Chapter 101: I Have Always Been Loyal to the Saint Sect

[You are entangled in sinful debts; your merit and destiny dissipated in a single morning. Finally, you committed suicide.]

[Current remaining pages of The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 93]

[Restarting a lifetime. You may choose one of the following gains from your previous life: 1. Treasure. 2. Cultivation Base. 3. Lifespan. 4. Give up all gains to awaken a random Talent based on previous experiences.]

“Those whose names are called, come before me.”

The familiar voice gave Lu Yang a feeling as if a lifetime had passed, but he quickly calmed his emotions and looked at the interface of The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes:

[Name: Lu Yang]

[Lifespan: 18]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Tenth Layer Great Perfection]

[Talent: Unorthodox Prodigy (White), A Few Tricks Up Your Sleeve (Purple)]

[Technique: Nine Transformations Dragon Art (Perfection)]

[Divine Ability: True Art of Divine Lightning Sword Control (Perfection), Secret Explanation of Formations and Treasures (Perfection), Qi Concealment Art (Perfection), Great Incarnation Universal Divine Method (Perfection), Stealing Heaven’s Mystery (Perfection), The Sage Steals (Perfection), Grand Yin Corpse Liberation Transformation True Method (Small Success), Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret (Small Success)]

[Treasure: Blood Sun Sword Pellet (Superior-grade Artifact), Primordial One Qi (Superior-grade Rare Item)]

[Pages of The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 93]

After restarting, he continued with the initial state of his previous life. In terms of stature, he only had the bonus from [The Sage Steals]; the remaining two great Divine Abilities had not yet been fully mastered.

“I choose Treasure.”

Lu Yang dared not delay and immediately selected the reward for this life. In the next second, the blackish-purple Myriad Spirits Banner abruptly appeared in his Dantian.

Immediately afterward, Lu Yang moved his mind, causing the banner flag to sway. A graceful and charming silhouette turned from void to reality, stepping down from the banner, followed by eight red-robed Vengeful Ghosts. They instantly combined, and the [Yama Hall] reappeared, suppressing all the karma on Lu Yang’s body.

However, compared to the previous life, the current [Yama Hall] had shrunk significantly.

“Is it because there is no Skull Mountain…”

Lu Yang understood in his heart. The [Yama Hall] of his previous life had Skull Mountain as a medium to rely on, but in this life, it could only begrudgingly reside within the Grotto-Heaven inside the Myriad Spirits Banner.

Although the current [Yama Hall] still maintained a Foundation Establishment level stature, it possessed the quality but lacked the quantity. In this state, it probably couldn’t even defeat the soul of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak from the previous life. It could only perform tasks that required mere stature, such as blinding karma.

But this was only a minor issue.

After all, Skull Mountain was sitting right there; it couldn’t grow legs and run away. At worst, he would find an opportunity to go there in the future and re-establish the connection.

“…”

Lu Yang looked up at the sky and waited patiently for a moment. This time, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak did not discover him again. After a burst of incompetent fury, he withdrew his divine sense.

Only then did Lu Yang nod with satisfaction. He then sensed the karma again and revealed a look of composure. “Sure enough, the Banner Spirit and the Myriad Spirits Banner are indeed one entity. At least, that is how [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] judges it. After choosing it as a reward, all of its karma has been erased.”

Currently, he could no longer sense the karma of the Golden Core Sword Qi.

Including the Myriad Spirits Banner and the multitude of Banner Spirits inside, everything had completely turned into something without cause or effect in Lu Yang’s eyes—an existence difficult to trace.

After clearing his thoughts, Lu Yang looked at Liu Xin on the stage.

In this life, he intended to replicate the actions of the life before last.

“The reason Fu Long plotted against me in the previous life was, ultimately, because I hadn’t truly joined the Saint Sect and lacked a strong enough backer behind me.”

The Saint Sect was the Saint Sect, after all. You could call it evil, but you could absolutely not call it weak.

If he had been a Direct Disciple of the Saint Sect in his previous life, he believed that even if Arhat Fu Long were given ten times the courage, he wouldn’t have dared to abduct him to Jiangxi to cultivate Buddhism.

Therefore, in this life, Lu Yang planned to secure the identity of a Direct Disciple for himself.

From this perspective, the Three Rivers Society was a good choice.

“At least that Perfected One Chong Guang and Perfected One Yin Shan should still be reasonable people. After all, in the previous life, they didn’t kill me directly to forcefully seize the [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]…”

Lu Yang believed the other party definitely had the ability to do so.

They had the ability, yet they didn’t do it.

