Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji stood in the void, surrounded entirely by emptiness, with no anomalies in sight.
Lan Xiaobu remarked with a sigh, “If we hadn’t searched part of Lou Wuchen’s memories, we’d never have guessed, no matter how hard we tried, that the Dayan Realm would be in a place like this.
Nor would we have known there’s a cosmic barrier here.”
According to Lou Wuchen’s memories, to enter the Dayan Realm, one must first pass through a cosmic barrier.
This barrier only opens at specific times, meaning it activates once during a particular period.
This was why Mo Wuji and the many others searching for the Dayan Realm were manipulated last time, as it coincided with the barrier’s opening.
Despite having seen the Dayan Realm before, Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu were unimaginably far from it. Without precise coordinates, finding the barrier’s location would likely take them at least a century, and that’s assuming luck was on their side.
“No wonder Kuang Can dared to heal in the Dayan Realm. He knew Lou Wuchen couldn’t get in,” Lan Xiaobu said.
“I think if Lou Wuchen didn’t know you had the Seven Realm Stone and the Cosmic Dimension Model, he might’ve just asked and found out the Dayan Realm’s location,” Mo Wuji said with a smile.
Lan Xiaobu nodded, “True. Even if others knew about this barrier, they couldn’t open it.
Forget others, even Lou Wuchen and Kuang Can couldn’t open this barrier. They could only enter and exit the Dayan Realm by timing it with the barrier’s opening and closing.”
“I’ll start refining array flags. You use the Cosmic Dimension Model to construct the dimension model structure of the Dayan Realm’s barrier. Maybe the Dayan Realm will surprise us,” Mo Wuji said.
Without needing Mo Wuji’s reminder, Lan Xiaobu had already summoned the Cosmic Dimension Model and begun constructing the dimension model structure of the surrounding void.
The Cosmic Dimension Model located the barrier almost instantly and started building its structure.
With over a hundred high-grade Dao veins supplying the Cosmic Dimension Model with cosmic vitality, the model’s construction of the barrier was still relatively slow.
Given Lan Xiaobu’s current strength, combined with the Dao veins’ support, the Cosmic Dimension Model could probably construct something like the Great Cosmic Technique slightly faster than this.
Fortunately, with so many Dao veins, the Cosmic Dimension Model’s slow but steady progress on the cosmic barrier was acceptable.
While the Cosmic Dimension Model worked on the barrier’s structure, Lan Xiaobu, like Mo Wuji, began refining array flags.
A year passed in the blink of an eye. A clear, resonant Dao sound emanated from the Cosmic Dimension Model, and a distinct cosmic barrier dimension model appeared within it.
“Wuji, it’s done,” Lan Xiaobu said, casually duplicating the dimension model structure and passing it to Mo Wuji.
Many things are easy once you know how. Before obtaining the barrier’s dimension model structure, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji were at a loss about how to approach it.
Now, with the structure in hand, both clearly understood how to use array flags to open the barrier.
“The Cosmic Dimension Model is truly remarkable,” Mo Wuji said, examining the duplicated structure in his hand. Its various Dao principles were clear and unmistakable, instantly comprehensible.
Moreover, the structure revealed that the cosmic barrier’s existence was dynamic, likely to mutate again after some time.
“No wonder Kuang Can couldn’t open this barrier. It requires the core of the Dayan Cauldron. Luckily, we have it.
Without the cauldron’s core, we could still open the barrier, but we’d need several heaven-opening treasures,” Lan Xiaobu remarked.
Mo Wuji shook his head, “Even if we gave Kuang Can the Dayan Cauldron’s core, he couldn’t open this barrier.
If this cosmic barrier could be accessed at any time, Lou Wuchen wouldn’t have waited for its opening to enter.”
“True. Even if Lou Wuchen knew the cauldron’s core could serve as the array’s heart and how to break the barrier’s entrance, he’d be helpless. The Dayan Cauldron’s core is in Mengmu Dayan’s treasury, and it’s probably not something Lou Wuchen could access,” Lan Xiaobu said.
“Let’s start setting up the entrance array. Once we open this cosmic barrier, our array mastery will rise to a new level,” Mo Wuji said, already tossing out array flags.
