Chapter 1092: Karmic Fate's Bane, One Thought Immortal Demon

Within the ancestral court behind the Tai Xu Sect, in an elder's cave dwelling.

Mo Hua lay on the Heavenly Mechanism White Jade bed, his eyes tightly shut, his face covered in black mist, his body icy cold, emitting an intense aura of "death."

Boundless baleful qi, born from karma, continuously surged into Mo Hua's forehead, eroding his fate pattern.

A cultivator's fate pattern is usually obscure and difficult to observe.

Only experts who cultivate Heavenly Mechanism, with extremely deep attainments in karma, and who use Heavenly Mechanism supreme treasures or karma secret techniques, can observe a person's fate path.

Otherwise, ordinary cultivators cannot see the fate patterns of others.

But there is one special situation when a person's fate pattern will become manifest from its obscure state, emerging from the fate palace.

That is when a person's fate pattern undergoes great changes.

When great disasters and calamities befall them, when they face a test of life and death, encounter earth-shattering changes, or commit major karmic retribution, a person's fate will undergo drastic changes at this time. The fate pattern forged by their life's karma will emerge in its original form from the sealed fate palace.

Even ordinary cultivators can see it with their naked eyes.

Currently, Mo Hua's fate pattern was vaguely displayed before Old Mister Xun and True Person Si Tu.

Inside his fate pattern, there was now only pitch-black, deathly baleful qi.

The strength of this baleful qi was immense, its scale vast, its quantity enormous, its viciousness heavy, and its killing karma deep. Even Old Mister Xun of the Cave Void Realm and True Person Si Tu, the great elder of Xuan Ji Valley, who had never seen anything like it in their lives, were horrified.

They dared not show the slightest slack, using all their means to suppress the baleful qi in Mo Hua's body.

Calming incense was burning in the room.

True Person Si Tu set up a small Profound Heaven Seven Stars Array, borrowing the light of the seven stars to protect Mo Hua's fate pattern.

His Qian Kun Clear Light Lamp was gone, his Six Yang Red Gold Lamp was broken. He could only find another bright calming lamp, lighting a soul lamp,

To stabilize Mo Hua's divine consciousness.

Old Mister Xun, borrowing the Tai Xu Heavenly Mechanism Compass, activated the Tai Xu Two Instruments Heavenly Mechanism Lock on Mo Hua's neck to resist the continuously incoming baleful qi, intending to resolve Mo Hua's current disaster.

But the situation was very unfavorable.

Mo Hua's eyes were closed, his lips pale, his face becoming increasingly unsightly.

His limbs were becoming increasingly icy cold, and the baleful qi was also becoming more intense.

Old Mister Xun looked heartbroken.

True Person Si Tu was similarly unable to bear it in his heart, and at the same time, he was deeply shocked.

Ordinary cultivators, even some proficient Heavenly Mechanism cultivators, bearing this immeasurable, sea-like baleful qi backlash would have long ago gone mad. The baleful qi would have entered their bodies, and their sea of consciousness would have shattered, leading to death.

Or, from karma, they would have been swallowed by the backlash of the baleful qi, thus dying and their Dao vanishing.

But Mo Hua, at such a young age and only at the Foundation Establishment cultivation level, could actually endure for so long.

His Dao heart was incredibly tenacious.

His fate pattern was also incredibly "hard."

Thinking of Mo Hua's various unbelievable performances in the evil god's dream demon, and his divine thought power, which was comparable to that of gods, True Person Si Tu's heart slightly relaxed.

But then, his brows furrowed tightly again.

No matter how strong his divine thought, and how hard his fate pattern, he absolutely could not withstand the erosion of this vast, sea-like, continuously incoming deathly baleful qi.

This baleful qi was too strong. Not to mention mortals, even true gods of heaven and earth would likely be "eroded," turning into ferocious evil gods.

The situation was not optimistic.

True Person Si Tu and Old Mister Xun's brows were tightly furrowed, filled with worry.

