【You remained unmoved even as the end of your life approached, all for the sake of refining a formation treasure. In the end, you succeeded, but also sat in meditation and passed away because of it.】
【Current remaining pages of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 96】
【Reopening a lifetime, you may choose one of the following gains from your previous life:
Four: Abandon all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on the experiences of your previous life.】
“Those whose names are called, step forward.”
Lü Yang opened his eyes and, after a long time, exhaled deeply, awakening from the dream of past and present lives: “I choose the magical tool.”
A crimson sword pill covered in intricate formation patterns and shining like a sky full of stars appeared within his dantian, emitting a clear sword cry.
Lü Yang looked pleased.
This sword pill was the culmination of over twenty years of effort in his previous life.
Not only were its materials superior, but it had also been enhanced by the Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light.
More importantly, just before his death, he had successfully embedded a high-grade formation into the sword pill, turning it into a formation treasure.
With this, whenever Lü Yang engaged in combat, he could drag his enemies into the formation diagram.
The advantages of this were obvious.
No matter how powerful a cultivator was, it was impossible to contend with a formation laid down by a cultivator of the same realm all by themselves.
Fairy Qing Chen's strength wasn’t great because she was only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
Moreover, from Lü Yang’s current perspective, her time spent studying formations was too short—she was absolutely no match for someone like him who had devoted twenty years to the art.
“It’s time to give you a name.”
As Lü Yang willed it, a chilling blood shadow immediately rose from the sword pill, identical in appearance to him, their minds in sync.
He chuckled softly and said:
“You were forged through the self-sacrifice of my past life and are enhanced by the Blood-Transforming Divine Light. From now on, I shall name you Blood Yang.”
The sword pill vibrated in response, as if acknowledging the name.
Clearing away distractions, Lü Yang cast a glance at Liu Xin, who was still talking animatedly on stage, then withdrew his gaze.
The Innate True Qi Ten Thousand Spirits Banner could wait for now.
Next, Lü Yang began acting according to the template of his previous life.
Step onto the stage, assign disciples, select the Pleasure Hall.
No longer borrow from Zhao Xuhe, but instead directly sell off the White Bone Flying Sword and other benefits received as a new disciple.
Then he began quietly purchasing Substitute Death Yin Puppet.
Soon, the price of Substitute Death Yin Puppet surged.
Lü Yang covertly fanned the flames, buying low and selling high, steadily expanding his capital before making large-scale acquisitions.
But to avoid drawing envy, he didn’t sell at the peak price from his previous life.
He exited the market when the price reached 3,000 contribution points.
By then, he had stockpiled a total of 20 Substitute Death Yin Puppet.
A clean profit of 60,000 contribution points.
After completing all this, Lü Yang purchased a large quantity of spiritual pills.
Then he sealed off his cave dwelling and brought out the greatest gain from his four lifetimes of reincarnation.
《Nine Transformations Dragon Art》
《Myriad Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll》
The former was for Qi Refining, the latter for Foundation Establishment.
Together, they allowed one to cultivate Third-Grade True Qi, paving the way toward the Golden Core realm.
Perfectly aligned with Lü Yang’s expectations.
“Nine Transformations Dragon Art has ten layers, corresponding to the ten levels of Qi Refining. As the name implies, each level triggers a transformation of True Qi—Heavenly Serpent, Divine Eagle, Azure Ox, Brocaded Tiger... After nine transformations, one becomes a dragon, increasing the chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by thirty percent.”
Lü Yang was enthralled and immediately decided to disperse his cultivation to begin training anew.
As his dantian’s True Qi dissipated rapidly, Lü Yang’s cultivation plummeted.
Before long, he fell from the fourth layer of Qi Refining back to being a mortal.
But he didn’t let the dissipated True Qi go to waste.
He fed it all into the “Innate Qi.”
This external Qi that Lü Yang had forged with self-sacrifice in his second life was now nourished by the cultivation of his current life.
