Chapter 00312: Refining
# Refining
Chapter 312
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 312: Refining
Following the path suggested by Cheng Yinyao, Lan Xiaobu walked for about three days before he finally saw a spirit vein.
This spirit vein wasn’t hidden at all; a small portion of it was even exposed, shimmering with a translucent, pale yellow hue.
The air around it was thick with pure spiritual energy, and when Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense touched it, he felt a deep, heavy, and steady aura.
Beside the spirit vein grew a Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit, a ninth-grade spirit herb.
For any cultivator, the value of this fruit was immeasurable.
The Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit could be used to refine Bitter Pan Pills, which could stabilize a cultivator’s foundation or even save someone who had gone astray in their cultivation due to qi deviation.
Just one pill could solve such problems.
Cultivating too quickly or consuming too many pills could easily destabilize one’s foundation.
The main ingredient for refining Bitter Pan Pills was the Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit, which only grew beside top-grade earth-attribute spirit veins.
This made the fruit incredibly rare.
Just imagine, a top-grade earth-attribute spirit vein was already a rare sight, let alone the Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit growing beside it.
The Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit before him bore nine fruits, each emitting a faint yellow glow and exuding a clear, heavy aura of natural laws.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t touch the earth-attribute spirit vein.
Instead, he chose a spot nearby and took out his True Spirit World.
He hadn’t dared to refine this True Spirit World inside the resting pavilion, but now he had no choice but to refine it.
Although his Cosmic Dimension Matrix was a treasure from before the chaos, his current cultivation level limited his ability to plant spirit herbs or spiritual plants inside it.
Even when the ancient path was left inside the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, it was only suitable for cultivation, lacking the lush, vibrant environment of a true spirit world.
The True Spirit World was different.
It was akin to a miniature universe, complete with its own set of natural laws.
Many True Spirit Worlds could grow and evolve, depending on the accumulation of various rules and essences.
The potential of a True Spirit World depended on the achievements of its owner.
Once Lan Xiaobu refined this True Spirit World, he could transplant the Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit into it.
As soon as Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense penetrated the True Spirit World, he realized he couldn’t refine it outside.
This True Spirit World had an owner, and if he started refining it, the owner might track him down to this Black Bone Swamp.
Not willing to take the risk, Lan Xiaobu retreated back into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
Inside the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, Lan Xiaobu had no reservations.
He unleashed his divine sense, boldly and directly invading the True Spirit World.
As his divine sense entered the True Spirit World, Lan Xiaobu realized this wasn’t an ordinary treasure.
If his array skills were even slightly weaker, he wouldn’t have been able to even touch the surface of this True Spirit World.
The main reason wasn’t the True Spirit World itself, but the fact that someone had placed a top-tier locking restriction on it.
To refine the True Spirit World, he first had to break through this restriction.
Refining the True Spirit World didn’t require any special natural laws; it only needed his own Dao rhythm and rules.
Lan Xiaobu took out a time array disk, planning to use it to grind away the outer shell of the True Spirit World.
He refused to believe that, as an eighth-grade immortal array master, he couldn’t break through a mere divine sense restriction left by someone else.
One divine sense slash after another struck the restriction on the True Spirit World, while Lan Xiaobu simultaneously practiced his Spirit Refining Technique.
Consuming divine sense to refine the True Spirit World was the perfect way to train his Spirit Refining Technique.
After a month, Lan Xiaobu realized that using conventional methods, he would never be able to refine this True Spirit World.
Even if he were a ninth-grade immortal array emperor, he doubted he could break through the restriction.
The locking restriction on the True Spirit World was simply too powerful.
But Lan Xiaobu was different from others—he had the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
Whenever he encountered a point where his divine sense couldn’t progress, he had the Cosmic Dimension Matrix construct a dimensional model, which he then used to find a way to refine the restriction.
The restriction on the True Spirit World was unlike any ordinary array restriction.
Each time he encountered a problem, it took the Cosmic Dimension Matrix a month to construct a model.
However, as time went on, the Cosmic Dimension Matrix’s speed increased.
After fifteen years inside the time array disk, with the help of the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, Lan Xiaobu finally broke through the first layer of the restriction.
The hardest part was getting started, but once he broke through the initial barrier, the rest became easier.
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to speed up the process, a sudden voice rang out, “How dare you refine my True Spirit World! I will grind your bones to dust, burn your soul, and ensure you never reincarnate!”
The voice was filled with killing intent, as if it wanted to tear Lan Xiaobu to pieces right then and there.
Lan Xiaobu was stunned.
He hadn’t expected there to be a soul imprint inside the True Spirit World.
A soul imprint was completely different from a divine sense imprint—it was a mark left by someone’s soul.
“Idiot,” Lan Xiaobu muttered under his breath, then continued refining.
Not only did he continue, but he also intensified his efforts.
