Chapter 101: I Have Always Been Inclined Toward the Holy Sect

【You are entangled in karmic debts; your merit and fortune were utterly lost in an instant, and in the end, you committed suicide.】

【Current number of remaining pages in the Hundred Lives Book: 93】

【For this new life, you may choose one of the following gains from your previous life:

One: Treasure.

Two: Cultivation.

Three: Lifespan.

Four: Forfeit all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on your past life's experiences.】

"Those whose names are called, step forward to me."

The familiar voice made Lu Yang feel as if he had lived a whole lifetime in the blink of an eye, but he quickly calmed his emotions and looked at the interface of the Hundred Lives Book:

【Name: Lu Yang】

【Lifespan: 18】

【Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 10, Perfect】

【Talents: Dual Cultivation Genius (White), Has Some Skills (Purple)】

【Technique: Nine Transformations Dragon Art (Perfect)】

【Divine Abilities: Divine Firmament Sword True Art (Perfect), Secret Interpretation of Array Treasures (Perfect), Qi Concealment Art (Perfect), Great Manifestation Universal Divine Method (Perfect), Heaven-Stealing Fate (Perfect), Sage Thief (Perfect), Great Yin Corpse-Release True Method (Minor Success), Severing Thoughts to See Myself Silkworm Secret (Minor Success)】

【Treasures: Blood Sun Sword Pill (Superior Magical Treasure), Primal One Qi (Superior Rare Object)】

【Hundred Lives Book Pages: 93】

After restarting, he retained the initial state of the previous life; in terms of status, only the bonus from 【Sage Thief】 applied, while the other two great divine abilities had not yet been cultivated.

"I choose Treasure."

Lu Yang dared not be negligent and immediately selected this life's reward; the next second, the pitch-black, purple-hued Ten Thousand Spirits Banner suddenly appeared in his dantian.

Immediately after, Lu Yang merely shifted his thought, the banner shook, and a graceful, slender shadow materialized from the void, stepping down from the banner, followed by eight red-clad vengeful ghosts; they instantly combined, and 【Yanma Hall】 reappeared, flattening all karmic causes and effects attached to Lu Yang.

However, compared to the previous life, the current 【Yanma Hall】 had shrunk considerably.

"Is it because the Skeleton Mountain is gone?"

Lu Yang understood clearly in his heart: in the previous life, 【Yanma Hall】 relied on the Skeleton Mountain as its foundation, but this life it could only reside humbly within the void cave inside the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.

Although the current 【Yanma Hall】 still maintained the status of the Foundation Establishment realm, it possessed quality without quantity; in this state, it probably could not even defeat the soul of the Mending Heaven Peak Master from the previous life, and could only perform tasks like obscuring karma that required only status.

But this was merely a minor issue.

After all, the Skeleton Mountain was still there; it certainly wouldn't grow legs and run away. At worst, he could find an opportunity later to go there again and re-establish his reliance.

"..."

Lu Yang looked up at the sky and waited patiently for a moment; this time, the Mending Heaven Peak Master did not discover him again, and after a burst of impotent rage, withdrew his divine sense.

Only then did Lu Yang nod in satisfaction, then sensed the karma once more, revealing a calm expression: "Indeed, the Banner Spirit and the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner are truly one; at least, according to the judgment of the 【Hundred Lives Book】, after choosing it as the reward, all its karma was erased."

Now, he could no longer sense the karma of the Jin Dan sword qi.

Including the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner and the various Banner Spirits within it, in Lu Yang's eyes, they had completely become something without cause or effect, difficult to trace.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Yang turned his gaze to Liu Xin on the platform.

In this life, he intended to replicate the actions of the life before the last.

"In the previous life, Fu Long schemed against me ultimately because I had not truly joined the Holy Sect and lacked a sufficiently solid backing behind me."

The Holy Sect is, after all, the Holy Sect; you may call it evil, but you absolutely cannot call it weak.

If in the previous life he had been a direct disciple of the Holy Sect, he believed that even if Fu Long the Arhat were given ten more guts, he would not have dared to kidnap him to Jiangxi to practice Buddhism.

Therefore, in this life, Lu Yang planned to secure for himself the identity of a direct disciple.

From this perspective, the Sanhe Assembly was a good choice.

"At least that True Person Chongguang and True Person Yinshan should still be somewhat reasonable; at the very least, in the previous life, they did not directly kill me to forcibly seize the 【Heavenly Corpse Fiend】..."

Lu Yang believed the other party absolutely had the capability.

They had the capability, yet did not act.

Such people in the Holy Sect were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; moreover, True Person Chongguang, as a Great True Person at the peak of Foundation Establishment, was himself a very solid backing.

