Chapter 573 - 30: You Gift Me the Heaven-Flipping Skill, I Gift You the Daluo Dao

Chapter 573: Chapter 30: You Gift Me the Heaven-Flipping Skill, I Gift You the Daluo Dao

With that, he took a step into the past, entering a historical imprint of a bygone era.

This moment in time was the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Lu Zi, in one more month, we will reach the Qi Region."

Lu Xuan was slightly dazed. He glanced to the side and saw Duke Mu of Qin with a solemn expression.

"This time, we may not return. That Duke Huan of Qi is, after all, the first hegemon under Heaven..."

Lu Xuan smiled silently. He glanced at the Eighty-One Armors flanking him and felt a sense of nostalgia.

’Long time no see.’

Straightening his coronet and glancing at the great momentum gathered above his head like a state canopy, he said calmly:

"Thirty days will pass in a flash."

As his words fell, it was as if a fast-forward button had been pressed. Time in the entire Great Heaven and Earth flowed rapidly, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Yet, those in the Great Heaven and Earth who were not Daluo were completely unaware, truly completing a month’s worth of actions in a single instant.

Some Daluo also noticed something was amiss and reported it to the Central Celestial Court. However, the Emperor Corpse, still seated in the Lingxiao Hall, simply chuckled in amusement.

"An anomaly in time? Then let the Jade Pool Immortal Mother investigate the matter."

The Immortal Mother’s face suddenly turned ashen. She replied stiffly:

"I will not!"

She was a Daluo at the Artifact Holder level. An ordinary Daluo might not know the cause of the temporal anomaly, but she saw it clearly!

’Go looking for that fiend?’

’I’d have to be crazy!’

Seeing this, the Emperor Corpse didn’t press the issue. He just pursed his lips, his curiosity piqued.

’Why has Xiaoxuan descended to this world?’

’Is it related to the Decree issued in the Late Han Dynasty?’

Just as he was wondering, down in the Human World...

Everything unfolded according to the original course of history. Lu Xuan, joining forces with Duke Mu of Qin and Kongzi, brought down Duke Huan of Qi.

From the depths of his palace, Duke Huan of Qi summoned the God of the Year, Yin Jiao.

The latter, brimming with majesty, had only just stepped forward when Lu Xuan seized him by the neck, his grip so powerful it cracked the god’s Immortal body!

"Who are you?!"

Yin Jiao coughed up mouthfuls of blood, utterly horrified. Duke Mu of Qin, Confucius, and Duke Huan of Qi were all struck dumb, each feeling as if they had fallen into a dream.

Duke Huan of Qi, in particular, collapsed to the ground, his mind reeling violently. He was in a complete daze, staring blankly at this so-called Lu Zi, who was squeezing a Celestial Venerable to the brink of death!

Yin Jiao was now truly on the verge of death. He rasped:

"Do you know who my master is?!"

He gasped for breath. With death imminent, he frantically activated the mark his master had left him. In the distance, a Pure Light appeared, and auspicious Qingyun bloomed in the sky!

"Which Fellow Daoist is making things so difficult for this disciple of mine?"

Guangcheng Zi arrived, treading on the clouds. A look of joy appeared on Yin Jiao’s face. At the same time, in the West Pole Celestial Court, a certain Upper Celestial Venerable who had been preparing to press down his palm also dismissed the thought.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself:

"Guangcheng Zi is here... It seems I won’t have to intervene personally."

However, in the next instant...

Guangcheng Zi arrived upon his Qingyun. Lu Xuan released Yin Jiao, who fled into the Celestial Vault, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.

"Master, it was this man! He attacked without mercy, treating the Jade Void Lineage as nothing...!"

THUD!

Guangcheng Zi threw a punch, shattering Yin Jiao. His Physique collapsed, leaving only his Soul hovering in place, looking around with a dazed and bewildered expression.

"You... you hit the wrong person..." Yin Jiao’s remnant Soul said, his face a picture of misery.

Guangcheng Zi’s expression was grim as he cursed:

"For offending your elder, you will go to the Nine Nether, seal yourself before the wheel of Reincarnation, and only after one hundred thousand years may you atone for your sin!"

"???"

Yin Jiao’s remnant Soul was even more baffled. ’Offending... an elder??’

