Chapter 394
Chapter 394
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 394
Chapter Title: The Frustrated Immortal Spirit
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'Good thing I got out early!'
Looking at Mu Changsheng's utterly dejected expression at that moment, Lu Yang felt immensely grateful for his decision. It had been the right call after all—this dump was no place to grow!
And sticking with Heaven and Earth really offered no future.
In that instant, Lu Yang even felt a bit thankful that Heaven and Earth had stripped him of his immortal spirit body. Otherwise, wouldn't he end up targeted by all four Dao Lords down the line?
How could anyone live like that?
But the next second, Lu Yang suddenly thought of something else.
If the soul of the Innate True Person was in the Refining Law Secret Realm, then the Sword Pavilion Sect Master's instruction for the Yun family ancestor to reincarnate here carried some intriguing implications.
'The Sword Pavilion Dao Lord is clashing with the Primal Saint Sect's forebear?'
'No, it should just be a straightforward talent grab. The Primal Saint Sect uses Mu Changsheng's soul to train disciples in divine abilities—what would the Sword Pavilion do with him?'
Having trained in the Sword Pavilion himself, Lu Yang quickly arrived at the answer:
'Filling a [Sword Dao Position]!'
'Right. If they let Mu Changsheng's reincarnated soul cultivate the Sword Lord Discussing the Profound and Grasping Metal Secret Chapter, then use it to establish his foundation, and wait for Mu Changsheng's consciousness to return...'
He'd probably still go mad with rage!
'The Sword Pavilion aren't human either.'
But soon, Lu Yang noticed something off: this life was different from before. The Sword Pavilion Sect Master was a Golden Core True Lord and should have already gone into seclusion by now.
If that was the case, then who had sent the Yun family ancestor to reincarnate here?
It couldn't be the Dao Lord, could it?
At this thought, Lu Yang's head began to ache. The [String-Pulling Puppet] could manipulate others like puppets, but it couldn't directly access memories.
'And there are still doubts.'
Lu Yang hadn't forgotten that in his previous life in the Biyang Cultivation World overseas, the Innate True Person's Dao karma had been drawn out by Hong Ju using Heaven and Earth's killing intent.
It hadn't seemed like much at the time.
But now, it looked like a huge problem!
'The Innate True Person was Heaven and Earth's diehard loyalist. Drawing out his Dao karma with the [Endless Flowing Water] must have had Heaven and Earth's tacit approval—how could Heaven and Earth's killing intent affect him?'
That didn't make sense!
Not only had the Dao karma emerged early, but it had ultimately been slain by Perfected Being Flying Snow. That life's plotting for the Innate True Person had died in the womb.
Why had that happened?
In a flash, Lu Yang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over him. The faint smugness from wiping out the White Lotus Cult and stirring up trouble in the Seven Radiance Heavens vanished instantly:
'Because in that life... I pulled Wang Boyuan out of the Refining Law Secret Realm?'
Back then, while nurturing spirit-devouring bugs in the Refining Law Secret Realm, he'd thought to bring out a few talents for himself as well. But after that, he hadn't paid further attention.
At this realization, Lu Yang couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his brow:
'Because I brought Wang Boyuan out of the Refining Law Secret Realm, that led to Heaven and Earth's killing intent drawing out the Innate True Person's Dao karma. Was there influence from a Dao Lord behind it?'
That was just too ridiculous!
'Heaven and Earth's killing intent... the killing intent from Heaven and Earth that Hong Ju drew with the [Shared Fate and Exchanged Luck Register Scripture]—did it really come from this world? Or was it from someone else?'
Like, a Dao Lord!?
'Heaven and Earth can send down tribulations, Dao Lords can send down tribulations too. Anything Heaven and Earth can do, a Dao Lord can actually accomplish as well. Dao Lord... Lord of the Heavenly Dao?'
Lu Yang didn't dare think deeper. After all, the level of the Dao Lords was still too shrouded and mysterious for him now—like peering through fog. Many guesses might not even be accurate; they would just add needless worry. With this in mind, he reined in his thoughts and looked back at the Innate True Person.
The next second, he heard the Yun family ancestor speak:
"So it's the Innate True Person in person."
