ccnovels #481 - The Divided Heaven
#481 - The Divided Heaven
The dark cloud and the circle below disappeared almost simultaneously.
Wang Jixuan was almost asleep at the time.
When he realized that the two Heavenly Dao wills had retreated at the same time, and that he had not suffered any misfortune, he immediately jumped up, full of energy.
Not dead!
Not injured!
Heavenly Dao had finally let him go!
The power of more than a dozen Heavenly Punishments had been turned into 'nourishment' by that white circle, filling the Alien Soul Puppet and the Dao Body.
The puppet got the lion's share, the Dao Body got a small amount, and his strength had steadily entered the Great Ascension Realm.
Ascension was not far away.
Wang Jixuan slowly clenched his fist, and strands of tiny lightning power surrounded the tip of his fist, seemingly possessing a bit of Heavenly Dao's Dao rhythm, but this Dao rhythm was not obvious, and it was not known what it was specifically used for.
Should he be considered guaranteed to the Immortal Realm now?
After all, the strength of his strange puppet alone had already exceeded that of a newly ascended immortal, and it could even fight and defeat a True Immortal.
It was actually reasonable for Heavenly Dao to send down Heavenly Punishment.
In the Immortal Forbidden Land, the lower realm of mortals, such combat units were not allowed to appear, which could barely be considered reasonable.
But while Heavenly Dao was sending down Heavenly Punishment, it was also protecting him, not only allowing him to avoid Heavenly Punishment, but even actively feeding him, helping him directly improve his cultivation…
There was always a sense of Heavenly Dao having a split personality.
As soon as Daoist Wang got up, more than a dozen streams of light immediately flew over.
Elder Shao and Yin Lin were naturally the fastest, followed by Amina, Wu Man, and Zheng Shi, while the spiritual practitioners from Earth and the Tianluo crowd were slightly further away.
Nierda stood behind the stern of the distant warship with his arms crossed, only slightly raising an eyebrow at Wang Jixuan.
Elder Shao's clone grabbed Wang Jixuan's arm, carefully checked him up and down several times, and asked via sound transmission: "Did Heavenly Dao really communicate with you?"
Then, Elder Shao's gaze was uncontrollably attracted to the three-headed figure behind Wang Jixuan.
This three-headed figure looked quite terrifying.
Daoist Wang didn't know what was going on with himself now, but his Alien Soul Puppet was a genuine monster.
A monster that he couldn't fully understand.
From the appearance, this puppet was three and a half meters tall, covered in black scales, and under the scales were light red muscles, the whole thing was a muscle monster.
The most conspicuous mark of the puppet was naturally its three heads, containing the Dao rhythm of the three cultivation paths of Buddhism, Taoism, and Demon, with Buddhism as the main, and Taoism and Demon as auxiliary.
The Buddhist head had a dignified appearance, resembling Wang Jixuan's face, but fatter by three circles;
The Taoist head was calm and composed, also three parts similar to Wang Jixuan, with no extra emotions in its eyes, as if only the Great Dao could make him slightly moved.
The Demon head was naturally full of murderous intent, with fierce flames in its eyes, and two white smokes occasionally spewing out of its nostrils.
This Demon head actually had seven or eight parts of Wang Jixuan's appearance.
Now, Daoist Wang really couldn't explain whether his old sect, Wangxiang Valley, was a righteous sect or a demonic sect.
Elder Shao marveled: "Good, good, good, every time you make a move, it must be something that even I can't understand, you actually achieved the confluence of Buddha, Tao, and Demon… How many more surprises are waiting for me?"
Wang Jixuan: …
He was forced to do it.
Wasn't it just that he didn't know the prospects himself, but just vaguely felt that doing so might be a feasible path?
What's there to brag about with this little thing that was fought out with his life?
Wang Jixuan also turned his head to look at the Alien Soul Puppet.
He wanted to drive the third puppet out to chase and kill that female True Immortal, as well as that wretched Obsidian, but now that more than half a day had passed since the start of the war, those who should have escaped had almost escaped.
Only killing one pseudo-immortal made him a little regretful.
Wang Jixuan raised his left hand and gently grabbed at the Alien Soul Puppet. The puppet's body radiated golden light, and it flashed back into Wang Jixuan's personal sub-space.
Almost everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
They only realized at this time that when that Alien Soul Puppet existed in this space, the flow of their own mana and spiritual energy had a sense of stagnation.
Now it was much more comfortable, and there was no longer that 'ominous' aura.
"Did you refine the entire Pillar Blade Beast?" Amina asked softly, "Did you pay any price for it?"
Wang Jixuan curled his lips and shrugged: "The price was paid by the other Blade Beasts, anyway, I was already targeted by Heavenly Dao before, so it doesn't matter if Heavenly Dao chops me a few more times."
"Heavenly Dao…"
Amina repeatedly muttered these two words.
She also wanted to help Wang Jixuan in this regard.
