Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System

Chapter 1025 - 457: True Self Enlightened—I Am Myself, and I Exist for Myself! (Part 2)

Within the Emperor Star, an ancient Great Divine Power User awakens. He is so ancient that his entire skin is slack, his back hunched, the twilight energy around him seems as if it would crush him.

Yet, like the towering heavens, the Power of the Heart and Spirit shines unabated.

As his heart and spirit aura emerged, one by one, the Great Divine Power Users who gazed at the daylight recognized his identity.

"Eastern Emperor, it’s the Eastern Emperor!!"

"The Eastern Emperor indeed has not died. He attempted to reach the end of the Other Shore thrice with no result, yet he still lives!!"

A Great Divine Power User exclaimed in surprise at that moment.

The Eastern Emperor, a name that is a taboo known only to Great Divine Power Users, even if those below them learn it, it would be instantly forgotten.

He hid behind the scenes of the Human Race, his identity and status in some respects could even rival the Ten Heavens.

The Eastern Emperor, Zhang Wendong, was among the first Martial Artists of the Human Race to step out of the Star River, and the strongest in Heart and Spirit Cultivation of that era.

After the Martial God left, the Human Race’s Martial Arts Dao flourished under the Ten Heavens, but Heart and Spirit Cultivation was neglected, for the reason that the Human Race was naturally weak in heart and spirit, overlooking strength for weakness, which is the instinct of all beings.

Let alone, Heart and Spirit Cultivation techniques were monopolized by major races, even if the Martial God left behind a secret painting, it only allowed the Human Race to set foot on the path of the heart and spirit, but to go further, it was as hard as ascending to the sky.

And in such situations, the Eastern Emperor emerged suddenly, his talent in heart and spirit unparalleled in the world, using an ordinary secret painting to enter the Dao, glimpsing the Sacred Realm, repairing and advancing the Heart and Spirit Cultivation system.

In that era, the Martial God left behind the Sacred Realm, while the Eastern Emperor developed it, creating heart and spirit Sacred Realms, paving the way for future generations, and finally, stepping on the Other Shore, leaving traces of the Human Race.

In later generations, any cultivator, any Martial Artist walking the path of heart and spirit, all followed the footprints he left.

Then, he broke the yoke of foreign races’ heart and spirit methods, killing his way out, single-handedly slaying fourteen foreign heart and spirit powerhouses.

Informing the heavens, the heart and spirit of the Human Race, though naturally weak, the Human Race is strong, when people defy the heavens!

Then vigorously promoted, issued, studied heart and spirit methods, actively explored ruins, and brought back Divine Techniques for the Human Race.

This title of Eastern Emperor is not his formal title, but a respectful term from all the Human Race, even the Ten Heavens feel deep respect for him.

Later, the Eastern Emperor attempted multiple times to reach the Other Shore, seeking a higher realm beyond it, uncontent for the path of heart and spirit to merely support the Martial Arts Dao.

This so-called Immortal Divine path should not be so shallow, if the path doesn’t exist, then carve a way out.

However... the Eastern Emperor failed.

Each time attempting to reach the end of the Other Shore, he consumed a terrifying amount of Heart Life, an average Great Divine Power User, even stepping forward half a step, would burn through most of their Heart Life.

But the Eastern Emperor attempted this three times, going exceedingly deep each time.

As the most powerful Great Divine Power User, no one knew how long the Eastern Emperor’s Heart Life was, but after the third attempt, there was no further news of him among humans.

Some speculated he had fallen, others said the Eastern Emperor succeeded, reaching beyond the Other Shore, observing the Human Race from a higher dimension.

And all such speculations were concluded as the aura of the Eastern Emperor emerged at this moment.

The Eastern Emperor still remains in the human world, and his heart and spirit aura has become even more formidable and inscrutable, like a boundless deep sea.

If not for the contrast with the endless great sun, they would almost regard the Eastern Emperor’s aura as divine.

"Is this the ultimate sublimation of heart and spirit?"

"Although the Power of the Heart and Spirit still has a few flaws, the true intent within surpasses me by far too much, I see... I see..."

The Eastern Emperor gazed upon that great sun, his turbid eyes revealed an indescribable expression, devoid of any twilight, but rather lively and spirited, like a young bard, full of vigor.

