Five talents made Lu Yang's eyes gleam with colorful light, and an immense sense of satisfaction arose in his heart. He had finally successfully extracted Lingxiao's Golden Nature!
How many lifetimes had it been?
Thinking back to those years, this evil old ghost had suppressed him, playing with him at will. Now, it was finally his turn to turn things around and be the master.
However, he quickly extracted himself from his many emotions and began to seriously consider the usability of the five talents. He had to admit, each of these talents was very high-level, and their practicality all had their own merits. However, after a simple glance, he still rapidly eliminated two.
One and three are unnecessary.
[Veiled Among the Mortal World]—he had once drawn this from the old Dragon Lord. It was a talent that was better than nothing, without much practical use.
[Lesser Dao Transformation] was about the same.
Although it has more uses than [Supreme Dao Transformation], the comprehension is lower, so the upper limit is lower. If the upper limit is low, having more uses is completely useless.
Of the remaining three, after repeated consideration, Lu Yang also eliminated [Veil Beyond History].
Although the effect of this talent was very good and could perfectly conceal his roots, it overlapped with the built-in effect of rebooting with [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes].
Moreover, at his current realm, hiding his roots was actually quite useless. Everyone was someone aiming for the Dao Lord position; whether they had roots or not didn't matter. If he were still a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, this talent should have had a great use. As for now, he could only say, 'I am already old when you were born.'
For the final two, Lu Yang fell into a long-absent hesitation.
[Warden of the Netherworld], entering and exiting the Netherworld freely without being discovered. It sounded quite ordinary and useless, but Lu Yang thought of one point.
What was the Netherworld?
Just a mere Ghost Gate? A few Netherworld components? Or the complete Netherworld, including the [Lord of the Netherworld's Palace] where Dao Tianqi resided?
If it was the former, it had no value.
But what if it was the latter?
Entering and exiting the Netherworld freely. If I can enter the [Lord of the Netherworld's Palace] without being discovered by the Dao Lords, that would be equivalent to attaining the Dao!
This was what made Lu Yang's scalp tingle the most, because he saw a tremendous prospect within it. A prospect where he wouldn't need to put in any effort; as long as he utilized the talent to the fullest, he could easily become the Lord of the Netherworld. The dream position of a Dao Lord seemed to be waving at him!
However, in the end, he still calmed down.
What a huge pie drawn in the sky.
But it was useless.
First, Dao Tianqi is still in the Netherworld. The current Netherworld can only accommodate one Dao Lord. If I want to become the Lord of the Netherworld, I must first find a way to beat him to death.
Lu Yang was somewhat averse to this.
Second, even if I use this method to become the Lord of the Netherworld, so what? What about my Dao? Must I give up everything I've accumulated so far?
Thinking of this, Lu Yang turned his gaze with immense perseverance to the last talent, [Unbound by Heaven and Earth]. Compared to the huge prospect of [Warden of the Netherworld], this talent was very ordinary. Clearly, this talent was extremely suitable for the false history he was about to head to once again.
But besides that, there was no other convenience.
Everything would require him to struggle in the false history himself. Other than that, this talent probably wouldn't give him any assistance or allow him to clear the stage easily.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang smiled.
[You have obtained the colorful talent: Unbound by Heaven and Earth!]
[This talent can be freely toggled on and off. While active, your history will possess uniqueness and will not be affected by any external factors.]
Activate.
Lu Yang's mind stirred. Instantly, an indescribable sense of relaxation, as if he had thrown off a heavy burden, surged into his heart, making him feel thoroughly refreshed.
Following that, a thought that had been [Locked] due to entering the Light Sea also broke through layers of restraints and arose spontaneously: The secret of the Primordial Spirit... right, regarding the secret of the Primordial Spirit, I haven't asked Tianhun yet. Damn it, it's that cursed [Lock] again. I actually forgot!
With this thought, a pleasant surprise instantly surfaced in Lu Yang's heart.
The [Lock] no longer works on me?
This was quite beyond Lu Yang's expectations. He didn't expect [Unbound by Heaven and Earth] to have such an effect, allowing him to faintly glimpse the operating principle of the [Lock].
I chose correctly!
Solving the trouble of the [Lock] meant he could further pursue the path of the Primordial Spirit. Compared to being the Lord of the Netherworld, this was the truly meaningful thing.
After all, even if he became the Lord of the Netherworld, he would be relying on the Netherworld, not himself. Even if he attained the Dao, what use would it be? It would be better to let Dao Tianqi do it.
Unknowingly, the grand throne of the Netherworld, which used to make Lu Yang scramble like ducks to water, was now no longer valued by him.
Because he already had his own path to walk; Dao Lord was not his limit. He still had to continue upwards until he overthrew the Primordial Saint. How could he be satisfied with just one Netherworld?
"Phew..."
Lu Yang let out a long breath and only then withdrew from the talents on the panel, turning to look at Lingxiao. The seemingly long selection process was an instant in reality.
The next second, a crimson light surfaced in his hand.
It was exactly [Fate Revolution].
Lu Yang said in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist, as long as you refine this wonder, you can switch to cultivating my Dao Lineage. I have already left the most suitable path for you."
Lingxiao accepted it frankly and said: "I don't need to refine it now?"
Lu Yang shook his head: "My Dao Heart is currently insufficient, and Fellow Daoist's cultivation is too high. Rashly refining it might instead increase my risk of getting lost."
"Moreover, Fellow Daoist is no nameless nobody now. The World Honored One, the Primordial Saint, and that nameless Dao Lord are all keeping an eye on you. Modifying your Dao Lineage just like this would easily let people see something amiss and subsequently trace it back to me. So it's better to stay hidden temporarily and activate it at the final moment."
Speaking up to here, Lu Yang abruptly changed the topic:
"Besides this, regarding the matter of the nameless Dao Lord, Fellow Daoist can actually look for an opportunity to ask the World Honored One. He ultimately possesses more intelligence."
"Ask him?"
Lingxiao frowned: "The crux of the World Honored One's Dao attainment lies in the false history. If you and I plan to overthrow the false history, I'm afraid it conflicts with his interests..."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yang instantly laughed:
"Too small, your vision is too small!"
"If the [Paramita] collapses, where would there still be any need for a false history? The current World Honored One won't care about these things. Fellow Daoist can rest assured and just ask."
Lingxiao: "..."
So you're just saying I have the perspective of a lower-realm cultivator, huh?
You're amazing; you're a higher-realm cultivator.
Just wait.
Lingxiao's mind raced. He had already begun thinking about how to jump back and forth between the World Honored One and the nameless Dao Lord, sitting on the fence to seek profit.
Although he chose to pledge allegiance to Lu Yang, he was not the type to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. Moreover, he had sold himself for a good price, which could be considered heavily investing in the Investiture of the Gods Method.
He naturally had to do something to find ways to make the Investiture of the Gods Method even stronger, so that as a shareholder, he could earn even more.
And on the other side.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Lu Yang's heart stirred. It was actually the newly obtained [Unbound by Heaven and Earth]—some grand, mighty power was attempting to interfere with his history.
Should he stop it?
...It's the World Honored One!
Lu Yang instantly reacted and immediately turned off [Unbound by Heaven and Earth]. Unsurprisingly, this was the World Honored One planning to converse using the method of altering karma.
However, the effect of [Unbound by Heaven and Earth] still made Lu Yang feel pleasantly surprised.
It could even block the World Honored One's alteration of karma?
Intuition told him that although this talent had very limited use right now, given time, it would inevitably be able to play a crucially important role!
(End of chapter)