Chapter 00253: Star Ascension Immortal Court
# Star Ascension Immortal Court
Chapter 253
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 253: Star Ascension Immortal Court
The only silver lining was that his Soul Tempering Technique had just broken through to the seventh stage, allowing him to use his Divine Sense to execute an escape technique.
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu activated the pseudo-escape technique, "Golden Light Earth Leap."
He had obtained the "Heavenly Pivot Thirty-Six Transformations" and the "Fetal Transformation" divine ability, but because he had been focusing on studying the Dao of Alchemy and the Dao of Formations, he hadn’t yet fully constructed the complete Heavenly Pivot Transformation within his Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
As a result, Lan Xiaobu could only rely on the pseudo-divine abilities he had learned earlier to flee.
Lan Xiaobu suspected that if he hesitated for even a moment longer, his blood would freeze and vanish into nothingness.
The Immortal Qi and Dao Rhythms carried Lan Xiaobu, pulling him several feet away before a terrifying vortex force swept over him, instantly dragging him away.
"Damn it!" Lan Xiaobu cursed inwardly.
He hadn’t expected there to be a Void Array Gate here, and he had accidentally been pulled into it.
A terrifying void collapse followed, and Lan Xiaobu felt as though his thoughts couldn’t keep up with his body.
His speed continued to increase, as if he were falling from a great height under the influence of a powerful gravitational force.
Lan Xiaobu was horrified.
This was no ordinary Void Array Gate.
If this continued, he would surely meet his end.
Even with his Immortal Physique, once his speed reached a certain point, his body would disintegrate.
Lan Xiaobu desperately tried to circulate his Immortal Qi to stabilize himself, but he quickly realized it was futile.
His Immortal Qi was almost completely suppressed, and he couldn’t even complete a single cycle.
As his speed continued to increase, Lan Xiaobu’s consciousness began to blur.
He needed to find a way to enter the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, his entire body felt as though it had been struck by a massive hammer.
He spat out a stream of blood, and his bones and internal organs shattered.
Countless fragments of meteorites scattered around him, and Lan Xiaobu’s speed finally began to slow.
Lan Xiaobu wanted to take out some healing pills to swallow.
His injuries were severe, but fortunately, he was a body-refining cultivator.
Otherwise, he would have already turned to dust.
However, his Divine Sense was completely unusable, and he couldn’t access anything in his spatial ring.
Thankfully, his Soul Tempering Technique was still operational.
After a few cycles, he managed to retrieve a few healing Immortal Pills.
As a fifth-grade Grand Immortal Alchemist, the healing pills he carried were all fifth-grade Yanglin Immortal Pills.
Under the nourishment of the Yanglin Immortal Pills and the assistance of the Undying Technique, Lan Xiaobu’s injuries healed rapidly, and his broken bones began to mend.
Just as he was about to enter the Cosmic Dimension Matrix to continue his recovery, an Immortal Ship appeared at the edge of his Divine Sense.
Lan Xiaobu immediately stopped his actions.
He was certain that the ship had detected him, as it was rapidly approaching.
If he continued to enter the Cosmic Dimension Matrix now, its existence would surely be discovered.
"Do you need help, fellow Daoist?" The Immortal Ship stopped beside Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu quickly replied, "Thank you. I was struck by a meteorite storm in the void..."
Lan Xiaobu’s Divine Sense detected that the two individuals were both at the Profound Immortal Realm—one at the late stage and the other at the mid-stage.
He, on the other hand, was only at the late Golden Immortal Realm.
If these two decided to attack him, he would have no way to resist.
The two were clearly from the same sect, as their attire was identical.
Before Lan Xiaobu could say anything else, a surge of Immortal Qi wrapped around him, and the next moment, he was on the deck of the Immortal Ship.
"Take this pill first. We’re heading back, so you can come with us," the late-stage Profound Immortal said, handing Lan Xiaobu a second-grade Immortal Pill, the Recovery Pill, before entering the cabin with the other person.
Lan Xiaobu breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he didn’t understand why they had left him on the deck instead of taking him inside the cabin, it didn’t matter to him.
The Recovery Pill had little effect on Lan Xiaobu, but his own fifth-grade Yanglin Immortal Pills were extremely effective.
As a body-refining cultivator, even with such severe injuries, Lan Xiaobu had fully recovered within an hour.
"You’re already healed?" The late-stage Profound Immortal walked out just as Lan Xiaobu sat up.
He looked at Lan Xiaobu with great surprise.
Based on his experience, Lan Xiaobu’s injuries shouldn’t have healed so quickly.
"No way? He was so badly injured, and he’s already fine?" The mid-stage Profound Immortal, hearing the commotion, also came out.
Lan Xiaobu’s Divine Sense then scanned the cabin, where he saw a woman.
She was extremely beautiful, but she had been restrained with seals and her Spiritual Bone locked.
Even the strongest cultivators, once their Spiritual Bone was locked, could only be at the mercy of others.
Lan Xiaobu quickly retracted his Divine Sense, startled.
The two Profound Immortals before him didn’t seem like evil people.
The late-stage Profound Immortal was tall with short hair and a booming voice, while the mid-stage Profound Immortal had a full beard and long hair.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t sense any malice from them.
Could it be that they thought he was too weak to have anything valuable? But even so, if they were void pirates, they wouldn’t have kindly rescued him, right?
