bookbashuk Chapter 360 A Difficult Choice, An Immortal Body for All Ages!
Chapter 360 A Difficult Choice, An Immortal Body for All Ages!
Chapter 360 A Difficult Choice, An Immortal Body for All Ages!
"The Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor—truly worthy of being the strongest among the extraterrestrial evil races besides the Heavenly Evil God, he is indeed terrifying."
Lu Yu stared at the simulation results, feeling little surprise but rather a sense of calm.
Having memories of his past life, he naturally knew the terror of the Holy Demon Emperor. He was the patriarch of the Holy Demon Clan, the number one clan of the extraterrestrial evil races, whose strength was unfathomable. Even when he clashed with the Flame Emperor, who was destined to reach the peak of the Saint Rank, he did not suffer a defeat.
Such beings have likely already touched the threshold of the "Dominator Realm" of the Great Thousand Worlds or the "God Realm" of the extraterrestrial evil races, and are far beyond the reach of ordinary late-stage Saint-grade beings.
Only a supreme expert at the half-step Dominator level has the potential to kill it.
The simulated "self" is only at the early stage of the Saintly Rank, still some distance from the peak of the late stage, let alone the half-step Dominator.
He was able to fight the Holy Heaven Demon Emperor to this extent by relying on the two supreme divine abilities of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and Supreme Spirit Connects to Heaven, as well as his self-created sacred items "Thunder Prison Spirit Array Body" and "Thunder Prison Floating Pagoda Pearl", and even made him pay a price.
This combat power is comparable to the peak of the late stage of a Saint-grade, and even ranks among the top three in the Heavenly Demon Emperor sequence of the extraterrestrial evil race.
"The gap is still too big."
Lu Yu muttered to himself, but his eyes burned with an even more intense fighting spirit. Although he ultimately died, the version of himself in the simulation was not his true self at his peak.
After all, the simulated self does not have the blessing of two original Dharma bodies and two supreme holy artifacts.
If these are added, once I reach the late stage of the Saint Rank, I might be able to try to kill that Saint Heaven Demon Emperor.
Thinking this through, his gaze returned to the three options, weighing the pros and cons: "The third level of the Supreme Spiritual Heavenly Light, the 'Heavenly Realm' inheritance, can help a mid-stage Saint-grade player defeat a late-stage Saint-grade player. It's indeed quite good—"
"However, I already have a foundation in this method. What I lack is the perseverance to break through. Given time, I will surely succeed, so there is no rush to choose it."
"The Thunder Prison Pagoda Pearl is a peerless sacred artifact of the highest grade, with considerable power—but I already have the Heavenly Emperor Sword and the Ancient Diagram of the Supreme Spirit, which are good for both offense and support. Adding another sacred artifact would be icing on the cake, but it would not be a fundamental improvement."
"And the eternally immortal body—even if damaged, is still the original Dharma body!"
Lu Yu's eyes sharpened. "The Primal Dharma Body, there are only five left in the Great Thousand Worlds. It is even rarer than a Saint-grade peerless sacred artifact, and its value is far beyond that of an ordinary Saint-grade peerless sacred artifact."
"Moreover, Mu Chen in later generations fused the power of the five primordial Dharma Bodies before breaking through the shackles and ascending to the realm of the Sovereign!"
"The opportunity to break through to the Dominator Realm is naturally of greater value."
"Now that I have gathered the two original Dharma bodies, plus the self-created Myriad Calamities Floating Pagoda Body and this Eternal Immortal Body, I am only one step away from having the five Dharma bodies—"
"How could I possibly let go of a piece of the puzzle on the path to domination?"
With this thought in mind, Lu Yu made his choice without the slightest hesitation: "I choose the Eternal Immortal Body!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the void before them twisted and contracted violently. Finally, a point of dazzling, crystal-clear light suddenly burst forth, transforming into a body only a few feet in size, yet exuding boundless antiquity and majesty.
Its entire body is like the purest glass, with primordial patterns engraved on its surface as if they existed since the beginning of time, radiating a mysterious and timeless aura.
