For Mo Wuji, the Great Burial Dao Plain was familiar territory. He had been here once before and had refined his Mortal Dao here. The plain taught him that the true essence of the Mortal Dao wasn’t necessarily about being ordinary.
When he first established his Mortal Dao, it was like seeing mountains as mountains and water as water. When he attained the Mortal Dao, his entire being’s dao principles transformed into the ordinary, reaching a state where mountains were no longer mountains and water was no longer water.
In the Eternal Life Land, he finally grasped the true Mortal Dao. Within the realm of the Mortal Dao, mortals, immortals, divine beings, and even sages were merely pieces of the dao—ordinary existences. Before the Mortal Dao, all things were mundane.
This was the state of seeing mountains as mountains and water as water once more. In truth, after comprehending this realm, Mo Wuji could have stepped into the Eternal Life realm at any time, but he chose not to.
Only someone at his level would know the optimal moment to enter the Eternal Life realm for the sake of their dao.
Now, with his dao perfected, the burial dao completed, and having obtained the long-coveted Wheel of Time, it was time for him to attain the Eternal Life realm.
Upon entering the Great Burial Dao Plain, Mo Wuji’s entire being dissolved into nothingness, traversing thousands of miles in an instant with his Mortal Escape Technique. In Mo Wuji’s eyes, whether in the Great Burial Dao Plain or elsewhere, everything in the cosmos was but a speck of dust within his Mortal Great Dao. He could traverse using rules, ruleless methods, or even the burial dao principles themselves.
This was why, despite being pursued by countless powerhouses in the Eternal Life Land for years, none could catch him.
Three months later, Mo Wuji stopped. Before him stood a giant bone.
He had heard of this bone—rumored to be the site where the Cause and Effect Sage was attempting to reach the Creation Sage realm, with a cave dwelling here. The Cause and Effect Sage had left the Cause and Effect Dao Scroll here, available for anyone to view in exchange for ten dao veins. Mo Wuji had no interest in the Cause and Effect Dao Scroll, so he never bothered to come.
He hadn’t expected to encounter this giant bone today. He had once glimpsed the Heavenly Mechanism Sage’s Heavenly Mechanism Bone from afar, and this giant bone seemed comparable.
Mo Wuji didn’t want trouble. Just as he was about to turn and leave, he sensed something amiss. His Mortal Dao was highly sensitive, yet he detected no dao fluctuations here. That meant the Cause and Effect Sage was gone.
If the Cause and Effect Sage was gone, Mo Wuji wouldn’t be polite about the giant bone.
In the Great Burial Dao Plain, all daos were buried. As long as one entered, their dao would gradually be interred. Whether it was a dao or any other existence, anything formed by the rules of the cosmos would be buried by the plain.
For this giant bone to remain intact in the Great Burial Dao Plain, it couldn’t be ordinary—it might even rival a heaven-opening treasure.
With this thought, Mo Wuji stepped to the edge of the giant bone. He sensed layers of restrictions, all composed of cause-and-effect dao principles.
Clearly, the Cause and Effect Sage hadn’t been gone long. If too much time had passed, these restrictions would have been buried by the Great Burial Dao Plain.
Mo Wuji chuckled inwardly. Left and still trying to claim this giant bone? Was the Cause and Effect Sage dreaming, or naively thinking no one would touch it? If the bone belonged to the Cause and Effect Sage, Mo Wuji might have hesitated, but it was clearly ownerless, existing in the plain long before. The Cause and Effect Sage had merely occupied it because they couldn’t take it away.
It was like someone finding a massive gold mountain they couldn’t move, so they left a note: “This is my gold mountain, don’t touch it.”
Mo Wuji unleashed streams of void dao principles while his divine storage network infiltrated the cause-and-effect dao restrictions.
For anyone else, passing through the Cause and Effect Sage’s restrictions without alerting them would be impossible unless they had mastered the highest level of the Cause and Effect Great Dao. Even then, there was still a risk of detection.
Mo Wuji used his divine storage network, which could evade even a Creation Sage’s divine sense-killing arrays, let alone the restrictions of a Cause and Effect Sage who hadn’t yet reached the Creation realm.
With the combined efforts of his divine storage and enlightenment networks, Mo Wuji quickly found a way to enter the cause-and-effect restrictions. Without damaging them, he slipped through the dense web of restrictions.
Standing beside the bone, Mo Wuji felt an overwhelming, boundless aura.
This wasn’t a cave dug by the Cause and Effect Sage—it had been blasted out by someone’s spear.
