Gazing at Patriarch Nether Whisper, whose skin now glowed with spiritual splendor, eyes containing precious light, and whose expression and aura were starkly different from before, Lu Yang felt only heartfelt excitement and joy.
"Good, good, good!"
Patriarch Nether Whisper being able to go a step further, reconstructing and recreating [Wu You Heaven] to the point of an Orthodox Dao Fruit, could be considered the fulfillment of one of his wishes.
On the other side, Patriarch Nether Whisper also appeared quite satisfied. He pinched the spiritual light formed by [Wu You Heaven] between his fingertips, played with it contentedly, and then looked at Lu Yang: "This is all thanks to you. If not for you, the [Ruyi Heart] I deduced probably wouldn't have been achieved so easily."
"What are you saying?"
Lu Yang waved his hand dismissively, acting as if they were old buddies, then asked expectantly: "Dare I ask, Patriarch, what divine abilities does this Wonder possess?"
"Just as the name implies."
Patriarch Nether Whisper smiled: "[Ruyi Heart]—all things are created by the heart, and everything goes as I wish. That's all. It can be considered another direction of the transformation between void and reality."
"In my opinion, Mu Changsheng still went astray."
"The transformation between void and reality, and the transformation between truth and falsehood—both are extremely profound. Wanting to attain to both is impossible; the result will only be being a jack of all trades and master of none."
"It's better to focus on one point."
"So I didn't use the transformation between truth and falsehood. Instead, I solely took the path of turning falsehood into truth. The effect of [Ruyi Heart], in a nutshell, is making fantasies come true."
Lu Yang was stunned listening to this.
Although Patriarch Nether Whisper spoke lightly, as if it were not worth mentioning, how could Lu Yang not hear it? This damn thing... had the potential of a Supreme Dao Fruit!
The Patriarch was simply too reliable!
Lu Yang wanted to continue asking, but suddenly his heart sensed something. He frowned, then took out a stream of light from his sleeve. It was Mu Changsheng's divine sense.
Hmm?
Looking at the message transmitted by Mu Changsheng's divine sense, Lu Yang suddenly raised his eyebrows: The Old Dragon Lord... is actually openly cooperating with Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao?
They plotting for [Heavenly Fire]?
[Sea of Bitterness].
As a treacherous space above the Foundation Establishment Realm, a place where the concepts of all things in heaven and earth are projected in a higher dimension, in principle, it is boundless.
In such a place, a Dao Fruit, a Great Dao, or even a person is minuscule, like a needle in a haystack. It is fundamentally impossible to determine location and direction, especially since these things can move. Therefore, most cultivators chasing the Dao in the [Sea of Bitterness] are solitary.
But there are always exceptions.
Rumble!
A portal opened wide, and five figures strode in from the present world, breaking the tranquility of this infinite sea of concepts. The boundless Sea of Bitterness instantly churned with giant waves.
The leader was none other than the Old Dragon Lord!
Standing behind the Old Dragon Lord were the other two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators of the Four Seas Sect, Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu, as well as Mu Changsheng and Tian Qiu.
"Old Dragon Lord, are you sure you want to cooperate with Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao?"
Great Sage Xuan Yuan whispered: "The Sword Pavilion... isn't much better than the Saint Sect. In fact, they are even more excessive than the Saint Sect. At least when the Saint Sect turns hostile, they aren't disgusting about it..."
As a veteran Perfected Lord, Great Sage Xuan Yuan was naturally no stranger to the four major rogue factions of the inland. In his view, the Saint Sect and the Sword Pavilion were birds of a feather. The only difference was that when the Saint Sect turned hostile, they would admit they never kept their word, while when the Sword Pavilion turned hostile, they would condemn others for not keeping their word.
None of them were good people!
Facing Great Sage Xuan Yuan's question, the Old Dragon Lord shook his head and sighed: "There's no other way. Who asked for Gangxing to soon return to his peak and ascend to become a Great Perfected Lord?"
"If we don't submit now, it will be too late to submit later."
"After all, you and Ming Zhu have always been unwilling to attach your Grotto-Heavens to help me break through to the late stage of Golden Core... Since that's the case, we can only survive by relying on others' breath."
As soon as these words came out, Great Sage Xuan Yuan was instantly silenced. On the other side, Great Sage Ming Zhu also revealed a strange expression, clearly harboring different considerations and thoughts in his heart.
Seeing this, the Old Dragon Lord laughed secretly.
