Chapter 89
Chapter 89
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 89
Chapter Title: The Death of Xiao Shiye
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"If I can really refine a Dharma Protector God feigning Foundation Establishment, it would be of immense help to my main body's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment realm. It would increase my chances of success by at least thirty percent!"
Lu Yang sat cross-legged, thinking to himself:
"Not only that, but more importantly, the Dharma Protector God would be karmically complete. When necessary, I can sever ties with it, throwing all the karma from the Witch Ghost Dao onto it."
"Although this means the fortune and cultivation I've gained from Stealing Heavenly Secrets can't be used for my own Foundation Establishment and must be used on the Dharma Protector God, with it, combined with third-grade True Qi, 'Corpse Liberation Immortal,' 'Sage's Theft,' and 'Heavenly Silkworm Secret: Severing Thoughts to See the Self,' I would still have a seventy percent chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment!"
If he also obtained the Ascension Token, it would be eighty percent!
"Moreover, according to Ancestor Tingyou, the more preparations one makes before Foundation Establishment, the higher the chances of success, and the greater the benefits after breaking through."
"This involves the cultivation within the Foundation Establishment realm."
"The so-called Foundation Establishment is, in fact, a life-and-death gamble. It's not uncommon for Perfected Beings to risk it all against the heavens with only a thirty or forty percent chance of success, ultimately breaking through by sheer luck."
"However, these breakthroughs achieved by gambling with one's life are not without cost. The fewer your preparations and the lower your chances, the greater the Dao injuries you will sustain during Foundation Establishment. After the breakthrough, these Dao injuries become deeply rooted. As long as they remain, you will never break through to a higher realm."
"The entire initial stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation is, in reality, a process of healing."
"Conversely, if you are fully prepared and only attempt the breakthrough with a seventy or eighty percent chance of success, the time needed for healing after a successful breakthrough will be significantly reduced."
"If you attempt the breakthrough with a one hundred percent chance of success, you will achieve perfection in the initial stage of Foundation Establishment right away and can look forward to the middle stage."
"In the cultivation world, this method of breakthrough is also known as 'Perfect Foundation Establishment.' Generally, only the direct disciples of a True Lord have any hope of attempting it."
This was to be expected.
After all, for Lu Yang to have come this far, after bitter cultivation across several lifetimes, the best he could hope for was an eighty percent chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. The final twenty percent was still out of reach.
This wasn't a gap in talent, but purely a matter of background. The resource requirements for 'Perfect Foundation Establishment' were simply too terrifying for an ordinary person to achieve. Perhaps only the direct disciples of a Golden Core True Lord could mobilize such vast resources.
Nevertheless, Lu Yang had no intention of pursuing the so-called 'Perfect Foundation Establishment.'
"Although 'Perfect Foundation Establishment' sounds impressive, it really only saves cultivation time. There's no need for me to be obsessed with it."
"An eighty percent chance is more than enough to take the gamble!"
"I'll focus on breaking through first!"
As the saying goes, "only by standing tall can one see far." There were many things one could only participate in after becoming a Foundation Establishment Perfected Being. The benefits of breaking through first were undeniable.
Having made up his mind, Lu Yang no longer dwelled on it.
"Calculating the time, Yu Suzhen should be about ready. If that old codger, the Heaven Mending Peak Master, was truly willing to act, she has likely already succeeded."
Lu Yang formed a hand seal and once again began to divine Yu Suzhen's recent situation.
Primal Saint Sect, Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea.
Within a secret realm, inside a grand, ancient bronze hall, Yu Suzhen was seen sitting cross-legged in mid-air. The crimson flush on her skin was visible through her thin robes.
On the other side, Xiao Shiye's eyes were bloodshot, his face contorted in a struggle as if he were enduring something. His sturdy, bull-like body was radiating intense yang energy, forming a stark contrast with Yu Suzhen's overwhelming yin energy. In that moment, the impending union of yin and yang was clear to see.
"Shameless scoundrel!"
The next second, Yu Suzhen's voice turned icy as she shattered the bronze coffin at the center of the secret realm with a single palm strike, her face burning with visible fury.
Seeing this, Xiao Shiye was terrified.
Yet, amidst his fear, a strange sensation arose in his heart at Yu Suzhen's resistance, making it increasingly difficult for him to control himself.
The whole affair began with a treasure hunt in a secret realm.
Relying on his overwhelming fortune, he had been the first to enter the heart of the secret realm, only for Yu Suzhen to arrive a step behind him and forcibly seize his opportunity.
