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Chapter 89: Transcending Death
Chapter 89: Transcending Death
Lv Yang sat cross-legged, his mind racing:
"If I could truly forge a false Foundation-Building guardian deity, it would significantly aid my core breakthrough—adding at least a 30% increase in success odds!"
"Not to mention", he continued, "the guardian deity carries complete karmic ties. If needed, I could sever its connection and shift the Wugui Sect's karma onto it."
"True, this means the fortune energy stolen through Heavenly Opportunity Theft can't be used for my own Foundation Building. But dedicating it to the guardian deity still leaves me with seven out of ten odds for success when combining three-grade true qi, the Corpse Liberation Immortal technique, the Sage Body Theft Cultivation Method, and the Mental Severance Heavenly Silkworm Secret."
"If I obtain the Ascension Edict, that becomes eight out of ten!"
"According to the Yanluo Patriarch", he mused, "the more preparation done before Foundation Building, the higher both the success rate and post-breakthrough benefits."
"Foundation Building is essentially gambling one's life. Many cultivators with only 30-40% odds still challenge heaven, relying purely on luck to succeed."
"But such desperate breakthroughs come at a cost. The less preparation, the greater the spiritual damage sustained during Foundation Building. These wounds become permanent after the breakthrough, hindering future advancement until resolved."
"The early Foundation Building stage is essentially a prolonged healing process."
"Conversely, with 70-80% preparation odds, post-breakthrough recovery time decreases dramatically. At 100% preparedness, one could immediately reach late Foundation Building and aspire toward the middle stage."
"This method, known as 'Perfect Foundation Building,' is typically reserved for true juniors' direct disciples."
Lv Yang scoffed. "While Perfect Foundation Building sounds ideal, it merely saves cultivation time. I have no need to chase perfection. Eight out of ten odds are sufficient for my gamble!"
"After all, only by breaking through first can one truly participate in the higher realms' affairs. The benefits of advancing first are undeniable."
Resolving this, he turned his thoughts elsewhere. "Calculating the timing, Yushuzhen should've succeeded by now. If the Heaven-Mending Peak Master truly intervened, she'd have secured the opportunity."
With a hand seal, he began divining Yushuzhen's current situation.
In the Sky-Connecting Sea of Clouds' Secret Realm, within an ancient bronze hall, Yushuzhen floated mid-air. Her thin robes couldn't conceal the crimson flush spreading across her porcelain skin.
Opposite her, Xiao Shiye's eyes burned blood-red. His muscular frame radiated intense yang energy, creating stark contrast with Yushuzhen's overwhelming yin presence.
"Shameless brute!" Yushuzhen's icy voice cracked like thunder as her palm shattered the realm's central bronze coffin, her fury palpable.
Xiao Shiye trembled, yet an unfamiliar sensation stirred within him as her resistance only heightened his loss of control.
The conflict began with a secret realm treasure hunt. Through sheer fortune, he reached the core first—only to have Yushuzhen snatch his opportunity moments later.
The realm's legacy contained a hidden trap: without yin-yang balance after obtaining the inheritance, death would follow immediately. With only the two of them present in the core chamber, the inevitable unfolded.
Xiao Shiye rose instinctively. "Stay back!" Yushuzhen cried, though her hazy gaze and flushed skin betrayed her words.
Her weakness only inflamed him further. As their energies intertwined completely, Xiao Shiye suddenly felt an ivory arm encircle his neck.
A fragrant breeze accompanied Yushuzhen's weakened whisper: "You dare touch me, and I'll take your life!"
Her threat ignited his defiance.
He'd heard of Yushuzhen—the renowned fairy prodigy who surpassed countless disciples to reach late Refining Qi stage at such a young age.
Compared to her, he was merely a mid-stage Refining Qi nobody. From the moment they entered this realm, she'd maintained that icy superiority, snatching his opportunity without a second glance.
Enough was enough!
"I'll take you now—what will you do about it?"
With a roar, Xiao Shiye cast aside all restraint. His hands roamed as yin and yang energies merged completely.
Days passed before Yushuzhen regained consciousness. After further entanglement, she surprisingly spared his life, even saving him.
From that moment, an unbreakable bond formed between them.
Since then, Xiao Shiye couldn't forget her—especially when glimpsing her cold exterior in public, remembering the fire hidden beneath.
Driven by primal instinct, he resolved: "I must grow stronger! Strong enough to stand before Yushuzhen again and claim her as my cultivation partner!"
With this determination, he arrived at the Holy Sect's Gongde Pool.
When you hit rock bottom, any direction is upward. Time to gamble!
Unseen by ordinary eyes, his monumental fortune energy blazed skyward, finally drawing the Gongde Pool's response.
"This time, I'll definitely succeed!"
"I've invested all my contribution points—minimum reward must be gold!"
"If not gold, at least purple!"
As Gongde Pool erupted with radiant seven-colored light, the crowd erupted.
"Jackpot! Jackpot!"
Every disciple's gaze burned with naked envy and murderous intent.
"Who the hell is that!?"
Xiao Shiye ignored them, cradling the colorful Gongde Fish that landed in his palm affectionately.
"This is my rebirth! Yushuzhen will finally see me differently!"
Sensing the covetous gazes around him, he swallowed the Gongde Fish whole, beginning immediate cultivation.
Silence fell.
Every emotion—anger, jealousy, greed—froze in place. Time itself seemed to halt.
Then emerged a figure woven from all colors of heaven and earth: the Fortune Immortal himself.
"Seems this bait yielded good results", the Fortune Immortal mused, nodding at Xiao Shiye. This fortune energy would alleviate his urgent needs.
He moved to reclaim the energy—but froze.
Upon probing Xiao Shiye's body with divine consciousness, he found nothing but emptiness. All true energy and vitality had vanished.
"He's dead."
The Fortune Immortal's smile turned to stone. His face darkened with rage as he stared at the corpse.
A moment later, he calculated the cause—then laughed bitterly:
"What audacity!!!"
(End of Chapter)
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