Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 797: 439

Chapter 797: 439

“Yin and Yang are not fixed, Heaven and Earth’s Ingenious Mechanism, truly profound and mysterious.”

The Pavilion Master of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, with a solemn gaze, stood amidst numerous experts of the Blood Exchange Realm. Clad in a Mysterious Robe, he traced the Seven Stars Step around a dim Divination Mirror that floated in mid-air, channeling a profoundly mysterious qi to resonate with the cosmos.

The Divination of Heavenly Questions is an extremely profound method, passed down since ancient times. Yet, even in the present day, those at the Celestial Human Level cannot truly glimpse into the vast secrets of fate.

The so-called secrets of fate are, in fact, the process of the evolution of Heaven and Earth.

Since the primordial chaos solidified and Yin and Yang were divided, the evolution of the world has been a fixed process. However, as time passed and countless living beings were born, this evolution became increasingly complex and difficult to discern clearly.

The Divination Method seeks to parse through these intricate mysteries, eliminating all interference where possible to find the thread of fate most needed. As the saying goes, everything under the heavens is within the keep of the cosmos; divination is the act of using secret techniques to question Nature itself.

Even ordinary Outer Sect disciples of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion command the Divination Method, and as for someone who has reached the Pavillion Master’s level, he is naturally among the best, especially since he wields the ‘Divination Mirror,’ a Spirit Weapon not listed in the Spirit Weapon Catalogue of Da Xuan. Its purpose is not for combat but purely for deducing secrets of fate, enabling one’s consciousness to come closer to Heaven and Earth, removing more disturbances and capturing the most authentic principles of cosmic fate.

Even though its effect is singular and auxiliary, in the Pavilion Master’s view, if the Divination Mirror were included in the Spirit Weapon Catalogue of Da Xuan, it would easily rank within the top thirty!

The reason is simple.

When the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion was founded, it was far from the glory of sects like the Seven Profound Sect; it was through countless years of development that it slowly reached its position today. They interpreted the secrets of fate, pursued their Heavenly Mandate, and throughout history always took the right path, growing to the point where they now govern a State and their influence stretches across the Cold North, with a never-ending legacy of the Blood Exchange Realm.

All of this, in fact, relied on the Divination Mirror!

This was known only to successive Pavilion Masters of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, while others were unaware of the Divination Mirror’s abilities. After all, to the outside world, the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion was already fantastical and mysterious, full of people with the ability to divine. Yet, actually, with or without the Divination Mirror, divining the secrets of fate is an entirely different concept.

It was with the aid of the Divination Mirror that the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion developed to its present state. Over ten years ago, they even used it to divine Heaven and Earth and ascertain that King Han, the weakest among The Eight Princes, was the person closest to the current Heavenly Mandate. Thus, they decisively chose to place their bets on King Han.

In the Void,

The ancient octagonal Spirit Mirror emitted a hazy and profound spiritual light, spreading a profoundly mysterious qi that seemed to blend with the cosmos, yet all the Blood Exchange Realm experts nearby could not discern anything. Only Yang Qingshan, who existed at the Celestial Human Level, had an inkling and showed a contemplative look, but he too could not see clearly.

In truth, the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion has seldom used the Divination Mirror today, for Spirit Weapons too have lifespans. Especially a Spirit Weapon like the Divination Mirror, which divines the secrets of fate, endures a certain backlash from Heaven and Earth with each use, suffering damage. Nowadays, the Pavilion typically activates it only once every decade or so to guide the sect’s future direction.

But this time, it was used twice within a mere six months.

The first time, six months ago, was to locate Chen Mu. Based on all the collected intelligence, they used the Divination Mirror to divine and question, determining Chen Mu’s approximate location around the Outer Sea.

Now is the second time, still meant to divine Chen Mu’s location. However, this time is more difficult than the last, as there is almost no information about Chen Mu this time, not even certainty whether Chen Mu is still in the Outer Sea. Without any intelligence to offer, it is purely a search for Chen Mu’s whereabouts amidst chaos, which is undoubtedly incredibly difficult.

“…the secrets of fate are vast, true meaning reveals itself.”

At this moment, the Pavilion Master’s eyes were slightly closed as he murmured chants, his fingertips releasing a strand of qi that merged with the Divination Mirror. Using the mirror as a medium, he infused a trace of his consciousness into the boundless cosmos.

Even though he knew this divination lacked a foundation and was extremely difficult, he still had confidence. After all, he was the Pavilion Master, an existence within the Blood Exchange Realm. The divining capabilities of the Spirit Weapon, the Divination Mirror, were incomparably profound. The only drawback was that he had not achieved Unity of Heaven and Man; if he could step into the Celestial Human Level and use the questioning power of the Divination Mirror, he believed there would be few things in the world that could remain hidden from him.

Although he fell short now, Chen Mu was not a Celestial Human either.

Even if Chen Mu was powerful enough to rival a Celestial Human, if his Realm was not sufficient, it simply was not sufficient. Without reaching the Celestial Human Level, one could not grasp the mysterious destiny interwoven within Heaven and Earth, nor could one actively conceal their fate to create interference.

If Chen Mu’s location could be divined six months ago, then naturally the same could be done six months later.

Step, step, step,

The Pavilion Master traced the Seven Stars Step, his pace becoming slower and slower as he delved deeper into a mysterious haze. His consciousness seemed to reach a chaotic blur where he sifted through the vague mess, searching for the necessary threads of fate.

Images flashed before his eyes, chaotic and disorderly. Occasionally, one of them would reveal the figure of Chen Mu among them, but it was not from the present; it was set in Yu State, scenes from the past.