Chapter 00470: One Formation Flag Missing
# One Formation Flag Missing**
Chapter 470
Novel: Abandon The Universe
**Chapter 470: One Formation Flag Missing**
"Sorry, I can't return to the Five Realms Immortal World yet. Do you know about the Heavenly Tribulation? I want to stop it from reaching the Immortal Realm," Lan Xiaobu said.
"You know about the Heavenly Tribulation? You can stop it?" Luo Caisi looked at Lan Xiaobu in astonishment.
Of course, she knew about the Heavenly Tribulation—she had an Immortal Emperor master, and one whose status in the Mysterious River Immortal Domain was quite high.
But according to her master, the Heavenly Tribulation was a calamity cast down from the higher realms.
If it could be stopped, someone would have done so already.
Lan Xiaobu hesitated for a moment before replying, "If there’s one person in the Immortal Realm who can stop the Heavenly Tribulation, it has to be me. By chance, my formation skills have advanced very quickly, allowing me to set up grand formations that others can’t. Not only that, but I also obtained the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk..."
"The Heavenly Gang Formation Disk? The one from the Chaotic Secret Realm?" Luo Caisi was even more shocked.
When the Chaotic Secret Realm had opened, she had been on the run, and everything she knew about it came from her master.
So she had no idea that the thirty-six formation flags of the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk had been distributed among the various Immortal Domains.
Lan Xiaobu nodded.
"Yes. Originally, I was planning to go cause trouble for another faction in the Leviathan Ruins Sea, but after finding you, I’m in a good mood, so I won’t bother."
The guy who had snatched the Heavenly Gang Formation Flag from the Moon Spirit Immortal Domain was now approaching the Leviathan Ruins Sea.
Lan Xiaobu had initially intended to teach the Leviathan Ruins Sea a lesson for daring to steal the formation flags of the Immortal Realm.
But now, he didn’t want to stir up unnecessary trouble.
After all, he could reclaim those flags anytime.
"Mhm."
Luo Caisi hummed in acknowledgment before saying, "I just think it’s unfair. There are so many people in the Immortal Realm who’ve lived for so long. We’ve only been here for a short time—why should this responsibility fall on you?"
Luo Caisi had never witnessed Lan Xiaobu fighting against a group of Immortal Emperors.
Deep down, she still believed that no matter how strong Lan Xiaobu was, he had only been cultivating for a little over a hundred years.
Why weren’t those old monsters who had cultivated for millions of years stepping up to stop the Heavenly Tribulation?
Even though she didn’t ask, she knew that stopping the Heavenly Tribulation couldn’t be simple—there might even be life-threatening risks involved.
"Maybe it’s because I’ve had better luck with opportunities," Lan Xiaobu smiled faintly, unbothered.
He had obtained the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk and the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
If stopping the Heavenly Tribulation was his responsibility, so be it.
Gains and sacrifices went hand in hand—one couldn’t enjoy all the cultivation resources without giving anything in return.
"Then I’ll go with you," Luo Caisi said.
"Alright," Lan Xiaobu agreed without hesitation.
He had offended many powerful figures in the Leviathan Ruins Sea and outside the Chaotic Secret Realm.
While he was around, these people wouldn’t dare make a move.
But if he were to fall, as his Dao companion, Luo Caisi wouldn’t have an easy time.
If they stayed together, they could always take refuge in the Cosmic Dimension Matrix if things took a turn for the worse.
Luo Caisi was overjoyed.
She had thought Lan Xiaobu would arrange for someone to send her back to the Five Realms Immortal World, given how weak her cultivation was.
To her surprise, he had agreed so readily.
"Your cultivation is still too low, and your methods are limited. As for you, Gudao, your disguise technique is practically useless—it might even make people more suspicious. Starting today, I’ll teach you the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations..."
Lan Xiaobu said.
Luo Caisi had to become stronger.
For both their sakes, strength was the most fundamental prerequisite for survival.
If his own strength and formation skills hadn’t advanced so quickly, he would have been reduced to dust long ago.
In this world, if you wanted to reason with others, you first had to prove your fists were harder than theirs.
"Master Bu, do you have the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations? I heard the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend techniques go together," Gudao immediately asked with a fawning expression.
"Of course," Lan Xiaobu replied.
"Then I’ll take the one with more techniques!" Gudao didn’t understand the difference between thirty-six and seventy-two.
The Thirty-Six Transformations weren’t about having thirty-six changes—they were thirty-six supreme divine abilities, with transformation being just one of them.
The Seventy-Two Transformations, on the other hand, were seventy-two ordinary divine abilities, with transformation also being one of them.
"Fine."
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu carved a jade slip with the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations and handed it to Gudao.
It was up to Gudao to choose—he wouldn’t learn without experiencing setbacks.
He wouldn’t explain now.
When Gudao eventually realized his mistake, he’d come back on his own.
Gudao happily took the jade slip and scampered off to another corner.
Once Gudao was gone, Lan Xiaobu immediately said, "Caisi, I’ll teach you the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations. Compared to the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations, the Heavenly Gang techniques are the true supreme divine abilities..."
Luo Caisi didn’t say a word, only staring intently at Lan Xiaobu’s face.
Seeing the tenderness in her eyes, Lan Xiaobu’s heartbeat suddenly quickened.
He pulled her into a tight embrace.
Luo Caisi let out a soft murmur and wrapped her arms around him in return.
......
After Lan Xiaobu left the Leviathan Ruins Sea, the place returned to its former state.
