Chapter 231 Heart Demon Tribulation

His mental will index reached over 11,000 points.

Crossing the Heart Demon Tribulation could be said to have almost no difficulty.

However, just to be safe and prevent extreme situations from happening,

Lin Yuan still planned to face the Heart Demon Tribulation within a shuttled world.

In the two-million-plus year of the Star Sea Calendar, the Evolutionary Grand Scholars of Human Civilization had conducted detailed research on the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Some Grand Scholars believed that the "Heart Demon" faced when breaking through to the eighth rank came from the outside world, condensed from the negative emotions of hundreds of millions of living beings.

Other Grand Scholars believed that the so-called "Heart Demon" came from the obsessions of the Evolver themselves.

As for which specific one it was, there was still no definitive conclusion to this day.

And Lin Yuan's choice to face the Heart Demon in a shuttled world was targeted at the first scenario.

The Heart Demon came from the outside world.

If that were truly the case and Lin Yuan sensed something was amiss, feeling that he could not survive the Heart Demon Tribulation,

he could completely rely on the Gate of Myriad Realms to escape back to the Main World.

No matter how strong the Heart Demon was, it was impossible for it to cross dimensional Realms and pursue him into the Main World.

Of course, given Lin Yuan's current mental will index of over 11,000 points,

he did not think such a possibility would occur, but one always had to leave a backup plan for anything.

"Begin."

Lin Yuan's mind sank deep into his mind.

He looked towards that towering and magnificent Gate of Myriad Realms.

"The current Boundary-Breaking Source Power has already accumulated to seven wisps."

Lin Yuan checked the amount of Boundary-Breaking Source Power. With the blessing of his Yin God constantly at the Alien Race Battlefield beside that permanent spatial rift, it only took two hundred and ninety days to accumulate one wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power.

"Spending a wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power to buy peace of mind is not a loss."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. For this shuttle, Lin Yuan's main goal was to survive the Heart Demon Tribulation.

As for continuing to Cultivate? Comprehending rules? Perfecting the Martial Dao Evolution Path? All of those were pushed to the back.

"Shuttle."

Lin Yuan directly consumed a wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power, and his will surged into the Gate of Myriad Realms.

"This old man doesn't even have a few catties of meat on him altogether."

"Having some is better than nothing; at least it can make some soup."

"Sigh, that's just how it is. But that girl I saw today really looks tender and pretty."

"So what if she's tender and pretty? In this world nowadays, no matter how pretty someone is, it's not as good as a catty of food."

Lin Yuan faintly heard some voices. Although he did not understand the language, he could instinctively understand them.

It was just that his consciousness had just awakened not long ago and he had not fully adapted yet, so he could only quietly listen to the conversation outside.

After a dozen or so breaths,

Lin Yuan's consciousness finally stabilized.

"Hmm?"

"The Great Yan Empire? The late period of the Dynasty, warlords fighting in chaos? The people living in dire poverty?"

Lin Yuan quickly accepted the original body's memories and understood his current situation.

The level of this world was not very high. At least in the original body's memories, even Experts who could fight one against a hundred were extremely rare.

The Great Yan Empire had ruled the world for nearly five hundred years, and now it had completely decayed. Accompanied by the uprisings of various 'righteous armies', the entire Empire was already tottering.

The reason for this was because the common people simply could not survive, coupled with successive major disasters and taxes from the imperial court getting heavier year by year.

Now it had reached the extent of people eating people.

Take Lin Yuan for example now; he was treated as meat food, and people even disliked that he had too little meat.

"My body right now…"

Lin Yuan perceived his body and frowned slightly. First was his age; the original body was already over sixty years old, and its bodily functions had seriously degenerated, coupled with being in a state of starvation for a long time.

At this moment, it was even somewhat difficult for him to stand up.

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment. In his memories, the original body was a minor landowner, but because the world fell into great chaos and warlords attacked, the original body was forced to lead his domestic servants to migrate.

However, not long after escaping, he encountered a band of refugees. All his wealth and belongings were robbed, and he barely escaped himself, winding up here shortly after.

Lin Yuan rested for a moment. Relying on his strong mental will, he mobilized his Qi and blood to circulate, barely recovering somewhat.

"This Realm?"

Lin Yuan looked around. From the awakening of his consciousness until now, he hadn't felt even a shred of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, Origin Qi, or anything of the sort.

"An Age of Dharma Decline?"

Lin Yuan judged in his heart.

At the same time,

[Name: Chen Jun (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]

[Divine Ability: Rebirth from a Drop of Blood]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Residency Time: Thirty years]

"Only thirty years of residency time?"

"Turns out the world residency time depends on the world's level rather than one's own Realm?"

Lin Yuan's expression was thoughtful.

In the previous six shuttles, Lin Yuan's residency time grew longer each time, making Lin Yuan think that the residency time of a shuttled world was related to his own Realm.

