Chapter 2392: Under My Sword

The Too Profound Sun Dial stood quietly in the void, the needle of time slowly casting its shadow.

"We've already waited for two quarters of an hour," Ji Kui coughed lightly. "It seems it will only be the three of us today."

How absurd this was. Jiang Zhenjun convened the Tai Xu meeting for the first time, and others just refused to show face like this. Did this True Monarch have to say, "True Monarch, I am a newly promoted True Monarch, and you, who are not True Monarchs but True People, must pay your respects to me"?

Jiang Wang picked up the Immortal's Remaining Light and glanced at Zhong Xuan's meeting record, only seeing the words –

"Others have matters and will not arrive."

"Mister Zhong," Jiang Wang asked unhurriedly, "May I know what matters the others… all have?"

"Each is vague and unclear," Zhong Xuan put down his carving knife and said in a bad mood, "Or perhaps Jiang Zhenjun would like to ask them personally?"

Jiang Wang was choked up again.

They all said that the Absolute Peak was equal to Heaven, but he didn't feel any increase in status.

They said a True Monarch was the lord of True People, but his colleagues were all rebellious!

He raised his hand and drew a circle, gently pushing it –

Flowing light spun, instantly turning into a mirror. Heaven Dao power rippled within.

After the rippling light, there was a brilliant figure crisscrossing the mirror. Sword light passed, demon skulls rolled, and black fog filled the sky.

"Dou Geyuan!" Jiang Wang asked enthusiastically, "What are you busy with?"

Dou Zhao, who had been without sleep or rest for many days, squinted and glanced at the Heaven Law Mirror Round in the air, only feeling that Jiang Zhenjun's large face in the mirror was very obstructive. He casually pulled a Tian Xiao out of a demon's body and simply said, "Disconnect."

Jiang Wang didn't take it amiss and leaned his head in to look behind Dou Zhao. "Eh, Chong Xuan Geyuan is not here either. How come I don't see him?"

"You should go ask him," Dou Zhao said impatiently.

"I can't contact him. His Tai Xu Hook Jade is also closed," Jiang Wang said worriedly, "Could something have happened?"

"Perhaps he's afraid of being disturbed by idle miscellaneous people!" Dou Zhao casually wiped the demon filth from his sword body and said lightly, "Do you still have other matters? If not, disconnect."

"Why are you so cold, Brother Dou?" Jiang Wang sighed. "Unexpectedly, after all my hardships to be promoted to True Monarch, all I get in return is alienation—"

*Hua la!*

The Heaven Law Mirror Round was shattered.

Jiang Wang turned back. Zhong Xuan sat like an old monk in meditation, and Ji Kui was like a cliff carved from stone.

"Ha," Jiang Zhenjun said without changing his expression, "It seems everyone is indeed very busy."

Someone like Ji Kui, who wouldn't even laugh at the funniest joke, only said stiffly at this moment, "Then, Jiang Geyuan, you requested this meeting today. What is the exact matter? Can we begin?"

Nine chairs stood in a ring, with a pillar of Heaven light in the middle.

Jiang Wang placed himself in this light, with no one on either side. He was a lonely shadow alone, as if in a sky well.

Jokes were jokes, but when it came to serious matters, he was very serious.

Sitting there steadily, he quieted for a moment before slowly opening his mouth. "Thank the two Geyuan for attending, so I am not left with the name of making a sole decision and the regret of acting alone."

In his first sentence, he expressed his determination in this matter –

Even if Ji Kui and Zhong Xuan didn't come today like the others, even if only he himself sat here in the entire Tai Xu Ge, he would still push forward today's proposal. He would not hesitate to bear the name of making a sole decision and acting alone!

Both Ji Kui and Zhong Xuan became solemn.

Jiang Wang said, "Today, I, Jiang, sit here, and my heart truly feels it – I was once like a mayfly, and now the seasons have passed. I was once like a frog in a well, and I have already seen how big Heaven is."...

The boy who used to pull his sister up to the roof to look at the stars and speak of grand ambitions, making his sister feel as if she could fly everywhere, now spoke not of plucking the moon or picking the stars.

He sat there, his five senses outside the Heaven light, yet unobstructed. Just like the path he had traced all along, so profound and clear.

"Jiang Wang knew the world had the extraordinary at the age of five. From then on, he practiced swords every season, without stopping in cold or summer. At fourteen, he entered the outer sect of the Zhuang Country's Fenglin City Dao Academy, experienced life and death to accumulate Dao merits, and at seventeen, he only swallowed a pill to enter the Dao – the journey has been full of hardships, no need to elaborate. I only know that seeking the Dao is difficult, life is long, and the night is long, I do not know where Heaven ends, the road is far, and I do not know which year it will finally be!"

