Chapter 135: The Heaven-Exploring Instrument

At this moment, the Patriarch of the Yun family was bewildered.

Yun Yun Miaozhen, in whom he had placed great hopes, had unexpectedly died, and the one who killed her had already broken through to Foundation Establishment, plunging the Patriarch of the Yun family into deep despair.

Therefore, when the Master of the Jiange Sect assigned him the task, he was overjoyed.

"If I can break open the Dharma Refining Secret Realm, I will surely accumulate a massive amount of merit, and my hope of returning to Foundation Establishment in this life will increase significantly."

"I'll risk it!"

To live in this world is to take a gamble!

The Patriarch of the Yun family was decisive and immediately accepted the task.

In his imagination, having been reborn as a Foundation Establishment expert into the Dharma Refining Secret Realm and equipped with the Heaven-Exploring Instrument bestowed by the Sect Master, victory was assured.

However, while imagination is beautiful, reality can be somewhat cruel.

"What is this?"

Looking at the Qi-Devouring Insect Seed within his body, the newly reborn Patriarch of the Yun family first froze, then his face filled with terror.

Thinking of this, he hastily took out the Heaven-Exploring Instrument.

"Something is wrong; I must return!"

Something had gone wrong with this reincarnation; someone was actually monitoring the Dharma Refining Secret Realm! Such a direct method of surveillance bypassed karma entirely and could not be concealed!

Perhaps due to excessive panic, the hand of the Patriarch of the Yun family holding the Heaven-Exploring Instrument trembled violently, and the speed at which he activated it was infuriatingly slow; fortunately, just then, another surge of vast, kind, and considerate magic power flowed over, helping the Patriarch of the Yun family activate the Heaven-Exploring Instrument together.

Seeing this, the Patriarch of the Yun family was instantly overjoyed and subconsciously said, "Thank you..."

"You're welcome."

The newcomer smiled slightly, casually took the Heaven-Exploring Instrument from the Patriarch of the Yun family's hand, and examined it: "Indeed, a fine treasure."

The Patriarch of the Yun family did not answer; his expression froze just like that, like a small insect trapped in amber, with only his eyes retaining an uncontrollable fear.

—And confusion.

A True Person of such stature lying in wait at a secret realm, specially setting up a system to monitor the entire realm, only to come and capture him the moment he reincarnated.

Sect Master, it's not that I didn't try hard; there are watchdogs in the secret realm!

"Whoosh!"

The next second, the Myriad Souls Banner directly swallowed the Patriarch of the Yun family; a reincarnated Foundation Establishment expert, especially one from the Jiange Sect, was of great use.

However, for now, his attention remained fixed on the Heaven-Exploring Instrument.

Clearly, to deceive the various True Persons of the Holy Sect, the Master of the Jiange Sect had cleansed this magic treasure thoroughly, leaving absolutely no hidden tricks.

Because if any hidden tricks had been left, creating karmic connections, it would have been impossible to deceive the True Persons of the Holy Sect; only by placing all karma upon the Patriarch of the Yun family, a reincarnated figure at the early stage of Foundation Establishment who was like an ant to a Golden Core True Person, could one avoid alerting the spiritual sense of a Golden Core True Person.

Lu Yang made a quick calculation and immediately understood the true nature of this treasure.

"【Heaven-Exploring Instrument】, transformed from the essence of Fire Yang, brilliant in the central sky, illuminating the six directions; just as the sun's fire rises from the east, wherever it passes, its principles become clear."

This was a superior spiritual treasure!

One must know that even among spiritual treasures, the differences are immense, primarily reflected in 【Spirituality】, 【Material】, and 【Divine Marvel】.

Ordinary magic treasures, even if they develop 【Spirituality】 and gain self-awareness, are merely inferior spiritual treasures.

To become a medium spiritual treasure, the 【Material】 must be up to standard, requiring at least rare and precious substances forged and refined, otherwise it cannot be achieved.

As for superior spiritual treasures, the requirements are even more stringent; they must possess 【Divine Marvel】.

The so-called 【Divine Marvel】 essentially means the spiritual treasure has been influenced by a fruit position, tainted by Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha qi, thereby gaining several innate divine abilities.

Therefore, for a Foundation Establishment True Person, a superior spiritual treasure is almost equivalent to gaining an additional innate divine ability! When used in combat, how many times does it amplify one's strength? If the treasure's own 【Divine Marvel】 happens to resonate with one's own innate divine ability, the two combining creates infinite wonderful uses.

