Chapter 280 Heartstream Power

"Gu Shen, don't you think the so-called 'Heartstream Power'... is somewhat like my operating state?"

Chu Ling whispered, "Within the mental network, my Heartstream is incredibly stable, and I can multitask with ease."

These words, however, served as a reminder to Gu Shen.

The Heartstream state is extremely difficult for transcendents to enter and improve.

But for Chu Ling, it seemed that no such problem existed. The one who truly had no threshold in this regard was not him, but Chu Ling!

"How many strands of 'Heartstream Power' can you divide simultaneously?"

Gu Shen regretted the question as soon as he asked it.

"I haven't calculated it precisely."

Chu Ling paused for a second, giving a vague number, "At least tens of millions, I suppose."

"..."

Silence reigned in the depths of his mind.

Gu Shen didn't know what to say.

Was this what they called a dimensional strike?

The Heartstream Power that transcendents painstakingly cultivated was simply not in the same magnitude as the [Deep Sea].

"However, after descending into this world, due to the suppression of the rules of the real world, and the limitations of the physical body... I can't achieve the exaggerated level of the mental network."

Chu Ling said seriously, "But even so, I should be able to maintain ten strands of Heartstream Power. That's the limit of my physical body."

Gu Shen understood her meaning.

The limit of the Divine Embryo was to differentiate only ten strands of Heartstream.

Any more than that, and while Chu Ling's spirit could bear it, the Divine Embryo's brain domain could not expand. The limit that this mortal body could reach was ten strands of Heartstream Power.

According to this logic, could it mean that...

Ten strands of Heartstream was the limit of mortality?

To improve the brain domain further, one would need to fuse with a Fire Seed and ascend to a higher life level.

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Above the towering walls of Chan Wing City, wind and snow howled. Gu Shen and Silver Fox sat quietly in meditation. Due to their high levels of mental cultivation, they didn't need to deliberately enter a state of stillness to maintain their main bodies' spirits in the "Heartstream state."

Little Sleeves, who was next to them, was not awakened by the enormous commotion earlier.

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

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

Gu Shen withdrew his stray thoughts and asked, "How can one touch the 'Power of Origin' with a mortal body?"

Everyone knew that the three great generals of the Northern Continent were transcendent beings.

But how these three grew to this point was unknown.

Transcendents qualified to know the existence of the Power of Origin were already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

"Calamity."

Silver Fox spat out the two words cleanly.

Gu Shen was stunned, "Calamity?"

"Your current realm doesn't seem to have even reached 'Domain Unification,' does it?"

Silver Fox narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Gu Shen. From the moment he first saw him, he noticed Gu Shen's extraordinary nature.

He had, of course, watched the battle against Red Lake.

Jia Wei, who wielded the two top-tier Great Accomplishment Domains, [Guang Po] and [Yuan Fan], died under the suppression of Gu Shen's Annihilation Domain.

That scene was shocking.

That was the superficial phenomenon seen by most transcendents.

Truly top-tier transcendents would notice... that Gu Shen's transcendent realm was still stuck before "Domain Unification." The reason he was able to defeat Jia Wei was because Gu Shen's two domains were too powerful.

These diametrically opposed forces of domain rules, forcibly fused, would unleash extremely terrifying power.

At the end of the battle at Red Lake, Gu Shen was betting.

The power unleashed by the Annihilation Domain could take away Jia Wei, and it could also take him away.

But in the end, Gu Shen won the bet.

"Yes... I haven't completed 'Domain Unification' yet."

Silver Fox did not conceal the secret of touching the Origin.

Gu Shen, of course, wouldn't hide anything either. He said honestly, "I have two domains. The first belongs to me... and the other is a gift from Mr. Gu Changzhi."

"I guessed as much."

Silver Fox smiled slightly, "I'm afraid only he could achieve such a stroke of genius."

To give away an entire domain to someone else?

That was a grand gesture that mortals couldn't even imagine.

To give away a domain, one needed to consider "compatibility." Even a top genius like White Sleeves might not be able to accept an externally gifted domain.

But in this respect, Gu Shen was indeed a chosen one.

The "Seasonal Wilderness" that Gu Changzhi gifted was too compatible with his cultivation. Not only did it smoothly develop into a domain, but it also "evolved" into a Pure Land.

"Now, neither of my two domains has developed a Second Domain yet."

Gu Shen said somewhat apologetically, "Chi Flame is fine. I might be able to comprehend the Second Domain soon... but the one Mr. Gu Changzhi gifted..."

Silver Fox said calmly, "Perhaps, the domain that Gu Changzhi gifted simply can't develop a Second Domain that belongs to you?"

These words instantly stunned Gu Shen.

This was a direction he had never considered.

"I know that you are highly regarded by many Gods, but some things, those sitting too high on the Divine Throne, may have forgotten the feelings of being 'mortal'."

General Silver Fox said warmly, "I can't compare to His Majesty in explaining the essence of transcendence. But when it comes to mortal cultivation, I am the one standing at the pinnacle of the world."

Gu Shen held his breath and listened attentively.

