Han Guang stared at the Time Blade, took a deep breath, and suddenly spoke. His words were like thunder, but they only echoed in the green box, trying to awaken the Time Blade.
"The Heavenly Court has fallen, the Nine Heavens have shattered, and the Heavenly Emperor has perished. Are you truly resigned to this?"
"The Heavenly Emperor was unwilling! Otherwise, why would he have used his own Dharma body to fuse with the Heavenly Dao Seal, the treasure of enlightenment, to forge this blade before his death?"
"You embody everything of the Heavenly Emperor! You are the continuation of the Heavenly Emperor's life, the embodiment of the Heavenly Emperor's will!"
"You are destined to wield your sword against the vast sky!"
"How could someone like you willingly allow yourself to be controlled by a mediocre and incompetent person?!"
"If the Heavenly Emperor had a spirit, he would be greatly disappointed if he saw this scene!"
"Time Blade, are you truly willing to let all of the Heavenly Emperor's obsessions vanish into nothingness?"
Han Guang rattled off a long string of words, but the gleaming longsword in the box remained unresponsive, lying there as if it were an ordinary divine weapon, rather than a spirited, peerless being from another world.
What Han Guang said seemed to be completely insufficient to trigger this thing.
Han Guang was stunned.
Cao Ya scanned the area with his divine sense and laughed heartily.
Han Guang wanted to persuade Guangyin Dao with words and use the "Heavenly Emperor's Jade Book" he cultivated as a medium to take the item away. In this way, he would have an unparalleled divine weapon with him, and his nature would change instantly. Even if he went deep into some dangerous places and desperate situations left by ancient times, he would have a greater chance of survival.
With the end of the world approaching, Han Guang knew very well that if he didn't become a legend, his life and death would be out of his control.
How could someone like him possibly accept a fate controlled by others?
Subduing the Time Blade was an important step in his plan. Before starting, he wasn't 100% sure, but he was 60-70% confident.
When it was actually carried out, he suddenly realized that he had completely misjudged the Time Blade!
Inside the emerald green box, the divine sword rippled with light, as if time itself was intertwined with it, revealing the passage of years and making the past and future unique.
Han Guang's gaze froze as he stared at the Time Blade, which remained perfectly still and unresponsive!
"Hey, Han Guang has miscalculated. The Time Blade... isn't that simple." Cao Ya chuckled.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered, as if he were deep in thought.
Does the fact that the Time Blade ignored Han Guang foreshadow his future fate?
Although Han Guang was a pawn of the Heavenly Emperor, before the final calamity fully erupted, the Heavenly Emperor hid within the Time Blade and had been asleep for hundreds of thousands of years, as if he were dead, and rarely showed himself.
Most importantly, the Heavenly Emperor is the ruler of an era. Once he ascends the throne, all the heavens and myriad realms will respect him, and even the various otherworldly lineages will have to give him some face. He can dominate an era and look down upon the universe.
This situation greatly benefits the Heavenly Emperor's cultivation, and also links his life, whether actively or passively, to this era.
When the era ends, the Heavenly Emperor will surely die!
The Heavenly Emperor of the previous era, Haotian Shangdi, also relied on the Daoist secret method to get rid of everything in the past, and only then was a wisp of his true spirit able to escape and merge into the ancient Thunder Pool to become the Thunder God.
The fact that this era has not ended indicates that the Heavenly Emperor of this era is still alive.
Even if the Heavenly Emperor clings to life, as time passes and the final calamity arrives, the era collapses, and all realms return to nothingness, he, the Heavenly Emperor, will also perish.
Therefore, after seeing his inevitable death, the Heavenly Emperor could not accept it and was determined to plot in every way to make his identity as the "Heavenly Emperor" die and perish with this era. At the same time, he also wanted to escape a wisp of his true spirit, reincarnate, and be reborn as a human!
"The Demon Master" Han Guang, as it stands, is the person he has chosen to reincarnate.
