Chapter 674 - 669: Lü Yang’s Gold Attribute Talent
[Remaining Centome Pages: 89]
[Your Dao Heart has reached Perfection and is on the verge of a qualitative change.]
[Refresh ability unlocked. You may now select one of your post-restart rewards and refresh it for a new, random option.]
Saint Sect, Luofeng Mountain.
Lü Yang opened his eyes, quietly surveying his surroundings. He let out a long breath, suddenly feeling an unprecedented sense of ease and joy.
’At this point in time, I’d just broken through to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment. I was in the middle of outlasting Arhat Fulong. Meanwhile, the Master of Heaven Mending Peak was eyeing me like a tiger stalking its prey, and both the Pure Land and the Dao Court had designs on me. They were setting up schemes to try and poach me... Back then, I thought my situation was perilous, every step fraught with danger.’
But looking at it now, it was practically a kiddie pool!
After getting his thoughts in order, Lü Yang immediately looked at the Centome’s interface. His eyes lit up when he saw the new "Refresh ability" that had appeared.
’Refresh the choices? Nice!’
To be honest, Lü Yang had been annoyed with the "Lifespan" option for a long time. He’d almost never picked it, finding it practically useless.
After all, a long lifespan was mostly for laying low and surviving.
But in this damn place, it was impossible to lay low. The higher your Cultivation, the harder it was to hide. In fact, it was easier to find ways to lay low when your Cultivation was still weak.
’I’ll refresh the "Lifespan" option.’
With a single thought, Lü Yang made his decision. A moment later, he watched as the text on the Centome’s interface began to shift rapidly:
[Upon restarting, you may select one of the following rewards from your previous life:
1. Artifacts.
2. Cultivation.
3. Cultivation Technique.
4. Forgo all rewards and awaken a random Talent Skill based on your experiences in your previous life.]
Lü Yang frowned slightly as he looked at the updated interface. He hadn’t expected to get "Cultivation Technique." At first glance, it seemed useless.
Normally, the "Cultivation" option from the Centome already included the techniques and Abilities he had mastered in his previous life, which made a separate "Cultivation Technique" option seem redundant. But he soon realized the crucial point:
’There are exceptions, though.’
Lü Yang’s expression turned serious as he recalled an unexpected reward from his previous life—one offered by the Bhagavat’s Avatar to force an alliance between him and Si Chou’s Residual Thought.
The Great Derivation Divine Refining Technique!
’I would never dare practice a technique like that. Anything not cleansed by the Centome would be detected, just like the Ninefold Dragon Metamorphosis.’
But now, things were different.
’If I’m understanding this correctly, the "Cultivation Technique" option that appeared after the refresh should be able to ’launder’ techniques like this for me!’
Seen in that light, it was actually quite a good option.
He wouldn’t be using it this life, though. Compared to a single cultivation technique, the fruits of his arduous cultivation from his previous life were far more important.
RUMBLE!
In an instant, Lü Yang felt a formless, mighty power surge within him as brilliant radiances lit up his Spiritual Space one after another.
The Righteous Banner! The Tribulation Wave! The Yellow Court!
The Seeing Myself Immortal Technique!
Vast Mana surged forth, and together with the three True Treasures and the Seeking Dao Immortal Technique they formed, it instantly flooded Lü Yang’s entire being.
The only thing missing was the Fruit of Celestial Fire.
’A pity. The Fruit wasn’t truly mine, so I couldn’t bring it back... Strictly speaking, this means my Cultivation has actually dropped.’
A dark look flickered in Lü Yang’s eyes as he examined his current state.
Just as he expected, after losing his Grotto Heaven and Fruit, he was knocked back to his original form. His entire cultivation as a Golden Core Perfected Lord vanished into thin air.
’The Pocket World Technique, the Fruit... just as I thought, they’re riddled with problems!’
’If your Realm can plummet this easily after you’ve cultivated so far, what’s the point? Without a Fruit, is a Golden Core Perfected Lord no longer a Perfected Lord?’
’Fortunately, not everything is gone. The Seeing Myself Immortal Technique formed by the three True Treasures can also bestow a Position on me. If I calculate it carefully, my current strength should be about the same as a Fake Golden Position. Dealing with the Outer Dao is no problem, but facing an Orthodox True Monarch would be a bit of a struggle...’
Next, Lü Yang began to inspect the Righteous Banner.
