Great Karmic Divine Ability

In all his eighteen years of life, Lu Yang had never imagined that there would come a day when he would change his name. The technique was a real technique, and it truly defied the heavens. "Does this mean I've learned it?" Lu Yang looked at the Immortal Fairy suspiciously. No matter how he looked at it, something felt terribly wrong. The Immortal Fairy declared with absolute confidence, sounding completely reasonable: "How does it not count? Don't you know that a name represents one's destiny? Changing your name is changing your fate! Now that you've changed your name, your future destiny will be different." "To put it another way, curse techniques are all cast using names. By changing your name, you've altered your karma. You are no longer the you of before! The change of the name on your identity jade pendant is the symbol of that—curses won't be able to fall upon you." When a curse technique was activated, it locked onto the identity of "Lu Yang." Once Lu Yang became "Lu Yin," he discarded his previous identity. Unable to find its target, the curse would naturally fail to land on Lu Yang. Eldest Senior Sister also concurred with the Immortal Fairy's view: "Although I do not know why the outcome of your cultivation deviated slightly from expectations, Little Junior Brother, directly altering your name on a karmic level proves that this move is indeed a great karmic divine ability." Cultivating a great karmic divine ability while still in the Nascent Soul stage was unprecedented throughout all of history. Only Meng Jingzhou was entirely befuddled. What great karmic divine ability? What was mastered? *Did I miss something?* Lu Yang explained, "It's like this. Weren't the two of us cultivating the divine ability Invert Yin and Yang? Well, I mastered it. In the past, my name was Lu Yang, but now I'm called Lu Yin." "..." "Hold on, give me a moment to process this." Even with Meng Jingzhou's sharp mind, he couldn't immediately wrap his head around this reality. "You mean you used to be called 'Lu Yang,' but now you're 'Lu Yin,' and even the name on your identity jade pendant changed?" "That's right." Meng Jingzhou sucked in a breath of cold air. This technique was simply too heaven-defying; he hadn't even sensed any sign of Lu Yin casting a divine ability. Eldest Senior Sister gazed at Lu Yang for a moment, then added, "Little Junior Brother's technique is truly extraordinary. It fundamentally alters his name. Even if he encounters a Body Integration stage cultivator who isn't versed in karmic divine abilities, he could easily fool them." Techniques involving karma and time were renowned for being obscure and difficult to comprehend. Most cultivators could spend decades of bitter cultivation without seeing any results. Among the Body Integration stage, cultivators who understood karmic divine abilities were few and far between. Even among those in the Tribulation Transcendence stage, most only understood karmic divine abilities superficially. Someone like Great Yu's Imperial Preceptor, who based his rudimentary Dao fruit on karma, was exceedingly rare. The prerequisite for possessing a rudimentary Dao fruit was having profound accomplishments in that domain, which showed just how extraordinarily gifted Great Yu's Imperial Preceptor was when it came to karma. After Lu Yang succeeded, Eldest Senior Sister stayed for another seven days. Over these seven days, Lu Yang consolidated his progress while Meng Jingzhou pondered and comprehended. Seven days later, Lu Yang discovered that this technique had nothing that required consolidating, while Meng Jingzhou discovered that every single part of this technique required comprehension. Meng Jingzhou was forced to admit that he could not learn this technique. Forget it. Let Lu Yang change his name if he wants; this young master has no need to change his name. Seeing that the two were no longer cultivating, Eldest Senior Sister flew back to Prison Peak to continue interrogating the two supremes. *** Shining Sun Cult headquarters. Totems of the sun were painted upon the walls, glowing with radiant light that illuminated the meeting hall brightly. Cult Master Chi had gathered the cult's upper echelons to discuss major affairs. Everyone remained silent, listening to Cult Master Chi speak. "I have gathered you all here today mainly to discuss two matters." "The first matter: as everyone knows, our cult's research into the power of the sun has progressed slowly of late. The primary reason