Chapter 1186: Chapter 33: The Foundation of the Great Dao (2/3)

As Jin Yanhua said, this reverence does not come from leniency, but from that unquestionable divine power that leaves no room for explanation or defense, whose punishment is inevitable upon being decreed.

Just now, nearly a tenth of the sea demons were punished, while an equivalent number were rewarded, which was undoubtedly intentional.

— Thunder, the voice of heaven, the might of the gods, is the omen of reward and punishment!

Similarly, if one wishes to grasp the true essence of thunder, they must see themselves as heaven, self-proclaim as god, holding the power of creation, and the authority to annihilate demons with crushing force!

Without a doubt, the sea tribe just now, the whole series of rewards and punishments, were all cultivation in the “Way of Thunder” and “Way of the Gods”!

Thinking of this, An Jing suddenly had a thought and spoke up: “These sea demons, they are all ‘first and second generation’, right?”

“Furthermore, if I’m not mistaken, all these sea demons were personally elevated by you, Jin, from beasts to demons, awakening their spirit and intelligence!”

“Oh?”

Jin Yanhua turned her head in surprise: “You actually noticed?”

Then she said proudly: “Yes, these sea demons are mostly wet-born or egg-laying creatures, or have only been born for a few generations, otherwise they wouldn’t be so foolish… Of course, they also wouldn’t be so loyal.”

And An Jing nodded understandingly: “If they weren’t from the first few generations, they wouldn’t be so ignorant, and similarly, if they weren’t from the first few generations, they wouldn’t be such a blank slate, sincerely adhering to your order, Jin.”

“Jin, this is very much like the education I did for the ‘Feathered Sons’ over at Bright Mirror Sect—you’re teaching these sea demons what is right and wrong, teaching them ‘how to be’, integrating them into a ‘new order’.”

“And now, they already understand. Understand what civilization is, what honor and disgrace are… I see!”

Having realized this, An Jing looked at Jin Yanhua and confidently said, “This is your merit! Your creation! A fledgling aquatic court that emerged because of you, Jin!”

“A water civilization that belongs solely to you, deeply marked with ‘Jin Yanhua’s imprint’, which can be called ‘Jin Yanhua’s Court’!”

“This is the merit of creating a water civilization, like a great river flowing, starting from the past, rushing in the present, and surging in the future!”

At this point, everything became clear in An Jing’s mind.

The Heavenly Mandate comes with ‘Supreme Yin and Sun’, which is authority and seed bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, but it doesn’t mean other creatures on earth can’t grasp the power of Supreme Yin and Sun.

Yang represents the past, Yin represents the future.

A high-level Martial Artist in the Pure Yang Realm needs to establish great merit, like the strongest anchor, anchoring their ‘Yang of the past’ in the endless space-time, thus expanding their influence over the ‘Yin of the future’.

In this way, even without a Heavenly Gift, they can gradually use cause and effect, using the power of ‘Taiyin Wuji’ to enhance their cultivation of ‘Divine Mandate’ and ‘infinite power’.

The merit of the Dragon Clan is obviously related to this as well!

The creation of a race, a civilization… can also derive infinite ‘future causal power’!

A kind of ‘Ex Nihilo’!

And the infinite power they nurture is surely immense, not to mention that in the future, if Jin Yanhua’s Dragon Court doesn’t perish, it will certainly create more strong individuals, and the cause and effect of these strong individuals will also feedback to Jin Yanhua, allowing her to ascend higher!

“Indeed!”

At the same time, Subdue Evil also spoke up, this Immortal Sword Sword Immortal of the Dao Court Era said Praise: “This is also the three immortal righteous paths left by the Dao Courtyard, establishing merit, establishing virtue, and establishing words. The legacy of the Dragon Clan counts as establishing virtue.”

“This is also why the ‘progenitors’, ‘founders of civilization’, and ‘establishers of morality’ could easily attest to immortality, achieving heights far higher than the subsequent ‘descendants’. It’s not that the ancient is stronger, but simply because they are the initial origin point of the endless Great Dao of later generations, with endless causal feedback properly utilized, they can thus attest to immortality.”

“In the Dao Courtyard Era, the environment where Immortal Gods could live forever, as long as a lineage didn’t perish, even if these Immortal Gods were killed, they wouldn’t die, but could be resurrected and return from the lineage.”

