Chapter 245

The bright moonlight shone down upon the world.

"Jiang Zhao."

The black-robed figure chuckled and whispered, "That name is not bad."

The boy nodded and said, "You said just now that one needs a name to be cured."

"This is her name."

After these words.

Silence fell between the two.

Not far away.

Jiang Jian stood where he was, looking at the scene before him, his heart trembling.

His expression was even filled with horror!

In his existing memories, this scene clearly did not exist!

Jiang Jian only remembered that after the black-robed figure asked for the name, he began to treat his sister.

Afterward, there was no conversation at all.

Yet the scene before him was so real.

"I am taking away a piece of your soul, not as payment."

The black-robed figure spoke again, his tone solemn, "But to save more people."

Opposite him.

The boy was expressionless and said, "Since I have already promised you, there is no need to say more."

Treating his sister's soul-separation syndrome required stripping away his own bloodline to use as medicine.

And the physician, as the price for acting.

demanded a piece of his soul.

The black-robed figure was silent for a long while, then added, "Your soul is different from ordinary people."

"Even if it is filled in later, it cannot be fully restored."

"If one day you truly cultivate to the point of glimpsing the Spirit Platform, but cannot break through because of the missing soul."

"You can call my name."

"At that time, I will come to the solar system and return your soul to you."

Upon hearing this.

The boy was noncommittal, only nodding slightly with a detached expression.

The next second.

The image of the public care area suddenly shattered.

Whether it was the black-robed figure or the boy, they turned into fine fragments of light and dissipated.

Jiang Jian's face was deathly pale, and he stood frozen in place.

This memory simply did not exist in his mind!

Before this.

Jiang Jian had always thought that his missing soul was given to his sister along with the stripped-away bloodline.

But the scene of the conversation just now.

clearly showed.

Although his bloodline was indeed given to his sister.

The missing piece of his soul was clearly taken away by the physician and was not used on his sister as he had thought!

"Who covered up my memory?!"

Jiang Jian regained his senses, his face still pale.

In his pupils, icy blue flames were reflected, and his expression was extremely cold!

Subconsciously.

He stretched out his palm and reached toward his sleeve.

There, a transparent storage bracelet was placed.

This bracelet was refined using a space core, and its technological level had reached an incredible degree.

Likewise.

The space core was also the jump core for the flying craft.

Inside this, secrets known only to Jiang Jian himself were kept.

And only he could obtain what was stored in the deepest part of the space core.

"No."

"It's not time yet."

Suddenly.

Jiang Jian's gaze was piercing, his fingers paused, and he stopped his movement.

Forcing himself to steady his mind.

He organized his thoughts, recalling the scene from just a moment ago.

Calming down, he thought carefully.

This memory appeared after he had named Jiang Zhao.

Now, the "Questioning the Dao Array" in the Hall of Enlightenment had forcibly retrieved this image.

Making Jiang Jian's heart instantly form associations.

Many memories buried deep in his mind, which he had never recalled from beginning to end.

In an instant, they surged like a tide!

A long time later.

Jiang Jian's expression was somewhat dazed.

"So."

"No one covered up my memory."

"It was my own subconscious that inadvertently buried this memory."

Thinking of this.

Deep within his heart.

A tremor suddenly occurred.

A person's subconscious, at certain times, will deliberately bury memories to achieve the purpose of protecting oneself.

"The reason for hiding this memory."

"Was I subconsciously protecting myself?"

As his thoughts surged, Jiang Jian's scalp tingled, and many clouded and foggy matters were instantly understood.

A piece of his soul was taken away by the physician.

The significance behind this behavior was too heavy.

The physician, although she cured his sister's illness.

Her method was to strip away his own bloodline to use as medicine; she cut off his own soul, speaking with certainty that she was going to save more people.

Whether this matter was true or false.

Until now, Jiang Jian could not distinguish.

She said she would return the soul.

This statement, even more so, could not be easily believed.

His previous memories had been blurred by his subconscious.

Regarding what the physician said, it was half-true and half-false, and could not be fully trusted.

Suddenly.

A thunderbolt flashed, exploding in his mind!

"Only the Spirit Platform Realm can repair the soul."

"But a missing soul cannot glimpse the Spirit Platform!"

