Chapter 157: 【Yangming Dao Fruit, Transcending Tribulation to Become Immortal】 (Second update, begging for)

The news of Lu Gong from the Tianyu Immortal Sect achieving the status of a First-Turn Heavenly Monarch quickly spread throughout the entire Thirteen Domains of the Central Continent, because on the Heavenly Pride Ranking of the Tianji Dao Sect, Lu Gong's ranking soared directly to third place.

First place, Wanhua Dao Sect, Jincheng Zi, First-Turn Heavenly Monarch, 827 years old.

Second place, Xuantian Immortal Sect, Fairy Qiuying, First-Turn Heavenly Monarch, 736 years old.

Third place, Tianyu Immortal Sect, Lu Gong, First-Turn Heavenly Monarch, 316 years old.

Looking at his age, there is no doubt that in three hundred years, Lu Gong will inevitably dominate the top spot, because he is simply too young.

Just over three hundred years old, and he has become a Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Monarch.

This caused many cultivators who hadn't even stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm at five hundred years old to have their mental defenses shattered.

They truly could not understand; they had already worked so hard, so how could the gap be so large!

They were both cultivators, with the same amount of time, so why was it like this!?

Jincheng Zi and Fairy Qiuying both achieved the status of First-Turn Heavenly Monarch at over six hundred years old; the former at 668, the latter at 684. In those days, they were already extremely invincible existences.

Yet in front of this monster Lu Gong, who became a Heavenly Monarch at three hundred, they seemed to fall short by more than just a little. After all, he only used less than half the cultivation time of those two.

Lu Gong once again became a hot topic, and the gossip from back then was dug up and circulated.

In the Wanling Immortal Sect, Yan Jiaojiao, who had only just stepped into the late stage of the Spirit Severing Realm, felt both astonishment and a trace of bitterness in her heart after hearing these discussions.

Actually, if she could become Lu Gong's Dao companion, she wouldn't be opposed to it.

After all, being able to cultivate alongside such a heavenly pride would inevitably be of great benefit to her own Dao.

But Lu Gong clearly did not take the rumors to heart and had never expressed anything about them.

She had originally thought that this matter would pass with the passage of time, but she didn't expect that Lu Gong would appear in her field of vision again today, and his cultivation had reached a level that was out of reach.

With such talent, she feared that by the time she stepped into the Dao Harmonizing Realm, the other party would have already achieved the position of a Land Immortal. That was the most powerful class in the Nine Provinces, a class that countless cultivators could only look up to.

Now, for her to throw herself at him would seem ridiculous.

Yan Jiaojiao immediately informed her master and entered seclusion; as long as she couldn't hear it, she wouldn't care what others were saying.

On the other side, Fairy Yun Zheng, one of the three main protagonists of the public opinion, also followed Fairy Miaoyun into seclusion.

Most of the people discussing this matter were just bored and mostly envious, but this level was no longer something they could hope for, so there wasn't really any jealousy.

Lu Runping did not care about this and continued his own cultivation.

Although his physical body had already become immortal, his cultivation was still only that of a First-Turn Heavenly Monarch; without becoming a Land Immortal, he was ultimately just an ant.

Of course, with the supernatural powers and means he currently possessed, even if he really had a conflict with a Land Immortal, he could resolve the matter.

In the West Sea Glacier Domain, Lu Runping's main body incarnation, Duanmu Lin, had also stepped into the level of a First-Turn Heavenly Monarch, becoming a Supreme Elder and the elder most valued by the Sect Master, Murong Hanying.

That year, after Lu Runping wiped out the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon clan and returned to the Ice Soul Divine Palace, Murong Hanying had always intended to win him over. Lu Runping did not refuse; in a statement regarding sect affairs, he was the first to express support for Murong Hanying's decisions, and thus became her supporter.

Now that he had been promoted to Supreme Elder, he had directly taken over various major powers of the Ice Soul Divine Palace.

Although the Ice Soul Divine Palace was not a top-tier immortal sect, it had been passed down for tens of thousands of years and had deep accumulations. Lu Runping lined his own pockets, getting quite a few things to put into his own bag.

