“In the earliest days, it was simply a grand feast where mighty beings gathered to converse joyfully. Even a Fourth Heaven God could attend and receive a single Wan Hua Divine Fruit,” said Hong Shi. “However, in order to cultivate the younger generation, the Emperor of the Blood Blade Divine Court made a direct decision… Within the territory of the Blood Blade Divine Court, large-scale selections began to identify the top one hundred most powerful young disciples. These chosen youths would also attend the Wan Hua Feast, each receiving the qualification to partake in one Wan Hua Divine Fruit!”
“As time passed and things evolved…”
“The Wan Hua Feast has now become a grand event for countless deities throughout the Divine Realm! Although the Divine Temple and the Time-Space Island later held similar grand events, the ‘Ten Thousand Gods Assembly’ and the ‘Cycle Grinding Battle,’ the Emperor of the Blood Blade Divine Court remained the most powerful, with the widest network of connections and friendships everywhere. Even the mighty beings from the Dark Abyss came to attend this feast. Moreover, the Wan Hua Divine Fruit is indeed extremely precious, offering immense benefits even to Fourth Heaven Gods! The top one hundred participants of the Wan Hua Feast are certain to be accepted as disciples by powerful cultivators. In fact, as long as one competes under the watchful eyes of these mighty beings, even if they don’t make it into the top hundred, those with sufficient potential still have a chance of being chosen.”
“The Wan Hua Feast… takes place once every ten million years! Although it is held within the territory of the Blood Blade Divine Court, many confident divine beings from all corners of the Divine Realm travel to the Blood Blade Divine Court’s domain to participate in the competition!”
Hong Shi sighed deeply. “Oh, right, there is an age limit for participants in the Wan Hua Feast.”
“What kind of restriction?” Dongbo Xueying asked.
“The divine participants must not have cultivated for more than eleven million years,” Hong Shi explained.
“Eleven million years?” Dongbo Xueying murmured inwardly.
Such a long time. How young was he?
“The mighty cultivators have extremely high realms and can instantly see through the divine participants’ true forms and souls, determining their cultivation age,” Hong Shi continued. “Therefore, when selecting disciples, the mighty cultivators also place great importance on the length of cultivation time. For example, if two participants are both ranked in the top hundred, one has cultivated for a million years while the other has only cultivated for eight thousand years. Are they the same?”
“But the Ancestor has allowed you to participate in the next Divine Court’s Wan Hua Feast, which is already very near, only one thousand five hundred years away,” Hong Shi smiled. “It seems the Ancestor believes that within one thousand five hundred years, you should be able to qualify for the competition. Given your youthfulness, as long as you can reach the later stages and showcase yourself before the mighty cultivators, you should be accepted as their disciple.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly. “But I cannot expose my First-Rank True Intent.”
“Of course not,” Hong Shi quickly replied. “Dongbo, have you decided how you will cultivate next?”
“Not yet,” Dongbo Xueying smiled slightly. “Hong Shi, you’ve followed the Master for many years. You’ve often watched how the Master guides his disciples. Surely you have some good suggestions.”
“Hmm,” Hong Shi didn’t pretend to be modest. “I can’t guide you in the detailed rules and mysteries, but I have seen many of the basics. Right now, Dongbo, you no longer need to worry about the ‘World True Intent’; you’ve already reached the Third Stage. Refining the ‘World Divine Heart’ as your First-Rank Divine Heart is a natural progression.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded.
“So your sights should be set higher. Becoming a Heaven God is just the beginning for you,” Hong Shi said. “You should first cultivate a clone technique, one original and one clone! The original will continue cultivating the ‘World True Intent’ and achieving the ‘World Divine Heart,’ directly using the ‘World Divine Heart’ as the foundation to form your original divine heart. The clone, on the other hand, can choose another divine heart as its foundation and form its own divine heart.”
“Huh?” Dongbo Xueying was surprised.
“That’s right,” Hong Shi said. “Mastering a First-Rank Divine Heart makes you a First Heaven God. Mastering two First-Rank Divine Hearts and fusing them together makes you a Second Heaven God. Mastering three First-Rank Divine Hearts and fusing them makes you a Third Heaven God… and mastering four First-Rank Divine Hearts fused together makes you a Fourth Heaven God. You should know these basics, right?”
“I do,” Dongbo Xueying nodded. He had discussed this with his two senior brothers.
A First-Rank Divine Heart is difficult to master.
