Chapter 797: Rule Vision

The light disappeared.

The sound disappeared.

The world completely changed in Chen Wen's eyes.

The formation in the central plaza was still operating, and the blue-white energy light remained dazzling.

But in Chen Wen's perception, those lights were no longer merely energy.

They were "flowing trajectories."

One after another, visible "principles" and "paths" surged along the patterns etched on the ground, each with an unalterable course and an inherent "rhythm."

Trajectories intertwined, forming an immensely complex yet orderly "network."

Every junction in the network flickered and breathed according to a specific "rhythm."

Chen Wen raised his head.

The buildings of Wangbei City were no longer mere bricks, stone, and wood.

They were frames composed of "structural principle."

Inside the frames, filled with different qualities and colors of "origin qi"—the heavy, condensed was earth and stone qi; the warm, pliable was wood qi; the cold, sharp was metal qi.

The people walking the streets were no longer merely flesh and blood.

They were clusters of varying forms of "life fire."

At the core of the flame was a bright halo representing spirit and will.

Outside the halo, layers of form composed of "qi-blood tendons and bones principle" wrapped it.

The outermost layer also had a ring of "field" that faintly resonated with the heaven and earth outside, slowly circulating.

Chen Wen could "perceive" the subtle differences in each person's "life fire."

Yue Fei's fire core was extremely tough like iron, but its outer edge had some "principle pathways" twisted and dim—this was the manifestation of his unhealed wounds.

Lin Chong's fire periphery was entwined with an unmatched sharp "blade qi."

Zhang Cheng's fire structure was the most intricate and complex, with countless fine, silk-like "principles" extending from the core, tightly connected to the surrounding environment's "network."

Zhu Yuanzhang's "life fire"...

Chen Wen's "gaze" turned toward the outside of the formation.

Zhu Yuanzhang's fire was different from anyone he had seen.

The core halo was not purely bright; it carried an indescribable, dawn-like pale gold hue.

Within the light, many indiscernible "light-shadow fragments" seemed to sink and float.

Most remarkably, this cluster of fire was separated from the surrounding heaven, earth, and all things by an extremely thin, nearly imperceptible "membrane," as if it were not fully grown in this world.

That was... the trace of an "anomaly."

Chen Wen's breath hitched slightly.

This was not ordinary sight.

This was directly "glimpsing" the most fundamental "principle" of how heaven, earth, and all things operate.

The existence of the system trembled faintly deep in his consciousness, conveying a kind of enlightenment, but without a concrete term.

What he "saw" was the "meridian" of heaven and earth, the "trajectory" of energy, and the "archetype" of existence.

He tried to control this new perceptual ability.

His thought stirred slightly.

The scene before his eyes began to layer.

The outermost layer was the normal sensory world—the formation, the crowd, the buildings.

The second layer was this entirely new "rule vision"—trajectories, networks, life fire.

Further down...

Chen Wen directed his "perception" toward the distance.

Toward that light curtain spanning heaven and earth.

Then, he "saw."

The light curtain was no longer a simple wall of energy.

But a vast net covering heaven and earth, woven from countless dark-red "seal patterns."

Each node of the great net was inlaid with a constantly throbbing dark-green "alien energy core."

The entire great net forcibly severed the world's laws.

However, at the location of the seventh point, the great net appeared damaged and disordered.

There, the "seal patterns" were broken and twisted, forming a breach.

At the edge of the breach, the dark-red "seal force" and the dark-green "alien energy" were fiercely opposing and eroding each other.

Chen Wen could "see" that strands of dark-green "alien qi" were seeping through the breach.

Those "alien qi" landing on the ground began to pollute and twist the soil's heavy "earth principle," staining it a murky purple-black.

This is the truth of Yuneng Pollution.

It is the erosion and tampering of the inherent "principles" of heaven and earth.

"Originally... this is the essence..."

Chen Wen muttered to himself.

He finally touched a deeper truth.

This light curtain is not merely an energy barrier.

It is a kind of world-encompassing, rule-level "sealing ritual."

The dark-red patterns are the very substance of this "sealing ritual."

The dark green energy is a forbidden target.

When the dark green energy becomes too strong, or the 'forbidden ritual' itself develops a flaw, erosion occurs.

Then, what about momentum energy?

Chen Wen withdrew his gaze and looked at the surging blue‑white energy trail in the array.

The structure of momentum energy's li pattern is completely different.

They are not linear lines but appear as ripples, spreading outward in circles, resonating harmoniously with the inherent li of the surrounding heaven and earth.

When the momentum‑energy ripples meet the dark green 'foreign qi', they undergo a violent annihilation reaction.

Just as clear water washes away filth and warm sun melts ice.

'Momentum energy is the power of 'positive order', the power of 'harmony', and…… the power that repairs the li of heaven and earth.'

A profound understanding born of instinct rose in Chen Wen's heart.

Without needing specific terms, he understood the fundamental role of momentum energy in this great confrontation.

Then, what about himself?

Chen Wen instinctively looked inward.

Under the 'rule vision', the core of his own life fire showed a unique state.

It was not a simple mass.

But rather…… a double intertwining.

One layer is a warm life‑halo belonging to Chen Wenzhong's existence.

The other layer is a profound, constantly self‑rotating and evolving blue li‑type structure.

That structure merges with part of his life halo, and countless fine blue li lines extend from it, connecting to every part of his life.

That is the root of his power, the reason he can peer at all this, and an entity bound to his life yet transcending it…… a heavenly mandate or a contract.

He could not name it with any known concept, but he knew that this structure was slowly absorbing an intangible ripple from Zhu Yuanzhang, from the residents of Look North City, and even from heaven and earth.

That is fortune, that is momentum, the fundamental force driving him and driving all these changes.

'My lord?'

Zhang Cheng, voice laced with worry, pulled Chen Wen back from deep vision.

The world instantly returned to normal senses.

The array's light, the night wind, and human voices became clear again.

But that fleeting glimpse of the world's underlying law had already been deeply imprinted.

'The ritual…… is it done?' Zhang Cheng asked, feeling that Chen Wen's aura had undergone some indescribable change, deeper, closer to a certain origin.

Chen Wen slowly exhaled a turbid breath, suppressing his extreme mental fatigue.

'It's done.'

He gazed into the western darkness, as if he could pierce the night curtain and see that vast net of rules.

'We…… have seen the way.'