Chapter 00317: Weakness is the Original Sin
# Weakness is the Original Sin
Chapter 317
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 317: Weakness is the Original Sin
Lan Xiaobu thought to himself that the people in front of him were all Immortal Emperors.
He only had one high-grade immortal spirit vein, and it had already been used for setting up formations.
For these Immortal Emperors, taking out a few high-grade immortal spirit veins shouldn’t be a big deal.
He nodded and simply accepted Liu Ming’s storage ring.
Seeing that Lan Xiaobu had taken Liu Ming’s ring, Xi Shengyin quickly took out a ring of his own and handed it to Lan Xiaobu. “Senior, I also have a few high-grade immortal spirit veins here. Since I’ve just received your generosity, I’d like to offer these to you as well.”
Lan Xiaobu didn’t stand on ceremony and accepted the ring.
Then he said, “I’ll be leaving now. If my disciple, Lan Xiaobu, shows up, please take care of him.”
Liu Ming quickly said, “Senior, why not come to the city lord’s mansion for a visit? I happen to have some matters I’d like to discuss with you.”
“Oh? What kind of matters? Why not just say it here? No one will be able to eavesdrop,” Lan Xiaobu asked with a hint of curiosity, casually setting up a barrier.
Go to the city lord’s mansion? Lan Xiaobu thought to himself, I haven’t set up any formations there.
Why would I go? Even though I know you wouldn’t dare to make a move against me, it’s better to avoid unnecessary risks.
Feeling the power of Lan Xiaobu’s formation techniques, the three Immortal Emperors were inwardly shocked.
Liu Ming clasped his fists and said, “This is a long story, starting from the alchemy competition. Senior’s disciple, Alchemist Lan Xiaobu, once participated in the Mo Xuan Alchemy Competition. Alchemist Lan is a natural-born alchemy genius with a heart for the Dao of Alchemy. While ordinary alchemists guard their alchemy secrets closely, Alchemist Lan generously shared his alchemy formation disk, allowing many participating alchemists in the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain to gain insights into the Dao of Alchemy. As the city lord of Mo Xuan Xingdao Immortal City and the person in charge of this alchemy competition, I failed to protect Lan Xiaobu. Before this, I even knew some inside information that was unfavorable to him, yet I chose to follow the arrangements of the powerful. I feel deeply ashamed.”
“Inside information?” Lan Xiaobu pretended to be puzzled, though inwardly he felt a bit more favorable toward Liu Ming.
At least this guy wasn’t hypocritical and could be considered a genuine scoundrel.
Liu Ming nodded. “Yes, the alchemy competition in the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain was actually initiated by the Qingfang Immortal Domain. A semi-divine expert from the Qingfang Immortal Domain, Sai Wuyun, brought a True Spirit World and a medicinal scripture to the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain, claiming to use these as rewards to find the most talented alchemy geniuses. In reality, those things were just a front. What they were really looking for were alchemy geniuses. Once they found the geniuses, they planned to take them away, and the treasures would naturally follow.”
Lan Xiaobu thought to himself, so the True Spirit World and the medicinal scripture weren’t from the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain.
He knew about the divine sense mark on the alchemy cauldron, but he wasn’t sure who left the mark on the top-grade immortal spirit vein.
Among the things he had obtained, three had divine sense marks.
The soul seal on the True Spirit World was the hardest to remove.
With the help of the Cosmic Dimension Matrix and the Time Formation Disk, it took him over a decade to finally erase it.
The divine sense mark on the alchemy cauldron was familiar to him—it belonged to the Jiting Chamber of Commerce, so it was easy to remove.
“Do you know why they’re looking for alchemy geniuses?” Lan Xiaobu asked.
Liu Ming replied, “They did discover a Chaos Secret Realm, and it’s true that they want to cultivate alchemists who can surpass the ninth-grade Immortal Alchemy Emperor. However, it’s definitely not for the reason they claimed—to help some semi-divine experts completely transcend the immortal level and seek a way out of our abandoned universe to a higher cosmic plane.”
“Then what is the reason?” Lan Xiaobu became more interested.
Liu Ming hesitated for a moment before saying, “I’m not entirely sure, but I suspect it has something to do with the upper realm. Senior, have you heard of the Five Realms Immortal World?”
Lan Xiaobu was just about to ask about the Five Realms Immortal World, and here was the perfect opportunity.
He immediately said, “Of course, I visited the Five Realms Immortal World a few years ago. Although that place has an abundance of immortal spirit herbs, the laws of heaven and earth are a bit weak.”
“Senior has been to the Five Realms Immortal World?” Liu Ming looked at Lan Xiaobu in surprise.
Lan Xiaobu nodded. “Yes, I’ve been there.”
“Then does Senior know how to get to the Five Realms Immortal World?” Liu Ming grew even more excited.
Lan Xiaobu was puzzled.
Why would Liu Ming, an Immortal Emperor of the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain, be asking about a lower-level immortal world with incomplete laws?
Sensing Lan Xiaobu’s confusion, Liu Ming quickly explained, “The Five Realms Immortal World is not as simple as it appears on the surface. If the laws of heaven and earth in the Five Realms Immortal World were complete, it might become the most perfect cosmic world in our vast universe. You should know that the Five Realms Immortal World was formed by the fusion of five cosmic worlds and the Chaos Void, right?”
“I’ve heard of that,” Lan Xiaobu said.
