Chapter 527 - Eleven Years (1/2)

Chapter 527: Eleven Years

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

Jing Qiu looked to her side to see Xue Ying, who had already been sitting cross-legged for half an hour, finally start to open his eyes. His vision seemed much more focused now.

“Xue Ying, what happened to you?” Jing Qiu couldn’t help but ask.

Xue Ying stood up, turned to look Emperor Heavencloud’s corpse still staring at the array diagram even in death, and said, “The heart is like a mirror, while cultivating the heart is much like polishing that mirror to allow a clearer reflection. That’s something I must frequently remind myself of time and time again. Otherwise, if dust is left to cover that mirror, the reflection will also dull before long. Emperor Heavencloud’s Dao Heart is strong that it allowed me to understand this point. It let me understand that my Dao Heart is simply not strong enough!

“However, just having this understanding is not sufficient. If I wish to cultivate my heart, I must walk forward on actual ground. Only by doing so can I ever hope to reaffirm my Dao Heart,” Xue Ying explained.

Jing Qiu saw a newfound sharpness in Xue Ying’s eyes, and could not help but be stunned! Her Dao Heart was quite firm in and of itself, but it was in no way comparable to Xue Ying’s or Emperor Heavencloud’s. Characters like them would be able to press forward regardless of circumstance, and they had a kind of tyranny and focus that came from their ability to give up anything for the sake of their goals.

“My will might not be comparable to his at the moment, but that might not necessarily be true forever. After all, he’s been refining his Dao Heart over ten billion years.” Xue Ying smiled. He walked further into the pavilion to take a closer look at the floating ball of silver and red light. These two colors combined with the countless nodes to form a complete array diagram, with those nodes criss-crossing and transforming without end.

Xue Ying carefully inspected it before speaking out, “Jing Qiu, it’s quite likely that Emperor Heavencloud is the one who activated this array.”

“I think so too.” Jing Qiu agreed. “I’ve spent a bit of time inspecting and I’ve found that it truly is quite deep.”

“Mn.”

Xue Ying did the same, moving up to get a more thorough look at the array diagram.

Weng~

His consciousness entered the array, making him feel as if his body had shrunk into nothing more than a small dot in the midst of this enormous array diagram. Surrounding it, he could only see seemingly countless planets revolving all around. In fact, there were than a hundred million planets in uninterrupted motion. While seemingly slow at glance, every last planet gave off an unique sense of beauty. On top of that, each planet was moving along a distinct orbit which gave the whole set a sense of vastness.

It gave off a feeling similar to facing the entire material world. The plants were like the countless mortal realms revolving through the material world.

In spite of their similarities, the array exuded an aura that was more tyrannical than what the material world was known for! It was a direct, oppressive tyranny, as if nobody would be allowed to move the array even an inch!

If the vast law of the material realm gave off the feeling of an ordinary person, then this array could be compared to a full-plated warrior holding onto their weapon!

“Mn?”

As he watched the countless planets moving along their orbits, Xue Ying had a sudden insight. He had vaguely sensed the concept of destruction in that motion, and it had even been at a level comparable to the destructive aura which he felt coming from his teacher, the Bloodshed God Emperor! There was a terrifying killing intent fermenting inside these slowly moving planets.

Once this killing intent was let loose, it seemed like it would tear through the earth and shatter the heavens.

Since one of Xue Ying’s three most important secret skills focused precisely on this aspect of destruction, he could not help but immerse himself in that feeling. As soon as he did so, he forgot even time.

…

The days passed, one after another.

Jing Qiu had also immersed herself in studying the array diagram, yet she would wake up every once in a while. As a stage four World Deity, she could understand a larger part of the array. However, that only served to startle her even more. “It’s no wonder that Emperor Heavencloud chose to focus on this array diagram prior to his death, and use it as his last gamble! This array formed by the hundred million meteorites of Lake Heart Island only feels more unfathomable the more I study it.”

The two of them simply stood there and watched the array for more than a month.

“Xue Ying, Xue Ying,” a voice reached him, seemingly coming from far away.

Peng.