[Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram].
The one hundred and twenty-fourth Dao heart cultivation.
"Boom!"
Another loud explosion, but this time Lu Yang did not retreat. He even clashed head-on with the mental wills of the twelve Great Perfected Lords.
In the next second, he was covered in injuries and retreated from the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea in a sorry state. His consciousness instantly returned to his main body, continuing to circulate the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] to heal his injuries. Feeling his Dao heart, which had undergone some changes but was clearly still far from sufficient, his brows gradually furrowed.
I'm almost at my limit.
In the short term, one hundred and forty-three times is my limit. If my Dao heart is damaged any further after that, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover through cultivation.
To recover, one must spend time recuperating.
Clearly, the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] wasn't omnipotent either. It wasn't truly a matter of just taking a beating to improve; there was also a maximum threshold.
It was just like doing aerobic exercise. After reaching the body's threshold, one had to slow down, relax, rest, and replenish nutrients before continuing. And the height of this threshold was a person's talent in Dao heart cultivation. Sisui had even specifically created a similar classification system for this.
Someone like me belongs to the mediocre category.
Lu Yang's expression was calm, not feeling discouraged by this. After all, he had accepted his mediocrity a long time ago. By now, he was completely unfazed.
Unfortunately, Dao Fruit profound concepts cannot heal this kind of damage either.
Damage to the Dao heart existed completely independently of the other mighty powers between heaven and earth. Only the Dao heart could affect it; it was a mysterious power to the extreme.
At the same time, Tianhun also appeared beside Lu Yang.
"You've reached your limit."
Tianhun seemed very familiar with Lu Yang's state: "It's fine, rest for a while first. After about three years, you can continue cultivating."
"...Three years?"
Lu Yang's brows furrowed even deeper.
"I know you're very anxious, but you absolutely must not be anxious."
Seeing this, Tianhun hurriedly said: "This in itself is also a test of the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter]. It depends on whether you can endure the polishing brought by a long period of time."
"Trying again and again, failing, and then recuperating. This process itself is Dao heart cultivation. It will make you feel anxious and breed self-doubt. As the saying goes, the Dao does not desire to be mixed; if it is mixed, there is much; if there is much, there is disturbance; if there is disturbance, there is worry; if there is worry, it cannot be saved. Only by overcoming these can you build the embryonic form of Fasting of the Mind."
Lu Yang didn't answer.
If he didn't have other things to do in this lifetime, he wouldn't mind spending time here to elevate his Dao heart, using a long period to build the Fasting of the Mind.
However, he couldn't.
Mu Changsheng has already stepped into the Dao Court. If he follows my strategy guide, he might begin seeking the Golden Core within thirty years, and at most it won't exceed sixty years.
Before that, he had to enter the Netherworld.
With my Dao heart aptitude, to reach the level of building the Fasting of the Mind within the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter], it would take at least over a thousand years to have hope.
Forget it, let's try again.
Lu Yang quickly figured it out.
If it couldn't be done, then he would give up and try again in the next lifetime. As long as the [Book of Hundred Lifetimes] was still there, time would always be his steadfast ally.
Soon, the one hundred and forty-third Dao heart cultivation.
"Boom."
Lu Yang withdrew from the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea once more. This time, it took him dozens of breaths to suppress the madness in the depths of his eyes. An unbearable stabbing pain came from his glabella.
Besides this, an uncontrollable weariness surged into his heart, actually making him, a Great Perfected Lord, feel a mortal's urge to sleep. It could be seen how poor his state was at this moment. If he forcibly endured one more mental impact, his tottering Dao heart would truly shatter completely.
There's no other way. Lu Yang sighed.
However, he quickly pulled himself together again: Even so, accepting my mediocrity doesn't mean giving up on putting in effort.
He opened the [Book of Hundred Lifetimes] panel.
[Colorful Talent: Mystic Gate Spirit-Refinement Art]!
Under the augmentation of this talent, Lu Yang clearly felt that the circulation of the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] was smoother, and its effects had also been rapidly elevated.
