Boom! Violent divine Dao principles erupted in the void, tearing cracks through the emptiness.
Lan Xiaobu stared in awe at the terrifying void fissures, fully aware of the level of powerhouse capable of creating such rifts.
The Dayan Realm, equivalent to a mid-tier universe, had an exceptionally sturdy void domain. For someone to tear cracks in this void showed just how formidable the one clashing with the Heavenly Poison Sage was.
Moments ago, he and Mo Wuji had been utterly powerless against the Heavenly Poison Sage. Yet this individual seemed to be suppressing him.
Of course, if they couldn’t suppress the Heavenly Poison Sage, how would they dare scheme against him?
Mo Wuji, however, abruptly summoned the core of the Dayan Cauldron, unleashing boundless Mortal Dao principles. In mere moments, a massive golden cauldron appeared in the void. With the aid of the cauldron’s core, Mo Wuji’s Mortal Dao principles formed a giant handprint that decisively swept the enormous golden cauldron away.
Before Mo Wuji could say to flee, Lan Xiaobu had already activated the Seven Realm Stone, breaking through the domain’s lockdown. Simultaneously, Mo Wuji triggered the trapping-killing array.
“Mere ants found the Dayan Cauldron’s core…” a surprised voice echoed in the void, dismissing Mo Wuji’s theft of the cauldron.
In his Dayan Realm, taking his Dayan Cauldron? Ha, was there anything more laughable?
But the next moment, a furious roar exploded, “You dare…”
It was the Seven Realm Stone. These two ants had used it to breach his Dayan Realm. No wonder he’d wondered how they entered his realm—it was the Seven Realm Stone.
Rage gave way to ecstasy. The Seven Realm Stone! With it, he could leave this place and go wherever he wished, no longer trapped within this cosmic barrier.
As for whether Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu could escape his pursuit, he didn’t even consider it. If someone could plunder so much from his Dayan Realm, take the Seven Realm Stone, and still escape, he, Luo Zhengyan, would have lived in vain.
“Xiaobu, we can’t leave. We must alter this cosmic barrier. Otherwise, we’ll eventually be hunted down and killed,” Mo Wuji said urgently as the Seven Realm Stone burst out of the Dayan Realm.
Lan Xiaobu understood. Taking the Dayan Cauldron in front of that powerhouse, with the Heavenly Poison Sage still alive, fleeing to the Hundred Zero Universe would be like hiding in plain sight.
Instead of escaping far, the Seven Realm Stone lingered outside the Dayan Realm, and the Cosmic Dimension Model began reconstructing the dimension model structure to alter the cosmic barrier.
This time, they didn’t need the Cosmic Dimension Model to fully build the barrier’s structure. As it worked, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji observed, continuously planting array flags and occasionally embedding innate or acquired spiritual treasures.
These treasures were all used by Lan Xiaobu as array flags.
It wasn’t that Mo Wuji and Lan Xiaobu were wasteful, but their array mastery, though impressive, wasn’t yet at the level to casually alter a cosmic barrier.
Fortunately, the Cosmic Dimension Model’s structure-building gave them a foundation. Without it, they wouldn’t even qualify to set up the array. Low-grade array flags alone wouldn’t suffice to change the barrier either. By using innate and acquired treasures as array bases and continuously planting flags, they could thoroughly transform the cosmic barrier.
As the master of the Dayan Realm, Luo Zhengyan was intimately familiar with the cosmic barrier sealing it. Upon discovering Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji’s escape, he abandoned the Heavenly Poison Sage and pursued them directly.
In his Dayan Realm, the Heavenly Poison Sage couldn’t leave without his permission. But Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji, these ants, had wreaked havoc, stolen the Dayan Cauldron, and possessed the Seven Realm Stone. Even knowing they couldn’t escape, he refused to wait a single breath longer.
Yet, the next moment, he was stalled by the trapping-killing array. Luo Zhengyan nearly cursed in frustration. Though the array was trivial to him, breaking it delayed him by over a dozen breaths.
