Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to study the Heavenly Secret Bone, he received a message from Mo Wuji.
“Wuji, you’re looking for me?” Lan Xiaobu immediately stepped out of the protective array.
Mo Wuji said, “I got something wrong. I think the Saint of Heavenly Secret likely knows we’re together. So, if we go to ambush him now, we might be walking into a trap.”
“How does he know?” Lan Xiaobu asked, then instantly understood, his gaze falling on the Heavenly Secret Disk shielding them.
Mo Wuji gave a wry smile. “You’ve probably guessed it—it’s the Heavenly Secret Disk. The Saint of Heaven and Earth chased me, and the other Saints of Creation saw it. Now that he’s been killed, they must suspect it’s related to me. Since it’s related to me, they’d try to deduce my whereabouts. I used the Heavenly Secret Disk to shield our Heavenly Secret, so the Saint of Heavenly Secret can’t pinpoint where I’ve gone. At best, he can only guess I’m in the Great Burial Dao Plain.”
“You’re saying the Saint of Heavenly Secret would also deduce my location?” Lan Xiaobu said.
Mo Wuji nodded. “You have a heaven-opening treasure. The Saint of Heavenly Secret would definitely sell you out to the other Saints of Creation. To expose you, he’d need to deduce where you’re hiding. Now, since both our Heavenly Secrets are shielded by the Heavenly Secret Disk, even an idiot could guess we’re together. So, they’d also suspect the fall of the Saint of Heaven and Earth is tied to both of us.”
“In that case, we should go kill the Saint of Reflection instead,” Lan Xiaobu said immediately.
Mo Wuji agreed. “Exactly. Without the Heavenly Secret Disk, the Saint of Heavenly Secret has to rely entirely on his Heavenly Secret principles to deduce, which will damage his Great Dao. With his Dao compromised, they’ll assume we’ll seize the chance to take him out and set a trap for us. But we won’t go for him—we’ll take out Reflection instead.”
If Mo Wuji didn’t think killing the Saint of Eternal Life would be tougher, he’d have chosen him.
“Great.” Lan Xiaobu had long wanted to deal with the Saint of Reflection. He chuckled, “The four saints in the Land of Eternal Life are probably gathered together now. Let’s head to the Saint of Reflection’s lair and wait. As soon as he returns alone, we’ll have a shot at taking him down.”
“It’s not just a shot—we’ll definitely take him down,” Mo Wuji said with a hearty laugh.
“Then let’s move now. We’ll head to the Saint of Reflection’s dojo at top speed and set an ambush. I refuse to believe he won’t fall for our trap,” Mo Wuji decided swiftly.
Lan Xiaobu said, “Hold on a sec, I need to check in with a couple of friends.”
With that, he re-entered the protective array and returned to the Cosmic Dimension Model. He called over Peng Yuan and the Saint of Eternal Night, who were still healing, and said, “I’m leaving the Great Burial Dao Plain to take care of something. Do you want to stay in my small world to heal, or heal here in the Great Burial Dao Plain?”
“I’ll stay in the Great Burial Dao Plain,” Peng Yuan said immediately. “You mentioned before that this place can purify one’s Great Dao by burying it, cutting away impure principles. I want to make my Dao foundation more potent.”
The Saint of Eternal Night added, “I’d also like to stay here. Once my injuries heal, I can try searching for Brother Blood River and Zhen Qianbei.”
“Alright.” Lan Xiaobu raised a hand, and the two were moved out of the Cosmic Dimension Model, landing outside.
Though the area was protected by an array set up by Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu together, the moment they stepped out, they felt the overwhelming aura of the burial Dao principles.
“This is intense. It feels like my Great Dao is being stripped away and buried here, and I can’t stop it,” the Saint of Eternal Night said warily. If his Dao were stripped and buried without resistance, staying here would be a death sentence.
Though Peng Yuan didn’t speak, her grave expression showed she, too, was wary of the Great Burial Dao Plain. The burial Dao principles here were terrifying—one misstep could mean not purifying their Dao but being entirely buried.
Lan Xiaobu handed each of them a jade slip. “The Great Burial Dao Plain is indeed formidable, but if you know the method, surviving here isn’t too hard. When I first arrived, it was tough for me too. But after adapting to the burial Dao principles, it’s like adding wings to a tiger. These are my cultivation experiences here—take them.”
The two gratefully accepted the jade slips. Such experience records were priceless, yet Lan Xiaobu gave them freely.
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“All set,” Lan Xiaobu said, stepping out of the cave to join Mo Wuji after settling Peng Yuan and the Saint of Eternal Night.
