Chapter 657: Suo Huan Awakens, Perfect SupportCelestial Court, Ninth Layer.
Under the Moon Laurel Tree, Immortal Venerable Taiyin sat cross-legged. Behind her, the [Sea of Bitterness] opened wide, and a path to heaven was gradually rising from beneath the ten thousand zhang seawater.
However, this process was obviously extremely difficult. With Immortal Venerable Taiyin's cultivation base, she was also tormented to exhaustion. Even her essence, qi, and spirit were hard to maintain. After a moment, her delicate body trembled violently, fragrant sweat dripping, brows furrowed tightly. Only after barely stabilizing that path to heaven did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Years of hard work, finally not in vain."
Immortal Venerable Taiyin exhaled orchid fragrance, thinking to herself: As long as I merge this broken Great Dao into my [Money], it can help me soar to the sky.
Immediately following, she looked at [Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata] in the distance.
Its a pity that Sisui's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body all exploded, and the corresponding dao fruits also completely collapsed. To re-gather them, don't know how long it will take.
If not for this, having been in charge of the Celestial Court for nearly five thousand years, almost merging the influence of the [Money] Dao Fruit into the achievement of the Celestial Court's Six Qi and Twenty-Four Dao Fruits, as long as she merged the broken Great Dao into [Money], she could immediately start breaking through, charging towards the Dao Lord position she dreamed of.
In this way, there would be at least ten percent chance of success.
However, after Sisui self-destructed his eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, all dao fruits except Taiyin were destroyed. Breaking through at this time, there wouldn't even be half a percent chance.
Thinking of this, Immortal Venerable Taiyin couldn't help pursing her lips:
Little Junior Brother...
If not for Lu Yang messing around and ruining her arrangement, things would absolutely not have fallen to the current state. It really made her feel both admiration and anger in her heart.
Never mind, never mind... The plan for now is only to wait.
Immortal Venerable Taiyin took a deep breath, quickly calming all emotions. She had waited for so many years; naturally, she didn't mind waiting for another period of time.
Immediately, she looked up at [Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata].
The other party sat upright on the lotus platform, expression serene, palms put together, silently chanting in his mouth. Buddhist light turned into a treasure wheel slowly rotating behind his head.
Seeming to be deducing something.
After a long time, this Great Buddha opened his eyes, revealing a look of doubt:
"Lu Yang, Du Huan, Saint Sect Perfected Lord... Good, good, good. Never thought this person still had such a big secret. No matter how I deduce, I cannot find his karma."
"Where exactly did he go."
This was hard to imagine for [Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata], because he was already in the highest rank among the enlightened bodies of the World Honored One.
Generally speaking, the stronger the cultivation base of the World Honored One's enlightened body and the higher the sequence, the more memories and knowledge inherited from the World Honored One. With his status comparable to a Great Perfected Lord, there was basically nothing in the entire void darkness light sea that could hide from his gaze and calculation.
Unless... its involving a Dao Lord?
Thinking of this, [Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata] was instantly startled: Could it be that the one from the Saint Sect showed great compassion and saved the person?
It can't be.
For a time,[Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata] was somewhat indecisive. Finally, he sighed helplessly, still giving up on continuing to investigate Lu Yang.
No matter how small the matter, if it involves a Dao Lord, it is a big matter.
Its better not investigate.
In case something is really found out.
Immediately, he glanced at Immortal Venerable Taiyin not far away. The expression on his face remained unchanged, but he sneered in his heart: Ultimately it like a moth flying into the fire.
Plotting for thousands of years, but only ten percent chance of success.
With just this and you still want to seek the Dao Lord Position?
Seeking death!
Moreover, the last Dao Lord Inheritance in the world was destroyed by the World Honored One as early as 129,600 years ago. How could it be left for lower cultivators to use?
...
Supreme Imperial World.
Lu Yang sat in the void. The [Righteous Dao Banner] fluttered in the wind. On the banner surface, a young man with a straight back slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a mouthful of turbid air.
"Congratulations Fellow Daoist Suo Huan."
Lu Yang instantly showed a heartfelt smile, cupping his hands: "Comprehending the Dao this time, you are the last to wake up. Presumably, the gains must be great."
