"Did Jiaye warn you that accepting a Buddhist inheritance as a disciple of the Daoist sects would be extremely detrimental to your future cultivation?"
Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping with a solemn expression.
"He did." Xu Taiping nodded earnestly. "But the situation was urgent. If I hadn't accepted Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's inheritance, the out-of-control thunderflame would have drawn the Yin God's scrutiny. Using the Sea-Swallowing Seal to extinguish the thunderflame was the best choice."
"Perhaps this was heaven's will." Fairy Lingyue sighed.
"Sister Lingyue, I remember that you also carry both Daoist and Buddhist inheritances. Is it truly as harmful as the rumors say?"
Xu Taiping had deliberately brought up his acceptance of a Buddhist inheritance because he wanted to ask Fairy Lingyue, who had experienced it herself, just how harmful the "Heavenly Retribution" Venerable Jiaye spoke of would be.
"Extremely."
Fairy Lingyue fell silent for a long while before raising her head to look at Xu Taiping again.
"You may not know this yet, but the inheritances of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism were inscribed on separate Spirit Bone Steles. Almost every Spirit Bone Stele also bears the same taboo: one must not accept the inheritances of any two of these three schools."
"If they are ordinary cultivation methods, it isn't so bad. But if you cultivate an inheritance derived from an Origin Law, you will inevitably suffer a backlash."
"This backlash doesn't merely mean that the Otherworldly Heavenly Demons you encounter when breaking through realms and undergoing tribulations will be stronger, or that there will be more tribulation lightning. It will also swallow up your fortune under the Heavenly Dao."
"In particular, during the period after you break through to the Transformation Realm but before you stabilize your cultivation, and during the stage after you break through to the