Chapter 198
Chapter 198
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 198
Chapter Title: Great Harvest!
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Overseas, Lu Yang wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, he carefully tallied up his gains.
First up was Ye Xingfeng's lifebound flying sword.
"What a shame it's been damaged by the True Lord. The impact is too severe—the three divine wonders on the sword, Barrier-Breaking, Thought-Cleaving, and God-Slaying, have been reduced to just a single Barrier-Breaking."
In truth, the quality of this lifebound flying sword surpassed even the Avici Sword. After all, its three divine wonders were all geared toward slaughter. No wonder they said Ye Xingfeng was a direct disciple of a Golden Core True Lord. Forging a spiritual treasure like this must have involved no small contribution from the Sword Pavilion True Lord.
By comparison, Ye Xingfeng's other two spiritual treasures were far inferior.
One was the robe draped over his body—a brocade cloak where every thread flowed with shimmering treasure light. At a glance, it was clearly a protective treasure impervious to water and fire.
"Hundred Wards Danger-Quelling Mysterious Cloak!"
The divine wonder of this superior spiritual treasure was named Hundred Wards. As the name implied, it contained a hundred talismans warding off disasters within the cloak. A single attack could only consume one.
No matter how profound your techniques or mighty your divine abilities, a strike could only erase one talisman. If you paused your assault in between, the spiritual treasure would regenerate the talismans. Only by landing a hundred consecutive strikes in rapid succession, each hitting the true body precisely, could you break through the protection of this spiritual robe.
It was common knowledge that sword cultivators boasted high offense but weak defense.
This robe was evidently crafted to shore up that weakness. With it and his lifebound flying sword, no wonder Ye Xingfeng had been unstoppable at mid-Foundation Establishment.
"What a pity—it's useless to me!"
"No matter how strong the combat prowess or how fierce the fighter, it's still just mid-Foundation Establishment. A True Lord could snuff it out with a flick of the sleeve, and a late-Foundation Establishment great cultivator could slay it with ease."
Lu Yang sighed. Realm truly was everything!
Next, Lu Yang picked up another spiritual treasure—a small pagoda six stories tall, forged from white jade, with a treasure pearl perched at its summit.
"Pacifying Clarity Atmosphere Treasure Pagoda!"
This superior spiritual treasure wasn't a tool for combat but an aid to cultivation. Its divine wonder was named Clarity Atmosphere, capable of purifying spiritual energy to nourish a cultivator's Dao foundation.
If placed within the Dao foundation, it could reinforce it, reduce wear from the Bìfēng, and grant an extra thirty years of lifespan to a Foundation Establishment cultivator out of thin air. Even treasures or materials tainted by foul qi and sullied spirituality could be cleansed after a pass through the pagoda, emerging pure and limpid once more.
Finally, there was Ying Tongsui's superior spiritual treasure.
It was named Purple Tenuity Official Demotion Supreme Golden Seal, refined using a Court of Dao official position. Its divine wonder was named Recruitment, focused on suppression and capture.
All metal and iron objects fell within the range of this treasure seal's suppression and capture.
Moreover, Lu Yang could use this spiritual treasure to turn captured spiritual treasures to his own use, even commanding them to backfire on their original owners.
"Another fine treasure!"
With a flick of his finger, Lu Yang refined all three spiritual treasures in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the Hundred Wards Danger-Quelling Mysterious Cloak draped over his shoulders, the Pacifying Clarity Atmosphere Treasure Pagoda anchored his Dao foundation, and the Purple Tenuity Official Demotion Supreme Golden Seal hung at his waist.
Standing there, he radiated a soaring aura of treasure light!
Seeing this, Lu Yang hurriedly circulated Mountain-Embracing to suppress himself, concealing the brilliance of his spiritual treasures. Only then did it align with his low-key style.
"But if we're talking true value, the most precious is still this."
With a thought from Lu Yang, a talisman appeared in his hand.
Its material was neither metal nor jade. Tadpole-like script outlined shapes of coiling clouds, dragons, and exotic birds. When mana circulated through it, it emanated golden radiance, a vision of boundless majesty.
Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict!
The true treasure left behind by Good Fortune Daoist overseas, refined using the entire Biyang Cultivation World. Unfortunately, it hadn't been completed before Good Fortune Daoist perished midway.
Looking back now, Good Fortune Daoist's elaborate setup in the Biyang Cultivation World and his silent recovery to perfected Foundation Establishment clearly bespoke grand ambitions. He had been waiting for Chongguang True Person to ascend the throne and seek investiture, planning to deliver a fatal blow. Too bad Lu Yang had accidentally ruined it.
At this thought, Lu Yang pondered the Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict in his hand.
A moment later, he spread his palm. The talisman, a half-step true treasure, shifted ceaselessly in his grasp before transforming into a beam of profound light.
"Incredible..." Wherever the profound light passed, all phenomena dimmed, causality vanished, and even divine sense fell into oblivion. It couldn't be divined or detected, nor could the object's form within be discerned.
"...This is Star-Hiding Glory?"
The second innate divine ability corresponding to his City Wall Earth Dao foundation!
This divine ability drew from terrestrial baleful influences, born of Sheti'ge qi fused with Strong Prison.
Sheti'ge, also known as Yin, lay where the three yangs burst forth—yang fire rising as yin fire receded, the rising sun eclipsing the stars. Even clear causality struggled to reveal its light.
It corresponded to the profound wonder Resolving Doubts in Lu Yang's lifebound divine ability.
Resolving Doubts could anchor an event's development to the desired outcome, while Star-Hiding Glory completely concealed the resulting causal shifts.
Used well, it could even produce an effect akin to "heaven-earth killing intent"!
Beyond that, Star-Hiding Glory could veil others' crisis sense and mask Lu Yang's own tracks—equally devastating for assassinations.
"Unbelievable!" Lu Yang exclaimed in awe.
The Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict could simulate the next required innate divine ability ahead of time for a cultivator, wielded as naturally as an arm and fingers!
Such a transformation wasn't obvious at mid-Foundation Establishment with only one innate divine ability.
Mid-Foundation Establishment encompassed two innate divine abilities, but for those at late mid-stage or even late Foundation Establishment, its utility was beyond imagination.
It was practically equivalent to a direct realm breakthrough!
With this half-step true treasure, late mid-Foundation Establishment instantly advanced to late-stage great cultivator; a late-stage great cultivator leaped straight to perfected Foundation Establishment!
"So... what about perfected Foundation Establishment?"
The more Lu Yang thought, the more shocked he felt. In the end, he couldn't help but burst into laughter:
'Good Fortune old friend, what a fine death you've had!'
'Though you once snatched my gains in my fifth life, I'm a kind-hearted man of broad magnanimity. In this life, I forgive you.'
The dead deserve respect, after all!
If he'd had these treasures on him back when dealing with Subduing Dragon Arhat, why bother hiding? He'd have beaten its brains to pulp!
Even against Heaven Mending Peak Master, he'd have the confidence for a fight!
At this thought, Lu Yang let out a long breath, feeling all his elaborate preparations hadn't been in vain. "Worth all the effort."
And this was just the harvest of "this life."
Beyond that, there were gains for his future path—the "next life" harvest: that failed innate true person's leftover Dao calamity from seeking investiture!
"A pity its rank is too high. Can't soul-search it..."
By now, the Dao calamity had been stored by Lu Yang in the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner. Compared to before, it seemed Perfected Being Clear Snow had extracted its profound wonders.
It had fallen into deathly silence, its aura dropping to early Foundation Establishment level.
No longer transcendent as before.
"Born from an innate Daoist's death, it must know the details of Mahayana first-grade true qi. Later, I'll have to find a way to extract its knowledge."
As Lu Yang pondered how to deal with this Dao calamity,
Suddenly, a deafening roar exploded by his ear, shaking his soul and sending his Dao foundation into violent turmoil.
"What the hell!?"
Lu Yang looked up to the sky.
There, atop the firmament, one of the two fruition stars formed from Wall Earth and Stream-Bottom Water flickered like a dying candle before abruptly dimming!
(End of chapter)