As it turned out, the opportunity left by the master of the secret realm contained a hidden trap. After receiving the inheritance, one had to harmonize it with the power of yin and yang, or else die immediately from imbalance. At this moment, only Xiao Shiye and Yu Suzhen were in the heart of the realm—a man and a woman, alone. What would happen next was self-evident.
At this thought, Xiao Shiye subconsciously stood up.
"Don't come any closer!"
On the other side, Yu Suzhen cried out almost instantly, but neither her hazy eyes nor her flushed skin held any conviction.
It even made Xiao Shiye more excited.
The two drew closer and closer, their yin and yang energies completely merging. The next second, Xiao Shiye saw a fair, jade-like arm wrap around his neck.
In an instant, a fragrant scent filled his nostrils.
Yu Suzhen's weak voice, laced with a sigh, echoed in Xiao Shiye's ear: "You little thief, if you dare touch me, I will take your life one day!"
This sentence instantly ignited Xiao Shiye's rebellious spirit. He had heard of Yu Suzhen, the renowned Fairy Suzhen, whose talent was so exceptional that she had surpassed many disciples at a young age to reach the late stage of Qi Refining.
In comparison, he was just a nameless nobody in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
And from the moment they entered the secret realm, Yu Suzhen had maintained this cold demeanor, never once paying him any mind, and had even stolen his opportunity.
This was utterly unbearable!
"I'm touching you right now. What can you do about it?"
Xiao Shiye's eyes were bloodshot. In a fit of rage, he cast aside the unease and self-control that had instinctively arisen in his heart. With a grasp of his large hand, he immediately mounted up.
Yin and yang converged, day and night without rest.
It was not until several days later that Yu Suzhen awoke. After another entanglement with Xiao Shiye, she ultimately chose to let him go, even saving his life.
From then on, the two were bound by an inextricable fate.
After that, Xiao Shiye could not forget Yu Suzhen.
Especially when he occasionally saw the cold fairy appear before the crowd, he couldn't help but recall the passion hidden beneath her aloof exterior.
With his little head controlling his big one, Xiao Shiye's choice was obvious: he had to become stronger! Strong enough to stand before Yu Suzhen once more and openly become her Daoist partner!
Driven by this thought, Xiao Shiye came to the sect's Merit Pool.
He was already at rock bottom; any way he went was up.
Time to gamble!
In a place unseen by mortals, Xiao Shiye's immense fortune, which soared to the heavens, began to burn furiously at this moment, eliciting a response from the Merit Pool.
"I'm definitely going to win this time!"
"I've thrown in all my contribution points for the year! At least give me a gold prize, right?"
"If not gold, a purple one as a consolation would be fine too..."
Under the bloodshot, intensely nervous gazes of the assembled sect disciples, the Merit Pool revealed its prize, and a seven-colored beam of light erupted forth!
"The grand prize! The grand prize!"
In an instant, the crowd erupted.
Almost everyone's gaze instantly focused on Xiao Shiye, who was enveloped in the colored light. The jealousy, anger, and killing intent in their eyes were barely concealed.
Damn it, who is this guy!?
Xiao Shiye, however, ignored them. With an excited expression, he took the colored Merit Fish that landed in his hands and nuzzled it affectionately against his palm.
With this, he could turn his life around!
That cold and proud Fairy Suzhen would surely see me in a new light from now on!
Noticing the jealous and greedy gazes around him, Xiao Shiye didn't hesitate. He immediately killed the Merit Fish and began to consume and refine it.
The next second, all fell silent.
"..."
All the angry, jealous, and greedy sect disciples, including Xiao Shiye himself, stopped thinking. Time seemed to stand still.
A figure embodying all the colors of heaven and earth quietly appeared.
It was none other than the Fortune Daoist.
"It seems the bait I cast this time has yielded a good catch."
The Fortune Daoist looked at Xiao Shiye and nodded in satisfaction. With the fortune from the colored Merit Fish as replenishment, it should alleviate his urgent needs.
Thinking of this, he was about to reclaim Xiao Shiye and extract his fortune.
However, he soon froze.
Because when he probed Xiao Shiye's body with his divine sense, he discovered that it was completely empty. All his true qi and even his life force had vanished into nothing.
He was dead.
Where's the fish I caught? It was such a big one!
The smile on the Fortune Daoist's face froze. His complexion turned ashen at a visible rate as he stared at Xiao Shiye's corpse, a mixture of shock and rage on his face.
The next second, the Fortune Daoist pinched his fingers to perform a divination, and then laughed in extreme anger:
"What audacity!!!"
(End of this chapter)