Chapter 412: Chapter 412: Profound City Blessed Land

At the Dragon Palace, Lü Yang slipped out of the treasure vault without a sound.

Summon thoughtfully closed the door for him. Then, Lü Yang watched as Summon silently snapped off the dragon head adorning the door and stuffed it into his own pocket…

His movements were practiced, utterly natural.

Lü Yang frowned at the sight. ’Such sticky fingers! Who did he learn that from? If anyone found out, they’d think we were here to strip the place bare!’

At this thought, Lü Yang decided to give Summon a harsh lesson.

“Make a fake one to put back in its place!”

Meanwhile, Summon had noticed Lü Yang’s look of disgust.

At first, he thought Lü Yang was displeased with his actions and was about to apologize. But upon hearing those words, he instantly realized:

’So, he just thought I wasn’t being professional enough!’

I was thinking too small!

“It was my mistake.”

Summon quickly clasped his hands in a salute, then took out a piece of Refined Iron. He forged it into the shape of a dragon head, painstakingly replicating the original’s appearance and spirit. He then coated it with a layer of shimmering Spiritual Qi, making it look as if it were crafted from some Rare Treasures, before finally fixing it back onto the door.

“That’s more like it.”

Lü Yang finally nodded in satisfaction. Then, with a gesture, he followed the Celestial Python’s lead, retracing their steps and slipping out of the Dragon Palace through a secret passage.

All the while, chaos still reigned both inside and outside the Dragon Palace.

Lü Yang came in silence and left in silence, not taking a single wisp of cloud with him.

’I took the Dragon Palace Treasure Vault. That way, even if the Dragon Palace falls, those bandits won’t get a thing. You could say I’ve made a contribution to the Dragon Race!’

……

「Overseas, on a remote island.」

“I’m going into seclusion immediately. Everyone, stand guard for me!”

The moment he was away from the Dragon Palace, Lü Yang prepared to go into seclusion. He had no choice. The haul this time was too massive, and he wouldn’t be able to rest easy until he put it to use.

’Still, this probably isn’t the entirety of the Dragon Palace’s collection.’

’At the very least, the Dragon Monarch’s personal collection definitely wasn’t in there!’

Undeniably, the items in the Dragon Palace Treasure Vault were all exceedingly precious, but truth be told, very few were of any use to a Perfected Lord.

’But that makes sense. How could things useful even to a Perfected Lord be left in a vault? They’d obviously keep them on their person to feel secure… Besides, the purpose of these resources is clear. Most of them are for helping someone quickly raise their Blessed Land to Perfection in preparation for Seeking Gold.’

Therefore, these resources were of immense use to the current Lü Yang.

They were enough to drastically shorten the gap between him and those old-timers at Foundation Establishment Perfection!

After all, he hadn’t even Refined his own Blessed Land yet. Although Li Hen Heaven was called a Little Blessed Land, it was ultimately not the same as a true Blessed Land.

’I was originally worrying about how to upgrade it into a true Blessed Land.’

’Now I don’t have to worry anymore!’

Inside the temporarily created secret chamber, Lü Yang calmed his mind and centered his Qi. With a single thought, he shed his human form, once again revealing the true form of Li Hen Heaven.

“…Begin!”

Without a hint of hesitation, Lü Yang poured the entire flask of Celestial One True Water into Li Hen Heaven—an act of flagrant extravagance.

One had to know, a single drop of Celestial One True Water was enough to nourish a Blessed Land. It even required thirty-six days of careful Refining to maximize its effects. For someone like Lü Yang to just dump in an entire flask, he was wasting a full ninety percent of its potential compared to careful Refining!

But for Lü Yang, that wasn’t how he did the math.

’A single drop takes thirty-six days to slowly refine? What I lack most right now is time! Even if I only get ten percent of the effect, that’s enough for me.’

He was going for victory through volume!

As for the waste… ’Easy come, easy go. The True Dragon Race gave it to me anyway.’

’I’ll just use it and worry about it later!’

BOOM!

At that moment, Lü Yang clearly witnessed a tremendous change in Li Hen Heaven. Along with it, the five Abilities he had Refined manifested one by one.

Exquisite Heart, Holding True Qi, Huiyuan Skill, Heavenly Order, and With the World!

All five Abilities plunged into Li Hen Heaven at that instant. Then, like ice and snow melting away, they began to merge into a single entity!

But just then.

WHOOSH!

In a flash, Lü Yang suddenly felt a familiar gale howl out of the void, striking Li Hen Heaven like a thousand cuts.

’The Weakening Wind!?’

Lü Yang’s pupils instantly constricted.

This was a Tribulation that existed only within the Foundation Establishment Realm. Yet now, as Lü Yang was Refining his Blessed Land, the Weakening Wind had actually blown out from the Foundation Establishment Realm!

’Why is this happening?’

’No, that’s not right… What is a Blessed Land?’

Minor Metal’s past teachings quickly surfaced in Lü Yang’s mind:

’A so-called Blessed Land is what’s formed when a Great Trueman at Foundation Establishment Perfection uses their own Innate Ability as a base, supplements it with an Innate Divine Technique, and expands their Dao Foundation.’

The essence of a Blessed Land is the Dao Foundation!

’Every step of the Dao Foundation’s growth requires tempering through the Three Disasters. And to achieve Perfection, one must even face the Tribulation of the Celestial Five Declines to have any hope.’

’The same is true for a Blessed Land.’

