Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

Chapter 13 Longevity

Chapter 1 A Glimpse of the Path

Xu Jingming looked at the large stone that was the core of the territory ruin, quite satisfied. "This territory ruin has been a pretty good harvest! It allowed me to glimpse the path of ‘Mind Weapons’."

"The high-dimensional lifeforms of the Heart Realm lineage almost all explore the Heart Realm, exploring countless territory ruins. Exploring a million territory ruins is ‘commonplace.’ I'm just starting!"

Xu Jingming had read the "Heart Realm Exploration Guide" and was aware of these common facts.

His Pure Lotus avatar was just a wisp of flame and had to rely on his territory as a foundation, unable to leave too far, which limited his exploration range.

But true Heart Realm high-dimensional lifeforms could explore to their heart's content.

After reaching the Eternal realm, one theoretically had endless lifespan! The number of territory ruins explored would naturally be enormous. A million, ten million territory ruins—this was all very normal.

After all, in the long history of the entire high-dimensional space, the number of Heart Realm high-dimensional lifeforms that had died was also vast.

"My first exploration had gains; it's also related to being new."

A newcomer is practically a blank slate. Initially, every territory ruin would likely be of some help. The further one goes, the less impact they would have. Xu Jingming understood this point.

With more experience, one would have seen all the schools of Heart Realm experts. It would be difficult to find something that could help.

"Territory ruins are common, but inheritances are very precious." Xu Jingming frowned slightly. The院长 (院长, deans) had paid a price to buy a copy of "Heart Realm Three Lines." Inheritances were very precious!

Powerful inheritances were generally recorded personally by their creators! There might only be a few originals. For example, "Dream Hado" was the only original left behind by that monster, Dream Hado, before his death.

"I heard that some territory ruins set up trials. Passing the trials would grant you the original copy of the inheritance. But the few original copies of the inheritance would have been taken away by generations of experts after a long time." Xu Jingming sighed.

"But the ruins of the Third Realm are an exception!" Xu Jingming thought to himself.

Third Realm existences had already converged all their power into one!

Past, present, and future were under their control. They didn't want to die… and they could achieve immortality!

"They themselves are the ultimate form of all power. Their methods are equally inconceivable."

"Normal Eternal lifeforms would have to spend effort to personally write down a powerful inheritance. Therefore, there are only a limited number of inheritances."

"But for Third Realm existences, a word, an image, can all be transformed into an inheritance. It's just that their standards are very high, and the threshold is also high. It's not easy to obtain their inheritances," Xu Jingming thought.

The human race didn't have a single Third Realm inheritance to date.

The Void Star Race, however, had five major inheritances.

"I wonder if I can obtain a complete Third Realm inheritance." Xu Jingming was still very eager because having an inheritance meant a clearer understanding of the Third Realm.

But even as a Heart Realm high-dimensional lifeform, being able to explore a large number of ruins, it was still incredibly difficult to find a Third Realm inheritance. "Let's go, onto the next one!"

Looking at the territory ruin before him, Xu Jingming smiled slightly and flew into the distance.

Flying out of the territory ruin's range, he continued to advance in the chaos. After about half an hour, Xu Jingming stopped. "...This is the limit of my distance from the territory." Flames rose from Xu Jingming's body. The Pure Lotus Fire was already starting to become unstable!

"A spherical space with the territory as the center and the limit distance as the radius! This is the area I'll be exploring in the Cosmic Legend stage," Xu Jingming mentally sketched out a detailed range.

And with a thought, he drew his exploration route in his mind.

To explore as much of the area as possible with as few routes as possible.

"Territory ruins generally have a large range. Therefore, my exploration route can maintain a sufficient distance," Xu Jingming transformed into a stream of light and continued to fly in search.

Time passed.

On Blue Star, Xu Jingming was still studying how to construct high-dimensional lifeforms. His two avatars were also respectively studying "Heart Realm Three Lines" and "Red Lotus Fire," while the Pure Lotus avatar was monotonously flying around in search.

"Jingming, tell me about the Heart Realm. How's the exploration going?" Li Miaomiao was full of curiosity about the 'Heart Realm' in the high-dimensional space.

"Just constantly searching," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "Anyway, it's very boring."

"You've been searching in the Heart Realm for three years," Li Miaomiao couldn't help but say.

"Even if I fly for a hundred years, I still have to fly and search slowly." Xu Jingming didn't mind. If he became a high-dimensional lifeform, he could contact other Heart Realm experts and purchase the coordinates of some territory ruins.

Other experts might have explored tens of thousands of territory ruins, so he could go and buy the coordinates.

Knowing the coordinates, he wouldn't have to run around foolishly in the vast chaos of the Heart Realm. He could directly go to the ‘targets.’

The actual speed of Heart Realm experts was very fast! It was even above that of the Mother River lineage!

"Right now, I'm just a Cosmic Legend, only able to explore around the territory," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"I believe there must be other ruins around your territory," Li Miaomiao said.

"Hopefully. No matter what, I definitely have to carefully investigate the surroundings, without missing a single spot," Xu Jingming said. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Li Miaomiao asked in surprise.

