Chapter 568 - 567: Bridge of Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 568: Chapter 567: Bridge of Ten Thousand Realms

By this time, Jiang Zuo was already walking on Celestial Book Mountain.

The main tenet of Celestial Book Mountain was, naturally, that a gentleman strives ceaselessly for self-improvement.

Therefore, the first step was Refining Heart.

Of course, this was completely useless to Jiang Zuo.

But as he walked along the Refining Heart Road, he heard someone speak. "What’s the point of this Refining Heart Road? I’m already so strong, why do I need to refine my heart?"

It was a woman’s voice, very pleasant to the ear, and one that Jiang Zuo found quite familiar.

It was the voice of Qin Qianning.

’These people are seriously everywhere,’ he thought.

And just then, he naturally received the notification asking if he wanted to share the video feed.

’Come to think of it, I haven’t felt the mark’s presence at all recently.’

Jiang Zuo then agreed to share it.

’It’s good to give Su Qi and the others some entertainment and buy a little more time.’

「In the Holy Land」

Jingyue and the other five women snapped awake instantly.

They had all received the notification: a video feed was being synchronized.

Jingyue said, "You all continue. I’ll check it."

Su Qi replied, "Jingyue, you’re the Saintess. You’re the one who matters most."

Just then, Yue Xi entered again. She had been worried because the absorption of Immortal Spiritual Qi had suddenly stopped.

"What happened?" Yue Xi asked, approaching the edge of the Saintess Pool.

Jingyue explained, "Master, the male Candidacy Saintess sent another video. We’re deciding who should watch it."

Yue Xi frowned. "Again?"

Jingyue nodded. "Yes. This male Candidacy Saintess really gets around and has a knack for digging up video feeds. I don’t know if he’s doing it on purpose or is just a trouble magnet."

Yue Xi frowned for a moment before saying, "All of you, stop and watch it."

As Jingyue and the others cheered, Yue Xi left.

She needed to inform the people outside.

After all, this also concerned the major affair of the Forbidden Land. With the Array here, they could still delay for a long time.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo no longer needed to bother with Refining Heart. He could just follow these two.

That’s right, it was two people again this time.

Naturally, it was the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion and Qin Qianning once more.

"This isn’t an ordinary place for Refining Heart. If you feel it carefully, you can perceive the mood of this place’s original owner.

The feeling is incredibly profound. It will elevate your state of mind, and when combined with the Enlightenment Stone, it can trigger an instant Enlightenment—one you can even remember afterward.

This is especially helpful for future promotions and can even shatter bottlenecks directly," the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion explained.

Jiang Zuo was surprised. ’There’s a hidden benefit like this?’

Jiang Zuo hadn’t known about this because he had never needed such an Enlightenment, not in his previous life and not in this one.

In his past life, he had directly used the power of the Enlightenment Stone to break through his bottlenecks.

Others might need thousands or even tens of thousands of years of accumulation to use the Enlightenment Stone to break a bottleneck, but Jiang Zuo only needed a hundred years.

Those hidden benefits were completely useless to him, or rather, they were redundant.

Even more so now.

However, Jiang Zuo still wanted to give it a try and see what kind of mood that person had been in.

With that, Jiang Zuo immersed himself in the Refining Heart Road.

Up ahead, Qin Qianning also began to feel for that mood.

Soon, Jiang Zuo perceived it.

He could indeed sense the hidden mood, that faint fluctuation.

Jiang Zuo instantly entered it.

Inside, what Jiang Zuo saw was no longer the Refining Heart Road, but a vast, starry sky.

Above this starry sky was a bridge. It spanned the cosmos, with only half of it visible. The other half was shrouded in the void, its destination unknown.

Jiang Zuo frowned. "A broken bridge?"

Soon, Qin Qianning and the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion also appeared.

Qin Qianning said, "That was so difficult. It actually took me seven days to get in."

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion replied, "It was a bit difficult, but the benefits are immense. This will be a great help for you in breaking through to Tier Nine."

Qin Qianning was also dressed in white robes today, which seemed to be a matching outfit with the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion’s.

