Chapter 59
Chapter 59
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 59
Chapter Title: An Unexpected Problem
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Standing before the secret realm, Lu Yang carefully contemplated this "creation of a Dao Master" while also pondering how to configure the realm to best benefit himself.
‘First, I will definitely not step into the limelight.’
‘I just need to sow the seeds and then wait for them to bloom and bear fruit. If there's no mastermind from the start, no one will come looking for one!’
‘Second, I don't need a peaceful world.’
“After all, only a chaotic age can produce heroes, and only a chaotic age allows one to fish in troubled waters. Even if a hero who discovers the truth does appear, they won't be able to make any significant waves.”
‘Because I can easily make heroes fight heroes, and good men fight good men!’
Just like that, a large number of settings were input into the secret realm.
The next second, the entire secret realm burst into light, rotating in circles. Within it, Lu Yang seemed to see countless scenes of the mortal world constantly changing.
Seeing this, Luo Wuya took the initiative to speak.
“Junior Brother is about to enter the secret realm to cultivate, so I won't disturb you. I wish you success in your endeavors.”
“Thank you for your auspicious words, Senior Brother.”
Lu Yang returned the courtesy.
“I, Lu Yang, will remember your guidance. When I achieve success in the future, if you have any requests, please don't hesitate to ask.”
Luo Wuya heard this and smiled with satisfaction.
“Junior Brother is destined for great things!”
The next second, the light of the secret realm swallowed Lu Yang whole.
“It's quite impressive...”
Inside the secret realm, Lu Yang stood atop a mountain peak, his eyes filled with curiosity. He felt that the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees—everything—seemed so real.
“...But there are still flaws. It's not perfect.”
A halo of light appeared behind Lu Yang's head. The Supreme Tenuosity Imperial Edict Treasure Register activated, performing divination and deduction. He instantly saw through the illusion, discovering flaws that set it apart from the real world.
These flaws were very small and all existed on a microscopic level. Only Lu Yang, with his divinatory powers, could perceive some of them. Ordinary cultivators wouldn't see any flaws from a macroscopic perspective. As for the "talents" who had lived in the secret realm since childhood, it would be even more impossible for them to notice anything wrong.
“Rather than calling it a world, it's more like a giant stage set...”
The flowers, birds, fish, and insects—everything was real.
However, the "world" that constituted all of this was a complete fake, no different in nature from a pigsty in a mortal's country home.
“So this is the Primal Saint Sect's talent cultivation base.”
Lu Yang shook his head, no longer sighing with emotion, and turned to prepare for his grand undertaking of "spreading the dharma." The most important part of this was creating a cultivation system.
“With the Dao Clarifying Jade Slip, it's no wonder Luo Wuya said Saint Thievery is very suitable for me...”
Because this divine artifact of deduction, the Dao Clarifying Jade Slip, would allow the cultivation system he created to have fewer flaws, making it harder for the natives of the secret realm to notice.
‘The cultivation system can't be too complex.’
‘After all, with my abilities, the more complex it is, the less it will stand up to scrutiny. So, simple is best. It should be something even a fool can understand, something anyone can cultivate.’
‘But it can't be too weak either. If the strongest person in this system is only at the first level of Qi Refining, although they wouldn't pose a threat to me, the amount of fate that Saint Thievery could steal would be pitifully small. That would be detrimental to my own cultivation. So, I should be bold and raise the system's maximum combat power.’
Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly had an epiphany.
‘That true disciple Senior Brother Luo mentioned, who was killed by the people in the secret realm, probably wanted to maximize his benefits just like me, but ended up unexpectedly failing...’
‘No, I have to set up a safeguard.’
Lu Yang thought continuously and finally came up with a framework. With the help of the Dao Clarifying Jade Slip, numerous details were filled in, ultimately forming a complete system.
A moment later, Lu Yang made a decision.
Saint Thievery was, after all, a body refining technique. So, if he was going to create a cultivation system, it should naturally be centered around body refining to achieve higher cultivation efficiency.
And regarding the physical body, the most advanced knowledge Lu Yang possessed was the *Supreme Yi Primordial Essence Jade Radiance* he obtained from Yun Miaozhen.
Therefore, he planned to use this divine ability as the foundation.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately began to activate the divine ability.
Heart-fire, lung-metal, spleen-earth, liver-wood, kidney-water...
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, sinews, bones, flesh, blood, intent...
Lu Yang calmed his mind and qi, gathering all the radiant light from his five viscera and every part of his body. He then guided it to the Heavenly Gate at the crown of his head, causing it to burst forth from his fontanelle!
A brilliant light blazed, empowering Lu Yang's body, dissolving all "flaws" and making his physique as clear and bright as jade.
This was the "Supreme Yi Primordial Essence Jade Radiance."
At the same time, Lu Yang used the Dao Clarifying Jade Slip to record all the changes of the divine ability. Using this as a basis, he quickly organized a complete system.
“This art shall be called the Martial Dao!”
“Practitioners of the Martial Dao prioritize blood and qi. They master the five elements within the body, open the nine heavenly orifices, and break through the profound gate of creation! A grandmaster of the Martial Dao... should be comparable to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator!”
“However, although the Martial Dao strengthens one's divine power, it does not grant the ability to fly...”
This was the safeguard Lu Yang had set: martial artists cannot fly!
This way, even if the worst-case scenario occurred and he suffered a backlash from the people of the secret realm, he could just fly away. If he couldn't win, he could at least escape.
An unknown amount of time passed before Lu Yang awoke from his meditation.
And in his hand, a book recording the "Martial Dao" had appeared.
The next second, with a thought from Lu Yang, the book suddenly erupted in golden light, split into four parts in mid-air, and then scattered to the ends of the horizon.
“The pieces are set. Let's see what changes the future will bring...”
Lu Yang smiled faintly, then turned and returned to the temporary cave residence he had opened up to enter seclusion once more. In his cultivation, he still had many unfinished matters.
For example, he had now mastered the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, the Profound Yin Form-Seizing Grand Art, and the Supreme Tenuosity Imperial Edict Treasure Register. He had gathered all three divine abilities that constituted the *Grand Yin Corpse Liberation and Form Shedding True Art*, just like Yun Miaozhen had that day. However, he still had no clue how to integrate them.
This wasn't because he didn't know the method.
In fact, the final step of the *Grand Yin Corpse Liberation and Form Shedding True Art* was actually very simple. The secret was a single sentence:
“Through death under the Grand Yin, one temporarily passes the three gates. The Supreme One guards the corpse, the three hun souls build the bones, the seven po souls serve the flesh, and the fetal spirit registers the qi, thereby restoring substance and form, allowing one to be reborn and ascend.”
In short, one needed to "die once."
To die and then shed one's form. Although failure meant true death, success would result in the transformation into an immortal fetus, possessing a portion of the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
For a normal person, this step wasn't actually difficult. It was merely a matter of whether the cultivator dared to gamble on the probability between life and death, and whether they had the luck to succeed.
However, for Lu Yang, this was a difficult...