"I am Yun Qingchuan. I have come this time on the decree of Perfected Being Repelling Evil, to rescue Your Excellency from fire and water, away from this Refining Law Secret Realm."
Perfected Being Repelling Evil?
Lu Yang's brows furrowed slightly. He recognized that Dao title.
The Sword Pavilion had three hereditary honorifics passed down through generations: Demon-Quelling, Repelling Evil, and Demon-Subduing. Behind each honorific stood at least one great true person.
'Though nominally, these three honorifics are open to all, depending on each faction's abilities—anyone capable could vie for them—in truth, for... several millennia? Anyway, since long ago, these three honorifics have only circulated among the Sword Pavilion's three factions.'
Including Demon-Quelling True Person.
Without the Ye family, he wouldn't have obtained that honorific.
In the Sword Pavilion, no one could escape the ways of the world. Even a stunning genius like Demon-Quelling True Person owed his current status to the backing of a Golden Core direct lineage.
While Lu Yang pondered, the Innate True Person spoke again:
'The Sword Pavilion... wants to save me?'
The next second, he let out a cold laugh:
"What can you save me with?"
"The only way to bypass the restrictions and enter or exit the Refining Law Secret Realm undetected is through the [Underworld]'s reincarnation. There's no other method."
"But my soul right now isn't even at Foundation Establishment. A Qi Refining soul entering the [Underworld] would just get its current consciousness forcibly erased."
What meaning would rebirth hold then?
With this thought, he cast a mocking glance at the Yun family ancestor:
"You're talking about saving me? I think you just want to ferry me into my next life to become a Sword Pavilion disciple, don't you?"
All the same kind!
That was also why he'd snapped and cursed earlier. He couldn't think of any way to escape—unless someone inside the Primal Saint Sect responded and let him out proactively. Otherwise, it was a death sentence with no chance of survival!
But the next second, as if struck by a realization, his eyes lit up slightly:
".Wait, no, that's not right."
After a moment of contemplation, the Innate True Person suddenly laughed:
"You're not here to save me. It's for my backer... Heaven and Earth? No, it should be the immortal spirit!"
Abruptly, the Innate True Person rallied once more:
"That's right! It must be the [Heavenly Duke] making a move. Could He have successfully nurtured an immortal spirit? And you're scheming to find that immortal spirit."
"So you've come to me!"
As Heaven and Earth's diehard loyalist, if there was a chance to save him, Heaven and Earth certainly wouldn't stand by. Yet Heaven and Earth found it hard to intervene directly.
Thus, an immortal spirit made the perfect tool.
In the current era with true lords in seclusion, a peak Foundation Establishment immortal spirit had a good shot at rescuing the Innate True Person.
But in turn, those with ulterior motives could use the Innate True Person as bait to fish out the immortal spirit Heaven and Earth had nurtured!
'All schemes upon schemes.'
On the other side, Lu Yang pieced together the Sword Pavilion's line of thinking and couldn't help sighing. Compared to this messed-up place, the Seven Radiance Heavens were innocently pure.
'However...'
At this thought, Lu Yang suddenly rubbed his chin, a playful smile creeping onto his face: 'That damn immortal spirit might not even be complete yet.'
Did he think stealing his immortal spirit body came without cost?
At that moment, in a place no one could trace.
In a white pool where moonlight flowed, a stone figure resembling a person sat cross-legged, its face vividly expressive with clear anger.
"Rumble!"
The next second, the entire pool shook violently. The stone figure grew even more furious, looking up to the sky, where a bright mark shone clearly above its head.
[Pomegranate Wood Life]
This was the fate Lu Yang had once assigned to his own immortal spirit body using the [Sensing Profound Spirit Response Scripture], to better attune it to the pomegranate wood position.
The drawback was the need for [Chastity Vow].
In simple terms, it meant dual cultivating with someone every day. But now, with the immortal spirit body taken, this fate had naturally transferred to the immortal spirit.
"This is too much for me."
It really was!
Not that he couldn't break it—going all out was an option. But the problem was, the World Honored One was still hunting everywhere for him!
Under those circumstances, how could he go out and dual cultivate?
But without dual cultivating, breaking the vow would bring backlash from the fate's qi flow... resulting in him wasting a full ten years just to barely recover!
This delay had cost him so many opportunities?
".You beast!"
(End of chapter)