Chapter 1 A Dream of a Lifetime

Within his Heart Realm, Xu Jingming stepped onto a continuous mountain range and, upon sensing it slightly, thought, "This mountain actually exceeds my sensory range?"

Whoosh!

He immediately followed the mountain's veins and flew upwards. Upon reaching the summit, Xu Jingming carefully sensed his surroundings. "An ordinary mountain, nothing special about it."

"Swoosh."

Xu Jingming flew down from the mountain and continued to explore this territory ruin. This territory ruin was far, far larger than the territory Xu Jingming had opened up.

After all, Xu Jingming was merely a Cosmic Legend, his territory among the bottom ranks in the boundless Heart Realm.

"Whoosh."

Xu Jingming flew over mountains and valleys, marveling at the vastness of the territory ruin. According to the "Heart Realm Exploration Guide," over 90% of territories in the Heart Realm were left behind by Eternal realm existences!

The Heart Realm had a high threshold; almost all who could open up territories within it could reach the Eternal realm. Half-step Third Realm existences were very rare within the Heart Realm.

As for Third Realm territory ruins, it was hard to find even one in a hundred million ruins. Xu Jingming was aware of this common knowledge.

"Hmm?"

Xu Jingming looked ahead. In front of him was a turquoise lake, hundreds of miles in diameter, very alluring.

"This is?" Xu Jingming approached.

The turquoise lake rippled with mist, and when the mist touched Xu Jingming, "Tss tss tss." The Pure Lotus Flame on Xu Jingming's body burned, naturally incinerating the mist.

As it burned, Xu Jingming saw many strange phenomena.

He saw a great amount of wealth, planetary territories, and very precious inheritances...

"This is the Lake of Greed," Xu Jingming murmured.

"There's a saying that all the emotions of all living beings in all timelines are reflected in the Heart Realm! Some are greed, some are obsession, some are sin… This gathered power drifts in the chaos and only fixes its location when it touches a territory or a territory ruin," Xu Jingming thought. The only 'creation' within the Heart Realm was a territory.

The Lake of Greed drifted constantly, so it naturally had to touch a 'creation' to stop.

"Whether this saying is true or false cannot be determined. But there are indeed all kinds of emotions, desires, and sins that gather into substance and occupy places within the Heart Realm," Xu Jingming thought.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming continued forward. Within this territory ruin, besides the Lake of Greed, Xu Jingming also discovered a Pool of Obsession and a Sea of Sin. Though called the Sea of Sin... in reality, it didn't have as much sin as the first petal of the Sinful Flower.

"Where is the core of the territory ruin?" Xu Jingming searched. "The territory's master opened it up here, so they naturally left behind their strongest mental imprint. Where is their mental imprint?"

The territory was too large! Xu Jingming searched for more than three days. When Xu Jingming sensed a large stone, he revealed a look of joy.

This large stone... was the core of the entire territory ruin. It itself was a complete imprint!

"Rumble~~~"

The moment Xu Jingming's senses touched it, it was also triggered. Naturally, the surrounding scenery changed, heaven and earth transformed!

The ruined territory that had been shrouded in chaotic aura now had a dark star high in the sky, illuminating this world. Within this world, there were mountains and lakes, flowers, plants, and trees everywhere. The scenery was beautiful.

Xu Jingming stood within it, and he was very clear: "This is the core of the territory ruin, a naturally formed illusion."

"Ugh, such a good dream." Suddenly, from the large stone in the distance, a figure lying on the stone stretched lazily and sat up, extremely listless.

This figure was thin, his upper body solid, but his lower body was black mist. He held a black pot in his hand, with strange beast carvings on the surface. He opened his mouth and sucked, and seven-colored light flew out of the black pot and entered his mouth.

"A latecomer." This figure looked at Xu Jingming, unconcerned. "There are countless ruins in the Heart Realm. Many lazy territory masters leave behind some tests. I'm too lazy to arrange any tests!

I'm dead anyway, why care so much?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought, "That's the right way to think! I don't want to encounter any tests either."

"Me, my entire life has been half-dreaming, half-awake! After reaching the Eternal realm, I unknowingly came to the Heart Realm," the black figure said. "The two things I'm most proud of in my life are these two techniques. Watch carefully. Learn as much as you can. As for a complete inheritance? I'm too lazy to prepare one. I'm dead. Why should I arrange everything so well for you latecomers?"

After saying that, the figure reached out a hand. Black mist condensed in his hand, slowly forming a large bow. In his other hand, black mist slowly formed a simple arrow.

The process of condensation contained a large amount of high-dimensional information.

Xu Jingming watched carefully.

"Sincerity in the bow and arrow? The bow and arrow lineage?" Xu Jingming received this scattered high-dimensional information.

The figure deliberately let the latecomer see clearly, so the movements were very slow. It took nearly a minute to condense the bow and arrow.

Then, the arrow was placed on the string!

Drawing the bow!

When the bow was drawn to its fullest, although the arrow had not yet been shot, his indifferent gaze at the front made Xu Jingming feel a chill in his heart.

