Chapter 401
Chapter 401
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Invincible in Seven Luminaries Heaven
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Within Seven Luminaries Heaven, a mass of prismatic radiance hovered high in the sky. Amid the weaving glows of rosy clouds, it erupted with rumbling thunder, ceaselessly devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
“What the hell is going on?”
Only now did Yan Taizu and the Capital City God snap out of their daze from Lu Yang’s earlier heaven-splitting sword strike. They couldn’t help exchanging a glance.
But as time passed, the prismatic mass gradually contracted. In the end, it took human form—a tall and handsome young man who stood quietly in midair with hands clasped behind his back. A ring of white jade brilliance circled behind his head, as if expounding the supreme truths of heaven and earth, lending him an even more solemn and sacred air.
Lu Yang said nothing, merely closing his eyes slightly.
The surging, realm-shaking mana roiling within his body nearly intoxicated him. At the same time, an indescribable sense of disbelief welled up in his heart:
*It actually didn’t screw me over!*
Smooth beyond belief!
Truth be told, even if he’d just broken through to perfect Foundation Establishment only for a giant hand to seize and refine him in an instant, he wouldn’t have batted an eye.
Yet everything had turned out perfectly fine.
At that thought, Lu Yang shook his head:
*Sure enough, all those prior misfortunes were purely that broken place’s fault—not mine.*
If he hadn’t decisively fled, how agonizingly difficult would perfecting Foundation Establishment have been?
Forget anything else—just those four tribulations of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend would’ve toyed him half to death. He’d probably still be spinning his wheels in mid Foundation Establishment, nowhere near his current achievement.
*But my success is probably impossible to copy.*
Lu Yang knew this full well. If merely escaping the broken place and cultivating in the outer heavens sufficed for perfect Foundation Establishment, then why would anyone stay behind?
In the end, it boiled down to him inheriting Hong Yun’s arrangements. Be it the [Seven Luminaries World-Fixing True Grand Array] or Seven Luminaries Heaven itself, they were all Hong Yun’s trump cards. Lu Yang’s achievement owed more to treading the very escape route Hong Yun had laid out for himself.
*Hong Yun, Hong Yun—you really are my great fortune!*
*The smartest move I made this lifetime was probably striking down the just-reincarnated Hong Yun from below. That was my first pot of gold!*
Even a trash True Lord was still a True Lord.
Even offhand arrangements from a True Lord could benefit those beneath immeasurably. Lu Yang felt this truth more profoundly than ever.
The next instant, Lu Yang lowered his head.
His gaze swept over them, and Yan Taizu with the Capital City God abruptly sobered—only to feel a chill sweep through their hearts. That look... did it mean the outsider had won!?
In that moment, the faces of both incense gods turned deathly pale.
Lu Yang shook his head at the sight.
If a Primal Saint Sect True Person were here, they’d already be kowtowing and crying, “Congratulations, Senior!”
*Still too proud. Makes sense—they’ve lorded over Seven Luminaries Heaven so long their heads are stuck too high to bow. No wonder they haven’t caught on.*
At the thought, Lu Yang suddenly lost all interest.
“Whatever. You two were just puppets anyway. I’ll show mercy—no soul extraction or torment by soulfire. Soul-scattering it is.”
With those words, the white jade halo behind Lu Yang’s head flared.
[Heaven-Ordaining Principle]!
As the name suggested, this divine ability was the embryonic form of Seven Luminaries Heaven’s position—a juvenile version. Unleashed, its suppression of incense god paths was utter devastation!
At Lu Yang’s declaration, terror flashed across Yan Taizu and the Capital City God’s faces. Horror followed as their once-obedient incense fire vanished in a blink. Then their bodies crumbled, souls shattering without so much as a scream!
Seven Luminaries Heaven had no [Underworld].
No reincarnation either. Upon death, souls disintegrated on the spot, merging into heaven and earth—only for heaven and earth to then condense fresh souls.
Out of compassion, though, Lu Yang spared them that fate. He refined them straight into banner spirits.
