CHAPTER 536: CHAPTER 229: A SWORD ACROSS THE AGES (PART 2)

Xu Qing sincerely hopes that the Recovery Society will not become a faction in the future.

Just like managing water, blocking can never solve the fundamental problem.

But he also knows that this hope will definitely be in vain.

However, there is no need to worry excessively about such matters.

Because even if the Recovery Society blocks the path for outsiders to rise, new upper and lower classes will form internally. Without external pressure, internal conflict will still occur, and then it will collapse, crumble, transform into spring mud, nurturing new forces, endlessly...

Xu Qing’s gaze leisurely falls on the silted river sand. The silt in the water is not entirely useless, it just depends on how it is utilized.

As more and more river sand is dredged by the sand-digging boats,

a terrifying tremor appears deep within the river channel.

A bold, fierce, and heroic aura emerges.

In front of Xu Qing, the Weiyang Sword floats in mid-air.

In his Divine Soul perception, he clearly sees a terrifying giant ape, resembling a humanoid, with muscles that are distinct and smooth, exuding an immense sense of oppression.

It is like the majestic mountain and the vast water.

This is not even the opponent’s true body, but a Divine Separation.

The Nine Seals of Yu King actually dismember the power of the Ancient Water Demon.

"Wei...yang...Sword"

The whisper from the Ancient Water Demon breaks into Xu Qing’s mind.

Go forth.

Xu Qing’s Divine Soul transforms into a little dragon, burrowing into the Weiyang Sword, directly plunging into the depths of the river channel.

A thick fog rises astonishingly in the silted river channel.

Completely separating the sealed area from the external riverway, it becomes like two worlds, independent of each other.

This is the correct use of the Weiyang Sword after opening the Purple Mansion and cultivating the Primordial Spirit Dao.

The Weiyang Divine Fog, separating two worlds.

And Xu Qing names it "One Sword Across Worlds."

This is using the Weiyang Divine Fog of the Weiyang Sword to create a Void Illusion Realm, as long as the battle does not leave the Void Illusion, the outside world will not be greatly affected, nor will it be interfered with.

If Xu Qing were at the Creator Realm, "One Sword Across Worlds" would be even more terrifying, and the illusion would be more realistic, almost akin to a real world.

But the Creator Realm is too far off from him now.

"Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sect, the root of ten thousand Qi; widely cultivate a billion kalpas, proving my Divine Skills."

When Xu Qing’s Divine Soul exits, he carries with him an incredible force of Martial Arts Qi Blood; his Divine Soul Power is unimaginably strong, unmatched by ordinary possessed or completed Divine Souls.

Countless lightning flashes in the Weiyang Divine Fog, enveloping the Water Demon, slowing its actions.

The power of the Thunder Skill is evident.

This Ancient Water Demon was sealed for many years, and is only one of the Nine Divine Separations. Facing Xu Qing’s Weiyang Sword and Five Thunders True Skill, the Water Demon’s cohesive Dharma Form begins to slightly loosen.

However, Xu Qing also feels an incomparably profound and terrifying will continuously attacking his mind.

Come!

Xu Qing lets the Ancient Water Demon attack his mind.

Boom!

A grand and mighty yellow aura appears.

"What!" the Ancient Water Demon shrieks in agony.

First, it is suppressed by the terrifying Dynasty Destiny.

The Ancient Water Demon expected this to some extent.

But immediately after being suppressed, raging flames ignite.

This is the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire of the Vermilion Bird Seven Stars.

The illusory flame Divine Bird burns the Ancient Water Demon’s will, followed by a series of vicious Three Yin Demon Slaying Sabers.

The interplay of water and fire makes the Water Demon scream even more miserably and frantically.

But it never breaks through the defense of Xu Qing’s Divine Soul.

The Purple Emperor Dragon Armor’s protection for the Divine Soul is formidable.

Xu Qing’s core consciousness hides as if within an incredibly thick tortoise shell, unmoved by the Water Demon’s assault.

In the prolonged expenditure,

Xu Qing finally spots a flaw in the Water Demon, and the Weiyang Sword slashes through it.

The Ancient Water Demon screams, its body shattered and falls into a small cauldron.

Xu Qing’s Divine Soul looks at the small cauldron.

It is very illusory, clearly not an entity, continually absorbing the Qi Fortune of the Nine Provinces to sustain its existence.

"This is the legendary projection of Yu King’s Nine Cauldrons, also the key to sealing the Ancient Water Demon."

