Chapter 202
Chapter 202
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 202
Chapter Title: Transcending the Deadly Dao Sin! The Mahayana Secret!
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Sacred Fire Cliff, Manifestation Law Pavilion.
This was a pavilion built against the cliff wall, neither reaching the heavens above nor touching the earth below. Pure ethereal clear qi intertwined with the heavy turbid kun essence, weaving together into a brilliant radiance.
It was named 【Pure-Turbid Orthodox One Origin Qi】.
Within the range enveloped by this qi, the upper pure and lower turbid clashed against each other. Any Qi Refining cultivator who mistakenly entered would immediately be crushed into powder as the heavens and earth fused.
Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator, if touched by this strand of origin qi, would have their dharma body shattered. This showed just how strictly guarded this place was—only techniques usable even against Foundation Establishment cultivators were qualified to be stored here. No mere cultivation method or great divine ability could compare.
Great divine abilities need not be mentioned; they were limited to Qi Refining cultivators.
And cultivation methods had a special nature. Strictly speaking, forces like the Primal Saint Sect, Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, Pure Land, and even the Dao Court had no fear of their methods leaking.
Because the corresponding fruition positions were all in their own hands.
For example, the Nine Transformations Dragon Art—though Lu Yang had learned it, the Pure Land remained unperturbed, for the corresponding 【Earth Wall Fruition】 was forever trapped in the Pure Land.
Thus, cultivation methods weren't all that confidential.
On the other hand, techniques usable by Foundation Establishment cultivators were exceedingly precious, capable of shining even in battles between true persons.
"Though to be honest, I've never properly fought anyone yet."
Lu Yang's expression turned awkward. Forget fighting; he usually only crushed his opponents. His one recent same-realm battle had been against Wu Cang.
Wu Cang, a loose cultivator by origin who only joined the Primal Saint Sect after reincarnating, wasn't exactly invincible in the sect, but at least he was someone anyone could bully. One could tell from how so many had lurked outside Heaven Mending Peak back then, just waiting for him to emerge so they could club him from behind.
But this time was different.
【Qing Kingdom】, as a marvel of northern Jiangsu, lay between the Dao Court and Primal Saint Sect, not far from the Sword Pavilion either. Once war broke out, reinforcements from both sides were inevitable.
Moreover, someone might divine the matter of Heavy Light seeking gold.
Even with Perfected Lord Clear and Pure Flying Snow present, Golden Cores wouldn't intervene, but sending some Foundation Establishment true persons to thwart the gold-seeking was possible.
After all, the prerequisite for Heavy Light seeking gold was reversing the fruition rules within 【Qing Kingdom】.
So they didn't need to do much—just hold the marvel that was 【Qing Kingdom】, or find Heavy Light True Person's reincarnated body.
The latter depended on Heavy Light himself, but the former fell to them.
One side's defeat meant total loss.
In other words—
"This time, I might really have to fight for my life against same-realm powerhouses." Lu Yang sighed deeply, reluctant but resigned.
"On the bright side, at least I'll witness the full process of Heavy Light seeking gold firsthand. It'll give me experience for later. If there are any major pitfalls on the gold-seeking path, Heavy Light can step on them first, saving me from the same fate due to inexperience."
As he pondered, Lu Yang stepped into the Manifestation Law Pavilion.
The next second, darkness suddenly fell before his eyes. The spirit of the Sacred Fire Cliff array, which he had seen many times before, emerged and gracefully approached him.
"True Person Yuantu, delighted to serve you."
Lu Yang clicked his tongue in wonder. Though he'd studied it privately many times, he still marveled each time he saw this array spirit.
Then, the array spirit parted her red lips and said respectfully, "Please state your needs. I will select a suitable technique based on your personal conditions."
"Mm."
Lu Yang thought for a moment upon hearing this.
"I need a technique that can soul-search same-realm or even higher-realm cultivators, with no memory omissions."
This was naturally for the Mahayana First Grade True Qi.
But since the Innate Dao Sin couldn't be soul-searched at all, Lu Yang had never been able to extract the memories from its sea of consciousness regarding the Innate True Person's Mahayana First Grade True Qi.
Not even cauldron-plundering worked.
Because the Innate Dao Sin was essentially a monster, without gender—and thus no organs for "cauldron-plundering"—the preconditions simply didn't hold.
So he had no choice but to turn to the Manifestation Law Pavilion.
"Searching for a suitable technique for you."
