Chapter 327: Why Not Use Cheats?
“Damn it, truly insidious!”
Jiangnan, [Hidden Sword Villa].
Lu Yang’s Immortal Spirit main body clearly saw the dilemma his divided soul had fallen into through the [Marionette].
This was also where the difficulty of the Second Tribulation lay.
According to the intelligence circulating now, the Second Tribulation of [Wu You Heaven] is completely different from the First Tribulation. Cultivators will no longer possess their past memories this time.
Their past memories will be obscured, and they will truly integrate into the identity of Perfected One Primordial. Although after coming out of [Wu You Heaven], their past memories will quickly revive, and they will only treat it as a dream… but this operation is obviously wrong. It’s problematic no matter how you look at it.
Fortunately… I sent a divided soul!
So far, Lu Yang hadn’t let his main body’s Divine Sense go into [Wu You Heaven] even once because he had doubts, so he dared not act rashly.
The erosion of consciousness was secondary… what if [Wu You Heaven] could lock onto a person?
The moment his main body entered [Wu You Heaven], Perfected One Primordial would discover— eh? There’s actually an Immortal Spirit? Let me see what’s going on…
Although Perfected One Primordial hadn’t shown the mighty power of a Golden Core Perfected Lord so far, and [Wu You Heaven] was much weaker compared to other [Dao Fruits], Lu Yang wouldn’t gamble on whether the other party had that strength, nor would he harbor any fluke mentality. So it was better to let the divided soul suffer a bit.
Besides, there are benefits to this.
This was why Lu Yang dared to be certain that he had a great hope of breaking the Second Tribulation… because his main body could provide support to the divided soul from outside the arena!
Normally, this couldn’t be done.
Saint Sect Perfected Ones had tried long ago, but even if they entered [Wu You Heaven] with a divided soul, the connection with the main body would be cut off, making it impossible to cheat this way.
However, Lu Yang was different.
The connection of the [Marionette] cannot be cut off by [Wu You Heaven]!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang became increasingly excited. While keeping an eye on the battlefield on Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon’s side, he focused his attention, ready to speed-run the Second Tribulation!
“I have now reached Initial Stage Foundation Establishment Perfection.”
At this moment, the divided soul, who had fully assumed the identity of Perfected One Primordial, was still sighing with emotion: “Life-Bound Divine Ability achieved, merit, destiny, and dao comprehension are lacking nothing.”
“[Heavenly Spirit] and [Earthly Fiend] also obtained.”
Right in front of him, shimmering water light floated in the air. This was [Ren Water]. In the sky, it was clouds; on the earth, it was marshes. It was the most Yang water under heaven.
Memory told him that as long as he refined this wisp of [Ren Water], he could break through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, taking a step closer to his ideal goal… But in the next second, huge sorrow and long-suppressed despair welled up in his heart, making his expression increasingly gloomy.
“But… what use is it!”
The next second, he directly threw away the [Ren Water] in front of him, looking ferocious: “My path is broken! Even if I refine it, I cannot attain the [Dao Fruit]!”
The scene of the First Tribulation surfaced in his mind.
[Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Dragon-Tiger Intersection Grand Formation], one hundred and eight [Celestial Maidens]… That great battle truly tortured him until he was crumbling and covered in wounds.
At the same time, it also cut off his path.
“My intention was originally on [Eternal Flowing Water], but now the Dao Foundation built with Rank 4 True Qi is innately deficient. The highest cultivation in this life will be Foundation Establishment Perfection!”
“Unfortunately, there are no regrets on the Dao path. I can’t even recultivate.”
“Bastard… bullying me too much!”
Where is the road ahead?
Thinking of this, Lu Yang’s divided soul became increasingly worried. Outside, Lu Yang’s main body also realized the difficulty faced in this tribulation.
Sinking into it, thoroughly assuming Perfected One Primordial’s situation, and finally finding a way out. Using the Dao Heart as a sword to cut through all confusion and obstacles is the only way to finally break the tribulation and emerge… Undoubtedly, if one can break this tribulation with their own Dao Heart, the improvement to Divine Sense and mental state will be significant.
The premise was not cheating like Lu Yang.
