The blood-colored prison before them was the fourth stage that Lin Dong and the mysterious woman were about to pass through.
"This fourth stage is called the Heart Demon Purgatory. Our ancestor was discouraged by this very stage because, after years of cultivating martial arts, he left behind an insurmountable heart demon."
"To pass this stage, it doesn’t depend on your strength or your ntal power. It purely depends on your ntal state. Everyone has desires, whether for fa, wealth, or beauty. Such people who step into this will be completely broken."
"Only those with an undistracted mind can pass through. But in this world, who can truly be without distractions of the mind? As long as one is human, they will have various human emotions and desires, making an undistracted mind impossible."
"Of course, if one has a heart demon but possesses a strong will and can overco it, they too can pass this stage."
Lin Dong nodded and said to Luo Xue, "Let’s go, I also want to face my own heart demon."
The more Lin Dong cultivated, the more he realized the importance of ntal state for a martial artist. If he didn’t face his heart demon, it would plant a ’landmine’ on his future path of cultivation.
It might explode at the most critical mont.
The mysterious woman, Luo Xue, also nodded. The two of them stepped into the Heart Demon Purgatory together.
All around, a blood-colored veil seed to envelop the deepest sorrow and fear of the world, turning into this boundless prison.
The air was tinged with a pungent sll of blood, interwoven with distant, faintly heard, harrowing wails, making one shiver involuntarily.
"So this is the Heart Demon Purgatory?" Luo Xue whispered softly. Although her voice was light, it was extraordinarily clear in the silence, seemingly penetrating into the deepest secrets of one’s soul.
When she turned and looked at Lin Dong, she discovered that Lin Dong was no longer by her side.
The environnt around her suddenly changed, turning into the prison of her own mind.
It turns out that even soone as strong as her has her own heart demon.
At the mont, Lin Dong also entered his own heart demon world.
At this mont, the scenes around him began to distort and morph, and images began to surface before Lin Dong’s eyes.
The scene before him suddenly shifted, and Lin Dong found himself back in that winter covered with frost, that Lunar New Year. Around him, the children were accompanied by their parents, buying new clothes and going to the pre-New Year markets.
Only his solitary figure stood silently in the heavy snow, so deep that it covered him entirely without him noticing. In his heart, he asked over and over where his father was, why he abandoned him?
His father’s figure slowly erged, but it was only a silhouette, in his dream he repeatedly walked towards the distance, becoming gradually blurred.
"Why... why did you abandon ?" Lin Dong felt an indescribable sorrow surging in his heart, tears mixed with rain trickling down his face.
In his mind, his mother’s aging face appeared again. Though she was once so gentle and beautiful, her hair turned white within just a few years.
Every ti it rained, the poison in his mother tortured her to the point of despair. Yet to not affect him, she always silently endured it all under the covers. So much pain, yet because she couldn’t bear the thought of her son sharing in the suffering, she clenched her teeth and refused to make any sound of pain or complaint...
At that ti, seeing his mother’s painful expression, he vowed repeatedly in his heart that he would grow up to beco a divine doctor, the best divine doctor in the Dragon Country.
"Mom, I’ve now beco the top divine doctor of the Dragon Country. But I am still unable to save you."
Just like many dical students, unable to save themselves.
Even soone as skilled in dical arts as Lin Dong couldn’t save his mother who had long ’passed away’.
The most painful thing is precisely this!
If anyone noticed Lin Dong at this mont, they would see his eyes dyed in complete red.
He was already teetering on the verge of deviating into evil territory.
It turns out Lin Dong also had heart demons, and his heart demons were very deep indeed.
In the past, they were suppressed in his heart, but now, in the Heart Demon Purgatory, they were magnified infinitely.
His heart demon, like an invisible hand, tightly gripped his throat, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
Those lonely nights, the ti without a father, and the tis his mother suffered from sickness, the expressions of pain replayed like a movie in his mind, every fra filled with despair and sorrow.
"Father, why did you abandon ..."
"Mother, your son is unfilial, I can only watch you suffer in pain, yet I am powerless..."
The absence of a father since childhood and the helplessness towards his mother’s illness beca the two major heart demons tornting him at this mont.
He slowly sank, his eyes growing redder, and in the world of the Heart Demon Purgatory, he began to blindly slash out Sword Qi.
This was already deviating into evil territory!
If he continued to sink, he would beco a puppet of the heart demon, a blood slave without self-thinking in this Heart Demon Purgatory.
"Master! Wake up quickly!" The Heart Nourishing Sword Spirit Xiao Bai in Lin Dong’s hand turned into a white light, transforming into a Little White Dragon, swimming around Lin Dong, trying to dispel the darkness with its pure Sword Intent.
However, the power of the heart demon was too strong, and Xiao Bai’s efforts seed like throwing a pebble into the sea, causing hardly any ripple.
"Master, you must not sink!" The Five-Colored Furnace Spirit Xiao Wu was also not to be outdone, transforming into a colorful light, surrounding Lin Dong, attempting to purify the heart demon with the essence refined in the furnace.
Yet the heart demon seed to have developed its own consciousness, tightly entwining Lin Dong’s spirit, making Xiao Wu’s efforts appear futile.
At this critical mont, within the Dragon Ring Space, an ancient and majestic aura suddenly surged up.
"You brat, wake up quickly! You’re already deviating into evil territory!"
The Soul of the Sovereign Witch appeared slowly, its eyes seemingly able to perceive all things in the world. It gave a gentle sigh, unleashing its powerful Divine Soul Power, trying to pull Lin Dong back from the edge of the abyss.
However, the heart demon was deeply rooted and could not be easily eradicated by external forces. Although the Soul of the Sovereign Witch’s power was strong, it was also difficult to completely expel the shadow in Lin Dong’s heart.
In this mont, Lin Dong no longer recognized them.
Corroded by the heart demon, he was almost about to transform!
Just as everyone was in despair, a wave of unprecedented energy surged in the Dragon Ring Space.
This energy was warm and familiar. It seed to stem from so corner deep within Lin Dong’s heart and appeared to contain the purest emotions of the world.
Like a gentle stream, then like a surging river, the energy continuously rged into Lin Dong’s body, resonating with his bloodline, resonating with his soul.
At this mont, it was as if a long-sealed door in Lin Dong’s mind was opened, and countless warm and beautiful mories ca flooding in like a tide.
That was the gentle embrace of his mother during his childhood.
"Dong’er, your father did not abandon us. He just had his own things to do. Once he finishes, he will co to get us..."
"Dong’er, it’s the Lunar New Year, don’t cry. Mom will take you to buy new clothes."
"Dong’er, mom’s not in pain. Look outside the window, there’s a rainbow. Make a wish... Dong’er, what wish did you make? Forget it, don’t tell mom, or it won’t co true."
"Dong’er, mom’s gone. Mom will be in the sky, turning into a star to protect you. Mom will find a lot, a lot of ’angels’ to be your guardians..."
"Don’t resent your father, and don’t feel guilty for not being able to save mom... Live well, see the world, embrace the mountain breeze..."
Lin Dong’s eyes lost their redness, and the guilt and negative emotions in his mind vanished. What replaced them was the familiar, gentle face of his mother, and her love that healed all.
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