Chapter 179: Once More, Break Through Mid-Stage!
Chapter 179: Once More, Break Through Mid-Stage!
Faced with the dual threats of the Daoist Abomination and Pure Land’s encroachment, you chose a third path—exploding with unyielding defiance. Your life could only be described as legendary.
[Current Hundred Lives Scroll Remaining Pages: 92]
Reincarnate First Life: From your past life’s achievements, choose one:
1. Treasures
2. Cultivation
3. Lifespan
4. Forfeit all gains, randomly awakening a talent based on past experiences]
On Luofeng Mountain, Lv Yang opened his eyes but remained dazed for a long moment, the radiant golden pupils of that divine vision still burning in his mind. The howling wind atop the peak seemed to vanish into silence. All he could hear was his own heart hammering with terror, sweat pouring from his body until his robes were soaked through. His lips parted, but his breath caught like a broken rhythm.
After an eternity, he finally choked out a single word.
"World-Honored One?!"
What the hell was that final apparition? It wasn’t the White-Clothed Woman, nor the Golden Core Sovereign of Pure Land—it was someone entirely different!
A chilling realization struck him. The Pure Land Bodhisattva—those Golden Core Sovereigns who had seemingly achieved individual consciousness—were likely nothing more than avatars forged from the World-Honored One’s Brahman Self Unity. As long as the Pure Land World-Honored One willed it, they could inhabit any vessel at any moment. The power of the Ten Thousand Lives Scroll had clearly drawn the attention of this supreme entity!
"He could even speak!" Lv Yang gasped, his breath ragged as he gradually calmed his racing heart. His wariness toward Pure Land escalated to near-paranoia.
Just moments ago, he’d been lamenting his "too smooth" journey. Then came the Daoist Abomination, the True Monarch, and now the Pure Land World-Honored One herself—each shattering his complacency.
This world was lethal! The power gap between cultivation stages was bad enough, but these ancient experts had a nasty habit of treating newcomers like cannon fodder in their own playground.
He made his decision instantly:
"Screw this 【Citadel Earth】! Too much karmic backlash—Foundation Building Initial Stage already got me targeted by a Golden Core Sovereign? Not worth the risk. Time to cut losses and bail."
His plan crystallized.
"First, maximize cultivation at the second anchor point. Uncover the Emerald Sun Cultivation Realm’s secrets—does it truly enable Primordial Qi of Great Perfection’s First Grade?"
"Then investigate if an innate True Man is manipulating events."
"If safe—or survivable—I’ll return to the first anchor point reincarnating, taking the First Grade Primordial Qi method with me."
Goodbye to that garbage Nine Metamorphosis Dragon Art with its mere Third Grade Qi! Starting fresh with First Grade Qi and Foundation Building experience, he’d rebuild his power ten times faster. True cultivation paradise awaited!
Yet he acknowledged a bitter truth:
"My advantages still aren’t big enough."
Clutching his teeth, he opened the Ten Thousand Lives Scroll interface, selecting the second anchor point at peak condition.
[Name: Lv Yang]
[Lifespan: 100 years]
[Cultivation: Foundation Building Initial Stage]
[Talents: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White), A Few Tricks Up One’s Sleeve (Purple)]
[Dao Foundation: Ten-Thousand-Chariot Dragon Sovereign Dao Foundation]
[Divine Ability: Imperial Dragon Chariot (Determine Kinship, Resolve Suspicion, Differentiate Sameness, Clarify Right and Wrong)]
[Treasures: Primordial Qi (Supreme Rare Treasure), Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner (Supreme Spirit Treasure), Avici Sword (Supreme Spirit Treasure), Ultimate Heaven Instrument (Supreme Spirit Treasure), Three-Heaven Soul-Severing Gourd (Intermediate Spirit Treasure)]
[Ten Thousand Lives Scroll Pages: 92]
[Anchor Point System: 0]
No hesitation—he chose 【Treasures】, materializing the Wu Earth Qi he’d fought so hard to obtain in his previous life.
"With Wu Earth Qi secured, I don’t need to risk overseas expeditions. Time to prepare for Foundation Building Mid-Stage breakthrough!"
First, he’d replicate his past actions: defeating the Subduing Dragon Arhat, then joining Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s faction to obtain Chen Shuqian’s Azure Phoenix Noon Flame. This time, he’d waste no time—immediately fusing Wu Earth Qi after healing, mentally prepared.
"This breakthrough’s risky—unknown Mid-Stage tribulation mechanics, Yin Flame’s true power. Failure’s possible. But so what? Reincarnate, pick a talent, and retry."
As expected, this life’s events mirrored the past. Skipping the overseas segment but defeating Subduing Dragon Arhat and humiliating Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s family still earned him Holy Sect fame. The resulting talent would be formidable.
"One last gamble!"
Without hesitation, his Dao Foundation manifested—the resplendent Imperial Dragon Chariot soaring within the Foundation Building Realm. Wu Earth Qi surged forward. One of the four Jiao Long dragons reared, swallowing the energy whole.
First Celestial Vanguard—fused!
Lv Yang’s brows furrowed, sensing shifts in his Dao Foundation and Life-Bound Divine Ability. A new mystery awakened within his Divine Ability:
"【Differentiate Sameness】?!"
He calculated rapidly: "Choosing the Yin hour for breakthrough—aligning with Earth’s 【Shetige】terrestrial energy resonance. This fusion triggers 【Differentiate Sameness】… manifesting the Divine Ability 【Embrace Mountain】!"
He grasped the truth: lower-grade Qi cultivators could never reach Golden Core. Only the Dao Foundation forged from Third Grade Qi bore four mysteries, fully housing four Divine Abilities. Below that, even elites like Divine Martial Gate’s Huan Wu True Man or Wu Cang possessed merely one or three—dooming their future paths before Foundation Building Peak, let alone Golden Core ascension.
Suddenly, icy dread crept from his soles.
"Here it comes!"
He steeled himself as black flame erupted from his Yongquan acupoint, racing upward to scorch his Dantian. Yin Flame’s passage ignited his organs! Unfazed, Azure Phoenix Noon Flame surged to heal, counterbalancing destruction and repair. The Yin Flame encased his Dao Foundation like a refining furnace—Wu Earth Qi and Life-Bound Divine Ability as ingredients. Survive until the Qi solidified into a Divine Ability, and the tribulation would pass.
But healing couldn’t keep pace with the flames.
"Pure Azure Phoenix Noon Flame isn’t enough…"
Time for his ace. Sighing, he summoned Chen Shuqian.
Their dual-cultivation-enhanced Azure Phoenix Noon Flame worked better, though intimate cultivation irked him. Sacrifices must be made.
Ten days later, Lv Yang exited the secret chamber, stepping over Chen Shuqian’s unconscious form.
"Ten days of relentless effort… finally succeeded!"
Within the golden auspicious clouds of Foundation Building Realm, the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Dragon Sovereign Dao Foundation erupted with a colossal mountain—Divine Ability 【Embrace Mountain】 forged!
Foundation Building Mid-Stage—achieved!
(End of Chapter)
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