Library of Heaven’s Path 2: Eternal Destiny

Returning to his residence, after seeing off Bian Zhongwen, Zhang Xuan flipped his wrist and released his three disciples from the Suspended Realm.

He fetched Sun Qiang, allocated some of the Merit Points he had earned to each of them, helping them attain the status of Tier-5 Citizens.

After these preparations, he stomped on the ground, and the formation in the courtyard instantly activated, isolating the surroundings, before Zhang Xuan turned to them.

“Liu Mingyue has already made a breakthrough, so I will not say much more. Yu Xiaoyu, Hong Yi, both of you are about to breach the Galaxy Realm, and to succeed, you need to choose the right Destiny… What are your thoughts?”

Liu Mingyue had grasped the Mo Dao Destiny, and during her time in Zhilan Valley, she successfully challenged the Galaxy Realm. With several days of practice, her strength had already stabilized thoroughly.

As for Yu Xiaoyu and Hong Yi, after their trials in the Nine God Monarchs, they had also made tremendous progress, both reaching the Peak of Dharma Manifestation Realm, ready to make their breakthroughs at any moment.

It was time to choose their main Destiny.

He still had the Fox Charm Destiny and Space Destiny; even if they did not wish to learn, he could still offer better guidance and arrangements.

After pondering for a moment, Hong Yi spoke.

“Me too. Whatever Destiny our teacher has mastered, we will practice the same, so our teacher can guide us better…” Yu Xiaoyu nodded continuously, the bells on her body ringing due to her vigorous motions.

Unexpectedly, they chose this path, and Zhang Xuan paused for a moment then shook his head: “The Destiny I have is very difficult, not so easy to practice.”

“We are not afraid of difficulties!”

Hong Yi’s eyes were filled with determination: “We’re just afraid… of disappointing our teacher!”

He came from an ordinary background, with very poor talent. Without his teacher, speaking of reaching the Ninefold Source Pool pinnacle was impossible. Reaching the Fifth or Sixthfold in this lifetime would have been his limit.

In just under two months, he had surpassed his previous limits, viewing any difficulty as a minor challenge, only fearing losing contact with his teacher.

“Me too!” Yu Xiaoyu also nodded.

“Since you have this intention, I will perform the Destiny I have comprehended for you to observe and learn however much you can, and if you really can’t grasp it, there’s nothing we can do…”

Seeing their determined attitudes, Zhang Xuan stopped speaking further, flipped his wrist, and the Cold Nether Sword appeared in his palm.

With a gentle wave, the Youqing Sword Technique unfolded, forming threads in the air that enveloped the surroundings like a fishing net.

“What a spectacular sword technique…”

Liu Mingyue couldn’t help but comment.

Initially, she thought that her teacher primarily focused on the saber art, only to find out after much confusion that it was a sword art instead. Furthermore, the Sword Intent carried a lingering feeling that pierced the soul, making it inescapable even with the fastest movement techniques.

Unfortunately, having already begun her practice, changing now seemed impossible.

Unlike her disappointment, Yu Xiaoyu and Hong Yi quickly immersed themselves in the sword art.

Especially the former, when she saw the dazzling sword qi in front of her, resembling snow, she remembered her first experience learning swordsmanship.

Indeed, she had learned swordsmanship, taught by her father, City Lord Yu Longqing.

At that time, her mother had just passed away from illness, and she had sunk into deep sorrow. Her father came over, gently touched with a sword, and a flower petal fell down, landing on her hair.

Her father said: “This petal is your mother, bringing you her thoughts. When your sword technique can gently touch without harming the petals, even if mother is gone, she will be very happy.”

Since then, she had been diligently practicing swordsmanship, but with average talent, especially in body control which wasn’t very nimble, the basic moves her father taught often took half a month to learn.

Later, Steward Liao thought of a method—tying bells to her body; whenever she executed a move correctly, they would chime. After that, her progress indeed surged, and she also developed the habit of wearing bells.

The Sword Intent just demonstrated by her teacher was exquisitely beautiful, in an instant, she felt as though she was seeing her mother’s gentle smile once more, looking at her with indulgence and affection, as always.

The breeze fluttered, and flowers blossomed abundantly.

This was the Sword Intent, her mother and her longing…

In an instant, Yu Xiaoyu seemed to have comprehended something, a slight smile appeared on her lips, and with her finger acting as a sword, she gently tapped.

Puchi!

A streak of sword qi landed on the ground, piercing a hole into the smooth surface.

“Hmm?”

Expecting her own Sword Intent to be profound and complex, Zhang Xuan thought it would take a long time to comprehend, yet was surprised by her quick success.

With an intend, he entered the Library of Heaven’s Path, and indeed saw a new branch in the Pathos of Heaven’s river, stretching deep into the phantasmal void and slowly infusing it with water.

“Not bad, you’ve comprehended…”

Zhang Xuan smiled.

It seems that Yu Xiaoyu’s talent is quite decent.

She has comprehended the “Yearning” branch of Love Destiny!

At the edge of the world, there may be limits, but yearning knows none.

Yearning is an exceedingly important branch of emotions, containing the most sincere feelings.

Boom!

Along with the infusion of this heavenly fragment, Zhang Xuan felt a gentle tremor in the river ahead, which involuntarily widened.

“Is this… the fourth level of Love Destiny?”

Zhang Xuan was astonished.

What had been blocking his progression, preventing him from making breakthroughs, had suddenly been crossed.

No wonder those who cultivate destiny keep disciples; indeed, it can enhance one’s cultivation.

As the river widened, countless books in the sky burned and transformed back into pure Heavenly Mandate Vitality, rapidly irrigating the somewhat arid areas.

In just over ten breaths, the river had doubled in thickness and more than doubled in length.

“This consumption… is too great!”

As more books burned, the excitement of advancing faded from Zhang Xuan’s eyes, replaced by a face full of conflict.

In Zhilan Valley, he had obtained several billion Heavenly Mandate Vitality; it seemed like a lot, but this advancement had nearly depleted it.

Of course, it wasn’t just Love Destiny alone advancing; as its stream expanded and progressed, the interlacing Space River also continuously absorbed the incoming Heavenly Mandate Vitality, rapidly advancing.

After a long, indeterminate period, both had made breakthroughs to the fourth level and had stabilized.

“Cultivation breakthrough…”

With a flick of his spirit, the medicinal power accumulated from previous testing of medicines immediately started circulating rapidly, transforming into rich nutrients filling his body.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, he broke through the shackles of Galaxy 6-dan, reaching 7-dan.

“Is it that simple?”

The Frost Demon Lord, as an essence pill, was thinking about the “master” arriving and was contemplating which posture to use for a sliding kneel, just to see that dominating river in the void breaking through some shackles, suddenly becoming immensely thick.

To comprehend a First Level Destiny is genius, but… to advance so rapidly is too genius, isn’t it?

No, I need to kneel more thoroughly, mustn’t have any other thoughts!