"Fairy Buyan, what's happened to Xiaohei?"
In the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, within a mountain valley carpeted with spirit herbs, Xu Taiping strode toward the old pavilion where Lin Buyan and Xiaohei were.
Even as he spoke, he entered the pavilion.
Lin Buyan, who had long since sensed Xu Taiping's arrival, immediately explained to him with a frown:
"Normally, after Xiaohei took the pill I gave him, his cultivation would have broken straight through to the Sun-Eater Realm once he absorbed its power."
"But although Xiaohei is showing signs of a breakthrough, he still hasn't been able to wake up normally."
Xu Taiping stepped forward, pressed his hand against the top of Xiaohei's head, and sensed the aura of his Divine Sense.
A moment later, he looked at Lin Buyan with a frown and said:
"I really can't sense anything abnormal."
Lin Buyan suddenly said solemnly:
"Judging by the current situation, there is only one possibility."
Under Xu Taiping's surprised gaze, Lin Buyan pointed at her own chest.
"Xiaohei encountered a Heart Demon during his breakthrough."
Deeply puzzled, Xu Taiping asked:
"Even Yin Gods have Heart Demons?"
Lin Buyan nodded.
"Yes."
She explained to Xu Taiping:
"Yin Gods were originally transformed from the deities worshipped by the Divine Being Clan of Primordial Antiquity. While the Divine Being Clan worshipped them, they could cultivate and make breakthroughs just like us cultivators."
"Or rather, human cultivation originally began with them."
"Only, their cultivation consisted purely of comprehending the Heavenly Dao."
"And in the process of comprehending the Heavenly Dao, what they found hardest to deal with were the Heart Demons born with every breakthrough."
"That's right. Unlike human cultivation, the only obstacles to a deity's cultivation are Heart Demons."
Understanding dawned on Xu Taiping's face, and he nodded lightly.
"I see."
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