Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 483: The Imperial Preceptor’s Incipient Dao Fruit
The Imperial Preceptor posed as a Fusion cultivator to outsiders. While this pretense might fool those at the Fusion or Transcendent Tribulation stages, it couldn’t deceive someone at the same cultivation realm.
Had he been serious about his disguise, his deception might have worked even against his peers. But I never imagined I’d encounter a half-immortal powerhouse in the Dao-Seeking Sect!
Tidal waves surged through the Imperial Preceptor’s heart. This is just one of the Five Great Immortal Sects—having a few Transcendent Tribulation cultivators would already be impressive enough. How could they also harbor a half-immortal powerhouse?!
The Everlasting Immortal studied the Imperial Preceptor with a grave expression.
Without special techniques, those at the same cultivation realm couldn’t discern one another’s true cultivation. When two cultivators met and couldn’t see through each other’s cultivation, two possibilities existed—the other party’s cultivation realm either surpassed theirs or stood at the same level.
With immortals being exceedingly rare in the world, the likelihood is minuscule. Therefore, this person must be a half-immortal. Those who possess Incipient Dao Fruits are considered half-immortals.
Is he a friend or a foe?
The Imperial Preceptor steeled his resolve. Although this person is a half-immortal, only his soul is left, which means his combat power is weakened. The best course of action is to end this swiftly.
He decisively produced an octagonal porcelain plate, a half-immortal magical treasure refined over three millennia. Shattering it upon the ground, the fragments formed an isolated space trapping the two of them while his Incipient Dao Fruit’s power cut off the Everlasting Immortal’s connection to the outside world.
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“Business today was not bad. The Immortal should...” the sect leader remarked while skewering meat.
Suddenly, he paused.
Immortal? What immortal?
Scanning the shop, he saw continuous streams of customers, Chefs Liu and Gao overwhelmed with work, creed elders serving dishes and washing plates, and three alluring ghosts drawing in customers outside.
“Old Gao, Old Liu, do you feel like someone’s missing?”
Chefs Liu and Gao looked around blankly. “No? Isn’t everyone here?”
“Is that so?” The creed leader’s brows scrunched up before gradually smoothing.
“I remembered wrong then.”
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“Enemy!”
The Everlasting Immortal was caught off guard when the Imperial Preceptor suddenly confined him in this hastily constructed small space. Judging by his stance, he clearly intends to kill me.
Does he really think I’m a pushover?
As the Everlasting Immortal released a piercing cry, golden filaments of light burst forth and rippled through space like highly suspended heavenly blades during tribulation punishments, severing all foundations of living beings.
“So what if you have heavenly blades? Destiny is on Great Yu’s side! Hundun-Chaos Sacred Lotus!” The Imperial Preceptor hissed.
A lotus shrouded in hundun chaos mist emerged from his forehead, its petals glowing with white halos that flowed like torrents, dissolving the golden threads as they illuminated all directions.
“Hundun-Chaos Sacred Lotus?” The Everlasting Immortal gaped. This is a top-tier Transcendent Tribulation sacred item. The hundun-chaos qi it emits can negate tribulation punishment. It's designed specifically for cultivators breaking through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. Such artifacts exist only in legends; I’ve never heard of anyone actually possessing one.
“You are somewhat knowledgeable. I excavated this from the Extreme North, the source of an entire hundun-chaos mountain range. This is a symbol of destiny’s favor.”
“Destiny my ass! Destiny favors our Everlasting Lineage!”
“The Everlasting Lineage?” The Imperial Preceptor frowned, having never heard of such a lineage before.
“Ignoramus! Our Everlasting Lineage stands supremely powerful, and I rank only third within it!” The Everlasting Immortal sneered coldly.
The Imperial Preceptor was flabbergasted. A half-immortal powerhouse is only third? What unfathomable figures must the top two be?
They must at least be half-immortals!
“Pillar Branding Torture!” The Imperial Preceptor fished out eight copper rods from his storage ring. As he planted them into the ground, they instantly expanded into towering bronze pillars that seemed to prop up the heavens.
