Little Friend, Who Are You?

One day later, Lu Yang pushed aside the unconscious Jade Toad Immortal Lord beside him. His face brimmed with the satisfaction of a great battle's aftermath as he silently tallied his gains.

First, Celestial Court's cultivation system!

It began with building the foundation of the Spirit Platform, then wiping the Spirit Platform clean, until the dust was gone and light was born from it; then came bearing the Fruit Position, and using Forbidden Arts to reinforce the Spirit Platform so that it would never suffer damage.

It was an exceptionally complete system.

Especially the two Forbidden Arts that Jade Toad Immortal Lord had sacrificed and refined—the Water-Fire Vase Seal and the Lesser Yin Sealing and Storing Art. Their mysteries had truly opened his eyes.

Unlike True Treasures, which are forged by extracting the Image within a Fruit Position and using a Spiritual Treasure as their vessel, making them vessels that bear the Dao. Celestial Court, on the other hand, uses the Spirit Platform as its foundation, lets the Fruit Position press down upon it, and then derives methods to repair the Spirit Platform. Those methods are Forbidden Arts.

Each had its own merits.

The advantage of True Treasures was their tremendous power. Moreover, even if they were damaged, they could be reforged, without negatively affecting a True Lord's Grotto-Heaven.

Their drawback was that they relied too heavily on the Fruit Position.

Because they were forged only after extracting Images from the Fruit Position, if one ultimately failed to leap free, one would be completely assimilated by the Fruit Position.

By comparison, Forbidden Arts were far more independent.

After all, Forbidden Arts had been born to resist the oppression of the Fruit Position and repair the Spirit Platform. Naturally, they did not rely on the Fruit Position; in essence, they were