High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 32 - 31: Reaching the Divine Through Jade

Can a person live without a heart, can a zither sing without strings?

It is all about intent, anything is possible!

From the beginning, the Dragon’s Gums has never emitted sound using strings, otherwise it would not have remained silent for a thousand years, witnessed by numerous masters, yet unable to compose a tune.

The sound is born from intent, not the intent driven by sound.

Back then, Chen Kuang inadvertently swapped his sword courage for zither heart, fortuitously aligning his state of mind, and played that brief section.

And now, Chen Kuang intends to use this stringless zither against his enemy.

He does not worry about the silence of Dragon’s Gums.

Because the sword is already in his hand, within his mind, ready to strike.

The song of slaughter nurtures kill by killing, through the twenty-two lives taken along the way, a Sword Will has been nurtured.

At this moment, the sword is in hand, the intent is in heart.

But it’s still missing something.

Chen Kuang doesn’t have enough cultivation.

Of course, even a clever woman cannot cook without rice, a vast building without foundation is merely a castle in the air, a bubble of illusion.

Even with the effects of the Carefree Wine, he only barely reaches the Innate Harmony level, among mortals, perhaps sufficient to be a Sect Leader.

But among cultivators, he hasn’t even crossed the threshold.

And opposite him, Wei Su, with an aura as deep as a tranquil abyss, immeasurable.

In just that one gaze, Chen Kuang knew the gap between them was so vast, the opponent could squash him like an ant.

Therefore, Wei Su’s attitude is so casual.

Perhaps because he has confirmed that the Elixir of Longevity has been consumed by Chen Kuang, he hesitates to ascertain whether the elixir’s effects would nullify if Chen Kuang died, and thus does not plan to take his life.

This arrogance, with disregard for others, Chen Kuang has already experienced it through Shen Xingzhu.

But perhaps... she was not an exception, this should be a common illness among the cultivators of this world.

However, Wei Su naturally does not know that Shen Xingzhu has already paid an extremely heavy price for her arrogance.

And today, the most trivial part of that price will become Wei Su’s execution platform.

Chen Kuang gave Wei Su a mischievous smile, pressed his tongue down, feeling the warmth of the aged jade inside his mouth, almost melting into nectar.

He recited the incantation in his mind—

A stone from Other Mountain can polish the jade... ask the jade for enlightenment, and achieve divinity!

The Other Mountain Divine Jade that Shen Xingzhu left him for safeguarding life can borrow others’ Divine Power and cultivation for temporary use!

And at this moment, the Other Mountain Divine Jade holds the Divine Sense imprint of only one person, its original owner.

Shen Xingzhu.

And her cultivation level is... Grandmaster Realm, Half-Step into Profound!

...

At this moment, Shen Xingzhu was not within the Imperial City, nor among the battlefield.

She hovered above the sky at a height of ten thousand feet, standing with arms behind, black clothes flapping, ethereal blue gauze billowing, her extremely beautiful yet cold eyes quietly gazing below.

The collapsing and collapsing Imperial City, the earth ablaze with warfare, the noisy yet silent beings... She observed everything within her sight.

Before her eyes, a gigantic phantom sword formed by killing intent plunged down with a crash, the grass, trees, and buildings below all crushed by its power, instantly crumbled, dispersing in all directions.

People released screams of extreme terror, helpless in the face of this catastrophe, witnessing imminent countless deaths and injuries.

Shen Xingzhu gently raised her hand.

An invisible force, like a light veil, enveloped all mortals within her sight, effortlessly lifting the Sword Will, turning it into nothingness.

The giant sword tilted and crushed, cultivators turned to pulp, yet the mortals were untouched.

She sighed, "Huo Hengxuan, oppressing the weak with strength, deserves to die."

Indeed, Huo Hengxuan was about to die.

He forcibly ruptured his meridians, unleashing that sword, exhausting his vitality, beyond recovery; even if Li Hongling did not kill him, he wouldn’t live long.

But unfortunately, he gave his all, yet still failed to kill Li Hongling.

Mu Zhao had left Li Hongling a mystical Spiritual Treasure called the "Thousand-Mile Smoke Waves Painting," converting void into reality, transcends distance and effectively repelled the attack.

Above, the chessboard transformed by the starry sky has reached its conclusion.

The ancestor of Liang Kingdom ultimately was a move short in chess.

"To lift the sky’s tilt, to enter Dao from worldly existence, False Saint could become True Saint..."

