After altering the surveillance array’s images in the warehouse, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji brazenly began looting. With so many treasures, even splitting them evenly would yield incalculable wealth. Accumulating such riches might have taken millions of years and the destruction of countless universes. Yet, for Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji, emptying the warehouse took merely half an incense stick’s time.
Though there were no universe-opening treasures, the sheer number of innate and acquired spiritual treasures was a first for both of them.
“Wuji, we can go now,” Lan Xiaobu said, having nearly swept the entire warehouse clean before calling Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji, holding a small golden cauldron, said, “Xiaobu, look at this.”
Lan Xiaobu took the golden cauldron and exclaimed excitedly, “The Dayan Cauldron? A universe-opening treasure?”
Mo Wuji shook his head, “It’s not the Dayan Cauldron, but I sense the Dayan Cauldron’s imprint. This should be its cauldron core. To obtain the Dayan Cauldron, you’d need to take this core and refine it.”
“I heard the Dayan Cauldron is the foremost universe-opening treasure of the Dayan Realm, comparable to my Cosmic Mill. Why would Mengmu Dayan’s Fourth Step powerhouse not carry such a powerful item and instead leave it in their warehouse? Does he think the warehouse is safer than his own world? Even so, who would dare do that?” Lan Xiaobu said, puzzled.
Mo Wuji replied, “There’s only one possibility: even Mengmu Dayan’s Fourth Step cultivator can’t casually enter the warehouse.”
“He’s the founding ancestor, isn’t he? The founding ancestor can’t enter his own warehouse? That’s a bit ridiculous,” Lan Xiaobu said, shaking his head.
Mo Wuji said, “Not necessarily. That the Fourth Step is Mengmu Dayan’s founding ancestor is just a rumor. Who knows if it’s true? Perhaps the real founding ancestor isn’t even here.”
“Regardless, you should keep this. If we encounter the Dayan Cauldron in the future, you can refine it. It’s likely in the Dayan Realm,” Lan Xiaobu said, handing the golden cauldron core to Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji waved it off, “You take it. Last time, the Inextinguishable Hammer went to me. This time, the universe-opening treasure is yours. Besides, we don’t even know if we’ll find the Dayan Cauldron.”
Lan Xiaobu handed the cauldron core back to Mo Wuji, “The Inextinguishable Hammer will soon anchor the protective array of Bai Ling Universe, so this belongs to you. Your universe-opening treasures, like the Heavenly Mechanism Disk or the Wheel of Time, aren’t aggressive attack treasures. The Dayan Cauldron, like my Cosmic Mill, is clearly a powerful offensive treasure, which is of great value to you. I already have the Cosmic Mill, and adding the Dayan Cauldron won’t boost my strength much.”
Mo Wuji considered this and agreed. Though the Inextinguishable Hammer was a universe-opening treasure, it was slightly inferior to others. It seemed universe-opening treasures had grades, but they hadn’t yet grasped those distinctions.
Taking the cauldron core, Mo Wuji stepped onto the Seven Realms Stone. At the same moment, the Seven Realms Stone shot out of the bounded warehouse.
Back in Mengmu Dayan’s dojo, Lan Xiaobu said, “Wuji, I’m certain now that Mengmu Dayan’s warehouse isn’t managed by their current Fourth Step powerhouse but by someone even stronger. Without the Seven Realms Stone, even if we’d used the Cosmic Dimensional Model to construct the dimensional structure and craft a jade token to enter the warehouse, we’d be trapped in the void ten years from now.”
Mo Wuji nodded in agreement. The Seven Realms Stone’s ability to bypass boundaries saved them immense time and effort.
“Let’s go to our future scripture pavilion,” Lan Xiaobu said. The Seven Realms Stone under his feet soared again, breaking through the scripture pavilion’s restrictions in an instant and landing in Mengmu Dayan’s vast pavilion.
This time, they weren’t as cautious as before. They plundered the pavilion ruthlessly, leaving it completely empty.
Over the years, Mengmu Dayan had destroyed countless planets and top-tier dojos, amassing dao scrolls in the pavilion measured in mountains.
At the same time, deep within the main peak of Mengmu Dayan, in a massive hall, at least hundreds of enforcers were seated. A man in a blue robe sat at the center, surrounded by dozens of green-robed enforcers, who were in turn encircled by hundreds of yellow-robed enforcers.
