The important thing is what value he can provide for himself!

As long as he still has value and does not cross the red line, Shen Hex will not make a move against him, and there is no reason to do so.

He is very valuable now, and without him bouncing around, the exchange of Dharma Gates wouldn’t be so smooth.

His actions don’t really bring any obstruction to Shen Hex, but instead allow Shen Hex to take a proactive position, putting Wen Renying in a passive one.

As for such a foolish opponent, Shen Hex wouldn’t protect him in time, how could he possibly kill him?

As for enmity, Shen Hex isn’t an Immortal Jade Spiritual Stone, how could everyone love him? Enmity is just enmity; after several lifetimes of cultivation, the number of people who hate him to death is countless, so what does one Gux Shenxiu count for?

He’s not even in the line!

"But in this world, there is no love without cause, nor hatred without reason!"

"Could Gux Shenxiu’s enmity towards me really just be because Xuanxiao was extinguished and he can’t vent his anger elsewhere?"

"Or is it... destiny?"

"As Celestial Destiny, his enmity towards me might just be a vigilance mechanism of the Taiyuan Celestial Dao, a precaution against me, this unusual variable?"

"Celestial Destiny, Celestial Destiny, for the Taiyuan Realm’s Celestial Dao to manifest to this extent, even though the world is declining, it can still influence people like the Three Heroes and Two Talents to guard against me as this anomaly?"

"Is it that I’m overly suspicious, or is this world... unfathomably deep?"

Shen Hex’s eyes flicker with various thoughts, seeing the big from the small, his mind swirling.

But soon he casts these thoughts aside.

"Forget it, let it be!"

"The crucial thing now is to turn illusion into reality!"

"Demon Saber Dao Sword, Darklight Eight Techniques!"

"Five Elements Lock Demon, Slaying Demons and Exorcizing Evil!"

Shen Hex sits alone, his eyes enigmatic and unpredictable.

Five Elements Array, Demon-Locking Tower.

Xuanxiao Mountain, Sword Valley.

Taiyi Daoist Palace, Dharma spreading throughout the world.

Throughout these years, the actions he undertook, how much of it was real?

All were real, yet all were false!

Five Elements Lock Demon is real, the Lock Demon Sacrificial Sword is false.

The Five Elements Grand Array does indeed have the ability to lock demons and purify demons, to prevent creatures from becoming aberrant, falling into the category of monsters and demons.

But that’s all it does; it doesn’t hold any sacrificial sword effect, and Shen Hex will not refine any Demon-locking Five Swords. In fact, the demon-slaying, demon-refining, exorcism, purification, and absolute spirit abilities that the Demon-Locking Tower supposedly sacrifices are all "false."

Using the method of sacrificial path, Shen Hex refined five sword embryos with the essence of the Five Elements, then sealed them in the Demon-Locking Tower, making a great sensation, promoting the concept or even the refining method of the "Demon-locking Five Swords," widely known and spread, thereby using the Law Founder’s power of [Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation] to turn the false Demon-locking Five Swords into reality.

When truth is made false, false becomes real; when false is made true, truth becomes false!

Under the effect of [Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation], these five sword embryos really gained some power to slay demons, refine demons, exorcize evil, and purify spirits, and if this continues, Shen Hex is confident he will refine a true Demon-locking Five Swords!

Just like the Demon-Locking Tower, the Sword Valley is similar too, because initially, the decision of sword and saber was all a play, not really revealing the true Eight Techniques of Sword and Saber, so Shen Hex built this Sword Valley to borrow illusion for cultivation, using the power of the world to deduce the true Eight Demonic Saber Techniques and Daoist Sword Eight Techniques.

Just like the Demon-locking Five Swords, this process is quite smooth, already showing signs of turning illusion into reality.

This point Shen Hex can affirm.

Because the professional talent of [Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation] doesn’t work in that unreasonable manner of "thinking force," but rather in a reasonable manner that materializes, transforming it into reality.

Taking Demon-locking Five Swords as an example, Shen Hex initially didn’t know how to sacrifice and refine the Demon-locking Five Swords to counter monsters and evil spirits, only able to create a sensation, borrowing illusion for cultivation.

But as [Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation] progressed, he gradually gained insights, acquired knowledge, gradually understanding the refining methods and principles of the Demon-locking Five Swords, rather than relying solely on professional panels and talent skills to mechanically materialize it without reason.

It’s like taking an exam, you create a concept of yourself having a "perfect score in the college entrance exam" through Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation, but the realization of this concept doesn’t actually result in a perfect score sheet appearing out of nowhere, nor modifying your score directly; rather, it allows you to acquire knowledge and gain the ability for a perfect score in a unique manner.

