Chapter 249: Sun True Scripture (4K)

Countless killing auras surged skyward from deep within Dongling, nearly tearing the heavens apart.

Dark clouds rolled across the sky above Dongling in an instant.

Inside the Great Agricultural Temple, Zhang Jian was still examining documents on crops when he sensed the soaring killing aura; his expression shifted slightly.

"What is this?"

The ferocious power erupted, and he saw countless thunderbolts reappear in the depths of the firmament.

Wielding the Thunder Dao talisman edict, Zhang Jian felt a sudden clarity dawn in his heart.

This is not a heavenly tribulation.

It is likely a heavenly punishment!

Something terrifying being nurtured deep within the dragon vein has provoked this heavenly omen.

"What exactly is hidden within the dragon vein?"

Zhang Jian muttered inwardly.

In Haojing City, many cultivators now turned their gaze toward the depths of Dongling.

Most cultivators naturally hoped the thunder from the firmament's depths would descend again to shatter Dongling's dragon vein.

Though their hearts stirred with desire, no one dared to act.

The previous two upheavals had thoroughly intimidated many cultivators.

Haojing City had become, both within and beyond the cultivation world, a true forbidden zone.

Even Primordial Spirit True Persons had fallen twice; others no longer dared to lightly probe.

But in an instant, they saw the swelling, terrifying black clouds above Dongling's depths seemingly suppressed.

Deep within Dongling, Yuan Geng Daoist's forehead beaded with sweat.

The myriad candles gathered by the Prayer Heaven Bureau before him flickered like candles in the wind amidst the countless violent killing auras, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

His spiritual power surged into the altar before him as if money were no object; behind him, the Heavenly Gang Divine Sword enlarged, transforming into a sword mountain holding up the heavens that blocked part of the black aura, thus averting the danger of the Prayer Heaven Bureau being destroyed.

Moments later, as the vast, terrifying ferocious aura dissipated, Yuan Geng Daoist's forehead already showed beads of sweat.

At the same time, a figure took shape not far before him in the depths of Dongling.

Seeing Yuan Geng Daoist drenched in sweat, Chaomu did not mock him this time.

"Can you still hold on?"

Yuan Geng Daoist lay weakly on the ground, gasping, "After a few more rounds, I don't know if Great Qian will still exist—I certainly won't!"

Chaomu heard him and only after a moment replied.

"You've worked hard!"

Yuan Geng, hearing this, looked at Chaomu with some surprise.

"Chaomu brother, has your conscience surfaced today? Or is your time limit approaching?"

Chaomu, hearing this, twitched the corner of his mouth, utterly unwilling to engage with the talkative Yuan Geng.

He gazed toward the depths of Dongling, his expression profound.

"That thing's killing aura grows heavier; we must find a way to weaken it, or we will not only fail but suffer backlash!"

Yuan Geng Daoist, hearing this, also fell silent.

That thing concerns the lives, fortunes, and Dao paths of a group; failure is not an option.

Yuan Geng Daoist said in a low voice: "For now, the only plan is to send someone outside to think of a solution—we must find something to suppress its ferocity, even if only temporarily to contain it!"

Chaomu sighed; this recurrence of anomaly made him alert.

But he knew that if they sent someone to secretly purchase that special treasure, even if done covertly, traces would likely still be noticed.

It was merely a matter of time.

But before that forbidden object is refined, the dragon vein must not come to harm.

He and Yuan Geng had few options left.

At this moment, Yuan Geng Daoist's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Otherwise, go find that Scholar Zhang and ask for a few more ink treasures—perhaps they can suppress that thing's ferocious killing aura!"

Chaomu, hearing this, shook his head.

"Not enough!"

Chaomu decisively rejected it.

"Scholar Zhang has not yet attained sagehood; that thing's ferocity is unparalleled through the ages—even sage ink treasures may not suppress it!"

The two locked eyes; both could see the pressure in each other's depths.

Inside the Great Agricultural Temple, Zhang Jian gazed afar toward Dongling, watching the terrifying killing aura above his head contract; he guessed that thing had not yet truly taken form.

……

While the anomaly deep in the dragon vein caused many cultivators to speculate wildly.

Not long afterward, around Haojing City, celestial omens reappeared.

On this day, strange light appeared in the void above; deep in the starry sky, many great stars burst forth with brilliant radiance, starlight falling like meteors to the mortal realm.

Many cultivators sensed this omen and could not help but look, only to see countless starlights dancing in the depths of the void, many falling near Haojing City's outskirts.

Some cultivators approached to investigate, finding these starlights completely scattered in flight, their purpose indiscernible.

Even several Nation-Protecting True Persons were somewhat perplexed.

