Translator: CinderTL
The Land of Buried Demons!
Li Chunjun cleared one Lesser Thousand World after another.
After just ten, his Mind Realm, already teetering on the brink, completely transcended the boundary between the Fourth and Fifth Layers.
This was partly because there was no major bottleneck between the Fourth and Fifth Layers, and partly due to Li Chunjun's Life Level of 36.
Such a high Life Level provided all-encompassing enhancement to his Heart-Mind and essence, effortlessly smoothing over any minor bottlenecks that might have existed.
"Fifth Layer of the Mind Realm!"
Li Chunjun felt the improvement but remained largely unmoved.
"There's Mind Contamination present, but it's not strong enough to affect my Heart-Mind... This is the advantage of the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method's 'Heart-Burning Flames' characteristic."
His thoughts drifted slightly.
He had to admit that the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method truly deserved the high praise it received from the Profound Yellow Supreme. Each of its three core characteristics was endlessly useful.
The resilience characteristic of the first three layers was already well-known.
His Mind Realm had been elevated by an entire layer in terms of pure defense and resistance to corruption.
Moreover, Heart-Burning Flames wasn't just a destructive technique for incinerating targets; it also had immediate effects on cultivation and purifying foreign energies.
Without the unique properties of Heart-Burning Flames, even with his rapid Life Level advancement, he wouldn't have been able to elevate his Mind Realm from the Fourth Layer to the Fifth Layer in such a short time.
"Next, the sixth layer of the Mind Realm..."
Li Chunjun clenched his empty fist.
A dozen Heart Demons were drawn toward him and thrown into the dazzling sun formed by Heart-Burning Flames, where they were refined one by one in a matter of moments.
However...
After just a moment, Li Chunjun realized the downside of the vast disparity between his powerful Mind Realm and the weakness of the Heart Demons.
"No matter how desperately these ordinary Heart Demons, or even the High-Rank Heart Demons, try to corrupt me, they can't even scratch my mental state. Since they can't harm me, they can't provide any real training. Only those Top-Tier Perfected Heart Demons have any effect..."
He even felt that the tempering effect of ordinary Heart Demons was inferior to the impact of Mind Contamination.
Mind Contamination at least had some effect. Ordinary Heart Demons...
They were simply immune.
"Looks like I'll have to target Ultimate Heart Demons."
Li Chunjun focused his Heart-Mind, sensing the Void, and gradually probed a Lesser Thousand World suspected to harbor an Ultimate Heart Demon.
Before long, he locked onto the Lesser Thousand World's coordinates and immediately activated the Void Bridge.
A rainbow streak pierced the darkness!
Even on a cosmic scale, it moved with astonishing speed, hurtling directly into the depths of the starry sky.
It slammed directly into the Lesser Thousand World, which spanned over a million miles.
This time, he didn't deliberately suppress his Void Power.
As a result, the moment the attack struck the Lesser Thousand World, a visible hole appeared in the impact zone, expanding rapidly like a star struck by a beam of light particles.
Countless particles of matter and energy exploded outward from the point of impact, scattering in all directions.
Countless colossal boulders and layers of earth, each weighing over a hundred million tons, ten billion tons, or even a trillion tons, were violently torn from the Lesser Thousand World and cast into the Cosmic Void.
Over time, these fragments might be worn into spherical shapes through countless drifts across the starry sky, eventually becoming lifeless planets or asteroids floating in the void.
However, most would be recaptured by the Lesser Thousand World's gravity, plummeting back down to inflict further destruction.
But it didn't matter.
Though hundreds of millions of living beings still remained within the Lesser Thousand World, they were all now controlled by the Demonic Seeds.
They were essentially reservoirs of energy for a single Heart Demon, or perhaps many.
Once the Heart Demons had fully refined this "reserve" energy, they would undergo another round of evolution.
The upper tier would evolve into the pinnacle!
The pinnacle would transform into the Ultimate Form!
The Ultimate Form would then evolve into the High-Tier Ultimate!
As for ordinary Heart Demons...
The Lesser Thousand World only had a limited number of "intelligent beings." Where would they find enough resources to distribute among so many ordinary Heart Demons?
Flames, magma, boulders, dust, hurricanes...
With Li Chunjun's arrival, this Lesser Chiliocosm was filled with chaos.
It was a scene that would strike any living being as apocalyptic.
Not even Qi Refining Cultivators, let alone mortals, could survive within this natural disaster's range. Escape was impossible.
Li Chunjun paid no heed to the fate of the puppets controlled by Demonic Seeds within the Lesser Chiliocosm.
His powerful mental power swiftly locked onto the Ultimate Heart Demon.
As he targeted the Ultimate Heart Demon, the demon let out a piercing shriek.
Dozens of Sixth-Rank puppets, empowered by Demonic Heart Force, soared into the air... only to be instantly obliterated by Sword Qi that rained down from Li Chunjun like celestial flowers scattering.
In a single exchange, all the puppets controlled by Heart Demons were annihilated.
Thanks to the Void Law's application, the Sword Qi's formation and impact seemed instantaneous.
The puppets had no time to react, defend, or even counterattack.
The battle ended in an overwhelming, decisive victory.
After annihilating a dozen puppets, Li Chunjun's Sword Qi, infused with his mental power, stirred up the Heart Demons within them, incinerating them.
Amidst the Heart Demons' shrill screams, the dozen Sword Qi merged into a radiant beam of light, shooting towards the Ultimate Heart Demon.
