Heavenly Heart [2.1k]
Translator: CinderTL
"A Primordial Spirit..."
Nascent Soul True Lords of the Taixu Sword Sect stared at the figure in the Void, their hearts filled with awe.
"When Sword Prodigy Li joined our Taixu Sword Sect, we all groomed him to become the next 'Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy.' However, even the Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy only had a chance of achieving Primordial Spirit, and very few ever truly reached Void Refining! Yet, in just a few years, Sword Prodigy Li has already achieved our ultimate goal, ascending to the Primordial Spirit Realm."
"Primordial Spirit... In the Taixu Sword Sect's Main Sect, Primordial Spirit True Monarchs can hold important positions. My family, a Primordial Spirit clan with an 18,000-year history, hasn't seen a new Primordial Spirit in three millennia, which has kept us from ever truly ranking among the top clans in the Azure Sea Domain."
"What are the native powers of the Azure Sea Domain? Even the enforcers who oversee tens of thousands of Lesser World Branch Sects in the Azure Sea Domain are only at the Primordial Spirit Realm. Even the Hall Masters of the tens of thousands of Realm Region Branch Halls in the southeastern direction are only Primordial Spirit cultivators. To achieve Primordial Spirit is the lifelong dream of so many!"
Most Nascent Soul True Lords gazed at the figure in the Void, each with genuine envy in their eyes.
Once one cultivated a Primordial Spirit, they could undoubtedly become the World Lord of a Lesser Thousand World.
In less developed Lesser Thousand Worlds, Primordial Spirit True Monarchs could even purchase these worlds from the Immortal Alliance, turning them into their family's territory. This would allow their family's legacy to endure for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, becoming a near-immortal clan.
Li Chunjun had achieved this feat in just three years.
"For us, achieving the Primordial Spirit Realm is a lifelong dream. But for Li Chunjun, Sword Prodigy Li, his future achievements will undoubtedly surpass this."
Shadowless True Lord, standing behind Huan Ming, whispered, "Don't forget, he's the Peerless Prodigy ranked first on the Star Brilliance List! For such a Heavenly Prodigy, Void Refining Great Powers are their true aspiration!"
"Void Refining!"
Huan Ming, Qi Qian Yu, and the others were shaken by Shadowless True Lord's words, falling silent for a long moment.
Though they had often believed Li Chunjun had the potential to reach Void Refining, even with their utmost faith in him, they had always assumed he wouldn't attempt to break through to Void Refining for at least several centuries.
If things went wrong, it wouldn't be surprising if the polishing process took a thousand years.
By then, they would have long since passed away, turned to dust in the earth.
But today, watching Li Chunjun cultivate his Primordial Spirit so swiftly, officially launching his final assault on the Void Refinement Realm, a reality they had never imagined seemed to be unfolding before their eyes. If Li Chunjun had achieved Primordial Spirit in three years, how long would it take him to reach the Ninth Tribulation?
Ten years? Six years? Three years!?
And once he reached the Ninth Tribulation True Monarch, with his Primordial Spirit perfected, how long would he need to settle before truly attempting Void Refining?
A hundred years? Sixty years? Or even...
Thirty years?
If it really only took a few decades...
No!
Even if it took one or two centuries, they, as Nascent Souls, still had a chance of witnessing it.
What did this mean?
It meant that in their lifetimes, they could witness the birth of a Void Refinement Realm Great Power!
And it would be someone they had nurtured and guided into this realm of supreme power!
Just the thought of such a scene sent their Heart-Minds reeling, their emotions impossible to contain.
High above the Heavenly Vault, Li Chunjun accepted congratulations from the crowd.
However, instead of immediately retreating into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation, he remained still, quietly sensing the changes within him.
Divine Sense, Divine Sense, Mind Power...
The myriad mysteries of these three forces flowed and circulated within Li Chunjun's mind, gradually resonating with each other.
This resonance ultimately converged on the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method.
