Golden clouds filled the sky of heaven and earth. Auspicious clouds gushed forth, dropping a sky-filling rain of colors, finally presenting a magnificent Pure Land, as well as a great buddha sitting upright within it.
Dong!
A melodious bell sound came from the deepest part of the Pure Land. However, only Lu Yang heard it. Even Empress Xiao lying beside him at this moment felt nothing.
In a trance, he seemed to see that in that Pure Land, that golden buddha in the dea of clouds was looking towards his direction from thousands of mountains and rivers away. Constructing his body were dense, endless buddhist cultivators, all making the same expression, the same movement, and the same voice at this moment—
"Amitabha."
The buddhist chant reverberated, like a sledgehammer smashing directly on Lu Yang's head. However, he stood firmly on the spot, the expression on his face not fluctuating in the slightest.
Although the five-thousand-year taboo is poisonous, it is a true great opportunity.
Since five thousand years ago, the time from the last millennial tribulation until the present world—at least three thousand years, inexplicably disappeared, suspected to be cut off by the World Honored One.
Why did the World Honored One do this?
Where are the missing three thousand years?
The World Honored One wouldn't do a useless tasks... Such a big move must be extremely crucial, possibly even involving the secret of his Nascent Soul!
If not for this, why would the World Honored One be so vigilant against people who discovered this taboo?
From this, it can be seen that perhaps this taboo hasn't truly touched the World Honored One's secret yet, but at least it's a key clue to opening the World Honored One's secret.
Such knowledge is poison to Foundation Establishment.
But for a Golden Core Perfected Lord, it is undoubtedly a great opportunity. After all, that is the Nascent Soul Dao path; how many Perfected Lords want it but can't find the way?
Thinking of this, Lu Yang pondered another question—
The taboo I just discovered—[Sky-Shrouding] obviously knew that piece of knowledge too, otherwise he couldn't use it to trick me. But why is he fine?
[Sky-Shrouding]'s main body is far away in the Netherworld, unable to interfere with the present world.
With just a single wisp of divine sense, at most relying on [Knowledge-Perception Barrier] to scrape by, the strength isn't enough. Even I can't dodge it; how did he dodge it?
What is the difference between him and me?
And Perfected One Primordial Mu Changsheng... The five-thousand-year taboo—even few Golden Core Perfected Lords probably noticed it. Why could he know?
In a flash of lightning, Lu Yang had already reached the answer:
It's the [Refining Arts Secret Realm]!
The root cause is the [Refining Arts Secret Realm] created by the Saint Sect's Patriarch. Probably being inside that secret realm means not being affected by the taboo knowledge!
With this thought, Lu Yang suddenly realized the truth:
That's right, [Sky-Shrouding] didn't know that piece of taboo knowledge from the beginning either... He was initially just tricked by me to find Perfected One Primordial Mu Changsheng.
At most, he knew the [Refining Arts Secret Realm] was not simple and might hide a great opportunity.
But after seeing Mu Changsheng, the situation changed.
He grasped more secrets than me, knew more hidden things than me. Mu Changsheng's existence allowed him to deduce the truth of the five-thousand-year taboo!
Because he was inside the [Refining Arts Secret Realm], the World Honored One didn't discover it. But I'm different... I am in the present world, so as soon as I knew that taboo, the World Honored One instantly sensed it. As for [Sky-Shrouding]... if nothing unexpected happens, that wisp of his divine sense exists in name only now.
The current [Sky-Shrouding] could only stay inside the [Refining Arts Secret Realm].
Once he left the [Refining Arts Secret Realm], under the World Honored One's sensing, that wisp of his divine sense would undoubtedly die. Now he could be considered a prison mate with Mu Changsheng.
This is really...
Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly laughed out loud. Although it seemed like he was tricked by [Sky-Shrouding] again on his side, the view was different from the same angle.
Placed on [Sky-Shrouding]'s side, he was probably extremely helpless by now.
After all, he had worked so hard, used all kinds of moves, and in the end even simply self-detonated, but Lu Yang was just like a cockroach, never dying.
Even now, although this piece of taboo knowledge gave Lu Yang a headache, dealing with it was simple—just directly cut off the related memory.
Ignorance is bliss.
The water in this wretched place was really too deep. Sometimes not knowing made it easier to achieve success. Knowing more often meant dying faster.
With this thought, Lu Yang immediately activated his divine sense.
The next second, the taboo knowledge he just deduced, the problems on the five-thousand-year timeline, all disappeared. A little confusion appeared in his eyes.
What was I thinking just now?
No, don't delve into it.
Lu Yang abruptly stopped his calculating fingers. Although he didn't know what he forgot, the residual sense of fortune and misfortune told him this was a good thing.
Looking out, in the direction of Jiangxi, that magnificent Pure Land and the golden buddha in the sea of clouds seemed to change because of this. The Buddhist affinity karma originally falling on Lu Yang also gradually dimmed. Obviously, as long as Lu Yang didn't delve into that taboo, he would be fine. However, just the next second—
Boom!
The [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] descended. A large amount of knowledge poured into Lu Yang's mind, actually restoring the memories he just actively forgot.
In an instant, silence reigned.
In the direction of Jiangxi, the originally smiling golden buddha in the sea of clouds seemed to pause for a moment. The compassionate smile originally hanging on his face also stiffened for an instant.
"Holy shit!?"
Even Lu Yang hadn't expected this point. His mouth opened slightly, subconsciously looking at the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws], only to find it brighter than ever before.
This is... they won't start fighting, will they?
Lu Yang lowered his head, trying his best to keep a straight face so he wouldn't laugh out loud. In this situation, the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] operating could only mean one possibility—
The Dao Court's Dao Lord!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's expression was strange, but he also felt it was only natural..
After all, if this continued, everyone would think the World Honored One was number one in the world!
At this moment, dark clouds inexplicably surged over the entire Jiangdong, covering the sky and earth, with angry thunder rolling, as if reflecting the emotions of this piece of heaven and earth.
On the other side, in the direction of Jiangxi, the originally magnificent Pure Land also fell into silence. The chanting disappeared, and the buddhist light seemed to solidify. Only the golden buddha in the sea of clouds sat upright. The originally compassionate and calm smile turned into the glare of a vajra, as if staring at some invisible object across the air.
The Dao Lord descended in person? No, not quite right.
Lu Yang had seen the Dao Lord descend with his own eyes. At that time, the World Honored One truly cast his gaze down. He still remembered vividly that mighty power that made heaven and earth tremble.
The current one was still far from that.
Not like the Dao Lord's true body. This feeling is more like the change in the Dao Lord's mood, a single thought triggering a tit-for-tat confrontation between the two Dao lineages...
But undoubtedly, facing the World Honored One raising the stakes, the Dao Court's Dao Lord also showed His attitude:
Do it! Don't be cowardly!
Lu Yang straightened his back instantly.
I knew it. My cultivating [Heavenly Fire] in this life is actually a great thing for the Dao Court. The Dao Court's Dao Lord should be happy to see it happen.
Moreover, the Dao Court had already been robbed of [City Rampart Earth] by the World Honored One once. Now he wanted to come and rob [Heavenly Fire] again? No one could accept this.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's eyes brightened slightly.
At this moment, he had a bold idea:
Since I also have a Dao Lord backing me, and the Buddha Child isn't the real World Honored One, why not gamble big—directly false hold the Golden Stature and explode with the damn World Honored One?