He had no selfish motives; basically, these things were of no use to him, they were all for the family!

According to the plan, when he achieved the status of a Land Immortal, he would establish the Lu Family Immortal Clan, letting the glory of the Lu family shine over the entire Donghua Zhenzhou.

Only in this way could he live up to the diligent accumulations of his predecessors.

Murong Hanying naturally discovered his small actions, but she did not point them out. After all, they were just some low-end resources; compared to the harvest in the sphere of influence brought about by Lu Runping wiping out the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon clan, this was nothing.

With Lu Runping's support, she, a newly appointed Sect Master, found it much smoother to get things done.

The year 1044 of the Supernatural Era was a day worth commemorating.

This year, the Yangming Xianren died.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have died so early.

After Lu Runping checked through the 【Round Light Manifestation】 supernatural power, he discovered that he had actually transferred his immortal power and Qingyang Demon Fire to Heavenly Monarch Shangyi, helping him gain the capital to transcend the Heavenly Tribulation, while he himself had exhausted his essence, Qi, and spirit.

He lingered on for more than a dozen years, his lamp running dry.

Doing this much could be considered worthy of the immortal sect's cultivation, and he was a model for disciples of the immortal sect.

Heavenly Monarch Shangyi of the Qingyang Immortal Sect received the gift from the Yangming Xianren, and it was estimated that in a few decades, he would be able to step into the Land Immortal level and obtain the first strand of immortal spirit energy he could control.

Lu Runping obtained the second Great Vehicle Realm Dao Fruit. Although it was only at the early stage of the Great Vehicle Realm, it was also at the true Land Immortal level.

Originally, he did not dare to absorb the Dao Fruit of the Great Swamp Demon Immortal because at that time, his physical body strength was only at the level of a Top-Grade Spirit Tool. Now, he had already transcended the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and become a Spirit Treasure Dao Body, his physical body having become immortal.

The Dao Fruit of the early Great Vehicle stage could naturally be carried and absorbed.

Swallowing it into his body and refining it, two days later, his primordial spirit transformed to the Land Immortal realm.

With a feeling in his heart, he immediately rushed toward the West Sea again.

The Heavenly Tribulation descended!

Cultivating immortality was originally about cultivating the three aspects of essence, Qi, and spirit. After the Dao Harmonizing Realm was perfected, the Dao at the mortal level came to an end.

The Tribulation Transcendence Realm was about letting the physical body, spirit Qi, and primordial spirit transform.

There were three Heavenly Tribulations, and the timing for everyone to face the Heavenly Tribulation was different. Theoretically speaking, for ordinary cultivators, only when all three reached above a standard line would they attract the Heavenly Tribulation.

But there were also some special cases, such as his physical body becoming immortal earlier, which reached an extremely high level in terms of essence alone, directly inviting the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

Originally, because he possessed the 【Swallowing Heaven and Earth】 supernatural power and the flesh and blood of immortal birds, the spirit power in his body absolutely reached the level to transcend the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but he had not been able to master immortal spirit energy, so he did not invite the Heavenly Tribulation purely aimed at spirit power becoming immortal.

Or perhaps, simply accumulating ordinary spirit power was just not enough to become an immortal.

But after swallowing the Dao Fruit of the Yangming Xianren, his primordial spirit cultivation stepped directly into the Land Immortal level, exceeding the level of the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and so this Heavenly Tribulation descended.

Similarly, it was directly the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

This time, it was truly becoming an immortal!

Because at the moment his primordial spirit transformed to the early stage of the Great Vehicle Realm, he mastered immortal spirit energy, which in itself was the hallmark of a Land Immortal!

Objectively speaking, he had already become an immortal. Having already become a Land Immortal, he faced the mere Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation with indifference.

Boom!!

In the northern sea area of the Western Sea glaciers, the demonic beasts here have once again met with disaster.

Not many years had passed, and it came again.

They were truly unlucky.