They did not know which exalted master was performing this ritual.

But they faintly guessed the other might be using this to conceal their true purpose.

"Success!"

On the barren mountain, Zhang Jian watched the seven stars revolve overhead, seven long banners fall at his feet, sinking into the deep earth and vanishing without trace.

Threads of starlight fell to the ground, flowing and turning upon that small grave plot.

As this bird spread its wings within the cave, countless feng shui patterns instantly intertwined, pouring into the coffins of the Song ancestors.

Shortly after, Zhang Jian's figure vanished from sight.

Yet within his vast yin spirit divine awareness, he could sense a grand primordial spirit divine awareness flickering in and out, sweeping past from the surroundings.

That primordial spirit divine awareness was vast yet extremely concealed.

Not something ordinary strong ones could perceive.

"Yin Shi True Person, Chao Mu!"

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm.

……

"Within this great Hao Jing city, it truly grows ever more lively, fish and dragons mixed, talented ones more numerous than imagined, yet all still hiding in the dark, exerting their methods!"

At this moment, within a mansion brimming with dragon aura, the Golden Maiden Saintess appeared like an ordinary young lady of noble birth; faint threads of purple qi flickered in her eyes as she gazed at the sky, a light smile touching her lips.

The livelier Hao Jing City became, the happier she grew.

……

Meanwhile, in the Dingyuan Marquis's manor, in a remote side chamber, a white-clad youth studied by lamplight, his bearing utterly unlike the martial prowess-famed sons of the Dingyuan Marquis household.

Refined and gentle in bearing, his frame slight, yet his eyes held no lack of resolve.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, nearly collapsing.

His face showed a hint of panic, but he quickly gritted his teeth and braced himself against the old wooden table beneath him.

"Is it because I was punished tonight, went without food, causing this dizziness and blurred vision?"

Yet deep within his crown, a thread of starlight condensed in an instant, only to flash and vanish into the depths of his life palace.

After this starlight appeared, one star among the Big Dipper shone with exceptional brightness.

Moment by moment he gradually recovered, but then sensed his thoughts had become extraordinarily clear at this instant; previously obscure, difficult texts no longer seemed like hard wood to chew, but now held a sudden allure.

He slightly shook his head, attributing it to a shift in mindset, and promptly immersed himself in the classics before him.

……

In the Zhuangyuan mansion's corner, one now saw green plants with sturdy roots and lush leaves bearing numerous small, exquisite fruits, mostly yellow, but some already turned red.

These were the wild cherry tomatoes Zhang Jian had replanted.

After applying arts, their growth speed became extreme, completing a fruit cycle in one month.

Supernatural intervention always creates miracles.

At this time, Zhang Jian summoned the mansion's servants to harvest.

After harvesting, naturally they sought to improve its flavor, ensuring disease and pest resistance while making the tart fruits sweet, then selecting large fruits for cultivation.

Zhang Jian also hoped to grasp some profundities of creation from this.

If he could grasp some profundities of creation, cultivating spiritual fruits or using them for his own cultivation would bring great benefits.

After selecting pure-sweet large fruit seeds, he opened several wastelands around for planting.

At this time, on those wastelands, besides wild cherry tomatoes, there were also bok choy, radishes, leeks, sunflowers, scallions, garlic, and other crops, growing very well.

Worth mentioning: during this process, the tomato sauce he created was unintentionally spread by the servants.

His tomato sauce made from wild cherry tomatoes, though sour, still gained favor among some commoners; placed in pastries, snacks, or dishes, it added a unique flavor.

At this moment, standing by the vegetable plot, Zhang Yi wore a worried frown.

Zhang Jian entrusted him with the watering task.

Based on the first innate divine ability as foundation, sensing water-related spiritual mechanisms in the void, perceiving their rhythm, resonating with them, even cultivating the first minor art, the Minor Cloud Rain Art, before completing the Qi Refining realm.

For this, these days he has been watched more closely, losing much playtime, only able to strive to comprehend the water pulse rhythm of this innate divine ability.

At this moment, he sat cross-legged on the earthen platform, straining to sense the spiritual mechanism rhythms in the void.

Far off, Zhang Jian took in this scene.

Though he himself was not versed in water arts, as a cultivator who had created countless arts, his understanding of arts surpassed that of other Yin Spirit Venerables.

In his view, though the Water Pulse Rhythm art is weak at first, it holds great potential.

Before the Yin Spirit is achieved, even a Golden Core great cultivator performing arts must resonate with the void's spiritual mechanisms to manifest them.

The arts of Golden Core great cultivators are formidable—not only due to faster reflexes and stronger mana, but also because their souls frequently touch the void's spiritual mechanisms, gradually grasping their operational rules, allowing them to wield arts more swiftly.

