Chapter 1412 - 286: Unaffected by Karma

Chapter 1412: Chapter 286: Unaffected by Karma

"This is the fixed entrance?"

Shen Changqing looked at the hill before him, his expression calm.

At his side, Qingyi nodded and said, "Looking over the five great regions, only this place can be considered the most suitable."

"Have transfer formations already been set up at all locations?"

"The formations have all been successfully laid down. As long as someone from the Central Profound Realm comes out, no matter from which exit they emerge, they will be shifted by the formations to this exit here.

At the same time, this old man has already laid a Heaven Extinguishing Formation within this exit. The moment anyone comes out, the formation will be triggered at once, causing the enemy to suffer a thunderous smiting."

A confident smile appeared on Qingyi’s aged face.

Long ago, he had already finished arranging the formation, only Shen Changqing had been preaching then, so he had not gone to report.

Now.

He finally had the chance to display his results.

Heaven Extinguishing Formation!

Shen Changqing nodded slightly.

Where his gaze fell, he could roughly discern those formation bases concealed in the void.

"But the power of this formation is likely limited, is it not?"

The strength he sensed from the formation bases was not great. Even if it erupted with full force, it would probably only be able to threaten an ordinary Divine King at best, completely different from what he had envisioned.

Qingyi said, "This old man has already done his utmost. The formation base lacks a powerful supreme treasure as its formation eye, so it is hard to exert great might. To achieve this degree is already the limit."

It was not that he was incapable, but that the conditions truly were limited.

Formation eye!

Shen Changqing lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "If a seventh-grade Dao Arms were used as the formation eye, could the power of this formation be raised?"

"A seventh-grade Dao Arms by itself already touches upon the Divine King Level. If one adds the original power of the formation, I imagine it would be able to threaten a Rule Divine King, but its limit would be no more than that."

Qingyi replied without the slightest hesitation.

To threaten a Rule Divine King!

Although this effect differed somewhat from what Shen Changqing had expected, it was still acceptable.

"Of course, there are other methods by which this can be addressed—"

At this moment, Qingyi continued, "We can in fact lay corresponding Heaven Extinguishing Formations anew within the various Spirit Veins across Heaven and Earth. When the formation is drawn upon, it can borrow the power of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Veins.

In this way, when all the Heaven Extinguishing Formations converge together, they can erupt with unimaginable might. Even a Rule Divine King would find it hard to withstand."

Hearing this.

Shen Changqing’s expression did not change. "If we do this, there must be some kind of drawback, yes?"

If there were no drawback, Qingyi would have acted on his own long ago; he would not have come to seek approval.

From this, it was clear that such a method absolutely carried certain drawbacks.

Sure enough.

When he finished speaking, Qingyi nodded. "There must naturally be a drawback. To draw out such power from the formation, one would inevitably have to extract the Spiritual Power of the Spirit Veins to a great extent. Such a method would damage the root of the Spirit Veins."

"Damage the root of the Spirit Veins?"

"Once the root of a Spirit Vein is damaged, in light cases the Spiritual Energy it can generate will decline severely, needing a very long time to recover; in serious cases the Spirit Vein will collapse outright, never again nurturing even the slightest Spiritual Energy. Such consequences are irreversible.

Once a Spirit Vein collapses, that vein is completely ruined."

When Qingyi finished speaking, Shen Changqing finally understood what price such a method would demand.

Spirit Veins!

They were the root of all cultivators under Heaven.

If the Spirit Veins were severed, it would be equivalent to the Age of Dharma Decline of old.

Of course.

Now that the Ancestral Vein was restored, no matter how the Spiritual Energy declined, it could not possibly be as it once was, plunging directly into the level of the Age of Dharma Decline. Yet the impact would still be immense.

Spiritual Energy decline.

The cultivation speed of cultivators across Heaven would all be severely affected.

But the problem now was that, in truth, he had no choice.

"Then do as you have said, and lay the formations within the Spirit Veins. If it truly comes to the point where the formations must be activated, the Imperial Court will have no path of retreat left anyway."

Shen Changqing took a deep breath, his expression solemn. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

Once this formation was laid down, it did not necessarily have to be truly activated; it was merely a contingency for the Imperial Court.

As for the seventh-grade Dao Arms to suppress the formation as its eye, he already had a suitable target in mind.

That was—Qiushui.

The other party, following by his side, served no great purpose in any case. It would be better to have her suppress the Heaven Extinguishing Formation here; that could be considered making full use of her.

Immediately.

Shen Changqing turned around and looked toward a great city ahead, his gaze shifting once more.

Jincheng!

At present, the only calamity-level existence within the Imperial Court.

To be honest, he had not quite expected that Qingyi would fix the entrance on Jincheng’s side.

After Qingyi departed, Shen Changqing headed toward Jincheng.

When he arrived before Jincheng, the city gates slowly opened, and Hong Hou walked out from within, his expression respectful. "The City Lord, upon hearing that Defender Shen was visiting, specially dispatched me to come and receive you."

"Mo City Lord is considerate."

Shen Changqing spoke with a faint smile.

Then he followed behind Hong Hou and stepped into Jincheng.

Compared to ten years ago, Jincheng had undergone some changes.

From the surrounding space, a faint yet not weak oppressive force spread out, indicating that Jincheng’s strength was already much greater than before.

"It seems that Mo City Lord’s cultivation has advanced considerably over these years."

Shen Changqing spoke calmly.

Hearing this.