It wasn’t just him. Duke Mu of Qin and Confucius exchanged glances. Duke Huan of Qi was lost in confusion. Even the Upper Celestial Venerable observing the scene was taken aback, his face a mask of incomprehension.

Then, Lu Xuan performed a slight bow and said with a smile:

"Senior Brother Guangcheng, it has been a long time."

Yin Jiao’s remnant Soul had a sudden realization, his heart trembling violently.

Guangcheng Zi irritably grabbed the remnant soul, strode down from the clouds, and laughed heartily.

"Junior Brother Profound Clarity, it has indeed been some time. I never thought this unworthy disciple of mine would offend you..."

As he spoke, he felt a flicker of confusion. ’When did Junior Brother Profound Clarity become so powerful that he could suppress an Immortal so easily?’

Shaking his head, Guangcheng Zi didn’t dwell on it and said with another smile:

"But this is quite the coincidence. Seeing you reminds me—I promised I would show you, Junior Brother Profound Clarity, the true sight of the heavens collapsing and let you see the true meaning of the Heaven-Flipping Seal. I almost forgot..."

"Now is not too late," Lu Xuan said with a smile. Guangcheng Zi thought nothing of it and, with a wave of his hand, conjured a scene from a bygone era before Lu Xuan’s eyes.

The Celestial Vault shattered, the earthly pillars broke, and Heaven itself fell...

Guangcheng Zi smiled.

"Junior Brother, have you gained any insight?"

"I have gained some insight."

Lu Xuan’s expression was calm as he said:

"Senior Brother, you have gifted me the Heaven-Flipping Skill. It is only right that I repay you."

"Junior Brother Profound Clarity, you are being too formal. We are both disciples of The Three Pristine Ones. Why speak of repayment? You, you... just..."

Before he could finish, Lu Xuan’s voice boomed like a sharp rap on the head:

"Guangcheng Zi, awaken!"

"Guangcheng Zi, AWAKEN!!"

Guangcheng Zi stood stunned, feeling as if he’d been jolted into enlightenment. The fog before his eyes suddenly dispersed, revealing the truth of history as his memories shifted and reformed!

He saw the most ancient of years, when Taiyi ascended the throne as Celestial Emperor and decreed that an Emperor Venerable equal in status to the Celestial Emperor be appointed, named God Lu Xuan.

He saw the year Buzhou collapsed—the Celestial Vault shattered, the earthly pillars broke, Heaven fell—and a figure held up the sky, calling himself Lu Xuan!

He was suddenly enlightened.

"Junior Brother Profound Clarity, you..."

"Senior Brother, you have not yet awakened. Not yet."

Lu Xuan reached out one hand and, under the astonished gazes of all the Immortals and Buddhas in the heavens, smashed into the West Pole Celestial Court and annihilated a certain Upper Celestial Venerable.

He then crushed the mere historical imprint of Emperor Gouchen, seized a mass of his origin essence, and slapped it into Guangcheng Zi’s forehead.

"Senior Brother gifted me the Heaven-Flipping Skill, so I gift you the Daluo Dao."

"Guangcheng Zi, awaken!"

At this third cry of enlightenment, Guangcheng Zi, who was already on a level Similar to Daluo, dreamed his way back to the God-Sealing Years, back to the year of his birth, and walked the path of his life once more.

He then saw his own future. Though he stood in the Spring and Autumn Years, under Lu Xuan’s guidance, he experienced—in a single dream—the Era of the Three Emperors, the God-Sealing Years, the Late Han Dynasty, the Journey to the West, and the year the Celestial Emperor fell.

All the way to the years of the Current World...

He awoke from the dream and sighed deeply.

"So that is how it is."

Guangcheng Zi smiled, his own footprints now spread across the past and future of the Years, connecting with countless historical imprints. He then bowed in salute.

"Junior Brother, my thanks."

"A debt repaid is a debt settled. We owe each other nothing. Senior Brother, you owe me no Cause and Effect, so you should feel unburdened."

Lu Xuan also smiled.

"Since you are unburdened, what of today?"

"Today... I shall become a Daluo."

And so, Guangcheng Zi achieved the state of Daluo.

It was not just him. A similar scene played out in various fragments of the Years.

"Senior Sister Merciful, awaken!"

"Senior Brother Taiyi, awaken!"

"Samantabhadra..."

In a single breath, the Twelve Immortals all attained the Dao, and all of Jade Void’s Disciples became Daluo!