Chapter 404
Chapter 404
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Number]
Chapter Title: Half Joy, Half Worry
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After hearing the operating principles of the Yama Hall, Lu Yang's mood was a mix of joy and worry.
The joy came from the fact that he truly had a golden nature in hand—Hongyun's golden nature! With this one golden nature, he could fully impersonate a gold position using the Yama Hall.
The worry stemmed from having only that single golden nature.
*Even this one exists only because Hongyun was a True Lord in life, making its essence superior.*
*If it were a golden nature condensed from a perfected Foundation Establishment cultivator, he'd need a full nine of them to meet the threshold for activating the Yama Hall and impersonating a gold position.*
That was precisely why nine perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators were required.
*In other words, I have just one shot at impersonating a gold position. Per Ancestor Tingyou's calculations, the duration would be about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn—not nearly enough to stand against a True Lord.*
But more than sufficient for bullying the weak.
Beyond that, the Yama Hall had another ingenious application.
"It can assist in seeking a golden nature."
Here, Ancestor Tingyou explained, "Great power cannot arise from nothing—the Yama Hall is no exception. Ultimately, it relies on fruit positions."
"In essence, whichever fruit position the golden nature hosting the Yama Hall points to, the Yama Hall will eventually latch onto that fruit position, borrowing its power. Over time, as the fruit position grows familiar with you, it will naturally aid your true pursuit of that position."
Take Ancestor Tingyou himself as an example.
Had he succeeded in assembling the Yama Hall back then, it would have hooked onto Wall-upon-Earth, effectively becoming a miniature Wall-upon-Earth.
*No wonder the Sword Pavilion's Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord obliterated the Witch Ghost Dao with a single sword.*
After all, it amounted to one's own fruit position having its power siphoned away from thin air—a fruit position halved. No one could tolerate that.
At this thought, Lu Yang's expression grew increasingly profound.
*In that case, if I deploy the Yama Hall using Hongyun's golden nature, it would latch onto Covered Lamp Fire? Now that's intriguing.*
Everyone knew whose forbidden prize Covered Lamp Fire was.
Soaring Empyrean!
*If I can wield Covered Lamp Fire's great power, might I reverse Chen Tu's state outright, shattering Soaring Empyrean's five elements perfection?*
The mere image of Soaring Empyrean's face then sent shivers of excitement through Lu Yang's body.
He could hardly wait!
As for the Yama Hall's drawbacks, Lu Yang had already devised a short-term fix for the golden nature issue:
*If memory serves, the Sword Pavilion's Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord is nearing the end of his allotted span. It won't be long before he reincarnates.*
Seize the moment, and he could replicate the feat—reverse-slay another True Lord!
Wouldn't that yield another golden nature?
"Let's move out."
The thought settled, and Lu Yang wasted no more time. He rose to his feet, gazing toward the distant horizon. After over a decade away from home, it was time to return!
That said, he had no intention of teleporting straight to his sword path clone's side via the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner. The sword path clone was under heaven and earth's tight scrutiny at present; the main body passing through him would draw immediate detection—far too conspicuous for Lu Yang's tastes.
"This time, the proper channel!"
Enter the realm from the Outer Heaven Light Sea!
In doing so, he could masquerade as an outer heaven cultivator—untargeted by heaven and earth. In a sense, even the sort they welcomed.
*This time, I'm going big!*
With only one chance to impersonate a gold position, it had to strike at the vital point. Anything less than maximum gain would squander all the hardship endured!
Boom!
The intent formed, and Lu Yang transformed into a streak of supreme heavenly grand light, arriving in the blink of an eye at the Seven Luminaries Beyond the Heavens. He pinched a spell art, unfurling the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.
In that instant, the Seven Luminaries Heaven—which had resembled an empty void perched amid the Outer Heaven Light Sea—began to shift. It was as if a laid-out scroll were slowly rolling itself up; the original void symbolizing the realm heaven vanished, swiftly filled by endless Two Forms Birth-Death Profound Light.
"Hoo."
Lu Yang exhaled deeply. Endless Two Forms Birth-Death Profound Light rained upon him, producing only crisp crackles like rain on banana leaves.
Damage, yes—but minimal.
At the back of Lu Yang's head, halos forged from his five divine abilities formed an invisible barrier, dissolving every strand of Two Forms Birth-Death Profound Light into nothingness.
"Ultimate yin and yang."
Lu Yang reached out, pinching a wisp of Two Forms Birth-Death Profound Light. His divine sense swept over it as he circulated his Linglong Heart, swiftly piercing to its core essence.
The profound light was mere surface.
At root, this was the clash of yin and yang qi—a purely destructive force, yet harboring a slender thread of life.
*Every moment of every second, they collide.*
*In the vast majority of cases, the clash births only Two Forms Birth-Death Profound Light. But across infinite repetitions, anomalies arise.*
*That anomaly is the realm world!*
Taiji begets two forms; two forms beget four images; four images beget eight trigrams; eight trigrams fix heaven and earth. The realm worlds of the Outer Heaven Light Sea were born precisely thus!
At this realization, Lu Yang's gaze sharpened.
*If this is the secret of realm world genesis... what of Nascent Soul Dao Lords?*
To his knowledge, Nascent Soul Dao Lords could create realm worlds too. Did they employ the same method? Were there secrets exclusive to Dao Lords?
The Golden Core path held no mysteries for Lu Yang.
Ascension to it might be arduous beyond measure, but a path existed.
Dao Lords alone remained opaque. To date, he had yet to unravel their profundities—not even how they cultivated or broke through.
Yet this brought Lu Yang no despair.
It only steeled his resolve:
"One day...!"
Amid the感慨, his pace never slackened. Light and shadow flickered before him until a vast abyss filled his sight.
"No matter how many times I see it, it's always jaw-dropping."
This colossal chasm, nearly rending the Outer Heaven Light Sea asunder—that was the "broken place's" form. A yawning blood-basin maw, poised to devour all.
But this time, Lu Yang's heart was utterly transformed.
Heavenly immortals and spirits, Buddha child Guangming.
Time to settle old scores!
With the thought, Lu Yang flicked his sleeve. The divine ability halos behind him bloomed in an instant, hurtling forward at thunderous speed—unreserved—smashing into the abyss!
The instant one entered a realm world, divine sense shattered.
Under such conditions, few beheld a realm world's true visage.
But Lu Yang of today was worlds apart. With Linglong Heart whirring, his dharma eyes pierced all veils, revealing sights beyond mortal ken.
"This is..."
In a flash, Lu Yang's pupils contracted.
A glimpse, and he beheld the authentic form of this "abyss"-cloaked world amid the Outer Heaven Light Sea—what it truly was.
*Jiangdong, Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, overseas... Hell, this isn't five places.*
"Five realm worlds!"
Lu Yang saw it clearly: five colossal realm worlds colliding and fusing, forging this "abyss"-like spectacle in the Outer Heaven Light Sea!