Chapter 921 - 916: You’re Testing Me With This?

Chapter 921: Chapter 916: You’re Testing Me With This?

Lü Yang opened his eyes, calmly surveying his surroundings.

The mighty power that was once enough to overturn the Outer Realm had completely vanished. All that remained was the frail body of a powerless mortal, even afflicted with a severe illness.

Even breathing brought pain.

"Those whose names are called, step forward to me."

A familiar voice echoed from the platform. Lü Yang looked up and found that he had once again become that ordinary yet handsome youth who had just joined the Stain Sect.

"Drip your blood into the Life Lamp beside me and ignite your Life Fire. From now on, you will be Registered Disciples of my Stain Sect."

On the platform, Senior Brother Liu Xin continued his explanation. Before long, he began the roll call.

"Chen Liang."

"Here!"

Following the response, a little Daoist Child with red lips and white teeth walked up. Spiritual Qi filled the space between his brows, showing that his aptitude was evidently quite excellent. Unfortunately, aptitude was the most useless thing in the Stain Sect.

In the next second, just as Lü Yang remembered, the Daoist Child had his name directly crossed out by Senior Brother Liu Xin and was subsequently sent to the Outer Four Halls as raw material to be remade.

"Interesting..." Lü Yang chuckled inwardly.

He did not act rashly, unhurriedly listening to Senior Brother Liu Xin’s instructions on the platform until his own name was called. Only then did he stroll forward. The result was exactly as expected. Because of his utterly useless aptitude—aside from his handsome looks—he was assigned to the Yin-Yang Unity Hall.

Once the assignments were over, he received his Cultivation Technique. Soon, he followed the crowd to the Yin-Yang Unity Hall. Along the way, he listened to the group of disciples chatting away, full of beautiful fantasies about the Immortal Dao.

Everything felt incredibly real, as if he had genuinely returned to the past.

Right then, a voluptuous and stunning woman walked out. She wore a long dress with slits running all the way up to her thighs, radiating a captivating and sensuous allure with every glance. It was Yu Suzhen. Unsurprisingly, she spotted him at a glance, standing out from the rest of the crowd.

"You’re quite good-looking. Come with me.

"You’re in luck. Now that you’ve joined my Yin-Yang Unity Hall, you won’t have to suffer like those in the other three halls. After all, the tests here are much easier..."

As Yu Suzhen spoke, she grabbed hold of Lü Yang’s "handle."

Lü Yang immediately mounted his steed and thrust his spear, engaging in a fierce battle with Yu Suzhen to subdue the demon. In the end, he finally pinned this Stain Sect demoness ruthlessly to the ground.

A long time later.

Having finished the deed, Lü Yang leaned back inside Yu Suzhen’s Cave Mansion. He watched the jade-like beauty in his arms lift her head, looking at him with a lazy gaze.

She flicked her tongue like a snake. Beads of sweat, saliva, and tears mixed together on her delicate face, even steaming into a fragrant scent around them that captivated his soul. His entire body’s Spiritual Essence was being swallowed by her. No matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from her Dual Cultivation.

"Junior Brother, you are truly amazing.

"I didn’t expect you to have such a high attainment in the *Essence Exchange Cultivation Art* right after joining the sect. If your Senior Sister weren’t slightly more skilled, you might have actually reversed the cultivation on me.

"Unfortunately for you, my skills are ultimately superior."

Yu Suzhen chuckled lightly, her beautiful eyes filled with smugness and mockery. At the same time, she subtly twisted her slender waist, further accelerating the extraction of Lü Yang’s Spiritual Essence.

However, Lü Yang remained completely unfazed. Even on the verge of death, he showed absolutely no anger or panic. Instead, he fully immersed himself in the Dual Cultivation with Yu Suzhen, finally sighing from the bottom of his heart:

"So incredibly lifelike."

The moment those words left his mouth, Yu Suzhen froze.

In that exact instant, whether it was the flying droplets of sweat, the intense movements, or the sounds—everything froze in place. Even the light came to a standstill. Inside the Cave Mansion, the candlelight bathed the room, illuminating every mote of dust. Absolutely everything was plunged into an incredibly bizarre state of stasis.

Except for Lü Yang. He merely stroked Yu Suzhen’s delicate body, feeling the warm, mutton-fat white jade-like feedback of her skin without a single wicked thought in his mind. Then, he shook his head in disdain.

"Demon, is this what you’re using to test me?"

"Senses, actions, and words are all exactly the same as in my memory," he thought. "To be able to achieve this level, the mighty power of the Great Net of Karma Links is indeed well-deserved. What a pity—it is completely useless against me."