“The merit of future descendants will also add a touch of glory to the ancestors, so we Dao Courtyards never hoard dao teachings, treating all creatures as humans, seeing them as the ‘latecomers’ birthed by our eternal time, capable of catching up with our fellow travelers.”

Thus said, Subdue Evil praised: “This Embracing the Void Dragon Clan truly lives up to being the direct lineage inherited directly from the Ancestral Dragon of the Dao Courtyard, maintaining the style of the Dao Courtyard Era despite the many epochal catastrophes!”

An Jing also nodded, smiling and saying: “I said Jin’s Five Thunders Skills merged into one, surprisingly not just destruction, but containing elements of creation, now it seems, your ambition, Jin, is not just some Five Thunders Skills.”

“Your ambition is to be the ‘Lord of the Heavenly Court’ holding reward and punishment!”

“Exactly!” Seeing An Jing so perceptive, Jin Yanhua laughed heartily from the heart: “Only with the ability to independently create an entire civilization, to recreate the Dragon Court from scratch, can one be called a ‘Dragon King’, eligible to become a candidate for ‘Dragon God’!”

“Although it’s not certain to succeed, the various Dragon Courts of the Heavenly Sea spread like this, and if one attests to Lingxiao outside the Heavenly Sea, they too can be called a Dragon God!”

“Of course, with reward there must be punishment, crime deserves death, and don’t think I’m harsh for not giving chances, I’ve long since educated them, and if these newborn sea demons fall into the hands of the Blood Sea Demon Sect, it would truly be a fate worse than death, the annihilation of their entire clan!”

“As it should be.”

An Jing sighed, even though it wasn’t intentional, he felt that he was also passively walking on such a Great Dao of creating civilization and order—the Feather Transformation Dao, although not blank like the newborn sea tribe, growing from beasts, yet it grew in that nearly blank world of Dust Li, the Feathered Sons had no parents, all depending on how he, the ‘Dao Creator’, guided and educated them.

Just like the Feather Transformation Dao is An Jing’s foundation, this East Sea Little Dragon Court is truly Jin’s foundation!

At the same time, from the other side of the sea, a figure was flying over.

“An Jing! Jin!”

An Jing and Jin Yanhua turned to look and couldn’t help but smile, because it was none other than You Ruhui, flying with the control of thunder magnetism, a look of delight on her face.

You Ruhui was wearing armor and holding a blood-stained spear, looking just like a smaller version of Jin Yanhua. She was probably on patrol before, and upon sensing the thunder, she immediately came over, without even having time to tidy up.

The surroundings of the lonely island were already filled with dense sea tribes, but You Ruhui didn’t mind and went straight forward, while those shrimp soldiers and crab generals instinctively bent their backs to form stairs, allowing You Ruhui to step on them for leverage.

“Ruohui!” An Jing stepped forward, just as You Ruhui jumped and gave An Jing a big hug: “Long time no see!”

“Haha, didn’t we just meet before?” “Projection and reality, those are not the same!”

At the same time, seeing this scene, the surrounding sea people couldn’t help but whisper, bustling around.

“Who is that person?”

“I don’t know, but General Jin is guiding him, and Mr. You had his head stroked by him!”

“Quite a change.” An Jing released his hand, stepped back, and scrutinized You Ruhui.

Under the backdrop of Thunder Light from the Cloud Vortex, You Ruhui now indeed exuded a formidable aura. The mysterious pupil, golden eye of Da Chen Emperor’s Blood, combined with god-like features, already bestowed upon them a divine majesty. Her waist-length hair was neatly tied behind, and the armor she wore added a touch more of a battle-ready vibe.

Of course, the biggest change was in You Ruhui’s now confident gaze—back in Kanming City, due to continuous escape and struggle, You Ruhui always seemed cautious and timid, though much improved after encountering Mingguang Dust and Jin Yanhua, there was always a rootless wandering deep inside.

She was like a white rabbit, eliciting pity, but ultimately not a comrade who could venture out hunting and exploring together.

But now, You Ruhui was markedly different. Her posture had become sturdier and more upright, while she hadn’t reached An Jing’s height, she had grown taller, and her gaze no longer shifty and elusive as before, but sharp and direct, like a hunter.