Chapter 1993: Chapter 1986: Heart Demon Shen Luo took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, looking at his fists, a hint of joy appearing on his face. After a year of arduous cultivation, the Pangu True Technique had finally reached the beginner stage, with the fusion of the two forces of immortality and demon reaching forty percent. He was inclined to test the power of the Pangu True Technique, clenching a fist with one hand, a mass of black and white light surging forth, and punched forward with force. With a muffled “puchi” sound, the void in front seemed to boil like water, then exploded into a space hole about a yard wide. Shen Luo was both surprised and delighted. Just now, he had only used sixty to seventy percent of his strength, yet he could easily shatter the void. The Pangu True Technique was indeed terrifying, no wonder Xuanyuan’s remnant soul claimed that it was enough to rival Chiyou. He restrained the surging great strength within his body, checked himself, and soon a hint of surprise appeared on his face again. His physical body, due to this accidental encounter, had reached a state of returning to one’s original purity, pure and translucent like a piece of uncut jade, without the slightest impurity. This was one of the necessary conditions for advancing to the Heavenly Venerable Realm. Once truly advanced to the Heavenly Venerable Realm, one would be able to cultivate into the true appearance of all beings, like the Buddha and the Jade Emperor. Furthermore, his mana had greatly improved, reaching the Taiyi Peak. Shen Luo’s pupils held a restrained divine light, and a circle of golden lines floated within. He glanced around, discovering that the decline in spiritual energy and demonic energy within the Divine Demon Well was less than one-third, far from the initially estimated consumption of at least half. However, the Forbidden Array was slightly flickering, and waves of pure spiritual power and demonic qi were quickly replenishing the consumption here. His gaze flickered, opening and closing his fist repeatedly, casually waving in front of him, causing a layer of invisible air flow carrying black and white mist to flow, drawing a winding curve in the void, naturally formed. He gently exhaled a long line of air from his mouth, coiling into a substantial cloud-like tide before him. Shen Luo felt a sense of peace of mind like never before, as if he had become one with the Divine Demon Well, seemingly entering a transcendent state of no self, beyond the ego. In a vague sense, he thought of a possibility and immediately made an extremely bold decision. He wanted to attempt an immediate breakthrough and advance to the Heavenly Venerate! This state of clarity was hard-won, and Shen Luo knew very well that if he didn’t seize this opportunity, it would not be so easy to attempt a breakthrough to the Heavenly Venerate Realm in the future. A thought rose in his mind and then returned to calmness. Shen Luo sat cross-legged, changing his hand magic spells, once again operating the Pangu True Technique, beginning to continue absorbing the spiritual energy and demonic energy, launching an impact towards that critical point. He saw the Yin-Yang Creation Diagram beneath him start spinning rapidly, faster and faster, stirring the spiritual energy and demonic qi into his body, once again slowly pushing his breath to grow. But after a long time, despite the increasing influx of spiritual and demonic energy within him, it was never able to fulfill the desired outcome. Seeing his own breath regressing instead of progressing, gradually declining, Shen Luo’s eyes focused, and a hand pressed downward, and from his palm suspended in mid-air, a strand of black silk thread slowly extended out. At this moment, the Chaos Black Lotus also began to exert its effect. As the lotus root began to absorb spiritual energy and demonic energy, the power surging into Shen Luo’s body instantly multiplied several times. The bottleneck that couldn’t be opened earlier finally cracked open. Shen Luo was overjoyed, preparing to make a grand effort to advance directly to the Heavenly Venerate Realm when an unexpected turn of events suddenly occurred. His mind was suddenly pulled by an overwhelmingly powerful force he couldn’t resist, instantly entering his own Sea of Consciousness, a somewhat familiar yet overtly hostile mind immediately invaded his entire Sea of ​​knowledge. At this moment, his Sea of Consciousness had undergone drastic changes. All he could see was endless darkness, with the sea’s surface waves surging, constantly attacking his thoughts. “Haha…” A burst of laughter filled with evil intent echoed from all around. Shen Luo looked around but saw no one, immediately activating the Suppressing God Technique, forcibly calming the waves in the Sea of Consciousness. With the Unsurpassed Divine Mountain towering, the waves in Shen Luo’s Sea of Consciousness finally calmed considerably, but the darkness surrounding him showed no sign of abating, and the eerie laughter continued to erupt from his surroundings. “You finally came. I’ve been waiting for this day,” a voice that sounded very similar to his own rang out, yet the tone was filled with indescribable evil charm. Shen Luo glanced around again, his brows suddenly lifted, immediately looking down below. In the instant he lowered his head, Shen Luo was stunned. Beneath him, the Sea of Consciousness was as calm as a mirror, reflecting a pitch-black silhouette. The silhouette had the same face, the same figure, even the same posture as him, but he could tell at a glance that it was definitely not him. Shen Luo suddenly understood, no longer initially shocked, but instead calmly appraised him. He saw that the silhouette maintained the same actions and expressions as him, stalled for a moment before suddenly cracking a mouth open, revealing a sinister white tooth, smiling at Shen Luo. “So you’re my Heart Demon?” Shen Luo frowned and asked calmly. “Do you know that I’ve been waiting for you all along?” the Heart Demon chuckled. “What are you waiting for me for?” Shen Luo actually had an answer in his heart, but he still asked. He wanted to evaluate the Heart Demon’s personality through its answer, thereby determining his own Heart Demon’s root cause. “Waiting for you to grow little by little, until you become a strong enough vessel,” the Heart Demon licked its lips and replied. “So you germinated within me long ago?” Shen Luo raised an eyebrow and asked. “Earlier than you think,” the Heart Demon smiled provocatively. Shen Luo furrowed his brows, pondering quietly, why was there a flaw in his state of mind? But before he could figure it out, the Sea of Consciousness shook again, and the Heart Demon below, as if in a mirror world, suddenly stretched out a pitch-black hand, grabbing his ankle. Shen Luo suddenly felt a chill of death spread up his leg from the Heart Demon’s palm, and it invaded his whole body inexorably, making his spine chill, and a deep fear sprouted from his heart. Fear, an emotion Shen Luo had seldom experienced since attaining mastery in cultivation, at this moment, he just felt like a novice who had just started traveling through Dreamland, constantly facing the danger of imminent death. The past female ghost, Demon Wolf, Fox Demon… those demons that seemed not strong now but almost forced him into a desperate situation at that time, the fear they brought him, at this moment turned into waves and invaded away. The panic quickly engulfed Shen Luo, and it was also reflected in his Sea of ​​Consciousness.