Library of Heaven's Path 2: Eternal Destiny-Chapter 443: Killing Empyrean Kong Shi
“The Five Peaks reign supreme, and the mountains and rivers heed the command. No one shall use spatial techniques here!”
Crown Prince Yuanqing raised his eyebrows, and the Mountain River Order reappeared. A green hue immediately cascaded downward, sealing the spatial rift Zhang Xuan had torn open. The tear visibly mended itself, like a piece of fabric being stitched perfectly back together.
Blue Cloud Venerable, Ren Qiuyao, and the Five Forms Venerable Sage stood before the rift, intending to lie in wait for Zhang Xuan to be forced out as the space restored itself. They planned to strike him down at that moment, only to discover that the area ahead was utterly empty. The young man’s figure had already vanished entirely, leaving no trace behind.
“Where is he?”
“How did he escape?”
“This… this is impossible!”
A moment later, everyone stood frozen in place, dumbfounded.
The surroundings were vacant. The young man who had just been clashing violently with them mere moments ago had reversed space itself, escaped this location, and disappeared entirely without a shadow or trace.
Even Crown Prince Yuanqing furrowed his brows, unable to believe it.
The Mountain River Order held the power to suppress spatial manipulations. Coupled with his command, it should have been impossible for someone to escape—even if the other party had forcefully boosted their strength using the Eternal Heart. Not even a cultivator at the Peak of Galaxy 9-dan could have left by harnessing spatial prowess. Yet, reality had defied all expectations. Not only had the other party fled, but they had also left not a single sign of their departure.
It was utterly unfathomable.
“Amitabha. Do not fret, everyone. Allow me to use Karma Destiny to track him down…”
Blue Cloud Venerable clasped his hands together, and with a flick of his wrists, several statues of Bodhisattvas floated into existence. Moments later, a thick thread of karmic energy materialized, floating straight into the sky.
Blue Cloud Venerable’s eyes lit up, and he was just about to follow the thread when it abruptly collapsed, vanishing on the spot.
“This…” His expression grew grim.
“What happened?” Crown Prince Yuanqing asked.
Blue Cloud Venerable shook his head. “That person used an unknown method to sever the probing of Karma Destiny… Even I cannot locate him.”
“It must be the White Bone Sky Observation Relics from the Reincarnation Relic Tower,” Crown Prince Yuanqing speculated. “They can peer into karmic threads and devise a way to erase them!”
“This…”
Blue Cloud Venerable fell silent.
If that were true, it was indeed a plausible explanation.
This individual had not only forged the Reincarnation Relic Tower but had also succeeded in forging two Buddha Bone Relics. With such supreme mastery in Buddhist techniques, severing the karmic connection was not an insurmountable task.
“Your Highness, that man has fled, and now Elder Jiang Li and You Hai have been slain. What do we do next?” Ren Qiuyao approached him.
A large group of experts had cornered a mere Galaxy Realm 7-dan fledgling. Not only did he snatch away the Eternal Heart and crush the Crown Prince’s heart in front of everyone, but he also killed both Jiang Li and You Hai in public… And, most importantly, he escaped successfully!
If news of this were to spread, it would be nothing short of unbelievable.
Crown Prince Yuanqing did not respond, but his fists clenched tightly, his expression dark and conflicted.
Decades of preparation, countless ancient tombs excavated, and untold precious medicinal materials consumed—all to finally attain the Eternal Heart. Yet now, everything had been disrupted by this incident…
Anyone would be on the verge of exploding with rage.
“Your Highness need not be overly concerned. As long as his cultivation does not reach the pinnacle, we still have a chance! If we can capture him, I am confident that I can extract his heart and perfectly fuse it with your body!”
The faint shadow of Jiang Li appeared, his tone filled with gritted determination.
Though his physical body had been torn apart by Zhang Xuan and his strength drained, his soul had managed to escape and was saved by Crown Prince Yuanqing.
“Very well!”
