The Heart World
Lu Yan'an's perfected state of mind had already reached the threshold of this level. With enough accumulation, he could break through naturally. Without this opportunity, he would probably have needed to experience and see many things before finally breaking through.
Through countless reincarnations within the Illusion Tribulation, he finally crossed the threshold of the Heart Power realm—two thresholds in total—directly surpassing the fifth level, "Return to Truth," and reaching the sixth level, "World"! From then on, illusion influenced reality, creating the "Heart World."
For a cultivator of Heart Power, the Heart World is like the world to World Lord. Moreover, generally speaking, only those who have created their own Heart World are true cultivators of Heart Power!
"From this day forward, I will be the only cultivator of Heart Power in this Original Universe."
"Heart Force Path: Constructs a world of Heart Power, specializing in Heart Power, unpredictable and mysterious, directly attacking the enemy's mind, killing with a single thought."
Lu Yan'an was extremely satisfied with this.
Unlike the Way of Laws and the Way of Divine Power, the former pursues the comprehension of laws, while the latter focuses on the continuous breakthrough of the Life Gene Level. What both seek is, in the beginning, a gift from the universe.
[Honestly, I've been using Yeguoyuedu to read and follow my books lately. It has easy source switching, multiple reading voice options, and is compatible with both Android and Apple devices.]
However, the Heart Force Path is different.
The pursuit of Heart Force Path is not in the gifts bestowed by the Universe Operation Rules, but rather in focusing on the individual. From the birth of Heart Power to the creation of the Heart World, it only explores the power of the individual mind. The stronger an individual's belief, the more stable the Heart World they create, and only in this way can the Heart World continue to expand!
The more expansive Heart World, the more terrifying a Heart Power cultivator becomes! Judging from the legacy left by the Heart Sword Emperor, Heart Power cultivator at the Universe Venerable level could even have Heart World comparable in size to a Universe Country!
Not far away, the Lord Shen had been waiting for a long time, saw Lu Yan'an's body tremble slightly.
"Young Master Lu?" The Lord Shen's voice was very soft, as if afraid that if he raised his voice even slightly, Lu Yan'an's consciousness would sink into oblivion again.
Hearing the Lord Shen's call, Lu Yan'an slowly turned around.
"What's going on?" Lord Shen asked curiously, having just sensed a peculiar aura.
"There has been a breakthrough!" As for which aspect of the breakthrough it was, Lu Yan'an did not elaborate.
Seeing the curious expression on the Lord Shen's face, Lu Yan'an preemptively said directly, "I'll consolidate my strength first, and we'll talk later!"
After saying that, he sat cross-legged on the top floor of the Stairs of Sinking and began to carefully comprehend the wonders of the world of Heart Power.
"That kid!" the Lord Shen said with a laugh and a scolding tone. Seeing that Lu Yan'an had successfully woken up from the illusion, it could finally relax.
The highest level of the Stairs of Sinking.
Lu Yan'an sat cross-legged. What he needed to do next was to build Heart World. The larger the Heart World, the stronger his Heart Power, and the stronger his strength!
Building the "Heart World" is a very meticulous task, and even he cannot be careless about it.
"The Heart World"
With a single thought, Lu Yan'an began to introspectively examine the Heart World.
The Heart World is merely a point at the center of the brow. Yet, a grain of sand contains a world, and the space contained within this single point can be infinitely vast, possibly even larger than the entire Ganwu Universe Country. However, for a normal Venerable Level cultivator of Heart Power, the Heart World is comparable to a primary-level civilized Universe Country.
As for just how strong these Heart Power cultivators are, you can simply look at the size of their Heart World.
If one only relies on Immortal Level insights and willpower to build Heart World, it would only be comparable to a galaxy! Only by comprehending the Higher Origin Law and cultivating to become Space Venerable or Time Venerable can one break through the bottleneck of a galaxy and reach the level of a rudimentary civilization Universe Country!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
At this moment, the Heart World is still shrouded in mist.
"Open!" A voice resounded throughout the world, and the misty fog began to dissipate. The earth began to expand in all directions, and the sky began to rise higher and higher...
At the same time, the Heart World also began to continuously Absorption on the Origin Force between heaven and earth, and the huge amount of Universe Crystal prepared in Lu Yan'an's Space Ring were used to replenish it. The speed of absorbing the Origin Force from the outside world was ultimately too slow, although the primal Origin Force required for breakthroughs was indeed nothing for Lu Yan'an.
Soon, the world stopped expanding.