"Before, when I hadn't cultivated Divine Sense and my Life Level hadn't reached 32, the power of my Divine Sense was limited. Even with the support of my second layer of Mind Power, I might not have been able to fully manifest the wonders of the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method. But now..."
Li Chunjun divided his Heart-Mind. Under the dual influence of Mind Power and Divine Sense, his Divine Sense seemed to gradually merge with the frequency of the Azure Star Minor Realm.
This was the correct way to cultivate the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method: to substitute one's own heart for the heart of Heaven, to make the heart of Heaven one's own heart, and one's own heart the Cosmos itself.
The moment Li Chunjun attempted to merge his Heart-Mind with the Azure Star Minor Realm, everyone around him who had been congratulating him immediately sensed the shift in his aura.
In that instant, he no longer seemed like a mere cultivator. He had become the heavens themselves.
He had transformed into the entire cosmos.
It was as if he had become a part of the Lesser Thousand World.
Even...
He had become the world consciousness of the Azure Star Minor Realm!
This transformation left Nascent Soul True Lords awestruck and reverent, but the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs were visibly horrified.
"This feeling..."
"Replacing the Heavenly Heart with his own!? Sword Prodigy Li's Mind Power is actually this formidable!?"
"This... is this power even possible for a First Tribulation True Monarch!?"
Under the horrified gazes of the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, Li Chunjun's mental power rapidly merged with the frequency of the Azure Star Minor Realm. Driven by the realm's unique frequency, it spread outward in all directions with terrifying speed.
Almost the instant he merged with the Azure Star Minor Realm, his Divine Sense covered a range of over ten thousand miles!
Next, twenty thousand miles, thirty thousand miles, forty thousand miles...
In less than a dozen breaths, his mental power had already spread throughout every corner of the Lesser Thousand World.
Though he couldn't precisely perceive every location in this state, the miraculous nature of Mind Power allowed him to sense all the discordant fluctuations within the Azure Star Minor Realm.
For example...
Heart Demons!
"Fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty..."
Li Chunjun locked onto each one, quickly calculating the exact number of Heart Demons currently present in the Azure Star Minor Realm.
Eighty-eight.
Adding the twenty Heart Demons he had previously slain, the total number was one hundred and eight.
After pinpointing the locations of these Heart Demons, Li Chunjun shifted his gaze.
In the next moment, his eyes fell upon the two Nascent Soul True Lords within the Taixu Sword Sect's ranks.
Whoosh!
The Scarlet Sky Sword tore through the air!
Before the two Nascent Soul True Lords, already corrupted by Heart Demons and reduced to puppets, could even react to the mental warning, the Scarlet Sky Sword had pierced through the Void and arrived before them.
"Ah!"
The two Nascent Soul cultivators let out a mournful roar, unleashing their full repertoire of Mystical Powers.
But...
Faced with a disparity so vast it defied comparison, their resistance was doomed to be futile.
Sword light crisscrossed the sky.
In an instant, the two Nascent Soul True Lords were pierced through the head by Flying Swords.
Then, the Mind Power contained within the Flying Swords surged forth, tearing the two Heart Demons from their hosts and swiftly suppressing them deep within Li Chunjun's mental realm.
This scene turned the faces of Huan Ming and the others from the Taixu Sword Sect deathly pale.
"Elder Cang... Elder Zhou..."
Their eyes reflected a mixture of fear, relief, and anguish.
After subduing the two Heart Demons, Li Chunjun ignited the Mental Power Fire within his body.
Using his mind as the flame and his Divine Sense as the fuel, he subjected the Heart Demons to intense incineration. The two fully formed Heart Demons barely had time to struggle before they were reduced to ashes with a final, agonizing scream.
Though the process consumed a significant amount of Mind Power, the flames left behind almost no trace of corruption from the fully formed Heart Demons.
"Please wait here for a moment. I will eliminate all the Heart Demons!"
He spoke softly, then soared into the sky on his Flying Sword.
Enveloped in the Sword Qi of the Scarlet Sky Sword, Li Chunjun swiftly pierced through the Void, shooting toward the horizon.