The Seven Stars Array, plus the calming lamp, plus the Tai Xu Two Instruments Heavenly Mechanism Lock, for general ferocious balefulness, were indeed not to be feared.

But the current "ferocious balefulness" was boundless and immeasurable, truly extremely dangerous.

And although Mo Hua's divine thought was strong, his cultivation was too low after all, his "Dao foundation" too shallow, and he could not use some more domineering Heavenly Mechanism methods.

Old Mister Xun and True Person Si Tu could only join hands, thinking of all ways to suppress the baleful qi for Mo Hua, alleviate his "fate balefulness," and "hang on to his life" for him.

This process was extremely dangerous and also extremely long.

Performing Heavenly Mechanism techniques for a long time to "dissipate calamity and transform balefulness" for Mo Hua also caused Old Mister Xun and True Person Si Tu's spirits to start becoming overdrawn, their divine thought to start drying up, and their backs to be soaked in cold sweat.

But to save Mo Hua, the two of them were still gritting their teeth and persisting.

Mo Hua's body's baleful qi also achieved a certain degree of suppression.

The situation slightly eased.

But before Old Mister Xun and the other could catch their breath, changes suddenly occurred.

Vast killing karma attracted baleful qi into his fate. The external baleful qi continuously surged into Mo Hua's fate pattern, stirring Mo Hua's original fate pattern and also inducing more terrifying variables within Mo Hua's fate pattern.

A sinister, blood-colored aura seeped out from within Mo Hua's fate pattern.

Ancient evil thoughts also enveloped and looked at Mo Hua's fate path.

Within Mo Hua's fate pattern, the true "great terror" also began to manifest and struggle.

The karma domain of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood spread out.

The Dao karma qi entwined a corpse king, ruling over ten thousand corpses, who was swallowing and spitting boundless pitch-black baleful qi, emitting an earth-shattering roar of anger.

And beneath the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, a pitch-black "evil fetus" with a face similar to Mo Hua's, also nourished by the baleful qi, began to open its eyes.

Ancient evil thoughts began to transform.

A mountain of corpses, a sea of blood, Dao karma appearing, a corpse king roaring in anger, an evil fetus opening its eyes.

True Person Si Tu was so shocked that his soul flew to heaven.

Old Mister Xun also felt a chill all over his body, his palms trembling uncontrollably.

"What are these things?"

"How can so many of the world's most ferocious and terrifying karmas be hidden within this child Mo Hua's fate pattern?!"

"This is bad!"

Old Mister Xun's expression suddenly changed greatly.

Almost instantly, stimulated by the killing karma's deathly baleful qi, all the baleful qi, evil qi, and malevolent qi gathered in Mo Hua's fate pattern, intersected and fused, and condensed together.

The fate pattern began to transform.

Mo Hua's entire person was entangled by liquid-like black, gray, and blood colors, emitting an extremely ferocious and evil aura, looking just like a reborn world-destroying demon head.

And Mo Hua's Dao heart was also being swallowed by these demonic thoughts.

Mo Hua, soaked in baleful qi, evil qi, and malevolent qi, was like a "world-class demonic fetus."

And what would hatch from this demonic fetus was an earth-shattering demon head.

Perceiving this shocking demonic qi, the Tai Xu Sect's mountain gate began to shake the ancient gate, and the sword intent acting for the heavenly way surged.

Above the back mountain, clouds and mist wound, and the memorial tablets of the Tai Xu Sect's ancestors all began to tremble.

Old Mister Xun's eyebrows and eyes twitched, both shocked and pale.

Mo Hua's fate pattern was undergoing a reverse change!

From that infant-like heart, determined to learn arrays and comprehend the heavenly way to benefit all living beings, a genius of the righteous path, he was transforming towards a "world-destroying great demon head" with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood accompanying his body, whose great Dao karma became king, and whose evil fetus hatched and sealed a god, a righteous and evil reverse transformation was occurring!

"Terrible!"

Old Mister Xun immediately pointed his finger at his forehead, urging his divine thought, leading the Tai Xu Two Instruments Heavenly Mechanism Lock to lock Mo Hua's qi mechanism and karma, suppressing Mo Hua's baleful qi, exhausting all his strength to prevent his Dao heart from undergoing a reverse change, and sinking bit by bit into the abyss.

