"Are you kidding me? This is the source of the Soul River?"

Looking at the spring, no bigger than a palm, Jiang Yuan was already questioning his life. Anyone would be dumbfounded if they were told that the source of a hundred-mile-long river was just a spring.

"How could I dare to lie to you? This really is the source of the Soul River. Back then, Emperor Jiang traveled through the Three Thousand Great Realms and finally found a world outside of the cycle of reincarnation. So he guided that world to the Emperor Star and developed it into a unique world of reincarnation, so that special beings who could not enter the cycle of reincarnation could leave their traces. It can be considered a great merit!" The old man went off-topic as he spoke, and was almost about to sing the praises of Emperor Jiang.

"How am I supposed to take this gift?" Jiang Yuan stared blankly at the spring. He couldn't very well dig it up, could he? That would be so rude, even though he really wanted to see how amazing this spring that created the Soul River was.

"Dig for the spring!"

The old man gave Jiang Yuan an answer he had thought about but hadn't started doing.

"This... I'm so embarrassed!" Jiang Yuan blushed, but he had already taken out various shovels and hoes.

"Alright, alright, I don't want to feel bad seeing this. You can handle it yourself!"

The old man clutched his heart, then transformed into starlight and disappeared before Jiang Yuan's eyes.

"Is this for real? I'll dig you up inside and out!"

...

"Heavenly Emperor, why don't you go out and see him? This child grew up with you, and he probably dreams of seeing you and your wife again!"

The vanished old man reappeared in a certain location, with a gentle and refined middle-aged man in front of him.

"I have already died twice. The third time may be when I recognize him!" The middle-aged man looked into the distance, in the direction of the source of the Soul River.

"Alas, fate is cruel. I thought you had escaped your destiny, but it seems it has come full circle!" the old man sighed.

This time, it's different!

...

"Wow, how many treasures are down there?!"

At the source of the Soul River, Jiang Yuan had already dug out at least three hundred pieces of ore from the spring. All of the ore was innate soul crystal. A single piece of innate soul crystal like this was worth a fortune, and even those at the Nascent Soul Realm would covet it. Yet, he had dug out more than three hundred pieces from the spring.

The spring had turned into a small pool, and Jiang Yuan had no choice but to dive into the water and continue digging.

The deeper he dug, the more innate soul crystals he found. Eventually, there were no more points of light left; the entire layer was filled with innate soul crystals, and he could simply collect them.

When the number of innate soul crystals exceeded five thousand, the second treasure appeared. It was a water droplet that existed between solid and liquid. Underneath its crystal-clear outer shell was a liquid that could flow. When it was gently shaken, it emitted a sound that seemed to belong to the world.

"What is this?" Jiang Yuan was overjoyed, but his perception couldn't tell what this water droplet was. However, he was certain of one thing: the value of this water droplet was definitely above that of a Primordial Soul Crystal.

As they continued digging, the number of innate soul crystals had reached ten thousand, and there were also one hundred water droplets the size of a thumb.

"Huh, that's it?"

Just as Jiang Yuan was getting excited about digging, he was shocked to find that the spring had ended and there was only water where the spring had been.

"Could these be the gifts Emperor Jiang gave me?" Jiang Yuan was somewhat suspicious, because although these items were valuable, they were placed too casually. His intuition told him that Emperor Jiang would definitely not have given him these.

Just as he was pondering how to dig further, a whirlpool began to appear at the spring, and all the spring water pulsated at a unique frequency, as if it were being driven by something.

"Um?"

Jiang Yuanfu felt a surge of emotion. He looked down at his feet and saw a crystal-blue heart slowly rising. The entire rhythm of the spring was due to it.

"What's this?"

Jiang Yuan subconsciously reached out to grab his heart, but when he touched it, his movement froze, and all the information about the heart appeared in his mind.

The heart is called the Heart of the Three Realms. It is formed from the soul power bestowed by countless powerful beings of the divine path. Note that these are powerful beings of the divine path, not those in the divine realm! Powerful beings of the divine path are true gods, not those in the divine realm who are not even considered pseudo-gods.

The Heart of the Three Realms was a gift from Emperor Jiang Tian, ​​while the other innate soul crystals and supreme relic were small bonuses.

"Why can't I move?"

Jiang Yuan, who had just grasped the Heart of the Three Realms, was stunned. He hadn't expected to be immobilized simply by grabbing it.

He didn't know that this wasn't just targeting him. In fact, when he seized the Heart of the Three Realms, everyone in the entire Soul River was frozen in place, and it was a seal that froze time itself, all to help him condense his natal magic weapon.

"Emperor Jiang is helping me!"

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized that his natal magic weapon was definitely not simple, and might even be related to the inheritance of the God of Death. That was why Emperor Jiang had taken this approach to shield everything.

Having guessed this, Jiang Yuan no longer resisted, but silently accepted the inheritance.

Just as he had imagined, the Heart of the Three Realms slowly entered his body, and the water from the entire spring began to flow back, its target being him.

"Jiang Tiandi, who exactly are you?"

During his moment of deep sleep, Jiang Yuan had only one thought in his mind, but given his current strength, the answer was destined to be something he wouldn't know in a short time.

The Soul River seemed to have been erased from the river of time. When it reappeared, time was only slightly adjusted by a few seconds. These few seconds were quickly smoothed out by the power of the Heavenly Emperor, as if those few seconds had never been missing from the world.

"call!"

Jiang Yuan opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief. In his eyes, at least half a month had passed, but the soul Jiang told him an unbelievable fact: he had only spent a few seconds in the real world.

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