Nine large chairs stood in the circular pavilion, without distinction between main and secondary, but at this moment, he sat in the absolute center. And he said, "The world has high gates, dukes and marquises for generations. The world has great sects, prominent and continuous. The world has children of poor families, who generation after generation bow their bodies like oxen, cultivate two mu of barren fields, and their blood and sweat drip, but they cannot have a year of abundance."

Zhong Xuan was originally casually carving on a book slip, following Jiang Wang's words about entering the Dao at seventeen: "...At nineteen, he took the first place in the Yellow River. At twenty, he reached Divine Arrival. At twenty-three, he reached Cave True. At twenty-nine, he had already proven the Absolute Peak. The Great Dao is like the blue sky, one can see it by looking up."

But after hearing Jiang Wang finish this passage, he silently wiped away these words.

Twelve years to enter the Dao, twelve years to achieve the Dao.

This was Jiang Zhenjun sitting here.

Experiencing all the tribulations of life and death, exhausting all to bloom in one autumn.

This was also Jiang Zhenjun sitting here.

How could one lightly say... look up and see?

Today, Jiang Wang sitting here was the intersection of all his past experiences.

He spoke of high gates, of great sects, of poor families, without resentment in his tone.

He had received the unreserved love of his parents, and his life was already considered fortunate.

He only calmly described what he had heard and seen. What he had seen reflected what he possessed, and what he felt refracted what he pursued.

The boy from that distant small town now sat in the Tai Xu Ge, slowly saying, "I once saw a mediocre young man, with no path to revenge, no door to self-improvement, who had to entrust himself to human demons, his hands full of blood; I once saw an idealistic youth, hitting a wall in reality, his past obstinacy swallowed as blood and tears; I once saw the fire of truth extinguished in the long night; I once saw the light of justice shattered against an iron wall; how many people killed their past selves to declare that they had grown up! I also once hesitated several times, wavered several times, if one step had gone wrong, I would have been buried in the abyss today... The long, long road to the Absolute Peak, seeking the Dao is not easy!"

Thousands upon thousands of words, and in the end, only these four characters: "seeking the Dao is not easy."

Ji Kui sat there like an iron cast mold, his eyes, however, showed fluctuations.

The people of the world only knew that he, Ji Kui, was a True Person from the Gui Tian Palace, one of the nine people seated in the Tai Xu Ge, the representative of the law family monitoring the Tai Xu Illusion, holding the world's attention in the Five Punishments Tower. Yet they did not know how he had once walked with bleeding feet, trekked through thousands of mountains and waters, step by step climbed the Heaven Punishment Cliff.

The world now knew his learning was profound, knew ancient and modern laws. They did not know that he was willing to be a hard laborer, to copy volumes for free for scribes, thus obtaining fragmented classics, which he could then read bitterly by the cold window.

This world was exactly this unfair. Some, in brocade clothes and jade food, did not know preciousness, with rooms full of classics they were too lazy to glance at. Some read bitterly by the cold window, some worked hard just to be able to read bitterly!…

How many times had he wanted to give up, thinking, "Just like this, just like this, sink into the mud."

The mud was soft and yielding, with riches within.

Padded cotton filled with gold and jade, thus one could sleep well.

He had walked a very long road to become today's Ji Zhenren. He had seen and grown accustomed to injustice, so he was upright like iron.

Always strict with everything, not really without emotions, but understanding that the closer one was, the more hidden it was, the more indulged, the more evil – an iron face was his greatest warmth.

Seeking the Dao is not easy!

Those who knew slightly agreed.

Zhong Xuan moved his carving knife, carving down every word Jiang Wang said, no longer abbreviating a single sentence.

Jiang Wang sat upright, continuing, "All the way here, although there was wind, rain, and mud, I often found shade. Although the road was winding, there were stars and the moon illuminating it. On this long journey, I was fortunate to have good teachers and friends, who guided me every time in difficult times. I received help from the hundred schools, had teachings from various sides, received wisdom from the worthy who did not abandon me, and elders who were not stingy, thus I have achieved the Dao today."

He supported his knees with both hands, his voice very earnest, "Our generation aspires to ten thousand li, with the world's help, and now that we have ascended to the absolute top, we also wish to benefit the world!"

Both Ji Kui and Zhong Xuan looked at him.

And he said, "I wish to build a Heaven Palace specializing in cultivation within the Tai Xu Illusion, named 'Morning Hear Dao'. All those in the world who aspire to seek the Dao can enter it to cultivate. All the cultivation I have gained along the way will be opened without compensation in this palace. Those who need it can take it, those who use it can use it."

