Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 198: Mastermind Behind the Scenes

The chasm between immortals and mortals was not something that could be surmounted with sheer consciousness alone. The Everlasting Immortal’s cultivation realm had yet to reach that of a true immortal; he was still at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. Although he was an incomplete Transcendent Tribulation cultivator due to his lack of a physical body, his possession of the Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruit compensated for his deficiencies in combat power.

Any other Transcendent Tribulation cultivator would have likely found themselves at a significant disadvantage had they encountered the Everlasting Immortal in their mental space. However, of all people, the Everlasting Immortal happened to run into the bona fide Everlasting Immortal Fairy. In the presence of a real Dao Fruit, the Incipient Dao Fruit couldn’t bring out even a modicum of its power.

After being taught a lesson, the Everlasting Immortal realized that he was probably not a true immortal but a mere imitation of the Everlasting Immortal.

“As for how the Dao Fruit came to be, Senior, what are your thoughts?” Yun Zhi tossed the question to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

This was precisely the question the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had been pondering earlier. She took out that golden light and surmised, “My initial judgment was correct. This thing can barely be called the Everlasting Dao Fruit. It’s far from becoming mature and is considered to be in its incipient form. The appearance of the Dao Fruit should follow the same principle as how this kid appeared—both relied on consciousness.”

Lu Yang was curious. “Is a Dao Fruit something you can easily conjure with just the consciousness? Wouldn’t that make becoming an immortal too simple?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shook her head and corrected Lu Yang’s misconception. “It’s not a Dao Fruit but the incipient form of a Dao Fruit. Moreover, this so-called Dao Fruit is the Everlasting Creed’s product from over ten thousand years of accumulation. One will face severe limitations should they try to produce an Incipient Dao Fruit based on consciousness alone.”

A Dao Fruit was the hallmark of immortality, the ultimate product capable of altering the world’s rules. Its very concept far exceeded Lu Yang’s realm of knowledge. This is not something he can grasp now.

“The incipient form of a Dao Fruit and a true Dao Fruit are worlds apart. As long as I want to, I can conjure as many Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruits as I wanted, but there will only ever be one Everlasting Dao Fruit., and that’s the one I have now.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy flashed a confident smile. She believed that her Everlasting Dao Fruit was the strongest, surpassing the Dao Fruits of the Heaven Mandate Immortal and other immortals. As for the Incipient Dao Fruit, she felt that it wasn’t even something worth mentioning.

“But an Incipient Dao Fruit has the potential to replace a true Dao Fruit.” Yun Zhi’s words splashed a basin of cold water on the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. The latter understood what Yun Zhi was getting at and instantly calmed down.

Lu Yang asked, “What does that mean?”

When it came to matters of the Dao Fruit, only the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and Yun Zhi were clear about what was going on; Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal were completely in the dark. In fact, the Everlasting Immortal couldn’t even differentiate between a Dao Fruit and an Incipient Dao Fruit. If he hadn’t just heard the explanation, he wouldn’t have known how his own incipient Dao Fruit had come about.

Yun Zhi elucidated, “The Incipient Dao Fruit is a crude prototype that is very simple, and even its internal structure is unstable. If the Incipient Dao Fruit gradually matures, it will grow increasingly similar to a Dao Fruit.

“Furthermore, only one Dao Fruit of the same type can exist at a time. For the Incipient Dao Fruit to fully mature, it must destroy the existing mature Dao Fruit and supersede it.”

Lu Yang was astonished. “That is to say, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s Dao Fruit could be replaced by the Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruit?” He couldn’t help but worry for the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Although she’s not particularly reliable, rarely helpful, and often causes trouble for me, I still hope that her Dao Fruit won’t be replaced by others.

Yun Zhi shook her head with a grave expression. “Senior commands the highest authority under the realm of ‘Everlasting.’ No one can rival her in this domain, not even an Incipient Dao Fruit that is infinitely close to maturity.

“The only circumstance where an Incipient Dao Fruit supplants a Dao Fruit is if the Dao Fruit is ownerless, while the Incipient Dao Fruit has an owner.”

Lu Yang let out a sigh of relief. “That’s good then. Since the Everlasting Immortal Fairy is still alive, no one can replace her.”

“But she wasn’t originally supposed to be alive.” Yun Zhi’s words struck Lu Yang like a bolt of lightning.

