Chapter 00377: Representing the Lingwei Immortal Domain
# Representing the Lingwei Immortal Domain
Chapter 377
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 377: Representing the Lingwei Immortal Domain
Qiao Xing immediately understood Lan Xiaobu's meaning and quickly said, "Everyone, please don't act impulsively. Although the Immortal King of the Five Realms Immortal Court is somewhat autocratic, he has made some contributions to the Five Realms Immortal World. At the very least, he established the Five Realms Immortal Court and formed a cultivator army. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, the Five Realms Immortal World would no longer exist?" Lan Xiaobu said indifferently.
"From the current Nightmare Demon tide, it seems the Five Realms Immortal Court hasn't done anything particularly noteworthy. Perhaps the Five Realms Immortal World not existing wouldn't be any worse than this outcome, right?"
Lan Xiaobu said this because this area was clearly one of the most severely affected by the Nightmare Demon hordes, yet he didn't see any defensive formations or measures in place.
Even if they couldn't set up a top-tier formation, at least a basic defensive immortal formation should be possible, right? At the very least, there should be a few people stationed here to monitor the Nightmare Demon hordes or set up a warning formation.
As for Qiao Xing being here, it was likely not on orders from the Five Realms Immortal Court.
He was acting on his own initiative.
It seemed that the Five Realms Immortal World was merely retreating wherever the Nightmare Demon hordes advanced.
Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment, then realized that Lan Xiaobu was speaking the truth.
Whether the Five Realms Immortal Court existed or not, it didn't seem to have much effect on curbing the expansion of the Nightmare Demons.
"Fellow Daoists, if you are immortal formation masters and don't wish to join the Five Realms Immortal Court, I suggest you avoid it altogether. The Five Realms Immortal Court has an eighth-grade defensive immortal formation set up by an external formation master. If you anger the Immortal King, I fear..."
Qiao Xing didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.
Qiao Xing was a good person and didn't want to see an immortal formation master perish here due to internal strife.
Lan Xiaobu smiled, "What if the Immortal King of the Five Realms Immortal Court is a decent person? Maybe I'll represent the Lingwei Immortal Domain and acknowledge him?"
"That's right, you can represent the Lingwei Immortal Domain and go to the Four Realms Immortal City," Qiao Xing immediately said.
"Can one represent the Lingwei Immortal Domain without an official decree from the Immortal King of Lingwei?" Lan Xiaobu was puzzled this time.
He had only said it casually earlier, but it seemed it was actually possible.
Qiao Xing laughed, "Of course, it's possible. The Lingwei Immortal Domain has sent people several times, all representing the Lingwei Immortal Court."
"Were they from the Great Desolate Immortal Sect or the Mubei Great Immortal City?" Lan Xiaobu asked.
Qiao Xing shook his head, "The Mubei Great Immortal City only came once. Later, because they refused to comply with the demands of the Immortal King of the Five Realms Immortal Court, their representative was imprisoned. After that, no one from the Mubei Great Immortal City came again. Those who came were from other sects. As long as they were cultivators from the Lingwei Immortal Domain, they could represent it. However, I've heard that only those sent by the Mubei Great Immortal City and the Great Desolate Universe can truly represent the Lingwei Immortal Domain."
Lan Xiaobu sneered.
Since when had the Lingwei Immortal Domain become so benevolent that anyone could represent it?
"The Five Realms Immortal Court is quite something, imprisoning people from the Mubei Great Immortal City," Lan Xiaobu's killing intent surged.
He and Gong Yunqi had already destroyed the Divine Cloud Immortal Pool.
How dare a mere Five Realms Immortal Court cause trouble?
Qiao Xing replied, "Yes, I heard his name is You Yihe, a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal."
You Yihe? Lan Xiaobu's expression darkened.
He naturally knew You Yihe, who had joined him alongside Immortal King Gu Feihe, both from the Great Desolate Universe.
When Lan Xiaobu left the Lingwei Immortal Domain, Gu Feihe and You Yihe, along with other Great Luo Golden Immortals, were his most capable aides.
Although Fu Qianhen was his most trusted confidant, he hadn't fully matured yet and his cultivation was still too low.
"Fellow Daoist Qiao, please take us to the Four Realms Immortal City," Lan Xiaobu wanted to see immediately what gave the Immortal King the audacity to imprison a representative of his Lingwei Immortal Domain.
"Of course, let's go together. Just remember, don't do anything reckless in the Four Realms Immortal City. The city has an eighth-grade defensive immortal formation. Even an Immortal Emperor might not be able to escape unscathed," Qiao Xing agreed, then reminded them again.
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The Four Realms Immortal City wasn't close to where Lan Xiaobu and the others had appeared.
Qiao Xing's mid-grade flying immortal artifact wasn't slow, but it still took a day and a night to reach the city.
Along the way, Lan Xiaobu's divine sense detected that all the immortal sects, immortal cities, and markets were in complete disarray.
The Five Realms Immortal World had only recently merged, and many immortal cities, markets, and sects were just being established.
Yet, under the onslaught of the Nightmare Demon tide, it seemed everything was reverting to its primitive state.
As they traveled, Lan Xiaobu and the others occasionally encountered lone Nightmare Demons.
However, they still didn't see any monitoring formations or scouting cultivators.
It wasn't until they neared the Four Realms Immortal City that Lan Xiaobu saw the first defensive immortal formation—a sixth-grade one.
Outside the city, Lan Xiaobu saw the eighth-grade defensive immortal formation Qiao Xing had mentioned.
This eighth-grade defensive immortal formation was rather crude, barely qualifying as eighth-grade.
