Chapter 1930 - 993: Remove Harm_2

Because that person's "position" was simply far, far too high!

Was it an illusion, or a premonition?

With the mind of a beast, it was simply impossible to tell.

Yet in that dazed, trembling state, it seemed to see… clearly within a Circle Realm that held nothing but itself, there actually appeared a faintly present ten‑thousand‑zhang perilous tower, like a sheer cliff joined to heaven, a high platform towering above all things.

As though aware of its gaze, the blurred figure upon that high platform looked down, then slowly stretched out a palm toward it.

And thus, sky‑shrouding, sun‑blotting, covering all!

All things and all phenomena, all that is between heaven and earth, and even its very self, had long since fallen beneath those five fingers, within that grasp!

This was what is called authority!

—[Taia]!

In that moment, right above Ji Jue's head, amid the long hair hanging loosely from his shoulders, that simple, unadorned hair crown finally manifested once more, shedding a faint radiance.

Illuminating everything.

Once again severing past and future.

Leaving only the present moment, this very now.

Strictly speaking… it was the present now held in the grip of Non‑Attack!

Right before Ji Jue's eyes, at every instant, every minute and every second, infinite possibilities were being split along the curve of the Gold ratio, extending without end toward the limit of Perception.

It was like a high platform rising straight from the earth, lifting him to a height he had never imagined; when he looked down, he beheld vistas once inconceivable!

At the instant Non‑Attack's Circle Realm fully concealed itself, infinite possibilities instead fell into his hands.

And even further beyond!

He could arbitrarily interfere with, twist, control, and erase the possibilities possessed by his opponent!

This was the qualitative transformation brought by Taia.

Even when facing opponents other than the insects, Taia's locking failed to take effect; yet precisely because of that, its true usage could be freed—its trait that exceeded the effect of an Anchor by dozens or hundreds of times, locking everything within its scope, could be stacked entirely upon Ji Jue himself!

As a Creation pointing toward the Gate of Eternity and Shadow Sun, a Heavenly Artisan forged upon Sky Rail and Jiedi Law, it naturally was born with the ability to interfere with time and space; and the sealing and suppression it brought—was that not also a form of interference?

This was the inspiration that Shadow Sun Seal and Jiedi Law brought to Ji Jue.

A bit of the uncanny was no problem; vast hidden dangers were no concern; the key lay in how to exploit the strengths and avoid the weaknesses!

Thus, emulating the ancient Saints of Sky Rail, Ji Jue followed in their footsteps, choosing that same self‑imposed confinement, drawing a prison upon the ground!

Abandoning the fixed and grandiose past, relinquishing the uncertain and resplendent future, in exchange for a stable present that could not be interfered with.

And it was precisely because of Taia's locking and aid that Ji Jue, dwelling in the present, could use Non‑Attack's Circle Realm to turn inward, excavating the endless possibilities inherent in all things and all phenomena!

Taia's closed domain and Non‑Attack's Circle Realm worked in concert; Taia's Anchor Point and Ji Jue's Anchor resonated with one another, allowing Ji Jue to truly break through the limitations of being an origin stone and stand at a height he had never imagined.

Stand higher, see farther, and naturally the hand can reach longer!

Just like the demonstration of that former Heavenly Furnace; as a Saint, even if he did nothing at all, by applying Non‑Attack's Circle Realm he could make Ji Jue fall flat on his face; if he willed it, Ji Jue wouldn't even be able to crawl back up.

Just like the Root of Death now kneaded and toyed with at will.

Left to be controlled.

Ji Jue as he was now finally beheld… one ten‑thousandth of the scenery within Heavenly Furnace's eyes.

That boundless, inexhaustible sea of possibility!

With Taia's blessing, Ji Jue could not only see the myriad possibilities created by his own movements; he could even, from each strand of possibility, go one step further to behold new branches and Evolution, and even the traces and shadows of his opponent!

There was no need for long practice or trial‑and‑error,

at the very instant he saw all this, Ji Jue was already struck by sudden Empowerment!

The essence of [Fashan]!

The techniques of Non‑Attack's Circle Realm are all founded upon interference with and control over possibility, merely divided by purpose and effect into three parts: [Defend], [Fashan], and [Annihilate].

The essence of [Moshou] lies in using every conceivable means to protect oneself; once mastered to purity, it can return the opponent's attacks unchanged or even magnified, using Violence Control—violence to counter violence!

While the aim of [Fashan] is to use every conceivable means to attack the opponent. Hence, it drives the Circle Realm's outward interference to the utmost; and in concrete terms, beneath its myriad changes, there is actually but one effect: direct destruction of the enemy's flesh, soul, Matrix, and blessing!

Yet before that, there is another layer of hidden effect unknown to outsiders.

This is what is called, [Remove Harm]!

Inward, it removes harm from the self; outward, it removes harm from the world!

Its key lies in using one's own possibilities to interfere with the opponent's possibilities, using one's own Control Power to in turn control the opponent.

Under the prerequisite that the Circle Realm is unfolded, one's own performance and offense are forever kept at their optimum, while the opponent's actions and defense are forced to remain at their worst…

When facing a Mohist's assault, defense can never be flawless, and offense almost never finds purchase; of one's full strength, not even seven parts out of ten can be brought to bear. As the fight goes on, old afflictions flare, latent ailments surface, inner troubles and outer threats, mortal dangers to heart and vitals, all strike at once; and once weakened to a certain degree, one is utterly annihilated in the Thunderbolt of Fashan.

But even before that, Fashan has long since begun; it is just that very few can truly perceive it. And when those people finally do realize, their own possibilities have likely already been trimmed away by the Mohist, seven‑tenths, eight‑tenths gone.