Chapter 00473: Zhi Zhen’e’s Fear
# Zhi Zhen’e’s Fear**
Chapter 473
Novel: Abandon The Universe
**Chapter 473: Zhi Zhen’e’s Fear**
"Zhi Zhen’e was right. If we don’t destroy the Eternal Jade Alchemy Sect, you’d come here on your own. It seems she understands you quite well."
A somewhat aged voice echoed.
Following the voice, an elderly man appeared before Lan Xiaobu.
Zhong Yi’s face paled with terror, instinctively retreating in panic.
Fortunately, no one stopped him, allowing him to withdraw safely.
"Gu Xu, so it really is you."
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, completely unfazed.
Gu Xu gave a dry laugh.
"It seems your cultivation has advanced rapidly over the years, and so has your arrogance. Hard to imagine that a mere Immortal King from back then would dare speak to me like this. You must be thinking of setting up void array runes here, right? Too bad—are you confused why you can’t form them?"
Hearing Gu Xu’s words, Lan Xiaobu was momentarily stunned.
He hadn’t actually planned to set up any void formation.
Gu Xu was, at most, a Half-God Realm cultivator—why would he need a void formation to deal with him?
Still, after Gu Xu’s remark, Lan Xiaobu attempted to trace a void array rune.
To his surprise, the rune failed to take shape.
It truly couldn’t be formed here.
*What’s going on?* Lan Xiaobu frowned.
While he wasn’t worried about Gu Xu, if a stronger opponent appeared who could block his void array runes, that would be troublesome.
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu immediately ordered the Cosmic Dimension Matrix to analyze the space—why couldn’t void array runes be inscribed here?
"Hand over the Life and Death Cauldron and my wooden bucket, then come with me to the Mysterious Profound Canyon. As for the ants you know, I have no intention of killing them," Gu Xu said indifferently, not even bothering to summon a weapon.
Lan Xiaobu nodded seriously.
"You’re right. I do need to visit the Mysterious Profound Canyon. But whether I take you along depends on your performance."
With that, the Seven-Tone Halberd appeared in his hand.
In an instant, halberd light surged forth like a raging river.
"Hmm… You’ve reached the Immortal Emperor Realm?" Gu Xu’s eyes flashed with disbelief. *How was this possible?* When Lan Xiaobu was in the Mysterious Profound Canyon, he was undoubtedly an early-stage Immortal King.
How had he gone from early-stage Immortal King to Immortal Emperor in such a short time?
He knew Lan Xiaobu had secrets—otherwise, why would he have needed to cover himself while healing at the sacrificial altar?
But he had never imagined Lan Xiaobu’s secrets were this immense.
To advance from early-stage Immortal King to Immortal Emperor in less than two hundred years was simply unheard of.
His shock quickly turned into excitement.
Whatever secrets Lan Xiaobu possessed, Gu Xu would claim them for himself.
A mere Immortal Emperor was nothing in his eyes.
Gu Xu raised his hand, summoning his weapon—a Void-Rending Talon.
The halberd light and waves from the Seven-Tone Halberd seemed slightly sluggish.
Lan Xiaobu already had an idea.
The reason he couldn’t set up void formations here was due to distorted or altered spatial laws.
The Void-Rending Talon seemed to tear the surrounding space into countless fragments, with Lan Xiaobu trapped within one of them.
If these fragments shifted again, everything within—including Lan Xiaobu—would be annihilated.
"Kid, the universe is vast. You can’t rely solely on array formations to traverse it…" Gu Xu’s indifferent voice echoed as the talon transformed again.
The endless spatial fragments torn apart by the talon began to merge once more.
When the fragments fused, everything within would cease to exist.
Lan Xiaobu let out a cold snort.
The halberd light from the Seven-Tone Halberd suddenly vanished.
Before Gu Xu could react, an overwhelming sense of death enveloped him.
In the next moment, space itself seemed to disappear from Gu Xu’s perception.
And if space was gone, so too were the spatial fragments he had torn apart.
It was a force of suppression—not just against the laws.
What terrified Gu Xu was that the quality of this energy far surpassed his own immortal essence. *Could this be divine essence?*
Then, he watched helplessly as a streak of halberd light pierced through the void, arriving at his brow.
*An ability that ignores space?* Gu Xu’s heart turned to ice.
He could split space because he had touched upon spatial laws.
But Lan Xiaobu’s technique had completely disregarded space—this was a boundary-less ability.
In other words, Lan Xiaobu had also grasped spatial laws—and his comprehension far surpassed Gu Xu’s.
If Lan Xiaobu truly wielded divine essence, how could Gu Xu possibly contend against him?
*Pfft!*
Gu Xu could see the blood erupting from his own brow as the aura of death surged over him.
Panic filled his heart—but then, just as quickly, the sensation of death faded.
When he regained his senses, Lan Xiaobu stood before him, watching calmly.
The halberd that had pierced his brow was gone—and so was his cultivation.
His dantian and sea of consciousness had been completely sealed.
"Did you really think I needed a void trapping-killing array to deal with you?" Lan Xiaobu looked at the old man before him.
Now that he was subdued, the man no longer carried his previous hunched demeanor.