Hong Hou only kept a fawning smile and didn’t dare to interject on his own. After all, no matter how you answered that kind of question, it wouldn’t be very good.

Seeing this.

Shen Changqing also lost the interest to say anything more.

Not long after, he saw Mo Zijin.

"Brother Shen has arrived!"

"Brother Mo."

Shen Changqing nodded with a slight smile, yet his gaze quietly sized the other up: "It seems Brother Mo has gained quite a lot these years—you’ve actually advanced this far!"

To be honest, when he saw Mo Zijin, he was somewhat shocked in his heart.

If the feeling the other gave him before was only equivalent to an Ordinary Divine Realm, then now he had more or less reached the level of Divine Realm Perfection.

Divine Realm Perfection.

One step further, and it would be entry into the Divine King Realm.

For other Cultivators, breaking through to Divine King is very difficult, but the Domain of Heavenly Calamity itself is already equivalent to the embryonic form of a Divine Kingdom. In that way, it’s basically not difficult at all for him to break through to the Divine King Realm.

Hearing this.

Mo Zijin’s face showed a smile: "Just a bit of progress, it’s nothing compared to Brother Shen. Brother Shen preaching the Dao for five years shook the world. Even though I was in Jincheng, I benefited immensely!"

The sound of the Great Dao covered the world; even Jincheng could hear it perfectly clearly.

Although the path he himself walked was not the Immortal Dao System, merely hearing that kind of Great Dao resonance was of tremendous benefit to him.

Otherwise.

Reaching his current step would not have been easy.

While he was sizing up Mo Zijin, Shen Changqing’s expression suddenly changed slightly. Immediately after, the vertical eye at his brow appeared of its own accord, multicolored divine light being born from within it.

Seeing this scene.

Vigilance instinctively rose in Mo Zijin’s heart. That vertical eye looked like some powerful threat.

However.

Thinking that the man before him was Shen Changqing, he forcibly pressed down that sense of threat.

This person would not harm him, and with the other’s strength, if he truly wanted to do something, Mo Zijin would have no way to resist anyway.

Since that was the case, it was better to quietly watch what would happen.

"No karma!"

The shock on Shen Changqing’s face became even more pronounced.

Under his investigation with the Heavenly Eye, he actually couldn’t find any traces of karma on Mo Zijin.

If karma couldn’t be detected, that meant the other had no karma on him.

Unstained by karma!

Thinking of this, Shen Changqing’s heart shook again.

Being unstained by karma sounds easy to say, but to truly achieve that is extremely difficult. Even existences at the Divine Lord Level have no way to be completely unstained by karma.

Yet.

The Mo Zijin before him was merely at the Divine Realm, but his body had not been tainted by even the slightest trace of karma. Shen Changqing couldn’t help but be shocked.

"Unstained by karma?"

Hearing his words, Mo Zijin’s expression was puzzled.

As for the notion of karma, he didn’t know much about it.

On the other side.

Shen Changqing had already fallen into contemplation.

Strictly speaking, Mo Zijin couldn’t be considered part of the Human Clan, nor did he belong to the Demon Evil Clan. After all, although Heavenly Calamity had once been attached to the Demon Evil, there was still an essential difference between the two.

Moreover, the way Heavenly Calamity was formed was quite unlike the ordinary.

As for the specific situation, with his current knowledge, he temporarily had no way of understanding it.

But there was one thing he could be sure of: the Heavenly Calamity before him was unstained by karma, did not belong to any clan. Using the words of his previous life, it was equivalent to "stepping outside the Three Realms, not within the Five Elements."

In that case.

Shen Changqing naturally had other ideas.

"The matter of karma is quite complicated if explained in detail. To put it simply, Brother Mo has no karma on you, so you need not fear being calculated by powerful beings, nor worry that being tainted by karma will bring calamity down upon you."

"So that’s how it is."

Mo Zijin nodded. If it was only that, then being unstained by karma didn’t seem all that remarkable.

Seeing his nonchalant demeanor, Shen Changqing couldn’t help but shake his head: "Brother Mo, don’t belittle this point. With you being unstained by karma, your actions cannot be divined. For my Human Clan, the benefits are far more than just a little."

"Brother Shen’s meaning is?"

"The Imperial Court is lacking in resources and plans to send other Human Clan members into the Heavens to seek resources. But the situation in the Heavens is perilous, and my Human Clan must not be exposed for now. The Cultivators we can send into the Heavens are only at the Saint Entry level.

With such strength, acting within the Heavens will inevitably be extremely difficult.

But now Brother Mo is unstained by karma, and with your strength, as long as you don’t provoke those at the Divine King Level in the Heavens, I believe there won’t be much trouble..."

Shen Changqing gave him a meaningful look, then spoke of the Imperial Court’s plan.

He still rather trusted Mo Zijin.

Strictly speaking, the two had already been acquainted for several decades. Although he was a Heavenly Calamity, Mo Zijin had always stood on the Human Clan’s side. Back when Great Qin established the Imperial Court, he even went personally to attend the ceremony.

So in terms of trust, there was basically no problem.

At this moment.

Mo Zijin also understood what he meant: "Brother Shen wants me to assist the Imperial Court, to go into the Heavens and gather resources?"

"That is exactly my intention."

Shen Changqing nodded openly. Seeing Mo Zijin fall silent, he continued, "Of course, Brother Mo, there’s no need to rush your answer. You may consider it first, and then give me your reply."