"You flatter me."
Suo Huan waved his hand awkwardly: "It is my limited aptitude that made me wake up last... But as Fellow Daoist said, there are indeed some gains this time."
As his voice fell, Suo Huan spread open his palm. Rippling water light gathered in his palm, reflecting heavenly light. It was exactly the fundamental profound wonder of [Wellspring Water], [Shared Nourishment], which could take on injuries for others, heal injuries, and recover spiritual power. However, at this moment, this profound wonder gave birth to a brand new change.
"Hmm? This is..."
Lu Yang was stunned upon seeing this, actually sensing a trace of threat from this dao fruit profound wonder originally specialized in support. Strange colors instantly appeared in his eyes.
"This is yet another ingenious application of Shared Nourishment."
"In the past, using this wonder meant shouldering injuries for others. But now, beyond injuries, it can even borrow an opponent's unharmed body when activated."
Lu Yang raised an eyebrow. "If you borrow someone's unharmed body, what happens to the one being borrowed from?"
Suo Huan's expression immediately turned strange. He grinned and replied, "Naturally—they become injured. However much I borrow, that same amount of injury is inflicted on them."
"Hiss…"
Before Suo Huan even finished speaking, Lu Yang grasped the sinister brilliance of this technique. Borrowing an unharmed body? It was clearly just another way of transfering damage.
This was practically wearing reflective damage armor.
With this divine enhancement, Suo Huan was like a hedgehog—strike him, and you only hurt yourself. There was simply no good way to engage him, making it utterly headache.
What made it even more terrifying was that attacking others didn't help either. He could take their injuries onto himself, then use the enemy's unharmed body to repair his own. The result is the enemy crippled, Suo Huan unharmed. From a support perspective, it was flawless.
"That said, it's not so easy to use."
Seeing Lu Yang's reaction, Suo Huan shook his head. "With my current cultivation, I can't borrow an intact body out of thin air. I need to fight first and gather their aura before activating it."
"That part can be left to me," Lu Yang said calmly.
Lu Yang laughed loudly: "Fellow Daoist just came out of seclusion, enter the [Righteous Dao Banner] to stabilize aura first. Or can enter my [Yellow Court] to help me advise on the Water Concept within."
"[Yellow Court]?" Suo Huan showed curiosity upon hearing this.
"It is the true treasure I recently refined."
Lu Yang tapped his brow center lightly. Instantly, circles of colorful light rippled out, making the light spot at his brow center increasingly striking, as if a great thousand world was rotating within.
"Fellow Daoist can go in and explore."
Suo Huan nodded upon hearing this: "Alright."
As his voice fell, he drove a streak of light and submerged into the [Yellow Court]. Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction seeing this, expecting more and more in his heart.
With [Yellow Court] achieved, gathering cultivators to cultivate immortals. With Patriarch Nether Whisper, Master Vanquishing-Demon, and Fellow Daoist Suo Huan—the three of them helping me, it is enough to make up for deficiencies step by step and grow stronger. If restarting this time, no matter what, I must bring [Yellow Court] back.
I have to think of a proper way...
Suddenly, Lu Yang's heart moved slightly.
Years are not counted in chaos. Just a short adjustment of breath, in the blink of an eye, one year passed. And inside the Supreme Imperial World, ten thousand years of spring and autumn had already passed.
At this moment, Lu Yang finally sensed a divine and strange aura appearing out of thin air inside the Supreme Imperial World.
The Road to Immortality has opened!
Lu Yang looked up. Thousands of magnificent lights gathered in his eyes, piercing through the sea of stars, looking straight at where that divine and strange aura was. What met his eyes was impressively a portal.
"Waited for eternity, finally this day has come!"
"The Immortal Road is about to open!"
"Kill our way in!"
Almost simultaneously, inside the Supreme Imperial World, spiritual senses awakened one after another in the major Forbidden Zones, looking toward the portal with intense joy and emotion.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 658: Crossing the Sea Under DeceptionInside the Supreme Imperial World, streaks of blood light shot straight into the firmament.
