THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE 577 Heartbea

In the Manual, he read that his heart would be enveloped in the Origin Energy. Then the Origin Energy would extract all seven Cardinal Virtues and all the Cardinal Sins away from his heart. But it will put a lot of mental strain on him. And this time, the mental strain would be multiple times harder than when he tried to reach Level 11 of the Foundation Origin Stage to Level 12 of the Foundation Origin Stage!

He never forgot the horrible sensation when he struggled to reach from Level 11 of the Foundation Origin Stage to the Level 12 of the Foundation Origin Stage. But it helped him to awaken his Void Qi. So he was happy with the final result despite the mental turmoil he had to face.

But this time, he had to take multiple times the pain of that horrible experience only to extract all his virtues and sins. How could Arjun would not be angry after reading this? He bled his eyes, mouth, ears and nose. He even had to break his limits and spend more concentration to gather all that G.o.dd.a.m.n Luminous Energy. He had to depend on his Unique Dao of Intuition to only to open that f.u.c.king door.

And after he felt that his hard paid off after seeing this Origin Art, this Manual dropped another bomb on him. How could he not be angry when the requirement was to face the mental turmoil once again? And this would be his greatest challenge for his mental toughness.

"No wonder! I became the first idiot to open this f.u.c.king door!" ,Arjun said in anger, "When you give us the chance to learn Mental Energy in exchange for this kind of mental burden, then who would dare to explore the f.u.c.king Mind Palace?"

"Who would dare to learn this Origin Energy other than an idiot like me?" ,Arjun sighed as he said, "Well, bring it on. I have no other choice but to let you mess with my mind!"

As Arjun complained, he still agreed for it. He truly wanted this Cardinal Virtues and Cardinal Sins Origin Art to completely control it. This will be a great help for him in the near future to protect his family. How could he let go such an opportunity over some minor mental strain? He won't be stingy when it comes to his family's protection issue.

Arjun gritted his teeth and mentally prepared for what's going to be the worst suffering in his life. He followed the guidance and chanted the incantations which would extract his Cardinal Virtues and Cardinal Sins.

As soon as he was finished with chanting the incantation, he felt as if his heartbeat was increasing slowly. At first it was slow. But as the time pa.s.sed, it felt as if, that heartbeat was increasing slowly.

As his heartbeat increased, even he could hear it without any external help. He placed his hand on his chest and tried to ma.s.sage it. He tried his best to minimise the heartbeat.

But his heartbeat was still increasing rapidly. This time, some kind of untraceable exhaustion developed in his body. He gritted his teeth and tried to endure it. But he felt as if he was about to lose control over his own body.

As time pa.s.sed, his heart was beating so furiously that, even any person within five meters radius could hear it. But Arjun closed his eyes very tightly. He doesn't want to make any noise. Because his stamina was already draining rapidly. If he make any noise, then there is a chance that, his stamina consumption would reach another level. He wanted to preserve as much stamina as possible.

After two days, his heartbeat was so loud, it was as if it was being hit by an hammer. His eyes were tearing as he was in a complete hopeless situation.

"Endure it."

"If there is no pain, then there is no gain."

But he didn't give up. He kept on saying within his heart. When he read the manual, he thought it would be a mental strain. But he never thought the burden would be on his heart.

Two thousand years pa.s.sed.

At this point, Sitaram and others finally reached the Level 12 of the Life and Death Cycle. Unlike Arjun, they won't face any mental burden to reach from Level 7 to Level 12 in the Foundation Origin Stage. Because they were all Arjun's life forms. There fate was tightly tied with Arjun's fate. So if Arjun failed to reach the Level 12 and could have reached only Level 11, then his ten candidates would have reached only Level 11. That would have been their limit.

But since Arjun reached Level 12 in the Foundation Origin Stage, his ten candidates would reach the Level 12 as well. The only difference is that, Arjun faced very high difficulty reaching Level 12 from Level 11 in the Foundation Origin Stage. But Sitaram and others won't take that long.

At this point, they successfully completed their tribulation. And after they overcame their tribulation, they finally set their foot in the Immortal Realm! Their cultivation stopped at the Level 1 of the Immortal Origin Stage!

They wanted to enjoy. But some disturbances stopped them. Because they heard a huge explosions taking place not long from their location.

"What is this huge explosion?" ,Ben was frightened and asked.

"And where is boss?" ,Rick noticed Arjun's absence and asked.

"Maybe he had gone to the location where those explosions were taking place." ,Sitaram said seriously, "Listen to these explosions. They are occurring with a set pattern. Let's go and take a look. Maybe we can find Arjun there as well."

Everyone agreed with Sitaram and followed him. Sitaram was moving more quickly than usual. Everyone understood why he was in a rush. There is an huge explosion taking place not far from their location. And Arjun was missing from their location. So how could his grandfather who raised him not be worried about him?

They all quickened their pace and followed him. They didn't want to left behind. Very soon they reached the location where the explosion was taking place.

But they were stunned by what they saw. Arjun was lying on the ground. He was sweating profoundly. His eyes, nose, ears and mouth were bleeding. Black coloured nerves could be seen clearly on his face. His shirt was torn apart.

Most importantly, his heart was on a rampage. It was jumping up and down as if it wanted to burst out from his chest.

But most importantly, there were ten people who were identical with distinct facial expressions sitting next to Arjun. Five were to his left. And five were to his right.

But what's bizarre about them is that they all looked identical to Arjun!