*I’m already invincible in the world!*
Of course, just within Seven Luminaries Heaven.
Lu Yang then shifted his gaze aside. There, Ancestor Tingyou cradled a treasure pearl whose glow had faded, handling it with utmost care.
The nameless position embryo from within the Myriad Spirits Banner.
“It’s badly damaged.”
Ancestor Tingyou frowned as she explained.
“Showing signs of necrosis. Without a complete position to supplement it, recovery will be tough.”
Lu Yang felt no pang at the news.
Tough to recover? Then don’t bother!
With a thought, he withdrew the position embryo back into the Myriad Spirits Banner. He then fed it into [Seven Luminaries Heaven], eyes alight with anticipation:
*Any hope?*
Two position embryos merging as one—could they form a complete position? If so, he’d off himself and restart without a second thought!
*The Myriad Spirits Banner comes with every life!*
*If stacking quantity can nurture a position, worst case I restart a few extra times. Long as I forge my own, it’s pure profit!*
Under Lu Yang’s eager watch, the Myriad Spirits Banner trembled. The position embryo Seven Luminaries Heaven had never tasted in life—now, refined by Lu Yang, it savored at last. But soon Lu Yang frowned. Seven Luminaries Heaven showed no dramatic change.
*Useless?*
No—not useless. Grasping the Myriad Spirits Banner, Lu Yang clearly sensed its position embryo grow ever so slightly more complete.
*It works. The issue’s quantity.*
Lu Yang ran a rough estimate, then sighed helplessly. Per his plan to nurture Seven Luminaries Heaven...
He’d need over three hundred restarts!
That realization snuffed out all his fancies in an instant. He wasn’t wielding the Book of a Hundred Lives—where was he supposed to scrape together three hundred-plus Myriad Spirits Banners?
Fine. A little progress was still progress.
The haul was massive already, so Lu Yang stayed philosophical.
At that, he turned to another question:
*Just how strong am I now? What tier in the broken place?*
*Strictly speaking, I’m one of a kind—the only one to cultivate a second-grade true technique from scratch all the way to perfection.*
That was Lu Yang’s self-assessment.
Second-grade true technique to perfection, successfully usurping Seven Luminaries Heaven’s worldly essence.
In the broken place, second-grade true techniques were typically for Foundation Establishment True Persons—a mere flourish, an aid to Seeking Gold.
Lu Yang was different.
He’d made it his core cultivation, achieving perfect Foundation Establishment thereby.
*In other words, I’d be hot property there. Seven Luminaries Heaven as my ascension ladder? Drawing a position’s gaze would be child’s play!*
Flaws remained, though.
*The two keys to Seeking Gold—golden nature and blessed land—I lack both.*
Blessed land was manageable; [Lihen Tian (Heaven of Parting Sorrow)] solved that. Golden nature was the snag. Lu Yang had figured perfect Foundation Establishment would make condensing it a breeze.
Evidently not.
*Key issue... probably my natal divine ability. I seized every scrap of Seven Luminaries Heaven’s fortune, but perfected it with five innate divine abilities.*
In hindsight, realms beyond the broken place did boast perfect Foundation Establishment beings—but clearly lagged behind.
Xuanling Realm was a prime example.
Lu Yang had witnessed it firsthand: Celestial Immortal Minghua’s position rivaled perfect Foundation Establishment, yet no whisper of golden nature or blessed lands.
*Those two are broken-place exclusives!*
Problematic.
Exceptions existed—like Suo Huan, who’d forged golden nature via Dao Court rank. Dao Court offices held their own mysteries.
*Long road ahead.*
That thought steadied Lu Yang’s mind, adrift from perfect Foundation Establishment. Perfection was merely the first step on the Seeking Gold path.
A little flexing wouldn’t hurt, though.
Seeking Gold aside—to gauge his strength, he just needed a benchmark.
The next instant, Lu Yang unleashed his aura. He turned to Ancestor Tingyou with an arrogant grin.
“Ancestor, care to spar?”