Under the trembling of heaven and earth, major Forbidden Zones cracked open. Figures walked out from within, blood qi filling the sky, incompatible with each other. All were figures who dominated their respective eras alone!
One hundred thousand years of cultivation in the Supreme Imperial World, ten Imperial Venerables.
The Imperial Venerable Yi of back then had also turned into a Forbidden Zone long ago. Now reappearing in the world, holding a large bow in hand, the high-spirited vigor of the past was gone from his young face.
Only vicissitudes and determination remained.
"Becoming an Immortal, becoming an Immortal."
"I can feel my blood qi recovering, aging is slowly leaving my body... The Road to Immortality, talk of the Immortal Gate is indeed true!"
Besides him, Imperial Venerables of past generations also emerged one after another.
"[Xuan], [Yuan], [Li], [Cang], [Sui], [Yao], [Qi], [Chen]..."
Every name once dominated for ten thousand years.
Among them were demons, humans, plants, stars, and even artifact spirits. Their roots and origins were all different; the only similarity was their strength.
Boom!
At this moment, the aura of the Imperial Venerables covered the sky. They were raising their blood qi, restoring to peak, intending to kill their way into the legendary Road to Immortality with their strongest posture.
This was an irreversible step, and also the obsession of generations of Imperial Venerables. Their lifespans had originally reached the end, relying entirely on the time concept crystals scattered in the past to linger on. At this moment, shattering the crystals themselves and restoring to peak, the outcome after the battle would inevitably be death and dissipation of the Dao.
"There is still one last person, where is [Tai]."
"The Road to Immortality appears. We are gathered together; how can we be without him?"
Imperial Venerables spoke one after another, voices like thunder, transmitting directly into the Flint Fire Forbidden Zone, but were suppressed by a streak of magnificent blood qi, completely dissipating into nothingness.
[Tai]'s figure emerged.
However, unlike other Imperial Venerables with agitated expressions, [Tai]'s expression was quite calm. The look in his eyes when looking at other Imperial Venerables even carried contempt.
Such an attitude naturally made the Imperial Venerables frown.
After all, no matter which one of them, they were all peak powerhouses who once dominated the world alone. With an invincible will in their hearts, firm and unyielding, how could they admit to being inferior to others?
"First Imperial Venerable, your fame is quite big."
"We never met in the past years. Seeing you now, indeed full of arrogance.. Do you think we're inferior to you?"
Facing the doubts of the Imperial Venerables, [Tai] waved his hand indifferently: "What First Imperial Venerable, its just an empty fame. If you want it, I can just give it to you."
Are you kidding me? do you think I care?
These young people of later generations, how could they imagine the monstrous opportunity he encountered? What Imperial Venerable? We have long ceased to be people of the same world.
I am already the dog of an Immortal!
Thinking of this, [Tai] instantly felt a bit of arrogance that everyone is drunk and I alone am awake. Looking around, the look of seeing fools became increasingly obvious.
"Humph!"
Although there were still Imperial Venerables dissatisfied with this, the Road to Immortality was more important right now. So everyone suppressed their temper and looked at the portal in the sky.
"I'll go first!"
Imperial Venerable Yi was the first to act. He was also the youngest among the Ten Imperial Venerables. At this moment, his qi shot up to the stars, condensing heavenly light, gathering into an arrow in his hand.
Immediately following, he stepped forward, drawing the bow like a full moon. That heavenly light arrow was nocked on the bowstring by him. Including that blood qi filling heaven and earth all were pressed on by him. Brilliant radiance flew up like fire, finally restraining endless divine power without revealing a trace.
"Open!"
Instantly, a light sound exploded in the ears of everyone in the Supreme Imperial World. Then the arrow left the string, blasting into the portal of the Road to Immortality in the blink of an eye.
In the next second, light blossomed.
Almost simultaneously, other Imperial Venerables were not to be outdone, taking action one after another. Magnificent blood qi gathered into a mass, like a ball of raging fire, almost evaporating heaven and earth.
Boom!
Under the impact of this blood qi, whatever Immortal Light, whatever anomalies, were all burned to pieces by blood fire. The Ten Imperial Venerables stepped into the portal!
At this moment, [Tai] was still looking around.