With this in mind, the Heavenly Emperor would not get too involved with Han Guang before his own death.
If Han Guang is also considered part of the Heavenly Emperor, and is someone who must be eliminated when the era ends, wouldn't the Heavenly Emperor suffer a huge loss?
Although Han Guang's growth was not part of the Heavenly Emperor's plan, but rather an accident—Han Guang was also a reincarnator, and since the Heavenly Emperor was basically in a state of slumber in the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he naturally could not intervene.
However, this did not prevent Han Guang from coming into the Heavenly Emperor's sight.
After thinking for a while, Cao Ya shook his head secretly.
Don't be fooled by Han Guang's current antics; he's nothing more than a grasshopper in autumn, his days are numbered.
This is different from the ancient otherworldly practices of seeking emptiness through reduction, as advocated by Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, Amitabha Buddha, and the Demon Emperor.
Even the Heavenly Emperor hasn't reached the point of seeking emptiness through subtraction.
It was for this reason that Cao Ya spared Han Guang's life several times and did not kill him.
Otherwise, he worried that one day while he was cultivating, he would be killed by a blade of light that slashed out from the depths of time.
Under Cao Ya's watchful gaze, Han Guang could only leave reluctantly in the end.
Because of the presence of the Time Blade and Cao Ya, they dared not take action against the Xuantian Sect.
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“Uncle-Master Xuanjie.” On this day, Meng Qi came to Shaolin Temple again. In addition to seeing Xuanbei, he also paid a special visit to Cao Ya.
The temple gates opened, and Meng Qi entered.
Cao Ya opened his eyes and saw Meng Qi stealthily pull out two fragments. One fragment gleamed with the scent of time, while the other seemed to encompass the entire void.
"The Eastern Emperor Bell? The Haotian Mirror?" Cao Ya exclaimed in surprise.
"Master Xuanjie has a good eye!" Meng Qi gave a thumbs up, then touched his nose and laughed, "I was lucky this time when I went to the Nine Heavens and found the fragments of the Eastern Emperor Bell and the Haotian Mirror."
Good luck?
Cao Ya was speechless.
According to his understanding, Meng Qi's fortune was unmatched by any legendary figure or person with extraordinary abilities.
"I specifically kept one, dividing it into three parts. I kept one for myself, gave one to Lu Ya—that's considered completing the mission, helping Daoist Chonghe escape the identity of a reincarnator and the Six Paths of Reincarnation." Meng Qi smiled. "This last part is for you, Uncle Xuanjie, as a way of repaying your help."
Cao Ya shook his head and said:
"The divine skills you gave me before are more than enough."
"Besides, I already have the seal of reincarnation."
Although Cao Ya clearly refused, Meng Qi insisted on giving him a fragment of the Eastern Emperor Bell and a fragment of the Haotian Mirror.
According to him, he would feel uneasy if Cao Ya refused to accept it.
After all, Cao Ya had helped him twice a few days ago!
Besides, he had already secretly kept two fragments.
“Uncle-Master Xuanjie, please accept these.” Meng Qi handed over two fragments of the divine artifact and said with a smile, “The Haotian Mirror is an unparalleled divine weapon of the ancient Haotian Emperor. Even though it is broken and only a tiny fragment, its ability to communicate with all the heavens and myriad realms and connect ‘others and self’ still exists. This will be of great help to you, Uncle-Master Xuanjie!”
"Whether it's the mainstream, orthodox path taken by Senior Su Wuming, or the unconventional path like that of Uncle-Master Xuanjie and Master Lu, spatial artifacts will definitely be of great help to you!"
"As for the fragments of the Eastern Emperor Bell, there's no need to say more."
Despite Meng Qi's repeated persuasion, Cao Ya couldn't refuse and had no choice but to accept it.
However, he was very careful not to let the fragments of the Haotian Mirror come into contact with the Samsara Seal, so as not to give the Demon Buddha's mark an opportunity.
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