Chapter 1347: Chapter 1346: Breakthrough

In the abode, time seemed to lose its meaning; everything was flowing in reverse.

The tattered cultivation technique appeared as good as new, blossoming flowers reverted to buds, Lu Yang’s often-handled peach core transformed into an Immortal Peach, and even Lu Yang’s realm continuously regressed.

Pass Tribulation Stage, Refining the Void Stage... Foundation Establishment Stage, Qi Cultivation Stage, Mortal, appearance changed from a young man to a teenager, from a teenager to a child.

When he became an infant in swaddling, the changes continued, reverting back to a past life’s form, and then again to the peak of Pass Tribulation.

Everything inside the abode cycled through reincarnation, repeating endlessly without halting.

This signified that Lu Yang had taken another step forward in understanding the prototype of Trace Origin Dao Fruit.

Indeed, when Lu Yang in the Immortal Fairy’s cave mansion realized that the method of transcendence by the hidden mastermind was similar to Ashy Bean’s method of transcendence, and ancient times were replaying in the era of the Fire Dynasty, with all things in the world cycling in reincarnation, Lu Yang’s mastery of Trace Origin Dao Fruit’s prototype took a significant step forward.

However, worried that the hidden mastermind was nearby, he dared not reveal this and deliberately delayed for a long time, pretending that he went through many events, leading to his current understanding of Trace Origin Dao Fruit.

Now, with his state at consummation, his cultivation level continuously rising, having cultivated the Pass Tribulation Stage to its limit, perfectly synchronizing it with the Dao Fruit’s perfection, he was ready to achieve immortality!

Ability-wise, Lu Yang’s Trace Origin Dao Fruit shared many similarities with the Time Dao Fruit – both could reverse time and regress cultivation levels.

Dao Fruits often have similar capabilities, for instance, the Time Immortal can use Time Dao Fruit to halt time, and the Jiuchong Immortal can use Yin-Yang Dao Fruit to invoke the Extreme Cold Domain to freeze time, both cases involve stopping time, yet the methods employed are vastly different.

Similarly, Trace Origin Dao Fruit and Time Dao Fruit, though analogous, are two different paths. Time Dao Fruit, while regressing an opponent’s cultivation, also requires the spiritual energy used during the opponent’s cultivation to revert to its original place.

Whereas, Lu Yang can simply make the opponent’s cultivation regress without impacting the whole world; it is conceptually a "reversal".

Therefore, Lu Yang can revert magic skills to their original forms and revert himself to a previous life’s form—abilities beyond the reach of Time Immortal.

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Outside the abode, Yun Mengmeng was humming a tune while baking cookies, Bai Shuang eagerly watched on.

"It’s about time now."

Yun Mengmeng opened the oven, pulled out the baking tray, and discovered the cookies had no signs of being baked, they were still dough.

"Huh? What happened here? Didn’t I light the fire?"

"My recently broken-through realm!" Xia He stomped, she had finally managed a breakthrough in a minor realm, and now it had regressed back to its prior form.

Yun Mengmeng baked the cookies as a celebration for her, now it turned out the cookies weren’t baked, and Xia He hadn’t broken through.

Not far away, Qinghe was compiling the history of the Great Bean Dynasty. As she wrote the last word, she sighed, lifted the history book, and admired her great work.

"Finally finished."

Qinghe put great effort into writing this book to glorify the Emperor, documenting Emperor Dou’s great exploits.

However, before she could be joyous for long, the words on the book swiftly disappeared, first by lines, then by volumes, until the entire book became clean and as new as it was initially.

"My book!" Qinghe rarely became emotionally excited, her pitch two decibels higher than usual.

It was not just Sky Gate Mountain; the entire Seek Dao Sect was engulfed in a bizarre state.

Li Haoran stayed awake around the clock, crafting a peerless magic artifact in forty-nine days. He was already a renowned Body Integration Realm Artifact Refining Master in the universe; cultivating artifacts that even those in Pass Tribulation Stage would vie to buy through connections.