Soon, after Lu Yang stated his needs, the array spirit's beautiful eyes flashed brightly, as if searching. Only after a long while did she raise her hand.
"A usable technique has been found for you."
As her words fell, white light bloomed in the array spirit's hand.
"There really is one?"
Lu Yang's face lit up with joy. He hurried closer, swept his divine sense over it, then froze.
".【Grand Yin Heavenly Being Transformation Marvelous Art】?"
Lu Yang circulated his divine sense and quickly mastered the entire technique. His expression turned strange.
"Yin manifestations, heavenly beings birthed anew—this method can be used internally or externally, altering flesh and blood, reversing yin and yang. Those struck become heavenly mother bodies, nurturing all things with boundless virtue."
Looking at this technique, Lu Yang's entire face scrunched up, somewhat twisted.
What the hell was this?
"Cultivating this yields a Heavenly Mother Transformation Divine Radiance. Any struck by this light, regardless of prior gender or attributes, becomes a Grand Yin mother body."
In short, sex change.
At the same time, the array spirit explained, "Foundation Establishment true persons have sturdy souls and sea of consciousness impervious to myriad evils, so soul-searching is impossible."
"But I detect your profound attainment in dual cultivation. The Heaven Mending True Scripture is so potent that it can even loosen the opponent's sea of consciousness at the peak of dual cultivation, plundering their knowledge—even effective against Foundation Establishment true persons. Thus, I specially recommend this technique."
"First use this divine ability to turn the opponent into a woman, then..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Lu Yang hurriedly cut off the array spirit's filthy words, face dark as he gritted out, "What kind of methods are these? Isn't there something more reliable?"
The array spirit shook her head at once. "No."
"You truly won't select this technique?"
The array spirit tilted her head, puzzled. "According to calculations, this is the only method allowing you, at your current cultivation, to soul-search a same-realm true person."
"This... this... sigh!"
Lu Yang's hands trembled. Helpless, he let out a long sigh. "Fine, I trust the array's calculations. Looks like there's no other way."
"You've really put me in a tough spot!"
Half an hour later, Luofeng Mountain.
Lu Yang wore a helpless expression as he silently recited the incantation, then pinched out a strand of Heavenly Mother Transformation Profound Radiance, landing it on the collapsed Innate Dao Sin.
The next second, the formerly handsome young man that was the Innate Dao Sin had his flesh remade, bones shifted. In the blink of an eye, it truly grew usable cauldron-plundering organs. Unfortunately, Lu Yang's skill was lacking, so it couldn't become a beauty—instead, its appearance was mismatched and freakish.
"For cultivation, I've sacrificed too much!"
Lu Yang sighed, then summoned Chen Xinan, who had cultivated the Heaven Mending True Scripture to great heights—enough to even achieve Foundation Establishment with it.
"It's yours. Go on!"
Chen Xinan: "......???"
The next morning.
Lu Yang emerged from the seclusion chamber. The Innate Dao Sin had been cauldron-plundered to utter dissipation, and he had fully grasped its current state.
"Even without plundering it, it was doomed anyway. Its persistence in the world and combat power surpassing peak Foundation Establishment stemmed from the gold essence left by the Innate True Person's failed gold-seeking. Yet that day, Perfected Lord Clear and Pure Flying Snow had extracted that gold essence."
Beyond that were details on the Mahayana First Grade True Qi.
The good news: the Innate True Person had indeed left a method to cultivate Mahayana First Grade True Qi.
The bad news: he no longer had the conditions to cultivate it.
"To cultivate Mahayana First Grade True Qi... it actually requires gold essence!?"
Lu Yang's face darkened.
The so-called Mahayana First Grade True Qi wasn't a complete inheritance but the product of the Innate True Person's mad derivation!
Use gold essence to cultivate true qi!
Use gold essence to build the dao base!
Use gold essence to refine divine abilities!
And the maddest part: per the Innate True Person's derivation, the dao base ultimately formed via Mahayana First Grade True Qi pointed to no fruition position whatsoever.
To prove the dao with it required "empty proof"!
Like the Form-Shedding Ascension Dao, Substitute Heaven Patrol Dao, Deep Bliss Silent Extinction Dao... in the Innate True Person's view, all sects' paths to ascension were merely fabricated by their Nascent Soul dao lords!
Thus, only "empty proof" was the orthodox path to Nascent Soul!
The Innate True Person brimmed with pride in his description, convinced his hypothesis had glimpsed a hidden corner of the Nascent Soul dao lords' secrets!
(End of Chapter)