Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

Looking back on everything he had experienced, Lu Yang discovered that whenever he left the sect for some trivial matter or training, things would eventually spiral out of control. In a sense, that was also a form of reincarnation.

In truth, I’ve been in cycles of reincarnation all this time without realizing it.

“In a way, am I considered the origin of reincarnation?

“It’s not just life events; cultivation is also a form of reincarnation. From the Level Nine Qi Training Stage to the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Foundation Establishment stages, then to the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Golden Core Stages, and so on. Each advancement to a new level initiates a fresh cycle of reincarnation with endless cultivation.

“Going through birth, aging, sickness, and death, each generation sees the next as a spiritual continuation of itself. The next generation again experiences birth, aging, sickness, and death, then sees the generation after it as a spiritual continuation of itself...

“In other words, everyone is actually already within cycles of reincarnation?” Lu Yang murmured, his eyes sparkling.

I finally know what kind of Dao Fruit can help Big Senior Sister.

To attain the Dao Fruit he desired, a bridge was still required—one built from knowledge. But the knowledge he currently possessed was insufficient. He needed to study other Incipient Dao Fruits and Dao Fruits. As he was uncertain which Incipient Dao Fruits or Dao Fruits would provide him with the necessary knowledge, he could only resort to the simplest and most laborious method—trying again and again.

“Many thanks, Junior Sister Tao! Many thanks, Junior Brother Li!” Lu Yang cupped his fists and expressed his gratitude solemnly, leaving both Tao Yaoye and Li Haoran befuddled. They could only awkwardly return the gesture in kind.

With that, Lu Yang abandoned everyone and dashed straight to Incarceration Peak.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was curious. “Xiao Yangzi, have you figured out what kind of Incipient Dao Fruit you want to condense?”

“I have!”

“What kind? Are you going by the Omniscience or Transcendence route?”

Lu Yang spoke as he ran, his heart pounding with excitement. “It doesn’t matter whether it’s Omniscience or Transcendence. As long as it can help Big Senior Sister resolve the Dao Union issue, that’s enough. But whether it’ll actually work, I won’t know until I try!”

He arrived at Incarceration Peak. For once, the Great Yu and Great Qian factions weren’t at war. Instead, they had divided themselves into two distinct groups. Even Duan Qingshui and Mo Xiaochou, the inmates with the lowest cultivation, had been separated, one assigned to each side. A bunch of half-immortals and Transcendent Tribulation cultivators surrounded the two, seemingly teaching them.

Without dwelling on it, Lu Yang went straight to Guan Shanhai, prompting the Great Yu faction to cast a provocative glance at the Great Qian faction.

“You’re looking for me? You need more newspapers printed?”

“Uh, no. I wanted to ask about your insights on condensing Dao Fruits.”

Lu Yang was immensely curious about life on Incarceration Peak. Why has Guan Shanhai become so preoccupied with printing newspapers? He wasn’t like this before.

Although insights on condensing Dao Fruits were exceedingly precious, they weren’t something that had to be kept a secret. During his time at Incarceration Peak, Guan Shanhai had already spilled everything, including his insights on condensing Dao Fruits.

Back then, he had shared them with Yun Zhi. This time, he was telling Lu Yang. It’s merely a matter of repeating myself.

After consulting Guan Shanhai, Lu Yang crossed over to the Great Qian faction and consulted the Fate Arbiter and the Midheaven Emperor-Lord for their insights into condensing Dao Fruits.

He also didn’t forget the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord’s Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s Void Realm Incipient Dao Fruit, and the Nightmare Supreme Lord’s Dreamscape Incipient Dao Fruit.

After leaving Incarceration Peak, Lu Yang returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak. He then consulted Qing He on the Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit and requested the puppet to open the treasury.

He had assumed that the puppet would need to report to Yun Zhi and obtain her approval first. But to his surprise, the puppet opened the treasury right away.

At the far end of the treasury lay the Dao-Seeking Sect’s most precious treasures: Wu Yao’s Replacement Dao Fruit, Guan Shanhai’s Imprint Dao Fruit, the Fate Arbiter’s Spirit Awakening Dao Fruit, and the Midheaven Emperor-Lord’s Devouring Dao Fruit.