Liu Ming continued, “And the cosmic worlds that merged to form the Five Realms Immortal World are not simple. It’s said that each of those cosmic worlds once existed as an independent plane. Take the Taihan Cosmic World, for example. I actually come from the Taihan Cosmic World, though I was born in a realm that was abandoned by it. The first sage of the Taihan Cosmic World, Kunwei, had reached a level of cultivation that could shake the heavens and earth. With a wave of his hand, he could make the void disappear and turn the cosmos into dust. And there were six other sages in the Taihan Cosmic World who were either on par with Kunwei or slightly weaker.”
Lan Xiaobu thought to himself, these sages sound as powerful as those from the Great Desolate Cosmic World.
Liu Ming pointed upward. “The semi-divine expert from the Qingfang Immortal Domain, Sai Wuyun, once revealed some information. It’s possible that above the immortal realm lies another realm—the divine realm. Of course, this information also partly comes from the time when the Five Realms Immortal World was being formed. During the fusion of the Five Realms Immortal World, the great being who merged the five cosmic worlds mentioned that some supreme experts would be sent to a higher realm, which is speculated to be the divine realm. The sages of the five cosmic worlds are said to be stronger than the strongest beings in the divine realm. They could even annihilate an entire divine domain…”
Lan Xiaobu thought to himself, isn’t that a bit exaggerated? He didn’t know if the divine realm existed, but he did know that even the strongest experts from Yuan Continent wouldn’t dare to claim they could crush the entire Mo Xuan Immortal Domain.
Liu Ming said, “The sages of the five cosmic worlds might not be going to the divine realm but to another place entirely. The great being who merged the Five Realms Immortal World might not be stronger than the sages of the five cosmic worlds, but his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth was likely superior to that of the sages who remained in the five cosmic worlds. That’s why he was able to merge the five cosmic worlds when they were on the verge of collapse.”
Lan Xiaobu fell into deep thought.
Some things were still vague, and he couldn’t quite grasp them yet.
“The semi-divine experts from the Qingfang Immortal Domain are desperately searching for top-tier alchemy geniuses because they want to refine immortal pills that can help semi-divine experts advance further. The Qingfang Immortal Domain has existed for countless eons, and after reaching the Immortal Emperor level, cultivators can no longer progress. That’s why the Qingfang Immortal Domain has the most Immortal Emperors. Some of these Immortal Emperors have gained insights into higher-level Dao principles and become semi-divine. However, due to the limitations of the laws of heaven and earth, semi-divine experts are still considered immortals and can only remain in the immortal realm.”
Lan Xiaobu asked, “City Lord Liu, even if they’re looking for alchemy geniuses, why the urgency? From the way Sai Wuyun acted, it seemed like he wanted to find the top alchemy genius immediately.”
Liu Ming replied, “Logically, that shouldn’t be the case. However, I once heard him mention the concept of the ‘Cosmic Calamity.’ This calamity targets every peak-level cultivator. When the number of powerful beings in the universe reaches a certain limit, the calamity will come. Those sages are used to discarding what doesn’t suit them, so before the calamity arrives, they naturally try to divert it to the places they’ve abandoned. Whether it’s the Qingfang Immortal Domain or the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain, both are the biggest victims of this calamity. It’s normal for an entire realm to collapse and for immortals to perish.”
Lan Xiaobu said, “City Lord Liu, are you saying that above the immortal realm lies the divine realm, and above the divine realm lies another realm where those sages reside? Now that those powerful sages and divine beings know the calamity is coming, they’re diverting it to lower realms like the immortal realm. But there are also powerful beings in the immortal realm, like the semi-divine expert Sai Wuyun, who don’t want to be turned to ash by the calamity. So they’re sparing no effort to find alchemy geniuses, hoping to cultivate a divine alchemist in a short time who can refine pills for them, giving them a chance to escape the immortal realm. Is that it?”
Liu Ming gave a self-deprecating smile. “Although much of this is my speculation, based on previous events, it’s probably close to the truth. In reality, those sages and divine beings… well, they’re just like us—abandoned by the higher realms. The calamity was diverted to the abandoned cosmic worlds, and then they diverted it to the immortal realms within those abandoned cosmic worlds. I don’t think the immortal realm has the ability or the right to divert the calamity. If they did, they probably wouldn’t be trying to cultivate divine alchemists. Instead, they’d divert the calamity to the cultivation realms, and the cultivation realms would divert it to the mortal realms…”
This was a classic case of the big fish eating the small fish, and the small fish eating the shrimp.
In the end, it all boiled down to one thing: weakness is the original sin.
Because you’re weak, you have to bear all the burdens.
Lan Xiaobu fell silent.
Liu Ming continued, “The Qingfang Immortal Domain will definitely send people to the Five Realms Immortal World. The reason I asked Senior about the Five Realms Immortal World earlier is that, in my opinion, although the Five Realms Immortal World has the weakest laws of heaven and earth, it’s also one of the most likely places to avoid the calamity because it has the strongest foundation. If one day the calamity is indeed diverted to the immortal realm by those powerful beings, I hope to protect the Five Realms Immortal World. Whether it’s an abandoned cosmic world or not, I believe a universe cannot exist without an immortal realm.”
Lan Xiaobu felt a heavy weight in his heart.
He was sure Liu Ming was right—the Qingfang Immortal Domain was searching for the Five Realms Immortal World.
However, he suspected Liu Ming was wrong about one thing.
The Qingfang Immortal Domain wasn’t just looking for top-tier alchemy geniuses; they were also looking for a second escape route.
If Liu Ming could see the potential of the Five Realms Immortal World, wouldn’t others see it too? Using the Five Realms Immortal World as a fallback plan wasn’t a problem.
What was worrying was that these people might think that aside from themselves, the cultivators of other immortal domains weren’t even worth considering as human beings.
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(End of Chapter)