It had essentially become his avatar.
With it guarding him during closed-door cultivation, he wasn’t completely defenseless.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Inside the cave dwelling, Lü Yang sat cross-legged on a meditation mat, circulating profound techniques.
His once-empty dantian was now filled with a vast and powerful True Qi.
His Qi flowed with his intent, transforming freely.
One moment it became a fleeing rabbit darting through his meridians.
The next it turned into a lurking python coiled in his dantian.
Then it transformed into a fierce brocaded tiger roaring at the sky.
Next, it became a graceful soaring eagle sweeping across the horizon.
Its transformations were endless.
After a long while, Lü Yang finally let out a deep breath.
The Qi, like a white arrow, did not disperse upon leaving his body but formed a robust azure ox walking slowly, as if carrying a towering divine mountain.
Joy lit up Lü Yang’s face.
These three years of cultivation were far smoother than in his previous three lives.
After all, in this life, he had an abundance of contribution points and no shortage of external medicinal aids.
Therefore, in just three short years, he had returned to the sixth layer of Qi Refining—peak mid-stage.
Although he was stuck at the mid-stage bottleneck, Lü Yang was confident.
In at most five years, or as few as three, he would break through and return to the late stage of Qi Refining!
Moreover, although he was still at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, his combat power likely differed little from his past life.
This was because his current True Qi was now entirely different.
“Nine Transformations Dragon—each transformation comes with a corresponding spell or divine ability.
Brocaded Tiger boosts True Qi's destructive power.
Azure Ox enhances physical strength.
Divine Eagle grants clairvoyance.
Heavenly Serpent conceals one’s aura.
Jade Rabbit increases speed.
Mountain Camel boosts True Qi regeneration.”
Six transformations had almost eliminated the gap between mid and late Qi Refining!
But what tempted Lü Yang most was the “Flying Fish Transformation” among the nine.
Because this transformation had a very simple effect—breaking through bottlenecks!
“If I cultivated the sixth transformation now, I might instantly reach the late stage.”
“But that would be a waste.”
Lü Yang had grand ambitions.
There was no way he would use such a precious breakthrough opportunity just to reach the late stage of Qi Refining.
He planned to save it for when he aimed for complete mastery in Qi Refining.
Lü Yang’s plan for this life was simple—cultivate.
“I’ll cultivate silently, then seamlessly transition into the Myriad Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll after reaching full mastery. I’ll stay in closed-door cultivation until Foundation Establishment and stun the world!”
With this thought, Lü Yang casually fed himself a spiritual pill and resumed his meditation.
Then, just a few days later—
Lü Yang was jolted awake from his meditation by a tremor shaking the ground.
He opened his eyes and found that the Innate Qi avatar he had stationed outside had been destroyed.
An enemy had invaded?
Lü Yang was utterly puzzled.
He had secluded himself in his cave this entire life, focusing solely on cultivation, indifferent to the outside world.
Why would someone suddenly come to kill him?
With doubt in his heart, Lü Yang walked out of his cave dwelling—
Only to see a familiar face he didn’t expect.
Outside the cave, Zhao Xuhe’s bloodshot eyes glared at him.
Several powerful cultivators stood beside him, their auras surging with killing intent as they stared furiously at Lü Yang.
“This senior brother.” Lü Yang cupped his hands and said, “I am Lü Yang. May I ask—”
“So it really is you!”
Zhao Xuhe interrupted Lü Yang directly, gritting his teeth.
“Panlong Island vanished mysteriously. The opportunity I gained after cultivating merit through three lifetimes suddenly disappeared. I paid a great price to ask my master to divine the cause and effect. My master told me that the opportunity was snatched by a disciple of the Primordial Saint Sect surnamed Lü from this very place!”
“Speak! Do you have Panlong True Person’s inheritance?”
As Zhao Xuhe finished speaking, Lü Yang froze for a moment.
Then, as if realizing something, his expression turned dark at a speed visible to the naked eye.