Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

【You are entangled in karmic debts, your merit and fortune have been utterly lost, and you ultimately committed suicide.】

【Current remaining pages of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 93】

【Upon restarting a lifetime, you may choose one of the following gains from your previous life:

One: Treasure.

Two: Cultivation.

Three: Lifespan.

Four: Abandon all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on your previous life’s experiences.】

”Those whose names are called, step forward.”

The familiar voice made Lü Yang feel as if he were in a different world, but he quickly calmed his emotions and looked at the interface of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes:

【Name: Lü Yang】

【Lifespan: 18】

【Cultivation: Peak of Qi Refining Stage, Level Ten】

【Talents: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White), Some skill (Purple)】

【Cultivation Method: 『Nine Transforming Dragon Art』 (Perfected)】

【Divine Abilities: 『Divine Firmament Sword Control True Formula』 (Perfected), 『Secret Explanation of Formation Treasures』 (Perfected), 『Qi Concealment Technique』 (Perfected), 『Great Clone Universal Spirit Method』 (Perfected), 『Stealing Heaven’s Secrets』 (Perfected), 『Saint’s Theft』 (Perfected), 『Taiyin Shedding Form Corpse Dissolution True Method』 (Minor Achievement), 『Silk Cocoon Secret of Seeing Me After Severing Thoughts』 (Minor Achievement)】

【Treasures: Blood Sun Sword Pill (Superior Magical Tool), Innate True Qi (Superior Rare Item)】

【Pages of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 93】

After restarting, he continued with the initial state of his previous life, with only the blessing of 『Saint’s Theft』 in terms of status; the remaining two great divine abilities had not yet been cultivated.

”I choose treasure.”

Lü Yang did not dare to be negligent and immediately selected the reward for this life. In the next second, the Myriad Spirits Banner, black with a purple hue, suddenly appeared in his dantian.

Immediately afterward, Lü Yang’s mind moved, the banner swayed, and a graceful and charming figure materialized from the banner, followed by eight red-clothed fierce ghosts.

They instantly combined, and the 『Yama Palace』 reappeared, flattening all karma on Lü Yang.

However, compared to the previous life, the current 『Yama Palace』 had shrunk significantly.

”Is it because Skeleton Mountain is gone?”

Lü Yang understood in his heart that in the previous life, the 『Yama Palace』 had Skeleton Mountain as its foundation, but in this life, it could only reside in the cave heaven within the Myriad Spirits Banner.

Although the current 『Yama Palace』 still maintained the status of the Foundation Establishment level, it had quality but lacked quantity.

In this state, it might not even be able to defeat the soul of the previous life’s Mending Heaven Peak Master and could only perform tasks like obscuring karma that required status.

But this was just a minor issue.

After all, Skeleton Mountain was still there; it couldn’t have grown legs and run away. At worst, he could find an opportunity to revisit it and reestablish the foundation.

”…”

Lü Yang looked up at the sky and patiently waited for a moment.

This time, the Mending Heaven Peak Master did not discover him and withdrew his divine sense after a bout of impotent rage.

Only then did Lü Yang nod in satisfaction, then sensed the karma and showed a calm expression: ”As expected, the banner spirit and the Myriad Spirits Banner are indeed one entity. At least in the judgment of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes, this is the case. After choosing it as a reward, all its karma has been erased.”

Now, he could no longer sense the karma of the Golden Core Sword Qi.

Including the Myriad Spirits Banner and the banner spirits within it, in Lü Yang’s eyes, they had completely become things without cause or effect, difficult to trace.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lü Yang looked at Liu Xin on the stage.

In this life, he intended to replicate the actions of two lives ago.

”In the previous life, the reason Fulong plotted against me was ultimately because I hadn’t truly joined the Primordial Saint Sect and lacked a strong enough backing.”

After all, the Primordial Saint Sect was the Primordial Saint Sect. You could say it was evil, but you couldn’t say it was weak.

If in the previous life he had been a true disciple of the Primordial Saint Sect, even if Fulong Arhat had ten times the courage, he wouldn’t have dared to abduct him to Jiangxi for Buddhist cultivation.

Therefore, in this life, Lü Yang planned to secure the identity of a true disciple.

From this perspective, the Three Rivers Society was a good choice.

”At least that True Person Chong Guang and True Person Yinshan should still be reasonable. At the very least, they didn’t directly kill me and snatch the 『Heavenly Corpse Evil』 in the previous life.”

Lü Yang believed the other party definitely had the ability.

They had the ability but didn’t do it.

