After killing Ancestor Cang Tian's body and Primordial Spirit, then grinding away his Dao Fruit, Lu Yang began taking stock of his gains and losses.
The fall of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was no small matter. Some great powers would surely sense it.
At most, however, they would deduce that Cang Tian had fallen and that he had died on the Sun Star.
Lu Yang would not be exposed so easily.
Cang Tian had considerable Fortune and some Merit as well. Killing him meant bearing certain consequences.
Now, Lu Yang focused on a clump of Cang Tian's essence blood, a strand of Power of the Firmament, and several treasures.
Cang Tian was at least of Grand Unity-level innate foundation, so his essence blood was naturally extraordinary.
Analyzing this essence blood would greatly help Lu Yang forge a Golden Crow of Grand Unity-level innate foundation.
As for the treasures, there were three Innate Spiritual Treasures, over a hundred Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, along with some golden pills, spiritual medicines, divine materials for refining artifacts, and two Innate Pure Qi Talismans.
One Pure Qi Talisman recorded a cultivation method, the Profound Firmament Art. It cultivated the true body externally and refined the Primordial Spirit internally. Once perfected, both body and Primordial Spirit would possess the mana of one Calamity.
The other Pure Qi Talisman recorded many wondrous divine abilities and techniques.
He had no idea what Ancestor Cang Tian had been thinking.
Whether cultivation methods or divine abilities, all of them had merits worth taking.
Lu Yang intended to take their essence.
"This strand of Power of the Firmament..."
How to handle this Power of the Firmament required careful consideration.
Fusing it into his body could improve his innate foundation, but Lu Yang's true body was the Sun Star itself. Fusing the Power of the Firmament into the Sun Star? That was inappropriate.
As for fusing it into a clone, that was worth considering.
Another option was to use the Power of the Firmament as the core for cultivating a divine ability or refining a magic treasure.
As for "patching the heavens," he would certainly gain some Merit.
Yet Merit did not hold much appeal for Lu Yang.
The Eye of the Firmament had flaws. If this strand of Power of the Firmament were fused into it, it might be completed, allowing the Heavenly Dao to become far more perfect.
That would undoubtedly bring Great Merit.
He would inevitably receive the favor of the Heavenly Dao, and his Fortune would likely soar.
It was only right to think it over more carefully.
After all, Power of the Firmament was not something one could find growing by the roadside.
He would likely never obtain it again.
"I should use it to patch the heavens!" After considering it for a long time, Lu Yang made his decision.
There was little need to use it to improve a clone's innate foundation.
As for divine abilities and magic treasures, he did not urgently need either.
As for patching the heavens, aside from Merit and Fortune, there might be other benefits as well.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed since Ancestor Cang Tian's fall.
Half a year in the Primordial World was still a rather long time.
On this day, a violet-red eye appeared above the Sun Star. It was the Eye of the Firmament.
The might of Heaven was unfathomable. This eye looked down upon all things, regarding all living beings as mere straw dogs.
There was nothing but indifference in its gaze.
The Heavenly Dao was inherently a set of rules: emotionless and impartial.
Other than Lu Yang, no one else in the Primordial World could see the Eye of the Firmament at this moment.
Compared to the entire Sun Star, the Eye of the Firmament was tiny. Yet when Lu Yang met its gaze, he instead felt incomparably insignificant.
Even his mana of more than two hundred Calamities was nothing before that violet-red eye.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Yang threw out a strand of Power of the Firmament, sending it toward the Eye of the Firmament.
In an instant, the Power of the Firmament merged into the Eye of the Firmament.
With that strand of Power of the Firmament fused into it, the Eye of the Firmament blinked once.
That single blink completely changed the Eye of the Firmament.
Violet-red radiance flashed, making even the Sun Star impossible to look at directly.
Without question, the Eye of the Firmament had grown stronger, though it was unclear by how much.
Whenever the Eye of the Firmament appeared, it was generally to deliver Heavenly Punishment provoked by grave Karmic Power.
This time, Lu Yang had summoned the Eye of the Firmament with the Power of the Firmament.
However, after summoning the Eye of the Firmament, if he did not patch the heavens, some of Lu Yang's Merit and Fortune would drain away.
If he "fooled" the Eye of the Firmament, he would bear the consequences himself.
The patching of the heavens was complete.
The Eye of the Firmament "looked" at Lu Yang.
The next moment, a small clump of violet-red radiance separated from the Eye of the Firmament and fell onto the Sun Star.
The moment it touched the Sun Star, the violet-red radiance transformed into a Heavenly Dao Mark, then bound itself to Lu Yang's Primordial Spirit.
At the same time, Lu Yang gained another large mass of Merit, while his Fortune also rose considerably.
In terms of Merit alone, it was more than Lu Yang had expected.
Although Lu Yang gained Merit every day.
