Chapter 379
Chapter 379
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Great Fortune's Legacy
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Extreme Heaven Cliff, within the quiet room.
Lu Yang sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, the [Sword of No Killing] belonging to Perfected Being Demon-Quelling placed before him. His mind had fully sunk into the depths of his sea of consciousness.
And in his sea of consciousness, a golden light blazed brilliantly.
Great Fortune Golden Nature!
This strand of golden nature had been drained of its marrow by the [Book of a Hundred Lives], leaving only an empty shell. Yet even so, it still exerted no small pressure on Lu Yang.
The next second, Lu Yang opened his panel.
With no interference from Heaven and Earth this time, he carefully and thoroughly read through the entire Great Fortune life settled by the [Book of a Hundred Lives].
A long while later, he finally opened his eyes.
"Fuck!"
He couldn't help but curse aloud.
It was only now that Lu Yang truly understood just how much of a treasure mountain he had been sitting on without realizing it, actually using the Great Fortune golden nature merely to disguise his identity.
As a great fortunate one nurtured by Heaven and Earth, Great Fortune's life was filled with countless opportunities. The secret realms and perilous lands he had explored were innumerable. Forget anything else—just this wealth of experience alone was priceless, including methods for finding treasures within secret realms and determining if a secret realm had an owner.
And this was merely the peripheral minutiae.
Lu Yang spent a full three days, using his divine sense to comb through it, before finally organizing and archiving Great Fortune's memories, ultimately categorizing them into three major classes.
'First, Dao attainment and knowledge!'
'As the True Lord of [Covered Lamp Fire], Great Fortune had an intimate grasp of the Heavenly Gangs and Earthly Fiends corresponding to [Covered Lamp Fire]. His Dao attainment had reached the pinnacle.'
[Jia Wood], [Yi Wood].
[Chen Earth], [Si Fire].
For these four Heavenly Gangs and Earthly Fiends—their yin-yang attributes, internal transformations, methods of combination—Great Fortune's memories contained corresponding knowledge, vast as the sea!
'If I patiently integrate this knowledge and diligently comprehend it for a few centuries, fully making it my own, perhaps I too could use it to seek [Covered Lamp Fire]. Even if I can't claim that, attempting to seek other positions related to these four Heavenly Gangs and Earthly Fiends would surely yield twice the results with half the effort!'
Such wealth was enough to make any Foundation Establishment cultivator green with envy.
Not to mention that it also included those two secret arts from before, [True Explanation of Cavernous Void Internal Contemplation of Heaven and Earth] and [Supreme Bright Golden Cup Jade Light], both completely intact!
For these two secret arts, sensing [Covered Lamp Fire] with the latter was secondary.
For Lu Yang, the key was the former—this was a secret art for creating cavern heavens and blessed lands, of immense use to Foundation Establishment cultivation!
'I never imagined the secret arts I traded away back then would return to my hands today.'
This was fate!
Moreover, the versions traded away back then were flawed ones with hidden backdoors left by Great Fortune. The ones retrieved now were flawless complete editions without any hidden dangers!
"Hm? What's this?"
Suddenly, Lu Yang's heart stirred as he looked at a page in [True Explanation of Cavernous Void Internal Contemplation of Heaven and Earth], where a secret technique derived by Great Fortune was clearly recorded.
"[Lesser Blessed Land]?"
Lu Yang read it carefully, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
The so-called [Lesser Blessed Land]—as the name implied—was the embryonic form of a blessed land. Not only could it be nurtured into a true blessed land, but more importantly, its requirements were extremely low.
Because it didn't require peak Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Even mid-to-late Foundation Establishment could refine it!
'Though it can't enhance cultivation like a true blessed land, the [Lesser Blessed Land] still possesses the ability to evade calamities and hide. Dive into it, and even immortals would struggle to detect you!'
This point was particularly crucial.
'As long as I can refine this [Lesser Blessed Land], I can hide inside and evade Heaven and Earth's scrutiny, with no fear of them coming knocking!'
'Beyond that, the [Lesser Blessed Land] can also shelter one from [Heavenly Human Five Declines], greatly increasing the chances of reaching peak Foundation Establishment. Truly a marvelous art!'
The only drawback was that it required many spirit materials.
'But I just obtained the Myriad Poisons Cult's [Imperishable Gilded Silkworm of Ten Thousand Kalpas]. Using it as a core material fits perfectly and can greatly reduce the other costs.'
With this thought, Lu Yang immediately prioritized refining the [Lesser Blessed Land].
Only then did he continue examining Great Fortune's memories.
