Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 930: Chapter 925: The Secret of the Emperor Fruit

Taboo knowledge that can make a Great Perfected Lord self-destruct?

As soon as these words were spoken, Lü Yang, who had been full of enthusiasm just a moment ago, immediately waved his hands in refusal, because this reminded him of the final memory from his Previous Life.

Lü Yang recalled, ”The Master of Dao descended to the Lower Realm!

”At that time, the Master of Dao descended to the mortal world to fight for the Netherworld. All the Cultivators who looked directly at the Master of Dao’s body, whether they were Great Perfected Lords or ordinary Perfected Lords, all died suddenly!

”And after I restarted, I actually couldn’t even remember what the Master of Dao looked like. This is obviously not normal. If this so-called most ancient taboo knowledge is on the same level as the true body of the Master of Dao, it means I can’t listen to it. Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to record it.”

Therefore, Lü Yang decisively changed the subject. ”You just said that an Overlord-level Dao Weapon can exert an effect equivalent to the Ascension Ceremony. Is this the same for the Emperor Fruit?”

Hearing this, Hao Yuan Shangzhen tightened his expression and twitched the corner of his mouth toward Star Soul, wondering why Lü Yang was asking him when Star Soul was the professional.

Lü Yang immediately looked at Star Soul. The old professor took on an air of doing his part without hesitation and smiled. ”Daoist, what exactly do you think the Emperor Fruit is?”

Lü Yang wondered what else it could be.

”A Fruit with a Position one level higher than an orthodox Fruit,” Lü Yang said straightforwardly.

Star Soul nodded upon hearing this. ”Daoist, you are indeed worthy of Cultivating the Dharma Body. Your understanding of the Great Dao is as crisp and direct as the Dao of Arcane Body. It is truly admirable.”

Lü Yang was speechless. He wondered if the old man was being sarcastic.

Before he could speak, Star Soul continued. ”The so-called Emperor Fruit is essentially a law used to elaborate on the origin imagery of the Void Sea of Light.

”For example, the Five Elements Supreme Venerable of the Immortal Pivot and the Taiyin and Sun of the Celestial Mansion follow this principle. On the contrary, the Supreme Star Map of our Star Palace merely picks up the scraps of others and hasn’t reached that level at all. One can only say that the person who designed the Star Map back then was very ambitious. It’s just a pity that his aspirations were higher than Heaven, but his fate was thinner than paper...”

RUMBLE!

Before Star Soul’s voice faded, Hao Yuan Shangzhen interrupted him with a drastic change in expression. Lü Yang also subconsciously took a step back, distancing himself from the old man in front of him.

”Damn it, if you want to court death, don’t splatter your blood on me!” Lü Yang cursed internally.

He knew exactly who the designer of the Star Map was. The First Generation Master of Ten Thousand Treasures Peak of the Stain Sect, who was currently almost certainly the Bhagavat himself who had already ascended to the Other Shore. This person was famously known for never feeling ashamed to personally inquire into the affairs of his inferiors. How dare someone speak ill of him?

Thinking of this, Lü Yang immediately looked at Hao Yuan Shangzhen standing next to him. The latter wore a helpless look, an expression that screamed there was nothing he could do.

On the contrary, Star Soul had an indifferent expression. ”As for what can be called the Origin Laws of Dao, I have researched for many years and have gained some insights... In my opinion, the Origin Laws of Dao can be summarized in a few words: Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Three Foundations, and the Five Great Heavenly Numbers.”

Upon hearing this, Lü Yang was instantly stunned. ”...The Five Great Heavenly Numbers?”

He reacted almost instantly, throwing his previous fear of the Bhagavat completely to the back of his mind. He stared at Star Soul with burning eyes. ”Tell me in detail! What are the Five Great Heavenly Numbers?”

”Naturally, they are the Constant, Variable, Qi, Fate, and Tribulation!” Star Soul had a matter-of-fact look on his face. ”If Yin and Yang and the Five Elements elaborate on all things, and the Three Foundations of Mana, Dharma Body, and Magic elaborate on Cultivators, then these Five Great Heavenly Numbers elaborate on the basic operation of All Phenomena and all things... That is why the four Masters of Dao of the Immortal Pivot are a head above us.

”Among these three types of Origin Laws of Dao, the Three Foundations are the weakest because they have the most restrictions, being confined only to the group of Cultivators. It is only because Cultivators are the protagonists of the Void Sea of Light that they attained the status of the Origin Laws of Dao. Next are Fruits like Yin Yang Five Elements, because they elaborate on all things.

”However, whether it is Cultivators or all things, their operation itself is encompassed within the Five Great Heavenly Numbers, so the Five Great Heavenly Numbers are superior to the others...”

Star Soul’s words plunged Lü Yang into silence.

To Hao Yuan Shangzhen, this Knowledge was garbage Knowledge because Star Soul was merely explaining why the Masters of Dao of the Path of the Three Foundations failed to defeat the Immortal Pivot back then.