Suddenly, inexplicable events happened; the peerless magic artifact suddenly reverted to raw materials.

"I’ll count down from three to one, and then we jump together." River Spirit, Ether Robot, and Daoist Xiantian, the trio playing an online game, finally reached the last level.

As they controlled their characters to jump to the opposite shore, a victory settlement screen appeared, and the game directly returned to the first level, erasing all their progress records.

"No—" River Spirit and Daoist Xiantian screamed in despair.

Seventh Elder, who was refining pills, and Daoist Buyu, who was rarely handling sect affairs, ... all encountered similar issues.

"Is it haunted?"

For a moment, everyone in Seek Dao Sect was panic-stricken.

Yun Zhi appeared in front of Lu Yang’s cave mansion’s entrance, revealing a trace of a smile.

"Xiao Zhi, what’s going on?"

"Junior Brother is about to have a breakthrough. The seal set by the cave mansion cannot contain the Trace Origin Dao Fruit Prototype, and its power is leaking."

Yun Zhi raised her hand and set up an even more profound and mysterious array method in front of the cave mansion’s main entrance, thus sparing Seek Dao Sect from disaster.

"We don’t know when Junior Brother will break through, so you all should temporarily leave Sky Gate Mountain," said Yun Zhi, careful not to use her Spiritual Sense to probe inside the cave mansion, worrying it might affect Lu Yang’s cultivation.

As everyone hastily evacuated Sky Gate Mountain, intensely thick dark clouds appeared above Seek Dao Sect, pressing down like a heavy mountain, making everyone feel uneasy as if suffocated by the weight on their chests.

"Immortal Ascension Tribulation? Who’s ascending to immortality?!" Wu Yao, who was squatting in jail, looked up, his pupils shrinking, recognizing at a glance that this was the coveted Immortal Ascension Tribulation every cultivator dreamt of.

"It’s the Immortal Ascension Tribulation!" Someone shouted, and instantly everyone in Seek Dao Sect realized that this was the legendary Immortal Ascension Tribulation.

"Who is undergoing the tribulation to become immortal!"

"Looking at the direction of the Thunder Tribulation, it’s moving towards Sky Gate Mountain, it must be Elder Brother Lu Yang who’s undergoing the tribulation!" Tao Yaoye exclaimed excitedly, happy for Lu Yang.

"Is it Lu Yang?"

Everyone was immensely shocked. How much time had Lu Yang spent on his cultivation? His speed of progressing from a mortal to a Semi-Immortal had already made history. Everyone thought that becoming an immortal would be a hurdle that might slow down Lu Yang’s pace.

But Lu Yang was actually about to overcome this hurdle and become immortal!

Bang—

The cave mansion exploded, and Lu Yang flew out, facing the Heavenly Tribulation directly. The aura emanating from his body broke through the limits of the Pass Tribulation Stage, precisely this force that had drawn the Immortal Ascension Tribulation!

"Everyone, stay away from Sky Gate Mountain!" Daoist Buyu shouted urgently. Although the Immortal Ascension Tribulation wouldn’t target the bystanders, there was always a chance that a stray thunderbolt might stray their way, and that would be disastrous.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly evacuated Seek Dao Sect, simultaneously messaging friends and even starting live streams, all immensely excited, sharing this joyous occasion.

The first to sense the appearance of the Immortal Ascension Tribulation was Yingtian Immortal.

Yingtian Immortal stood above the clouds, looking down at Lu Yang, feeling somewhat troubled.

"Immortal Fairy, stand back a bit. According to the rules, the Immortal Ascension Tribulation should be faced alone, you being here counts as two people, which would increase its power," he warned.

Immortal Fairy Eternity waved impatiently, fiercely warning Yingtian Immortal, "Go away, I’m just standing here, strike down based on one person’s measurement, don’t strike extra!"

"Eh, never mind, I’ll try my best."