If Nuo Yisheng hadn’t misjudged, Lan Xiaobu was indeed about to open his world. With prior experience, Lan Xiaobu wielded one spatial law after another.
The space began to ripple faintly, and Lan Xiaobu clearly sensed the location of Nuo Yisheng’s world. At that moment, Lan Xiaobu’s hand gestures sped up, the charm of the Dao flowing ever more distinctly.
Crack! The sound of a spatial law shattering rang out, and immediately, a dim, grey world appeared before Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu clicked his tongue, this fellow’s world was far inferior to his own. But soon, Lan Xiaobu grew delighted, the world was brimming with heaps of fine materials, second only to those of Shen Buqing. Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to sweep everything into his Cosmic Dimension Model, he spotted a scroll, half black and half white.
The scroll exuded the vast aura of an origin-opening rule, clearly a Dao scroll no less potent than any origin-opening divine technique in his Cosmic Dimension Model.
Lan Xiaobu swept away everything in Nuo Yisheng’s world, but he lifted his hand and grasped this Dao scroll.
The Great Dao of Reincarnation? Lan Xiaobu was instantly overjoyed, this was undoubtedly a top-tier treasure. He genuinely hadn’t expected the Great Dao of Reincarnation to be in Nuo Yisheng’s world, wasn’t this the Reincarnation Sage’s possession?
No matter whose it was originally, now that it was in his hands, it wouldn’t belong to anyone else.
The two Divine Kings hiding in the distance were dumbfounded, they had witnessed Lan Xiaobu charge forward and kill a Quasi-Sage powerhouse. Not only that, Lan Xiaobu had opened that Quasi-Sage’s world. This wasn’t a Quasi-Sage, this was a true Sage. Only a genuine First-Turn Sage could open a Quasi-Sage’s world.
At that moment, their entire beings trembled, for they knew full well what they’d face next. Anyone in his position would kill them. Silencing witnesses was all too common. They could only blame their bad luck, stumbling upon a Sage slaying a Quasi-Sage.
Lan Xiaobu had already landed on the ground, he didn’t bother with the man and woman, because he saw a void passage emerge.
Without hesitation, Lan Xiaobu rushed towards the void passage, a violent surge of void energy swept over him. Lan Xiaobu didn’t immediately enter the Cosmic Dimension Model, instead, he circulated the Immortality Technique to temper his body while charging along the void passage. If any danger arose, he’d retreat into the Cosmic Dimension Model.
At this moment, the Cosmic Dimension Model was free of the bamboo shoot’s will interfering, even if his divine sense vanished entirely, he could enter it through his own will.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu disappear into the void passage, the male cultivator let out a long breath of relief.
The female cultivator also exhaled, saying, “I never imagined he’d be a Sage-level existence, I thought his cultivation was weaker than ours.”
The male cultivator shook his head. “If I’m not mistaken, he’s at most a Quasi-Sage, not yet a Sage.”
It was a gut feeling, impossible to explain.
“The void passage has appeared, so what do we do?” The female cultivator looked at the male cultivator.
The male cultivator gritted his teeth, a glint of resolve flashing in his eyes, “We go in too, if a powerhouse like him can enter the void passage, why can’t we? At worst, we die. Staying here, living in constant fear, is worse than risking death.”
“Alright.” The female cultivator nodded firmly, each of them grabbed a talisman, then they rushed hand-in-hand into the void passage.
Perhaps to them, the fact that Lan Xiaobu hadn’t killed them to silence them meant their lives were already a bonus.
…
When Lan Xiaobu first entered the void passage, he was extremely cautious. Not only was he ready to enter the Cosmic Dimension Model at any moment, but he’d also transformed the Book of Life and Death into armour to protect himself.
Ye Baiyi had said the void passage was exceedingly dangerous, once inside, the chances of survival were slim.
Yet a month passed, and aside from some unstable spatial rule fluctuations, the greatest dangers were void dislocations and void blade winds. Occasionally, void vortices appeared, which could sweep someone out of this particular void passage.
But to Lan Xiaobu, these dangers were negligible. After a month, he lost the patience to continue like this. He simply set up a monitoring and warning divine array, then entered the Cosmic Dimension Model. Only when a void vortex appeared would he step out briefly.
Entering the Cosmic Dimension Model, Lan Xiaobu wasn’t there to cultivate, but to examine Nuo Yisheng’s belongings. Especially that scroll of the Great Dao of Reincarnation, it was arguably his greatest prize.
Nuo Yisheng’s world didn’t have many top-grade divine spirit veins, just two. There were only a few high-grade ones as well. To Lan Xiaobu, aside from the Great Dao of Reincarnation, the heap of top-tier materials in that world was the real value.
As for techniques, apart from the Great Dao of Reincarnation, Lan Xiaobu didn’t care for the others. The items he collected now were either second-tier scrolls or origin-opening divine techniques of that calibre.
However, a crystal ball caught Lan Xiaobu’s attention, it seemed to be an imaging crystal.
Lan Xiaobu casually activated the crystal ball, and a clear image appeared before him.