Leaders of small clans who once depended on my Dragon Clan... you really think you can sit on equal footing with me? If I can't deal with the Saint Sect, can I not deal with you?
That's right, he did it on purpose.
Surrendering to Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao was fake. The Old Dragon Lord's main goal was still to make Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu recognize the situation and choose to submit to him.
After all, in Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao's past battle records, there is one about suppressing the overseas regions. Whether it is Great Sage Xuan Yuan or Great Sage Ming Zhu, both are worried that after he becomes a Great Perfected Lord, he will once again raise his blade against the overseas regions. For this reason, the overseas regions indeed need a Great Perfected Lord to stabilize the situation.
After all, a Great Perfected Lord was different!
Mid-stage Golden Core, Grotto-Heaven unfallen—theoretically, they were already immortal and indestructible. However, strictly speaking, a Great Perfected Lord had hope of killing a mid-stage Golden Core!
Of course, the method was slightly different.
Admittedly, even a Great Perfected Lord would find it difficult to strip a mid-stage Golden Core's Grotto-Heaven from their Dao Fruit and bring it down. However, a Great Perfected Lord had other methods.
For example, severing the connection between the Perfected Lord's soul and the Grotto-Heaven, making it impossible for them to return after reincarnation. Then, calculating karma to find the Perfected Lord's reincarnated body, descending from the sky, and extinguishing the soul... In this way, even without bringing down the Grotto-Heaven, a mid-stage Golden Core Perfected Lord would still meet a dead end.
A Great Perfected Lord... only a Great Perfected Lord could contend against one!
Thinking of this, the expressions of Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu wavered even more. The Old Dragon Lord saw this and rejoiced in his heart, immediately striking while the iron was hot:
"I am also thinking for the sake of our overseas regions."
"If we can help Gangxing successfully capture [Heavenly Fire] this time, it will be considered a great merit. Presumably, after Gangxing recovers, he can also be lenient with us."
Give me a break!
Great Sage Xuan Yuan didn't believe this rhetoric at all. Beasts with fur and horns like them, earning merit for the Sword Pavilion? Would the Sword Pavilion's reward be killing them?
Great Sage Xuan Yuan could even guess the Sword Pavilion's rhetoric: "Since you have established such merit, we will be lenient and send you to reincarnation. Wait until you have changed your roots, cleared your past, and reincarnated as humans, then we will come to guide you to join the Sword Pavilion. Start as servant disciples..."
Sword bastards!
Thinking of this, Great Sage Xuan Yuan became increasingly uneasy, while the Old Dragon Lord nodded secretly, certain in his heart that the two Great Sages would soon submit.
However, just at this moment.
"What use is there in submitting to Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao? Why not come and submit to my Saint Sect? Join me, and I will guarantee you, no one can hurt you!"
A grand voice arrived, instantly triggering vibrations in the Sea of Bitterness.
Immediately after, under the Old Dragon Lord's stunned gaze, a stream of light broke through the sea and arrived. It suddenly split apart, and a dignified and graceful woman in white walked out.
Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue!
"It's you again..."
The Old Dragon Lord swallowed and gritted his teeth secretly. Ever since the other party came out of the [Nourishing Life Master] five years ago, she had been roaming overseas looking for trouble with him.
To say he couldn't beat her, that wasn't necessarily true. In the past, he might not have been a match for Perfected Lord Feixue, but after [Vast Ocean Water] returned to the Supreme position, the Old Dragon Lord already had the confidence to battle her. Even if he didn't win, it would be hard to lose. But the question was, why fight?
Hard to lose didn't mean he wouldn't lose.
The Old Dragon Lord had self-awareness. In terms of surviving, no one in the entire Immortal Nexus was better than him. But in terms of combat, he could only be said to be mediocre—neither high nor low.
In this situation, fighting Perfected Lord Feixue, who was known as the supreme combatant of five thousand years...
What if he slipped up?
As the saying goes, not gambling is winning!
Instead of wasting time fighting this crazy woman, I might as well hurry up and find a way to become a Great Perfected Lord. At that time, even if I stand still, she won't be able to do anything to me!
Thinking of this, the Old Dragon Lord immediately wanted to retreat.
However, the next second, Perfected Lord Feixue's voice came faintly, causing the footsteps of Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu, who were originally following the Old Dragon Lord, to stop abruptly.
"You two, don't forget."
"Who beat the True Dragon Clan into this state back then? A Great Perfected Lord can certainly protect himself in the short term... but overseas, ultimately, there is no Nascent Soul Dao Lord!"