Chapter 200: Great Harvest!

Overseas, Lu Yang was in no hurry to leave; instead, he carefully took stock of his harvest.

First was Ye Xingfeng's natal flying sword.

"A pity it was damaged by the True Monarch — the damage was too great. Of the three great wonders on the sword — 【Barrier-Breaking】, 【Mind-Cleansing】, and 【God-Slaying】 — only one, 【Barrier-Breaking】, remains."

Strictly speaking, the quality of this natal flying sword was even higher than the 【Asura Sword】; after all, all three wonders were for killing. No wonder Ye Xingfeng was the direct lineage disciple of a Jin Dan True Monarch — to have refined a spiritual treasure like this, the Sword Pavilion True Monarch's hand must surely have been at work.

Compared with it, Ye Xingfeng's other two spiritual treasures were far weaker.

One was the dharma robe on his body — a brocade robe with a great cloak, every thread flowing with luminous treasure-light; one glance told you it was a body-protecting treasure immune to water and fire.

"【Hundred-Ward Calamity-Vanquishing Mysterious Cloak】!"

The wonder of this superior spiritual treasure was called 【Hundred-Ward】; as the name implied, within the cloak were a hundred calamity-warding talismans, and a single attack could only dispel one of them.

No matter how high your methods, no matter how strong your divine abilities, one strike could only dispel one talisman. If you stopped attacking in between, the spiritual treasure could once again circulate the talismans back into being. Only by attacking a hundred times in quick succession, each one striking the true body, could the protection of this dharma-robe spiritual treasure be broken.

As everyone knew, sword cultivators had high offense but weak defense.

And this dharma robe was clearly meant to make up for that flaw. Wearing it, paired with his natal flying sword, no wonder Ye Xingfeng was invincible at mid Foundation Establishment.

"Pity, it's useless!"

"No matter how strong his combat power, no matter how fierce a fighter, he was still only at mid Foundation Establishment. A True Monarch could kill him with a flick of his sleeve, and a late Foundation Establishment Great True Person could also take him down with ease."

Lu Yang sighed — one really had to have a high realm!

Next, Lu Yang picked up another spiritual treasure: a small pagoda, six stories tall, its body as if cast from Bai Yu, with a treasure pearl set atop its peak.

"【Pacifying Clear-Aura Treasure Pagoda】!"

This superior spiritual treasure was not a weapon for fighting, but an implement for cultivation. Its wonder was called 【Clear Aura】; it could purify spiritual energy and supply a True Person to nurture their Dao Foundation.

If this item were placed within the Dao Foundation, it could also reinforce the Dao Foundation, reduce the wear of 【Bi Feng】, and grant a Foundation Establishment True Person an extra thirty years of life. As for spiritual treasures and materials tainted by turbid qi or sullied in spirituality — sending them through the pagoda once would restore their purity.

Finally, there was Ying Tongshou's superior spiritual treasure.

It was called 【Ziwei Official-Bestowed Grand Supreme Jin Yin】, refined through his Dao Court 【Official Rank】 sacrifice. Its wonder was named 【Summon and Pacify】, specializing in suppression and gathering.

Any object of metal or iron fell within the suppression and gathering range of this treasure seal.

Not only that, Lu Yang could also use this spiritual treasure to convert the spiritual treasures it had suppressed for his own use, even manipulating them to backlash against their original masters.

"What a fine treasure as well!"

Lu Yang flicked a finger, and the three spiritual treasures were refined in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the 【Hundred-Ward Calamity-Vanquishing Mysterious Cloak】 draped his body, the 【Pacifying Clear-Aura Treasure Pagoda】 anchored his Dao Foundation, and the 【Ziwei Official-Bestowed Grand Supreme Jin Yin】 hung at his waist.

Standing there, a pillar of treasure-light immediately shot into the sky!

Seeing this, Lu Yang hurriedly circulated 【Bao Shou Shan】 to suppress himself, drawing in the radiance of his spiritual treasures — only then did it match his low-key style.

"But if we're talking about preciousness, the most precious one still has to be this."

At a thought from Lu Yang, a talisman appeared in his hand.

Its material was neither metal nor jade; tadpole-like seal-script traced out the forms of cloud dragons and strange birds. When activated with magic power, it exuded Jin Xia — truly magnificent in every aspect.

【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Doushuai True Edict】!

A true treasure left behind by Daoist Daoist Hong Yun overseas, refined by sacrificing the entire Biyang Cultivation World. Unfortunately, before it could succeed, Daoist Daoist Hong Yun had perished midway.

