Chapter 401: I Am Invincible in the World!
Inside the Seven Luminaries Heaven, a ball of colorful light hovered high in the sky. Interweaving rosy clouds erupted with the sound of thunderbolts, constantly inhaling and exhaling the spiritual qi between heaven and earth.
“What exactly is going on?”
Even now, Yan Taizu and the Capital City God hadn’t yet reacted to Lu Yang’s sword strike that opened the heavens. At this moment, they couldn’t help but exchange glances.
However, as time passed, the ball of colorful light gradually collapsed, finally transforming into a human figure. It was a tall and handsome young man, standing quietly in the air with his hands behind his back. A ring of white jade brilliance behind his head seemed to elucidate the utmost principles of heaven and earth, making him look increasingly solemn and sacred.
Lu Yang did not speak; his eyes were slightly closed.
The surging spiritual power within his body, powerful enough to shake a world realm, almost intoxicated him. At the same time, an indescribable sense of disbelief rose in his heart—
It really wasn’t a trap…!
It went ridiculously smooth.
To be honest, even if a giant hand had grabbed him the moment he broke through to Foundation Establishment Perfection and instantly refined him, he wouldn’t have been surprised.
Yet, the result was that everything was fine.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately shook his head: Sure enough, all those setbacks before were purely because there was a problem with that wretched place, not because there was a problem with me…
If he hadn’t chosen to run away decisively, how difficult would it have been to achieve Foundation Establishment Perfection?
Not to mention anything else, just the four Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends alone would have played him to death. He would probably still stuck at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. How could he have achieved what he had today?
But my success is likely difficult to replicate.
Lu Yang knew this well. If simply fleeing that wretched place and cultivating in the outer heavens allowed one to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, why would anyone stay in that place?
Ultimately, it was because he inherited Hong Yun’s layout. Whether it was the [Seven Luminaries Stabilizing the World and Preserving Truth Grand Formation] or the Seven Luminaries Heaven itself, they were all trump cards left by Hong Yun. Lu Yang’s achievement was largely because he walked the retreat path that Hong Yun had originally arranged for himself.
Hong Yun, Hong Yun, you really are my great fortune!
Probably the most correct decision I made in this life was to overthrow and slay the newly reincarnated Hong Yun. That was my first pot of gold!
No matter how trash a Perfected Lord was, he was still a Perfected Lord.
Even a casual arrangement by a Perfected Lord was enough to benefit cultivators below the Perfected Lord level immensely… Lu Yang deeply realized this point once again.
The next second, Lu Yang lowered his head.
As his gaze swept over, Yan Taizu and the Capital City God suddenly sobered up, only to feel a chill sweeping through their hearts. This appearance… could it be that the outsider won!?
For a moment, the expressions of the two incense offering deities were extremely ugly.
Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head.
If a Primordial Saint Sect Perfected One were here, they would definitely be prostrating themselves on the ground shouting “Congratulations, Senior.”
Still too concerned with saving face
Well, they are used to tyrannizing the Seven Luminaries Heaven. Their heads are held too high, so it’s normal that they didn’t react.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly felt a lack of interest.
“Never mind. Since you two were also acting involuntarily, I will show mercy beyond the law. I won’t extract your souls and refine your spirits to torture you; I’ll just let your souls fly away and your spirits scatter.”
As his voice fell, the white jade round light behind Lu Yang’s head instantly lit up.
[Uphold Heaven’s Principles]!
As the name implied, this divine ability was the “lite version” of the Seven Luminaries Heaven’s Dao Fruit prototype. Once displayed, its suppression of the incense offering divine dao was practically destructive!
The moment Lu Yang spoke, Yan Taizu and the Capital City God immediately revealed looks of panic. Then, they watched in horror as the incense they originally commanded with ease was lost in an instant.
Immediately after, their bodies disintegrated together, and their souls crumbled with a boom before they could even scream!
The Seven Luminaries Heaven had no Netherworld.
Therefore, there was no reincarnation. After death, souls immediately disintegrated on the spot, merging into heaven and earth, and then heaven and earth would condense brand-new souls.
Of course, Lu Yang harbored compassion and didn’t let them fall to that step. He took action and refined them into banner spirits.
I am already invincible in the world!
Of course, limited to the Seven Luminaries Heaven.
Immediately, Lu Yang turned his gaze to his side, seeing Patriarch Nether Whisper carefully holding a dim precious pearl in his hands.
The nameless Dao Fruit prototype within the Myriad Spirits Banner.
