, until the layouts of the demon race’s Yuan Xi Great Emperor finally managed to pry open this invisible hand.

However, this last remnant of his consciousness also sealed the door and barred the world, forcibly delaying the opening of the God Xiao world and giving the human race sufficient time to prepare. Only then did the era of war preparations from all sides, prior to God Xiao, begin.

This period of years is certainly destined to be recorded in the annals, written about at length and in special detail!

The last time such large-scale war preparations occurred might have to be traced back to the distant ancient era, the war where the human race joined hands with various sides to overthrow the demon race's heavenly court.

In this "pre-God Xiao era," the human race, which has dominated the present world for several great eras, is comprehensively undertaking war preparations, maximizing their war potential.

All major events that have occurred in the myriad realms and ten thousand realms during this period can be said to revolve around this war that concerns the fate of the myriad realms.

And as the person in the present world with the deepest connection to fate divination, Jiang Wang had the help of the ancestor of fate divination when he escaped the demon realm. When he deeply entered the Mi realm, he witnessed the curtain call of fate divination.

At this moment, the sword he unleashed for Ji Jinglu to see was precisely the "nothingness" he had originally seen in the river of fate when Yu Beidou brought him there!

At that time, he had feigned death and entered the upper reaches of the river of fate, but concerning his own future destiny, he saw nothing at all.

Many years later, after feigning possession of heaven's will and harvesting fate, he could now replicate this very moment.

Ji Jinglu had already broken through the "heaven does not permit" and stepped onto the "inverted peak," and should have originally seen the absolute peak. Yet before his eyes was a complete blackness, with no way out. His Dao path was exhausted, and his fate path was cut off.

He stopped his footsteps.

His body felt like an untethered boat, his heart like it was drifting in the depths of a dark universe, his qi and blood dim.

In his hand, he held an iron fan, possessing power sufficient to overturn the human world. He was already only a small half-step, a mere turn of the body, away from the limit of the present world — but he could not advance further.

"I seem to understand where the human emperor of the distant past went to seek the master ancestor of fate divination in the 'Calamity Nothing Empty Sea'." Ji Jinglu's face held a look of sudden enlightenment: "This is also a kind of realm; without reaching this place, one cannot see fate."

"The truth of the world, who can match this?"

He was melancholic for a while, finally saying: "I have lost!"

On the first day of the new year, in the Dao Calendar year three nine two nine, Jiang Wang personally arrived at the Boundless Stone Wall and defeated the martial Dao grandmaster Ji Jinglu with his sword. The observers were five people and one dog — although they might not have seen anything at all.

Ji Jinglu determined that he had no possibility of defeating Jiang Wang in the twenty-six heavens of martial Dao, and calmly accepted the victory and defeat. He then solemnly put away his iron fan and performed a bow with hands clasped in front of this lightless fate.

He respected the ruthlessness of the heaven Dao, the cruelty of fate, and respected himself, who had come all this way, calmly facing everything.

Then he took one step forward —

This body rose like a heaven-supporting peak, this body bloomed with dazzling splendid light!

The inverted peak, representing the destructive power of the heaven Dao, was at this time just a road, a long staircase that one must pass on the path to the ascending peak.

The "inverted peak" had already been stepped under his feet.

He was the universe, he was fate. He himself already possessed everything; the river of fate could only parallel him, and the heaven Dao, though towering, could only be equal in height to him.

The infinite endless splendid light suddenly converged, and the world, from "dark" to "light," was restored.

The absolute path of fate was thus broken, and the brocade-clad, jade-faced Ji Jinglu stood again before that white stone of seeking the Dao. All the cracks on the white stone had already disappeared.

Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!

The thunder, echoing through the present world, was as if gods were beating drums for the True Monarch ascending the peak.

Ji Jinglu just stood there plainly, and then a path of splendid light rushed out from his heavenly spirit. The splendid light steamed like a cover, reaching all the way to the end of the heavens.

The extraordinary road had been walked to its end.

The highest honor crown of cultivation was placed upon him.

At this moment, he could enjoy life for ten thousand years, his body "equal with heaven"!

Jiang Wang did not hold back, and Jiang Wang's last sword style was indeed broken.

But Jiang Wang was the victor of this agreed-upon fight.

Because Ji Jinglu only broke through the dead end of fate with the power of the absolute peak. The martial Dao grandmaster of the twenty-six heavens of martial Dao could not walk out of True Person Jiang's sword.

"What is the name of this sword?" Ji Jinglu looked up towards the high place. He thought this was the absolute pinnacle of Dongzhen. Although he had already walked to derive the Dao, before ascending to the absolute peak, he had not seen clearly.

Truly an astonishing sword!

Jiang Wang on the cloud peak said: "Let's just call it the 'Calamity Nothing Empty Realm'."

The "Bodhi Sit Dao Sutra" says, "No thought, no examination, empty enlightenment realm, mind obtained, birth is a calamity's remnant."

The "Quiet Virtual Think Er Collection" has a saying, "Vague, vague, no upper, empty, empty, like a wish."

Both speak of "calamity nothing empty."

The great Dao of the world, the predecessors already had words.

