Chapter 128: Imperial Dragon Sovereign, Ascending to the Heaven!
“Hiss hiss…”
Inside the World Realm, within a deeply hidden underground nest, a pitch-black demonic insect only the size of a rice grain crawled on the ground, emitting a hissing sound.
“Mother… we lost.”
“Why?”
The Qi-Eating Insect King’s spiritual consciousness fluctuated violently, communicating with the Heavenly Mandate imposed on itself. It seemed to sense the despair transmitted from this world.
But it couldn’t understand.
Admittedly, that fire of tribulation was formidable, very formidable, but the Qi-Eating Insect King believed it was absolutely impossible for the opponent to launch such an attack continuously.
So there was no need to be afraid at all. As long as this world, its mother, continued to support it, feed it, and let it continue to grow, given time, even facing that terrifying fire of tribulation again, it had the confidence to devour it completely. Correct, it was far from losing…
“Hiss hiss!”
In the next second, urged by the Insect King’s will, the swarm of Qi-Eating Insects, which had once fallen into dead silence, mobilized again, flying towards the direction of the Saint Sect disciples.
It wanted to continue the attack.
However, through the vision of its kin, the Insect King discovered that those people actually didn’t fight back anymore. Instead, they stared at it with mocking gazes.
Why?
Before this doubt could dissipate from the Qi-Eating Insect King’s heart, it discovered that it lost connection with its swarm, with all the Qi-Eating Insect offspring.
In merely an instant.
Like some kind of divine punishment, without reason, without warning. One second the Qi-Eating Insects were still roaring, and the next second they lost their lives and crashed to the ground.
Only at this moment did the Qi-Eating Insect King truly experience what the despair transmitted from its mother really was. And through the “Heavenly Mandate” imposed on itself, its consciousness also climbed infinitely, finally transcending this world and seeing the true scene outside the world.
In an instant, its consciousness almost stagnated.
It saw its mother, the World Realm it thought possessed infinite power, being easily held in the palm of an indescribable giant.
“Interesting alien species.”
Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue looked at the small bug in her palm and chuckled softly:
“Let’s keep it for now.”
In the next second, carrying the indescribable shock, fear, and admiration of a frog at the bottom of a well finally seeing the sky, its consciousness fell into darkness.
Meanwhile, inside the World Realm, it began to rain heavily.
Rain fell drop by drop.
For the Qi-Eating Insects, this rain was lethal poison. Without exception, all those touched by it were shaken into powder, losing their forms right then and there.
However, for the Saint Sect disciples who had just won, this heavy rain was like sweet dew after a long drought. The rainwater was filled with a massive amount of vitality, boosting their mana and regenerating their severed limbs. As long as they still had a breath, they all recovered rapidly to their peak under the influence of this heavy rain!
Besides that, however, what excited them even more was the change in the world.
“It’s starting!”
Chong Ming did a carp kip-up, throwing off Xu Xin while revealing a look of excitement. “The world is shifting; this World Realm is being merged into the world by the Perfected Lord!”
This was the final step of the Dao Seizing War!
The Perfected Lord of the winning side would take in the World Realm that served as the battlefield, incorporating it into the range of influence of their own Dao Fruit, and then nail it into another territory.
In this way, the influence of the Perfected Lord’s Dao Fruit would expand there.
And in this process, the world would suffer a certain degree of impact. The usually unreachable “Foundation Establishment Realm” would also experience slight instability because of this.
This was the best time to elevate one’s status.
Just like climbing a mountain—usually, climbing requires scaling dangerous peaks, which is extremely difficult. However, at this moment, one could take a cable car and directly cross layers of dangers!
So as long as the Direct Disciples of the Saint Sect aimed for Foundation Establishment, they would go to the Dao Seizing battlefield, risking their lives for a smooth path to the heavens. Because as long as you could survive, even without cultivating Great Divine Abilities, without Foundation Establishment rare treasures, without Rank 3 True Qi, there was still hope for Foundation Establishment!
Therefore, at this moment, all Saint Sect disciples were closing their eyes and cultivating.
However, even for Direct Disciples like Qin Tianhe, Foundation Establishment was quite far away. The odds of success were less than fifty percent at best, so it was impossible to charge directly at Foundation Establishment.
Therefore, they were only trying their best to elevate their status, preparing for true Foundation Establishment.
However, just then—
“Hmm?”
“Someone… who?”
