Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 888: Are You Sure That Was a Heart Devil Tribulation?

Chapter 888: Are You Sure That Was a Heart Devil Tribulation?

“Everlasting, you’re finally alive.” The Heaven Mandate Immortal inherently carried the bearing of a monarch, his speech authoritative yet ethereal, like a deity stepping forth from the pages of a book.

He gazed at the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, a myriad of thoughts swirling within him. “History cycles, ages pass; countless dynasties rise and fall, reduced to dust and gravel.

“Old friends depart, beyond recall; past events turn to sand, beyond reshape. How many today have witnessed with their own eyes the ancient splendor when prodigies rose together and dragons and serpents surged across the land? And how many still remember the era when the world was ordered and the Five Immortals governed?

“When I learned of your future through the historical projection back then, I foresaw this day and waited here for your return, Everlasting.

“Fellow Daoist, it’s been a long time. Have you fared well?”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal seemed to stride forth from the end of the river of time, his presence thick with the weight and richness of history. His eyes were profound, as if piercing through all matters of the world; no secret could hide before him, and all changes lay within his foresight.

Even the Qilin Immortal hadn’t given Lu Yang such a feeling.

Clad in white robes and white boots, with his hands clasped behind his back, he took a step forward... then bumped into the barrier of the mental space with a thud, his head snapping back.

“Wait, why is this kid’s mental space so sturdy?”

Standing outside Lu Yang’s mental space, the Heaven Mandate Immortal knocked on the barrier, producing a dull sound.

He had originally intended to pass through and enter.

Who could have guessed this kid’s mental barrier is excessively sturdy? Even I couldn’t penetrate it.

Why do all sorts of mishaps happen whenever I meet Everlasting?

The Heaven Mandate Immortal awkwardly tapped the barrier and called out, “Uh, could you two let me in?”

Lu Yang also didn’t know why his mental space was so robust. I wonder whether the Immortal Fairy or Big Senior Sister reinforced it.

He opened a slit. Seeing this, the Heaven Mandate Immortal hurriedly squeezed through.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal coughed twice. He had initially planned to maintain his dignified air, but after being barred outside, pretending to be formidable now seemed somewhat belated.

“You split off an immortal thought and hid it within the heavenly tribulation?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy discerned that the Heaven Mandate Immortal before her was not his main body but merely a thought left behind countless ages ago.

“Indeed.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy narrowed her eyes, her expression somewhat unfriendly. “In other words, that Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation was your arrangement?”

How could the Heaven Mandate Immortal not realize the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation had displeased her? He hastily explained, “It was my arrangement, but that lightning tribulation couldn’t have killed anyone. It’s true. Everlasting, you must believe me.”

“Really?”

“Really, really.”

Noticing the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was still somewhat skeptical, he sighed and had to explain further. “Back then, this young friend’s figure appeared in the historical projection. It should be him who called out your name and resurrected you.

“Yet, none of us were by your side; that shouldn’t be the case. It meant you didn’t find any of us, Everlasting. If you had found any of us, we would have taken you to see the historical projection of the chess game and not let you go alone.

“Therefore, I concluded then that something had happened to all of us, preventing us from contacting you.

“That was why I left this immortal thought within the heavenly tribulation as a contingency.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal hesitated and asked, “Uh, let me ask first. Everlasting, you haven’t seen my main body, have you?”

“No.”

“That’s good then.”

If she had seen my main body, wouldn’t I have wasted forty thousand years camping in the heavenly tribulation for nothing? How embarrassing would that be if word of this gets out?

“At the time, you should have attached yourself to this young friend’s mental space, and you must have taught him to condense the Unbeatable Golden Core, granting him the Unbeatable Nascent Soul during his Nascent Soul Stage.

“Hence, I arranged the Supreme Heaven-Splitting Golden Palace Divine Lightning. When the tribulation detects that the one facing it possesses an Unbeatable Nascent Soul, it will descend.

“However, this single detection method wasn’t sufficient. After all, the person undergoing tribulation might overcome it through other means, or perhaps they had condensed the Unbeatable Nascent Soul themselves.”

Lu Yang carefully recalled. It seems that my Unbeatable Golden Soul indeed had little to do with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. I had condensed it first, and only later did she tell me it was the Unbeatable Nascent Soul.

All she had done was spare me the need to discover its usage, directly telling me how to use it.

“After that, I arranged the Qian-Heaven Heavenly Tribulation, which Nascent Soul cultivators absolutely can’t pass. If you show yourself, the tribulation will automatically disperse on its own.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal looked at Lu Yang, gnashing his teeth. “Who would have thought? This kid survived the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation without relying on you!”

He was merely a thought left by the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s true body. After forty thousand years, his power had nearly depleted, and his control over the heavenly tribulation was limited. Otherwise, he would have unleashed the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation long ago.

His remaining strength was only enough for this single meeting with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, so he had to be cautious with his decision.

“Fortunately, breaking through from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Divine Transfiguration Stage also entails the Heart Devil Tribulation. If this kid knows you, Everlasting, you would surely become his heart devil.

“Just as expected, you appeared in his heart devil. That’s how I confirmed you were within this kid’s body.”

Lu Yang was dumbfounded. “Are you sure that was my heart devil?”

Heart devils either instilled fear or tempted one to willingly lose themselves in it. I don’t think taking Big Senior Sister and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy into my imperial harem fits either category.

“It was naturally your heart devil.” The Heaven Mandate Immortal asked impassively, “When you recall that scene from the Heart Devil Tribulation, do you feel fear?”

The thought that his memories might be noticed by Yun Zhi sent a shiver through Lu Yang. So this Heart Devil Tribulation doesn’t make me recall the scenarios I’m scared of—it creates scenarios to scare me!

Whose Heart Devil Tribulation works like this?

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy sensed something amiss. “Xiao Yangzi, I appeared in your Heart Devil Tribulation and made you feel afraid. What happened in there?”

Lu Yang dared not say that he had enjoyed the fortune of a harem, embracing both Yun Zhi and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. I’d have to be tired of living to say that.

Tears streamed down his face, and his voice was choked with emotion. “In the Heart Devil Tribulation, Immortal Fairy, your temperament changed drastically. You kept hitting me. It felt so... unfamiliar.”

“But I saw you grinning foolishly?”

“Immortal Fairy, you don’t understand. That was a forced smile, so that you wouldn’t worry about me outside.”

Seeing how her Xiao Yangzi was so pitiful, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy affectionately caressed his head. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. It’s fine. This immortal would never beat you.”

However, Lu Yang kept weeping miserably, utterly inconsolable. The Everlasting Immortal Fairy gritted her teeth, resolved to depose the original successor. “How about this? I’ll let Lass Yun be the Third Dou Emperor; you’ll be the Second.”

Startled, Lu Yang immediately stopped sobbing. How did crying get me closer to manifesting the heart devil in reality?

The Heaven Mandate Immortal, “...”

Hold on, Everlasting, this side of you feels so... unfamiliar.