Published: March 3, 2025
CHAPTER 815: Gathering Together
The reason Liu Yu undertook this journey was still to resolve the karma of the Sword of Ruin.
Although cultivators say, "My fate is in my hands, not in heaven's," in the end, it is merely a saying.
How many people in the world can truly go against destiny and escape their fated arrangements?
With his cultivation level at the foundation establishment stage back then, if Tang Tianbao had not actively gifted it to him, he would not have been able to obtain even a spiritual treasure easily, even if it was right in front of him.
If he had forcibly taken it, he might have even lost his life because of it.
After all, spiritual treasures possess "spirit," which is far beyond any true treasures or magical artifacts.
Even the incomplete Sword of Ruin might act on its own at a critical moment.
Thanks to Tang Tianbao's active gifting, Liu Yu established a connection with the Holy Flame Sect.
Although he did not believe in karma and destiny, when he had sufficient strength, he did not mind fulfilling the promise made back then.
After all, gifting a spiritual treasure is indeed a tremendous favor.
In comparison, merely preserving the Holy Flame Sect’s inheritance felt too insignificant.
Over the years, Liu Yu had faced death several times, and it was the Sword of Ruin that helped turn danger into safety, so he truly had to thank Tang Tianbao for the gift of the sword.
Thus, Liu Yu believed that taking Zhou Yunlong as a true disciple and seeking an opportunity to eradicate the Divine Sand Sect, allowing the Holy Flame Sect to prosper again, was a more suitable course of action.
With his current strength, it was not impossible to forcefully eliminate the Divine Sand Sect.
However, the West Sand region was vast, with cultivating resources comparable to a small to medium-sized cultivating nation, something the current Holy Flame Sect obviously could not control.
Eradicating the Divine Sand Sect now would only replace it with another yuan ying force.
If, one or two hundred years from now, Zhou Yunlong could break through the yuan ying bottleneck, Liu Yu would not mind riding the current and allowing the Holy Flame Sect to regain control over the West Sand region.
If he could not, it would be an opportunity that he had provided.
In the future, providing some resources to ensure that the Holy Flame Sect's golden core cultivators do not die out would also count as fulfilling the promise made back then.
Achieving this would completely resolve the karma associated with the spiritual treasure, and Liu Yu would have no regrets.
Of course, he did not need to explain this to others, nor did he need anyone to understand.
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Two days later.
At the Yuan Yang Sect's mountain gate, in the Heavenly Peak Cave Dwelling.
In the training room, Liu Yu sat cross-legged, with a yellow ring and a light yellow bell placed in front of him.
The power exuded by these two items was absolutely incomparable to magical artifacts or spiritual artifacts, and they far exceeded the level of true treasures, enough to leave even Golden Core Elders in awe. They were indeed two true treasure-level items.
These two treasures were naturally obtained by Liu Yu after slaying the Mad Sand True Monarch; they were her commonly used magical treasures and had truly reached the true treasure level.
The yellow ring was named "Mad Sand Ring" and could unleash the "Yellow Sand Power" when activated, increasing its might in an environment like West Sand.
The light yellow bell was named "Wind and Sand Bell," and could invoke the "Wind Fury Power" when activated.
The compatibility and synergy of these two treasures, when activated together, produced an effect greater than the sum of its parts, nurtured quite well by the Mad Sand True Monarch.
When activated simultaneously, a storm of wind and sand would ensue, providing an environment that could shield against spiritual perception.
Liu Yu spent quite a bit of effort to break through it, leaving a deep impression on him.
If it were not for his strong spiritual consciousness and the certain characteristics he had already acquired, he might not have been able to subdue the treasures in a short time.