Chapter 88: Acting on Behalf of Heaven Dao, Great Incarnation Universal Divine Method
The Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm was empty.
Everyone had been slaughtered cleanly by Patriarch Nether Whisper during his possession attempt. And with the fall of the Golden Core Sword Qi, Patriarch Nether Whisper was also shattered by the sword Qi.
At this moment, only Lu Yang remained in the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
However, the Golden Core Sword Qi didn’t slash down again. Instead, it returned to hover above the secret realm, continuing to lie dormant, breathing the Essence Qi of heaven and earth, seeming as if it would never dissipate.
Yet Lu Yang’s expression didn’t relax in the slightest. Instead, it became solemn to the extreme because he clearly felt a karmic line on his body had been locked onto by the Sword Qi… In other words, once the Sword Qi erupted, even if separated by ten million miles, it could still slash off his head with a single strike!
“It’s because I took the inheritance of the Shaman-Ghost Dao.”
Lu Yang glanced at the soul thoughts of Patriarch Nether Whisper he had gathered. If he abandoned these thoughts, perhaps he could break free from the Sword Qi’s karma.
“But… I insist on taking it.”
A Foundation Establishment Soul, and the soul thoughts of a former Demonic Path giant, the Master of a Sect—this wasn’t something the Yun Family Ancestor’s soul from the previous life could compare to.
After all, the Yun Family Ancestor’s soul was wiped clean by Perfected One Yin Shan.
But Patriarch Nether Whisper’s soul contained his full thousand years of experience, including divine abilities, techniques, and even various secrets regarding Foundation Establishment!
“I accept this karma!”
With a thought, Lu Yang immediately rode an escape light and vanished from the spot. Then he casually built a Cave Abode nearby and began secluded cultivation directly.
Several days later.
Inside the Cave Abode, Lu Yang opened his eyes. Before him lay Patriarch Nether Whisper’s thoughts, but now these thoughts had been completely refined by him.
In this process, he also gained a deeper understanding of Patriarch Nether Whisper.
“This person can indeed be called a peerless genius.”
Lu Yang sighed, then picked up one of the thoughts. Unlike other thoughts, this one shone with brilliant light and possessed more spirituality than the others.
This was because what was recorded in this thought wasn’t Patriarch Nether Whisper’s memories, but his suicide note.
As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Although Patriarch Nether Whisper was confident the possession would absolutely not fail, he also prepared a backup plan just in case.
This suicide note was his backup. In it, he clearly stated he would preserve the Shaman-Ghost Dao inheritance in his hands in the most complete form within his thought memories. If he died and Lu Yang survived, this inheritance would be given to Lu Yang, counting as continuing the Dao tradition of the Shaman-Ghost Dao.
Of course, there were conditions.
To obtain this inheritance, Lu Yang must accept the karma of the Shaman-Ghost Dao, rebuild the Shaman-Ghost Dao sect gate in the future, and cultivate a Foundation Establishment cultivator for the Shaman-Ghost Dao.
Otherwise, the soul thought would simply self-destruct.
Just as Patriarch Nether Whisper said before, his lifelong pursuit was to continue the Shaman-Ghost Dao. He absolutely couldn’t let the Shaman-Ghost Dao perish in his hands as the Sect Master.
Therefore, regardless of life or death, he had considered it all.
He even explicitly stated in the thought that as long as Lu Yang accepted the inheritance, he had a way for Lu Yang to rapidly possess combat power at the Foundation Establishment Realm within a short time!
How could Lu Yang refuse this?
“Take the benefits first. Anyway, no matter how heavy the karma of the Shaman-Ghost Dao is, that’s a matter for this lifetime. What does it have to do with me in the next lifetime…”
Patriarch Nether Whisper, the Last Sect Master of the Shaman-Ghost Dao.
He was also the person with the highest natural talent in the history of the Shaman-Ghost Dao. He succeeded in Foundation Establishment at a young age. Then, in just over two hundred years, using “Shangzhang,” “Kundun,” “Chongguang,” and “Chifenruo” to combine Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the numbers of Yin and Yang, he achieved the Perfection of Foundation Establishment, seeking the Dao Fruit of “Wall-top Earth” (Bìshàng Tǔ).
Alas, heaven envies heroic geniuses.
Just at this time, a Perfected One from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion actually took a step ahead, proving the Dao Fruit of “Wall-top Earth,” instantly cutting off Patriarch Nether Whisper’s Dao path.
How could Patriarch Nether Whisper, how could the Shaman-Ghost Dao be reconciled to this?
However, Patriarch Nether Whisper was truly worthy of his heaven-sent talent. He actually forcibly researched another path, creating the method of the [Hall of Yama].
Eight Perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators, incarnating as Black and White Impermanence, Civil and Military Judges, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and Day and Night Wandering Gods. Finally, presided over by him, they could falsely hold the Golden Core stature, temporarily manifesting its effect… Originally something like a fantasy, but with the help of a third-party force, Patriarch Nether Whisper succeeded.
But it was precisely this achievement that brought a catastrophe of extinction to the Shaman-Ghost Dao.
That Golden Core Perfected Lord who proved “Earth on the Wall” sat upright in the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion and slashed out a sword from tens of thousands of miles away, declaring the complete extermination of the Shaman-Ghost Dao.
“…”
The more Lu Yang watched, the more alarmed he became. Finally, he abruptly closed the memory thought, daring not to look further, nor even dare to think deeply, decisively choosing to stop here.
