Translator: CinderTL
Life Level: 32 (541/200,000)
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Li Chunjun quietly felt the comprehensive transformation within him.
Essence Qi, Divine Sense.
Void Dao Body, Destruction Dao Body.
Mind Power.
As his control over his own being grew stronger, every aspect of his growth became immediately apparent.
As for injuries and negative states...
Including the contamination of his Mind Realm, they were all swept away by the advancement of his Life Level.
"My Divine Sense has broken through two thousand miles."
Li Chunjun first focused on the flow of his Divine Sense.
Without the amplification of Divine Sense, his sensory range had already reached the level of a Two Tribulation True Monarch.
If he were to trigger Divine Sense through the collision of Yin and Yang during a Thunder Tribulation, he could easily surpass five thousand miles in Divine Sense strength.
As he split off more and more Divine Sense, reaching ten thousand miles or even twenty thousand miles would become a simple matter.
Next, he examined the benefits his Essence Qi growth had brought to his Sword Qi and Lifebound Flying Sword...
His initial assessment began to shift.
When he carefully assessed the increased speed at which he comprehended the Void Law and Destruction Dao, this shift instantly became a decisive advantage.
"My understanding of the Void Law and the Destruction Dao has increased dramatically... If my previous Void Dao Body and Destruction Dao Body were merely nascent, they've now truly entered the introductory stage."
It felt like my Spirit Root had leaped from the lowest grade to the highest.
The profound mysteries of the two Laws now appeared clear before my eyes.
"Besides the Divine Sense Law, my Mind Power has also grown significantly. It's as if my progress in the third layer of the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method has jumped by half. Even without refining any more Heart Demons, I can now complete the third layer in less than a century."
Li Chunjun paused to consider.
He estimated he could reduce the number of Heart Demons he needed to refine to one or two hundred.
"And if I refine two hundred Heart Demons, not only will my Mind Realm reach the third layer, but my Life Level will also advance to 33. This efficiency far surpasses accumulating foundation and waiting for the Heavenly Tribulation to comprehend the Laws' profound mysteries."
With this thought, Li Chunjun consolidated the changes brought by his Life Level increase.
The higher one's Life Level, the more pronounced the effects of each subsequent advancement.
This upgrade was nearly perfect, except for the blood refinement failing to fully integrate the Shattered Flowing Gold into the Scarlet Sky Sword.
As for the Shattered Flowing Gold...
"The Flaming Phoenix Power can undergo Nirvana once more... If I tried again, it wouldn't be difficult for the Scarlet Sky Sword to completely refine the Shattered Flowing Gold..."
Li Chunjun focused his Heart-Mind on the Scarlet Sky Sword for a moment, but ultimately suppressed the thought.
If he couldn't refine it this time, he would wait.
When his Life Level reached 33, he would surely succeed.
Their primary enemies in this starry expanse were Heart Demons, and upgrading the Scarlet Sky Sword further wouldn't significantly aid in defeating them.
"To deal with Heart Demons, the focus must remain on the Mind Realm."
Li Chunjun's thoughts raced.
At the fourth layer of the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method, the Mind Realm would develop a unique characteristic: Heart-Burning Flames.
Igniting Mind Power would transform it into a raging inferno, capable of incinerating all things.
With this Mental Power Fire, he could completely obliterate fully formed Heart Demons, eliminating the need for time-consuming erasure.
It wouldn't even leave behind any mental pollution.
But for now...
With his Mind Power still below the third level, let alone the fourth level of Heart-Burning Flames, Li Chunjun had to focus on refining his Mind Power techniques.
"Mind Power must exist in conjunction with Divine Sense, much like Divine Sense acts as a catalyst for Divine Sense itself. If Divine Sense is a floating base value, Divine Sense is a percentage-based enhancement of its effects, and Mind Power stabilizes that floating value..."
After searching through the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method for a moment, Li Chunjun quickly discovered two highly useful secret arts: the Heart Seed and the Mental Power Fire.
The Heart Seed was essentially a way for superiors to bestow favor upon inferiors.
A power seed imbued with Mind Power was placed within the Cultivator's body.
Through trust in the person who planted the Heart Seed, the Cultivator could continuously channel Divine Sense and mental conviction into it, maintaining its normal operation.
In times of need, this power could be drawn upon to amplify their own strength.
Li Chunjun had encountered similar power seeds in the bodies of Winterfrost and Han Bing, the two Divine Spirit Envoys he had fought on the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield.
The second secret art was Mental Power Fire.
Similar to Heart-Burning Flames, the former was a passive effect while the latter was actively released.
"Normally, the Heart Seed can be used to amplify one's own strength. But now, it can assist Nascent Soul True Lords and Primordial Spirits below in effectively resisting the erosion of Heart Demons, and even be used to eliminate weaker ones."
After all, most Heart Demons had just awakened from hibernation and hadn't fully recovered their strength.
Li Chunjun estimated that with his current Mind Power and divine sense power, he could plant around a hundred Heart Seeds capable of resisting the short-term erosion of Heart Demons.
If he wanted the Heart Seeds to be powerful enough to eliminate a fully formed Heart Demon...
Nine would be the absolute limit.
But splitting off nine Heart Seeds would inevitably affect his own combat strength. To stay within safe limits, he shouldn't plant more than three.