This sight left the seasoned Primordial Spirit True Monarchs—Su Fang, Huang Tian, Zuo Cheng, and Yu Jin—both thrilled and horrified. "Could it be that..."
"Sword Prodigy Li has merged his heart with the Heavenly Dao, becoming the embodiment of the world's will, and is using its power to discern every anomaly within the Azure Star Minor Realm... He's locked onto every Heart Demon!"
Su Fang's eyes gleamed with a hint of fanaticism. "He's going to purge every Heart Demon from the Azure Star Minor Realm!"
"This tactic... It's already at the Void Refining level, isn't it?" True Monarch Huang Tian murmured.
Yu Jin nodded gravely. "Years ago, I fought alongside General Xuan Mi in a Divine Race World completely corrupted by the Divine Race. General Xuan Mi used this very method: merging with the world's will, instantly identifying all Divine Race Believers through its power, and channeling divine punishment through the world's will. In mere breaths, he annihilated billions of believers in that Lesser Thousand World!"
He watched Li Chunjun's departure, his eyes filled with admiration. "Although Sword Prodigy Li can only merge with the World Will now, using its power to distinguish friend from foe and cannot yet channel its power to unleash divine punishment, this technique... already surpasses the standard for Primordial Spirit cultivators!"
"Surpasses Primordial Spirit... Sixth-Rank!? Or perhaps... a Quasi-Void Refinement Cosmic Radiance-Tier cultivator!" Zuo Cheng's eyes widened in shock.
A Primordial Spirit cultivator was a Primordial Spirit cultivator, and a Void Refining cultivator was a Void Refining cultivator. Strictly speaking, there was no such thing as a Quasi-Void Refinement cultivator.
However, the emergence of Sixth-Rank materials between Seventh-Tier Dao Artifact materials and Fifth-Rank Spirit Treasure materials had gradually led to the term "Quasi-Void Refinement" being applied to cultivators who possessed Void Refining-level techniques.
Since almost every Quasi-Void Refinement cultivator possessed the strength to challenge the Cosmic Light List, they were also known as Cosmic Radiance-Tier cultivators.
In other words...
"Sword Prodigy Li... he can challenge the Cosmic Light List now?!"
"Upon breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm, he already possesses the strength to compete for a spot on the Cosmic Light List!? If he survives the Ninth Tribulation of the Primordial Spirit and his Divine Sense grows even stronger, wouldn't he be able to secure a solid position on the list? Perhaps even climb to the top!"
"To become a nominal disciple of the Profound Yellow Supreme while still a non-Void Refining cultivator... truly terrifying!"
As Su Fang and the other Primordial Spirit True Monarchs were still reeling from the awe-inspiring display of Li Chunjun's unparalleled skill, Li Chunjun had already achieved perfect unity with his sword.
He channeled his Essence, Qi, and Spirit into the Scarlet Sky Sword, which in turn drew upon the profound mysteries of the Void Law, propelling his ultimate speed to over a hundred times the speed of sound.
In a single breath, he covered a distance of 100,000 meters.
Within a few breaths, his form materialized within a protected city.
His speed was so overwhelming that the city's Defense Array had barely begun to activate. The Scarlet Sky Sword's sword light had already pierced through the Void, reaching instantaneous speeds hundreds of times the speed of sound. Guided by the mysteries of Spatial Laws, it traversed the Void, swept across the city housing tens of millions of people, and effortlessly tore apart three Heart Demons.
After tearing through the puppet bodies of these Heart Demons, the Flying Sword extracted their Primordial Spirits from their vessels, carrying them back to Li Chunjun's body along with the Scarlet Sky Sword.
The moment they entered Li Chunjun's body, the Mental Power Fire descended.
In less than ten breaths, the three fully formed Heart Demons were completely refined.
During those ten or so breaths, his form had traversed several thousand miles, arriving at the next Heart Demon gathering point.
Sword light flashed.
A new round of hunting began.
(End of the Chapter)
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