Where is the Immortal?
The Immortal appeared briefly back then, then disappeared again, seemingly aiming for the Road to Immortality. However, now that the Road to Immortality was open, the Immortal didn't show up.
Why?
[Tai] had some doubts in his heart, but was totally unaware that from beginning to end, a ghost-like figure stood silently beside him.
Not only him, including all other Imperial Venerables also didn't notice either. Lu Yang stood silently among the Ten Imperial Venerables. This time he didn't enter with divine sense, but his main body arrived in person. His aura had long merged with the blood qi erupted by the Imperial Venerables. After all, this was originally his blood.
Immediately, he summoned the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes].
[Divining Luck Drawing Lots]!
The talent from [Hong Yun] in the past can draw lots by consuming luck, thereby anchoring a future beneficial to oneself. The value is quite high.
Immediately, Lu Yang formed a hand seal.
The luck secret method useless for a long time was unfolded. Owing karma, repaying fortune. According to the standard of one strand per person, he depriving the fortune of billions of cultivators in the Supreme Imperial World.
And this luck was all invested into [Appraising Luck Drawing Lots] by him.
Soon, a large amount of handwriting emerged:
[Event: Restrain aura, mix into the Ten Imperial Venerables, cover yourself with their blood qi homologous to you, deceive the sensing of "Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness"]
[Great Omen: Crossing the sea under deception, seeking death!]
[Small Omen: Heaven's net is vast, sparse but not leaking. Ultimately blocked in front of the door.]
[End Auspice: Although muddling through, still difficult to fully deploy]
Lu Yang didn't hesitate, directly drawing out [End Auspice]. Then he sensed that the resistance and rejection originally coming from the portal in the sky decayed a lot.
I'm coming in...
Lu Yang was overjoyed seeing this. With a thought, he instantly followed behind the Ten Imperial Venerables, forcibly squeezing into the Immortal Gate. Vaguely, muffled sounds coming from the Immortal Gate could still be heard.
Crack, crack!
Obviously, the Immortal Gate was propped open by him bit by bit, somewhat overwhelmed.
It's my stature being too high, volume too large... you bear with it.
Lu Yang held the lot fortune firmly, restraining his aura and status to the extreme. Only then, sticking to the critical point of the portal shattering, did he barely step into the Road to Immortality.
In the next second, the portal disappeared.
Lu Yang stood shoulder to shoulder with the Ten Imperial Venerables, silently sizing up the surroundings. He only felt as if he had fallen into an abyss. All directions, up, down, left, and right were darkness.
Space is interweaving?
Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly. In the darkness, only a Road to Immortality with brilliant light sat in the darkness, extending towards the deepest part of the darkness.
And on the Road to Immortality, everyone saw layers of images interweaving together. The time concept on this road was already extremely strong, like a mirror, reflecting their past, present, and future. Just witnessing those images would make one's heart waver.
For a time, the Ten Imperial Venerables all wavered.
Because they saw their future. Without exception, all were slain. And the one who slew them was a streak of sword light, a white-robed young man!
"There is a great enemy on the Road to Immortality?"
"Is it an Imperial Venerable even before [Tai] who obtained a huge fortune?"
"No matter who, those who obstruct my Dao deserve to be killed!"
The Ten Imperial Venerables stood shoulder to shoulder, stepping forward together. Although coming from a small world realm, they were all outstanding heroes of their time. Even seeing the future of death, they were not discouraged.
An Invincible will wasn't being invincible externally, proud and complacent, but invincible internally, holding a Dao heart that couldn't be disturbed by myriad thoughts. Even if truly defeated, having the resilience to start over; even facing a desperate situation, having the courage to fight to the death. This was the unique cultivation philosophy of the Supreme Imperial World.
Rather than cultivators, better to say warriors.
Lu Yang stood in the crowd, somewhat emotional. Perhaps because the cultivation of these Imperial Venerables focused on blood qi, they instead harbored a chest full of blood courage.
Worth learning from!
Lu Yang was not an arrogant and conceited person. Gathering the strengths of many; where others have advantages, he never minds learning humbly and then turning it into his own.
