315: Ye Chun's Heart Knot

Xuanhuan World.

Within the Immortal Dynasty.

Heshui Prefecture.

Water ripples Liu Zhuan, and music echoes through the pavilion.

Ye Chun was somewhat distraught; upon his return, he didn't immediately go to meet the Sect Master. Instead, he came to a secluded mountain peak and stayed there alone.

His mind was in a turmoil.

Whoosh!

Heshui Prefecture Sect Master Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect instantly appeared beside him.

As an experienced Golden Core Expert who had achieved a sixth-grade flower pill with a promising path to Nascent Soul, Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect's Dao Heart was incredibly firm.

Yet, he always believed that Ye Chun's Dao Heart was even stronger than his, with a stability beyond imagination.

In the future, among those in Heshui Prefecture who could reach Nascent Soul, Ye Chun would certainly be one, and his success rate would be the highest.

But now... Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect looked at Ye Chun's dejected back, his brows furrowed. He found it somewhat inconceivable.

"Ye Chun, what's wrong?"

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect spoke softly.

Ye Chun didn't seem to hear him, still staring blankly at the small pond nearby.

How powerful was the spiritual sense of a Golden Core level Cultivator? Even if both ears were gone, it would be absolutely impossible to miss a sound nearby.

Let alone human voices, even the sound of a mosquito breathing, or the sound of a water droplet condensing and dissipating internally, could be heard clearly.

And now Ye Chun didn't hear it?

"Ye Chun."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect had to speak again, his voice a bit louder, and he infused some spiritual Qi into it, also moving much closer.

Only then did Ye Chun snap out of it, turning around. His face was filled with confusion, clearly bewildered about the future.

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect's brows furrowed even deeper.

How did the infinitely promising Ye Chun become like this?

"Teacher... I want to ask you a question."

Ye Chun hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up.

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect flipped his hand, taking out his favored stone table and chairs from his storage ring, signaling Ye Chun to sit down.

Ye Chun sat distractedly on the stone table, hunching his back and resting his hands on the stone chair.

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect sighed, pulling him to sit properly on the stone chair.

"Go on, what do you want to ask?"

Ye Chun recounted the Tian Family's matter in its entirety, his eyes filled with confusion, and he asked:

"Teacher, can these powerful Cultivators truly scheme everything? Arrange everything? Making everyone below them mere puppets?"

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect hadn't expected Ye Chun to be troubled by such a thing. He fell silent.

As the Sect Master of Heshui Prefecture, as an experienced Golden Core Expert, how could he not have schemed against the Foundation Establishment Cultivators below him?

And his success rate in scheming... was as high as one hundred percent.

By analogy, if a Nascent Soul schemed against a Golden Core, even if the success rate wasn't ten out of ten, it would be nine out of ten or higher.

The Void Realm's movement capabilities, the ability to foresee the future, various unpredictable Divine Abilities... everything made Nascent Soul Cultivators stand high above, making them impossible to resist.

At this moment, Ye Chun spoke again:

"We have an announcement over there. The creators of Xuanhuan World—I know you don't acknowledge them, but at least for us, they truly exist—they recently announced the introduction of stronger AI and computing power support."

"Combined with the various activity data from us players over the past few months, they have finally achieved a function that was impossible at the start of the server: predicting players' futures."

Ye Chun looked at Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect, his eyes filled with confusion.

"When I heard this news, my heart trembled."

"Later, when I was schemed against by the state-stabilizing seal, I also saw that a diviner truly predicted the landing spots of other Golden Cores."

"And that was just a Golden Core diviner."

"Thinking about it this way, the state-stabilizing seal, who is a revered Nascent Soul, must be able to calculate even more things and set up even more schemes..."

"I thought for a long time, and I'm sure he does have the ability to target me, to set up one trap after another for me, and I am powerless..."

"Teacher, in this situation, is there really still hope to rise?"

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect was silent for a long time before finally speaking:

"Ye Chun, do you know what is above Nascent Soul?"

Ye Chun answered without hesitation: "It's Soul Transformation."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect nodded, then asked: "Then do you know what is above Soul Transformation?"

Ye Chun shook his head: "I don't know."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect smiled: "Coincidentally, I don't know either. But I do know that Soul Transformation is not the limit; there are other Realms above it."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect suddenly stood up, looked towards the sky, and asked Ye Chun: "Ye Chun, look up at the sky, what do you see?"

Ye Chun glanced up and said: "The sun, clouds, and some faintly visible stars."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect nodded, then asked: "Have you noticed anything unusual?"

Ye Chun gazed at the sky for a long time, finally shaking his head: "Never."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect smiled, grabbed Ye Chun, and flew rapidly towards the sky.

They flew for an unknown duration until they suddenly hit a transparent barrier, unable to fly any further.

Hovering in the sky like that, Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect said:

"Our world is a planet. Above the clouds is a Void, and within the Void are countless stars."

"However, we are always firmly bound to this planet, unable to break free."

Golden Core Cultivators already possessed the ability to traverse the Void Realm, but everyone, including Ye Chun, had never thought of breaking out of the planet.

Only now did Ye Chun realize that there was a barrier above.

"This should be an air wall; the outer areas haven't been opened yet."

"No, this is a barrier, a barrier set up by an Expert above Nascent Soul."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect looked higher into the sky, his eyes filled with longing.

"It could be a Soul Transformation, or an even higher Expert."

"It has cut off this entire planet from other worlds."

"Ye Chun, do you know? Outside our planet, there is actually an even larger planet, which was considered the Immortal Realm by the ancients."

"There, Demon Body-level great demons are seen everywhere, and fruits growing in the wild might be immortal fruits that reverse aging. Nascent Soul Cultivators are constantly emerging there, Soul Transformation Cultivators are not uncommon, and the Old Ancestor guarding every powerful Family is above Soul Transformation."

"At that time, our world was closely connected to the Immortal Realm, with many powerful Experts."

"But at some point, our planet was sealed, and we can't even see the Immortal Realm from here."

Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect said, then looked at Ye Chun again:

"The state-stabilizing seal, it is a Nascent Soul, it is very powerful, but it is merely a pitiful person trapped within the blockade."

"We are all equally pitiful people."

"Therefore, it cannot scheme everything, it cannot control everything."

"The Opportunity you find might come from ancient Experts, perhaps from the Immortal Realm, or even from above Nascent Soul, above Soul Transformation."

"How can the state-stabilizing seal possibly scheme these things? How can it use them for its layouts?"

After listening, Ye Chun's expression softened slightly.

He didn't speak, just gave Jin Cui, Sect Leader of He Shui Sect a smile.

The other party thought he had eased his inner turmoil and was about to move on.

But in Ye Chun's heart, there was an even greater fear:

Those Opportunities were indeed not schemed by the state-stabilizing seal.

But what if they were schemed by a Soul Transformation?

What if they were schemed by someone above Soul Transformation?