The severely injured True Person Si Tu, who had not yet recovered, also lifted his last breath, enduring the pain of his sea of consciousness cracking, exerting all his effort to protect Mo Hua with the seven stars and stabilize his spirit with the soul lamp.

But in the face of such terrifying great karma as Dao karma, an evil fetus, and endless deathly balefulness, these Heavenly Mechanism resistances were truly a drop in the bucket.

Mo Hua's fate pattern was still undergoing a reverse change.

His body was also being swallowed bit by bit by corpse qi, evil qi, and baleful qi.

Looking at Mo Hua's pitch-black face, Old Mister Xun's heart was bleeding.

True Person Si Tu also felt fear in his heart.

Just at this moment, changes occurred again, and the earth began to tremble.

A surge of ancient, thick, and affinity-filled Dao essence suddenly surged out from the earth veins, and the thick earth light fused into Mo Hua's body, dispelling disaster for Mo Hua.

Old Mister Xun's face was wrong, "The earth's Dao essence is protecting Mo Hua..."

Is this... repaying kindness?

Moreover, it wasn't only...

Another surge of ancient, majestic breath condensed in the heaven and earth at this moment.

Old Mister Xun suddenly raised his head to look, his pupils shrinking.

Heaven had changed.

The gale suddenly rose, and the mountain forest howled.

Amidst the rising wind and surging clouds, the vast clouds in the surrounding hundreds of thousands of li of sky were all howling at this time, condensing above Tai Xu Mountain, forming an extremely huge cloud sea vortex that was enough to cover the sky.

Within it, an extremely strong and surging Heavenly Mechanism was moving endlessly.

Innumerable cultivators in the entire Qian Xue Province, even all the Cave Void old ancestors, all raised their heads to look at the sky, looking towards the direction of Tai Xu Mountain, their expressions shocked, their gazes suspicious.

"The movement of heaven is vigorous, and the gentleman strengthens himself unceasingly."

"This is... Qian Dao's Heavenly Mechanism!"

"Qian Dao's Heavenly Mechanism is gathering above the Tai Xu Sect..."

"What happened...?"

Before the words could fall, a path of pure white auspicious qi mechanism, vast, descended from the sky, directly shining into the back mountain of the Tai Xu Sect, penetrating layer upon layer of arrays and heavy pavilions, covering Mo Hua's body.

This pure white, extremely strong Heavenly Dao qi mechanism was protecting Mo Hua's fate pattern.

The black, deathly baleful qi instantly began to dissipate.

The reverse change of Mo Hua's fate pattern began to reverse again.

Old Mister Xun's expression was shocked. He looked at True Person Si Tu, and they instantly realized.

This was... the destiny of the Qian Xue Province, no, the destiny blessing of the entire Qian State.

Although Mo Hua had committed endless killing karma, at the same time, he had also saved countless lives.

If not for him blowing up the great array and wiping out all the demon cultivators, once the blood sacrifice great array spread and the demon cultivators ran rampant, the Qian Xue Province, and even the entire Qian State, would face a calamity of lives being wiped out.

Between heaven and earth, karma is balanced.

He killed countless people, committed great killing karma, and induced terrifying "fate balefulness."

But he also saved countless people, performed great merits, and induced heaven-descended auspiciousness, with the destiny of Qian Dao adding to his body.

A Dao heart like an infant, saving the lives of a land, a province, and even a state.

This is true "great destiny."

And under the blessing of Qian Dao's destiny, Mo Hua's "fate pattern" was also undergoing drastic changes.

The qi mechanisms of righteousness and evil began to clash and kill each other.

The Dao essence of the great earth was mainly "guarding."

Relying on the vitality of "thick virtue carries things," it protected Mo Hua's foundation, allowing Mo Hua's qi mechanism to be endless, and suppressing the frightening baleful qi, karma qi, and evil qi that were originally accompanying his fate pattern.

