Chapter 1 The Bafang Diagram

Xu Jingming held the thin book, its pages a jade-green color.

“The *Bafang Diagram*, one of Lord Yu Huo’s three thousand inheritances?” Xu Jingming’s expression was solemn.

There were differences between Third Realm existences. Some, like the Lord of the Void Abyss, charged toward the ‘Ultimate Realm’ and died, resulting in the outflow of some inheritances.

Lord Yu Huo, however, was truly benevolent. He thought for the weaker higher-dimensional lifeforms and created three thousand inheritances specifically for them.

Relatively speaking, these inheritances… were more suitable for the weak!

For example, that terrifying expert who had mastered six great 'half-step Third Realm' techniques, Stream-python Star, had used the *Bafang Diagram* to build a foundation for his child.

"Let me see what's so magical about this inheritance," Xu Jingming said as he gently turned a page.

Upon opening it, the dense text on the first page transformed into a massive amount of higher-dimensional information that drilled into Xu Jingming's eyes.

Xu Jingming was in a daze.

He saw a towering figure.

It had a pair of white wings and emitted flames of light all over its body, illuminating all directions. It was like a 'Primordial Star,' shining upon an endless and vast region. Xu Jingming didn't feel the slightest pressure; instead, he felt warmth and comfort.

"Lord Yu Huo," Xu Jingming immediately realized. This figure with white wings was Lord Yu Huo.

"If one of the Heart Realm lineage wants to reach the Third Realm, there's a prerequisite," Lord Yu Huo said with a smile. "That is, your 'heart' must be worthy of the Third Realm's power. Your heart must reach the 'Great Freedom Realm.'"

"Only with a heart of great freedom can you withstand the power of the Heart Realm's Third Realm."

"To cultivate a heart of great freedom, I've tried to create various methods. The *Bafang Diagram* is one of them."

"The *Bafang Diagram* is divided into eight levels, each one a heart refinement. When all eight heart refinements are complete, your heart will reach the Great Freedom Realm," Lord Yu Huo said. "Although there are methods, it's still very difficult to fully master them."

"Carefully comprehend each level. As you improve, your heart will become stronger. This will greatly benefit your growth in the Heart Realm lineage," Lord Yu Huo said.

"This original copy of the *Bafang Diagram* can also transform into eight spatial realms. Each realm can assist in heart refinement," Lord Yu Huo said. "The first level of the *Bafang Diagram*: joy and anger…"

Xu Jingming received the information of this inheritance. After all, he was a low-dimensional lifeform at the cosmic legend level, so his speed in receiving higher-dimensional information was still too slow. It took him over half a month to fully accept this inheritance.

"Amazing," Xu Jingming exclaimed, his eyes filled with admiration. "It is indeed a precious technique for building a foundation. Although it doesn't help much with strength improvement, I can feel… it can make my path of evolution ten times smoother."

"Lord Yu Huo said that obtaining a heart of great freedom can increase one's chances of reaching the Third Realm."

"That's too modest. In my opinion, obtaining a heart of great freedom can increase one's chances of reaching the Third Realm by a hundred or a thousand times," Xu Jingming thought. Of course, it was one in a billion for ordinary higher-dimensional lifeforms to reach the Third Realm.

Even if the chances were increased by a hundred or a thousand times, it was still very slim.

"*Red Lotus Fire* requires a very high state of mind, but it's far from the *Bafang Diagram*'s mental state requirements. The *Bafang Diagram* is a pure heart-refining inheritance that thoroughly analyzes all aspects of the heart and then integrates them to achieve a 'Great Freedom Heart.'"

"Great freedom! Then one obtains great liberation and great detachment!"

"At this moment, the state of mind is complete and flawless. There are no more flaws in the heart."

"Third Realm existences of other paths each have their own advantages. Their hearts may not necessarily be complete. But the Third Realm existences of the Heart Realm lineage… their hearts must be complete," Xu Jingming nodded slightly, pleasantly surprised.

He wasn't stupid and knew how precious this inheritance was.

"Liu Yu Feng, a higher-dimensional lifeform in its infancy, I've remembered you," Xu Jingming said as he looked at the ruins of the territory before him. "I will remember this kindness."

Before reaching the Third Realm, he wasn't qualified to repay the favor.

Now, he could only remember it firmly in his heart. Xu Jingming carefully explored the small territory ruins again before embarking on his return journey.

"Hu."

Xu Jingming returned to his territory. This territory only had a 'Dark Primordial Star' and a vast land. There wasn't even a single tree. It was much smaller than Liu Yu Feng's territory ruins.

A cosmic legend's territory was pitifully small.

"Mine is the smallest territory," Xu Jingming smiled and waved his hand, throwing out the animal skin scroll that contained a large number of 'game items.' The animal skin fell into the earth, and the earth naturally parted, hiding the animal skin deep within the earth of this territory.

"This harvest is too astonishing. I shouldn't bring it back to my homeworld universe. Once it's exposed, a group of higher-dimensional lifeforms might come to snatch it," Xu Jingming knew how keen higher-dimensional lifeforms were at peeking. The *Bafang Diagram*'s allure was astonishing.

"My own territory is still the safest."

Xu Jingming once again opened the book *Bafang Diagram*. As he opened it, a wisp of Heart Realm power flew into the book and transformed into another avatar of Xu Jingming in the world of the book.

…

In the world of the *Bafang Diagram* book, there were eight spatial realms. These were specially created by Lord Yu Huo.

The Xu Jingming avatar constructed from Heart Realm power was currently in the first spatial realm.

The first spatial realm had invisible rules operating within it.

"I, I've returned to my childhood?" Xu Jingming discovered that he had transformed into his five or six-year-old self, sitting properly in the living room, holding a large apple and munching on it while watching a program on the huge light screen.