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Lan Xiaobu followed suit, throwing out array flags. In the vast, empty void, a faint, rippling barrier gradually appeared under their efforts.
Mo Wuji took out the Dayan Cauldron and struck it, sending it into the barrier, where it vanished instantly.
A void array gate appeared before them, and rich cosmic vitality poured out, accompanied by clear cosmic rules far stronger than those of the Hundred Zero Universe.
“Enter,” Mo Wuji said, stepping forward and rushing toward the Dayan Realm.
Lan Xiaobu followed closely, rushing into the barrier. Mo Wuji then extended his hand, and the golden Dayan Cauldron’s core returned to his palm.
As Mo Wuji retrieved the core, the barrier they had opened sealed itself again, and the outer void returned to its original state.
To reopen the Dayan Realm, one would need to use the Dayan Cauldron’s core to set up the opening array again.
Moreover, the barrier operated on a cycle. In a few years, opening the outer cosmic barrier would require the Cosmic Dimension Model to reconstruct the barrier’s dimension model structure anew, as the previous one would no longer work.
For Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu, having entered once, they could use the Seven Realm Stone to return directly next time.
As for leaving, the Seven Realm Stone could traverse the realm. “This Dayan Realm is extraordinary,” Mo Wuji said, feeling the dense cosmic vitality and the clear, tangible Dao principles.
Lan Xiaobu said gravely, “Last time, I thought the tangible Dao principles here felt illusory, as if Kuang Can had done something deliberately. But it’s real. The cosmic rules here truly give the illusion you could grab them.”
Mo Wuji nodded, “This clarity of cosmic Dao principles makes it ideal for advancing realms and cultivation, but I still feel something eerie.
Let’s enter the realm first. If anything feels off, immediately summon the Seven Realm Stone, and we’ll leave at once.”
“No need to wait. We’ll enter the Dayan Realm on the Seven Realm Stone now,” Lan Xiaobu said decisively, summoning the Seven Realm Stone.
The Seven Realm Stone carried them into the Dayan Realm. When they saw the realm’s scenery, both gasped in shock. Lately, they felt like country bumpkins—first stunned by the treasures in Mengmu Dayan’s treasury, and now by the Dayan Realm’s riches.
Here, there were top-tier Dao fruit trees, top-tier divine spirit herbs, and countless sacred items. Any lake was a Dao-grade lake, and Dao veins lay exposed, ready to be taken.
Even spiritual items on par with the Five-Needle Pine—Lan Xiaobu spotted several.
“No wonder the cosmic rules here are so clear. This is simply…” Lan Xiaobu trailed off, sighing. But then he frowned slightly. Logically, this place was ideal for them to step into the Creation Sage Realm or even the Fourth Step, yet he felt uneasy.
“Could these things be fake?” Lan Xiaobu voiced his thought.
Mo Wuji took a deep breath, “The things aren’t fake. Everything here is real, and we can plunder to our heart’s content later. But the Dao principles here are strange, so we shouldn’t cultivate for now.
Why does Mengmu Dayan have so many Creation Sages?
I understand now. These Creation Sages were likely mass-produced here. The ones from here are strong, but have you ever seen a Creation Sage willing to sacrifice their Dao principles to help others?
When I soul-searched Lou Wuchen, I found some information.
Our success was because all of Mengmu Dayan’s powerhouses were contributing their Great Dream Dao principles, siphoning the luck and cosmic Dao principles of the Hao Yuan Universe to help Lou Wuchen heal and step into the Fifth Step. That struck me as abnormal.” No sect disciple, no matter how loyal, would go to such lengths.
Even if a few were that devoted, it’s implausible for an entire sect’s disciples to be so loyal as to sacrifice everything for the sect.
Lan Xiaobu agreed, “What’s odd is, with so many treasures here, why didn’t Lou Wuchen take them all instead of leaving them?”
Mo Wuji frowned, equally puzzled. Did Lou Wuchen think he could refine the Dayan Realm, making everything his eventually?
That seemed unlikely, especially since Kuang Can knew about the treasures here.
“It’s indeed strange,” Mo Wuji nodded.
“Forget it. With so many treasures, let’s start collecting while searching for Kuang Can,” Lan Xiaobu said, already sweeping up Dao fruit trees within a thousand-mile radius.
