96: Chapter 97 A Moment is Eternity

Truly a terrifying junior.

Staying in Feiguang Prefecture just like himself, separated by the Boundary Sea, observing and playing the game of Langya from afar.

Using a Clone and teleportation Formation to scheme, taking the death exemption gold plaque one step ahead of him.

And possessing Karma methods to know of the tribulation, laying out the plan in advance.

Clearly knowing there is a Fate Controller using all living beings for Inscription Dao, if one were to slaughter Mortals again, they would be opposing that Fate Controller, inviting fatal disaster.

Thus, he placed the battlefield in a Mortal city, restricting each other's offensive Divine Ability, creating an advantage for his low-realm self.

And after seeing him, he spoke of his true roots in a single word.

"With such various schemes, this boy is just like me! He must not be left alive!"

Under the bamboo hat, the old man's eyes were cold.

"I have yet to ask for Senior's name?"

The tea on the table was already prepared, and Shen Moyan invited the other party to sit.

The old man's expression stiffened for a moment, then he sat down readily and immediately stated his title:

"This old man is Star Sign True Person."

Not a True Monarch? Only a Purple Mansion True Man?

His aura seems to be around the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion.

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Shen Moyan wiped the startling swan sword.

Silently reciting the name in his heart, the Name-Nailing Curse Killing Formation Plate he obtained from the Formation Masters Pavilion a few years ago had no reaction; it seemed that using a Dao Name instead of a true name made it impossible to curse the opponent.

Just as well, Shen Moyan had cultivated to this point and hadn't fought anyone for a long time.

Star Sign True Person picked up the teacup to drink but hesitated in the next second.

"Why has the Immortal Master stopped and not drunk?" Shen Moyan teased.

Seeing Shen Moyan's playful face, Star Sign True Person angrily smashed the teacup.

The tea emitted a sizzling corrosive sound upon hitting the ground, and pungent smoke rose everywhere.

On the ground, a Gu insect with a hideous mouthpart was struggling and wriggling with all its might.

"Junior, useless tricks." Killing intent intensified in Star Sign True Person's eyes.

"It seems the gold plaque can only be taken from your corpse."

At this moment, the killing tribulation left no room for turning back.

In the next instant, a fierce confrontation was on the verge of breaking out.

"Formation, rise!"

Shen Moyan shouted.

Inside the small elegant room, the Heavenly Dipper Absolute Kill Formation manifested a hundred weapons of sword-qi and saber-light, like thousands of troops and horses, attacking Star Sign True Person.

Then, from the shadow beneath Star Sign True Person's feet, the Profundity Dark Needles followed like a shadow, as dense as a pear blossom rain.

"Alkaid Army Breaker!"

Star Sign True Person raised his hand and pressed down, smoothing out the thousands of troops of the killing Formation.

"Tianxuan Giant Gate!"

A vast sea of stars appeared on his body, and when the thousands of Profundity Dark Needles touched his body, they instantly dissolved.

"Mizar Martial Song!"

Star Sign True Person reached out with his large hand, shattering the protective Formation and going straight for Shen Moyan's head.

However, after the large hand touched Shen Moyan, his body's image turned into ripples and dissipated.

Illusionary Traces Maze Array!

Star Sign True Person's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head sideways.

He saw that behind him, Shen Moyan had already closed in, and sword light flashed past!

Startling Swan Glance!

Right from the start, Shen Moyan used his once-hidden ultimate skill.

"Third Realm? You are a Concept Sword Cultivator?!"

Star Sign True Person was startled, but he used Tianxuan Giant Gate for defense as usual.

This strike was brief and dangerous.

Within his star eyes, he actually couldn't deduce the trajectory of the Sword Intent.

Just like a startling swan, without roots or floating duckweed.

After this sword strike, stepping out with the Azure Wave Stillness Step, Shen Moyan's figure disappeared once again.

The star of Tianxuan Giant Gate actually cracked.

A blood line faintly appeared on Star Sign True Person's neck, and a thin stream of blood flowed down.

He hurriedly activated healing methods, his expression grave:

"What is the name of this move?"

"Startling Swan."

The indifferent voice echoed from all directions of the elegant room.

The light in Star Sign True Person's eyes paused slightly, as if chewing over the two words, then he let out a low, raspy laugh:

"Heh... Startling Swan? Quite fitting."

"A Third Realm Sword Intent, condensing Concept through rhyme, can indeed be compared to various Purple Mansion Divine Ability condensed from rhyme."

"Unfortunately, although the startling swan is fast, it is difficult to sustain. When meeting the Starry Net, even a Small Bird will fly into the trap!"

