Chapter 00437: So You Think Surrendering Makes You Special
# So You Think Surrendering Makes You Special?
Chapter 437
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 437: So You Think Surrendering Makes You Special?
2022-05-06
Chapter 437: So You Think Surrendering Makes You Special?
As one Immortal Emperor after another from the Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation in the Silent God Valley were strangled to death, more and more Immortal Emperors chose to self-destruct.
Unfortunately, these fragmented self-detonations could no longer shake Lan Xiaobu’s massive formation.
Lan Xiaobu hid in a corner of the Divine Source Palace.
When his Sea of Consciousness was injured, he not only chose not to repair it but instead frantically carved Void Formation patterns to restore the formation.
Now he was finally reaping the consequences; he no longer had the strength to control his formation.
For him, the most important thing now was to quickly finish off these enemies and then find a quiet place to heal his wounds.
Luckily, the most dire moment had passed.
After the Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation was fully unleashed, no one could rush forward to challenge Lan Xiaobu.
A day later, the Divine Source Palace fell silent.
Lan Xiaobu could sense that all the cultivators from the Silent God Valley who had entered the Divine Source Palace had been strangled.
Outside the palace, aside from the cultivators inside, there were only a few guards or similar, but to Lan Xiaobu they no longer posed any threat.
With his Sea of Consciousness severely injured, Lan Xiaobu had no choice but to remain in the Divine Source Palace to heal.
Fortunately, he carried a large number of Nine-Turn Soul Transfer Pills.
Although he lacked the top-grade Nine-Turn Soul Transfer Pill of the Ninth Tier, even the top-grade Seventh-Tier pill had a tremendous effect in restoring his Sea of Consciousness.
Two months later, Lan Xiaobu’s Sea of Consciousness finally began its slow recovery.
In the quiet seclusion of the Divine Source Palace, with no one to disturb him, he could focus on healing.
Half a year later, Lan Xiaobu finally left the Divine Source Palace.
With the help of various top-grade healing pills and natural treasures, his Sea of Consciousness gradually healed.
No matter if there were any survivors left in the Silent God Valley, before leaving he made sure to seal off the entire Silent God Valley completely.
Lan Xiaobu wanted to go see where Luo Caisi and Qu Fei had split up; perhaps he could find some clues.
Before that, however, he had to return once more to the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain.
Ever since he learned that Cai Shang possessed the ability of split incarnations, Lan Xiaobu had suspected that Cai Shang very likely had not been killed.
Lan Xiaobu wasn’t sure if all of Cai Shang’s belongings had been left behind, but one thing he was certain of was that none of the obvious treasures, such as that turtle shell of the Devil Spirit Tortoise, had been taken.
The fact that such prized items were left behind made him instinctively feel that Cai Shang had been killed.
Why would Cai Shang give him that impression? It had to be that the underground square in the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain contained information about Cai Shang’s split incarnation.
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu felt a twinge of regret for not having entered the formation door where Cai Shang was located to inspect.
If the explosive of cultivators in that underground square was caused by Cai Shang himself, then it had indeed played its part.
The appearance of the Reincarnation Cauldron left much to be desired, but its speed was unmatched; in Void Flight, there was no need to worry about falling meteors or similar hazards.
With the strength and durability of the Reincarnation Cauldron, any meteor striking it would have no effect.
…
Arriving at the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain once more, the plaza outside looked much the same as when Lan Xiaobu had last left.
But at a glance, Lan Xiaobu immediately noticed that someone had been there—not only had there been visitors, but someone had also attacked the massive display screen of his formation with his own formation display.
Even though Lan Xiaobu had set up the massive display screen to let others know that the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain was an escape-capable Immortal Domain, he knew that in the vast universe anyone could come.
For this reason, around the display screen he had also arranged a Void Strangulation Formation.
This formation had surpassed even the Ninth-Level Immortal Formation and it was a Void Strangulation Formation that even Cai Shang could not break through—not to mention anyone else.
As long as no one attacked either the Protective Boundary Formation or the Void Display Screen, the formation would remain dormant.
The faint traces of blood on the plaza indicated that his strangulation formation had been triggered; all the cultivators who attacked the display screen had been utterly strangled by the void formation.
