Chapter 14 : Chaotic Heart Forest 2 (1/2)
Chapter 14 : Chaotic Heart Forest (2)
“Hmmph, entering the Chaotic Heart Forest? What can that trash hope to do?”
In the outskirts of the forest, jeering conversations began again.
Another disciple voices another thought:
“In the last examination, Senior Xu made it to level five of the forest. Now that he has reached the Heaven’s Mandate stage and started getting ready to start to cultivate in the Warrior Canopy stage, his cultivation strength and willpower are much stronger than before; I predict that he could get to the seventh level.”[1]
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The stages for cultivators are as follows, from low to high: Palace Foundation, Palace Expansion, Yun Physique, Provisional Palace, Inner Longevity, Heaven’s Mandate, Warrior Canopy, Purified Rebirth, Heaven’s Primal, and Fertility God.
Once one has reached the unbeatable stage and received the Heaven’s Will, one will be named Immortal Emperor.
There were no immortals in the world, so a person might ask, why was there an emperor for immortals? Why does this title exist? It is because there is a saying: “My fate is mine alone; not up to the heavens.”
The Heaven’s Will serves as a shackle; it encompasses and traps all living beings. Once a cultivator reaches the pinnacle, their goal is to control the Heaven’s Will so that they will finally be free from the prison.
This was why one will be called Immortal Emperor once they have obtained the Heaven’s Will. However, no one truly knows if true immortality was possible; this remained a mystery.
Each era only has one Heaven’s Will; each era can only have one person becoming an Immortal Emperor.
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The Chaotic Heart Forest was where the Nine Saint Demon Gate judged a disciple’s innate talents, cultivation affinity, and willpower. At this place, the most important quality was one’s willpower.
It consists of fourteen levels. From an outside view, there were no drastic visual differences between it and a normal forest. However, this seemingly normal place was created by Nine Saint Virtuous Paragon.
Intruders would be shown realistic illusions. Even the ones that possessed mystic eyes could not see through the technique unless they were stronger than Nine Saint Virtuous Paragon. Otherwise, the technique would be reality for all who stepped inside.
For example, one could find himself trapped in a sea of fire. The body would feel as if it was actually entrapped; the mind would clearly feel the pain. The higher the level, the stronger the illusion would be.
Of course, you could still use cultivation techniques to mitigate the pain as well as merit laws to prevent the fire from reaching your body. The only thing was that you could not escape the forest using any distance traversing techniques.
“Idiotic little boy, hurry up and enter!”
Outside of the forest, Xu Hui smirked contemptuously towards Li Qi Ye. He believed that with his current abilities, it would be no problem to enter the eighth level.
Li Qi Ye looked at the forest, and grinned slightly. That year, the old chicken created the Chaotic Heart Forest himself; it was indeed a good location to test willpower.
“Me?”
Li Qi Ye spoke clearly:
“Traversing the Chaotic Heart Forest holds no meaning to me. If I were to enter, then you wouldn’t even have the chance to show your worth. You go first so that later on, you can’t say I didn’t give you a chance.”
Li Qi Ye, again, spouted arrogant comments, making everyone else shiver in contempt. Protector Mo and Nan Huai Ren wanted to lock up his mouth forever. Would you die if you said a few less sentences!? Lying all the time…
“Idiot!”
Protector Hua proclaimed.
“You are just a piece of trash that doesn’t know what cultivational willpower is, yet still runs his mouth without shame.”
Xu Hui couldn’t believe a mere mortal was looking down on him. He frowned:
“Good, good, such strong words! I have to see how many levels you can make it through.”
“How many levels? How meaningless; going through fourteen isn’t a big deal at all.”
Li Qi Ye continued:
“That is why I’m letting you go first, so you wouldn’t be so shocked!”
“Do all people of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect lie like you without any hesitation?”
Another disciple couldn’t stand it anymore and yelled out.
Everyone knows that going through level seven of the Chaotic Heart Forest was considered a wondrous task for the younger generation. To complete level seven, one would have to have a tenacious willpower or a high level of cultivation.
Even the calm Grand Protector Yu He couldn’t help but shake his head; why was he the prime disciple of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect? Going through fourteen levels? Was it that easy? Even Yu He cannot go through the fourteen levels at his current level.
“Fourteen levels?”
Xu Hui exploded in laughter.
“If you can go through all fourteen levels, I will call you father!”
“I wouldn’t have an unfilial son like you!”