Chapter 932: The Remnant Will of the Dharma Spreader
Chapter 932: The Remnant Will of the Dharma Spreader
In Wei Qizheng's memory, the middle-aged cultivator speaking with such impassioned fervor was someone Li Fan had never seen before.
But for some reason, the man's mannerisms, his posture, and the way he spoke all felt vaguely familiar to Li Fan.
Especially the cold glint that flashed in his eyes from time to time—it convinced Li Fan that he must have crossed paths with this man in a past life.
As he watched, Li Fan sifted through the scenes recorded by the Dao Transformation Stone, searching for a similar figure.
"The Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Council have been locked in a stalemate for millennia, with victories and defeats on both sides. The cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm, caught in the crossfire of war, have suffered immeasurably."
"To bring a definitive end to this situation, countless predecessors exhausted their minds and efforts, finally devising what can only be called a masterstroke."
As the middle-aged cultivator spoke, miniature versions of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's various provinces materialized before the assembled youths.
"As you all know, within every floating celestial city of our Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, there stands a stone statue of the Heavenly Venerate. Most people believe they were built to commemorate the Heavenly Venerate's monumental achievements. But have you ever considered that these statues might, in fact, serve another purpose?"
"When you entered the Alliance headquarters, you should have all sensed the lingering wisp of aura left by the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate."
"And the construction of these statues was also done at the behest of the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate Himself."
"Even the location of every floating city was designated by Him in advance."
"Within each statue resides a remnant of the Heavenly Venerate's will. If activated, it can unleash power equivalent to a single glance from the Heavenly Venerate..."
The middle-aged cultivator deliberately slowed his pace as he reached this point.
And the youths, taking the bait, couldn't help but feel a little dismissive upon hearing it was merely "a single glance from the Heavenly Venerate."
No matter how powerful the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate was, what could a mere glance possibly do?
Seeing the expressions on the youths' faces, the middle-aged cultivator smiled as he had expected.
Then, his expression turning solemn, he declared with resounding force: "A single glance from the Heavenly Venerate can block the full-force attack of an ordinary Longevity cultivator!"
His words echoed, and the thirty-three cultivators present all slowly widened their eyes.
"How is that possible?" one of the young cultivators couldn't help but retort on the spot.
"However strong the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate was, he was still in the Longevity realm. How can the gap between cultivators of the same realm be so vast?"
"If the Heavenly Venerate was truly that powerful, why didn't He just unite the Xuanhuang Realm back then? Why leave behind such a mess?"
The crowd immediately erupted into an uproar.
Ignoring the middle-aged cultivator's authority, the youths began to argue their points vehemently.
The middle-aged cultivator's gaze swept over them, and under the familiar cold glint that Li Fan recognized, the youths were forced into silence once more, one by one.
"How could we possibly comprehend the Heavenly Venerate's thoughts? He naturally had His reasons for not unifying the Xuanhuang Realm back then. But times have changed. We have received explicit instructions from the Heavenly Venerate."
"It is time for the Xuanhuang Realm to have only one voice,"
the middle-aged cultivator said, his voice laced with killing intent.
"And you are the key to accomplishing this great objective."
With a casual point of his finger, the scene before them changed again.
The landscape of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance territory slowly faded, leaving only nearly a thousand glittering points of light, each representing a celestial city.
Then, lines of silver light connected these brilliant points.
"Do you see it? What does it look like?" the middle-aged cultivator asked.
Wei Qizheng was the first to speak, blurting out, "This... it looks exactly like the meridians of a human body?!"
The other youths turned to look at Wei Qizheng, then fixed their gazes back on the increasingly distinct network of intersecting points and lines.
They all came to a sudden realization.
"Could it be..."
An unbelievable thought began to surface in their minds.
The middle-aged cultivator spoke, confirming their suspicions. "The Heavenly Venerate's remnant will is distributed across the lands of the Alliance, following the specific pattern of the human body's meridians. If activated with a secret technique, it is possible to summon a Dharma Body from the void, modeled after the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate Himself."
"The Heavenly Venerate's remnant will acts as the source of power that drives this Dharma Body."
"If all of them can be activated..."
The middle-aged cultivator took a deep breath. "The Five Elders Council can be annihilated in a matter of days!"
The thirty-three youths were all stunned into silence.
"And you... are the keys that will unlock this immense power..."
As the middle-aged cultivator continued his explanation, the youths became utterly captivated. Their eyes filled with yearning and a readiness to prove themselves.
The power of the Heavenly Venerate's remnant will was too immense for a single cultivator to activate and inherit entirely.
It had to be divided into thirty-three domains.
Each domain required a peerless talent to preside over it.
When these thirty-three chosen ones could achieve a state of unified will, and after continually familiarizing themselves with the Heavenly Venerate's remnant will, they could act together as a lever to trigger its power!
"The first time you summon the Heavenly Venerate's Dharma Body, it certainly won't last for long."
"You must seize this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with and comprehend the mysteries within."
"Moreover, during this process, not a single one of you can be distracted in the slightest. You must understand that at that moment, it will be as if all thirty-three of you are collectively piloting the Dharma Body."
"If there is any dissent among you, it could very well cause the Dharma Body to collapse."
The middle-aged cultivator explained the various matters concerning the Heavenly Venerate's Dharma Body in exhaustive detail.
These thirty-three cultivators were all high-spirited young prodigies, each with their own pride.
How difficult would it be to make them all work with one heart and one mind?
Therefore, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had prepared a series of training exercises for them.
Inside a transparent sphere filled with silvery-white light, countless rapidly evolving worlds seemed to be distributed.
The divine senses of these thirty-three individuals were cast into these worlds to experience all kinds of hardships.
There were chaotic mortal eras and the martial worlds of common folk.
There were fortuitous encounters in ancient cultivation realms and scenarios of possible futures.
But without exception, in every scenario, the thirty-three of them were forced into bonds with one another, brought together for one reason or another.
Only by achieving a state of perfect unity, as if they were a single entity, could they finally break free from the cycle.
And if even one among them harbored a dissenting thought, the cycle would begin anew.
Even with the deliberate guidance of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, this was an exceedingly long period of time.
It was impossible to know how many years had passed in that virtual reality when these "youths" finally escaped.
The immaturity had vanished from their faces.
Their eyes were filled with the weight of ages.
They looked around, their faces showing a mixture of caution and confusion.
"Clap, clap, clap..."
To the sound of the middle-aged cultivator's steady applause, their past memories, which had been suppressed, finally resurfaced.
"Very good. Now, we begin the second lesson," the middle-aged cultivator said, showing no regard for the youths' thoughts.
...
Following that, Wei Qizheng and the others underwent even more brutal training.
They were all stripped naked and locked in a sealed space of endless darkness.
Within that space, there was nothing but the simulated aura of the Dharma Spreading Heavenly Venerate.
Their eyes could not see, their ears could not hear.
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