Chapter 69: The Saint Body Reaches Great Perfection

Inside the Dharma Refining Secret Realm.

Lu Yang's main body was safe and sound, sitting cross-legged in his cave abode; as for Ji Xiongying's furious curses before death, he did not take them to heart at all, his heart now filled only with joy.

"The Saint Thief has succeeded!"

Lu Yang stood up and looked toward the sky; all that met his eyes was a long river of purple qi, the karmic fortune gathered from the one hundred and forty million living beings of this entire Secret Realm!

The karmic fortune of the Martial Dao!

And at this moment, Lu Yang was bathed in this karmic fortune; majestic purple qi poured down, making him feel as though he had instantly become the center of heaven and earth.

Simultaneously, within the Dharma Refining Secret Realm, the one hundred and forty million living beings, from the mundane to the Heavenly Humans, all felt something in their hearts; one by one, they looked up at the sky, vaguely seeming to see a majestic Golden Body rising from the ground, solemn and dignified, with rolling red dust lifting it slowly upward.

"Laws clad upon the body, the Saint Body reaches Great Perfection!"

Lu Yang opened his eyes, once again feeling that Dao rhyme of 'ascension' that he had previously only sensed in those possessing Great Divine Abilities or Foundation Establishment True Persons.

His 'height' was rising!

Infinite karmic fortune was completely swallowed and absorbed by Lu Yang, leaving not a trace behind, and this fortune slowly constructed an extremely complex ritual instrument within his body.

"... m?"

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly lifted his head and looked toward the sky.

At the same time, within Heaven Capital City, as Lu Yang shattered the void with Ji Xiongying following closely behind, a look of shock and anger suddenly appeared on the face of the Yun Family Patriarch.

"Not good!"

Only at this moment did he understand Lu Yang's scheme; Lu Yang had fabricated the realm of 'shattering the void' above the Heavenly Human stage, with himself as proof, and now there was another in Ji Xiongying; from now on, everyone under heaven would firmly believe this path was feasible and would rush forward one after another to pursue it!

The entire system was now a seamless whole!

Even the fourth step of the Martial Dao that he had founded was perfectly encompassed by it; as a result, not only did it fail to ruin Lu Yang's cultivation, it actually bolstered its power!

For if relying solely on Lu Yang, the Martial Dao would have reached at most the Late Stage of Qi Condensation.

But with the Yun Family Patriarch's 'help,' the limit of the Martial Dao had remarkably reached the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation, meaning the karmic fortune fed back by the Saint Thief would be enormous to the extreme!

Yet, matters had reached a point where even he could no longer break the Martial Dao system.

Because theoretically speaking, a Martial Dao Heavenly Human comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation was a dead end; this was true not only for Lu Yang but for him as well!

And as for the realm of 'shattering the void,' he could find no flaw in it.

After all, once one shatters the void, the person is gone; in matters where the dead can bear no witness, it has always been a case of the husband having his reasons and the wife having hers; what could he use to find a flaw?

To break the situation, unless he could create a method different from shattering the void, one that could allow the Martial Dao to truly break through to Foundation Establishment.

But before his reincarnation, his own cultivation was merely at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment; with his limited abilities, what could he use to create a method allowing the Martial Dao to break through to Foundation Establishment?

It would take a Golden Core True Monarch to have any chance!

Otherwise, he would have to kill everyone who witnessed Lu Yang shattering the void, but what meaning would that hold? It would only expose his existence for nothing.

In other words, the momentum of Lu Yang cultivating the 'Saint Thief' to completion was now unstoppable!

"Bastard! Bastard!"

Thinking of this, the Yun Family Patriarch was so angry his teeth nearly crumbled; he had never expected his arrangements to come to naught, even turning into aid for the enemy!

Having worked so hard to push the karma, only to tailor a wedding dress for someone else?

He could not accept it!

Thinking of this, the Yun Family Patriarch ground his teeth in bitterness, his heart full of unwillingness, and then he actually pushed the karma once more, attempting a final effort.

The Yun Family Patriarch activated the 'Heaven-Exploring Instrument' to enhance his influence over karma: "The Saint Thief has a tribulation in his fate; this tribulation was originally meant for me, but if I separate it and employ the Method of Substituting Tribulations, using a heavenly tribulation to replace a human one, I can summon the power of heaven and earth to kill him!"

"Stealing the karmic fortune of everyone under heaven is an act against heaven; he shall surely face heavenly punishment!"