The result was as he expected. Progenitor Tingyou and Demon-Vanquishing Perfected were fine, but Summon’s realm had fallen because he lost the Fruit of Spring Water.
’But Summon’s situation is better than mine.’
’His Huanxu Heaven is still intact. Since his Grotto Heaven hasn’t collapsed, reclaiming his Fruit would only take a single thought. I can’t do the same.’
He had, after all, already refined his Grotto Heaven into the Yellow Court.
Of course, this had its pros and cons.
The downside, of course, was his drop in Cultivation. If the Celestial Pillar Profound Grotto Heaven still existed, he could instantly reclaim the Fruit of Celestial Fire.
The upside was that he had succeeded in laying low.
’The Fruit of Celestial Fire is too big of a target. An Emperor Fruit will inevitably draw the gaze of a Master of Dao. My previous life was a clear lesson in that.’
Thinking of this, Lü Yang couldn’t help but sigh.
’If I hadn’t been so conspicuous, so outstanding, would the Saint Sect Ancestral Master have taken notice? Would the Bhagavat have targeted me? Would I have ended up in so much trouble?’
’Perhaps this is the fate of a genius.’
’I guess that’s what I get for being so exceptional.’
However, at that very moment, the Centome’s interface suddenly flashed with light:
[A critical conflict between your current and previous Cultivation has been detected. They are incompatible. Please choose from the following options:
1. Overwrite
2. Split
Choose Overwrite to have your previous Cultivation forcibly overwrite your current one. Choose Split to have a special ’Dao Body’ created to house your previous Cultivation.]
’Hm?’
Faced with this sudden change, Lü Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly. As he weighed the differences between the options, he asked in his mind, ’What is a Dao Body?’
[Dao Body: The body that carries the Dao.]
[Like a cicada molting, a Cultivator sheds their mortal shell, transforming their life’s worth of Cultivation into a body of pure energy. It possesses infinite Divine Effects and can only be obtained by one who has achieved Dao Heart Perfection.]
Lü Yang quickly made his decision. He didn’t want to alert anyone this life, so he had to keep his current Dao Foundation Cultivation, which was based on the Fruit of Rampart Earth.
It would serve as a perfect public front to conceal his true self.
With that, he made his choice in his mind: ’I choose "Split."’
RUMBLE!
Instantly, Lü Yang felt his Heart Spirit jolt as if heaven and earth had been turned upside down. His body suddenly felt weightless, and he found himself floating three feet above where he’d been.
Meanwhile, the soul, Spiritual Space, Dao Foundation, and all the past and karmic links of his original body were cleanly severed without the slightest ripple. A wisp of pure energy then rose up, condensed, and transformed into a handsome, heroic-looking young man in a fluttering Daoist robe, who now stood in midair.
’What a bizarre experience...’
Lü Yang saw with perfect clarity that his consciousness was now in control of the newly formed Dao Body; his original physical body, conversely, had become a mere external object.
No, not just the physical body.
The soul, too!
’A Dao Body is centered on the Dao Heart, so naturally, the concepts of a soul and a Spiritual Space don’t apply. My soul... is actually the Gold Attribute I refined in my previous life!’
At this thought, Lü Yang’s eyes lit up.
In his previous life, he had become a Perfected Lord through the Pocket World Technique, fusing his soul and Gold Attribute until they were inseparable. Naturally, it had come along with his Cultivation into this new life.
’This is perfect... I can have the Centome evaluate my Gold Attribute!’
He’d actually had this idea in his previous life. He hadn’t acted on it because he wanted to accumulate more experiences to maximize the rewards, planning to cash it in at the end of that life.
Now was the perfect time!
’In my last life, I even met the Bhagavat’s true self. My experiences might not have been legendary, but they were certainly epic. I’ll definitely get a good Talent Skill out of this!’
Lü Yang acted on the thought at once.
The next second, the Centome lunged like a starving tiger, descending upon his original body and swallowing the Soul Gold Attribute whole.
A moment later, it spat it back out.
Immediately, Lü Yang saw a golden light erupt on the Centome’s interface, its radiance far more brilliant than any Golden Talent he had seen before!
[You have awakened the Golden Talent · Immortal Core Survival Guide]
[Immortal Core Survival Guide: Welcome to the Cultivation Realm Anti-Scam Hotline! Using years of experience in getting screwed over, this guide will definitively determine whether or not you’re being taken for a ride!]
Lü Yang: "...?"