As Lan Xiaobu concealed the teleportation array gate, he felt the void begin to collapse and disintegrate. Extending his divine sense, he saw a shattered planet instantly reduced to nothingness.
It was the first time Lan Xiaobu had witnessed such terrifying tribulation laws. He could hardly believe it. How perverse must one be to cause an entire plane to collapse? How many lives existed in a single plane? Yet, in the eyes of an immortal powerhouse, these lives were merely fodder for a single tribulation.
After the tribulation, a plane’s fortune would be stripped, its rules would collapse, and all life would become rootless.
When Lan Xiaobu returned, everyone, including the Fate Saint, stared in stunned silence as the vast void continued to disintegrate. Planets touched by their divine sense crumbled one after another. Countless cultivators fled their planets, but under these horrific disintegration laws, they were like rootless duckweed.
“This is a world-destroying tribulation,” the Eternal Night Saint muttered to himself, knowing his Eternal Night Domain was finished. Under such a tribulation, not just Eternal Night Domain, but entire planes would collapse. “Does a world-destroying tribulation mean all planets and planar voids will vanish?” Lan Xiaobu asked in a low tone, suppressing the anger and fire in his heart.
The Blood River Saint replied, “Not necessarily. If a cultivator with their own great dao places their refined cosmic domain in this plane, it won’t be affected by this tribulation’s disintegration.”
Lan Xiaobu understood. If he placed his Longevity Realm in this plane, it similarly wouldn’t be affected by the tribulation.
The so-called tribulation was merely the disintegration of dao laws, heavenly rules, and all attribute laws. This disintegration caused the void to collapse, and everything to vanish. To cause such disintegration, the controller must have mastered the heavenly dao rules and laws of all things in this plane. Only then could they strip the plane’s karma, fortune, and all dao opportunities through its disintegration.
A cosmic world refined by one’s own great dao was entirely composed of one’s own dao laws and wouldn’t be affected by such disintegration, as the disintegrator couldn’t control those dao laws. Only the creator of such a cosmic world could cause it to disintegrate.
“Junior Brother Xiaobu, we need to leave quickly. If the plane’s disintegration reaches here, it’ll be hard for us to escape,” Zhen Changyuan said gravely. She knew Lan Xiaobu’s concern: he hadn’t used the Seven Realms Stone in the plane where the Great Desolate Divine Realm was located to avoid exposing it.
Lan Xiaobu nodded and raised his hand to summon the Seven Realms Stone.
The Seven Realms Stone landed in the void, transforming into a massive grey-white boulder. Surrounding it were vast dao laws, layered spatial rules, and an aura of profound mystery.
Around the Seven Realms Stone, seven void vortexes representing different realms appeared.
At Lan Xiaobu’s level of cultivation, he immediately identified the uppermost vortex as the one leading to the Land of Immortality.
“It really is the Seven Realms…” Shan Bu’ang exclaimed in shock. He hadn’t expected Lan Xiaobu to possess the Seven Realms Stone, let alone summon it.
A surge of狂喜 followed, and he felt immense gratitude toward Zhi Yi. Without Zhi Yi, he wouldn’t have met Lan Xiaobu. Without meeting Lan Xiaobu, how could he have this chance to use the Seven Realms Stone to escape this plane?
Not only was Shan Bu’ang excited, but Eternal Night Saint and Peng Yuan were equally thrilled. Even Blood River Saint, who knew Lan Xiaobu had the Seven Realms Stone, was visibly moved. The only one relatively calm was Fate Saint, who didn’t necessarily need the Seven Realms Stone to reach the Land of Immortality.
Despite their excitement, no one rushed toward the Seven Realms Stone.
Lan Xiaobu said, “Everyone, we’ve exchanged communication beads. Those heading to the Land of Immortality first, we’ll contact each other later.”
“Dao Lord Lan, aren’t you coming with us?” Shan Bu’ang asked, puzzled.
Lan Xiaobu explained, “I won’t go with you. I’m worried I’d drag you all down. I’ve offended a scheming figure in the Land of Immortality. If I go with you, I might get you all hunted.”
“Xiaobu is telling the truth. He’ll be targeted the moment he arrives in the Land of Immortality. Let’s go first, then each find a safe place to pursue the dao of immortality,” Zhen Changyuan stepped forward to say.
“Thank you, Dao Lord Lan,” Shan Bu’ang was the first to express gratitude. He was already at the peak of Nine Revolutions Saint and, upon reaching the Land of Immortality, had a chance to ascend to the Creation Dao Saint realm.
Lan Xiaobu clasped his fists again. “Everyone, I have a request. Once you reach the Land of Immortality, please don’t reveal that the Seven Realms Stone is with me. Otherwise, I’ll face endless trouble.”
Shan Bu’ang immediately said, “Rest assured, Dao Lord Lan. I’ll never reveal anything about the Seven Realms Stone.”
