Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 1140: Chapter 41: The Path of Destiny (Part 2)

If one were to honestly wait for the progress bar to resolve, the time required would be immeasurable.

“Indeed, trying to directly create a Dao is not so simple.

Firstly, because the position of the Dao of Fate is very high, not comparable to ordinary Daos. Secondly, my mastery over other Daos is insufficient. If my control over Daos like time-space and causality were stronger, the progress bar would resolve faster.”

The essence of Daos converges on the same path; any Dao practiced long enough becomes extremely formidable.

Yet some Daos are formed from the fusion of multiple Daos, making their insights provide greater support in combat while also increasing the difficulty of comprehension.

For instance, the Reincarnation Dao, though appearing as a single Dao, it essentially involves time, space, causality, and more.

The Dao of Fate encompasses even more and is more complex.

It is precisely because of this that a stronger grasp of other Daos can affect the speed of constructing the Dao of Fate.

“Cultivation must not stagnate; maybe upon reaching a certain realm, one can perceive the Dao of Fate without relying on a progress bar. However, besides this, there are ways to quicken the pace.”

“I managed to form a closed loop in Liang Guang’s destiny and took a step further in the Dao of Fate. What if more destiny threads formed closed loops?”

Wang Sheng felt this was a very good direction.

Not only could it allow him to continue studying the Source Pen but also help him perceive the Dao of Fate.

“That being the case, the Source Pen should continue to be sent out for others to use, though it requires more restrictions. The users should use it the way Liang Guang did, and I may cautiously incorporate myself into the destiny loops.”

Although it has not been verified, from Liang Guang’s destiny thread forming a closed loop, it is evident that becoming part of the destiny thread loop would lead to deeper insights into the Dao of Fate.

Naturally, he needed to strive towards this.

So, after arranging matters with Liang Guang, he continued to send out the Source Pen.

The first lifetime, the person who obtained the Source Pen was a king from a small nation within a cultivation kingdom.

With the usage method specially set by Wang Sheng, the small nation king used the Source Pen cautiously, planning step by step,

ultimately making his small nation a leading power on a weak planet.

Simultaneously, the destiny thread formed.

Meanwhile, Wang Sheng transformed his memory-sealed avatar into the State Preceptor, becoming a vital figure in the rise of the cultivation kingdom.

However—

“Was the final fate extinction?”

As the destiny thread formed, Wang Sheng saw the ultimate fate of the small nation’s king was annihilation.

This world is a harvesting ground for a stronger world.

Periodically, there is a “machine descent”, harvesting all people and resources.

The Old Land Starry Sky is generally peaceful, but its bloody undercurrents have no relation to the era.

Another period passed, with the “Upper Realm” descending.

The king resisted but ultimately was annihilated, along with his State Preceptor avatar.

“Originally thought the Source Pen would change fate, yet it seems there’s no change…”

Wang Sheng sighed.

His memory-sealed avatar believed he had just traveled to this world, supporting the king, dying heroically on the front lines.

“Is this what death feels like, boundless despair, infinite darkness.”

This time, as he suspected, his understanding of the Dao of Fate elevated further.

Originally thinking the harvest was only about the Dao of Fate, yet it seems there’s more.

He calmed his mind and sent out the Source Pen once more.

This time, the person who received the Source Pen was a rather skilled cultivator at the Tenth Realm.

This cultivator’s sect was destroyed, solely wishing to revive the sect.

While Wang Sheng, this time, was “subdued”, joining the sect.

This Source Pen user spent a lifetime reviving his sect, utilizing the Source Pen’s abilities to the utmost; had Wang Sheng not imposed limits, he might have directly penned the sect’s revival.

Time flowed, his avatar became a pillar, an indispensable person of the sect.

Wang Sheng initially assumed the Tenth Realm could not create destiny threads.

Facts proved his assumption was incorrect.

The destiny threads still formed.

But ultimately the sect’s fate… annihilation.

Wang Sheng withdrew the Source Pen, and destiny continued to flow.