Crown Prince Yuanqing nodded as he extended a finger. A puppet-like object appeared before the crowd.
“This Mystical Puppet, carved from Jianmu wood, can temporarily house your soul.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Jiang Li’s intent wavered and then surged into the puppet.
The Mystical Puppet, while inferior to his original body, was still an exceedingly rare celestial treasure. Furthermore, it possessed the ability to nourish the soul. With it as his vessel, he no longer needed to worry about survival in the short term.
Its only flaw, however, was its vulnerability to fire. He mused uncertainly over whether creating pills might cause any issues.
“There’s no need for formalities—you became like this for my sake, after all!”
Crown Prince Yuanqing shook his head.
“It seems we made a mistake. Zhang Xuanqing is not the inheritor of the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony. That honor belongs to Kong Shiming!”
Blue Cloud Venerable approached and saluted respectfully. “Your Highness, may I be entrusted with him? The Buddha has personally requested to see this individual!”
From the battle earlier, he had come to understand the truth.
The karmic thread had pointed to the courtyard where Kong Shiming resided, leading him to mistakenly suspect Zhang Xuanqing. In reality, Kong Shiming was the true inheritor of the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony, having even summoned the River of Destiny during the fight.
“Entrusted to you? On what grounds?”
Shao Ming stepped forward. “His Highness has already promised us that the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony will be stripped from him and handed over to my sister and me for our purposes. Don’t even think about it.”
“Indeed—this Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony rightfully belongs to us! What business does the Buddhist Sect have interfering in this matter?” barked Zhan Jiuxiao, the Wielder of the Military Ceremony.
Seeing the two preparing to vie for custody, Blue Cloud Venerable frowned and was about to speak when Crown Prince Yuanqing waved his hand. “This individual is the key to locating Zhang Xuanqing;for now, no one shall have him!”
With that, he gestured, and a figure shrouded in suppressed energy appeared before the crowd.
It was none other than the grievously injured and captured Kong Shiming.
At this moment, Kong Shiming’s complexion was pallid, his body frail, giving off an impression of oil nearing its end in a flickering lamp.
With Galaxy Realm 7-dan Peak cultivation and lacking the augmentation of the Eternal Heart, he had forcibly drawn upon the power of Life Sea 9-dan Peak. Even a brief moment of exertion had inflicted immense backlash, rendering him unable to bear it.
“Tell me—who exactly is Zhang Xuanqing, and how did he escape the suppression of my spatial seal?”
Crown Prince Yuanqing stared at him coldly.
“Kill me.”
Kong Shiming met his gaze calmly, his tone indifferent.
“Do you truly think I wouldn’t dare?”
Crown Prince Yuanqing sneered. “If I kill you, I can still strip the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony from you and give it to whomever I please! Your only fate would be… utter annihilation.”
“If the Heavenly Destiny could be so easily stripped, then none of the princes of the Tianli Empire would have destinies beneath Tier 2!”
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Kong Shiming scoffed, his eyes filled with ridicule.
The world worked in its own ways. If talent were something that could be stripped away, then the descendants of the strong would all inevitably be prodigies, while ordinary people would have no chance of ever advancing.
Thus, he did not believe in the Crown Prince’s claim of extraction.
If destiny were truly so simple, who would bother with painstaking cultivation?
Those deemed fated were simply lucky in their cultivation efforts and ascension. Without fate, no matter how good one’s birthright or abundant one’s resources, it would all be in vain.
It was like a wealthy tycoon’s son in Zhang Xuan’s previous life who was born with yachts, private jets, and admiring beauties. Yet one fatal mistake led him to the grave, leaving his fortune to others to enjoy.
Such was fate.
“It doesn’t matter if I can’t strip it. I’d rather kill you than let you fall into the hands of other factions!”
Seeing his thoughts already exposed, Crown Prince Yuanqing snorted coldly. He raised his finger, and an intense beam of light burst forth, directed sharply at Kong Shiming’s body.
If he couldn’t use him, then he might as well eliminate him.
