Chapter 2931 - 123: Gazing at the Human World Across the Years
The final distance from Shenxiao World to beyond the heavens was erased by Master Xingnian in the past where life vanishes into the Dao.
Xuan South Duke’s "inevitable strike" at "this moment" was destined to miss at "that time."
At this moment, the Shenxiao World, which is ascending its essence, is under a hazy sky.
Only the star path, winding beyond the heavens, bends towards the distance, pointing the way home for the human race’s wanderers.
Beneath the sky are guardian gods radiant with golden brilliance, further down are mountains and rivers that continuously collapse and regenerate.
Drip~drop!
The sound of the heavens collapsing and the earth cracking can hardly be heard, but Xuan South Duke seems to hear the sound of droplets in the eternal Long River of time.
Those are the moments slipping through his fingers, the opportunities he personally missed,
A thousand echoes in one sound, ten thousand ripples in one drop.
The myriad divine statues arrayed on the Heaven Demon Dharma Altar, like a half-withered divine flower.
And the guardian god he controlled raised its right hand high, as if saying goodbye to that human youth...
How laughable!
Although this was not his duel with Jiang Wang, he merely missed Master Xingnian’s move. But is it really honorable for the "now" to lose to the "past"?
More important than honor is the consequence of Jiang Wang taking away the news of Shenxiao World’s opening!
He cannot accept it.
The guardian god radiant with golden brilliance directly fell backward into the roaring torrent.
And a beam of golden light leapt out of the torrent, spanning the sky, and instantly landed on the God Enthronement Platform, within the flawless Divine King Body.
At the same time, the divine statues arrayed on the Heaven Demon Dharma Altar all fell outward.
For a moment, like a lotus in defeat.
The Divine King Body achieved by the accumulation of divine way over tens of thousands of years on the God Enthronement Platform, its greatest destiny is for Yu Zhen Ancestor to return to this body, driving transcendence.
Under this, the best use is to, through the Ancient Imperial City God Enthronement Platform, seek the most matching Deity in Monster Realm’s divine way, and after a period of integration, complete the canonization, achieving the first belonging of the God Enthronement Platform.
Such canonization, though not achieving transcendence, may not become a revered deity, but achieving the status of an absolute summit Yang God is definitely feasible. And this absolute summit Yang God would be entirely under the God Enthronement Platform’s jurisdiction, making it a most suitable enforcer.
Directly utilizing the Sea of Ten Thousand Gods God Enthronement Platform, canonizing this Divine King Body as the Divine Master of Shenxiao World, was Xuan South Duke’s best choice under the previous circumstances.
But in this world, there is no corresponding deity to co-worship, the process of the Divine King Body’s birth of spirituality is unavoidable, requiring Xuan South Duke’s constant guidance, to prevent its eventual complete escape from the God Enthronement Platform’s influence, thoroughly becoming part of Shenxiao World.
However, at this moment with empty hands having tried to catch the moon in the water, Xuan South Duke made a new choice—
He completely severed the part of himself descending to Shenxiao World, throwing it all into this Divine King Body... merging with the deity!
He was already a generation of Heavenly Demon, wielding the current God Enthronement Platform. Yang God status holds no attraction for him. Only beyond the absolute summit is his heart’s pursuit.
After this severance.
The Xuan South Duke in the Monster Realm, will no longer have the possibility of transcendence.
The Xuan South Duke in Shenxiao World, must also dissolve his ego in the evolution process led by the Divine Master, truly becoming part of Shenxiao World.
Because this ascending great world inherently embodies "openness," so the Divine Master of Shenxiao World must not have an insufficiently open "ego" presence.
However, this dissolution ultimately requires time, and with the intentional resistance of Heavenly Demon Xuan South Duke, the time can be extended somewhat.
And for a Heavenly Demon, there are many things that can be done during this period!
Such as accelerating Shenxiao World’s ascension.
Such as influencing the entire world’s changes, making all the environment more akin to the Monster Realm.
For instance—
The perfect divine body suspended above the Sea of Ten Thousand Gods God Enthronement Platform, at this moment, carved out clear features. With a faint shadow of Xuan South Duke’s appearance, yet overall is another face... a face that conforms to this world’s standards in every aspect.
This God Enthronement Platform, nearly seized by Tiger Taisui, yet ultimately reclaimed by Xuan South Duke, rises with the wind in the Sea of Ten Thousand Gods, soaring infinitely high. Like a majestic mountain emerging from the ground, standing firm in the world upheaval, reaching up to the high heavens.
Using this high platform as the center, the surrounding storms calm down circle by circle.
Subdue the dragon and tiger, suppress the winds and clouds!
With body merged with the deity, Xuan South Duke stands on such a divine platform, raising his left hand, he grasps a giant gilded bow. This bow is made of time and space as its body, cause and effect as its string. The bow’s back is engraved with mountains and rivers.
His right hand is placed on the string, pulling it back, forming a full moon.
Between his index, middle, and thumb fingers, at this time appears an arrow. A dark arrow, emanating a power of annihilation, and the arrow is constantly condensing, constantly absorbing.
Xuan South Duke, with the authority of this world’s Divine Master, mobilized a large amount of power dissipated during the world’s ascension process—old orders collapsing, new orders birthed, within these transitions quite a substantial amount of power will dissipate and spread, but ultimately it will fall within this world, still absorbed by this world.
But at this moment, Xuan South Duke draws upon it.
Thus on this divine platform, with bow drawn, aiming at The Big Dipper.
Directly northward, shoot Tanlang!
Not just Tanlang?
Honesty, Wuqu, Tanlang, Pojun, all four stars, fall!
These four stars of course do not truly illuminate Shenxiao World.
So Xuan South Duke’s arrow follows Jiang Wang’s starlight walking, it targets Jiang Wang’s Starlight Holy Tower.
They hung starlight down from the Ancient Star Dome, took Jiang Wang away, though aided by Shenxiao World itself. But Xuan South Duke thus possessed the possibility to trace the origin through Shenxiao World.