Chapter 96: Charging at Foundation Establishment Again, Coiled Dragon Appears!
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months passed.
On this day, Lu Yang sat upright on the summit of Skull Mountain. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, a look of joy on his face, because his physical body had finally completed the Corpse Liberation transformation!
The next second, Lu Yang vanished from the spot.
Inside the Myriad Spirits Banner.
In a void and ethereal place, twisted flesh and blood had built a magnificent palace. Dense blood vessels, like the roots of trees, wrapped around the palace.
These root-like blood vessels all extended from the deepest part of the palace. Following them into the palace, one could see that whether pillars or walls, all were built from eerie white skeletons, wrapped with blood vessels that wriggled silently like living things.
Horrifying, treacherous, grotesque.
This was exactly what his physical body looked like after Corpse Liberation. No longer human in form, it had ten thousand appearances every moment, indescribable, like the incarnation of chaos.
“I didn’t expect this [Corpse Liberation Immortal] to have a final hurdle.”
Lu Yang looked surprised. The physical transformation wasn’t the end; the cultivator had to restrain the berserk physical body again to truly master it!
If unable to restrain the physical body, one would become a flesh and blood monster possessing ‘stature’.
However, ordinary cultivators reaching this step would have long had muddled consciousness, being in a state between life and death, half-asleep and half-awake. How could they still have the ability to control their physical body?
“This difficulty is too high… fortunately, my skills are a notch higher.”
With the help of the Protector God Su Nü, he successfully mastered the Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret a month ago, and his Spiritual Sense successfully transformed into Divine Sense.
And with the blessing of Divine Sense, controlling the physical body was naturally a piece of cake.
At this moment, with a thought from Lu Yang, the originally massive flesh and blood palace immediately began to collapse. The chaotic anomalies returned to order under his will.
In the end, only a handsome and spirited Daoist remained in place.
The Daoist wore white clothes. His black hair was like a dragon, dancing as if possessing life. His entire body was filled with an ethereal sense of transcendence beyond worldly things.
[Corpse Liberation Immortal] Achieved!
Lu Yang’s soul escaped into the physical body. In an instant, soul and flesh merged. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. His original stature instantly rose to an unimaginable height.
Looking up at the sky, Lu Yang could even see that high-above ‘Foundation Establishment Realm.’ In fact, if that place was the mountain peak, he was now standing less than a hundred steps from the peak, similar to Patriarch Nether Whisper before, perhaps even slightly higher.
Yet even so, the grandeur of the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm’ still made him sigh involuntarily.
Approaching, ultimately, is not the same.
No matter how close to the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm,’ even if only a step away, without stepping in and truly building the Dao Foundation, there is always a difference between immortal and mortal.
“Mourning the briefness of my life, envying the endlessness of the Yangtze River…”
Just then, a spiritual light suddenly flew through the air from the distance. It came from the direction of the Saint Sect. After Lu Yang caught it, a token emerged.
Ascension Token!
Just as he expected, after both sides agreed on the matter of the [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi], Perfected One Yin Shan naturally wouldn’t be stingy with a mere Foundation Establishment Treasure.
“…Everything is ready!”
At this moment, Lu Yang was filled with determination.
Choosing a day is not as good as hitting the day; charge at Foundation Establishment now!
With a thought, Lu Yang made a prompt decision and strode directly towards the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm.’ The next second, he walked into the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm’!
He completed the ascension almost in a single step!
“So much easier than the previous life…”
In the previous life, he only had the stature of [The Sage Steals]. Just ascending consumed more than fifty percent of his True Qi. However, this life was completely different.
Grade 3 True Qi, [Corpse Liberation Immortal], and [The Sage Steals], combined with Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, plus the Ascension Token unlocking the blockade of the Nine Heavens and Earth Passes… Lu Yang stepped into the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm’ with almost no effort. He had ample True Qi to build the Dao Foundation, not as embarrassed as in the previous life.
