Surya looked at the Longevity Divine Spirit and asked, "How did this guy find us?"

Surya wasn’t surprised that the other had left an incarnation.

Because he had long understood that this Longevity Divine Spirit had created a unique split technique.

What puzzled him was:

Their distance was too great, how did the opponent make it over and find them?

Vast oceans of people, vast cosmos.

Distance would render all means of contact completely ineffective.

This is why after Liu Jun left his bread civilization oasis, he couldn’t be bothered with this piece of bread tree, because there was simply no way to contact it.

He could only first plant it in the desert, wait until it seemed about right, then find time to come and check, to harvest.

The God of Longevity did not answer, because this information had to wait for him to absorb all the knowledge before becoming clear.

Rustling—

As vast amounts of informational knowledge surged in, the aura of this God of Longevity rapidly became profound, heavy, indescribable.

He slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and said, "Because I had a good opportunity over there and have already stepped into the tenth level..."

"The tenth level? Is the development speed of the civilization over there so fast? Can the tenth level ignore distance? Time, space?" Surya asked curiously.

The Longevity God smiled, extended his palm, and slowly manifested a batch of Divine Objects in the green grass series,

"Time, space? They are merely parameters of universal rules studied continuously by civilizations, based on objective phenomena, summarized into empirical theories."

"And the tenth level requires no adherence to rules, it creates its own rules."

"Where the heart desires, the rules transform."

"So-called rules, they are originally the shackles of the cosmos..."

The God of Longevity flipped his palm, the heart exploded and shrank back, the green grass series of Divine Objects in his hand were obliterated by chaos, Heaven-Opening Divine Power activated.

In the next moment.

A brand new red flower series of Divine Objects was reborn, more than a hundred flowers circled around him.

"Did you see that?"

"This is my tenth level."

"My heart is continuously beating, alternating between [Heaven Opening] and [Chaos]."

"Each heartbeat brings forth a new series of Divine Objects, each heartbeat’s end signifies the disappearance of a Divine Object."

His heartbeat is the alternation of a series of Divine Objects.

Gravity, wind, fire, lightning, fate, time, space, dimensions, all continuously change with his heartbeat.

His heartbeat is like a random number, continually creating and destroying series of Divine Objects.

Upon saying this, the God of Longevity began to explain to Surya why he could come here,

"Because, my heart wanted to find you, so my heart condensed a Divine Object series capable of locating a person’s coordinates, various Divine Objects matched together, found an almost imperceptible trajectory, locked onto the coordinates..."

"And because I wanted to come quickly, my heart condensed a Divine Object series capable of traversing time and space, ignoring distance... allowing me to cross the long span."

Using one’s own heart in place of the heart of heaven.

Where the heart desires, thoughts direct.

Surya was greatly shocked upon hearing this, somewhat amazed, "What you wish becomes reality, is this the power of the tenth level?"

The path he had pursued for so long was right before his eyes.

And this path was as powerful, terrifying, and incredible as he had imagined, any extravagant language seemed incredibly inadequate.

Because the tenth level...

Seems to possess limitless possibilities.

The heart is the principle.

The characteristic of the tenth level is: to condense the heart of origin.

"No."

The Longevity Divine Spirit calmly said, "Ordinary tenth levels are far from reaching my stage, I am not an ordinary tenth level, I have taken the most difficult path."

Surya thought this realm was very terrifying, and asked, "What about normal tenth levels?"

"They cultivate a fixed heart of origin of a Divine Object, fixing the heart... cultivating a fixed series of Divine Objects."

"But mine is a changing heart of origin, with each heartbeat the heart changes."

The God of Longevity said calmly.

He had taken the most difficult path.

Ordinary strong ones with a fixed heart of origin were on the easiest path.

However, once the Divine Object series was fixed, it had no capability for change, only able to follow a fixed route.

But his path of a changing heart was very difficult, very time-consuming, requiring comprehension.

"Comprehension?" Surya asked curiously.

"Yes."

"Forget rules, become rules, forget common sense, to comprehend oneself."

The God of Longevity said, "Through over 120,000 heartbeats, cycling and rebooting time and again... I finally sensed the law of the heart."

"Able to influence the randomly generated Divine Object series through my will..."

The heart desires what Divine Object series it wants.

The heartbeat will condense what Divine Object series.

This requires countless heartbeats to form bodily instincts...

Just like when you want to hold a pen, you instinctively reach out your hand.

And he wants to make a journey, the heartbeat will condense similarly-themed Divine Objects, various Divine Objects matched for him to travel.

When your heart beats wildly, fully forming true instinct, whatever you want to do, your heart will aid you in completing.

"Will this truly lead to omnipotence and omniscience, where desires immediately become reality?"

Surya’s lips curled upwards,

"This is the kind of tenth level I yearn for, so I too will take this most difficult tenth-level path, with the technique of gradual effort, relying on my numerous heartbeats, to comprehend the changes of [the heart of origin]."

The Longevity God joked from the side, "Not everyone can comprehend, this takes immense talent."

