Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

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At ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍this moment, the sound of sword cries rang throughout the heavens and earth, like lamplight piercing the gloom, dispelling the haze. It made Hongtian’s eyes shine bright again, and the qi on his body surged once more:

“Dao ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍attainments… how could they be confiscated?”

“Though ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍I previously cultivated by referencing the knowledge provided by the 【Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law】, I had long since integrated it into my own. How could it simply be erased?”

Hongtian ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was not fooled by the Immortal Court’s claims.

【Confiscation ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍of Dao Attainments】?

Only a fool would believe that.

“Rather than confiscating Dao attainments, it’s more accurate to say they used the link between the 【Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law】 and myself to forcibly obscure and sever a portion of my memory.”

Hongtian’s voice echoed across the heavens and earth, directly exposing the truth behind it all, and below, Lü Yang suddenly came to a realization. He understood that Hongtian was saying this for his sake. After all, he was only an observer and had not personally experienced the so-called 【Confiscation of Dao Attainments】, so the feeling was nowhere near as profound as Hongtian’s.

‘Not confiscation, but concealment?’

‘This is crucial information! If I get it wrong, when I seek the Golden Core and believe my Dao attainments have been taken, trying to reclaim them, I’d end up grasping at nothing!’

Lü Yang swiftly committed this intelligence to memory.

Meanwhile, the sword cries around Hongtian grew ever brighter, and the sword light blazed like fire, bit by bit wiping away the haze shrouding his soul.

‘【Illuminating Sword Intent】!’

Like Lü Yang, Hongtian also possessed a Titled Sword Intent—one of his strongest trump cards—yet at this moment, it was being mortgaged within his Sea of Consciousness.

With this Sword Intent suppressing, his Sea of Consciousness remained lucid, unaffected by the Immortal Court’s 【Confiscation of Dao Attainments】. However, human strength has its limits; even a Titled Sword Intent was not omnipotent. It could not resist the influence of the 【Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law】 forever. This undoubtedly shortened Hongtian’s time even more!

But no matter what——

‘He pulled through!’

Lü Yang was overjoyed. The farther Hongtian advanced, the more dangers he could probe, which was immensely beneficial to Lü Yang’s own pursuit of the Golden Core in the present world.

Yet that joy quickly turned into a heavier burden.

‘If he pulled through… then it means the trap wasn’t deep enough. There’s still more! If it’s “certain death,” then what deadly move hasn’t been used yet?’

Just then, the heavens and earth trembled.

“Rumble rumble rumble!”

Within the great net formed by the 【Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law】, no fewer than four stellar manifestations lit up, and terrifying Fruit-Position power instantly flooded the area around Hongtian!

【Roadside Earth】, 【Flatland Wood】!

【Gold Foil Metal】, 【Great Relay Earth】!

Among the four Fruit Positions, the first to respond was 【Roadside Earth】, and everywhere it passed, immortal blossoms bloomed, spiritual plants sprouted, and countless birds, flowers, fish, and insects appeared.

Roadside Earth represents the soil that sows a hundred grains and nourishes all life!

The many visions manifesting now were merely outward symbols—the true foundation lay in the vast lands to which they were rooted and clung, in fields stretching boundlessly.

These myriad manifestations were about to engulf Hongtian.

In the next instant, layer upon layer of palatial imagery appeared around him, overlapping and interlocking like a bottomless abyss, devouring all these phenomena.

【Wall Earth】’s fundamental mystery: 【Raising Palaces】!

As this Fruit Position mystique descended, it sealed off inside and out, cutting off the four directions, instantly forming an impenetrable barrier that firmly protected Hongtian within.

Almost simultaneously, another Fruit Position joined the battle.

【Flatland Wood】!

Flatland Wood is the first sprout from the earth, the budding of branches, wood of the human realm. It must take soil as its base, and favors the roadside—it is to become a beam and pillar!

In a flash, the countless grasses and spiritual plants derived from Roadside Earth were nourished as if by spring rain, their growth rate soaring wildly. Like a locust swarm, they grew rampant, instantly overtaking the layered palaces conjured by 【Wall Earth】.

Though the palace shadows continued to multiply,

the dual imagery of these mutually reinforcing Wood and Earth Fruit Positions had already begun to suppress the solitary 【Wall Earth】, step by step forcing it downward.

Yet even so, 【Wall Earth】 continued to hold.

‘After all, this is a Patriarch from the 【Pseudo-History】. Even one versus two, he can still fight. Even if his stats and mechanics are subpar, he can force his way back into the game.’