The illusory small cauldron has a special name in Dao Skill, that is Magic with Primordial Spirit. It is the manifestation of the Primordial Spirit of the original Nine Cauldrons, with its own low-level Spiritual Sense for self-operation.

Old Gu once said, during the Middle Ages, there was even a cultivation technique that directly became a spirit, turning into a demon-like existence.

However, these kinds of things are related to realizing the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and also depend on the environment. Their emergence is a coincidence and hard to replicate.

In Old Gu’s view, if a being like Chongyang True Master were placed in the Middle Ages or Ancient Times, he would become a top figure, and if he could take back his Taoist Enlightenment, his achievements would be terrifying.

The Dao is developmental and dynamic.

The differences in cultivation from ancient to modern times are adaptations to the current environment.

In the past few hundred years, the Inner Elixir Dao has dominated, but people in Fang Immortal Dao like Old Gu believe that the future lies in the Outer Elixir Dao.

A human’s physical body, even if cultivated to the level of a Martial Saint, is weak compared to Heaven and Earth.

But if one can cultivate to the legendary Human Immortal state or even break the void, that is another matter entirely.

Old Gu sees the trend as finding ways to grant ordinary people access to greater supernatural forces.

Unveiling the mysteries of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

This is also another aspect of law utilizing all things.

Such an idea has a great influence overseas, especially in the Extreme West, where it has been developed for many years.

With the decline of the Fang Immortal Dao in front of Western pirates, sooner or later Westerners will enter the near sea areas of the Great Yu Dynasty. Actually, some Westerners are already appearing along the coast, doing business with local aristocratic families.

These people are very trustworthy and generous, so local aristocratic families are willing to interact with them.

Old Gu, however, warns Xu Qing that Westerners talk about trust because their strength is inferior. Once their strength surpasses yours, they’ll become robbers and won’t reason with you.

After suppressing the Water Demon, Xu Qing begins to search for the so-called treasure of Yu King, but unfortunately finds nothing.

The Weiyang Sword also has no special sensation.

As his Divine Soul returns, looking at the Weiyang Sword floating in front of him, he suddenly realizes something is amiss.

Because the Weiyang Sword has a strange soil clinging to it.

His heart stirs, and his Divine Soul Power wraps around the soil, and something marvelous happens.

This piece of soil appears out of thin air in his Purple Mansion.

Xu Qing is utterly astonished.

Because his Purple Mansion is not a real Inner Heaven and Earth, still in a phantom stage.

After this piece of soil appears, Xu Qing suddenly feels his Purple Mansion has a sense of solidity, and the speed of absorbing external worldly essence noticeably quickens.

Especially the influx of Star Power into the Purple Mansion is more than before.

He then perceives a change in the bronze mirror.

The evaluation of the Purple Mansion includes a new entry.

"Breath Soil."

"Is this the Breath Soil, the treasure Yu King used to control water?"

Xu Qing is still surprised at the appearance of Breath Soil in the Purple Mansion.

In a flash of thought, after pondering, it seems that the Breath Soil might be turning the Purple Mansion from illusion to reality, but it requires further observation.

He recalls the Old Wutong Tree at home, wondering if in the future he might be able to move the Old Wutong Tree into his Purple Mansion.

His Qiankun Bag cannot hold the Old Wutong Tree; firstly, it is too large, and secondly, the Qiankun Bag cannot store living things.

Items entering the Qiankun Bag remain in a relatively static state, which is quite mystical.

He learned from the old Heavenly Master that the material for making the Qiankun Bag is Human Immortal Skin, so it’s impossible to make another Qiankun Bag.

Dragon Tiger Mountain also has similar treasure, which is a gourd.

Lao Mountain Shangqing Palace also has a gourd.

However, the old Heavenly Master says the largest space treasure existing today is a painting.

Rumored to be able to accommodate a huge mountain, a river.

But to activate it requires Creator-level power.

The third generation Black Mountain Old Demon has searched for it in the Great Yu Dynasty many times without success.

Xu Qing’s water management, for now, comes to a temporary halt.

The recipe for cement has also been figured out during this period, and next comes building workshops and recruiting people to work, which solves people’s livelihood and can provide a degree of canal maintenance and dredging.

Of course, these are long-term matters, and immediate benefits are hard to see.

But imperceptibly, it obviously impacts the old powers that sustain the livelihood of a million dockworkers.

As things progress little by little, eventually, they will reach a day of radical change.

Amid the reluctant farewell of the people, and mixed feelings from the officials, Xu Qing returns to the Capital.