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Ashiya Dōman said something indifferently.
To him, the Tsuchimiya family was just an insignificant ripple in the thousands of years that had passed. Perhaps he still paid attention to it now, but as time went by, it would gradually return to calm. The thousands of years had made him extremely indifferent to most of the mundane affairs of the world.
Otherwise, five hundred years ago, when the Kakaiin clan he founded was resisting Hagoromo Gitsune, he would have stepped in to help, or at the very least, he would have helped to break the bloodline curse that Hagoromo Gitsune had placed on the Kakaiin clan. But he just watched all of this quietly, completely like an observer.
"You do have some guts."
Kanzaki Teru looked at Ashiya Doman with slight surprise, as his appearance here was somewhat unexpected.
For a mere Onmyoji with the strength of a Demon King to dare to intrude knowing that he would never return, it is certainly true that he has guts.
"I have lived long enough. What I pursue now is the abyss of Yin and Yang. Courage and such are irrelevant. The appearance of Anbe Seimei this time is exactly what I expected."
Ashiya Dōman's words made Tsuchimiya Kagura suddenly remember the responsibilities she carried on her shoulders.
She still has to save Sister Huangquan, her father... and everyone in the Yin-Yang Dao...
“Master Daoman, Brother Hui, we…”
Just as Kagura Tsuchimiya was about to say something, she was interrupted by Dōman Ashiya.
"Don't worry about the little girl from the Tsuchimiya family. Now that Lord Qingdi has arrived, Abe no Seimei won't be able to keep jumping around for long."
"Besides, you should know... even if you were to expose Abe no Seimei's schemes and actions to the public, I'm afraid no one would dare to come and punish him."
"Why?!!!"
Kagura Tsuchimiya was taken aback.
This is different from what everyone in the Yin-Yang School discussed. Wasn't it said that Abe no Seimei's plan to sacrifice all living beings in Kyoto was taboo for all the major powers in the world, especially those gods and demons?
It's not like simply exposing it will attract the wrath of powerful beings or even gods.
This was the only way they could save themselves that they had come up with, and they never expected it to be unilaterally rejected.
Ashiya Doman did not answer immediately, but glanced at Kanzaki Teru beside him. Seeing that he did not stop him, he said, "Because humans are protected by the Blue Emperor. Without the Blue Emperor's permission, the gods dare not set foot in the human realm. And Abe no Seimei's actions all fall within the scope of human affairs!"
"Qing Emperor!!"
"The Azure Emperor, Guardian of Humanity!!!"
"Humanity's only transcendent being!!!"
Kagura Tsuchimiya was slightly stunned, looking at Hikaru Kanzaki with an incredulous gaze.
"Brother Hui, are you Lord Qingdi?!?"
Kanzaki Teru simply nodded without offering any further explanation.
Kagura Tsuchimiya fell silent. She had initially thought that the "Azure Emperor" mentioned by the monk Doman was a misheard phrase or a homonym. But she never imagined that her brother Hui was truly the legendary, sole human transcendent being, the Azure Emperor!
Both she and Sister Huangquan knew that Brother Hui was extremely powerful; he could easily suppress the twelve divine generals of the Yin-Yang Hall.
But I never imagined that he was actually the Azure Emperor.
What does the Green Emperor symbolize?
It symbolizes the strongest among humans, an invincible being, and an existence that no one else can surpass.
When Kagura Tsuchimiya learned Kanzaki Teru's true identity, her tense heart finally relaxed. With Teru-nii-san there, everyone, including Yomi-nee, her father, and the Onmyōdō, was able to escape unharmed.
"Ashiya Dōman, tell us, what exactly does Abe no Seimei want to do? What is the truth behind all this?!"
Kanzaki Teru looked at Ashiya Doman and said.
Vali's eyes also narrowed slightly. What made him serious was not the so-called founder of Yin-Yang Dao, Abe no Seimei, but Li Zevim, who was playing an unknown role in this matter.
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Chapter 114: Waiting Quietly
"You're saying that Abe no Seimei wants to break through and advance to the Transcendent realm by relying on the forced sacrifice of all the Onmyoji in the Onmyodo?!"
Sitting in an empty cafe, Vali stared in astonishment at Ashiya Doman, who was recounting the whole story, while Tsuchimiya Kagura added her own explanations.
Suddenly, I realized how absurd this was.
Breaking through and advancing to the Transcendent Realm is not so easy.
"A few days ago, whether it was our [Super Disaster Countermeasures Office] or other Onmyodo forces, Onmyo families, exorcism families... we all received a secret order from the five giants of Onmyodo: Onmyodo Hall, Onmyodo Academy, Onmyodo Power, Kakaiin, and Tsuchimikado. The order was to bring all Onmyodo forces to Kyoto to witness the birth of the Onmyodo founder, Abe no Seimei, and to observe whether he was worthy of our Onmyodo's continued respect or to stand on the opposite side!"
"However, what happened next was far beyond our expectations."
Kagura Tsuchimiya held a cup of coffee she had just brewed herself, took a sip, and said bitterly, "When we arrived in Kyoto, we learned that it was all a conspiracy. The founder of Onmyōdō—Abe no Seimei—was born without our knowledge. And the secret orders we received from the five giants of Onmyōdō—the Onmyō-tei, Onmyō-juku, Onmyō-ryū, Kagein, and Tsuchimikado—were all forged. The five giants of Onmyōdō—the Onmyō-tei, Onmyō-juku, Onmyō-ryū, Kagein, and Tsuchimikado—have all been secretly captured by Abe no Seimei's men. Besides those great yokai, the one who made the move was Mimonin, another bloodline branch descended from the founder of Onmyōdō, Abe no Seimei."