The Yun Family Patriarch let out a fierce shout; instantly, above the place where Lu Yang was in seclusion, the originally clear sky turned dark with thick clouds, with streaks of lightning snakes weaving through them.

Boom!

Thunder erupted from the mountains, turning heaven and earth white!

A massive bolt of lightning struck directly down from the dark clouds; its speed was so great that there was no time to react, and in the blink of an eye, it landed upon Lu Yang.

When the lightning light dissipated, Lu Yang's figure slowly reappeared.

However, to the Yun Family Patriarch's disbelief, facing this bolt of heavenly thunder that could even kill someone at the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation, Lu Yang was actually unharmed!

"Is this... the laws of the Saint Thief?"

Information regarding the Saint Thief suddenly flashed through the Yun Family Patriarch's mind; the small success and great success of this body-refining method were entirely different things.

The small success of the Saint Thief was merely a simple enhancement of the physical body.

The great success of the Saint Thief, however, could condense 'laws.'

In Immortal Dao cultivation, 'height,' or rather 'status,' often symbolized an absolute gap; as long as one's status was high enough, those of lower status were but ants.

Just as a Foundation Establishment True Person was to a Qi Condensation cultivator.

And the 'laws' of the Saint Thief were, in a certain sense, a form of status.

Therefore, Lu Yang was now on a different status level from ordinary cultivators; any attack with a status 'lower' than his could not even injure him!

For instance, the rolling heavenly thunder summoned by the Yun Family Patriarch through karma, though powerful, lacked the corresponding status; the result was naturally like two dimensions striking three dimensions; no matter how great the power, it was merely theoretical and meaningless, let alone injuring Lu Yang, it could not even graze the corner of his robe.

Of course, laws had their strengths and weaknesses; not everyone was like this.

The Chusheng Sect had countless talents; Lu Yang was not the only disciple to cultivate the Saint Thief to success, yet the laws he condensed were the strongest to date!

Because the strength of the 'laws' was determined by the system founded through cultivating the Saint Thief.

If the system stopped at the Mid Stage of Qi Condensation, then the 'laws' could only ignore attacks from the Mid Stage of Qi Condensation; encountering the Late Stage of Qi Condensation, they would still be broken.

However, with the Yun Family Patriarch's 'help,' Lu Yang's Martial Dao encompassed the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation!

Therefore, regarding his 'laws,' unless a cultivator below Foundation Establishment possessed a Great Divine Ability that could also elevate their status, no one could break them!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Streaks of lightning light crashed down one after another, yet Lu Yang ignored them completely, unmoved; even the great formation around him was shattered, yet he remained unharmed.

Seeing this scene, the Yun Family Patriarch's eyes nearly burst from their sockets, yet he was helpless.

"Things have come to this; I can only let him go," the Yun Family Patriarch sighed. "Very well, let him leave; the Sect Master's mission is more important..."

"Senior, you are watching me, aren't you?"

A indifferent voice came through; the Yun Family Patriarch suddenly froze, for in the perspective of karma, Lu Yang suddenly turned his head, looking at him with calm eyes.

He can see me... No, he knows of my existence!?

The Yun Family Patriarch subconsciously took a step back, terrified in his heart; he instantly severed his karmic connection, then held his breath and concealed all traces of his heavenly destiny.

However, Lu Yang was now vastly different!

"Trying to escape..."

Lu Yang lowered his eyelids, ripples stirring in his pupils; at this moment, his Saint Body had reached Great Perfection, and although he had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, the Yun Family Patriarch was no longer at Foundation Establishment either.

At this moment, there was not much difference in status between the two!

The next second, Lu Yang's soul escaped his body, soaring straight into the dome of heaven, looking down upon the entire Dharma Refining Secret Realm from above, taking the vast earth entirely into view.

The Yun Family Patriarch had the 'Heaven-Exploring Instrument' protecting him, making his concealment of heavenly destiny invincible; thus, Lu Yang could not calculate his location. However, Lu Yang had cultivated the Saint Thief here; this place was his home turf, so he did not need to calculate at all; he only needed to see which strand of qi mechanism he had not stolen!

Swish—!

With a thought from Lu Yang, myriad qi mechanisms reflected in his spiritual sea, only to be rapidly eliminated, until finally only one seemingly weak strand of qi mechanism remained, located within Heaven Capital City.

Immediately after, a void tore open.

The Yun Family Patriarch, who thought he had successfully concealed his heavenly destiny, looked up in shock, only to see ripples spreading above his head, followed by a figure in black robes stepping out from within.

"... ound you."

(End of Chapter)