Chapter 257: I Want Them All!
As his vision gradually cleared, Lu Yang looked up at the sky. What met his eyes was a marvelous spectacle rarely seen in the world: a multitude of stars hung high, with both the sun and moon sharing the sky.
“Interesting.”
Lu Yang made a cursory scan and instantly felt the malice of this World Realm. The surrounding spiritual Qi permeated the air like sharp, piercing silver needles.
If one were to rashly absorb the spiritual Qi of this world, the result would only be getting cut and bruised all over. The spiritual Qi might even contain potent poison, contaminating one’s Dao Foundation. From this, one could see that even for a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, it was difficult; for someone at the Perfection of Qi Refining, it would probably be even harder.
After all, the Status of Qi Refining Perfection was insufficient, making it easy to be assimilated by the World Realm.
Only a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, once attained, was attained forever. Even in a different World Realm, they could use their Dao Foundation as an anchor to maintain themselves without being worn down or influenced by the power of the World Realm.
Immediately after, Lu Yang sensed the state of his main body.
Hmm… no problem. I can withdraw my consciousness at any time. If my main body goes to the [Heaven-Reaching Hall], I can even teleport to the incarnation’s side!
In the next second, he looked at the dome of the sky above his head. He felt that the stars in the sky were like eyes, and the starlight made him somewhat uncomfortable.
Lu Yang was all too familiar with this feeling.
Heaven and earth’s killing intent again.
As an outsider, facing the killing intent of a World Realm, ordinary methods were useless for evasion. This was also a danger that must be faced when [Harvesting Qi] in the outer heaven.
Just then, Perfected One Miaoyin beside him spoke:
“Yuan Tu, acting together makes our target too big and easy to track. It’s better to separate temporarily and meet up after concealing the auras on our bodies.”
This was naturally just an excuse. In fact, Perfected One Miaoyin simply wanted a reason to separate from Lu Yang to avoid him noticing any clues. Then she would summon Suo Huan according to their previous agreement, letting Suo Huan kill Lu Yang, thereby exchanging for an opportunity to cross her tribulation in the Blessed Land.
Little did she know, Lu Yang was actually hoping for this as well.
The two hit it off instantly. Perfected One Miaoyin immediately activated a streak of escape light and left, while Lu Yang remained in place, calculating intelligence regarding the [Myriad Martial World Realm].
“Destiny Star martial artists, Sun and Moon Sons of Heaven…”
Soon, Lu Yang had a rough idea in his heart: “The cultivators of this realm pin their entire cultivation base on their Destiny Stars, and Destiny Stars are evidently manifestations of the Dao Fruit…”
“Its a Dao Fruit for governing the world!” Lu Yang sighed with emotion.
“This kind of Dao Fruit is somewhat similar to [City Rampart Earth]. It’s probably the type the Dao Court likes most. This system even shares similarities with the Dao Court.”
In other words, the Dao Fruit of this World Realm was also of great use to him.
“But in my current state, I can’t cultivate it at all. At most, I can snatch a wave and run. Although there are gains, they truly aren’t that big.”
Lu Yang frowned tightly, pondering how to maximize his benefits. However, just then, he suddenly felt a wisp of aura emerge within his body. Subsequently, the surrounding spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, which originally viewed him as a nemesis and wished to slice him into a thousand pieces, suddenly stagnated. Then, its attitude changed drastically:
…Earth Vein Qi?
Lu Yang raised an eyebrow, realizing the reason for the World Realm’s change in attitude. After a brief calculation, a bizarre look appeared on his face:
“You want this Earth Vein Qi in my hand?”
“Right, Earth Vein Qi counts as external Qi to this World Realm. If it can swallow it, there will inevitably be significant benefits.”
“But what benefit do I get?”
“Although I won’t be punished by heaven now, when I go back, heaven and earth will discover I took the Earth Vein Qi out but didn’t bring it back… It’ll kill me…”
In other words—
“…You have to pay more!”
The spiritual Qi of heaven and earth grew turbulent for a moment, seemingly falling into a certain deathly silence. After a long while, Lu Yang suddenly felt a beam of starlight land on his body.
“Hmm?”
Raising his head, Lu Yang instantly felt a sensation. The previous killing intent of heaven and earth was completely withdrawn, and a star on the dome of the sky blossomed with light.