The present world's first heavenly pride, the youngest Zhenjun in history, opening all his cultivation to the world without compensation!

What kind of attraction would this be?

I fear that even those who most resist the Tai Xu Illusion will flock to it. No matter how stubborn or conservative, Jiang Wang's human Dao flag is raised high there, who can ignore it?

That is a clearly visible legendary long journey, from the extraordinary all the way to the Absolute Peak. As long as one has some pursuit, who would not yearn for it?

Even Ji Kui and Zhong Xuan themselves had to admit their hearts were moved!

Zhong Xuan realized even more clearly that from the public Star Road method to the 《Tai Xu Xuan Chapter》, and then to today's "Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace," Jiang Wang's actions after entering the Ge clearly had a consistent thread, advancing step by step with the elevation of strength, the rise of status, and the expansion of influence.

The 《Tai Xu Xuan Chapter》 is still only open to the outer building chapter, yet it has already shaken the solid hierarchy gap, causing many nobles to shout "the world wind is not right." When the Dao achievement road of the person named "Jiang Wang" is opened, it is bound to shock the six directions!

And Jiang Wang's Dao achievement road is not specifically for the benefit of children from poor families, but for the benefit of the people of the world.

Looking at the entire present world, those who can say they completely do not need the cultivation experience of "Jiang Wang" are already very few. After all, he is "Dao with Heaven equal"!

How many Absolute Peak families are there in the present world?

In the long river of history, it is not that there have been no sages willing to make their learning public, to treat everyone equally, and to spread it to the world. But all because of various reasons, they were limited to one corner. The hundred schools contended, of course, prospering the human race, but their most core parts ultimately only reached the great sects of the hundred schools.

It is not that the various saints were unwilling, but that the times made it difficult.

In that initial era, only an ideal "Great Achieve Supreme Saint" could do such things.

And time flies, floods surge, the wheel of history has rolled to now…

History has never before seen a "platform" with the influence of the Tai Xu Illusion, nor has there been a transcendent power like the Tai Xu Dao Master, who is absolutely selfless and absolutely just, to protect it. And today, Jiang Wang, who stands on this "platform," already has unprecedented influence!

How can a place like "Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace" be built by ordinary people?

For example, Qi Country's Jixia Academy, Mu Country's Eurdemi, Qin Country's Epang Palace, these are heavy tools of hegemonic countries! Generation after generation of talents have come from these places.

They are key differences that strong countries in the world have from others.

Today, Li Yi, Dou Zhao, Chong Xuan Zun, Huang Sheli, Cang Ming, Qin Zhizhen, all did not attend, of course not deliberately not giving Jiang Wang face, or fearing Jiang Wang showing off and oppressing… but a declaration of attitude.

They will not support on the surface, nor will they oppose on the surface.

They do not represent themselves; at this time, they only represent the will of their respective countries.

Zhong Xuan has reason to believe that before today, Jiang Wang had already communicated with the six great hegemonic countries – with the name of the youngest human race Zhenjun from ancient times to the present.

Today, Jiang Wang is without ties, and is a lone swimmer in the deep sea of the Heaven Dao. At the moment he ascended to the Absolute Peak, his sword pressed upon all the heavens and myriad realms, not allowing foreign races to achieve the Dao, truly displaying the might of the human race – if he can continue like this until the God Xiao War begins, he needs to do nothing at all, and he will already be the first merit of God Xiao, the first meritorious official of the human race!

He is completely qualified to do such communication.

And the various hegemonic countries are also rarely silent!

Looking back through the four thousand years of the Dao Calendar, when have the various hegemonic countries ever been silent before vital interests?

The spread of the Tai Xu Illusion and the paving of the 《Tai Xu Xuan Chapter》 are only one aspect. The so-called great trend of the world, the imminent God Xiao, the floods of the human Dao, rolling forward, are also only one aspect. To be able to promote this matter, the name "Jiang Wang" is the key at present.

After proving the Dao with force and cutting off, and then exhausting one autumn to complete the feat of "all phenomena become me, ten thousand realms return to true," many people already believe that the Absolute Peak is not his end point. Transcendence is already a scene he can overlook!

Standing at the absolute top height of the present world, Jiang Wang can shout aloud!

"You open your cultivation path to the Absolute Peak, letting the people of the world contemplate it. Aren't you afraid..." Zhong Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid of being surpassed, of not keeping the name of the present world's first heavenly pride?"