"This is…" Xu Jingming was secretly shocked.

At this moment, he could sense a large amount of high-dimensional information. It was as if being targeted by this bow and arrow meant certain death.

"When I was a low-dimensional life, I loved the art of archery. I was wholeheartedly immersed in it and unknowingly became a high-dimensional life," the figure said leisurely. "After becoming a high-dimensional life, I still loved archery. With archery, I naturally entered the Heart Realm when I was at the Eternal realm. At this time, my arrows could not only shoot the enemy's physical body but also shoot the enemy's heart."

The figure said proudly, "I have only lived in the Eternal realm my entire life, but with this archery, I have never met an opponent below the half-step Third Realm! I can kill ordinary Eternal realm existences with one arrow. Hahaha…"

Xu Jingming clicked his tongue. "Eternal realm high-dimensional lives have extremely strong life-preservation abilities. Although Eternal realm existences who cultivate the power of the Heart Realm are powerful, it's too terrifying to be able to kill an Eternal realm existence with one arrow."

According to his own intelligence, half-step Third Realm existences were generally able to easily kill Eternal realm existences. Whether it was Gu Mo or the monster 'Meng Hado,' the number of Eternal realm existences they killed was very high.

The ancient existence before him was not a half-step Third Realm existence, but he claimed to be able to deal with ordinary Eternal realm existences with one arrow!

"One arrow, shooting the physical body and the heart?" Xu Jingming murmured.

"Go." The figure drew the bow to its fullest and finally released an arrow.

The arrow was brilliant and dazzling, as if an primordial star had appeared in the world. Immediately, it tore through space and disappeared.

"Can't dodge, can't be dodged." Xu Jingming received a large amount of high-dimensional information from this move, shocked by its power.

"My Eternal realm high-dimensional weapon, Sinful Flower, even if used to its fullest, is not as good as this arrow."

"The third realm of the Red Lotus Flame probably has to be the ultimate Red Lotus Flame before I can be fully confident of surpassing it," Xu Jingming thought.

Mastering the Red Lotus Flame meant one was already at the half-step Third Realm, so naturally, one could surpass it. As for the Black Lotus Flame? Xu Jingming had no confidence in comparing it with this archery.

He estimated that he would have to wait until he cultivated it in the future before he could compare.

"The art of archery is my first technique and my only means of killing the enemy," the figure said with a smile. "I don't have a detailed inheritance for this technique. Moreover, even if you learn my inheritance, you probably won't be able to learn this arrow."

"Only by comprehending the essence of archery can you hope to master similar moves," the figure said.

"My second technique is a move to 'sever karma.'"

"Take a look."

The figure looked at Xu Jingming, and the black mist of his lower body spread throughout his body. The process of spreading was very slow, allowing Xu Jingming to clearly see the process of transformation and receive a large amount of high-dimensional information.

After a moment, this body transformed into mist and dissipated. When the mist condensed, it transformed back into the original figure.

"Heart Realm powerhouses are all good at avatars. With a single thought, they can divide into thousands of avatars," the figure said.

"They kill each other, and it's difficult to completely kill each other. What they fear most is attacks that follow karma."

"So severing karma is very important," the figure said. "I comprehended this method of severing karma from the art of archery."

"Archery requires following karma, setting a target. Once an arrow is released, all of the enemy's avatars are destroyed."

"This method of 'severing karma' is the reverse of that," the figure said, his figure constantly maintaining a state where the true body and the mist coexisted.

Xu Jingming looked on and said, "As for severing karma, I don't need to learn it. The Red Lotus Flame is extremely good at severing karma. Even with the newly mastered Pure Lotus Flame, it's difficult for the enemy to follow karma, let alone the later Black Lotus Flame and Red Lotus Flame."

In terms of severing karma, the Red Lotus Flame was much stronger, but the offensive means? Xu Jingming was still somewhat envious.

"He is sincere in archery, and I am sincere in spearmanship. Some of his secrets can be used in my spearmanship," Xu Jingming broadened his horizons and had some ideas for his high-dimensional spearmanship.

Heart Realm powerhouses were divided into many factions internally. Some were good at targeting the enemy's heart, some were good at controlling and killing, some were good at constructing vast worlds, and some were good at Heart Realm weapons! The vast power of the heart was contained within, all gathered in the weapon. This archery expert was like this; his bow and arrow had endless heart power gathered within them, so he could kill the enemy's physical body and destroy their heart. This was considered a Heart Realm weapon.

"I have lived for half an Abyss epoch," the figure looked at Xu Jingming. "I am only good at these two techniques. Finally… my name is Great Dreamer!"

After saying that, his figure dissipated, and the entire illusion dissipated.

The scene before him returned to the previous territory ruin and the large stone.

"Great Dreamer?" Xu Jingming murmured. "Leaving behind a name, it seems he is unwilling and still wants to be resurrected and return."

Half an Abyss epoch was considered short for an Eternal realm high-dimensional life.