Chapter 00431: Seal of the Immortal Domain
# Seal of the Immortal Domain
Chapter 431
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 431 Seal of the Immortal Domain
2022-05-06
Chapter 431 Seal of the Immortal Domain
Lan Xiaobu quickly snatched away Cai Shang’s ring, the turtle shell, and one of the formation flags.
In his heart he exhaled in relief – that fellow was truly formidable.
There was no time to inspect the ring now; he tossed it together with the turtle shell into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
However, he kept watching that formation flag over and over, suspecting that it must be the main flag controlling the World Protection Formation of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain.
Boom! Boom! One after another bursts of bloody mists exploded out, and both Lan Xiaobu and Qu Fei stood in dumbfounded shock as they watched the entire underground plaza.
After Cai Shang was killed, one by one, the cultivators who had been imprisoned on the blood pillars exploded into pieces.
“Little Brother Xiaobu, please save them…” Qu Fei said anxiously.
Had it not been for Lan Xiaobu rescuing her, she would have been counted among those countless cultivators.
Lan Xiaobu shook his head.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to rescue them – he simply could not.
If Cai Shang were still alive, he might have been able to help.
But with Cai Shang dead, the soul prints of his very essence had already merged deep within these people.
Once Cai Shang died, there was no escape; these people were doomed.
Even if they all knew that Cai Shang was dead, every soul here on the plaza was bound to perish.
Lan Xiaobu had to kill Cai Shang – he had no other choice.
Though he looked weak at the moment, a single fist mark from Cai Shang would only have seriously injured him, not taken his life.
In fact, Lan Xiaobu knew very well that he could allow Cai Shang to be wounded by tens of thousands of strikes, even shatter his mortal body, and still have Cai Shang launch a counterattack.
But he simply could not endure even one truly powerful blow from Cai Shang – if that attack actually hit him, he would have long been dead.
For him, being struck by Cai Shang would mean certain death.
It was an utterly uneven fight; he had prepared for months under the assumption that Cai Shang would be careless, and only then had he barely managed to defeat him.
Or, one might say, Cai Shang had never regarded Lan Xiaobu as a real threat.
Quietly, Qu Fei followed behind Lan Xiaobu as they left the underground plaza.
Her heart was heavy.
She just could not understand how someone would dare to refine an entire Immortal Domain.
In an immortal domain, aren’t billions of cultivators lives? How could someone commit such cruelty without affecting their own Dao?
When they reached the grand plaza of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Court, the vitality of the entire Immortal Domain was rapidly recovering.
Although there was not yet any sound, it was merely that no life had come to reside there yet.
“For such a vast Immortal Domain, once we leave, not a single soul will remain,” Qu Fei said with a touch of sorrow as she stood in the plaza.
Lan Xiaobu replied, “You can live here.”
Immediately, Qu Fei shook her head like a clattering rattle. “I dare not live here. Brother Xiaobu, have you ever seen my master?”
In such an enormous Immortal Domain, not only was there not a single person remaining, not even a single animal.
Although she was a cultivator herself, she truly dared not reside in such a place.
Lan Xiaobu hesitated for a moment before saying, “I live in the Five Universe Immortal Domain, and your master is also in the Five Universe Immortal Domain. But from here to the Five Universe Immortal Domain, at your speed it would probably take more than twenty years. And I cannot return now – I have pressing matters at hand.”
Cai Shang belonged to Silent God Valley.
After killing Cai Shang, Lan Xiaobu wasn’t sure whether Silent God Valley had already found out.
Thus, he had to hurry and reach Silent God Valley as soon as possible.
Another matter that troubled Lan Xiaobu was how many experts like Cai Shang existed in Silent God Valley.
“Thank you, Brother Xiaobu. I can make it over in twenty years,” Qu Fei quickly bowed and replied.
Decades of time had passed during her escape through the void.
Before, she had not even had a definite goal.
Now, with a clear purpose to reach the Five Universe Immortal Domain, what was there to fear?
After saying this, Qu Fei, not waiting for further questions from Lan Xiaobu, took out an orientation jade slip and handed it to him. “This is the void route I traveled all along, including the place where I got separated from Sister Cai Si.”
“Thank you,” Lan Xiaobu hurriedly accepted the jade slip showing the location of the Five Universe Immortal Domain and handed Qu Fei an orientation crystal ball in return.
Originally, he had intended to ask Qu Fei about where Luo Cai Si had gone.
Now that Qu Fei had volunteered even a separation point for guidance, he would go look into it.
The World Protection Formation of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain had been activated.
Earlier, it was Cai Shang who had tried to stop Lan Xiaobu from leaving the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, but now with the main flag of the formation in Lan Xiaobu’s hands, he easily deactivated the formation.
“Brother Xiaobu, I know you have many things to handle, so I’ll leave now.” Qu Fei was eager to go find her master Nie Xiangyu, and she also knew that with her meager cultivation following Lan Xiaobu around, she would only end up hindering him.
Lan Xiaobu took out a ring and handed it to Qu Fei. “Inside this ring are some cultivation resources. Your cultivation should be nearing the Immortal King stage. If the journey takes long, you might even get a chance to break through to the Immortal King Realm. And if anything happens, you can send me a message.”
“Thank you, Brother Xiaobu,” Qu Fei replied quickly.
Just from his words, she knew that within that ring must be an Immortal Pill of the Immortal King.
“Oh, and wait a minute.” As Qu Fei was about to leave, Lan Xiaobu called her back once more.
