Library of Heaven's Path 2: Eternal Fate of the Heavens

After a night of practice, Zhang Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

Crackling!

With a single movement of his body, a series of crisp sounds emanated from his muscles and bones. He exhaled a breath of impure air, which stretched out over ten meters like a white line before it gradually dissipated.

Visceral circulation, breath expelled five steps away!

Peak of Viscera Realm, Sixfold of the Source Pool!

After forming the cultivation method yesterday, he had begun practicing. Hard work pays off. With a night of hammering away, his five viscera and six bowels were now as solid as steel. Each breath he took was like a furnace, smelting the origin qi into pure strength, granting him an endless supply of physical power.

Normally, once the internal organs are refined, a certain internal circulation would form, allowing one to send their breath up to five meters away while holding it at the tip of their tongue.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan, with just a casual breath, could reach beyond ten meters, his viscera cultivated by the Heaven's Path Divine Art were evidently far superior to ordinary people.

With a single punch, the air crackled, sounding like rain pelting down on banana leaves.

"99 horsepower... It's a pity that even the Heaven's Path Divine Art can hardly break through the body's limits!"

Under normal circumstances, only the Peak of Jade Bone Realm could cultivate their strength to 99 horsepower, which is the limit of the body. To progress further, one would need to integrate their soul and body.

He had thought that the Heaven's Path Divine Art could break this limit, but he ended up with the same result.

Last night, after cultivating to the late stage of Viscera Realm, he already possessed such strength. When he broke through to the pinnacle, his strength didn't improve in the slightest...

"Strange!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

In the past, whether on the Master Teacher Continent or in Empyrean, as long as his cultivation broke through, his strength and soul would inevitably increase. Yet here, 99 horsepower seemed like a shackle, completely binding him.

Whoosh!

With a movement, he entered a new world.

Creak! Creak!

In the blink of an eye, his physical body immediately broke free from its shackles, reaching over 100 horsepower.

Upon returning to his original state, his strength exceeding 100 horsepower once again returned to 99.

"It seems like there's a special force in the Source World that restrains one's cultivation, preventing anyone from breaking through 99 horsepower before reaching Divine Soul Realm..."

Zhang Xuan's heart turned solemn.

If he had thought there was a problem with his cultivation before, the experiment made it clear that wasn't the case.

It was an issue with the Source World, which could be eliminated by entering a new world.

Of course, this revelation held no significance for him. The new world was his creation, and as its creator, let alone surpassing 100 horsepower, it would be easy for him to exert infinite strength if he desired.

"Forget it. Let's contact Empyrean Kong..."

Knowing that this involved the rules of the Source World and that with insufficient cultivation recklessly delving into it could likely bring the punishment of the heavenly laws, Zhang Xuan stopped pondering over it. Forming his hand into a sword, he then thrust it into the air before him.

Pathos of Heaven.

Having only recovered from his injuries a few days ago, he had used this method to contact the other party and had suffered backlash, spitting up mouthfuls of blood.

Now that he was at the pinnacle of the Viscera Realm and his strength had nearly increased tenfold, he should be able to last longer and possibly learn more information.

A small vortex appeared in the air where his sword tip had passed, followed by Empyrean Kong's gentle voice emanating from within.

"Teacher Zhang!"

"Empyrean Kong, how are things on your end?" Zhang Xuan asked eagerly.

Last time he mentioned his situation wasn't good and he might have faced danger; he wondered if that danger had been eliminated now.

"Not yet. I'm trapped somewhere and cannot free myself. If things are fine on your side, come rescue me as quickly as possible. I'm in the Heaven Mandate Domain within Zhou Yi Dynasty's Mt. Ni..."

Empyrean Kong's voice came through.

"Zhou Yi Dynasty? Mt. Ni?" Zhang Xuan made a mental note of the place names.

He would look them up in the Book Collection Vault later to see how far they were from his current location.

Having visited the Book Collection Vault the previous day, he had browsed through some geography books and learned that Baiyan City, where he currently was, belonged to the Han Yuan Dynasty.

In the world similar to the Source World, there were no fewer than a hundred thousand dynasties. If they were classified as first, second, or third-rate, this Han Yuan would probably not even qualify as third-rate, being extremely weak.

"How about you? I told you to be careful. You haven't attracted the attention of Heaven Mandate Hall, have you?" Having spoken about his own situation, Empyrean Kong then asked.

"As you know, I'm always low-profile," Zhang Xuan responded modestly.

There seemed to be a moment of silence from Empyrean Kong's side before he spoke again after a while, "That's good."

"Why fear attracting the attention of Heaven Mandate Hall? Could it be that they fear us, those who ascended?" Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

From what he understood, Heaven Mandate Hall was the place for Fate Masters, and the Fate Masters were the most noble and formidable profession in the Source World. They surely wouldn't persecute common ascenders out of fear, right?n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"I'm not sure of the specifics, but they labeled me as a 'Mandate Chaos Master' and sought to eliminate me. If I hadn't been lucky enough to enter this place, I would have been captured long ago!"

Empyrean Kong explained.

Zhang Xuan frowned: "Mandate Chaos Master?"

"Yes. It is said that decades ago, there was one who disturbed the heavenly fragments and disrupted the flow of qi, nearly causing the entire Source World to collapse. In short, be careful not to display your talent too freely... especially any power related to the heavenly fragments!"

Zhang Xuan nodded his head, recalling something, and said: "Speaking of which, a Life Guardian came by last night, currying favor in many ways and also planning to hold a student competition..."

Since Xu Xin's sudden decision to hold a competition was strange and Zhang Xuan couldn't figure it out, he thought to ask Empyrean Kong, who might be able to deduce something.

After all, the Zhou Yi Dynasty, where Empyrean Kong had appeared, was clearly more advanced than the Han Yuan Dynasty, and possessed much more information.

"Did you demonstrate your ability of 'Impartation of Heaven's Will'?" Empyrean Kong asked.

"I have..." Zhang Xuan nodded.

"That's the power of Heaven's Mandate, the Master Dao. It was because I displayed this kind of power that I got detected and hunted. It seems Heaven Mandate Hall has noticed you too, so be careful..."