Chapter 1241: Chapter 83: Walking with Demons in the World
Boom!!!
With An Jing’s punch, filled with the intent of destruction and shattering all things, the Great Void trembled, and even the indestructible dragon-man remains began to shake violently.
Crack crack, where An Jing’s punch landed, cracks rapidly spread across the surface of the dark gold skeleton… Imdiately, dense and ink-like demonic qi surged out crazily from those cracks!
“Screech?!”
Seeing this scene, the Golden Winged Great Peng was so startled that it took to the air. Though it had never seen demonic qi before, it instinctively knew that this was definitely not sothing to be casually encountered or touched.
“Heavenly Demon?!”
In astonishnt, You Ruhui also imdiately retreated explosively, but strangely, the demonic qi deliberately avoided the astonished girl, as if with a life of its own, sweeping towards An Jing like a network of tentacles.
This force was extrely decayed, sinister, and powerful, filled with corruption and closure, narrow and twisted desires, capable of causing any cultivator below a True Lord to fall upon contact and beco tainted.
But An Jing grasped the void in midair.
Previously, he did not know why he was so strong, but after Subdue Evil’s explanation, his understanding of his own power reached a new height.
Since he understood, he could use it better and beco stronger!
“Killing Life!”
With a thought, a clang sounded, and the Xuan Red Divine Weapon appeared in his hand, burning with the purple-blue Candle Light fla within the Cave Heaven.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, An Jing, without hesitation, swung his sword towards the demonic qi coming from all directions!
Killing Sword Technique·Candle Shadow
Just like when fighting disaster gold, even stronger this ti, as the Divine Sword began, boundless sword qi spread, and this ti, although the demonic qi was shattered chaotically, it didn’t completely disperse.
So this ti, it awaited the ‘falling of the sword light’!
Buzz!
The purple-blue sword light flashed, heaven and earth lost their color, and everything silenced.
The pervasive demonic qi, upon touching the radiant sword qi released by the purple-blue fla, imdiately lted away like snow under the scorching sun, with a ‘sizzle’ sound of dissolution.
In just an instant, one sword stroke, this grand vast demonic qi only sustained itself for a brief mont before it was entirely annihilated by the all-killing, all-cutting sword qi!
But ultimately, it still persisted until the sword light fell.
As the Heavenly Demon’s qi was completely extinguished, the ancient runes on the dragon-man remains darkened rapidly as if losing their support and eventually completely dissipated.
Even the dragon-man remains no longer shone with gold brilliance, decaying to a withered white, then turning to ashes.
Thousands of years went by in an instant and destroyed it, rendering it formless.
An Jing and You Ruhui watched this scene, both falling into silence, frowning deeply.
“The Great Chen Imperial Court… actually used the Heavenly Demon?”
An Jing’s voice was extrely solemn: “And at such an early stage?”
You Ruhui, however, wasn’t too surprised. She said softly, “Didn’t the Heavenly Demon pursue before in Kanming City? There must have been so cooperation between the Imperial Court and the Heavenly Demon long ago.”
Then she opened her arms, looked into An Jing’s eyes earnestly, and said, “An Jing, strike with a sword! I have practiced the secret technique eroded by the Heavenly Demon, I might have been corrupted!”
She was resolute, but after a glance, An Jing shook his head: “No need, there’s not a trace of demonic qi on you, if there was, Subdue Evil would have alard us long ago.”
“Moreover, it wasn’t that the text on the remains had demonic qi… Subdue Evil, do you know?”
“It’s ‘information.'” Subdue Evil understood and spoke seriously, sharp as a blade: “This isn’t cooperation, I can see, the demonic qi lingering on the remains is completely ‘inert,’ aning even if the world collapsed, it wouldn’t activate if conditions weren’t t, completely inert.”
“Such demonic qi, don’t even say that An Jing you wouldn’t find it, if even I encountered it I might doubt if I saw it wrong… In other words, this also proves it’s not cooperation but truly ‘manipulation’!”
“Interesting.” Subdue Evil also lowered its voice, curiously saying: “How on earth did the ancestors of the Great Chen manage this?”
— Manipulating the Heavenly Demon, controlling Ruyi… how on earth was this accomplished?
Both Subdue Evil and You Ruhui pondered this issue, while for An Jing, there was a vague sense of a solution.
Yes, having fought and conversed with the Heavenly Demon so many tis, how could he not know that the Heavenly Demon is the embodint of corruption?
Such a terrifying existence, how could it be manipulated, controlled by anyone?
Perhaps it’s not manipulation, nor control, but sothing deeper…
Resonance.
Yes, the answer was simple from the beginning.
The only way to use the Power of the Heavenly Demon is to beco one of them, actively helping them spread their essence.
Corruption
Fall into the Abyss Without Bottom
A cultivation thod can only have one existence practicing it.
