Chapter 33: Primordial Chaos Hunyuan One Qi Divine Talisman

After a long while, Lu Yang held a yellowed talisman in his hand, examining it with great interest.

After refining Liu Xin into a banner spirit, Lu Yang had him recount his life story in detail, including how he had trapped and killed Chen Xin'an and how he had evaded the deductions of the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"The Primordial Chaos One-Qi Divine Talisman."

"It is indeed this talisman," Liu Xin said, prostrating himself and bowing respectfully. "This talisman was left behind by a Primordial Daoist. As long as one carries it, they can evade the deductions of karma."

Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction. He then lightly shook the Myriad Spirit Banner. This time, descending from the banner was a handsome young man dressed in black robes. Upon seeing Lu Yang, the newcomer froze for a moment, then looked toward Liu Xin, who had already become a banner spirit, and his body began to tremble violently.

"Haha... Hahaha! So you have come to this day as well."

Chen Xin'an laughed toward the sky, then looked at Liu Xin: "I thought you were already incompetent, but I didn't expect your incompetence to exceed my imagination."

"To be refined back into a banner spirit by someone else?"

"How did you manage it?"

"..." Facing Chen Xin'an's mockery, Liu Xin merely kept his head bowed, showing no intention of answering. Only then did Chen Xin'an turn his gaze toward Lu Yang.

"Truly worthy of being a disciple of my Saint Sect," Chen Xin'an remarked with a word of praise, clapping his hands and laughing. "Junior Brother, I do not ask you to let me go to reincarnate, and since you killed Liu Xin, you have already avenged my deepest grudge... How about this: as a reward, I shall grant you a secret treasury?"

"I am now a banner spirit; you can naturally see through what is real and what is false."

"That secret treasury is located on an island deep within the Sea of Clouds, known as Gourd Island. Your cultivation is currently low; it would be best to wait until you reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement before going..."

"No need."

Lu Yang showed no sign of temptation upon hearing this. He shook his head indifferently. "Senior Brother Chen, we are all disciples of the Saint Sect; why bother with such pretenses?"

"...Junior Brother, you truly misunderstand me."

Chen Xin'an sighed deeply. "Although most of us disciples of the Saint Sect do not care for fraternal bonds, we do repay kindness. We are by no means heartless or unprincipled villains..."

"Stop trying to gild your own reputation," Lu Yang interrupted without hesitation, sneering. "Where are the good people among the Saint Sect disciples? Every single one of those who managed to survive is a villain! Don't waste your breath, Senior Brother Chen; I have no intention of going to your secret treasury."

Lu Yang harbored deep wariness toward this True Inheritance Senior Brother.

If there truly were such a secret treasury, why had Liu Xin not sought it out all these years while holding the Myriad Spirit Banner? Most likely, he was afraid that Chen Xin'an would turn the tables on him!

This man had a deep background and unpredictable methods; he was entirely different from someone like Liu Xin. Even as a banner spirit, he could not be fully trusted.

Chen Xin'an's expression shifted slightly. "Then why did you summon me out? What is your true intention?"

"Just conducting an experiment."

Lu Yang's tone was flat, but Chen Xin'an sensed the danger within it and hurriedly said, "Wait, wait... I also know of a Foundation Establishment opportunity somewhere..."

*Boom!*

In the next second, Lu Yang acted without hesitation. Ignoring the so-called Foundation Establishment opportunity, he directly struck and dissipated Chen Xin'an's true spirit that had been refined into the Myriad Spirit Banner.

"No—!"

"The Master of Butian Peak targeted me so much in my previous life; in this life, I'll start by beating his son to death to vent my anger. I'll wait a few more lives until I reach Foundation Establishment before I go kill him!"

Lu Yang's face remained calm.

Possessing the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], his Dao heart was incredibly firm and unyielding. No matter how powerful his opponent was, he had confidence that he would eventually prevail.

As for the Foundation Establishment opportunity—coincidentally, he knew of one as well!

Chen Xin'an's aura completely dissipated, his soul scattered. Lu Yang then put away the Myriad Spirit Banner, tidied up the scene, and began to wait silently.

A short while later, Butian Peak shook violently!

A familiar sense of pressure emerged, as if Mount Tai were pressing down upon him. Lu Yang immediately put on an expression of terror; he knew exactly what it was.

It was the gaze of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Clearly, his complete killing of Chen Xin'an had alerted the Master of Butian Peak. The other party was likely already using karma to deduce the culprit.

