Chapter 307: Giant's Heart

Mo Tianheng quickly found the mechanism to open the box.

Only the "cacka" sounds of the spring mechanism were heard, and the crystal box slowly opened, emitting a blood‑red glow from its opening.

"Thump thump, thump thump." A heartbeat sounded from within the crystal box.

Ye Liuyun stared dumbfounded at the box as it gradually opened, hardly daring to believe what his eyes saw.

Inside the crystal box was a gigantic heart, large enough to envelop him entirely. Moreover, the heart was alive—a beating heart!

"Not bad. What's buried here is that senior's heart!" Mo Tianheng explained to Ye Liuyun.

"A heart, and it's alive? Is this for resurrection? How did it previously erase the souls of those ferocious beasts and then seal them?" Ye Liuyun muttered, asking.

If the heart alone is that big, how massive must the body be! Ye Liuyun could hardly imagine what kind of giant could possess such a heart.

Moreover, the heart, detached from its Physical Body, remains undying! It has survived from ancient times to the present!

All of this was simply too wondrous for Ye Liuyun.

"Maybe it can, maybe it can't; I'm not sure yet," Mo Tianheng explained to Ye Liuyun. "As for erasing those ferocious beasts, he was forced to at the time. Those beasts had once been his pets. However, an Alien Evil Artifact discovered them here; if he didn't annihilate all the souls, the beasts would be killed and his location exposed. Moreover, it's just a heart, storing little Divine Soul Power, and there was no longer enough Divine Soul Power to handle both the beasts and the Alien Evil Artifact separately."

Ye Liuyun looked at those ferocious beasts and felt sorry for them. If it were him, he would never have been willing to kill Lei Ming, Bai Hu, and the others.

"Those ferocious beasts originally brought this heart here to serve as a burial offering!" Mo Tianheng sighed, saying softly.

Hearing Mo Tianheng say that, Ye Liuyun felt a little better.

At that moment, Mo Tianheng summoned three drops of essence blood from the heart. "Refine these three drops of essence blood here! They can boost your Bloodline Power. Consider it a bond with the heart. I can only give you this much; any more would impair the heart's function."

Then Mo Tianheng taught Ye Liuyun a way out. "The Spirit Stones here are the Primordial Power of this Secret Realm; take them as you wish, no need to leave any for the Demon Race. The corpses of those ferocious beasts also contain essence blood. After you extract the essence blood and the beast cores, help burn them; I don't want to see them eaten. As for the other Foreign Tribe, dispose of them as you like."

"I have other matters, so I won't stay here with you. We'll meet again later! I can now confirm you're also a person of destiny; we will certainly meet again."

Ye Liuyun nodded, agreeing to all his requests. Truth be told, he wanted to chat longer with Mo Tianheng, but the latter seemed to have urgent business, so Ye Liuyun didn't block him. He only said "Take care," and saw him off.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun released the Grand Hall and Lei Ming's group, letting them mine Crystal Stones and move them into the Grand Hall. Upon seeing the Spirit Stones, everyone cheered joyfully.

"From now on we'll never have to worry about lacking Spirit Stones!"

Ye Liuyun entered the Xuan Kong Shi and began refining the three drops of essence blood. As he refined them, he was surprised to find that the bloodline power contained in the essence blood was not inferior to the bloodline power the Golden Dragon gave him in the Tianlong Secret Realm.

"This is also a divine‑grade bloodline!" Ye Liuyun thought in shock.

Absorbing this kind of bloodline power would undoubtedly have a massive effect on his bloodline awakening. He felt his bloodline, which had reached Saint level, was already transitioning to Transcendent Saint level. This awakened bloodline allowed him to suppress opponents directly with bloodline power.

After Ye Liuyun finished absorbing the three drops of divine‑grade essence blood, he emerged from the Xuan Kong Shi. Lei Ming and the others had, in three days, only mined half of the Spirit Stones; the underground world still had the other half untouched.

Ye Liuyun then approached those ferocious beasts and Alien Evil Artifacts, beginning his assessment. There were six ferocious beasts; three of them, Ye Liuyun thought, could be left for the Monster Beasts. This time the three were a fierce tiger, a golden ape, and a lizard dragon.

Ye Liuyun summoned Lei Ming, having her refine the lizard dragon's essence blood and extract its crystal core for refinement. He then directly burned the remaining Physical Body.

"Ah! Don't burn it! It could be grilled; burning it is such a waste!" Lei Ming shouted immediately.

"It must be burned; I promised the owners of those ferocious beasts!" Ye Liuyun said, his true fire still blazing, explaining to Lei Ming.

Then he extracted the essence blood from the fierce tiger and golden ape, wrapped them in True Essence, and also dug out their crystal cores, handing them to Lei Ming to deliver later to Bai Hu and Shi Yuan.

For the remaining ferocious beasts, he distributed their essence blood among several women, extracted and stored their crystal cores, planning to absorb them later after leaving. He then burned all the corpses.

As for those Alien Evil Artifacts, Ye Liuyun was less courteous. He extracted their crystal cores, stripped their scales and claws, then burned the bodies to ash.

Ye Liuyun estimated that if he absorbed all those Foreign Tribe crystal cores, he could raise his realm by one or two levels.

Afterwards, everyone returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to refine the ferocious beasts' essence blood, then went out to continue moving Crystal Stones. With Ye Liuyun's participation, their speed increased further.

Liang Xue also filled her Storage Ring with many items. That way, when she returns to cultivate, she won't lack Spirit Stones.

Only after loading every Spirit Stone, without a single one left, into the Grand Hall did Ye Liuyun pack up the Grand Hall and the others, and, following the mechanism Mo Tianheng taught him, returned to the mountain summit.

Then he descended the mountain directly, immediately leading everyone out of the Secret Realm. Along the way, there was no time left to slay the Corpse Demons and the Demon Race.

With the energy source gone, the Secret Realm could not endure much longer. Before they even exited, Ye Liuyun keenly sensed the spatial pressure inside the Secret Realm increasing; soon other spaces would compress everything here into void.

"Run! Accelerate, the Secret Realm is collapsing! If we're slow, we'll all die inside!"

So Ye Liuyun took the lead, sprinting toward the Secret Realm's entrance.

Just after they emerged from the Secret Realm's entrance, they looked back and saw the Secret Realm's space being gradually squeezed and collapsing by other spaces, the realm crumbling as if heaven and earth were falling, eventually vanishing completely.

Now they no longer need to worry about Corpse Demons escaping; everything in the Secret Realm has already been erased along with that space.

Afterwards, they bid each other farewell and returned to their respective Sects.

Ye Liuyun, leading the group, boarded his Flying Boat and rushed back to the Sacred Martial Academy.

This outing lasted nearly a month; many Corpse Demons were slain, and many crystal cores were mined, yet his realm saw little advancement, as he spent most time commanding battles, leaving little time for cultivation.

So along the way, he continuously absorbed Corpse Demon crystal cores to raise his realm. He estimates that even if he joins the Alliance, great strength will still be required.

In this world, strength is the hard truth everywhere.