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Chapter 359 Filling the Belly with Daoist Misfortune, Xinzang Refining His Heart
Jing Qian then spoke up:
“Master Niu, then it’s settled. When the Hongjun Gathering opens, I will go with you.”

Dao Yuan nodded and continued:

"[Michie] has many unique opportunities under his command. You'll see when you go there. I guarantee you won't be disappointed."

Jing Qian nodded, then bid farewell to the divine ox [Daoyuan] and rode away.

Having accepted the invitations from Xuanyuan, Yanfu, and Daoyuan, Jingqian first completed all the side quests.

Ultimately, he needs to solidify his cultivation and complete the practice of "transcendence" as soon as possible.

As he traveled through the Great Abyss River, the surrounding erosion power was like a gentle breeze, no longer able to cause any ripples.

Other Transcendent cultivators would have to steer the Other Shore Ark and continuously resist the power of the Heavenly River in order to cross the Great Abyss.

However, Jing Qian's [Pangu Body] was incredibly hard; relying solely on his physical strength, he could rampage through the [Great Abyss Heavenly River].

He traversed this terrifying, impasse-free place that sealed off the entire realm as if it were flat ground, without a care in the world.

It didn't take long for him to land at a location that had been pre-anchored.

This place is a spatial vortex within the Great Abyss Heavenly River, where even the river of time is distorted.

Ordinary cultivators, if they are not careful, will be swept into the spacetime turbulence and sink into eternal damnation.

This place is the most hidden and dangerous place in the Great Abyss River: the Abyss Prison.

Within this Milky Way, there are nine [Abyss Prisons], interlocked to form an impenetrable lock, firmly trapping the [Great Abyss] from the world.

Each [Abyss] is a source nest for [Daoist Evil].

Jing Qian absorbed a fairly comprehensive understanding of Dao Nie from the incarnation of Littlefinger.

They have a fairly good understanding of these nine [Abyss Prisons].

The [Longing Abyss Prison] before us is the fourth among the nine [Abyss Prisons].

However, it is the nest in the Nine Hells that produces the largest number of [Daoist Evils].

Its most prominent characteristic is the sheer quantity of [Dao Yuan].

Before Jing Qian, the [Longing Abyss] hung high in the vortex of the Milky Way, pulsating slowly, like a huge and ugly heart.

With each pulsation, distorted rules and broken Dao rhythms were spewed out, condensing into countless [Dao Abyss] of various shapes, and scattering towards the [Great Abyss Heavenly River].

Jing Qian stood suspended at the edge of the vortex, his eyes reflecting the bizarre and terrifying scene of constant collapse and reconstruction.

"The quantity is indeed astonishing, which is just what I need."

He nodded slightly, his tone carrying a hint of assessment.

For him, these "pathic sins" were essential raw materials for him to delve into the "sea of ​​the minds of all beings," to absorb the thoughts of living beings, and to forge his "mind essence."

After obtaining the Xinzang alchemy method from the Yanfu Daozu, he planned to try it out at sea for the first time.

These essential raw materials are naturally always better in greater quantities.

In the blink of an eye, Jing Qian no longer hesitated.

He took a deep breath, a breath that seemed to resonate throughout the entire [Eternal Echoing Abyss]. The viscous, chaotic laws and boundless energy around him surged toward him like rivers flowing into the sea.

The next moment, his [Pangu Body] truly revealed its "chaotic and gluttonous" side!
Jing Qian's body did not swell, but his pores and acupoints seemed to transform into countless tiny chaotic vortexes, radiating an irresistible devouring power.

He was no longer passively enduring the impact, but actively opening his mouth to inhale.

"boom!"

Like a whale drinking water, or like the collapse of the starry sky!
The terrifying wave in front, composed of countless [Daoist Demons] that resembled a flesh and blood barrier, was instantly torn open with a huge gap.

Thousands upon thousands of [Dao Nie] of various forms, roaring and howling, whether they are twisted monsters, shattered manifestations of laws, or pure aggregates of resentment.

They were all helplessly pulled and swallowed into the belly of the Pangu Body by this overwhelming suction force.

His body was like a bottomless pit, accepting all who came.

The immense energy and chaotic information, enough to overwhelm dozens of ordinary Transcendent cultivators, fell into his Pangu Body, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea, only stirring up an even more turbulent torrent of magical power within his body.

On the surface of the Dao Body's skin, the ancient Pangu Dao patterns lit up one after another, shimmering with the light of undeveloped chaos, forcibly suppressing the [Dao Evil] absorbed into the body.

[Changming Abyss] seemed to sense an unprecedented provocation, its pulse becoming even more violent, and more [Daoist Evils] surged out like a tide, attempting to overwhelm the arrogant devourer before it with sheer numbers.

