Chapter 696: Heavenly Fire Avenue
Qin Mu watched Xu Sheng Hua depart, and Ning Jin was also taken by Yan Wang to Fengdu. Perhaps that place would be a suitable world for him to survive.
"Each of them has their own brilliance. This time, the troubles of the Netherworld Queen have also been resolved. With the three hundred and twenty-four Netherworld Realm runes, the Netherworld Realm will no longer be a lifeless world in the future, but will become a thriving and prosperous myriad realm!"
Qin Mu felt a surge of emotion. In the future, many cultivators would enter the Netherworld Realm, making it more and more prosperous, and their divine abilities would also flourish with a hundred schools of thought contending.
The Yan Kang reforms were also not just empty words. With the help of the Netherworld Queen, the power of the reforms would grow stronger and stronger.
However, all of this required time.
And now, Yan Kang had not yet matured, and the Netherworld Realm had not yet matured either.
"Right now is the most dangerous moment. The spark of reform could be extinguished at any time."
Qin Mu frowned slightly, then relaxed his expression, setting aside these troubling thoughts. Together with Yan Jingjing, he went to find the Dragon Qilin. They saw the Dragon Qilin working as a laborer under He Yiyi, being ordered around by the women of the Western Lands to do this and that.
The Dragon Qilin wanted to cry but had no tears, yet he couldn't refuse. These female cultivators from the Western Lands practiced the divine ability of "All Things Have Spirit, All Things Have Gods," and they would often use a strange divine ability to control his body, making him work.
"Dragon Fatty has become so diligent?"
Qin Mu felt greatly comforted and said with a smile, "Dragon Fatty, come carry my sword orb. It's time for us to return to Yan Kang."
That sword orb was over thirty zhang tall and astonishingly heavy. The Dragon Qilin originally intended to refuse, but then thought, "I've helped the girls of the Western Lands with so much work. If I don't help the Sect Leader, I'm afraid I won't get even half a spirit pill in the future!"
He braced himself and lifted the sword orb. Qin Mu was very pleased. "Dragon Fatty really has become diligent."
Since Yan Jingjing had received that wisp of pure yin energy from Qin Mu, she felt her foundation gradually stabilizing and her body improving day by day, which made her very happy.
The two walked and talked, their laughter continuous.
Qin Mu escorted Yan Jingjing to the Sun Well and said, "The Emperor will issue a decree to summon you. Use the sun on the Sun Ship to illuminate Grand Heavenly Heaven and Luo Fu Heaven, allowing these two realms to regain their vitality. But you don't need to worry. Once we find a pure yang spiritual body and a pure yin spiritual body, you won't have to run around driving the Sun Ship. Although your cultivation realm is very high, your foundation is unstable. You need to leave the Sun Well and go to Yan Kang to study and learn some basics. I'll wait for you in Yan Kang."
The two parted reluctantly. Qin Mu watched her walk into the Sun Well before continuing eastward.
He sat on the Dragon Qilin's back and took out the Heavenly Fire of Xuan Du, examining it closely.
Since obtaining this prism of heavenly fire, he hadn't had time to scrutinize it carefully. He had only used it once, and the rest of the time, he had left it to Yan Jingjing.
"Since it's fire, why does it have substance? Why does it turn into flame crystals?"
He was puzzled. This prism of heavenly fire was the heavenly fire of the Heavenly Lord. Although it was very powerful, unfortunately, he couldn't control the heat. His skill in this area was far inferior to Yan Jingjing's mastery of fire-based divine abilities.
Just then, he suddenly noticed that the crystal structure of the heavenly fire prism was constantly changing. Startled, he quickly examined it closely. He saw that inside the prism, there were also many flames with crystal structures. These flames were composed of several hexagonal diamond-shaped crystals that continuously formed and annihilated, which was very interesting.
"A peculiar phenomenon of mathematical arts."
Qin Mu perked up and continued to look closely. He saw that inside the hexagonal diamonds of the heavenly fire, there were other flame crystals in the shape of equilateral octagons, but they were unstable, sometimes flat and sometimes round.
He was full of interest and continued to look deeper. He saw that the heavenly fire was divided into layer upon layer of mathematical structures. The deeper he went, the more complex the mathematical structures became.
He kept probing into the interior of the heavenly fire, revealing layer after layer of mathematical structures. The crystal forms behind were no longer limited to a single geometric configuration but became increasingly complex.
Qin Mu took out a measuring scale, recorded notes on paper, and then assembled his own computational spirit weapon to perform calculations, writing out columns of equations in an attempt to analyze the mysteries of the heavenly fire.