"Huh, he’s really healed? I only gave him a second-grade Recovery Pill," the late-stage Profound Immortal said in astonishment.
Lan Xiaobu quickly stood up and clasped his fists, "My name is Lan Xiaobu. Thank you both for saving me. As a body-refining cultivator, I recover quickly."
"So you’re a body-refining cultivator. No wonder you healed so fast. Let me introduce myself. I’m Guang Li, a second-grade Immortal Officer of the Forbidden Immortal Bureau under the Jiangyan Immortal Path. This is Jian Junzhong, also a second-grade Immortal Officer," the tall cultivator said with a smile, introducing himself and his companion.
What? Lan Xiaobu was filled with questions.
What was the Jiangyan Immortal Path? And what was the Forbidden Immortal Bureau?
One thing Lan Xiaobu was certain of was that these two were not from the Lingwei Immortal Domain.
From the way they referred to themselves as second-grade Immortal Officers, it seemed like they held official positions.
If they were officials, then they weren’t from the same sect but rather from the same department.
Lan Xiaobu had just established the Lingwei Immortal Court and was its first Immortal Court King, so it was easy for him to deduce that these two were likely Immortal Officials.
Despite his doubts, Lan Xiaobu clasped his fists again, "Thank you, Immortal Officers Guang and Jian, for saving my life."
Jian Junzhong smiled and said, "You’re a body-refining cultivator. Even if we hadn’t rescued you, you would’ve recovered eventually. But you’re lucky to have run into us while we were returning from capturing a fugitive. Moreover, Guang Li’s daughter is a disciple of the Eternal Jade Alchemy Sect, so he has access to second-grade healing pills. You’re quite impressive yourself. Body-refining techniques aren’t easy to come by these days."
As he spoke, Jian Junzhong gave Lan Xiaobu a thumbs-up.
In a short time, Lan Xiaobu had pieced together a few things.
First, Immortal Officers were responsible for capturing criminals, similar to police officers.
Second, the Jiangyan Immortal Path’s Forbidden Immortal Bureau was likely akin to a police station, where Guang Li and Jian Junzhong worked.
The beautiful woman in the cabin was probably a fugitive.
Thinking this, Lan Xiaobu felt somewhat relieved.
He could tell that Jian Junzhong was envious of his body-refining technique but was too polite to say so.
Lan Xiaobu wasn’t a stingy person.
Even if these two hadn’t rescued him, he wouldn’t have died.
But since they had saved him, he might need their help in the future.
With this in mind, Lan Xiaobu took out two jade slips and inscribed the initial portion of the Undying Technique’s Immortal Nirvana Body Refining Method, handing them to the two men.
"Fellow Daoists, this is my cultivation technique. I only obtained a fragment of it, so it’s incomplete. I’ll give it to you as a token of my gratitude."
Body-refining techniques were extremely valuable.
If Lan Xiaobu had handed over the complete Immortal Nirvana Body Refining Method, it would have been beyond precious.
From any perspective, a cultivator of Lan Xiaobu’s level shouldn’t possess such a high-level body-refining technique.
Jian Junzhong had been too polite to ask for Lan Xiaobu’s body-refining technique, knowing how rare and valuable it was.
Many sects didn’t even have such techniques.
They hadn’t expected Lan Xiaobu to offer it willingly.
"This is too valuable. We can’t accept it," Guang Li quickly refused.
Lan Xiaobu said, "I only have a fragment of it. You two saved my life, and I’m currently on the run."
Jian Junzhong, who had been about to accept the jade slip, suddenly paused.
As an Immortal Officer tasked with capturing criminals, the word "run" immediately caught his attention.
Lan Xiaobu acted as though he hadn’t noticed Jian Junzhong’s hesitation and continued, "It’s because of this body-refining technique. When I was cultivating it, the master of the Yan Clan Immortal Manor, Yan Chengjian, found out and sent people to ambush my friend, Shu Shaoji. I had no choice but to use a top-grade escape talisman to flee into the void. Unfortunately, I ran into a meteorite storm. If I hadn’t met you two, I would’ve died."
"The Yan Clan Immortal Manor?" Both Jian Junzhong and Guang Li began to ponder where this manor was located.
After a while, Jian Junzhong said, "Fellow Daoist Lan, the Yan Clan Immortal Manor probably isn’t within the Maijiang Immortal Protectorate. Our Jiangyan Immortal Path is part of the Maijiang Immortal Protectorate. If it were here, I would’ve known about it. Our abilities are limited, so I’m afraid we can’t help you much."
Jian Junzhong had misunderstood Lan Xiaobu’s intentions, thinking he was seeking their assistance.
Lan Xiaobu quickly clarified, "I understand. The Yan Clan Immortal Manor is very powerful. I just want to avoid them for now."
With that, Lan Xiaobu handed the two jade slips to them.
This time, the two didn’t refuse.
After storing the jade slips, Guang Li said, "Lan Xiaobu, if you don’t have a safe place to go, why not join our Forbidden Immortal Bureau? If you have the ability, you might even become a Grand Immortal Officer in the future. At that point, you’ll have the chance to catch the attention of the powerful figures in the Star Ascension Immortal Court. Revenge will be much easier then."
"Thank you, brothers," Lan Xiaobu quickly expressed his gratitude.
So it was the Star Ascension Immortal Court.
Lan Xiaobu finally had some clarity.
It seemed he wasn’t the only one trying to establish an Immortal Court—others had done so before him.
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)