Whereas Yin Spirit Venerables and Primordial Spirit True Persons derive laws from these rules, enabling them to manifest greater divine abilities.

In short, various algorithmic formulas have improved, enabling calculation of more complex art models.

Single-attribute resonance is the foundation.

Zhang Jian hopes that before Zhang Yi enters the Tong Shan Dao Tong, he can help him establish a firm foundation.

Besides this, there is temperament forging.

However, he prepares to forge temperament after Zhang Yi turns nine, when his temperament will be more stable and able to withstand greater illusion intensity.

……

Under the jujube tree, Zhang Jian glanced and withdrew his gaze; lately his focus has gathered on several special heavenly-earthly great dao principles.

Qian Kun, Xu Shi, Wu Xing, Yin Yang, Chen Xing, including Huan Yu—these are the directions he contemplates.

Profound principles of law; each layer of insight into the River and Mountain State Diagram's intent raises one's level, and power likewise shifts.

And Zhang Jian first singled out Chen Xing for separate listing.

Among these profound principles, his understanding of Chen Xing is not inferior to that of She Ji.

With a wave of his hand, he saw the void surge and sink; a dense starlight burst from his entire body, behind him as if boundless light radiated forth, around him appeared countless threads; looking closely, these threads were each a wondrous construction of runes corresponding to starlight and starlight.

They seemed to correspond to the Zhou Tian stars.

This is the second form, Four Symbols, of the Luan Xing Jue.

The Chaotic Star Sword Technique has three forms: Scattered Form, Four Symbols, and Celestial Circuit.

To master the Scattered Form, one must comprehend one hundred and eight wondrous star charts and combine them in groups of three or two to complete various sword forms.

Zhang Jian had already mastered it and innovated further, extending the one hundred and eight star charts to three hundred and sixty-five, each corresponding to one of the three hundred and sixty major stars.

Upon mastering this form, the sword light forms an array with vast and mighty power.

The second form, Four Symbols, aims to comprehend the true meaning of the Four Symbols to govern all sword techniques—like a sword array gaining eyes and will—so this sword technique can unleash even sharper power.

The true meaning of the Four Symbols corresponds to the power of the Four Symbols star region in the azure heavens.

After Zhang Jian laid down the Four Symbols Hidden Dragon Grand Array, his insight into the Four Symbols true meaning grew daily, especially due to his deep bond with three of its spirits: the Phoenix Spirit at the Vermilion Bird position, the White Immortal Sound at the White Tiger position, and the White Fury at the Azure Dragon position.

The profound mysteries of myriad stars converged, and at this moment, they easily coalesced into a single stream of four-colored stellar true meaning that sank into the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State.

Only then did one see the four-colored light merge within, causing the sun, moon, and star light within the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State to flow and shift, making the stars and sun and moon appear more real.

"Alas, the Celestial Circuit belongs to the Primordial Spirit level of techniques and cannot be comprehended in a short time; otherwise, it could make the sun, moon, and stars within the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State even more powerful!"

This thought flashed through Zhang Jian's mind.

With the Four Symbols stellar true meaning now integrated into the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State, a seed has been left behind—already sufficient.

Zhang Jian's gaze grew contemplative; he prepared next to turn his attention to the special true meaning of Yin and Yang.

He himself is a postnatal pure yang Dao body, and comprehending various pure yang techniques of heaven and earth comes to him as naturally as a fish to water.

Coincidentally, he recently obtained a special ancient text titled *The Sun True Classic* in the East Study.

This *Sun True Classic* expounds upon the myriad wondrous transformations of the true solar fire between heaven and earth.

To speak frankly, finding such a special classic in the East Study was quite an "accident."

Zhang Jian felt that if he diligently comprehended this classic, he might yet have the chance to derive from it a formidable secret method suitable for cultivating his pure yang Dao body.

……

Meanwhile, deep within the imperial palace, another graceful and elegant figure stood behind a screen.

At this moment, a maid was reporting to her.

"Your Majesty, as you expected, that Scholar Zhang has borrowed the *Sun True Classic*!"

A hint of joy still appeared on her face.

"From now on, we only need to wait for news!"

Upon hearing this, the graceful and elegant figure smiled faintly upon hearing the words, yet a hint of a faint smile appeared in her eyes.

"This Sovereign is also curious: what changes will occur when a great Confucian of the human race comprehends our demon race's ancient text? If we could cause a future human sage to become demonized, what a spectacle that would be!"

Her gaze remained calm.

Nowadays, the Great Qian is already terrifying; other demon race powerhouses would not allow the Great Qian to produce another sage!