The Peacock King snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "How arrogant!"
Before the words were finished, the five elements of divine light that filled the sky transformed into three hundred and sixty-five divine swords, each several feet long, with lifelike and vivid blades, spines, hilts, and other features.
One side of these giant swords is decorated with strange pictographic patterns, while the other side is decorated with bird-shaped characters. The hilt is shaped like a beast's head, resembling neither a dragon nor a qilin.
The intent condensed within the giant sword bore a striking resemblance to the Panhuang Spirit Sword that Lin Yi had previously subdued. Many ancient texts record swords wielded by ancient sages that resembled this type.
Ancient sages, overcoming all obstacles, tempered their hearts with unwavering integrity and honed their divine will with sharp swords, fighting against countless ferocious beasts and demons to carve out a space for humankind to survive. This will is the way of the sages.
Now that the Peacock King is cultivating the Five Elements Sword Dao, he actually has the will of the ancient holy path within him, which is vast and boundless, making people feel that he is the master of this world!
Three hundred and sixty-five divine swords materialized and immediately began to rotate rhythmically, forming a vast Five Elements Sword Domain that sealed Lin Yi within it.
"What a magnificent ancient sacred path, the Five Elements Divine Sword!"
As Lin Yi spoke, a long sword with one face and four sides, forming a strange shape, appeared in his hand.
In an instant, a clear and melodious sword chant rang out within the Five Elements Sword Domain, seemingly originating from the primitive and ignorant ancient times when humans ate raw meat and drank blood.
Scenes flashed before his eyes. The Peacock King seemed to see the ancestors of the human race, generation after generation of holy emperors and sages, who bravely took up weapons and challenged the gods and demons who ruled the world. They fought and conquered with swords, laying the foundation for the prosperity of the human race with blood and fire.
"King Peacock, although you have been reborn as a human, you do not truly understand what it means to be human."
To stand tall and be upright, to strive for self-improvement—that is the essence of being human.
A person of profound morality who educates and guides the people is a true human being.
Passionate, generous, and righteous—that is the essence of being a person.
Compassion and mercy, relieving suffering and rescuing those in distress are the virtues of humanity;
Punishing evil and promoting good, suppressing evil and subduing demons, is the way of being human;
Humility, respect, and gentleness are the hallmarks of a person;
She is beautiful inside and out, quiet and elegant;
A person of unyielding spirit and indomitable will is a true man.
From the moment the Panhuang Life Sword appeared, the Five Elements Sword Domain had already broken free from the Peacock King's control. The Five Elements Dao Venerable, who pointed to the sky and stomped on the ground, transformed into a middle-aged man dressed in brocade robes with five-colored silk threads tied around his waist.
Seeing Lin Yi strolling over, the middle-aged man asked with a solemn expression, "Just who are you?"
Lin Yi seemed oblivious, his mind and body completely absorbed in communicating with the Panhuang Life Sword. However, with each step he took, a layer of pressure was applied to the Peacock King.
Ten steps later, the Peacock King's figure burst open like a bubble under the sun, leaving only a radiant pearl suspended in the air.
Lin Yi saw a long river of fortune, endless and mighty, but it was restrained by an even larger external torrent. This river was unwilling to break free of its shackles, but was constantly suppressed.
"A struggle between heaven and man?"
Lin Yi was pondering when suddenly a new change occurred.
With a roar, a dragon flew out and stood between the two torrents. Suddenly, the two torrents, which were originally in conflict, began to support each other and circulate in a cycle.
“I understand now. Although the Way of Heaven and the Way of Humanity are in conflict, they are also interdependent. This is why the ‘Holy Emperor’ who rules over Heaven, Earth and Humanity exists.”
"If that's the case, choosing only the path of humanity means becoming an emperor or general in the human world. No matter how great your talent and ambition, or how vast your empire, you will eventually turn into a handful of dust."
"If you choose the Heavenly Dao alone, without any help or sufficient resources, you might not be able to advance even after ten or a hundred epochs, let alone one epoch."
"And yet, spanning two long rivers, connecting the paths of heaven and man, it seems that neither path can lead to great success. Could this be the true reason why those ancient sage emperors failed to transcend the sea of suffering and reach the other shore?"
From the era of ancient sage emperors to the hundred sages of the Middle Ages, and then to the dynastic changes of today, the evolution of humanity has already illustrated many issues.
Lin Yi gathered his thoughts, casually put away the five-colored pearl floating in the air, and glanced around to see a gust of cold wind desperately flying towards the depths of the wilderness.
Amidst the eerie wind, there were also blood-red clouds of light, flying at an extremely fast speed, leaving a long trail of light in the sky.
Lin Yi could sense that the gloomy winds and blood-red clouds of light contained a dense amount of pure yang energy, much like a tree struck by lightning.
This is a ghost immortal who survived a tribulation of lightning.
"This desolate land is quite lively. Although the news about the Qiankun Bag has spread widely, it's hard to tell whether it's true or false, and it's shrouded in mystery. It's impossible for it to have attracted so many people. Let me think, what else could it be?"
Lin Yi murmured softly as his Innate Qi Primordial Capturing Hand flew out, tearing through the void and appearing above the fleeing Yin Wind Blood Cloud.
The giant hand descended, causing the heavens and earth to collapse. It seemed that with this strike, the world would crumble, be destroyed, and return to chaos and nothingness.
Those caught in the dark wind and blood-red clouds felt as if the sky were falling, and the surrounding void seemed to have solidified, like a prison that had locked them up tightly, leaving them no way to escape.
boom!
A powerful blast wave rolled out, the eerie wind vanished, and the blood-red clouds dispersed.
Lin Yi held in his hand an elderly man dressed in a white robe, with white cloth wrapped around his head and inlaid with gemstones, a high nose, deep-set eyes, brown eyes, and a beard that almost reached his chest.
Besides this person, there was also a mat or blanket that was about three or four zhang in circumference!
This blanket, made of some unknown type of wool, was embroidered with colorful patterns that resembled strange symbols. These symbols exuded a strong aura of blood, causing blood-red clouds to swirl around the blanket.
Lin Yi reached out and summoned the spoils and prisoners to his side.
At this moment, a dazzling bolt of lightning descended from the sky, transforming into a beautiful woman in a white gauze dress, with eyes as black as lacquer, a face as white as jade, and hair piled up like clouds. This was none other than Chan Yinsha, who had returned after her first tribulation.
A master of lightning tribulation is no ordinary person. Lightning represents the will of heaven. It has always been believed in folk tradition that if a person commits many evils, lightning will strike him. This is equivalent to heaven disliking him and wanting to kill him. However, a master of lightning tribulation is someone that even heaven cannot kill or do anything about.
Of the eight most famous demon immortals in the world, only the Peacock King and the Heavenly Serpent King survived the tribulation of lightning.