111: Chapter 112 Xuanming Azure Flame Emerges

This technique was not suited for long-term divination, but it was uniquely skilled at seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, providing deep insight into recent karmic entanglements.

As long as one focused their mind and expended mental energy and mana on a specific recent action, such as a choice, a character contact, or a destination, they could deduce the omens of fortune and misfortune.

If the deduction resulted in good fortune, then it was auspicious, and everyone would be happy.

If the deduction resulted in calamity, there were ways to avoid it. Through a series of methods, one could ensure misfortune left no blame, thereby changing the future.

“Perhaps it was because my Innate Divine Ability was somewhat special back then—Ten Thousand Swords in an Instant—that Immortal Master Xingxiang didn't even have time to predict a way to avoid the disaster.” Shen Moyan's expression grew solemn.

As expected, one must never look down on anyone.

Next, Shen Moyan continued to explore this secret technique of the Heavenly Secrets Cultivation Technique.

Based on a certain amount of information, the Record of Misfortune and Fortune Karma helped the practitioner sort through and analyze the karmic connections of all parties in complex events.

It revealed the strength of Karma, as well as its nature—such as good affinity, bad affinity, entanglement, and so on—along with possible trends of evolution.

Now, within Shen Moyan's Sea of Consciousness, there was a dynamic 'Karmic Network Map' composed of his own karma lines, marking key nodes and connection lines to assist him in deducing the future.

The higher the level involved in the deduction and the blurrier the target, the greater the mental energy consumed.

Overuse could lead to exhaustion of the Divine Soul and even a temporary decline in spiritual perception.

If one forcibly attempted to deduce matters involving extremely high-level existences, it could trigger a karmic backlash. At best, the deduction would fail and cause injury; at worst, it could draw an unseen gaze from the void, resulting in instant death.

Shen Moyan was extremely cautious regarding this.

“My cultivation is still insufficient. To deduce further into the future, I either need time and patience, or I must consume my lifespan...”

Using lifespan to deduce the distant future... unfortunately, Shen Moyan did not have much lifespan left in this life.

“Then I'll first perform a short-term deduction. How much certainty do I have in ascending to the Purple Mansion this time?”

Shen Moyan straightened out the Karma and performed his first deduction.

A few seconds later, the result came out.

“One hundred percent. Not bad.”

Shen Moyan was, after all, in the state of Seeing Xiyi. In the ancient path of immortal cultivation, that was equivalent to a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment; there was no reason he couldn't establish a Purple Mansion.

“Deduce: can I currently use the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame to build my Purple Mansion without being discovered by the Emperor Lord?”

In less than three seconds, Shen Moyan began bleeding from his seven orifices.

【Current Lifespan: 170↓】

His lifespan had been slashed by fifty years!

“Ten percent... the hope is slim.”

“But that means this matter is feasible!”

Shen Moyan wiped the blood from his nose and mouth and laughed aloud.

“But fortune and misfortune can be managed! I can increase this ten percent chance!”

Countless fine and complex karmic trajectories were outlined in his eyes.

He operated the Record of Misfortune and Fortune Karma with all his might, deducing how to truly control that wisp of Xuanhuang Emperor Flame.

This flame had an unbreakable karmic connection with the Xuanhuang Emperor Lord. Refining it rashly would be like playing with fire, and might even alert the Emperor Lord's will in the void.

“Success depends on human effort!”

Shen Moyan tilted his head back, a look of madness on his face.

“One hundred percent, there really is a hundred percent chance!”

“So that's how it is! So that's how it is! Hahaha!”

“Karma is truly wondrous! Hahaha!”

The result of the deduction was like a spider silk emerging from the darkness, pointing in an unexpected direction.

A sharp light flashed in Shen Moyan's eyes; he already understood in his heart.

With a thought, his consciousness sank into the Qing Ming Space, descending directly before the door of that lonely little house.

Inside the house, everything was as before.

The Ever-Burning Lamp burned quietly, tea cups were set opposite each other, and the azure and purple robes seemed to still retain the body heat of their owners.

Time had been paused here, leaving behind a contradictory atmosphere woven of warmth and sorrow.

Shen Moyan remained expressionless, his gaze sweeping over it all.

“This armor is still useful.”

Shen Moyan only took out the Reverse Scale Armor.

Then, with a movement of his will, he drove the qingming inkstone and spread his palm.

That wisp of Xuanhuang Emperor Flame, radiating a majesty that seemed to rule the world, flickered in his palm.

“Go.”

With a flick of his finger and the shifting of the Qing Ming Space, the dark-gold flame flew out lightly and landed inside the small house.

Boom—!

The moment the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame landed in the house, the flame suddenly surged!

The yellow-black fire, carrying a domineering will to incinerate all things and define order, swept out!

It wanted to burn, to completely erase this warm little house that did not belong to the Emperor Lord's Domain!

