The sword waves pouring down like the Heavenly River isolated outside vision and blocked spiritual consciousness communication. Even communication spirit pearls would lose their function at this moment.

Besides the people on the Heaven-Reaching Platforms themselves, no second person would know what they had sealed in their Heart Intent Pearls.

However, Fudao Shanren only gave them half a quarter hour.

Jian Chou fell into hesitation.

Like Jian Chou, everyone under the sword wave cover had the same thoughts.

As Fudao Shanren said, “companions and enemies travel together.” Among these 115 people, some were strangers, some were casual acquaintances, some were close friends, and some had long-standing grudges…

If they sealed goodwill in the Heart Intent Pearls and it ended up in an enemy’s hands, what then?

If they sealed malice in the Heart Intent Pearls and it ended up in a friend’s hands, what then?

Everything was uncertain, seemingly depending only on each person’s “luck.”

This “gift” from Fudao Shanren was truly quite a surprise.

With both “fortune and tribulation,” many cultivators on the Heaven-Reaching Platforms who had qualified for the small gathering were cursing in their hearts.

While pondering what exactly they should seal in their Heart Intent Pearls, they were simultaneously praying that when the random exchange occurred, they wouldn’t encounter pearls full of “malice.”

Of course, some people didn’t care at all…

Eastern twenty-eighth Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Fengmo Sword Sect, Xia Houshe.

Dressed in dark red robes like fresh blood.

The youth’s body still carried a thin feeling. His hands, previously concealed entirely under his sleeves, finally extended out.

Fudao Shanren’s words might be useful to others, making everyone start thinking about what to seal, but for Xia Houshe…

Close friends? Friends?

He had none!

The whole world was his enemy!

Good and evil?

What difference did it make!

Raising his hand – one slash of the sword!

Raising his hand – one chop of the blade!

Raising his hand – one thrust of the spear!

Three types of magical weapons, equally shocking and powerful attacks!

Three amazing attacks successively rushed toward the three Heart Intent Pearls!

Swish!

As they approached the Heart Intent Pearls, the gentle light on the pearls’ surfaces suddenly became blazing, yet the only constant was that ocean-like tolerance!

White light blazed forth, instantly swallowing all attacks completely.

Sword light, blade qi, spear shadows – all disappeared into the white light at this moment, absorbed and sealed into the Heart Intent Pearls.

Xia Houshe stood quietly in the endless sword waves, a faint smile appearing on his devastatingly beautiful face.

Eastern first Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Wuyi Sect, Young Master Ruhua.

The fragrant flowers on the flower platform seemed never to wither.

Young Master Ruhua lazily sat on the flower platform, looking at the three Heart Intent Pearls floating before him.

“Heart Intent Pearls…”

Perhaps others found it very difficult to choose?

However…

At this Left Three Thousand small gathering, there was only one single platform. For someone with ambitions for the single platform, eliminating one more opponent meant one more opportunity. Moreover, he most enjoyed seeing others in sorry states.

Well, better to disguise it.

Young Master Ruhua’s face immediately showed a soul-stirring smile. He directly picked up a bright red azalea from the flower platform, lightly touched the flower’s stamen with his finger, leaving seemingly ordinary spiritual light, then placed it directly in the first spirit pearl.

Next was a snow lotus; finally, an orchid.

All three flowers went in, and Young Master Ruhua stretched lazily, beginning to wait for the half quarter hour to pass.

Southern thirteenth Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Tongling Pavilion, Jiang Wenchao.

The Heaven-Reaching Platform beneath his feet, which had transformed into molten rock, had returned to its original gray-white color under the sword waves’ power. Jiang Wenchao stood with hands behind his back, looked at the three Heart Intent Pearls, but shook his head.

Neither good nor evil, too lazy to seal any intent inside.

He raised his hand and flicked his sleeve, directly pushing the three Heart Intent Pearls away and closed his eyes to rest.

Eastern twenty-ninth platform.

Nie Xiaowan looked at the three Heart Intent Pearls before her, also somewhat dumbfounded.