There were no rings on the ground; they had likely been collected by later arrivals.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t pay much attention to those details.
He activated the sealing formation of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain to break in, and once again made his way to the Thunder Gourd Immortal Court’s grand plaza.
Lan Xiaobu activated his own seal and entered the underground square.
The blood pillars in the underground square were still strikingly horrifying, and a disagreeable aura pervaded the entire area.
Lan Xiaobu walked through these blood pillars until he stood in front of the formation door where, at that time, Cai Shang had secluded himself.
The formation door was open, and everything inside could be seen clearly.
But no—it wasn’t right.
A meditation mat that had been on the ground was gone.
Even though he had long suspected that Cai Shang had not truly been killed, at the moment he saw the meditation mat disappear, Lan Xiaobu felt regret for his carelessness.
It wasn’t that he feared Cai Shang; it was because he was not alone—he was the Immortal Court King of a whole Immortal Domain.
A person like Cai Shang could refine an Immortal Domain as easily as breathing and eating; how could he care about destroying a single weed in the Five Universe Immortal Domain?
The disappearance of the meditation mat clearly meant Cai Shang had taken it himself.
Within that small formation door, Lan Xiaobu continued his search.
Besides some refinement formations, there seemed to be nothing else of note.
Lan Xiaobu sighed and muttered to himself, “You’re too late, Cai Shang. Clearly you’ve already left. What a sly fellow.” An hour later, as Lan Xiaobu left the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, in the far corner of the underground square a phantom suddenly appeared inside the formation door.
The shadow slowly solidified, and as it took on distinct features, it revealed the unmistakable appearance of Cai Shang.
With an icy gaze, Cai Shang fixed his eyes on the location of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain’s Void Plaza and spoke each word deliberately, “Five Universe Immortal Domain? Rest assured, I will definitely cross over.”
“Really? But I guarantee you won’t make it. Do you believe that?” Suddenly, an abrupt voice rang out.
Cai Shang spun around and was startled to see that, within that formation door, unnoticed at some point, a person had appeared—none other than Lan Xiaobu himself, who had left an hour before.
“Y–you…” Cai Shang managed only a single word before his form began to fade quickly.
Boom! In the void it was as if a huge net suddenly materialized.
Cai Shang’s fading body re-solidified and crashed back into the formation door of the void.
“So you’ve set up a Space Sealing Formation here?” Cai Shang asked, his eyes showing a trace of fear.
Lan Xiaobu paid no heed to the look in Cai Shang’s eyes.
When he had previously fought Cai Shang, the fear and despair in his eyes had been just part of the act.
In the end, through such performance he had managed to escape.
Leaving behind so many things proved that Cai Shang was definitely not a cultivator who only cared about the moment.
“What do you say? The first time, your deception worked because I lacked experience; but if I fall for it a second time, then I’ll have only myself to blame. Since you know I come from the Five Universe Immortal Domain, there ought to be your own set-ups in the Void Plaza of the Thunder Gourd Immortal Domain, right?” Lan Xiaobu said lightly.
In his eyes, Cai Shang at most had the strength of an ordinary Immortal Emperor; he didn’t even need the help of a void formation to dispatch his opponent.
Cai Shang sighed and his tone grew calm, “Even if you kill me, it will all be for nothing. I have seven split incarnations, and this is only one of them. Why was I ever able to escape back then? Because I can shift my split manifestations. As long as you kill me, part of my soul will instantly transfer to another split. And in no more than ten thousand years, I can reach my absolute peak.”
“You’re thinking of using the flame to burn your soul for ten thousand years? Or setting up a formation to slowly tear apart your Primordial Spirit?” Lan Xiaobu teased with a smile.
“Kill me then,” Cai Shang said, resignation in his voice. “But know this, if you do kill me, it won’t matter. I can vouch that I will never even so much as pluck a single weed from the Five Universe Immortal Domain.” In a respectful tone he added, though his mind was still wondering how Lan Xiaobu had known he hadn’t left.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, “So you think surrendering makes you special? If you’re so confident, then go to the Five Universe Immortal Domain. Honestly, I’m not afraid of you going there. Right now I’m very busy—I don’t have time to lecture you—but you must answer a few questions for me.”
(End of Chapter)