Chapter 382: Lu Yang's Development Plan
With this thought, Lu Yang departed, leaving only the sword incarnation sitting cross-legged on the spot.
His true consciousness, under Patriarch Nether Whisper’s arrangement, was extracted from the incarnation again and landed in [Li Hen Tian], transforming it into a new true body.
Heaven and Earth showed no strange phenomena.
Because Lu Yang completed the entire process inside the [Myriad Spirits Banner]. And the [Myriad Spirits Banner], having been washed by [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], was free of karma and cause, enough to deceive heavenly secrets.
At this moment, Lu Yang had already arrived in the outer heavens.
“Strictly speaking, this is my first time in the outer heavens…”
Last time going to the [Myriad Martial World Realm] was with the help of the Saint Sect’s supreme treasure [Heaven-Reaching Hall], belonging to official channels, including pick-up and drop-off, feeling nothing throughout the journey.
This time was smuggling.
Walking the narrow path opened up by Hong Yun, falling into the outer heavens now, Lu Yang truly witnessed what kind of scenery the outer heavens held.
Different from the “universe” in his imagination.
What he saw was a boundless sea of light, intensely bright, and just being within it caused Lu Yang a sharp pain.
This is the [Two Polarities Birth and Destruction Profound Light]…
According to Hong Yun’s memory, the so-called [Two Polarities Birth and Destruction Profound Light] was unique to the outer heavens, capable of decomposing all things and returning them to the primordial beginning.
If ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones fell into it, it all depended on the quality of their dao foundation. Those above rank 3 could persist for a quarter of an hour. Those below rank 3 would inevitably turn into fly ash within a quarter of an hour. Unless one was at Foundation Establishment Perfection and had refined a blessed land, one could barely shuttle through it. Only Golden Core Perfected Lords could cross it like walking on flat ground.
“I refined the [Small Blessed Land] [Li Hen Tian], which can be considered a trick.”
That said, [Li Hen Tian] was definitely inferior to a true blessed land. Having traveled only for a moment, Lu Yang could feel the blessed land being damaged.
“Fortunately, there is no concept of distance in the outer heavens.”
The outer heavens was vast but had no distinction of far and near. It all depended on whether you mastered the “coordinates.” As long as you had coordinates, no matter how far, you could arrive in one step.
But without coordinates, even if close, it was like being on the horizon.
Lu Yang held firm to the coordinates provided in Hong Yun’s memory, slowly stepping forward. Under the sensing of divine sense, he impressively saw the scene in the sea of light.
It was hole after hole.
The sea of light in the outer heavens seemed perfect and flawless, but in reality, there were holes one after another. Each hole was unfathomably deep, as if leading to a world.
This was how world realms appeared in the outer heavens.
Lu Yang looked back, and his pupils contracted suddenly… because he saw the world he left, the appearance of that wretched place in the sea of light.
Using “hole” to describe it was somewhat inadequate.
It should be called “Abyss”!
Compared to the surrounding holes, that wretched place was simply like tearing the sea of light apart. Inconceivably vast and boundless, like a black hole.
Its behaviour was even extremely similar to a black hole, emitting incredibly huge gravitational pull, attracting the holes symbolizing world realms around it one after another, then devouring them… It was simply like a giant beast opening its bloody mouth, making it hard to conceal the shock and terror in one’s heart.
“This wretched place…”
Lu Yang dared not look more. Turning his head, he took a step forward, disappearing quickly from the spot, and crashed down towards the direction of the coordinates sensed by his divine sense!
The moon was bright, stars were sparse, and the evening breeze was gentle.
Lu Yang opened his eyes, no longer sensing with divine sense, but allowing his body to disintegrate, transforming from human form back into [Li Hen Tian], hanging high in the center of the sea of clouds.
“Looking back, the world has changed…”
Lu Yang activated [Marionette] immediately. As expected, just like in the [Myriad Martial World Realm], he could still sense the existence of the sword Incarnation.
He could even have a thought to let the true body enter the [Myriad Spirits Banner], and the [Myriad Spirits Banner] would follow the [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body] to transfer to the sword incarnation’s side, returning to that wretched place instantly. However, before developing properly, he would never make such a decision again.