"As expected! As expected!!"

"It is not the path of the heart and spirit that has limits, but my chosen path was wrong, our path was wrong, the path of heart and spirit, as an Immortal Divine path, why would there be shackles?

The divine is unrestrained, immortals roam freely, always stepping in the Sacred Realm, even when moving forward, stepping, is it not still in a cage?"

"The Other Shore, the Other Shore, there never was any Sea of Suffering, any mundane world, we have always been within the Other Shore, trapped within, not wanting to transcend, how can we surpass the Other Shore!!"

The old man gazed at the Light of the Heart and Spirit, gazed at the vast great sun, speaking cheerfully.

His voice of heart and spirit emerged in the depths of all Great Divine Power Users observing this sunlight.

This statement is so rebellious, so mad, it completely breaks the existing Heart and Spirit Cultivation system, even negating the means left by the Martial God.

If anyone else uttered this, they would surely be deemed crazy, a fanatic, astray, but the speaker is the Eastern Emperor.

He is the one who brought Heart and Spirit Cultivation back on track, in the eyes of heart and spirit cultivators, his status is almost equal to the Martial God.

Yet such a being spoke these words, causing all Great Divine Power Users to waver.

"To see this Dao, my heart has no regrets, hahahaha, everyone, do not waste the scenery along this way, reaching this place, stepping into the Immortal Divine path, has already been my honor."

"I have lived furtively till now, for this moment, I, Zhang Wendong, will take the first step."

The Eastern Emperor laughed heartily, no longer hesitating, his Power of the Heart and Spirit rose like a turbulent wave, directly plunging into that sunlight, yet strong as the Eastern Emperor, no ripple emerged after his heart and spirit fell into the great sun.

Leaving only the Great Divine Power Users standing silently.

And then...

Buzz!!

"You all do not seize the Dao upon seeing it, my heart is uneasy, the path of the heart and spirit, should not stop at the Other Shore!"

A low whisper sounded.

One unknown source of Power of the Heart and Spirit surged into the great sun again.

"Well, well, Heart Life so long, living is boring."

Another strong heart and spirit sank in.

Then, after a long silence, several ripples plunged in.

Among the Human Race’s high ranks, the strategist was almost going mad. Although he is not a Great Divine Power User, he is the highest in Heart and Spirit Cultivation among the supreme beings, just one step away from the Other Shore.

At this moment, he clearly felt the auras of the Great Divine Power Users sinking.

These Great Divine Power Users are treasures of the Human Race, their numbers even rarer than Daoist Masters, each representing a legacy of the Human Race.

They had walked the furthest on the heart and spirit path, held the longest Heart Life, even if a catastrophic disaster befell the Human Race, they had the chance to escape with their heart and spirit, to continue the embers for the Human Race.

But now, because of this unknown source of sunlight, they were making these irrational actions.

"Madmen!! All madmen!!"

The strategist exclaimed angrily, now with Zhou Wuliang missing, chaos in the Star River, all races killing each other, void spirits beyond the Star River Frontline stirring, the five ultimate races harboring treachery, and the gods about to return.

This is the most chaotic era, the beginning of the collapse of order, and now at such a time, these Great Divine Power Users caused such an event....

The strategist sat powerlessly on the throne, he was angry, roaring, but unable to say a single ’no’.

Because, he knows to become a Great Divine Power User, besides talent in heart and spirit, it requires madness far beyond ordinary and a deep obsession with this path.

They saw the continuation of the path, how could they not be moved, even if the Eastern Emperor did not appear, someone would have stepped forward, this is Great Divine Power Users, this is the pioneers of the Human Race’s path of heart and spirit.

This is also why the Human Race, though weak in heart and spirit, has grown rapidly in these years, because these madmen are dragging the Human Race forward!

A thousand words, in the end, converge into one sentence.

"Bless you all... good luck, bless the Human Race... good luck...."

At this moment, Su Tu stood in the cathedral, his expression becoming somewhat peculiar.

Just now his heart and spirit underwent a transformation, elevating to a new height, he failed to control his heart and spirit from spilling over, indeed it was his problem.

But why did so many people’s heart and spirit come to comprehend his Power of the Heart and Spirit?