Now, Shen Hex has mastered part of the refining methods of the Demon-locking Five Swords; even if he returns to the real world, without the profession of Law Founder or the talent of Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation, he can still rely on Dharma Gates to construct a Demon-Locking Tower and refine the Five Swords.

Because the Sword Refining Technique has already "turned fiction into fact," it is a real and viable Sword Refining Technique that doesn’t require the support of professional power to be effective. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

This is the principle of the Law Founder’s [Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation]!

Incredible, mysterious to the extreme!

Demon-locking Five Swords, Demon Saber Dao Sword, these have been the main projects of Shen Hex’s "Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation" for a hundred years.

But these two are not enough, so Shen Hex also used the Five Elements Lock Demon Technique to exchange with the Profound Celestial Sect behind the Taihua Mountain and the Three Heroes and Two Talents, acquiring the Yin Yang Dust Array and Profound Celestial Seven Mirror Techniques.

As for the Yin Yang Dust Array, it’s needless to say, it’s a grand guardian formation of Taihua Mountain, even claiming to be the Taiyuan First Killing Formation, using Innate Qi, divided into the principles of Yin and Yang, mysterious to the extreme, its power unfathomable, and once possessed, can enhance oneself with a profound foundation.

Although in the real world, he is backed by a powerful Human Empire, such a level of array technique is not casually open by the Human Empire, so if it is possible to acquire it now, acquiring it is certainly best.

Besides, there is interrelation between the Yin Yang Dust and Five Elements Birth and Death, Shen Hex plans to use this premise to borrow illusion for cultivation, combine these two great formations, and craft an upgraded version of Yin Yang Dust Array or Five Elements Lock Demon Array, to counter the Demon Heaven Array beyond the realm.

Although this is just a conception, success is still unknown; after all, neither of these two great formations is ordinary, but given the strong effect of Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation, Shen Hex feels a trial may be worthwhile, even if unsuccessful, there are still many benefits.

Just like the Yin Yang Dust Array, the Profound Celestial Seven Mirror Techniques is similar.

After several lifetimes of cultivation integrating Martial Dao, Spirit Control, and cultivation techniques into one, he has greatly perfected various aspects, whether it’s Longevity Technique or Dao Protection Skill, or cultivation technique, Pill Talisman Array, and a lot more, he lacks none.

The only deficiency is this Celestial Secret Skill!

Celestial Secret Deduction, divination calculation, capable of investigating worldly affairs, yin-yang life and death, past and future, spirits and specters, gods and buddhas...

In summary, it’s all-knowing and all-seeing.

With this Celestial Secret Skill, one can anticipate the enemy in advance, even defy heaven and change fate, or at the very least, when danger approaches or one is being deduced and calculated, there would be an uncanny sense of foreboding, not completely ignorant, remaining entirely passive.

Shen Hex has been coveting such a Dharma Gate for a long time, but has never been able to obtain it.

The Human Empire also contains such Dharma Gates but manages them very strictly, after all, the ability to deduce Celestial Secrets is extremely defying, easily causing various happenings, deducing too much can disrupt world order, cosmic chaos, or even lead to world collapse.

Thus, the Human Empire restricts such Dharma Gates very strictly; besides Shen Hex doesn’t have the money, even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to purchase the Celestial Secret Technique in the real world.

So, he seized the opportunity targeting the Profound Celestial Sect’s Profound Celestial Seven Mirror Techniques.

This Profound Celestial Seven Mirror is the first Celestial Secret Skill in Taiyuan post-antiquity, though not matching the innate divine calculations of the immortals and demons, it is enough for preliminary requirements.

With it, the development of Shen Hex and Taiyi Daoist Palace will accelerate, allowing proactive foresight in dealing with enemies.

In recent years, although the demon cultivators dare not openly clash with him, their covert actions have been incessant, even showing tendencies of guerrilla warfare and sabotage.

Though relying on the Martial Madman and Li Qingming’s two outer body incarnations, alongside the Immortal Hermit Land and Five Elements Array, he barely managed to stabilize the situation, but it’s just barely.

As long as Demon Heaven remains unbroken, the situation will continually worsen, at a certain point, these methods may not hold.

Therefore, strengthening oneself is necessary, Demon-locking Five Swords and Demon Saber Dao Sword alone are insufficient, a Celestial Secret Technique is needed, to anticipate the enemy and be proactive.

Shen Hex has done everything possible, now he just waits for the Three Heroes and Two Talents to communicate with Taihua Mountain Profound Celestial Sect, and have these two Dharma Gates delivered in a package.

The Demon Heaven Tribulation grows more severe, little time remains until the final battle.

Human endeavors are exhausted, success or failure hinged on destiny!