“Taichuan told me that the reason Hundred Zero Star hasn’t been severely corrupted by chaos dregs is because of Beyond Starry Sky. The snow here carries a trace of dao principles that perfectly prevents the chaos dregs’ aura from spreading. That’s why, for so many years, Hundred Zero Star has remained habitable, and some bold cultivators even practice here. I’m thinking, if we let the chaos dregs’ aura fully spread across Hundred Zero Star, even those who don’t want to leave will have no choice, right?” Lan Xiaobu said with a sly grin.
“Good plan,” Mo Wuji replied, laughing. He’d long noticed the uniqueness of the snow here, a result of the universe’s mutually suppressing rules. The constant snowfall perfectly contained the chaos dregs’ aura in Beyond Starry Sky.
All the chaos dregs in Hundred Zero Star originated from Beyond Starry Sky, yet the snow there prevented their spread, allowing people to still visit the star.
“My only concern is how we’ll contain the chaos dregs’ aura once it spreads,” Lan Xiaobu sighed. He’d considered setting up an array, but that seemed impractical.
If the chaos dregs fully dispersed, Hundred Zero Star would become uninhabitable for them too. Expecting Taichuan to absorb the vast chaos dregs of Hundred Zero Star alone was simply impossible.
Mo Wuji laughed heartily, “Before, I wouldn’t have had a solution, but this time, I do. In the world of that green-robed enforcer, Fang Yu, I obtained an Open Heaven Dao Scroll, an array dao scroll. It describes an array called the Traction Dao Array, which has the ability to absorb heavenly dao principles…”
“I get it! The chaos dregs’ aura counts as a type of heavenly dao principle. You plan to use the Traction Dao Array to absorb the dreg dao principles, leaving behind pure chaos qi?” Lan Xiaobu said, delighted.
Mo Wuji sighed inwardly—talking to smart people was so easy. Most would assume his Traction Dao Array simply absorbed the chaos dregs’ aura. In reality, it only absorbed the dreg dao principles, leaving behind chaos qi.
Just as Taichuan had absorbed the chaos dregs in their cultivation cave, though Taichuan couldn’t match the Traction Dao Array’s precision, which left behind more chaos qi. Once activated, the Traction Dao Array could sweep away all chaos dreg dao principles within a planet’s range.
“Ordinary people, even if they knew about the Traction Dao Array, couldn’t set it up. It requires a heaven-splitting treasure as the array’s core and a bit of Breath Soil. I once had Breath Soil but used it up. No matter, we can set up the array now and find Breath Soil later. We’re not absorbing Hundred Zero Universe’s chaos dregs just yet,” Mo Wuji explained.
Lan Xiaobu opened his hand, revealing a piece of Breath Soil. “I happen to have some.”
Mo Wuji was overjoyed. “Then there’s no problem. Get Taichuan ready for a feast. I want to retreat and study the dao principles of the chaos dregs’ aura—decades at the shortest, centuries at most.”
To absorb the dreg dao principles, one had to understand their nature. Otherwise, even the Traction Dao Array couldn’t accurately target them.
With his Enlightenment Dao Network, Mo Wuji believed that, though difficult, he could comprehend these principles.
Lan Xiaobu shook his head. “A century is too long. Let’s study it together. I believe we can isolate the chaos dregs’ dao principles in three years at most and even find a way to refine them.”
“Three years? And study together?” Mo Wuji looked at Lan Xiaobu in surprise.
Lan Xiaobu opened his hand, and the Cosmic Dimension Model appeared. “We’ll first construct the dimension model structure of the chaos dregs’ aura. Based on that, we’ll study it together. I’m confident three years will be enough.”
“The Cosmic Dimension Model! That’s incredible,” Mo Wuji marveled. Heaven-splitting treasures varied in rank, and the Cosmic Dimension Model was the ultimate auxiliary treasure for dao comprehension.
As he sensed the model constructing the chaos dregs’ structure, Mo Wuji was astounded. A beginner cultivator with the Cosmic Dimension Model would tower above all others. Lan Xiaobu’s luck was truly heaven-defying. When Mo Wuji started, he had no such fortune, but he’d forged his own path.
Thinking of his Mortal Dao, Mo Wuji felt pride—his dao was inferior to none. Yet he also admired Lan Xiaobu. Most cultivators with the Cosmic Dimension Model would rely on it rather than create their own dao. Lan Xiaobu did both, which was why he stood here today. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even qualify.
With the Cosmic Dimension Model constructing the chaos dregs’ structure, Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu rapidly comprehended its dao principles.
In just two years, they fully understood the principles and developed a Zhou Tian technique to easily strip chaos dregs from themselves.
With the principles isolated, they began crafting array flags. To repair Hundred Zero Universe’s protective array, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji spent three years forging flags, using nearly all their materials.
Thanks to the worlds of Qianhe and Fang Yu, the two green-robed enforcers, they had enough materials—otherwise, they’d have managed only a fraction of the flags.
Even so, they knew their flags were insufficient.
“Wuji, my plan is to first release Hundred Zero Star’s chaos dregs’ aura, forcing all cultivators out. Then we head to the Vast Abyss Universe, take out some Mengmu Great Evolution enforcers, and gather more materials. I’m worried we’ll run out mid-array,” Lan Xiaobu suggested.
Though he said this, Lan Xiaobu felt frustrated. Hundred Zero Star once had abundant materials, but years of plundering by outside cultivators had left it nearly barren. Obvious dao veins and crystal mines were dug up chaotically. The only remaining veins were in places like Beyond Starry Sky, inaccessible to most.
He hadn’t considered that he, too, was a latecomer.
Mo Wuji agreed without hesitation. “Exactly my thought. We’re short on materials and dao veins. The Hundred Zero Universe’s protective array needs a ton of veins. Let’s go to the Vast Abyss Universe now.”
…
Few cultivators remained in Hundred Zero Universe. With the Vast Abyss Universe available, who would choose Hundred Zero, despite its larger size, superior rules, and richer vitality? The chaos dregs made cultivation here a risk to one’s dao foundation.
Recently, the few cultivators in Hundred Zero Universe noticed the chaos dregs’ aura growing thicker.
If survival was barely possible before without cultivating, now even that was difficult. The aura blanketed the planet, corroding dao foundations with brief exposure.
In no time, cultivators fled Hundred Zero Star en masse.
Though few in number, Hundred Zero Star was vast. The exodus quickly filled the void plaza outside.
As the chaos dregs’ aura spilled out, the plaza’s commercial buildings and markets also evacuated.
In less than a year, Hundred Zero Star was devoid of wandering figures. Some, too deep in the star, couldn’t escape in time. For them, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji could only offer silent apologies. By then, the two had boarded the Seven Realms Stone, leaving Hundred Zero Universe for their sole destination: the Vast Abyss Universe.
…
The Seven Realms Stone’s speed rivaled teleportation, but even so, it took two years to reach the Vast Abyss Universe.
Standing outside, Lan Xiaobu sighed, “Both are mid-tier universes, and Hundred Zero is even stronger, but look at the Vast Abyss Universe—lush and vibrant, a perfect cultivation planet.”
Mo Wuji said, “It won’t be long before Hundred Zero Universe’s rules and environment surpass the Vast Abyss Universe. Then, we’ll call the shots.”
“Right, let’s rob the rich to aid the poor—no, rob the poor to aid the rich!” Lan Xiaobu, brimming with enthusiasm, stowed the Seven Realms Stone and charged toward the void plaza outside the Vast Abyss Universe.
Mo Wuji followed suit, striding toward the plaza.