Such people were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in the Saint Sect, not to mention that Perfected One Chong Guang, as a Grand Perfected One at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage, was himself a very sturdy backer.

“Actually, I have always been loyal to the Saint Sect.”

“Everyone in the Saint Sect is talented; I really love it here. Although I didn’t join the Saint Sect in my last life, in reality, I have long been a Saint Sect person!”

Soon, the introductory ceremony ended.

The subsequent events unfolded exactly like the previous few lives. Lu Yang was still assigned to the Joyous Union Hall by Liu Xin, and he was still chosen by Yu Suzhen and abducted into her Cave Abode.

Although he had done this many times, Lu Yang hardened his heart every single time.

With the Great Dao before him, how could he be soft-hearted?

He counter-killed Yu Suzhen.

Looking at Yu Suzhen’s corpse, eyes wide open in death, Lu Yang frowned. Suddenly, a thought moved in his mind; he took out the Myriad Spirits Banner and summoned Su Nü.

“Your servant greets the Master.”

As soon as Su Nü appeared, she bowed respectfully to Lu Yang. As she bent over, her peaks swayed and her willow waist curved like the moon, yet she did not spare a glance at the corpse beside her.

“Do you recognize her?”

Lu Yang pointed to Yu Suzhen’s corpse on the ground. Only then did Su Nü look sideways. Lu Yang immediately focused his mind to sense Su Nü’s thoughts.

Immediately afterward, he saw Su Nü freeze for a moment. Looking at Yu Suzhen’s exquisite face, which was identical to hers, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, seeming to fall into confusion. However, she quickly smoothed her brow. “Replying to Master: I recognize her. That is your servant from when she was alive… Does Master wish to perform rites for her?”

Lu Yang immediately kept a straight face. “Don’t talk nonsense. I am a cultivator!”

He was purely curious about what would happen when two Yu Suzhens appeared in one world.

“It seems [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] fixed this bug for me…”

After the restart, although the Banner Spirit subjectively remembered everything from the past, her self-cognition had been forcibly altered after her karma was erased.

She knew she was Yu Suzhen, yet she did not consider herself to be Yu Suzhen. It was simply as if she were a shadow of the original body.

Just as Lu Yang was pondering, he saw Su Nü suddenly wave her hand at Yu Suzhen’s corpse. A bizarre wave of karma instantly spread out.

“…What are you doing?”

Lu Yang looked up, only to see Su Nü also looking bewildered. After hesitating for a moment, she placed her hand on Yu Suzhen’s corpse as if plucking an object.

The next second—

“Hmm!?”

Lu Yang’s pupils shrank abruptly. He saw that Su Nü, who had originally been cleansed of all cause and effect by [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], suddenly had a layer of karma added to her body!

That was Yu Suzhen’s karma!

“It can even work like this!?”

Lu Yang’s eyes instantly shone with light. A Banner Spirit whose original body existed in the current world could actually borrow the original body’s karma?

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Su Nü and asked, “How did you do that? To what extent can you do it? are there any restrictive conditions?”

Su Nü was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. She then sensed it carefully before whispering, “There is a certain distance requirement; if the distance is too great, it might not work. There are no other requirements. I don’t need to touch the other party. If the other party is dead, I can borrow it permanently.”

“Interesting…”

Lu Yang revealed a look of deep thought as he looked at the other two Banner Spirits inside the Myriad Spirits Banner—Chen Xin’an and the divided spirit of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak… Could they also do the same thing?

If used well, this ability could have massive benefits!

The fact that a Banner Spirit could access the original body’s karma meant that once the original body died, the Banner Spirit could immediately substitute the fake for the real, effectively replacing the person’s existence!

Taking a step back, even if he didn’t kill the original body, he could completely borrow the original body’s karma to do bad things, and then dump the black pot onto the original body’s head.

“…I didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise.”

Following that, he looked toward Liu Xin, who was already waiting outside the door.

Instantly, a plan surfaced in his mind.

“Chen Xin’an!”

First, solve Chen Xin’an’s original body, then have the Banner Spirit Chen Xin’an assume his karma and go recognize the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak as his father in his stead, allowing father and son to reunite.

In this way, Lu Yang would gain an undercover agent planted right beside the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.

In addition to that, with the identity of Chen Xin’an—a Direct Disciple of the Saint Sect and a second-generation immortal who was the son of a Perfected One—many of the Saint Sect’s resources would also be open to him.

If he broke through to Foundation Establishment in the future, he could even have the Banner Spirit Chen Xin’an lure the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak out of the Saint Sect, then use the father-son affection between them to launch a sneak attack and backstab him, directly killing him. Finally, he could use the Banner Spirit of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak to replace him!

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