A piece of knowledge is open only to one bloodline.
A supre power can only be held generation after generation by the Emperor’s Blood Imperial Court.
Towards ministers, kin, and all the people under heaven, always keep sothing back… Even if you perish and die, it’s better to let knowledge be lost than to share it with outsiders.
Such extre selfishness, extre narrowness, extre monopoly, this ‘I’m doing badly, so don’t even think you’ll do well’, ‘I’ve stood up, so you’re not allowed to stand up’, this desire of ‘What I know, you will never know’, and the fall brought by this desire, is the essence of the Heavenly Demon.
As long as one can understand the essence of the Heavenly Demon, one can indeed drive them to a certain degree, cooperate with them, or even…
Beco the ‘King’ of the Heavenly Demons.
Because, if one can transform the entire human world, the entire civilization into such stagnant water, then to the Heavenly Demons, it would be the ultimate feast and rit.
“In this way, what’s the difference between this and the so-called Demon Lord or Demon Emperor?”
An Jing sneered, looking up at the high heavens, and with a cold laugh said, “I see, I finally understand.”
“No wonder there are so many people in this world who intentionally or unintentionally ‘cooperate’ with the Heavenly Demons.”
“No wonder the Heavenly Demons are so arrogant, even claiming ‘they will never lose’.”
“Indeed…”
They, the Heavenly Demons, of course, will not lose.
Because they are the essence of human nature’s fall, the instinct of selfishness and self-serving of wise beings. As long as this instinct exists, they will exist forever.
No.
It’s even more frightening.
Because they eternally, absolutely, infinitely exist in the hearts of all beings, so all beings have such selfish desires to fall.
This is an irresistible, irreversible, unpreventable and unresistable nature.
Heavenly Demons will never lose.
But against …
“They will never win either.”
The Martial Artist lowered his gaze, his eyes growing ever resolute.
Even this nature, An Jing must reject, resist.
Regardless of right or wrong, he simply dislikes it, and therefore must deny it.
“Don’t worry, Ruohui.”
An Jing turned his head, looking at You Ruhui, he calmly said, “If I’m not mistaken, if it’s you, there will absolutely be no problem.”
“Because if what’s being hidden is not ‘right’, then ‘selfishness’ is not a fall.”
The reason is simple.
Precisely because knowledge is correct, so exclusive enjoynt and concealnt have aning.
An Jing even speculated that if Da Chen’s legacy was wrong, perhaps the contracted Heavenly Demon would even teach Da Chen what the correct legacy is, because only then is there true fall.
“My ancestors were actually so abhorrent?”
You Ruhui felt a bit dazed but soon understood An Jing’s aning, she couldn’t help but grit her teeth: “So, my father’s death, perhaps it wasn’t just the Late Emperor himself wanting to do… but because he broke the limitation of having only one ‘core’ in the Imperial Court, the rules of the Imperial Court itself, and the fallen power of the Heavenly Demons wanted to eliminate him?”
“Yes.”
An Jing nodded, affirming her guess. He sighed lightly and said, “Perhaps the Late Emperor himself wasn’t as worthless as you thought. As an emperor willing to share Da Chen’s highest secrets with his brothers, one who allowed King Jing, your father, to attempt creating a ‘Second Imperial Court’, he was already very generous.”
“It can even be said that among the many emperors I know, he was one of the most generous and enlightened people.”
“But.” An Jing’s tone shifted, becoming extrely solemn: “This idea of sharing, assisting, this notion of ‘supporting each other, cooperating for mutual benefit’, ‘making the world better, moving towards the future together’…”
“The idea itself is a form of ‘correctness’.”
“And the fallen Heavenly Demons will never allow the existence of ‘correctness’.”
The wind blew the sand, and the skeleton of the Dragon People completely turned to ashes and vanished, returning to nothingness.
You Ruhui continued to stand in the sa place, falling into prolonged contemplation.
An Jing didn’t disturb her, just quietly stood by her side, his gaze directed towards more distant places, as if penetrating layers upon layers of the Great Void, straight to beyond the Zhaolin Realm.
Huai Xu Realm.
The unraveling of the Dragon People’s secret also confird a long-existing suspicion in his heart that he dared not deeply ponder.
After the Demon Calamity War, the main force of the Heavenly Demons was completely driven away, but because of this, the Huai Xu Realm greatly weakened, falling into a long silence.
The Immortal Path legacy severed, the cultivation path nearly destroyed. Afterwards, the Martial Arts were reborn, yet they were constantly influenced by the heavens and earth.
The whole world was filled with ‘fallen demonic Qi’.
Honestly, An Jing had felt sothing was amiss for a long ti.
—Is the Huai Xu Heavenly Dao really still the Heavenly Dao?
Or rather, is it still the pure Heavenly Dao?
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