Library of Heaven’s Path 2: Eternal Destiny

Vol 2 Chapter 134: Cruel Destiny Realm

"The master said that the landing pearls can't fall; once they fall, they will disappear. Could it be that all the landing pearls are gone?"

After thinking for a moment, unable to figure out what was going on, Fu Yingying suddenly spoke up.

"This..."

Zhang Xuan, who had no real leads, was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, as if something clicked in his mind. His eyes gradually brightened. "That's right! If these landing pearls disappeared into the ground, no matter how long we search, we won't be able to find them."

"What do you mean?"

Fu Yingying looked confused.

"It's simple."

Without explaining, Zhang Xuan stepped forward to the cave's rocky wall. He placed his palm lightly against it, not applying force but simply giving it a gentle shake. Immediately, a palm print about half an inch deep appeared on the wall.

A palm print about an inch deep on the wall seemed simple enough, but the way it was done so effortlessly, without any cracks or splinters around it, was like a precise cutting or polishing. His control of power was certainly far superior to hers.

"Try it yourself..."

Ignoring her admiration, Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

"Me?" Fu Yingying's face showed a trace of embarrassment. "I can't do it!"

Though her cultivation realm wasn't far behind his, their true strength was vastly different. They were not on the same level.

"Try it!" Zhang Xuan urged.

"Fine!"

Seeing that he insisted, Fu Yingying didn’t say more. She also approached the rocky wall, placed her palm lightly on it, and exerted her internal strength, pressing down hard.

Crack!

A palm print appeared on the rock wall, identical to Zhang Xuan's—half an inch deep, as if sliced by a knife.

"This..."

Fu Yingying was stunned.

She knew her own strength well, and achieving this was completely impossible for her. Yet, now, she had done it effortlessly.

Ignoring her dazed expression, Zhang Xuan focused on the ground beneath them. He suddenly stamped his foot, and an imprint appeared. It wasn't too deep—half an inch deep.

"This cave is strange..."

At this point, even Fu Yingying, though not the sharpest, began to catch on.

The power of the hands and feet must be different, and the wall and the ground were different as well. Yet, they were both able to create similarly deep impressions. There was only one possibility...

After a brief hesitation, Fu Yingying said, "Could it be that we're still inside a formation and haven't gotten out yet?"

"Formations shouldn't be this realistic..." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

With the Heavenly Dao Library, his understanding of formations and the laws of destiny was as strong as that of a powerful expert. To have been deceived for so long could not simply be the result of a formation.

If the formation were that powerful, the Fu family wouldn't be confined to a place like Zouyi City but would have entered an even greater world.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xuan turned his head. "Does your Fu family have any treasure that can create a virtual illusion?"

"Virtual illusion? Treasure?"

Fu Yingying thought for a moment. "I've never heard of such a thing, but... if this cave isn't real, but virtual, could it be that this is not a formation at all but... a Destiny Divine Domain?"

"Destiny Divine Domain?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

He had heard of it before, back in Baiyan City. It was created from the death of a Destiny expert. It was filled with dangers, and once trapped inside, it was almost impossible to escape. Even Master Kong had wandered into it and had yet to break free...

Of course, he had only heard rumors and had no idea what it really contained. Upon hearing Fu Yingying’s words, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

After thinking for a moment, Fu Yingying said, "Hmm, when I was young, I seem to remember hearing a family legend. It was said that the Old Madam left Qingqiu Mountain because someone wanted to steal her mother's bones. Her mother was a descendant of the Fox Charm Destiny, one of the eight branches of Destiny. As for what happened after, I don't know. Could it be that the Old Madam brought the bones to Zouyi City and planted them underground, forming a Destiny Divine Domain?"

"Can the Destiny Divine Domain be planted?" Zhang Xuan was surprised.

"You don't know?"

Fu Yingying suddenly understood. "You must have been focused on your cultivation and didn't pay attention to these little details."

She explained, "Normally, no, it's not possible. But some Destiny cultivators, when their descendants are unworthy and cannot inherit all of their powers, will willingly give up their lives, working with their descendants to seal their remaining power, forming a controllable Destiny Divine Domain. The power of such a domain is weak, but it preserves the power that the descendants cannot comprehend, preventing it from being lost. However, because it's incomplete, the number of times it can be activated is limited, usually only three or four times. After that, the power is completely exhausted. Each activation consumes great amounts of energy, and ordinary strong experts can't bear it. It’s only activated when they are on the verge of death..."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

He had always thought that the Destiny Divine Domain was formed after a powerful expert's death and beyond control. He didn't expect that it could be controlled.

"Giving up one's life, I can understand. But what do you mean by working with the descendants?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Fu Yingying explained, "It means that the expert willingly allows the descendants to kill them. Only by restraining the power before death can the Divine Domain be formed without collapsing. Otherwise, the power will disperse, and no one will be able to control it."

"Willingly allowing the descendants to kill them?" Zhang Xuan's expression shifted.

Everyone admires the inheritance of great families, but now it seems that continuing the inheritance is not as simple as imagined.

Killing one’s parents or close elders... This is not something just anyone could do.

Shaking his head, he stopped dwelling on the matter. Zhang Xuan looked around again. "If your speculation is correct, this is most likely a Destiny Divine Domain. No wonder our Destiny Yuan Force, though it should be able to find a direction, is just spinning in circles, as though we're chasing ghosts, because... even if we walk down every path, we won't find the landing pearls! Nor will we find the Qing Fox."

"Can't find them?"

Fu Yingying looked confused.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Yes!"

Zhang Xuan nodded. "Because the landing pearls aren't in the cave at all, but beneath the ground!"

After speaking, Zhang Xuan made a sweeping motion with one hand. The Destiny Yuan Force contained in the Fox Charm Destiny flowed out like a stream, pointing toward a fork in the road. Approaching it, Zhang Xuan released the Yuan Force again, continuously casting it for several more times. Finally, the Yuan Force stopped at one spot, hovering gently.

They had been here before but left without noticing anything. This time, Zhang Xuan didn’t continue and suddenly stamped his foot.

Boom!

The ground cracked, and a pit about half a foot deep appeared.

Fu Yingying's expression grew serious.

No matter how much force they used earlier, they could only create a half-inch, clean hole, but now, just one stomp, and they had created a pit half a foot deep... Clearly, the ground here was completely different from where they had been before.

Author's Note

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