Chapter 1411: Chapter 23: Heart Monkey (Part 2)

"Heart Ape’s Calamity..."

Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake felt a slight ominous premonition.

He vaguely sensed.

The so-called Heart Ape’s Calamity was not that simple, the difficulty of this calamity was far beyond just a fight with Hong Er.

Since it is a rule left by the "Ancient Strongest".

Then perhaps...

He might have the chance to see the figure of that strongest in the Heart Ape Calamity?

Thinking of this.

Xie Xuanyi fell into thought.

This "Hunyuan Celestial Hall" inheritance, he naturally desired it.

But Xie Xuanyi was not greedy.

He already had a Sacred Realm, the Primordial Swallowing Divine Power had not been fully grasped, so-called greed might lead to wasted effort. As long as he could take the "Hunyuan Sacred Diagram" for visualization and supplement his flesh body’s cultivation method, this would already be a big gain.

"The Heart Ape’s Calamity, might as well try it... No matter success or failure, it won’t hinder my visualization of the ’Hunyuan Sacred Diagram’..."

Having settled his thoughts.

Xie Xuanyi exhaled a breath and summoned his Lifebound Flying Sword, Chen Ke, and spoke seriously: "Please enlighten me, Senior!"

"Good. Very good."

Hong Da showed a look of appreciation.

Actually, proposing this "Heart Ape’s Calamity" was already a test.

If Xie Xuanyi had the intention to retreat, dared not accept it immediately, and confront him head-on...

Then this "Hunyuan Celestial Hall" would certainly be out of his reach.

...

...

Whirl!

Hunyuan Hall was instantly swept by a fierce gale.

For a moment, the brilliance emitted by thousands of talisman papers was completely extinguished.

The moment Xie Xuanyi agreed, the entire Immortal Palace plunged into darkness and silent annihilation.

Hong Er from the "Bronze Drum Seat" disappeared without a trace.

Hong Da as well.

"It’s starting?"

Xie Xuanyi squinted his eyes and instinctively reached to grip his Lifebound Flying Sword suspended in front of him.

However, something unexpected happened.

This reach, it grasped nothing.

All around was pitch-black and dim.

No light or shadow, nor was there the Flying Sword.

"My Lifebound Flying Sword is missing..."

Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake sank; he had never seen such a strange scene before, the connection with his Lifebound Flying Sword was severed!

This kind of thing, usually happens only once in a lifetime.

Either the Lifebound Flying Sword is damaged.

Or the Sword Cultivator themselves falls.

"No... no..."

Xie Xuanyi quickly regained calm.

He scanned within using Divine Thought.

Not only had "Chen Ke" disappeared.

He couldn’t sense his Life and Death Dao Intent, the dharma couldn’t be condensed, and the Primordial Sea became empty!

At this moment, he had completely become an ordinary person, no different from the common folk in a rustic ancient town, no Flying Sword, no Dao Intent, no Primordial Sea... However, there was one thing not taken away.

Undying Spring!

Deepest in Xie Xuanyi’s Dantian.

A wisp of pure white steam lingered and coiled around; at the core enveloped by the mist, a snow-white tip of a Boundary Stele emerged.

The Undying Spring was still there.

Perhaps because of its presence, the Boundary Stele of the "Primordial Swallowing Sacred Realm" under the protection of the Undying Spring was also present.

"All of this is an illusion..."

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath and reminded himself, this was just the Divine Thought World.

"This should be the second layer of the ’Hunyuan Celestial Hall’ Visualization World..."

Visualization World, forged by Divine Thought.

And top Great Divine Power Users can forge a secondary Divine Thought World within the Visualization World.

This inner world is typically only accessible by the Sacred Realm’s master.

Just like the chaos soil carrying the Immortal Tree within the "Primordial Swallowing Sacred Realm", aside from Xuan Ming, only Xie Xuanyi could access it.

If one’s mind is not firm.

It’s likely to lose oneself in the depths of the Visualization World.

Imagine... a Great Divine Power User who ascended the mountain peak suddenly losing all means under unprepared circumstances, what would become of them?

If the will is not powerful enough.

Even a Great Divine Power User’s Heart Lake could collapse then.

True when false is true and false when true.

Due to the protection of the Boundary Stele and the Undying Spring, Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake did not create much ripple.

Swish!

The next moment.

In the dark hall, the sound of breaking the void suddenly echoed.

Though the Flying Sword and Dao Intent had all been swallowed, the sharp intuition in Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake remained.

As the void was broken.

Xie Xuanyi immediately turned his head.

Almost at the same instant, a pitch-black fist scraped past his cheek with a crackling sound!

"Swish—"

The fist was narrowly avoided by Xie Xuanyi.

A missed strike, quickly retreating.

The fierce gust accompanying the punch slowly howled and dissipated.

The whole hall returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi raised his palm, touching his cheek, though he dodged the punch, his cheek was still scraped, leaving a faint blood mark.

This strike was strong.

He squinted his eyes, recalling the instant of contact.

In that flash of lightning-like moment.

Xie Xuanyi vaguely saw the opponent’s silhouette.

The fist thrown in the darkness was covered by dense fur; if guessed correctly, it was a... Demon Ape?

"Boom!"

Not waiting for Xie Xuanyi to think more.

The sound of breaking wind surged again in the darkness.

Bang!

Xie Xuanyi responded by raising both hands, blocking before him; this time, he did not dodge but took the punch solidly, using it as the price to see the opponent’s appearance clearly. The agile and strong figure that broke into his surrounding three feet was indeed a Demon Ape... However, the attire of this Demon Ape was quite peculiar, seemingly wearing a black shirt identical to his own.

Heart Ape!

This... was the Heart Ape!

Xie Xuanyi was struck off his feet, losing balance, his whole person flew backward, but then the sharp wind sounded behind his head!

The Heart Ape’s attack was exceptionally swift, moves wide and vigorous, quite fierce.

Its speed was astonishing, after knocking Xie Xuanyi flying, it flashed to his back position, propped and raised its arm, posing the "Top Heart Elbow" stance, this strike heading directly to kill Xie Xuanyi...

"!!!"

Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake sank, sensing intense unease.

His eyes overflowed with a touch of Killing Intent.

Crack!

A crisp sound exploded in the darkness of Hunyuan Hall.

Xie Xuanyi’s toe pressed against the ground, forcibly stopping his retreat, not falling into the Heart Ape’s "embrace" but twisting his waist and turning, lashing a whipping leg hard!

Losing Life and Death Dao Intent, so what?

In the matter of head-on collision... Xie Xuanyi had never feared anyone!

Bang!

Along with a sharp crackling sound, the Heart Ape posing the Top Heart Elbow posture was whipped fiercely, sent flying like a broken kite, far away rumbling continuously as if knocking over several hall pillars.

This world remained pitch black.

Xie Xuanyi couldn’t see anything.

He wiped the bloodstain on his cheek, chuckling softly: "Seems... it’s not that I have nothing..."

Though the Primordial Lake, Dao Intent, Lifebound Flying Sword were gone.

But the whipping leg just now was surprisingly potent.

Only then Xie Xuanyi realized, he still had the "Martial Dao Sacred Body."

Cultivators from Great Ape Mountain highly emphasize physique tempering, and the combat secret technique of the Hunyuan Sacred Diagram likely related to physical strength.