Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect-Chapter 69: Major Mastery

Inside the Simulation Realm.

Lü Yang was safe and sound, sitting upright in his Cave Mansion. As for Ji Xiongying’s furious curses before his death, he didn’t give them a second thought. At this moment, he was filled with nothing but joy.

’Theft to Sainthood... is complete!’

Lü Yang stood up and looked toward the sky. All he could see was a long river of purple vapor. This was the Qi gathered from the one hundred and forty million people in the entire Secret Realm!

The Qi of Martial Arts!

And at this moment, Lü Yang was bathed in this Qi. The brilliant purple vapor poured down, making him feel as if he had instantly become the center of Heaven and Earth.

At the same time, the one hundred and forty million Living Creatures in the Simulation Realm, from the mortals below to the Celestial Martial Artists above, all felt something in their hearts. They all looked up at the sky and seemed to vaguely see a magnificent Golden Body rising from the ground. Majestic and solemn, it was lifted by the roiling mortal world, slowly ascending higher and higher...

’Law upon my body, the Major Mastery of the Saint Body!’

Lü Yang opened his eyes and once again felt the Daoist charm of ’Ascension’ that he had previously only sensed from those with Legendary Techniques or from Foundation-Stage Cultivators.

His ’height’ was increasing!

The endless Qi was completely absorbed by Lü Yang, not a single trace left behind. This Qi then slowly constructed an incredibly complex Dao device within his body.

’...Hm?’

Just then, Lü Yang suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

Meanwhile, in Celestial Capital City, as Lü Yang’s avatar achieved Breaking the Void with Ji Xiongying following close behind, a look of shock and fury suddenly appeared on the Ancestor’s face.

’This is bad!’

Only at this moment did he finally understand Lü Yang’s scheme. Lü Yang had fabricated the Realm of "Breaking the Void" above the Celestial Martial Artist Realm. With himself as proof, and now Ji Xiongying as well, from now on, everyone in the world would firmly believe this path was viable and would pursue it one after another, no matter the cost!

The entire system was perfectly integrated!

Even the Fourth Step of Martial Arts that he had created was perfectly incorporated into it. As a result, not only did it fail to sabotage Lü Yang’s Cultivation, but it actually amplified its power!

Because if it were just Lü Yang, Martial Arts would have capped out at the Late-phase of Qi Refining at most.

But with the Ancestor’s help, the limit of Martial Arts had shockingly reached the Final-phase of Qi Refining. Consequently, the Qi feedback from Theft to Sainthood would be immense to the extreme!

And yet, at this point, even he could no longer dismantle the Martial Arts system.

Because theoretically, a Celestial Martial Artist comparable to the Final-phase of Qi Refining was a dead end. This was true not only for Lü Yang but for him as well!

And he could find no flaw in this ’Breaking the Void’ step.

After all, people who achieved Breaking the Void were gone. With no one left to question, it was a classic case of your words against mine. How could he possibly find a flaw?

To break this deadlock, he would have to create a method different from Breaking the Void that would allow Martial Arts to truly break through to Foundation Establishment.

But before he was reincarnated, his own Cultivation was only at the Early-phase of Foundation Establishment. With his limited abilities, how could he possibly create a method for Martial Arts to break through to Foundation Establishment?

It would take a Golden-Core Perfected Lord to even have a chance!

Failing that, he would have to kill everyone who saw Lü Yang achieve Breaking the Void... but what would be the point of that? It would only needlessly expose his own existence.

In other words, Lü Yang’s success in cultivating ’Theft to Sainthood’ was now unstoppable!

"Bastard! Bastard!"

At this thought, the Ancestor was so furious he could have ground his teeth to dust. He never would have imagined that his grand scheme would not only come to nothing but would even end up aiding his enemy!

’All that hard work manipulating karmic links, only to have it all be for someone else’s benefit?’

He couldn’t accept it!

Thinking of this, the Ancestor couldn’t help but grit his teeth, his heart filled with unwillingness. Then, he pushed the karmic links once more, wanting to make one last attempt.

The Ancestor activated the ’Prophetic Orrery’ to enhance his influence over the karmic links. ’Theft to Sainthood is fated to face a Tribulation. This Tribulation was originally meant for me, but as long as I can strip it away and use a substitution technique—replacing a human tribulation with a heavenly one—I can use the Power of Heaven and Earth to kill him!’

"Stealing the Qi of the world is an act against Heaven, and it will surely incur Celestial Punishment!"

The Ancestor roared. In an instant, above Lü Yang’s place of seclusion, the once-clear sky became shrouded in dark clouds, with streaks of lightning slithering through them like serpents.

