Chapter 157: Shore of the East Sea!
Lu Qingyang’s emotions took a long time to settle.
He never imagined that the thing he brought back had nearly destroyed an entire Middle Thousand World.
Fortunately, relying on the memories from his several Simulations of Return to True and his heaven-defying Comprehension, he had refined this special Immortal Artifact at the very last moment.
Fortunately as well, this Immortal Artifact was not known for offense. Otherwise, it absolutely could not have been refined so easily.
“Hoo…”
He drew a deep breath. Lu Qingyang raised his palm and studied the round orb in his hand carefully.
“The dwelling place of a Desolate Ancient Sect… could it be something like a mountain gate?”
“But this thing is quite suitable for my Chaotian Sect. As the sect develops, Tiangong Island is gradually becoming stretched thin.”
“Nowadays, even the outer sea has begun filling in seas to make islands. With this, there will be nothing left to worry about.”
“It’s just…”
Lu Qingyang’s thoughts suddenly halted.
He looked at the distant sky, at the Heavenly Dao that seemed to still be searching for its target, and at the countless disciples crying out in shock and suspicion. His eyes flickered.
“It’s just that I can’t take it out for the next couple of years. The emergence of this thing would definitely draw a lot of attention.”
“After I rest for a while, I’ll dress it up a bit and make it smaller.”
“Then no one should associate it with that black orb that wanted to destroy the world.”
“Hm… the name ‘black orb’ isn’t very appropriate either. From now on, you’ll be called the Chaotian Palace.”
Lu Qingyang murmured softly to himself. With a flip of his palm, he tucked the round orb into his storage bag.
On the other side, those towering figures who had just been teleported down to the realm looked at the now-empty sky of the Prison Dragon Realm.
Their gazes turned cold as they turned back to look at the people who had called them down.
Seeing this, the various powerhouses of the Prison Dragon Realm all stood frozen in place, at a loss. They had no idea how to explain…
And after all this commotion, Lu Qingyang’s Return to True time had already cooled down.
He was rather looking forward to this Return to True.
Such a magnificent run — I wonder if the ending can be even more bountiful!
A burning light shone in Lu Qingyang’s eyes. Then he spoke softly.
“Return to True.”
Shua!
As his words fell, the scene before his eyes flickered abruptly.
The familiar pitch-black environment, the familiar voices of his parents.
And a Return to True opening that perfectly matched the Simulation’s start.
A Great Vehicle sect, Great Vehicle parents, the Young Sect Master.
Countless cultivation resources, Foundation Establishment at light speed.
In the end, he stepped into the Golden Core a full six years earlier than in the Simulation.
“Hoo… Condensing the core at ten years old. The Second Generation opening really is convenient.”
“But this time, I won’t run around everywhere like I did in the Simulation.”
Lu Qingyang sat cross-legged within his own great hall.
As an immortal second generation, he could obtain almost all resources below the Great Vehicle stage.
Why would he need to run around everywhere?
Thinking this, Lu Qingyang sank into cultivation.
And everyone within the Azure Mountain Dao Sect knew that their Young Master was a cultivation maniac.
Every day was nothing but cultivation, cultivation, and more cultivation.
He would not even step out of his own secluded cultivation hall.
Time passed in the blink of an eye — several decades.
On his forty-second birthday, Lu Qingyang’s cultivation stepped into the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, only one step away from Soul Transformation.
And in the Simulation, this day had been the beginning of the Secondary Realm Human Race’s disaster.
Fortunately, Lu Qingyang was currently within the sect.
Thus, the conflict between the Sea Clan and the Human Race did not occur.
The world was calm and peaceful, with no incidents.
At fifty, Lu Qingyang was in secluded cultivation.
At one hundred, Lu Qingyang stepped into Soul Transformation.
At one hundred fifty, Lu Qingyang was in secluded cultivation.
At two hundred, Lu Qingyang reached the Great Perfection of Soul Transformation.
At two hundred fifty, Lu Qingyang was in secluded cultivation.
At three hundred, Lu Qingyang advanced to Void Return.
At three hundred fifty, Lu Qingyang was in secluded cultivation.
At four hundred, Lu Qingyang achieved the Great Perfection of Void Return.
At five hundred, Lu Qingyang reached Dao Integration!