The higher the Realm, the longer the residency time.

But looking at it now, it should depend on the level of the shuttled world.

After all, this current world should only be a low-martial world or even a non-martial world, probably even weaker than the world Lin Yuan shuttled to for the first time, so there was only thirty years of residency time.

"The shuttle performed by consuming a wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power is completely random. In the previous six times, my luck was good, so every shuttled world produced help for me, but this time, I don't have the previous luck."

Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart.

However, the level of this shuttled world had no real impact on Lin Yuan's main goal.

In fact, the weaker the shuttled world, the happier Lin Yuan was, because if analyzed according to those Evolutionary Grand Scholars of Human Civilization,

the Heart Demons of the Heart Demon Tribulation came from the outside world and were condensed from the negative emotions of hundreds of millions of living beings.

Then the Heart Demons condensed from the negative emotions of the hundreds of millions of living beings in the Main World,

compared with the Heart Demons condensed from the living beings in this current low-martial world, were definitely worlds apart.

They completely could not be compared.

Lin Yuan undergoing the Heart Demon Tribulation here was equivalent to lowering the difficulty.

"Welcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation has nothing to do with the Physical Body or Soul. What the Heart Demon targets is not the Physical Body or Soul, but the mental will."

"As long as the Realm has been reached, the descent of the Heart Demon can be triggered at any time."

"It doesn't require the Physical Body and Soul to simultaneously reach the seventh-rank limit."

Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart.

Stepping into the eighth rank required the Physical Body and Soul to reach ultimate Perfection.

But surviving the Heart Demon Tribulation did not have this requirement; as long as the Realm standards were met, it was sufficient.

Even right now, Lin Yuan was able to trigger the descent of the Heart Demon.

"Although the residency time this time is not long, there are still thirty years; there is no need to rush."

Lin Yuan glanced around. Most importantly, his current situation was not very good; he shouldn't be in the middle of undergoing the Heart Demon Tribulation only to have his external Physical Body disturbed by someone.

"Hmm?"

"You old man, what are you standing up for?"

"Could it be you still want to escape? Where can you escape to?"

Just as Lin Yuan adjusted his Qi and blood and got up to move around, two burly men not far away also looked over. Their surroundings were hung with slaughtering tools, and they sized Lin Yuan up with malicious intent,

as if they were looking at pigs and sheep about to be slaughtered.

"Scram."

Lin Yuan glanced at the two of them.

He did not use any power—in fact, he couldn't use power either. Lin Yuan's consciousness had just recovered, and the only means he could employ were those of the mental will aspect.

Boom.

Those two burly men were glanced at by Lin Yuan and only felt as if the heavens and earth had collapsed, their minds feeling as if they had been crushed dozens of times, directly leading to the collapse of their wills as they collapsed onto the ground and convulsed continuously.

Their Physical Bodies were still alive,

but their mental will had collapsed.

This was the advantage of having a strong mental will; a mere gaze could completely rout the opponent.

Of course, it was also because these two burly men were too weak in strength. If they were sixth-rank or seventh-rank Evolvers, even if their mental will was far inferior to Lin Yuan's, relying on the defense of their Physical Body and Soul, it would be impossible for them to be this feeble.

"Let's go."

Lin Yuan swaggered out.

Along the way, people successively wanted to stop him, but they all collapsed under Lin Yuan's gaze.

With Lin Yuan's current mental will strength, even if he were surrounded by a million-strong army, he could still stroll out leisurely.

This was still with the fragile Physical Body greatly restricting the deployment of Lin Yuan's mental will.

Time flowed on.

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.

During these ten years, Lin Yuan did not choose to immediately go through the Heart Demon Tribulation, but instead traveled all over the world, observing all living beings with the posture of a bystander.

The Great Yan Dynasty was breached at its imperial capital by rebel armies in the fourth year of Lin Yuan's descent, completely perishing as a Dynasty.

At this moment, the general trend of the world was chaotic beyond compare, with various warlords taking turns stepping onto the stage.

Ultimately, a newly rising warlord waving the banner of 'Great Chu' marched from the south to the north, taking six years to end the troubled times and establish the Great Chu Empire.

Inside a sunny valley,

a middle-aged man with a noble aura stood outside respectfully.

He seemed to be waiting for something.

If an outsider were here, they would discover that this middle-aged man was none other than the founding emperor of the Great Chu Empire and the most noble person in the world.

Yet right now, this founding emperor stood outside the valley incomparably respectfully, not daring to overstep in the slightest.

At this moment, a boy walked out from inside the valley.

"Immortal Master, is the Immortal Master willing to see me?" Seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately asked in a low voice.

"You should leave."

"The master said that between you and him, there is no major favor to speak of, so there is no need to mind it." The boy said solemnly.

