Chapter 597: Chapter 572: Creating Law Again, Tao Seventh Layer
Under the influence of the Samsara Fruit, Lu Yan’s thoughts triggered the cycle of reincarnation.
In the first life, he became the young master of a small family in a minor world. Originally possessing peerless grace, his cultivation level was ruined during a trial, and he fell to the state of a disabled person.
Subsequently, his fiancée came to break off their engagement. Enraged, the youth shouted his lofty ambitions with the saying, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, do not bully the poor just because they’re young."
Later, with the aid of a strong cultivator’s remaining soul, he rose up and swept across the world.
In the second life, he also had peerless talent and was born with supreme bones, yet a cousin from his own clan removed them and kicked him out of the house.
Unexpectedly, he did not die from the great disaster, and at the location where the supreme bones were removed, he awakened a second, stronger set of supreme bones. From then on, he rose from his ashes, dominating the world and achieving the status of an unrivaled powerhouse.
In the third life, he was again the young master of a small family in a minor world, but his childhood sweetheart excavated his innate bloodline, nearly leading to his death. However, unexpectedly awakening an even stronger divine dragon bloodline, he then made a comeback, defeating all the heroes of the world and achieved the status of the Immortal Dragon Emperor.
In the fourth life, he became a servant disciple within a sect, with average aptitude and cultivation level, originally destined to live an ordinary life. However, one day while traveling outside, he inadvertently gained a small jade bottle which changed his life...
Life after life in the cycle of reincarnation, he had no idea how much time had passed.
Lu Yan opened his eyes.
In an instant, a multitude of disjointed memories flooded into his mind.
"Who am I? Ah..."
Lu Yan felt a splitting headache, as if he was about to be completely lost in the vast sea of information.
But then, his Primordial Spirit shone brightly, the energy of the Samsara Fruit still present, like a light in the darkness, dispersing the darkness and revealing the light.
Lu Yan gradually calmed down and sat quietly in meditation.
Those fragmented memories began to dissipate, growing distant, leaving behind only the insights on cultivation and the understanding of various techniques...
But his true memories shone like a needle stabilizing the seas, radiating brilliantly.
"I am Lu Yan..."
Lu Yan murmured, a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.
This was the powerful and mysterious ability of the Samsara Fruit.
It allowed one to retain their true self, immovable and unshaken.
If it were not for the Samsara Fruit, blindly experiencing a hundred cycles of reincarnation would surely lead to losing oneself, unable to distinguish between the true self and the false self, leading to madness from deviation.
He carefully experienced the enlightenment brought about by a hundred cycles of reincarnation.
In each of the hundred lives, he eventually became a peerless powerhouse. In each one, there were different encounters, cultivating different techniques, mastering different doctrines.
These insights were not illusions but completed through the Samsara Fruit in conjunction with the laws of heaven and earth.
It is known that Samsara Fruits are cultivated from the corpse of a True One realm’s strongest beings.
This was equivalent to the simulations done by a supreme powerhouse.
Now, all these insights and experiences had become nourishment for Lu Yan, for his own use.
Lu Yan quietly digested these for several years.
Years later, he finally stood up, a slight smile on his lips.
"Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map."
With a thought, the Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map appeared on his body’s surface, covering half of it, roughly the same extent he had reached before consuming the Samsara Fruit.
But the next moment, the Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map began to expand at high speed, spreading to the other half of his body.
Wherever it passed, one star after another lit up.
Each star represented a different technique.
In just half a month, Lu Yan’s entire body was covered by the Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map.
A complete Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map.
"The insights from a hundred cycles of reincarnation indeed bring astonishing gains. The Zhou Tian Huan Yu Map has been completely understood so quickly."
Lu Yan showed a look of joy.
Then, he began to evolve the Wan Dao Map.
In just half a month, he had perfected the Wan Dao Map as well.
At this moment, inspirations exploded in his mind, a plethora of brilliant ideas incessantly surfaced, unstoppable.
Outside his body, nine laws diffused, now thunder fire wind intertwining, now fire wind earth weaving together...
The nine laws formed various combinations, continuously evolving and testing.
Lu Yan closed his eyes, wholly immersed in his understanding.
This period of enlightenment lasted for ten years.
This was not within the Dao Book’s space but in the outside world.
Because consuming the Samsara Fruit is not possible within the space of the Dao Book, where time’s acceleration could not be used.
Ten years later, Lu Yan abruptly opened his eyes, a peerless sharpness flickering within them.
He had a feeling that he was about to succeed in creating a new technique, only one last step remained.
"I can’t create a technique within the Desolate Heaven Cosmic Country; it would cause too much disturbance and expose too much, which would be disadvantageous for me."
Lu Yan thought to himself.
Right away, he left the Practice Room and was naturally led away. Before long, he met The Ruler of Desolate Heaven again.
"Have you finished refining the Samsara Fruit?"
The Ruler of Desolate Heaven asked.
"Yes, senior."
Lu Yan cupped his fist, pondered for a moment, and continued, "The younger generation has gained much and has insights I wish to explore by traveling abroad."
"Hmm, that’s fine. Now, there are still more than five hundred and ninety years before the showdown with the Origin Continent. When the time comes, just make sure you return to the Desolate Heaven Star ahead of time."
The Ruler of Desolate Heaven nodded.
Refining the Samsara Fruit and undergoing a hundred cycles of reincarnation might seem like countless years, but in the real world, it was only a few decades.
