Chapter 396: Qiyao Heaven Panics
"I will win!"
Lü Yang’s apprehension lasted but a moment before turning into resolve. With a stir of his Divine Sense, he touched the core of the Seven Luminaries Heaven.
RUMBLE!
In an instant, Lü Yang’s entire body erupted with a dazzling light. This was the Power of Fruit Position belonging to the Seven Luminaries Heaven, which he was now in the process of usurping.
In the physical world, this manifested as the dazzling Splendid Light now surrounding him. This light merged into Li Hen Heaven, causing the once deathly still realm to gradually radiate with vibrant life. At this moment, the Little Blessed Land was actually showing signs of transforming into a true Blessed Land!
And what came surging along with this trend was—
’Power!’
Lü Yang sat cross-legged, feeling the immense metamorphosis he was undergoing. This was a true, fundamental transformation, completely different from the Incense and Candle Divine Dao.
The Incense and Candle Divine Dao had a shaky foundation.
Moreover, no matter how the Incense in the world fluctuated, it was ultimately just an internal cycle, causing no harm whatsoever to Heaven and Earth. Lü Yang’s actions now, however, were different.
He was depriving it!
At this moment, every iota of the Power of Fruit Position he took was solidifying the Position he had built with the Power of Incense, making it increasingly stable.
For a moment, the entirety of Li Hen Heaven trembled.
However, Lü Yang’s heart remained as still as water. He just quietly watched as this power, deprived from its source, gathered before him.
It finally coalesced into a dazzling stream of Illusionary Colors.
As this stream of Illusionary Colors merged with him, an endless torrent of Knowledge flooded into Lü Yang’s Spiritual Space, a direct infusion of pure understanding!
The nature of Heaven and Earth, the vast primordial universe.
The secrets of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the Three Powers and the Four Symbols.
The Knowledge of an entire Outer Realm poured into Lü Yang’s mind, shedding its mysterious veil to reveal its true form before him.
’Exquisite Heart.’
It was an Innate Divine Technique!
This was an Ability that enhanced Divine Consciousness Computation Power. Only an Ability like this could possibly bear the torrent of information from the Seven Luminaries Heaven and the impact of its Incense.
The next moment, Lü Yang looked up at the sky, his eyes veiled in Divine Power Radiance. Empowered by the Exquisite Heart, his Divine Sense communed with Heaven and Earth. He could now clearly see that deep within the Seven Luminaries Heaven, three terrifying Tribulations were brewing, their awe-inspiring killing intent already locked onto him.
’Refining an Outer Realm is as difficult as they say...’
And this was just an Outer Realm that had yet to truly form its Fruit. If he were facing a Great Realm Heaven like the Ten Thousand Martial Realm, how much more vicious would the backlash be?
RUMBLE!
The next moment, through his Exquisite Heart, Lü Yang saw the first Tribulation brewed by the Seven Luminaries Heaven descend abruptly, striking the two figures below.
Yan Taizu.
The Capital City God.
The auras of these two native Incense Fire Great Gods of the Seven Luminaries Heaven began to surge violently, their gazes locking onto Lü Yang!
"The backlash from the Incense... it’s gone!"
The Capital City God murmured, wildly ecstatic. The demonic whispers that had constantly lingered in his ears were now completely gone.
Incense battered one’s consciousness.
This was common knowledge, which was why the Capital City God had been forced to establish the City God System to disperse the Incense, while also remaining in constant seclusion to evade its corrupting influence.
But now, the very nature of Incense had changed. For both the Capital City God and Yan Taizu, the principle that ’Incense batters the consciousness’ was temporarily suspended. At the same time, a realization dawned upon them as they looked at Lü Yang. ’Kill him! If we kill him, this state can be maintained forever!’
RUMBLE!
In the next moment, the Capital City God and Yan Taizu vanished in a flash. Holding the highest positions, they gathered all the Incense in the world unto themselves.
At this moment, all other Incense Fire Gods lost their Incense and fell from their Positions.
In turn, the Capital City God and Yan Taizu ascended ever higher. Within their sky-piercing Incense Fire Divine Light, all things in Heaven and Earth began to manifest.
