Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 885: Lose Face

“Senior Brother, the power of your moves is really something.”

Li Haoran, in his Fire Person form, slowly inflated and returned to his original appearance.

He knew that Lu Yang had held back at the last moment. Otherwise, he would have died or been severely injured.

Li Haoran remembered that during the trip to the East Sea, the gap between him and Lu Yang wasn’t this large. How has it widened so much after this real fight?

During the battle, I had executed several moves, thinking that even if I couldn’t defeat Senior Brother Lu Yang, I could at least give him a hard time.

But what happened was the opposite—those moves were all broken by Senior Brother Lu Yang through brute force.

Lu Yang exhaled slowly, as if recalling his experiences, and sighed with emotion. “My nascent soul is finally obedient.”

All those beatings from the Unbeatable Nascent Soul weren’t in vain. At long last, I have reaped the benefits—any technique can be doubled. So satisfying!

Li Haoran, “...”

Senior Brother, so your nascent soul has been uncontrollable all this time?

“Junior Brother Li, you’re also very good. If it were any other Nascent Soul cultivator, they wouldn’t have been able to withstand even two of your moves.” Lu Yang’s words weren’t flattery but the truth.

Li Haoran smiled bitterly and shook his head. “I’m still far inferior to you, Senior Brother.”

After the battle concluded, the two performed the Tree-Planting Mantra, moved mountain stones, diverted rivers, and restored the destroyed mountain forest to its original state before leaving the scene.

~~~

Upon returning to Heaven’s Gate Peak, Lu Yang saw Yun Zhi sitting on the monarch chair, a sheet of paper spread on the table.

Lu Yang walked over curiously and found it was a celestial chart covered with stars. Yun Zhi would circle certain stars every now and then.

“Big Senior Sister, are you studying celestial phenomena?”

“No, I’m marking my golden cores.”

Yun Zhi looked up, sizing up Lu Yang. The corner of her mouth lifted slightly, then quickly smoothed out again. “You’ve finally defeated your nascent soul?”

Lu Yang nodded with relief.

“Not bad. Faster than Senior Immortal Fairy.”

Ah?” Lu Yang was befuddled by Yun Zhi’s words. “Are you saying that the Immortal Fairy hadn’t yet defeated the Unbeatable Nascent Soul when she was at my level?

“Senior Immortal Fairy, care to come out and explain?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pouted and emerged from Lu Yang’s body in a huff, glaring at Yun Zhi. “Lass Yun, you see it but don’t say it!”

Yun Zhi pretended not to see the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s fury and said leisurely, “The Unbeatable Nascent Soul is the strongest version of oneself. Its techniques are exquisite, its force precise, and even the transitions between moves are flawless.

“Senior Immortal Fairy, even for you, defeating the Unbeatable Nascent Soul wasn’t easy, was it?”

The first time Yun Zhi laid her eyes upon the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, she knew it represented a perfect state of oneself. No one could defeat it immediately upon reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

Not even Senior Immortal Fairy is an exception.

“In other words, Immortal Fairy, you also suffered beatings from the Unbeatable Nascent Soul?” Lu Yang remarked with schadenfreude.

All along, the Immortal Fairy has acted high and mighty, instructing me and saying things like I can’t even defeat a mere Unbeatable Nascent Soul and that my cultivation isn’t up to par.

Who would have thought? I’m not the only one who was beaten by the Unbeatable Nascent Soul—even its creator couldn’t avoid the beatings.

“Senior Immortal Fairy, with your guidance, Little Junior Brother has progressed and grown faster.

“Back then, you had no one to guide you. Surely you took longer than Little Junior Brother to defeat the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, right? For instance, you only defeated it when you were about to break through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage?”

With her little secret exposed, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy stamped her foot furiously. “Lass Yun, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?!”

This was also why the Everlasting Immortal Fairy felt guilty whenever the Unbeatable Nascent Soul was mentioned. To defeat it, she had spent her entire Unbeatable Nascent Soul Stage getting beaten.

This goes against the lofty image I’ve built before Xiao Yangzi.

In order to defeat the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had suppressed her cultivation realm and avoided breaking through. After defeating it, she could no longer maintain the suppression and directly broke through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage.

Therefore, she didn’t know what could be achieved after defeating it; everything was in theory.

Yun Zhi said seriously, “I’m not exposing your shortcomings, Senior Immortal Fairy. But as you are the creator of the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, sharing your experience with Little Junior Brother will help him better understand its existence. All of this is for Little Junior Brother’s sake.”

“For Xiao Yangzi’s sake?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy felt that Yun Zhi had a point. After a moment of inner conflict, she decided to let the matter of Yun Zhi exposing her flaws slide.

“Little Junior Brother, since you’ve defeated the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, you should cultivate in peace and prepare to break through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage.” Yun Zhi pointed out the next step to Lu Yang, exhorting him not to wander around anymore.

“By the way, Big Senior Sister, since you’ve left Incarceration Peak, does that mean Guan Shanhai has confessed?”

Yun Zhi shook her head. “After all, he’s an immortal and has a steadfast Dao Heart. Even with only three ethereal souls, he’s not one to easily yield. I’m just coming out for a temporary break; I’ll return to continue the beating later.”