And in his view, although the blood qi cultivation system of the Supreme Imperial World itself was certainly not worth mentioning, the methods of polishing the Dao heart were not without merit.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 659: Is This the Joy of the World Honored One?Blood qi soared to the sky; the stature of the Ten Imperial Venerables at this moment even showed a tendency to overlap.
In fact, it was precisely by relying on their status, plus the effect of [Divining Luck Drawing Lots], that Lu Yang could hide himself, avoiding the restrictions of the Road to Immortality.
Besides this, Lu Yang had another unexpected gain.
[Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]...
Lu Yang pondered in his heart. This was the intelligence mentioned in [Divining Luck Drawing Lots]. The gold content of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] talent need not be said; it was worthy of his trust.
What is [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]?
This place is naturally the Sword Pavilion's reserved land, indicating it is related to that Dao Lord of the Sword Pavilion. Does the so-called Heavenly Being refer to that Dao Lord of the Sword Pavilion?
But the entire shadow area is suspected to be a footprint left by a mighty figure. In this way, Heavenly Being could also refer to the identity of that mighty figure... But the name Remnant Consciousness doesn't sound very auspicious. Could it be that he has already died violently like Sisui? Slain by the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord?
Countless guesses sprouted in Lu Yang's heart.
At the same time, he had also followed the Ten Imperial Venerables all the way forward, arriving at the end of the Road to Immortality. All obstacles on the road were easily crushed by them.
Finally presented was a complex of buildings.
Pavilions, terraces, and towers; beautiful jade buildings. Like a vast palace of the past, now only broken walls and ruins remained, lying across the end of the Road to Immortality.
"Is this the Immortal World?"
"Have I become an Immortal?"
Some Imperial Venerables murmured in low voices, wantonly inhaling and exhaling the aura here, feeling that their lifespan was extended by thousands of years in an instant, joy appearing on their faces.
Some Imperial Venerables shook their heads in disappointment after comprehending for a moment:
"Wrong, its not extending life."
"Like the Immortal Light, it only delayed our death. My power didn't increase at all. How can this little change be worthy of the two words 'becoming immortal?'"
Just then, a light sound was heard.
Creak—
Accompanying the sound, the door of a pavilion in the palace complex was suddenly pushed open. Then a white-robed young man paced out from within.
"It's him! The person who will slay us in the future?"
"He actually exists in reality..."
The Ten Imperial Venerables were incredibly shocked here. On the other side, the white-robed young man, or rather Perfected One Subduing-Spirit of the Sword Pavilion, revealed a somewhat impatient expression.
"Outer Heaven Rogue Cultivators..."
Looking at the Ten Imperial Venerables, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit almost thought his recent sword heart warning was fake. A group of outer heaven rogue cultivators could threaten him?
Impossible.
However, before he could speak, the Ten Imperial Venerables took the initiative to attack first. Various imperial dao weapons were deployed. Blessed with blood qi and divine power, bursting with infinite light.
Seeing this scene, the expression on Perfected One Subduing-Spirit's face became even gloomier. A group of outer heaven rogue cultivators, although having some strength, were ultimately rogue cultivators.
Seeing him, not only did they not run away, but they actually dared to fight back? If this spread out, his face as a Sword Pavilion Great Perfected One would be completely lost.
"Clang clang!"
In the next second, sword humming resounded through heaven and earth. A streak of sword light swept through everything. Five divine abilities surrounded it, instantly shattering the joint momentum of the Ten Imperial Venerables.
"Chickens and dogs made of pottery!"
As his voice fell, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit looked stern. Five divine abilities gathered together, converging into a brilliant sword light, making his aura suddenly become profound.
At this moment, his vision changed.
Under the reflection of sword light, in a domain only he could see, he saw the figures of the Ten Imperial Venerables begin to evolve, displaying different divine ability Dao techniques.
These were not illusions, but foreseeable futures.
Each image was a future. Layer upon layer, thousands and tens of thousands, also making Perfected One Subduing-Spirit's originally casual expression gradually become solemn.
This was a bitter battle.
In the images, some Imperial Venerables were slain by his one sword, some Imperial Venerables killed their way to his face, and some Imperial Venerables even caused considerable injuries to him.
