In the boundless darkness, Lu Yang's consciousness floated on the surface of the abyss.
"Restarted again..."
Lu Yang sighed, beginning to reflect on the failure of his previous life: "Dao comprehension... this difficult hurdle is probably even more exaggerated than I imagined."
Seeking Golden Core allowed no trickery!
"If the Lord of Heaven hadn't caused trouble back then, and I had cultivated step by step with the body of an Immortal Spirit, perhaps my Dao comprehension for [Pomegranate Wood] could have reached the standard for seeking Golden Core."
However, due to the Lord of Heaven's interference, he was forced to abandon the cultivation of [Pomegranate Wood] and seek other paths instead. As a result, when he seeking Golden Core later, he used all of Immortal Spirit Shangzhang's comprehension, which instead led to mishaps. Otherwise, with his state at that time, there was great hope of attaining the Dao Fruit.
"The key lies in Divine Abilities."
"Life-Bound Divine Abilities, Innate Divine Abilities, every single Divine Ability must be tempered by oneself. Borrowing external power, though seemingly robust, results in an unstable foundation..."
Compared to this, unorthodox Dao Fruits didn't have such harsh requirements.
[Exquisite Heart], [Great Unity Embodying True Qi], [Convergence Origin Art], [Uphold Heaven's Principles], [One with the World]... None were cultivated by Lu Yang step by step.
All were shortcuts.
However, if he went to seek [Seven Luminaries Heaven], it would almost certainly succeed. From this, it could be seen that the rigid condition of Dao comprehension was unique to the Dao Fruits of this heaven and earth.
"But this might also be one of the reasons why unorthodox Dao Fruits are inferior to native Dao Fruits. Although there are fewer restrictions, invisibly, perhaps there is also less potential."
Just as Lu Yang was pondering, [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] moved.
[Do you wish to activate'Gold Talent: [Natural Immortal Spirit]'?]
"...Dont."
Seeing this, Lu Yang immediately cursed. Garbage talent, I was pitted miserably by you before. If I weren't clever, I would have fucking restarted long ago!
[The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] naturally ignored Lu Yang's complaints, and new words quickly emerged: [Please select restart anchor point]
"First anchor point."
Lu Yang sighed. At the second anchor point, he had already built the corresponding Dao Foundation for [City Rampart Earth]. It was too hasty back then, resulting in a dead save file now.
He was too young back then, not realizing how perilous this wretched place truly was. He even once envisioned a plan to snatch the dao fruit under the Pure Land's nose and attain [City Rampart Earth]. Now it seems it was all bullshit; a single [City Rampart Earth] could provoke the World Honored One to personally take action!
Shameless...
Lu Yang shook his head. Following his confirmation, the darkness before his eyes began to ripple, like turning the page of a book, and dense white light surged out.
Like sunlight piercing the night.
It felt like a very ordinary opening of his eyes. By the time Lu Yang came to his senses, what appeared before him was a scene he had almost forgotten.
[Your attempt to seek '[Pomegranate Wood]' failed unexpectedly, stunning a certain Dao Lord who originally had considerable confidence in you. He thought for ten days but couldn't understand why you insisted on attaining it when you weren't confident and your Dao comprehension was insufficient... So much so that he originally planned to communicate with you, but in the end, he had to give up.]
[Current remaining pages of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]: 90]
[Restarting a life, you can choose one item from the following harvests of your previous life:
1: Treasures.
2: Cultivation.
3: Lifespan.
4: Abandon all harvests and awaken a talent randomly based on the experiences of the previous life.]
"Those whose names are called, walk up to me."
Familiar people, familiar events. Liu Xin's voice on the stage, which once made Lu Yang feel chilly, now plunged him into a trance.
How many years has it been...
Lu Yang looked at his hands. The drastic drop in stature was like falling from a mountain peak back to the ground, making him somewhat unaccustomed for a moment.
After all, at the first anchor point, he hadn't even reached Foundation Establishment yet, at most having cultivated a few great Divine Abilities. The long-lost weakness instead allowed Lu Yang to regain quite a bit of his original intention. He didn't need to think about the secrets of heaven and earth or the schemes of Dao Lords, but could focus his gaze on the petty maneuvers before him.