“In that direction…”
Coincidentally, all Saint Sect Direct Disciples possessing status raised their heads, as if sensing something in their hearts, looking towards the direction above their heads.
They were not looking at the dome of heaven, but at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Looking at that realm hidden in the Great Void and concealed in obscurity, unreachable for Qi Refining cultivators, a tall and straight back suddenly emerged in front of it.
Winning the Dao Seizing War had already patched his last flaw.
Charging at Foundation Establishment now, the odds of winning were ten out of ten!
“In the blink of an eye, it’s been eight lives…”
Lu Yang looked emotional. Eight lives of cultivation, from a once reckless youth to the current Saint Sect Direct Disciple. It took him eight lives to finally achieve a small accomplishment.
Thinking back to the beginning, he truly racked his brains to go to the Foundation Establishment Realm, with various means emerging one after another. However, now, he didn’t even climb. Just by manifesting his soul, relying on his status, he naturally stood at the gate of the Foundation Establishment Realm. With one step, he could step inside.
However, it was this final step that plunged Lu Yang into deep thought.
Once this step was taken, there was no turning back.
Foundation Establishment has no regrets. He cultivated True Qi with the Nine Transformations Dragon Art and established his foundation with the Dragon Sovereign-Ascension Scripture. After this, there would be no turning back.
Foundation Establishment, Foundation Establishment; what is built is the Dao Foundation.
Once the Dao Foundation is set, the future Dao path also has limitations. It cannot be changed at will anymore, and numerous karmas related to it will inevitably find him.
At that time, a slight carelessness might lead to the dissipation of his soul.
Does he have the ability to deal with it?
Especially since the Dragon Sovereign-Ascension Scripture concerns the Jiangxi Pure Land and has profound destined affinities. Even if Arhat Fu Long is dealt with, perhaps there are hidden tribulations.
At this moment, Lu Yang hesitated like never before.
Until he saw [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] beside him.
“Wait, I have a cheat!”
Even if there are truly thousands of difficulties and dangers on the road ahead, for others, one wrong step means eternal damnation, but for him, it’s nothing more than starting over from scratch!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang instantly felt his mind clear, hesitating no more.
He took a step forward!
Boom!
As Lu Yang stepped into the Foundation Establishment Realm, he shook his body. With a loud noise, a golden auspicious cloud, majestic as a mountain, slowly rose with him as the center!
This auspicious cloud was boundless. While rising, the cloud qi constantly evolved scenes of flowers, birds, fish, insects, mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, and even the sun, moon, stars, and the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth. And when this auspicious cloud supported Lu Yang’s soul, it seemed like a chariot, extremely luxurious and graceful.
“Ang—!”
With a dragon roar, the light and shadow of a True Dragon emerged in the auspicious cloud—five claws, holding a carpenter’s square (chimú), supporting the auspicious cloud, flying with radiant light, protecting Lu Yang’s soul and guarding his heart.
Compared to the difficulties of the past, this breakthrough simply happened naturally when conditions were ripe.
In the next second, Lu Yang’s figure had already escaped back into the current world. An auspicious cloud was located above his head, breathing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. It was precisely the manifestation of his Dao Foundation.
Pitter-patter…
The light rain fell. Lu Yang stood quietly in place. His already handsome face became even more elegant and refined at this moment, revealing a bit of grace in his gaze.
And behind his head, the auspicious cloud rolled. A True Dragon coiled within it, rippling out circles of seven-colored round light. This was not him deliberately using mana to show off, but a phenomenon naturally generated by heaven and earth. It was as if even this world was rejoicing for his breakthrough, shining in mutual radiance with him!
Meanwhile, Jiangxi, Deep Bliss Pure Land.
As Lu Yang established his foundation, a point of golden light also seemed to appear suddenly within the Pure Land, ready to emerge at a call. Yet it flickered for an instant, returning to nothingness in a flash.
Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, on Extreme Heaven Cliff.
A handsome youth wearing a Daoist robe and pressing his sword on his knees suddenly looked up, revealing a look of surprise: “Imperial Dragon Sovereign, Ascending to the Heaven… but not a Buddhist cultivator?”
The youth calculated with his fingers, then laughed with interest:
“That Dao Fruit has been treasured in the Pure Land for many years, yet no one could verify it. Now, the one with the most hope of verifying that Dao Foundation, the Innate Perfection, is actually not a Buddhist cultivator.”
“This is getting interesting!”
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