The guards and hidden experts in the library breathed a sigh of relief as Young Master Xueying hadn’t caused any trouble. He simply leaped off the Darkflow Cloud Beast and dashed straight into the library, while Old Tian, the two Darkflow Cloud Beasts, and the nine personal guards waited outside. They were quite at ease, after all, the ‘library’ was an extremely secure place.
“Looking for books.”
As soon as he entered, rows upon rows of bookshelves came into view, each laden with specially crafted tomes exuding profound auras.
Dongbo Xueying casually flipped through a few books upon entering, then immediately moved on to others—glancing here and there, spending no more than a fleeting moment on any single volume.
“Look, that’s Young Master Xueying.”
“Born a Void God.”
“Though the moment you open these books, the knowledge is directly transmitted into your soul, allowing instant comprehension. But the first floor of the library only contains the most ordinary texts. Why is he wasting time here?” Some of the younger members of the Marquis’ household noticed this and whispered among themselves. They dared not speak aloud, fearing they might provoke the young master, who was still unfamiliar with worldly affairs.
They soon returned to their own reading. The first floor held only miscellaneous books of little value, and they were merely skimming for traces of ancient ruins.
“Young Master Xueying, if you’re seeking cultivation manuals, you should head to the second or third floor. The higher you go, the more precious the texts become,” one of the Marquis’ descendants offered, hoping to gain some favor.
“Thanks,” Dongbo Xueying replied without even looking up, waving a dismissive hand. The young man could only retreat awkwardly.
Flipping through books here and there, his actions hardly resembled serious reading. Those observing him from the shadows found it absurd, and soon, they lost interest.
“There are just too many books.”
“All sorts of miscellaneous texts, even fragmented cultivation methods.” Dongbo Xueying was somewhat exasperated. After all, the Marquis’ library had accumulated a vast collection over countless ages. Even with his rapid filtering, it took him over an hour to find what he sought.
“Found it.”
His eyes lit up as he flipped open a thick, gray tome. The very first page captivated him.
This book detailed the various nations across the entire Heart Realm Continent. Given the continent’s immense size and the multitude of nations, even Chaos Realm experts likely hadn’t visited many of these places. Some powerful cultivators even made it their life’s mission to traverse every corner of the Heart Realm and record their findings for future generations.
“Incredible.”
As he read on, Dongbo Xueying couldn’t help but gasp.
The Heart Realm Continent far surpassed the Chaos Void in terms of cultivation.
The ‘Bloodline Cultivation System’ was the foremost among all systems in the Heart Realm, with countless practitioners. They could ensure their children were born exceptionally strong—the most outstanding even emerging as Unity Realm beings at birth. A single Cosmic God could have hundreds, even thousands, of descendants. Moreover, there were numerous supreme techniques tailored to complement this bloodline system.
Systems like the Rule-Oriented Path, the Witch Path, and the Ancient Path had long existed here and were far more advanced.
Even techniques akin to those of the Myriad Worlds Pavilion Master or the Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord, who cultivated avatars, existed here—though they seemed to be closely guarded secrets.
“This… this is just too overpowered?” Dongbo Xueying grew increasingly astonished as he read.
The Heart Realm Continent had existed far longer than the Chaos Void, its foundations naturally deeper. There was no mention of a ‘Great Destruction’ here—its history was so ancient it was practically unrecorded.
The only certainty was that two ‘Ancient Nation Wars’ had occurred since the dawn of time. In these wars, nations crumbled, the heavens and earth split asunder, countless experts perished, and Cosmic Gods fell in droves.
Now…
The Heart Realm boasted over a hundred and fifty nations, though the exact number was unclear in the book, as smaller nations occasionally rose and fell. Thus, the count fluctuated slightly.
“Judging from this book, the Heart Realm currently has nearly a thousand Cosmic Gods!” Dongbo Xueying marveled.
In the Chaos Void, even counting those lost to history, there were likely only just over thirty.
The Heart Realm had roughly thirty times as many!
And that made perfect sense…
“The six strongest nations have long histories, with the smallest hosting dozens of Cosmic Gods and the largest over a hundred.” Dongbo Xueying sighed.
Combined, the Six Ancient Nations had over five hundred Cosmic Gods.
The remaining hundred-plus nations were comparatively weaker.
Take the Southcloud Nation, for instance—a ‘second-tier’ nation with four Cosmic Gods. The Southcloud Monarch was renowned across the Heart Realm. The truly weak nations usually had only one or two weaker Cosmic Gods, and a single conflict between them could lead to the nation’s collapse.
“Meta?”
Dongbo Xueying shuddered when he encountered the book’s mention of ‘Meta.’
Meta…
Universally acknowledged as the strongest in the Heart Realm.
It was only after Meta intervened that the First and Second Ancient Nation Wars came to an end, halting the Six Ancient Nations’ conflicts.
Meta had constructed countless ‘Meta Divine Palaces’ scattered across the Heart Realm.
These palaces had ten tiers.
“The Meta Divine Palace… it sounds similar to the Star Tower?” Dongbo Xueying inferred from the description. “The Meta Divine Palace and the Star Tower seem to classify strength the same way? Though the Star Tower has nine tiers, while the Meta Divine Palace has ten.”
“Moreover, the Heart Realm’s research into cultivation methods and combat techniques far surpasses that of the Chaos Void.” Dongbo Xueying felt a twinge of wariness.
According to the book:
For Unity Realm cultivators, focusing solely on rule comprehension would cap their strength at the seventh tier of the Meta Divine Palace. But with external aids and secret techniques, they could reach the eighth tier!
Chaos Realm cultivators normally peaked at the ninth tier, but with external aids and secret techniques, they could achieve tenth-tier strength—even surpassing newly ascended Cosmic Gods.
“A Chaos Realm cultivator, surpassing a newly ascended Cosmic God?” Dongbo Xueying was awed.
Back in his homeland, the pinnacle of Chaos Realm was the ninth tier. Merely surviving against a Cosmic God was considered remarkable. To overpower or severely wound one? Pure fantasy. Yet here in the Heart Realm, it was possible.
…
Though this book primarily introduced various nations, a third of it was dedicated to praising the Southcloud Nation.
And the Southcloud Nation had every reason to be proud. Despite being a second-tier nation, the Southcloud Monarch’s sect—the ‘Southcloud Sacred Sect’—was one of the ten most widespread and populous sects in the entire Heart Realm! This earned the Southcloud Monarch immense fame, drawing even cultivators from the Six Ancient Nations who traveled great distances to seek his teachings.
“So overpowered.” Dongbo Xueying trembled slightly as he read the descriptions of various supreme techniques.
These techniques made cultivation far more accessible.
For a sect to spread widely, its techniques had to be easy to learn yet yield formidable strength. Competition was so fierce that overly complex techniques created by Cosmic Gods often went unstudied.
The ‘Southcloud Sacred Sect’ was renowned for its rapid cultivation progress, earning its place among the Heart Realm’s top ten sects.
“Insane… just insane.” Dongbo Xueying now understood the depth of what Meta had meant by ‘deeper foundations.’
His homeland’s cultivation methods paled in comparison.
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