Chapter 2521

From the information I've gathered, in the past before the Punishing Dragon Pillar appeared, the average strength of the heavenly demons increased significantly. After all, they have been drawing spiritual energy from the human world for thousands of years. Moreover, many heavenly demons possess strange and unusual abilities. He continued, "If the number of heavenly demons returning to the human world is reduced, our pressure will correspondingly decrease greatly."

Another point is that although the spiritual energy in the human world is rising, it has not yet truly returned to the ancient era. He Lingchuan took a light breath, "The Holy Lord of the Void originally did not rush to descend to the lower realm, likely also considering the influence of the spiritual energy environment. If he is forced to advance his plan, the heavenly demons fighting in the current spiritual energy environment would also find it difficult to exert their full strength."

"Even that immortal cannot do it." The mirror was puzzled, "If both immortals and demons cannot, then isn't it just that their advantages and disadvantages cancel each other out?"

"Fool!" The blood demon hated iron for not being steel, "Being bad for both immortals and demons—isn't that best for us?"

"Exactly." He Lingchuan said slowly, "Don't we still have us?

If one were to say what is different this time about the sudden change of heaven and earth, the battle between immortals and demons, compared to three thousand years ago, it is the strong rise of the human state represented by Cangyan.

This is a three-sided battle.

And the human state's reliance on spiritual energy is far weaker than that of immortals and demons.

"Of course, I hope our upcoming journey succeeds, which might directly sever the Holy Lord of the Void's descent plan!"

Dong Rui and the snail toad were waiting beneath the large tree ahead:

"Hey, I just received a message from He Chunhua—his work speed is truly fast."

The He father and son are both practical doers.

He Lingchuan casually drew a soundproof barrier: "About what?"

"Jialou Tian rarely makes a move, mainly during the immortal-demon war period, and afterward mostly assisted the Holy Lord of the Void in suppressing other heavenly demons, resulting in only one or two battles. However, Naluotian said he personally witnessed Jialou Tian using the Sequence Command Divine Form five times, twice of which the triangle shattered, releasing overwhelming power. At that time, Naluotian was also present but protected by the Fate Divine Form. The heavenly demons' divine forms are divided into many types, more than half of which cannot directly participate in battle, but the Sequence Command Divine Form itself is a combat divine artifact, and its power is absolutely supreme."

Dong Rui paused, then said:

"Naluotian believes the 'triangle' likely represents order, because this is the most stable structure. And the breaking of the triangle signifies the collapse of order."

He Lingchuan's expression shifted slightly: "Naluotian is this generous? It seems his conflict with the Void Assembly is already irreconcilable."

"Generous?"

"This is merely Naluotian's own observation. If he hasn't misled me, the statement that 'triangle represents order' carries great weight and can serve as my coordinate for comprehending the Sequence Command Divine Form."

The blood demon asked him: "If triangle means order, then what does the breaking of the triangle represent?"

The symbolism, essence, and meaning of divine forms often interpret their source of power, so He Lingchuan studied it carefully.

The mirror immediately said: "Of course, it's just that order has been broken."

"If we view the clockwise rotation of the triangle as normal order functioning." He Lingchuan casually sketched in the air, outlining the image of the Sequence Command Divine Form. Just as he lowered his hand, the several triangles began to rotate slowly, "Look, countless inner and outer triangles rotate in sync—at this moment, their movement is extremely smooth, with no obstruction."

"After our battle with Jialou Tian began, the rotation speed of the outermost large triangle began to slow." He Lingchuan captured several time points on the water puddle screen, "For example, when the Earth Mother's avatar pressed the Dragon River Beast to the ground and beat it severely, the large triangle's rotation slowed instantly; also, when I wounded the Double Blade Beast, the large triangle also showed a noticeable pause."

He matched these time points to the Sequence Command Divine Form he had drawn, making it easy to prove the correlation between the two sides.

"In other words, the fiercer and more precise Jialou Tian's enemy attacks, the slower the large triangle's rotation." He Lingchuan rubbed his chin, "Slower rotation indicates increased resistance."

The blood demon blurted out: "The original order has been disturbed and hindered."

"Yes, this should be the process of 'obstructing order,' also the influence of external resistance, or rather, the gradual increase of chaotic force." He Lingchuan pointed to the diagram in midair, "But the inner triangles are still rotating; they not only fail to drive the large triangle, and their friction with the large triangle keeps increasing. When external resistance exceeds internal rotational force—that is, when the original order can no longer operate—it can only collapse!"

The blood demon summarized: "This is the struggle between 'order' and 'chaos,' with the latter greater than the former, causing the outer triangle to break."

"Once order collapses, it must release tremendous destructive power." He Lingchuan pondered, "This has also been verified in reality. For example, the collapse of an old dynasty inevitably leads to chaos without governance—on one hand, people cannot make a living and migrate in turmoil; on the other hand, warlords rise up, you fight me, I fight you. Wasn't the Flash Gold Empire just such an example?"

"Actually, the essence of most divine abilities and techniques that can harm people is the same—from 'responding to order' to 'breaking order'—thus unleashing tremendous power."

The blood demon added: "After the outer triangle breaks, the inner triangles rise up."

"Yes. That is the new order beginning to function, until external resistance again interferes with its operation, breaking order once more, causing it to erupt again. Such is the cycle." He felt a bit moved, "Jialou Tian failed to inherit the Fate Divine Form, yet he could independently comprehend the 'Sequence Command' power and condense it into a divine form—this shows his profound understanding of the essence of laws."

The Soul-Capturing Mirror objected indignantly: "He actually dares to say that fate is also included within Sequence Command?"

"All things in the world have order; even fate has a traceable path. Disorder in sequence leads to impermanence. The most elusive aspect of fate is precisely impermanence." He Lingchuan's gaze flowed as he looked at the slowly rotating divine form pattern in midair, "Jialou Tian understanding it from this angle also has his reasoning."

Dong Rui suddenly pulled out a small stone from his pocket; it jumped inexplicably in his palm a few times, then cracked with a pop.

"Let's go first—Earth Mother has been waiting impatiently. We still have a long way to go."

"No choice—we can't let the Primordial God know our destination."

Their goal on this journey is the Yanxia Bay in the north of Song State. But He Lingchuan's meeting with the Primordial God must take place in an unnamed village ten thousand li away; otherwise, once the Primordial God confirms his location and discovers he is heading north, he might become suspicious.

"The Primordial God proactively contacted me, revealing that information—aside from wanting to obtain the Punishing Dragon Pillar, he likely also received orders from a higher-ranking heavenly god, wanting to know where I am and where I'm going." He Lingchuan pressed his finger joints, producing two crackling sounds, "Earlier, the Void Assembly allied with Guan Biao to attack my Panlong City—coming without leaving is impolite; this time, I'll return the favor by raiding their lair."

He and Dong Rui mounted the snail toad.

This big fellow flipped its hind legs and dove into the ground.

They went back to find Earth Mother—taking the underground route is more concealed and safer.

Once the journey begins, Earth Mother will also cut off all ties with the outside world.

Thus, the Great Emperor of the Nine Abodes set off quietly. The Great Thousandfold World—no one knows where he and the Panlong Ancient City have gone.

The Great Contention Era, Second Section: Earth Mother Chapter—Ends Here! Starting from the next chapter, please follow He Lingchuan and Earth Mother's steps into the brand-new chapter!

Fengxing Shuiyun Jian / Nine Direction Ye