The sarcasm in his words was undisguised.

Star Sign True Person formed hand seals, and his own Dao Rhyme erupted.

In the Xiyi Perspective, Shen Moyan witnessed the methods of the Purple Mansion at close range for the first time.

Purple Mansion Domain · Starry Chessboard.

Centered on Star Sign True Person, the entire elegant room, and even part of the space outside, suddenly twisted and changed!

The tables, chairs, doors, windows, and even the street scenes outside the window instantly faded, replaced by a boundless dark Void Realm.

This way, he avoided hurting Mortals and being sought out by the Star River Brightening Fate Controller.

Star Sign True Person sneered; Shen Moyan's little schemes were completely useless before a high-level cultivator.

In the Purple Mansion Domain, illusory stars moved according to mysterious trajectories, flickering uncertainly, with streaks of starlight like chains, weaving into a giant net that enveloped heaven and earth.

Dao Rhyme containing the meanings of "calculation," "imprisonment," and "fate" filled every corner of this Domain like a tide!

After the Purple Mansion Realm resonates with Dao Rhyme, it can transform rhyme into a Domain.

After the Guizang Realm condenses the Origin, it can transform rhyme into a Grotto-heaven.

These are things the Mortal Transformation Realm can hardly reach; if one lacks the means to perceive Dao Rhyme, it can be called a dimensional strike—one wouldn't even know how they died.

Within this Domain, Star Sign True Person was the absolute Dominator!

He could distort perception and even predict and guide the opponent's actions to a certain extent!

And under the powerful Dao Rhyme suppression of this Domain, Shen Moyan instantly felt the circulation of his magic power become extremely sluggish.

Like falling into a quagmire, even his thinking became slow.

The operation of the many Formations Shen Moyan had carefully laid out also fell into delay, and the efficiency of the Illusionary Traces Maze Array's concealment dropped, causing his true body to be revealed before Star Sign True Person.

"A sparrow in the net, where can you run?!"

Star Sign True Person spoke indifferently, pressing down with his hand.

In the Void Realm, several large stars suddenly lit up, turning into starlight pillars containing destructive power, like spears of heavenly punishment, tearing through the darkness and crushing down towards Shen Moyan!

This strike had already far exceeded the limit that the Mortal Transformation Realm could withstand!

Unavoidable! Unstoppable!

"Whether it's a swan or a sparrow, a net or a snare, one will only know after trying!"

Facing the starlight pillars, Shen Moyan was expressionless, his hand holding the sword hilt not moving an inch, re-condensing his magic power.

Just at the ten-thousandth of an instant before that destructive starlight was about to touch his body.

"Leaving All Forms!"

After discarding that useless information, Shen Moyan's eyes suddenly became deep.

What was the trump card he relied on?

The yi mo gourd? No!

The Jade Sword Art? No!

The Primordial Demon Heavenly Book? No!

What Shen Moyan relied on, all along, was only himself.

Standing beneath the starlight pillars, in the Xiyi Perspective, he saw the rhythm of the Starry Domain's operation, and he saw even more... in the false starry sky, behind all the changes, all births and deaths, that sole unchanging thing.

Eternal nothingness.

The deathly silence of the ultimate subtle.

"So, the cruelty Qingming spoke of is like this..."

At the moment of life and death, Shen Moyan had a realization, and a small speck of Dao Rhyme light emerged from his chest.

Divine Ability are condensed from rhyme.

And every Dao Rhyme is unique.

This tiny speck of light at his chest was the crystallization of his five lives, the Dao Rhyme of chasing eternal life!

All life, born and destroyed in an instant, is nothing more than a ripple in the eternal silence.

But why?

Is my life in the empty Universe truly meaningless?

Are all stories meaningless?

Are all nothingness? Is persistence useless?

Recalling the weakness of turning into a ginseng, and the feeling of powerlessness as the Supreme Martial Artist facing the destruction of the Great Qǐ by a sword.

Shen Moyan gritted his teeth.

I insist on being persistent.

I, Shen Moyan, want eternal life, to stand equal with eternity!

Even if it means endlessly holding the brush for the Final Stroke, until the ending is As I Have Written!

A single thought, like a light that created heaven and earth, illuminated his Sea of Consciousness.

With a flash of inspiration, he condensed all his mind, all his insights into "the ultimate subtle," and even all his remaining magic power and Divine Soul energy at his chest.

Following that ethereal eternal Dao Rhyme.

He took a step forward.

Dancing the startling swan with his sword.

Embryonic form of a Innate Divine Ability: What is Written in an Instant is Eternal!