Chapter 374: A Sliver of Survival
Outside the Myriad Poison Cult mountain gate, two figures stood imposingly.
One side was entirely formed by Divine Abilities: [Unyielding Metal] outlining the body, [Master of Armaments] transforming into weapons, enhanced by [Solemn Mystic Frost] and [Resonant Heaven Bell].
Looking at it, no physical features could be seen.
There was only a strong imagery favored by Heaven and Earth lingering around its body. Just standing there, it seemed to gather the brilliance of the world.
What an Immortal Spirit!
Guang Ming nodded slightly. He actually didn’t recognize the opponent, but the [Supreme Truth Enlightenment Tuoluo Heaven Manifestation] behind him told him this was his destiny.
“Would Benefactor be willing to join my sect?”
Guang Ming put his palms together, his dharma eye burning like a torch—benefactor seems perfect at this moment, but in reality, he is still lacking a step. He has not awakened his Life-Bound Divine Ability yet.
After speaking, he reached into his sleeve and actually took out a golden hoop inscribed with dense patterns, reflecting thousands of illusory lights, as if containing the truth of the Great Dao. Just examining it closely, solemn Buddhist chants would naturally ring in one’s ears.
“If Benefactor converts, you shall be my head disciple.”
“This [Heart-Binding Hoop] is the object of our affinity. If Benefactor wears it, within thirty years, you will surely refine your Life-Bound Ability and seek a right fruit upwards.”
Rumble.
Facing Guang Ming’s recruitment, the figure formed by Divine Abilities simply raised a hand. Instantly, severe frost covered the sky, and a terrifying aura of solemn killing filled the world.
[Solemn Mystic Frost]!
This Divine Ability could not only change the environment but, more importantly, possessed the profundity of dissipating spiritual power. Every flake of frost and snow was like a tempered sharp blade.
Now unleashed by the divine ability figure, it even drew assistance from Heaven and Earth. Wherever the divine ability passed, heavy snow flew, enveloping Guang Ming’s figure and tearing at his body madly. Pressing down at this moment, it immediately left countless clear white marks on Guang Ming’s flawless golden body.
However, Guang Ming remained unmoved.
At this moment, his cultivation was actually about the same as the divine ability light and shadow, both at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and not yet at Perfection. However, the strength displayed was completely different.
“Amitabha.”
Guang Ming put his palms together. Without using any divine ability, he withstood the divine ability with his golden body while opening his mouth to spit out a passage of scripture.
“Om Mani Padme Hum…”
As the scripture rose, the golden hoop in his hand also flew up in response.
The golden hoop seemed to have a spirit, going directly to loop around the divine ability figure’s head. Seeing this scene, the divine ability light and shadow immediately changed the hand seal.
Clang!
Instantly, the melodious bell toll rang again. Formless and intangible, without visible divine ability brilliance, yet it echoed through the universe, blocking the golden hoop falling from thin air.
[Resonant Heaven Bell]!
Seeing the golden hoop blocked, Guang Ming was not alarmed but delighted. He clapped his hands and laughed:
“You (酉) corresponds to the temple bell. [You Metal] also occupies the western dui position. Since Benefactor can refine this Innate Divine Ability, it shows you truly have an affinity with my west!”
The divine ability light and shadow said nothing.
Meanwhile, inside the Myriad Poison Cult mountain gate, Lu Yang was still struggling to resist the consciousness invasion from Heaven and Earth. The opponent had obviously changed tactics.
Is it trying to grind me to death?
Using the divine ability incarnation to stall Guang Ming, attracting his attention to buy time to refine me completely… But something is wrong. Why does it want to refine me?
If it just wanted a controllable Immortal Spirit.
Throwing his soul out and taking the physical body for itself would be simpler, right?
But judging from Heaven and Earth’s attitude so far, it clearly wanted to occupy both his physical body and soul simultaneously, not just the Immortal Spirit body alone.
