Seven Absolute Realms! No Self, No Thought, No Heaven and Earth

The Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan was able to kill the Wonderful Sound Sect patriarch, who was in the Nascent Soul Early Stage, when he was in the Golden Core Late Stage. Even though that patriarch might have been like Han Yongxu in the past, and had been bewitched by his evil master.

However, the combat power of the Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan, even at the Golden Core Late Stage, still surpassed that of all the Golden Core Great Cultivator Chen Dengming knew of.

The strength of the Sha Star's divided spirit, who is in the Nascent Soul Early Stage realm, is beyond doubt.

Chen Dengming had already made up his mind that if he couldn't fight head-on, he would have to play to his strengths and try to use the spiritual power of the Heart Inheritance to restrain the power of the Sha Star's divided spirit.

The saying goes, "When things reach their extreme, they reverse; when the way reaches its limit, it changes."

Human strength has its limits!

The mind has no limits!

Faced with the Sha Star Nascent Soul emerging from the second stone pillar, Chen Dengming instantly cast aside all distracting thoughts.

His Soul Power condensed and increased, and his figure instantly rushed towards the second stone pillar on the right.

"Your current abilities are not sufficient to obtain this Dao scripture."

A vast and terrifying aura suddenly descended.

Chen Dengming felt his mind tremble, as if his soul was about to explode. Before he could even see the Sha Star clearly, he felt an extremely powerful and explosive fist force coming towards him.

Boom!!

His soul exploded, his head shattered instantly, and his soul dissipated.

But in the instant his soul was about to shatter, he had already reached a state of perfect harmony with Unity of Heaven and Man, and unleashed the most profound mystery of the Sacred Heart Art: the Seven Absolute Realms!

In an instant, all his thoughts and ideas merged into one, and that one thought became no thought at all.

It is ethereal and ethereal, empty yet not truly empty.

The divine soul transformed into tiny, bubble-like dots and swept towards the second stone pillar.

"Huh?"

The Sha Star Nascent Soul was surprised and let out a soft "hmm." He immediately realized that Chen Dengming's soul, though seemingly destroyed, still existed. He was almost deceived by the illusion created by the opponent's mental power.

This is a case of an undying spirit and an immortal soul.

The path of the mind is almost comparable to the immortal state of evil obsession.

"The techniques of the Heart Inheritance? Let's see how much Mental Strength you have left to expend!"

The Sha Star Nascent Soul snorted coldly, and the instant he took a step forward, he reached out with a claw-like hand from afar.

Boom!!

Its entire arm transformed into an arc, resembling a dragon-shaped lightning bolt. With a thunderous roar, it unleashed an explosive mental wave, extremely powerful, like Divine Thunder descending upon the world, intimidating the enemy's mind.

Chen Dengming was about to reach the second stone pillar when, in an instant, his entire spirit, which had transformed into countless tiny dots, was enveloped by heavy, mountain-like claw shadows.

In an instant, a tremendous suction force enveloped his soul, and countless claw-like forces twisted and tore at it, causing his soul to suffer countless pains.

At this moment, separated by the power of an entire realm, Chen Dengming was utterly unable to resist the mountain-like claw shadows.

He could still hold his own against someone at the same Golden Core stage.

But now, they can only passively take the beatings.

In the blink of an eye, his soul was about to completely collapse.

"Drink!"

Chen Dengming gave a low shout in his heart, and the power of the two Dao runes erupted completely.

At this moment, he was no longer in the state of Human Immortal Physique, but was venturing into the inner realm of the deepest Spiritual Realm, into the most profound realm of the Seven Absolute Realms, a realm he had never encountered before—Nothingness!

Nothingness is one of the highest realms of the mind.

No self, no form, no thought, no time or space, no sentient beings, no heaven and earth—these are the seven absences!

When one transforms into nothingness, it becomes naturally difficult for any harm to be inflicted upon the mind and spirit.

However, transforming into nothingness, due to the absence of thought, also presents enormous risks.

They will forget what they are supposed to do, why they exist, and who they are.