His research grew deeper and deeper, forgetting day and night, obsessed with the changes in mathematical arts.
Unconsciously, he explored to the core of the heavenly fire, where he saw countless tiny points colliding with each other at unimaginable speeds, generating extremely high temperatures and destructive power.
Strangely enough, each of these infinitesimally small points had a different trajectory, drawing perfect mathematical structures as they moved.
If one used primordial qi to activate the heavenly fire, this collision would become even more violent, and the temperature of the heavenly fire would reach its extreme!
"Is this the most minute form of the heavenly fire crystal?"
Qin Mu felt as if he were seeing the most beautiful pictures, and he was intoxicated. Mathematical arts were the most perfect and beautiful pictures, and the two major calculation classics of the Dao Sect could no longer explain the microscopic structure of the heavenly fire.
The Tai Xuan Calculation Classic and the Su Nu Calculation Classic could explain the macroscopic structure of the universe and stars, but they were completely inapplicable to the microscopic structure of the heavenly fire.
Qin Mu continuously calculated and deduced, recording more and more things, and his analysis of the heavenly fire's microscopic structure grew more and more extensive.
Immersed in it, the mathematical equations he organized could easily be compiled into a new calculation classic.
The Dragon Qilin, carrying the sword orb, walked with difficulty. Moreover, since Qin Mu was engrossed in the microscopic mathematics of the heavenly fire and didn't urge him to hurry, the Dragon Qilin also slacked off. By the time they arrived at Xiang Long City, more than ten days had passed.
Finally, Qin Mu finished analyzing the microscopic form of the heavenly fire and completed the final mathematical equation.
Qin Mu stretched lazily, organized the thick stack of papers, read through them from beginning to end, and showed a satisfied smile. "The Dao Sect's calculation classic is called the Tai Xuan Calculation Classic. Xuan means great. Wei means small. I'll call my calculation classic the Tai Wei Calculation Classic."
The Tai Wei Calculation Classic and the Tai Xuan Calculation Classic were completely different mathematical systems, using entirely different mathematical techniques.
The Tai Xuan Calculation Classic was used to explain the macroscopic aspects of all things in the universe, thereby deducing the macroscopic great Dao of the universe, while the Tai Wei Calculation Classic was used to explain the microscopic aspects of all things in the universe, elucidating the microscopic great Dao.
Of course, Qin Mu had only deduced the Tai Wei Calculation Classic from the microscopic aspects of the heavenly fire, and there were still many shortcomings. For now, it could only explain the heavenly fire of Xuan Du.
"Now, can I calculate the Heavenly Fire Avenue?"
Qin Mu became excited and focused on deducing the detailed crystal structure of the Heavenly Fire Avenue. His understanding of flame runes was not as good as Yan Jingjing's. In fact, his depth of research was inferior to hers, but his breadth of research surpassed hers.
His flame runes included the Vermilion Bird primordial qi encompassing the mainstream Vermilion Bird rune system, the Ying Huo Star Lord rune system from the Ying Huo Fire Marquis True Art, then the various divine fire and demonic fire rune systems from the Great Cultivation Demon Sutra, and the flame dragon runes from the Ancestral Dragon Tai Xuan Art.
But even so, Qin Mu's mastery of flame runes was far from perfect, because besides these, there were also the Great Sun Star Lord flame runes, the Phoenix flame runes, the demon race's flame divine abilities, and many other types.
To deduce the Heavenly Fire Avenue this time, he had to abandon all the flame runes he had learned before and start from scratch.
The hardest part of starting from scratch was writing the first "one."
In fact, this "one" was to determine the trajectory of the first point, forming a basic mathematical structure. From the trajectory of the first point, calculate the mathematical structure of the second point, then establish the third point, the fourth point.
Only when all the points' mathematical structures formed a unique crystal structure could the first step be considered complete.
After that, he would use the Tai Wei Calculation Classic to calculate more different crystal structures. Different crystal sequences could form divine abilities of varying power.
Qin Mu tried to calculate. The Dragon Qilin carried him and the sword orb, continuing to trudge forward. By the time they arrived at the Divine Severance Mountain Range, which had been flattened into a plain, he had finally initially determined the first divine ability of the Heavenly Fire Avenue.
This divine ability was still rough and not refined.
The Dao itself had no power; it was the divine abilities that had power. This first divine ability was the expression of the power of the Heavenly Fire Avenue.