BOOM!

Lightning erupted from the mountains, and Heaven and Earth turned white!

A colossal bolt of lightning struck down directly from the dark clouds. It was so fast that no one could have reacted, landing on Lü Yang in the blink of an eye.

When the lightning dissipated, Lü Yang’s figure slowly reappeared.

However, to the Ancestor’s disbelief, Lü Yang was completely unscathed by this Celestial Thunder, a bolt that could have potentially killed even a cultivator at the Final-phase of Qi Refining!

’This is... the Law of Theft to Sainthood?’

Information about "Theft to Sainthood" suddenly flashed through the Ancestor’s mind. The Minor Mastery and Major Mastery of this Body Refining Technique were two completely different things.

Minor Mastery of Theft to Sainthood was merely a simple enhancement of the physical body.

Major Mastery of Theft to Sainthood, however, could condense a ’Law’.

In Immortal Dao Cultivation, ’height’, or ’Position’, often symbolizes an absolute disparity. As long as one’s Position is high enough, those of a lower Position are nothing but ants.

Just like a Foundation-Stage Cultivator to a Qi Refiner.

And the ’Law’ of Theft to Sainthood was, in a sense, a type of Position.

Therefore, Lü Yang was no longer on the same Position as an ordinary Cultivator. Any attack from a Position ’lower’ than his couldn’t even harm him!

For example, the roaring Celestial Thunder that the Ancestor had summoned by manipulating karmic links was powerful, but it lacked a corresponding Position. The result was like a two-dimensional attack against a three-dimensional being; no matter how powerful, it was all meaningless. It couldn’t even scratch Lü Yang’s clothes, let alone harm him.

Of course, Laws also varied in strength; not everyone’s was the same.

The Stain Sect had countless talented individuals, and Lü Yang was not the only disciple to have mastered Theft to Sainthood. However, the Law he had condensed was, by far, the strongest!

This was because the strength of a ’Law’ was determined by the system one created to cultivate Theft to Sainthood.

If the system stopped at the Mid-phase of Qi Refining, then the ’Law’ could only ignore attacks from that same level. It would still be broken by an attack from the Late-phase of Qi Refining.

However, with the Ancestor’s ’help’, Lü Yang’s Martial Arts encompassed the Final-phase of Qi Refining!

Therefore, unless a Cultivator below Foundation Establishment had mastered a Legendary Technique that could also elevate their Position, his ’Law’ was unbreakable!

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

Bolts of lightning crashed down one after another, but Lü Yang ignored them, remaining completely unmoved. Even the Grand Ward around him was shattered, yet he remained utterly unharmed.

Seeing this, the Ancestor’s eyes were practically splitting with rage, but he was helpless.

’At this point, I have no choice but to let him go for now.’ The Ancestor sighed. ’So be it. Let him leave. The Sect Leader’s mission is more important...’

"Senior, you’re watching me, aren’t you?"

The indifferent voice reached him, and the Ancestor froze. He saw, from his perspective through the karmic links, that Lü Yang had suddenly turned his head and was looking at him calmly.

’He can see me... No, he knows I exist!?’

The Ancestor subconsciously took a step back, his heart filled with terror. He instantly severed his connection to the karmic links, then suppressed his breath and concealed all his Celestial Secrets.

But the Lü Yang of today was vastly different!

’Trying to run...?’

Lü Yang lowered his eyelids, a ripple spreading through his eyes. He had achieved the Major Mastery of the Saint Body. And while he hadn’t reached Foundation Establishment yet, neither had the Ancestor.

At this moment, there was no great difference between their Positions!

The next second, Lü Yang’s Soul flew out of his body and shot straight into the heavens. He looked down upon the entire Simulation Realm, the vast expanse of the land filling his vision.

The Ancestor was protected by the ’Prophetic Orrery’, which was unfailingly effective at concealing Celestial Secrets, so Lü Yang couldn’t divine his location. However, this was the place where Lü Yang had achieved Theft to Sainthood. This was his home ground. He didn’t need to divine anything at all—he just had to see which Qi trace had not been stolen by him!

WHOOSH—!

With a single Heart Thought from Lü Yang, countless Qi traces appeared in his Spiritual Space, only to be rapidly eliminated. In the end, only a single, seemingly weak Qi trace located in Celestial Capital City remained.

Then, the void tore open.

The Ancestor, who had thought his Celestial Secrets were completely concealed, looked up in astonishment. He saw a ripple spread across the space above him, and then a figure in black robes strode out from within it.

"...I’ve found you."