Chapter 1352: The Bustling World

After bidding farewell to Master Meng Da, Lu Yang returned to the Wen Dao Sect, his life settled into tranquility, with few in the world hearing of his recent movements; the cultivation realm, and indeed the entire universe, entered a phase of peaceful development.

After returning to the Wen Dao Sect, Lu Yang never left the sect again; now the cultivation realm has combined spiritual energy with technology, allowing one to learn of great and small news from across the universe without stepping outside.

Moreover, Lu Yang's understanding of the outside world comes not only from the internet but also from Wen Dao Sect disciples out on training.

"Young people are quite lively," Lu Yang laughed. Although the cultivation realm had long since lifted its war-preparedness state, many heaven-chosen talents had risen during that period, seizing opportunities to soar to the heavens and make great names for themselves across the cosmos.

Speaking of the number of heaven-chosen talents, it is several times greater than in Lu Yang's era, with some saying this is the resurgence of the ancient great age of contention.

Furthermore, many major powers joined forces to host a heaven-chosen grand competition, open to cultivators under a hundred years old, offering not only rich cultivation resources as rewards but also fame spreading across the world, with universal live broadcasts, dark horses continually emerging, making it a grand spectacle of the universe.

Every heaven-chosen talent refuses to yield to another, with various lost arts reappearing and scenes of desperate comebacks unfolding in multiple bouts.

Such scenes astonish even the cultivation realm's common folk who are accustomed to heaven-chosen duels, let alone people from other planets.

The little monk Xin Ding, whom Lu Yang met at the Xitu Temple in the Buddha Kingdom, has already become the top-ranked cultivator on the Buddha Kingdom's Heavenly List, wielding the sealed Heaven-Opening Axe, defeating opponents and converting them.

Also, Song Tianjing, whom Lu Yang met at the Spirit Chef Competition, has truly grasped something from the Immortal's "Complete Cooking Guide," and his masterful poison techniques are opponents no heaven-chosen talent wishes to face.

Although he was expelled from the Spirit Chef world for his poison techniques, he has made a name for himself in the poison world, becoming a formidable and awe-inspiriting rising star.

The only issue is that during the competition, no poison cultivators were present, as they were all imprisoned in the Great Xia dungeons, silently cheering for Song Tianjing.

Speaking of who stood out most in the competition, it must be Meng Banshen.

Meng Jingzhou set up a stall for fortune-telling, cultivating the embryonic form of the Dao fruit, and had not had new news for many years; when he appeared, the audience was stunned—this isn't a heaven-chosen talent competition, so why is Meng Jingzhou participating?

But then they realized Meng Jingzhou's cultivation is too high; among those in the Tribulation Transcendence stage, he is among the strongest, causing people to subconsciously overlook his age, as Meng Jingzhou has cultivated for less than a hundred years, still within the heaven-chosen talent range!

If Lu Yang does not participate, who could be Meng Banshen's match, even if many rushed him at once, they could not shake his stance in the slightest.

Those heaven-chosen talents bearing titles like "Little Lu Yang" or "Meng Jingzhou's caliber" only then truly realized the gap between themselves and Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

People thought Meng Jingzhou's appearance meant Lu Yang would also appear, but the result disappointed them—from the start to the end of the competition, Lu Yang never appeared.

Without doubt, Meng Jingzhou won the championship.

Lu Yang's only public appearance was attending the wedding of Han Hai Jun and Ao Ya, one side being the Wen Dao Sect, the other the East Sea Dragon Palace, both renowned for their grandeur, and when they became dao partners, the entire cultivation realm's forces came to congratulate.

Han Hai Jun fulfilled his promise, setting the wedding venue in the universe; as various forces arrived, each displayed their divine powers—riding boats, gourds, and great demons, as if ancient mythology had reappeared.

This wedding was broadcast live across the universe; other civilizations seeing hundreds of true dragons soaring through space were left dazed, their minds blank, shocked by this sight.

Even immortals came, not just one; this was also the first time immortals appeared before the entire universe, with the barrage continuously filled with prayers to immortals for good luck, tips pouring in, extremely lively.

At this moment, Lu Yang became the inconspicuous one instead.

Cosmic beings are not very familiar with Lu Yang, and upon seeing him, they find it hard to match him with the legends.

But they can distinguish beauty from ugliness; Yun Zhi, Yun Mengmeng, Qing He, Gan Tian, Tao Yao Ye, Lan Ting, and others, whose faces resemble heavenly immortals, each with their own charm, gaining countless fans upon appearance.

Major advertisers also had the idea of having them endorse products, but once they learned of their identities, no one had such thoughts anymore.

After the wedding ended, people's attention once again turned to the struggles among the various heaven-chosen talents.

However, two cultivators who are not heaven-chosen talents attracted everyone's attention.

"Did Fang Shan lose? He wasn't called invincible among Spirit Transformation stage cultivators, so how did he lose to an old-brand Spirit Transformation stage cultivator?"

"Who did he lose to?"

"A person named Mo Xiao Chou, said to be a Buddha Kingdom cultivator, though not renowned in the Buddha Kingdom, and he had disappeared for a long time; upon reappearing, he defeated Mo Xiao Chou."

"On the Unity Cultivation stage side, there also appeared an exceptionally strong old-brand cultivator named Duan Qingshui, also a Buddha Kingdom cultivator."

People puzzled over why heaven-chosen talents could be called such—precisely because they have infinite potential, can fight above their level, defeat old-brand cultivators whose potential is exhausted, using them as background and stepping stones.

Yet precisely among the old-brand cultivators, these two unexpected figures appeared.

Moreover, they are not only strong in combat but have also dabbled in all the arts of cultivation; though not masters, they know more than most cultivators of the same level, making it very difficult to defeat them through cultivation arts.

Their combat awareness is also extraordinary, simply not what one would expect at this level; even facing countless attackers, they handle it with ease.

"Even in Spirit Transformation stage half-immortal group battles, I don't know how many times I've seen such scenes—just with this few people, you think you can trap me?"

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The heaven-chosen talents were doubtful, for half-immortals of the Tribulation Transcendence stage in this era rarely clash, let alone engage in multiple group battles—where did these two gain such experience?

Rumors claim they both entered an ancient relic secret realm simultaneously, where countless ancient masters left behind avatars and inheritances; they spent countless ages passing trials, undergoing a transformation of shedding the mortal womb and exchanging bones, gaining ancient inheritances.

Upon this rumor spreading, the cultivation realm stirred up a trend of searching for this ancient relic secret realm, all hoping to become as strong as Mo Xiao Chou and Duan Qingshui.

Unfortunately, they found nothing.

When prisoners saw reports about these two, they happily called a temporary truce, agreeing to continue fighting tomorrow.

"I just knew little Mo had the ability!"

"Little Duan didn't lose the prestige of my Great Qian!"

Lu Yang took in all these scenes, merely smiling faintly, with no intention of getting involved.

He is currently very busy, trying not to bother with trivial matters; the most pressing matter now is cultivation.

"Come, second boss, try my newly researched dish."

"Lu Yang, the river spirit used water to make me a body—what do you think?" Bai Shuang jumped up and down like a child, showing off her new body.

"Writing cultivation methods is so hard—can't you help me write it?" Xia He complained endlessly, unsure how to write the cultivation method, stinking Lu Yang giving not even a hint.

Lu Yang lay on the rocking chair, swaying, scrolling through news, tilted his head, opened his mouth, and took a bite: "The taste is not bad."

He leaned forward slightly, sprang up, and ate a few more bites of Yun Mengmeng's new dish, still wanting more.

"It's time to enter seclusion for a breakthrough."

(End of Chapter)