Jiang Jian recalled the scene from just now, his face as pale as paper.

His body trembled suddenly!

A damaged soul cannot glimpse the Spirit Platform at all!

Unable to glimpse the Spirit Platform, naturally, one cannot repair the soul!

It was a complete dead loop!

Cultivating to the Spirit Platform Realm to complete the soul was a scam from beginning to end!

This information was what this memory was truly trying to hide!

"So."

"The Spirit Platform Realm is nothing but a reflection in a mirror."

"I had long ago lost the qualification to glimpse the Spirit Platform."

Jiang Jian stood where he was, the spirit energy around him surging wildly, his knuckles clenched tight, turning somewhat white from the excessive force.

The physician's words were a mix of truth and lies.

With Jiang Jian's temperament, he would never entrust his fate to others.

She took that piece of soul, and regardless of whether she would truly return it in the end.

Jiang Jian would not hold out hope in his heart.

Thinking of this.

His heart, firm as iron.

In this instant, experienced a brief waver.

But the next second.

Jiang Jian's pupils condensed, and his gaze became cold once again!

His state of mind was even firmer than before!

"Yinshan Wonder Realm, Soul-Weaving Stone!"

"Shen Shen Qingchan, born with a Divine Gift!"

"These two methods can both repair my soul!"

"I still have a chance!"

Thoughts surged rapidly in his heart.

His expression was even filled with madness!

"The world is vast and boundless."

"In this world, there must still exist other methods to repair the soul!"

"No matter what."

"I will definitely be able to complete my soul, glimpse the Spirit Platform, and continue to live."

"I will not die."

"Never."

Jiang Jian closed his eyes.

A few seconds later.

He opened his eyes again.

Deep in his pupils, a terrifying vortex rotated.

By now.

Jiang Jian had already realized.

The reason his subconscious had hidden this memory.

Was because it feared this information would affect his belief in cultivation.

After all.

If he had known long ago that a damaged soul meant he had no qualification to glimpse the Spirit Platform.

If it were someone else, they would probably have lost the heart to cultivate long ago, wasting the rest of their lives in self-abandonment.

The Spirit Platform Realm, although it can repair the soul.

But if the soul is damaged, one doesn't even have the qualification to glimpse the Spirit Platform.

This kind of truth would indeed deal a massive blow to one's cultivation resolve.

To work hard with all one's might and yet have no result is one of the most terrifying things in this human world.

Suddenly.

Jiang Jian raised his head and looked forward.

His gaze froze once more.

"This is the scene during the treatment."

Fine fragments of light scattered and regrouped, revealing a new image.

In the Public Care Center, on a wooden bed.

The girl sat quietly, silver light surging in her eyes.

Beside her, the black-robed figure stretched out his palm, pressed it on her head, his expression surprised.

"Actually awakened the bloodline long ago."

The black-robed figure raised an eyebrow and stopped his movement.

For a moment, his expression was somewhat hesitant.

"Forget it."

"Since I took a piece of soul."

"I won't take your bloodline."

The black-robed figure flicked his fingers, took out a silver-white light flow, and gently placed it into the girl's forehead.

The girl's pupils already had silver light.

With this extra bloodline light flow.

Her eyes were silver-white, even colder and more dazzling!

"Fuse the bloodline your brother stripped away into your body as well."

"At this very moment, your blood source has actually reached such a degree of richness, tsk tsk."

The black-robed figure looked at the girl and praised her.

The girl sat on the bed, her expression wooden, saying nothing.

At the same time.

Jiang Jian realized that his perspective was coming from the corner of the room.

On the table, a wooden sword was placed.

This image was exactly what Hanguang had captured.

The Hanguang Divine Sword was his innate Divine Gift, connected to his spirit and soul.

The images it captured had long been stored and placed deep within his memory.

"So."

"Jiang Zhao had already awakened her bloodline."

Jiang Jian looked at the scene before him, his heart suddenly enlightened.

He then remembered.

Once, when he left the Public Care Center, his sister hadn't been treated yet and was foolish and dull.

Yet she had inexplicably solved the trouble on her own, causing a boy to vanish into thin air, without using the backup plan he had left behind at all.

That incident had always been on Jiang Jian's mind, and he was very puzzled.