Such people were extremely rare in the Primordial Saint Sect, not to mention that True Person Chong Guang, as a perfected Foundation Establishment True Person, was also a strong backing.

”In fact, I’ve always been loyal to the Primordial Saint Sect.”

”Everyone in the Primordial Saint Sect is talented. I really like it here. Although I didn’t join the Primordial Saint Sect in the previous life, in reality, I was already a member!”

Soon, the initiation ceremony ended.

The subsequent developments were exactly the same as in previous lives. Lü Yang was still assigned to the Pleasure Hall by Liu Xin and was once again favored by Yu Suzhen and taken into her cave dwelling.

Although he had done this many times, each time Lü Yang would harden his heart.

The Great Dao was ahead; how could he be soft-hearted?

Surpass Yu Suzhen.

Looking at Yu Suzhen’s corpse, eyes wide open in death, Lü Yang frowned and suddenly had a thought. He immediately took out the Myriad Spirits Banner and summoned the Su Nu.

”Your servant greets the master.”

As soon as Su Nu appeared, she respectfully bowed to Lü Yang. As she bent over, her curves swayed, and her slender waist was like the moon, yet she didn’t glance at the corpse beside her.

”Do you recognize her?”

Lü Yang pointed to Yu Suzhen’s corpse on the ground. Only then did Su Nu turn her gaze. Lü Yang immediately focused his mind to sense Su Nu’s thoughts.

He then saw Su Nu first stunned, looking at Yu Suzhen’s delicate face identical to hers, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly confused. But soon, she relaxed her brows: ”Replying to the master, I recognize her. That was your servant in life. Does the master wish to surpass her?”

Lü Yang immediately put on a stern face: ”Don’t talk nonsense! I’m cultivating immortality!”

He was purely curious about what would happen if two Yu Suzhens appeared in one world. Talking about surpassing and such—how inappropriate!

”It seems the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes has corrected this bug for me.”

After restarting, although the banner spirit still subjectively remembered everything, after having its karma erased, its self-awareness was forcibly changed.

She knew she was Yu Suzhen but didn’t consider herself Yu Suzhen, almost like a shadow of the original.

While Lü Yang was pondering, he saw Su Nu suddenly wave her hand at Yu Suzhen’s corpse, and a strange fluctuation of karma spread out.

”…What are you doing?”

Lü Yang looked up and saw Su Nu also looking confused. After hesitating for a moment, she reached out as if to take something and placed her hand on Yu Suzhen’s corpse.

The next second—

”Hmm!?”

Lü Yang’s pupils shrank. He saw that the originally karma-less Su Nu, after being cleansed by the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes, suddenly had a layer of karma!

That was Yu Suzhen’s karma!

”Is this possible!?”

Lü Yang’s eyes lit up instantly.

A banner spirit existing in the present world could actually borrow the karma of the original body?

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Su Nu and asked, ”How did you do that? To what extent can it be done? Are there any limitations?”

Su Nu was taken aback, then carefully sensed for a moment before softly saying, ”There is a certain distance requirement. If it’s too far, it might not be possible. Other than that, there are no requirements. No need to touch the other party. If the other party is dead, it can be permanently borrowed.”

”Interesting.”

Lü Yang showed a contemplative expression and looked at the other two banner spirits in the Myriad Spirits Banner, Chen Xin’an and the Mending Heaven Peak Master’s split soul. Could they do the same?

This ability, if used well, could be very beneficial!

Banner spirits could use the karma of the original body, meaning that once the original body died, the banner spirit could immediately replace them, effectively taking over their existence!

Taking a step back, even without killing the original body, one could borrow their karma to do bad things and then shift the blame onto the original body.

”…I didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise.”

Next, he looked at Liu Xin, who was already waiting outside the door.

In an instant, a plan emerged in his mind.

”Chen Xin’an!”

First, eliminate Chen Xin’an’s original body, then have the banner spirit Chen Xin’an use his karma to replace him and reunite with the Mending Heaven Peak Master as father and son.

In this way, Lü Yang would have an undercover agent placed beside the Mending Heaven Peak Master.

Moreover, with Chen Xin’an’s identity as a true disciple of the Primordial Saint Sect and son of a True Person, many resources of the Primordial Saint Sect would be accessible to him.

If he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, he could even have the banner spirit Chen Xin’an lure the Mending Heaven Peak Master out of the Primordial Saint Sect and, using their father-son relationship, launch a sneak attack to eliminate him, finally replacing him with the banner spirit Mending Heaven Peak Master!