Chapter 973 - 754: Success, The Truth of the World

Chapter 973: Chapter 754: Success, The Truth of the World

Celestial Thunder roared, accompanied by Qin An’s soul warning, as if these thunders had found their target, recklessly surging towards Qin An.

The Celestial Thunder descending from the sky carried a terrifying aura, instantly enveloping his soul entirely.

The unimaginable pain swept over, for the first time, Qin An felt such intense agony.

This wasn’t physical pain, but directly triggered from the depths of the soul, hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands times stronger than physical pain.

He only felt his soul in excruciating pain, like a small boat in the ocean, ready to capsize at any moment.

Yet even so, Qin An did not immediately withdraw the soul’s traction.

This was the only method, and at the moment his soul entered the Celestial Thunder, he could feel that the damage to his soul was limited, while the power of the body and mind was extinguished instantly upon influx.

The power of Celestial Thunder made him endure endless pain but did not wipe out his soul.

This scene made Qin An realize he might have bet correctly, and there seemed to be a glimmer of survival for now.

With the continuous influx of Celestial Thunder’s power, Qin An’s soul began to shed some black substance at a visible speed.

He paused to feel and immediately understood what it was.

This was impurity.

A person’s soul is the cleanest at birth, but as time passes, it slowly contaminates with the world’s aura, every trace of which leaves impurities. ℴ

Ordinary people’s impurities are many, cultivators’ impurities are few, but few does not mean none.

Therefore, when impurities appeared, Qin An knew it was the power of Celestial Thunder washing away the soul’s stains.

However, although it caused no substantial harm, the cleansing process was extremely painful.

Qin An felt that the pain seemed to drive him insane and noticed a hidden danger.

This danger came from pain itself.

When a person is wrapped in pain to the extreme, the pain makes the soul incredibly pale, and within pain, this paleness spreads endlessly.

Even though the Celestial Thunder at the moment caused no harm to the soul, Qin An found his consciousness was gradually blurring.

If he truly allowed the Celestial Thunder to cleanse like this, perhaps the soul would become spotless but also wash away his consciousness.

Moreover, in this pain, even breathing felt difficult.

He knew this last supreme essence was absolutely not as simple as the previous two, but he didn’t expect the most dangerous one to hide so deeply.

At the same time, he could feel his understanding of this world gradually improving.

This feeling of improvement was completely different from the Transcendent Realm.

If the Transcendent Realm is a deepening understanding of heaven and earth, then this analysis is a reverse deepening.

He no longer comprehended heaven and earth but dissected the root of heaven and earth, dissected why heaven and earth formed, dissected how this world was born?

However, in the process of this dissection, for Qin An, the backlash of heaven and earth was increasingly strong.

Because during his dissection, his consciousness was slowly dissolving into this world, coupled with the continuous cleansing power of the Celestial Thunder, his soul made him feel he might become a part of this world at any moment.

Washed away impurities and washed away his original state, was he still himself?

He was just a pure soul, without any emotions, without any feelings, just following the original trajectory, constantly operating his instincts.

Qin An suddenly raised his head, suppressing the pain, he suddenly thought of Emperor Xuanwu’s words.

"The next realm is strong, truly reached the state of selflessness, but those three cultivators who achieved the Selfless Realm had no good end, even if they didn’t forge the supreme essence, after reaching the Selfless Realm, they completely lost their intrinsic power, becoming lifeless corpses."

Although this was Emperor Xuanwu’s own speculation, no one had really seen what happened to those three cultivators; what was seen was only the surface.

But combining the current situation, Qin An felt Emperor Xuanwu might be right.

If nothing else, if he really continued to endure the power of the Celestial Thunder now and forged the supreme essence of the Transcendent Realm, then he would really not be himself anymore.

"Then should I retreat now?" Qin An thought in his heart.

If he retreated now, this supreme essence really couldn’t be forged, then he could only break through to the Selfless Realm in this incomplete state.

And reaching the Selfless Realm would also face such danger.

"Can’t this Selfless Realm be broken through?"

The more Qin An thought like this, the deeper the feeling of annoyance in his heart grew.

At the same time, accompanied by the pain of the soul, he couldn’t think more deeply.

At this moment, within the influence of Celestial Thunder, the soul was still washing away impurities, he felt his consciousness becoming increasingly pure as the filth continued washing away.

Pure to the point that even his emotions were gradually stripped away.

Qin An didn’t know what to do next, but he knew that currently, there were only two paths before him.

The first path is to continue enduring the pain, enduring the baptism of Celestial Thunder, then completely transform into a pure, emotionless creature.

He didn’t know what the result would be at that time, and didn’t know if he still had his own thoughts, if he still had the mind to oppose the Heavenly Demon after becoming such a pure creature.

The second path is to retreat immediately, stop thinking about forging the supreme essence of the Transcendent Realm, and return to breakthrough to the Selfless Realm soon.