"No major favor…"

The middle-aged man's expression was desolate and lost. Back then, if the Immortal Master hadn't intervened, he would have long died at the hands of the rebel armies; how could he possibly have established such a foundation?

Although he only followed the Immortal Master for a few years, the middle-aged man deeply realized that the Immortal Master was a true Immortal, and worldly matters were not placed in the Immortal Master's eyes at all.

Even he, the founding emperor of the Great Chu Empire, was merely casually cultivated by the Immortal Master.

"Yes."

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Tell the Immortal Master that I will have Great Chu enshrine the Immortal Master's memorial tablet day and night."

Inside the valley,

Lin Yuan glanced at the departing middle-aged man without paying him much mind.

He was not a person of this Realm; whatever actions he made were just done as he pleased.

Great Yan perished and the world was in utter chaos. Lin Yuan grew tired of watching, so he cultivated a founding emperor to stabilize the world, which made things easier on the eyes.

That was all.

"My mental will index right now should exceed 12,000, right?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. Over these ten years, he had traveled across the world, growing thoughtful, and his mental will had improved once again here.

"It's just that here, I cannot sense the Demon Jade Space?"

Lin Yuan suddenly thought in his heart.

As early as the moment of Lin Yuan's consciousness descent, with memories synchronized and comprehending 3,333 evolution path roads, he naturally condensed the Mo Yu Mark.

In the Main World, the moment he condensed the Mo Yu Mark, Lin Yuan was able to sense that vast and mysterious Demon Jade Space.

But here, he gained nothing at all.

From this point, it could be deduced that even the Moyu Tower Master was far inferior to the Gate of Myriad Realms. At least the casual shuttling performed by the Gate of Myriad Realms exceeded the perceptual limit of the Moyu Tower Master.

Time flowed on.

In the blink of an eye, another fifteen years passed.

During these fifteen years, the Great Chu Empire ushered in a period of prosperity, with a massive population growth, and the founding emperor of Great Chu was praised by all the people.

Regarding this, the founding emperor of Great Chu bluntly stated that everything he was doing now came from the guidance of the Immortal Master.

Without the Immortal Master, there would be no him, and there would be no current Great Chu Empire.

The entire Empire, from top to bottom, worshipped the Immortal Master's memorial tablet day and night.

On top of a Mountain Peak,

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

"Pity that this world is too weak; there is no need to even spread the Martial Dao Evolution Path."

Lin Yuan thought in his heart.

With the suppression of this world nearing the Age of Dharma Decline, even if Lin Yuan spread the Martial Dao Evolution Path externally, future martial dao cultivators would at most only Cultivate to the Innate Realm.

Equivalent to unranked.

It was fundamentally impossible to touch upon the core essence of the Martial Dao Evolution Path.

Thus it would be very difficult to provide any 'benefit' to Lin Yuan.

Of course, Lin Yuan did not give up on this world either.

Over these twenty-five years, he wandered far and wide, replicating the Martial Dao Evolution Path onto some special metals and scattering them to all corners of the world.

If one day in the future this Realm lifted its suppression and ended the Age of Dharma Decline, the Martial Dao Evolution Path would inevitably rise first.

"It's time to undergo the Heart Demon Tribulation."

Lin Yuan made his decision in his heart.

Although there were still five years left until the residency time ended,

the past twenty-five years had already allowed Lin Yuan's tempering of his mental will to reach its limit.

Dragging it out further held little significance.

With this thought, Lin Yuan began to actively summon the Heart Demon.

The Heart Demon Tribulation descended.

In a trance,

Lin Yuan opened his eyes once more.

He found himself appearing inside a room.

"This is?"

Before Lin Yuan could look around carefully,

his mother, Lu Qiong, walked in. "Xiaoyuan, I've already asked your uncle. He said he can take your name off the mandatory conscription quota."

Lu Qiong said full of delight.

"Mandatory… conscription quota?"

Lin Yuan's expression was somewhat stunned. Vaguely, he seemed to feel there was something wrong with this sentence.

Who dared to enforce mandatory conscription on him?

"Yeah, your uncle also said he found a job for you in the government. Tomorrow you go find your uncle, and he'll arrange everything."

"Xiaoyuan, your uncle is our family's benefactor. You must be polite when the time comes."

Lu Qiong kept instructing from the side.

"Once Xiaoyuan's job is stable, it'll be time to find a girlfriend. By then, you guys can get married and have children early. Your dad and I can help raise them; those robots don't know how to raise children at all, it's better to let us do it."

Lu Qiong started thinking about the future.

"Get married?"

"Have children?"

Deep within Lin Yuan's eyes, starry sea vortices faintly emerged.

"My conquest is the vast starry sea; how could I be trapped on an ordinary planet?"

Lin Yuan stretched, stood up, and laughed aloud.