241: Burning life!

You saw countless eyes on the fleshy ball staring intently at you, constantly rotating.

“Delicious food, you’ve finally arrived!”

You looked at the monster before you, and for some unknown reason, a deep-seated fear involuntarily arose within you.

You felt as if you were born with an innate fear of it.

In an instant, you unleashed everything you had learned, striking at the opponent, but the opponent gave you the same feeling as the Human Emperor.

You were easily defeated by the monster before you.

You looked at the monster you had never seen before, not knowing what it was, its aura incredibly strange.

At this moment, you remembered something the Human Emperor had once given you.

This item was given to you by the Human Emperor to wield after his departure, meant to deter other forces in the Weiyang Immortal Realm.

The Human Emperor did not ask for this item back upon his return, so you decisively pulled out a small sword.

The small sword struck the strange monster, unleashing boundless power.

Soon, you watched as the strange monster before you was blasted into fragments, vanishing from sight.

Feeling that you had narrowly escaped death, you couldn't help but laugh heartily.

However, this laughter did not last long before it abruptly stopped.

You saw the strange monster that had just vanished, now inexplicably restoring itself to its original form, maintaining the Human Emperor's face.

You saw that familiar yet strange face, revealing a peculiar smile.

You loudly demanded to know what kind of monster it was.

In that brief moment, you had completely lost all trace of its aura, and you didn't know how it had revived.

“Wait… I think I’ve seen you somewhere before!”

“Hiss! It hurts!”

“Who exactly are you? Why can’t I remember!!!”

“You are! You are! Weird…”

You felt intense pain emanating from the depths of your Divine Soul, but you still couldn't recall anything.

You only managed to utter one word before the strange monster before you firmly clamped its hands around your neck.

“Mmm~”

“Indeed, food tastes best when it’s at its most terrified and frightened.”

The next second, you watched in horror as your left hand was brutally torn off by the strange monster and eaten piece by piece.

The pain, both physical and mental, caused your vision to go black for a moment.

You gritted your teeth, staring intently at the strange monster before you, desperate to remember what it was.

In the depths of your consciousness, you seemed to realize that if you could remember its true identity, you would be saved.

“What is it? What exactly is it?”

“Argh!!!”

Soon, your second hand was torn off.

Next, your left leg and your right leg were successively torn off.

The strange monster licked its lips, still wanting more, and looked at you with greedy eyes.

That hand, filled with a strange aura, reached for your head.

As you watched the approaching hands, a sound like shattering glass echoed in your mind.

Immediately after, fragments of memories flooded your consciousness.

“I remember now!”

“You are a Weird Immortal! That terrifying Weird Immortal Clan I saw in the Canglan Realm!”

“And this isn’t reality; this is my inner world.”

Remembering everything, your eyes burned with the flames of fury; the fear of the Weird Immortal Clan in your heart was replaced by boundless rage.

You hadn't realized that your deepest fear wasn't the Guichong Clan, but the Weird Immortal.

The next second, the scene before you vanished, and you awakened.

Upon waking, you were covered in sweat, feeling a lingering sense of dread.

In that situation, you knew that if you died in the Illusion Ruins, you would truly die and never awaken again.

You knew that you had been careless this time; the Illusion Ruins was likely far more challenging than the first trial.

In the Illusion Ruins, that feeling of being immersed, that feeling of wielding supreme power, had captivated you.

After a long while, you gradually regained your composure.

At this moment, you had finally passed the trial of the Undying and Indestructible Scripture and could officially begin to Cultivate the Cultivation Technique.

Second year!

After Cultivating for a year, you still couldn't capture the Qi of Soul Source, which made you doubt whether this Cultivation Technique was fake.

But soon, you dismissed this idea.

The two trials before Cultivating the Cultivation Technique were real and could not have been fake.

Therefore, you could only attribute the problem to your own talent.

Only you knew deep down that all this time, you had relied on the simulator's talent to reach this point; otherwise, with your original talent, even a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment would be difficult.

Fifth year!

You opened your eyes, unwilling to accept your failure.

You hadn't expected that after Cultivating for five years, you still hadn't captured a single wisp of Soul Source Qi.

Moreover, this was with the enhancement of your talent, Dao Heart Enlightenment; whenever you achieved a calm, empty meditation, you used it.

Repeating this cycle for five full years, you still hadn't captured any, which showed the difficulty of Cultivating this Cultivation Technique.

These five years could be said to have been completely wasted, which was something you absolutely could not accept.

For you, time was the most precious commodity.

“Could it be… that I can only use that method?”

You suddenly thought of a method, but your heart was conflicted.

You didn't know whether to use this method; if you used it and still couldn't capture the Qi of Soul Source, it would truly be a case of losing more than you gained.

“Phew!”

Ultimately, you decided to use the skill—Dao Heart Clarity.

This skill was the only skill of the talent Dao Heart Enlightenment, and it could only be used three times in a lifetime.

“A thousand years of lifespan, huh…”

Your current lifespan was nine thousand years, so a thousand years of lifespan was still acceptable to you.

With a determined look, you decided to capture the Qi of Soul Source at all costs, even if it meant damaging your lifespan.

If damaging your lifespan could lead to achieving the Immortal-Demon Twin Body, you could still accept it.

“Dao Heart Clarity!!!”

Immediately, your face turned as pale as paper, and one-third of your hair turned white.

A large amount of life force drained from your body.

Suddenly, you realized something was wrong.

After using Dao Heart Clarity, you found that the lost lifespan was far more than a thousand years, reaching a full three thousand years.

“How could this be?”

A sense of fear arose from within you.

However, you didn't have time to think much; the next second, you entered a state of Dao Epiphany.

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