Chapter 95: Immortal?
Lu Qingyang ultimately still hadn’t decided what to choose.
After all, Return to True hadn’t ended yet.
Later on, he might still subdue some precious treasures.
Perhaps he wouldn’t need that Heavenly Fox Spirit Body after all.
And as the days passed, time silently flowed on.
In the blink of an eye, several hundred more years went by.
When Lu Qingyang was eight hundred years old, his cultivation finally broke through to the Great Vehicle realm.
It was also in this year that the Sword Sect beneath his command, like a beast unleashed from its cage, swept across the entire world.
“By my Council Decree, all cultivation resources in the world shall belong to my Sword Sect.”
Lu Qingyang’s voice resounded throughout the entire Sword Sect, deafening and long-lasting.
“Now that I have reached the Great Vehicle, I am invincible among my peers!”
Within the Sword Sect’s great hall, Lu Qingyang, who had lain dormant for a full eight hundred years, rose to his feet, his gaze arrogant as he looked down upon the heavens.
And as his command was issued, every disciple of the Sword Sect burned with passion.
“The Sect Master is mighty, strengthening our Sword Sect!”
“We vow to follow the Sect Master in conquering the world!”
“We vow to follow the Sect Master in conquering the world!”
“We vow to follow the Sect Master in conquering the world!”
“......”
A neat, thunderous voice rang through the clouds, long-lasting.
This was a feast belonging to the Sword Sect!
And also Lu Qingyang’s glory!
And this catastrophe that swept across the entire world thus lifted its curtain!
“Boom!”
Under Lu Qingyang’s leadership, the Sword Sect’s great army charged straight at every faction across the world.
Although these factions were unwilling to show weakness, under the Sword Sect’s overwhelming might, they could only temporarily avoid the sharp edge.
For a time, the Sword Sect’s power was limitless.
Some minor factions surrendered one after another, becoming Lu Qingyang’s vassals.
Even some Dao-Unifying sects also pledged allegiance to the Sword Sect.
Countless treasures and secret manuals all flowed into the Sword Sect.
For this, Lu Qingyang even forged a Heavenly Treasure Ranking.
To evaluate the ranking and preciousness of these many treasures.
At the very top of the list was a true Dragon Pearl.
This treasure was something Lu Qingyang had come across by chance at the Shore of the East Sea, encountering a Flood Dragon Clan.
“Buzz!”
The moment the Dragon Pearl appeared, the sky instantly turned dark with clouds, and peals of thunder exploded.
A peculiar gleam flashed through Lu Qingyang’s eyes.
Within this Dragon Pearl was contained an exceedingly terrifying power.
He had once tried to absorb the Dragon Pearl’s power, but failed.
However, after his attempts bore no fruit, Lu Qingyang thought of a method.
He used this pearl to nurture his own aura, and now his every action carried dragon might.
And this had only been nurtured for less than a hundred years.
If given enough time, he believed that simply standing there would be enough to oppress cultivators of the same rank with dragon might!
“Not bad, not bad. It seems this time, at least when Return to True ends, I’ll have options.”
Lu Qingyang was in good spirits, and his cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds during this period.
Now he was only a single step away from mid-stage Great Vehicle.
“Boom!”
The Sword Sect’s great army swept through everything, unstoppable.
In just a few short years, they had already conquered more than half the world.
Seeing this, how could the remaining factions dare resist? They retreated one after another.
“At this rate, it won’t be long before my Sword Sect unifies the world!”
“With this, I will surely ascend this time!”
Lu Qingyang’s eyes gleamed.
He truly wanted to see what the legendary Immortal Realm actually looked like.
But at this very moment, Lu Qingyang suddenly sensed something amiss.
“Hm?”
He furrowed his brows.
An inexplicable sense of crisis surged through his mind.
“Whoosh!”
In the next instant, Lu Qingyang’s figure vanished from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he was already ten thousand li away.
Before him, a pitch-black rift crouched abruptly upon the firmament, like a giant maw devouring everything between heaven and earth.
“This is……”
Lu Qingyang’s face darkened, his eyes full of shock and suspicion.
“Heh heh.”
“I thought the limit of this world was Dao Integration. I never imagined this world still had a monster like you.”
A hoarse voice came from within the pitch-black rift, carrying a faint chill.
Lu Qingyang’s face was utterly dark.
“Someone from the Upper Realm?”
“I knew it. A world where not even Great Vehicle appears must be no more than a mid-thousand or Small Thousand World.”
“I just never imagined I would encounter someone from the Upper Realm so quickly.”
Lu Qingyang’s heart trembled slightly, but his face still maintained calm.
“Heh heh.”
The hoarse voice continued, but it was no longer as cold as before.
Instead, it carried a hint of amusement.
“Seeing as you have such talent, I’ll give you a way to live. My sect lacks an attendant. If you are willing, I can spare you.”
“Otherwise, you have only one path: death!”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang’s heart stirred.
Live as a dog… or end Return to True?
This is only a false simulation. Even if I become a dog, it isn’t real…
But… are the choices I make not truly chosen by me?
Lu Qingyang pondered inwardly.
“How is it? Have you thought it over?”
The hoarse voice sounded again.
Lu Qingyang’s face was a mixture of uncertainty and turmoil.
Until, after a moment, he finally raised his head.
A pair of pitch-black eyes, within the dark hollow, appeared especially deep.
“I……agree.”
“Haha, worthy of a heaven-favored genius. Truly one who knows the times.”
“Come up, lucky one.”
As the hoarse voice fell, the black hole instantly transformed into a passageway, rapidly extending toward Lu Qingyang.
Lu Qingyang’s expression was calm as he slowly stepped onto the passageway.
“Swoosh!”
The moment he stepped onto the passageway, his figure instantly vanished.
“Buzz!”
When he reappeared, all he saw was a vast expanse of white.
Everywhere was white, soft cloud. Upon the white clouds stood a massive golden hall.
Before the golden hall, a figure in azure robes stood with his hands behind his back.
“Come here. This seat shall grant you a name.”
The hoarse voice sounded, carrying an irresistible majesty.
But Lu Qingyang, hearing this, did not move at all.
He merely examined the surrounding environment with curiosity.
Striving to absorb the aura of this world.
“So this is the Upper Realm?”
Lu Qingyang murmured to himself.
“Hm? This seat called you over. Can it be you do not understand?”
The hoarse voice sounded again.
“Heh heh, grant me a name?”
“The aura of the Upper Realm really is nice.”
Drawing a deep breath, Lu Qingyang slowly took a step forward.
“Immortal?”
“Heh heh, I suppose I’ve seen the scenery of the Upper Realm now.”
“Alright, listen well. My name is……Lu Qingyang!”
“Fuck your mother……”
“Insolence!”
The hoarse voice suddenly roared in fury.
Before the latter half of Lu Qingyang’s curse could leave his mouth, his entire figure dissipated rapidly like pollen.
“Hmph, ignorant thing. To dare desecrate an Immortal, you deserve death!”
The hoarse voice was furious.
Yet he discovered that his own jewel-adorned azure robes had been stained with a speck of blood.
And Lu Qingyang’s final thought before death was: I suppose I’ve exchanged blows with an Immortal. At least I touched him, didn’t I…
As Lu Qingyang’s body dissipated, a crisp System notification sounded at just the right moment.
【Ding! Return to True ended: You died】