Chapter 53: Cause and Effect

The Sword of All Things is nurtured by its own Sword Intent, using all things as its whetstone. Cultivating this Sword Intent allows one to cut through anything, and once severed, it is difficult to reconnect.

Compared to the eras of mechanical cultivation and biochemical cultivation, the techniques of sword cultivation are incredibly simple.

It is purely a path of honing oneself.

This is the path of seeking the Dao alone.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Qingyuan began organizing the techniques.

This path was not very informative for him.

The path of sword cultivation was too pure, without any impurities. Everything served as a whetstone for becoming stronger.

Zhang Qingyuan couldn't walk such a pure path, or rather, he simply didn't have the time to walk this path now.

But to cut through anything...

As this thought flashed through Zhang Qingyuan's mind, a red divine light appeared on his Dao bone.

On his Dao bone, there was a scarlet glow emanating from a mark that almost ran through the entire bone.

And this mark was the most outstanding one among his five Divine Abilities - Untainted Cause and Effect.

Between every breath of living beings in this world, it triggers the changes of cause and effect in the heavens and earth. These cause and effect can bring blessings or calamities, and everything follows certain rules.

And these rules are cause and effect.

The understanding of cause and effect among the cultivators in Yuanzhou is mostly limited to karma and merit, and they haven't even fully grasped the concept of merit and karma.

Zhang Qingyuan's original body rarely used this Divine Ability because it seemed to have no effect on his continuous cultivation.

But Zhang Qingyuan could feel that the power contained in this Divine Ability was the strongest among the five Divine Abilities.

Just because the original body couldn't use it doesn't mean it's useless.

Various thoughts arose in Zhang Qingyuan's mind, and at the same time, he was curious as to why this Divine Ability would activate without reason.

Just as he was puzzled, a breath emanated from his Dao bone.

This is...

A flash of light appeared in Zhang Qingyuan's eyes, and he suddenly understood everything.

...

In the Eastern Wasteland, a mountain range stretching for thousands of miles lay dormant on the earth like a coiled dragon. Countless towering trees covered the sky between the mountains and filled the valleys.

Among these mountains, small and large rivers separated them, and one inconspicuous tributary flowed into a pitch-black cave.

After entering the cave, it was briefly dark, but then a series of green divine lights fell on the tributary, illuminating it, and above it was a pavilion constructed of green jade.

The pavilion was adorned with various objects, and without exception, each of them was engraved with a green inscription.

These inscriptions emitted strands of green divine light, shrouding the pavilion like mist, and behind the green mist, a magnificent palace could be faintly seen. If one looked carefully at the plaque, they could vaguely make out the three characters "Xuan Zhen Palace."

However, at this moment, the pavilion was already crowded with more than thirty people.

In the center of the thirty-plus people, a young-looking white-haired man sat cross-legged on a cushion. He looked at the man in purple robes beside him and said, "News has come from the outside world that this Sword Intent comes from the Qingxiao Sect."

The man in purple robes was astonished and said, "How is that possible? When did our Qingxiao Sect produce such an extraordinary sword immortal?"

This man in purple robes was none other than the Qingxiao Sect's Sect Master, Mu Yuchuan.

"Respected Lord, could it be that you made a mistake? All the people from our Qingxiao Sect are here," said the Qingxiao Sect's Elder, Si Yuan, in a deep voice.

Sitting in the center, Chen Zunyan had not yet spoken, but Wang Jingyan, the master of the Canglan Sect, one of the Five Sects, couldn't help but speak up: "Lord Zunyan never speaks uncertain words!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the cultivators present nodded in agreement.

No one knew when Chen Zunyan had gained his reputation, but everyone knew that he was the longest-surviving cultivator in Yuanzhou. His cultivation had reached the Mahayana stage, but he had yet to ascend.

No one knew the reason, but what made him famous in the cultivation world was not his lifespan or his cultivation level, but his unparalleled skill in divination.

Since the end of the Dharma, every word spoken by Chen Zunyan had never been wrong. In the field of divination, no one could surpass him.

He even accurately predicted the arrival of the end of the Dharma.

"Lord Zunyan, I don't mean to doubt, but could this path really be from our Qingxiao Sect?" Mu Yuchuan suppressed his surprise and asked.

"I don't know," Chen Zunyan shook his head. According to his calculations ten years ago, the Qingxiao Sect should have already been destroyed.

But now there was a result that went beyond his divination.

This puzzled Chen Zunyan greatly.

"Could it be that your Qingxiao Sect has some exceptional talent who has found a way to cultivate in the spiritual energy of the end of the Dharma?" Wang Jingyan couldn't help but glance at Mu Yuchuan and said lightly.

Mu Yuchuan's mouth twitched at his words.

How could he not know that Wang Jingyan was referring to his precious disciple, Zhang Qingyuan?

"Master Wang, do you really want to bring up this matter? Your Canglan Sect has also abandoned many exceptional disciples, hasn't it?" Si Yuan's voice turned cold upon hearing Wang Jingyan's words.

"What kind of exceptional talent is there when their fate is about to end?" Wang Jingyan replied calmly.

All the cultivators in the Xuanzhen Palace were divined by Chen Zunyan to be the giants of the immortal path whose fate had not yet ended under the end of the Dharma.

And Chen Zunyan had found a formation that could restore the spiritual energy of the end of the Dharma to its normal state.

Although this formation was powerful, it had two fatal flaws. It required materials from the ancient era of Yuanzhou, which had long been lost to history. The only traces that could be found now were in various secret realms.

The Qingxiao Sect, Canglan Sect, and Yuquan Gate, the top three sects in the Eastern Wasteland, had emptied their treasuries to create this one secret realm that could be free from the spiritual energy of the end of the Dharma.

This secret realm certainly couldn't accommodate all the disciples and elders of the major sects.

And when Chen Zunyan was building the Xuanzhen Palace, he had already made one thing clear.

That was fate.

Mu Yuchuan had searched for Chen Zunyan several times before the end of the Dharma, asking him to recalculate the fate of his disciple, Zhang Qingyuan.

He couldn't believe that his disciple, who was born sacred and even valued by the higher realms, would take his own life when he reached the mortal realm.

After several pleas, Chen Zunyan gave him the same answer.

He also asked Chen Zunyan what would happen if he forcefully brought Zhang Qingyuan along.

Chen Zunyan simply replied that fate cannot be stopped. If fate clashes, one's own losses will exceed gains, and death will come soon.

And Chen Zunyan made it clear at the time that if he were to bring a cultivator whose fate was about to end in the end of the Dharma, they would likely be affected, and he would refuse Mu Yuchuan's entry into the Xuanzhen Palace.

Now the Qingxiao Sect was experiencing another anomaly.

How could Mu Yuchuan not think of Zhang Qingyuan?

"Lord Zunyan, why don't we divine the situation?" Mu Yuchuan said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)

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