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Chapter 101: I've Always Been Loyal to the Holy Sect
Chapter 101: I've Always Been Loyal to the Holy Sect
"You were entangled in karmic debts, lost all your Karmic Fortune in an instant, and ultimately took your own life."
[Current Hundred Lives Sutra Remaining Pages: 93]
"Reincarnate once, you may choose one of the following from your past life's gains:
One: Treasures.
Two: Cultivation.
Three: Lifespan.
Four: Forfeit all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on past experiences."
"The one whose name is called should step forward."
The familiar voice made Lv Yang feel as though he'd traveled through time, but he quickly steadied himself and examined the Hundred Lives Sutra interface:
[Name: Lv Yang]
[Lifespan: 18]
[Cultivation: Refining Qi - Tenth Layer of Perfection]
[Talents: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White), Adept in Combat (Purple)]
[Cultivation Technique: Nine Metamorphosis Dragon Art (Perfection)]
[Divine Abilities: Divine Thunder Sword Art (Perfection), Formation Treasure Manual (Perfection), Breath-Sealing Method (Perfection), Grand Multiform Divine Convergence Method (Perfection), Heavenly Opportunity Theft Art (Perfection), Sage Body Theft Cultivation Technique (Perfection), Supreme Yin Shedding Corpse Liberation True Art (Initial Success), Mental Severance Heavenly Silkworm Secret (Initial Success)]
[Treasures: Blood Sun Sword Core (Supreme Artifact), Primordial Qi (Supreme Oddity)]
[Hundred Lives Sutra Pages: 93]
After reincarnating, Lv Yang retained his initial state from the previous life. His Status Rank only had the bonus from [Sage Body Theft Cultivation Technique], while the other two Supreme Divine Abilities remained unmastered.
"I choose treasures."
Without hesitation, Lv Yang selected his reward. In an instant, the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner, black and purple in color, materialized in his dantian.
With a thought, the banner fluttered, and a graceful figure emerged from it, followed by eight red-robed vengeful spirits. They instantly merged to reform the Yanmo Hall, suppressing all karmic traces on Lv Yang's body.
However, compared to the previous life, the Yanmo Hall had significantly diminished.
"Because the Skull Mountain is gone", Lv Yang realized. In his last life, the Yanmo Hall relied on the Skull Mountain as its foundation, but this time it could only reside within the banner's pocket dimension.
Though the Yanmo Hall still maintained a Foundation Building-level Status Rank, it now lacked substance despite retaining its form. In this state, it might not even defeat the Heaven-Mending Peak Master's soul from his previous life. It could only perform tasks like concealing karmic traces that relied solely on Status Rank.
But this was a minor issue.
The Skull Mountain wasn't going anywhere. At worst, he'd return later to reestablish its foundation.
Lv Yang looked up, waiting patiently. This time, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master failed to detect him and withdrew his divine consciousness in frustration.
Nodding in satisfaction, Lv Yang checked his karmic traces and smiled calmly. "As expected, the banner spirits and the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner are truly one. At least according to the Hundred Lives Sutra's judgment, choosing it as a reward erased all its karmic ties."
He could no longer sense the karmic traces of the Golden Core Sword Qi.
The Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner itself, along with its spirits, had become an untraceable, causeless entity in Lv Yang's eyes.
After organizing his thoughts, he turned his gaze to Liu Xin on the platform.
This time, he would replicate his actions from two lives ago.
"Last life, the reason Fulong Luohan betrayed me was ultimately because I wasn't truly part of the Holy Sect. I lacked a powerful patron."
The Holy Sect was the Holy Sect—people could call it evil, but never weak.
If he'd been a True Transmission Disciple in his previous life, even the Subduing Dragon Arhat wouldn't have dared to abduct him to Jiangxi to practice Buddhism.
This life, Lv Yang resolved to seize the status of a True Transmission Disciple.
From this perspective, the Three Rivers Association was an excellent choice.