“Stop refining at once!” The voice now carried a hint of panic.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled and directly summoned his Primal Eternal Flame.
“I already called you an idiot, and now you’re telling me to stop? Did you forget to top up your IQ?” Lan Xiaobu cursed while his hands worked tirelessly.
Since he had already broken through the first layer of the restriction, the subsequent layers became easier, and he only occasionally needed the Cosmic Dimension Matrix’s help.
Time passed, and Lan Xiaobu refined one restriction after another, from the first layer to the tenth.
By the time he reached the tenth layer, he no longer needed the Cosmic Dimension Matrix’s assistance.
From there, it was smooth sailing, and he could even sense the fear emanating from the soul imprint.
Threatening Lan Xiaobu? He wasn’t afraid of threats.
The forty-eighth layer, the forty-ninth layer!
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to charge forward, he heard a cracking sound, and all the restrictions on the True Spirit World were shattered.
Now, the True Spirit World was fully exposed before him.
Lan Xiaobu smirked, “I thought it would be stronger, but it was only forty-nine layers. Even if there were a hundred, I wouldn’t flinch.”
The soul imprint had already hidden itself, not daring to respond to Lan Xiaobu’s taunts.
What he had refined earlier were just the remnants of someone else’s soul imprint.
Now, he could truly begin refining the True Spirit World.
With the restrictions removed, it only took Lan Xiaobu a month to fully refine the True Spirit World.
Soon after, he extracted a fragment of a soul imprint from a corner of the True Spirit World. “You’re quite good at hiding. Even my Primal Eternal Flame couldn’t catch you. Impressive.”
“You’re dead,” the soul fragment said, knowing that Lan Xiaobu wasn’t intimidated by threats.
It didn’t even bother to beg for mercy.
Lan Xiaobu’s flame surged, instantly reducing the soul fragment to nothingness.
He couldn’t perform a soul search, nor did he care to know who this soul fragment belonged to.
Lan Xiaobu’s figure flashed, and he appeared inside his True Spirit World.
His divine sense swept out, covering a radius of a hundred thousand miles.
This True Spirit World wasn’t of the highest grade—it was only mid-tier.
Inside, there were many spirit herbs, most of which were below the seventh grade.
A rather luxurious cave dwelling appeared in Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense.
Was there someone inside?
Having someone else in his True Spirit World was unacceptable.
Lan Xiaobu approached the cave.
The restrictions outside were of a high level, but since the True Spirit World now belonged to him, he didn’t need to break them.
With a wave of his divine sense, the restrictions crumbled.
Inside the cave was a single bed, on which lay a woman.
The woman’s eyes were closed, and there was no trace of life in her.
Lan Xiaobu found a soul-locking restriction on her body.
It seemed her soul had been scattered, and her body was locked here, preventing her soul from reuniting with her body or entering the cycle of reincarnation.
Despite her pale complexion and closed eyes, Lan Xiaobu couldn’t help but notice how beautiful she was.
With a wave of his hand, the soul-locking restriction vanished.
Her body immediately went limp, but there was still no sign of life.
Lan Xiaobu walked over to the woman and picked up half of a pearl from her pillow.
When his divine sense touched the pearl, he immediately recognized it.
This was the Blinding Pearl, a treasure belonging to the Rainbow Cloud Fairy.
Lan Xiaobu knew exactly who the Rainbow Cloud Fairy was.
She was a woman of great loyalty, who had sought to avenge Zhao Gongming but was ultimately destroyed by the Primordial Sage with a single gesture, shattering her Blinding Pearl.
She was later killed by Nezha, who pierced her shoulder and then delivered a fatal blow.
Seeing the bloodstain on the Rainbow Cloud Fairy’s chest, Lan Xiaobu knew that was the fatal wound.
Remembering that he still had the Eight Trigrams Dragon Whisker Kerchief, Lan Xiaobu couldn’t help but sigh.
The master and disciple were truly ruthless.
The Primordial Sage was also a bit unfair, interfering in a battle between juniors.
But these were matters beyond his control.
Lan Xiaobu had a favorable impression of the Rainbow Cloud Fairy.
He took out a seventh-grade Nine Revolutions Transcendence Pill and placed it in her mouth.
If he could find the missing fragment of her soul in the future, he might be able to revive her.
Lan Xiaobu knew that the Rainbow Cloud Fairy hadn’t been enshrined in the Fengshen Bang, so her soul likely wasn’t sealed there.
After setting up a vitality array around the Rainbow Cloud Fairy, Lan Xiaobu left the True Spirit World.
Now, he could go and retrieve that top-grade earth-attribute spirit vein.
For an eighth-grade immortal array master like Lan Xiaobu, extracting a partially exposed top-grade spirit vein was a simple task.
The earth-attribute spirit vein was sent into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, and the Bitter Pan Immortal Fruit was transplanted into his True Spirit World.
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
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