The being who left this bone had been in a battle, struck by a spear that left a mark on the bone itself. Somehow, this being died here, leaving behind this fragment. This suggested that the Heavenly Mechanism Sage’s Heavenly Mechanism Bone might also have been taken from the Great Burial Dao Plain.
Perhaps due to the passage of time, the spear’s dao charm had been buried by the plain, leaving no trace of its spear dao.
Mo Wuji began setting up void array patterns. A day later, he had completely locked the bone with them, intending to send it into his world with a thought.
What kind of existence was this, with such a majestic aura? The Cause and Effect Sage’s cave was built within this bone. Mo Wuji summoned his Mortal Halberd and struck with seventy percent of his strength, but the halberd left no mark on the bone.
Mo Wuji’s heart sank. He had always believed his strength was close to the Eternal Life Sage’s, and as long as he wasn’t facing a Creation Sage, he could escape even if he couldn’t win. He had killed dozens, if not a hundred, Creation and Derivative Realm Sages.
Yet the Cause and Effect Sage had carved a cave in this bone, while he couldn’t even leave a scratch. Was the gap between him and the Cause and Effect Sage so vast?
No, something was off. Mo Wuji touched the cave’s entrance and suddenly understood. This cave wasn’t carved by the Cause and Effect Sage—it had been blasted out by a spear.
But what stunned Mo Wuji was that no matter how he activated his array flags, the bone wouldn’t budge.
No wonder the Cause and Effect Sage couldn’t take it—it couldn’t be sent into a world. The bone’s grade must be extraordinarily high, and ordinary methods wouldn’t suffice to move it into his world.
First, he needed to reach the Eternal Life realm. Second, he had to carve spatial array patterns around the bone using his world network. Even then, success wasn’t guaranteed. Fortunately, he had one last method: after refining the Wheel of Time, he could use it to take the bone.
The Wheel of Time was a heaven-opening treasure with its own space. If, after reaching the Eternal Life realm, the Wheel still couldn’t contain the bone, he would have to abandon it.
Attaining the Eternal Life realm here wouldn’t do. Mo Wuji decided to leave the bone, find a place to refine the Wheel of Time, and reach the Eternal Life realm.
Lan Xiaobu was unaware that the Cause and Effect Sage was searching for him. He had already left the Great Burial Dao Plain. Without obtaining the Cause and Effect Dao Scroll, he would have stayed longer to refine his dao, as it wasn’t yet pure without the plain’s aid.
But to attain the Cause and Effect Great Dao, staying in the plain wasn’t necessary. If the Cause and Effect Sage was in the plain, no matter how well-hidden Lan Xiaobu’s location, the plain’s rapid burial of dao principles meant that attaining the Cause and Effect Dao there could still be detected.
If the Cause and Effect Sage found his location, it would be disadvantageous.
Thus, Lan Xiaobu decided to leave the Great Burial Dao Plain. After attaining the Cause and Effect Great Dao, he would return to further refine his Longevity Great Dao.
For Lan Xiaobu, the best place to attain the Cause and Effect Great Dao was the location where he had traded with the Nether Sage Zhong Wuce. That place was extremely secluded, originally intended as a hideout from the Eternal Life Sage’s pursuit. With his ruleless escape technique, his rapid comprehension of the Longevity Great Dao, and the burial of his dao’s mottled principles in the plain, he hadn’t needed that hideout.
Now, to attain the Cause and Effect Great Dao, that secluded spot was ideal.
This time, Lan Xiaobu used the Seven Realms Stone. The location of Zhong Wuce’s trade was evidently remote. The Eternal Life Land was vast, and with only a directional dao principle, even the Seven Realms Stone couldn’t breach realms or planes to reach it.
The Seven Realms Stone traveled for two months. Using the Reincarnation Pot would likely have taken years.
According to the directional jade slip, Lan Xiaobu knew he had arrived. Zhong Wuce had claimed the place was secluded, but to Lan Xiaobu, it didn’t seem particularly hidden.
The cosmic vital energy was decent, and the cosmic dao principles were relatively clear. Beyond endless mountain ranges, there was a broken peak left from a burned-out fire vein.
Lan Xiaobu’s first thought was that Zhong Wuce had deceived him. But then he sensed something odd. A place like this should have had visitors, yet he detected no trace of anyone. With his sensitivity to space, any cultivator’s presence would leave rule fluctuations, but he sensed none.
This was implausible and eerie.
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