Mastering two is even harder. Because this represents different directions. For example, the ‘World Divine Heart’ is one of inclusiveness. The ‘Chaos Void Divine Heart’ is the ultimate destruction, the ultimate extreme! But precisely because it is the ultimate extreme, it instead achieves balance and stability. Similarly, there is the ‘Heaven Opening Divine Heart’; opening heaven is also an extreme.
But precisely because it is too extreme, it becomes balanced.
For it was an entirely divergent path—Xue Dongbo, having honed his spear arts for years, naturally gravitated towards a philosophy of encompassing all. He had attained enlightenment of the ‘Cosmic Divine Heart’. To cultivate another Divine Heart would demand nothing less than a metamorphosis of the very soul, down to the marrow of his bones.
As for fusion? That is simple. Because these First-Rank Divine Hearts are the essence of the laws of heaven and earth, they are naturally compatible. Fusion is not difficult.
The challenge lies… in comprehending a new First-Class Divine Heart.
“So your current objective is to comprehend more First-Rank Divine Hearts,” Hong Shi remarked. “Let me illustrate with an example. Your original self uses the ‘World Divine Heart’ as its foundation, while your clone takes the ‘Ultimate Penetration Divine Heart’ as its core. Then, your clone’s soul will naturally resonate with the ‘Ultimate Penetration Divine Heart,’ making cultivation far more effortless. In the future, when you break through the ‘Ultimate Penetration Divine Heart’… advancing to the ‘Ultimate Divine Heart,’ you will have comprehended your second First-Rank Divine Heart. At that point, successfully merging the two First-Rank Divine Hearts will elevate you to a Second Heaven God.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.
“Unfortunately, the clone technique can only split into one clone. If you could split into several… each clone could take a different Divine Heart as the foundation. This way, cultivation would be faster,” Hong Shi sighed.
“Can I cultivate the World Divine Heart and choose a Second-Rank Divine Heart to form my original divine heart and cultivate slowly?” Dongbo Xueying asked.
“No!”
Hong Shi swiftly responded, “First, this method won’t allow you to ascend to Heaven God status swiftly! Second, the ‘World Divine Heart’ was your initial enlightenment, proving your exceptional talent in this domain. In time, when you merge various First-Rank Divine Hearts, the ‘World Divine Heart’ will undoubtedly serve as the core. Hence, you must delve deeply into studying the ‘World Divine Heart’ and even uncover its hidden techniques!”
“Oh,” Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.
“Have you decided what Divine Heart your clone will choose as its foundation?” Hong Shi asked.
“The Star Divine Heart,” Dongbo Xueying said. “Improving the Star Divine Heart has the potential to achieve the Chaos Void Divine Heart. Among the several Divine Hearts I currently master, the Void Realm Divine Heart leads to the World Divine Heart, Ultimate Penetration leads to the Ultimate Divine Heart, and the Star Divine Heart leads to the Chaos Void Divine Heart. Among them, Ultimate Penetration is purely offensive, and I want to improve it but don’t know how to cultivate, since I haven’t gained any insights into other aspects of the Ultimate Divine Heart for a while. However, the Star Divine Heart is balanced and can enhance all aspects. As long as all aspects are broken through, it will naturally evolve towards the Chaos Void. Moreover, I have spent the most effort in the secret technique ‘Chaos Void Crushing’ over the past few centuries, and I already have some insights into the Chaos Void. The transformation from Star to Chaos Void has already given me some vague guesses.”
Hong Shi smiled, “Right, this is another method of cultivation, studying the secret techniques of Heaven Gods!”
“Oh?” Dongbo Xueying’s heart stirred.
“The ‘Great Chaos Void Divine Power’ is a secret technique of Heaven Gods based on the Chaos Void. The deeper you study it, the more you will understand the Chaos Void, which will greatly benefit your cultivation of the Chaos Void Divine Heart.”
“The ‘Ten Thousand Calamities Primordial Body’ is most suitable for the ‘World Divine Heart’, and you are already cultivating it. This is likely to be your greatest secret technique in the future.”
“For the Ultimate Divine Heart… you should also choose a suitable secret technique of Heaven Gods.”
“World, Chaos Void, and Ultimate, these are only three. To become a Fourth Heaven God, you need four First-Rank Divine Hearts,” Hong Shi asked, “do you have a plan? I’ve heard the Holy Master say that the earlier you prepare, the better. Hui Ming also determined his direction very early.”
Dongbo Xueying smiled slightly. He had thought about this point long ago and immediately spoke, “Time-Space Divine Heart.”
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