’An ordinary Perfected Person at Foundation Establishment Perfection probably wouldn’t need this step to Refine a Blessed Land, because their Dao Foundation would have already gone through these Tribulations.’

’But I am different.’

’My current Cultivation is completely rooted in Li Hen Heaven, achieved by directly using the Qi Collection Technique to absorb the Essence of Heaven and Earth from the Seven Luminaries Heaven.’

’Therefore, Li Hen Heaven has never experienced the Three Disasters or the Celestial Five Declines.’

“And to Refine a true Blessed Land, I must make up for that missing step!”

Thinking of this, Lü Yang finally had an epiphany. “No wonder other Outer Realms, like the Profound Spirit Realm, have no concept of a Blessed Land.”

No wonder it was unique to this Broken Place!

’Undergoing a tribulation… if you can’t pass, it’s a disaster, but if you succeed, it becomes an opportunity!’

BOOM!

The next second, before Lü Yang could react, a ball of Yin Fire silently ignited within Li Hen Heaven, threatening to sweep through everything.

“…Excellent timing!”

Lü Yang didn’t dare hesitate. With a Heart Thought, he immediately took out all the Five Elements Spiritual Materials he had obtained from the Dragon Palace Treasure Vault, which were piled up like several large mountains.

The moment the countless Spiritual Materials appeared, they were instantly incinerated and dissolved by the Yin Fire, then blown by the Weakening Wind, which scoured away their impurities. Only the pure essence fell into Li Hen Heaven, gradually merging with the Little Blessed Land. As more Spiritual Materials were added, the Qi trace of Li Hen Heaven steadily rose.

Until a clap of thunder rang out.

BOOM!

A massive bolt of lightning fell from nowhere, completely shattering the still-disparate Li Hen Heaven and the various Spiritual Materials, then fusing them into one.

Polished by the Weakening Wind, tempered by the Yin Fire, and initiated by the Celestial Thunder!

The three disasters appeared one after another. If Lü Yang hadn’t already been at Foundation Establishment Perfection, with the circular light formed by his five Abilities holding Li Hen Heaven firmly in place, Li Hen Heaven would have likely already collapsed.

However, soon after the three disasters, the Celestial Five Declines arrived!

Filth growing on the Dharma Body, dust staining the Dao Foundation, Abilities withering, Mana failing, Heart Demons sprouting… in an instant, five different Tribulations appeared all at once!

As the fivefold Tribulation descended, the once-bright radiance of Li Hen Heaven instantly dimmed.

Lü Yang didn’t hesitate. He immediately threw out the fragment of the Celestial Covering Purifying Profound Grotto Heaven and tossed it into Li Hen Heaven without a second thought!

This Grotto Heaven Fragment was originally meant for the Dragon Monarch to help a newly advanced Fruit of Sky-River Water Perfected Lord upgrade their Grotto Heaven. Now, Lü Yang was using it to stabilize his Blessed Land—an extreme case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. But for that very reason, the effect was absurdly good, almost instantly stabilizing the turmoil within Li Hen Heaven!

BOOM!

Seeing this, the intensity of the Celestial Five Declines immediately ramped up another level, as if it wouldn’t rest until it had utterly crushed Lü Yang.

Seeing this, Lü Yang hastily formed a Daoist Hand Seal: ’With the World!’

“…..”

The next second, the disaster came to an abrupt halt.

Lü Yang could clearly feel that the Celestial Five Declines had been brewing for a long time, planning to hit him with something vicious, yet now it was frozen in place.

Lü Yang couldn’t help but smile.

With the World was not omnipotent. Every time it transferred damage, the Ability itself suffered a degree of wear and tear. Once it exceeded its limit, it had to stop.

Moreover, the bond between With the World and Heaven and Earth was not unbreakable.

Lü Yang believed that, with the resources of the Four Great Forces, if one’s Cultivation was deep enough and they were proficient in the Dao of Cause and Effect, they could surely figure out a way to break it.

This Ability was only truly unbeatable against Heaven and Earth itself—especially the severely restricted Heaven and Earth of this Broken Place, which was clearly helpless against Lü Yang!

“Come on, hit me.”

For a moment, faced with Lü Yang’s taunt, the Qi trace of the Celestial Five Declines swelled several times, only to halt again and again before the brilliant light of the With the World Ability.

Finally, like a deflating balloon…

…all the disasters vanished into nothingness.

Only Lü Yang remained, sitting cross-legged in the air. Li Hen Heaven transformed back into his physical body, but from within this Little Blessed Land, a brand new Splendid Light was being born.

It was like a caterpillar emerging from its chrysalis as a butterfly.

“This is… my Blessed Land.”

The next second, Lü Yang looked up at the sky as that new Splendid Light settled between his brows. Within the light, a myriad of magnificent scenes unfolded.

A name naturally surfaced in Lü Yang’s mind:

Profound City Blessed Land.

At this moment, the Profound City Blessed Land was like a lens. Lü Yang’s originally murky vision passed through it, allowing him to see the true appearance of this corner of Heaven and Earth with startling clarity.

“Holy… shit!”

Lü Yang’s expression suddenly froze.

He saw that Heaven and Earth, which should have been whole and complete, was now like a giant beehive, riddled with enormous holes in every direction!

The thirty largest holes were, shockingly, the thirty Fruits!

The other holes of varying sizes were the Blessed Lands of those at Foundation Establishment Perfection and the Grotto Heavens of Perfected Lords… This part of Heaven and Earth had long been riddled with wounds!

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