Chapter 204: Diagram of Heavenly Heart and Myriad Domains
Chapter 204: Diagram of Heavenly Heart and Myriad Domains
Mu Hua stared at Cheng Lingyu, astonished to find him completely calm without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
“Freak, you’re either crazy or you’ve ascended to sainthood.”
Cheng Lingyu laughed. “You overpraise me, Elder Brother Mu. I’ve neither become a saint nor gone mad—merely gained some minor insights.”
“Let’s go. It’s growing late. Nights on Xiyun Divine Mountain are said to be perilous.”
Mu Hua tugged Cheng Lingyu along as they returned to Liyun Palace.
“The Withered Dream Butterfly unfurls its wings, annihilating time itself. A mere flutter of those fragile wings can rend the fabric of time—perfectly complementing the Sky Splitting Wind Seal. This will aid my cultivation of the Sky Splitting Technique.”
Seated cross-legged in Liyun Palace, Cheng Lingyu began organizing his thoughts and planning his next steps.
While advancing his cultivation Realm remained crucial, he couldn’t afford to neglect mastering various ultimate skills.
Cheng Lingyu lacked neither techniques nor ultimate skills—what he truly lacked was time and sufficient Realm progression.
Skills like Sky Splitting Wind Seal, Thousand Moon Slash, Heaven Sealing Curse, Heart-Burning Needle, and Purple Blood Golden Flame remained untouched, either due to time constraints or insufficient Realm attainment.
Furthermore, after merging with the Nine Immortal Souls—each bearing heaven-nurtured abilities—he had only mastered those of the Withered Dream Butterfly and Dreamy Thousand Tear Bamboo. The remaining seven awaited his gradual comprehension.
Now focusing on the Sky Splitting Technique—which shared similarities with the butterfly’s temporal powers—Cheng Lingyu knew combining these studies would accelerate his progress.
A night’s cultivation brought significant gains. By dawn, he visited Fallen God Seventh Palace to meet Fang Ruohua.
“Elder Brother! You came!”
The young woman rushed to Cheng Lingyu’s side, clutching his hand without a trace of decorum. Nearby disciples watched with envy and resentment.
“Your progress seems steady. How fares your Soul Domain Avatar cultivation?”
“I’ve found the path, but it’s far harder than imagined. Elder Brother mentioned Lou Ri City offers Law Profound Pills to aid this cultivation—though they cost contribution points.”
Cheng Lingyu smiled. “Then let’s acquire them. We’ll fetch Xiaozhu too—she’ll likely need them.”
The trio soon gathered Lan Xiaozhu at Youxing Seventh Palace before proceeding to Lou Ri Square. After exchanging for soul essences, they headed north to the trading area.
“Fifty contribution points per Law Profound Pill? That’s daylight robbery!” Fang Ruohua gaped.
Lan Xiaozhu reasoned, “These are vital for Soul Martial Sixth Realm disciples. The price seems fair for our needs.”
“Purchase them,” Cheng Lingyu urged. “Two each for you both. Fifty points isn’t excessive.”
“Don’t you want any, Elder Brother?”
“They hold little use for me. I plan to visit Soul Gathering Valley later.”
“Again?” Lan Xiaozhu blinked. “Haven’t you already opened nine cave heavens and merged with Nine Immortal Souls?”
“The cave heaven stage’s limit is Ten Cave Heavens. This breakthrough eludes me still.”
Fang Ruohua gasped. “Ten Cave Heavens! A legend! Should you succeed and merge ten Immortal Souls, you’d be unmatched in history!”
Cheng Lingyu shook his head. “The world holds infinite marvels. Such claims are premature.”
After exchanging for the Law Profound Pill, the three returned to Fallen God Ridge and headed straight to Soul Gathering Valley.
Soul Gathering Valley on Fallen God Ridge lay near the Seventh Palace, within an ancient forest of Withering Silence.
Cheng Lingyu walked through the primal forest, dried leaves swirling around his feet. A faint autumn chill seeped into his heart, carrying indescribable emotions.
Fang Ruohua and Lan Xiaozhu both sensed something unusual, their faces showing alarm.