In admiration, Lü Yang also sighed internally:

‘Four Fruit Positions… if the Immortal Court can do it, there’s no reason the Dao Court can’t. Perhaps this is the Dao Court’s killing move, able to bypass the effects of 【World Without Worry】?’

It wasn’t impossible!

Lü Yang calculated quickly and soon had an answer: ‘It’s still because of the 【Laws of the Immortal Kingdom】. Strictly speaking, the four Fruit Positions remain in a hidden state.’

‘Whether it’s Hongtian or me, we’ve entered the Dao Court’s system. To Hongtian, it’s four Immortal Court True Lords attacking directly. But to me, the 【Laws of the Immortal Kingdom】 have pulled me into a hidden state too, enabling these four Fruit Positions to act on me!’

There could only be this one possibility!

‘【Laws of the Immortal Kingdom】… the more you benefited early on, the more you’ll have to pay back later. The more you consumed, the greater the hidden risks!’

At the same time, a golden light shone down from infinite distance.

【Gold Foil Metal】!

This golden light wasn’t intense—one could even call it faint—yet it became the catalyst that intensified 【Flatland Wood】 and 【Roadside Earth】.

Gold Foil Metal enhances cups and trays, increases the brilliance of palaces.

Flatland Wood, assisted by Gold Foil Metal, shines brighter. The Heavenly Stems align, Earthly Branches prosper. With Roadside Earth as the base, the combination of these three Fruit Positions was perfect!

Almost at the same time, yet another Fruit Position image appeared out of thin air.

The moment it appeared, the palace structures conjured by 【Wall Earth】 split apart, revealing a grand avenue that led straight to Hongtian, completely unobstructed.

【Great Relay Earth】!

Great Relay Earth represents a broad and level path, a thoroughfare that reaches all corners of the Nine Provinces and all nations—earth that turns the heavens and carries the mountains!

In this moment, four Fruit Positions manifested simultaneously.

【Great Relay Earth】 paved the way, while 【Flatland Wood】, 【Roadside Earth】, and 【Gold Foil Metal】 advanced together, finally breaching the seal and arriving before Hongtian!

“Die!”

The Fruit Position imagery fell like thunder.

But just then, a rushing river sound erupted, flowing from the void, its head and tail connected, transforming into an unending, boundless long river.

【Long Flowing Water】!

This Fruit Position mystique, endlessly flowing and inexhaustible, didn’t fight the three directly, but instead bolstered 【Wall Earth】.

In a flash, the combined force of the three Fruit Positions attempted a simultaneous explosion to break the defense.

Yet 【Long Flowing Water】 was infinite by nature. When added to 【Wall Earth】, the resulting defensive field became unbreakable, reaching a level of extreme solidity.

Of course, against the combined might of four Fruit Positions, it could still be suppressed, forcing the defenders to struggle to respond—the entire defense line looked on the verge of collapse.

But struggling to respond wasn’t the same as being unable to respond. With the support of 【Long Flowing Water】’s endless nature, so long as the enemy couldn’t breach 【Wall Earth】 in an instant, it could drag the fight on endlessly. Miraculously, the clash reached a stalemate!

Everything seemed to be turning for the better.

‘Mu Changsheng and Ancestor Tingyou… they’re just too overpowered. Let alone the fact that both have attained the rank of True Lord—facing four, the two of them actually carved out an opening!’

Thinking this, Lü Yang felt helpless.

In the end, it came down to this—

‘Damn it, I can’t learn this!’

Hongtian could call upon two True Lords to resist the power of four Fruit Positions—where could he find such allies?

‘Still, I do have an edge. After all, True Lords in the present world are hidden, and Fruit Position imagery can’t fully manifest. If I Pseudo-Possess 【Heavenly Fire】, I should be able to cope…’

Lü Yang reassured himself a little.

At the same time, a sliver of hope bloomed in his heart: ‘Looking at it now, could it be the Immortal Court is at its wit’s end? They probably have no trump cards left.’

But if this was all the Dao Court had, then where exactly did that so-called “certain death” come from?

What other twists remained?

At this thought, for no apparent reason, a name suddenly sprang to Lü Yang’s mind:

‘…The World-Honored One?’

Almost at the same moment, as if responding to Lü Yang’s speculation, four chilling syllables rang out from the firmament above, making his pupils constrict and his teeth grind:

“Amitābha!”