Chapter 892: Changes in the Deity Transformation Stage

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"Finally ascended to the Deity Transformation stage," Lu Yang let out a long sigh of relief.

From the Nascent Soul stage to the Deity Transformation stage, it was a world-shaking transformation, with both status and strength becoming vastly different than before.

How many Nascent Soul cultivators had their progress halted right before the lightning tribulation, unable to advance further.

In the eyes of the higher-ups, those at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages were merely geniuses who had not yet grown up; only after enduring hardships without dying and cultivating to the Deity Transformation stage could one truly be considered an accomplished genius.

Upon reaching this stage, the great sects would begin to teach their disciples how to manage the sect, how to balance other forces, how to establish diplomatic relations...

Wait a minute, it seemed he had already started managing the sect back during his Foundation Establishment stage?

Although his status had not changed much, his strength had seen a solid, tangible increase.

With his cultivation at the early Deity Transformation stage, his combat prowess was comparable to an early Body Integration stage cultivator, directly skipping the Void Refining stage!

Challenging those of a higher level, and skipping two whole major realms at that, what a terrifying concept!

Like Senior Brother Dai Bufan at the early Body Integration stage... oh, Senior Brother Dai had broken through, so he couldn't beat him.

Like Senior Brother Ji Hongwen at the early Body Integration stage... it seemed he couldn't beat him either.

With his cultivation at the early Deity Transformation stage, his combat prowess was comparable to an early Body Integration stage cultivator from outside the sect, but that was on the premise that the Body Integration cultivator did not utilize the power of rules!

If placed in a first-grade sect, he would be qualified enough to become an elder.

"Junior Brother Lu Yang, congratulations."

As the lightning tribulation surrounding Heavenly Gate Peak dissipated, the senior brothers and sisters all rushed over to congratulate Lu Yang.

Lu Yang had crossed two consecutive lightning tribulations, a feat unique in the thirty-thousand-year history of the cultivation world, a magnificent exploit worthy of being recorded in the annals of history; his fame was absolutely bound to be more terrifying than that of the Daoist Master of Myriad Laws, who had enjoyed immense popularity during the early days of the Great Yu.

"Junior Brother Lu Yang, the first lightning tribulation you crossed has never appeared before. Have you thought of a name for it?"

When a cultivator encountered an unknown lightning tribulation during their tribulation crossing, they held the absolute priority naming rights.

Just like the first person who named their own constitution the "Single Spiritual Root"—though the naming taste was rather mediocre, that became the official name, while names like the Pure Yang Spiritual Root were considered aliases or colloquial terms.

Without a second thought, Lu Yang blurted out, the name of this celestial lightning having long been decided by Immortal Ying Tian: "Of course it is called Taishang..."

Within his mental space, the Immortal Fairy tugged at Lu Yang's sleeve, raising her small head, her watery big eyes looking at Lu Yang.

"Little Yangzi, can we call it the Invincible Divine Lightning, please?"

Lu Yang had never been looked at like this by the Immortal Fairy; his heart softened instantly, and he listened to the Immortal Fairy's words.

"Of course it is called the Invincible Divine Lightning."

The expressions of the senior brothers and sisters turned bizarre; Junior Brother Lu's naming standard was truly beyond words.

"Junior Brother Lu's taste is indeed uniquely distinctive."

"No wonder he can achieve what he has today; his thinking truly differs from ordinary people."

"Yay, it's called the Invincible Divine Lightning." Seeing her grand success, the Immortal Fairy immediately let go of Lu Yang's sleeve, raising her small hands high, hopping and skipping in celebration.

Lu Yang finally realized what foolish thing he had just done, holding his head in agony; how had his mind suffered a sudden lapse just now to listen to the Immortal Fairy's nonsense.

"Master of the Xuanyuan Sword, you are very good. I will catch up to you very soon." Gu Junye's gaze burned brightly, looking not so much at Lu Yang, but rather at Lu Yang's past life, the Master of the Xuanyuan Sword—that supreme leader of the sword dao who lived for the sword, was infatuated with the sword, and pushed the sword to its absolute limit.

"Senior Brother Lu Yang, congratulations." Tao Yaoye, Mangu, and Li Haoran offered their congratulations.

They were only slightly behind Lu Yang's cultivation progress and would soon face their own tribulations as well.

Seeing Lu Yang successfully cross his tribulation with such heroic and magnificent bearing, they also gained confidence in their hearts, wishing to cross their tribulations as soon as possible to catch up with Lu Yang's footsteps.