Looking at it now.

It was because his sister had already awakened her bloodline.

Even if her intelligence was dull, she had a certain degree of self-protection.

"So."

"The current Jiang Zhao not only possesses her native bloodline but, with the physician's help, has also fused the bloodline I stripped away."

"Her bloodline concentration has reached a terrifying degree."

Thoughts flashed rapidly through Jiang Jian's mind, but he did not linger for too long.

He raised his gaze, watching the scene before him every single moment.

Unknowingly.

He felt admiration for True Monarch Xu Suan.

True Monarch Xu Suan, as a being of the Spirit Platform Realm, had laid out the "Questioning the Dao Great Array," and its utility was unimaginably great!

This array could actually retrace memories.

Making every memory hidden by a being's subconscious clearly appear!

Allowing those who entered the array to face their true selves!

Jiang Jian observed his inner self while sighing at how much effort the Earth-Moon Academy put into cultivating Divine Palace Realm beings.

The Earth-Moon Academy's education system for talented students had been perfected to a terrifying degree.

For the first year, they designate cultivation locations to rapidly improve spirit essence cultivation.

In the time that follows.

They also arrange, both openly and secretly, a large amount of cultivation resources and various official positions.

Used to polish one's temperament and temper one's cultivation foundation.

Once the academy students have cultivated their spirit essence to fullness and returned to the Holy Mountain.

They will walk through the four core buildings of the academy: the Hall of Enlightenment, the Hall of Wall-Facing, the World Vortex, and the Hall of Breaking Through.

After this set of procedures.

If they still cannot break through to the Divine Palace Realm, it only means the student has wasted their talent, is too useless, and has completely lost the value of cultivation.

The fate awaiting such students is only one.

And that is to be driven out of the Earth-Moon Academy and cleared out of the Second-Layer Realm.

"What a Questioning the Dao Great Array."

Jiang Jian stared intently, watching the constantly changing images.

His emotions trembled from time to time.

Among them, many past memories had been deliberately forgotten by Jiang Jian.

But now.

Under the effect of this "Questioning the Dao Array."

All hidden scenes were clearly revealed.

Causing Jiang Jian to temper his inner self at every moment.

His state of mind cultivation was even visibly and forcibly improved.

Because these memory images, like the advertisements before, could not be closed at all and were all mandatory playback.

It felt as if a long time had passed.

And it also felt like it was only for an instant.

This palace finally became quiet.

Jiang Jian stood up, his expression calm, flicked his sleeves, turned around, and walked toward the darkness at the hall gate.

Unknowingly, a month had already passed.

10 strands of Autumn Water Shenque Shenque Lingyun had been mostly used up by Jiang Jian.

His spirit essence cultivation in the Spring of Vitality Realm had almost been raised to the limit!

Compared to the improvement in cultivation realm.

Jiang Jian's greater gain was facing his inner self for the first time.

His state of mind cultivation had improved quite a bit.

His cultivation resolve was even firmer.

Although his cultivation goal deviated slightly from before.

But Jiang Jian knew clearly.

Even if he hadn't come to the Questioning the Dao Array, he would have thought of this sooner or later.

The Spirit Platform Realm is, after all, a leap in life level.

It requires a being's origin to be pure, their spirit and soul to be complete, and to be harmonious as one.

A damaged soul can never glimpse the Spirit Platform.

"Yinshan, Earth Store position."

"Shen Shen Qingchan."

While pondering.

Deep in his heart, Jiang Jian raised the priority and importance of these two matters once again!

A month passed.

In the Hall of Enlightenment.

Jiang Jian gained a lot.

But he did not experience one of its important functions: meditating on the Wall of Divine Illumination in advance.

Attempting to meditate on the Wall of Divine Illumination requires a prerequisite.

And that is for the two major acupoints to be full of cultivation.

Over the past month.

Jiang Jian had been practicing day and night while improving his state of mind.

But his Spring of Vitality spirit essence had never been filled.

Therefore.

Even though he stayed in the Hall of Enlightenment for a full month.

He did not trigger the conditions to meditate on the Wall of Divine Illumination.

Leaving the Hall of Enlightenment.

Jiang Jian did not stop for a moment and went directly to a small prayer building in the corner.

