Lu Yang had lived for eighteen years, never imagining that he would one day change his name.

The magic skill was real, and defying the heavens was truly defying the heavens.

"Does this count as having learned it?" Lu Yang looked at Fairy Eternity with suspicion, thinking that this didn’t feel right at all.

Fairy Eternity declared confidently and with sound reasoning, "Why wouldn’t it count? Don’t you know that a name represents one’s fate? Changing a name is changing one’s destiny. By changing your name, your future will be different."

She added, "To take a step back, curses are cast using one’s name. By changing your name, you are changing your causality. You are no longer the same person you were before. The change of name on the identity jade signifies that. Curses cannot descend upon you."

When a curse is initiated, it locks onto the identity "Lu Yang." Once Lu Yang became "Lu Yin," abandoning his previous identity, the curse could no longer find its target and naturally could not descend upon Lu Yang.

Eldest Senior Sister also agreed with Fairy Eternity’s view, "Although I don’t know why the results of Junior Brother’s cultivation deviated from what was expected, directly changing your name at the level of causality proves that this move is indeed a Great Divine Skill related to causality."

Mastering a Great Divine Skill related to causality at the Nascent Soul Stage was an unprecedented feat.

Only Meng Jingzhou was completely lost, clueless about the Great Divine Causality Skill and what had been mastered.

Did I miss something?

Lu Yang explained, "It’s like this, we were cultivating the Great Divine Skill that reverses Yin and Yang, right? I succeeded. I used to be called Lu Yang, now I am called Lu Yin."

"..."

"Hold on, give me a moment to process this." Even with Meng Jingzhou’s intellect, he couldn’t immediately come to terms with this fact.

"You mean to say that you used to be ’Lu Yang’ and now you’re ’Lu Yin,’ even the name on your identity jade has changed?"

"Right."

Meng Jingzhou took in a sharp breath, finding the magic skill to be far too heaven-defying; he hadn’t even noticed any sign of Lu Yin using his divine ability.

Eldest Senior Sister looked at Lu Yang for a moment and then said, "Junior Brother’s move is truly extraordinary; it has fundamentally changed your name. If you encountered someone in the Body Integration Realm who does not understand causality divine abilities, they could still be fooled."

Both causality and time-related magic skills were known for being abstruse and difficult to comprehend. Most cultivators spent over a decade practicing without seeing any results, and within the Body Integration Realm, those who understood causality divine abilities were scarce.

Even among those in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, most only roughly understood some causality divine abilities. The Imperial Teacher of Great Yu, who used causality as the outline for Dao Fruit, was extremely rare.

Having an outline of Dao Fruit indicates achievements in that area, which highlights the extraordinary talent of the Imperial Teacher of Great Yu in causality.

After Lu Yang mastered the skill, Eldest Senior Sister was stunned for seven days, during which Lu Yang consolidated his skill, and Meng Jingzhou sought to comprehend it.

Seven days later, Lu Yang found that there was nothing about the skill that needed consolidation, whereas Meng Jingzhou found everywhere a need for comprehension.

Meng Jingzhou was forced to admit that he could not learn the skill.

Forget it, let Lu Yang change his name. I, the young master, do not need to change mine.

Seeing the two no longer cultivating, Eldest Senior Sister continued her journey to Captive Peak to interrogate the two Venerates.

...

Headquarters of the Yaoyang Sect.

On the walls, there were murals of the sun totem, which glowed, illuminating the meeting room brightly.

Sect Leader Yun convened the high-ranking members to discuss important matters. Everyone remained silent, listening to what Sect Leader Yun had to say.

"Today, I have summoned you all here mainly to discuss two matters," Lu Yang stated.

"The first matter, as everyone knows, our sect’s research on harnessing solar power has recently been progressing slowly, the main reason being that our multiple attempts to ascend to the sun have burnt several of our cultivator brethren to death."

This was not the sun transformed by a Golden Crow in the ancient times, today’s sun is blazing hot on the surface, and even with great protective formations, one can feel the terrifying temperature of the sun. In such an environment, cultivators at the Body Integration Realm could only last a few seconds before being reduced to ashes.

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"Thus, I think we might need to change our approach. How about ascending to the moon at night? The sun and the moon are one, so it might also indirectly help us study the sun."

No sooner had he suggested this than everyone opposed it.

The Vice Sect Hierarch was the first to stand up and berate Meng Jingzhou for his disloyal act, "The sun and the moon never appear at the same time, which demonstrates that even if they are one, there is still a gap between them. Our sect believes in the power of the sun, how could we submit to the power of Taiyin? This is absolutely unacceptable!"

Some Elders also expressed their loyalty, "Those cultivators who burnt to death must have had insincere hearts and did not receive the sun’s approval. I, an old bag of bones, have worshipped the sun my entire life and am certain I can withstand the test and ascend to the sun. Therefore, count me in for the next group of sun ascension members!"

Meng Jingzhou looked helplessly at the fervor of the higher-ups.

I can understand and respect your fearlessness, but if you all ascend to the sun and self-immolate, who will be left in the upper echelons of our Yaoyang Sect?

He knew that his proposal would not be accepted by the crowd.

"Let’s put aside the sun ascension plan for now and discuss the second issue," Meng Jingzhou continued.

"The power of Saint Heir Long Jingzhou from the Heavenly Court Sect is surging with Pure Yang force, even stronger than a Pure Yang Immortal Body, which suggests that the Ancient Heavenly Court has some special cultivation methods."

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Moreover, I have sensed that Long Jingzhou and Young Master Lu might have a significant conflict, probably related to the issue of the Ancient Heavenly Court heir. We can exploit this discord, secretly win over Long Jingzhou, and incite internal strife within the Heavenly Court Sect to our benefit!"

One of the Yaoyang Sect Elders was puzzled, "What could we possibly do? The Ancient Heavenly Court is large and influential, and they have Heavenly Venerate Dou, an ancient immortal, and the Phoenix Ancestor who defeated Venerate Zhu Tian, a semi-immortal. Intimidation is certainly not an option, and we can’t outbid them with benefits."

Meng Jingzhou shook his head, "You’ve misunderstood one thing; it is the Ancient Heavenly Court that is large and influential, not Long Jingzhou."

"There would always be an imbalance in the distribution of resources within any power. The resources available to Long Jingzhou would definitely be less than those to the Young Sect Master, which is our opportunity."

"With the full support of our sect, are we really inferior to the resources the Ancient Heavenly Court allocates to Long Jingzhou?"

"What’s more, we have researched the sun for tens of thousands of years, and our findings greatly benefit cultivation practices. I refuse to believe that Long Jingzhou wouldn’t be tempted," he asserted.

The higher-ups felt that Meng Jingzhou had a point.

"We could give it a try. If we can covertly win Long Jingzhou over to our side, it will make our future moves much easier," they pondered.

"Indeed, indeed, this could be worth attempting," they agreed.

Just as they were discussing, Meng Jingzhou’s guard rushed into the conference room, holding an intelligence report and handed it hurriedly to Meng Jingzhou.

The report detailed how Sect Leader Yun had demonstrated his divine powers in Chunjiang City, capturing two ancient supremes and their whereabouts unknown.

Meng Jingzhou set down the report.

"Consider the matter of exploiting internal conflicts within the Heavenly Court Sect for our benefit null and void, and let’s replace the second topic," he said.

All the higher-ups looked at Meng Jingzhou in unison.

Meng Jingzhou spoke earnestly, "Should we, the Yaoyang Sect, consider pledging allegiance to the Heavenly Court Sect?"