An aura of immortality surrounds it, giving it a sense of eternity, as if it can withstand the erosion of time and never be erased.
It is an immortal body!
However, this original Dharma body, which should have been radiant and awe-inspiring, was now dim and covered with fine cracks, like a peerless glass lamp that had been struck hard.
"It's really badly damaged—"
Lu Yu carefully sensed it and understood. This matched the situation in the simulation where the Immortal Emperor burned his immortal origin to seal the Heavenly Evil God. In this state, it naturally could not be used directly, and forcibly activating it might even accelerate its collapse.
Lu Yu's mind raced, and he had a plan. He focused his mind on his dantian, and a phantom of a pagoda, exuding an ancient aura and flowing with crystal luster, slowly rose up. It was the Holy Pagoda.
At the same time, the ancient Tai Ling diagram, floating beside him and radiating a warm, spiritual light, seemed to sense something as well. It swayed gently, scattering an even richer, softer radiance, containing the vast origin and nourishing power of the ancestors of the Tai Ling Sacred Items throughout the ages.
Using the Holy Pagoda as its core, he carefully guided the damaged glass body into the innermost nurturing space within the pagoda.
The spiritual light of the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram enveloped it, slowly permeating and repairing every tiny crack in the Dharma Body, stabilizing its collapsing structure, and preventing its condition from deteriorating further.
"The Ancient Diagram of the Primordial Spirit can help stabilize its form, nurture its spiritual essence, and temporarily prevent it from dissipating. However, to truly repair it, the depleted immortal essence must be replenished—"
Lu Yu stroked his chin and pondered silently, "This is not a difficult matter. The Maha Ancient Clan has inherited ancient traditions. The Eternal Tower within the clan is a relic left behind by the Immortal Emperor, accumulating the immortal essence that has settled over tens of thousands of years."
"The accumulated immortal essence is so vast that it has given rise to a counterfeit of the Eternal Immortal Body. If it can be devoured, it should be enough to repair this Eternal Immortal Body—"
"The Mahagu Clan —"
A glint of light flashed in Lu Yu's eyes. If he remembered correctly, at this time, the patriarch of the Maha Ancient Clan, Maha Tian, should still be a little kid who had not yet ascended to the Saint-grade Heavenly Supreme. The Maha Ancient Clan should only have two Saint-grade Heavenly Supremes.
"Let's just rob them!"
He tapped his knee lightly with his fingertips, silently pondering the possibility of doing so.
Seizing the Eternal Tower along with its vast immortal origin, and even the Eternal Immortal Body within it, would not only be enough to repair the Eternal Immortal Body in my possession, but might also further enhance my own foundation.
However, the Maha Ancient Clan is, after all, a great clan with an ancient heritage. The Eternal Tower within their clan has a deep connection with the Immortal Emperor. To some extent, they can also be considered one of the "guardians".
The Immortal Emperor perished for the Great Thousand Worlds, leaving behind a great legacy. The Maha Ancient Clan did not dare to openly and forcibly seize the Eternal Immortal Body.
If I were to go to their door and forcibly seize something without any reason, although I might be able to do it with my current strength, it would ultimately give them something to talk about and attract the attention and criticism of other super powers in the world.
It is highly likely that even powerful forces like the Great Thousand Palace and the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs will come to attack him.
He rubbed his temples, temporarily suppressing his many calculations and concerns about the Maha Ancient Clan. This matter required careful consideration; he was still far from reaching the late stage of the Saintly Rank, so there was no rush to gather the five Dharma Bodies.
"The Eternal Immortal Body has been nurtured by the Ancient Spirit Diagram and is temporarily unharmed. The most urgent task is to improve one's own strength and foundation."
Lu Yu turned his gaze to the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram, which was quietly floating beside him and flowing with a warm spiritual light.
"Now that the simulation of the Heavenly Emperor Sword has ended, it's time to use up the simulation attempts for the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram."
