Chapter 81

Chapter 081: The Choice (Five Changes)

Why is Lu Ye at the top?

He was just a Celestial Lord in his past life who had never become a Saint; now he’s back from the dead. What makes him capable of surpassing a Saint?

Especially with the unsettling taboos surrounding the top three.

Any of the top ten on the Eternal Genius Ranking are absolute talents.

Lu Ye believes there are three reasons.

First, he faced the Great Tribulation of Eternity.

Among all tribulations, the Great Tribulation of Eternity is truly the worst. In the endless history, it has only happened once.

That was back in the ancient times, when a divine being nurtured by heaven and earth, possessing the Chaos Yin Divine Body, fought against Saints as an undefeated horror. When he became a Saint, it marked the Great Tribulation of Eternity.

And this divine being failed to cross that tribulation.

He fell under the Great Tribulation of Eternity.

You could say, a Celestial Lord capable of summoning the Great Tribulation of Eternity wouldn’t be weaker in combat than an average Saint.

Lu Ye failed too, but why did he fail?

The Nine Lives Celestial Lord was left with only one life, plagued by eight Yin-Yang Devouring Path Gu, and after suffering betrayal, he willingly gave up on crossing the tribulation, choosing to perish with the Dark Source instead.

At that moment, Lu Ye no longer wanted to face the tribulation.

He was exhausted!

The mental fatigue and soul fatigue made him not understand the value of his life at all.

Second, he has a system.

The system brought him back to life as a bystander.

It looked like he had nothing to offer, doing nothing of importance.

But, actually?

During his cultivation time, Lu Ye cranked his training speed to the max.

In the early stages of cultivation, whether a Saint or a Celestial Lord resurrecting also experiences no difference in speed.

The real differences appear only in the mid to late stages.

Among the nine who were reborn with him, he doesn’t know much about the others, but he does know about Yue Hongling and Chu Ling.

He practiced Qi, both of them practiced Qi.

He attained Yuan Dan, with both of them subsequently reaching Yuan Dan.

He broke into the Breaking Embryo realm, and both of them were still at Yuan Dan.

He perfected Breaking Embryo, and both of them had only recently broken into it.

He entered the Refining Void stage, while they still were Breaking Embryo, not even reaching mid-tier.

The system enhanced Lu Ye’s cultivation speed to an unfathomable degree.

The minute differences in the early stages later become vast chasms.

The second option is Enlightenment.

To be honest, Enlightenment doesn’t really serve much purpose for Lu Ye anymore but let’s clarify why.

That’s because in his past life, he understood the Dao of Heaven and Earth far too well through the system’s Enlightenment.

If it’s about discussing the Dao, Lu Ye has immense confidence—especially when it comes to all others, including Saints.

The third option is Deduction.

This is Lu Ye’s tool for creation, whether it’s creating martial arts or deducing a new system, it serves as a powerful auxiliary function.

Though in this life, it doesn’t have much use right now, the last two options have been merged to deduce the Nine Lives Unification technique.

Even if the useful part is just cultivation, it’s this cultivation that allows Lu Ye to break limits beyond limits, shocking the Eternal Genius Ranking.

Because the Eternal Genius Ranking has seen way too many geniuses, various divine bodies, and bloodlines, but never has a being been able to break the shackles of cultivation speed.

Fast can only get so fast.

Even if your divine body is unmatched and you are born in alignment with the Dao, you’ve still spent enough time developing in your mother’s womb!

For strong beings, conceiving a child for ten, eight, or even hundred years is no big deal.

The Eternal Genius Ranking even factors that time in!

Bai Qiulan with her Chaos Yin Divine Body, that’s a terrifying constitution capable of touching the essence of Chaos, right?

But she couldn’t possibly reach Lu Ye’s level at his age; she’s far behind.

For those young cultivators, if they want to cultivate, they must first refine their bodies.

The acquired must wait for the innate.

Only after reaching adulthood, when bones, meridians, and souls are perfect, does the real path of cultivation begin.

Third, in this life, he has no eight extra burdens!

How to put this?

Leaving other matters aside, in terms of cultivation, this is just plain awesome!!!

What Pure Clarity Water Pearl, what first stirrings of love from a junior sister, what the Vermilion Bird escaping, what Shangguan Huanling getting into trouble?

What does that have to do with him?

In his previous life, these four matters alone had caused Lu Ye to be injured countless times and delayed him for an immeasurable amount of time.

Now, they’re all gone.

Awesome!!!

Thirty-three was his number of burdens and staggering steps on the path.

First was his number of breaking free, wholeheartedly toward the Dao.

Even if millions thought he didn’t qualify or deserve it, he was unafraid and unrepentant.

…

“What to do?”

Qin Youzhi was feeling quite the headache.

He had firmly resolved to protect Lu Ye.

Even if it meant risking the entire sect’s strength.

But now, not only had several sects that were about equal to the Grand Dao Sect arrived, even the Underworld had come, and the Eternal Order Sect was joining the fun.

Even the Heavenly Pavilion showed up!

The Grand Dao Sect couldn’t even contend with the Eternal Order Sect alone, let alone with the Underworld and Heavenly Pavilion involved.

Is it worth it to have the entire sect fight to the death for Lu Ye?

Qin Youzhi was at a loss. He decided to contact the sect, the sect master!

The sect master wasn’t the strongest in the Grand Dao Sect, but he was the highest authority within the sect.

Possessing extraordinary wisdom.

He should be able to provide a sufficiently reasonable suggestion.

He took out the Transmitting Stone and relayed everything that had happened.

Liu Changfeng fell silent.

At that moment, his body couldn’t help but start to tremble lightly.

Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling were extremely tense; Yue Hongling had wanted to plead, but Bai Qiulan stopped her.

At this moment, no factor could interfere with the sect’s choice; asking for mercy could very well have the opposite effect.

Liu Changfeng was facing a tough choice at this moment.

Being number one on the Eternal Genius Ranking!

His sect master token was being squeezed so tightly it was creaking.

Failure had a 40% chance; the sect’s destruction had a 100% chance of decline.

Success, what’s the chance of the Grand Dao Sect rising to incredible heights?

“Where’s Bai Qiulan?” Liu Changfeng asked.

Qin Youzhi quickly passed the Transmitting Stone to Bai Qiulan.

“Junior sister, you are Lu Ye’s master; how is Lu Ye as a person?” Liu Changfeng asked.

Bai Qiulan let out a gentle breath.

“Loyal and righteous!”

“So why did he say he would naturally like to leave Bai Lan Peak and join another sword cultivator’s sect when asked by the Sword Elder?”

“I can’t disclose the specific reasons, but I can assure the sect that Lu Ye’s loyalty is rare throughout history!”

Liu Changfeng felt the numbers in his heart start to rise.

Success, is it a 20% chance? 30%? 40%? 50%? What’s the chance of making the Grand Dao Sect soar?

Liu Changfeng clenched his fists.

“Pass my sect master order, we need our ancestral masters to come out of seclusion and aid our sect disciples!”

“Which ancestor master, sect master?”

At that moment, Liu Changfeng donned his armor, his black hair wildly flowing.

His palm waved through the air.

The rise or fall of the Grand Dao Sect rests upon this day!

“All of them!”

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