Tables, chairs, tea sets, scrolls, azure robes, purple robes... everything inside the house began to burn, carbonize, and dissipate like paper before this flame containing the Emperor Lord's Dao Rhyme!

As the fire raged, Shen Moyan watched it all coldly.

Destroying these things caused no ripples in his heart.

Just as the house was about to be completely swallowed by the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame, and the scroll filled with untitled poems was also turning to ash.

A sudden change occurred!

In the corner, the flame of the Ever-Burning Lamp flickered violently.

At the wick, a tiny, azure-colored flame carrying an aura of ancient desolation suddenly lit up!

Like an immortal god awakening from an eternal slumber, it erupted from the wick!

This flame did not have the domineering heat of the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame, but it carried a deep, agile, and life-nurturing unique Dao Rhyme, as if it could burn away all the filth in the world and sprout new life from the ashes.

That was... the Qing Ming Immortal Fire!

The name naturally surfaced in Shen Moyan's heart.

This flame had actually been hidden inside this seemingly ordinary Ever-Burning Lamp all along.

It shared the same Origin as the qingming pearl and was likely left behind by the original owner of this house to protect these memories.

“The Qing Ming Fate Controller indeed had a backup plan!”

A flash of realization and excitement crossed Shen Moyan's eyes.

Rumble!

The Qing Ming Immortal Fire and the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame, like fated enemies meeting, instantly became entangled and began a frantic struggle.

The dark-gold flame was peerlessly domineering, seeking to define everything with the Emperor Lord's will and incinerate the azure flame as a heresy.

The azure flame was agile and profound, overcoming hardness with softness, using its power of purification to counter the other's dominance, constantly wearing down the dark-gold flame's sharp edge.

The two flames, with completely opposite attributes but both of terrifyingly high grade, engaged in a collision and consumption of their Origins within this cramped space!

The house became a battlefield, and the remaining items were completely reduced to nothingness in the aftershocks of the two flames' clash.

Only the lamp stand of the Ever-Burning Lamp itself constantly changed color under the scorching of the two fires.

Shen Moyan held his breath and focused his mind, staring intently at the battle like the most patient hunter.

Time passed bit by bit.

The dark-gold light of the Xuanhuang Emperor Flame gradually dimmed, no longer so arrogant.

The azure glow of the Qing Ming Immortal Fire also retracted significantly, no longer as surging as at the beginning.

Both flames had shrunk several times over, their auras becoming extremely weak, like candles in the wind, yet they remained tightly entangled, refusing to back down.

“The certainty is now a hundred percent.”

After deducing once more and seeing that the time had come, Shen Moyan formed hand seals.

“Leaving All Forms, All Dharmas Return to the Source! Fuse!”

Shen Moyan's Divine Thought power surged into the Qing Ming Space, turning into an invisible net that completely enveloped the two dying flames!

At this moment, True Person Linglong's words echoed in his ears: “Those that generate each other live as neighbors, complementing one another; those that overcome each other are not absolutely mutually exclusive... mediate between them, and transform conflict into utility.”

Shen Moyan operated the Scripture of Severing All Manifestations with all his strength, using his insight into the essence of energy gained from 'Seeing Xiyi' as a guide to forcibly intervene in the Origins of the two flames!

He did not want to destroy them; instead, he wanted to guide their remaining spirituality to harmonize their conflicting Dao Rhymes.

He forced the two flames, in their desperate state on the brink of extinction, to abandon their mutual confrontation and instead seek coexistence.

After an unknown amount of time, inside the Immortal Cave, Shen Moyan slowly opened his eyes. His face was pale and his aura weak, but his eyes were filled with joy.

He spread his palm, and above it hovered a weak but exceptionally miraculous flame.

The core of the flame was a point of deep dark-gold, while the outer layer was entwined with wisps of agile azure aura.

The two no longer conflicted; instead, they formed a dynamic and harmonious balance.

The aura it radiated was much lower than before, but it was still at the Purple Mansion level.

The imprints originally belonging to the Emperor Lord and the Qing Ming Fate Controller had been eliminated during the previous struggle and Fusion, replaced by Shen Moyan's own Divine Soul imprint!

“I shall call you... the Xuan Ming Azure Flame.”

Shen Moyan named it.

【Special Divine Ability 'Xuan Ming Azure Flame' has been recorded in Bookmarks】

Although this flame was newly born and its power was slight, its essence was extremely high. Moreover, it was connected to his mind and could continuously grow and transform as his Realm increased—its potential was infinite!

With a thought, the Xuan Ming Azure Flame sank into his Spiritual Vein, where he slowly nurtured it with his own mana.

Looking at the ruins of the little house in the Qing Ming Space, Shen Moyan's gaze was profound.

“Out with the old, in with the new.”

With a wave of his hand, the debris of the house vanished from the Qing Ming Space.