Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 688: Karmic Divine Ability

Despite having lived for eighteen years, Lu Yang never imagined a day would come when his name would change.

The spell is a genuine spell, and defying heaven is genuinely heaven-defying.

“Does this count as me having mastered it?” Lu Yang looked at the Everlasting Immortal Fairy suspiciously. No matter how I think about it, this seems off.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy declared with conviction, putting forth her logical arguments, “Why wouldn’t it count? Don’t you know that one’s name represents their destiny? Changing your name is changing your fate. By altering your name, your future destiny will be different.

“Taking a step back, curse techniques are often executed through a name. By changing your name, you alter your karmic ties. You are no longer the you of before. The change in your name on your identity jade tablet is a symbol of this; curse techniques can no longer befall you.”

When a curse technique is activated, it will lock onto the identity “Lu Yang.” After Lu Yang becomes “Lu Yin” and abandons his previous identity, the curse technique will no longer find its target and will naturally not affect him.

Yun Zhi also agreed with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s viewpoint. “Little Junior Brother, although it’s unclear why the effect of your cultivation deviated slightly from the expected outcome, the fact that it directly altered your name at the karmic level proves this technique is indeed a karma-type divine ability.”

Mastering a karma-type divine ability at the Nascent Soul Stage was an unprecedented feat.

Only Meng Jingzhou was completely befuddled. What karma-type divine ability? What mastered?

Did I miss something?

Lu Yang explained, “It’s like this. Weren’t we both cultivating the divine ability Inverting Yin and Yang? I succeeded. Previously, I was called Lu Yang. Now, I am called ‘Lu Yin.’”

“...Wait a moment, let me process this.” Even with Meng Jingzhou’s quick-witted mind, he couldn’t immediately accept this reality.

“So you’re saying that you were previously called ‘Lu Yang,’ and now you’re called ‘Lu Yin,’ and even the name on your identity jade tablet has changed?”

“That’s right.”

Meng Jingzhou inhaled sharply. This spell is too heaven-defying. I didn’t even detect any signs of Lu Yin performing a divine ability.

Yun Zhi stared at Lu Yang for a moment longer before adding, “Little Junior Brother, this move of yours is truly remarkable. It fundamentally altered your own name. If you encounter a Fusion cultivator unfamiliar with karmic arts, you could potentially hoodwink them.”

Karmic and temporal spells were notoriously abstruse and unfathomable. Most cultivators could cultivate diligently for over a decade without seeing any results. Among Fusion cultivators, those who understood karmic divine abilities were exceedingly rare. Even among Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, most only had a rudimentary understanding. Someone like Great Yu’s Imperial Preceptor, who formed an Incipient Dao Fruit based on karma, was fairly uncommon.

The prerequisite for possessing an Incipient Dao Fruit was significant accomplishments in the domain of karma, which highlighted the Imperial Preceptor’s superb talent in karma.

After Lu Yang mastered the technique, Yun Zhi stayed for another seven days. During this time, Lu Yang consolidated his learning, while Meng Jingzhou continued his comprehension.

After seven days, Lu Yang found that he had little left to consolidate, whereas Meng Jingzhou found that every aspect of the spell still required deeper comprehension.

Meng Jingzhou was forced to admit he couldn’t master this move. Never mind. Let Lu Yang change his name. This young master doesn’t need a change of name.

Seeing that the two were no longer cultivating, Yun Zhi flew back to Incarceration Peak to resume interrogating the two supreme lords.

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At the headquarters of the Radiant Sun Creed, the walls were adorned with a glowing sun totem, which illuminated the meeting room.

Creed Leader Chi had gathered the higher-ups to discuss major matters. Everyone remained silent, listening to Creed Leader Chi speak.

“I have called everyone here today primarily to discuss two matters.

“First, as all of you know, our creed’s research into the sun’s power has recently stalled. The main reason is that our multiple attempts to land on the sun have resulted in several fellow Daoists being burned to death.”

