Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 19 A great harvest
"The Dao Palace and Divine Treasury correspond to the Five Elements Revolve. I entered the Dao with the Law of Fire, so naturally I must start cultivating with the Fire element. Since the heart belongs to Fire, I will first cultivate the Divine Treasury of the Heart."

Ling Xuan sat cross-legged, the crimson-gold flames rising around him outlining ancient totems in the cabin.

“The essence of the prenatal constitution gives birth to the body, while the essence of the postnatal constitution nourishes it.”

Guided by the Void Sutra, his consciousness sank into his body, like a lone boat going upstream.

The innate essence is the chaotic spark that lies dormant in the spiritual aperture from the beginning of life; the acquired essence is like the fierce flame forged in a furnace.

The two collided violently as he circulated his cultivation technique, transforming into nine illusory suns that slowly rotated within his meridians.

"Man is in harmony with heaven and earth. Heaven has the sun, and man also has his sun. The yang energy of the ruler and father is the sun..."

Ling Xuan's eyes were slightly closed, yet he could "see" the divine treasure shaped like an unopened lotus flower at the heart.

As the genetic energy transformed into fiery essence and surged in, the surface of the lotus-shaped deity shimmered with a glassy luster, and the originally entwined mist was dispelled by the blazing heart fire.

"Boom!" A scorching Dao power erupted from the divine treasure within the heart, like magma overflowing the parched earth.

Ling Xuan's pores opened up, a powerful life essence naturally emanating from his heart after the completion of his cultivation of the Divine Treasury.

"Fire generates earth, and next is the spleen's spirit storage..." Ling Xuan did not stop. The nine great suns accelerated their rotation, and strands of genetic energy transformed into life essence and flowed into the spleen.

For half a month, Ling Xuan spent his time in seclusion, relying on the vast genetic energy at the stellar level to cultivate the Heaven-Covering Technique.

Ling Xuan's aura surged, and the pressure of his peak Dao Palace level made the protective barrier of the cultivation chamber buzz loudly.

Just as he was preparing to make a final push to reach the Four Extremes Realm, Puff's cheerful voice suddenly rang out: "Master! An abnormal energy fluctuation has been detected ahead, and an unidentified metal has been scanned! Spectral analysis shows that its material is no lower than Grade E!"

"Let's rest for a bit and scan the surrounding area for signs of life, to see if there are any powerful demonic beasts or humans." Ling Xuan opened his eyes and came out of the cultivation chamber.

"Master, how's your cultivation going these past few days? You've changed so much!" Puff came to Ling Xuan's side and circled around him.

"Good results. Tell me about what you detected."

“Master, there are only a few cosmic-level monsters within thousands of kilometers around us, but there are humans ten thousand kilometers away. If we move quickly, we can get this fragment without any trouble.”

"Then let's go."

The Crimson Flame quickly approached the target area.

The hatch opened, and Ling Xuan stepped out, walked to the wreckage, picked it up, and found it heavy in his hand. The surface was covered with spiderweb-like cracks and charred burn marks, and a large piece was even missing from one corner.

However, the intact parts still bear the inscriptions of the laws and secret patterns.

Puff's little hand flew across the virtual screen, her pupils dilating in shock: "Comparison successful! This is a fragment of a Tier 5 Force Armor! A complete Tier 5 Force Armor costs nearly 100 billion cosmic coins on average, but this fragment is too badly damaged, and its effective protective area is less than one-fiftieth of that of a complete armor."

She clicked her tongue, her tail swaying weakly. "Although it retains the core material, Starfall Iron, considering the market's valuation standards for fragments, its initial value is estimated at 300 million cosmic coins. It's preliminarily estimated to be a fragment from a previous battle!"

Ling Xuan gasped in surprise. This surprised him greatly, as he usually only had a few hundred Qianwu coins for pocket money. If he told his two older sisters, they would be extremely envious.

However, the thought that his upcoming cultivation might require a large sum of money calmed him down instantly. 300 million universe coins was not a lot.

"Cream puff, let's continue exploring."

The engine roar of the Crimson Flame suddenly rose, and Puff nimbly somersaulted back to the control panel, her tail swirling with data streams in a playful arc: "Yes, sir! This universe's number one treasure hunter is in scanning mode. Those treasures will definitely not escape our grasp!"

