The pages of the final chapter, "Devour Heart," in the upper volume of the Body Devouring Heart Sutra resting on the table began turning on their own.
The contents concerning "Devour Heart" were completely different from the previous three chapters. This chapter contained no physical transformation whatsoever. The core of Devour Heart was not about consuming a heart, but rather something theoretical and perceptual.
Its central requirement was for Zhang Chen to consume his true "heart"—a heart that existed within the soul.
The explanation of this heart alone took up more than ten pages, and many parts required deep understanding and analysis. If Zhang Chen had not entered the Devouring Path, then after persevering through the third chapter, Devour Brain, he would have had no chance of comprehending and grasping Devour Heart.
His consciousness needed at least ten days of rest. As for fully comprehending the theoretical knowledge of "Devour Heart," Devour Hunter had once spent an entire year on it, even encountering several crucial matters that touched his heart and became catalysts for his comprehension.
Zhang Chen did not have that much time. Comprehending the second and third chapters had already taken nearly a month.
By now, the situation outside had become extremely dire. Because of Yu Ming and Xie Min's intervention, as well as the exhaustion and even deaths of Qing Gui and the others... all that overflowing, dissipating energy was absorbed by the independent world. It was then channeled through the device Di Zang had prepared, driving Francis's Brain to carry out Mortal World Assimilation.
Driven by the immense energy from so many events, even without Zhang Chen's special energy as the core supply, the Mortal World Assimilation rate had surpassed the seventy-percent threshold in just over twenty days. As a result, Earth's continents had fractured apart,