Hearing Shan Bu’ang’s lukewarm response, Peng Yuan glanced at him with a cold sneer before saying, “I, Peng Yuan, swear that if I reveal who holds the Seven Realms Stone, my dao will disintegrate, and I’ll perish completely.”
Blood River Saint also gave Shan Bu’ang a disdainful look. Daring to play clever in front of Dao Lord Lan? Did this guy think everyone else was a fool?
He knew better than anyone how terrifying Lan Xiaobu was. Despite his approachable demeanor, anyone trying to outsmart him would meet a grim end. Take Meng Qi, for example—he wasn’t even given a chance to swear.
Blood River Saint solemnly swore, “I, Chun Yingsheng, swear never to reveal the existence of the Seven Realms Stone. If I break this oath, I’ll perish, and my soul will be annihilated.”
Eternal Night Saint also stepped forward, making a venomous oath never to reveal the Seven Realms Stone’s existence.
Shan Bu’ang smiled awkwardly, forced to step forward again. “I, Shan Bu’ang, swear that if I reveal the whereabouts of the Seven Realms Stone, I’ll perish, and my dao will disintegrate.”
He couldn’t understand why everyone was swearing when Lan Xiaobu hadn’t asked them to. Being the only one not to swear made him stand out too much.
Lan Xiaobu sneered inwardly. Shan Bu’ang actually thought Lan Xiaobu owed him. He had only brought Shan Bu’ang along due to a passing acquaintance and his decent strength, thinking he might be useful later. He hadn’t expected this guy to play clever with him.
As Zhen Changyuan was about to speak, Lan Xiaobu waved his hand. “Senior Sister Zhen, no need to swear. Everyone, head to the Seven Realms Stone now. Time is pressing.”
Even without swearing, Zhen Changyuan wouldn’t reveal his Seven Realms Stone secret, and she could reach the Land of Immortality without relying on it.
Lan Xiaobu trusted her completely.
“Alright, I’ll wait for you in the Land of Immortality,” Zhen Changyuan said without hesitation, stepping into the Seven Realms Stone and rushing toward the uppermost void gate, disappearing. With her current strength, even if she wasn’t a match for Huang Buzhi, she wouldn’t be crushed. Moreover, after proving her dao of fortune, Huang Buzhi could no longer track her.
Shan Bu’ang, Peng Yuan, Eternal Night Saint, and Blood River Saint followed, stepping into the Seven Realms Stone and heading toward the teleportation vortex to the Land of Immortality.
“Lord Bu, are we going later?” Tai Chuan asked eagerly after everyone left. It, too, wanted to visit the Land of Immortality. It used to call Lan Xiaobu “big brother,” but after learning from Gu Dao, it now called him “Lord Bu.”
“We’re going, but not this way,” Lan Xiaobu said, raising his hand to retrieve the Seven Realms Stone.
After storing it, he told Tai Chuan, “Enter the Longevity Realm first. I’ll head to the Land of Immortality another way.”
Lan Xiaobu knew about the Rootless Divine Realm. After a world-destroying tribulation struck its plane, a powerhouse had used their strength to halt the tribulation’s progress. Otherwise, the Rootless Divine Realm would have ceased to exist.
He also knew that after a tribulation, one could clearly sense the Land of Immortality. He wanted to try perceiving it himself and track down the culprit behind this plane’s world-destroying tribulation.
Even if he couldn’t achieve that, he could still use the Seven Realms Stone to enter the Land of Immortality. Besides teleporting others, the Seven Realms Stone could serve as a flight treasure, traversing all voids, planes, and even cosmic surfaces.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t want others to know this secret, which was why he sent everyone else to the Land of Immortality first. After Tai Chuan entered the Longevity Realm, the tribulation grew increasingly uncontrollable. Vast swathes of planar rules collapsed, voids crumbled, rules shattered, and vitality dissipated.
The more Lan Xiaobu saw, the more uneasy he felt. Was it justifiable to control others’ life and death just because one was strong? Was this the purpose of immortal powerhouses? What was the point of such immortality? If the entire universe died out, leaving only one to reign supreme?
Though Lan Xiaobu desperately wanted to eliminate these beings, he knew he was far too weak compared to those immortal powerhouses.
He took out three innate treasures. The first was the Book of Life and Death, which had exceptional defensive capabilities. For Lan Xiaobu, its greatest use wasn’t defense but something else, though he needed it now.
He transformed the Book of Life and Death into inner armor and wore it. Then, he refined two other innate defensive treasures: the Great Kun Shield and the Fixed Ruins Armor. Having killed numerous Nine Revolutions powerhouses, he had collected dozens of innate treasures. He wasn’t sure whose worlds these two came from, but they were ready for use.
He wore the Fixed Ruins Armor over the Book of Life and Death and used the Great Kun Shield to form an outer layer of armor.
After this, Lan Xiaobu constructed a spatial domain of longevity dao laws around himself before charging toward the disintegrating void.
This disintegrating void was caused by an immortal powerhouse. By entering it, he was certain he could sense the location of the immortal powerhouse responsible for this plane’s disintegration.
