Chapter 136: Ultimate Heaven Instrument

At this moment, the Yun family ancestor was utterly bewildered.

The Yun family ancestor, who had placed great hopes in Yun Miaozhen, had met an unexpected death, and the one who killed her had already broken through to Foundation Establishment—this plunged the Yun family ancestor into a deep despair for a time.

Therefore, when the Yushu Jiange Zhang Sect handed the mission to him, he was overjoyed.

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

"I'll risk it!"

Life is about taking a gamble!

The Yun family ancestor was very decisive and immediately accepted the mission.

In his vision, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator reincarnating into the Refining Law Secret Realm, with the Ultimate Heaven Instrument bestowed by the Zhang Sect for protection, victory was all but assured.

Yet imagination was beautiful; reality was somewhat cruel.

"What is this?"

The Yun family ancestor, who had just successfully reincarnated, stared at the Qi-Eating Worm Seed within his body. He was stunned for a moment, and then an expression of horror spread across his face.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out the Ultimate Heaven Instrument.

"Something's wrong, I have to go back!"

Something went wrong with this reincarnation—someone was actually monitoring the Refining Law Secret Realm! Such a blunt monitoring method bypassed karma and simply could not be concealed!

Perhaps because he was too panicked, the Yun family ancestor's hand gripping the Ultimate Heaven Instrument was still trembling violently, and the speed at which he activated the Ultimate Heaven Instrument was infuriatingly slow. Fortunately, just at that moment, another wave of kind, considerate, and immense magic power surged over, helping the Yun family ancestor activate the Ultimate Heaven Instrument together.

Seeing this, the Yun family ancestor was overjoyed and instinctively said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The newcomer smiled slightly, casually took the Ultimate Heaven Instrument from the Yun family ancestor's hand, and held it up for examination: "Indeed, it's a fine treasure."

The Yun family ancestor did not answer. His expression froze just like that, like a little insect in amber, with only an unconcealable terror remaining in the depths of his eyes.

—And confusion.

A dignified True Person, lying in wait in the secret realm, even specially setting up an entire system to monitor the whole secret realm, coming to catch me the very instant I reincarnated—

Zhang Sect, it's not that I didn't try hard—there's a dog in the secret realm!

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

The next second, the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner directly swallowed the Yun family ancestor whole. A Foundation Establishment reincarnator, and one from Yushu Jiange no less, was still very useful.

But for now, his attention was still on the Ultimate Heaven Instrument.

Clearly, in order to deceive the various True Monarchs of the Holy Sect, that Yushu Jiange Zhang Sect had cleaned this magic treasure very thoroughly—there was truly not the slightest contingency left behind.

Because once a contingency was left, with karmic ties attached, it would be impossible to deceive the various True Monarchs of the Holy Sect. Only by placing all the karma on the Yun family ancestor—a Foundation Establishment early-stage reincarnator, an ant-like figure in the eyes of a True Monarch—could it avoid alerting the spiritual perception of a Jin Dan True Monarch.

Lu Yang calculated with his fingers and immediately understood the full details of this treasure.

"【Ultimate Heaven Instrument】, formed by borrowing the essence of Fierce Yang, beautiful in the midst of heaven, shining upon the six directions—just as the fire of the sun rises from the east, wherever it passes, all principles become clear."

This was a top-grade spiritual treasure!

One must understand that even among spiritual treasures, the differences are enormous, mainly reflected in 【Spirituality】, 【Material】, and 【Wonder】.

Ordinary magic treasures, even if they give birth to 【Spirituality】 and develop self-awareness, are still merely low-grade spiritual treasures.

To become a mid-grade spiritual treasure, the 【Material】 must pass muster—at the very least, it must be forged from a rare treasure of the world and refined with care, otherwise it is hard to achieve.

And the requirements for a top-grade spiritual treasure are even stricter: it must possess 【Wonder】.

The so-called 【Wonder】 is actually the spiritual treasure being influenced by a fruit position, tainted with Cheng Tian Gang Earth Fiend Qi, thereby gaining a measure of innate divine ability.

Therefore, for a Foundation Establishment True Person, a top-grade spiritual treasure is almost equivalent to gaining an additional innate divine ability! Used in magical combat, the amplification to one's strength is more than several times over? If the 【Wonder】 of the spiritual treasure itself perfectly echoes one's own natal divine ability, the two complementing each other, there are boundless wondrous uses.