"Actually, I have always been inclined toward the Holy Sect."

"Everyone in the Holy Sect is talented; I absolutely love it here. Although I did not join the Holy Sect in the previous life, in reality, I have long been a person of the Holy Sect!"

Soon, the initiation ceremony ended.

The subsequent developments were exactly the same as in the previous few lives; Lu Yang was still assigned by Liu Xin to the Harmony Joy Hall, and was still spotted and lured into a cave dwelling by Yu Suzhen.

Although he had done this many times before, every time Lu Yang would harden his heart.

The Great Dao lies ahead; how can one be soft-hearted?

Kill Yu Suzhen.

Looking at Yu Suzhen's corpse, which died with her eyes still open, Lu Yang frowned, suddenly shifted his thought, then immediately took out the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner and summoned Su Nu.

"This servant greets Master."

As soon as Su Nu appeared, she respectfully bowed and kowtowed to Lu Yang; as she bent down, her mountainous curves swayed, her willow-like waist curved like the moon, yet she did not glance at the corpse beside her.

"Do you recognize her?"

Lu Yang pointed his finger at Yu Suzhen's corpse on the ground; only then did Su Nu glance sideways, and Lu Yang immediately focused his spirit to sense Su Nu's thoughts and feelings.

Immediately, he saw Su Nu first freeze, looking at Yu Suzhen's exquisite face, which was identical to her own; her delicate brows furrowed slightly as if lost in confusion, but soon she smoothed her brows again: "Replying to Master, I recognize her; that is the servant before birth... Does Master wish to save her?"

Lu Yang immediately stiffened his face: "Don't talk nonsense! I am cultivating immortality!"

He was purely curious about what would happen if two Yu Suzhens appeared in one world; what "save save save," how could such words be spoken in proper form?

"It seems the 【Hundred Lives Book】 helped me fix this bug..."

After restarting, although the Banner Spirit subjectively still remembered everything that had happened, after its karma was erased, its self-perception was forcibly altered.

She knew she was Yu Suzhen, yet she did not believe she was Yu Suzhen; it was as if she were merely a shadow of the original body.

Just as Lu Yang pondered this, he saw the Su Maiden suddenly wave her hand toward Yu Suzhen's corpse, and a mysterious wave of karmic fluctuation instantly spread out.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Yang looked up, only to see the Su Maiden also wearing a look of confusion; after hesitating for a moment, she placed her hand upon Yu Suzhen's corpse as if plucking something.

The next second—

"Hm!?"

Lu Yang's pupils suddenly contracted; he saw that the Su Maiden, whose karma had already been wiped clean by the 【Book of a Hundred Lives】 leaving her without cause or effect, suddenly bore a layer of karma!

It was Yu Suzhen's karma!

"One can do this!?"

Lu Yang's eyes instantly lit up; a banner spirit existing in the present world could actually borrow the karma of its original body?

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at the Su Maiden and asked, "How did you do it? To what extent can you do it? Are there any limiting conditions?"

Hearing this, the Su Maiden paused in surprise, then carefully sensed the situation before speaking softly, "There is a distance requirement; if the distance is too great, it might not be possible. Other than that, there are no requirements. Touching the other party is not needed. If the other party is dead, their karma can be borrowed permanently."

"Interesting..."

Lu Yang fell into thought, looking at the other two banner spirits within the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner: Chen Xinan and the Mending Heaven Peak Master's divided spirit. Could they do the same thing?

If this ability is used well, it brings great benefits!

The fact that a banner spirit can draw upon the karma of its original body means that once the original body dies, the banner spirit can immediately swap places, thereby replacing the existence of the person themselves!

To take a step back, even without killing the original body, one could fully borrow the original body's karma to do evil deeds, and then shift the blame onto the original body's head.

"I didn't expect such an unexpected joy."

Immediately after, he looked at Liu Xin, who was already waiting outside the door.

Instantly, a plan formed in his mind.

"Chen Xinan!"

First, eliminate Chen Xinan's original body, then have the banner spirit Chen Xinan adopt his karma, replacing him to reunite with the Mending Heaven Peak Master as father and son.

In this way, Lu Yang would gain a spy planted beside the Mending Heaven Peak Master.

Furthermore, with Chen Xinan's identity as a Saint Sect True Disciple and the son of a True Person, many resources of the Saint Sect would also be opened to him.

If he breaks through to Foundation Establishment in the future, he could even have the banner spirit Chen Xinan lure the Mending Heaven Peak Master out of the Saint Sect, then use the father-son bond to ambush and stab him in the back, directly killing him, and finally replace him with the banner spirit Mending Heaven Peak Master!

(End of this chapter)