In the boundless vacuum of dark space, only the direction of the sun held a sliver of brightness. Beyond Jupiter's atmosphere, which could accommodate two Earths within its storm alone, Li Changzhou admired the auroras that spanned for 30,000 kilometers.

"How much longer do I need to wash?"

Guanyin glanced at the heart and replied, "It'll be soon."

Li Changzhou's chest was vertically split open, his blood vessels and muscles clearly visible, while the heart in the middle was missing.

"Jupiter is a fluid planet, which pretty much fits with the idea of 'heart-washing'." Li Changzhou watched his distant heart, feeling its beats.

Thump~ Thump~

The heart in front of him bore the same shape as before, but at this moment, it looked like a red-hot iron block or a flowing ball of liquid flames.

The heart, one of the five organs and associated with fire in the Five Elements, was being refined by Jupiter with its 82% hydrogen composition, which was quite suitable.

"We're now in the final stage; you just need to wait for the heart's temperature and energy to stabilize before we can put it back. You can relax a bit now," Guanyin said.

Li Changzhou took a deep breath.

It wasn't tiring or troublesome, but as it was the first time he had removed his heart from his chest, he felt inevitably nervous. It should not be the case the next time.

"Shall I continue to cultivate the 'Mountain Character Technique'?" Guanyin asked.

The "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" consisted of seventy-two forms, yielding a divine skill every six forms for a total of twelve. Li Changzhou had already perfected the first five forms and had recently mastered the first divine skill, the 'Mountain Character Technique'—utilizing Jupiter for heart-washing corresponded with the seventh form, and he was close to completing it.

The 'Mountain Character Technique' contained three concepts: Moving Mountain, Taking Mountain, and Opening Mountain.

A mountain is not only an accumulation of dust, stones, and vegetation but also represents the mountain of Qi-Blood in the human body.

Li Changzhou had already mastered Moving Mountain, was somewhat short of mastering Taking Mountain, and had not yet begun Opening Mountain.

With his talent, even with 'Concentration' and one of the 'Wisdom Pearls', he was unable to quickly succeed, which showed that physical cultivation techniques also required intellectual effort.

Guanyin also repeatedly warned that a physical cultivator needed to possess the courage to burn one's boats when facing death, not just be a crude fighter who only knew how to swing fists.

"Analects·Shu Er": To face a tiger bare-handed or to cross a deep river barefoot, all without regret even in death, is not someone I would keep company with.

To fight a tiger unarmed or to wade through a deep river barefoot, and to do so without any regrets till death—I would not associate with such a person.

"Don't rush the 'Mountain Character Technique'. Bodhisattva, tell me about cultivation instead, so I can relax a bit," Li Changzhou said.

"What do you want to know?"

There was a lot Li Changzhou wanted to know, such as how to reach the Heavenly Court beyond the skies and where Western Heaven had gone, and whether they could still be found now.

Was Divine Enthronement real? How beautiful was Nuwa? Did Yang Jian truly split a mountain to save his mother? Was Journey to the West actually a Buddhist conspiracy?

But now was not the time to satisfy his curiosity.

"I plan to use the 'Jar of Honey World' as 'Constant Sand' to forge my own Inner Realm and advance to an Earth Immortal. What do you think, Bodhisattva?"

His sister and Yang Qinglan being targeted by an Ancient God, enhancing his strength was the urgent matter at hand.

"That method is good, and it would allow you to become an Earth Immortal quickly. If it were a person with less talent, I would recommend it, but not for you," she said.

"Why not?" Li Changzhou asked, puzzled. "All I know is that Earth Immortals achieved with 'Constant Sand' crafted from the actual land seem to be regarded as inferior. But if you use a tool—that is, a Magic Treasure, especially a powerful one—to create 'Constant Sand', there's no difference from one you cultivate yourself, right?"

As long as you're an Earth Immortal, so long as your Inner Realm isn't shattered, you're almost immortal, sharing the lifespan with the heavens of the Inner Realm. The "inferiority" Li Changzhou referred to was in comparison to other Earth Immortals.

"Why is an Earth Immortal completed with 'Constant Sand' made from actual land thought to be lower than others?" Guanyin gently probed in return.

Li Changzhou thought for a moment: "To become a Heavenly Immortal, you need to merge with your own Inner Realm territory. The land from reality, even if turned into 'Constant Sand', remains closely linked to the outside world. Such Earth Immortals would find it tremendously difficult to achieve Heavenly Immortality."

Even if only a speck of dust from reality was mixed in during the creation of 'Constant Sand', that would be inferior Earth Immortality.

In James Gleick's "Chaos Theory", the absence of a nail led to the loss of a horseshoe, which ultimately resulted in the loss of a kingdom. A nail is not a kingdom, but in the end, it affected the survival of that kingdom—an event of possibility.

However, the impact of a speck of dust on an Earth Immortal's Inner Realm is one hundred percent. Once added, it makes it inferior!

Within a speck of dust lies the infinite laws of the vast universe.

Nevertheless, for the vast majority of Second and Third Level Immortals, without processing the material of the outside world, they have no other way to achieve Earth Immortality. Such is their level of talent.

After pausing, Li Changzhou asked, "You mean the 'Jar of Honey World' is also connected to the outside world?"

"I currently lack Mana and Dao Fruit, so I cannot tell whether the 'Jar of Honey World' is connected to the outside world. I recommend that you refine 'Constant Sand' from nothingness yourself to prevent any accidents.

"The Inner Realm you create yourself will definitely not be connected to the outside world, and the comprehension of laws will be much simpler, making it easier to achieve Heavenly Immortality," she said.

"Does comprehending simple laws affect becoming a Heavenly Immortal, like Earth Immortality achieved with 'Constant Sand' refined from the actual land?" Li Changzhou asked again.

Guanyin smiled slightly: "I thought I had looked far enough ahead, preparing for Heavenly Immortality while achieving Earth Immortality. Yet you've gone further, already considering the quality of becoming a Heavenly Immortal."

Li Changzhou also smiled: "I'm merely standing on your shoulders. Without this discussion, how could I have thought of those things?"

Guanyin nodded slightly, with a touch of appreciation.

"Different paths lead to different kinds of Heavenly Immortals. But Heavenly Immortals themselves are not differentiated by any hierarchy; eternal as the universe itself, with combat power dependent on oneself, and becoming a Saint is also unrelated to these aspects," she concluded.

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