Flowers and trees, birds and beasts, fish and insects.
Mountains and plains, rivers and seas.
Ordinarily, they would never dare to gather Incense on such a scale, as the psychic backlash would have driven them mad in an instant.
Now, however, all their shackles had been broken.
At the same time, as if divinely inspired, the two Incense Fire Great Gods realized what Lü Yang was doing. Their faces twisted in anger. "Outsider, how dare you!"
Lü Yang did not respond.
He simply focused on channeling his Exquisite Heart, a look of understanding dawning in his eyes. ’So that’s how it is. This is the first Tribulation—my Human Tribulation.’
Refining an Outer Realm would inevitably provoke the resistance of all beings within it!
’But... it’s acting a little too hastily!’
It was a young Outer Realm, after all. Its Fruit Position Prototype was far inferior to that of the Ten Thousand Martial Realm, and it was as ignorant as an infant. Upon discovering that Lü Yang was depriving it of its power, it immediately panicked.
’In truth, what does this sliver of Mighty Power I’m depriving it of even matter? It’s only the Position of a single Ability. To the Fruit Position Prototype, it’s nothing more than a drop in the ocean. If this were a more cunning realm, it would surely choose to bide its time, continue to accumulate power, and then erupt all at once to crush me...’
For the Seven Luminaries Heaven to be in such a rush to send down its Tribulations was proof that it had lost its composure.
If all three Tribulations had erupted at once, Lü Yang would have had no chance of survival. But with them falling one by one, he had room to maneuver and respond.
"Progenitor."
The next moment, Lü Yang spoke calmly, "I must trouble you to act as my Protector."
Progenitor Tingyou nodded, took a step forward, and emerged from the Myriad-Soul Banner. Riding a stream of Flying Light, he positioned himself directly in the path of Yan Taizu and the Capital City God.
However, Yan Taizu and the Capital City God were completely unfazed. They had gathered all the Incense Divine Power of their respective factions. In contrast, Progenitor Tingyou only had the Incense from a third of the White Lotus Sect. The disparity in Incense between them was six to one—the advantage was theirs!
"A mantis trying to stop a chariot...!"
Yan Taizu was the more domineering of the two, and at this moment, he was at the absolute peak of his power. Overflowing with confidence, he utterly disdained Progenitor Tingyou and thrust out his palm.
RUMBLE!
As he struck, a fierce dragon’s roar echoed. Boundless Incense Divine Power roiled with the blow, as if the very sky was crashing down.
Upon seeing this, Progenitor Tingyou simply shook his head:
"Flashy, but without substance. All brute force and no finesse. Just a crude, thoughtless release of Incense Divine Power... Do the Cultivators of this Outer Realm not study their Daoist Skills properly?"
The moment he finished speaking, Progenitor Tingyou simply pointed a finger.
Finger Technique. Incantation. Pointing Profound.
"Bind!"
Imperial Mountain Shifting Technique!
Lü Yang had used this Daoist Skill many times, and Progenitor Tingyou had watched him just as many times. Of course he understood it. Now, he executed it with casual ease, leaving Lü Yang utterly dumbfounded.
It wasn’t because Progenitor Tingyou had learned this Daoist Skill.
After all, if he could learn it, it was only natural that Progenitor Tingyou could as well.
What truly astonished him was that Progenitor Tingyou wasn’t using his own Mana to cast the Daoist Skill. Instead, he was fueling it entirely with Incense Divine Power!
It seemed like a simple substitution of Mana for Incense Divine Power, but their natures were completely different. How could they possibly be used to cast the same Daoist Skill? It was like trying to install a sports car’s engine in a locomotive—they weren’t even the same category of power. And yet, Progenitor Tingyou had done it. He had modified the Daoist Skill!
SQUELCH!
The next moment, Yan Taizu, struck squarely by the Imperial Mountain Shifting Technique, was suddenly covered in slurry. He then turned into a stone statue and plummeted from the sky.
Witnessing this, Lü Yang breathed a silent sigh of relief.
He knew that as long as Progenitor Tingyou stood guard, he would overcome the Seven Luminaries Heaven’s Human Tribulation!