If I even have a slight thought of that, someone must be baiting me!
Lu Yang looked around. Unlike when he was in the [Myriad Martial World Realm], this time he actually couldn’t feel the hostility and pressure from this world realm.
This was all thanks to Hong Yun.
Long ago when he was still a Perfected Lord, Hong Yun exerted considerable influence on this world realm, developing it into a shape that wouldn’t reject outsiders.
“Strictly speaking, this world realm actually hasn’t condensed a Dao Fruit yet. It can’t compare to the [Myriad Martial World Realm]. Theoretically, it should be the same as Suo Huan’s native world realm.”
At most, a prototype Dao Fruit.
If it were a great world realm like the [Myriad Martial World Realm] where a true Dao Fruit appeared, then even if Hong Yun was still a Perfected Lord, it would be difficult to cause huge influence on it.
But a prototype Dao Fruit was different.
Suo Huan’s native world once condensed a prototype Dao Fruit, but the result? Wasn’t it crushed by a Perfected Lord casually, with only Suo Huan escaping alone?
“For a prototype Dao Fruit to evolve into a Dao Fruit, the difficulty is actually very high.”
With the supplement of Hong Yun’s memory, Lu Yang also realized that many of his previous thoughts actually had flaws.
“For example, letting the Patriarch attain the prototype Dao Fruit inside the [Myriad Spirits Banner]… is actually unfeasible. Because it’s not a true Dao Fruit, it can’t support a Perfected Lord.”
Then why could Perfected One Primordial succeed?
“Because of [Eternal Flowing Water]!”
“[Eternal Flowing Water] has the meaning of vastness and infinity. Perfected One Primordial used Dao Sin to guide thousands of years of [Eternal Flowing Water], taking all its vastness to supplement himself.”
“Simply put, it was using the Dao Fruit power of [Eternal Flowing Water] to catalyze the prototype Dao Fruit in the [Myriad Spirits Banner], greatly accelerating the condensation of the Dao Fruit. Only then was [Wu You Heaven] born from this. This requires a layout over a very long time. The Patriarch doesn’t have those conditions, not to mention…”
Lu Yang suspected that Heaven and Earth also had a hand in this!
After all, Perfected One Primordial’s act was essentially taking Heaven and Earth’s surplus to make up for his own deficiency. Without Heaven and Earth’s support, on what basis could he succeed?
And in terms of results, Heaven and Earth was also a beneficiary.
With Perfected Lords in seclusion and no longer monitoring the world, Heaven and Earth thus had room to tamper. The appearance of [Wu You Heaven] simply let it take a huge advantage!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn’t help but curse again—
“What a wretched place…”
Restraining his thoughts, Lu Yang looked at the sky overhead, only to see a full four moons occupying east, south, west, and north, firmly sealing the entire world realm.
This was a grand array.
Its name was [Seven Luminaries Stabilizing the World and Preserving Truth Grand Formation]. Ranked 3rd grade, it was an array at the Perfected Lord level, left by Hong Yun after discovering this world back then.
The purpose was to prevent it from being drawn to that wretched place.
And the external manifestation of the array power appeared as the sun and moon before his eyes. Three suns across the sky during the day, four moons hanging high at night, converging the light of the seven luminaries.
“After all, it’s a new world realm. Caution…”
Lu Yang was very cautious. No choice; he was used to being pitted in the wretched place. Even arriving in a new world realm now, he still instinctively decided to act cautiously.
As for how to develop in this world realm, Lu Yang also had a plan.
A prototype Dao Fruit is hard to support a Perfected Lord. This is probably one of the reasons why Hong Yun never ran away here. After all, once running here and not returning, unless waiting for this world realm to evolve to completion on its own, the road upwards would be cut off. it was impossible for him to become a Perfected Lord.
That being said, Lu Yang was different from Hong Yun.
The Dao Fruit is actually secondary. For me, as long as I have Foundation Establishment Perfection, it counts as success.
Because of Patriarch Nether Whisper!
Because there is a falsely holding golden core position method of the [Yama Hall]!
Even if I can’t become a Perfected Lord, gathering nine Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators to falsely hold the golden position, will have a similar effect. At least it’s more than enough to go back and crush a weaklings!
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