Light Fortress

Chapter 1751 - 399: Miracles Born Amid Calamity

"Gu Shen, why do I feel that the so-called ’Heart Flow Power’... is somewhat like my operating state?"

Chu Ling softly said, "Within the Spirit Network, my heart flow is incredibly stable, and I can multitask."

These words served as a reminder to Gu Shen.

The Heart Flow State is extremely difficult for Transcendents to enter and enhance.

But for Chu Ling, there doesn’t seem to be a similar problem. The one who truly has no threshold in this area is not himself, but Chu Ling!

"How many strands of ’Heart Flow Power’ can you split at once?"

After asking this question, Gu Shen somewhat regretted it.

"I haven’t precisely calculated it."

Chu Ling paused for a second, gave a vague number, and said, "At least tens of millions."

"..."

Silence filled the Heart Lake at this moment.

Gu Shen didn’t know what to say.

Perhaps this is the so-called dimensional attack?

The Heart Flow Power painstakingly cultivated by Transcendents is not even on the same scale compared to [Deep Sea].

"It’s just that after descending to the real world, due to the suppression by the laws of reality and the limitations of the physical body... I can’t achieve such an exaggerated extent as the Spirit Network."

Chu Ling earnestly said, "But even so, I should still be able to maintain ten strands of Heart Flow Power, which is the limit of my physical body."

Gu Shen understood her meaning.

The extreme limit of the Divine Embryo can only split into ten strands of heart flow.

No more.

Chu Ling’s spirit can bear it, but the brain domain of the Divine Embryo cannot expand. The limit that this mortal body can reach is ten strands of Heart Flow Power.

According to this statement, does it mean...

That ten strands of heart flow are the limit of the mortal realm?

To further enhance the brain domain, one needs to melt the fire seed and leap into a higher life level.

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On the giant wall of Chanyi City, the wind and snow howled. Gu Shen and Silver Fox sat quietly. Because their mental cultivation realm was high enough, the two did not need to deliberately enter a meditative state and could keep their spirits in the "Heart Flow State."

Little Xiuzi on the side was not awakened by the recent great upheaval.

He was still in the meditative state guided by Silver Fox.

"Lord Silver Fox, I would like to ask a question."

Gu Shen withdrew these miscellaneous thoughts and asked, "How can one touch ’origin power’ with a mortal body?"

The world knows that the three generals of the North Continent are transcendent beings.

But how these three grew to this point is unknown to anyone.

The few Transcendents qualified to know about the existence of origin power are rare as a phoenix’s feather.

"Calamity."

Silver Fox neatly uttered these two words.

Gu Shen was startled: "Calamity?"

"Your current realm seems to have not even reached ’Domain Unity,’ has it?"

Silver Fox squinted at Gu Shen, scrutinizing him. From the first moment they met, he had noticed Gu Shen’s extraordinary nature.

He also saw the battle at Red Lake.

The mastery of the two top-grade Great Achievement Domains, [Light Break] and [Yuan Return], led Jia Wei to die under the assault of Gu Shen’s Life-and-Death Domain.

That scene was shocking.

This is the impression that most Transcendents see.

Truly top-tier Transcendents will notice... Gu Shen’s extraordinary realm is actually still before "Domain Unity," and the reason he could defeat Jia Wei is that Gu Shen’s two domains are too powerful.

This contradictory domain rule power fuses forcibly, exploding with terrifying force.

The battle at Red Lake was a gamble for Gu Shen.

The explosive power of the Life-and-Death Domain could take Jia Wei away and could also take him.

Gu Shen just happened to win the gamble in the end.

"Yes... I haven’t completed ’Domain Unity’ yet."

The Silver Fox General did not hide the secret of touching the origin.

Gu Shen, of course, did not hide anything, he frankly said, "I have two domains, the first belongs to me... and the another one is a gift from Mr. Gu Changzhi."

"I guessed it."

Silver Fox smiled slightly, "Probably only he can do such a divine stroke."

Giving a whole domain to someone else?

This is a grand gesture unimaginable to mortals.

To give away a domain, you need to consider "compatibility." Even someone as talented as Bai Xiu might not be able to take on an externally gifted domain.

But in this regard, Gu Shen indeed is the chosen one.

The "Four Seasons Wilderness" gifted by Gu Changzhi is extremely compatible with his cultivation, not only smoothly developing into a domain but also "evolving" into a Pure Land.

"Now my two domains, even the second domain has not been developed."

Gu Shen said somewhat embarrassedly, "Chi Huo is okay, I might understand the second domain soon... but the one Mr. Gu Changzhi gave..."

Silver Fox calmly spoke, "Perhaps, the domain gifted by Gu Changzhi simply cannot develop into a second domain of your own?"

This sentence stunned Gu Shen for a moment.

It was a direction he had never considered.

"I know you are favored by many divines, but some things, when the Divine Throne stands too high, perhaps they forget the feelings of being ’mortal.’"

The Silver Fox General said warmly, "In explaining the essence of the Extraordinary, I cannot compare with Her Majesty the Empress. But in terms of mortal cultivation, I am standing at the very pinnacle of the world."

Gu Shen held his breath and listened attentively.

"In my opinion, there is no path of cultivation in this world."

"It’s just that the appearance of the Deep Sea provided the Transcendents a predetermined path."

