Chapter 16: Great Fullness Appears Deficient; the Exalted Dragon Regrets!

The destruction of the Three-One Sect was an indelible demon in Lu Jin’s heart.

This also caused Lu Jin to be unable to even defend passively within the Twelve Sorrows Array, forced instead to choose and immerse himself in those extreme emotions to fight back.

Even without personally experiencing it, Lu Jin could guess the unimaginable effects of Luo Fu’s Seven Sins Eyes.

Yet precisely this person, who once desperately sought to enter the Immortal Realm, after obtaining such power, did not act recklessly—but chose to go even further.

Such a disposition, in Lu Jin’s eyes, was nothing short of the highest innate talent for cultivation.

Such a promising disciple, let alone one who voluntarily came to him, even if Lu Jin merely learned of the boy’s existence, as long as he hadn’t already joined another sect, Lu Jin would spare no cost to bring him into the Lu family first.

Don’t forget, Lu Jin’s greatest regret right now is the legacy of the Three-One Sect.

The Lu family’s rule states that any cultivation method learned after joining another sect cannot be passed on to Lu family disciples.

Yet the Three-One Sect was annihilated, and the sole survivor, Lu Jin, has spent years without finding a single suitable disciple for the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation. The only one he found? Pianpianhaishilujiaderen 。

This is an unerasable spiritual shadow for Lu Jin.

Zhang Luofu’s appearance, in some way, felt like Lu Jin grasping a thread of spiritual redemption.

For a disciple like Zhang Luofu, whose will was as unshakable as bedrock, Lu Jin nearly offered himself up. After lavishing praise upon Luo Fu, he cut straight to the point: “I’ve heard from Linglong and these children about your story—I don’t know if Itachi understand my past!”

In Lu Jin’s narration, the former glory of the Three-One Sect unfolded before them.

Lu Linglong couldn’t help but cover her lips in shock: “Grandfather doesn’t mean to have Master Luo Fu inherit the Three-One Sect, does he?”

Lu Jin nodded. “If he truly can enter the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation, then I will spare no effort to help him rebuild the Three-One Sect!”

In this world, only two people now carry the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation—and both are from the Lu family.

Yet the Lu family’s rule forbids transmitting any lineage learned from other sects within the family.

The Three-One Sect is Lu Jin’s emotional knot, even his demon.

At this moment, Lu Jin’s words held not a trace of exaggeration: if Luo Fu truly enters the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation, he will spare no cost to rebuild the Three-One Sect and entrust it entirely to Luo Fu—so that Luo Fu may carry on and magnify its legacy!

“I know the fall of the Three-One Sect made many believe the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation is nothing but the delusion of a madman. But… I simply cannot accept it!” Lu Jin gritted his teeth. “Child, I won’t force Itachi. If Itachi refuse, then… then Itachi need not choose the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation. Whatever Itachi choose, I will support Itachi!”

The moment he finished speaking, Lu Jin closed his eyes, as if tremblingly awaiting Luo Fu’s answer.

What he didn’t know was that Luo Fu hadn’t immediately agreed because everything had come too easily.

One of his main reasons for joining the Lu family was to obtain the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation.

After contacting Longlong of the Lu Family Clan, everything had unfolded as if fate itself had conspired to fulfill Luo Fu’s goal.

Now even the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation felt less like something Luo Fu sought—and more like Lu Jin’s desperate plea offered to him.

“Grandmaster Lu!” Luo Fu steadied himself. “I harbor not the slightest doubt about the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation. In fact… receiving its transmission is an honor to me.”

Lu Jin’s eyes flew open in astonishment. “Itachi… Itachi truly believe in the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation?”

Had it been anyone else, Lu Jin would never have felt such trepidation offering the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation.

After all, though Zuo Ruotong’s death shattered the myth of the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation, it remains, undeniably, one of the rarest supreme legacies in the entire Immortal Realm—even if it cannot lead to ascension.

Even the Golden Light Spell of Dragon Tiger Mountain bows before the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation.

The simpler something is, the more brutal and durable it becomes; the more complex the insight, the stronger and more mysterious it grows.

In a sense, the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation is the ultimate version of the Golden Light Spell and Daoist Light-Travel.

The Reverse Life Triple Cultivation’s only flaw is its final step—fully refining oneself into Primordial Qi—which, due to Zuo Ruotong’s death, became a phantom dream.

Even Zuo Ruotong, the master of the Three-One Sect, was called the Great Full Immortal, the Dragon of Excess.

Great Fullness Appears Deficient; the Exalted Dragon Regrets!

The title “Great Full Immortal” was acceptable—Zuo Ruotong indeed had flaws in his Reverse Life Triple Cultivation. But “Dragon of Excess”? That was outright insult.

No one aspiring to ascension would choose a path proven to be a failure.

No matter how slim the hope, as long as one avoids a path destined to fail, there remains a glimmer of possibility.

To Lu Jin, Luo Fu—someone who awakened a formidable primordial ability yet did not abuse it, but instead pursued the Dao with single-minded devotion—was just like his master Zuo Ruotong: a true seeker of the Dao.

His primordial ability alone already grants him supremacy under heaven; the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation is merely icing on the cake—or even a burden.

This is precisely why Lu Jin’s posture before Luo Fu is so humble.

“Yes. I believe in the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation!” Zhang Luofu nodded firmly.

Lu Jin hesitated. “But… my master, the Great Full Immortal, failed at the third stage. Why do Itachi…?”

Now it was Zhang Luofu’s turn to hesitate.

After all, in his own speculation about the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation, Zuo Ruotong—the Great Full Immortal—was the one who was wrong.

And Lu Jin was Zuo Ruotong’s disciple, even harboring boundless reverence for him.

Perhaps sensing Luo Fu’s dilemma, Lu Jin sighed. “I shouldn’t have asked for so much. Since Itachi’ve chosen to inherit the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation, then try it. If Itachi can enter it, the Three-One Sect is yours.”

“Grandfather!” Lu Linglong exclaimed. “Isn’t this… a bit too hasty?”

Lu Jin looked at her with affection. “I am already over a hundred years old. The only thing I cannot let go of is the old Three-One Sect. This boy, Luo Fu, is the most promising disciple I’ve ever seen who might inherit it. I cannot wait any longer!”

Lu Jin’s sense of urgency was tied closely to the upcoming Luo Tian Da Jiao.

The Luo Tian Da Jiao is the ceremony to select the next Dragon Tiger Mountain Tian Shi.

Lu Jin, as a contemporary of Zhang Zhiwei, now sees the Zhengyi Tian Shi choosing his successor—but the Three-One Sect still has only two people in the entire Lu family who can practice it.

This inevitably stirred urgency in Lu Jin’s heart.

Luo Fu’s timely appearance, in Lu Jin’s mind, carried a touch of heavenly fate.

(End of Chapter)