“Boom!”
Within the Azure Mountain Dao Sect, inside Lu Qingyang’s great hall.
An awe-inspiring, terrifying aura pervaded the space around Lu Qingyang.
His long black hair fluttered wildly over his shoulders.
At this moment, his eyes were tightly shut.
Strands of incomparably pure spiritual qi gathered endlessly.
“Hum!”
Abruptly, a humming sound rang out from within Lu Qingyang’s body.
His body trembled violently. His figure suddenly opened his eyes.
“Hoo… finally, Dao Integration.”
“But… it actually overlapped with the Simulation.”
A thoughtful look appeared in Lu Qingyang’s eyes.
“In the Simulation, at age 499, which was last year, my Great Vehicle parents died in the conflict between the Human Race and the Sea Clan.”
“This Return to True avoided that tragedy.”
Lu Qingyang murmured to himself, then once again planned to enter secluded cultivation.
But before he could begin cultivating.
A figure exuding overwhelming pressure appeared before him.
“You little brat, you’ve already broken through to Dao Integration and you’re going into seclusion again?”
“Are you planning to spend your whole life in secluded cultivation within the sect?”
Lu Qingyang’s father, Lu Tianfeng, looked at Lu Qingyang, his face bitter.
His son was good in every way.
Except he cultivated too diligently.
Since birth, he had been cultivating within the sect. He had even stepped out of his cave residence hall a pitiful number of times.
Lu Tianfeng would bet that Lu Qingyang could not even recognize all the Elders in the sect.
And seeing his Great Vehicle father suddenly appear in the Return to True, Lu Qingyang felt somewhat helpless.
“If I don’t go into seclusion… then what should I do?”
“What should you do? Go out and walk around, of course!”
“My Azure Mountain Dao Sect has dealings with so many sects. As the Young Sect Master, you should at least make the rounds, no?”
“What’s the point of making the rounds?”
Lu Qingyang spoke again, looking at his old man with sincere and earnest eyes.
At these words, Lu Tianfeng flared up on the spot.
“What’s the point? So that after your old man is gone, you can smoothly take over the sect!”
“Hm? And what’s the point of taking over the sect?”
“To gather cultivation resources so you can cultivate properly!”
“Then what am I doing right now?”
“You… you’re cultivating…”
Lu Tianfeng was rendered speechless by Lu Qingyang’s questions, his expression subtle.
“Exactly. Since everything is ultimately for the sake of cultivation, and you’re not gone yet, then let me cultivate properly.”
“Besides, maybe by the time you leave, I’ll have left before you.”
“No, what I mean is I’ll ascend earlier than you.”
Lu Qingyang looked at his cheap old man’s increasingly imposing aura.
He immediately spoke a couple of proper sentences, not daring to retort any further.
And hearing this whole line of argument from Lu Qingyang.
Lu Tianfeng was stunned, then could not help but laugh heartily.
“You brat, spouting bold words.”
“How long have you been cultivating? How could you be that fast?”
“Besides, your long years of secluded cultivation mean your Dao Heart lacks tempering. Even if you ascend in the future, you’ll struggle to cross the Human Immortal Tribulation!”
“Human Immortal Tribulation?”
Hearing this term, Lu Qingyang’s brows immediately furrowed.
After arriving in this world, as the son of a Great Vehicle cultivator, he had gained some understanding of the realms above Great Vehicle.
Great Vehicle ascension would transform one into a True Immortal.
After True Immortal came Human Immortal.
It was just that he did not understand this so-called Human Immortal Tribulation.
“That’s right, the Human Immortal Tribulation. Guess why this realm is called the Human Immortal Realm?”
“If you don’t even know what kind of person you are, how could you possibly cross the Human Immortal Tribulation?”
Lu Tianfeng’s tone gradually turned serious.
After all, he was already at Great Vehicle, only one step from ascension. In the future, after ascending, he would certainly face this tribulation.
“Alright, no more secluded cultivation. The Penglai Sect at the Shore of the East Sea has invited our sect to attend a ceremony.”
“Your father has recently gained some insights in cultivation and cannot leave the sect, so you shall go in my place.”
Hearing Lu Tianfeng’s last sentence.
Lu Qingyang’s expression immediately turned strange.
“Go where? The Shore of the East Sea?”