“Bind!” The Imperial Preceptor pointed at the Everlasting Immortal, and countless iron chains erupted from the pillars.
The Everlasting Immortal tried to dodge but discovered an inseverable karmic bond had formed between himself and the chains. This is a sure-hit spell!
The chains bound the Everlasting Immortal, suspending him right at the center of the eight copper pillars. Lightning materialized directly above, its violent energy concentrated into a single devastating strike aimed at the Everlasting Immortal.
“Dream Butterfly Technique.” Closing his eyes, the Everlasting Immortal transformed into a swarm of immortal butterflies that slipped through the chains’ fetters before reforming atop the pillars, watching as the lightning bolt struck empty air.
“Ocean-Overturning Seal!” The Imperial Preceptor flipped his palm, unleashing an azure handprint that carried the briny scent of sea winds as it crashed toward the Everlasting Immortal.
During the Great Yu era, the Ocean-Overturning Seal had earned fearsome renown. A Transcendent Tribulation garrison general guarding the border of the East Sea had used it to repel millions of invading sea tribes with a single palm strike, instantly dyeing the ocean crimson.
And that was merely its power when cast by a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator. If executed by a half-immortal, its might would increase exponentially.
“Great Carefree Palm!”
The collision between palm and seal produced a heaven-shaking explosion that scattered flesh and eroded souls.
The Imperial Preceptor lost an arm, his immortal blood forming a vast crimson sea as it dripped. With a cold snort, he consumed a great pill crafted from a thousand expensive medicinal ingredients. His injuries healed rapidly, his bones regenerated, his muscles reattached, and his skin closed over as his arm returned to normal.
“Physical wounds may heal quickly, but let me see what you’ll do about your soul injuries!” Observing the Everlasting Immortal’s fractured soul, the Imperial Preceptor was confident of victory and unleashed another Ocean-Overturning Seal to deliver the killing blow.
Soul injuries affected one’s foundation; even great pills could hardly mend them.
“Save your concern. Great Carefree Palm!”
When they exchanged blows, the Imperial Preceptor noticed something amiss. With such soul injuries, he should only be able to bring out seventy to eighty percent of his cultivation. How is he still in peak condition?
What the Imperial Preceptor did not realize was that, with the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit, the notion of soul injuries simply did not exist—any damage to the soul would heal in an instant.
The two traded hundreds of blows in mere moments, their fierce techniques a blur that ordinary eyes could scarcely track.
The Imperial Preceptor coughed up blood. I’m actually at a disadvantage?! His strength far exceeds my expectations.
As the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s substitute, the Everlasting Immortal had always been formidable, but right from his debut, he was subdued by three venerable beings—Lu Yang, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, and Yun Zhi—and became their captive, stripping him of any chances to demonstrate his true capabilities.
“Very well, very well, I’ve underestimated you.” Realizing he couldn’t gain an advantage in direct combat, the Imperial Preceptor activated his Incipient Dao Fruit to break all karmic ties between himself and the Everlasting Immortal.
He gradually disappeared before the Everlasting Immortal’s eyes, as if he was merging into one with space.
The Everlasting Immortal was alarmed and extended his immortal consciousness, preparing for an attack. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Suddenly, his expression turned vacant.
“What was I doing?”
The Everlasting Immortal frowned. He sensed a gap in his memory; he had forgotten the events that had transpired.
The Imperial Preceptor watched coolly from the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike. He cultivated the Karma Dao Fruit, and it was currently at its incipient phase.
The Karma Dao Fruit granted the power to manipulate karma at will. Everything in the world was woven from karma—every meeting, every bond, every enmity was but a thread in this vast karmic web. Severing the karmic ties between people would cause both parties to forget each other.
The River Spirit overlooking the Imperial Preceptor’s group, the Everlasting Creed’s higher-ups forgetting the Everlasting Immortal, and the Everlasting Immortal forgetting the Imperial Preceptor during the Pillar Branding Torture were all effects of the Karma Incipient Dao Fruit.
The Imperial Preceptor had once slain six Transcendent Tribulation cultivators precisely because he made them forget his existence before eliminating them one by one!
