Chapter 101: My Heart Has Always Been Inclined Toward the Holy Sect

【You are entangled in karmic debts; your merit and luck are utterly lost in a single day, and you ultimately commit suicide.】

【Remaining pages of the Book of Hundred Lives: 93】

【Starting a new life, you may choose one of the following rewards from your previous life:

One: A treasure.

Two: Cultivation base.

Three: Lifespan.

Four: Forgo all rewards to randomly awaken a talent based on your previous life's experiences.】

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

The familiar voice made Lu Yang feel as though an entire lifetime had passed, but he quickly calmed his emotions and turned his gaze to the interface of the Book of Hundred Lives:

【Name: Lu Yang】

【Lifespan: 18】

【Cultivation Base: Tenth Layer of Qi Condensation, Great Perfection】

【Talents: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White), Has a Few Tricks (Purple)】

【Technique: "Nine Transformations Dragon Art" (Perfected)】

【Divine Abilities: "Divine Thunder Sword Control True Art" (Perfected), "Secret Interpretation of Array Treasures" (Perfected), "Qi Concealment Art" (Perfected), "Great Avatar Universal Divine Method" (Perfected), "Stealing Heavenly Secrets" (Perfected), "Saint's Theft" (Perfected), "Great Yin Metamorphosis Corpse Liberation True Method" (Minor Success), "Severing Thoughts to See My Heavenly Silkworm Secret" (Minor Success)】

【Treasures: Blood Sun Sword Pellet (Upper-Grade Magic Treasure), Primordial One Qi (Upper-Grade Rare Item)】

【Pages of the Book of Hundred Lives: 93】

After restarting, he retained his initial state from the previous life; in terms of status, he only possessed the bonus from 【Saint's Theft】, while the other two great divine abilities had not yet been cultivated.

"I choose a treasure."

Lu Yang dared not be negligent and immediately selected this life's reward; the next second, the Myriad Souls Banner, black to the point of turning purple, suddenly appeared within his dantian.

Immediately after, with a mere thought from Lu Yang, the banner flag swayed, and a graceful, enchanting shadow materialized from illusion into reality, stepping down from the flag, followed by eight red-robed fierce ghosts; they instantly combined, and the 【Yanmodian】 reappeared, flattening all karmic ties on Lu Yang's body.

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

"Is it because Skeleton Mountain is gone..."

Lu Yang realized with clarity; in the previous life, the 【Yanmodian】 had Skeleton Mountain as its foundation, but in this life, it could only reside within the cave heaven inside the Myriad Souls Banner.

Although the current 【Yanmodian】 still maintained the status of the Foundation Establishment realm, it possessed quality without quantity; in this state, it might not even be able to defeat the soul of the Senior Butian Peak Master from the previous life, and could only perform tasks like obscuring karma, which required only status.

However, this was merely a minor issue.

After all, Skeleton Mountain was right there; it couldn't possibly grow legs and run away. At worst, he could find an opportunity to visit it again in the future and re-establish the connection.

"..."

Lu Yang looked up at the sky and waited patiently for a moment; this time, the Senior Butian Peak Master did not detect him, and after a fit of impotent rage, withdrew his spiritual sense.

Only then did Lu Yang nod in satisfaction, and after sensing the karma once more, he revealed a calm expression: "As expected, the Banner Spirit and the Myriad Souls Banner are indeed one entity; at least, that is how the 【Book of Hundred Lives】 judges it. After choosing it as a reward, all its karmic ties were erased."

He could no longer sense the karma of the Golden Core sword qi.

Including the Myriad Souls Banner and the host of Banner Spirits within it, in Lu Yang's eyes, they had completely transformed into something without cause or effect, difficult to trace.

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

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

"The reason Fu Long ambushed me in the previous life was, ultimately, because I had not truly joined the Holy Sect and lacked a sufficiently solid backer behind me."

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

If he had been a true disciple of the Holy Sect in the previous life, he believed that even if given ten times the courage, Fu Long Luo Han would not have dared to abduct him to Jiangxi to cultivate the Shi path.

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

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

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

Lu Yang believed the other party definitely had the capability.