Hao Yuan Shangzhen cursed internally, ”Rinima, do I need to know this? What I need is a method to win!”

Therefore, in Hao Yuan Shangzhen’s view, Star Soul was the typical armchair expert—he only pointed out the problems but offered no solutions.

However, Lü Yang was different. He knew too much, so Star Soul’s words acted like a puzzle piece, instantly piecing together many truths that had previously troubled him.

Lü Yang wondered, ”What Dao do the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core actually cultivate?

”Previously, I suspected they all held Void Certificates, but that’s actually incorrect, because logically speaking, their era didn’t have the conditions for Void Certificates at all.”

In the Golden Era of Cultivators, the Path of the Three Foundations flourished greatly, and Fruits emerged in an endless stream. Compared to the complex, incomprehensible Void Certificate that offered no immediate way out, it was only natural for Cultivators to seek the existing Great Daos. Besides, was a Void Certificate necessarily strong? Not necessarily; it was just rather special.

Or, to put it more bluntly:

Lü Yang concluded, ”The matter of the Void Certificate itself might be a symbol of one of the Five Great Heavenly Numbers—creating something out of nothing, proving it out of thin air. Isn’t this exactly the Variable!”

Lü Yang continued to ponder deeply. ”Among the Five Great Heavenly Numbers, no one has proven the Tribulation, and the same should be true for the Variable. However, the Constant, Fate, and Qi are not necessarily the same.”

After all, the Saint Sect Ancestral Master had very clearly proven the Constant, and he strongly suspected that the remaining Fate and Qi had most likely been proven by the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core. Out of the four Masters of Dao, three had proven a Heavenly Number. Perhaps only one Master of Dao hadn’t proven anything and had taken an alternative route to the Upper Position.

He figured, ”It must be the Bhagavat. No wonder he covets the Tribulation so much. If he could prove the Tribulation, he might be able to stand at the same starting line as the other Masters of Dao. Looking at it this way, I’m afraid he won’t give up.”

Lü Yang’s heart suddenly tightened. ”The Primordial Celestial Demon was merely a casual move on the chessboard; if it failed, it was abandoned. But when it comes to the Tribulation, he is likely determined to get it. I’m afraid there will be other methods in the future.

”Beyond that, this is also an opportunity for me!

”The Tribulation is also one of the Origin Laws of Dao. Therefore, as long as I have the enhancement of the Tribulation, my Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder will be able to attain the Position of an Emperor Fruit!”

This point was especially crucial. Because in his Plan for the Collapse of the Other Shore, a certain Emperor Fruit was indispensable, yet he couldn’t obtain it no matter how hard he tried, so he could only use the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder as a substitute. Now, a method had appeared.

He strategized, ”As long as I find a way to gain the favor of the Tribulation and let the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder advance to the Supreme Position, I will be able to perfectly exert the Supreme Fruit Position Profound Mysterious of an Emperor Fruit!”

If he also gained the enhancement of an Overlord-level Dao Weapon, or went even further, swallowing the Fruit of Pine-Cedar Wood himself to advance to the Great True Monarch of the Dharma Body...

With this complete set of buffs, he would be equivalent to a Great Perfected Lord who had mastered a sublimated Emperor Fruit. Even if Ang Xiao came in person, they would be about evenly matched, right?

Thinking of this, Lü Yang immediately emphasized his tone. ”Daoist, you haven’t explicitly told me yet... Is an Overlord-level Dao Weapon actually useful for an Emperor Fruit?”

Hearing this, Star Soul finally stopped talking. He frowned slightly, like a teacher dissatisfied with a student interrupting his lecture, and then gave a faint nod. ”Of course it’s useful.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Lü Yang felt greatly invigorated. The mysterious veil of the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core and the fundamental secrets of the world’s operation had finally been lifted by a corner, allowing him a glimpse of the scenery at the summit.

However, at the same time his doubts were resolved, another question emerged.

He couldn’t help but wonder, ”Just who is this Star Soul?”

A genius? What a joke. Whether it was being able to remember the taboo knowledge that could make a Great Perfected Lord self-destruct, or the recent induction and summary of the Origin Laws of Dao. This absolutely could not be summarized by the word ”genius.”

No matter how much of a genius someone was, could they be more of a genius than Progenitor Tingyou? These things could not be explained by a Talent Skill, but rather they were Knowledge that could only be mastered with a grand enough background!

This was the underlying logic of this Broken Place. Was your Talent Skill very good? What was the damn use of a good Talent Skill? To cultivate in this Broken Place, you needed roots and a background; otherwise, you were just a nobody.

”Senior, what exactly are this person’s roots?”

Lü Yang turned his body and looked at Hao Yuan Shangzhen. Without any hesitation, he directly used voice transmission to voice his doubts, and the latter gave him a bitter smile.

”I knew you would ask this question,” Hao Yuan Shangzhen sighed. ”The answer is actually quite simple. I can make you understand instantly with just one sentence:

”Alas...”