This was not the sun from the ancient era, which was formed from Jinwu crows. The surface of the current sun was scorching hot. Even though it was shielded by great arrays, one could still feel its terrifying heat. A Fusion cultivator could only endure for a few seconds in such an environment before being reduced to ashes.

If they continued these experiments to land on the sun, the next batch might very well include the higher-ups themselves.

“Therefore, I was wondering if we should switch our approach. Perhaps we could attempt landing on the moon at night? The sun and moon share the same body; we could indirectly research the sun.”

His speech was immediately met with opposition from everyone.

The vice creed leader was the first to step forward and rebuke Creed Leader Chi’s disloyal proposal. “The sun and moon never appear simultaneously, indicating that even if they share the same body, there is a gap between them. Our creed believes in the power of the solar yang; how can we submit to the power of lunar yin? This is absolutely unacceptable!”

An elder expressed his loyalty. “Those fellow Daoists who were burned to death must have lacked sincerity and failed to receive the sun’s approval. I may be an old set of bones, but I have believed in the sun my whole life. I can definitely withstand the trials and set foot upon the sun. How about this? Count me in for the next sun expedition team!”

Creed Leader Chi felt helpless about the fervor of the higher-ups, each more zealous than the other.

I can understand and even respect that you don’t fear death. But if all of you go and immolate yourselves on the sun, who will be left to lead the Radiant Sun Creed?

I knew this suggestion wouldn’t gain everyone’s approval.

“The sun-landing project shall be set aside for now. We’ll be moving on to the second issue.

“The Heavenly Court Creed’s Holy Son, Long Jingzhou, has overwhelming pure yang power, even surpassing that of someone with a Pure Yang Immortal Physique. It’s probably because the ancient Heavenly Court possessed unique methods to groom their members.

“Moreover, I discovered that Long Jingzhou and Young Creed Leader Lu seem to be at loggerheads with each other, likely related to the issue of succession within the ancient Heavenly Court. We can exploit this by secretly winning over Meng Jingzhou and stirring up internal conflict within the Heavenly Court Creed, thereby reaping benefits from the situation!”

One of the elders was puzzled. “How do we do that? The ancient Heavenly Court is immensely powerful and wealthy. They have Dou Heavenly Sovereign, an ancient immortal, and the Phoenix Ancient Ancestor, a half-immortal who defeated Supreme Lord Zhu Tian. Threats and coercion are out of the question, and even if we want to entice them, our resources can’t outmatch them.”

Creed Leader Chi shook his head. “You’ve mistaken one thing. It’s the ancient Heavenly Court that is immensely powerful and wealthy, not Long Jingzhou. Within any organization, there exists an uneven distribution of resources. Long Jingzhou undoubtedly receives fewer resources than the Young Creed Leader. This is our opportunity.

“If our entire creed supports Long Jingzhou, wouldn’t that be better than the resources allocated to him by the ancient Heavenly Court? 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

“Furthermore, we have researched the sun for tens of thousands of years. Our findings are greatly beneficial for cultivation. I refuse to believe Long Jingzhou won’t be tempted.”

The higher-ups felt that Creed Leader Shi made some sense.

“We can give it a try. If we can secretly pull Long Jingzhou to our side, it will facilitate our future operations considerably.”

“Indeed, indeed. We can attempt it.”

While everyone was discussing, Creed Leader Chi’s personal guard hastily burst into the meeting room and handed an intelligence report to him.

The report detailed how Creed Leader Yun had demonstrated her mighty prowess in Chunjiang City, capturing two archaic supreme lords, whose whereabouts were currently unknown.

Creed Leader Chi placed the report down. “The plan to reap benefits by stirring up internal conflict within the Heavenly Court Creed is hereby void. We’ll change the second discussion topic.”

The higher-ups turned their gazes toward Creed Leader Chi at once.

Creed Leader Shi said earnestly, “Should our Radiant Sun Creed consider joining the Heavenly Court Creed?”