The Devouring Dao Fruit was enclosed within a special array. Without it, the Devouring Dao Fruit would devour everything in its vicinity, including the other Dao Fruits placed nearby.

Sitting before these Dao Fruits, Lu Yang replayed the words of Guan Shanhai and the others in his mind. Striking while the iron is hot, he seized this opportunity to comprehend these Dao Fruits and deepen his understanding of the principles they had imparted.

After some time, Lu Yang left the treasury, shaking his head in disappointment. This knowledge is not what I seek.

“I still need to keep learning.”

Next, Lu Yang found the Moonchaser True Person at the rear of Heaven’s Gate Peak and consulted her on the Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit. He then located the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign to learn about the Unity Incipient Dao Fruit and asked him to introduce him to the other three founders of the three Great Immortal Sects.

Meng Junzi had once brought Meng Jingzhou to show off to these individuals. Meng Jingzhou had shared the story with Lu Yang during their patrols in Quyi County.

After bidding farewell to the immortal sect founders, Lu Yang traveled to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where he met Ao Ling, Jiang Lianyi, Jin Caiwei, and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord and learned about their understanding of Incipient Dao Fruits.

Lu Yang traversed the entire cultivation world and visited every half-immortal he knew, humbly studying their insights and experiences.

Great Xia, the East Sea, the Demon Region, the Buddhist Kingdom... Lu Yang’s footprints were left everywhere. He walked like a mortal, measuring with his own feet the paths he had once traveled, reflecting on those experiences and digesting the knowledge he had gathered along the way.

Some knowledge came easily to Lu Yang, and he lingered only briefly; other concepts were completely foreign and extremely difficult to grasp, requiring him to extend his stay.

The place where he lingered the longest was the imperial city of Great Xia. Jiang Ping’an and Meng Junzi, the founders of Great Xia, were there, along with the Four Ancient Immortals, who had been invited for a discourse on the Dao, making six immortals in total.

Throughout his journey, Lu Yang witnessed the major factions registering cultivators’ identities, observed the jointly promulgated laws governing exploration beyond the world, and saw great cultivators calling upon friends and allies to form teams in preparation to venture into the world outside.

He was like a passing traveler, bearing witness to the transformation of the cultivation world in the days before the seal was removed.

Mortals’ reactions to the seal’s removal were lukewarm, as though it had nothing to do with them. But Lu Yang knew that once a planet with a technological civilization was discovered and its technologies were brought back and integrated with the knowledge of the cultivation world, it would become relevant to mortals.

If it weren’t for the mastermind behind the scenes, this would have been one of Lu Yang’s reasons for supporting the seal’s removal.

At last, he returned to the Dao-Seeking Sect—the starting point of it all.

He kept quiet, telling no one.

None of this escaped Yun Zhi’s perception, but she said nothing. She simply sipped tea from the tea set her little junior brother had given her and watched him return to his cave abode after a fruitful journey to enter seclusion.

Within his cave abode, he began a seclusion that would lose track of time. He had reaped bountiful gains during his journey and finally found the knowledge he most desired.

“Senior Epoch Immortal’s Dao of Time is the ‘bridge’ connecting the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit to the Incipient Dao Fruit I seek!”

The Dao of Time formed the main structure of that “bridge,” while the other insights gathered along the journey contributed to various pieces of the “bridge.”

He was like a turbulent ocean, his aura rising and falling as mountains roared and the seas howled. After the tsunami passed, the waters grew calm once more, and his cultivation advanced yet another level.

“Intermediate Transcendent Tribulation Stage.”

Unlike the exhilaration of his previous breakthroughs, advancing to the Intermediate Transcendent Tribulation Stage was merely a matter of course. What truly stirred Lu Yang’s heart was the Incipient Dao Fruit he had condensed.

An Incipient Dao Fruit never seen before appeared upon his chest, shimmering with a pure white radiance before sinking into his body.

“Origin-Tracing Incipient Dao Fruit—success.”