"Eight Nether, stop dangling a carrot in front of me." Wu Yuan shook his head. "It's too big to eat."
The strongest Soul-Spirit cultivator? On par with Empress Nuwa?
For the Wu Yuan of today, that was still too far away.
"Dangling a carrot? How can you call it that? This is long-term planning..." The purple-robed elder, who had been talking nonstop, widened his eyes.
"Fine, long-term planning. Then let's wait until I become a True Saint and truly take control of the Reincarnation Sword before making any plans." Wu Yuan cut him off. "You just said that this Reincarnation Sword can become a Heart Artifact?"
"That's right."
The purple-robed elder nodded. "There are two kinds of Heart Artifacts. One is formed from a powerful cultivator's own mind and consciousness. Once the mind becomes eternal, consciousness can interfere with reality. Through unique methods, the mind and consciousness can wield heaven-defying power."
Wu Yuan nodded slightly. The mind could transform into a Dream World containing everything, vast and boundless.
It could also become a Heart Artifact, condensing into a single form—invincible in slaughter and made to strike directly at an enemy's mind and soul.
"The second kind is a Heart Artifact formed from a magic treasure," the purple-robed elder said. "In other words, what people commonly call a soul-spirit treasure. But even Innate Spirit Treasures and Chaos Spirit Treasures have one fatal flaw: they cannot perfectly transform between the real and the unreal. Most of their power still rests in reality."
"Reality is their foundation."
"So the power that can truly be used to attack the mind and soul is only a small portion of these treasures' overall power."
"Transforming between the real and the unreal? Becoming completely illusory." A glint passed through Wu Yuan's eyes as he pondered.
He thought