"How dare you!"
The Ultimate Heart Demon roared in fury, abandoning its puppet form. Its massive Heart Demon body transformed into a dense, dark cloud that slammed head-on into the Scarlet Sky Sword's Sword Qi.
This dark cloud was so thick it seemed like an impenetrable, viscous liquid, stretching for thousands of miles in all directions.
It was as if an unprecedented, world-shattering demon had emerged. Wherever the black cloud passed, all things fell silent, and the spiritual essence of every living creature was devoured.
The moment the Scarlet Sky Sword collided with the dark cloud, it was instantly enveloped and consumed by the Heart Demon's body.
The corrosive power within the cloud rapidly began to erode the mental power Li Chunjun had infused into the Scarlet Sky Sword.
"Hahaha! This is the true delicacy!"
A triumphant, unrestrained laugh erupted from the Ultimate Heart Demon.
Li Chunjun's expression remained unchanged.
The Heart-Burning Flames manifested as a dazzling Great Sun, illuminating the surroundings!
He took a step into the void, resembling a Great Sun plummeting toward the horizon, and crashed violently into the terrifying dark, ominous clouds.
Endless light erupted from the darkness.
In mere moments, dazzling beams of intense light pierced through the dense, impenetrable clouds.
It was like the first rays of sunlight breaking through the gloom after a heavy rain.
Amidst this fierce clash, Li Chunjun could clearly sense the formidable nature of this Ultimate Heart Demon.
Even with his Fifth Layer Mind Realm and mastery of the terrifying Heart-Burning Flames, he gained little advantage against a Heart Demon specializing in the "Mind" Dao.
Ultimately, he might defeat this Heart Demon after expending a vast amount of mental power. But if the Heart Demon chose to flee...
He wouldn't be able to stop it!
With a thought, Li Chunjun's mental power began to retreat step by step, and the light of the Heart-Burning Flames rapidly dimmed.
Seizing the opportunity, the Ultimate Heart Demon pressed forward relentlessly. In the next instant, it had directly penetrated into the deepest recesses of Li Chunjun's Mind Realm.
"A powerful Seventh-Rank body! I want this body! With this body, I can swiftly travel to the surrounding Lesser Thousand Worlds and claim all intelligent life as my own! Then I'll break through the Immortal Great Wall and become the invincible King of Heart Demons in the future!"
The potent corrosive power spread like ink dropped into clear water, rapidly staining every corner of Li Chunjun's Mind Realm.
But...
When the Ultimate Heart Demon truly began to corrode Li Chunjun's Mind Realm, it discovered that the Human's Mind Power was far more resilient than any other life form it had previously corrupted.
The Ultimate Heart Demon soon realized what was happening.
A trap!?
In the next moment, the Heart-Burning Flames ignited once more within the Spiritual World, spreading like wildfire.
Though the Ultimate Heart Demon barely managed to withstand the flames, Li Chunjun had lured it deep into his Mind Realm, trapping it with no room to maneuver.
After days of relentless struggle and attrition, the Ultimate Heart Demon was finally refined by Li Chunjun.
"Defeated a Level 30 creature! Experience +1756!"
"Defeated a Level 30 creature! Experience +1704!"
"Defeated a Level 31 creature! Experience +4122!"
[Life Level: 36 (21151/600000)]
Outside an unnamed Lesser Thousand World.
Li Chunjun sat cross-legged on a mountain peak shrouded in deathly stillness, yet floating outside the Lesser Thousand World. His expression was weary.
It had been half a month since he had vanquished his Heart Demon.
It had taken him half a month just to barely refine this Ultimate Heart Demon.
Though refined, the Heart Demon had left behind even more potent Mind Contamination than before.
Even with the profound Heart-Burning Flames technique, purifying this Mind Contamination would take years, perhaps even a decade or more.
This was only possible because Heart-Burning Flames possessed inherent purification abilities, and he held a significant advantage in cultivation realm.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a matter of a decade or more—it might have taken decades or even centuries to completely eliminate the Mind Contamination.
"I never imagined an Ultimate Heart Demon would be so difficult to deal with!"
He felt a twinge of relief.
Fortunately, he had elevated his Heart-Mind Realm to the Fifth Layer before confronting these Ultimate Heart Demons. If he had attempted this at the Fourth Layer, he might have...
failed completely and been forced to flee in disgrace.
"No wonder Heart Demons, upon reaching their Ultimate Form, can unleash the terrifying Heart Demon Catastrophe. Even against Void Refining cultivators with an average Mind Realm of the Third or Fourth Layer, Ultimate Heart Demons pose a threat. They can even challenge cultivators with an average Mind Realm of the Fifth or Sixth Layer, who have already formed their Dharma Idols. If an Ultimate Heart Demon were to find a Dharma Idol with a mental weakness and infiltrate it silently, with enough patience—hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years—it could very likely corrupt the Dharma Idol into its puppet..."
If a newly transformed Ultimate Heart Demon was already this formidable, what about the most elite Ultimate Forms?
And what about the King of Heart Demons, who was even more terrifying than the Ultimate Form?
Wouldn't even a Supreme Sage be unable to withstand such a force?
No wonder the Immortal God Race had resorted to destroying all surrounding Lesser Thousand Worlds to seal these Heart Demons in the Land of Buried Demons, forcing them into dormancy by depriving them of sufficient energy replenishment.
"This experience pool... can only be used up to this point."
(End of the Chapter)
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