As the sacred artifact of the Tailing Ancient Clan, the Tailing Ancient Diagram is probably no less powerful or superior to the Heavenly Emperor Sword in terms of its level and heritage, making it an excellent "anchor".
Even the ancestral tower of the Futu Ancient Clan, which is also a peerless sacred artifact of the Saint grade, can also serve as an anchor point. However, when he went to the ancestral land last time to receive baptism, his own cultivation was still shallow, and he was powerless to approach the core of the ancestral tower, thus missing a precious opportunity for simulation.
"If the opportunity arises in the future, I will definitely go to Zuta again to give it a try."
Lu Yu noted this down and then focused all his attention on the Tai Ling Ancient Map before him.
"Let's begin—"
After an unknown amount of time, the interplay of light and shadow in the quiet room gradually subsided.
In front of Lu Yu, besides the Heavenly Emperor Sword that floated quietly and the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram that emitted a warm spiritual light, there was another item.
It was a dark purple pearl, about the size of a fist, with lightning patterns and eerie phantom images flowing across its surface.
The pearl hovered silently, its interior seemingly forming its own destructive thunder prison. Faint sounds of demonic souls wailing and thunder roaring emanated from it, radiating a chilling ferocity and destructive aura. It was none other than the peerless sacred artifact, the Thunder Prison Pagoda Pearl!
This bead possesses a fierce and malevolent power. If it weren't for the gentle and neutralizing aura of the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram's spiritual light surrounding it, the array in this quiet room would likely be unable to completely isolate its terrifying pressure.
Lu Yu reached out his hand, and the Thunder Prison Floating Pagoda Pearl fell into his palm as if it had a spirit, a cold and heavy touch coming through him.
At the same time, information about the complete refining method, control techniques, and the unique secret method of "devouring demonic remains and transforming them into demonic lightning beads" also flooded into his mind.
"What a deadly weapon!"
Lu Yu carefully sensed it, his eyes filled with even greater satisfaction. This bead was not only incredibly powerful, but it also perfectly matched his self-created Thunder Prison Spirit Array, making it incredibly easy for him to use.
"Two simulations yielded a damaged original Dharma body and a peerless sacred artifact—it was worth it."
Lu Yu also absorbed the Thunder Prison Pagoda Pearl into his body, placing it in the core of his dantian along with the Heavenly Emperor Sword and the Tai Ling Ancient Diagram, and slowly nurtured and refined it with his own sacred spiritual power.
In the quiet room, his aura became increasingly harmonious and restrained, but the confidence and self-assurance that came from the depths of his soul were many times stronger than before his seclusion.
"Next, we should properly digest what we've gained and keep an eye on the situation with the clone."
Lu Yu cast his gaze outside the quiet room, as if he could penetrate space and see the two avatars who were trying to inherit the original Dharma body in their respective secret places.
The ancient Futu clan, the Futu realm.
Deepest within the ancestral land, inside the ancestral pagoda.
This is a strange space shrouded in endless light, where even time seems to slow down and become sacred.
At the center of the space, an ancient altar, formed entirely of pure light, stood silently. Above the altar, a vast, majestic light and shadow, radiating boundless purification and immense power, floated.
That is the original Dharma body inherited by the ancient Futu clan, the body of endless light!
At this moment, in front of the altar, a figure dressed in a plain white robe sat cross-legged. His face was exactly the same as Lu Yu's original self, but his temperament was even more aloof and transcendent; he was Lu Yu's white-robed clone.
The clone's eyes were closed, and the spiritual energy around him resonated mysteriously with the altar and the endless body of light. Vast power of light washed over his body like a waterfall, attempting to merge with him.
However, the power of the original Dharma body is so domineering and vast that even if the Dharma body has already recognized its master, the process of inheritance is full of unimaginable pressure and danger.
The clone's body was sometimes as clear as glass, and at other times it showed traces of light, as if it might be consumed by the pure power of light at any moment—
It was melting or tearing. Fine beads of sweat had seeped from his forehead, only to be instantly evaporated by the intense heat surrounding him.
