Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Even withered, this heart was still ten zhang in size. In its prime, who knows how large it would have been.

The alien space was fully revealed, only ten zhang in radius. Besides this withered heart, there was nothing else. Neither the anticipated Xu beasts nor other alien beasts were to be seen.

Zhang Yuanjing withdrew his divine sense. His action of 'looking' at the withered heart with his divine sense was actually quite risky. If the other party possessed some kind of evil art, it might have been able to invade his divine soul directly.

He pondered for a moment, then used Earth Tunneling Technique to head towards the surface. Once he reached the swamp, he summoned the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast and told it that there was something below that it needed to investigate, but it might be dangerous.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast did not refuse. It was naturally able to judge danger and was usually unafraid of evil things.

Descending into the earth again, he slowly approached the entrance to the alien space.

The surrounding soil layers were distorted. Some were compressed together, as hard as stone and impossible to penetrate, while others were very loose. He bypassed the hardened areas by moving through these loose areas until he reached the entrance, where he released the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast.

The black-haired lion stood at the entrance for a moment, its azure eyes staring blankly at the withered heart. Suddenly, it collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.

Zhang Yuanjing asked in surprise, "How is it, Suanni Beast? Is there any danger?"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast did not respond.

Upon closer inspection, Zhang Yuanjing saw that the beast had closed its eyes and fallen asleep.

Could it have been affected by some evil magic from the withered heart?

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated for a moment, not daring to act rashly, and waited in the earth. A full two days later, the black beast finally woke up, looking around at the surrounding soil with some confusion.

"Suanni Beast, how are you?" Zhang Yuanjing asked through telepathy.

"Awoo! Squeak!"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast made two different sounds, then stopped, seemingly surprised by its own voice.

Zhang Yuanjing's heart sank, sensing something was wrong. He wondered if the black-haired lion had been bewitched by the withered heart and had forgotten its original origins.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast shook its head, circled around the entrance twice, squeaked twice in Zhang Yuanjing's direction, and then turned and went into the alien space.

It walked to the withered heart, stopping half a zhang away from it, sniffing it carefully with a look of intoxication.

Sensing that the beast did not seem to have lost its soul, Zhang Yuanjing approached the entrance and released Ape Thirteen.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast immediately turned its head and let out a series of cries at Ape Thirteen, totaling over a hundred.

"Yuanjing, the Suanni Beast says that this heart is not dangerous, but it will evoke past memories. Just now, this heart reminded it of its past, everything from birth onwards. Other than that, there's nothing else. Hmm, it also says that this heart is a good thing, but its realm is too low, and it doesn't dare to devour it."

Recalling past events? Zhang Yuanjing was stunned, but quickly realized that this was most likely a form of bewitchment.

For the Suanni Beast, the so-called evocation of memories was to know its original self. If it was a demon beast tamed by him, then this memory might ignite its rebellious heart and unexpectedly harm him, its so-called 'master'.

Of course, this trick was destined to fail, because the Suanni Beast was not his spirit beast in the first place.

He then allowed Ape Thirteen to enter the alien space.

Ape Thirteen was carefree and didn't care so much. Receiving his command, he strode towards the withered heart.

Halfway there, he suddenly stopped, closed his eyes, and seemed about to sit down to sleep, but after only two breaths, he opened his eyes again.

He shook his large head, looking slightly dazed, then pulled out the Mixed Heaven Cudgel and, at a speed that Zhang Yuanjing and the Suanni Beast could not stop, struck the heart squarely with the cudgel.

"Poof!"

As if hitting dry branches and withered leaves, the withered heart only trembled slightly, but there was no other reaction.

"Stop! Brother Ape!"

Zhang Yuanjing quickly transmitted his thoughts with his divine sense.

The Suanni Beast also jumped over, blocking in front of it, and making short cries.

"Yuanjing, this thing is hateful! It wants to provoke a conflict between us, saying that you are a bad person who enslaves me and wants me to kill you! Hmph! Don't stop me, I'm going to smash it to pieces with one blow!" Ape Thirteen transmitted his thoughts angrily.

Zhang Yuanjing immediately understood. As he had guessed, the withered heart still had the power to bewitch. However, it didn't seem very strong, unable to handle even two spirit beasts.

If it was just a matter of questioning one's origins, he was not afraid. In the tomb of the Xue Wang Divine Mausoleum, he had already experienced the question of true self and understood the principle of "I am who I am." What fear did he have of tracing back to the source again?

Thinking of this, he moved from the earth and appeared in the entrance as well.

Before he could take a step, a mysterious and profound consciousness landed in his sea of consciousness, leading him into a fantasy. Scenes flashed backward from the present, clearly presenting everything, whether he remembered them deeply or vaguely.

Many things or people that he had not noticed before, and even the principles hidden behind people and events, were revealed.

He was like an all-knowing and all-powerful being, grasping every detail in his hands.

But this was not a good thing, because his divine soul was not strong enough to withstand so much information.

A sharp pain struck, making him want to shout. He subconsciously shielded a large portion of the information, leaving only some very important things that he had not paid attention to, in preparation for future use.

His memories gradually flowed back to his childhood. In that small mountain village, he and Yuan Kui were catching fish in the stream. Suddenly, a violent tremor came from the village, and then he and Yuan Kui both froze, as if they had encountered some evil spirit, and fell into the water in a daze.

But soon, the two little boys stood up, mocking each other for being weaklings, frightened by a small tremor that came from who knows where.

At this time, a middle-aged Daoist carrying a long sword suddenly appeared by the stream, staring fiercely at them.

Yuan Kui was bold and took a step forward, looking at the middle-aged Daoist and asking, "Are you a passing Fangshi, uncle? If you want to drink water, you can ask for it in the village. Everyone has someone at home."

The middle-aged Daoist's gaze fell on Yuan Kui, and suddenly became clear. He said proudly, "Since that's the case, it would seem inferior to destroy it directly. I will compete with you to see if your Soul Deprivation Technique is more powerful, or my Xuan Tian Sect's orthodox Xuanmen techniques!"

He and Yuan Kui were confused, but the Daoist said, "Little fellows, where is the small mountain village? It has been destroyed by that evil demon."

Yuan Kui and he were confused, and Yuan Kui hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what evil demon! Is there a monster in the village? What about my parents, are they alright?"

As he spoke, Yuan Kui climbed up the bank of the stream and ran towards the village at the foot of the mountain. He followed closely behind.

After that, there were scenes of them crying in the broken walls and ruins, and scenes of Qi Tianxiang taking them in.

But, what about that scene in the stream! In his memory, there had never been this segment.

Especially the scene of him and Yuan Kui falling into confusion and falling into the water was even more bizarre. Where did this come from! What is the 'Soul Deprivation Technique'? Could it be that he and Yuan Kui were really possessed by evil spirits and were no longer the original them?

At this time, many details that he had previously shielded himself from reappeared.

He originally thought that in his cultivation process, besides Yuan Kui helping him, he was just struggling bitterly on his own. He never thought that Qi Tianxiang's face would appear several times, guiding him to understand the Xuan Tian techniques.

But why are none of these things in his memory?

He fell into deep self-doubt!