And the 【Ultimate Heaven Instrument】 is precisely such a top-grade spiritual treasure!

"Using 【Yang Yuan Wood】 as material, 【Six Directions Fire】 as core, spirituality combined with the Cheng Tian Gang's 【Rou Zhao】, manifesting wonder, thus forming the 【Ultimate Heaven Instrument】."

As Lu Yang's magic power poured in, the Ultimate Heaven Instrument's reaction grew ever more intense.

"Clang, clang!"

With a sound of metal striking metal, the Ultimate Heaven Instrument simply hovered above Lu Yang's palm, radiating brilliant light, blazing as resplendent as a scorching sun hanging in the sky.

As a treasure of heavenly secrets, the karma concealed by the Ultimate Heaven Instrument was difficult even for a Jin Dan True Monarch to detect.

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

This point, Lu Yang had experienced in the past when clashing with the Yun family ancestor—it completely inverted and scrambled the up-down, left-right, and front-back directions.

However, although this ability could be called a dimensionality-reduction strike against Qi Refining cultivators, it was of no use against Foundation Establishment True Persons. At most, it was a little trinket added in during refining, specifically for the Yun family ancestor's use after reincarnation—not the true 【Wonder】 of the Ultimate Heaven Instrument.

And its true 【Wonder】 was named 【All-Illuminating】.

As the name suggests, this treasure was formed by inheriting the qi of 【Rou Zhao】. Its light shines upon the six directions, possessing the ability to analyze all things; wherever it shines, the principles become clear.

Thus, as long as the Ultimate Heaven Instrument is shone upon the great web of karma, all kinds of karma instantly become clearly visible, bright and open. Pushing them forward is naturally twice as effective with half the effort, with rare errors or omissions. Therefore, this magic treasure's enhancement of a Foundation Establishment True Person's ability to interfere with and push karma can be called a qualitative change.

"Treasure light penetrates utterly; heaven and earth are all illuminated."

Likewise, this 【Wonder】 can also be used in magical combat—by shining the treasure's light upon an opponent, the opponent's magic power changes and qi shifts can all be grasped at once.

The next second, Lu Yang projected his divine sense deep into the magic treasure.

Immediately after, the sun wheel formed by the Ultimate Heaven Instrument suddenly collapsed and contracted, landing right between Lu Yang's brows—at first glance, like a Heavenly Eye!

And under the Heavenly Eye's illumination, Lu Yang felt his mind become utterly clear and bright.

After thirty years of arduous cultivation, facing the soul and dao foundation that were already utterly familiar yet had never been able to merge, Lu Yang now gained a new insight.

"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 flash of inspiration. In the blink of an eye, his soul and dao foundation began to merge.

Thirty years of arduous cultivation had not been for nothing. In fact, Lu Yang had long possessed the foundation to condense his natal divine ability; he had only ever been missing that one bit of inspiration. The appearance of the Ultimate Heaven Instrument was the final kick, completing the last piece of the puzzle, and condensing the natal divine ability thus became a matter of course!

"This is the talent I should have had!"

Lu Yang laughed heartily, and at the same time a golden auspicious cloud appeared above his head, breathing in and out spiritual energy, stirring the mortal world, with what seemed like startling thunder flashing every second.

And in the deepest part of the auspicious cloud, a silhouette was taking shape.

Looking out, it seemed as though something was being nurtured and brought into being.

As for Lu Yang's consciousness, it had merged into the auspicious clouds, as if his soul had flown beyond the heavens, in a daze yet possessing a lucid self, like being in a dream.

In a trance, he seemed to see.

In the far western lands, a realm indescribable, vast and boundless, yet as illusory as a mirage, a point of Jin Guang was resonating with him.

"Is that... the Fruit Seat 【City Wall Earth】?"

Before Lu Yang could come to his senses, all the scenes vanished instantly, and that point of Jin Guang suddenly dimmed, as if dragged back by a giant hand.

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

Within a palace towering into the clouds, magnificent and resplendent, resembling the dwelling of immortals and gods, a youth wearing a crown with hanging jade pendants walked out of the quiet meditation chamber where he had been resting.

The youth gazed into the distance, his brows slightly furrowed:

"【City Wall Earth】 no longer hides, reappearing in the mortal world. In this case, the remnants of the Zouyu are likely to stir. Is a great calamity truly approaching?"

(End of this chapter)