Chapter 351
Chapter 351
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Unknown]
Chapter Title: Drawing the Auspicious Lot
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In Jiangnan, at the Hidden Sword Villa.
Lu Yang's immortal spirit true body remained concealed within the stone sword. Before him floated the pages of the Book of a Hundred Lives, along with a bamboo lot tube.
"Auspicious... Auspicious... I want auspicious!"
As Lu Yang widened his eyes, the lot tube on the page of the Book of a Hundred Lives shook. Then, three radiant lot fortunes tumbled out.
Lu Yang peered closely, and joy immediately lit up his face.
[Event: The final step in cultivating the Perceptive Profound Spirit Resonance Scripture]
[Minor Auspicious: Though your comprehension is lacking, your condition is excellent today. You cross the last threshold with ease.]
[Final Auspicious: Due to your lacking comprehension, you struggle long at the final hurdle. In the end, you comprehend the key through sheer persistence and resolve.]
[Minor Ominous: Your talent is insufficient. You fail to master it.]
"Auspicious!"
Without a word, Lu Yang seized the Minor Auspicious lot fortune. The other two dissolved into nothing, while the Minor Auspicious merged into his body.
After months of experimentation, he had fully mastered this innate ability, Luck-Appraising Lot Drawing.
'First off, this ability can't be used indefinitely. Each use requires accumulating luck in advance. Only when enough luck is stockpiled can you draw once.'
'However, the more luck accumulated, the higher the odds of drawing a good lot.'
'Second, these lot fortunes mostly provide assistance. I can't use drawing to accomplish things that are theoretically impossible for me.'
For instance, if he now resolved to challenge Soaring Empyrean single-handedly, no matter how vast the luck he amassed, the result would still be [Grand Ominous]. Strictly speaking, this ability merely revealed future possibilities. Whether to pursue them remained Lu Yang's choice.
Put another way, anything theoretically achievable for Lu Yang...
He could bypass the process entirely through Luck-Appraising Lot Drawing, preemptively claiming the outcome and ensuring success!
"Pity it's not Grand Auspicious."
A wistful look crossed Lu Yang's face. He still vividly recalled the feedback from over two months ago, when he had unexpectedly drawn a Grand Auspicious.
It was truly like divine aid!
These past days, he had focused on cultivating the Perceptive Profound Spirit Resonance Scripture—a second-grade true technique devised by the Sword Pavilion for the Profound Spirit Realm, profoundly esoteric.
Unlike the Dry Heaven Total Grasp Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body, which only required resources, this demanded elusive comprehension.
Thus, Lu Yang had repeatedly hit walls with the Perceptive Profound Spirit Resonance Scripture.
Yet on the day he drew Grand Auspicious, his state was inexplicably superb. Every problem yielded effortlessly to insight.
It was like taking a multiple-choice test, blindly guessing yet getting every answer right.
In that moment, Lu Yang even fancied his comprehension rivaled Ancestor Tingyou's. One could see how exaggerated the boost from a single Grand Auspicious was.
"Whatever. Minor Auspicious will do."
Lu Yang composed himself. He had reached the final threshold of the Perceptive Profound Spirit Resonance Scripture. A Minor Auspicious was plenty to carry him across.
Whoosh!
With a thought, a clump of flame appeared in Lu Yang's hand. This was the Six Ding Divine Fire—one of the three supreme treasures he had harvested from the South Heaven Gate. He had pocketed it upon departure, using it specifically for gathering qi. By now, he had refined most of this fire seed.
"This strand of Six Ding Divine Fire is a slow fire."
"Rather than a furnace blaze for pill refining or artifact forging, it's a flame of wisdom born from the thoughts of the heart, sharpening the mind to keen acuity."
Soon, the fire seed was gradually absorbed by Lu Yang.
With the Minor Auspicious boost, success was already secured in advance. His cultivation encountered no bottlenecks.
In short order, a swirl of prismatic glow emerged in his knowledge sea.
"It feels a bit like a divine ability."
Lu Yang gazed at the prismatic glow in his knowledge sea—the product of completing the Perceptive Profound Spirit Resonance Scripture. It resembled a divine ability yet was not; a spirit treasure yet not quite.
Its name: Batch Fate Uphold Precept.
Through it, Lu Yang also learned the title of the Profound Spirit Realm's fruition: Controller of Destinies, signifying that all things under heaven followed fixed allotments.
Indeed, the Profound Spirit Realm's structure embodied this. The Celestial Court reigned supreme, its five immortal domains in perfect order below.
Yet from the Celestial Court's failure to truly oversee heaven and earth or command the vital forces of the masses, this fruition evidently held room to grow.
Alas, before it could, calamity struck from the Primal Saint Sect.
The result: the enterprise crumbled midway. Today, the Celestial Court lay in four shattered pieces, the fruition fallen into this world—only a matter of time before it was wholly devoured.
As for Batch Fate Uphold Precept, it was a wondrous derivation based on the Controller of Destinies fruition.
What was batching fate?
What was upholding precepts?
"Batching fate is a method of weaving luck, channeling limited luck into a single direction to maximize its effect."
"Upholding precepts is the means of channeling."
"After batching fate, one receives a precept. As long as it is not violated, the batching's blessing endures. Violate it, and luck rebounds in backlash."
Similar methods existed in the Profound Spirit Realm, though with different effects. While its cultivators lacked the soul-grinding torment of baleful winds, they faced "Dao-transformation calamities," countered through upholding precepts. This was one reason for the Profound Spirit Realm's stringent immortal laws.
"If I batch fate for myself..."
With a thought from Lu Yang, the prismatic glow in his knowledge sea reflected outward. He sensed it at once, surprise flashing in his eyes:
"...I shall have the Pomegranate Wood Fate!"
This was the fate inscription Lu Yang had bestowed upon himself.
"With this fate's blessing, I can connect to the Pomegranate Wood fruition—immensely useful for awakening my natal divine ability and seeking metal in the future!"
The only issue: the precept required to maintain this fate.
"Henceforth, I must [abstain from chastity]. I absolutely cannot remain pure. I must dual cultivate with others every single day... This, this is too much!"
Lu Yang absorbed the feedback from Batch Fate Uphold Precept, his face twisting in distress.
Though he was no lecher, for cultivation's sake—even if his heart rebelled—he would sacrifice the self for the greater cause!
Thousands of days later.
Lu Yang's true body awakened from meditation, opening his eyes. Anticipation bloomed on his face. "Finally here... Well worth the wait!"
Perfected Being Demon-Quelling had come calling!
This Sword Pavilion great perfected being at peak Foundation Establishment had kept his word, personally divining the karmic ties. He had crossed vast distances to find the reincarnation of Lu Yang's split soul.
Just in time—the split soul had turned eight this year.
In the interim, Lu Yang had not idled. He cultivated diligently, digesting his South Heaven Gate gains. His cultivation now teetered at the critical juncture.
"Foundation Establishment mid-stage. After Upholding the Dharma comes completion!"
"One more step: surviving the heavenly lightning tribulation for true breakthrough to late Foundation Establishment! Another major hurdle on the path..."
Heavenly lightning tribulation!
Even Heaven Mending Peak Master had perished to it—not to be taken lightly. It was a trial of nine deaths to one life. Lu Yang was resolved to prepare thoroughly before attempting it. He had come this far; failing the tribulation and restarting would be too great a loss.
"Hm?"
At that moment, Lu Yang's brows shot up. His awareness shifted to the split soul, and he grinned. "Interesting. Looks like my prior arrangements paid off."