Chapter 628: Transcendence and Omniscience

Tianmen Peak.

The exquisite zither music was melodious and gentle, like a babbling stream flowing by the ears, light and airy, as if deep in soft clouds. The meridians all over the body felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

Lu Yang lay lazily in the grass, pillowing his head with both hands, chewing on a dogtail grass, listening to the Third Senior Sister's zither music, feeling that the fatigue from the Chunjiang City trip had almost vanished.

While listening to the Third Senior Sister's zither music, Lu Yang picked up a lotus seed from the plate and threw it into his mouth.

If someone knowledgeable were here, they would recognize this as a lotus seed from the Twin Lotus. The Twin River surface was full of them, and Lu Yang had picked several lotus pods when he left.

The Third Senior Sister was worthy of being a cultivator skilled in music. Lu Yang had no research in this area and couldn't distinguish the notes, but listening from a normal person's perspective, it sounded very comfortable.

"Senior Sister, what is the name of this piece you are playing?"

The Third Senior Sister smoothed the strings, the zither music vanished, and the surroundings became quiet: "This is an ancient piece gifted to me by Senior Lianyi. It's called 'Phoenix Perching by the Stream,' a piece created when Senior felt inspired while resting by the stream."

Jiang Lianyi used a jade flute as a weapon and was unrivaled in the field of music.

Even the Immortal Fairy, who competed for first place in everything, had to bow down.

"Senior Sister, how did you become an apprentice to our Master?" Lu Yang asked curiously.

The Third Senior Sister sighed rarely: "My parents were only Golden Core stage cultivators and didn't know much about our sect. The entrance test at the time was organized by Master. He saw that I had extraordinary talent and wanted to take me as an apprentice."

"At that time, I didn't know what kind of person our Master was; I only knew he was the Sect Master."

"Since the Sect Master wanted to take me, I was certainly willing."

"I didn't expect that after just two lessons, the teaching location changed."

"Changed to where?"

"In prison. During that time, Senior Sister was in seclusion, and Second Senior Brother entered the Buddha Kingdom. I could only find Master for lessons while visiting him in prison. Learning was truly hard. People in the prison at that time praised me for being a filial daughter."

"Fortunately, Senior Sister came out of seclusion later, and the learning environment improved a lot."

"Senior Sister taught you?"

The Third Senior Sister shook her head: "Senior Sister bailed Master out as a guarantor. Senior Sister is not skilled in music and couldn't teach me."

"Our Master knows music too?"

"Yes, and his level is even higher than mine. He can sing while playing the sword, his voice is varied, and he can imitate the sounds of various instruments. I heard it's a skill he practiced when he was young, telling stories while playing to liven things up."

Lu Yang didn't expect his Master to have such high skills.

The Third Senior Sister continued to play, and Lu Yang enjoyed the music until an inharmonious voice disturbed the peaceful state of mind.

The Immortal Fairy snorted coldly, feeling looked down upon by Lu Yang: "Who says this Immortal doesn't know the Dao of music? The pieces I play are inspiring."

"Fairy, you know the Dao of music? I haven't heard you play before?" Considering the Immortal Fairy had found the Twin River and was in a good mood, Lu Yang temporarily showed respect, changing his address from "you" to "you (polite)."

"The pieces of this Immortal are not something a mere Nascent Soul stage cultivator like you is qualified to hear."

"When this Immortal plays, I don't borrow immortal artifacts; I use Dao rhyme as strings, which can make the heavens and earth tremble and resonate with the Great Dao. The momentum is magnificent, unique through the ages. Who wouldn't tremble with excitement upon hearing it?"

Lu Yang became more curious: "Then how do you play?"

"Self-detonation."

"... No wonder the body trembles."

"Speaking of which, Fairy, when you were assassinated back then, didn't you have time to self-detonate?"

According to the Immortal Fairy's personality, her first reaction should have been to self-detonate, which could both hurt the opponent and save her life.

"Now that you mention it, that makes sense. Why didn't I self-detonate?"

The Immortal Fairy lowered her head, frowning as she recalled the events of that time, which remained a chaos. She didn't know if it was the mastermind's means or if her state at that time was not quite right.

"Damn it, if I hadn't had an accident back then, I would have broken through to above the Immortal stage by now!"

"The Jiu Chong Immortal was the first Immortal; it should be my turn to be number one."

Lu Yang got excited when he heard this topic, not even caring about the lotus seed by his mouth: "Is that the state above the Immortal stage you mentioned before, where you cut off all karma and cultivation advances further?"

The Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes: "That's the theory of the Jiu Chong Immortal and the others. What I advocate is that the more karma, the higher the cultivation, and only then can one break through."

"According to the theory of the Jiu Chong Immortal and the others, the state above the Immortal stage is called 'Transcendence,' where no karma touches the body, an existence that transcends everything."

"According to my theory, the state above the Immortal stage is called 'Omniscience,' where one is connected to all things in the world, reaching the state of omniscience and omnipotence, which perfectly fits my intelligence!"

Lu Yang looked the Immortal Fairy up and down. After returning to the Congwendao Sect, the Great Heroic Treasure Hall in the mental space disappeared, returning to the original simple room decoration. When the Immortal Fairy introduced the state above the Immortal stage, she was rolling around while speaking, disheveled, unkempt, and giggling, making it hard to associate her with words like "intelligent" or "omniscience."

The Immortal Fairy crossed her little feet with both hands and sat up, swaying left and right like a tumbler: "If only my cultivation insights were still here. Maybe I could remember what happened back then if I read them."

"By the way, I suggest you take the plate and run far away now, so you can save the lotus seeds in the plate." The Immortal Fairy said suddenly.

Lu Yang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

The zither music stopped, and the Third Senior Sister suddenly said to Lu Yang: "Little Junior Brother, hurry away from here; Senior Sister is about to break through."

As she spoke, dark clouds gathered over Tianmen Peak, and the sound of thunder faintly echoed.

Lu Yang suddenly realized—the Third Senior Sister was about to break through to the Void Refinement stage, and this was the thunder tribulation she had summoned!

After the Nascent Soul stage, every breakthrough would summon a thunder tribulation; this was the rule set by the Ying Tian Immortal!

Lu Yang didn't say a word, not even caring about the lotus seeds in the plate, and ran down the mountain as fast as he could!

He had just seen the "Immortal Quotations," and now he was most afraid of encountering thunder tribulation!

Lu Yang ran fast, but the Invincible Infant ran even faster, reaching the front of Lu Yang in the blink of an eye.

Lu Yang: "..."

When the Invincible Infant reached the foot of the mountain and stopped running, Lu Yang also stopped, which meant the Invincible Infant thought this was the safest place.

"Why did it break through so suddenly?"

"It's not exactly sudden. This girl is playing 'Phoenix Perching by the Stream' gifted by Lianyi. Unlike my self-detonation, this is a piece that can calm the mind. The Void Refinement stage fluctuates, and this piece is just right for stabilizing the realm. Plus, she was already on the verge of breaking through, so it's reasonable for her to break through now."

The second update is at 11 o'clock.

(End of chapter)

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