“It’s damaged severely.”
Patriarch Nether Whisper frowned and explained, “There are signs of necrosis. Unless it is supplemented by a complete Dao Fruit, it will be very difficult to recover.”
Lu Yang didn’t feel heartache upon hearing this.
Difficult to recover? Then don’t recover!
With a thought, Lu Yang directly withdrew this Dao Fruit prototype back into the Myriad Spirits Banner, then threw it into the Seven Luminaries Heaven, revealing a look of anticipation:
Is there hope?
Could two Dao Fruit prototypes combining into one hope to become a complete Dao Fruit? If there really was hope, he would commit suicide and restart immediately without saying a second word!
The Myriad Spirits Banner exists in every life!
If I can really raise a Dao Fruit by stacking quantity, at worst I’ll restart a few more times. As long as I can cultivate a Dao Fruit of my own, it’s a huge profit!
Under Lu Yang’s expectant gaze, the Myriad Spirits Banner shook for a while. The Dao Fruit prototype that the Seven Luminaries Heaven failed to eat while alive was now eaten after being refined by Lu Yang. However, Lu Yang soon frowned because the Seven Luminaries Heaven didn’t undergo much change as a result.
Is it useless?
No, it wasn’t useless. Holding the Myriad Spirits Banner, Lu Yang could clearly feel that the Seven Luminaries Heaven’s Dao Fruit prototype seemed to become more complete at this moment.
It is useful. The problem is the quantity…
Lu Yang made a rough calculation, then couldn’t help but reveal a helpless look: he discovered that if he cultivated the Seven Luminaries Heaven according to his plan just now…
He would have to restart over three hundred times!
After reaching this conclusion, Lu Yang instantly dispelled all thoughts. After all, his book wasn’t the Book of Ten Thousand Lifetimes; where would he get more than three hundred Myriad Spirits Banners?
Forget it. A little bit is better than nothing.
The harvest this time was already huge, so Lu Yang looked at it with an open mind.
Thinking of this, he turned to consider another question— How strong am I… right now? What is my standard if placed in that wretched place?
Strictly speaking, the current me is very special. I’m probably the only cultivator who cultivated a Rank 2 True Art from scratch and reached perfection.
This was Lu Yang’s assessment of himself.
Rank 2 True Art at perfection, successfully usurping the world essence of the Seven Luminaries Heaven.
In that place, generally only Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones would start cultivating Rank 2 True Arts. Therefore, the Rank 2 True Art was just an embellishment, an aid for Seeking Golden Core.
However, Lu Yang was different.
He majored in the Rank 2 True Art to achieve Foundation Establishment Perfection.
In other words, I am now a hot commodity in that wretched place. Using the Seven Luminaries Heaven as a stepping stone to advancement, attracting the attention of high ranking cultivators is a piece of cake!’
But there were also flaws.
The two most important steps for Seeking Golden Core—Golden Nature and Blessed Land—I have neither.
The Blessed Land was easy to solve since he had [Li Hen Tian]. The problem lay in the Golden Nature. Lu Yang previously thought he could easily condense it after Foundation Establishment Perfection.
But looking at it now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
The key… is probably the Life-Bound Divine Ability. Although I seized all the fortune of the Seven Luminaries Heaven, I achieved perfection with five Innate Divine Abilities because of it.
Thinking back now, although world realms outside that wretched place also had existences at the Foundation Establishment Perfection level, there was clearly a certain gap compared to that place.
The Mystic Spirit World Realm was a typical example.
Lu Yang had seen with his own eyes that the Spirit Immortal Minghua of the Mystic Spirit World Realm was equivalent to Foundation Establishment Perfection in stature, but he had never heard of any Golden Nature or Blessed Land.
Those two are probably unique to that wretched place!
This was troublesome.
However, there were exceptions. For example, Suo Huan used a Dao Court official position to condense a Golden Nature. From this, it could be seen that the Dao Court’s official positions also had profundities.
The burden is heavy and the road is long…
Thinking of this, Lu Yang’s mind, originally floating due to Foundation Establishment Perfection, regained its composure. Perfection was merely the first step on the slow road of Seeking Golden Core.
However, enjoying himself for a bit shouldn’t be a problem.
Leaving aside Seeking Golden Core for now, if he wanted to know how strong he was, he just needed to find a reference to compare.
The next second, Lu Yang exploded with aura directly, looking at Patriarch Nether Whisper beside him and revealing a smug smile: “Patriarch, come spar with me?”
He wanted to challenge the Patriarch!
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