Not far away, Elder Futu Xuan personally oversaw the proceedings. His expression was solemn, his gaze fixed intently on the changes on the altar, an ancient clan token clutched in his hand, ready to respond to any unforeseen circumstances.
"The foundation of this avatar of the Holy Son is so solid, and his willpower is so unyielding, that it is truly rare."
Fu Tu Xuan inwardly praised, "But the power of the Endless Light Body originates from the primordial light of the beginning of heaven and earth, and is incomparably domineering. Even with my protection and the clan's resources, the process of inheriting it is by no means easy. A slight mistake will cause the clone to collapse—"
He could sense that the power of light on the altar was being absorbed and refined by the white-robed clone at an astonishing speed, but correspondingly, the pressure on the clone was also increasing exponentially.
"The most crucial moment is almost here—"
Fu Tu Xuan's eyes narrowed, and the vast spiritual power of a mid-stage Saint-grade cultivator surged around him, ready to intervene and stabilize the situation at any moment.
Meanwhile, in another place, deep within the Tai Ling Ancient Clan's Tai Ling Realm.
This place is completely different from the bright and sacred world of the Buddhist realm; it seems to be a chaotic spiritual realm that has formed its own world.
Within the domain, endless pure spiritual energy flowed and swirled slowly like a tangible ocean, and at its center, a slightly hazy, ethereal light and shadow formed from pure and vast spiritual energy floated quietly.
It has no fixed form; sometimes it is as solid as mountains and earth, and sometimes it is as misty and flowing as ethereal fog, exuding an aura that encompasses all things.
The boundless meaning that nourishes heaven and earth.
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It is the original Dharma body inherited by the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, the Tai Ling Sacred Body!
Lu Yu's black-robed clone stood at the center of this ocean of spiritual energy, facing the ethereal light and shadow.
His eyes were closed, and his aura was deep and restrained. He was guiding the vast and boundless spiritual energy of the Tai Ling Origin around him into his body at an extremely slow and steady pace.
Unlike the violent erosion and forced fusion of the power of light in the Floating Pagoda Realm, the inheritance process of the Tai Ling Holy Body is more like an "assimilation" and "bearing".
The vast spiritual power did not come from the outside, but rather, like a mother embracing her child, it gently and firmly penetrated into every inch of the clone's meridians, every drop of spiritual power, and even the depths of its soul from all directions, gradually transforming it and causing its essence to evolve towards the vastness and inclusiveness of "Tai Ling".
This process may seem gentle, but it is actually fraught with danger.
If the clone's will is not firm enough and its spiritual foundation is not solid enough, it will be completely assimilated and submerged by this boundless ocean of spiritual energy, lose itself, and become part of the origin of this Supreme Spiritual Body, with no independent consciousness left.
The figure of the black-robed clone floated slightly in the spiritual sea, his face calm and expressionless. Only a faint light that occasionally flashed between his forehead, representing extreme focus, showed that he was enduring a huge mental drain and a test of will.
The figure of the Grand Ancestor Tai Ming had quietly appeared at the edge of the Spirit Realm. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Lu Yu in black robes in the center of the Spirit Sea with gentle and gratified eyes.
"Good lad—"
The Grand Ancestor Tai Ming muttered to himself, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration, "His control over spiritual power and his unwavering resolve are both outstanding. This avatar of his is even more compatible than I had anticipated."
He could clearly sense that the aura of the black-robed clone was undergoing a near-perfect fusion with the essence of the Tai Ling Holy Body.
As the ethereal light and shadow deepened, they gradually revealed a spiritual radiance that shared the same origin as Lu Yu, yet was far more vast and profound.
"The fusion is already more than halfway complete —"
The Grand Ancestor stroked his beard and smiled, feeling somewhat relieved.
However, he remained vigilant, for the inheritance of the primordial Dharma body allowed no room for carelessness. His spiritual power, like the finest spiritual net, enveloped the entire spiritual realm, ready to intervene at any moment should any unexpected event occur.
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