"Bu Lian is the teacher of the Human Emperor, pointing the way to Heaven and leading the front road. Wu Han Gong is the teacher of the ten thousand worlds, opening the source of the ten thousand laws. Sages for generations, innovating the ten thousand worlds. 《History Knife Chisel Sea》 makes me know history clearly and wisely. 《Five Punishments General Theory》 makes me understand law and see might. 《Stone Gate Military Strategies》 makes me know the gallantry of generals. 《Evil Existence》 makes me see the names of criminals. The classics of the hundred schools have greatly opened the wisdom of the common people. If Xiao Shu had not opened the Star Road, I would have been difficult to reside above later. If Li Yi had not cut through the limit of the Cave True, I would not have seen that one could obtain True at twenty-three years old."

Jiang Wang said earnestly, "Jiang Wang has walked to this day, creating cultivation history along the way, and also standing on the shoulders of predecessors. If all sages had thought like this, fearing being surpassed, cherishing their broom and hiding it, then the human race would not need to have a new Heaven, how could today become today?"

Initially, when he just got the Tai Xu Illusion, he deduced merit laws for Du Ye Hu. The first time he discussed Dao and got merit, he distributed it to the struggling Three Mountains City.

Cherishing his broom and hiding it is not his habit, burning bridges after crossing the river is not his way. Kicking those who come after him from a high place is even less his style…

He is willing for a thousand sails to compete, a hundred boats to strive, willing to be brilliant when the group of stars flashes, even if he himself is not that bright moon.

The glory of the bright moon is absolutely not in obscuring the group of stars.

Xiao Shu believed that he had the courage to change the world, but at that time, he only gave Xiao Shu silence, and he only walked so slowly.

Because he had already seen too many disasters caused by so-called "justice."

Because too many Xiao Shu had already fallen!

Zuo Guanglie's fireworks, as the foundation of the fire-row Dao technique, will be remembered by people in the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace.

Xiao Shu's Star Road, moreover, was remembered by people before this.

Because Jiang Wang will emphasize it repeatedly here.

"This is exactly the will of the sages! Jiang Geyuan can say these words, already close to the Dao!" Zhong Xuan sighed, and then said, "But I think, perhaps Jiang Geyuan also has the original heart of pride, the name of self-confidence and pride. Fundamentally not afraid of any opponents, not caring about any competitors, not feeling the possibility of being surpassed. And you are indeed, now, without dispute, the present world's first heavenly pride."

Jiang Wang retorted, "Is there a first born in the world, destined to be invincible? What is so remarkable about the person Jiang Wang? What reasons does he have for not being surpassed?"

He looked at this rather serious historian and laughed, "There is no eternal stele, no unbeatable existence. Records are for breaking, history is for surpassing. Thirty years old is considered young, but it can also produce a decayed old taste. If one day I also stand still, I should also return to history's relics!"

Although he was laughing, his words were truly uplifting, and his eyes were truly serious, "If there are new people replacing the old, if there truly appear people who have the opportunity to surpass me, and take me as their target, I am willing to exhaust my ability to help him. Because I also want to know, what kind of existence is stronger, and I also want to see, in which places I myself are still not good enough. I learn from all people, from my friends, from my enemies. I exhaust all my strength to walk out every step, precisely to surpass my past self. If there are people who can come and help me, I welcome them!"

This is Jiang Wang, invincible in the Cave True realm, invincible in ancient and modern times!

This is Jiang Wang, who achieved the Dao in one autumn!

Only at a moment like today, seeing such a Jiang Wang before him, did he truly feel the legend that this person had created on the road to the Absolute Peak.

If not for such a person, how could he have done such things?

Zhong Xuan was speechless for a moment, only sighing deeply in his heart – he could already be called a sect master!

To be able to personally witness the growth of a sect master is truly the fortune of a historian.

Merely witnessing the history in which Jiang Wang was involved is already a rich historical resource.

The pillar of Heaven light within the Tai Xu Ge seemed to pierce through time and space.

Three people sat within the Ge, each in their own posture.

Ji Kui sat there fixedly, as if he had stood for many years and would continue to stand like this. He slowly opened his mouth, "Jiang Geyuan, may I know who will sit in charge of this 'Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace'?"

For someone like Ji Kui, this was the most crucial question.

If the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace ultimately became Jiang Wang's Dao field, a place for his personal forces to gather, then whether the Tai Xu Illusion could provide such a "platform" would still need to be discussed. And he, Ji Kui, would not hesitate to cast an opposing vote…

Jiang Wang looked into the eyes of this Ji Zhenren, sat there frankly, presenting an open posture.