Yet without seeing the Dao person, reading the book a hundred or a thousand times, one still cannot see.

Jiang Wang did not have too mysterious feelings about this, nor could he temporarily expound the Dao in wonderful words like the predecessors. His grasp was very plain —

Under his sword, the so-called "Calamity Nothing Empty Realm" was precisely that segment of empty journey before fate is truly extinguished. It was the empty process of a person's life dissipating.

This was a sword concerning fate, and even more so, a sword to end fate.

If Ji Jinglu had not taken that step, this sword would have surely ended him.

Below the absolute peak, who could block this sword?

Lou Yue? Huyan Jingxuan? Huang Fu?

Ji Jinglu did not know. But he could no longer contend.

The present world has added one more Dao derivation, and martial Dao has added one more absolute peak.

The once rich and noble prince, Ji Jinglu, should now also have his own king title, and can stand side by side with Jin Wang Ji Xuanzhen.

He sighed again: "It is a pity one cannot return again!"

Jiang Wang laughed: "Some roads can be looked back upon, but there is no need to walk back. Grandmaster surely understands better than I. This junior sometimes thinks, perhaps being unable to return is precisely the wonderful reason of life."

"Do not call me junior again, I am ashamed before the monarch, Ji is ashamed of face for years!" Ji Jinglu smiled bitterly: "The absolute peak is a scenery you are bound to see."

He performed another bow with hands clasped in front to Jiang Wang: "Thank you, Dao friend, for the fulfillment!"

Jiang Wang returned the bow, stooping slightly: "It is I who should be ashamed! Congratulations, Grandmaster, on ascending the peak! I sincerely celebrate it for martial Dao!"

Nowadays, every martial Dao absolute peak that stands up is supporting the sky dome of the martial Dao world and expanding the boundary of martial Dao.

Ji Jinglu's Dao proving is still a grand event for martial Dao.

After saying this, Jiang Wang then raised his hand and summoned: "Good — the good fate has passed, the rotten wood has awoken!"

The five people and one dog on the Seeing-Hearing Immortal Boat all suddenly came back to their senses. Under the protection of Jiang Wang's seeing-hearing immortal intent, they safely ended their enlightenment, without any sudden shock of leaving the Dao.

Ji Jinglu laughed: "It is not easy for these several young friends to come here. Why not invite them to stay for a while longer?"

Jiang Wang said: "The closer one is to fate, the more one perceives impermanence. The predecessors said 'fortune cannot be fully enjoyed,' and I deeply feel this now. The enlightenment gained is more or less just this. This is all the kindness of the True Monarch; we in the White Jade Capital are people of propriety and cannot take too much."

"Every time I hear 'White Jade Capital,' I always think of 'Jade Capital Mountain'." Ji Jinglu's eyes held a rather deep meaning: "I wonder which one will be more famous after ten thousand ancients."

Jiang Wang quickly waved his hand: "How can they be compared? True Monarch Ji speaks to scare people to death! Jade Capital Mountain has already continued for ten thousand ancients and can be foreseen to have another ten thousand ancients. The White Jade Capital tavern, however, is just a resting place where some friends gather. I only wish that after some years, my friends will still be there. Whether the tavern exists or not, whether people remember it or not, is actually irrelevant."

Ji Jinglu looked at Jiang Anan, who was obediently sitting on the boat pretending to be a lady: "I see this Jiang girl is naturally spiritual and born with profound roots near the Dao, truly having great fate with this place. I wonder if True Person Jiang would agree to let her cultivate quietly here for a few years? All the Dao collections are open to her, and I also have some insights to impart. I think that after a few years, she should have a name at the Yellow River meeting!"

Jiang Wang did not make a decision for Jiang Anan. If Jiang Anan was willing, he could indeed accept this kind of favor. He then turned his head: "Grandmaster Ji's good intentions, Jiang female hero, have you heard? What do you think?"

Jiang Anan stared with innocent big eyes and shook her head vigorously: "I cannot stay too long at other people's mountain gates, and I cannot learn too many things from others, for fear of being suspected of betraying my sect — my master is very fierce!"

Ji Jinglu said meaningfully: "If you can take all of other people's things back to your mountain gate, your master certainly wouldn't mind."

Jiang Wang's heart stirred. This grandson of Jin Wang seemed very familiar with that "most heroic human of ten thousand ancients." By rights, they should have no intersection at all.

Although Pavilion Master Ye's fame was loud, it was mainly self-proclaimed. Jin Wang's grandson sounded like a grandson, but in the vast central Da Jing Empire, he was a first-class noble with merit.

The Cloud Country's trade world, in the eyes of the Jing country people, was probably just a small hill.

True Person Ye hooked up with many small countries and had a very complex commercial alliance... Compared to the Jing country, that was also just a collection of small hills stretching together, not counting as anything worth noticing.

How could two people who usually had no intersection establish a relationship?

Yet Jiang Anan said: "Grandmaster Ji's good intentions, I have received them in my heart. My brother taught me from a young age not to let people take advantage, nor to take advantage of others."