They had the capability, yet they did not do it.

Such people were rare indeed within the Holy Sect, let alone True Person Master Chongguang, who as a Great True Person at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, was himself a very solid backer.

"Actually, my heart has always been inclined toward the Holy Sect."

"Every member of the Holy Sect is a talent; I love this place. 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 concluded.

The subsequent developments were exactly the same as in the previous few lives; Lu Yang was still assigned by Liu Xin to the Hehuandian, and was still noticed by Yu Suzhen and lured into her cave dwelling.

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

With the Great Dao ahead, how could one be soft-hearted?

Super-death, Yu Suzhen.

Looking at Yu Suzhen's corpse with eyes that refused to close even in death, Lu Yang frowned, then suddenly had a thought, immediately took out the Myriad Souls Banner, and summoned Su Nu.

"This servant greets Master."

As soon as Su Nu appeared, she bowed respectfully to Lu Yang; as she bent low, her mountains swayed and her willow waist curved like a crescent moon, yet she did not glance even once 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 mind to sense Su Nu's thoughts.

Immediately after, he saw Su Nu first stare in blank surprise; looking at Yu Suzhen's exquisite face, which was identical to her own, her delicate brows furrowed slightly as if she fell into confusion, but soon she smoothed her brow again: "Replying to Master, I recognize her; that is this servant from before her death... Does Master wish to super-her?"

Lu Yang immediately put on a stern face: "Don't talk nonsense! I am a cultivator!"

He was simply curious about what would happen if two Yu Suzhens appeared in one world; what kind of 'super-super-super' talk was that? Saying such things was utterly improper!

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

After restarting, although the Banner Spirit subjectively still remembered everything from the past, after having its karma erased, its self-perception was forcibly altered.

She knew she was Yu Suzhen, yet did not consider herself to be Yu Suzhen; it was almost as if she were a shadow of the original body.

Just as Lu Yang was pondering, he saw Su Nu suddenly wave her hand at Yu Suzhen's corpse, and a bizarre fluctuation of karma immediately spread out.

"... hat are you doing?"

Lu Yang looked up, only to see Su Nu also wearing a confused expression; after hesitating for a moment, she placed her hand on Yu Suzhen's corpse as if plucking something.

The next second—

"Hm!?"

Lu Yang's pupils constricted sharply; he saw that on Su Nu, who had already been whitewashed by the 【Book of Hundred Lives】 and possessed no cause or effect, a layer of karma had suddenly appeared!

That was Yu Suzhen's karma!

"It can be done like this!?"

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

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

Hearing this, Su Nu paused, then carefully sensed for a moment before whispering: "There is a distance requirement; if the distance is too great, it may not be possible. Other than that, there are no requirements; touching the other party is not necessary. If the other party is dead, it can be borrowed permanently."

"Interesting..."

Lu Yang wore a thoughtful expression and looked at the other two Banner Spirits within the Myriad Souls Banner, Chen Chen Xinan and the split soul of the Senior Butian Peak Master... Could they also do the same thing?

If used well, this ability could bring great benefits!

The fact that Banner Spirits could utilize the karma of their original bodies meant that once the original body died, the Banner Spirit could immediately pull a bait-and-switch, to the point of replacing the existence of the person themselves!

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

"... didn't expect an unexpected surprise."

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

Instantly, a plan emerged in his mind.

"Chen Chen Xinan!"

First eliminate Chen Chen Xinan's original body, then let the Banner Spirit Chen Chen Xinan adopt his karma, replace him to meet the Senior Butian Peak Master, and allow father and son to reunite.

In this way, Lu Yang would gain an undercover agent planted beside the Senior Butian Peak Master.

Furthermore, with Chen Chen Xinan's identity as a true disciple of the Holy Sect and the immortal second-generation son of a True Person, many resources of the Holy Sect would become accessible to him.

If he broke through to Foundation Establishment in the future, he could even have the Banner Spirit Chen Chen Xinan lure the Senior Butian Peak Master out of the Holy Sect, then use the father-son bond between them to launch a surprise backstab and kill him directly, finally using the Banner Spirit Senior Butian Peak Master to take his place!

(End of Chapter)