"Why?" Gu Xu couldn’t understand. *How could Lan Xiaobu wield divine essence?*
Lan Xiaobu patted Gu Xu’s shoulder, casually taking his storage ring and tossing it into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
"To be honest, among the experts I’ve fought, you wouldn’t even rank in the top five. If I needed void formations to deal with you, wouldn’t that be too embarrassing? Stay put for now—I might need you to accompany me to the Mysterious Profound Canyon later."
With that, he waved his hand, directly sealing Gu Xu into the True Spirit World.
He couldn’t kill Gu Xu yet—there were still many things he needed to ask him.
"Brother Xiaobu, did you kill that old thing? He was the number one expert in the Mysterious Profound Immortal Domain!" Zhong Yi rushed over excitedly.
"I didn’t kill him. Just locked him up for now," Lan Xiaobu replied.
Zhong Yi clenched his fists.
He now fully understood Lan Xiaobu’s strength.
Though he hadn’t grasped much of the battle, he could tell Gu Xu was far beneath Lan Xiaobu.
"Let’s hurry and break the sect’s seal to save Brother Guang Li and the others!"
"Guang Li and Jian Xuanming aren’t here—they’re in that Zhiyu Immortal Court. I’ve already undone the protective formation. Tell the people of the Eternal Jade Alchemy Sect that their sect leader, Xiao Yueshui, is also in Zhiyu Immortal Court. Once things here are settled, you should return to the Forbidden Immortal Bureau. The Zhi Family only dared to act because they relied on Gu Xu. Now that I’ve captured Gu Xu, the Zhi Family has no chance of holding their ground. This place is a mess—better to let Teng Mo take over."
Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense couldn’t cover the entire Mysterious Profound Immortal Domain, but the distance from the Eternal Jade Alchemy Sect to Hanxing Immortal City was well within his range.
He had already located Guang Li and the others—not only were Guang Li and Jian Xuanming alive, but Teng Mo hadn’t been killed either.
The Zhi Family had seized the Star Ascension Immortal Court and established the Zhiyu Immortal Court.
From what he could see, this likely wasn’t their own initiative.
Zhi Zhen’e had been to the Void Island—unless she was a fool, she wouldn’t openly provoke Lan Xiaobu.
The fact that she dared to do so now was solely because of Gu Xu.
But Gu Xu’s strength alone wouldn’t have emboldened her.
The real reason the Zhi Family wasn’t afraid of offending him was the presence behind Gu Xu—the master lurking beneath the Mysterious Profound Canyon.
Though the Zhi Family had acted, they hadn’t gone all the way.
They had imprisoned everyone connected to Lan Xiaobu in the Immortal Court’s dungeons, just in case he ever came to settle accounts.
If Lan Xiaobu were killed by Gu Xu and his master, the Zhi Family would dispose of his friends as they pleased.
But if Lan Xiaobu killed Gu Xu, the Zhi Family would surely claim they had been forced into it.
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Inside the grand hall of Zhiyu Immortal Court, over a dozen people were gathered.
This was both an imperial court session and an internal family meeting for the Zhi Family.
Since taking control of the Star Ascension Immortal Court, the Zhi Family had never allowed outsiders to participate in court affairs.
Every time someone suggested how to manage the Immortal Court, Zhi Zhen’e would say, *Wait a little longer.*
No one knew what she was waiting for—only she herself knew.
"Your Majesty, I truly believe we can’t delay any further. We must reorganize Zhiyu Immortal Court. The Zhi Family took control to ensure our prosperity. But now, the court is in chaos. If this continues, what’s the point of holding power? Also, I propose executing all members of the Teng Family. Their survival poses a threat to our rule."
The speaker was Zhi Ang, the current head of the Zhi Family and second only to Zhi Zhen’e in status.
Zhi Zhen’e frowned.
She had heard this many times before.
Ever since the Zhi Family replaced the Star Ascension Immortal Court, the entire realm had descended into turmoil.
She had no interest in managing it—she knew this was only the first step.
Until Lan Xiaobu arrived, this matter was far from over.
The terror Lan Xiaobu inspired still haunted her to this day.
Back on the Void Island, how many experts had there been? Any one of them could have crushed her effortlessly.
Yet in front of Lan Xiaobu, those experts were like paper—slaughtered at will.
Even after witnessing Gu Xu’s strength and the being behind him, the pressure Lan Xiaobu exerted was simply too overwhelming.
That was why, when many officials of the Forbidden Immortal Bureau under Jiangyan Immortal Path resigned rather than serve her, she hadn’t executed them.
Instead, she imprisoned them all in the Immortal Court’s dungeons.
She had left herself room to negotiate when Lan Xiaobu arrived.
The only thing that infuriated her was Qi Yunshu’s death.
Several more Zhi Family elders stepped forward to speak—the state of Zhiyu Immortal Court was truly dire.
Zhi Zhen’e raised her hand, sighing.
"You don’t understand. I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. Compared to that man, our Zhi Family is insignificant..."
Before she could finish, her face drained of color.
She abruptly stood, fists clenched, her entire body tensing.
She felt all the restrictions she had set being scrutinized—as if someone had just peered through them.
*(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)*
*(End of Chapter.)*