Chapter 241: Chapter 239: Heart Hidden Heaven and Earth

Beneath the moonlight, Jiang Jichen’s figure flew through the forest.

Only after confirming he was far away from Little Haas did he find a towering ancient tree and lean against it to rest and heal.

As for Little Haas, Jiang Jichen wasn’t worried about whether it lived or died.

That area was a zone for Dark Creatures, and the humanoid Little Haas was clearly the highest-level being there, capable of commanding the swarms of snakes.

Besides, given the Life Force and regenerative abilities of a Dark Creature, Little Haas would probably be able to walk on its own by the time the sun rose tomorrow.

Moreover, with a mere flick of his Divine Thought, Jiang Jichen could perceive Little Haas’s condition and even issue commands to it, no matter how far apart they were.

Such was the profound and terrifying nature of the Soul Planting Technique.

However... unless it was absolutely necessary, Jiang Jichen would never enter Little Haas’s Sea of Divine Soul again.

The scenes in there were just too horrific for him to stomach.

Leaning against the giant tree, Jiang Jichen swallowed handfuls of Spirit Pills, refining them and converting their energy into Undying Power to repair the wounds on his body.

His internal condition was excellent; the injuries on his body were merely external wounds from his battle with Little Haas.

At the time, Jiang Jichen should have fled and led Little Haas in a different direction, allowing Cang Lengyun to escape without worry.

But in the end, he chose to fight desperately!

He did so only because he wanted to confirm whether this place was part of a heaven-shattering scheme. The result was, naturally, that it was an ancient, grand design.

Jiang Jichen even suspected that the Exquisite Treasure Tower and the Ancient Refining Land were just parts of this grand game.

And they were all... pawns!

As a pawn, until one had the power to become a player or overturn the board, one had to accept their role.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t even know how you died.

So, Jiang Jichen didn’t dwell on it. He only needed to know that this was a heaven-shattering, ancient scheme, and that he was but a single pawn within it.

Only with clear self-awareness could he keep his path forward clear!

Jiang Jichen composed himself and began to focus, entering a deep meditative state of healing where he forgot both himself and the world around him.

When Jiang Jichen opened his eyes at dawn, he saw sunlight spilling through the branches and leaves, casting a warm feeling upon him.

The morning sun was rising, brimming with life, and his injuries had completely healed, as good as new.

His spirit and energy had reached their peak, and his state of mind was more profound than ever before.

It was as if, should he wish it, he could hold the entire world and all its creations within his heart.

His state of mind had finally broken through, ascending to a new level and reaching the realm of Heart Hidden Heaven and Earth.

Mysterious beyond mystery, wondrous beyond wonder—the Great Dao was ethereal!

Jiang Jichen rose to his feet and drifted forward, facing the morning sun.

It was a new day, filled with hope and future possibilities, but also... the unknown.

Jiang Jichen floated to the top of the tallest ancient tree and looked around.

He was at the highest point of the woodland, from which the terrain sloped down in all directions, allowing him to see everything in the vast landscape around him.

He discovered that flight was still restricted here. Beyond the edges of the forest lay an endless ocean, which was also the Cultivation Arena for the second level of the Treasure Tower Space.

This meant that even if you gave up the chance to enter the third level of the Treasure Tower Space, you still had to fight your way out of this vast Ancient Forest Land.

Jiang Jichen began to worry about Tang Ni, Hua Xiaoling, and Yee Youmeng.

This mountain forest was far from simple and was filled with unpredictable dangers. Even Jiang Jichen himself had nearly perished here.

Blood Pattern Ants, Dark Creatures, and Celestial Blood Grass formed from the fall of a Celestial Human... This place held too many secrets.

Standing at the highest point, a divine light flickered in Jiang Jichen’s eyes as he pushed his Divine Soul Spiritual Sense to its absolute limit. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

He was sensing, searching!

His Heart Hidden Heaven and Earth state of mind allowed him to sense farther and capture the changes in the natural energy of this land.

Gradually, he fully entered the profound and wondrous realm of Heart Hidden Heaven and Earth. In that moment, it was as if this entire land was held within his heart.

The changing seasons, the cycle of day and night, the flourishing and withering of life—the transformations of all things and all spirits in the world could not escape the perception of his heart.

Suddenly, Jiang Jichen’s expression jolted!

He sensed a change in a familiar aura. It was... Yee Youmeng’s aura!

Others, even a Great Power of this realm, might not have been able to detect Yee Youmeng’s aura, but Jiang Jichen could.

Because... he seemed to carry a trace of an aura from the same world as her.

Thus, Jiang Jichen located her—she was fifty miles ahead!

She was fighting. She was on the brink of life and death. Her heart was filled with fury...

Even though he had only caught a wisp of her energy, Jiang Jichen could surprisingly sense so many emotions from it.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Jichen fixed on that direction, activated his Void Shadowless Technique, and shot forward at his maximum speed.

Yee Youmeng was in grave danger. The three of them had been close together before being teleported. Although the destination was random, they couldn’t have been sent too far apart. They might still be together now.

Normally, a distance of fifty miles wasn’t far, but at this moment, it felt impossibly distant and long to Jiang Jichen.

Even after using the Blood Burning Secret Technique and the Violent Spirit Skill, Jiang Jichen still felt he was too slow.

Jiang Jichen charged in a straight line, not deviating in the slightest. Anything that blocked his path, he simply smashed through.

Undying Power suffused his entire body, causing him to glow with a faint golden light. He looked like a Vajra Arhat, his body taking on a golden-bronze hue.

He covered the fifty miles in just over a hundred breaths. This was his absolute top speed since entering the Grandmaster Realm.

But the cost was staggering. In that short time, just over a hundred breaths, he had already consumed nearly sixty percent of his Spiritual Power.

When Jiang Jichen burst into a clearing in the forest, he was met with an exceptionally gruesome scene.

Yee Youmeng was surrounded by a group of people!

Her small, slender body was covered in horrific wounds, with barely a patch of unbroken skin.

Blood ran down her legs and into the dirt, leaving behind messy, crimson footprints.

One wound on her back was particularly grievous, a gash running from her shoulder to her waist that nearly split her small frame in two.

Yet she still held her large machete in a tight grip.

Though she was on the verge of bleeding out and her grip on the machete was weakening, her gaze remained firm and unyielding, fixed coldly on the spot before her.

There, Tang Ni and Hua Xiaoling were on the ground, their cultivation sealed. They too were covered in blood and horrific wounds, their eyes filled with despair.

At that moment, Hua Xiaoling cried out in anguish, "Don’t, Youmeng! You can’t surrender! Just run! Don’t worry about us!"

Tang Ni shouted weakly, her voice hoarse, "Youmeng, run! Find Little Chen..."

However, Guo Qishan’s chilling voice rang out. "Go on, run. I won’t stop you. But as for them... their fate will be more gruesome than you can possibly imagine!"

As he spoke, he reached out and tore off a piece of Tang Ni’s sleeve, revealing a slender, fair arm stained with red.

"If you leave, the ten of us here will each have our way with them until they stop breathing. The choice is yours!"

Guo Qishan’s cold voice sounded like that of a demon.