Sealing heart intent…

Could be spiritual consciousness, could be objects, could also be attacks and everything else that could be sealed.

After pondering for quite a while, Nie Xiaowan’s eyes suddenly lit up. She directly left three spiritual consciousness messages in the Heart Intent Pearls: “Jianzhu Sect, Xu Lan’er, a sinister and cunning person who abandons fellow travelers to danger, secretly harms others, frames and shifts blame. Truly the most despicable rat among our 115 Heaven-Reaching Platforms!”

Eastern sixteenth Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Xiao Jin.

Crunch crunch…

The youth still eating watermelon looked blankly at the three Heart Intent Pearls.

Uh…

What should he put in?

Although the old man told him to come out and see more of the world, he had nothing on him.

What novelty could he offer?

Xiao Jin chewed the red flesh in his mouth, his gaze suddenly dropping to the big watermelon in his arms.

A flash of inspiration hit him, and he immediately exclaimed joyfully: “I know what to put!”

Western seventh Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Jianzhu Sect, Xu Lan’er.

“Seal what?”

This kind of thing required no consideration for her at all.

The fewer opponents, the better. If she could knock opponents off their Heaven-Reaching Platforms, wouldn’t that kill two birds with one stone?

This “gift” from Fudao Shanren was finally to her liking.

Southern twenty-second Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Kunwu, Gu Qingmei.

She had countless magical treasures and naturally many powerful methods.

But which type was appropriate?

Gu Qingmei pondered, finally making her decision.

She shook the bell on her wrist, sending soul-summoning sound into the first Heart Intent Pearl; pulled out the jade hairpin from her head, creating a jade-colored waterfall that the Heart Intent Pearl absorbed; finally, a snow-white silk handkerchief covered over everything.

Seeing all three Heart Intent Pearls sealed, Gu Qingmei’s eyes showed some satisfaction.

Fortune and tribulation together – let’s see who would be unlucky.

…

Platform after platform, trial-taker after trial-taker.

More than half the time had passed.

People outside were all waiting anxiously.

On the eastern eleventh Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Lu Xiangleng opened a small box in her hand.

Inside lay three round, jade-white pills – Tianshan Snow Pills she had spent three months refining. Taking them could heal ordinary injuries, nourish the spiritual platform, and clear the heart and mind.

Fortune and tribulation together, companions and enemies traveling side by side.

Goodwill and malice were both heart intent.

But she chose only the former.

Lowering her eyes slightly, Lu Xiangleng placed these three Tianshan Snow Pills one by one into the three Heart Intent Pearls.

Gentle pearl light spread out, permeating the entire Heaven-Reaching Platform.

On the largest 120-zhang-high Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Jian Chou had been deep in thought for a long time.

Among the 115 participants in the small gathering, there were friends she considered close companions and enemies with whom she had great grudges. But simultaneously, whether enemy or friend, when appearing on the Heaven-Reaching Platforms, they were all future opponents.

“Heart Intent Pearls…”

Jian Chou murmured, finally making her decision.

She raised her left hand, immediately gathering a small hurricane in her palm.

As the hurricane spun rapidly, thin black wind blades formed one after another, yet their power was refined to the extreme.

Wind blade after wind blade, like petal after petal, the entire hurricane contracted inward. The wind blades surrounding the outside also converged toward the center, instantly forming a black lotus made of wind blades in Jian Chou’s palm.

An indescribable sharpness and terror accompanied this lotus’s formation, sweeping across the entire Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Unfortunately, besides Jian Chou herself, there was no second person on this platform.

No one knew this black lotus’s terror, and no second person witnessed Jian Chou’s calm when placing this lotus into the Heart Intent Pearl.

This was her “malice,” prepared for enemies.

After seeing the wind blade black lotus disappear into gentle light, Jian Chou’s gaze turned to the second Heart Intent Pearl.

If it could seal spiritual consciousness and artifacts, formations should work too, right?

Jian Chou smiled. If it caused no harm but was most damaging, this would probably be the move.