"As everyone knows, I am not a man prone to lust. Using this kind of thing to test a Saint Sect True Monarch? Which Saint Sect True Monarch couldn’t withstand such a test?"

RUMBLE!

At this moment, accompanied by a crisp sound like shattering glass, the scene before his eyes instantly began to disintegrate, eventually plunging into boundless darkness.

A second later, light emerged. Lü Yang opened his eyes for the second time.

What met his gaze was exactly the layout of the Celestial Court’s Quiet Chamber right before his Meditation. In front of him, a black-haired young man holding a colorful orb of light in his palm was staring intently at him.

"I never expected that you would be well-versed in karmic links, Daoist," the Primordial Celestial Demon said, fiddling with the *Time Shifting Device* in his hands. His dark eyes resembled a bottomless abyss, carrying an unconcealable look of astonishment. "It seems I’ve been showing off before an expert, making a fool of myself."

Hearing this, Lü Yang nodded. "You were indeed showing off before an expert."

As soon as these words were spoken, the originally calm smile on the Primordial Celestial Demon’s face froze. "I was just being politely modest," he thought, "and you actually dare to act so arrogant with me?"

However, Lü Yang looked as if it was only natural, continuing his critique: "The profound mysteriousness of the *Fruit of Rampart Earth* is good, but you don’t know how to use it at all. You cast aside the substance for the superficial, sitting on a mountain of treasure without even realizing it. It truly makes one sigh with regret."

The Primordial Celestial Demon’s eyes gradually darkened. "Daoist, you seem to know a lot about the *Fruit of Rampart Earth*?"

"I know a thing or two." Lü Yang smiled. In his Previous Life, he had used *Merely a Teacher’s Appearance* to share Yuan Tu’s Cultivation. That was the Cultivation of an orthodox *Fruit of Rampart Earth* Perfected Lord!

Were it not for that, coupled with the Heart Spirit protection of the *True Treasure Yellow Court*, which inherited the imagery of the *Fruit of Rampart Earth*, it would have been impossible for him to maintain a waking state just now. Normally speaking, Lü Yang should have been just like Emperor Jia You before—having all his memories of the future sealed away while plunging into the past illusion of karmic links.

However, he was not affected at all. This was also why the Primordial Celestial Demon had said he was well-versed in karmic links just now. Only someone favored by the Great Net of Karma Links could maintain consciousness within the illusions of karmic links.

Of course, this was only one aspect. On the other hand, the key reason why he did not fear the karmic links Slash of the *Fruit of Rampart Earth* was that the *Fruit of Rampart Earth* could not trace his karmic links backward.

"Just what is the deal with this man?!" the Primordial Celestial Demon thought, his mood already growing somewhat agitated.

In fact, under normal circumstances, he would not directly backtrack to a point in time when the target was merely a Qi Refining Disciple, because the corresponding karmic links were far too ancient. The older the karmic links, the more troublesome it was to Change Cause and Effect. Otherwise, why would he go through so much trouble? Wouldn’t it be simpler and more direct to just retrace back to when the target was an infant and strangle him to death?

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to do it; he simply couldn’t.

For example, when dealing with Emperor Jia You, he had only traced back to when Emperor Jia You was at the Early Stage of Golden Core. This made it much easier to Change Cause and Effect.

He had tried to do the exact same thing with Lü Yang. But herein lay the problem—no matter how much he traced back, before this Immortal Monarch of Tribulation became a Perfected Lord, he was actually just a mere mortal!

Where was the Qi Refining? The Foundation Establishment? They were completely nonexistent!

"Are you kidding me! This person definitely used some method to sever his karmic links, preventing me from tracing them back..." he thought frantically. "The origins and background of this man are terrifyingly immense!"

Similar situations had appeared before, such as with Ang Xiao. The Primordial Celestial Demon had absolutely no doubt that if he tried to trace back that entity’s karmic links, the only result would be crashing headfirst into a wall of white mist, potentially even killing himself upon impact. Right now, merely being unable to trace them back was actually a good outcome.

The Primordial Celestial Demon frantically brainstormed countermeasures.

However, before he could make a move, Lü Yang beat him to the punch. He formed a Daoist Hand Seal, and a dense, colorful glow instantly rippled out from his fingertips.

"Demon, there’s no need to overthink it."

The colorful light surged like waves, instantly submerging the entire Quiet Chamber.

"The Bhagavat truly pampers you too much. Granting you both the *Fruit of Rampart Earth* and the Celestial Demon Body to let you slay Emperor Jia You has made you feel as if you are already invincible in this world.

"But *Zhi Gu Jin* is not meant to be used like this. Did the Bhagavat not teach you?

"Oh well. Allow me to make up for this lesson on his behalf."