That’s right, if not for me accidentally calling out the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s real name, she might not have been resurrected even after the Battle of the Great Era has ended. Perhaps it’s just as Big Senior Sister has said, without me, it would have taken another three hundred thousand years for someone else to accidentally call out the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s real name.

Wait, that’s not right. If the Everlasting Immortal Fairy hadn’t been revived, the Everlasting Immortal would have been able to let the Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruit mature and replace the original Everlasting Dao Fruit. Once the Battle of the Great Era begins, the Everlasting Immortal could lead the Everlasting Creed to emerge from hiding and spread his name far and wide. At that time, who would dare to jokingly call out the title ‘Everlasting Immortal Fairy’ like I did?

By then, I’m afraid that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy would never have the chance to be resurrected anymore—she would truly and irrevocably die.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy seemed to have also arrived at a similar conclusion, and the possibility left her deeply shaken.

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Yun Zhi quickly sorted out her thoughts. “In the ancient era, Senior was ambushed and killed. The Everlasting Dao Fruit lost its owner and became an ownerless item.

“The mastermind behind the scenes revealed the concept of the Everlasting Dao Fruit to the public and fabricated a non-existent Everlasting Immortal. They led the Everlasting Creed’s followers to believe, imagine, and resurrect this Everlasting Immortal. All this while, the Everlasting Immortal was unaware of this matter, and he would try his best to speed up the maturation of the Incipient Dao Fruit. When the time is ripe, the mastermind will strike, seizing the Everlasting Dao Fruit and claiming it as their own.

“The only thing I’m uncertain about now is whether the mastermind plans to seize the Dao Fruit after it fully matures or when it is about to fully mature, or perhaps should I wonder...have they already arrived?” Toward the end, Yun Zhi’s voice grew as cold as a thousand-year-old glacier, its killing intent sending a shiver down Lu Yang’s spine.

Yun Zhi and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy simultaneously let out their spiritual consciousness and scanned every inch of the surrounding space to ferret out the mastermind behind the scenes.

Suddenly, in the corner of the secret chamber, the space rippled. A pitch-black figure emerged unhurriedly, clapping rhythmically as he praised Yun Zhi’s brilliance.

Lu Yang stared at the pitch-black figure. Although the man was clearly there, when Lu Yang scanned the area with his spiritual consciousness, nothing was there. From Lu Yang’s perspective, that person was like a bottomless black hole brimming with ambition and capable of devouring all things. It was utterly terrifying.

Yun Zhi and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy stepped forward, positioning themselves in front of Lu Yang as they warily confronted the intruder.

“As expected of the strongest person from the Five Great Immortal Sects. In the Central Continent, only a few pose a threat to me—and you are by far the greatest!

“Initially, I had come here simply because I wanted to see if the Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruit had truly been formed. Who would have thought that I’d gain so much from just observing for a few days?”

The pitch-black figure turned his gaze toward the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Although Lu Yang couldn’t see his face clearly, he felt that the person was smiling. “I honestly never expected you would actually be resurrected, Everlasting Immortal Fairy. You’re the unforeseen variable I never anticipated.

“Since you’ve been revived, the plan to replace the Everlasting Dao Fruit with the Incipient Everlasting Dao Fruit is now defunct. What a pity, the Everlasting Creed’s 14,000 years of effort has gone down the drain just like that.” The pitch-black figure shook his head regretfully, though it was unclear whether he pitied the Everlasting Creed or lamented the failure of his plan.

“Heaven Mandate, Qilin, Epoch, Nine-Layers—who are you?! Stop skulking about and show your true face!” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy shouted harshly. This person had sought to completely erase my existence. There’s a life-and-death enmity between us that can never be resolved!

There must be an outcome between me and this pitch-black figure!

The pitch-black figure chuckled and shook his head. “Were there really only five immortals in your era? And was the Nine-Layers Immortal truly the first immortal?

“Immortal Fairy, there are too many things that cannot be ascertained. How can you be so sure that I’m one of those four?”

“Enough with your hocus-pocus!” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy gritted her teeth in anger.

Yun Zhi wasted no words. She acted decisively, unleashing her full power in an attack.

The dark figure’s expression turned solemn. “As I thought, your strength far surpasses what you show to the outside world. Even if my main body were here, it would probably still be hard to defeat you.

“To think that someone like you emerged after the ancient era. Truly, a marvel of heaven and earth.”

Aware that he was no match, the dark figure resolutely decided to self-detonate.

“A pity that my main body won’t be able to learn what transpired here.”