Each enforcer was frantically circulating their cultivation techniques. The Great Dream dao laws here were practically tangible. Endless cosmic fortune was being stripped away and funneled into a spinning skull suspended above the blue-robed enforcer’s head.
Besides the boundless cosmic fortune, multicolored dao law auras were also swept in, all feeding into the spinning skull.
No one dared to scan the skull with divine sense or even glance at it. A mere look could have their mind swept away by the vast nightmare dao laws, plunging them into the Great Dream dao.
“Pfft!” A green-robed enforcer suddenly spat out a blood arrow. The blue-robed enforcer’s expression darkened. Without daring to extend his divine sense toward the skull, he stared coldly at the bleeding enforcer, “Enforcer Qian, how dare you? At a time like this, you still let your mind wander?”
The green-robed enforcer, called Enforcer Qian, didn’t dare open his eyes or extend his divine sense. He struggled to say, “My soul imprint in the scripture pavilion was torn apart, and all its restrictions were destroyed. The dao scrolls in our pavilion are likely gone.”
“What?” The blue-robed enforcer was shocked to hear the pavilion’s dao scrolls were taken. This was Mengmu Dayan’s foundation. Even if Mengmu Dayan were destroyed ten thousand times, as long as the pavilion remained, Mengmu Dayan would endure.
A yellow-robed enforcer instinctively opened his eyes. His gaze barely touched the spinning skull before he let out a scream. His body shriveled instantly, reduced to a husk in moments. His essence, dao laws, and bones vanished without a trace.
Seeing this, the other cultivators quickly closed their eyes, not daring to think of anything else.
Mengmu Dayan’s Nightmare Skull couldn’t be looked at with divine sense or eyes. No one could withstand its Great Dream dao laws. A single glance, and all essence and dao laws would be swept away, leaving only a husk.
The blue-robed enforcer said sternly, “We’re on the verge of success. Ignore everything else and focus on our task. Once it’s complete, the ants who’ve taken Mengmu Dayan’s treasures will spit them all back out.”
No one objected, nor would they. They accelerated their Great Dream cultivation, and the skull above the blue-robed enforcer spun faster, its Great Dream dao laws filling the space, its aura growing ever stronger.
…
Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji stood outside Mengmu Dayan’s protective array, sensing the shifting cosmic rules. Lan Xiaobu said angrily, “I finally understand what Mengmu Dayan’s people are doing. They’re planning to refine the Haoyuan Universe, those bastards.”
Mo Wuji, also sensing changes in Haoyuan Universe’s fortune and dao laws, nodded, “It’s not just refining. I suspect they want to completely destroy Haoyuan Universe, no, to obliterate it entirely, or rather…”
Mo Wuji paused in thought before continuing, “They’re stripping all the fortune from this universe and turning all its cultivators into…”
Mo Wuji didn’t finish, but Lan Xiaobu understood. Mengmu Dayan aimed to turn all Haoyuan Universe cultivators into nightmare demons. They weren’t just stripping the universe’s heavenly dao laws and fortune but also the dreams of its cultivators. After stripping the fortune and dao laws, they’d use Great Dream dao laws to infuse endless nightmares into the cultivators’ dao, while also stealing their dream dao laws.
“It seems these scum have found a new base, likely the Dayan Realm,” Lan Xiaobu said.
“Probably,” Mo Wuji nodded. Mengmu Dayan’s cultivators were likely planning to relocate their dojo to the Dayan Realm, which was why they wanted to destroy Haoyuan Universe.
“In that case, let’s act. We’ll split up, one on each side. Facing us, their Great Dream dao laws can go dream for real,” Lan Xiaobu said, stepping forward toward the position for his Cosmic Mill.
Mo Wuji landed atop the Wheel of Time, with the Seven Realms Stone at his feet. Using the Seven Realms Stone to perform the Seven Realms Finger would amplify its power.
“Xiaobu, I’ll break the dojo’s protective array and use the Seven Realms Finger technique. You follow with the Great Destruction Technique,” Mo Wuji called out.
“Got it,” Lan Xiaobu replied, planning to first use the Great Severance Technique to tear apart Mengmu Dayan’s dao laws, then follow with the Great Destruction Technique.
The Severance Technique would rip through Mengmu Dayan’s dao laws. Whatever they were doing, once the technique tore their dojo apart, he could begin the destruction.