Xu Jingming kissed his wife and happily said, "You said there would be other ruins around, and I've really discovered a second one."

"A second one?" Li Miaomiao was a little excited.

"Yes, this second one looks a little unusual." Xu Jingming was also excited.

The range around the territory seemed small, but Xu Jingming could only sense things within a thousand miles, so he could only explore one place at a time.

Now, he had finally discovered a second territory ruin.

"This ruin?" Xu Jingming looked at the mountain before him. This mountain was burning with flames all over. Just getting close made Xu Jingming feel his consciousness starting to become excited and crazed.

"This ruin is unusual." Xu Jingming continued to explore, and soon saw a second mountain. The mountain was filled with swords, stuck densely with over a million swords.

"A flame mountain, a sword mountain, an icy snow mountain, terrestrial exotic beasts, flying exotic beasts, guardian beasts… and a broken Primordial Star?"

Xu Jingming was shocked by this territory ruin.

"The territory owner has been dead for who knows how long, and there are still exotic beasts in the territory?" Xu Jingming watched the flying exotic beast soaring in the sky. Its wings blocked half the sky with a single flap, and it quickly flew out of Xu Jingming's range of perception. "...This Primordial Star phenomenon." Xu Jingming looked at the Primordial Star in the sky.

The Primordial Star was still emitting light, but it had a lot of damage.

Directly below the Primordial Star were eight mountain-like guardian beasts coiled around. Each guardian beast was incredibly huge! The eight circled around, guarding the central position. There were also colorful lakes containing all sorts of emotions and desires. And all kinds of birds and beasts.

A dazzling Primordial Star hung high in the sky. Next to the great cauldron below sat an aged figure formed from white rock. He was born as a rock-type lifeform. Even after becoming a high-dimensional lifeform, he was still dressed this way.

"Latecomer." The rock elder looked at Xu Jingming. "Having lived for 150 Abyss Epochs, you probably haven't met anyone who's lived longer than me, right?"

"150 Abyss Epochs?" Xu Jingming was shocked.

Even Eternal realm high-dimensional lifeforms theoretically had endless lifespans!

But in the long lifespan, they would encounter all kinds of dangers. Being able to live through one Abyss Epoch was already reaching the average level of the Eternal realm. Dying after 10 Abyss Epochs was considered a very long lifespan among high-dimensional lifeforms.

"These eight mountain-like guardian beasts seem to be completely motionless," Xu Jingming thought to himself. "Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy to get close to this core territory ruin."

Xu Jingming flew past the bodies of the guardian beasts.

Finally, he saw the circular cauldron protected by the eight great guardian beasts!

When Xu Jingming sensed the cauldron, he also touched the mind imprint contained within the cauldron.

"Buzz~~~"

And so, heaven and earth changed drastically. The dilapidated territory ruin transformed into its most beautiful form.

"So beautiful." Xu Jingming saw five strange mountains, some with rising flames.

"How could he live so long, 150 Abyss Epochs?" Xu Jingming muttered to himself.

"At least in the long years I've lived, I haven't encountered anyone who's lived longer than me in the Eternal realm." The rock elder was quite pleased with himself. "This is also what I'm most proud of," Xu Jingming listened.

"When life has been lived for a long time, you want to try something new," the rock elder said. "In my life, I've explored over a hundred million territory ruins! You could say I've learned all the schools of Heart Realm experts!"

"Of the Heart Realm lineage, I have thoroughly researched all 152 major schools! Among them, 36 have reached the Eternal realm level, and three schools have reached the ‘half-step Third Realm’ level," the rock elder said with considerable confidence.

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

No wonder this territory ruin was so extraordinary. A half-step Third Realm ruin?

"Moreover, three schools have reached the half-step Third Realm? In my life, of the ruins I've explored, I've explored 12 Third Realm ruins! More fortunately, I've successively received guidance from two Third Realm existences," the rock elder sighed. "I once felt that I was very close to the Third Realm, but no matter how I pursued it, I was always short of that one line."

"Later, I understood that this one-line difference was an illusion. I was still very, very far away," the rock elder sighed.

The rock elder then smiled. "Latecomer, in my territory, I've left all the inheritances of 152 schools! Three inheritances for each school! How much you can obtain depends on your ability."

Xu Jingming muttered to himself. He didn't know how much time had passed. Perhaps these inheritances were all gone.

"Of course, as time passes, the inheritances will be taken away by generations of descendants."

"To prevent you descendants from returning empty-handed, I will roughly explain all 152 schools once. I will focus on explaining the three schools that I am best at. How much you can learn depends on your ability. Oh right, before I start explaining, remember that my name is Gu Jinshi! If the explanation is helpful to you, remember to revive me in the future when you become a Third Realm existence. I've lived for 150 Abyss Epochs and haven't lived enough yet," the rock elder cackled strangely. "Alright, listen carefully. I'm starting."

Xu Jingming immediately listened carefully.

He, a blank sheet of paper, was eager to learn all knowledge. This territory ruin of ‘Gu Jinshi’ was clearly a huge harvest that surpassed ‘Great Dream Guest.’