I underestimated these rogue cultivators...
Perfected One Subduing-Spirit murmured in his heart, but there was no panic on his face. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a sneer. Then he began to activate his innate divine ability.
The next second, a phantom walked out of his body, merging into the future scenes before him, beginning to battle the ten Emperors. Relying on the foresight of the future, he won every time. Simultaneously, with each victory, a future scene was cut off by him out of thin air.
At this moment, time seemed to be stretched to infinity.
The thousands of future scenes were shattered by Perfected One Subduing-Spirit bit by bit. Each shattered future killed a possibility.
In the end, only one future remained.
In the scene, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit, having fully grasped all intelligence and trump cards of the ten Imperial Venerable, slashed out with a sword, and then all ten Emperors were slain by him.
This was the only scene.
And also the only future!
Immediately, the nearly stagnant time began to flow again. Perfected One Subduing-Spirit's ready-to-go sword truly slashed out just now. Instantly, sword light soared to the sky!
This is the concept of [Sword Edge Gold].
Of course, as a Foundation Establishment Perfection, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit wasn't enough to use the concept yet. He could only generate some subtle connection with the dao fruit through his innate divine ability.
For example, one of the profound wonder of Lu Yang's innate divine ability [The Wise Ruler] back when he was at Foundation Establishment had part of the [Deprivation] mighty power. Perfected One Subduing-Spirit was the same.
But even so, it was enough.
At this moment, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit's expression was incredibly calm.
Before this sword was slashed out, he had already killed all possibilities of these ten outer heaven rogue cultivators before him. Their only ending was being slain by him.
This is the Supreme Dao Fruit!
A pity...
Perfected One Subduing-Spirit sighed faintly in his heart. This was his all-out sword, originally intended to be saved for Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon. Unfortunately, he heard the other party had already successfully seeking golden core.
Doesn't matter.
Ye Guangji is just one step ahead of me in cultivation. Wait until I attain [Sword Edge Gold] in the future, then competing with him won't be too late.
With this thought, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit couldn't help smiling.
Although [Sword Dao] is indeed very powerful, after all, it was just attained through void attainment. How strong can it be? No matter how strong, it can't possibly compare with a Supreme Dao Fruit, right?
The advantage is mine!
In past years my wings were not fully grown, so I chose to endure and lie dormant. Now since I am about to seek golden core and ascend to the position, I should emerge into the world, making heaven and earth know my name!
He also had grand ambitions!
...Hmm?
A moment later, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit was stunned.
Wrong, I have been lamenting in my heart for so long, why haven't I heard the miserable screams of that group of rogue cultivators before death? What happened?
In a trance, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit seemed to hear an anxious roar:
Idiot! Idiot!
Wake up...!
All sounds fell silent.
Lu Yang walked calmly in the crowd with hands behind his back, as if strolling. Wherever he passed, everyone's thoughts were frozen in an instant.
Perfected One Subduing-Spirit was no exception.
So what if [Sword Edge Gold]? No matter how stunning, it's just Foundation Establishment Perfection. That bit of divine wonder simply cannot illuminate his figure, let alone influence him.
Soon, Lu Yang walked in front of Perfected One Subduing-Spirit.
The other party's thinking had been completely solidified. And under Lu Yang's gaze, a soul in his sea of consciousness was also hard to hide, slowly emerging.
"How is it possible!"
The voice coming from the soul was incredibly old, but also carried unbelievable shock: "Perfected Lord... How did a Golden Core Perfected Lord sneak into [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]?"
This is unfair!
"I didn't expect to have an unexpected gain."
Lu Yang looked strange, sizing up the old soul before him, watching the other party trembling under his gaze, then looked around the surroundings again.
"So that's how it is... Is this the joy of the World Honored One?"
Truly refreshing!
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 660: How Dare You Explore My Secret RealmOn the Road to Immortality, Lu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, feeling thousands of emotions in his heart.
How long has it been? exactly how long has it been since he encountered an opponent he could suppress so easily? He had almost forgotten the style of the Saint Sect!
This is the kind of opponent I should be fighting.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang truly had tears streaming down his face in silence. It wasn't easy to become a Perfected Lord , and with a Supreme Dao Fruit at that. Two happy things overlapping together.
