Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Once the thought occurred, Lü Yang acted upon it. After ten lifetimes of cultivation, he deeply understood one principle: action was paramount; procrastination led to no achievements.

‘First is the 【Minor Blessed Land】!’

Although this item appeared to be a completely new method at first glance, upon reflection, Lü Yang realized that this was not his first encounter with something similar.

‘【Blood Demon Island】!’

Indeed, the so-called 【Minor Blessed Land】 was almost identical to the 【Blood Demon Island】 he had seen in previous lifetimes; in fact, the latter was a simplified version of the former.

‘The 【Minor Blessed Land】 had the effect of concealing oneself within, evading the detection of heaven and earth. Although the 【Blood Demon Island】 was merely a simplified version, it likely inherited this effect. Therefore, the Blood Demon True Person hid within it, using a feigned death technique to sleep, thus surviving for thousands of years, far surpassing the ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.’

With this precedent, Lü Yang’s confidence in the 【Minor Blessed Land】 increased significantly.

Only one problem remained: he did not know how to refine it.

After all, as a direct disciple of a True Person, the refining method of the 【Minor Blessed Land】 was extremely profound. It was not that Lü Yang could not comprehend it, but rather that it required a certain amount of time to learn.

‘At this point, I can only rely on my talent!’

‘Ancestor Ting You!’

Lü Yang shook the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, once again summoning Ancestor Ting You, and without further ado, handed over the method and the 【Indestructible Gilded Silkworm of Ten Thousand Tribulations】.

”You...”

After listening to Lü Yang’s request, Ancestor Ting You revealed a helpless expression. His aura fluctuated, clearly indicating that he had already reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!

Although it had not been long since his revival, Ancestor Ting You’s recovery speed was still very fast. Moreover, in his previous life, he had already achieved complete Foundation Establishment. His innate divine abilities were permanently certified, requiring no search for the Heavenly Gang or Earth Fiend. Therefore, even without doing anything, he was rapidly recovering.

This astonished Lü Yang.

‘Now it seems that Ancestor Ting You did not lack the ability to recover to his peak; it was simply that in previous lifetimes, he was suppressed by True Persons and did not dare to recover.’

However, the current Ancestor Ting You should be even stronger than his original self.

After all, under Lü Yang’s cultivation, he had consumed the 【Dao Merging Immortal Pill】, fused with his original body, and his comprehension and intelligence had clearly reached a higher level compared to before.

”Practicing cultivation is not done this way.”

Ancestor Ting You looked at Lü Yang and earnestly said, ”I can help you comprehend the method, but if you do not understand the principles within, it will always be a hidden danger.”

”What is mine is always mine.”

”If you wish to seek the Golden Elixir and aspire to ascend in the future, you must have your own principles and insights. You can’t expect me to help you even with the Golden Elixir, can you?”

”I understand.”

Ancestor Ting You meant well, and Lü Yang was well aware of this.

”But Ancestor, you also know my current situation. I don’t have that much time to waste. The longer I stay in this damned place, the more dangerous it becomes!”

Now, with the changing world situation, heaven and earth had taken away his immortal spiritual body. Under the wholehearted cultivation of 【Shang Zhang】, it was estimated that it would not take long for him to reach complete Foundation Establishment. On the other hand, the Buddha Son Guang Ming had emerged from the Pure Land, clearly with grand plans. The surging undercurrents were about to surface.

Yet, heaven and earth were targeting him.

Once 【Shang Zhang】 achieved complete Foundation Establishment, it was highly likely he would come looking for him. Unless he stayed inseparable from Daoist Dangmo, but then how could he cultivate?

More importantly...

”My path is now severed!”

Although the Sword Dao clone was very strong, with the blessing of the 【Tribulation Wave】, it possessed the combat power of a Great True Person, even among Great True Persons, it was outstanding.

But so what?

The Sword Dao was poisonous; restarting would not carry it over. Improving it was meaningless. The urgent task now was to find a cultivation path that could be carried over!

In this situation, staying in this damned place would mean starting over, searching for the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend anew. But under the targeting of heaven and earth, searching for the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend was no different from seeking death. Therefore, the only way was to go beyond the heavens, to first find an external cultivation path!

‘A temporary measure to overcome the crisis.’

Taking the external cultivation path to first improve his cultivation, then returning to support the cultivation of this world, leading the latter with the former, would yield twice the result with half the effort.

For this, the refinement of the 【Minor Blessed Land】 was urgent.