"At least Chongguang Zhenren and True Man Yinshan seem reasonable. At the very least, they didn't kill me to seize the Celestial Corpse Miasma last time."
Lv Yang believed they had the capability.
They had the power but chose not to act. In the Holy Sect, such people were rare. Plus, Chongguang Zhenren, a Foundation Building expert at perfection, was a formidable patron.
"Truthfully, I've always been loyal to the Holy Sect."
"Everyone in the Holy Sect is talented—I love it here! Though I didn't join last life, I was already one of them in spirit!"
Soon, the initiation ceremony ended.
The following events unfolded identically to previous lives. Liu Xin assigned Lv Yang to the Happiunion Hall, and Yushuzhen recruited him into her cultivation cave.
Though he'd done this many times, Lv Yang hardened his heart each time.
With the Dao before him, how could he show mercy?
Yushuzhen must die.
Staring at Yushuzhen's lifeless body, Lv Yang frowned and suddenly summoned the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner, calling out Su Nu.
"Your servant greets Master", Su Nu bowed respectfully, her ample curves swaying as she ignored the corpse beside her.
"Do you recognize her?"
Lv Yang pointed at Yushuzhen's body. Su Nu glanced sideways, and Lv Yang immediately focused on her thoughts.
She first hesitated, her delicate brows furrowing at the identical face before her, then relaxed. "Yes, Master. That was my former self. Are you seeking to resurrect her?"
Lv Yang's face darkened. "Nonsense! I'm a cultivator!"
He was simply curious about what would happen if two Yushuzhens coexisted in one world. Talking about resurrection was unseemly.
"It seems the Hundred Lives Sutra corrected this bug."
After reincarnation, while the banner spirits retained their memories, their self-perception had been forcibly altered after their karmic ties were erased.
She knew she was Yushuzhen but didn't believe she was Yushuzhen—a shadow of the original.
As Lv Yang pondered, Su Nu suddenly waved her hand toward the corpse, sending a strange karmic ripple through the air.
"What are you doing?"
Lv Yang looked up, seeing Su Nu herself seemed confused. After a pause, she placed her hand on Yushuzhen's body as if retrieving something.
The next moment—
"Hmph!?"
Lv Yang's pupils contracted. Su Nu, who had been cleansed of all karmic ties by the Hundred Lives Sutra, suddenly bore new karmic traces!
Yushuzhen's karmic traces!
"This is possible!?"
Lv Yang's eyes lit up. Could a banner spirit borrow its original's karmic traces while both existed in the world?
He immediately turned to Su Nu. "How did you do that? How far can this ability go? Are there any limitations?"
Su Nu hesitated, then softly replied, "There's a distance limit. If too far, it won't work. No physical contact is needed. If the original dies, the karmic traces can be permanently borrowed."
"Fascinating."
Lv Yang's expression turned contemplative. He looked at the other two banner spirits within the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner—Chen Xin'an and the Heaven-Mending Peak Master's projection. Could they do the same?
This ability could be invaluable!
If banner spirits could steal their original's karmic traces, they could replace the original entirely once the original died!
Even without killing the original, they could commit crimes using the karmic traces and shift the blame to the original.
"Unexpectedly beneficial."
He then turned to Liu Xin, who waited outside.
A plan formed in his mind.
"Chen Xin'an!"
First, eliminate the original Chen Xin'an. Then have the banner spirit Chen Xin'an assume his karmic traces, reunite with the Heaven-Mending Peak Master as father and son.
This would plant a spy within the Heaven-Mending Peak Master's inner circle.
Moreover, with Chen Xin'an's status as a Holy Sect True Transmission Disciple and son of a True Man, many resources would become accessible.
If Lv Yang later broke through to Foundation Building, he could even have the banner spirit Chen Xin'an lure the Heaven-Mending Peak Master out of the sect, exploit their familial bond to ambush and kill him, then replace him with the Heaven-Mending Peak Master's banner spirit!
(End of Chapter)
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