Lost in thought, Li Chunjun shook his head. "Let's focus on ensuring key figures can withstand the Heart Demons. I'll personally handle the task of eliminating them."
With that, he carefully studied the mysteries of the Heart Seed before quickly leaving the cultivation chamber, not wanting to waste any time.
Outside the cultivation chamber, Zhao Yu Pan was waiting.
Seeing Li Chunjun emerge, he immediately stepped forward. "Sword Prodigy."
"Hmm?"
Li Chunjun glanced at him. "How long have you been here? Why didn't you call me?"
"Heart Demons can be refined into nutrients to enhance Mind Power, but they also easily leave behind mental contamination. True Monarch Huang Tian and the others told us not to disturb you..."
Zhao Yu Pan paused, then added, "Although we've found many Nascent Soul True Lords who were controlled, they've likely already become puppets. Whether we deal with them a few days earlier or later makes little difference..."
"Give me the locations of those Heart Demons."
Li Chunjun spoke.
Then, as if sensing something, he asked, "Have we arrived at the Taixu Sword Sect?"
"Yes."
Zhao Yu Pan nodded. "The Golden Crow Battleship needs assistance from Core Formation Cultivators for repairs, so Commander Yu Jin approached the Taixu Sword Sect, hoping they would provide some manpower. Of course, they'll be compensated with Spirit Crystals."
Asking the Taixu Sword Sect's Sword Cultivators to help repair the Golden Crow Battleship?
Li Chunjun immediately understood Yu Jin's true intentions.
Li Chunjun didn't say anything.
After all, he had cultivated the Taixu Sword Scripture and the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture. Naturally, he would do what he could to help the Taixu Sword Sect.
"Summon the search team," Li Chunjun instructed.
"Yes," Zhao Yu Pan replied, quickly relaying the order.
Over the past period, he had already assembled the team to hunt down Heart Demons, as Li Chunjun had specified: a hundred members.
Upon hearing Li Chunjun's summons, they swiftly gathered in the rest area outside the cultivation chamber.
"Sword Prodigy," True Monarch Huang Tian greeted. "How many Heart Demons have we found?"
Li Chunjun asked directly.
"We've confirmed forty-four Heart Demons, but our recent purge of all Heart Demons aboard the Golden Crow Battleship has made them wary. They've gone into hiding, and we currently have only six locked down. We're working on identifying the others," True Monarch Huang Tian explained. "Heart Demons need crowded environments to recover and grow. They're hiding in the shelter city. With a complete identification system, finding them won't be difficult, just time-consuming."
"Then let's deal with these six-headed Heart Demons first," Li Chunjun said.
"This... Sword Prodigy, you just eradicated twenty Heart Demons not long ago..." True Monarch Huang Tian hesitated.
"It's fine. I know what I'm doing," Li Chunjun waved his hand dismissively.
He then added, "I have a method to cultivate a Heart Seed, which contains my Mind Power. If you're attacked by a Heart Demon, detonating the Heart Seed will block the invasion and alert me, allowing me to come to your aid."
He paused. "However, by receiving the Heart Seed, I'll also be able to see your location and surroundings. Whether you want it is up to you to decide."
"Heart Seed!?" True Monarch Huang Tian was startled.
This technique was typically only used by peak Primordial Spirit cultivators who had mastered Mind Power and possessed an exceptionally strong mental foundation, combining the two into one. Moreover, it had a significant impact on top-tier Primordial Spirit cultivators.
Only cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm could casually bestow Heart Seeds.
"Sword Prodigy, how many Heart Seeds can you split off?" True Monarch Huang Tian immediately asked.
"Without affecting my own state, about a hundred," Li Chunjun replied.
"A hundred!?" True Monarch Huang Tian gasped.
Li Chunjun wasn't even at the Primordial Spirit Realm yet, and he could already do this!?
How deep was his cultivation?
Or rather, how high had his Mind Realm reached?
"A hundred..." True Monarch Huang Tian pondered for a moment before saying, "They're too precious. Let's give these Heart Seeds to the Nascent Soul True Lords. Even if we Primordial Spirits are targeted by Heart Demons, we still have a chance to fight back. As long as we reach the Sword Prodigy in time, we won't be in danger."
He added, "Let's save as many as we can."
Li Chunjun nodded in agreement.
Out of the hundred Heart Spirit Seeds, he still needed to reserve twenty or thirty for the Taixu Sword Sect.
That meant the entire hundred-member search team might not even receive a single seed.
And that didn't even account for the many technicians aboard the Golden Crow Battleship, whose cultivation levels were low but who were essential for repairing and maintaining the ship's operations.
For now, they could only proceed one step at a time.
Li Chunjun immediately summoned the members of the search teams and selected fifty of them to plant Heart Seeds.
After distributing fifty Heart Spirit Seeds, Li Chunjun felt a noticeable fatigue in his Heart-Mind.
Clearly, while over a hundred Heart Spirit Dao Seeds hadn't caused him significant harm, their impact wasn't entirely negligible.
"Ultimately, my divine sense power and Mind Power are still somewhat weak..."
After a moment's thought, Li Chunjun declared, "I'll deal with the six Heart Demons later. For now, I'll focus on summoning the Primordial Spirit Tribulation and advancing to the Primordial Spirit Realm."
(End of the Chapter)
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