“Next is the invasion of Inner Demons…”
Lu Yang moved with godlike speed. Upon entering the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm,’ he summoned Su Nü. The [Hall of Yama] reassembled instantly, and massive power erupted suddenly.
Protector God!
With Su Nü present, Lu Yang was equivalent to mastering Foundation Establishment stature in advance. Using this to protect himself was enough to resist most Inner Demons of the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm.’
“Eighty percent… indeed much easier than thirty percent…”
Lu Yang was neither hurried nor impatient. The Grade 3 True Qi [True Dragon Baleful Qi] whistled out, then circled beneath his feet. Scales opened and closed, breathing out thousands of clouds.
Clouds follow the Dragon!
Above the Nine Transformations Dragon Art is the Dragon Sovereign-Ascension Scripture.
The Dao Foundation built with this is a carriage covered by a canopy. Riding dragons, pulling a carriage of ten thousand chariots to ascend!
Soon, as the clouds gathered and the brilliance restrained itself, the appearance of a carriage gradually emerged, making Lu Yang’s aura increasingly lofty and ethereal.
However, Lu Yang’s brows gradually furrowed.
“Something is wrong…”
His perception of karma was very keen. Therefore, as his own level approached Foundation Establishment, he felt more and more alarmed, a shadow surfacing in his heart.
Karma that he once couldn’t sense was now exceptionally clear, wrapping him layer by layer. The more he charged at Foundation Establishment, the more it felt like a moth flying into a flame, or a butterfly falling into a spider web. This feeling made Lu Yang’s expression increasingly ugly. Enlightenment suddenly dawned in his heart:
“Someone is plotting against me!”
Who?
Perfected One Chong Guang, Perfected One Yin Shan, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, or even Patriarch Nether Whisper… All the people who knew him flashed through Lu Yang’s mind in an instant.
No, wrong!
“Patriarch Nether Whisper was killed by the Golden Core Sword Qi; absolutely impossible to come back to life. The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak was injured like that; impossible to be fully recovered in just three months.”
“As for Perfected One Chong Guang and Perfected One Yin Shan, even more impossible.”
The next second, a name finally jumped out from Lu Yang’s heart. The opponent’s situation was too special, so much so that he had ignored him before.
Suddenly, Lu Yang exhaled a long breath of turbid air, no longer thinking deeply. Not giving up on investigation, but because things having reached this stage, figuring out the truth was already too late.
Lu Yang gazed into the distance and saw a person walking slowly towards him in the boundless and empty ‘Foundation Establishment Realm.’
The newcomer behaved calmly; every step was extremely solid. The sound of footsteps echoed in the ‘Foundation Establishment Realm’ like a grand bell, like a clear and melodious dragon chant.
When Lu Yang first looked, the opponent was still extremely far away. But after just a few steps, he had already arrived nearby. Wherever he passed, golden lotuses bloomed one by one. Loud Zen chanting was deafening. Just standing in front of Lu Yang made it impossible for him to move his gaze away from him.
“…It really is you.”
Lu Yang’s voice was cold and grim, staring straight at the newcomer. He saw the opponent had a full forehead, dressed in golden Zen robes, holding a nine-ringed tin staff in his hand.
The newcomer had the appearance of a youth, with red lips and white teeth, a face full of mercy.
However, the small dragon he held in his hand, baring fangs and brandishing claws, was the complete opposite of him. Ferocious and evil, a pair of golden eyes looked at Lu Yang with killing intent.
The next second, Lu Yang felt his whole body stagnate.
The small dragon let out a low roar. Its dragon pupils didn’t blink, reflecting the images around Lu Yang into its eyes, also trapping him within those eyes.
Dragon Pupils Golden Eyes, framing heaven and earth!
Lu Yang’s expression remained unchanged seeing this, only saying in a cold tone: “Perfected One Coiled Dragon!”
With the opponent’s appearance, the originally deeply hidden karma finally revealed a clue. The newcomer was precisely Perfected One Coiled Dragon, whom Lu Yang previously thought had died long ago!
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