"Before the Deep Sea appeared... there was no such thing as first tier, second tier, third tier, fourth tier."

Silver Fox gently extended two fingers, touching the void.

His ability is related to space.

After a simple touch, ripples emerged in the void, and Silver Fox began to evolve the path of cultivation for Transcendents using his own ability.

A snowflake was picked by Silver Fox.

Silver Fox shifted his gaze, looking at Gu Shen, and asked, "Taking the Spiritual system as an example, the initial stage is to sense the Spirit Sea, the second stage is to operate the breathing method, projecting spiritual power, the third stage is to comprehend the Domain Embryo, and the fourth stage is to project the domain... Then it’s the union of domains, ascending to a Titled status."

"Exactly."

Gu Shen’s mind was extremely focused.

This is the advancement path given by Deep Sea.

The Spiritual system, the Strong Attack system, and the Elemental system each have their own advancement paths.

In the next moment.

This snowflake blossomed at the fingertips of the Silver Fox General, unfurling with a swish.

This originally extremely thin piece of snow now spread out nearly ten meters long, the internal patterns were unfolded to the extreme, like a dense spider web spreading out—

"Look, this is what they call ’cultivation’."

Silver Fox said indifferently, "It’s not that complicated. If all the Extraordinary Power in the world is an boundless sea, then the branches of Extraordinary Abilities on the genealogy chart initially are small streams, some strong, some weak, which gradually become stronger as Transcendents cultivate step by step. After comprehending the domain, they form rivers... Ultimately, when domains unite, they flow into the main trunk."

"The main trunk is the ’origin’."

He gently pointed to the center of the snowflake.

Countless spider webs intertwined and entangled, all ultimately converging here.

"Deep Sea gives definition to Extraordinary Cultivation so that the Awakeners of the world can advance more smoothly in the absence of rules."

"But when they truly reach the end, they will find... Extraordinary Cultivation is just that."

Silver Fox said calmly, "If you are strong enough, why must you unite domains? The Federation will grant you a title all the same."

The fist is the world’s greatest truth.

When Gu Shen killed Jia Wei, his domain wasn’t united yet, this fact was noticed by more than just Silver Fox.

But this didn’t stop East Continent from granting the title of [Fortress].

"So, the same goes for contacting the origin."

Silver Fox looked directly into Gu Shen’s eyes, saying calmly, "As long as you can reach it, why must you advance step by step?"

At the moment Gu Shen met Silver Fox’s eyes.

He saw a pair of eyes filled with wisdom yet calm and unruffled.

"Touching the origin with a mortal body and touching it with a ’Divine Throne identity’ makes no difference." Silver Fox said with a smile.

Gu Shen was very sure that his identity as the Netherworld King had not been exposed.

But the words of the Silver Fox General were quite indicative.

"Don’t think too much, and don’t tell me things that shouldn’t be said."

Silver Fox placed a hand on Gu Shen’s shoulder, lowering his voice to say, "I’m not interested in your secrets; I just know Gu Changzhi too well... This man will give you an entire domain, so you absolutely cannot be just an ordinary Transcendent. I guess you are destined to ascend to the Divine Position in the future."

The wind on the giant wall of Chanyi City was somewhat withered.

The atmosphere was completely silent.

Chu Ling immediately gave an evaluation in Zero Zero One: "This is a very terrifying man."

"..."

Gu Shen was no longer the immature young boy of the past.

He exchanged a faint smile with Silver Fox.

These words, he did not take them to heart.

Gu Shen returned to the original question: "I am just curious about one thing, how exactly did you come into contact with the origin?"

"In the Red Emperor war, I, Rustbone, White Lizard... killed a lot of people."

Silver Fox squinted, extending the arm wrapped with the black aura of origin, "Every action taken by a Transcendent is seen by fate; no one can escape judgment... After that war ended, a large amount of ominous calamity erupted on me, and Her Majesty the Empress’s first act after completing the Fire Seed Melting was to use ’origin power’ to protect us."

Did the Empress protect the three generals from fate’s judgment?

Gu Shen frowned.

In his understanding, such protection should be ineffective, like how Gu Changzhi couldn’t save Qianye, who dispersed into flesh due to Divination.

"And then?"

"The protection failed."

Silver Fox said lightly, "But the three of us survived, which is a calamity power I never want to recall in my life... If it happened again, I would most likely die, but in that ’death,’ I saw the origin and touched it."

Gu Shen stared blankly at that pitch-black arm.

"So, if I had to give a concrete answer..."

"Then I can only say, I myself do not know how this origin power was touched."

Silver Fox smiled and said, "Maybe it was the large amount of calamity that gave rise to a miracle. Maybe the Empress’s Fire Seed gave me enlightenment, or maybe... it’s purely good luck, that fate saw me raise the butcher’s knife yet also saw I did it for the long-term peace of this continent, so after punishment, it decided to grant me a reward."

He clenched his fist.

The countless rays of light shot from the Umbrella Line in the distance opened and closed slightly with Silver Fox’s fist-clenching motion.

To others, it seemed as if Silver Fox grasped the sun of the Old World beyond the giant wall.

In fact, it was indeed the case.

This arm imbued with the aura of origin utterly transcended the limits of mortality, known as almighty.

"This is the story of this wisp of origin power..."

Silver Fox looked at Gu Shen and asked with a smile, "After hearing it, do you feel disappointed?"

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