Holding the large apple, Xu Jingming also saw his mother making breakfast in the kitchen.

"Going out to practice martial arts first thing in the morning, not doing anything around the house," his mother grumbled.

"Wife, I'm back."

Xu's father pushed open the door, carrying a plastic bag, and looked at Xu Jingming, who was sitting there, with a smile. "Jingming, come quickly and see what I bought?"

"So many steamed buns?" Xu Jingming, holding the large apple that he had eaten a little less than half of, excitedly ran over and placed the apple on the table before reaching into the bag to grab a steamed bun.

"*San Ding* buns," Xu Jingming said happily as he ate.

"You father and son just like to eat steamed buns. I've already made breakfast," his mother said as she began to place the vegetable porridge on the dining table.

"Haha, I've liked them since I was young. Jingming is my son, so naturally he likes them too," Xu's father laughed and ruffled Xu Jingming's little head, messing up his hair.

Xu Jingming looked at his father with disdain and continued eating.

Everything was proceeding.

Xu Jingming's own consciousness could only feel everything.

"This is something that happened in my childhood," Xu Jingming looked at everything, his heart filled with a faint sense of joy and happiness.

He lived in a very happy family. His parents were very loving and treated him very well.

…

The teenage Xu Jingming stood on the stage with a spear in his hand, waving excitedly at the crowd below.

"That's my son, that's my son," Xu's father and mother also jumped up excitedly in the stands. Xu's grandfather also smiled happily, his teeth letting out air.

Xu Jingming could feel the surprise and excitement of his teenage self.

That was during high school. It was the first time he had won the national high school league championship. At that moment, he was too excited. After all, he had sweated so much, and he had finally become the national champion.

…

Joyful things from childhood.

Small joys in life, inconspicuous little things, each of which was filled with the happiness of life.

There were also some 'great joys': pursuing the national championship for many years, being selected for the national team, stepping onto the world competition stage, winning the first world competition… Miao Miao finally got together with him…

These joys made life more charming and more memorable.

All the small and big joys from birth to the present, over two thousand years, were felt in a specific order, as if waves of 'emotional tides' were impacting Xu Jingming's heart, allowing him to truly understand… what 'joy' meant.

…

The child Xu Jingming was doing homework at his desk. Finally, with the last addition and subtraction problem completed, Xu Jingming excitedly rushed out with his homework: "Dad, Dad, I'm done, I've finished it all."

"Oh."

Xu's father, who was watching a program in the living room, looked over with a smile. "Now that you're done with your homework, practice a set of fist techniques first."

"Okay," Xu Jingming very skillfully began to practice the latest set of fist techniques he had learned. After five minutes of practice, he looked at the light screen with burning eyes.

"Let's watch cartoons."

Xu's father agreed.

At this moment, the door opened, and Xu's mother walked back in. "Jingming, have your exam results come out?" As she spoke, she found a Chinese language test paper from Xu Jingming's small schoolbag.

"What? Only 85 points?" Xu's mother was furious.

Xu Jingming was terrified and uneasy.

"The *lan* in *lantian* (blue sky), how many times have I taught you? It's the grass radical. You wrote the bamboo radical again," Xu's mother looked at the test paper and roared. "Come here right now."

Xu Jingming could only run to his mother's side.

"A complete mess, a complete mess, not even 90 points. Your teacher said that there are 50-odd people in your class, and 43 of them got above 90 points. You actually got 85 points? You're at the bottom!" His mother roared.

Tears welled up in Xu Jingming's eyes.

"You still have the face to cry?" His mother was even angrier.

"I promised him just now that he could watch cartoons after he finished his math homework," Xu's father walked over and said in a low voice.

"Math is over, but Chinese isn't! Come inside with me," Xu's mother grabbed Xu Jingming's ear and walked directly into the house.

At this moment, Xu Jingming could no longer hold back his tears.

The promised cartoons were gone.

And there was more endless Chinese homework to do.

How infuriating!

But there was no way to resist!

"Haha…" Xu Jingming felt all of this and laughed. Back then, he was indeed very angry, very aggrieved, and very unwilling.

…

During spear practice, his teammate deliberately played dirty tricks, and he was injured…

Focusing on spear techniques led to a decline in grades, and he was reprimanded by the teacher…

The first time a friend borrowed money and didn't return it, even blacklisting him and spreading rumors about him outside…

One personal experience after another.

In life, in addition to these small angers, there were also some big angers!

Being wrongly accused, he roared at the coach in anger and voluntarily quit the school team…

At the martial arts competition, he saw his teammate, with whom he had spent day and night together, being deliberately crippled, becoming completely disabled…

The despair, anger, hatred, and unwillingness when he broke his leg…

And the intense anger he experienced when he voluntarily entered the sea of bitterness! As a result, he launched a series of massacres.

"What is joy? What is anger?" Xu Jingming experienced the assisted cultivation of the first spatial realm of the book world. Throughout the process, he was able to maintain a normal state of mind.

After all, he had already reached the 'Pure Lotus Heart' level. The first realm of the *Bafang Diagram* was not difficult to cultivate. In half a year, he had mastered the 'Joy and Anger' emotional secret technique recorded in the *Bafang Diagram* and completed the first realm.

…

Even for higher-dimensional lifeforms, joy and anger are the most common emotions.

To be happy for it, to be angry for it?

These two emotions are also the entry-level first realm of the *Bafang Diagram*.

"Mm?"

At the Primordial Research Institute headquarters, in Xu Jingming's residence, in the quiet room.

A much deeper Pure Lotus Fire rose from Xu Jingming's fingertip. "The second level of the Pure Lotus Fire is complete."

After mastering the 'Joy and Anger' emotional secret technique, cultivating the Pure Lotus Fire was significantly easier.