Earth-Shattering Great Secret, Pangu's Heart

The spatial fluctuations grew larger and larger, finally revealing a bloody space about a thousand square meters in size before Li Yi and the others.

Inside, there was a giant blood pool, and above the blood pool hung a massive heart. Waves of immense pressure emanated from the heart, while golden runes continuously danced around it.

"It really is it," Li Yi exclaimed inwardly with immense joy upon seeing the giant heart. "This explains why the Ancestor Witch Hall in later ages was so mysterious, even capable of isolating a Saint's Divine Sense. This is most likely the work of Pangu's Heart."

Not just Li Yi, even the Main Body rarely showed a look of curiosity.

Li Yi and the others entered this mysterious space and looked down at the blood pool. Although the blood within wasn't comparable to essence blood, it contained a vast amount of spiritual energy. Furthermore, it seemed as if every drop of blood possessed sentience. Without a doubt, Li Yi understood how the Witch Clan was born.

As long as tens of thousands more years passed, these sentient blood drops would transform and emerge as members of the Witch Clan. With a little guidance from the side, their awakening would be even faster.

A golden light flashed in the Main Body's eyes as it stared intently at Pangu's Heart. Simultaneously, it began to re-deduce the structure of Pangu's body within its consciousness.

Within its consciousness, lines of rule threads outlined Pangu's illusory form. This illusory form was vastly different from before; it seemed to possess sentience, emitting an aura of absolute dominance and supreme authority.

Meanwhile, Li Yi felt a Dao Charm emanating from the heart. Li Yi rejoiced inwardly and cautiously extended his spiritual sense.

"Rumble..." Li Yi felt a wave of dizziness, followed by fragmented images flooding into his Sea of Consciousness.

Li Yi felt as if he had returned to before the Chaos. Raging Gale Winds, Divine Thunders, terrifying spatial storms, scattered corpses of Chaos Demon Gods, blood-stained skies...

Images related to Pangu continuously appeared in Li Yi's mind.

At this moment, he felt as if he were Pangu. With a swing of his colossal axe, an infinitely vast Space Rift appeared; with a stomp of his great foot, the heavens and earth collapsed; with a breath, winds and clouds churned...

Every action, every movement, was deeply imbued with Dao and reason.

Countless profound trajectories were imprinted into Li Yi's mind, and even some of Pangu's insights into the Dao were transmitted to Li Yi.

Time gradually passed, and both the Main Body and the clone underwent immense changes.

The Main Body's body gradually emitted waves of golden light, accompanied by faint immortal sounds. Chains formed from rules materialized, tightly binding the Main Body.

Gradually, mysterious golden runes appeared all over the Main Body's physique. These golden runes combined, forming small knives that continuously cut at the rule chains, as if trying to sever the restraints on its body. There were even sounds of "clang! clang! clang!" emanating from it, extremely bizarre.

As for Li Yi, his body gradually exuded an ancient aura, as if it had traversed endless eons and was indelible.

After an unknown period, Li Yi was the first to awaken. He glanced at the Main Body, which was still in the process of deduction, and then left the space.

"The harvest this time is immense. I've obtained some of Pangu's cultivation insights," Li Yi slowly reviewed. "Alas, it's a pity that Pangu's comprehension of reincarnation wasn't deep either. Those cultivation insights can only serve as a reference to a certain extent."

Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help but mock himself. He was still too greedy. Pangu's insights were incredibly rare; as the foremost Chaos Demon God, that was no small feat.

"With these insights, it will be much easier for me to comprehend rules once my Reincarnation Sword Dao is perfected. Moreover, the Main Body's harvest this time is the greatest. It's probably not far from its true body reaching a hundred thousand feet!" Li Yi felt a surge of joy at this thought.

"Hmm, the matter of the Witch Clan can be left to the Main Body to arrange," Li Yi mused. "It just so happens that this is Buzhou Mountain. Although there's no shortage of Spiritual Treasures here, who would ever say no to more? I wonder if my luck will be any good!"

As Li Yi stepped out of the space, he saw Dijiang and the others, who were clearly waiting for him.

Thinking of Houtu and Xuanming, who were praised in later ages, Li Yi couldn't help but observe them closely since he hadn't paid much attention earlier due to the appearance of Pangu's Heart. Indeed, they were beauties: one serene and graceful, the other like an ice mountain snow lotus.

Being stared at by Li Yi like this, Houtu and Xuanming were instantly flustered. A blush appeared on their faces, and they both felt a strange sensation.

Fortunately, Li Yi quickly averted his gaze, and they gradually calmed down.

Li Yi smiled and said, "The Main Body is currently comprehending Pangu's Heart and will not emerge from seclusion for a while. As for me, I will be going out to travel. You don't need to stay in this cave."

Upon hearing that they could go out, the ten burly men, including Dijiang, grinned broadly. Zhurong, in particular, almost jumped up. Even the usually serene Houtu and the somewhat cold Xuanming had a flicker of joy in their eyes.

After all, the Witch Clan could not cultivate the Dao, and their stationary cultivation was far inferior to that of Dao cultivators. A day or two was fine, but after a long time, they would become restless.

Having stayed in this cave for so many days, they were already impatient. If not for the Main Body's majesty, they would have gone out to explore long ago.

Now, hearing that they could leave, they were as happy as if an invisible chain had been broken.

After bidding farewell to Dijiang and the others, Li Yi began to wander around Buzhou Mountain. Unfortunately, his luck wasn't great. One hundred and fifty years passed, and he only found a few Houtian Spiritual Treasures. As for Innate Spiritual Treasures, there wasn't even a shadow of one.

"Alas, whoever said Buzhou Mountain was rich in Spiritual Treasures, I really want to bury them alive!" Li Yi gritted his teeth, but ultimately persisted with unwillingness.

Another fifty years passed, and Li Yi was almost disheartened. "Alas, it seems that killing and seizing treasures is the true path. Treasure hunting is just a crooked way!"

After such a long time without finding a single Innate Spiritual Treasure, Li Yi couldn't help but reminisce about his past life of killing and seizing treasures.

"Huh! No way, I actually stumbled upon it?" Just as Li Yi was about to give up, he suddenly discovered a place that his spiritual sense couldn't penetrate.

Needless to say, this place was definitely abnormal. It was likely a protective formation of some Magic Treasure.

"Ah, my character can withstand the test," Li Yi was overjoyed at this moment, all his previous frustration vanishing.

Li Yi slowly probed the formation. However, it was to no avail. He had always been immersed in the Sword Dao and had a shallow understanding of formations, so he couldn't break it.

Li Yi frowned. "Forget it, I'll break it with force!"

With that thought, Li Yi pointed at the formation, and a crescent-shaped grey light shot towards it. "Bang!" To his surprise, the formation's defense was quite strong. It merely rippled before recovering.

However, Li Yi was not discouraged but even more excited, because the stronger the protective formation, the more precious the Spiritual Treasure inside would generally be.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

After exerting immense effort, the entire protective formation finally collapsed. Twelve beams of white light shot out from within, the Spiritual Treasures having sentience and attempting to escape.

"Haha, still trying to run?" Li Yi's sword light flashed, encircling all twelve beams of white light.

"Hmm, how could it be the Sea-Calming Divine Beads? Aren't these Zhao Gongming's Magic Treasures in later ages?" Li Yi stared at the twelve transparent beads in his hand, somewhat unable to react.

"Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it," Li Yi was quite magnanimous. "I've found a Spiritual Treasure, and now all that's left is to find a few confidants and discuss the Dao."

Having been lonely for many years, Li Yi couldn't help but wish to make some Daoist friends.