He unbound all his Divine Gift weapons.

4-level Divine Gift weapon, Calling Calling Qingci.

4-level Divine Gift weapon, Shi Xuan Shan Yin.

After unbinding the two items.

They were directly swept into his storage space by Jiang Jian's sleeve.

In an instant.

He clearly perceived.

The spirit energy in the two major acupoints had become extremely pure!

With cultivation at this level.

Any tiny change had a huge impact.

"Hall of Wall-Facing, World Vortex."

Jiang Jian turned around, the spirit energy around him sinking and gathering, his moon-white robes fluttering as he walked toward the Hall of Wall-Facing.

After the problem of spirit energy impurity was completely solved.

The only thing he had to do.

Was to fill the Spring of Vitality spirit essence and raise the acupoint upper limit as much as possible.

Finally, after making all necessary preparations.

He would go to the Hall of Breaking Through to meditate on the true Wall of Divine Illumination!

Divine Illumination Arriving at Truth.

Meditating on the Wall of Divine Illumination is the most difficult hurdle.

Some prodigies break through in an instant, easily reaching the Divine Palace.

Others sit in the Hall of Breaking Through for years, yet never grasp the essence and never enter the Divine Palace.

Suddenly.

Jiang Jian stopped and frowned.

He sensed.

Inside his storage space, on the "Long Que" identity device, three messages had been received in succession!

According to common sense.

This kind of thing should never happen!

This spirit-monster identity device had not added any friends from beginning to end.

No one should be able to send messages to this device at all!

Jiang Jian walked beneath the stone gate, entered a cultivation room at random, activated the isolation array, and took out the "Long Que" identity device.

Beep!

Beep!

Beep!

The message icon flashed, the light was dazzling, and the prompt sound became increasingly harsh!

Jiang Jian was silent for a moment and opened the identity device.

Immediately.

Extremely eye-catching information came into view!

These three messages were actually world communications sent by the Earth Alliance to the hundred billion beings of the Earth-Moon Four Realms!

The first world communication made Jiang Jian's fingers pause, his expression surprised!

"The Dead Realm is officially renamed the Earth Realm, and all entrances are officially opened!"

"The Earth Realm is one of the Earth-Moon Four Realms!"

"The Earth Realm has thirty prefectures and two Spirit Platform Realm beings."

"True Monarch Death Realm, Ghost Monarch of Wrongful Death."

"Congratulations to the two Spirit Platform Realm True Monarchs for officially becoming leaders of the Earth Alliance!"

"The 'Earth Alliance Earth Realm Law,' 'Earth Realm Being Management Measures,' and 'Earth Realm Entry and Exit Rules' are effective immediately!"

The Moon Realm is in turmoil, with foreign enemies at the door.

The once obscure Earth Realm has finally unveiled its mysterious veil before the world.

Jiang Jian swiped his finger and looked at the second world communication.

Upon seeing the content above.

His pupils contracted slightly!

"Except for 1-level Body and 1-level Heart, all other Earth citizens are required to cultivate!"

"Supervised by the identity device, at least 4 hours of cultivation every 24 hours!"

"Ordinary cultivation resources will be distributed uniformly by the local prefectural government!"

"Cultivation subsidies will be converted into Alliance Coins and distributed uniformly!"

"In 100 days, the Earth Alliance will actively open the Moon Realm barrier!"

"And launch a fatal strike against the extraterrestrial beings coming to harass us!"

"Any Earth citizen who cultivates to the Spring of Vitality Realm may report to their local prefectural government and apply to go to the Moon Realm!"

"Applicants can receive massive resources!"

This message was very long.

Jiang Jian read for more than ten minutes and still hadn't reached the bottom.

The Earth Alliance had finally made up its mind.

To invest massive resources to supply cultivation for the entire population!

And, to force everyone to cultivate!

Those who feign compliance and do not cultivate will not only have their subsidies confiscated but will also be fined Alliance Coins!

The seventy surface prefectures had already been stirred into a massive uproar!

Jiang Jian and the other academy students were in the Second-Layer Realm, where the world portals were sealed, and felt incredibly quiet.

If it weren't for the identity device, they wouldn't have heard a whisper of news.

(End of chapter)