Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2534  Resisting Temptation

Once the inflow of souls started, Lin Mo started building his momentum. The lack of souls had limited the number of skills he could use and most of his stronger skills were limited by pure quantity of souls. Soon, the dark purple cape behind him started to grow, and quickly reached a length of fifty meters.

In this time, Lin Mo had kept on slashing out and killing all the Chimeric beasts and Yin Nascent Soul Maggots that were coming close to him. A two hundred meter circle of death was created around him, as anything that entered it died almost instantly.

His power was also increasing steadily, having reached the Fourth Tribulation Stage of the Immortal realm just from the Devil Qi he had acquired by killing. This wasnʼt even counting Lin Muʼs own cultivation.

Such a fast increase in power was almost intoxicating and Lin Mu who had been observing this all couldnʼt help but feel tempted.

ʼIf itʼs so easy to increase oneʼs cultivation by killing, what use would there be to cultivate normally?ʼ A thought appeared in his mind.

It seemed almost subtle and he didnʼt even realize when it had appeared. But once it did, he couldnʼt help but drift over to it. ʼIs this really correct?ʼ He wondered, a hint of skepticism rising in him.

But it was quickly quashed by the demonstration of power, making him deny it.

ʼPower is power.ʼ Lin Mu remembered what Xukong had said once. ʼIt does not matter where it comes from, but rather how one uses it.ʼ He pondered.

And once he reached this conclusion, he felt as if his mind had stilled, and his emotions were disappearing. All that was left in his mind was utter rationality, something that he was familiar with.

ʼThe Severing Heart Sutra activated on its own… Third Stage of Internal Resonance!ʼ As a surprise to him, the Second sutra had actually progressed on its own.

ʼHow did this happen?ʼ Lin Mu was a bit confused. He thought back to the process he had gone through and quickly grasped that it was due to the thoughts he had been having in this specific situation.

ʼThe temptation of the Devil Path… Senior Xukong talked about this.ʼ Lin Mu understood what had just happened.

It was a kind of temptation that the greatest of cultivators had fallen to. It was incredibly powerful and could make the most righteous of sword cultivators and Buddhists turn to its side.

Resisting it was not easy at all.

People thought that the way to resist it was to simply deny it outright. This did work on some level and temporary stopped the temptations. But they would only come later with a greater temptation that before.

This would keep on increasing over and over, until one was unable to resist them.

But what Lin Mu had done was different.

ʼThe key is acceptance with pragmatism and rationality at its core.ʼ Lin Mu now understood for that was the effect that the Severing Heart Sutra bestowed upon one.

This was why the Calming Heart Sutra was not the most effective counter to the Murdering Heart Sutra.

It merely calmed the turbulent emotions, but did not erase its origin. The Severing Heart Sutra on the other hand, cut them all off, leaving behind pure rationality.

ʼOvercoming the temptation of the Murdering Heart Sutra while making use of its benefit was the key to progressing the Severing Heart Sutra.ʼ Lin Mu had managed to uncover the hidden condition. ʼDoes this mean other Sutraʼs can be progressed similarly?ʼ he wondered.

He thought to the other two sutras that could counteract each other which were the Calming Heart Sutra and the Burning Heart Sutra.

In order to deactivate the Burning Heart Sutra, Lin Mu needed the Calming Heart Sutra. But the latter had already progressed to the third stage on its own a while back when Monk Hushu had helped him.

The Burning Heart Sutra was still in the second stage of External Comprehension and had not progressed at all. Though Lin Muʼs usage of the sutra had also gone down considerably since he had been with his companions.

The power provided by it hadnʼt been as needed by him, since his body cultivation had been high enough to be good without it. Plus there was also the issue of the Demon stealing away the Violet Mystic Life tree.

As such, Lin Mu had not used it to prevent things from getting complex. His identity as the demon was also one of the things Lin Mu had kept secret from his companions even now. It was simply better that way.

ʼThe Calming Heart Sutra progressed on its own, but the Burning Heart Sutra hasnʼt. Do I need to overcome some condition related to the Calming Heart Sutra in order to progress it?ʼ he wondered.

He thought about it and kept it as one of the things to do later.

Then there was the Nurturing Heart Sutra that was also stuck as the Second Stage of External Comprehension. It was the one that Lin Mu had the least amount of idea on how to progress it.

Its effects had also been mostly the same overall. Both the first and second stage seemingly gave the same effect of creating Beast Qi, with the only difference being the quality and quantity of it.

But soon Lin Mu was brought out of his thoughts, as Lin Mo had changed his attacks in the battle outside.

”Disaster Sword- First Form: Cloudburst!” the man swung out Ocean raker towards the sky sending a purple slash that transformed into clouds and covered an area of a kilometer.

The clouds grew and soon began to rain down, with each raindrop containing sword intent. The drops tore through the swarms of Chimeric Beasts and Yin Nascent Soul beasts, destroying them faster than before.

But when Lin Mu observed this he suddenly understood something he had missed before.

ʼWait… The Murdering Heart Sutra… itʼs on the Second stage of the External Comprehension too?ʼ Lin Mu suddenly realized.