Elder brother drew his sword to sharpen the Dao for Ji Jinglu, and used the time of one battle to let her follow and see the boundless Dao collection, which was about right. If she stayed and seriously learned for a few years, her elder brother would owe a favor — this was not worthwhile. Although her elder brother always treated her like a fool, she could still calculate this account.

Ji Jinglu did not press further, only smiled: "Welcome you to visit often."

Thus, the two sides bid farewell, and the Seeing-Hearing Immortal Boat suddenly turned, heading towards She Sheng Fu in the Jing country again.

Jiang Wang glanced at Lian Yuchan, who was still sitting on the boat with her eyes closed, sensing her body, and finally relaxed... He hoped that the fated Dao collection on this Boundless Stone Wall could help her eliminate her obsession and fulfill her wish. These years had passed in a flash, and as the only old employee still remaining in the White Jade Capital tavern after her divine descent, Ximen Kuha's resentment should also have dissipated.

"Speaking of which... Jiang female hero." Jiang Wang said: "Grandmaster Ji Jinglu said you are naturally spiritual and born with profound roots near the Dao. Do you have any ideas?"

"Believe his ghost!" Jiang Anan said: "I am not naturally spiritual, I am only born as True Person Jiang's sister!"

Bai Yuxia laughed out loud at the edge of the boat: "Jiang female hero has already seen the truth of the world, True Person can look forward to it!"

Jiang Anan clasped her hands greatly: "Overpraise, overpraise. I, little Jiang, do have some self-knowledge. If I were truly born extraordinary, they would have come to receive me long ago. What True Monarch visiting the door, immortal coming with a letter, all should have happened — why wait until today?"

Jiang Wang looked at her fondly: "You are already the most extraordinary in my heart. When I was your age, I was far from being like you."

Jiang Anan was suddenly a little embarrassed. Subconsciously, she wanted to set a grand goal to respond to her elder brother's expectations, but after thinking, she calmed down again — how high is high enough? Elder brother was the Yellow River champion at nineteen and a True Person of the present world at twenty-three.

Chu Yao raised his hands high from the side: "I agree! Little Master Aunt is truly talented by nature!"

Jiang Wang lifted his hand and just "dong" him: "Use the time you spend flattering to cultivate, and you won't even be able to dodge this one."

"Good good." Ye Qingyu pulled Chu Yao behind her: "Although you control your speed and force, your True Person Jiang's eyesight is still better. How can he dodge? Although the child is sturdy, you can't just hit him no matter what, you'll knock him silly!"

Jiang Wang then laughed: "Qingyu, you have worries?"

Ye Qingyu slightly lifted her smooth chin: "How can you say that?"

Jiang Wang said: "When we left the Boundless Stone Wall, I saw you frowning."

Ye Qingyu couldn't help but laugh, then said: "This Grandmaster Ji Jinglu, I seem somewhat familiar with him... But I don't remember when I saw him."

"He should be quite familiar with your dad." Jiang Wang helped analyze: "I see he understands your dad very well!"

Ye Qingyu gave him a look: "Only you understand!"

"Besides practicing martial arts, Jin Wang's grandson always has no proper matters. He wanders everywhere and has also gone to Langya City to get jade before, your dad entertained him — it's also possible he went to visit the Cloud Country." Bai Yuxia added from the side: "Perhaps you saw him as a child."

"Perhaps!" Ye Qingyu shook her head, not thinking about these things, which were originally irrelevant. She looked at Jiang Wang: "Are you going to challenge Cao Yuxian next?"

Jiang Wang laughed: "Just happens to be on the way."

"Where is it on the way?" Ye Qingyu said with a snort: "From the Wu Mengdu mountain range to Heavenly Capital City and then to She Sheng Fu, you're going around in a big circle."

"On the way in the process of ascending the peak," Jiang Wang looked at her seriously and said: "When I left the Chu country, many people were asking if Jiang Wang was still the first Dongzhen of ancient and modern times? I was also asking myself, after shedding the heaven-human state, how I could walk back and walk to a higher place. After the battle with Grandmaster Ji, I think I have already found a path to the ascending peak, and I hope you and Anan can both witness it."

"Master!" Chu Yao poked his head out from behind Ye Qingyu, his eyes full of worship: "I am also witnessing!"

"Right, bringing you along." Jiang Wang said perfunctorily: "Sit properly, you just saw the Dao collection, review and consolidate it well. I'll do a spot check in a while."

"Alright!" Chu Yao was full of energy, not feeling at all that he was disliked. Master cared about him!

"Ai!" Bai Yuxia sat at the edge of the boat, covering his handsome face with one hand, deliberately pretending to be strange: "I, Bai someone, am incidental, I am incidental! Wu hu ai zai, to think of me, Bai someone, these years I've followed him conquering east and west, running like a wolf and rushing like a pig, drifting across the four seas! At such an important moment, I am just —"

Lian Yuchan just at this moment came back to her senses. Inside her Dao body, blood surged like a flood, subtly releasing golden light. She looked at Bai Yuxia, not quite understanding: "What's wrong? Having an epileptic fit?"

Bai Yuxia suddenly dropped his strange demeanor, looked at her, and said fiercely: "You are also incidental!"