Now, the way Lu Yang looked at Li Haoran had completely changed.

The reincarnation of the Immortal of Time! He had defeated Li Haoran during the late Nascent Soul stage, which, by rounding up, was equivalent to defeating the Immortal of Time—what a magnificent exploit!

At the thought of this, Lu Yang smiled so widely his mouth could not close.

After seeing off his senior brothers and junior brothers who had kindly come to congratulate him, Lu Yang finally began to look inward to take stock of the harvests brought by this breakthrough.

The most intuitive change was that his mental space had expanded tenfold.

If the previous mental space allowed the Immortal Fairy to build one Daming Palace, the current mental space could accommodate ten; the Immortal Fairy could preliminarily construct the imperial palace of the Great Soy Dynasty here, such as adding the Imperial Study, the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Purple Heaven Palace, and other places.

However, the Immortal Fairy had no such thoughts for the time being; large expanses of the mental space remained blank, devoid of any buildings.

Furthermore, there was the Primordial Spirit, which was a Primordial Spirit ascended from the Nascent Soul; if the Primordial Spirit left the body, it would be as tall as Lu Yang himself and could leave the physical flesh for a long time and over long distances to conduct investigations, surveillance, or execute missions, equivalent to a clone.

The Primordial Spirits of other Deity Transformation stage cultivators could not achieve an effect equivalent to a clone; only one ascended from a Nascent Soul like Lu Yang's—where the Invincible Infant used to suppress and beat him—could do so.

The Primordial Spirit, just like the Nascent Soul, also followed Lu Yang's commands; Lu Yang did not have to get beaten from beginning to end, only managing to win against it upon reaching the late Deity Transformation stage.

Lu Yang took a careful look at his own Primordial Spirit, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Wait a minute, I remember the Invincible Infant was ninety percent similar to me. Why does it look less and less like me now?!"

Logically speaking, a Primordial Spirit should look exactly the same as the cultivator; previously the Invincible Infant was ninety percent similar to him, but now the Primordial Spirit was only a bit over eighty percent similar.

Lying in the mental space, the Immortal Fairy let out a yawn, finding Little Yangzi's question rather foolish: "Isn't this very normal? When this Immortal borrowed your body in the Imperial City back then, I helped you cultivate too."

Lu Yang rubbed his forehead; right, how could he have forgotten about this matter.

"Fairy, how about you don't help me cultivate in the future."

The Immortal Fairy was very considerate of Lu Yang: "How can that be? This Immortal uses your body to play, so how can I let you fall behind in your cultivation progress because of that?"

Fairy, can your kindness be used in the right place?

Lu Yang continued to examine himself; he discovered that his will seemed capable of influencing the external spiritual energy.

"Is this what is recorded in books as the Deity Transformation stage being able to preliminarily communicate with heaven and earth, and manipulate spiritual energy?"

The ability of the Body Integration stage to utilize rules evolved from the foundation of the Deity Transformation stage communicating with heaven and earth.

When two Deity Transformation stage cultivators fought, they competed not only in combat prowess but also in the degree of their communication with heaven and earth.

Additionally, there was the change in his dantian, which had transformed into a spiritual power pool used to store vast amounts of spiritual power, eliminating the need to consume pills or absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth while fighting, unlike during the Nascent Soul stage.

"What a fragrant scent." Lu Yang's nose twitched as he caught a familiar aroma.

"Come, Little Junior Brother, try the freshly ripened immortal peach."

Yun Zhi carried a basket of immortal peaches and placed them before Lu Yang.

Immortal peaches also possessed the effect of consolidating one's realm, which was perfectly suitable for consumption right after a breakthrough.

"Eldest Senior Sister, you found that spiritual root of heaven and earth?" Lu Yang was considerably surprised; he had thought he would never get to eat a second immortal peach in this lifetime.

Yun Zhi shook her head: "I didn't find it. I planted the peach pit left behind by the last immortal peach, and it just happened to ripen."

This time it was the Immortal Fairy's turn to be perplexed: "Ah? It can work like that? How come this Immortal remembers that the peach pit left behind by that spiritual root of heaven and earth would only grow ordinary peaches when planted?"

"I have my own ways," Yun Zhi said calmly.

"Is that true or false?" The Immortal Fairy still did not believe it.

"Senior Fairy."

"What is it?"

"If you speak again, there will be no peaches."

The Immortal Fairy instantly possessed Lu Yang: "Little Yangzi, leave some for this Immortal."

(End of this chapter)