Chapter 24: Heaven and Earth Furnace

Out of admiration for Duan Lang and curiosity about the fatalism of the Fengyun World, Jiang Xuan recruited the three. He was willing to give a man who dared to defy fate a chance.

He wanted to see if Heavenly Will was truly unchangeable.

With a thought, Jiang Xuan's Primordial Spirit scanned Lingyun Grotto.

Lingyun Grotto was said to be the first dungeon of the Fengyun World, but it offered more than just the Fire Qilin opportunity.

About the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn.

"The Ten Great Martial Arts, found."

A faint smile appeared on his face as Jiang Xuan walked with his hands behind his back, and Fengyun Duan Lang and the other two followed closely behind. Though they did not know why Jiang Xuan had stood still for half an incense stick's time, they believed their Master's action surely had a deep meaning.

Suppressing the excitement and hatred in their hearts, thinking of the dozens of Blood Bodhis and Fire Qilin fragments in their pockets, all three felt a sense of unreality. Just these Blood Bodhis alone were enough to raise their internal force to a terrifying level, and the Fire Qilin fragments could also enhance their weapons.

It was not impossible to surpass Xiong Ba.

The day their internal force reached perfection would be the time to avenge their grievances.

This side

Jiang Xuan walked into the deepest cave within Lingyun Grotto; at a glance, stone forests grew thickly, arranged cleverly in a specific trend.

In the center of the cave stood a tombstone.

"The Tomb of Xuan Yuan Huang Di."

An invisible pressure spread from the tombstone's position in all directions.

Solemn, reverent, grand, and... reassuring.

In the center of the tombstone was a stone chair, upon which a skeleton sat cross-legged, holding a golden treasure sword in its right hand.

Though it was only a skeleton, it gave off an imperial aura of looking down upon all under heaven, its skull gazing straight ahead, overlooking the vast land beneath its feet, and the direction of its sword tip seemed as if it wanted to drive away foreign enemies from Shen Zhou.

There was an inexplicable sense of stability.

Xuanyuan Emperor.

He was the progenitor of the land of Shen Zhou, Xuanyuan Emperor.

He drove away foreign enemies, first established clothing and crowns, built boats and carts, fixed calculations, created musical scales, and founded medicine.

His achievements could not be finished speaking of in three days and three nights.

"That golden spine behind him is the Dragon Vein."

Jiang Xuan solemnly bowed and paid his respects; Xuanyuan Emperor deserved reverence from everyone in Shen Zhou.

Looking at the Emperor's skeleton, which was pure white like the finest mutton-fat jade in the world, only the spine behind it was entirely golden, as if a golden divine dragon were attached to it.

Jiang Xuan stepped forward and took the Dragon Vein.

Upon holding it, he immediately understood what the so-called Dragon Vein actually was.

"The place where Shen Zhou's fortune condenses; no wonder there are rumors that obtaining the Dragon Vein means obtaining the world, and no wonder those who cannot obtain it would want to destroy it."

The Dragon Vein itself had no power, but what it represented was the orthodoxy of Shen Zhou, a symbol of Heavenly Will.

At this moment, the Dragon Vein was held in Jiang Xuan's hand, and he truly felt as if he had become a Son of Fortune, as if anything he did would succeed, with a feeling that when luck turned, heaven and earth would all lend their strength.

If an ordinary person obtained the Dragon Vein, they might truly have endless miracles; over time, it was not impossible that they could hunt deer in Shen Zhou and vie for the supreme position.

No wonder Xiong Ba, Jue Wu Shen, and others coveted the Dragon Vein.

"This Xuanyuan Sword"

Clang!

With a light flick, the golden long sword emitted a sound of golden spears and iron horses, shaking the Void; this treasure sword's quality surpassed the Snow Drinking Mad Saber, and it was a weapon of an emperor, containing a strand of Imperial Sword Qi. If a martial arts master used this sword, they could easily fight above their level, of course limited to martial arts masters below the Martial Myth level.

Those who had entered the Martial Myth Realm had all walked their own Dao; using weapons that did not match their own Dao would only hinder the display of their martial arts.

"A fine sword, worthy of being the sidearm of Shen Zhou's progenitor."

Jiang Xuan praised; no matter which world, Xuan Yuan Huang Di was a venerable humanistic progenitor of Huaxia, and the orthodox Human Race of Shen Zhou all called themselves descendants of Yan and Huang.

"However, my Dao is not the Imperial Dao; this sword is not suitable for me."

To become a true powerhouse, one must walk one's own Dao.

Walking another's path, perhaps progress is rapid in the early stages, but it will increasingly become a shackle; only those with great wisdom and great perseverance can break free.

This is also the reason why Imperial Sons of the Zhetian World find it harder to prove the Dao.

At the beginning of cultivation, with shallow knowledge, one cultivates another's method; then, upon seeing all methods, one obtains the method and forgets the method, creating one's own method—this is the heart of invincibility.

Jiang Xuan cultivated using the Zhetian Method to break through realms, but its foundation lay in the refinement of Magic Treasures; even without the subsequent Zhetian Method, he could continue on the path of Magic Treasures, encountering hardships but with a clear direction.

Moreover, he had fused Magic Treasures into his flesh and blood, combining them with what he saw and learned to innovate, having long since walked a path different from the original Magic Treasures.

It was just that now he had the Zhetian Method, a better road, and there was no need to take a circuitous path.

Storing the golden long sword into the Treasure Mirror to be refined later, Jiang Xuan looked at the Dragon Vein again; he felt this Dragon Vein would be the greatest opportunity of this trip.

"Let's go."

This trip had harvested the Dragon Vein; it was time to go see the Ten Great Martial Arts.