~~~

What Lu Yang lacked to reach the Apex Nascent Soul Stage was merely the accumulation of spirit energy, a step that required time.

A year and a half passed.

Lu Yang had been meditating on Heaven’s Gate Peak. He would occasionally borrow breakthrough insights written by seniors from the scripture library, with no time to care about affairs in the outside world.

Anyway, there wasn’t much to care about. In this year and a half, the outside world was peaceful; not even Transcendent Tribulation battles occurred.

Finally, Lu Yang felt abundant spirit energy flowing within him—a sign of reaching the Apex Nascent Soul Stage.

If it were some Nascent Soul old fossil, achieving this step would still require struggling to break through a bottleneck.

But Lu Yang was different. He was now only a thought away from the Divine Transfiguration Stage.

Advancing from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Divine Transfiguration Stage was a major hurdle that cultivators must face. Previously, as long as one broke through a bottleneck, the next cultivation realm would come naturally—not too dangerous.

But breaking through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage was different. This was a cultivator’s first direct confrontation with a heavenly tribulation. From then on, every major realm breakthrough would face tribulation trials—extremely dangerous.

And Lu Yang was in even greater danger. He didn’t know if the Heaven Mandate Immortal was still alive and paying attention to this place, or if the heavenly tribulation could sense the ancient secrets he grasped.

“Xiao Yangzi, don’t be afraid. Which heavenly tribulation wouldn’t give this immortal face? Nothing will happen!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy confidently raised a thumb, revealing a brilliant smile.

If someone not in the know saw the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s gesture, their morale would be boosted, and they would break through in one go.

Unfortunately, Lu Yang was in the know.

“Having come this far, not breaking through isn’t an option.”

Lu Yang sighed. He released his self-imposed restraints and drew upon the spiritual opportunities of heaven and earth, preparing to undergo the heavenly tribulation. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Crack—

Heaven’s Gate Peak was covered in dark clouds, with lightning flickering and dancing.

“Hey, look, someone on Heaven’s Gate Peak is about to undergo a tribulation.”

“This lightning tribulation doesn’t look that powerful—at the Divine Transfiguration level. It’s Junior Brother Lu Yang, isn’t it?”

“Senior Brother Lu Yang is breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage already? What a fast cultivation speed.”

Hearing that Lu Yang was facing a tribulation, the Dao-Seeking Sect disciples curiously gathered at the foot of Heaven’s Gate Peak to spectate, and the crowd kept growing.

“What kind of lightning tribulation is this?” A junior female disciple who didn’t understand tribulations asked, worried for Lu Yang’s safety.

“White lightning tribulation—it should be the Xuanji Divine Lightning.[1]

“The ninth-ranked lightning tribulation; so impressive.”

Sensing the pressure overhead, Lu Yang secretly exhaled in relief. It’s just the ninth-ranked Xuanji Divine Lightning? I can handle it.

“Strange, isn’t the direction of the lightning tribulation a bit off?” The Void Refinement senior male disciple knitted his brows, sensing something amiss.

Suddenly, a white lightning bolt tore through the sky, not aimed at Lu Yang, but at the spectating disciples at the mountain’s base.

“Run! The Xuanji Divine Lightning is targeting us!”

Someone yelled. Without thinking, everyone turned and ran.

Only after reaching the other peaks did the divine lightning cease its attack.

Witnessing this, Lu Yang’s eye twitched. Why does the Xuanji Divine Lightning look like it’s clearing the area?

Logically, the foot of Heaven’s Gate Peak should already be beyond the attack range of a heavenly tribulation faced by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, if the ninth-ranked Xuanji Divine Lightning is merely used to clear the area... At this thought, Lu Yang gulped. Then what heavenly tribulation am I about to face?

1. There are several meanings to Xuanji. First, it could refer to the first four stars of the Big Dipper, though it could also be used to refer broadly to the Big Dipper or the North Star. Alternatively, it could be referring to a rotating part in an instrument for astronomical observations in the past. ☜