“Is this… trying to bribe me?”
Lu Yang frowned. The intelligence of this [Myriad Martial World Realm]’s Dao Fruit was a bit too high, completely different from the Dao Fruits in his own world.
However, its conditions were indeed quite good.
In this realm, all living beings had Destiny Stars, equivalent to ID cards issued by heaven and earth. Those without Destiny Stars were outsiders, easily spotted by anyone.
Conversely, as long as he could obtain a Destiny Star, it would be equivalent to getting a green card for the [Myriad Martial World Realm]. Communicating with the local natives would inevitably be much easier, and future actions would be more convenient. Otherwise, he could only hide here and there, braving heaven and earth’s killing intent to seize the essence of heaven and earth.
There was only one problem.
“How do I know you won’t go back on your word?”
Lu Yang judged others by himself. If it were him, he would definitely think of cheating the Earth Vein Qi into his hands first. Once in hand, he would immediately turn hostile and deny everything.
“How about this, I’ll give you a little first, and I’ll give you the rest slowly.”
As soon as Lu Yang’s voice fell, the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth instantly responded, looking impatient.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yang immediately separated one percent of the Earth Vein Qi and merged it into heaven and earth. Almost simultaneously, a sensation arose in his heart.
Whoosh!
In the dome of the sky, a Destiny Star was instantly lit up. Its corresponding divine wonder fell into Lu Yang’s heart along with the starlight, transforming into two large characters:
[Villager].
“The divine wonder is being able to eat anything when hungry—bran, mud, tree bark… How the hell is this a villager? It can turn into a famine victim at any time!”
Lu Yang made a calculation on his fingers. The karma in the unseen world instantly transmitted heaven and earth’s response— More Earth Vein Qi is needed to unlock stronger Destiny Stars.
to put it simply—pay to win.
Lu Yang sneered instantly. Immediately after, he decisively put away the remaining Earth Vein Qi and began to circulate the Qian Heaven Primordial All-Governing Divine Method.
Evidently, these so-called Destiny Stars were a type of essence of heaven and earth. At this moment, the falling starlight was completely devoured by Lu Yang. Soon, a light shadow slowly reflected behind his back. It was shockingly a majestic illusory form with three heads and six arms, green face and fangs, with mysterious fire dancing and rising with every movement.
“Good, good, good…”
Seeing this, Lu Yang revealed a look of joy. “Preliminary [Qi Harvesting] successful. Finally, I have the foundation to truly cultivate this [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body]!”
The Dharma Body was the root of protecting the Dao.
Divine Abilities, Dao arts, Spirit Treasures—these were all external objects. Facing the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation when breaking through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, they often shattered at a touch, difficult to contend with.
Only the Dharma Body was different.
“Refining the Dharma Body to protect the Dao increases the odds of success against the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation by at least thirty percent…
Its a pity, a mere [Villager] Destiny Star is far from enough.”
Thinking of this, a thought couldn’t help but arise in Lu Yang’s mind— If even a single wisp of Earth Vein Qi could make the [Myriad Martial World Realm]’s Dao Fruit covet it so thirstily, what about a whole Earth Vein? Could it help him gather the external Qi resources needed to cultivate the [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body] in one go?
“Regardless, I must cultivate this Dharma Body successfully!”
What made Lu Yang determined wasn’t just the power of the Dharma Body, but more importantly—
“This Dharma Body is named [Myriad Phenomena] because it possesses the ability to encompass all phenomena. Once successfully cultivated, it can be continuously improved by smelting external objects.”
“In other words, as long as I cultivate it successfully, I can merge the [Avici Sword], [Myriad Spirits Banner], [Imperial Palace Golden Seal Script Tushita True Edict], and many other Spirit Treasures into the Dharma Body!”
Before this, Lu Yang had always been troubled by having too many gains in this life, not knowing what to choose after restarting.
But if he let the Immortal Fetus Incarnation cultivate the [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body], and then packaged all the gains of this life through the Dharma Body… after restarting, if he selected the Immortal Fetus Incarnation, he could bring everything back in one go!
[Avici Sword]? [Myriad Spirits Banner]? [Imperial Palace Golden Seal Script Tushita True Edict]?
I want them all!
(End of this chapter)
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