The Heavenly Poison Sage, pale-faced, hadn’t anticipated the Dayan Realm having a master. He had discovered and lingered in the realm for ages, treating it as his personal garden, ready to refine at any time. Only now did he realise how naive he’d been.
He and Lou Wuchen had fought to a mutual defeat. In hindsight, he suspected Lou Wuchen had schemed against him first, followed by the Dayan Realm’s master.
He couldn’t believe Lou Wuchen was unaware of the living master of the Dayan Realm.
Though the Dayan master had gone after the two ants, the Heavenly Poison Sage knew he couldn’t escape. The Dayan Realm’s barriers were impenetrable to him, and leaving required passing through the cosmic barrier.
He considered trailing them, hoping to slip through the barrier while the Dayan master dealt with the ants, but he knew it was a pipe dream.
Glancing back at the half-section of the supreme-grade Dao vein, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. The Dayan master was formidable, but if he took this half-section, and once his injuries healed further, he might not fear him.
Though delayed, Luo Zhengyan reached the cosmic barrier’s edge in a few steps, casting out a talisman.
His Dayan Realm had been within this cosmic barrier for countless years. He’d chosen this barrier to conceal his realm because he possessed its cosmic boundary talisman.
Whether it was Lou Wuchen or the Heavenly Poison Sage, entering the Dayan Realm required waiting for the barrier’s opening, which he controlled. So, to Luo Zhengyan, his talisman could effortlessly open the barrier at any time.
No matter how fast the Seven Realm Stone was or how many planes it crossed, it couldn’t escape him in the short term. Why? Because one of those ants dared to take his Dayan Cauldron, imbued with his Dayan Dao principles. Could just anyone steal it?
The talisman struck the void, but no cosmic Dao principle stirred.
Luo Zhengyan froze, a bad feeling rising. His talisman should have connected with this universe’s spacetime Dao principles, opening the barrier. Why was there no reaction?
He cast the talisman again, but the barrier remained unresponsive.
Luo Zhengyan’s heart sank. There were two reasons the barrier wouldn’t react to his talisman. First, the barrier had collapsed, but he was still blocked, proving it was intact.
That left the second reason: someone had altered the cosmic barrier, rendering his talisman useless.
The thought sent a chill down his spine.
If the cosmic barrier could be altered so easily, he wouldn’t have dared hide his Dayan Realm here. The barrier constantly shifted, so altering it required real-time knowledge of its Dao principle structure changes. How could it be altered? By deducing the barrier’s Dao changes through array mastery? Was there such a powerhouse here?
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Outside the cosmic barrier, Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wuji were unaware they’d already altered it with the Cosmic Dimension Model’s help. They were still frantically planting array flags, continuing to modify the barrier’s spatial Dao principles.
The enemy they’d provoked was simply too terrifying. They couldn’t resist, let alone fight back.
“It should be enough. If our alterations to the barrier didn’t work, that guy would’ve caught up by now,” Mo Wuji said, his tone relaxing.
Lan Xiaobu nodded, halting his array flag placement. Though Mo Wuji’s theft of the Dayan Cauldron had provoked pursuit, he knew the enemy would’ve killed them regardless. Better to take the cauldron first.
“I gleaned some information from the Dayan Cauldron and its core. That guy’s name is Luo Zhengyan, titled the Dayan Sage. The Dayan Realm is his lair,” Mo Wuji said.
“So, Lou Wuchen’s access to the Dayan Realm likely had Luo Zhengyan’s approval. Otherwise, we’d never have gotten to plunder its treasures. I wonder if those two have some secret conspiracy, but given Mengmu Dayan’s reputation, even the Dayan Sage probably wouldn’t dare act against him. Alas, what a pity about that half-section of the supreme-grade Dao vein,” Lan Xiaobu said.
Before escaping, he’d clearly seen the Dao vein. Though only half, it was supreme-grade.
Mo Wuji chuckled, “No need to regret. We can return to the Hundred Zero Universe. Even if the Dayan Sage breaks the barrier, it’ll take at least ten thousand years. By then, we might’ve reached the Fourth Step.”
Lan Xiaobu laughed heartily, “Exactly. Once we reach the Fourth Step, we’ll come back to settle the score.”