Old Zheng suggested: "Teacher Wang, let's go back to the ship and talk, this great vacuum outside, everyone is wasting their spiritual energy and mana for nothing here."
"Okay," Wang Jixuan waved his hand, "Everyone, find a conference room first, we'll talk about what to do next, I'll go take a bath."
"I'll accompany you," Amina blurted out.
Daoist Wang turned his head and glanced at her, with several question marks in his eyes.
Amina immediately shifted her gaze and said softly: "I misheard, I thought you were going to retreat or cultivate."
Wang Jixuan squinted and smiled, turned around and turned into a rainbow light and slipped away.
In interstellar aviation, taking a bath with water is still a relatively luxurious thing.
The latest Earth civilization spacecraft has been equipped with a spatial molecule capture device, which can deploy a molecular membrane sail in a large area, which can absorb the material in the solar wind.
But wanting to get a basin of clean water for the first use is still quite a burden.
Wang Jixuan sank himself into the water, allowing himself to quickly recover his state of mind.
Wang Jixuan had once forcibly devoured the sea of wronged souls in the body of the Pillar Blade Beast, causing his own consciousness to almost be swallowed by the power of backlash; but this time, he used Buddhist Dharma to save those wronged souls, and used Buddhist Dharma to absorb the power of the soul in the process of salvation, so there was no backlash.
The reason why his state of mind was fluctuating now was actually due to Heavenly Dao.
The two Heavenly Dao forces were constantly fighting, and also constantly communicating. This communication method was advanced and abstract, and countless pieces of information surged back and forth every moment.
This led to Wang Jixuan also occasionally capturing some information.
He was now trying to keep himself calm, using meditation and perception to understand this information and translate it into his own language.
The two sides of Heavenly Dao, one black and one white, once said…
【Heavenly Dao A (Tianluo): Cannot destroy him.】
【Heavenly Dao B (Dark Church): Must destroy him.】
【Heavenly Dao A: Through three lifetimes of cultivation and his own constant exploration, he has formed a variable.】
【Heavenly Dao B: That's why we must destroy him. This variable itself may be one of the driving forces of the Quantum Calamity.】
【Heavenly Dao A: The Quantum Calamity should happen, instead of blindly avoiding it. Happen, face it, even if the power of this generation of living beings still fails in the end, then we can also retain the spark, break and then establish.】
【Heavenly Dao B: Every time we break and then establish, the fire of life will weaken by three points. We can no longer be weak and retreat. We must gamble everything this time and cut off all retreats!】
【Heavenly Dao A: You are not stable like this.】
【Heavenly Dao B: Only by fighting hard can we find possible opportunities. This is the true meaning of life, and you and I are just the resonance produced by living beings and Heavenly Dao! My choice is right!】
【Heavenly Dao A: Destroying order, absorbing power, indulging evil demons, slaughtering the weak, and then you still think you are right? Have you ever considered that you may have been polluted by them.】
【Heavenly Dao B: I know best whether I have been polluted or not.】
【Heavenly Dao A: We should not retain concepts like you and I that can strengthen self-awareness. We are Heavenly Dao.】
【Heavenly Dao B: Let me kill him to reduce uncontrollable variables!】
【Heavenly Dao A: Cannot kill him. His nature is not bad, although he has committed too much karma in this Immortal Forbidden Land and left too much cause and effect, but the potential in him is also great.】
【Heavenly Dao B: Look at the monster behind him! Is this also your masterpiece? Order!】
【Heavenly Dao A: This is his own masterpiece. It is full of imagination, found the path to combine them in the framework of order, and also bloomed with stronger power.】
【Heavenly Dao B: I must destroy him!】
【Heavenly Dao A: You can't do it, I need this spark.】
This was probably all of the information that Wang Jixuan captured and could decipher.
Accompanied by the sound of rushing water, Wang Jixuan showed his head by the bucket and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, elegant orchestral music sounded beside him.
It was a melody played by a saxophone.
Wang Jixuan twisted his head to look and saw a slender and rounded beautiful leg popping out from outside the door, with a few self-proclaimed sexy holes in the white stockings on it, and the calf also bounced back and forth a few times.
Then, Peony, wearing a black suspender skirt, revealing snow-white 'skin', seemed to be growing together with the door frame, slowly moved in, and released beautiful autumn waves with her amorous eyes, and asked娇滴滴ly:
"Officer, do you want someone to come and help you scrub your back?"
Wang Jixuan took a closer look.
Under the simulated skin, a silver-white skeleton was trying hard to pose, and he could also see the pair of eyes that bloomed with red light.
"Get out!"
Wang Jixuan gritted his teeth and cursed.
Peony instantly lost her composure, lowered her head and quickly slipped away, and only slipped back in a few minutes after changing into a maid outfit.
She naturally wouldn't tell Wang Jixuan about the battery issue with Lingtong.
Peony muttered softly: "Isn't it because I see that you might have a need? As your loyal wingman, of course I have to consider how to help you relieve all your worries."
"Then can you stop always thinking about my little bit of male beauty?"