Having said that, Lu Yang wasn’t envious at all. Compared to a little improvement in Divine Sense and mental state, his own safety was what he valued most.
Thinking of this, he immediately operated the [Marionette].
In his view, this stage was actually easy to break. Even without considering the threat of Perfected One Primordial, if his main body went in, he was confident he could break it.
Because this difficulty was not worth mentioning to him at all.
If he fell into such a tribulation, he wouldn’t worry or resent. His instinct would only give birth to a simple thought—
Why not use cheats?
Is it because I don’t want to?
Lu Yang slightly modified this thought and sent it into the consciousness of the divided soul, causing the same idea to uncontrollably surface in its mind.
“Start over… that’s right!”
“It’s just starting all over again! As long as I commit suicide, reincarnate five times, and wash my soul with the power of reincarnation, I can naturally start all over again!”
“I am enlightened!”
As his voice fell, the Perfected One Primordial assumed by the divided soul didn’t say another word. He directly drew the spiritual sword at his waist and slashed across his neck with incomparable elegance—
Pu-chi!
[Wu You Heaven], above layers of cloud seas.
Perfected One Primordial sat on a cloud cluster. Before his eyes were countless streams of light, each reflecting a Foundation Establishment Perfected One breaking tribulations within [Wu You Heaven].
“Hmm? Someone broke the Second Tribulation again?”
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, joy revealing between his brows. He then looked at one of the streams of light: “And the speed is actually so fast?”
When he saw Lu Yang’s divided soul clearly in the stream of light, he was even more surprised: “It’s actually this person… Could it be secretly instructed by the Perfected Lord behind him?”
Thinking of this, Perfected One Primordial rarely gained some interest.
“How did he break the tribulation?”
Recalling back then, facing the desperate situation of a hopeless path ahead, he was almost crazy. After experiencing countless hardships, he finally broke through layers of obstacles and reshaped his Dao Heart.
In his vision, there were only three ways to break the Second Tribulation.
The first, the most superior, was to break the tribulation with the Dao Heart. Even if the path ahead was hopeless, facing a desperate situation, one could still forge ahead with unwavering determination.
The second, mediocre, was to muddle along, give up thinking, and break through first.
The third, the worst way to break the situation was to rot, accepting the fact of one’s mediocrity, without a trace of despair, nor a trace of motivation to move upward.
Whichever one, it counted as getting rid of the inner demon of despair.
However, [Perfected One Primordial] still put the first one in the first place. After all, cultivation was climbing dangerous peaks. If the Dao Heart wasn’t firm and didn’t go to extremes, how could one achieve the Dao?
Thinking of this, [Perfected One Primordial] opened his mouth, splitting the corners of his mouth to both sides. His originally somewhat ethereal appearance instantly turned into a weird and ferocious form. He actually swallowed the stream of light reflecting Lu Yang’s appearance in one gulp. Then, after sensing briefly, his expression gradually became strange:
“Suicide… does he want to reincarnate and start over?”
“Is this a bit too extreme?”
Perfected One Primordial could sense the emotions of Lu Yang’s divided soul at that time. Not despair, not rotting, but truly believing this was a way to break the situation.
“If I can attain the enlightenment, the original self and other selves are ultimately me. If I cannot attain the enlightenment, there is no difference between the original self and other selves…”
Gradually, Perfected One Primordial fell into silence.
After a long time, he came back to his senses but suddenly laughed loudly: “Good! What a ‘starting all over again’! Truly a firm Dao Heart, something no ordinary person can do!”
Looking at the world, who doesn’t fear death? Who doesn’t fear reincarnation?
No regrets on the Dao path!
Who can start over?
Yet there is such a person who regards reincarnation as nothing, only seeking to ‘start over’. How similar is he to his current self?
He calculated all heavenly secrets and planned for many years, becoming this inhuman and ghostly appearance now. Isn’t it just for a chance to ‘start over’ while retaining himself?
Even he himself is like this.
The other party’s decision to disregard everything just to ‘start over’, what great perseverance is that?
Such a Dao Heart, even he couldn’t help but feel some admiration.
“If I attain the enlightenment, it is ultimately me… I have truly learned something!”
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