Chapter 430

Chapter 430: Refinement

The Saint possesses boundless divine powers.

Although Lu Ye didn’t reach the level of a Saint in his previous life, in this life, he saw the path of the Saint and generally understood what kind of existence the Saint truly represented.

He witnessed how the Compassionless Sage handed over this heart to that woman, but the events before that moment were beyond his understanding; after all, we’re talking about a Saint.

The Compassionless Sage had long vanished.

Even if a Saint falls, can’t their heart still allow for rebirth?

Yet Lu Ye was aware of the Compassionless Sage’s thoughts.

Because Lu Ye was also a lovesick person.

At least he was in his previous life.

This heart of his had entirely severed any ties with the woman; from now on, this heart no longer belonged to him.

Likewise, whether the woman lived or died had nothing to do with him.

Even if he were to die, this heart would not be connected to him in the slightest.

The greatest sorrow is when one’s heart withers.

To be able to give one’s heart to another and then walk the path of a Compassionless Sage, reaching the level of a Saint—it goes to show that the suffering endured by the Compassionless Sage must have been no less than Lu Ye’s.

Because even after experiencing all betrayal, Lu Ye still had a system by his side, but the Compassionless Sage likely was left with no one in the end.

If Lu Ye didn’t have the system, he too would probably end up on the path of compassionlessness.

As the system executed its simulation, Lu Ye kept traversing through the thoughts swirling in his mind, not that he felt sorry for the Compassionless Sage—after all, that person had become a Saint! Who had time to pity him? He could barely pity himself!

He had flown for quite a while to get here, and it would naturally take just as long to return.

“Ding! Simulation successful!”

The system’s notification chimed, and a wave of information flooded into Lu Ye’s mind as he began to absorb and digest it.

Refining the Saint’s heart was rather challenging—the Heavenly Thief Demon Sovereign and the Demon Ancestor had failed to do so.

Of course, that was because both of them were after the holy path above the heart; just refining the heart into energy held little significance.

A formation needed to be set up.

He had to arrange a formation within the embryonic world.

Named the Ten Directions Refinement Realm Formation.

“Isn’t it the Ten Directions Heaven Refinement Formation?” Lu Ye asked, puzzled.

“Ding! First of all, I didn’t recruit anyone, so why would I refine myself?” the system retorted confidently.

Lu Ye thought her reasoning wasn’t half bad.

Setting up this formation wasn’t something to be taken lightly.

Because this massive formation had tremendous power—if a Great Emperor saw the complete formation, even they would frown.

The truth about formations lies in your ability to leverage energy; the better the materials used, the greater the formation’s power. If the materials are lousy, the formation’s power dwindles.

Lu Ye certainly was not capable of crafting a complete and authentic formation, so he’d have to improvise and create a watered-down version.

He began rummaging through his treasures.

Thanks to the Heavenly Thief Demon Sovereign and the Endless Emperor.

He had a ridiculous amount of treasures.

The array of items was dizzying as he picked out one after another, and truth be told, these items were indeed precious—many could essentially set up the original Ten Directions Refinement Realm Formation.

However, he still lacked some core materials for the original version and would have to substitute with other materials.

After sorting through this for quite a while, he realized he didn’t need the system’s simulation for this; Lu Ye’s formation skills were more than enough to accomplish it, even to the limit of the current phase of the formation.

Let’s get to it!

The Nascent Soul appeared in front of a heap of treasures, opened its mouth, and swallowed them all, diving back into his dantian to start working.

The outline of the great formation began to take shape.

Soon, the Ten Directions Refinement Realm Formation was completed.

This was child’s play for Lu Ye.

The Nascent Soul emerged again, taking a slight breath; its chubby little face was quite adorable.

Lu Ye took out the heart, which was once again swallowed by the Nascent Soul.

The moment Lu Ye readied himself, a wave of light flickered, and his presence continually diminished, lowering until it was nearly transparent.

“Ready?” the Nascent Soul asked.

Lu Ye closed his eyes, contemplating all the means available in his current state before giving a firm nod—let’s go!

The heart instantly integrated into the great formation.

With each light that flickered, the heart began to enter a state of refinement.

Lu Ye held his breath, intently observing.

Perhaps because the formation wasn’t perfect, or maybe because the Saint’s heart held a higher grade—anyway, that Saint’s heart wasn’t going to be refined easily.

Lu Ye was in no hurry.

He moved forward while waiting.

Suddenly, the Saint’s heart emitted slight fluctuations; it began to melt.

At that moment, a small explosion occurred in the star ring above the Nascent Soul.

A very faint explosion.

But that faint explosion was like a fuse; soon followed by a second explosion, then a third, and a fourth.

Endless explosions.

Lu Ye’s expression shifted slightly.

Not good!

He recalled a notion from Earth.

That the universe might have formed from a big bang, and in this situation…

Lu Ye abruptly gasped cold air.

“System, initiate simulation!”

The system seemed to grasp the gravity of the situation and quickly began to simulate with full force.

What was unfolding in Lu Ye’s dantian was a cosmic opening.

Even the Heavenly Dao had never witnessed something like this but could still infer based on the current situation.

The scenes from the simulation were even transmitted in real-time to Lu Ye.

He saw the explosions!

Endless explosions!

Explosions that consumed all the beauty of the world.

Explosions are art.

He saw that when the explosions reached their peak, they would instantly swallow his Nascent Soul, gulp down his physical body, and devour this chaos.

“Simulate a solution!”

“Ding! Initiating simulation.”

Lu Ye wasn’t about to sit back and do nothing; this explosion was the result of energy chaos escalating rapidly, and he had to clear the energy to stabilize things.

It wasn’t about preventing the explosions altogether; rather, the explosions must remain within controllable limits.

Otherwise, a new universe might emerge, but he’d be left dead—that would be utterly meaningless.

All of Lu Ye’s Daos ventured into this embryonic world.

Influenced by the Saint’s heart, the embryonic world quickly formed various energies, which were disorderly and chaotic, leading to explosions; and the more explosions there were, the more chaotic energy would form, resulting in broader collisions and blasts.

When the limit was reached, a final explosion would occur, leaving Lu Ye with nothing but dust.

The Dao began controlling the energy, slowing down the explosions.

But at that moment, the Saint’s heart refined a strand.