Qian Dao's destiny was mainly "killing."

The pure white Heavenly Dao destiny strengthened itself unceasingly, contending with the continuously incoming deep black deathly baleful qi, constantly dissipating it.

The two, one from the retribution of killing people, and one from the merits of saving people;

World-destroying baleful qi and world-saving destiny, one black and one white, intermixed above Mo Hua's fate pattern, vast and profound, shaped like a taiji, constantly flowing.

The two just like this maintained a subtle balance, finally solidifying and fusing into Mo Hua's fate pattern.

Thus, all karmic fate balefulness dissipated.

Baleful qi and evil qi were suppressed, and the Dao essence of the great earth lay dormant.

Baleful qi and Heavenly Mechanism fused, maintaining a balance with each other.

Above the Tai Xu Sect, Qian Dao's destiny dissipated, the auspicious white light was hidden, and the cloud sea vortex condensed turned into scattered clouds,

Adorning the horizon.

The ominous signs in Mo Hua's fate pattern also all disappeared.

The black baleful qi, blood-colored evil qi, and gray corpse qi entwined around his body also completely disappeared.

Mo Hua's pale face became flushed.

His icy cold hands and feet also had warmth.

His breathing also became stable, even emitting the sound of light breathing, as if he were sleeping.

Old Mister Xun and True Person Si Tu's expressions were solemn.

Having personally witnessed and experienced the various strange phenomena of heaven and earth's karma, the two of them were still shocked in their hearts, holding their breath, cautiously looking at Mo Hua.

It wasn't until Mo Hua's qi mechanism was stable, his breathing even, and there were no other dangers that the two of them gradually felt their lingering fears dissipate and lightly breathed a sigh.

Old Mister Xun carefully and cautiously checked Mo Hua's pulse, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart.

Then he took out a golden, translucent pill, fed it into Mo Hua's mouth, burned another calming incense, and waited for the incense gas to diffuse, refreshing the air. Then, he and True Person Si Tu left the cave dwelling together.

Leaving the cave dwelling, closing the big door, and sealing the array, the two of them dared not go far. They only set up a table and boiled tea in the courtyard, resting slightly.

True Person Si Tu took a mouthful of tea, as if revived, and sighed deeply. Then he suddenly realized that his entire Dao robe was soaked in cold sweat, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"There are actually people in this world who can have such..."

True Person Si Tu couldn't think of how to describe it, only sighing, "such a 'shocking heaven and earth, weeping ghosts and gods' fate pattern."

"Today, we can also be considered to have 'seen the world'."

Old Mister Xun was silent for a moment, also sighing: "I also didn't expect..."

He felt that he already understood this child Mo Hua, but the more he knew, the more he discovered how little he knew.

Corpse mountain, Dao karma, evil fetus, fate balefulness... these terrible karmas, ordinary cultivators, as long as they touched one, would all not die well.

In Mo Hua's body, however, a whole pile of them parasitized.

Without some greatly terrifying things, it seemed they were not qualified to touch his body.

Old Mister Xun's expression was already a bit numb.

True Person Si Tu also only sipped his tea, suppressing his shock.

The courtyard became quiet for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, True Person Si Tu frowned again: "This matter... is not over yet..."

Old Mister Xun nodded slightly, realizing what True Person Si Tu was saying, and also frowned tightly.

True Person Si Tu's voice was extremely solemn: "His fate pattern, 'great ominous' is not enough to describe."

A great ominous sign is said to be a person's fate pattern.

The current fate pattern is already difficult to view as belonging to a "person."

"Among these ferocious balefulnesses, which one is not good to provoke? And these ferocious balefulnesses gathered together are not only ferocious to the extreme,

Moreover, they form an extremely terrifying 'raising Gu' baleful formation."

What the "Gu" that was finally raised would be, no one knew.

But a "Gu" raised with a mountain of corpses, Dao karma, an evil fetus, and the deathly balefulness of heaven and earth, one didn't even need to think to know how terrifying it was. True Person Si Tu's scalp was completely numb.