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

"It's just that the appearance of the [Deep Sea] has given transcendents a prescribed path."

"Before the [Deep Sea] appeared... there was simply no such thing as First Order, Second Order, Third Order, Fourth Order."

Silver Fox gently extended two fingers, touching the void.

His ability was related to space.

After a simple touch, ripples appeared in the void. Silver Fox began to use his ability to evolve the path of transcendent cultivation.

A snowflake was plucked over by Silver Fox.

Silver Fox turned his head, looked at Gu Shen, and asked, "Taking the Mental type as an example, the initial stage is sensing the Mental Sea, the second stage is circulating the Breathing Technique, releasing mental power, the third stage is comprehending the embryonic form of a domain, the fourth stage is releasing the domain... then Domain Unification, advancing to Title."

"Correct."

Gu Shen's mind was extremely focused.

This was the path to advancement given by the [Deep Sea].

Mental, Strength, and Elemental types each had their own advancement paths.

The next moment.

This snowflake bloomed at the fingertips of General Silver Fox, spreading out with a whoosh.

This already extremely thin snowflake now stretched out nearly ten meters long, and the internal texture was unfolded to the extreme, like a spider web, densely spread out—

"Look, this is the so-called 'cultivation'."

Silver Fox said casually, "It's not that complicated. Joining all the transcendent powers in the world is like an endless sea. Then the transcendent abilities on the lineage chart were all small branches of streams, some strong and some weak. As the transcendent cultivates step by step, they gradually grow stronger. After comprehending the domain, they form rivers... and eventually, Domain Unification merges them 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, eventually converging here.

"The [Deep Sea] gives definition to transcendent cultivation, in order to allow the awakened in the world to advance more smoothly in the absence of clear rules."

"But upon truly reaching the end, one will find... that transcendent cultivation is just that."

Silver Fox said calmly, "If you are strong enough, why do you need Domain Unification? The Federation will still give you a Title."

The fist is the greatest truth in the world.

When Gu Shen killed Jia Wei, his domain had not yet unified. More than just Silver Fox saw this information.

This didn't prevent the Eastern Continent from giving out the [Guang Ming Bi Lei] Title.

"So, touching the Origin is the same."

Silver Fox looked directly into Gu Shen's eyes, and he said calmly, "As long as you can touch it, why do you need to advance step by step?"

The moment Gu Shen met Silver Fox's gaze.

He saw a pair of eyes full of wisdom, yet calm and unruffled.

"There is no difference between touching the Origin with a mortal body and touching it with a 'Godly identity'," Silver Fox said with a smile.

Gu Shen was certain that his Hades identity had not been exposed.

But General Silver Fox's words were already very targeted.

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

Silver Fox put a hand on Gu Shen's shoulder and said in a low voice, "I'm not interested in your secrets. I just understand Gu Changzhi too well... This man would give you an entire domain, so you can't possibly be just an ordinary transcendent. I guess you will definitely ascend to the Godhood in the future."

The sound of the wind above the walls of Chan Wing City was somewhat bleak.

The atmosphere completely subsided.

Chu Ling immediately gave an evaluation in 001, "This is a terrifying man."

"..."

Gu Shen was no longer the naive teenager he once was.

After meeting Silver Fox's gaze, he also smiled faintly.

He didn't take these words to heart.

Gu Shen returned to the original question: "I'm just curious about one thing. How did you come into contact with the Origin?"

"During the Red Emperor War, I, Rustbone, and White Lizard... killed many people."

Silver Fox narrowed his eyes, and he extended the arm entangled with the black aura of the Origin, "Everything that transcendents do will be seen by fate, and no one can escape judgment... After that war ended, a large amount of ominous calamity erupted in my body. The first thing the Empress did after completing the Fire Seed Fusion was to use the 'Power of Origin' to protect us."

The Empress protected the three great generals from fate's judgment?

Gu Shen frowned.

In his understanding, this kind of protection should be invalid, just like Gu Changzhi couldn't save Chino, who had dissipated her physical body due to divination.

"And then?"

"The protection failed."

Silver Fox said lightly, "But the three of us survived. This is the power of calamity that I never want to recall in my life... If it were to happen again, I would most likely die like this. But during that 'death,' I saw the Origin, and touched the Origin."

Gu Shen stared blankly at the black arm.

"So, if I must give a clear answer..."

"Then I can only say that even I don't know how I came into contact with this Power of Origin."

Silver Fox smiled, "Perhaps a large amount of calamity will give birth to miracles. Perhaps His Majesty's Fire Seed gave me enlightenment. Or perhaps... this is pure good luck. Fate saw me raising the butcher knife, and also saw that I was doing it for the long-term peace of this continent. So after the punishment, it decided to give me a reward."

He clenched his fist.

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

It seemed that Silver Fox was holding the sun of the [Old World] outside the giant wall.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

This arm stained with the aura of the Origin completely transcended the boundaries of mortality and could be called omnipotent.

"This is the story of this strand of the Power of Origin..."

Silver Fox looked at Gu Shen and asked with a smile, "After listening to it, are you very disappointed?"

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