Chapter 219 - Outlawed?! (2/2)
”This is the Xiuhei Titan Hall, my home.” Zhou Xiuhei's calmly explained with normal speech, his eyes flashing with a hint of an odd emotion that felt out-of-place. Yan Zaizen furrowed his brows, but didn't ask about it. Instead, he responded, ”Thank you to inviting me to your abode, Xiuhei Sovereign.”
Then, ”Are you really a herculean?” Yan Zaizen wasn't one to do much in terms of formalities or common speech-patterns. Instead, he was rather unruly and direct.
”En.” Zhou Xiuhei nodded. A trace of vital energy that Yan Zaizen had never one felt before fluctuated within Zhou Xiuhei's body. Profound inscriptions, violet in color, materialized onto his skin. It covered a majority of his body, but those inscriptions emanated a unique aura that Yan Zaizen could not be any more familiar with!
”Herculean Avatar Art!” This was the single martial art, or to put it bluntly, Fiendgod-based art, described within the Immortal Herculean Method. However, as Yan Zaizen observed the inscriptions more thoroughly, his expression turned odd.
Witnessing this, Zhou Xiuhei inwardly praised Yan Zaizen for his sharp perception. ”I, much like you, have taken the Herculean Path. The path to exceed the heavens, to shatter the skies, but unfortunately, we divert on this path to different roads.”
”Different roads?” When those words were said, Yan Zaizen's eyes brimmed with interest and excitement! To others, they may not understand this, but to him, he felt keenly aware.
”You cultivate the way of Immortality, but I cultivate the way of Unshatterable. Your focus on existing in perpetuity, creating a body that can revive off a single drop of blood, using only a single trace of physical existence. My art, The Unbreakable Herculean Method, focuses upon reaching a point where even if the heavens shatter, even if the skies collapses, it will not.” Zhou Xiuhei had a profound smile with a tinge of leaking pride as he spoke.
Yan Zaizen's horizons broaden greatly! Two methods, two absolutely heaven-defying physiques! One that can rebirth as long as a single trace of it exists, the other which can not be destroyed by any means! How profound, how grand, how godly were herculeans?!
However, this only constituted its absolute peak.
Despite this, he could imagine that Zhou Xiuhei must have a near impregnable body towards those at his cultivation. After all, with the Herculean Avatar Art, a martial art based around vital energy, the greater the vital energy, the greater the characteristic of the art.
”Herculeans, what are they?” Yan Zaizen once more directly asked a question. He didn't idle about or linger but went to the point.
Zhou Xiuhei's eyes flickered with a nearly imperceptible light. ”Herculeans is a Path, much like the Essence, Heavenly, Fiendgod, Infernal Forger, True Spirit, or Bestial Paths. An elusive yet dominant law that constitutes something far grander than the heavens, something that exceeds races and species.” When those words were spoken, Yan Zaizen detected something odd in the tone, but it was too fleeting and too indistinguishable that he couldn't grasp it.
He felt curious as this subject seems to touch Zhou Xiuhei in ways that weren't normal. His eyes would flicker and his tone would undergo a subtle shift. Obviously, Yan Zaizen discovered he was establishing a calm front. However, he felt a little warmth. After all, if he was putting on a calm front, then he was also putting on a patient front. With this attitude, he was calmly and patiently willing to answer any questions Yan Zaizen may have.
”Wait, True Spirit?” Suddenly, his thoughts lurched to that single word. It wasn't just him, but even Pinaka jumped at those words.
True Spirit Path?!
”Mhm,” nodding, Zhou Xiuhei explained, ”the True Spirit, Infernal Forger, and Herculean paths are outlawed within the Rebirth Heaven. If cultivated, the Rebirth Heaven's will shall enforce and eliminate all those in violation of its rules. That being said, being a wielder of a Mortal Dao, bestowed or true, will enable you to bypass this to some extent. Unfortunately, the Herculean Path is forbidden to even be conceived, dao or not.” As he explained, Yan Zaizen felt even more confused. Outlawed by the Rebirth Heaven's will?
Aware of Yan Zaizen's confusion, he continued, ”You may have heard, there are thirty-three heavens beneath the Earths and the Skies. Each heaven has a ruler, this ruler is declared as a Heavenly God amongst cultivators. The previous ruler of our heaven, was the Chaos Origin Heavenly God, wielding both creation and destruction, he established an accepting heaven. His regime ended with his death.”
”The Rebirth Era of the 27th Heaven was established from that day forth. The Infernal Forger and Herculean Paths, with a few others, were closed off. For those like myself, cultivating during the Chaos Era, they were unaffected, but to newcomers. They would be sentenced to complete destruction in body and soul by Heavenly Annihilation Light, as decreed by the Extreme Rebirth Heavenly God.” With those words said, Zhou Xiuhei gaze towards Yan Zaizen grew noticeably softer.
In this Era, for the last thirteen thousand years, not a single new herculean had been born. Now, Yan Zaizen stood before him as an Immortal Herculean! What should've been impossible was in fact reality!
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