And these two happinesses should have brought me even more happiness.
What I obtained should have been a blissful time like a dream... But why? Why is it that after I seek golden core, the enemies are fiercer one after another?
Why did it turn out like this?
He had originally planned to challenge higher levels after achieving the Golden Core, bully the weak, and oppress lower cultivators to quickly complete the primitive accumulation of cultivation.
But the result?
Damn it, everyone was bullying me.
What [Perfected One Vajra Form Preaching], what Immortal Venerable Taiyin, what World Honored One's distraction, what Immortal Lord Duxuan... Are they on the same level as me?
I am only an Early Stage Golden Core!
Fucking hell!!
Now, finally, the wheel of fortune has turned. It is my turn to bully the weak with Foundation Establishment! Sure enough, a true powerhouse should ruthlessly humiliate the weak!
"Speak."
Lu Yang simply molded a ball of spiritual qi, turning it into a table and chairs, then sat down in front of the Old Soul and smiled: "You have at least three sentences to say."
After speaking, he felt some regret in his heart because he discovered that the Old Soul should have been a Perfected Lord when alive. However, he obviously didn't cultivate the Grotto-Heaven Method, so his soul lacked Golden Nature. In other words, he couldn't be settled by the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. Otherwise, there wouldn't be need for this trouble.
"This Fellow Daoist..."
On the other side, the Old Soul guarded his sea of consciousness while speaking cautiously: "This lowly one is [Long Tu]. May I ask which family Fellow Daoist comes from?"
Lu Yang smiled and shook his head: "Not this."
"..."
Hearing this, Dragon Diagram instantly felt a huge sense of crisis sweeping through his whole body. He hurriedly said: "I can be Fellow Daoist's guide in this place!"
Lu Yang's smile gradually became plain: "Not this either."
He is absolutely a demon from the Immortal Nexus!
Long Tu cursed loudly in his heart, but dared not change the subject again. He said directly: "This place is named [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]. It is a Dao Lord Inheritance."
"Oh?" Lu Yang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Inheritance left by a Dao Lord?"
Long Tu shook his head: "Inheritance leading to a Dao Lord!"
As his voice fell, a huge wave was instantly set off in Lu Yang's heart. Left by a Dao Lord vs. leading to a Dao Lord—the difference of a few words was actually as far apart as heaven and earth!
Immediately, Dragon Diagram explained:
"As far as I know, this place might have been formed suddenly in the sea of light, or it might have been left by some unimaginable mighty figure. But the specific reason for its formation is no longer something we lower cultivators can trace. This place even has shattered long ago; what remains is actually just some wreckage."
Facing the pressure brought by Lu Yang, Long Tu spoke the truth he had never told Perfected One Subduing-Spirit.
"Shattered?"
"Correct."
Long Tu smiled bitterly: "Did Fellow Daoist not discover it before entering? At first glance, this place looks like a footprint, reflecting reality from the [Sea of Bitterness]..."
"Hiss!"
Hearing this, Lu Yang instantly reacted.
"You mean the footprint here and this place are not one entity? In fact, it is the exact opposite. It was that footprint descending from the sky that destroyed this place?"
After Lu Yang finished speaking, his heart instantly felt horrified.
Previously, he thought the inheritance of the entire Shadow Area was left by the owner of the footprint, and was still wondering why someone would use a footprint to transmit information.
However, the reality was that this place might have been a massive inheritance site in the past, possibly even a Super World Realm not inferior to the Celestial Court. Until one day, a big foot descended from the sky. While landing in the [Sea of Bitterness], it also trampled out everything of this place in reality.
A Dao Lord's big foot!
But if it's like this, then it matches up! Because previously Sisui once said that the methods to break through to Nascent Soul realm were all cut off by the Dao Lords!
This is the evidence!
A big foot... Probably not some incarnation, but a true Dao Lord withdrawing from [Paramita] and descending to reality. Only then could there be such mighty power!
However—
Thinking of this, Lu Yang looked at Long Tu again: "With the mighty power of a Dao Lord, since he decided to destroy this place, how could he let this place survive until now?"
