Return to Dust

"Ah..." Lu Yan'an gripped the rock with both hands, his whole body trembling. He couldn't help but tilt his head back, and it was as if a brand had been forcibly branded into his brow. A purplish-gold mark finally appeared on his brow, and then disappeared completely, never to be seen again.

Lu Yan'an trembled uncontrollably all over, and after a while, the excruciating pain finally subsided. He let out a long breath, then opened his eyes and looked at the Xin Dao Ren standing beside him. "This, this hurts too much."

"This is the mark that controls the entire Heart Realm," the Xin Dao Ren laughed and scolded. "You should know how much my original self paid to refine this Heart Realm back then! And you're here complaining about the pain of this Heart Realm recognizing its master!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an could only offer an awkward smile. Generally speaking, the more special the Supreme Treasure, the more troublesome it is to recognize a master. This is evident in the recognition process of treasures like the Star Tower and the Chaos Golden Wings. This Heart Realm was crafted by the Xin Dao Ren, a powerful figure who had reached the second level of the Universe God, at an immeasurable cost. In terms of value, it far surpasses the Star Tower. The fact that it could be directly passed down to him in this way is already considered risk-free, so his complaint is indeed inappropriate.

"With you inheriting the Heart Realm, my mission ends here!" The Xin Dao Ren looked at Lu Yan'an. "However, the endless Years are simply too lonely. This can be considered a kind of relief for me, can it?"

"Now that you have inherited this Heart Realm, there are many things within the Heart Realm that you should know!" After calming himself down slightly, the Xin Dao Ren continued, "Follow me."

As he spoke, he pointed into the void, and a spatial gate appeared directly in the void. Then, the two of them flew into the spatial gate one after the other.

The two arrived in a desert, where in the center stood an ordinary wooden house, inside which was a bright pearl!

The two men, Xin Dao Ren and his companion, slowly entered the wooden house.

"This pearl is my Core Inheritance, the guide to the five lineages of the Void World Illusion Dao!" The Xin Dao Ren pointed to the floating pearl in the room. "For example, the Heart-Mind Blade you inherited before is not even in the same league as this inheritance!"

Lu Yan'an also looked over. The wooden house was not large, but the bright pearl floating in the center was shining brightly!

"Of all my inheritances, only this is the core and cannot be easily passed on! As for the others, they are all techniques, and you can do with them as you please!" With that, the Xin Dao Ren pointed to the sand and gravel in the vast expanse of the world outside the wooden house!

"These are Memory Stone, also known as Inheritance Stone," the Xin Dao Ren. "They can store a vast amount of memory information; even storing the entire memory information of a super-strong individual is a very easy task."

"Apart from my fundamental inheritance, you may dispose of these Memory Stone as you see fit!" the Xin Dao Ren said solemnly.

"A Memory Stone from a desert?" Lu Yan'an was speechless upon hearing this!

"Don't worry about these 'skills'!" Xin Dao Ren glanced at Lu Yan'an and said with a smile, "No matter how powerful a skill is, it can only be used for amusement and learning. What truly strengthens oneself is the fundamental Dao!"

"Originally, I placed the guidance of the Five Meridians of the Void World Illusion Dao into that Sun Black Hole, but unfortunately you only grasped the superficial aspects!" The Xin Dao Ren waved his hand again.

Rumble...

The entire desert trembled, and endless sand began to float in the air as if the heavens and earth had been reversed. All the sand floated into the sky, while below was empty space, revealing the parched land... At a glance, even with Lu Yan'an's eyesight, the floating sand was of inconsistent sizes!

"They are all Memory Stone," the Xin Dao Ren said directly.

"But the size of the grain of sand represents the strength of the technique!" the Xin Dao Ren said solemnly. "For example, the Heart-Mind Blade you comprehended before was one of the larger grains of sand!" He waved his hand, and a grain of sand the size of Lu Yan'an's fist instantly moved out. This was the grain of sand that represented the inheritance of the Heart-Mind Blade!

