Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand!

The next second, Lu Yang's expression tightened abruptly. Even if I were to seek Empty Attainment, there's no way I'd follow the method recorded in the Path-Opening Diagram completely!

After all, would what he attained really belong to him?

More likely, after attaining it for half a day, he would instead become nourishment for that Nameless Dao Lord. After all, that was a Nascent Soul Dao Lord—who knew whether he was dead or alive!

But Lu Yang quickly reconsidered.

The Path-Opening Diagram is my opportunity, after all. And Immortal Venerable Greater Yin said it herself: imitate first, then surpass. There's no harm in trying to attain it first.

The moment that thought arose, Lu Yang's expression changed drastically.

"Attain my ass!"

With an angry shout, the Calamity Waves that had advanced into a True Treasure emerged in his Sea of Consciousness. The sword spirit Minghe leaped out and began pummeling his soul with fists.

"Hey hey, ha ha!"

Minghe, in the form of a Dao Attendant, swung her tiny fists, raining smack smack smack blows upon Lu Yang's soul. Those seemingly harmless punches displayed miraculous effects at that moment, smashing apart the notion of "Empty Attainment" within Lu Yang's heart punch by punch, making him let out a long breath.

Where had that inexplicable thought come from?

Lu Yang frowned deeply. His first suspicion fell upon his good senior sister, Immortal Venerable Greater Yin. His expression flickered between light and dark, ugly to the extreme.

Where was the problem?

First, it could not have been baseless bewitchment.

I'm not some Heretical True Lord, much less one of those early-stage trash fish from Celestial Court. With a Supreme Fruit Position and the support of a Grotto-Heaven, who could directly control me by force?

A Dao Lord could.

But if it had