If this continues for a long time, it will naturally perish and transform into nothingness; this is the meaning of the Seven Absolute Realms.

Therefore, without extremely strong mental power, using this Divine Ability rashly is tantamount to suicide.

Chen Dengming was also in the Ancient Human Immortal Palace at this time. After the battle when he brought evil spirits in, he knew that as the inheritor, as long as there was still the Human Immortal Way Power in his body, once his soul dissipated, it would be reunited under the power of the Ancient Palace and return to his physical body.

Ultimately, they will only suffer great damage to their soul, not die directly, which is why they dare to enter the Seven Absolute Realms.

At this moment, the numerous souls that Chen Dengming had gathered together by the Sha Star's Nascent Soul suddenly vanished mysteriously amidst flashes of Silver Light.

It seemed unable to withstand the attack from the Sha Star 'Nascent Soul, and gradually perished.

In reality, his soul had entered a state of nothingness, formless and intangible, devoid of any thought or intention.

In a state of chaos, following only the inertia of its initial flight, as if invisible, it directly swept past the seemingly powerful claws of the Sha Star and continued flying towards the second stone pillar.

"It's already been wiped out?"

The Sha Star's Nascent Soul division was not surprised to see Chen Dengming's soul completely vanish under a single claw strike.

He had already used two moves to destroy the soul of this fellow villager who was merely at the Golden Core stage; he hadn't killed him instantly.

With their abilities, they can certainly be proud of it.

"You think you can fool me with your Nascent Soul stage? You really don't take me seriously at all."

The Sha Star Nascent Soul chuckled lightly, then turned and returned to the stone pillar.

However, just as he was about to fly up the stone pillar, his expression suddenly changed. He turned around abruptly, staring incredulously at the Daoist script that suddenly flashed with Silver Light and disappeared directly from the stone pillar.

That was the third Dao inscription of the Heart Inheritance, and now it had suddenly and mysteriously vanished right under his nose.

"Is that kid's soul still inside the ancient temple?"

The Sha Star Nascent Soul was suddenly startled. A series of unpredictable auras erupted from its body, permeating all directions, yet no trace of Chen Dengming's presence could be detected.

Such a bizarre phenomenon left him astonished and puzzled, and even somewhat delighted.

For someone with his personality, who is used to arrogance, let alone those weaker than himself, he might not even care about opponents of equal or greater strength.

But now, it is an opponent whose strength is even weaker than his own, a kid who should have no power to resist, who has repeatedly escaped from his grasp, and now he is unable to find him.

"Formless and intangible, elusive yet existent. Within this Ancient Human Immortal Palace, he can only unleash Divine Ability evolved from the martial arts of immortals. What kind of Divine Ability is this? How can it be so wondrous?"

The Sha Star Nascent Soul's expression shifted, his mind racing with thoughts.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he thought of a peerless martial art that was once extremely famous in the ancient times of Nanxun, which was quite similar to the current situation.

"Could this be Seven Absolute Realms in the Sacred Heart Art?"

The Sha Star's Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation have extremely rich experience. As one of the three powerful individuals in Nanxun who have advanced to the Unity of Heaven and Man realm, he entered the ranks of cultivators back in Nanxun. His martial arts skills are no weaker than Chen Dengming's.

He immediately focused his mind and concentrated, using telepathy to search for Chen Dengming's whereabouts.

The Seven Absolute Realms allow one to transform into nothingness!

But it's incredibly difficult to be completely unintentional!

If even the heart is gone, one will completely transform into nothingness and vanish completely.

Therefore, the only way to find an opponent who has entered the Seven Absolute Realms is through telepathy, to capture the opponent's mind. Only in this way can there be a trace to follow and to lock onto them. This is also the biggest flaw of the Seven Absolute Realms, a flaw that almost no one knows, but the Sha Star naturally knows it.

"Found it!"

Suddenly, at that moment...

The mental sensation of the Sha Star Nascent Soul's Nascent Soul splitting his consciousness felt as if he had touched another fleeting existence. In the entire hall, the second mind besides his was naturally Chen Dengming.