‘According to Hong Yun’s memory, the 【Minor Blessed Land】, as a vessel, was sufficient to help me escape this damned place and reach the realm sky discovered by Hong Yun.’

After all, he had the coordinates of the realm sky.

Although the 【Minor Blessed Land】 had a limited stay in the outer heavens and would self-destruct if it stayed too long, according to Hong Yun’s calculations, it was sufficient to reach the destination.

”I entrust this to you, Ancestor.”

Lü Yang solemnly cupped his hands, and upon seeing this, Ancestor Ting You could only shake his head, looking at Lü Yang with eyes full of ’you’ve really had it tough’:

”I’ll do my best.”

”Thank you!”

Seeing his own talent striving to comprehend, Lü Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, then surfaced his consciousness and controlled the Sword Dao clone to look ahead.

There, an ancient long sword was placed, its hilt inlaid with the patterns of the Heavenly Gang and Big Dipper formation, the handle wrapped with five-colored shark silk to attract lightning, the sheath covered with the leather of the Black Tortoise carrying a map, and the tassel tied with the fruit of the Taiyi green calamus. It was precisely Daoist Dangmo’s 【Not Killing Sword】. At this moment, as Lü Yang’s mind moved, the sword blade suddenly unsheathed.

”Clang clang!”

Amidst the clear sword cries, Lü Yang once again entered the state of 【Sword Heart Clarity】, beginning to carefully comprehend the sword intent transmitted from the 【Not Killing Sword】.

This might be the only advantage of the Sword Dao.

Compared to pure Sword Dao cultivation, Lü Yang valued more the mental realms such as 【Sword Heart】 and 【Sword Intent】, which also greatly enhanced his combat power.

Meanwhile, at the Extreme Heaven Cliff of the Sword Pavilion.

At the same time that Lü Yang began to comprehend the 【Not Killing Sword】, Daoist Dangmo was sitting upright in front of the cliff, his consciousness quietly sinking into the storage bag he carried.

What he saw was a myriad of heads.

Each head was talking to itself, each head was speaking eloquently, and at the top of them was the head of a beautiful woman.

”Amitabha.”

The woman’s face bore a compassionate smile. Although only a head remained, it was extremely serene, with rosy lips and white teeth, full and lustrous.

As if she were truly alive.

Seeing Daoist Dangmo enter, she immediately spoke: ”Benefactor Ye, you have upheld the principle of not killing throughout your life. Your philosophy is no different from our Pure Land. You should become a Buddhist cultivator.”

”Benefactor should know that our Pure Land has various Arhats and Bodhisattvas as protectors. Each day, one only needs to work diligently during the day, recite scriptures silently at night, and uphold discipline to enjoy supreme bliss. Everyone has the hope of becoming a Buddha. Cultivators never engage in killing or harming the people. Isn’t this precisely in line with your vision?”

”Under the heavens, who else is like our Pure Land?”

”The Holy Sect respects the law of the jungle; the Sword Pavilion governs the weak and ignorant; the Dao Court herds the people like cattle and sheep, raising them fat only to slaughter and consume.”

”Only our Pure Land is open and aboveboard, with everyone like dragons!”

Faced with the woman’s head’s exposition, Daoist Dangmo shook his head: ”Pure Land Buddhist cultivation has only the appearance, but in essence, it’s merely the puppet of the World Honored One.”

”That’s slander!”

The woman’s head shook: ”We, the lower cultivators, what is there for the World Honored One to covet? The World Honored One descending upon us is not possession, but protection!”

”One must know that cultivating the Dao is difficult, harder than ascending to the blue sky. But in our Pure Land, everyone has superior cultivation support, which can alleviate many hardships on the path of cultivation. Back then, I was favored by the Dharma Aspect, traveled the world, and even True Persons could only turn a blind eye to me. If not for the World Honored One’s care, how could I have what I have today?”

”Even if Benefactor beheaded me, it wasn’t because you were strong!”

”More so, it was because you received the favor of the True Persons of the Sword Pavilion, even that Sword Master. Without that, you couldn’t possibly kill me!”

”I didn’t kill you.”

Daoist Dangmo said seriously: ”I’m not like people like you.”

”Ridiculous!”

The woman’s head laughed heartily, then looked around at the thousands of still-living heads: ”Benefactor, you are just like us!”

”The entire world is full of people like us!”

”Not killing? As long as Benefactor continues to uphold this philosophy, one day, you will still come to our Pure Land!”