[Mystic Gate Spirit-Refinement Art: Only through a hundred refinings and a thousand forgings can one become steel. The more heavily injured one is, and the closer to death, the more one can forge mighty power from a desperate situation. The heavier the injury, when you overcome the injury and fully recover, the profound concepts used to overcome the injury will also receive a massive boost.]
Damage to the Dao heart is also an injury.
If I use the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] to recover from my Dao heart injury, the [Mystic Gate Spirit-Refinement Art] can boost the effects of the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] out of thin air.
Lu Yang calmed his emotions and silently recovered from his injuries.
Soon, three years passed.
His Dao heart injuries recovered. Lu Yang opened his eyes, only feeling a burst of coolness surge from his glabella to his limbs and bones, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his body.
As expected!
The effects of the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] have drastically increased! If this trend continues, two or three more times and I can reach the threshold of building the Fasting of the Mind!
Lu Yang's eyes grew even brighter.
As expected, in this godforsaken place, following the rules to cultivate immortality was a dead end. Talent? What the hell is talent good for? At critical moments, you still gotta use cheats!
Lu Yang didn't hesitate at all, immediately entering the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea.
This time, his limit threshold skyrocketed to seven hundred and sixty-one times. After exhausting them all, he again didn't hesitate, beginning closed-door cultivation to recuperate once more.
Three years passed, then another three years.
Three years passed, then another three years.
Soon, twelve years passed. Under the full four times of "massive boost" from the [Mystic Gate Spirit-Refinement Art], Lu Yang's state was getting better and better.
Such changes almost stupefied Tianhun, who was observing secretly: "What's going on? What happened? Why is his progress so tremendous? This talent isn't right. I couldn't even see the Light of Wisdom... Could it be I misjudged? Is he the type whose Light of Wisdom is hidden, possessing great wisdom that appears like foolishness?"
Lu Yang ignored Tianhun's doubts.
At this moment, he was completely immersed in the changes in his Dao heart. In a daze, he seemed to see his mental will transforming into individual thoughts.
His limit threshold had already climbed to one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred times at this moment.
At the same time, his thoughts seemed to have divided into one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred. Each thought was almost the same as his original perfect Dao heart.
One thought was one Dao heart!
The integration of one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred thoughts into one constituted one epoch, which was the embryonic form of Fasting of the Mind! This single step alone had stumped an unknown number of ancient method Perfected Lords.
"Sisui's remnant thought was bragging..."
Feeling the changes in his Dao heart, Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Then, he cast a disdainful glance at Sisui's remnant thought, which was huddled in his sea of consciousness without uttering a single word of nonsense.
What did he tell him back then?
A perfect Dao heart possessed the qualifications of a Dao Lord!
Looking at it now, this guy is very slippery. Back then, he was deliberately trying to curry favor with me, while simultaneously touting the cultivation efficacy of his [Zhaomu Order Scripture].
Purely bullying him for not understanding the ancient era back then!
And now his cover was blown.
Of course, Dao heart cultivation isn't as exaggerated as Tianhun made it sound either. but saying a perfect Dao heart is a Perfected Lord's basic requirement is still a bit too one-sided.
Admittedly, a perfect Dao heart was not difficult for ancient method Perfected Lords.
However, that was because ancient method Perfected Lords possessed infinite lifespans. As long as they spent the time, they could always achieve a perfect Dao heart. It didn't mean that all ancient method Perfected Lords possessed a perfect Dao heart.
There were always people still on the way.
Fasting of the Mind follows the same principle. It's said to be the standard configuration for Great Perfected Lords, but is a Heaven Treading Great Perfected Lord and an Entering the Dao Great Perfected Lord the same thing? The difference between the two is vast.
Taking the twelve Dharma Body Dao Great Perfected Lords in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea as an example. After exchanging blows so many times, he estimated that only the three leaders had truly forged their own Fasting of the Mind. As for the other nine, at most they had only forged an embryonic form of Fasting of the Mind, just like his current self.
(End of Chapter)