ocean-life Chapter 4014 Corroborate the Heart
Chapter 4014 Corroborate the Heart
chapter 4014 corroborate the heart
this head was an embodiment of endless flames, its fiery essence coalescing into a majestic form. within this magnificent display of flames, two eyes blazed like glorious suns, illuminating the entire sky with their brilliance.
at the same time, a sacred might shook the world, and an unbending will rose. it was the immemorial vermilion bird, the true vermilion bird.
everyone knelt on the ground, leaving only long chen standing there. right now, the immemorial vermilion bird looked at long chen, and long chen looked straight back at it.
he now understood why he had been forced back last time. only those with faith in the vermilion bird could activate the tenth step and summon the immemorial vermilion bird.
actually, it was just a heroic spirit, the spirit of the vermilion bird which the vermilion bird empire worshiped. as long as their faith energy was not extinguished, the heroic spirit would live for eternity.
suddenly, long chen saw a lithe woman figure on top of the fiery head. her hair was tied up in a high bun, but he couldn’t see her face clearly. however, he could feel her sacred and noble aura.
flame energy swirled around her like mist, making her appear very mysterious.
“senior, what do you need from me?” spoke that woman suddenly.
“senior?”
long chen jumped in fright. this immemorial vermilion bird actually called him senior? long chen had no idea how to respond to this.
“i hope that you can use the will of the vermilion bird to help him corroborate his heart.” the dragon expert’s voice rang out. so the vermilion bird wasn’t talking to long chen but to the dragon expert.
that shocked long chen even more. this woman could see the dragon expert? furthermore, the dragon expert seemed to recognize this woman.
“i will follow senior’s wish then.”
the woman bowed slightly. suddenly, this world quivered and the vermilion bird vanished. after that, the gate slowly opened.
“we’ve passed!”
however, these sounds were unable to rattle long chen’s heart. he was like a passerby, and whether those voices rang out right beside his ear or far off in the distance, he ignored them.
long chen knew that the eleventh level was a trial to people’s wills. that was precisely what zhu yifeng and the other imperial disciples needed the most. but to long chen, it posed no difficulty at all.
his heart-devil was still sealed, so his heart was bright and clear without a hint of fear. perhaps this environment was a terrifying trial for the others, but it didn’t affect long chen at all.
he then passed the eleventh level and went straight to the twelfth level. from this point on, strange sights also materialized to test him.
long chen could vaguely hear his father and mother calling to him. at the same time, he saw various scenes in the phoenix cry empire.
after that, the people that he had slain came back to demand his life in revenge. some of them even cried and begged him to forgive them.
long chen suddenly paused and looked at these images. the formation here could actually peer into his heart and drag out memories hidden within him.
long chen smiled slightly, but his eyes welled up. he saw the old man, qu jianying, ling yunzi, hu feng, and the five sovereigns.
previously, long chen had sealed these memories deep within him, not daring to look through them. but now that they were dragged out by the formation, long chen felt a well of emotions surge within him.
if his heart-devil was still present, this would be the most dangerous state for him to be in. but now long chen viewed these memories like a diary.
eventually, long chen sighed and continued onward. when he reached the tenth step, another gate appeared.
on the other side of this gate was the thirteenth level. long chen had a premonition that this would be the final level.
when long chen reached the gate, it slowly lit up and that woman once more appeared. she was wrapped in flames and exuded a sacred aura, illuminating this dark world.
when she materialized, the figures and voices within the darkness all vanished. this world once more became bright.
“senior has asked me to help you corroborate your heart. that is overestimating me. your heart is already clear and bright, so there’s no need for me to be so meddlesome. however, since senior has entrusted this task to me, i will ask you a few questions. you cannot take time to consider them and must answer immediately. can you do that?” asked the woman.
“senior, please go ahead.”
long chen then took a deep breath and became serious. he knew that the dragon expert never did anything superfluous, so there had to be a deeper meaning to this.