Outside the Wrath of the Ruins, Mie Shi Ling Huo, holding the Heavenly Star in his palm, looked at the surging Wrath of the Ruins ahead with worry. He couldn't help but ask Heavenly Star, "Tian Xing... is that kid alright?"
Tian Xing also had a worried look on his face. He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. Although I left a mark within him that allows me to monitor his vital signs at any time, the power of the Wrath of the Ruins that erupted this time is too strong. It has even interfered with my vision. If I'm even slightly careless, he might be utterly destroyed."
Hearing Tian Xing's words, Mie Shi Ling Huo became anxious. "This kid is a lunatic. Why is he playing with his life like this?"
Tian Xing sighed, "This is his decision, and I can't do anything about it. We'll just have to keep a close eye on him. If something goes wrong, at least we can save his life."
Seeing Tian Xing's dedication, Mie Shi Ling Huo felt ashamed. "This kid has really made you worry incessantly. I feel embarrassed for him."
Tian Xing chuckled, "Protecting Ye Ling is for my own sake. Moreover, I was able to become a supreme expert thanks to him. Compared to what he has given me, what I'm doing is insignificant."
Mie Shi Ling Huo looked at Tian Xing with disbelief and exclaimed, "Why do I feel like you're a bit different from when you were leading the dark army before?"
Tian Xing asked, "How am I different?"
Mie Shi Ling Huo replied, "I can't quite explain it... perhaps... you've become more virtuous?"
"Virtuous?"
Hearing Mie Shi Ling Huo's words, Tian Xing was stunned and then asked, "Do I?"
Mie Shi Ling Huo nodded seriously, "Yes!"
Seeing Mie Shi Ling Huo's earnestness, Tian Xing squinted and smiled, "Then I'll keep up the good work!"
...
While Tian Xing and Mie Shi Ling Huo were chatting, Ye Ling was undergoing a hellish cultivation within the Wrath of the Ruins.
Ye Ling's spirit was taut, his attention focused to the extreme, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
The power of the Wrath of the Ruins was a hundred times stronger than before. Even the weakest sword energy within it could easily tear through his defenses and inflict a fatal blow!
In the Wrath of the Ruins, every moment of his carelessness could drag him into an abyss of despair.
However, it was precisely in this high-pressure environment that Ye Ling felt an unprecedented excitement, and that long-lost sense of breakthrough gradually surged in his heart.
"This is the feeling – pushing oneself to the limit, breaking through in a life-or-death situation!"
Ye Ling looked at the overwhelming sword energies, runes, and dark powers, growing more and more excited, as if he had completely forgotten that he was in an extremely dangerous environment.
Unknowingly, Ye Ling entered a wondrous state. His eyes could capture the trajectory of all attacks, but his mind's thinking slowed down, until it entered a state of ethereal emptiness, completely ceasing to think.
However, Ye Ling's body began to move instinctively, every action perfectly executed, not expending a single bit of energy, nor sustaining any injury.
Everything around him seemed to have slowed down.
Ye Ling could not hear the whistling of the sword energies, but he could hear the slow and powerful beat of his own heart.
Crack...
Suddenly, Ye Ling felt his Dao Heart shatter. Along with his Dao Heart, the bottleneck of the Carefree Immortal also broke.
With the disappearance of his Dao Heart, Ye Ling once again forgot all his insights into the laws of the Great Dao!
However, Ye Ling still wasn't thinking, merely acting according to his instincts.
A white tree sprout germinated within Ye Ling and then grew vigorously.
Ye Ling's hair gradually turned white, and pure white light emanated from him. The white light then illuminated the entire Wrath of the Ruins, enveloping the entire ancient ruins.
When Ye Ling regained his ability to think, he found himself standing alone in a deep pit, and the Wrath of the Ruins was no longer around!
"Kid!"
Mie Shi Ling Huo flew over from a distance with a look of anxiety, landing in front of Ye Ling. He asked in shock, "Kid, are you alright? Where is your Dao Heart?"
Mie Shi Ling Huo could no longer sense the aura of the Dao Heart from Ye Ling. Ye Ling was no longer a Creation God!
At this moment, Tian Xing flew over, her brows slightly furrowed. She asked solemnly, "Ye Ling, what exactly happened during the month you spent in the Wrath of the Ruins?"
Hearing Tian Xing's words, Ye Ling was surprised, "I've been in the Wrath of the Ruins for a month?"
In his memory, he had only been in the Wrath of the Ruins for a few minutes.
Mie Shi Ling Huo asked anxiously, "Are you so stupid from cultivating that you don't even know how long you've been in the Wrath of the Ruins?"
"And that's not the point. Where is your Dao Heart? Could it have been shattered by the Wrath of the Ruins?"
"Aren't you about to enter the formation? What will you do now that your Dao Heart is gone?"
Seeing Mie Shi Ling Huo's anxious look, Ye Ling smiled and shook his head. He said to Mie Shi Ling Huo, "You're half right. My Dao Heart did shatter, and I even forgot all my insights into the Great Dao again, but none of this was done by the Wrath of the Ruins."
Mie Shi Ling Huo was taken aback, "What do you mean? Not an attack from the Wrath of the Ruins? Could it be that you shattered your own Dao Heart?"
Ye Ling nodded and smiled, "Something like that. I broke through the shackles of the Carefree Immortal and entered a completely new realm. Then, my Dao Heart and all my insights into the Great Dao vanished."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Mie Shi Ling Huo reacted and exclaimed, "Is it because of your Emperor Ancestor Body again?"
Tian Xing was still a bit confused and asked, "Emperor Ancestor Body?"
Mie Shi Ling Huo explained to Tian Xing, "When Ye Ling broke through to Supreme Immortal before, he created a completely new cultivation system. At that time, he forgot all his insights into the Great Dao and became the Emperor Ancestor, later breaking through to Carefree Immortal."
"I never expected that after breaking through the shackles of the Carefree Immortal, Ye Ling's Dao Heart could shatter, and he would forget his insights into the Great Dao again..."
At this point, Mie Shi Ling Huo was also speechless at Ye Ling's prodigal cultivation system.
How precious was a Dao Heart?
How powerful was a Creation God?
How could they disappear just like that upon breaking through?
Ye Ling, however, didn't seem to care much about the disappearance of his Dao Heart. He chuckled, "The Dao Heart is an external object after all. If it's gone, it's gone. I'll find another one when I have the chance. And it's not difficult to re-comprehend the laws of the Great Dao; one just needs to find the origin of the Great Dao."
"But the power I gained after breaking through the shackles of the Carefree Immortal is real."
Tian Xing nodded in agreement, "Indeed... Although you no longer have your Dao Heart, I can feel that your strength has become much greater than before."
Hearing Ye Ling and Tian Xing, Mie Shi Ling Huo realized that Ye Ling's breakthrough this time was a good thing. He instantly forgot about the shattered Dao Heart and excitedly asked Ye Ling, "Then what do you call this new realm you've reached?"
Ye Ling chuckled, "Earlier, when I was breaking through, I entered a wondrous state. Based on that wondrous state, I've decided to call this realm..."