No matter how much the sect master did, it was impossible to change the conclusion.

“A thousand years ago, the sect was destroyed, and the same holds true today; is this fate?” These were the sect master’s last words.

Wang Sheng coldly observed, even as his avatar was destroyed, without any wavering.

“Is fate set, rendering all efforts futile?”

He reclaimed memories, his powerful spirit preventing him from truly empathizing, but gaining a deeper understanding of fate’s cruelty.

The sect master attempted everything but ultimately failed to change the outcome.

That which was to be destroyed remained destroyed.

However, the third instance seemed fortunate.

A member of a small cultivation family’s clan acquired the Source Pen, ultimately successfully guiding the family into the starry sky with the help of the Source Pen and Wang Sheng’s avatar.

The destiny thread formed, the conclusion was no longer cruel; on the contrary, this family successfully thrived in the starry sky.

Eventually, Wang Sheng recovered the Source Pen, the avatar suitably dying of old age.

The family head, the current Source Pen user, muttered to himself after discovering the Pen had vanished: “Disappeared? Thank you, elder.”

He keenly sensed something.

“Cruel or beautiful, all are part of fate, unshifted by sheer will; this is fate, no wonder countless beings, mortal or cultivator, cry out against fate.”

If fate’s ultimate end is beautiful, perhaps it doesn’t matter, but if it’s cruel?

Do they just await death?

Clearly, no intelligent being would choose such.

Yet this is fate.

Resistance might be part of destiny.

Wang Sheng’s understanding of the Dao of Fate deepened.

The Source Pen continued rotating in various users’ hands.

Not every use would create destiny threads, many times encountering greedy users who made improbable changes to fate, ultimately falling to backlash and death.

During this time, the Source Pen even fell into the hands of mortals.

“Should I retrieve it?” This was Wang Sheng’s initial thought.

After all, he’d tried already; mortals couldn’t create destiny threads, seemingly offering him no benefit.

Ultimately, he looked at the current user, a beggar, abandoning this idea.

“Forget it, mortals live no more than a century; if they use it, so be it, there isn’t much time anyhow.”

However, a hundred years later.

He observed a scene contrary to his expectations.

The beggar formed destiny threads.

“Actually becoming a cultivator in old age? Fate extended?”

Wang Sheng was somewhat astonished; having offered no interference because this was a mortal recipient.

Unexpectedly, the beggar’s fate indeed extended.

Full of interest, he incarnated as a Loose Cultivator.

“Coincidentally, this is also one of my experiments.”

He directly displaced the beggar’s original cultivation mentor through his Loose Cultivator incarnation.

Simultaneously, he was always ready to act, prepared for backlash.

However, facts demonstrated, the beggar encountered no backlash, under his guidance successfully became a cultivator, with destiny threads forming identically.

“Indeed, fate can be altered, only the grand trend remains unchanged…”

This time, he witnessed the potential within fate.

“Fate is impermanent, who knows what the next step brings; the beggar ascending from mortal to cultivator saw destiny threads, indicating mortals can indeed form destiny threads, merely constrained by time…”

This instance provided Wang Sheng with an even deeper understanding of fate.

Nonetheless, the rotation of the Source Pen continued.

Spring and autumn passed, time turned.

The Source Pen experienced generations of users.

In their luck or misfortune, tens of thousands of years swiftly passed.

Tens of thousands of years, sufficient for civilizations to rise and fall.

Yet for the starry skies and to powerful cultivators, tens of thousands of years are but an insignificant wave of time.

Over this period, the Source Star had become exceedingly advanced, both in cultivation and technology reaching new heights.

Technology was already significant, and by technology alone the Source Star was considered a powerful civilization.

Though Twelve Realm cultivators had yet to be born, many candidates were present.

Were the Source Star not accumulating, with a single planetary advancement, it could potentially birth several Twelve Realm cultivators, becoming a top force even within the Old Land Starry Sky.

And as the last heritage of the Source Star, Wang Sheng naturally hadn’t stagnated over tens of thousands of years.

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