Devouring the Stars: The Dual Portal to the Heart Realm Continent
Chapter 20

Cultivating Realm God Secret Arts

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The Purple-Robed Man merely glanced at Zhang Dong and instantly saw through everything. He said to himself, "Mastered a First-Class True Intent? You should be able to become a World God within a hundred years. Perhaps you'll barely qualify to become an Outer Disciple. Kid, what's your name?"

"Zhang Dong," Zhang Dong replied respectfully.

Becoming a World God within a hundred years was, in the Purple-Robed Man's eyes, only barely enough to qualify.

With a casual wave of the Purple-Robed Man's hand, Zhang Dong's original robes immediately turned into a gray long robe. A pale blue seal appeared on his chest, likely representing his identity.

"Go on, go on." The Purple-Robed Man yawned. "Become a World God within a hundred years and a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity within three hundred thousand years, and you can stay as an Outer Disciple. Cherish this opportunity."

Clearly, if Zhang Dong failed to meet those requirements, he would still be kicked out.

Still, the standards were not too bad. He was extremely confident that he could become a World God within a hundred years, and the latter requirement would be even easier.

In the Tianyu Universe, the fastest person to become a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity had been the Space-Time Island Lord, who had taken only one hundred and eighty thousand years. In an environment like the Boundary Heart Continent, it should not be difficult for Zhang Dong to achieve it either.

As soon as the Purple-Robed Man finished yawning, Zhang Dong was moved away once more by an inexplicable force.

Such methods far surpassed even a Universe Master's control over space-time. Yet Zhang Dong could not tell what level of Mighty Expert this man was.

"Sigh, I'm a dignified Chaos Realm expert, yet I can only stay here recruiting Transcendents, gods, and World Gods." After sending Zhang Dong away, the Purple-Robed Man muttered under his breath.

There was no helping it. The sect master had said that the sect had only recently been established and needed to build momentum, so True Deities and above were directly recruited.

Below the True Deity level, it depended on comprehension. Standards were set to recruit those with the potential to become True Deities, providing them with resources. Once they broke through within the allotted time, they could be formally accepted.

Among the sects of the Boundary Heart Continent, only a small number of manuals were given away for free. Truly core ultimate arts had to be purchased, and disciples were no exception. There were very few who could cultivate ultimate arts for free.

Unless one possessed extraordinarily dazzling talent, being born in the Void God Nascent Realm or even the Unity Realm, one would not qualify to receive free ultimate arts.

Thus, many newly established sects recruited enormous numbers of low-level lifeforms.

After those lifeforms entered, once they broke through to become True Deities, their lifespans became infinite. So long as they were not killed midway, they would have more than enough time to work for the sect and earn ultimate arts.

As for the cost of those ultimate arts, it was not high at all. Freely distributing those Realm God Secret Arts and ultimate arts was virtually worthless on the Boundary Heart Continent. The more True Deities they nurtured, the more they stood to earn.

Before Zhang Dong could react, he found himself inside an enormous building.

The building was thirty thousand li high inside, with a honeycomb-like structure. Its entire body was pitch-black, and chambers were arranged in orderly rows, apparently for cultivation.

The moment Zhang Dong arrived, he discovered that the seal on his chest had a faint connection with one of the chambers.

"Someone new?"

"A Transcendent lifeform? Then he must have comprehended a First-Class True Intent."

Some powerful cultivators within the chambers also noticed Zhang Dong, but after only a cursory glance, they returned to focusing on their own cultivation.

The standards for recruiting powerful cultivators at different stages varied, but all of them had to break through as quickly as possible.

Only after becoming a True Deity could one truly join the sect, then exchange for a secret manual and slowly work to repay the cost. If one could become a Void God, that would be an entirely different matter.

Zhang Dong entered the chamber assigned to him and surveyed the surroundings.

The chamber was only five zhang long and a little over three zhang wide. It contained a great number of secret arts and manuals suitable for cultivation at the Transcendent and god stages.

There was also guidance concerning various First-Class Divine Hearts.

"Clone technique." Zhang Dong first found a secret art related to clones. This was what he urgently needed at the moment.

A clone could cultivate different Divine Hearts and follow different paths, allowing progress to come faster.

Furthermore, Zhang Dong definitely would not keep his true body in the Boundary Heart Continent or the Primordial Universe for long. He had to leave permanent clones in both worlds.

Cultivating a clone was not difficult. Below the Void God level on the Boundary Heart Continent, clone techniques were simple and lacked all those cumbersome methods. In just a short while, Zhang Dong cultivated a clone.

Next came all manner of Realm God Secret Arts.

There were simply too many of them, a dazzling and varied assortment. The Boundary Heart Continent had more than just nine First-Class Divine Hearts. With one casual glance, Zhang Dong found over a thousand secret arts.

The corresponding Divine Hearts were equally strange and diverse.

"As for secret arts, I'll first choose Primordial Body, which corresponds to Pole True Intent, along with this Great Extinction."

Zhang Dong quickly selected his Realm God Secret Arts.

Pole True Intent lay in the primordial, while at the Divine Heart stage it became absolute unity and absolute balance. Thus, the Realm God Secret Art Primordial Body possessed astonishing defensive power.

Once successfully cultivated at the Transcendent stage, the condensed Primordial Body would be so resilient that even peak God Level experts could not break its defenses.

Only God Level experts who had comprehended powerful secret techniques could inflict some damage.

Great Extinction, meanwhile, was an application of power. It had similarities to the Great Chaotic Void Force cultivated by Dongbo Xueying, transforming one's original power into a type of Great Extinction Force.

Chaos holes represented the ultimate collapse of matter among celestial bodies. From World Gods to Chaos Realm experts and even God Kings, all studied them.

And Great Extinction was also a secret art created through the Chaotic Void Divine Heart, capable of transforming the cultivator's internal power into Great Extinction Force.

Once cultivated to great mastery, every gesture could shatter a river of stars.

Having chosen his Realm God Secret Arts, Zhang Dong's true body began cultivating and comprehending them. This was a pure increase in power.

His clone, meanwhile, devoted itself wholly to improving the level of his True Intent. He picked up manual after manual and read the analyses of various Divine Hearts. Realm was the foundation.

Pursuing power was one thing, but only with sufficient realm could one truly become powerful.

These analyses of Divine Hearts were remarkably thorough, interpreting every aspect in detail: how to experience the Pole, and how to achieve balance.

Only Mighty Experts could possess such an understanding of Divine Hearts, because they grasped the complete rules of heaven and earth. Their analysis began directly from the essence.

Even though some Fourth Heaven Realm Deities possessed combat power no weaker than Mighty Experts, their realms were entirely different matters.

World Gods would die when their time came, while True Deities possessed truly infinite lifespans.

"Just by joining this sect and obtaining these secret arts, along with these explanations of Divine Hearts, I've already made a huge profit. At the very least, I won't need to worry about cultivation throughout the entire World God stage, or even up to the True Deity stage."

Zhang Dong read explanations of three Divine Hearts: the Pole Divine Heart, the Chaotic Void Divine Heart, and the Creation Divine Heart.

The Pole Divine Heart was not extreme, but centered on balance. The Chaotic Void Divine Heart and the Creation Divine Heart, however, were opposites. After comprehending these two Divine Hearts, his combat power would become even greater.

One month after arriving at the Boundary Heart Continent.

Pole True Intent smoothly advanced to the second realm. In addition, he comprehended some Second-Class True Intents related to Chaos Holes and Heaven-Opening.

Another half year passed, and Zhang Dong successfully cultivated both Realm God Secret Arts, Primordial Body and Great Extinction.

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