“What a strange sensation. My chest feels tight… like I might cry.”
Fang Ruohua’s voice trembled with emotional turmoil.
Lan Xiaozhu observed, “He’s merging with the forest, reaching an unfathomably mystical Realm.”
Cheng Lingyu nodded slightly. The autumn melancholy seemed to weigh on him too.
Soul Gathering Valley differed from other places – deserted and rarely visited.
Fallen God Ridge was considered cursed, avoided by disciples from other sects.
Entering the valley, Cheng Lingyu found bleak desolation. Fewer than five thousand souls lingered here.
Lan Xiaozhu frowned. “Few souls, yet four are Immortal Souls. The highest ratio we’ve seen.”
Fang Ruohua added, “This place feels wrong. My two Immortal Souls refuse to enter.”
“I feel the same resistance,” Lan Xiaozhu confirmed.
“Wait here,” Cheng Lingyu instructed. “Don’t follow deeper.”
His silhouette exuded quiet Arrogance as he disappeared into the Mist.
Though containing the fewest souls, the valley’s vast size created sparse distribution.
Moving through the valley, Cheng Lingyu’s Nine Immortal Souls reacted uniquely yet focused on one target – a spiraling underground palace in the valley’s depths.
Cheng Lingyu stood motionless at the palace entrance for half an hour before entering.
The strange structure descended in ten distinct layers, each featuring different natural phenomena – wind and rain, thunder and lightning, clouds and snow.
Cheng Lingyu marveled. Who knew an Immortal Soul’s resting place required such complexity?
Reaching the deepest layer took two hours. He braved nine natural trials – wind, rain, lightning, frost – nearly getting trapped multiple times. Few could survive this ordeal.
The final chamber revealed an endless starry sky. Countless Stars twinkled as nebulae drifted.
Standing on a cliff edge, Cheng Lingyu gazed into the infinite void below. At the cosmos’ heart swirled a massive vortex of Stars and nebulae – the universe’s pulsing core.
Within the vortex’s heart flickered unstable light, shifting unpredictably.
“What peculiar Immortal Soul is this?” Cheng Lingyu muttered. His nine Immortal Souls vibrated intensely yet couldn’t identify it.
The mysterious grass in his mind shook violently, its leaves flashing as the Heavenly Spirit Diagrams analyzed the vortex’s soul. Simultaneously, the six-star pyramid in his mysterious space trembled, emitting undetectable but terrifying waves.
Cheng Lingyu’s body glowed hot like a magnet, forging strange connections with the vortex heart.
Stars and nebulae swirled around the vortex, forming a magnificent star map. The unprecedented sight left Cheng Lingyu dumbstruck, sinking him into bewildered awe.
His radiant body cast hazy light as his mind emptied, slipping into a dreamless state. Faint whispers called through the void.
In the silent palace, light waves emanated from Cheng Lingyu, creating endless void behind him. A pyramid flickered in this void, moving with arcane purpose.
Before him, the star map shimmered. Celestial lights from the vortex heart displayed cosmic transformations – creation, reincarnation, eventual eternal darkness.
Cheng Lingyu’s eyes remained open, but his consciousness drifted in dreamless emptiness as the six-star pyramid seized control.
The palace and cliff vanished in starlight. Cheng Lingyu now floated between infinite cosmos and dark void, the shifting star map before him and flickering pyramid behind forming cosmic balance.
For one in a dreamless state, reality and illusion blurred beyond distinction.
A distant voice grew clearer, echoing through millennia to reach him:
“Diagram of Heavenly Heart and Myriad Domains… Path of reincarnation and eternal life…”
This was Fallen God Ridge’s supreme Immortal Soul – unrecognized even by the Nine Immortal Souls.
As the voice repeated, the vortex heart and pyramid moved symmetrically toward Cheng Lingyu. When all three merged, the vortex heart entered the pyramid, becoming chaotic turbulence.
The pyramid dissolved into Cheng Lingyu’s body, settling in his mysterious space. His form blazed like stellar fire, voraciously devouring all energy – light and dark, visible and unseen.