"We were imprisoned by Abe no Seimei within the Kakaiin clan. Within the barrier, our spiritual power was constantly being drained. Once our spiritual power was depleted, all that was left was our life force."
"My father and others, together with high-ranking Onmyoji, secretly broke through a loophole in the barrier and sent me out to seek help. Unfortunately, I was discovered by those great demons before I even left Kyoto."
"If it weren't for Brother Hui appearing—I'm afraid I would have..."
Kamiya Kagura recounted the current situation in one breath, and in her words, one could clearly hear the predicament that the Onmyōdō people were facing and the hardships that Kamiya Kagura herself was going through.
"Sacrificing the Yin-Yang Dao, sacrificing human lives... He really thought he could break through and advance to the Transcendent realm by doing this!"
Kanzaki Teru said dismissively.
"Although I also think it won't be that simple, this method is not without the possibility of being tried."
Ashiya Dōman said.
"What do you take the Transcendent Ones for? Do you really think you can advance by relying on these external forces?"
Vali interjected sarcastically, saying, "That's ridiculous."
"If it were that simple, humanity wouldn't only have one transcendent being, the Azure Emperor; the number of transcendent beings in the world would certainly be several times greater."
Transcendant——
Zero is an existence that transcends its own sequence, transcends the scope of race, transcends the cultivation system...
The gap between the Demon King level and the Transcendent realm is far beyond what the Yin-Yang Dao can bridge. If this method truly worked, the Divine Child Monitor wouldn't have failed to produce a single Transcendent to date, and the same applies to the Celestial Realm.
"Anbei Seimei hasn't even reached the Demon King level yet, but he actually wants to take a leap to explore the realm of the Transcendent. He's either stupid or he's been completely deceived."
Kanzaki Teru has roughly guessed some of the underlying reasons.
"Lord Qingdi, you're saying that Anbe Seimei's strength hasn't reached the Demon King level?!?"
Ashiya Dōman was greatly alarmed.
In his mind, Anbe Seimei's strength should be comparable to that of the Demon King of the Underworld, belonging to the strongest combat power second only to the Transcendent Realm. How come the Azure Emperor said that he did not reach the Demon King level?
“You and Abe no Seimei should be considered among the strongest in the human race besides me. However, being second only to me does not mean being second only to the Transcendent Realm. Abe no Seimei is still quite a distance from the Demon King level, and your situation is even more obvious, you have only reached the mid-stage of the Demon King level.”
Kanzaki Teru glanced at Ashiya Doman and continued mercilessly, "Although Onmyōdō is an important inheritance in the supernatural cultivation system among humans, unfortunately, it does not currently have the potential to allow people to grow to the level of a Demon King, let alone a transcendent being."
"how so?!"
Ashiya Dōman, upon learning the 'truth,' was completely stunned, as if struck by lightning, and appeared utterly distraught.
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"It turns out it was all just my delusions, delusions that I had stepped into the abyss and end of the Yin-Yang Dao, completely in no way inferior to the divine and demonic race system... Now that I think about it, it's undoubtedly laughable... Hahaha!!!"
As if his lifelong faith had collapsed, Ashiya Dōman laughed out loud in a fit of rage.
He was both mocking his past naiveté and mocking Abe no Seimei's current arrogance and unrealistic delusions.
"Master Daoman..."
Kagura Tsuchimiya looked at Dōman Ashiya with slight worry, the originator of their Tsuchimiya family's Yin-Yang lineage.
“The young lady of the Tsuchimiya family is not as fragile as I am.”
Ashiya Doman, having suppressed his laughter, regained his composure and said thoughtfully, "According to Lord Qingdi's words, in the entire human cultivation system, only the sword path is the cultivation system that can lead to the Demon King level."
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After all, Kanzaki Teru became a transcendent being step by step through kendo.
In Ashiya Doman's mind, swordsmanship must be something comparable to the cultivation systems of gods and demons.
"The way of the sword can indeed lead to the level of the Demon King, but unfortunately, the way of the human sword is insufficient. My Azure Emperor Sword Way can."
Having said that, Kanzaki Teru didn't recommend saying anything more to Ashiya Doman. After all, among humans, apart from those who wielded the God-Slaying Gear, there were very few others who could earn his approval.
"I have learned a great deal, Lord Azure Emperor!"
Ashiya Doman bowed deeply to Kanzaki Teru, having benefited greatly from their brief conversation today.
"Brother Hui, what should we do next?"
Kagura Tsuchimiya asked.
"I'll wait quietly for a while. I want to see what that guy is up to!"
The 'that guy' that Kanzaki Teru was referring to was naturally not Abe Seimei, but rather Li Zeweim, who was behind all of this.
Kagura Tsuchimiya nodded her little head.
"Yes, Brother Hui!"
With Brother Hui around, nothing will happen to Sister Huang Quan and the others.
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Chapter 115: Abe no Seimei's Cold-Bloodedness
The bright moon hung across the sky, and the deep night spread throughout Kyoto.
Instantly, the once utterly silent Kyoto was plunged into the thickest vortex of darkness, transforming it into a dark and secluded forbidden zone, inspiring a sense of dread.
Because Kyoto was surrounded by a barrier, it directly distorted the perception and understanding of the outside world, causing everyone to subconsciously believe that Kyoto was the same as usual, without any changes. Even if they felt a little strange and distorted in their hearts, they ignored it all.
This is undoubtedly terrifying—
Neither the gods nor humans noticed anything unusual about Kyoto in their understanding, much less the disappearance of all of Kyoto's inhabitants.
Meanwhile, in Nijo Castle, a place with an extremely long history in Japan.