Chapter 1037: Deep Cultivation at Prisoner Peak

Dai Bufan had a long dream. He dreamt of being born with unusual celestial phenomena, an exceptionally gifted talent. After becoming a disciple of the Dao Inquiry Sect, a place teeming with geniuses, he could still dominate his peers, with the sole exception of Yunzhi, and sweep through all challenges.

He always acted with great propriety, earning the deep affection of his junior brothers and sisters. After reaching the Fusion stage, he presided over all affairs in the Mission Hall, and everyone wholeheartedly submitted to his authority.

"Senior Brother Dai, Senior Brother Dai, wake up!"

Lu Yang shook Senior Brother Dai, who was lying on the ground, and forcefully pinched his philtrum. Senior Brother Dai immediately sat upright, his eyes dazed and his memories jumbled.

Was that... a blur of memories?

"Senior Brother Dai, you're finally awake! You scared me to death just now." Lu Yang wiped away sweat, thinking, *The ancients truly weren't wrong when they said that extreme joy and sorrow are detrimental to the body.*

"What happened to me just now?"

Lu Yang looked at Senior Brother Dai, his eyes bright and sincere: "Just now, when I told you I had become an immortal, you stood up in delight, swayed a couple of times as you couldn't stand steady, and then you fainted."

"You became an immortal?" Senior Brother Dai pondered this for a moment, then immediately pulled out a crimson Auspicious Cloud Banner from his storage ring, making as if to strike Lu Yang with it.

"You're only at the Mid-Spirit Transformation stage right now. Are you trying to pull a fast one on *me*?"

Lu Yang quickly covered his head in fright: "Hey, hey, hey, don't hit me! I'm telling the truth!"

"I even have a witness."

"A witness?"

Lu Yang tapped his brow, and a comatose soul body floated out.

"This person is the Divine Lord Sichen of the Great Qian Dynasty."

Although Divine Lord Sichen miraculously survived after undergoing successive self-detonations, he had remained unconscious.

Upon seeing the barely conscious witness, Senior Brother Dai put away his Auspicious Cloud Banner, then smilingly invited Lu Yang to the main seat and began massaging his shoulders.

Lu Yang tried to get up several times, but each time Senior Brother Dai held him down firmly.

Senior Brother Dai leaned in and whispered into Lu Yang's ear, making Lu Yang involuntarily shiver: "Great Immortal Lu, what exactly happened? What did you do in the Buddhist Nation?"

"Nothing much, really. It's just that I've done a lot of good deeds in my daily life, which accumulated great merit for the Buddhist Nation. The power of faith from the Buddhist Nation just kept surging towards me. I couldn't refuse it, couldn't stop it, so I used that power to condense an immortal body."

"And then, incidentally, I used this immortal body to capture Divine Lord Sichen."

"However, this immortal body was only temporarily condensed and cannot leave the Buddhist Nation. Once I return to our Great Xia, my cultivation level will revert to normal."

"What good deeds did you do that generated enough power of faith to condense an immortal body? Did you unearth the Buddhist World Honored One?"

Lu Yang beamed, giving Senior Brother Dai a thumbs-up: "That's why I always say, Senior Brother, you are the backbone of our Dao Inquiry Sect – you hit the nail on the head every single time!"

Senior Brother Dai merely took Lu Yang's words as a jest and impatiently waved his hand to shoo away his troublesome junior brother, thinking, *Out of sight, out of mind*. "Go on, go on! If you don't want to talk about it, fine. Just hurry up and send Divine Lord Sichen to Prisoner Peak."

"Alrighty."

Lu Yang swiftly left the Mission Hall and familiarly entered Prisoner Peak.

The prisoners on Prisoner Peak, who had been chatting, immediately fell silent the moment they saw Lu Yang. The entire peak became quiet as they quickly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze, fearing to make eye contact.

The Child Grandmaster floated over with a smile: "Little Lu is here. Did you catch someone new this time?"

"Yes, I caught four. This one is Divine Lord Sichen of the Great Qian Dynasty; he's a half-immortal."