Her long hair drifted as she looked at the bridge in the void and asked, "What is this?"

"The Bridge of Ten Thousand Realms, I believe. It’s said to have been severed," the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion explained.

Qin Qianning asked, "Then the owner of the Celestial Book Tomb was a great senior from long ago?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion said, "Mm, something like that. Also, what’s buried in the Celestial Book Tomb isn’t the Enlightenment Stone, you know."

"Then what is it?" Qin Qianning asked in surprise.

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion said mysteriously, "An ideology. Unfortunately, by the time I sensed it, that ideology was already gone.

I even brought Eldest Young Master Qin here back then, but it was a pity. He was too strong, so he couldn’t see this ideology."

Jiang Zuo was utterly baffled. ’I’m not strong right now, so why can’t I see it either?’

’An ideology?’

’What kind of ideology is buried in the Celestial Book Tomb?’

Jiang Zuo didn’t know, nor did he care to find out. It was gone anyway.

"But you’re very strong too, so why could you see it? Is my brother really that powerful?" Qin Qianning still didn’t understand.

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion smiled. "That’s because Eldest Young Master Qin isn’t strict with his own sister. Otherwise, you would experience what true power is.

I am very strong. In other domains, I even surpass everyone else. I can enable your Cultivation, and I can perform feats that would surprise even Eldest Young Master Qin.

I can defeat almost anyone in the Cultivation Realm.

When I go all out, I even worry about losing myself.

But I just can’t defeat Eldest Young Master Qin. I can be suppressed by him directly.

The stronger one becomes, the more insignificant one appears before Eldest Young Master Qin.

As for why I could see it...

The strength I spoke of wasn’t strength of power, but of the heart.

A person with an invincible heart is strong, no matter how weak their Cultivation is.

I am not such a person."

"Is my brother really that strong?" Qin Qianning was amazed, then she smiled. "Then doesn’t that make me the safest person in the world? My brother is number one in the Cultivation Realm, and the person who likes me is number two."

Hearing Qianning say this, the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion gazed at her intently but said nothing.

Qianning looked at the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion and smiled. "The person I like is said to be number two in the Cultivation Realm. I wonder if he can protect me properly."

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion immediately said, "I will. I definitely will. I will do everything in my power to protect you."

Qin Qianning turned to leave, remarking playfully over her shoulder, "Talk is cheap."

Qin Qianning walked out, and the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion should have followed her.

But he didn’t.

Jiang Zuo stood there, and so did he.

Finally, the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion let out a sigh. In the end, he hadn’t been able to protect her.

At last, the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion hurried after Qin Qianning. "Qianning, wait for me."

Jiang Zuo shook his head.

He would probably never know what ideology was buried here.

He might look weak, but he wasn’t. He didn’t have an invincible heart.

But he had something even greater than an invincible heart.

It was an unchangeable mentality.

’Make him wary and fearful of a Tier Three or Tier Four?’

’That’s simply impossible.’

He avoided certain people not out of fear, but because the time wasn’t right. He had to admit his Cultivation was currently insufficient.

In the end, Jiang Zuo also left. He wasn’t particularly concerned about some ideology, and as for the Bridge of Ten Thousand Realms, he wasn’t very interested in that either.

It was merely an ideological projection.

Still, being able to enter this place did offer considerable benefits.

The presence of the Bridge of Ten Thousand Realms here, even as a projection, was also of great help to one’s comprehension of space.

This Refining Heart Road was quite excellent for anyone who could truly obtain this fortune.

But it was unlikely that anyone could seize this fortune.

Other people couldn’t get in at all.

Even the Chi Xue Child, who had the best state of mind, couldn’t possibly enter.

This place didn’t just test one’s state of mind. The faint mood fluctuations here were related to the Dao. For someone with no comprehension of the Dao, trying to get in was nothing but a pipe dream.

Qin Qianning’s ability to enter in seven days was likely due to the help of the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion.

Therefore, this Secret Realm was never meant for Low-tier Cultivators in the first place.

The intended crowd was likely Tier Eight and above.

But would a Tier Eight call the Door Spirit "daddy"?