She took out a blank simple formation disc from her Qiankun Bag and casually placed several simple spirit stones on it.

This was the most common and simple trapping formation in the Nineteen States. Unlike other formations requiring understanding to break, Jian Chou’s formation was simple – just answer her questions correctly to exit.

Concentrating slightly, Jian Chou carved her questions into the formation, finally placing a spirit stone as the formation eye.

Formation complete, she raised her hand and threw this formation into the second Heart Intent Pearl.

This formation was neither good nor evil, prepared for chance encounters with no grudges or grievances, or complete strangers.

Then, only the last one remained.

Jian Chou raised her hand, leaving only a few words in this gentle white light.

“Mountains and rivers’ grand affairs, we ascend to witness.”

“Those who don’t know me are like you, dear friend. I wish to become close friends and confidants. Across the misty Han River’s platforms on all sides, releasing white deer among green cliffs. Soulmates within the seas, neighbors across the horizon.”

Signed: Yashan, Jian Chou!

The final stroke complete, Jian Chou lightly flicked her finger, sending these dozens of characters into the Heart Intent Pearl!

Three Heart Intent Pearls – evil for enemies, neither good nor evil for the unrelated, and full goodwill for strangers. It remained to be seen who would receive the third Heart Intent Pearl, see her words inside, and choose whether to befriend her.

Jian Chou didn’t know.

The half quarter hour finally ended.

The sword waves covering every Heaven-Reaching Platform completely finally seemed to finish washing over, falling from the highest platform, cascading down in sequence, quickly disappearing completely into the ground.

115 Heaven-Reaching Platforms were revealed again under countless gazes in this half quarter hour!

At this moment, three Heart Intent Pearls floated before each person!

“Half quarter hour complete, 345 Heart Intent Pearls are ready.”

Fudao Shanren still stood at the mountainside, directly sweeping his sleeve. The Heart Intent Pearls before everyone suddenly blazed with light!

On the highest Heaven-Reaching Platform, three snow-white Heart Intent Pearls suddenly flew high from their original positions toward Kunwu’s greater heights!

Jian Chou looked up, her gaze carrying some expectation.

If her friends were accidentally harmed, they certainly wouldn’t think she had malicious intent. If her enemies were accidentally harmed by that black lotus, that would be amusing…

Her world had clear good and evil, distinct as the Jing and Wei rivers.

Hopefully…

These three Heart Intent Pearls would all follow her wishes.

One, two, three…

Countless Heart Intent Pearls all flew up under Fudao Shanren’s sleeve wave!

They gathered one by one, circling Kunwu’s main peak in flight, forming a white ring around the mountainside. Each pearl was in this ring, constantly rotating.

White light blocked everyone’s investigation. Now no one knew which pearl they had originally sealed.

Fudao Shanren also looked up at that circle of Heart Intent Pearls flying around the mountain, naturally carrying a gentle yet magnificent feeling.

Heart Intent Pearls, Heart Intent Pearls.

How many people in the world could have their hearts’ desires fulfilled?

Whose good, whose evil?

How to distinguish?

Let’s see what these youngsters would do.

“Now, please fellow young friends each take heart intent and open them within half a quarter hour.”

He gestured and stepped back beside Hengxu Master, saying no more.

On the 115 Heaven-Reaching Platforms, everyone’s gaze focused on the white ring composed of 345 Heart Intent Pearls.

Gu Qingmei didn’t hesitate, directly raising her hand to point at three Heart Intent Pearls, which separated from the white ring and flew toward her.

After that, many people followed suit.

Anyway, this round couldn’t be avoided. They could only pray for luck and hope they wouldn’t really get Heart Intent Pearls full of attacks.

The gathered Heart Intent Pearls flew out one by one, quickly reduced by half.

Jian Chou stood on the highest Heaven-Reaching Platform, also smiled, and moved her fingers. A spiritual light like a flexible silk thread bound three Heart Intent Pearls still in flight and pulled them back toward herself.

Three Heart Intent Pearls emanating soft white light reappeared before her.

However, these were no longer the three she had originally sent out.