In a thought, the stone chamber where the Xuanwu True Art was located was scanned by his Primordial Spirit; what was carved on the stone wall was exactly the Ten Great Martial Arts. Jiang Xuan's Primordial Spirit could sense the martial arts on the stone wall, but to better integrate their true martial meaning, it was best to comprehend them up close.

It was unknown whether it was because of obtaining the Dragon Vein or a coincidence, but this time finding the Xuanwu True Art went unusually smoothly.

It was exactly the Nameless Saber Art, Heaven Questioning Spear Art, Heavenly Mandate Sword Art, Great Change Halberd Manual, Tiger Roar Staff Collection, Mountain Sea Fist Classic, Xuanwu Divine Palm, Fierce Strong Leg Ultimate, Round Fusion Golden Finger, and Oracle Bone Dragon Claw.

"What exquisite martial arts."

Fengyun Duan Lang and the other two never imagined that there were such divine martial arts carved on the stone walls inside Lingyun Grotto, and that their Master before them seemed to be strolling in his own garden, knowing Lingyun Grotto like the back of his hand.

"These Ten Great Martial Arts were created by a person of extraordinary talent who fused ten completely different martial arts into one furnace. This person, as his name suggests, is Wu Wudi; you can also learn the martial arts on this wall."

The four looked at the murals before them, comprehending the martial will within, and increasingly felt the terror of Wu Wudi's talent.

In the eyes of Fengyun Duan Lang, every martial art on this wall far surpassed Wind God Leg, Cloud Dispersing Palm, and Sun Devouring Sword Art; the two were not even martial arts of the same level, and there were fully ten such martial arts here. Ten martial arts combined into one could make one invincible under heaven.

The three, with excited hearts, began to carefully comprehend them.

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh at Wu Wudi's extraordinarily high talent; if he had been born in a more vast Heaven and Earth, his achievements would probably be thousands of times greater.

Standing before the mural, Jiang Xuan's silhouette remained motionless, his mind sinking in; the human figure patterns on the mural seemed to come alive, charging toward Jiang Xuan.

This is two strands of Martial Dao will clashing.

A single saber breaks the sky, like the Milky Way hanging upside down, cleaving open the Road of Life and Death; the Heavenly Saber suspends in the air, intending to cleave Jiang Xuan into Two Halves.

Jiang Xuan's mind holds the saber, Ice Blade Cold Heart, Saber Intent piercingly cold; the No Second Saber Intent arrives in an instant, the Jing Tian collision causing even the Void to shatter.

A point of cold light suddenly appears, then the spear emerges like a dragon; the Long Spear appears in the world, stabbing toward Jiang Xuan's brow center; Jiang Xuan is immovable like a Mountain, Gen is the Mountain trigram, naturally possessing the Vajra Indestructible ability; the Long Spear shatters.

A Punch blasts through Mountains and Rivers, shatters the Great Earth; an unmatched Fist Intent materializes, carrying an invincible peerless resolve, vowing to beat the person before him into complete destruction of body and spirit.

Vajra Eight Forms shake the earth and mountains; the Bajiquan emerges, Mountains and Rivers shatter; everywhere is permeated with Jiang Xuan's terrifying Fist Intent.

Various Martial Dao wills seem to have Condensed into substance; the two people's wills, Martial Dao, and spirits are clashing; saber light, Sword Shadow, spear marks, palm winds — all kinds of Martial Arts form Martial Dao remnants; every corner of the stone chamber Emerges with the two people's remnants; this is Martial Dao wills battling, slaughtering.

The terrifying Momentum is like a mountain collapsing, like Heaven falling; Wind and Cloud, Duan Lang, the three people have no choice but to immediately move a hundred zhang away.

"Zhu Shi, this is."

"Merely the clash of spirit, will, and Martial Dao concepts, and we cannot endure it."

The great battle continues; the remnants grow more and more numerous, the battle situation also grows increasingly fierce.

Jiang Xuan, one Fist one sword, one elbow one saber; all he has learned in his life is fully displayed.

Finally all Martial Arts remnants return to one; countless Martial Arts essences fuse, seemingly about to shed and give birth to a supreme Martial Art even more Shen Mei, terrifying, vast, and majestic.

The Ten Strong Martial Dao remnants also instantly Disappear.

Jiang Xuan sits cross-legged floating in the air, his palm forming the Bajiquan seal, then immediately shifting to the Mountains and Seas Fist seal, then using his finger as a sword, pinching the Heavenly Mandate Sword Art; the Ten Strong Martial Dao and all past learned Martial Arts mysteries Flow in his heart, Gathering into a river.

At the same time, the dragon vein Shoots a Single Thread of golden Lu Guang, shooting toward Jiang Xuan's brow center.

One day, two days, one month.

A huge Eight Trigrams Furnace Shadow Gradually Condenses into reality behind him.

Time and Space at this moment seem to not Exist; between Heaven and Earth there is only this one Divine Furnace.

Within the Sea of Suffering, the Heavenly Pulse traverses the Void, unknown where it leads.

Mist blocks the Road, five senses stripped, spiritual perception completely lost.

Calamity of Losing One's Way?

Jiang Xuan Swings a Fist; beneath the Fist seal, a Divine Furnace rushes out from the Fist seal.

The Fist seal contains the principle of embracing all things, has the power to refine Heaven and Earth, has the mechanism to contain the Universe, has boundless artistic conception nurtured within.

The mist completely goes; the Heavenly Pulse extends, reaching straight to the Other Shore.

Other Shore realm achieved!

Carefully comprehending this form, Jiang Xuan's expression is like an ancient well without ripples.

This Fist is named:

"Heaven and Earth Furnace."

(Chapter End)