The thunder fell, but Lu Runping didn't care at all, letting the thunder rage in his body, tempering his physical body and primordial spirit, refining his spirit power, and even using the power of the Heavenly Tribulation to allow himself to quickly condense more immortal spirit energy.

Other cultivators would spend over a hundred years condensing a strand of immortal spirit energy after transcending the three Heavenly Tribulations, but because his primordial spirit and physical body were extremely powerful, he could handle immortal spirit energy directly.

The Ice Luan Demon Venerable was at the late Great Vehicle stage. Although the immortal spirit energy in Lu Runping's body was not much now, it was still more than that of a cultivator who had just entered the Great Vehicle Realm.

After the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, his physical body cultivation improved by another notch.

His primordial spirit also became more solid, and the immortal spirit energy in his body reached the level of being close to perfection in the early Great Vehicle stage.

It had already surpassed the Yuntuan Immortal, at least reaching the level of the Yangming Xianren before his cultivation was ruined.

Land Immortal, I have succeeded!!

I, the fifth-generation Patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Runping, 347 years old, have been the Patriarch for 320 years, planning everywhere, and today, I have finally become a Land Immortal!

The Lu Family Immortal Clan begins with me.

At this moment, Lu Runping felt incredibly happy and laughed out loud wantonly. The surrounding demonic beasts had long since run far away, and no creature could feel this joy.

Otherwise, the Great Immortal Lu might have just given it a Dao Seed if he were happy enough.

Calming his mood, Lu Runping still returned to the Ice Soul Divine Palace.

Naturally, he still maintained the aura of a First-Turn Heavenly Monarch.

The one who became an immortal was the fifth-generation Patriarch of the Lu Family Immortal Clan, Lu Runping, not the Supreme Elder of the Ice Soul Divine Palace, Duanmu Lin.

Even for the clone on the Tianyu Immortal Sect side, he had no intention of taking it back.

Although if he took it back, he could obtain an external incarnation at the Land Immortal realm, equivalent to having one more helper at the Land Immortal realm.

But there was no need for this.

If he really wanted to make a move against a Land Immortal, he would just set up an offering table; whoever he worshipped would die!

A Land Immortal has a lifespan of ten thousand years, and he was still a Spirit Treasure Dao Body, with a total remaining lifespan of over thirteen thousand seven hundred years.

After all, other Land Immortals were already thousands of years old on the day they became immortals, while he was only over three hundred, so he had plenty of time.

These ten thousand plus years would be the period for the Lu Family Immortal Clan to develop and grow.

However, before truly establishing the immortal clan, some karma still needed to be resolved.

The fourth-generation Patriarch of the Lu family, the revivalist Lu Chengtong, originally had all kinds of plans and could have achieved the status of an immortal.

Lu Runping asked himself, he had only learned some superficial knowledge by reading the records in the Treasure Mirror.

But unfortunately, he encountered an accident. Lu Runping had long known the cause and effect.

Although the formation of the Rending Heaven Corpse King could be considered part of the Lu family's karma, the Rending Heaven Corpse King killed the revivalist of the Lu family, so this hatred absolutely could not go unavenged!

According to observations, this guy had been hiding underground in the North Wilderness Domain.

It had become a Corpse King at the Land Immortal level a hundred years ago, refined the first strand of Netherworld energy, and now had reached the level of the mid-Great Vehicle Realm.

He was very clear about the current situation; the righteous path in Donghua Zhenzhou was prosperous, and a Corpse King absolutely could not survive.

Therefore, it chose to hide underground and not come out.

Zombies are immortal and indestructible; it had plenty of time to accumulate. As long as it accumulated enough Netherworld energy to enter the perfection level, it could ascend to the Netherworld Realm.

Of course, before that, it would definitely go on a killing spree, taking off the heads of a few Land Immortals to avenge the great hatred of being hunted down back then.

Lu Runping knew where it was, but he did not act rashly because he knew that this thing possessed the 'Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Talents Reversing Universe Flag' that the Demon Venerable had painstakingly snatched back then, which had immense power.

Even if he possessed many supernatural powers, he would definitely suffer if he fought head-on. So, why not worship it? ===== CHAPTER 158 =====