Sin Mal approached Bronya because she wanted to pass onto that message. Everyone decided that every message to Shi Tian goes through her. It would be bad if Shi Tian misses their messages during a crucial breakthrough.
After passing on the message and acting smugly, Sin Mal tacitly left.
'Sister Bronya must be more motivated, no?'
Their relationship grew closer during the past year. Sin Mal's hidden thoughts could not be hidden from Bronya.
A light sigh escaped her lips.
"I am too impatient."
She looked up at the stars once more. Their brilliance could blind everyone. The closer you get, the more blinding their light becomes. They live their lives freely, without any constraints. They merely follow the cycle of the world—of their birth and destruction.
"The answer is right in front of me."
All of the techniques' implied meanings suddenly made sense to Bronya. Her Tao Heart resonated with her realizations.
Looking at the stars no longer suffices;
She must become one.
*****
Damn.
My focus over comprehending the [Blade Mantra 2.0] got disrupted by a big news. Sin Mal and Bronya comprehended a fourth level Tao Heart. The dangers of the Golden Core Tribulation lay on the Heart Demon Tribulation. Everything else can be resolved by dissipating the [Two Phase Art].
With a fourth level Tao Heart and a high grade spirit root, forming a Golden Core is basically guaranteed.
It has been eleven months in the real world, but five years inside the Bubble World. Seele's time runs 155 times faster than in the Bubble Worlds. That is roughly 775 times when compared to the real world.
For others, it is eleven months.
For us, it is five years.
For Seele, it is 719 years.
Zip-!
The tip of my fingers distorted the space. The partial power of the [Innate Sword Soul] contains the characteristics of a Nascent Soul Cultivator. If the Golden Core Realm touches upon the three-dimensional space as they will, the Nascent Soul Realm controls the higher-dimensions. Though it is not as extensive as a complete time reversal, it is powerful enough.
The world has three dimensions as its framework. The higher dimensions serve more as 'permissions' to cause further changes. The order of the dimensions does not matter, either. One can control the fifth, sixth, and ninth dimension without touching upon the fourth, seventh, and eighth.
Hum-!
My surroundings are nothing but a vast sea of stars. My body can properly withstand vacuum spaces by itself.
A dozen white lines crawled around me. They formed a geometrical cube filled with grids.
Crack-!
Zoom-!
Shatter-!
My hand did a gesture of squeezing. No amount of light could come close to me. The vacuum space turned into a "true" vacuum, having nothing.
I opened my palm. A miniature black cube rested peacefully. It contained nothing but the previous 'light' around me.
Honkai energy surged around me. The Sea of Quanta's energy came in droves. Under my sight, the 'space' I took got repaired in a moment's notice.
"Heart Intention."
I threw the black cube back to its former place.
Zoom-!
POP-!
A loud 'explosion' rang. The restored space conflicted with the space I took, causing a complete collapse of the three-dimensional plane it resides on.
"Fu…"
My Golden Core frantically absorbed the surrounding spiritual qi. My mind felt extremely heavy to the point I wanted to lose consciousness. I could barely maintain my state by taking in several pills at once.
The heaviness between my eyebrows eased.
"Three years. It's just right."
For three years, I spent all my quota inside the [Encompassing Sea] to comprehend the [Blade Mantra 2.0]. All of the techniques I used reached the [Great Accomplishment] anyways. Aside from dual cultivation sessions to increase my realm, I spent most of my time studying it.
I am not wrong for doing so.
[Blade Mantra] is a unique art born out of the honkai. It forces the physical body to adapt to the honkai through mental suggestions. By the time one reaches [Eminence], they can control the surrounding honkai energy as well as Herrschers.
However, it is a forceful measure in the end. The lack of 'naturalness' leads to a dead-end.
This is where [True Form] comes in.
Derived from immortal cultivation's esoteric interpretations of the way of swords, it shifts the 'forceful measure' into a 'natural attribute' with the help of [Sword Nurturing Pagoda].
Similar to that, [Heart Intention] is anchored to the [Innate Sword Soul]. Except for the Cocoon of Finality, the source of honkai, I have no other match in terms of honkai energy control.
[Heart Intention]'s purpose does not even lie within the honkai, but of the imaginary energy. The [Innate Sword Soul] can be considered as a high-dimensional aspect of the soul. It can perfectly withstand the 'high-dimensional' aspect of imaginary energy, and as such, utilize it to one's whim.
As for what it could do, it is tied to the Imaginary Tree's nature. It is the basis of the existence of everything in this world. There is a lot I can do with it, be it creation or destruction.
Unfortunately, my realm is too low to properly utilize the [Innate Sword Soul]. The best I can do is to launch some Nascent Soul-level attacks. If I focus everything in one blow, I can reach the threshold of Divine Transformation-level attacks without any need to burn lifespan.
Eminence, True Form, Heart Intention.
Three realms.
No wonder everyone else took 'shortcuts'. The honkai are unfriendly with immortal cultivation's slow pacing. Though it is unfriendly, it also served as a cultivation hack. They are akin to yin and yang, perfectly complementing each others' weaknesses.
The [Beginningless Sword] took form in my grasp. Spiritual swords are not limited by physical forms from the fourth grade and above. I placed it back inside my Golden Core. I sensed my progress and let a smile in my face.
{Body: Peak Golden Core (99%)}
{Qi: Peak Golden Core (100%)}
{Mind: Peak Golden Core (98%)}
The pure essences converted from the four Herrschers' mental pollution was enough. I threw away the Herrscher Core of Flames inside my [Chaos Furnace]. That ensured my continued rapid progress.
Bronya and Sin Mal…
Once they break through, I can also begin mine.
I will strive towards the Nascent Soul Realm.