He was about to use his overwhelming Mental Strength to break through Chen Dengming's Seven Absolute Realms state, force him out of the state of nothingness, and then destroy him.

However, at the very same moment, this Mental Strength that transcended everything else completely vanished.

It was as if both body and soul had perished; even with the power of his mind, he could no longer lock onto or sense it.

"Disappeared again? Did he enter the state of no-mind? His progress is so fast? How is that possible?"

The Sha Star 'Nascent Soul felt somewhat frantic and suspicious.

The third stone pillar suddenly released an even more terrifying aura, and in an instant, the strange atmosphere in the entire hall seemed to freeze, turning into frozen amber.

Ancient Human Immortal Palace.

Chen Dengming's physical body suddenly trembled slightly.

Another Dao rune appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, merging into the silver Dao power and melting at an extremely slow speed.

However, Chen Dengming did not wake up. His breath became extremely weak, his heart beat only once or twice per minute, and the spiritual light in his Sea of Consciousness dimmed, as if it were about to dry up.

This is a very rare phenomenon.

It can only happen when a person's Mental Strength is completely exhausted.

The slightest carelessness could lead to cardiac arrest, mental death, and the dissipation of one's soul.

However, at this moment, the silver Dao power in Chen Dengming's Sea of Consciousness began to circulate, nourishing the nearly depleted Sea of Consciousness and causing it to emerge with Spiritual Light, thus regaining its Life Force.

Several days later.

Chen Dengming slowly awoke, his eyes glazed over, his face expressionless, like a granite sculpture. His heart seemed sealed shut, unable to beat. His mind, like a clock that had lost its winding mechanism, had stopped turning.

After a long while, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, and his mind emerged from a state of near-emptiness.

The next moment, he felt a jolt, as if he had been electrocuted, and became completely awake. He immediately raised his hands to examine his palms.

He got up from the ground and looked himself over. Only after confirming that he had escaped the state of being in a state of nothingness did he breathe a sigh of relief, a hint of lingering fear flashing in his eyes.

"The Seven Absolute Realms... It's truly terrifying. I feel like my memory of everything before is hazy, and I can't remember what exactly happened in that state."

All I remember is that before entering the Seven Absolute Realms, I wanted to take advantage of the situation to obtain the third Dao Script Sha Star, and it seemed like they had a telepathic connection with me.

"By the way, Dao Wen..."

He immediately focused his mind.

He immediately noticed the appearance of a third Daoist script in his Sea of Consciousness.

Suddenly, he perked up, and his previously tense and fearful brows and face relaxed like soaked jellyfish skin.

"He actually managed to snatch the third Dao Rune from the Nascent Soul stage of the Sha Star using the Seven Absolute Realms. That arrogant guy should be feeling pretty ashamed right now."

Chen Dengming was overjoyed, feeling incredibly relaxed and comfortable.

But noticing his still very weak body and the occasional heart palpitations, he became secretly alert.

"I can't take such risks again. Even if my soul shattered within the Ancient Human Immortal Palace, it could reassemble into my physical body, but this state of nothingness is too terrifying."

"I thought that with my Spiritual Realm and spiritual power, I should be able to pull my soul back with my Mental Strength, but I ended up with no thoughts at all, forgetting what I was supposed to do and where I was."

It wasn't until its Mental Strength was completely depleted that it returned to its physical body; that was truly lucky.

After a moment of introspection, Chen Dengming quietly focused his mind on the Sea of Consciousness and observed the movements of the Ancient Human Immortal Palace for a while.

Once he was certain that the angry Sha Star spirit wouldn't crawl out of the Ancient Human Immortal Palace to attack him, he happily decided to call it quits while he was ahead.

For at least the next hundred years, he probably won't go to the Ancient Human Immortal Palace to provoke the Sha Star again.

Obtaining this third Dao inscription is already the limit.

The fourth Daoist inscription was guarded by the Divine Transformation Division of the Sha Star. Even the old man behind the scenes who used to control evil Spirit Transformation couldn't get it. For him to get it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, three Daoist runes are already enough.

