225: Chapter 225 The Heart of the Realm

Seeing Lei Wanjun's hand holding the qiankun bag tremble slightly, Chen Moxuan couldn't help but sigh softly. He slowly took the bag from his hand and placed it gently on the edge of the bed.

"What exactly is going on?" Chen Moxuan asked again.

He had already focused his Spiritual Sense to perceive the situation, confirming that there were no injuries on Lei Wanjun's body.

Lei Wanjun's state was more like his natural lifespan was coming to an end, his body no longer able to carry vibrant vitality, allowing that power to quietly fade away.

Yet, once one steps into the Tongxuan Realm and becomes a Martial Saint, their lifespan becomes extremely long, usually able to live peacefully for over a thousand years.

Lei Wanjun should still have at least nearly five hundred years of lifespan left.

Lei Wanjun remained silent for a long time, finally opening his mouth slowly with a weak breath:

"...In that previous battle, I burned the Origin power of my Heart-Phase World. Although it wasn't completely burned out, there was very little left, and my cultivation will gradually fall back to the Tiangang Realm."

"Originally, even if it were completely burned, the process of my cultivation falling to the Tiangang Realm would have taken at least ten years."

"But perhaps due to the lack of Spiritual Qi in this world, coupled with the fact that I had to act several times in the past few days, the speed at which my cultivation is falling has far exceeded my expectations."

On the way here while carrying the unconscious Chen Moxuan, Song Xin and Lei Wanjun encountered several elite squads of Transcendent, all of whom were repelled single-handedly by Lei Wanjun.

It was during that time that Song Xin noticed Lei Wanjun's state of aging was worsening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

During the process of falling from the Tongxuan Realm, Lei Wanjun's original thousand-year lifespan was also constantly draining away.

Although Sister Lan later injected vitality into Lei Wanjun to temporarily slow down his aging, in reality, this merely extended his lifespan by a little over a decade.

For Lei Wanjun's body, which had already experienced over five hundred years of trials and tribulations, a mere decade or so of lifespan was but a drop in the ocean.

This decade of extra lifespan could not exert the slightest influence on the decline of Lei Wanjun's cultivation.

For every point his cultivation fell, Lei Wanjun's body weakened by a point, and his increasingly aging body, like adding frost to snow, caused his cultivation to fall even faster.

In this way, a terrifying vicious cycle was formed.

Until yesterday, the speed of this cultivation decline suddenly intensified, ushering in a leap.

At this moment, Lei Wanjun's lifespan was already like a candle in the wind, about to reach its end.

If it weren't for Sister Lan tirelessly using her vitality to maintain his life, and the fact that Lei Wanjun still had an unresolved knot in his heart regarding Chen Moxuan, he would likely have passed away last night.

"I can take you back right now. Is there really no way to recover once we return?" Chen Moxuan asked, his brows tightly locked.

Lei Wanjun's eyes were hollow and lifeless, staring straight at the ceiling:

"The reason my cultivation is falling, in the final analysis... is because my Origin is damaged. The lack of Spiritual Qi only accelerated this process."

"Now, this process is irreversible. Even with abundant Spiritual Qi to help, it is beyond saving."

"Is there really no way to repair the damaged Origin?" Chen Moxuan asked, still unwilling to give up.

Lei Wanjun moved his lips slightly, his voice growing weaker:

"There is. You can use a Secret Realm's world heart to repair the Origin."

"world heart..."

Chen Moxuan knew the preciousness of a world heart.

The reason it is called a world heart is simply because, for a Secret Realm, it is a crucial existence, just like a heart is to a human body.

Once you obtain a Secret Realm's world heart, it is equivalent to becoming the master of that Secret Realm. However, if the world heart is lost or damaged, the Secret Realm space will collapse and cease to exist.

For an ownerless Secret Realm, the method of obtaining its world heart depends entirely on chance and cannot be forced.

But if it is a Secret Realm with an owner, you could directly ask the owner for it, provided you can bring out something that makes the Secret Realm owner truly tempted, something with enough value to make them willing to give up a Secret Realm space.