The ancestor of Liang Kingdom’s cultivation wasn’t stable, as he should have been at the pivotal moment of retreat, sensing the impending danger, forcibly breaking through, only taking a step onto the Dao shore’s edge.

This Saint Cultivation, half is false.

But he emerged for the nation, bearing great righteousness, rightly called a Saint.

Shen Xingzhu muttered, yet suddenly recalled her shattered Dao Heart, momentarily feeling congested with gloom.

Just then, the Other Mountain Divine Jade she left was activated by someone.

"Heh..."

Shen Xingzhu’s wind-like laughter vanished instantly in the high altitude, accompanied by the sudden surge of Spiritual Qi waves below like a blazing torch.

She lowered her gaze, squinting her eyes.

To reassemble her Dao Heart, she has only two options.

One is to deceive the Dao Heart again, complete Chen Kuang’s deserved reason for death, erase the scourge that caused her Dao Heart imbalance, allowing the world to re-acknowledge her Dao.

The other is to make Chen Kuang acknowledge her Dao.

Shen Xingzhu was not impatient, even indifferent to lending her power to him.

Because she knows, there will be someone who finds the reason for killing Chen Kuang for her.

That person is Li Hongling.

In the fifty thousand Black Armor Army, only twenty thousand are Enlightened Cultivators, the rest are mortals with basic martial skills.

Li Hongling is currently out of reach, naturally, the task of intercepting Chen Kuang and Chu Wen Ruo falls to the Black Armor Army.

As long as Chen Kuang kills even one mortal, it would be a mistake.

Shen Xingzhu waits.

...

Wei Su’s expression froze on his face.

No, it should be said his whole being fell into a daze.

In mere blinks of an eye, the one who was barely better than ants suddenly overturned the sky, his body once again surging with Spiritual Qi.

Innate, Ascending Tower, Splitting Seas, Embracing Moon... straight into Grandmaster!

Absolutely astonishing!

And a normal Grandmaster Realm has already reached refined cultivation, usually reverting simplicity, with Divine Light introverted, not easily displayed.

But Chen Kuang was different, he hadn’t crossed even the threshold, lacking much capability to manage these powers.

Much less to completely restrain them.

Like a child flaunting gold in a market.

Chen Kuang didn’t expect Shen Xingzhu would directly lend him Grandmaster strength. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The Other Mountain Divine Jade is Gentleman’s Jade, the act of borrowing without informing is impossible, hence the borrowed cultivation quantity is determined by the other party.

In other words, if Shen Xingzhu disallowed it, then he certainly couldn’t borrow it...

At this moment, virtually endless power continuously poured from the Golden Liquid Jade into his head, then flowed throughout his body, radiating outward.

Even the thin alcoholic vapors were instantly dispelled.

Chen Kuang concurrently bore immense pain; these forces were difficult to control, dispersing outward, tearing at his body, while the Divine Inquiry Jade was the only rein.

His eyes leaked Divine Light, his entire being was exceptionally excited.

"Actually..."

Wei Su took a deep breath, hurriedly retreated, smiling awkwardly: "It’s all a misunderstanding."

He raised his hands, ready to explain.

Chen Kuang’s mind shifted, the severed arm on the ground flew up, reattached to his body, blood and flesh instantaneously bonded, only the torn clothes revealed the previous danger.

He looked at Wei Su, suddenly feeling a lack of interest, his fingers casually tapped the Dragon Gum Zither twice.

"Zeng——"

In the void, it seemed a zither sound was emitted, or perhaps it was a sword cry.

Wei Su’s head instantly fell to the ground, while his body remained upright.

Chen Kuang paused, realizing... if Shen Xingzhu truly intended to kill him, it would be this easy.

Chen Kuang took a deep breath, feeling the aged jade beneath his tongue quickly melting like snow, hastily seizing Chu Wen Ruo, launching into the air, heading towards the city gate.

The city gate and wall had already been split in half by the previous zither sound, offering no resistance.

Behind him came a woman’s angry shout:

"Where is the Black Armor Army?! Arrest the fugitive for me!!!"

Ahead, formations assembled like clouds.

Crossing the city gate, suddenly a cultivator descended, clasped his fists in salute, loudly called:

"Is it Lady Chu and Princess?! We pave the way for you!"

Chen Kuang nodded to the leader, stepped forward two strides, whispered: "Miss Qing Cuo entrusted me to convey a secret message to you."

Chen Kuang felt a sinking heart: "And what about her?"