In the past, the Sha Star killed Nascent Soul Early Stage while still in the Golden Core Late Stage, even though that Nascent Soul Early Stage was somewhat immature.

He has not yet reached the Golden Core Late Stage realm, but with the three Dao runes, the duration and power of his Human Immortal Physique will be enhanced. Even cultivators at the Golden Core Late Stage realm may not be able to threaten his life.

After taking some medicine on the spot and regaining some strength, Chen Dengming then rode the Escape Light and flew south to seek the immortal Zhanxian City in the mortal realm.

He planned to visit his two children in the mortal realm before returning to the Cultivation World.

At this moment, near the border of the Mingyun Mountain Range, outside of Nanxun.

The oppressive atmosphere, like the calm before a storm, grew increasingly intense.

Dust filled the air near the southern stronghold.

Within the dark clouds in the sky, flashes of lightning occasionally streaked across the horizon, causing the world to alternate between light and darkness.

Deep within the opposite mountain range, numerous cultivators from the Northern Region have launched a massive offensive, occupying some mountainous areas and displaying arrogance. Meanwhile, the cultivators from the Southern Region have retreated to their strongholds and have adopted a defensive posture.

Just half a day ago.

Suddenly, cultivators from the Northern Region, led by Geng Shouyi, Golden Core Great Cultivator from the Lingtian Sword Sect, launched a massive attack.

Xia Shunyuan, Golden Core Great Cultivator from the Cloud Rain Sect who was guarding the southern border, had no choice but to take action.

But at the critical moment when Xia Shunyuan and Geng Shouyi clashed, another group of cultivators from the Northern Region somehow bypassed the blockade line of the southern patrolling cultivators, circled around to the rear, and launched an attack.

Fortunately, the Northern Region cultivators who had circled around to the rear were merely a ragtag army of cultivators from Northern Region Cultivation Family.

This group of people did not pose a significant threat to the stronghold formed by the elite cultivators of the Southern Region.

However, this also made the Southern Stronghold precarious, and the situation became dire.

Since the enemy was able to bypass the blockade and the patrolling monks and sneak around to the rear without anyone noticing, it proved that our blockade was ineffective, and there might be an internal traitor.

Within the Mingyun Mountain Range, atop a snow-capped peak, the Northern Spirit Holy Son stood atop the summit, his gaze calmly fixed on the Southern Region stronghold opposite him, a slight smile playing on his lips as he spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Geng, it seems your friend is indeed interested in cooperating. He has passed this test and can be given three petals of the Northern Spirit Snow Lotus. But next, he needs to lure out the Longevity Dao Child for me!"

Upon hearing this Geng Shouyi was carrying two long swords, frowned and said, "Saint Son Highness, I did not mean to question you. It's just that if you had taken such a perfect opportunity to flank us from behind and launch a surprise attack, we could have joined forces and killed Xia Shunyuan. Then our Northern Region Army could have immediately marched straight in."

Is it worth letting go of such a great opportunity just to deal with a Longevity Dao Child?

"You want me to risk my life?"

The Northern Spirit Holy Son scoffed inwardly, but smiled faintly on his face. "Fellow Daoist Geng, as I said, this is just a test. If it's a test, don't be too greedy."

If your friend has been playing a trick, the men we sent out to flank us earlier have already been wiped out.

In business and investment, it's always wise to test the waters with small investments first. How can you risk everything when facing off against two opposing forces?

Geng Shouyi nodded slightly.

He knew that the other party would give such an explanation, but the thought that he had already injured Xia Shunyuan, yet could only watch him escape, was truly frustrating.

If we can kill him, that would be a great achievement.

The Northern Spirit Holy Son knew exactly what Geng Shouyi was thinking. He waved his hand and said, "Go, contact your friends and lure out the Longevity Dao Child. That's the real big fish. We can't lose the watermelon for a sesame seed."

(An extra chapter without any conditions! I'll continue to ask for monthly votes at the end of the month, brothers!)