Could it be…
In an instant, a shadow flashed across Lu Yang’s eyes: Is [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] exposed?
No, I’m scaring myself.
A Foundation Establishment Perfected One’s memory is very hard to read. Only the [Heaven-Mending True Scripture] can soul-search a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, but that’s all.
Lu Yang wasn’t afraid of dual cultivation!
So even if someone used the [Heaven-Mending True Scripture] against him, he could easily counter it.
Therefore, he absolutely didn’t believe Heaven and Earth could read his memory through the Immortal Spirit body and thus know about the existence of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. This was completely unreasonable.
More importantly… if Heaven and Earth really knew about the existence of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], why would it be so sneaky and waste time plotting against me? Refining me instantly would be simpler, right? Given the value of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], it’s totally worth making a big fuss… It shows Heaven and Earth definitely knows nothing about it!
At most, it just found it strange.
After all, him popping up as an Immortal Spirit inexplicably, without needing Heaven and Earth to nurture him, and being able to find Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends himself, was obviously very odd.
Rather, trying to refine me is precisely because it wants to know my secrets!
Boom!
Another loud noise. Lu Yang was pushed to desperation again and had to use [Mind Snare] once more to reverse the decline, pulling everything back to the beginning.
However, this was also the limit.
[Mind Snare] consumes too much spiritual power. Using it three times has almost exhausted my spiritual power… This is probably the last time!
The situation remained hopeless.
Past experiences began to flash through Lu Yang’s mind like a revolving lantern. There must be, there must be a way to break this desperate situation.
Body, soul, consciousness?
Suddenly, Lu Yang’s heart shook violently.
Consciousness!
Perfected One Primordial Mu Changsheng!
That’s right, consciousness! Body, soul—these are essentially creations of Heaven and Earth. Only consciousness is truly my own thing!
The former Perfected One Primordial Mu Changsheng once achieved the feat of stripping away his own consciousness, leaving it in [Wu You Heaven], while his soul reincarnated. Wasn’t that a form of living? If he could replicate Mu Changsheng’s past actions, perhaps he could find a way out of this desperate situation!
After all… [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] follows my consciousness!
Lu Yang was extremely certain about this.
Because he had tried it. When he transferred his consciousness to the Incarnation via [Marionette], he could open the interface of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] through the Incarnation.
The problem now was that his consciousness was ultimately based on the true body’s soul.
Once the soul was controlled, the consciousness would also be hard to escape.
Unless I can completely strip my consciousness from the true body’s soul and transfer it to the incarnation’s divided soul, only then can I hope to escape alive!
The incarnation had gone through reincarnation, so its divided soul was already independent.
Plus, [Marionette] couldn’t be detected.
Except for Heaven and Earth, which might have been watching him from start to finish and should know, to anyone else checking, Lu Yang’s true body and incarnation had no connection.
There wasn’t even karma between the two.
The reason Lu Yang could manipulate the Incarnation as easily as his arm was entirely due to the existence of [Marionette]. Without it, the Incarnation would immediately rebel.
So as long as I can strip the consciousness out, at worst I’ll abandon the Immortal Spirit True Body!
Heaven and Earth has such strong suppression on me now entirely because I walked into the trap myself, plus the Immortal Spirit body. But the Incarnation is different.
As long as I can let my consciousness escape to the Incarnation.
“At the very least, I can commit suicide and restart!”
But how to do it?
Mu Changsheng didn’t pass down the method of separating consciousness and soul at all. Lu Yang had only met him once, and a single encounter revealed nothing.
Then looking across the world, was there anyone who could replicate the opponent’s Divine Ability dao technique just by looking at it once?
“…”
In the next second, Lu Yang mustered all his essence, energy, and spirit, communicated with the dharma body, operated the [Myriad Spirits Banner], and directly contacted Patriarch Nether Whisper, who was still in seclusion at this moment.
Patriarch! Save me!
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