Because he could clearly feel that as he understood the ins and outs of the Shaman-Ghost Dao’s extermination a thousand years ago more clearly, a karmic line on his body became clearer. One end of the karmic line connected to him, while the other end vanished into the great web of karma, endless like an abyss…
Damn it, that Perfected Lord from a thousand years ago is still alive!
Lu Yang was one hundred percent certain that the other end of the karmic line was that Perfected Lord! The moment he learned the details of the matter, that Perfected Lord would also know of him!
“Too damn ridiculous. What is this broken place, broken place…”
After a long time, Lu Yang slowly calmed his mind, daring not to pursue the troublesome matters of a thousand years ago any further. Instead, he turned to study the inheritance left by Patriarch Nether Whisper.
Among them, besides divine abilities like “Nine Heavens Capital Seal Secret Demon Yin Thunder,” the most critical was the [The Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens] Patriarch Nether Whisper had used. The foundation of the Shaman-Ghost Dao was inferior to the Primordial Saint Sect; the entire sect only had this one Great Divine Ability. However, Patriarch Nether Whisper had deduced it to the extreme.
After reading it, Lu Yang looked even more amazed: “No wonder he said in his suicide note he could help me obtain Foundation Establishment combat power…”
[The Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens]—if nine Perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators cultivated this divine ability together to form the [Hall of Yama], they could falsely hold the Golden Core stature with Foundation Establishment bodies.
Of course, nine Perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn’t be found.
But if settling for the next best thing, letting nine Perfected Qi Refining cultivators cultivate this divine ability together, supplemented by a massive infusion of Qi destiny, they could actually falsely hold the Foundation Establishment stature!
The Eight Great Elders of the Nether Whisper Sect were exactly this. Patriarch Nether Whisper passed down this Dao tradition to have people cultivate with him. The value of the existence of the eight Red-Clothed Shaman-Ghosts was to form the [Hall of Yama] with him. Patriarch Nether Whisper originally intended to execute this method immediately after breaking free to achieve Foundation Establishment.
Unfortunately, heaven does not fulfill human wishes.
Of course, although this divine ability was shocking to the world, it wasn’t without drawbacks. Because the foundation of this divine ability was built upon the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
“The so-called falsely holding Foundation Establishment is actually not truly breaking through to Foundation Establishment.”
“Instead, it transforms a region into an existence with the same stature as the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm,’ and then governs that region, thereby displaying the might of Foundation Establishment.”
This is not the Dao of Refining Form and Ascension.
“This is actually the concept of the ‘Acting on Behalf of Heaven Dao’…”
Lu Yang quickly recalled that when Patriarch Nether Whisper perfected this divine ability back then, he received help from a third-party force and borrowed from their Dao tradition.
Its name was—Tianwu Dao Court.
Located in Jiangdong!
“Chen Xin’an told me that the Dao tradition of Jiangdong is completely different. Cultivators of the ‘Acting on Behalf of Heaven Dao’ do not ascend but transform the existing environment.”
“In the land of Jiangdong, the Dao Court governs the world, titled Tianwu, commanding a hundred tribes. Building Twelve Duty Positions, each performing their own functions, herding the people in all directions. Therefore, under the Dao Court, one does not cultivate spiritual power nor learn divine abilities. Those appointed as officials naturally form spiritual power and receive divine abilities from heaven. Those holding Duty Positions are equal to Perfected Ones; those ascending to the Great Treasure rank alongside Perfected Lords…”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang frowned deeper and deeper.
Those with different Daos cannot conspire together. He was already a cultivator of the Refining Form and Ascension Dao. Even if he wanted to switch to the path of Acting on Behalf of Heaven Dao, it wouldn’t work.
“So if I use this divine ability to achieve Foundation Establishment, my future path will be cut off.”
If inside Jiangdong, there was still room for improvement above Foundation Establishment. But the [Hall of Yama] was merely Patriarch Nether Whisper’s imitation, so naturally, there was no road forward.
This was just one of the side effects.
Another side effect was that since Foundation Establishment relied on a region, one was also trapped within it. Once the earth veins were damaged, the realm would fall.
“I will not take this method… But it’s not like there isn’t a tricky alternative.”
Patriarch Nether Whisper considered things very thoroughly. He anticipated Lu Yang wouldn’t want to cut off his own Dao path, so he specially prepared a set of alternative plans for him.
“Great Incarnation Universal Divine Method!” (Dà Fēnshēn Pǔhuì Shénfǎ)
Lu Yang’s gaze burned. The effect of this secret method was simple: it refined a living person into one of his own Protector Gods. Thereby, on the basis of borrowing that living person’s merit, Qi destiny, and even retaining their thoughts, he could turn them into his puppet without generating karma with them.
“The incarnation refined using this secret method can perfectly cultivate [The Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens]!”
“Incidentally, I can also dump the karmic inheritance of the Shaman-Ghost Dao onto him.”
“Even the nine Perfected Qi Refining cultivators required for cultivation have been arranged by Patriarch Nether Whisper. Eight Red-Clothed Ghosts plus myself—simply everything is ready…”
Only the final step is missing: a massive infusion of Qi destiny.
Thinking of this, a bold idea suddenly arose in Lu Yang’s heart:
“…Yu Suzhen!”
If she could brainwash Xiao Shiye and seize the Qi destiny of that Multi-Colored Merit Fish for him, perhaps it could meet the requirements for constructing the [Hall of Yama].
Even she herself could be refined into a Protector God!
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