However, compared to before, everyone in the Leviathan Ruins Sea felt as if something had changed—as if something was missing.
The days when people would kill at the slightest provocation were gone.
A rumor had spread throughout the Leviathan Ruins Sea: Senior Lan Xiaobu, who had once annihilated Ancient Kun Island, despised senseless killing.
Since Lan Xiaobu was a top-tier Immortal Formation Emperor, he had supposedly spent great effort setting up a massive surveillance formation in the Leviathan Ruins Sea.
Anyone who killed without just cause would be detected by this formation.
Though many knew this was unlikely, cultivators would rather believe it than not.
Thus, in the Leviathan Ruins Sea now, even if two people had a life-and-death grudge, they would first investigate the other’s background before acting.
The same went for the Immortal Realm.
Though Lan Xiaobu had left, the memory of his dominance over Void Island remained fresh in everyone’s minds.
The Immortal Court King of the Weixing Immortal Domain, Bai Xun, had been arrogant toward Lan Xiaobu—where was he now? The Qingfang Immortal Domain had fallen into decline, its Immortal Court King holed up at home, researching the Soul-Nourishing Pill.
Most people secluded themselves in their caves, desperately trying to improve their cultivation.
No one knew when the Heavenly Tribulation would arrive, and stronger cultivation meant a better chance of survival.
At this moment, on a desolate planet a hundred thousand miles from the Void Swamp Mud River, a woman was undergoing her Immortal King Tribulation.
The one undergoing the tribulation was none other than Luo Caisi.
After reuniting with Lan Xiaobu, with ample cultivation resources and the Longevity Technique, her progress had been meteoric.
In just over a hundred years, she had reached the point of breaking through to the Immortal King Realm.
*Crack!*
The final wave of tribulation lightning struck, but Luo Caisi withstood it—she was now a true Immortal King.
An hour later, after stabilizing her cultivation, she called out cheerfully, "Xiaobu, I’ve become an Immortal King!"
"Pfft, Mistress, I’m almost an eighth-level immortal demon beast. An Immortal King isn’t even worth mentioning," Gudao interjected at the worst possible moment.
"Gudao, are you itching for a beating? Mocking my cultivation?" Luo Caisi glared.
Gudao hurriedly backtracked, "I’m just jealous! Because I’m so jealous, I said it wasn’t worth mentioning on purpose!"
Luo Caisi couldn’t be bothered to argue with him and simply asked, "Where’s your Master Bu?"
She was puzzled.
Normally, Lan Xiaobu wouldn’t have gone far while she was undergoing her tribulation.
Lan Xiaobu’s voice came from a distance, "Caisi, congratulations on reaching the Immortal King Realm."
"Is something wrong?" Luo Caisi immediately asked.
Having been married to Lan Xiaobu for so long, she could tell he was unsettled.
Lan Xiaobu nodded.
"I feel the Heavenly Tribulation is coming. While you were undergoing your tribulation, I noticed changes in the one hundred and eight pillars at the bottom of the Swamp Mud River. It seemed like the grand formation was about to activate. Not only that, but the divine spiritual energy at the riverbed has grown even more concentrated."
"Then what should we do?" Luo Caisi asked urgently.
She had only just reached the Immortal King Realm.
Though her progress had been rapid, she was still far from being able to help Lan Xiaobu.
"I need to recall the thirty-six formation flags. Over the years, I’ve repeatedly considered this—even if the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk can mitigate the Heavenly Tribulation’s devastation, it can only protect one Immortal Domain. There’s no way it can shield all thirty-six."
Lan Xiaobu’s expression was grave.
Luo Caisi frowned in confusion.
"But isn’t the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk a supreme treasure? Something beyond the Immortal Realm? Shouldn’t it be able to protect all thirty-six Immortal Domains?"
Lan Xiaobu shook his head.
"It’s not that simple. Forget whether the Heavenly Gang Formation Flags can protect thirty-six Immortal Domains—even if they could, they’d need a power source beyond immortal spiritual energy. Yet we’ve placed the thirty-six flags in thirty-six separate Immortal Domains, with no divine source to sustain them and no formation masters to oversee them. Are we relying on luck to mitigate the Heavenly Tribulation? No matter how strong my formation skills are, I can only manage one place at a time."
Luo Caisi fell silent.
She knew that if the Heavenly Tribulation came, she and Lan Xiaobu would likely be fine because he had the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
Others, however, wouldn’t be so lucky.
"I must recall the thirty-six Heavenly Gang Formation Flags now. Our only hope lies at the bottom of the Void Swamp Mud River. If we can destroy the Heavenly Tribulation transfer formation there, we might be able to avert this disaster."
As he spoke, Lan Xiaobu began setting up a summoning formation.
The Heavenly Gang Formation Disk was at the bottom of the Swamp Mud River, and he could recall it at any time.
However, the disk was meant to block the schemes of the Divine Realm, so he couldn’t take it back now.
Not only that, but after recalling the thirty-six flags, he would have to place them near the disk at the riverbed.
The summoning formation was soon completed.
Dozens of top-grade immortal spirit veins were embedded, and the formation activated.
Violent spatial fluctuations erupted.
When Luo Caisi tried to sweep the area with her divine sense, she immediately felt dizzy.
Lan Xiaobu explained, "This is a spatial transfer formation. I’ve inscribed teleportation runes—once I summon them, the flags will quickly appear here."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, formation flags shot through the void one after another, landing in Lan Xiaobu’s hands.
Half a day later, Lan Xiaobu held thirty-five formation flags.
He froze.
One flag was missing.
*(End of Chapter)*