However, all of this was in vain!
Jing Qian stood there, like a pillar of strength, or a black hole in the universe.

No matter how the Abyss roars or how turbulent the Dao's evil surges, they are merely resources for his cultivation of the Mind's Pit.

This process was extremely domineering and extremely dangerous.

If Jing Qian's [Pangu Body] foundation hadn't been so incredibly strong, enough to suppress all backlashes...

Anyone else would have been driven mad by this massive amount of chaotic thoughts, or burst apart by the overwhelming energy.

In a short period of time, a huge energy vacuum zone was formed centered on Jing Qian, and the originally dense waves of [Dao Nie] were forcibly swallowed up, creating a vast empty space!
And his "Pangu Body" was also forcibly filled in.

Jing Qian's [Pangu Body] was no longer as natural as before.

Countless [Daoist Abominations] were forcibly compressed and imprisoned within his body, and through his skin, which shimmered with ancient Daoist patterns, one could vaguely see countless distorted faces.

His body seemed to have become a living prison, a walking abyss.

The devoured [Dao Nirvana] was forcibly imprisoned within every inch of flesh and every acupoint by the incomparably domineering Pangu blood and qi.

They densely packed around Jing Qian's Dao body, attempting to tear apart the terrifying entity that imprisoned them from within.

"Squeak... squeak..."

A sickening squeezing and rubbing sound, along with the silent shrieking of the [Dao Nie], faintly emanated from Jing Qian's body.

Strange lumps would occasionally bulge on his skin, marks of the frenzied clashes of his inner [Daoist Evil].

But the next moment it will be forcibly suppressed by the even stronger chaotic light and Dao patterns, restoring the flatness.

At this moment, Jing Qian seemed to be carrying the weight and resentment of a part of the entire [Changming Abyss].

His movements seemed slightly heavier than before, and the aura emanating from him became extremely complex, chaotic, and dangerous.

"almost……"

Jing Qian's gaze remained calm, even carrying a hint of scrutiny and expectation.

He slowly raised one hand, looking at the massive amount of [Daoist Sins] writhing beneath his skin, trying to break through the blockade, and slowly stopped devouring them.

His gaze swept over the Abyss, which had temporarily become "thinner" due to his devouring, and he nodded in satisfaction.

This massive acquisition yielded far more than expected.

He didn't linger; with a flicker, he vanished from the entrance of the terrifying [Echoing Abyss]. Only the Abyss itself, still throbbing with rage but seemingly showing signs of weakness, remained, along with the remaining [Dao Sins] that had lost their purpose and were now wandering aimlessly once more.

Jing Qian did not attempt to suppress [Changming Abyss Prison], as it was his source of sustenance for the foreseeable future and he would likely have to farm it frequently.

His figure flickered a few times within the Great Abyss Heavenly River, and he was already far away from that chaotic vortex.

Then, with a flash, he disappeared from the present world of [Great Abyss] and returned to the [Sumeru] dimension.

He found a safe place, sat down on the ground, and with a sudden thought, carrying all his [Daoist sins], rushed towards the [Sea of ​​Minds of All Beings].

This is the umpteenth time he has descended upon the ruins of the [Heart Saint].

He came here primarily to search for the hidden place of the Five Saints' inheritance.

This time, however, it was entirely for his own spiritual cultivation.

He sat cross-legged in the ocean of consciousness and thought.

Looking inward, the scene is truly "spectacular".

"town."

With a thought, Jing Qian's Pangu Dao patterns shone brightly, like chains of divine order piercing through the chaos and firmly locking away the billions of "sparks" within his body.

In an instant, countless [Daoist Evils] were completely suppressed and unable to move.

"lead!"

He let out a low shout, and the barrier between the [Pangu Body] and the [Sea of ​​Minds of All Beings] seemed to be broken at that moment.

The vast and boundless primal power of the mind, containing the joys, sorrows, loves, hates, and passions of countless living beings, was like a bursting dam of a galaxy, which Jing Qian frantically channeled into his body through himself!

This vast amount of unpurified thoughts of all beings contains countless fragments of memory, obsessive impurities, and emotional toxins.

If it were to be absorbed directly, even Jing Qian would need to expend a great deal of effort to remove and purify it.

However, at this moment, the first thing these surging torrents of chaotic thoughts to rush in and pour into was not Jing Qian's own core will, but the billions of Dao sins that were suppressed in every inch of his flesh and blood and every acupoint of his Pangu Body!
"Buzz!"

Like cold water dripping into boiling oil, those "Daoist evils" that had been suppressed and unable to move reacted violently when they came into contact with the complex thoughts of all living beings.

