Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

“Come back!”

As the words fell, Lü Yang instantly pushed the divine power of 【Seizure】 to its limit, attempting to wrest control of the Heaven-Observing Mirror to stop the other party from destroying the evidence.

Sensing something wrong with itself, the figure within the mirror grew increasingly startled. The once-blurred face gradually became clear, yet what surprised Lü Yang was—he had never seen this face before, and even when tracing cause and effect, he found nothing at all, as if this person existed without cause or consequence.

‘.An extraterritorial cultivator.’

Lü Yang realized—only an extraterritorial cultivator, and one who had never had contact with this wretched place, could lead to such an anomalous outcome.

Just as Lü Yang pondered this—

Suddenly, the figure in the mirror moved, and a voice of indistinct gender echoed faintly: “Well, well, well… worthy of being the Immortal Pivot. Truly a land of outstanding talent.”

Immortal Pivot?

In that instant, Lü Yang’s pupils contracted sharply. However, the figure in the mirror had already formed a hand seal and launched a distant strike toward him, a brilliant light erupting from the figure’s palm.

In that moment, Lü Yang seemed to behold a grand sun hanging before him. Yet despite its blazing brilliance, what followed was a bone-deep chill. Wherever the light passed, Lü Yang’s magic power fell into silence, and the kaleidoscopic visions composed of imagery began to wither one by one.

‘This is… another type of imagery?’

Witnessing this scene, Lü Yang’s curiosity finally could not be contained—because the imagery displayed by the figure in the mirror was something he had never seen before!

At that thought, he no longer held back.

Releasing his full strength, he activated the imagery of 【Seizure】 to the extreme, and grabbed fiercely at the mirror’s surface. Immediately, the figure within was thrown into turmoil.

It was, after all, merely a projection.

Had the real body been present, there might still have been a chance for a magical duel. But a mere projection—how could it possibly withstand Lü Yang’s 【Seizure】?

“It’s mine, all mine!”

In the next second, as the figure dissolved, the imagery it had just revealed was completely seized by Lü Yang, who was then flooded with insight:

‘The sun governs the celestial order, Qi circulates innately. Heaven’s Qi becomes solemn, Earth’s Qi grows still, cold descends upon the Grand Void, Yang Qi is not allowed—’

“Boom!”

Suddenly, Lü Yang felt a slight sting at the center of his brow and snapped out of that profound imagery. At once, his eyes lit up:

‘...Good stuff!’

After seizing that strand of imagery, Lü Yang could clearly sense a very faint progression in his 【Celestial Pillar Siyan Cave Heaven】!

It was simply unbelievable!

One must know, once a Cave Heaven is condensed, it’s nearly fully formed and extremely hard to advance further—unless an extraneous Fruit Position could be found and fed to the Cave Heaven to devour.

‘An extraneous Fruit Position?’

Lü Yang thought for a moment and then shook his head: ‘No, that’s not it. This imagery is even comparable to a proper Fruit Position’s! It’s not something a common extraneous path can match... What lies behind it? A Realm Heaven no lesser than this wretched place? Could such a Realm Heaven really exist?’

Lü Yang was stunned!

A Realm Heaven potentially far surpassing Xuanling Realm, Wanwu Realm, even the Seven Luminaries Heaven—one possibly comparable to this broken place!

‘This doesn’t make sense.’

‘I’ve rebooted over thirty times. None of my previous lifetimes encountered such a thing—why would it happen in this one?’

Thinking carefully, Lü Yang could only find one explanation.

‘Because there are more True Lords now?’

‘Because I achieved 【Heavenly Flame Above】, and Suo Huan achieved 【Water from the Spring】. The number of True Lords increased, the Qi fluctuations became unstable, thus attracting the attention from beyond?’

Lü Yang rubbed his chin, growing more solemn.  

The sudden emergence of a super Realm Heaven made him inevitably recall a term he had heard in previous lives but never seen:

The Millennium Great Tribulation.

‘Previously, when the 【Essence-Holding Treasure Lotus Bodhisattva】 tried to frighten me with the Millennium Great Tribulation, I thought she was just fearmongering. But now... perhaps not.’

At the same time, another doubt in Lü Yang’s heart was answered:

‘No wonder... I kept noticing how the achievements of Golden Core True Lords were becoming increasingly rare. Other than the Saint Sect, no faction seemed willing to cultivate new True Lords. Now it makes sense—the number of True Lords may very well be the marker for the Great Tribulation!’

The light sea beyond the heavens was boundless and usually unreachable.

However, when the number of True Lords in a Realm Heaven exceeds a certain threshold, it immediately draws the attention of a super Realm Heaven of the same level, thus triggering the Millennium Great Tribulation.

In such a tribulation, all True Lords would perish.

Only after enough deaths, once the True Lord count drops below the threshold again, would the tribulation end. Both sides would separate again, waiting for the next Great Tribulation.

“.Is that possible?”

Lü Yang sank into contemplation. It was just his theory, with flaws no doubt, but the general logic should be sound.

The key was the number of True Lords!

‘No faction wants new True Lords to emerge. They don’t want to trigger the tribulation—after all, no one knows if they themselves will be among the fallen.’

The more Lü Yang thought, the more it made sense.

Then he glanced again at the shattered mirror in his hand. According to Han Qingyun’s memories, this Heaven-Observing Mirror had been picked up by him three months ago by chance.

Three months ago—just after Lü Yang had attained 【Heavenly Flame Above】!

“.Interesting.”

For a moment, Lü Yang felt a surge of excitement. Just like he’d told the 【Essence-Holding Treasure Lotus Bodhisattva】 before, he wasn’t afraid of the coming Millennium Great Tribulation.

In fact, quite the opposite.

‘Once one reaches the True Lord realm, the only way to progress rapidly is to let one’s Cave Heaven devour extraneous Fruit Positions, or—cut a bloody path through a Realm Heaven beyond the heavens!’

With that thought, Lü Yang’s mind shifted, and he recalled something else:

‘Come to think of it, that 【Fate-Warding】 Fruit Position in Xuanling Realm seemed quite compatible with me. If I could obtain and devour it, it might benefit me greatly... I just don’t know if the Sword Pavilion has already used it.’

‘Aside from that, there’s also the Saint Sect’s Wanwu Realm.’

He had already cultivated 【Heaven】, a second-grade True Art. He could completely claim 【Wanwu Realm】 as his own and merge it into his Cave Heaven.

‘Wanwu Realm and Xuanling Realm—perhaps they are the key to rapidly advancing my cultivation in a short time!’

At that realization, Lü Yang’s gaze sharpened:

‘If it were before, I might still be unhurried, boiling the frog in warm water... but if the Millennium Great Tribulation really is coming, I have no time to waste.’

Lü Yang rose with a flick of his sleeve, having made his decision.

Go to the Saint Sect first!

‘In the Sword Pavilion, Master Dangmo has no authority, and might even be ostracized—not to mention our ancestor’s feud with the 【True Lord of Heaven-Bearing Righteous Virtue】.’

Rushing in recklessly would be unsafe.

By contrast, the Saint Sect was much more reliable. True Lord Feixue stood alone in power and had already shown him goodwill—Lü Yang felt it was worth a conversation.

Moreover, he had many things he wanted to ask her.

Now that True Person Chong Guang had taken his position, it wouldn’t be long before Feixue, hailed as the greatest duelist of the past five thousand years, would break through the late-stage Golden Core. It was easy to imagine the boundless knowledge he could learn from her!

Today’s fourth update—getting back in the groove ahead of schedule.