Having just been reborn, Puff was even more excited than Ling Xuan in the face of this vast and rich secret realm. She frantically searched every inch of the land she passed, finding many good materials along the way.

Under the detection of the D9-class spaceship, even when they encountered some powerful monsters and opponents, they were able to avoid them early on, and no conflicts occurred.

The expensive pieces could fetch hundreds of millions of Qianwu coins, while the cheaper ones could still sell for several million, but none of them had encountered materials comparable to that fragment. Ling Xuan's lips curled up, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

During this journey, he tested it in the virtual universe, and found that the Void Secret Technique, which had been improved by the Heart of the Martial God, could also be used in the virtual universe.

In other words, the virtual universe is a reflection of the original universe. Anything that one's own consciousness has learned can be used in the original universe and can be applied in the virtual universe.

Instead of secret techniques like innate secret arts, which are engraved on the original core and activated by secret runes.

The innate secret technique is like a treasure. Without the original core in the virtual universe, it's as if you don't have this treasure, and you can't use it.

Of course, if the virtual universe system records that you have a primordial core and innate secret techniques, then you will have the same primordial core in the virtual universe as in the real universe, and you can also use innate secret techniques.

"The harvest is too great." Ling Xuan took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Puff, pause the search for treasures, finish the mission first, and find a few cosmic-level demonic beasts. I want to test the results of my cultivation."

"Yes, Master!" Puff gave a playful salute, her ears twitching merrily as she quickly adjusted the spaceship's course.

"There is a seventh-tier cosmic-level ironback giant bear ahead. Should we make it our target, Master?"

"A seventh-tier cosmic-level power?" Ling Xuan's eyes lit up. "Its strength is neither too strong nor too weak, so I'll choose it."

In the virtual universe's killing field, Ling Xuan had already sparred with cosmic-level monsters and had a general idea of ​​his own combat strength.

"Approaching the target rapidly." Puff completed the spaceship operation in two quick movements, then lightly leaped up, crossed her arms, and sat on Ling Xuan's shoulders, her milky white fur brushing against his cheek.

A giant iron-backed bear, a hundred meters tall, is scratching the ground with its sharp claws.

Its broad back is covered with dark metallic scales that emit a faint phosphorescence when illuminated.

Suddenly, its sensitive nose twitched twice, sensing an aura that did not belong to this secret realm.

The giant bear slowly raised its head, and in its murky vertical pupils, it saw a silver-gray spaceship breaking through the eerie clouds and rapidly falling towards its head.

Damn humans!!!

"Roar—!" The giant bear roared angrily, shaking the ground and sending dust flying and waves rising. With its two paws as thick as water vats, it slammed its paws down, and the earth within a radius of hundreds of kilometers instantly cracked open. Countless sharp rocks burst out of the ground, shooting towards the spaceship like a stone forest that blotted out the sky.

Seeing the imposing aura of the giant bear below through the spaceship, Ling Xuan felt a surge of fighting spirit.

"Just in time!"

With a kick, Ling Xuan burst open the hatch, and dark golden flames surged around him as he charged toward the giant bear like a burning meteor.

The three-pointed double-edged sword drew a dazzling arc in his hand. As the blade swirled, countless fiery blade rays collided with the flying boulder. Sparks flew everywhere, and some rocks were pulverized, but an even greater sense of oppression swept over him.

In the blink of an eye, Ling Xuan had arrived in front of the giant bear.

The giant bear swung its tower-like arms, creating a hurricane that nearly blew Ling Xuan away.

Ling Xuan flashed, weaving through the gaps in the giant bear's attacks like a ghost, his three-pointed double-edged sword stabbing into the soft flesh behind the giant bear's knee.

The giant bear reacted swiftly, its thigh muscles bulging, and its kneecaps, as large as hills, slammed into the blade. With a loud clang, sparks flew from the metal impact, and the powerful recoil caused Ling Xuan's tiger's mouth to split open, sending him flying dozens of meters away.

"Such great power, not bad, not bad." Ling Xuan became even more excited, put away the second-tier Origin Force Battle Blade in his hand, and took out the fifth-tier three-pointed double-edged sword - the Fire God's Domain Blade that he had just obtained.

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