“Grandmaster, I couldn’t find Master, nor is there any word of Martial Uncle. But rest assured, Grandmaster, as soon as I hear anything about Master, I’ll inform you immediately and go retrieve him.” The speaker was none other than Nuo Yisheng, his tone and posture both deeply respectful.
Before him stood a woman, her appearance strikingly delicate. Yet her body was wrapped in a dark red charm of the Dao, her aura seemingly unstable. Lan Xiaobu quickly realised, this woman was injured, gravely wounded by a top-tier divine technique and entangled by someone else’s Dao charm.
Wait a moment, Nuo Yisheng called her Grandmaster, could this woman be the Reincarnation Sage? Wasn’t the Reincarnation Sage male, not female?
But the Reincarnation Sage was a top-tier Sage, who could have injured her so severely?
“Alas, I never thought a day would come when I’d need to rely on the Reincarnation Pot…” The Reincarnation Sage sighed, her words tinged with reluctance.
“Grandmaster, don’t worry, I’ll definitely help you find Master and Martial Uncle, have them bring back the Reincarnation Yin-Yang Pot. I’ve heard there’s a Dao fruit that can suppress cursed Dao charms, I’ll go search for it.” Nuo Yisheng’s tone was not only panicked, but also laced with urgency.
The Reincarnation Sage smiled faintly, “You mean the Five Elements Dao Fruit from the Five Pine Needle Dao Fruit. It vanished after the origin-opening, it’s one of the most spiritually potent Dao fruits. No need to search for it, you won’t find it. Besides, if such a Dao fruit tree could be found, would it really fall to you?”
At this, the Reincarnation Sage paused, her thoughts seemingly drifting into distant memories. After a while, she continued, “I’m preparing to enter seclusion for a time, to expel the cursed Dao charm. You have a good nature, though your talent is somewhat lacking, I still have high hopes for you. I’ve spoken to you about the Dao of Reincarnation before, now, as I’m about to enter seclusion, if you have any questions, ask them directly.”
“Yes, Grandmaster, was the Reincarnation Dao Scroll formed at the origin-opening of heaven and earth? Does it carry the charm of the Great Dao of Reincarnation?” Nuo Yisheng asked respectfully.
The Reincarnation Sage raised her hand and summoned a black-and-white Dao scroll, it hovered beside her as she said, “This is the Reincarnation Dao Scroll. Its charm of reincarnation can’t be sensed unless you cultivate the Great Dao of Reincarnation. You haven’t even started yet, to perceive the charm of the Dao of Reincarnation soon, you’d need at least Quasi-Sage level.”
“Yes, Grandmaster. I heard from my Master that after Quasi-Sage comes Sage, and Sages have nine turns…” Nuo Yisheng’s tone grew even more deferential.
The Reincarnation Sage smiled slightly, saying calmly, “Perceiving the nine turns of a Sage is just a limitation of the Dao. Whether a Sage has nine turns depends on the Dao, not the turns. If your Dao permits, you could prove the Dao at the tenth turn, or even the eleventh.”
“Does that mean a Tenth-Turn Sage is necessarily stronger than a Ninth-Turn Sage?” Nuo Yisheng asked immediately.
The Reincarnation Sage sighed, “Stronger? That depends on what you use to prove your Sagehood, and what you rely on for each turn. There’s a famed First-Turn Sage far beyond an ordinary First-Turn Sage, not just in strength…”
Nuo Yisheng said excitedly, “Grandmaster, I understand. In other words, if my Master used the Reincarnation Pot to prove a First-Turn Sage, he’d be a level above other First-Turn Sages? And if he proved it with the Reincarnation Pot, he’d be called a Reincarnation Pot First-Turn Sage? That’s what ‘famed’ means, right?”
The Reincarnation Sage sighed again, “You’re not wrong to think that way.”
Lan Xiaobu’s comprehension far surpassed Nuo Yisheng’s, he instantly realised Nuo Yisheng had misunderstood.
He grew excited, so, if he proved a First-Turn Sage with the Great Severance Technique, he’d be a Severance First-Turn Sage Emperor, then with the Great Destruction Technique, a Destruction Second-Turn Sage Emperor, followed by a Death Third-Turn Sage Emperor, a Curse Fourth-Turn Sage Emperor…
He had so many origin-opening divine techniques. Beyond those, fortune could also prove a First-Turn, as could reincarnation, causality, merit, laws, karma…
Some people used just one of these to go straight from First-Turn to Ninth-Turn, but that wouldn’t make a famed Ninth-Turn Sage.
Seeing Nuo Yisheng’s excitement, the Reincarnation Sage seemed somewhat helpless, she took the initiative to say, “Proving the nine turns with a spiritual treasure is certainly possible, but aside from treasures, fortune, causality, and so on can also prove any turn of Sagehood. Then there are origin-opening divine techniques, like the Great Curse Technique, the Great Destruction Technique, and more. However, after proving the nine turns with an origin-opening divine technique scroll, that scroll will vanish completely.”
Nuo Yisheng, kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up, grinning as he said, “Grandmaster, have you heard of the first poison of origin-opening, the Withered Sage Vine?”