"Currently..." True Person Si Tu inhaled slightly, "Currently, with the Dao essence of the great earth protecting his body and Qian Dao's destiny balancing it, Mo Hua's fate pattern is temporarily stabilized, but these ferocious balefulnesses are only temporarily 'balanced'. They cannot be fundamentally eliminated. Once..."

True Person Si Tu's voice trembled slightly, "Once it receives external force interference, or internal Dao heart disorder, breaking this balance, then these ferocious balefulnesses in the fate pattern will still 'resurrect from dead ashes'."

"Mo Hua will also suffer a more ferocious backlash. Today's 'demonization' will still reappear, even worse than that."

"By that time..."

True Person Si Tu's face was pale, and he dared not continue speaking.

Old Mister Xun's face was also covered with a layer of deep gloom.

The great karmas of world-saving and world-destroying all converged in one person's body.

One thought could save the world.

One thought could also destroy all living beings.

Karma is hard to predict, Heavenly Mechanism is hard to determine, destiny is repeated. How Mo Hua's fate pattern will develop is truly something no one can predict.

"There is another problem."

True Person Si Tu said solemnly again, "Even if this fate pattern, under the blessing of heaven and earth's destiny, can stabilize and no longer undergo reverse change, it may also imperceptibly influence this child's nature."

"Especially, that surge of deathly baleful qi will invisibly make him violent, ferocious, and bloodthirsty, making him want to kill at the slightest disagreement.

"If this continues for a long time, he will still turn into a great demon head who kills like cutting hemp."

True Person Si Tu's tone was cold.

Old Mister Xun frowned tightly and asked True Person Si Tu:

"Generally, how are cultivators with this kind of fate pattern handled according to the laws of Heavenly Mechanism karma?"

True Person Si Tu was silent, then slowly said, "Xuan Ji Valley has records that cultivators with this kind of fate baleful pattern are prone to changes in their nature, have too many variables in their lives, and are too dangerous. Eight or nine out of ten will be dominated by baleful qi and fall into being bloodthirsty demon heads."

"According to convention, it is..."

True Person Si Tu paused slightly, then said coldly, "To prevent trouble before it arises, these hidden dangers of ferocious balefulness should be strangled in the cradle."

Old Mister Xun's eyelids twitched.

True Person Si Tu sighed again: "But these are not entirely applicable to Mo Hua. This child Mo Hua's fate pattern is too, too ferocious. Moreover, he also has Qian Dao's destiny added to his body, making the situation more complex and not so simple as to say it can be strangled."

Even if he truly wanted to, True Person Si Tu could not do it.

Mo Hua had saved his life; he could not repay kindness with enmity.

It was even more impossible for Old Mister Xun to give up.

Mo Hua was closer to him than his own grandson.

Unless Mo Hua truly becomes a world-class demon head filled with evil in the future, neither True Person Si Tu nor Old Mister Xun could bring themselves to kill Mo Hua.

Old Mister Xun pondered for a moment, then sighed deeply: "It is still too early to say these things. Let's wait until this child Mo Hua wakes up."

True Person Si Tu nodded.

The two of them said nothing more, drinking their tea, but it was clear that they were both heavy-hearted, with a layer of worry covering their brows.

And the outside world, the wind and clouds were changing.

The collapse of the blood sacrifice great array and the slaughter of the demon cultivators triggered shock from all sides, as well as a series of subsequent suspicions, disputes, and many incidents.

But all this was unrelated to the Tai Xu Sect.

The Tai Xu Sect followed Old Mister Xun's orders, keeping the mountain gate tightly closed, isolating all interference and karma derivation.

Outside, undercurrents surged.

While within the Tai Xu Sect, from the old ancestors to the disciples, they were only concerned about Mo Hua's safety.

Finally, seven days later, within the ancestral court behind the Tai Xu Sect, Mo Hua, who had slept for a long time, slowly opened his eyes.

His fate pattern was reflected in his eyes.

Deathly baleful qi and Qian Dao destiny were fused into one, black and white interwoven, flowing slowly.