He stated earnestly, "The Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace exists by relying on the Tai Xu Illusion, naturally it will be monitored by the Tai Xu Ge and overseen by the Tai Xu Dao Master. I will also often station my Dharma image within it, to resolve doubts and explain puzzles for those in the world who have aspirations. But when there are doubts about seeking the Dao, I will know without not speaking, and speak without not exhausting."

Zhong Xuan at the side almost wanted to clap his hands in praise and couldn't help but say, "Jiang Geyuan has even made such preparations, this old man even wants to enter the palace to seek the Dao!"

On the path of cultivation, those who reach are teachers. Jiang Wang, who now stands at the extraordinary Absolute Peak, is absolutely qualified to expound his Dao. Merely standing at the Absolute Peak proves that the path he has walked is correct, not to mention that he ascended to the top with such a glorious posture!

And he also absolutely has the strength to guide anyone below the Absolute Peak.

Having an Absolute Peak existence guide one's cultivation, this is something many people dream of but cannot obtain.

Even someone like Zhong Xuan, a Zhenren of Confucian Dao from a famous family, sometimes returns to the diligent academy to seek knowledge, and cannot always see the dean and others.

Jiang Wang only smiled slightly, "Everyone sits and discusses the Dao, what is impossible?"

Ji Kui pondered for a while and finally said, "I believe Jiang Geyuan has specially convened the Tai Xu meeting in advance and made such a proposal, having already thought through all the causes and effects, and unwilling to wait for a moment. But I still have one last question."

Jiang Wang saluted him, "Ji Geyuan, please ask."

Ji Kui neatly gathered all the volumes in his hands and put them into the book box on his knees, doing all this flawlessly. Only then did he lift his eyes and look at Jiang Wang, saying, "What are the entry conditions for this 'Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace'? I know Jiang Geyuan's heart is to bless the world, but what you are about to open is an ancient divine blade. Before you, no one has ever been able to prove the Dao Absolute Peak before the age of thirty. Everyone wants to know how you did it, everyone wants to become you, or even surpass you. And what I want to say is – letting everyone in the world hold a divine blade is not necessarily a good thing. Those who seek harm can use it to cause more harm, and those who do evil can do even greater evil. One could even say that the world's great chaos is only between dawn and dusk!"

This was not alarmist talk.

Ordinary people doing evil, at most, splatter blood five steps away. A Divine Arrival strong doing evil often exterminates a country. A Cave True cultivator doing evil can already level a small world with a flip of their palm!

If the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace teaches out a pile of human demons, it will only be harmful and not beneficial to the world.

Jiang Wang, of course, had also seriously considered this problem. He looked at Ji Kui and said, "This is exactly where I need your help. I hope you can help formulate the regulations and system for the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace, the entry thresholds, with the spirit of the law family, uphold absolutely just rules, and select one out of ten thousand. This selection will absolutely not involve family background, nor any favors. That person's past is exactly the examination paper for the Heaven Palace."

"We cannot stop all bad people from seeking the Dao, or rather, even if someone seeks the Dao today, it does not guarantee that they will still hold good thoughts tomorrow. No matter if it is Dao, Confucian, Buddhist, military strategies, or ink, what can be an exception?"

"I only hope that at least at the moment of entering the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace, that person is as clear as possible, and as unlikely as possible to harm this world. Although this world is a mix of mud and sand, I ask you to labor with the law as a sieve, panning for gold in the sand."

Zhong Xuan's carving knife did not stop, quiet and soundless.

Jiang Wang opened out all the regulations and rules of the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace, letting Ji Kui formulate them. This almost completely gave up his rights over the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace.

He only taught, not owned.

He only transmitted the Dao, not gathered forces.

This completely proved Jiang Wang's public heart in this matter, which in fact also favored the promotion of the Morning Hear Dao Heaven Palace.

Ji Kui stared at Jiang Wang for a moment and said sternly, "I have no other problems. I will fully support the completion of this matter."

With Ji Kui's usual temperament, having said this, he should have ended there. He never said an extra word. But looking at Jiang Wang at this moment, he finally had some complex emotions and couldn't help but say again, "Jiang Zhenjun, when Mister Yu first walked up the Heaven Punishment Cliff, I never thought that we would have today's intersection. When I heard you proved the Dao Absolute Peak, I also didn't think that this would be the first thing you wanted to do after proving the Dao Absolute Peak."

Jiang Wang sat there fixedly, taking a deep breath as if spitting out a mouthful of suppressed turbid air. "This is what I most wanted to do. Only today can I do this."

Almost at the same time his words fell, the Long Xiang Si hanging at his waist rang with a *clang*!

He lightly raised his head, welcoming the Heaven light, and laughed confidently and brilliantly, "My Dao rings under my sword."

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