'Beyond Dao attainment and knowledge, next are the secrets of Heaven and Earth!'
Seeing this, Lu Yang gritted his teeth again. 'No wonder Great Fortune ultimately chose to betray Heaven and Earth. Even after taking benefits during the millennial calamity, he didn't share them.'
Heaven and Earth didn't nurture you for nothing!
It was just like an investment. After laboriously raising you up, they naturally expected manifold returns to recoup the costs—otherwise, wouldn't it be a wasted investment?
'Heaven and Earth supported Great Fortune to become a True Lord purely for [Covered Lamp Fire]. As their nurtured chosen, so long as Great Fortune held the position for a day, [Covered Lamp Fire] would be subtly influenced for a day, and with each additional day, Heaven and Earth's control over [Covered Lamp Fire] would deepen by a fraction.'
'Yet this violated the great taboo of the Dao Lords!'
'Great Fortune realized this, which is why he chose betrayal. After all, with the four Dao Lords dominating Heaven and Earth, following Heaven and Earth offered no future.'
True Lords of the Primal Saint Sect were always clear-eyed on such matters of great right and wrong.
They only followed winners.
'Moreover, after Great Fortune became a True Lord, Heaven and Earth ceased supporting him. With his millennial lifespan approaching its end, that was the true reason he decided to betray them.'
In mid Golden Core, the cavern heaven does not fall.
To achieve this, one must continuously reinforce their own cavern heaven, plundering external resources for it—but this ran counter to Heaven and Earth's original intent.
Otherwise, if Heaven and Earth had continued supporting Great Fortune, giving him hope of higher realms instead of forcing him to start over after a millennium, he might not have betrayed them. But treating him like a dog, then cutting off pay—who the hell would keep working for that?
Moreover, Heaven and Earth's playbook grew increasingly familiar to Lu Yang the more he read.
'Isn't this just pump and dump—flood the market with cash to seize monopoly, then flip and harvest?'
'If I'd seen this earlier, I definitely would have been wary of Heaven and Earth, and wouldn't have been caught so off-guard when the World Honored One targeted me...'
Alas, the past was irretrievable.
Lu Yang composed himself and turned to the third category—this was the part he valued most.
'Five thousand years—Great Fortune hadn't lived them in vain!'
Indeed, over the past five millennia, Great Fortune had died and revived endlessly, living a wretched existence.
But he had realized the problem.
After all, compared to the first half of his life, the severe decline in his fortune was something even a pig could notice.
Even before falling from his position, Great Fortune—having already betrayed Heaven and Earth—had foreseen this.
And prepared countermeasures in advance.
'[Altar-Opening True Cultivation Ritual]!'
This was a second-grade true merit, personally derived and recorded by Great Fortune.
But that wasn't the key point. The crucial part was that the realm-heaven corresponding to this second-grade true merit had no recorded coordinates—it was a realm-heaven Great Fortune had discovered alone, known only to him!
Moreover, Great Fortune had tampered with this realm-heaven to ensure it wouldn't approach this world, just like [Profound Spirit Realm], and thus be captured.
'This was... Great Fortune's final escape route!'
'He even arranged everything in the merit law itself, allowing reincarnation into that realm-heaven via this art.'
'If he truly couldn't reclaim the True Lord position, he would settle for the next best thing: flee to that realm-heaven, first become its lord, then return to kill his way back... Unfortunately, despite preparing so many contingencies and backups, he was just too unlucky—neither his previous life nor this one got to use any of them...'
After sorting through this segment of memory, Lu Yang's impression of Great Fortune instantly improved dramatically.
Thinking carefully, his current situation was remarkably similar to Great Fortune's back then—both targeted by Heaven and Earth, both facing an enemy too powerful to resist.
'I was still fretting over what to do next, but now I don't need to think anymore.'
Great Fortune had arranged everything; he just hadn't had time to execute.
But no matter—he could carry the Great Fortune golden nature with him when he did, giving it a sense of participation.
'I've finally seen it clearly: this damn place has no true safe ponds. Even Heaven and Earth and the Dao Lords fish here. Trying to develop in peace is pure fantasy.'
To break the game, he had to jump out.
To a real safe pond!
'Escape is shameful, but useful!'
With the thought of fleeing, the world suddenly felt vast. Lu Yang instantly felt the previously迷茫 path ahead brighten once more.
That's right—flee to the outer heavens!
Screw the Buddha's son, screw the immortal spirits—I'm done serving!
Once I achieve True Lord status in the outer heavens, I'll come back and settle scores one by one!