“I have a flight treasure, the Years Disk. If we use it, we’ll get there much faster,” Mo Wuji said, preparing to summon it.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled. “No need. I’ve got something even better.”
With that, he summoned a massive stone. Though he hadn’t known Mo Wuji long, Lan Xiaobu felt he wasn’t a scheming sort. On the contrary, he seemed upright and honorable. Otherwise, why would he unhesitatingly use the Heavenly Secret Disk—a treasure no less valuable than the Seven Realm Stone—to shield him?
“Is this the Seven Realm Stone?” Mo Wuji exclaimed in shock as soon as Lan Xiaobu summoned it, recognizing it instantly.
He had used the Seven Realm Stone many times and even considered refining it. But back then, even after proving his Dao as a saint, he was far from capable of refining it. Later, he learned that refining the Seven Realm Stone required finding the realm flags of the Ten Realm Stone. By then, he was fleeing across the Land of Eternal Life, with no time or mind to search for the flags.
He never imagined someone would refine the Seven Realm Stone and carry it with them. Lan Xiaobu was truly extraordinary—not just for the Seven Realm Stone, but also for possessing the Cosmic Mill, both top-tier heaven-opening treasures.
Lan Xiaobu nodded. “That’s right, it’s the Seven Realm Stone. I obtained it in the Rootless God Realm, which was ravaged by an apocalyptic calamity…”
“You’ve been to the Rootless God Realm? How is it now?” Mo Wuji asked excitedly.
Lan Xiaobu replied casually, “Though many of its heaven-and-earth rules were damaged, the universe has been self-repairing. Five-Turn Saints have already appeared, and in time, perhaps even Nine-Turn Saints will emerge.”
“Do you know anything about the Mortal Sect?” Mo Wuji asked immediately. Though those from the Mortal Sect who survived had entered his Mortal Universe, it would be great if the sect still existed.
Lan Xiaobu suddenly laughed, pointing at Mo Wuji. “I get it now! You’re the Senior Mo who, after the apocalyptic calamity, used your universe world to save billions of innocent cultivators…”
He’d heard plenty about Senior Mo but hadn’t connected the dots to Mo Wuji until now.
Mo Wuji sighed. “That was indeed me. After learning the apocalyptic calamity was man-made, I wanted to take down the culprit. Though my strength was decent, I realized in the Land of Eternal Life that it was far from enough. Fortunately, that culprit was also besieged by other Saints of Creation. After I disrupted his plans, I managed to escape with my life. But to this day, I don’t know what’s become of my Mortal Universe. After severing it from my Great Dao, I lost all connection.”
Lan Xiaobu smiled again. “Don’t worry. I’ve been to Mortal Star and met Friends Lian Yingxian, Tong Hua, Cen Shuyin, and Heng Yucheng. Mortal Star was bound by a powerful cultivator’s top-tier principles, likely to extract its heaven-and-earth fortune and refine the star. But don’t worry—I broke those principles…”
Mo Wuji was stunned, then clasped his fists. “Thank you, Brother Xiaobu. Without you, I’d regret it too late. Once things here are settled, I’d like to borrow the Seven Realm Stone from you, Brother Xiaobu. I must go back and check.”
“You can return to Mortal Star anytime,” Lan Xiaobu said without hesitation.
Mo Wuji was thrilled. He hadn’t expected Heng Yucheng to still be alive. Why she survived, he didn’t ask Lan Xiaobu—he’d find out when he returned and asked Hou Yucheng himself.
“Let’s go, then.” Lan Xiaobu summoned the Seven Realm Stone.
The stone rippled faintly in the void, and the next moment, it vanished from the Great Burial Dao Plain.
Cloud Abyss—this is the dojo of the Saint of Reflection. Cloud Abyss is actually a mountain, but a peculiar one, looking as if it’s a cloud floating in the sky.
The heaven-and-earth rules here are clear, and the vital energy is extraordinarily dense.
Unlike other places, the Saint of Reflection hasn’t built a Dao city outside his dojo. Aside from reaping some benefits in the Creation Market, he has no other personal enterprises in the Land of Eternal Life.
However, in the Creation Market, the Saint of Reflection’s profits are the largest. Of the divine ability scrolls or Great Dao scrolls there, sixty percent come from him.
This is tied to his Great Dao. Anyone considering fighting the Saint of Reflection must weigh whether their Great Dao could be stolen by him. His Reflection principles are simply too powerful—once locked onto by them, your divine abilities or techniques will almost certainly be replicated.
