Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 891: Advancing to the Divine Transfiguration Stage

Chapter 891: Advancing to the Divine Transfiguration Stage

As the three conversed, a gate opened within the mental space. A woman emerged, clad in a white dress, golden threads strung through bells tied at her wrist. Her expression was cool and detached.

“Big Senior Sister, what brings you here?” Lu Yang was overjoyed to see her.

“I was observing from outside and noticed that you were trapped in the Heart Devil Tribulation, so I came to check on the situation. From the looks of it, you’ve encountered something again?”

Her gaze landed on the sole stranger present. “Who are you?”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal braced himself, as if facing a formidable foe. It was his first time meeting an expert whose aura surpassed his own.

His demeanor instantly shifted, becoming profound and inscrutable, imbued with a dense aura of history, as if he had traversed the river of time and the tumultuous mundane realm.

He swung his arms outward, his wide sleeves wrapping around his forearms before settling behind his back, and his gaze directly locked onto Yun Zhi’s eyes. “I am the Heaven Mandate Immortal. I once witnessed Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi within the heavenly tribulation.”

“So it’s a thought left by Senior Heaven Mandate Immortal, one of the Five Ancient Immortals, hidden within the heavenly tribulation. This method has its merits.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal was startled. Just as I thought, she’s an expert. She immediately discerned my origin and hinted that I’m a mere thought, unworthy to stand as her equal, and that I should summon my main body.

“You flatter me, Fellow Daoist. I never imagined an outstanding talent like yourself could appear in later generations. Juniors are redoubtable indeed.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal smirked inwardly. By deliberately pointing out that Yun Zhi is from a later generation, I’ve seized the advantage in seniority. Let’s see how you deal with this!

“It’s just talent, nothing remarkable,” Yun Zhi said flatly, as if commenting on something utterly trivial.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal, “...”

How am I supposed to respond to that?

But soon, he no longer needed to consider this matter.

Under the gazes of Lu Yang and the other two, the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s form gradually faded, becoming translucent enough to see through.

“Heaven Mandate, is this thought of yours about to be exhausted?”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal thought, Since I’m about to disappear, there’s no need to maintain formality anymore. He pressed two fingers to his temple, then flicked them outward, laughing heartily. “Then I shall take my leave. Though I don’t know where my main body is, I still hope you can find him.”

Then the Heaven Mandate Immortal vanished, as if he had never existed.

Yun Zhi conjured three monarch chairs from nothing, gesturing for Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy to sit. Her movements were as practiced as if she were within her own mental space.

“So, what did the two of you do to summon a thought of the Heaven Mandate Immortal?”

Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy truthfully recounted the tribulation process, from encountering the Heaven Mandate Immortal after passing the Heart Devil Tribulation to his mention of the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit before departing.

Hearing about the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s past, a trace of pity flickered in Yun Zhi’s eyes, but it was concealed well. “So you’re saying that Junior Brother Li is the Epoch Immortal’s reincarnation?” She nodded her head before continuing. “What about the Gray Immortal Fairy’s transformation? Why does she differ from the original Immortal Fairy’s nature, and why did she destroy the Ember Legacy Dynasty?”

Lu Yang analyzed, “From Senior Heaven Mandate Immortal’s account, the more Hui Doudou killed, the stronger she became, to the point where none of the Four Ancient Immortals could defeat her individually.”

“Little Junior Brother, so you also believe that the gray immortal fairy grows stronger with each kill, which is a trait of the Silent Annihilation Dao Fruit?”

Lu Yang shook his head. “I don’t know whether it’s a trait of the Silent Annihilation Dao Fruit, but her power doesn’t increase simply from killing more people. If that were the case, in the three hundred thousand years after the Ember Legacy Dynasty’s fall, she would have long taken action to destroy the world.

“From her attempts to kill Senior Ao Ling and me, I’m more inclined to believe that she only intends to slay those in the know—those aware of her existence. And since those from the Ember Legacy Dynasty all know of her, she became more powerful the more she killed there.”

Yun Zhi was pleased with Lu Yang’s analysis, unswayed by surface information. “Not bad. It aligns with my thoughts.”

Lu Yang added, “However, why is she so thirsty for power, and why does her personality differ from the ice-cold Immortal Fairy? I suspect that this is related to faith power.”

“Why don’t you elaborate?”

“Although my understanding of faith power is limited, certain clues can be gleaned from the matter of the East Sea’s Penglai Island Lord.

“Faith power is a double-edged sword; it can allow one to grow stronger but also control one’s mind.

“Hui Doudou’s immortal body was formed from accumulated faith power, which definitely included the faith of the Four Ancient Immortals. Perhaps even the Four Ancient Immortals themselves were unaware that their thoughts contained not only the desire to revive the Everlasting Immortal Fairy but also the hope that she would join them in slaying the murderer once she was resurrected.”

Even if the Everlasting Immortal Fairy is resurrected, it would still be a life-and-death enmity—a grudge that must be avenged!

“Therefore, Hui Doudou was influenced by these thoughts, and her already ice-cold personality underwent further transformation, driving her to be unscrupulous in pursuing power.”

Yun Zhi replied, “It’s more or less similar to what I thought. However, there’s another possibility you’ve overlooked, Little Junior Brother.”

“What is it?”

“The desire for strength within the faith power might not have originated from the Four Ancient Immortals—it could have also stemmed from that murderer.”

Lu Yang was taken aback. That’s right! How could I have forgotten? In these hundred thousand years, did the murderer simply stand by and watch as the Four Ancient Immortals tried to revive the Everlasting Immortal Fairy? Surely, they must have acted.

“Alright, that’s enough discussion for now. Little Junior Brother, don’t forget you’re still in the midst of a tribulation; there’s one last part to wrap up.” Yun Zhi rose and recalled the three monarch chairs.

Only with Yun Zhi’s reminder did Lu Yang remember that his tribulation was not yet over.

The most crucial aspect of tribulations—the tempering transformation—hasn’t begun yet!

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“Has Senior Brother Lu Yang’s Heart Devil Tribulation not yet concluded?” Tao Yaoye watched Lu Yang’s suspended figure from a distance, filled with concern.

“Hey, look! He moved! Senior Brother Lu Yang moved!” A Void Refinement senior male disciple’s sharp eyes spotted Lu Yang’s finger twitch, a sign that the Heart Devil Tribulation had finally ended.

Sure enough, Lu Yang opened his eyes as he hovered above Heaven’s Gate Peak. His entire bearing had transformed.

The energy of the Supreme Heaven-Splitting Golden Palace Divine Lightning still lingered within him. Previously, it was suppressed, but now, he would harness it to temper his body.

Releasing the restraint, Lu Yang let the divine lightning’s energy course through him, strengthening every muscle fiber and every meridian.

Unlike the pain from undergoing the tribulation, the tempering process was numbing and tingling, fairly comfortable. Every pore strained to absorb spirit qi from the outside world, converting it to spirit energy within the body.

Spirit energy reserves, mental power, mental space, meridian resilience...his entire being was renewed. It was a complete metamorphosis.

The divine lightning’s tempering effect was unexpectedly sublime. This was a lightning tribulation more powerful than the top-ranked Three Pure Ones Lightning Tribulation. No Divine Transfiguration cultivator had ever undergone tempering by divine lightning at such a level.

Lu Yang gazed inward at his dantian, observing his nascent soul crack and gradually disintegrate, releasing purer and more potent energy. A new energy form began to coalesce, ultimately turning into a primordial soul the same size as Lu Yang.

Tempered by divine lightning, the nascent soul had transformed into a primordial soul.

Lu Yang had successfully advanced to the Divine Transfiguration Stage!