Normally, he should have been discovered in the next second.

Lu Yang waited in his cave dwelling like this for half an hour, but even after the pressure vanished, the Master of Butian Peak did not appear before him.

"...It really works!"

He couldn't calculate it!

Lu Yang's face remained composed, but he laughed inwardly. With this verification, he could finally cultivate the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique with peace of mind in this life.

For his subsequent actions, Lu Yang replicated his operations from previous lives.

First, he manipulated the market for Substitute Yin Puppets to earn contribution points, then he manipulated Yun Miaoqing to mask his sword techniques and sword pills, and finally, he purchased a large amount of spiritual pills to begin his secluded cultivation.

Ten years later.

In the blink of an eye, generations of disciples rose and fell, and the various storms stirred in the past returned to calm. The development trend of the Saint Sect remained steady and positive.

Only today seemed to possess a few differences.

Heaven and Earth resonated. Lu Yang's secluded cave dwelling seemed to become a vortex, as majestic spiritual energy surged from all directions like a bursting dam.

"Is this... a celestial phenomenon!?"

"A Senior Brother is condensing his Qi Seed and breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refinement!"

Even in the Primordial Saint Sect, the late stage of Qi Refinement was considered a high-level laborer; they would no longer be easily treated as mere "talents," but would possess a certain degree of autonomy.

Therefore, within Butian Peak, when the disciples who were busy struggling for their daily livelihoods saw the celestial phenomenon manifested by Lu Yang's breakthrough, although they couldn't help but marvel, beneath that marvel lay even stronger feelings of envy, jealousy, and even resentment: "Why wasn't it me?"

At the same time, inside the cave dwelling, Lu Yang opened his eyes.

In an instant, a flash of white light seemed to streak through the dim quiet room, blindingly bright!

"The concept of bottlenecks is indeed well-founded."

Lu Yang's cultivation speed in this life was the same as in his previous life; he reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement—the peak of the middle stage—in just three short years, only to languish at the bottleneck for seven years.

This was only because he had experienced one breakthrough to the late stage of Qi Refinement before.

Otherwise, this time would likely have been even longer. It was easy to see why so many cultivators were stuck at this step, unable to advance a single inch for their entire lives.

Having just broken through, Lu Yang was in no hurry to exit. Instead, he sat in meditation for another three days until he had completely mastered the changes in his true qi, physique, and spiritual sense before standing up.

He opened the panel of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]

[Name: Lu Yang] [Age: 28] [Cultivation: 7th Level Qi Refinement (Late Stage), 9th Grade Array Master] [Talents: Heterodox Prodigy (White), Having Some Skill (Purple)] [Cultivation Technique: Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique (7th Layer)] [Divine Abilities: Divine Firmament Sword Control True Formula (Small Success), Array Treasure Secret Interpretation (Perfection), Killing Curse (Perfection), Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light (Perfection), Qi Concealment Technique (Perfection)] [Treasures: Blood Sun Sword Pill (Superior Magic Treasure), Primordial Chaos One-Qi Myriad Spirit Banner (Superior Magic Treasure)] [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes Page Count: 95]

Though both were in the late stage of Qi Refinement, the Lu Yang of this life was much stronger than the Lu Yang of two lives ago. Their true qi was not even on the same level; if they truly fought, it would be a complete slaughter.

Especially after mastering the Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light, combined with the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Array Map, even if the opponent was also in the late stage of Qi Refinement, once they were enveloped by his array, they would face certain death unless they were extremely familiar with him and had prepared methods to counter the Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light.

"But it's still not entirely safe."

The Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light was powerful, but it was merely a divine ability that an ordinary disciple could find. Who knew what powerful divine abilities those True Inheritance disciples possessed?

"True Inheritance disciples... I wonder if I will have the chance?"

Lu Yang's face showed anticipation. In this life, with the divine talisman obscuring his karma, his identity was perfectly clean. Generally speaking, it would be very easy to become a target for recruitment.

After all, even to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a late-stage Qi Refinement practitioner made for a decent servant.

Moreover, unlike his life two generations ago, he had not transformed into a blood shadow, and his path to immortality had not been severed. No matter how one looked at it, he should possess a certain investment value.

Thus, Lu Yang had already made up his mind.

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator truly extended an olive branch, he would not refuse, even if it were the Master of Butian Peak. He would take the benefits first; grievances could be dealt with in the next life.

A man's knees are worth gold; today is the day to cash in!