1137 Travel (III)
While Yan Liling was on her journey to increase her pill-refining skills, Wang Wei also started his own journey after dealing with the sect's affairs. Although he could reach the Extremity Sea with one step, he decided to take his time and go on a short vacation while finishing some things he'd been putting off.
His first destination was the Mortal Heart World. He did not alarm anyone with his arrival to prevent this world's court from making a big deal out of his presence and ruining his vacation. So, Wang Wei only changed his clothes to fit the local custom and enjoy the scenery and food.
The air or atmosphere of the Mortal Heart World was sweet, clear, and peaceful. The entire world had a nature-like atmosphere due to the sheer number of forests, mountains, lakes, and rivers. This world's cultivator did an excellent job at preserving nature, so the environment was probably one of the best in the Endless Void; it probably would be the best if not for worlds in which Wood Dao overwhelms all other Daos.
'This world deserves the title of the most peaceful world,' Wang Wei thought after a servant served his food. The cultivation system of the Mortal Heart World was divided into three stages, each with three levels: The Spiritual Awakening Stage, the Self-Reflection Stage, and the Heaven-Earth Pondering Stage.
The Spiritual Awakening Stage is self-explanatory; the cultivators open their Sea of Consciousness and cultivate their spiritual/soul power. Based on the quantity and quality of the spiritual power, someone will be in the first to third level of this stage.
In the Self-Reflection Stage, the world's people began a process of intense self-reflection. They delved into their subconscious to temper their mind, spirit, soul, and Dao Heart. By the end of this stage, they knew who they were, what they wanted, and what they were willing to sacrifice for it; they built their goals, ambitions, moral compass, and world views.
Once they finished their self-cultivation, the Mortal Heart Cultivators could no longer improve themselves from the inside, so they focused on the outside. They began to use Heaven and Earth to temper themselves. The main cultivation technique of this stage is called [Pondering Heaven], and it's a brilliant idea.
A cultivator could walk to a random tree in the forest and ponder it. Then, they will experience the tree's life from birth to the current stages. So, if the tree were thousands of years old, the cultivators would experience that thousand years, just like they had experienced another life - like they had experienced another Samsara.
The people of this world preserved the environment because they could ponder everything, from a piece of grass to the stars in the sky to ancient beings that lived for Yuan Epochs. In fact, the older an object is, the more valuable it is since the pondering effect will be more effective. Of course, it's also more dangerous. If a cultivator cannot retain their own sense of self, they will be assimilated by the object's memories and experiences.
'I experienced something similar in Primordial Chaos,' Wang Wei thought. When he was the Myriad Devourer, he had to fight for his life to preserve the few decades of memories of Earth. Otherwise, they would have been assimilated, and he would have lost his main personality.
Wang Wei walked out of the restaurant for the next. He heard someone squabbling and went to watch. It was rare to see fights in this era of the Mortal Heart World. The cultivators of this world do not rely much on resources since they mainly use themselves, the environment, or nature for their cultivation, so this world is very peaceful compared to others.
Adding their terrifying Dao Heart and ability to control their emotions, this world deserves the title of the most peaceful. Of course, it does not mean there were no fights, but compared to the brutal history of other worlds, the Mortal Heart World can be described as a utopia ever since they started this cultivation system.
Then, everything improved with the arrival of the Dream World. All contradictions could be settled there without any worry about casualties. Wang Wei's court made the Mortal Heart World an example to encourage people to settle their disputes using this method to reduce the loss of cultivators and populations.
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