"Oh, because the one who took action was the World Honored One—that's why there were some oversights."
Lu Yang: "..."
You have some nerve!
Seeing Lu Yang's strange expression,Long Tu laughed: "This place seals karma. Even speaking ill of a Dao Lord to his face doesn't matter; it won't be sensed."
"Moreover, although there are remnants here, this place is relatively special and does not exist in reality. Otherwise, it couldn't have escaped the dharma eye of the World Honored One. So even if the World Honored One descends his dharma body again, he won't be able to discover this place. No karma, no destiny, and even more impossible to enter..."
Speaking of this, Long Tu was also full of doubts in his heart.
He could bring Perfected One Subduing-Spirit in because the power behind him had destiny with the [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]. But what is going on with this Golden Core Perfected Lord in front of him?
Let alone entering, he even entered with the identity of a Golden Core Perfected Lord, completely violating the rules!
This place should only allow Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones to enter. Once one attain golden core and had a dao fruit, trespassing here should have been erased by the rules.
How did he do it?
Long Tu hadn't figured it out here yet when his soul was grabbed by Lu Yang. He was instantly mixed with shock and anger: "Fellow Daoist, what do you want to do to me?"
"Nothing." Lu Yang chuckled lightly: "It's just that Fellow Daoist hasn't finished the previous words. This place has an inheritance that can lead to a Dao Lord. And then? How to inherit? Cultivation method? Divine ability? Spiritual material? Since Fellow Daoist is so familiar with this place, presumably you must know more details."
"Can speaking out exchange for a life?"
Lu Yang didn't speak, just smiled and increased the force.
Instantly, the severe pain coming from the soul made Long Tu hurriedly continue: "There are a total of seven layers in this place. To obtain the opportunity, one must pass the tests."
"We stayed here, wandering on the first layer."
"However, seven layers was the state of this place in its heyday. Now that it is shattered, whether there are still seven layers is hard to say. It is also possible that only one layer remains."
"But, even if it is only the first layer, there are infinite benefits. Subduing-Spirit only took some scraps, and successfully condensed the fifth divine ability, completed his Dao comprehension, and had hope of attaining [Sword Edge Gold]... If Fellow Daoist ventures forth, perhaps you have hope of claiming this layer's opportunities."
Long Tu explained for quite a while.
Passing tests... who set the tests? Inheritance leading to a Dao Lord, who is worthy of setting so-called tests for a Dao Lord?"
"This..."
Long Tu was speechless upon hearing this, then said helplessly: "Regarding this, my old master's sect also had guesses, but they are just guesses, without evidence."
"Let's hear it."
Long Tu pondered slightly and whispered: "It is said that these tests were formed spontaneously by the [Sea of Bitterness]. Does Fellow Daoist know the roots and origin of the [Sea of Bitterness]?"
"[Sea of Bitterness], the sea of infinite concepts, is the manifestation of reality in a higher stature. In the [Sea of Bitterness], there is no distinction between past, present, and future. All concepts settle within... Therefore, the [Sea of Bitterness] is also a history book, recording all history to date!"
"And the tests in the [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness] originate from this."
"According to the guess of this old man's sect, these trials are actually the records of Dao Lords seeking their Dao and attaining Nascent Soul in the past, extracted to test later generations!"
As his voice fell, Lu Tong felt heavy in his heart.
Speaking to this point, he had actually almost hollowed out the secrets in his heart, just to gain Lu Yang's trust. Only the biggest secret remained untold.
I cannot die.
I am useful to this Golden Core Perfected Lord... If it really doesn't work, abandon that fool Subduing-Spirit and cooperate with this Perfected Lord. Maybe there is hope for success...
Thinking of it, he did it. Long Tu immediately whispered:
"Fellow Daoist, actually you and I have no enmity. I am fairly familiar with this place. If you have the heart, how about you and I explore together? Cooperation benefits both."
Who would have thought that before his voice fell, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, looking surprised: "Explore? Fellow Daoist, how dare you arrogantly speak of exploring my secret realm?"
Hearing this, Long Tu was instantly stunned: "Ah?"
Boom!
(End of Chapter)