They instinctively opened their mouths, frantically devouring and tearing at the surging torrent of thoughts!
【Dao Nie】is born from distorted rules and broken thoughts, and has a natural affinity and greed for the power of thoughts.

At this moment, they have become the best "filters"!
The chaotic, violent, and filthy "impurities" in the minds of all beings are the most delicious food for the "evil of the path".

They greedily absorbed these negative emotions and chaotic thoughts, and their own aura seemed to grow stronger.

What remains after being swallowed and filtered by them is a relatively "pure" mental energy.

This process is like turbid river water passing through layers of activated carbon with strong adsorption properties; impurities are left behind, allowing clear water to flow through.

Jing Qian's "Pangu Body" now seems to have become an extremely sophisticated and cruel "purification factory".

The raw material is the raging thoughts of all living beings, and the filter medium is the billions of imprisoned "karmic sins".

These initially purified mental energies converged into a river shimmering with a warm glow, ultimately flowing towards the core of Jingqian's will.

He truly felt that there was not a trace of the Daoist essence of the Great Abyss within this torrent of energy.

It is genuinely a [heretical] teaching from another realm.

This is precisely the core resource that Jingqian cultivated for his own "heretical imagery".

"【Primordial Forbidden】, Refine!"

Jing Qian wasted no time. While maintaining the filtering of his thoughts, he quickly activated the [Yanfu] secret technique and began the first process of refining [Xinzang].

He activated his magic, and his high-quality magical power completely enveloped this pure river of thoughts.

Under the domineering tempering of the [Primordial Forbidden Zone], a large amount of purified mental energy was further refined, compressed, and condensed.

Gradually, a point of light, pure to the extreme, bright to the extreme, yet containing a profound sense of encompassing countless thoughts, slowly emerged and solidified in the depths of Jingqian's consciousness.

It is not as dazzling as a gemstone, but rather has a kind of serene composure that has endured countless tribulations.

The secret treasure of 【Xinzang】is taking shape in this peculiar and domineering way!
Jing Qian could clearly sense that this treasure was completely different from any of the supernatural powers or Dao fruits he had cultivated before.

It neither increases magical power nor strengthens the body, but it seems to have cast a "mirror of the heart" reflecting all thoughts in the deepest part of his consciousness.

Through this nascent "mirror of the mind," he achieved an unprecedented level of mastery over his own thoughts.

Subtle distracting thoughts and hidden seeds of inner demons that were previously difficult to detect are now clearly visible, like dust in a mirror, and can be brushed away with a thought.

Even without using this [Mind Cultivation] for cultivation after [Transcendence], its effect of purifying one's own mind is already extraordinary.

He maintained this peculiar state of cultivation, while continuously drawing upon the primordial thoughts of the [Sea of ​​All Beings' Minds] to cleanse the suppressed [Daoist Evils] within his body, using them for filtering.

While circulating the [Primordial Forbidden] and [Yambhava] secret techniques, he refined the filtered pure thoughts into [Heart Monk].

Time slips away quietly during cultivation.

After an unknown amount of time, the billions of Dao Nie within Jing Qian's body, which acted as a "filter," seemed to have reached a certain saturation limit after continuously absorbing a massive amount of mental impurities.

Their originally suppressed forms began to become unstable, their auras became more chaotic and volatile, and they even showed a faint tendency to devour and merge with each other.

Jing Qian's mind stirred slightly, knowing that this batch of "filters" was nearing the end of its lifespan.

He didn't feel regret; it was all expected.

"Disperse."

With a change of heart, he stopped forcibly maintaining the extreme suppression of these [Daoist Evils] within his body.

At the same time, the blood and qi of the Pangu body surged slightly, and a powerful force of repulsion arose.

"Puff puff!"

Like popping countless abscesses, Jing Qian forcibly expelled the saturated, collapsing "Daoist evil" from his body's pores and acupoints in an instant.

Then, the [Daoist Evils] transformed into wisps of black smoke. Before they could reform, they were naturally assimilated and purified by the vast and pure [Sea of ​​Minds of All Beings] surrounding them, and vanished without a trace.

His body suddenly felt empty; the heavy feeling of being filled and the internal throbbing and hissing completely disappeared.

Jing Qian slowly opened his eyes, sensing the seven [Heart Sutras] in his sea of ​​consciousness, and felt that he had gained a great deal.

During the process of refining [Heart Monk], his ability to perceive and control his thoughts significantly improved, and he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

He then activated the first [Heart Sutra] without hesitation.

This top-tier [totem] treasure suddenly exploded deep within his consciousness.

(End of this chapter)