With the first divine ability, he could work hard in this area and create the second heavenly fire divine ability, the third heavenly fire divine ability...
Suddenly, a voice came: "Netherworld God Son Qin Fengqing!"
Qin Mu was slightly startled. There weren't many people who called him the Netherworld God Son and also called him Qin Fengqing.
He looked up and revealed a smile. "Qi Jiuyi, Brother Qi."
Qi Jiuyi stood on the ruins of the Divine Severance Mountain Range and said calmly, "Netherworld God Son, I have come to bid you farewell. I will return to the Heavenly Court and no longer concern myself with the affairs of the lower realm. Do you know what this means?"
Qin Mu's eyes flickered. "It means the Heavenly Court is about to make a move on Yan Kang."
Qi Jiuyi nodded and said, "These days, I have been traveling around Yan Kang and saw the Yan Kang National Teacher's reforms, which are in full swing. Then, I met my three senior brothers. You know them."
Qin Mu said, "Lou Yunqu, Wei Qingpei, and Fu Yanqi. Did they also enter the Great Ruins when Grand Heavenly Heaven fell? However, with just the three of them, they can't stir up much trouble. Yan Kang now has many experts, whether from Chi Ming, the demon race, or Grand Heavenly Heaven. Killing the three of them wouldn't be too difficult."
Qi Jiuyi smiled enigmatically. "They have come to bring down the calamity, not to go to war with you. Bringing down the calamity is not difficult for them either. For the Ming Du deity who controls the Book of Life and Death, wiping out millions or tens of millions of people is as easy as turning over a hand, requiring almost no effort."
Qin Mu's eyelids twitched.
The Book of Life and Death indeed had such power.
Qi Jiuyi said, "Wiping out so many people and sacrificing them to Yan Kang's stone statues, the divine beings will revive and massacre on a large scale, which can revive even more stone statues."
Qin Mu shook his head and said, "Even if those divine beings revive, there's nothing they can do. Yan Kang now has so many strong people, and the power of the Great Ruins is unfathomable. What can they do even if they revive?"
Qi Jiuyi said, "You have a divine pot on you, called the Five Thunder Pot, right? That is a divine weapon forged by the Northern Emperor, containing five great cloud thunders, and within the cloud thunders are Fire Bell divine weapons."
Qin Mu nodded and said, "I have heard of this Northern Emperor. He is called the Xuan Wu Great Emperor."
Qi Jiuyi said, "The Xuan Wu Great Emperor is a naturally born divine being."
Qin Mu said, "The Kai Huang once invited the Northern Emperor as a guest."
Qi Jiuyi said, "And the Northern Emperor's divine weapon has become a weapon for bringing down the calamity. The Five Thunder Pot is just one of them. There are more calamity-bringing divine weapons that have also arrived in Yan Kang. These weapons should have been hidden by you, right? That's why you feel confident. The Northern Emperor's divine weapon is one of the calamity-bringing divine weapons. Do you think the other divine weapons will be weaker? Do you think you can really hide these calamity-bringing divine weapons?"
Qin Mu's expression changed slightly. "Are the other divine weapons on par with the Northern Emperor's divine weapon? Are they also naturally born divine beings?"
"Yes."
Qi Jiuyi said, "Bringing down the calamity is originally a method of naturally born divine beings. When the stone statues of Yan Kang revive, those calamity-bringing divine weapons will slip out of your control. If I were you, I would leave this place as soon as possible, the farther the better."
Qin Mu took a deep breath, a sharp light flashing in his eyes. He said in a deep voice, "Brother Qi, we are clearly opponents. Why are you reminding me of such an important matter?"
Qi Jiuyi showed a smile. "I only have a grudge against you, not against the people here. Besides, even if I tell you, you have no way to deal with it. Yan Kang will eventually be destroyed. Also, I want to fulfill a wish before I leave."
Qin Mu smiled slightly. "I'm afraid you won't be able to fulfill that wish."
"When experts clash, attacking the mind is paramount."
Qi Jiuyi smiled faintly. "I just revealed such a shocking secret, and your Dao heart has been shaken. Our strengths are about the same. If your Dao heart wavers, I will have the confidence to defeat you."
Qin Mu said leisurely, "For the information you've given me, I can spare your life. Please!"
--- You all always say I write short chapters. Today, Zhai Zhu will make sure both chapters are over 3,500 words. Let's see who still says I'm short! I'm going home this afternoon. Oh, by the way, I met the Ten Mile Sword God. If any of you want to urge him to update, I can help you do that.