Chapter 135
Chapter 135
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 135
Chapter Title: Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument
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The Yun family ancestor was utterly bewildered at this moment.
Yun Miaozhen, on whom he had pinned all his hopes, had died unexpectedly, and her killer had even broken through to Foundation Establishment. This plunged the Yun family ancestor into profound despair.
So when the Sword Pavilion sect master handed him this mission, he was overjoyed.
"If I can break open the Law Refining Secret Realm, I'll surely accumulate a massive amount of merit. My chances of returning to Foundation Establishment in this life will soar."
"I'm going all in!"
Life was about taking risks!
The Yun family ancestor acted decisively and accepted the task without hesitation.
In his plan, as a reincarnated Foundation Establishment cultivator entering the Law Refining Secret Realm, armed with the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument bestowed by the sect master, victory was all but assured.
But imagination is a beautiful thing—reality proved far harsher.
"What is this?"
The Yun family ancestor, who had just successfully reincarnated, stared at the Qi-devouring Insect Seed within his body. He froze for a moment, then terror flooded his face.
With that thought, he hurriedly pulled out the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument.
"Something's wrong. I need to get out of here!"
This reincarnation had gone awry. Someone in the Law Refining Secret Realm was monitoring everything! This blatant surveillance bypassed causality entirely—it couldn't be concealed!
Perhaps due to his panic, the Yun family ancestor's hand trembled violently as he gripped the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument, making activation agonizingly slow. Fortunately, at that moment, another surge of vast, benevolent, and considerate mana flowed in, assisting him in activating the instrument.
The Yun family ancestor lit up with joy and blurted out, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The newcomer smiled faintly, smoothly taking the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument from the Yun family ancestor's grasp and examining it closely. "Indeed, a fine treasure."
The Yun family ancestor didn't respond. His expression froze, like an insect trapped in amber, with only unrestrained horror lingering in his eyes.
—And confusion.
A Perfected Being, lying in wait in the secret realm, with an entire monitoring array spanning the whole area. He shows up the instant I reincarnate to nab me?
Sect master, it's not that I didn't try—there's a snitch in the secret realm!
Whoosh!
The next instant, the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner engulfed the Yun family ancestor entirely. A reincarnated Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Sword Pavilion would prove very useful.
For now, though, his attention remained fixed on the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument.
Clearly, to deceive the Primal Saint Sect's Perfected Beings, the Sword Pavilion sect master had scoured this treasure clean—no backdoors whatsoever.
Any lingering connection would create causal links impossible to hide from the Primal Saint Sect's Perfected Beings. Only by placing all causality on the Yun family ancestor—a mere early Foundation Establishment reincarnator, an ant to Perfected Beings—could it avoid alerting Golden Core Perfected Beings' spiritual senses.
Lu Yang pinched his fingers and divined the treasure's secrets in an instant.
"[Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument], forged from the essence of solar fire, radiant in the central heaven, illuminating the six directions—like the sun rising from the east, making all principles clear wherever its light falls."
This was a superior spirit treasure!
Even among spirit treasures, the differences were vast, primarily in [spirituality], [material], and [mysteries].
Ordinary treasures, even those birthing [spirituality] and gaining autonomous awareness, were merely inferior spirit treasures.
To reach mid-grade, the [material] had to be exceptional—at least rare wonders of the world, meticulously refined.
Superior spirit treasures demanded even more: they required [mysteries].
These [mysteries] arose when a spirit treasure was influenced by a divine position, absorbing Heavenly Gang or Earthly Fiend qi, thereby gaining innate divine abilities.
For Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings, a superior spirit treasure was akin to an extra innate divine ability! In combat, its amplification was manifold. If the treasure's [mystery] synergized with one's natal divine ability, the effects were limitless.
And the [Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument] was precisely such a superior spirit treasure!
"Crafted from [Yangyuan Wood], with a [Six Directions Fire] core, its spirituality fused with the Tenth Heavenly Gang's [Soft Omen], manifesting mysteries to form the [Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument]."
As Lu Yang infused his mana, the instrument reacted ever more intensely.
Clang clang!
A metallic chime rang out, and the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument hovered above Lu Yang's palm, radiating brilliant light—like a blazing sun in the sky.
As a treasure of heavenly secrets, its causal veiling could fool even Golden Core Perfected Beings.
Beyond that, it could disrupt the void.
Lu Yang had experienced this firsthand in his past clash with the Yun family ancestor: it inverted up and down, left and right, forward and back.
Impressive against Qi Refining cultivators—a dimension-shattering blow—but useless against Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings. It was a mere gimmick added during refinement, tailored for the reincarnated Yun family ancestor, not the instrument's true mystery.
Its genuine mystery was called [All-Clear].
As the name implied, born from [Soft Omen] qi, its light bathed the six directions,解析 all things, rendering principles transparent wherever it shone.
Thus, shining it upon the great web of causality made all threads crystal clear, accelerating manipulation with minimal errors. For Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings, it qualitatively elevated their interference and causal nudging.
"Treasure light pierces through; heaven and earth grow clear."
In combat, too, its light could lock an opponent, revealing their mana flows and qi shifts in full.
The next moment, Lu Yang projected his divine sense deep into the treasure.
Suddenly, the sun-wheel form collapsed, landing squarely between Lu Yang's brows—like a heavenly eye!
Under its piercing gaze, Lu Yang's mind cleared to perfect clarity.
After thirty years of painstaking cultivation, facing his soul and Dao base—familiar beyond words yet stubbornly unmergeable—he now grasped a novel insight.
"I get it... so that's how it is!"
Enlightenment dawned in Lu Yang's eyes. He had seized that elusive spark. In a flash, soul and Dao base began fusing.
Thirty years weren't wasted; Lu Yang had long built the foundation for his natal divine ability, lacking only inspiration. The Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument delivered the final push, completing the puzzle—condensing his natal divine ability now flowed naturally!
"This is the talent I deserve!"
Lu Yang laughed heartily. A golden auspicious cloud manifested above his head, devouring spiritual qi, roiling the world, with thunder seeming to crash every instant.
Deep within the cloud, a silhouette was taking form.
It resembled gestation, birthing something anew.
Lu Yang's consciousness merged into the cloud, soul soaring skyward in a dazed haze, yet self-aware—like dreaming while awake.
In a trance, he beheld.
In the far west, an indescribable, boundless realm—like a mirage—where a golden light pulsed in resonance with him.
"That's... the divine position [City Head Earth]?"
Before Lu Yang could react, the vision vanished. The golden light dimmed abruptly, as if yanked back by an enormous hand.
At the same time, in Jiangdong, the Heavenly Wu Dao Court.
Within a towering palace, verdant and majestic as an immortal abode, a youth in a coronet emerged from his resting chamber.
Gazing into the distance, he frowned faintly.
"[City Head Earth] reveals itself once more... The remnants of Zouyu will stir. Truly, great calamity looms."
(End of chapter)