The Merit from patching the heavens this time was likely equivalent to several years' worth.
The rise in Fortune pleased him even more.
What surprised him was the Heavenly Dao Mark.
Since the Heavenly Dao Mark was bound to his Primordial Spirit, he easily learned its wondrous uses.
Grand Unity Dao Charm manifested upon Lu Yang's Primordial Spirit.
A Primordial Spirit at Heavenly Immortal cultivation possessed Dao Charm. Thereafter, the higher one's cultivation, the stronger that charm became.
When Lu Yang had first transmigrated, his soul level had been low. The Sun Star had driven it to condense into a Primordial Spirit, but its Dao Charm had been lacking. Only through diligent cultivation had he gradually reached his current state.
Although his Primordial Spirit Cultivation had reached the Grand Unity level, his Dao comprehension was still shallow, and he had yet to attain a Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
For others to attain a Grand Unity Dao Fruit, they often had to pass through many Calamities, each lasting one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years.
In truth, Lu Yang's progress was already astonishingly fast.
The moment he transmigrated, he became the Sun Star. Driven by his innate foundation, he easily condensed a Primordial Spirit, and afterward his Primordial Spirit cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
He also found it easier to comprehend Heavenly Dao.
Furthermore, the Sun Star contained Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots, and even an Innate Supreme Treasure.
Refining Innate restrictions also helped improve his Dao comprehension.
At the Immortal Volcano, Lu Ya had been summoned back after Yuan Feng entered seclusion.
It was not only Lu Ya. Many powerful members of the Phoenix Clan who had been outside were also called back.
Many major clan affairs now fell upon Lu Ya's shoulders.
A mass of Southern Bright Li Fire appeared in the sky, and before long it approached the Immortal Volcano.
Vermilion Bird flew out from the Li Fire.
Vermilion Bird was now Grand Unity-level as well.
Upon seeing Lu Ya, Vermilion Bird curled her lips. In her eyes, Lu Ya was Grand Unity-level, but she did not believe it at all!
There was only one explanation: Lu Ya simply loved putting on an act too much.
Because of the Yellow Middle Plum, Vermilion Bird still bore a grudge against Lu Ya.
Lu Ya also saw Vermilion Bird.
Every time they met, Vermilion Bird had never treated him well.
Still, Lu Ya could sense that Vermilion Bird did not truly hate him that much.
In a blessed land somewhere within the Primordial Era, clouds and rosy mists shrouded the place year-round. Amid the spiritual radiance lay an immortal realm.
Immortal cranes danced through the air, Spirit Beasts strolled about, countless exotic flowers and rare herbs flourished, and ancient trees intertwined with strange vines. In the distance, waterfalls hung from the heavens, revealing a lotus pond below. Lotuses as large as dou measures bloomed in the pond, some three-colored, some five-colored, while golden carp swam among them.
Three figures sat beneath a great tree.
They were Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, and Ancestor Qiankun.
All three were now Quasi-Saints.
Their friendship could be traced back to before Pangu's Creation...
"Cang Tian truly fell upon the Sun Star?" Ancestor Qiankun looked at Hongjun.
"Without a doubt." Hongjun was extremely certain.
"Among the three of us, Daoist friend Hongjun's Dao comprehension remains the deepest!" Ancestor Yin Yang said with a smile.
"You jest, Daoist friend. I merely had a stroke of luck. In terms of Dao comprehension, you are no weaker than I am." Hongjun replied with a smile.
Yin Yang and Qiankun exchanged a glance and both smiled.
The three of them had often discussed the Dao in the past and understood each other's Dao comprehension well.
Even if Hongjun's Dao comprehension was the highest among them, Yin Yang and Qiankun were not far behind.
"Cang Tian was no weakling. I wonder which mighty figure killed him?" Qiankun asked with a frown.
"Anyone capable of grinding away a Grand Unity Dao Fruit likely possesses cultivation above ours." A lingering solemnity appeared on Hongjun's face as well.
Hongjun could grind away a Grand Unity Dao Fruit alone, but it would take him a very long time.
"Even if the three of us joined forces, we could not destroy a Grand Unity Dao Fruit in a short time." Yin Yang said gravely.
"It seems a mighty figure resides upon the Sun Star."
After a long while, Hongjun and the other two left the blessed land together and headed for the Sun Star to investigate.
There was likely a powerful Quasi-Saint hidden on the Sun Star. Whether Hongjun, Yin Yang, or Qiankun, they had to uncover the truth.
A powerful Quasi-Saint lurking in the shadows was truly unsettling.
On the way to the Sun Star, Hongjun and the others discovered several great powers, including Ancestor Huang Tian, Ancestor Qing Tian, and...
"Rahu?" Hongjun calculated inwardly.
Presumably, Rahu had also deduced that Cang Tian had fallen upon the Sun Star and spread the news.
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