is that our numerous attempts to land on the sun have resulted in several Daoists being burned to death." This was not the kind of sun that had transformed from a Golden Crow during ancient times. Today's sun possessed a scorching surface; even across a grand array, one could feel its terrifying heat. A Body Integration cultivator in that environment would be reduced to ash in mere seconds. If they kept conducting these solar landing experiments, the next batch to ascend to the sun would probably be the higher-ups themselves. "Therefore, I was thinking: should we alter our train of thought and land on the moon at night instead? The sun and moon share the same substance; doing so could allow us to study the sun indirectly." The moment these words left his mouth, they were immediately met with unanimous opposition. The Vice Cult Master was the first to stand and denounce Cult Master Chi's disloyal idea: "The sun and moon have never appeared together! This proves that even if the sun and moon share the same substance, there is an irreconcilable divide between them! Our cult reveres the power of the sun; how could we yield to the power of the moon? Absolutely not!" Elders also stepped forward to proclaim their devotion: "Those Daoists who burned to death must have lacked sincere devotion and thus failed to obtain the sun's recognition! Old bones though I may be, I have revered the sun all my life. I will surely withstand the trial and land on the sun! Count me in for the next batch of solar ascenders!" Seeing his higher-ups growing more fanatical by the second, Cult Master Chi felt utterly helpless. *I can understand that you aren't afraid of dying, and I respect your conviction, but if you all burn yourselves to death trying to land on the sun, will our Shining Sun Cult have any leadership left?* He had known all along that this suggestion of his wouldn't be accepted by the others. "Let us set aside the solar landing plan for now and discuss the second issue." "Holy Son Long Jingzhou of the Heavenly Court Cult possesses surging pure yang power that is even somewhat stronger than a Pure Yang Immortal Physique. The ancient Heavenly Court must have had unique training methods." "Moreover, I have discovered that Long Jingzhou and Young Cult Master Lu appear to have considerable friction between them. It likely involves the succession of the ancient Heavenly Court. We can exploit this angle, secretly rope in Long Jingzhou, instigate internal conflict within the Heavenly Court Cult, and profit from the fallout!" One of the Shining Sun Cult elders voiced his doubt: "What could we possibly do? The ancient Heavenly Court has vast foundations and great power. They have Dou Tianzun, an ancient immortal, as well as the Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor, a half-immortal who defeated Supreme Zhutian. Intimidation definitely won't work, and we can't match their inducements either." Cult Master Chi shook his head. "You are mistaken on one point. What is vast and powerful is the ancient Heavenly Court, not Long Jingzhou." "Every faction suffers from the unequal distribution of resources. The resources Long Jingzhou receives are bound to be less than what the Young Cult Master gets. That is our opportunity." "If we pool the entire cult's strength to support Long Jingzhou, could it really be worse than the resources the ancient Heavenly Court allocates to him?" "Furthermore, we have researched the sun for tens of thousands of years. The fruits of our research are tremendously beneficial to cultivation. I refuse to believe Long Jingzhou wouldn't be tempted!" Hearing this, the higher-ups felt Cult Master Chi had a point. "It's worth a shot. If we can secretly pull Long Jingzhou into our camp, future operations will be much more convenient." "Quite so, quite so. We can give it a try." Just as everyone was discussing the matter, Cult Master Chi's guard barged into the meeting hall in a hurry, clutching an intelligence report, and handed it to Cult Master Chi. Written in the report was precisely how Cult Master Yun had displayed godlike might in Chunjiang City, captured two ancient supremes alive, and departed for parts unknown. Cult Master Chi set down the report. "The matter of instigating internal conflict within the Heavenly Court Cult to profit from it is canceled. Let us replace the second issue." The higher-ups looked toward Cult Master Chi in unison. Cult Master Chi said solemnly, "Should our Shining Sun Cult defect to the Heavenly Court Cult?"