Looking back now, Daoist Daoist Hong Yun's grand scheme in the Biyang Cultivation World, and the silent recovery of his cultivation to perfect Foundation Establishment, clearly showed enormous ambition. He was simply waiting for Master Chongguang to begin his ascent and seek the Golden Core, so he could deal him a vicious blow — what a pity it was ruined by him, quite by accident.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang pondered the 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Doushuai True Edict】 in his hand once more.

A moment later, Lu Yang spread his palm, and saw this talisman — worthy of being called a half-step true treasure — constantly shift in his palm, finally transforming into a ray of mysterious light.

"Incredible."

Wherever the mysterious light passed, all phenomena dimmed, cause and effect vanished, and divine sense fell into ignorance — unable to divine, unable to perceive the image within the light.

"This is… 【Star-Hidden Brilliance】?"

The second innate divine ability corresponding to the 【City Wall Earth】 Dao Foundation!

This innate divine ability is born of the Earth Sha position, from the qi of 【She Ti Ge】 combined with 【Qiang Yu】.

【She Ti Ge】 is also called "Yin," located where the three yangs blaze forth together. Yang fire is born and yin fire retreats; the rising sun appears and the stars hide. Even clear cause and effect cannot reveal its light.

It corresponds to the mystery within Lu Yang's natal divine ability — 【Doubt-Resolver】.

【Doubt-Resolver】 can anchor the development of things to the outcome one desires, while 【Star-Hidden Brilliance】 can completely conceal the shifts in cause and effect it triggers.

Used well, it could even produce an effect akin to "Heaven and Earth's Killing Intent"!

Beyond that, 【Star-Hidden Brilliance】 could also shield others from sensing danger, conceal Lu Yang's own tracks, and was equally devastating when used for assassination.

"Unbelievable!" Lu Yang exclaimed in awe.

The 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Doushuai True Edict】 could actually simulate in advance for a cultivator the next innate divine ability they required — and activating it was as effortless as moving one's own arm!

This kind of transformation wasn't obvious at mid Foundation Establishment, when one only had a single innate divine ability.

Because mid Foundation Establishment encompassed two innate divine abilities, yet for those at the peak of mid-stage, and even late-stage Foundation Establishment True Persons, its usefulness was beyond imagination.

It was almost equivalent to directly raising one's cultivation!

With this half-step true treasure, a peak mid Foundation Establishment cultivator would immediately transform into a late Foundation Establishment Great True Person, and a late-stage Great True Person would immediately transform into perfect Foundation Establishment!

"Then… what about perfect Foundation Establishment?"

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more shocked he became, and finally he could not help but laugh out loud:

'Daoist Daoist Hong Yun, you died well!'

'Although you once robbed me of my harvest in my fifth life, I am a kind-hearted, magnanimous person. In this life, I shall forgive you.'

The dead deserve respect, after all!

If he had these dharma treasures on him back when dealing with Arhat Arhat Fu Long, would he still have needed to skulk about? He could have beaten the dog-brain right out of him!

Even against the Peak Master of Butian, he would have had the confidence to fight!

Thinking of this, Lu Yang let out a long breath, feeling that all his scheming had not been in vain: "It was worth all the effort I put in."

And this was only the harvest of "this life."

Apart from this, there was also what concerned his future Dao path, the harvest of the "next life"—the Dao-karma left behind by that Innate True Person who failed in his quest for gold!

"Too bad this thing's rank is too high; I can't soul-search it."

At this moment, the Dao-karma had already been taken into Lu Yang's Myriad Spirits Banner, and compared to before, this Dao-karma seemed to have had its spiritual wonder drawn away by True Lord Clear-Chen Flying Snow.

As it fell into dead silence, its aura also dropped to the level of early Foundation Establishment.

No longer possessing its original transcendence.

"It was transformed from the death of an Innate Daoist; it must know the details of Mahayana first-grade True Qi. Later I'll have to think of a way to extract its knowledge."

Just as Lu Yang was pondering how to process this Dao-karma.

Suddenly, a tremendous boom rang out by his ear, deafening, nearly shaking his soul, and along with it his Dao foundation was violently churning.

"What's going on!?"

Lu Yang raised his head and looked at the sky.

He saw that among the two fruit-position stars transformed from 【Wall Earth】 and 【Stream Water】 above the vault of heaven, one had finally dimmed abruptly like a candle flame flickering out!

(End of chapter)