After all, those who can become masters of a Secret Realm are at least experts at the Martial Saint level, and ordinary things can hardly catch their eye.

However, Chen Moxuan faintly remembered that Lei Wanjun had mentioned having some fortuitous encounters in his early years and had gained control of a Secret Realm.

Back then, it was precisely by relying on his connection to this Secret Realm that Lei Wanjun had confidently declared he had the confidence to take Chen Moxuan across the Otherworld and return to the Martial Arts World.

Thinking of this, a flash of light appeared in Chen Moxuan's eyes, and he said excitedly:

"Haven't you already gained control of a Secret Realm? Since that's the case, why say such disheartening words? I'll just take you back to find that Secret Realm."

"The entrance to that Secret Realm is located at the border between the Otherworld and the Great Xia Kingdom, a long distance from Dongchang City where you are."

"I know my body... I'm afraid I won't last another three hours."

Hearing this, Lei Wanjun's eyes became dim and cloudy, and he responded slowly,

"Besides... I no longer have the strength to use my Divine Ability, and there is no way for me to go back with you."

Hearing Lei Wanjun's words, which sounded like the tolling of a twilight bell, Chen Moxuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

He then remembered that Lei Wanjun had smuggled himself over by following Chen Moxuan's Otherworld Torrent, relying on the spatial characteristics of his own Divine Ability, just when Chen Moxuan's time had run out, the two-world time balance Law began to repair itself, and an Otherworld Torrent was generated to forcibly pull him back.

With Lei Wanjun's current state, it was naturally impossible to go back with him like last time.

"Then what if I use [ Otherworld Walker ] on Senior Lei alone?"

Chen Moxuan pondered in his heart, his brows tightly locked, as if weighing the feasibility and potential risks of this idea.

According to what Song Xin said, the time it takes for others to use [ Otherworld Walker ] to travel to another world and come back is almost stationary for people in this world.

He had used this exact characteristic to counter-kill the Explosive Flame King.

If he were to first cast [ Otherworld Walker ] on Lei Wanjun, it would be like letting Lei Wanjun stay alone in the Otherworld's space-time for a long period of time.

Given Lei Wanjun's physical condition, he would likely die directly during that time.

Moreover, if he were to use [ Otherworld Walker ] on Lei Wanjun alone, how could he be certain that the destination would definitely be the Martial Arts World, and not some other Otherworld?

When [ Otherworld Walker ] is cast for the first time, it randomly teleports a person to some Otherworld.

For the same person traveling for the second time, the channel to the Otherworld is already fixed, and the next time they will still go to that world.

But in reality, Lei Wanjun had never been affected by [ Otherworld Walker ] at all.

He had only come to this world by following Chen Moxuan's trajectory.

This point could be seen from the fact that Lei Wanjun was not forcibly pulled back to his original world due to the so-called 'Three-Day Law' after his first traversal.

Chen Moxuan deeply felt that even though he had parsed and mastered [ Otherworld Walker ], his understanding of this Special Ability still remained at the level of usage.

This feeling was just like when he mastered Aaron's [ Hand of Order ] and Andre's [ Fist of Judgment ], it had only turned the use of this Special Ability into an instinct.

What he had parsed was merely the way to open a black box; the structure contained within the black box was far from what he could understand at the moment.

"Regarding this point, perhaps Song Xin knows a bit more..."

Chen Moxuan decided to ask Song Xin first before making any plans.

Although he could also cast [ Otherworld Walker ] with his left hand and right hand simultaneously, achieving almost simultaneity with an absolutely small margin of error.

But he could not gamble; it was still unknown where exactly Lei Wanjun would be taken by [ Otherworld Walker ].

"Senior Lei, I already know the situation, but there is still time, so it is too early for you to be arranging your funeral affairs now."

"I'll go out and think of a way, and I'll come back to see you later."

Chen Moxuan greeted Lei Wanjun and exited the room.