Published: March 2, 2025
The box was simple and unadorned, covered in dust. Wen Yu looked into Bai Cheng's sincere and genuine eyes, then glanced at the box beside him. After a moment, he slowly stepped forward.
"Type One?"
Cautiously assessing the box that contained Type One, Wen Yu still did not understand Bai's behavior. Since it was the most important treasure here, Bai could have easily taken it himself. After all, Wen Yu hadn't noticed the hidden Type One just moments ago. However, now...
Someone was voluntarily offering a treasure, and a supreme treasure at that. How could Wen Yu believe there was such a good deal?
Seeing the wary expression on Wen Yu's face, Bai sighed and shook his head, directly pulling open the box.
In an instant, Wen Yu felt a dazzling display before him!
It was as if he was immersed in a river of stars, with sparkling lights all around. For a moment, Wen Yu was entranced by the magnificent scene.
The next moment, he quickly regained his senses and turned to look aside. Bai was still standing in place, while the distant wall of the Treasure Vault remained unchanged.
Turning back to the box, the awe-inspiring sight had vanished, leaving only a hazy, glowing energy entity behind.
The energy entity was about the size of a fist, filled with shimmering lights. At such a close distance, Wen Yu could sense the nature of the energy contained within it. He had seen this type of energy before...
“Shard of the Heart of the World?”
Wen Yu couldn't help but ask.
The small object before him was remarkably similar to the Shard of the Heart of the World he had once obtained in the Immortal Heroic World! Although its appearance was different, the essence was essentially the same—at least in Wen Yu's perception, the nature of the energy was identical.
“It’s not... um, the nature of the energy is indeed quite similar. This thing does contain a large amount of origin power.”
Bai's voice came from the side, and under the radiant influence of Type One, his tone had a dreamy quality.
“What? Aren't you going to come closer and take a look?”
At that moment, Bai's voice seemed to have an unknown charm, drawing Wen Yu ever closer to this so-called Type One. However, Wen Yu's soul strength was incredibly formidable. As he looked at Type One, he slowly squinted his eyes and then, with a loud ‘bang’, firmly closed the opened lid of the box!
"This is strange. Also, were you trying to hypnotize me just now?"
Once the box cut off the energy flow emanating from Type One, everything returned to normal. Wen Yu immediately turned to question Bai, only to be met with Bai's wry smile.
“There’s no hypnosis, it’s just a normal reaction when being near Type One…”
At this point, Bai opened the box again. This time, he took hold of Type One, cradling it in his hands as if it were a small sun. His eager gaze fixated on Type One, his eyes filled with complex emotions—desire, even urgency. Then he forced himself to suppress all reactions and turned his gaze back to Wen Yu.
A hazy voice emerged.
“This thing is indeed composed of origin power, but I guarantee you, it is unlike any of the origin power-infused items you’ve encountered before!”
After saying that, Bai gently caressed Type One, looking at it as if it were his own child. The complexity in his eyes sent chills down Wen Yu's spine…
Until Bai's voice rang out again.
“This is the Heart of the World... a complete but unformed Heart of the World!”
...
“A complete but unformed Heart of the World?”
After hearing Bai's explanation, Wen Yu furrowed his brow in deep thought but still struggled to grasp the meaning behind Bai's words—when it came to various esoteric secrets, Bai, this old monster, undoubtedly knew much more than Wen Yu did!
“Have you seen the Heart of the World?”
Upon hearing Bai's question, Wen Yu thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
When the origin extraction device descended, Wen Yu had chased after the spirit of the demon lord, heading straight for Earth's Core, where he encountered the earth's core origin. That must have been the Heart of the World.