Lu Yang moved Divine Lord Sichen out of his spiritual space. He wasn't worried about Divine Lord Sichen causing trouble with his nascent Dao Fruit of Time if he awoke, as the Immortal of Time had already used his own Dao Fruit to lock down the abilities of Divine Lord Sichen's nascent Dao Fruit.

Currently, Divine Lord Sichen was no different from someone at the Tribulation Transcendence stage.

"A half-immortal, very good, very good." With even full immortals imprisoned here, the Child Grandmaster was no longer surprised to see a mere half-immortal.

He had assumed Divine Lord Sichen had been captured by Yunzhi.

Next, Lu Yang took out Venerable Qingyan (early Tribulation Transcendence stage), Duan Qingshui (early Fusion stage), and Mo Xiaochou (mid-Spirit Transformation stage) from the Green Edge Sword.

As Lu Yang pulled the three of them out, they trembled in fright, sensing the terrifying cultivation levels of the prisoners on Prisoner Peak.

They hadn't heard of the Dao Inquiry Sect capturing any powerful figures in recent years. How could the prisoners on Prisoner Peak be so terrifying?

"Senior Sister will come to interrogate Divine Lord Sichen."

Lu Yang transmitted a message to the Child Grandmaster: "Grandmaster, please interrogate Duan Qingshui and Mo Xiaochou later. These two went to the Western Heaven Temple to steal. If they have no other serious charges, their crimes won't warrant the death penalty; at most, they'll be imprisoned for a few decades or centuries."

Lu Yang wasn't worried that these two would leak information about him after their release.

It would be many years before these two were released, and by then, the information would likely be common knowledge anyway.

"Alright, don't worry about the rest." The Child Grandmaster locked the four individuals in cages. As he looked at the increasingly insufficient number of cages, a sense of satisfaction welled up within him.

With rare newcomers arriving, the prisoners on Prisoner Peak curiously gathered around. Venerable Qingyan was somewhat better, his cultivation level acceptable. However, Duan Qingshui and Mo Xiaochou were far from it, especially Mo Xiaochou, whose cultivation was so low that the Prisoner Peak inmates shook their heads repeatedly in disgust.

"What kind of cultivation are you two practicing? Did you pick up your cultivation methods from a trash heap?"

"And your spiritual energy circulation routes are all wrong; there are so many mistakes."

"Come on, come on, I'll teach you how to properly cultivate."

The prisoners on Prisoner Peak were usually quite idle and bored, so they figured they might as well teach these two newcomers how to cultivate.

Duan Qingshui and Mo Xiaochou were flattered and listened attentively.

In a mysterious place, a figure sat on a throne crafted from withered bones. As he pondered the intelligence he had just received, his eyes gradually brightened. The implications hidden behind this information were far from simple.

"A mysterious immortal, multiple self-detonations... Could it be that the Immortal Dao Fruit has appeared?!"

"Who is that mysterious immortal? Is it the Immortal? Has the Immortal been resurrected? Who did it—was it Ying Tian and Sui Yue?"

The figure quickly calmed down, realizing something was amiss.

"No, according to Ying Tian and Sui Yue's descriptions, if it were the Immortal Dao Fruit, the self-detonation power should have been much greater."

"Furthermore, Ying Tian and Sui Yue would have no reason to resurrect the Immortal. If the Immortal were resurrected, how would they obtain the Immortal Dao Fruit themselves?"

"So, it must be the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit?"

At this thought, the figure excitedly stood up and paced: "The nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit! The nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit has finally appeared!"

"It's just a pity that when the Immortal Sect condensed the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit back then, they wanted to wait a while for the Immortal cultivator to further perfect it. That's how they lost their crucial opportunity, were interfered with by Yunzhi of the Dao Inquiry Sect, and had their avatar destroyed by her."

"If I had acted earlier, the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit would already be mine!"

"If I were to obtain the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit, I would even have a chance to escape if I encountered the Nirvana Immortal!"

"However, that mysterious immortal is somewhat peculiar; his body was condensed from the power of faith of the Buddhist Nation. This means he isn't a true immortal yet."

"It's good that he's not an immortal. Very good indeed."