Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 664 - 356: Immortal Star_2

As soon as Lu Yu took out the Spirit Stones, they were swept away, turning into heaps of dust.

The moment the Spirit Fruit was in his hand, the suction from his palm absorbed all the Spiritual Qi within, and the fruit withered into a pile of yellow residue.

His body cells voraciously devoured all the Spiritual Qi they could, creating a vacuum of Spiritual Qi in the courtyard.

A bright yellow Earth Spirit Pearl appeared in his palm, and the thick Spiritual Qi inside swirled into his body, temporarily satisfying his body's need for Spiritual Qi.

Yet, Lu Yu wasn't sure if the Spiritual Qi of one Earth Spirit Pearl was enough.

Logically, it should be sufficient.

After all, this Earth Spirit Pearl was left by a peak demon of the Core Formation Realm, but Lu Yu's condition couldn't be gauged by usual standards.

The light of the Earth Spirit Pearl grew dimmer, and the storm of Spiritual Qi in Lu Yu's body gradually calmed down.

Crack~ the Earth Spirit Pearl made a crisp sound as a fissure appeared, its Spiritual Qi exhausted, and the pearl damaged by excessive absorption.

Lu Yu's third Golden Core formed within him and stabilized; the nearly depleted other two Golden Cores stopped feeding Qi to the third one, starting to absorb Qi from the Eye of the Sea to recover themselves.

The Sun Star drew Qi from the fire sea in the void, quickly replenishing the Qi within the Golden Core.

After his body was refilled with Spiritual Qi, Lu Yu released the third Golden Core.

A Golden Core filled with Spiritual Qi appeared in front of Lu Yu, and after taking a deep breath, he took out the Immortal Heart.

Supported by Spiritual Power, the Immortal Heart floated up.

The Golden Core rapidly enlarged to envelop the Immortal Heart, Spiritual Power quickly seeping into the Immortal Heart.

Resisted by the power of the Immortal Heart, the seepage of Spiritual Power slowed down and faced a rebounding force.

While refining the Immortal Heart, Lu Yu's consciousness entered a primitive world, and before he could react, he saw an enormous beast rise from the land before him.

Even at an unknown distance, Lu Yu could sense its terrifying vitality; he could hear the beast's heartbeat.

Thump, thump, thump~ He felt his heartbeats gradually aligning with the beast's.

"Humph!" Lu Yu let out a muffled grunt, feeling a sharp pain in his heart, opened his eyes, and returned his consciousness to the bamboo hut.

Before him lay the unrefined Immortal Heart; Lu Yu touched his chest lightly, and even that gentle touch caused immense heartache.

Without looking, Lu Yu knew his heart was shattered.

In those hallucinations, driven by the beast's heartbeat, his heart broke unconsciously.

Lu Yu purchased a Heart Recovery Pill from the market; after ingestion, a warmth spread from his chest, and the shattered heart slowly mended.

It's only thanks to Lu Yu's robust physique that he maintained mobility despite a shattered heart.

Any ordinary Martial Cultivator in the Core Formation Realm would likely lose their mobility upon sudden heart breakage.

Being somewhat prepared beforehand, guarding the heart with Spiritual Power, even if broken, it could be sewn together with Spiritual Power temporarily to maintain its function.

In sudden situations, few Martial Cultivators could immediately react to protect their hearts.

Once the heart is completely shattered, intervening becomes futile.

After feeling less heartache, Lu Yu continued refining the Immortal Heart, once again seeing the beast, this time consciously defending against the impact of its heartbeat.

During the battle of consciousness, Lu Yu lasted longer.

But after persisting for a while, he still got caught inadvertently, his heart exploded, forcing him out from the battlefield of consciousness.

"Poof~" Lu Yu spit out a mouthful of blood, opening his eyes to see a black piece of flesh amidst the blood on the ground. It looked like a shadow, flat with no height.

Lu Yu's heart trembled; he touched his chest where something was missing.

"Is that a piece of my heart?" Lu Yu's face showed surprise, realizing his heart had become like this.

He glanced at the Immortal Heart; the refining progress hadn't reached one tenth.

Lu Yu appeared serious; refining the Immortal Heart proved far more difficult than he imagined.