"Consider all the Memory Stone in this desert one of my gifts to you," the Xin Dao Ren chuckled. "They contain various schools of techniques, whether melee, ranged, treasure crafting, or mechanical arts... The techniques and cultivation methods they contain are extremely useless to me, but even the most basic Memory Stone is enough to drive your Universe Ocean mad."

"Scattered across this endless desert are trillions of Memory Stone," the Xin Dao Ren chuckled. "Those are the accumulations left behind by my true self as I rose step by step! The knowledge contained within is all-encompassing, probably recording ninety percent of the basic techniques and information from the major Chaos Universe. Of course, what's recorded is only the superficial and basic, just like the Basic Inheritance you received."

Lu Yan'an's eyes lit up upon hearing this. This was practically a super library, or rather, a "treasure" left behind by a higher-dimensional civilization. With the Memory Stone in the desert, it was entirely possible to propel the entire Human Race to an unimaginable level of evolution.

"These Memory Stone," the Xin Dao Ren pointed to the bottom of the wooden house, "May not be important to me, but I believe they would be a lifesaver for your people! I wouldn't mind if you provided these Memory Stones to your people!"

"But you must not reveal the guidance of the five meridians of the Void World Illusion Dao within this pearl to anyone else!"

"Yes," Lu Yan'an replied.

"Try to envelop this pearl with your divine power," the Xin Dao Ren. "You have the Inheritance Mark of the Heart Realm, so the knowledge within this pearl will recognize you and will pass on all the inheritance it contains to you."

Lu Yan'an held his breath.

Whoosh!

An invisible divine force extended out and quickly enveloped the pearl. The moment it touched the pearl, it faintly lit up, and ancient and complex patterns appeared on its surface. Immediately afterwards, a surge of information rushed directly into Lu Yan'an's mind.

A massive amount of information!

It started spreading like wildfire...

Inside the wooden house, looking at Lu Yan'an who had entered a state of inheritance, the Xin Dao Ren said with a solemn expression, "When one is weak, one can break through one's limitations by burying oneself in cultivation. However, as one's strength increases, any super strong person must go through countless battles to be tempered. For example, to become True God, which is what you call the Universe Supreme Being, one must also go through countless battles and gain countless benefits before finally breaking through."

"From the stage of True God onwards, every step is extremely difficult!"

"The strong are those who constantly face life and death yet remain steadfast."

"There are many talented people, and many people with perseverance. Perhaps they can achieve some success, but who among them doesn't have a multitude of opportunities to truly stand at the top? No single strong person can reach that pinnacle on their own. I have prepared the best guidance for you, and the existence of the Heart Realm ensures that you will never face certain death in countless life-or-death battles."

When the topic of the Heart Realm came up, the Xin Dao Ren paused, then slowly said, "Unless your mastery of the Void World Dao is far superior to mine, or you are Universe God who has reached the Ultimate Realm, no one can kill you!"

"But I won't tell you about the matters of the Heart Realm! If you lose the experience of life and death, you might be able to reach the Unity Realm with your talent, but you will never be able to step into the Chaos Realm! Let alone become Universe God!"

As they were talking, the Xin Dao Ren suddenly waved his hand.

All the tiny grains of sand in the suspended, endless desert rose up and flew towards the Xin Dao Ren.

"Split!" it shouted. Immediately, the trillions of grains of sand began to automatically sort and categorize!

Soon, all the Memory Crystal pebbles were completely sorted out by the Xin Dao Ren!

"Rumble..." The divine power that had been floating in the sky also quietly dissipated.

"Originally, after Endless Reincarnation loneliness... I had so much to say, so many things to entrust to you. But seeing your performance, I feel there's no need to say more!" The Xin Dao Ren slowly shook his head. "This summary of the inheritance is, as your teacher, the last bit of help I can offer you!"

The Xin Dao Ren then looked up at the boundless darkness, squatted down, gently picked up some soil from the ground, smelled it lightly, and then smiled, "I have long since died, and now I too return to dust..."

"Lu Yan'an, then you go and see the view from the highest point for me!" After saying these last words, Xin Dao Ren shattered and vanished into nothingness.

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