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Chapter 268: Dharma Body Mysteries, Opportunity in the Sea
Chapter 268: Dharma Body Mysteries, Opportunity in the Sea
Sky-Connecting Sea of Clouds, Holy Flame Cliff.
A brilliant light flared as Lv Yang stepped out of the Heavenly Ascension Hall. Instantly, he sensed multiple Divine Consciousnesses probing him.
“Yuan Tu (Slaughter), where’s Miao Yin?”
A True Man asked. Lv Yang immediately feigned grief: “We encountered calamity in Jie Tian. My wife perished suddenly, and I couldn’t save her.”
“Oh!”
The probing ceased as the consciousnesses withdrew. These were likely allies Miao Yin had cultivated over years, yet now not one questioned her death.
Lv Yang wasn’t surprised. No one mourned the dead, especially when Miao Yin’s demise hadn’t triggered heavenly punishment against him. Clearly, his recent gains made him untouchable to ordinary True Men.
“People leave, the tea grows cold. How cold-hearted the Holy Sect’s disciples are,” he mused. “Unlike me, who cherishes old debts. Even across lifetimes, I never forget.”
Speaking of debts… “Senior Brother Zhao still owes me Contribution Points from previous lifetimes.”
Pity he was dead now. Lv Yang would collect next time they met.
Mulling this over, he flew back to Luofeng Mountain, entered his meditation chamber where his main body practiced Sealed Cultivation, then withdrew his consciousness from his Immortal Embryo Clone.
The clone immediately froze, its eyes dull and vacant, while Lv Yang’s main body stretched contentedly. No need to split consciousness—his clone and main body were one. No risk of betrayal here.
“All in all, not a wasted trip.”
He mentally condensed a three-headed, six-armed spectral form from the clone—a jade-faced, fanged monstrosity—and absorbed it into himself.
Heaven-Encompassing Dharma Body!
His Second-Tier True Cultivation Technique had reached culmination. This Dharma Body was both a Divine Ability and a Spirit Treasure, akin to the Nine Matron Celestial Demon Extermination Sword.
“This Dharma Body holds four profound mysteries! Worth every effort. With all four activated, it rivals innate Divine Abilities. For Foundation Building True Men, it’s a qualitative leap.”
Like Ye Guyue (Solitary Moon) of old. Even after draining her Karmic Merit Fortune and Calamity Qi Obsession in Chongguang, defeating her had required a massive array of formations.
Had she been at peak strength—Foundation Building Mid-Stage Perfection plus the Nine Matron Sword—she’d have bested him easily.
“Though I’d have run instead of fighting. I only fight the weak. That’s the true essence of cultivation. Equal matches are boring. Crush them all, that’s the way.”
He examined the Dharma Body.
“Heaven-Encompassing Dharma Body—four mysteries: Heaven-Seizing, Universal Command, Myriad Phenomena, and Dharma Body itself!”
“Heaven-Seizing,” the highest-ranked, could twist “heaven’s will” within a radius, swaying luck toward the user. Cultivators under its influence would find their techniques effortless while opponents risked misfiring spells.
“Sounds powerful, but limited. Heaven’s will isn’t easily twisted. Effective against Refining Qi cultivators, but weak against Foundation Building peers. Only boosts early stages.”
Yet it synergized perfectly with one of his Life-Bound Divine Abilities.
“Clarify Right and Wrong!”
Among his four Life-Bound abilities, Clarify Right and Wrong was least used—devastating against inferiors, but useless against equals.
Until now.
“Heaven-Seizing might enhance Clarify Right and Wrong, making it effective against peers. Combined, they’d create qualitative change.”
Yet his expression darkened, not elated. He studied the remaining mysteries.
“Universal Command lets you seize souls remotely, bypassing physical advantages. Perfect for Spiritual Body cultivators. Practically screaming Pure Land Buddhist Cultivator names…”
“Myriad Phenomena refines external objects into the Dharma Body, as before.”
“Dharma Body itself is an adaptive boost—the more damaged, the stronger. At peak damage, power doubles!”
“In short, the more I’m hurt, the stronger my Divine Abilities grow. My power peaks at death’s door.”
After a pause, he retracted the Dharma Body.
“This Second-Tier Technique pairs perfectly with Citadel Earth. Was this gift deliberately placed in my path?”
Suspicion arose. He’d lived nine lifetimes in the Holy Sect, learning: Holy Sect opportunities were always baited traps.
Chongguang had gifted the technique before dying. Had Zouyu’s descendants orchestrated this?
If he succeeded in Spirit Harvesting—pulling the Myriad Martial Realm’s Fruit Position into the main world to forge Citadel Earth, then merging Citadel Earth with Pure Land—the power surge might free him from Pure Land’s control, especially with Holy Sect’s interference.
“Not impossible,” he mused. Zouyu’s descendants likely sought Citadel Earth’s return. But he needn’t play their game.
He withdrew a sachet—Miao Yin’s storage pouch, gifted before her death. He’d scoured it already, finding only one item worth notice: a glowing pill.
Ordinary True Men might mistake it for medicine. Only his Array Art expertise revealed its secret.
“What a masterpiece!”
“A universe within a mustard seed. What’s trapped here?”
His Divine Consciousness entered, revealing a stormy lake and a towering, despairing dragon.
“Chong Ying (True Dragon)?”
The dragon roared: “Suo Huan! Kill me if you dare. Why trap me here?”
“This True Dragon King was captured by Suo Huan?”
Perfect. Dragon horns, claws, and scales were treasures for refining his Heaven-Encompassing Dharma Body.
Suddenly, he sensed something. Bringing Myriad Martial Realm essence had replenished Miao Yin’s stolen Terrestrial Sha, even netting surplus Karmic Merit Fortune—covering the third stolen by Chongguang, plus more. He’d reached the threshold for attaining Celestial Vanguard Terrestrial Sha.
The Fortune omen clarified his next path.
“My opportunity has come! The second Celestial Vanguard Terrestrial Sha required for Mid-Stage Foundation Building… connects to this dragon, and lies in the Overseas Dominion?”
(End of Chapter)
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