It could just as easily be considered a seventh-grade formation.
Along the way, Lan Xiaobu also learned why Qiao Xing had been outside.
Qiao Xing had been out there to collect Nightmare Demon cores and scout the movements of the hordes.
It was indeed his personal initiative.
Qiao Xing claimed to have unique skills in disguise and concealment.
In Lan Xiaobu's view, Qiao Xing likely possessed transformation abilities from the Heavenly Pivot or Earthly Fiend techniques.
Due to the outbreak and spread of the Nightmare Demon tide, the cultivators of the Five Realms Immortal World's Tanmiao Immortal Domain had been pushed into a corner.
The Four Realms Immortal City was the most prosperous city in this corner, as cultivators could still obtain some meager cultivation resources here.
If they went elsewhere, not only was the immortal spiritual energy thin, but it was also difficult to obtain resources.
Another important reason was that no one dared to cultivate in seclusion outside anymore.
Nightmare Demons were everywhere, and staying outside to cultivate in seclusion was tantamount to suicide.
"Which immortal domain are you from?" The guards at the city gate stopped Lan Xiaobu and the others.
Qiao Xing immediately took out four first-grade Nightmare Demon cores and handed them to the four guards.
"They are representatives of the Lingwei Immortal Domain."
"The Lingwei Immortal Domain?" One of the guards chuckled as he pocketed the cores.
"A few days ago, representatives from the Lingwei Immortal Domain arrived. I didn't expect more to come. But for the Lingwei Immortal Domain, it's normal. I heard their Immortal King has gone missing. Probably anyone from the Lingwei Immortal Domain can claim to be a representative."
"Someone has already come representing the Lingwei Immortal Domain?" Lan Xiaobu asked in surprise.
The guard, in a good mood after receiving the cores, replied, "That's right. This time, powerful figures from external immortal domains have arrived. I heard the Five Realms Immortal World is about to be swallowed by the Nightmare Demons. These powerful figures from external domains plan to evacuate everyone from the Five Realms Immortal World, then engage the Nightmare Demons in battle. They might even destroy an entire realm to make the Nightmare Demons disappear..."
"That's impossible," Qiao Xing immediately said, his expression grim.
No matter what, the Five Realms Immortal World could not be destroyed.
"Nothing is impossible. Right now, the Five Realms Immortal Court, representing the Five Realms Immortal World, is convening a meeting with the Immortal Kings of the four major immortal domains to discuss this matter," the guard said indifferently.
For an ant like him, nothing could be changed.
Being able to transfer to another immortal world and survive was already a great fortune.
After entering the city, they indeed saw a panicked atmosphere.
Most cultivators were rushing about.
Qiao Xing, in a terrible mood, stopped and clasped his fists, saying, "Fellow Daoists, you should find a place to stay first. Let's exchange communication beads. This matter is of great importance. I need to find my friends and get some answers."
Lan Xiaobu said, "Fellow Daoist Qiao, there's no need to find a place to stay. I'd like to ask where the Five Realms Immortal Court's palace is located. We need to go there now."
Qiao Xing frowned slightly.
"Fellow Daoists, according to the procedures of the Five Realms Immortal Court, you should first find a place to stay and wait for the Immortal King's summons. Going directly to the palace now might lead to serious consequences."
He still valued Lan Xiaobu as a sixth-grade immortal formation master.
Right now, an immortal formation master's assistance to the Five Realms Immortal World was no small matter.
The Immortal King of the Five Realms Immortal Court was somewhat stubborn.
If Lan Xiaobu's words angered him, it could mean certain death.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, "All the cultivators of the Five Realms Immortal World are about to be evacuated. The entire Five Realms Immortal World is going to be handed over to another immortal domain, and it might even be destroyed along with the Nightmare Demons. Why should we care about such trivial details?"
Qiao Xing stopped, his thoughts turning.
Then he said, "You're right. I, Qiao Xing, would rather stay in the Five Realms Immortal World and perish with the Nightmare Demons than leave this place. I'll accompany you. I, Qiao Xing, want to ask Xin Zhen, the Immortal King of the Five Realms Immortal Court, why he agreed to hand over the Five Realms Immortal World to another domain."
As an Immortal King, he understood better than anyone that leaving the Five Realms Immortal World was no easy task.
Being guided by another immortal domain to leave would likely be a life-and-death struggle.
Wandering the void would be a relatively good outcome.
The most likely scenario was being betrayed and killed.
Right now, cultivation resources were scarce everywhere.
The Five Realms Immortal World, having just merged, had abundant resources.
He couldn't believe that powerful figures from other immortal domains would be so kind as to help transfer cultivators from the Five Realms Immortal World and assist in resisting the Nightmare Demons.
The most likely scenario was that they wanted to take control of the Five Realms Immortal World.
As for the cultivators of the Five Realms Immortal World, they would just be killed.
Why would they take them to their own immortal domains to consume resources? One or two people wouldn't matter, but how many cultivators were in the Five Realms Immortal World? It was formed from the fusion of five great universes.
Even with the Nightmare Demon tide, the number of cultivators in the Five Realms Immortal World was astronomical.
Bringing so many people to their own immortal domains to share resources? Anyone with a brain would see the problem.
If people were truly so selfless, the five great universes wouldn't have collapsed and merged into the Five Realms Immortal World in the first place.
Lan Xiaobu laughed heartily and patted Qiao Xing's shoulder.
"Fellow Daoist Qiao, that's the right attitude. Let me introduce myself. I'm Lan Xiaobu. These are my friends: Gong Yunqi, Shi Yan, and Yan Xuan."
(End of Chapter)