"Lu Yan will definitely return ahead of time, and will not miss the showdown with the Origin Continent."
Lu Yan nodded in response.
"Mm."
The Ruler of Desolate Heaven nodded and then instructed Lu Yan through a transmission, "When traveling outside, you must be careful. You must not expose your true identity. Even your Alliance Hierarch has great enemies in the vast starry sky. Your true identity is known only to a few of the strongest in the vast starry sky, including myself."
Lu Yan’s heart chilled, and he once again bowed in thanks.
"I will send you off to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from paying undue attention to you. Moreover, take this Starry Sky Transposition Token with you. If you wish to return to Desolate Heaven Star and you are not too far from it, activate the token and you will be directly transported back to Desolate Heaven Star."
"Or should you encounter danger, activating the token can also directly transport you away."
The Ruler of Desolate Heaven waved his hand, and a token flew towards Lu Yan, who grasped it firmly in his hand. Before Lu Yan had a chance to give his thanks, a powerful and irresistible force enveloped his entire body.
Lu Yan felt the world spin around him, and in the next moment, he found himself in the vast emptiness of the cosmic void.
All around was pitch black, an endless expanse, with only the distant twinkle of stars casting a faint glow.
"The gap between me and the True One State is unimaginably vast."
Lu Yan sighed.
In front of the True One State, he was like an ant to a dragon. If a True One wished to kill him, it would take but a thought, leaving him no chance to resist.
"One day, I too will reach that supreme realm," he declared, clenching his fists in the void, filled with a powerful force and a confident and resolute gaze.
"First, I’ll find a remote and unpopulated place to create my own law, one step at a time."
Lu Yan reached out with both hands, tearing apart space, and he plunged into the spatial rift, moving rapidly.
After traveling an indeterminable distance, he landed on a drifting asteroid and sat down cross-legged, surrounded by various magical laws manifesting around his body.
Half a month later.
Lu Yan suddenly rose, shooting into the sky.
Boom!
In the midst of the starry sky, a colossal battle knife suddenly appeared.
The knife, tens of thousands of miles long, stretched across the space, followed by an endless wave of knife light descending like divine punishment.
Then, with one mighty slash, the battle knife cleaved, and the entire starry sky seemed like a massive sheet of paper cut in half.
Where the knife light passed, numerous asteroids turned into the tiniest specks of dust.
In the starry sky, five Magic Rivers of laws suddenly appeared, representing Thunder, Fire, Wind, Earth, and Metal.
The five Magic Rivers bestowed an immense amount of power, flowing into Lu Yan’s body.
Lu Yan’s aura began to surge wildly.
Successful law creation was rewarded by the heavens and the earth.
The Samsara Fruit he consumed and the hundred lifetimes of its cycles had indeed greatly aided him.
This time, he had created a Knife Technique based on the fusion of five kinds of magical laws.
The power of this Knife Technique far surpassed his previous techniques of Man Passing, Earth Withering, and Earth Annihilation.
The heavenly reward he received was naturally astonishing.
Lu Yan’s cultivation level soared rapidly.
Tao Sixth Layer mid-phase, Tao Sixth Layer late-phase, Tao Sixth Layer pinnacle...
With a thunderous surge, Lu Yan’s aura suddenly soared, breaking through a certain bottleneck and stepping into the Tao Seventh Layer.
After entering the Tao Seventh Layer, his cultivation didn’t stop but continued to surge forward.
Soon, his cultivation level reached the pinnacle of the Tao Seventh Layer, and he began to assault the Creator Realm.
Strand by strand, a unique aura diffused from the Magic River and seeped into his body.
A different insight suddenly filled his heart.
"Is this... the secret of creation?"
Lu Yan’s heart shook.
To break through to the Creator Realm, one must comprehend the secret of creation.
Secrets are the mainstay of the Immortal Tao’s path and are branches evolved from the Magic River. Alone, secrets are naturally far inferior to laws.
But the secret of creation is different.
Known as the king of secrets, the secret of creation is no weaker than any law.
Cultivators on the Immortal Tao path who comprehend the secret of creation and use it to command the myriad other secrets can step into the Creator Realm.
And those on the path of ancient martial arts who want to break through to the Creator Realm must also comprehend the secret of creation.
However, they differ from those on the Immortal Tao path.
They don’t allow the secret of creation to command the laws. Instead, they let the secret of creation stand on equal footing with the laws, working in tandem to evolve a miniature world within their bodies.
A complete world capable of sustaining and proliferating life.
"Could it be that I am about to break through directly to the Creator Realm?"
A thought flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.
This would not do.
Once he stepped into the Creator Realm, he would lose the qualification to confront the Origin Continent.
Then, he would be unable to fulfill Lu Ming’s entrustment.
Success in the starry sky would be impossible.
Lu Yan was about to suppress this breakthrough, yet hesitated.
This was an opportunity that might come only once in a millennium.
Because comprehending the secret of creation is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires a prolonged period and the success rate is quite low.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people stuck at the pinnacle of the Great Tao, unable to break through.
If he could seize this opportunity and contemplate it carefully, he would save an indeterminate amount of time and resources in the future.
"Although this newly created law is powerful, it should not be enough for me to break through to the Creator Realm. It’s most likely just an attempt at a breakthrough. I will control it myself and if it’s really about to happen, I will suppress it immediately,"
Lu Yan contemplated to himself, not deliberately suppressing it.
