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Chapter 305: The Impossible Arrival
Chapter 305: The Impossible Arrival
Time flies like an arrow, years pass like a weaving shuttle.
In a secluded courtyard of an ordinary city in Jiangnan...
The location had been sealed off by an Array Art, isolating it from the outside world. Beneath the old pagoda tree in the courtyard sat a red-robed young man cross-legged in meditation.
The youth’s face was identical to Lv Yang’s, though much younger. His eyebrows arched sharply, his lips curled slightly upward, exuding a sharper, more spirited edge than the original. The only flaw was his vacant, unfocused gaze—clearly an empty shell without consciousness.
“Excellent, excellent.”
From another corner of the courtyard, Lv Yang manipulated a Refining Qi-Free Cultivator via the Golden String Puppet technique, observing his creation with fascination.
He had already activated his Assumption Principle.
Though unsure whether a True Monarch was watching, he proceeded as if one were. Thus, he hadn’t personally overseen the entire cultivation process of this Immortal Embryo Clone.
But even that wasn’t enough to guarantee safety.
“The Immortal Embryo Clone still has flaws. If my main consciousness controlling this clone suffers an Ang Xiao calamity, even my true body might be dragged into disaster!”
The lessons of his past life were etched deeply into his mind.
This time, he decided to take a different approach.
Acting swiftly, he directed the Qi-Free Cultivator to retrieve a jade box. Inside shimmered a radiant Divine Consciousness, severed from his own using the Tribulation Tempest Blade. It had been meticulously stripped of karmic ties and memory imprints. With time, it would develop independent awareness—a true “second clone.”
In his previous life, he would’ve never dared this. A self-aware clone was inherently a ticking time bomb, a threat to its creator.
But this life was different.
“This life, I have the Golden String Puppet! I can control it completely while insulating myself from external influence.”
Even if this clone encountered an Ang Xiao calamity and fell victim to a Veil of Cognition illusion, the affected consciousness would be the fragmented one. His true self could still manipulate the clone via the Golden String Puppet, effectively immunizing him against mental interference.
“Suo Huan truly despised Ang Xiao.”
Lv Yang couldn’t help shaking his head. The Golden String Puppetry inherited from Suo Huan’s memories seemed tailor-made to counteract the Veil of Cognition!
Yet the Golden String Puppet had its limits.
“First, my cultivation restricts it. My Immortal Spirit’s true body is still at Early Foundation Building, so I can control at most another Early Foundation Being.”
“Second, this is merely a talent forged from the Ten Thousand Lives Scroll’s Golden Nature. If the target also possesses Golden Nature—like a True Monarch or someone at Foundation Building Perfection like Chongguang—it’ll be nearly impossible to maintain control.”
Although Lv Yang believed severing karmic ties was the Golden String Puppet’s greatest strength, allowing him to compete at the True Monarch level as a mere Foundation Being, the technique still placed him half a step out of the mortal chessboard.
As the fragmented consciousness merged into the Immortal Embryo Clone, the previously lifeless red-robed youth abruptly stood. His once-vacant eyes sharpened, radiating vitality. From the shadows, Lv Yang’s lips curled in satisfaction.
“Mission accomplished!”
At this thought, two radiant auras flared from him—Armaments Sovereign and Adamantine Sovereign—emanating from behind his head like halos.
“I’ll use this clone to visit the Overseas Dominion.”
In the Emerald Sun Cultivation Realm, Overseas Dominion…
Lv Yang arrived in a streak of light, then withdrew two Sky Message talismans from his sleeve—one contacting Chongguang, the other Fortune.
To Fortune: “I’ve arrived. Where are you, fellow cultivator?”
To Chongguang: “Prepare to act.”
Moments later, as Lv Yang watched expectantly, a figure tore through the void, descending silently with a surge of mighty energy.
The newcomer’s angular face bore eyes like temple lanterns—dim but unwavering. With a single glance, Lv Yang felt searing heat, his body instinctively erupting in golden light as the Adamantine Sovereign shielded him.
Foundation Building Perfection!
Lv Yang recoiled, finally recognizing the visitor—Hong Ju, the True Man of the Holy Sect.
Old grudges surged.
Two lifetimes ago, he’d been betrayed by Hong Ju’s Fate-Linked Destiny Codex. Though Hong Ju had aided him in his last life, debts were settled separately.
“I might forget favors, but never vengeance!”
Lv Yang narrowed his eyes. “So Senior Fortune doesn’t trust me? Worried I’d set a trap, he refused to come?”
Hong Ju glanced at him, unimpressed.
Wasn’t it obvious?
They were both True Men of the Holy Sect. Who wouldn’t seize free gains? Fortune naturally guarded against these “beasts.”
“No need to worry. Fortune and I share a unified essence. Whatever I see, hear, or sense, he perceives too.”
Hong Ju’s expression remained calm. Forged from Fortune’s Golden Nature during his True Monarch ascension, he’d persist as long as Fortune’s Golden Nature endured—a being akin to a Dao Aberration, bound to Fortune much like Lv Yang’s clone to himself.
“Such caution… but understandable.”
Lv Yang mused, increasingly certain Fortune’s suspicious demise in the previous life had been orchestrated by Ang Xiao.
At that moment, his Sky Message talisman to Chongguang lit up.
“Fortune hasn’t arrived. Cancel the plan.”
“What a shame.”
Lv Yang sighed inwardly, yet plastered a smile on his face. “No matter. I’ve always believed sincerity can move mountains.”
“In time, Senior Fortune will surely change his view of me.”
In his eyes, Fortune wasn’t truly weak. His past failures stemmed from facing an overpowered adversary—Ang Xiao’s meticulously laid traps. Yet hope lingered.
The Lampfire of Restoration could turn tides. If Fortune reversed his plight and attracted its attention, his chances of rekindling his Golden Core might even surpass Chongguang’s! Unlike Chongguang, his innate Divine Ability was eternally absolute. Since Fortune ascended as a True Monarch before Ang Xiao altered the Chen Earth attribute, he lacked the Chen Earth flaw. With the Lampfire’s blessing, his ascension to True Monarchhood on Fortune Ground remained highly probable!
Hence, Ang Xiao guarded against him fiercely. Over five millennia, he’d denied Fortune even a sliver of opportunity to reclaim his former glory.
Before long, the two entered the Immortal Alliance Headquarters in the Emerald Sun Cultivation Realm.
But the moment they arrived, Lv Yang froze mid-step.
Inside the headquarters stood someone who absolutely shouldn’t exist—someone who made him stop dead in shock.
A voluptuous woman with icy beauty and saintly grace, her every movement exuding aristocratic poise. Yet her long gown split up to her waist, revealing glimpses of pale skin with each step—a white lotus blooming in muddy waters.
“How is this possible?”
Though once a familiar face in the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner, this was the first time in years he’d seen her alive. His pupils constricted sharply:
“.Yushuzhen!?”
(End of Chapter)
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