"I am now roughly within the range of the tenth stage, first layer, and can only rely on my will to influence part of the Divine Object series’ trajectory."

Surya pondered and asked the most straightforward question: "Compared to the Divine Objects descended by the Creator God, what is the level of your Divine Objects?"

"Incomparable."

The God of Longevity showed a hint of silence and sighed, "Only when truly crossing into this realm do you realize the terrifying foundation and high status of this Divine Object..."

"The Creator God descended his series of Divine Objects; though the reason is unknown, his level far exceeds the stage I can currently reach."

"The Hundred Mouths Emperor of the Zodiac Era, his fake Divine Objects will shatter instantly upon touching real Divine Objects."

Surya nodded and continued chatting with the God of Longevity.

It means that now, the other has broken through the tenth stage, and distance is no longer an issue; they can return to their hometown cosmos at any time.

However, neither of them intended to return.

This Fish Emperor never had the ambition to dominate the world; if not tested, he might have continued to cultivate in seclusion.

After listening to the narrative, Surya laughed:

"So, it’s already the Zodiac Era over there? They are about to fully enter the tenth stage... But without Heaven-Opening Divine Power, being trapped in the void, it’s a bit ridiculous."

However, everything is going smoothly here.

He, Surya, has developed Heaven-Opening Divine Power.

The God of Longevity has developed a powerful tenth-stage breakthrough method.

The two have completely established a foothold in the void.

Surya thought, "Then I can also start to condense my heartbeat now."

"You can try it; it’s a time-consuming and mana-exhausting task. Without the massive amount of Heaven-Opening Divine Power given to me, I would never complete the 120,000 heartbeats to form the initial bodily instincts."

Surya did not reply and started researching the other’s method, quickly condensing his heartbeat.

Each Divine Object series slowly and randomly formed in his heart, then randomly perished.

An extremely difficult, raw, and fragile feeling arose in Surya’s heart.

Evidently, making the heart beat like this is tremendously hard and mentally exhausting; it’s almost anti-human cultivation.

To completely turn this pain into instinct likely requires a painstaking practice more grueling than being in Hell.

Thump, thump, thump!

Surya’s expression slightly calmed; he finally barely moved, feeling his body, "The Heaven-Opening and Obliteration heartbeat cycle occupies 96% of my body’s mana cycle... I am now very weak."

The God of Longevity laughed, "That’s quite normal."

"A heart bridge" is inherently easily disturbed, a very fragile transition period.

Fighting with others will disrupt the rhythm and frequency of your heartbeat.

This is forming bodily instinct.

If the formation of heartbeat instinct is interrupted, it is easy to fall short.

Thus, even though the God of Longevity is much stronger than the Hundred Mouths Emperor, his shortcomings are also evident:

To form instincts, it’s inconvenient for long-duration battles.

In contrast, the opponent’s fixed heartbeat needs no instinct training... If they seek him out for battle and deliberately annoy him, they can hinder his cultivation progress.

Even repeatedly stopping his heartbeat, disrupting the rhythm, will "contaminate" his instincts, causing noise in his heartbeat.

Completely cutting off the path of cultivation!

Once wrong instincts form, it’s tough to steer them back on track.

That’s why he doesn’t bother with the Twelve Constellations or the Twelve Zodiac.

Surya took a deep breath, feeling his heartbeat, "So, where do we go next?"

"Following the previous travel plan, let’s find a possibly existing tenth-stage civilization over there."

The God of Longevity smiled.

If it were earlier, they would have taken a long time traveling.

But now...

The God of Longevity placed a hand on the other’s shoulder, and the next moment, the two disappeared in place.

Distance?

It simply didn’t exist.

When the two opened their eyes again, they were still in the empty void.

In front of them was a unique wasteland.

Though called a wasteland, there was actually nothing but a massive super fireball.

It was a super terrifying gigantic chaos, more than a thousand times larger than their existing cosmos, with vast flames rolling incessantly on the surface, giving off an apocalyptic aura.

Evidently.

The energy flow clues they followed led them only to a super chaotic sun.

In their view, there are three possible formations for such a chaotic sun.

1, It’s a chaotic sun formed after a large universe’s destruction.

Yet this civilization’s ruins leave no trace because chaos devours everything.

2, A natural phenomenon.

Chaos forms naturally, like a black hole devours around.

It’s just been so long, causing this chaotic sun to grow unimaginably large.

3, A solar panel.

Perhaps a small chaotic sun left by someone, meant to absorb free-floating material in the void.

"If this is the case, this sun has most likely been abandoned."

Beside him, Surya calmly said:

"This sun is already too large to reclaim, like a tumor. Can your Heaven-Opening Divine Power split it?"

The God of Longevity glanced at it, "With such a large size, throwing my Heaven-Opening Divine Power in is like dropping a water droplet into a volcano."

Right now, it’s like a mortal having a knife; splitting a watermelon is feasible, but cleaving the planet beneath is excessive.

"Then let’s go."

Surya thought, "Finding the next location."