It has a diameter of tens of billions of kilometers, making it incredibly vast and magnificent.
"Let's leave it at that for now! But even as Domain Lord, my comprehension isn't enough to support me in creating a second Heart World!" Lu Yan'an shook his head, sensing the billions of kilometers in diameter.
His consciousness penetrated into this entirely new world, and as he looked around, the entire world seemed boundless! But as the creator of this Heart World, he knew everything within it in an instant.
Hundreds of billions of kilometers is an enormous amount. To put it in perspective, the trunk of the Strongest World Tree is only 12 million kilometers in diameter, and its height is only 290 million kilometers. Even the diameter of its crown is only a billion kilometers! And this is the tree-like Special Lifeform that ranks first in the universe in terms of volume.
"Rise." Lu Yan'an pointed into the distance.
In the distance, on the horizon, a Chaos Stele quietly formed—the very "Darkness Chaos Stele" that Lu Yan'an had been comprehending!
With a single thought, Lu Yan'an could create anything. Soon, items such as the Aurora sculpture that Lu Yan'an had once comprehended reappeared in this Heart World.
"Try this one!" Lu Yan'an smiled as he looked into the distance. Suddenly, piles of Universe Crystal appeared on the ground, and soon, Universe Crystal Mountain appeared!
Lu Yan'an watched with a smile.
He knew these were all fake, not real Universe Crystal.
"In legends, cultivators of Heart Power eventually reach the point where their Heart World becomes the real world. At that time, the treasures in the Heart World will also become real treasures. If a Supreme Treasure is formed, it can be used. If other rare treasures or precious materials are formed, they will also be real," Lu Yan'an murmured softly.
This is the goal of Heart Force Path...
However, no one has been able to do it so far, not even in the Desolate Universe! Because that's too incredible.
Time flies, and a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.
After Lu Yan'an became a Heart Power cultivator, he also began to learn some terrifying Heart Power secret techniques left behind by the Heart Sword Emperor. Although his Heart World was only in its most primordial state and had not yet been mixed with Lu Yan'an's cultivation path, the size of his Heart World did not affect his learning of Heart Power secret techniques; the only difference was the magnitude of their power.
Lu Yan'an, who had been cultivating in seclusion, opened his eyes for the first time in a hundred years!
"Is the consolidation complete?" The Lord Shen asked immediately after seeing Lu Yan'an open his eyes.
"Mm." Lu Yan'an nodded.
"Let's go then!" Seeing Lu Yan'an's affirmative reply, the Lord Shen no longer dwelled on what breakthrough Lu Yan'an had made. The two began to walk down the Stairway to the Stairs of Sinking, one after the other...
In the Virtual Universe, in the Original District of Yu Xiang Mountain, at Lu Yan'an's manor.
Inside the study.
Lu Yan'an had just plopped down at his desk when he heard the familiar voice of the Lord Shen: "It's an email from the Virtual Universe Company again. They're really efficient!"
Upon hearing the Lord Shen's reminder, Lu Yan'an skillfully opened the newly sent evaluation email!
The email content is--
"You have completed the second stage of the Highest Points Mission. After evaluation by all members, Lu Yan'an, your final completion rate for the first stage of the mission is 80%, earning you 160 million points. You are also eligible to continue to the third stage of the mission."
"Comment: We retract our previous assessment that you have a brain. After thoroughly investigating the difficulty of the mission, you still chose to continue! Unbelievable! Although you returned alive, our evaluation of you has been lowered to the lowest possible level! If you hadn't completed the final summit mission, our evaluation of your mission completion would have been 0!"
"To reiterate, the core of this task isn't about you completing it, but rather assessing your performance in the face of such a desperate situation! You could even submit the task by casually walking two steps on the Stairs of Sinking, and your completion rate would be much higher than it is now!"
Seeing this, Lu Yan'an completely dumbfounded! This isn't a scam? How could something like this even exist?
"You idiots who assigned the tasks, you win! No matter what I do, you'll always have something to say, right?"
This situation is like risking your life to complete an assigned task, and after all the hard work, you finally succeed. But your supervisor says they were just joking, and that you didn't use your brain to think things through? Can you tolerate that?
If he really does follow their advice and takes two steps on the Stairs of Sinking before submitting the quest, then he'll probably give a completely different story. In any case, it's up to them to decide!
"You can pray! Pray you don't end up in my hands!" Lu Yan'an gritted his teeth and swore.
At this moment, he desperately wanted to get rid of all those lazy, good-for-nothing executives at Virtual Universe Company!
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