Ignorance is bliss.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang gathered his thoughts. After Liu Xin called his name, he quickly walked onto the stage, and then he heard that familiar sound:
"[Joyous Union Hall]!"
Lu Yang was already very skilled at this routine.
Therefore, while going through the motions, Lu Yang sighed in his heart: With each restart, my heart is also becoming increasingly cold and ruthless.
In the past, he might still have had thoughts of taking revenge on Liu Xin.
But now, he didn't care at all. After all, so what if he took revenge? He would resurrect in the next life; anyway, he was just a consumable.
Not even considered a person.
Just when did I become like this? If I continue like this, will I become the kind of person I don't want to become?
In an instant, Lu Yang was startled awake.
Absolutely not!
He cultivated immortality for lifespan, for freedom, for the ability to master himself. If he was no longer him, what was the meaning of cultivating immortality?
I must find a way to alleviate this mentality!
Half an hour later.
Inside Yu Suzhen's cave abode, Lu Yang pushed away the jade-white body beside him and let out a long breath, feeling his originally cold heart was much warmer.
I was really worrying unnecessarily just now.
Lu Yang shook his head, unable to help but sigh with emotion:
The world is so beautiful, yet I was so irritable. This is not good, not good... Hmm, sure enough, I am still me, without the slightest change!
After the great battle with Yu Suzhen, Lu Yang deeply realized the principle that cultivating immortality still required a balance of tension and relaxation, and life still needed exicement. His originally tight mood relaxed considerably. Only then did he leisurely look at [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] and decisively choose the [Treasures] option.
[Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena]!
This dharma body contained all of Lu Yang's harvests from his previous life, brought over by him at this moment. As for cultivation, it wasn't important right now.
As long as I want I can restore Foundation Establishment Great Perfection at any time.
Just reconnect to [Xuandu Blessed Land] and absorb [Seven Luminaries Heaven] once more... But it was meaningless. What he wanted in this life was the future!
Although unorthodox Dao Fruits are good, they are not what I seek.
Lu Yang suspected that if he attained [Seven Luminaries Heaven], he might not be able to attain a local Dao Fruit anymore. Seemingly beneficial for a moment, but leaving endless trouble.
Of course, this didn't mean [Seven Luminaries Heaven] was useless.
The most suitable usage should be False Holding!
False Holding an Unorthodox Dao Fruit!
As long as I use my shocking wisdom to modify the [Yama Hall] so it can False Hold an Unorthodox Dao Fruit, my previous life won't be wasted.
Although False Holding Golden Stature was inherently inferior, and False Holding an Unorthodox Dao Fruit meant even if successful, he would likely be the weakest Golden Core in history, the kind that couldn't even compare to an Unorthodox Perfected Lord... But no matter how weak a Golden Core was, it was still a Golden Core. Using it to stomp noobs and beat up Foundation Establishment cultivators would certainly be no problem!
Just like the False Holding Foundation Establishment in the past.
False Holding Unorthodox Dao was enough to allow Lu Yang to open a qualitative gap with others at the Foundation Establishment level, thereby assisting him in better seeking a heaven and earth Dao Fruit.
As for which one to seek, he also had a plan.
From the perspective of Dao comprehension, [Overturned Lamp Flame] and [Wall-Top Earth] are the best, but both are considered huge pits at this point in time.
Attaining them was seeking death.
Besides, starting over to find Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends was troublesome.
[Pomegranate Wood] is the same.
Although with the experience of the previous life, the odds of seeking [Pomegranate Wood] in this life were high, Lu Yang was no longer satisfied with a mere ordinary Dao Fruit.
After all, in this life, as long as I can False Hold Unorthodox Dao, my advantage is almost infinite, equivalent to a Perfected Lord fighting for opportunities with Foundation Establishment cultivators. In this situation, seeking [Pomegranate Wood] isn't impossible, but the future prospects aren't grand enough... To attain, naturally, I must attain the best one!
Lu Yang was benchmarking against [Sky-shrouding].
To attain, he had to attain a Supreme Dao Fruit!
Of course, he also had self-knowledge, knowing [City Rampart Earth] and [Sword Edge Gold] certainly couldn't be attained, and [Great Forest Wood] was occupied by [Sky-shrouding].
So his goal was—
[Heavenly Fire]!