Without much ceremony he refined ten formation flags on the spot and handed them to her.
“Brother Xiaobu, what are these formation flags?” Qu Fei asked, looking at them with confusion.
Pointing toward the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, Lan Xiaobu explained, “When I leave, I will seal the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain. Before the calamity arrives, if any cultivator has nowhere to go, they may reside in the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain. But to enter, you must have one of these formation flags – without it, you can’t get in. In the future, if someone comes from any Immortal Domain to search for me in the Five Universe Immortal Domain, they can take a formation flag along to enter for refuge. I don’t know when I can return to the Five Universe Immortal Domain; for now, you take this flag back. If I do not return, pass it on to Senior Gong Yunqi.”
“Yes.” Qu Fei quickly agreed.
After seeing Qu Fei off, Lan Xiaobu began sealing the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain.
Half a month later, Lan Xiaobu sealed the entrance of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain with a Divine Formation and erected a formation display screen in the void plaza outside the Immortal Domain.
On the display screen the inscription read:
“Because Silent God Valley intended to refine the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, they slaughtered all the cultivators of the Immortal Domain. The opponent was in the midst of this refinement when I discovered it. I killed the cultivators of Silent God Valley and reclaimed the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain. Protected by a Heavenly Gang Formation Flag, any Immortal Domain or cultivator who wishes to enter Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain may do so. To enter, one must first journey to the Five Universe Immortal Domain and obtain the entry flag from the Five Universe King. But one thing I must tell everyone: whoever is the first to enter the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain is forbidden from preventing cultivators of other Immortal Domains from entering. Otherwise, I will come after you, and Cai Shang’s fate will be your end.”
After dealing with the matters of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, Lan Xiaobu immediately teleported to the outskirts of Silent God Valley.
This area of void remained incredibly quiet, as if no one had ever set foot there.
After pulling up the surveillance footage, Lan Xiaobu realized that not only had people entered this place, but there were more than one.
What puzzled him was that people entered, yet none had ever left.
Lan Xiaobu had always been very wary of Silent God Valley, and after encountering Cai Shang, his wariness deepened further.
Upgrading the external formations a second time, he once again entered the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
“Daoist, Daoist…” When Fu Hen, who was imprisoned, saw Lan Xiaobu arrive, he quickly fawned and greeted him.
Lan Xiaobu took out a turtle shell and said, “Do you recognize this?”
Fu Hen looked at the turtle shell and shook his head in confusion. “I don’t know it.”
“Then do you know of this Cai Shang man?” Lan Xiaobu asked further.
Fu Hen simply shook his head. “I don’t know.”
Lan Xiaobu grew even more perplexed.
With Cai Shang’s might, how could Fu Hen not know of him? By all logic, anyone from Silent God Valley would surely know a true Divine Being.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu furrowing his brows, Fu Hen hastily added, “I have heard that there is a great event looming in Silent God Valley. If you are willing to cooperate with me, you could cross several major realms in the shortest time.”
“What event?” Lan Xiaobu glared at Fu Hen. “By the way, you only have one chance to speak. If I don’t like what you say, I won’t waste another breath of air from my world.”
“Hurry, I’ll speak. The Divine Source of Silent God Valley is about to be activated, and at that time, all cultivators of Silent God Valley will return. Under this Divine Source, they will refine their cultivation at astonishing speeds,” Fu Hen quickly explained.
“So that is it.” At last, Lan Xiaobu understood why, in Silent God Valley, people only entered but never emerged – it was because of this Divine Source.
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu felt a twinge of regret for not asking earlier whether Cai Shang had come out of Silent God Valley.
“Does Silent God Valley have any Divine Beings who have transcended the Immortal Emperor level? Not those trash half-divine stage types, but true Divine Beings.” Lan Xiaobu continued his inquiry.
“Divine Beings?” Fu Hen went blank for a moment, then quickly regained his senses and said, “How could Silent God Valley have Divine Beings? The strongest cultivator there is only at the half-divine stage. Once one crosses into the Divine Being realm, one must suffer suppression by the rules of Heaven and Earth, breaking the void to ascend to the next level.”
Hearing that answer, Lan Xiaobu frowned even deeper.
This was strange indeed.
Fu Hen’s words made sense.
Even Zhao Gongming, who was immensely powerful, had to voluntarily depart from the Immortal Domain because he could not withstand the suppression of the heavenly laws.
If even someone as strong as Zhao Gongming could not remain in the Immortal Domain, why then could Cai Shang stay?
Cai Shang must have had a tremendous secret, but unfortunately, he had been killed.
Lan Xiaobu paid no further heed to Fu Hen; he planned to enter Silent God Valley.
Without any Divine Beings, Silent God Valley posed little threat to him.
To enter Silent God Valley, Kuang Qi’s method was to use the Void Tidal current and follow the method left by Kuang Wu to walk through the void.
However, Lan Xiaobu discarded that method – he intended to enter Silent God Valley openly and squarely.
The natural shielding formation locking down Silent God Valley was, of course, protected by formation flags.
Lan Xiaobu then transformed his appearance to mimic Fu Hen’s look and used Fu Hen’s formation flag to gain entry into Silent God Valley.
Originally, he had planned to mimic Cai Shang’s appearance, but since Fu Hen claimed not to know Cai Shang – and with Cai Shang dead, in case there were any soul lamps present, transforming into Cai Shang might cause problems – he simply abandoned that idea.
(The End of This Chapter)