Wang Jixuan said unhappily:
"Obsidian ran away?"
"Eh—accurately speaking, he didn't even show up directly, but I detected that he seems to have left this Immortal Forbidden Land with that female True Immortal. The probe I chased up to took this."
Peony snapped her fingers, and a blurry image appeared on a nearby projection screen.
Obsidian, the female True Immortal, and seven or eight Dark Cultists and Leaders left together, entering the blue vortex.
Daoist Wang lightly raised his eyebrows.
Good heavens, Obsidian left too?
Then the Earth civilization is basically no threat anymore. Relying on Peony's mechanical army, killing the Blade Beasts is only a matter of time.
Wang Jixuan asked, "What about Yezi?"
"She doesn't seem to be here," Peony explained. "From what I understand, Obsidian once asked Yezi to hand over the External Core cultivation method. Yezi didn't seem to give it, or perhaps she deceived Obsidian. After that, there was no news of Yezi."
Wang Jixuan nodded.
He asked a few more questions, all related to Earth and Spirit Cultivators.
In general, the danger to Earth has been basically eliminated.
As long as he leaves here and attracts the attention and combat power of the Dark Sect, this place will be safe.
Wang Jixuan was considering whether to make some harsh remarks, like, 'Whoever touches my second hometown, I'll deal with them…' Would making such harsh remarks be counterproductive?
Thinking rationally, he really has to keep his distance from Earth now.
"Peony, tell Ling Tong and the others that I might not be back for a long time."
Wang Jixuan said solemnly:
"Inside Cloud Capital, I've left some puppets. They will protect the humans of Earth when necessary, but you need to create a control system to prevent any treacherous people from entering Cloud Capital."
"Okay, Chief!"
Peony blinked her eyes:
"Then, should I change my title in the future and not call you Chief anymore?"
"Then what will you call me?"
"Masterrr!"
"No accent allowed!"
Wang Jixuan thought for a moment, "From now on, call me Boss. I like that title. Also, use your advanced computing system to give Amina a Daoist name."
"Okay."
"Also, notify Old Zheng and the others."
Wang Jixuan said solemnly:
"This time I leave Earth, I swear not to return until I break through the Immortal Gate. If they want to come with me, they may encounter a large number of enemies later. I will also help them improve as much as possible."
"I've already thought about it."
"Not only do I need to have strong enough strength, but I also want to cultivate a force, a legion, a possibility. The combination of mechanical civilization and the art of refining weapons is a direction I am optimistic about."
"Do you want to emulate Moon God Palace, fighting from the endless starry sky to the Xu Realm True Realm, and then step into the Immortal Realm?"
"I have this idea, but I don't know if I will have the time to realize it."
Wang Jixuan sighed softly, and then flicked his fingers lightly, and a long sword floated beside him.
This was the superior Immortal Sword that Old Shao gave him.
In terms of forging skills, this Immortal Sword is much better than the Moon Laurel Sword, but the material itself and the contained Dao rhythm are several grades worse than the Moon Laurel Sword.
Wang Jixuan said, "Don't be scared."
"Huh?"
Before Peony could finish speaking, Wang Jixuan pointed his left hand at the spacious sofa next to him, and the Three-Headed Puppet with black scales all over his body appeared.
A black dragon flew out of its chest, the black dragon roared silently, surrounded Wang Jixuan, and turned into literary tattoos on Wang Jixuan's back and shoulders, baring its teeth and claws, lowering its head from his shoulders and roaring angrily.
The three heads of the Third Puppet drooped down at the same time.
Wang Jixuan asked, "Can the Interstellar Gate be used?"
"Yes!"
"Okay, send me to the area with the most Pillar Blade Beasts. I'll do a few small tests and weaken the Blade Beast group by the way."
Wang Jixuan smiled:
"If possible, I really want to conquer this group of Blade Beasts and take them to conquer the Xu Realm."
"What Xu Realm can withstand the impact of more than six hundred Pillar Blade Beast groups?
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Peony blinked her eyes.
She wanted to remind Daoist Wang that there are only more than five hundred Pillar Blade Beasts now, and the rate at which Pillar Blade Beasts decrease will become faster and faster.
"Cough, okay," Wang Jixuan waved his hand, "Take care of my main body and open the Interstellar Gate."
"Your loyal little maid will arrange it immediately."
Peony ran away with a smile.
Daoist Wang's main body changed into a set of clothes and sat upright here. The black dragon held a three-inch little man in a green robe and flew out, drilling into the body of the Third Puppet.
This time, he let his Nascent Soul act together. One was to absorb some pure Buddhist power while watching the battle to strengthen his Nascent Soul, and the other was to reduce the risk of the alien soul going berserk and losing control.
Now his alien soul, whether in Dao realm or total soul power, far exceeds his main body.
The Daoist had to guard against it.
At the same time, on the adjacent ship, Old Shao and Yin Lin seemed to be arguing about something, and both of them were red-faced and thick-necked.