During the refining of the void fire sea, when gathering the mimetic Sun Star, he was in an epiphany, unaware of time passing until the Sun Star was fully refined.

While refining the Water of the Moon, he had the experience from refining the Sun Star, making it much easier, and the two forces complemented each other, indirectly lowering the difficulty of gathering the mimetic Moon Star.

The danger of refining the Immortal Heart lies in the powerful consciousness within it; without defeating this consciousness, Lu Yu cannot refine the Immortal Heart or master its power.

After staring at the Immortal Heart for a moment, Lu Yu took another Heart Recovery Pill, recovered from injuries, and again entered the battlefield of consciousness, challenging the consciousness within the Immortal Heart.

"Poof~" Lu Yu spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Refining progress reached three tenths.

"Cough cough cough~" Lu Yu spat out several black fragments, looking like shadows, flat with no height.

Refining progress reached five tenths.

"Cough~"

...

Lu Yu opened his eyes, fatigue filled them; each clash of consciousness not only made his heart repeatedly explode and shatter.

But also damaged, frustrated, and fatigued his spirit.

He wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, his heart fully emitted out, nothing left to break, no need for pills to recover.

Lu Yu looked at the near-completely refined Immortal Heart, determination showing in his eyes, again plunging into the battlefield of consciousness.

Before him, again rose a sky-covering beast.

Each clash previously was merely resisting the beast's heartbeat, the beast never actively attacked.

This time was different, upon entering, the beast moved.

Turning its massive body, clouds shifted because of it, the earth shook ceaselessly.

Lu Yu saw the beast gazing at him...

Thump, thump, thump~ The Immortal Heart pulsated, emanating boundless vitality, taking charge, enveloping the Golden Core, flying into Lu Yu's body, settling at the heart's position.

Veins and meridians connected to the Immortal Heart, and as it beat, Lu Yu's body revived with prolific life.

Thump, thump, thump~ Heartbeats rang in Lu Yu's ears again, instinctively he tried to block this sound, but found, this time, it's coming from inside him.

Opening his eyes, the giant beast vanished, the Immortal Heart gone too, replaced by a new heart.

[Immortal Star (1 star): Comprehensive self-healing abilities enhanced 100 times]

[Ability - Immortal Physique: Connect with Immortal Star's power for rapid regeneration]

In the unseen realm, Lu Yu felt a star in the sky resonating with him, capable of summoning its power by harnessing the Immortal Star's abilities.

As long as the Immortal Star's power continues to rise, Lu Yu will eventually acquire the ability of Blood Rebirth.

After fully refining the Immortal Heart, it's already the morning of the second day.

Not only the heart, but also the kidney and half a lung stolen by Ghost Hand, Lu Yu voluntarily abandoned them as well, triggering the Immortal Physique, supercells rapidly regenerated, turning the kidney and half lung into super organs.

This also presented Lu Yu with a chance to transform all his cells into supercells.

With the Immortal Physique, even with most of his body missing, death proves hard.

Thus, he could replace all his cells with those bearing the Golden Armor Spirit Array, greatly enhancing his defense.

Adding a passive defense-enhancing Divine Soldier, Lu Yu estimates Martial Cultivators of the same realm might not even break his defenses.

Step, step, step~ Footsteps sounded outside; hearing it, Lu Yu swept the ground, burning the spat blood and organs into ashes with his flames.

Thump, thump, thump~ Someone knocked on his courtyard gate, Lu Yu opened it curiously.

Before the door opened, Lu Yu knew the visitor was unknown to him.

"Hello, what's the matter?" Lu Yu asked the star-browed, sword-eyed, impressive disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion before him with slight curiosity.

"Hello, I'm Qin Ming. I'm here to deliver an invitation; someone requests your presence in the royal city." Qin Ming handed over a gilded jade invitation.

The invitation's design looked exquisitely grand, far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

Receiving the invitation, without saying whether he'd go, Qin Ming turned to leave, swift in his motion, catching Lu Yu off guard.

Seeing Qin Ming transform into a rainbow light and depart, Lu Yu helplessly retreated to the courtyard to open the invitation, checking its contents.

"Having heard of a Divine Weapon Pavilion prodigy challenging the Sword God in a secret realm, today upon learning your true name, I invite you to the royal city for a meeting."

Signed, Zhou Hong.