And the 【Heaven-Exploring Instrument】 was precisely such a superior spiritual treasure!

"Crafted from 【Yangyuan Wood】 as material, with 【Six-Directions Fire】 as the core, its spirituality combined with the tenth Heavenly Gang 【Rouzhao】, manifesting divine marvel, thus becoming the 【Heaven-Exploring Instrument】..."

As Lu Yang injected his magic power, the reaction of the Heaven-Exploring Instrument grew increasingly intense.

"Clang! Clang!"

Hearing a sound like metal striking, the Heaven-Exploring Instrument hovered above Lu Yang's palm, radiating a brilliant light, majestic and fierce like a blazing midday sun.

As a supreme treasure of heavenly secrets, the karma concealed by the Heaven-Exploring Instrument was difficult for even Golden Core True Persons to detect.

Besides this, it also possessed the ability to disturb the void.

Lu Yang had experienced this ability before when he fought the Patriarch of the Yun family in the past; it inverted and confused all directions: up and down, left and right, front and back.

However, while this ability could be considered a dimensional strike against Qi Refining cultivators, it was useless against Foundation Establishment True Persons; at best, it was a small gadget added during its refinement specifically for the reincarnated Patriarch of the Yun family to use, not the true divine marvel of the Heaven-Exploring Instrument.

Its true divine marvel was named 【All-Clarity】.

As the name suggests, this treasure was formed bearing the qi of 【Rouzhao】; its light illuminates the six directions and possesses the ability to analyze all things; wherever its light shines, the underlying principles become clear.

Thus, as long as the Heaven-Exploring Instrument shines upon the great web of karma, various karmic threads instantly become clear and bright; pushing them forward naturally yields twice the result with half the effort, with few errors or omissions; therefore, this magic treasure represents a qualitative improvement for a Foundation Establishment True Person's abilities to interfere with and push forward karma.

"Treasure light penetrates thoroughly, heaven and earth are all illuminated."

Similarly, this divine marvel can also be used in combat; by shining the treasure's light upon an opponent, one can fully grasp the opponent's changes in magic power and shifts in qi mechanism.

The next second, Lu Yang projected his spiritual sense into the depths of the magic treasure.

Immediately, the sun-wheel formed by the Heaven-Exploring Instrument suddenly collapsed, landing squarely between Lu Yang's eyebrows, looking at first glance like a heavenly eye!

Under the illumination of this heavenly eye, Lu Yang felt his mind become completely clear.

After thirty years of bitter cultivation, facing a soul and a Dao foundation that were already all too familiar yet had always refused to merge, Lu Yang now gained a new realization.

"I understand... so that's how it is!"

In an instant, a look of enlightenment appeared in Lu Yang's eyes; as if he had finally grasped that spark of inspiration, in the blink of an eye, his soul and Dao foundation began to fuse.

Thirty years of bitter cultivation were not in vain; in fact, Lu Yang had long possessed the foundation to condense his innate divine ability, he just lacked that final spark of inspiration, and the appearance of the Heaven-Exploring Instrument provided that final push, completing the last piece of the puzzle, making the condensation of his innate divine ability a natural outcome!

"This is the innate talent I should have had!"

Lu Yang laughed loudly, and simultaneously, a golden auspicious cloud manifested above his head, inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy, stirring the mortal world, with thunder flashing every second.

Deep within the auspicious cloud, a figure of light and shadow was taking shape.

Looking at it, it seemed as if something was being conceived and born.

As for Lu Yang's consciousness, it had merged into the auspicious cloud; his soul seemed to fly beyond the heavens, muddled and confused, yet retaining a clear sense of self, as if dreaming while awake.

In a trance, he seemed to see.

In the far west, a region indescribable, boundless in scope, yet illusory like a mirage, a point of golden light was resonating with him.

"Is that... the fruit position 【City Wall Earth】?"

Before Lu Yang could recover his senses, all visions vanished instantly, and that point of golden light suddenly dimmed, as if dragged back by a giant hand.

At the same time, in Jiangdong, at the Tianwu Dao Court.

Within a palace towering into the clouds, magnificent and splendid, resembling a dwelling of immortals and gods, a young man wearing a crown with hanging beads walked out of a quiet chamber where he had been resting.

The young man gazed into the distance, his brows slightly furrowed:

"【City Wall Earth】 is no longer hidden, reappearing in the mortal world; if this is so, the remnants of Zouyu will likely start stirring as well; could it be that a great calamity is approaching?"

(End of Chapter)