Chapter 194
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Chapter 194: The Ascension of the Heavenly Path
“My life is paramount!”
As this voice echoed softly from between heaven and earth,
At that brief moment,
The entire battlefield seemed to freeze in time.
Everyone, including Ji Chongtian, could not move, watching in astonishment as an incredible scene unfolded before their eyes.
The Fire Commanding Kite soared into the sky, effortlessly overcoming the Killing Formation.
During this process, flames intertwined, completely wrapping around it, with an astonishing aura emerging as it rose.
Even more strangely, everyone’s gaze was forcibly redirected. Those traversing through the forest, including Yun Ye, who theoretically should not have been able to see the sky at all, viewed this ascension in a manner that was completely beyond reason.
It was as if they were witnessing a focus on evolution!
“True Form Divine Ability, or some other power?”
Yun Ye felt deep confusion.
He truly could not understand.
Why did the process of the Fire Commanding Kite upgrading itself compel everyone in the vicinity to witness it?
What was the significance?
Or was it simply a necessary ritual?
Yun Ye, perplexed, was eager to uncover the reasons behind it.
However, facing the Fire Commanding Kite, the powerful figures of Baishi Town could only wear expressions of extreme gloom.
As law realms, they were not insignificant within the Luo Dynasty, so they could not possibly be unaware of such phenomena.
“The ascension of the Heavenly Path… The demons capable of achieving this ascension must have a direct bloodline from a national annihilating demon,”
Liu Jianxin said hoarsely, his voice heavy with unimaginable weight.
This was understandable.
Unlike the Flying Zombie, which, despite its origins from a realm far beyond national destruction, was born from the calamity energy of heaven and earth, the Flying Zombie needed endless trials to reach the manifest realm and could not become invincible immediately.
In contrast, a direct bloodline of the Fire Commanding Kite referred to the conventional passing of power through birth; it was exceptionally close to its ancestors at birth, requiring its forebears to expend enormous amounts of essence to nurture it.
The ascension of the Heavenly Path meant that the demon covered itself with the bloodline of its ancestors inscribed on the Heavenly Path, allowing its life form to evolve.
The leap in life form was not much different from the elevation of realms; both represented the ultimate enhancement of power.
Since humans could also achieve the ascension of the Heavenly Path, the difference became immediately palpable.
The families capable of this feat were called the ‘Holy Lineage,’ and sects that could achieve this were referred to as ‘Holy Sects’ or ‘Holy Lands.’ Even the entire Luo Dynasty was a colossal behemoth in its own right.
Faced with such powerful forces, Baishi Town suddenly seemed as small as a grain of sand.
“Woo!”
As the Fire Commanding Kite reappeared, surrounded by bright red flames, its body transitioned from a crystal-like appearance back to a flesh-and-blood form, adorned with crimson feathers that covered its body, long and elegant.
All causal patterns faded away, leaving only the tail feathers retaining their features, shifting focus from destiny to other directions.
Once everyone regained the ability to move, the Fire Commanding Kite had already spread its wings high in the sky, its cold gaze fixed on the four law realms of Baishi Town.
Although the Fire Commanding Kite was only about six or seven meters long, it was far from the life forms that might be associated with a Great Disaster in the distance.
Yet its power made the four law realms wary, even with the head of the Ji family present.
“It is regaining its strength… Now, it officially has reached the status of a Great Disaster, and its power is no longer comparable to before. Trying to kill it now is as difficult as ascending to the heavens!”
Ji Chongtian frowned; things shouldn’t have developed this far.
However, the deaths of the two law realms had greatly inflated the strength of this Great Disaster, which should not have happened!
He murmured to himself, “Yang Shi, huh? The remnants are still here. Who exactly is plotting against us?”
Having weathered storms, Ji Chongtian did not let his emotions spiral out of control; instead, he sought the reason behind it.
He did not believe that a person of ordinary background and talent could achieve this on their own.
There must be someone manipulating things from the shadows, aiming to attack Baishi Town.
Or rather, aiming to attack the Ji family.
The Luo Dynasty was not a land of peace either; there would always be powerful figures leaving wealthy areas to seize control in other regions. Over the past thousand years, nearly every time a Dao artifact family was destroyed, it was for that reason.
This situation led to taboos that even caused two purging wars affecting the entire Luo Dynasty.
Taboos existed because the top rulers absolutely forbade certain events from occurring.
The Luo family initiated two purging wars, and even a Holy Land was destroyed because of one.
This was the core of ruling power, which the Luo family would never neglect, employing their profound resources to forcibly suppress it.
However, that was a derived taboo; simply vying for control of a region did not violate it.
Ordinary town-level forces usually had at most three law realms, and Baishi Town had already lost two law realms right after the great disaster began—it was too severe. Someone must be coveting the Crescent Moon Secret Realm and targeting the Ji family.
This posed a threat to their survival. Ji Chongtian reasoned and decisively changed his strategy: “Liu Quan, deduce the fortune and calamity, identify the one in the shadows, and eliminate them first. Without removing external threats, the likelihood of unforeseen consequences is too high.”
Liu Quan shook his head, “This demon has officially ascended to a Great Disaster; I can no longer deduce it. As a Great Disaster possessing destined divine power, fate will shift in its favor.”
“This is the territory of my Ji family… Fate? Deduce it. It’s merely a Great Disaster and cannot interfere with you,” Ji Chongtian raised his hand, and a golden light split the sky, revealing an ancient bronze cauldron.
This bronze cauldron bore the marks of time, with intricate and profound patterns. It was proof that the Ji family had survived for a thousand years amidst great disasters; these were scars from a heavenly blade, said to grow more numerous and powerful with age.
Upon seeing the bronze cauldron, Liu Quan silently nodded, activating the jade mirror to focus on his Spirit Law deduction.
Dao artifact.
Supreme Order Cauldron!
This was the Ji family’s most powerful treasure, delineating the order of Baishi Town, and even these law realms had to abide by its constraints!
In a region where a Dao artifact existed, it could indeed be understood as the Ji family’s territory; a Great Disaster could not interfere with the Spirit Law deductions of the rulers within this area.
The Fire Commanding Kite embraced its fate and launched an attack, spewing bright red flames that instantly burned through numerous obstacles.
Whether it was the Wind Element’s barriers or the Killing Formation, they all seemed inferior to these bright red flames.
But ultimately, Ji Chongtian intervened, and the Fire Commanding Kite found itself in a stalemate with him.
Ji Chongtian’s power was simple yet unadorned—just invincible.
Upon making a move, nine star rings surrounded him, and everywhere in the world, strange phenomena emerged, swirling clouds with no signs of rain bringing thunder.
This displayed an abnormal event—weather change—a power mastered by only a few within the law realms. It could only manifest when the Physical Law reached an extraordinarily high level; once the phenomena appeared, heaven and earth would act in unison.
With Ji Chongtian mastering three techniques and aided by the phenomena, even the ascended Fire Commanding Kite could not break through the Killing Formation he controlled and was firmly restrained.
This allowed Liu Quan to proceed with his deduction in peace.
After a long time,
He opened his eyes, slightly darkened, and said, “Unable to deduce? How is that possible?”
