Chapter 1341: Chapter 1340: The Transcendent, Untouched by Causality

"Transcendence..."

The mastermind behind the scenes couldn’t help but recall events from the remote and ancient times as he watched the cultivation experiences burn to ashes.

After achieving transcendence, his very existence surpassed causality; his words and deeds untouched by it, unbound and undetectable by anyone, he could do whatever he desired.

He could incarnate into thousands, experiencing the myriad facets of life; he might become the leader of a tribe, ruling for hundreds of years, leading the tribe to grow and annexing others, or he could become a loose cultivator, calling friends for a drink and reveling, carefree for a millennium. Once he had had his fill and grown weary, he would vanish without a trace, and the world would self-correct what he had done.

In the tribe’s memory, there was someone else as their leader; his fellow loose cultivators also had no recollection of him, with other reasons explaining the events.

He had numerous wives and had fathered many children, not needing to take responsibility for his actions.

He was lawless and indulged his desires, doing evil without restraint, also without needing to take responsibility for his actions.

"This is true Immortality, unbound by anything."

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Even when he became aware that the Five Ancient Immortals had become Immortals one after another, he did not take them seriously.

What of becoming an Immortal? In the end, they would simply be transcendent like him; he was untouched by causality, and his existence would not affect other cultivators’ ability to achieve transcendence.

But, to his complete surprise, there turned out to be more than one path after becoming an Immortal; besides transcendence, there was also omniscience.

To avoid affecting himself, he attacked Fairy Eternity during her breakthrough, thinking it would be as usual—his actions would not attract causality, and people would forget about Fairy Eternity.

For ordinary Immortals, he could achieve no involvement with causality. For instance, during the Fire Dynasty era, he assassinated Time Immortal, and yet memories of Kirin Immortal himself killing Time Immortal automatically emerged, which is to transfer the causality he produced onto Kirin Immortal.

But he happened to target Fairy Eternity.

It was a long time before the mastermind realized that Fairy Eternity was half a step into the All-Knowing Realm, the causality was too significant to be completely eliminated, leading people to forget Fairy Eternity, but not the Four Ancient Immortals.

"At that time, I was not familiar enough with the All-Knowing Realm." The mastermind sighed—after all, it was a realm he had never encountered. If he had known more, he would definitely have chosen a different method to deal with Fairy Eternity, not such a crude act.

Forty thousand years have passed, and his understanding of the All-Knowing Realm is almost complete, knowing that there will be no one in this generation to ascend to transcendence and expose his identity.

"Although Lu Yang is entangled in causality, with every act impacting the world, the Trace Origin Dao Fruit is of the causality-severing kind; he cannot become all-knowing."

"Even though the Immortal Fairy possesses the Eternity Dao Fruit and had a breakthrough experience, that breakthrough was interrupted by me, and the accumulated causality also largely dispersed with the world’s fading memory."

"After her resurrection, she has been relying on Lu Yang’s spiritual space; the causality arising during this period transferred onto Lu Yang, making it difficult for her to achieve omniscience."

Naturally, he could not achieve omniscience either; he had already taken the path of transcendence, and to become all-knowing, he would have to relinquish his cultivation and start from scratch.

...

After the four returned to the villa, it took a few days to discover that the spiritual energy overflowing from the abode had actually brought Blue Star into an era of spiritual energy restoration.

Because the higher-ups approached Xia He, saying that recently a mysterious energy had appeared, according to the Zhengyi Sect and Dragon and Tiger Mountain among other famed Righteous Sects, this energy is called "Spiritual Energy," which can be used for cultivation to achieve immunity to all poisons and the healing of all diseases, there is a possibility that Xia He’s illness can be treated.

"It’s good news," Xia He said indifferently, without much response.

She guessed that the other party’s purpose was not only to tell her this good news but also wanted to see Lu Yang. Considering his special identity on Blue Star, which, in effect, once ruled over Blue Star and held a higher prestige than Xia He, meeting with the current rulers of Blue Star could be somewhat awkward, so he did not take the initiative to come forward.

The attention of the Blue Star’s senior officials was involuntarily drawn to the fruit platter on the table. Normally for meetings at their level, a fruit platter like this was merely decorative, but he couldn’t help feeling this platter was somehow "fragrant"?

It wasn’t the aroma of food; it felt more like a craving from the depths of the soul.

He had tasted a piece of peach with a toothpick and was amazed to feel his entire body become incredibly clear, his body also relaxed a lot, and various age-related diseases cured themselves.

Were these fruits brought by General Lu?

This made him think of the longevity peach from mythological legends, where the Old Heavenly Master from the Zhengyi Sect once said that the exotic treasures from the myths were not necessarily just myths, but things that had once existed, only to disappear with the arrival of the End of Dharma Era.

Old Xia couldn’t possibly be unaware of the effects of these fruits. Was she really still nearing the end of her life?

After the Blue Star’s high officials left, Lu Yang appeared.

"Wouldn’t have thought that the Zhengyi Sect and their lot knew about Spiritual Energy, they probably got their hands on some Ancient Texts," Lu Yang said with a smile. The revival of Spiritual Energy would surely be a good thing for Blue Star.

Originally his idea was to establish a Spatial Gate between the Cultivation World and Blue Star, but seeing Blue Star’s current situation, why not let Blue Star develop on its own for a while.

"I will give Blue Star a push," said Lu Yang. Right now, as Spiritual Energy is reviving, everyone is at the same starting line, including the government. There may be many problems during the revival stage of Spiritual Energy.

Cultivators are fine, as those with low cultivation levels won’t cause too much disturbance. The problem lies in those Spirit Treasures scattered across the lands, which are definitely considered superweapons. Given the current capabilities of the government, it’s hard to deal with them. Lu Yang decided to stay in his hometown for a while, helping Blue Star get through the initial stage.

"What do you plan to do, and what do you need me to do?" Xia He asked.

"Write some basic principles of utilizing Spiritual Energy and methods to test for Spirit Roots, and after you’ve written them, pass this information onto the higher-ups."

Then, Lu Yang took out a Storage Ring, which belonged to the Evil Monk Ban Bu.

"Let’s add a bit more Spiritual Energy to Blue Star," he said.

An old Transcendence Tribulation Stage cultivator’s Storage Ring held an impressive amount of Spirit Stones. Lu Yang forcefully wiped the Restrictions, took out piles of Spirit Stones, crushed them into gravel, and released the Spiritual Energy, making it denser on Blue Star.

"Wow, so many Spirit Stones." Bai Shuang’s eyes gleamed when she saw these stones. Ever since she came into contact with Spiritual Energy, she realized how hard her past life had been. As a Primordial Spirit, she couldn’t even use one ten-thousandth of her abilities, which was very shameful for a Primordial Spirit.

"Why are they all dispersing?" Bai Shuang watched helplessly as clusters of Spiritual Energy floated away, looking enviously on.

"With me here, how could Sister Bai lack for Spirit Stones?" Lu Yang joked, taking out piles of Top-grade Spirit Stones from his Identity Jade. Although he was as poor as a beggar compared to Fairy Eternity, compared to a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator, he was rich enough to make them green with envy.

"From now on, I’ll take care of all of Sister Bai’s Cultivation Resources."

Bai Shuang had never known that being provided for could be such a blissful thing.